The Light Rail Transit (LRT-1) Cavite Extension project has achieved a completion rate of over 50 percent under the Duterte administration. (Photo from Art Tugade's Facebook) Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade made this revelation over the weekend in his Facebook account,...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Of all the places — Palawan is one of the most memorable. The first time I went there, my boat sank and for almost an hour — we clung to a bamboo pole in the middle of the sea to survive. Ten years have passed and yet — I couldn’t forget the fateful night in...
Her music video now has 60 million view on Youtube Bella Poarch (Still from YouTube) What's great about social media is that with just the right act, you can get instant fame. While online popularity works in lighting speed, sustaining it proposes an even greater challenge, one that only a true IRL...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar is known to spend quality time with his family during weekends. (Photo from Secretary Mark Villar's Facebook) This weekend was no exemption, and the "chief builder" of the Duterte administration spent Sunday, May 16 in particular...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When I was in high school — I watched “The Bucketlist” with two of my closest friends — Karen Jumarang Tan and Chynna Cuna. It was a film staring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman about two terminally ill men on a road trip with a list of things to do...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When I was still in elementary, my father Manuel and mother Elnora, would tell me about the San Juanico Bridge, a 2.16-km bridge connecting the island provinces of Samar and Leyte. Whenever we went home to Iloilo, I’d often wonder why we had to take boats or...
Despite quarantine challenges, Globe Telecom Inc. today (May 3) reported it is on track with its 5G rollout for the 1st quarter of 2021, having expanded to 1,383 sites in the National Capital Rwgion ( NCR) Bacolod, Boracay, Cebu, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro and Davao as of end-March. The telco is...
Wouldn't it be great to have comparisons and progress photos of infrastructure projects in the country to give Filiponos a better grasp of the gains of the Duterte administration's "Build, Build, Build" project? (Screengrab from Mark Villar's Facebook) Actually there is an Instagram account that...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo On our first few months in Department of Public Works and Highways, we have received the most number of complaints on Circumferential Road 6 — a toll free expressway we now call Laguna Lake Highway. At that time, it was full of large potholes — so large that we...
No wonder President Duterte thinks Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar is "amazing". (DPWH Secretary Mark Villar/ Photo screengrab from PCOO Facebook page) Villar, the Duterte administration's chief builder, said during the pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address)...
The government has allocated P1.14-trillion budget for the implementation of the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) 2021-2022, top-billed by high impact infrastructure projects. Based on the Department of Labor and Employment presentation at the Pre-Summit Dialogue for Business by...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When Secretary Mark Villar first assumed position in DPWH — he did not have a lot of public inspections. He would quietly go from one province to another — without any notice or advice. He would always tell us it was important to put the proper systems in place...
