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Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Apr 9, 20212 min read
The factual narrative of PH’s COVID-19 facilities
In 2017 — I attended the Emerging Leaders Program at the Harvard Kennedy School which was chaired by Dr. Elaine Kamarck and...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 26, 20213 min read
10 things to know about the plan to connect Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,640 islands. Due to the lack of infrastructure investment in the last five decades — the cost...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 19, 20212 min read
"9 new bridges across Pasig River"
The land area of Tokyo is thrice the size of Metro Manila but the vehicle density in Manila is higher. There are about 9.3 million...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 14, 20213 min read
10 Roadtrips to do in 2021
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...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 24, 20215 min read
21 things you need to know about the EDSA decongestion program
A few years back while attending the Leaders in Development programme of Harvard Kennedy School, our professor asked us to write one...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jan 10, 20213 min read
To dream the impossible dream: Connecting NLEX to SLEX in 30 minutes
In 2016 — when we started Build, Build, Build, critics said that the EDSA Decongestion Program is mathematically impossible, that it...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Nov 1, 20202 min read
Bicycle lanes in PH will now be mandatory
In 2011, the Asian Development Bank examined walkability and pedestrian facilities in Asian cities. It showed that in Manila, like Hanoi...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Oct 25, 20204 min read
Right-of-way reforms critical in Skyway Stage 3 completion
When the construction of Skyway Stage 3 started, I was a freshmen in law school. Almost every day, I’d pass by the same alignment which...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Oct 21, 20202 min read
TPLEX delivers on 3-hour travel time from Manila to La Union
If you are a thalassophile like me, then you’ll love the newly completed Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX), an 89.31 km...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Oct 18, 20202 min read
EDSA decongestion masterplan: Connecting NLEX and SLEX in 30 minutes
The problem surrounding the 90-year-old Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), — a 23.8 km circumferential highway — needs no introduction...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jul 7, 20203 min read
Reimagining the Smokey Mountain alignment
The right of way problem which delayed Radial Road 10 spanned six presidents. The road traversing the old Smokey Mountain area was...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Jun 16, 20205 min read
Graduation in the time of COVID-19
I am missing my graduation ceremony this year. I am part of the Class of Covid-19 — one of 1.2 billion students affected by country-wide...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
May 24, 20203 min read
The PH economy will survive COVID-19
The novel coronavirus has disrupted the global economy within just a few weeks. The pandemic has locked down cities, brought travel and...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
Mar 23, 20203 min read
The need for physical (not social) distancing
On my first night in self-quarantine, one of my classmates — Dr. Melvin Sanicas, a physician and scientist working as medical director...
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...
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