THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The month of August is associated by most Filipinos with the “Buwan ng Wika.” It is also the time when the nation remembers the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth and the man considered to be the father of the Philippine national language....
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Would you trust the vaccine from Russia?” There has been a rash of text messages recently coming from friends. They wanted to know if I have inside information on Sputnik V – the vaccine against COVID 19 which the Russian government claims it has developed...
Jun Vicera joins the team photo of the North All-Stars led by Robert Jaworski before the 1992 PBA All-Star Game. (Photo courtesy of San Miguel Beer utility member Edwin Cortez) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel mourned the loss of long-time utility man Jun Vicera who passed away Saturday. Veteran Mark...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL (Part 2) Two Sundays ago, we shared with our readers the first part of our piece on Finding Joy. In that column, we wrote about the sentiment of some of our friends and colleagues. They expressed what they described as the difficulty of “finding joy” in these times. “There...
These days, face masks are lifelines during the Covid-19 pandemic. And there’s no better way for artists from all over Panay Island, particularly Iloilo, to honor them than by making creative interpretations of rather lifeless objects that have become a significant part of our daily lives under...
This new Korean series is exclusive to Netflix HELLACIOUS A glimpse at Hellbound webtoon Netflix recently confirmed that Yoo Ah-in , Park Jeong min , Kim Hyun-joo , Won Jin Ah , and Yang Ik-jun as the leading cast of an original and exclusive series about supernatural angels that come from the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL “Let us not despair.” Those were words from President Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). This was one of the shortest sentences in his speech – and which attracted much media attention and made it to the headlines. That this particular remark caught...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL (Part 1) “These days, it seems difficult to be happy.” That was a remark followed by a deep sigh coming from a fellow Antipoleño. He had given me a quick call and I managed to squeeze in an honest “How are you?”. These days, people hardly mask what they feel. I believe...
iKON’s Jinhwan (left) and Ju-ne (Instagram) K-pop boy band iKON members Ju-ne and Jinhwan suffered injuries when their vehicle hit a retaining wall on a national highway in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The accident happened at about 3:40 a.m. (2:40 a.m. in the Philippines)...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL “How do we cope with the many uncertainties we face today?” That was the text message I got from a friend from my college days. I had earlier texted him to ask how he and his family are doing. He was honest enough to say that he and his wife were “experiencing major...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “So, what do you plan to accomplish this year?” This is the question I usually get – we all usually get – at the start of each year. As a matter of practice, we give canned answers. Canned answers could range from “quit smoking” and “lose weight”...
