THE VIEW FROM RIZAL It was something many of us prayed for – the advent of the day we wished would come soon. The prayers were answered and the wish seemed to have been granted. Friday of last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general made the formal announcement that the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL “We have an annual ‘ritual’ regarding our water supply situation,” a colleague in the local government sector told me recently. I asked him what he meant, and we found his explanation both sad and funny. He said: During the wet season, we worry about our dams overflowing...
A mother and her child died while three others were injured in a road collision in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Antipolo, Rizal on Wednesday, April 26. According to Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares, the incident happened along Sumulong Highway, La Veranda in Barangay Sta. Cruz. He said that the initial police...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Last week, a land transportation sector aspiration took a small but important step towards its realization. In a meeting held in Antipolo City, last April 18, foreign consultants of the Department of Transportation briefed us on the progress of their work in the pre-feasibility...
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...
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 DR. JUN YNARES February is the month of love, so we decided to digress from the pressing issues of the day and write a piece about matters of the heart – or is it of the brain? Loving and being loved is at the top of most – if not all – people’s list of the things that...
