NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality,” said American author Warren Bennis. I remember when senatorial aspirant and former Secretary Mark Villar was appointed to lead the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), many were skeptical,...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo If he was given a chance to change a part of the Philippines’ history, presidential aspirant and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. (BBM) said it would be to do away with the Spanish and American colonization, which practically left Filipinos...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The New Year heralds new hope, new beginnings, new opportunities to fulfill our dreams. A few years back, before I started working with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the “Build, Build, Build” project, one of the dreams that I had for the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo National Artist for Film, Kidlat Tahimik, has been dubbed as the “Father of Philippine Independent Cinema.” Rightfully so, because his films had always been pure art, uninfluenced by profitability or the box office. It does not matter whether his films would be...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The youngest and lone female member of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Anita Linda R. Aquino, never thought of entering government. But when the opportunity came, she felt it was the right time. The offer came through a phone call by...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Lieutenant General Andres Castor Centino was appointed last November as the new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). His first directive to the 150,000-strong military is to end the communist insurgency before the term of President Rodrigo...
Former Build, Build, Build committee chair Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo’s book takes the reader across 29,264 kilometers of roads and 5,950 bridges throughout the Philippines ROAD WORK AHEAD Cover of the Night Owl Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo’s Night Owl is a detailed look at where the Philippines is...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Even in the saddest moments of our life, we can see a light that would guide us not only to healing but also to a better, more meaningful journey. When Fernando Poe Jr. died, a lot of Filipinos mourned. Brian Poe Llamanzares, FPJ’s grandson, remembers the wake of his...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Solar Philippines has gone a long way since it was established in 2013. It started with a vision of a budding entrepreneur to lower the electricity costs in the country by harnessing the sun’s energy. From installing solar panels in some of the country’s biggest...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua has become a household name in the Duterte administration since his appointment as the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. But long before he was named as NEDA chief,...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo One of the most adversely affected sectors during this pandemic is the tourism industry. Leisure travel was totally prohibited when the nationwide lockdown was announced in March 2020. For Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, it was heartbreaking to see...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Sometimes we plant a seed and nurture it even if we are unsure to harvest the fruit ourselves. It’s already fulfilling to see the plant grow before our eyes, and it even gives us a sense of accomplishment when that tree bears fruit and benefits the people around it....
