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The Honorable Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo | |
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 Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (Portrait) | |
| Undersecretary for Foreign Relations and Public Affairs & Spokesperson, Department of Information and Communications Technology[1] | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 11, 2022 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs,[2] Department of Information and Communications Technology | |
| In office August 26, 2022 – November 11, 2022 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| Chairperson, Build Build Build Committee,[3] Department of Public Works and Highways | |
| In office December 19, 2016 – October 8, 2021 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
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| Born | Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo February 7, 1991 Philippines |
| Citizenship | Filipino |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Philippines |
| Branch/service | Philippine Coast Guard[7][8] |
| Rank | Commodore[9][8] |
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Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo (/ænə meɪ ju lə mɛnˈtɪloʊ/ ⓘ AN-uh mayyoo luh-men-TEE-yoh; born February 7, 1991)[10] a Filipino politician, academic, lawyer, diplomat and opinion columnist. She has been appointed Undersecretary in the Department of Information and Communications Technology since November 2022.[11][12] Prior to this, she was Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs of the same department.[13]
Lamentillo was the chairperson of the Build, Build, Build Committee of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)[3] and the concurrent chairperson of the Infrastructure Cluster Communications Committee from December 19, 2016, to October 8, 2021.[14]
From 2013-2015, prior to becoming a public servant, she worked as a communications consultant of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) during their Haiyan Emergency Response and Rehabilitation Program.[15]
Lamentillo holds a bachelor’s degree in Development Communications from the University of the Philippines-Los Banos (UPLB) where she graduated cum laude and was given a distinction, the Faculty Medal for Academic Excellence, for obtaining the highest General Weighted Average for Development Journalism Majors of her batch. She also holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman.[16]
She is an officer of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) with the rank of Auxiliary Commodore (one-star general),[7][8] a reservist in the Philippine Army Reserve Force with the rank of First Lieutenant,[17] and an adopted member of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Class of 2006, Bagsay Lahi. She is also a part of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) after completing its VIP Protection Executive Training (VIPPET) in 2023.[18]
She maintains a bi-weekly column in the Op-Ed section of Manila Bulletin and Balita.[19]
- ^ Manabat, Jacque (November 14, 2022). "Former 'Build, Build, Build' chairperson is now DICT Undersecretary". ABS CBN News.
- ^ Alike Editorial (November 14, 2022). "PROFILE Digital Connection - DICT Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu-Lamentillo". Alike. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Jiao, Claire (April 4, 2017). "The women of Duterte's Malacañang". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Lamentillo, Anna Mae (October 14, 2017). "My father taught me waiting for 21 years was worth it". Manila Bulletin.
- ^ Lamentillo, Anna Mae (February 16, 2018). "My mom told me not to believe in Cinderella". Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation.
- ^ Gutierrez, Dennis (March 8, 2023). "DICT's Lamentillo highlights PH efforts to bridge digital gender gap in UN meet". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ^ a b Gutierrez, Dennis (January 3, 2023). "Lamentillo is now a PH Coast Guard auxiliary commodore". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ^ a b c Recuenco, Aaron (January 3, 2023). "Lamentillo inducted as Coast Guard Auxiliary Commodore". Manilla Bulletin. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ "Welcome to the PCGA Family, USEC. LAMENTILLO!". Philippine Coast Guard.
- ^ Lamentillo, Anna Mae Yu (December 10, 2021). Night Owl: A Nationbuilder's Manual (1st ed.). Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation. p. 380. ISBN 9789719488088.
- ^ "Addressing digital gender gap a PH priority – DICT". CNN. March 11, 2023. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023..
- ^ "Lamentillo promoted to DICT undersecretary". Philippine Star. November 16, 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Philippine Daily Inquirerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Unite, Betheena (November 15, 2022). "Former Build, Build, Build committee chair now a DICT undersecretary". Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation.
- ^ Dela Cruz, Jose Paolo (January 20, 2020). "Building a Dream". Stargate People Asia.
- ^ Chu, Krizette (July 31, 2020). "She's helped build 24,000 km of roads, 4,959 bridges, 137,000 classrooms—and she just graduated". Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation.
- ^ Unite, Between (June 9, 2021). "Build, Build, Build panel head Lamentillo becomes Army reserve 1st lieutenant". Manila Bulletin.
- ^ Hernando-Malipot, Merlina (March 22, 2023). "DICT's Lamentillo now part of Presidential Security Group". Manila Bulletin.
- ^ Chu, Krizette (March 17, 2023). "MB columnist and DICT Usec Anna Mae Lamentillo launches book on infra dev't". Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation.