The Antipolo City local government and Bugku District in Gwangju City, South Korea, recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on strengthening their economic cooperation that will redound to their mutual benefit. The signing was attended by Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares, Bukgu District...
Antipolo City local government officials and representatives from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) met on Tuesday, April 18, on the proposed cable car connection project which will connect the MRT-4 to the city. Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares said that in the meeting, the project's foreign...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL We woke up Monday of this week to several pieces of good news. First, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced that it is “scrapping” the requirement for “periodic medical examination” for those who have been given five-year and 10-year driver's licenses. Second,...
The Antipolo City local government said that it has set up several Livestock Quarantine Checkpoints as part of its efforts in ensuring that all livestock and poultry products being brought in and produced by the city are free from Bird Flu and African Swine Fever (ASF). Antipolo City Mayor Jun...
Marvel Studios released the first teaser trailer for its superhero film “The Marvels” and it included Korean actor Park Seo-jun. “The Marvels” stars Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson, Zawe Ashton and Park Seo-jun. Korean actor Park Seo-jun in "The Marvels"...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Thursday of last week, millions of devotees joined the annual trek to Antipolo City and to the International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage called “Alay Lakad.” Philippine National Police (PNP) officials estimated the number of pilgrims-on-foot at 4.8...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Yesterday, the fourth of April, Antipolo marked the silver anniversary of its conversion to a component city of the province of Rizal. Last Saturday – three days before the anniversary date – Antipoleños marked one of the biggest celebrations of this important milestone...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL We heard encouraging news from some of our medical experts manning the forefront in our battle against Covid-19. Last week, their pronouncements tend to indicate that the scourge appears to be over – at least for our country – and that the erstwhile pandemic is now about to...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Last week, concerns were raised over the reported slide in the ranking of our country in terms of the average “intelligence” of our population based on the metrics called “intelligence quotient” or IQ. This was apparently triggered by some posts on social media which...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Once again, the issue of the relevance of the iconic Philippines jeepney grabbed headlines and was trending in social media last week as organizations of jeepney drivers and operators called for a “Tigil Pasada.” This appeared to have been fueled by what one jeepney...
Rodolfo “Jun” Adarlo Jr., a retired mechanical engineer and OFW, thought that he should still live an active lifestyle even after retirement. So, in 2018, he established a farm in Ilat South San Pascual Batangas to keep him moving, provide a sustainable food source, be an avenue of simple...
The second episode of the Korean show “Jinny’s Kitchen” (aka “Seojin’s”), headlined by Lee Seo-jin, Jung Yu-mi, Park Seo-jun, Choi Woo-shik and BTS’ V, took the No. 1 spot again in the ratings in South Korea. Prime Video and tvN released the second episode on March 3, showing the...
