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Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Feb 15, 20202 min read
'Build, Build, Build': 14,670 km of roads completed since June, 2016
To effectively usher in the Golden Age of Infrastructure, the Philippine government under President Rodrigo Duterte increased...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Feb 2, 20206 min read
From Russia with love
It was way past 10 at night when we arrived in St. Petersburg, a port city on the Baltic Sea that served as the imperial capital of...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 26, 20204 min read
23 'Build, Build, Build' projects that would decongest Metro Manila
The story of EDSA need not be told. Anyone who have stepped in Manila would know — and would have complained at some point — about the...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 19, 20203 min read
Duterte’s Solution to EDSA traffic
Construction of Epifanio de Los Santos Avenue, more popularly known as EDSA, started in the 1930s. Initially, the project, which was...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Nov 17, 20195 min read
What has ‘Build, Build, Build’ achieved so far? 9845 km of roads, 2,709 bridges, 64 airport projects, 243 seaport projects
The Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program is composed of thousands of projects meant to connect, facilitate growth in 81...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Oct 13, 20194 min read
Build, Build, Build: Eight road projects in Luzon expected to be completed in the next 12 months
A Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) report released in 2012 indicated that the Philippines lost P2.4 billion a day due to...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Aug 20, 20193 min read
Philippines’ PPP ranked 2nd in The Economist’s Asia Infrascope Index
In The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2018 Infrascope Report, the Philippines ranked second in the Asia Infrascope Index, “a bench...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jul 21, 20193 min read
Duterte’s ‘Build Build Build’ three years after
The “Build, Build, Build” program is the Duterte administration’s medium-term goal to increase infrastructure spending from 5.4 percent...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jul 5, 20193 min read
Build, Build, Build: Cubao to Quezon in 5 mins? It’s possible
Back in 2016, when “Build, Build, Build” was just starting, a lot of people had doubts. One friend looked me in the eye and said, “This...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jun 23, 20192 min read
Art Tugade; man of action
One of my earliest recollections of Department of Transportation Secretary Art Tugade was during the inspection of the LRT-2 East...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jun 15, 20192 min read
76-km detour prior to Pigalo Bridge
When Pigalo Bridge in Isabela was devastated by typhoons Pedring and Quiel in 2011, farmers who wanted to deliver their agricultural...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
May 22, 20194 min read
Philippines will be a trillion-dollar club member
The economy of the Philippines is the world's 28th largest economy by GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) according to the 2018 estimate of the...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
May 2, 20193 min read
At 28, I look death in the eye
In the last 28 years, I have survived an active firefight and a sinking boat. I have visited all the regions in my country. And I have...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Apr 13, 20193 min read
Duterte’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ — 6,157 km of roads, 2,403 bridges, 3066 flood mitigation structures
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), poverty incidence among Filipinos has decreased by 6.6 percentage points, from...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Apr 9, 20192 min read
This 2019, the Surfing Capital of the North will only be 3.5 hours way
If you are a thalassophile like me, then you’d love the upcoming opening of Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX), an 89.31 km...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 30, 20192 min read
‘Build, Build, Build’: TR4 starts construction after ‘eight and final’ groundbreaking
The story of South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) Toll Road 4 (TR4) is a peculiar one. The project spanning 66.74 km broke ground for at least...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 16, 20192 min read
Metro Manila traffic can be solved
When President Rodrigo Roa Duterte promised to ease Metro Manila traffic at the start of his term, he meant every word. At the onset, he...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jun 20, 20123 min read
Ezra Santos and Albert Andrada create clothes fit for royalty
Shamal, the northwesterly wind known for creating sandstorms in the Persian Gulf, may be unknown in the Philippines but two Dubai-based...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
May 28, 20122 min read
Meester, Maurer walk the runway of PHL Fashion Week
Hours before the 7:30 p.m. show last Saturday at the SMX Convention Center, a number of fans had already started to line up for...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jun 2, 20112 min read
‘Energy’ from recycled tanks and reflecting glass
Any art exhibit would have had a hard time competing with the alluring city lights radiating from buildings along the Causeway Bay in...
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