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...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Several years ago, I shared in our column a concern brought to me by a lady-friend. I recall that she appeared to be in distress when she asked me this question: “What if I no longer feel that ‘in love’ with my husband?” At first, I thought that the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “What happens if some countries would really hostage the anti-COVID-19 vaccine?” This was the question I got from a number of friends who reacted to our column last Sunday. It will be recalled that, in that piece, we echoed the worry among some of our...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Are you worried over the raging controversies regarding anti-COVID 19 vaccines?” Colleagues in the local government sector have been asking me this question via text over the past few weeks. They said they are worried that the issues supposedly hounding...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The implementation of a truck ban by the Province of Rizal commenced this past week. As we explained in one of our recent columns, the ban covers trucks and other vehicles hauling products from the province’s large mining and quarrying entities. Nearly 200 such...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” seems to be shining brighter as we entered the first month of 2021. That light has inspired much hope and has strengthened our faith in the possibility that 2021 shall be the year of our economic and social...
Dr. Jun Ynares THE VIEW FROM RIZAL “Why are you so strongly opposed to mining?” “If you stop mining, you will slow down economic development.” “You cannot void an action of a national government agency.” These are some of the text messages we have been getting over the past few weeks....
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares For the nth time, Rizal Province and Antipolo City were named Most Competitive Province and Most Competitive Component City, respectively, by the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Competitiveness Bureau for the year 2020. The distinction is given to local...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “What do you think: Will 2021 be a much better year than 2020?” As the year draws to a close, a good number of friends and fellow Antipoleños have been asking me that question. I have a hard time finding the right answer. Two reasons. First, that question is...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares In 2011, our Sunday column began a tradition. Every year, at around this time, I share with our readers a letter I wrote to my eldest daughter, Cassandra. It was a Christmas Letter. I wrote a Christmas Letter to my eldest daughter, Cassandra. She was just three...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Two recent developments sparked Hope for many. The first was a Senate Committee hearing which looked into the causes of recent massive flooding. The second were announcements from the United Kingdom and the United States regarding the vaccine against COVID-19....
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares A few years ago, a friend from high school texted me this message: “How did you manage to survive?” That friend of mine had always been a jokester. His text message was intended to greet me and my wife Andeng and to wish us well as we marked our wedding...
