For Laguna Vice Governor Karen Agapay, vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has something in common with the likes of Dr. Jose Rizal and Maria Makiling. media Agapay was explaining on Thursday, March 24 the issuance of a Provincial Council declaring Duterte as adopted daughter...
Holy Week processions which have been long-time Filipino tradition will not be allowed again this year. In a letter to all clergy and the faithful of the Diocese of Antipolo posted on the social media sites of the diocese and the respective Facebook pages of the parishes, Bishop Francis De Leon...
Customers of Manila Water in some parts of Cainta and Taytay in Rizal province should be ready for a seven to eight-hour water service interruption starting on Thursday night, March 24. Manila Water announced on its social media sites that its customers in Cainta, particularly in some parts of...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Knights of Rizal La Carcel Chapter joined forces for a blood donation campaign at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC). BJMP chief Jail Director Allan Iral commended the efforts of the Knights of Rizal to call for volunteers and...
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 municipal government of Binangonan in Rizal is targeting to inoculate the remaining 29 percent of its target population in the vaccination program against Covid-19. (Photo courtesy of the Pamahalaang Bayan ng Binangonan Rizal’s Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) The office of Mayor Cesar Ynares...
The provincial government of Rizal congratulated former Rizal Vice Governor Frisco “Popoy” San Juan, Jr. for his appointment as the new general manager of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). (Photo courtesy of the Lalawigan ng Rizal (Official)’s Facebook page / MANILA...
The Rizal Mega Testing Facility at the Ynares Event Center will temporarily cease operations starting on Monday, March 7. In a post on it’s official Facebook page, the provincial government said the decision was made to enable the medical frontliners and health workers to return to their original...
(LOTTO / MANILA BULLETIN) A ticket bought in Rizal bagged the P12.5-million jackpot prize for Lotto 6/42, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Sunday, March 6, announced. PCSO, in an advisory posted on its Facebook page, congratulated the lone bettor of the winning ticket bought in...
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...
IT'S A WRAP Fresh spring rolls Ever since the pandemic hit us, any chance I get to go out of town and release from the confines of my home, I look to the province. I make sure though that travel requirements are not so strict to avoid all the inconveniences of filling out all sorts of forms. I...
