But I saw, as I was going around the country as then president to look after the welfare. I never really bothered to ask for a month-to-month report. At nakikita ko na iyong progress nila and I knew that in my heart, pati dito sa Manila nakikita ko, that somehow I will go out of the presidency with a little pride na may ginawa ako para sa bayan.” (“I instructed for them to divide all those, that all regions can benefit, the whole country can benefit will benefit from the infrastructure fund. But nakikita ko, as I was going around the country as then president to look after the welfare.

Anna Mae Yu Lamentilloĭuterte said in a mix of Filipino and English: “Sabi ko hatiin niyo lang lahat iyan, makatikim lahat ng regions, the whole country will benefit from the infrastructure fund. Vista Land president and CEO Paolo Villar with DICT USec.

accompanied by his wife, Honeylet Avanceña and Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, Duterte said in his extemporaneous and brief speech that during the end of his term, he was glad to see the fruits of the Build, Build, Build program, giving special thanks to his former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar and Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade for implementing numerous big infrastructure projects, such as 29,264 kilometers of roads 5,950 bridges 11,340 flood control projects 222 evacuation centers 150,149 classrooms 214 airport projects and 451 seaport projects. The March 14 book launching was held at the Presidential Suite of Manila Hotel.Īrriving before 6 p.m. The ambitious, trailblazing “Build Build Build” infrastructure modernization project of former President Rodrigo “Rody” Roa Duterte, which is one of the reasons he remains a popular Filipino politician today among the general public, was recently celebrated in a 351-page book authored by now Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo entitled Night Owl: A Nationbuilder’s Manual.

Night Owl by Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo