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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
Aug 20, 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 21, 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
Jul 5, 20193 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 23, 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
Jun 15, 20192 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 22, 20194 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
May 2, 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 13, 20193 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
Apr 9, 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 30, 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
Mar 16, 20192 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
Jun 20, 20123 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
May 28, 20122 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...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jun 2, 20112 min read
Junyee, the revolutionary artist
Standing beside me at Sining Makiling, an art gallery at the University of the Philippines in Los Baños (UPLB) was a man old enough to be...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 20, 20117 min read
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