THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares A few years ago, a friend from high school texted me this message: “How did you manage to survive?” That friend of mine had always been a jokester. His text message was intended to greet me and my wife Andeng and to wish us well as we marked our wedding...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Do you think ‘Filipino resilience’ is overrated?” That was one of the questions we got this past week from some of our readers. They were apparently affected by a message on Twitter coming from a showbusiness personality. In the tweet, the said...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares As we write this column, many of our countrymen in various parts of Luzon are picking up the pieces – literally and figuratively speaking – in the aftermath of the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses. The magnitude of the fury of Ulysses was somehow unexpected. We...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “How does it feel to win an election?” That was the question a number of friends were asking me this past week. They seem to have been watching the conduct of the presidential elections in the United States. They must have been contaminated by the excitement...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “In a span of seven and a half months, a good number of people close to us passed away.” This is the gist of some of the saddest text and private messages we received over the past few months following the start of the quarantine season in March of this year....
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Who do you think would win – Trump or Biden?” “What do you think of the US elections – has it started to resemble Philippine elections?” “If you were an American, would you go Republican or Democrat in this election?” “What’s at stake for us...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares An apparent “word war” recently erupted between the science community of the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The tussle seems to have been triggered by what the DENR spokesperson described as a...
Banned Korean-American singer Steve Yoo’s F-4 visa application was rejected again by the Korean consulate general in Los Angeles despite a Supreme Court ruling in his favor last March. Yoo, whose real name is Yoo Seung-jun, has been banned from entering Korea for 18 years when he acquired...
K-drama friendship goals! Record of Youth , starring Park Bo Gum , Park So-dam , and Byeon Woo-seok , currently ranks top 3 on Netflix. Since its first episode, it has already had two cameos from big names in the Korean drama (K-drama) world, such as Kim Hye Yoon and Seo Hyun Jin . Remember...
Here's something to start your October. Our favorite Korean superstar Park Seo Jun is the newest face of BYS Cosmetics Philippines. “BYS has always prided itself on being a relevant brand,” beams BYS Cosmetics Philippines' Angie Goyena . “Since the Haliyu wave is at its peak, we’ve chosen...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Do you see the light at the end of the tunnel?” That was the question I got last week from a friend who is now living in the United States. We had a recent chat over social media and had been comparing notes regarding economic and political developments here...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “What’s social media abuzz with these days?” That was the question I asked a staff of our public information office in Antipolo City. I wanted to know what netizens are discussing in the virtual platform. That piece of information, I thought, is a good...
