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...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Last weekend, it felt like the world was on the brink of another war. News of Iran’s attack on Israel in retaliation for the latter’s alleged bombing of the former’s consulate in Damascus, Syria fanned speculations that the world’s superpowers might be involved in the...
The Yuchengco Group’s Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), through RCBC Credit Cards, has teamed up with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMBC Group) to provide RCBC Credit Card Mastercard and Visa premium cardholders access to 49 Lounges at 34 Airports in Japan. In a statement,...
Flourishing solar power developer giant Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) has secured P9.0 billion worth of loans from Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) with an option to increase it to P20 billion; and that will be funneled mainly for the commercial development of its...
The Rizal Schools Division Office (SDO) represented by student athletes from various public and elementary schools in Rizal Province won the title in the 2024 Calabarzon Regional Athletic Association Meet (2024 RAAM). The Calabarzon athletic event was held in various venues in Laguna, Batangas and...
With the summer heat getting worse especially in Metro Manila, the local government of Tanay, Rizal continues to encourage visitors to come to the town and experience a quick escape from the scorching summer heat at least for a day or two this weekend. The town tourism office’s social media pages...
THE VIEWS FROM RIZAL A question I asked my teacher at grade school allowed me to learn one of the best lessons in social studies. I remember asking one of the teachers at Marist School this question: “Why do we celebrate an embarrassing defeat in the hands of an enemy?” The question had to do...
