THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Do you believe in the power of prayer? That was the question a friend asked me recently. He dropped by my office at the Antipolo City Hall late last week after spending some time at the city’s Cathedral – the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage....
Three suspected drug pushers were arrested by Angono police following a buy-bust operation at Sitio Kulot in Barangay Mahabang Parang, Angono. Angono police reported to Rizal Police Provincial Office Director Col. Felipe Maraggun the confiscated eight sachets containing 45 grams of suspected shabu...
The Rizal Provincial Government has opened summer job opportunities for the youth in the province. The office of Rizal Governor Nina Ricci Ynares said the provincial government has allocated 150 slots for the summer job, more popularly known as the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES)...
Members of the Rizal Police Provincial Office (PPO) joined the local government unit in providing a livelihood training for members of the women sector in a community in Taytay, Rizal on Labor Day. Residents of Sitio Tibagan, Taytay, who are mostly women, attended the skills training on how to make...
THE VIEWS FROM RIZAL We join our nation and the world today in thanking and saluting the men and women who comprise the labor force. As we celebrate Labor Day, we pay tribute to those who have to work in faraway lands to earn a living and provide for the needs of their families. We recognize their...
DAVAO CITY – Nineteen law graduates of the Rizal Memorial College (RMC) Inc. here who hurdled the 2023 Bar examinations received on Tuesday, April 23, a total of P700,000 in incentives from the school. They are: 1. Lisley Gem Amores 2. Lemuel Atup 3. John Benjamin Belen 4. Dante Calamba 5. Alyssa...
The Yuchengco Group’s Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) has teamed up with a Japanese global IT and fintech company Digital Wallet Corporation (DWC) to enhance the facilitation of cross-border digital transactions between the Philippines and Japan. In a statement, RCBC First...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL We have been receiving a good number of queries from our readers regarding a transportation infrastructure project that will directly benefit residents and commercial establishments located east of Metro Manila. This is the planned extension of LRT Line 2 to Cogeo. It...
Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) is eyeing a 27 percent growth in its consumer loan portfolio to P160 billion this year from P126 billion in 2023. In a statement, RCBC Consumer Lending Group (CLG) Head Ramil De Villa said he is confident in achieving the growth targets with...
A woman centenarian is the latest recipient of the P10,000 cash incentive from the local government of the Art Capital of the Country municipality. Gregoria M. Reyes, a resident of Barangay Kalayaan, Angono, Rizal personally received the monetary gift from the representative of Angono Mayor, Jeri...
The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Saint Clement in Angono, Rizal is leading this year’s awareness campaign for the environment. It will hold a pro-Earth seminar for the public on April 26 in observance of World Earth Day 2024. Through the initiative of the Ecology Ministry and the Social and...
For being named overall champion in the recently concluded Region 4-A Calabarzon 2024 Regional Athletic Association Meet (RAAM), young athletes from various public schools in the Art Capital of the Country were recognized by the municipal government. Members of the Angono Giants Football Team...