THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Are we at a worse situation today than where we were a year ago?” This was the worried message I got from a relative recently. She said she heard the news that the country registered a staggering 7,000-plus new cases of COVID-19 infection. This, according to...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL We would like to thank our readers for the steady stream of emails we get from you every week in response to our Sunday column. We will make sure that your comments are duly acknowledged and – when possible – reprinted in our weekly piece. Last week we received an email from...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “How did it feel?” That was the question a lot of excited people asked a health front-liner last Thursday. Her name is Dr. Concepcion Lat – an Antipoleña and Antipolo City’s chief city health officer. Dr. Lat recently made history by being the first...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares As we go to press, President Duterte and the Cabinet are set to meet and discuss proposals from the country’s economic managers to put the entire country under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) status starting the first of March this year. This...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Several years ago, I shared in our column a concern brought to me by a lady-friend. I recall that she appeared to be in distress when she asked me this question: “What if I no longer feel that ‘in love’ with my husband?” At first, I thought that the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “What happens if some countries would really hostage the anti-COVID-19 vaccine?” This was the question I got from a number of friends who reacted to our column last Sunday. It will be recalled that, in that piece, we echoed the worry among some of our...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Are you worried over the raging controversies regarding anti-COVID 19 vaccines?” Colleagues in the local government sector have been asking me this question via text over the past few weeks. They said they are worried that the issues supposedly hounding...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The implementation of a truck ban by the Province of Rizal commenced this past week. As we explained in one of our recent columns, the ban covers trucks and other vehicles hauling products from the province’s large mining and quarrying entities. Nearly 200 such...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” seems to be shining brighter as we entered the first month of 2021. That light has inspired much hope and has strengthened our faith in the possibility that 2021 shall be the year of our economic and social...
Dr. Jun Ynares THE VIEW FROM RIZAL “Why are you so strongly opposed to mining?” “If you stop mining, you will slow down economic development.” “You cannot void an action of a national government agency.” These are some of the text messages we have been getting over the past few weeks....
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”...
