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Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 23, 20224 min read
Gibo Teodoro deserves a Senate seat
Former Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” C. Teodoro, Jr. has extensive experience in both the private and the public sector. His first foray in...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 21, 20224 min read
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar: Public servant, entrepreneur, philanthropist
Originally published in Manila Bulletin (In celebration of Women’s Month, Manila Bulletin is publishing stories featuring women who have...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 18, 20224 min read
Gina de Venecia: Making advocacies happen
Originally published in Manila Bulletin (In celebration of Women’s Month, Manila Bulletin is publishing stories featuring women who have...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 18, 20223 min read
We can make PH bike-friendly
In February 2019, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) led by then Secretary Mark Villar opened a separate 5.58-kilometer...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 16, 20222 min read
BBM, the next majority president?
Finally, the Philippines might just have a majority president. In the latest Pulse Asia survey results released on March 14, the UniTeam...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 11, 20222 min read
Filipinas are breaking the glass ceiling
In its 2020 Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said that it would take 99.5 years before the world can achieve...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 9, 20223 min read
Why I will vote for DIWA Party-list
By the year 2023, a new government department is expected to start operations. This will be the newly-created Department of Migrant...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 4, 20223 min read
The leadership of Mark Villar
Originally published in Manila Bulletin President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching orders to his “Build, Build, Build” team was clear from the...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 2, 20223 min read
Why I will vote for UniTeam
Originally published in Manila Bulletin In the five years that I have worked in President Rodrigo Duterte’s "Build, Build, Build"...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Feb 23, 20223 min read
Why Speaker JDV pushed for Interfaith Dialogue
Former House Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. (JDV) has been known for his political leadership. He was elected five times as Speaker of the...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Feb 18, 20223 min read
Who is Rodante Marcoleta
For Deputy House Speaker Rodante Marcoleta, Congress is not lacking in laws to help the marginalized, “We have many beautiful laws, but...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Feb 9, 20223 min read
Salamat, President Duterte!
The campaign period for the 2022 elections has started for national candidates. In about three months, we will have voted a new President...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Feb 2, 20224 min read
Ten iconic infrastructure in the Philippines
All around the world, structures of great architecture and design — like the Eiffel Tower of Paris, the Great Wall of China, and the Taj...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Linking Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao via 5,950 bridges
For an archipelagic country like the Philippines, bridges are essential infrastructure that connect islands, which are otherwise divided...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Why the Philippines needs Mark Villar
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality,” said American author Warren Bennis. I remember when senatorial aspirant...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 21, 20224 min read
Build, Build, Build must remain as a long-term economic policy
At one point in its history, the Philippines was the second richest country in Asia. We were only a little behind Japan and way ahead of...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 19, 20223 min read
How Inday Sara Duterte swept Filipinos off their feet
There is probably no Filipino adult who does not know vice presidential aspirant and Davao City Mayor Sara Zimmerman Duterte, or Inday...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 12, 20223 min read
Who is Bongbong Marcos?
If he was given a chance to change a part of the Philippines’ history, presidential aspirant and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong”...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 7, 20223 min read
The leader we deserve: Camille Villar
Originally published in Manila Bulletin Deputy Speaker Camille A. Villar first built a career in the private sector. After obtaining a...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 5, 20223 min read
The Philippine dream
The New Year heralds new hope, new beginnings, new opportunities to fulfill our dreams.A few years back, before I started working with...
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