Dr. Jun Ynares THE VIEW FROM RIZAL In last week’s column, we shared with our readers our thoughts on the important lessons we learned during the campaign season for the 2022 elections. We discussed the value that our countrymen placed on performance and track record, noting that these were the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “What did the 2022 elections campaign teach you?” That was the question a good number of friends and colleagues in the local government sector had been asking us since our proclamation as the winning candidate for the mayoralty post of the City of Antipolo. We...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares We have just emerged from an exhausting election campaign that was, perhaps, one of the most emotion-ridden we have seen in recent years. The emotions were largely played out on social media. No, contrary to the perception of many, the emotions did not divide us....
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Why do you have to campaign; why can’t you just be mayor right away?” That was the question my eldest daughter asked me several years back. I was set to run for the position of Antipolo City mayor for the first time. I told her it would be a busy season,...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares A good number of young people will be running for elective posts at the local level in the May 9, 2022 elections. Come March 25, these young candidates will be courting the votes, many of them doing this for the first time. Most, if not all, of them will be...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “How does it feel to get older?” That was the question a number of friends and peers in the local government sector asked me a few days ago as I celebrated another birthday last week. They said they wanted to know how it felt for me to be getting closer to the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Many were elated by the statement made by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III last weekend. According to the Secretary, the crisis is “over”, at least as far as the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is concerned. The Secretary based his assessment on...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The official campaign period of elective national positions in the May 2022 elections is now nearly two-weeks old. The official campaign period for elective positions at the local level will begin in just a little over a month. Since the political pot started to...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares A young aspiring politician approached me a few weeks ago to ask me how to “campaign”. One of his questions struck me. He asked, “What’s the best way to hit my opponent?” I asked back, “What do you mean by ‘hit’?” He explained: “How do I tell...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The past week was definitely a “first quarter storm.” News reports confirmed our fear that we are headed for another surge, perhaps more deadly than the previous spikes in COVID-19 daily infection rates. Amid this January “storm,” an American-Filipino...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares No matter how hard life becomes, life will always get better. That appears to be one of the best lessons taught to us by our experiences in 2021. This past year, we emerged from the dark period marked by rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus in the country and the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Why does adversity strike at a time so close to Christmas? This must be the question in the mind of many of our countrymen, particularly those living in the provinces in Visayas and Mindanao that stood in the path of a raging Typhoon Odette. Images of destruction...
