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NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo It has been five years since I found myself at a crossroad as I march, along with hundreds other, and wait for my chance to walk up the stage and get my diploma on Development Communication from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. But somehow — in the...

NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Alice Eduardo has started working at age 16. She would wake up at   4 a.m.   everyday and help on their rice mill business before going to school. Up until today — when Sta. Elena Construction and Development has already evolved as one of the biggest...

NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang witnessed the signing of 14 bilateral agreements on November 15 following the expanded bilateral meeting between the two countries. Included is the exchange of letters on the Binondo-Intramuros and...

NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo According to the National Statistics Authority, there are about 9.3 million vehicles competing in PH’s limited road network. Vehicle density in Manila is higher than Singapore or Tokyo. Majority of the 32,770 km of national roads are at saturation levels — with...

NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo In 2012, a few months before my graduation — I decided to visit the indigenous people of Tagbanua in Sitio Calauit. They had no electricity, no cellphone signal, and barely enough water. On our way to Palawan, at about 10 p.m., our boat capsized. There were 12...