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...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Almost four years after President Rodrigo Duterte launched its “Build, Build, Build” program, Philippine government’s most ambitious infrastructure plan — computer-generated images which were once used to present a vision are turning into actual roads and...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When I was in college, I dreamt about the Philippines I did not see. I wanted to explore the 81 provinces with my own eyes, to meet the Filipinos who live there, to find out their dreams and aspirations. As I jump from one province to the other, I realized that...
Easily the biggest news for motorists over the holidays was the highly anticipated opening of the Skyway Stage 3 , the elevated expressway that speeds up travel between the north and south points of Metro Manila. Bear in mind that, while the Skyway Stage 3 has been opened, it’s still on a partial...
Traffic around Metro Manila may be greatly eased with the opening of Skyway Stage 3, the elevated expressway that connects the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and Skyway to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX). San Miguel Corporation (SMC), concessionaire of the Skyway Stage 3 project, announced that it...
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) has earmarked $9.4 billion in sovereign lending to the Philippines for the next three-years to help the government revitalize the economy amid the coronavirus disease pandemic. In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral institution, said that at least...
