THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Today, the faithful will gather in limited numbers in certain Churches for the celebration of the Lord’s resurrection. Others will mark this important event in the Church’s calendar using the online platform. All of them will hear once again the timeless...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares A number of young people usually approach me about a year before elections. They come to ask for advice. Some want counsel on whether or not they should aspire for an elective post. Others ask me how they can win in an election. I never give a direct, on-point...
Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) reported that its 2.5-year and 5.25-year Fixed-Rate ASEAN Sustainability Peso Bond offering was 5.9 times oversubscribed--allowing them to raise P17.87 billion from the P3 billion target. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
A 12-hour water interruption will disrupt the lives of as many as 102,656 households in Rizal province due to a maintenance activity that Manila Water Company Inc. will undertake in one of its pumping stations. In a statement, Manila Water said it will undertake maintenance activity at Siruna...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Are we at a worse situation today than where we were a year ago?” This was the worried message I got from a relative recently. She said she heard the news that the country registered a staggering 7,000-plus new cases of COVID-19 infection. This, according to...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL We would like to thank our readers for the steady stream of emails we get from you every week in response to our Sunday column. We will make sure that your comments are duly acknowledged and – when possible – reprinted in our weekly piece. Last week we received an email from...
LANDSCAPE (Part II) How many people read Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere when it was hot off the press? Two thousand copies were printed, a number must have been sold among the Filipino expats and Spanish liberals sympathetic to the cause of indio Filipinos. Rizal sent a copy to Prof. F. Blumentritt whom...
Households and establishments in five barangays in Rodriguez, Rizal will have no water for nine hours starting March 11, Thursday, Manila Water announced. (UNSPLSH / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Water the water service interruption is due to the continuation of the leak repair activity at C. Reyes...
After a year in lockdown, a lot of homeowners are now contemplating to find a place that is closer to nature. Why not? There are health benefits (physical and mental) from breathing fresh air, seeing the sunrise, and being in an environment that is calm and quiet. For longtime Metro Manila...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “How did it feel?” That was the question a lot of excited people asked a health front-liner last Thursday. Her name is Dr. Concepcion Lat – an Antipoleña and Antipolo City’s chief city health officer. Dr. Lat recently made history by being the first...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares As we go to press, President Duterte and the Cabinet are set to meet and discuss proposals from the country’s economic managers to put the entire country under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) status starting the first of March this year. This...
Mining operations within the Marikina River Basin should not be blamed for the massive flooding that engulfed some parts of Marikina and Rizal province during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses, the deadliest and most destructive typhoon to hit the country in 2020. This was indicated in the recent...
