The city government of Antipolo is enjoining visitors to enjoy the holidays by spending them in the Pilgrimage Capital of the Country. City Mayor Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III said people going to Antipolo City should visit the White Christmas-themed village at Sumulong Park in front of the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Recent developments in the country and on the global stage boosted hopes that we may experience a stronger sense of peace during this year’s Christmas. Here in our country, President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. made a bold and noble move to convey to our legislators not to proceed...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL In 1972, Australia’s representative to the Miss Universe Pageant held in Puerto Rico was a stunning woman from Perth named Kerry Ann Wells. She had a memorable answer to the question asked the five finalists: “If you can change who you are today, who would you want to be?”...
Angono, Rizal’s ‘higantes’ fill the streets in the Art Capital of the Country for the Higantes and Arts Festival 2024, on Sunday, Nov. 24. Garbed in native costumes, the town giants, which are tall sized version of a mascot lined-up in the streets for the grand parade which is...
Dr. Jose P. Rizal The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill declaring June 19 of every year as a special working holiday to pay homage to Dr. Jose P. Rizal on the Philippine hero's birth anniversary. Receiving 175...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL The parade of major weather disturbances was unprecedented. Even our elders in Rizal could not recall when the country had to contend with six typhoons in a month. Kristine, Leon, Marce, Nika, Ofel, and Pepito battered Luzon and portions of the Visayas, leaving a deadly trail of...
At least 25 families were displaced in three flood-hit communities due to Super Typhoon Pepito in Binangonan, Rizal, as of Sunday afternoon, November 17. A post on the Facebook page of Barangay Bilibiran in Binangonan shows some residents getting ready for evacuation, Sunday morning, Nov. 17. Some...
Eugene S. Acevedo, president and chief executive officer of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC), recently became a two-time author with the launch of his second book, "Reinvent and Outperform: Becoming a Better Leader." The event was graced by no less than the bank's chairman, Helen Y. Dee, the...
The Yuchengco Group’s Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) posted a 31 percent drop in unaudited consolidated net income to P6.2 billion for the first nine months of 2024 from the P9.03 billion earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL The people of the United States have made their choice for the next President of that powerful country. They did so in an election which many saw as one of the most “interesting” in contemporary American history. It was a “bare-knuckle fistfight,” said one of our...
There will be no classes in all levels on November 11, Monday, for both public and private schools in the entire Rizal Province due to Severe Tropical Storm Nika. Rizal Governor Nina Ricci Ynares, on her Facebook page, announced on Sunday night, Nov. 10, the suspension of classes as she recommended...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has suspended the movement of all water vessels on Laguna Lake in Rizal Province following the issuance of Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 due to Typhoon Nika. Lt JG Alvin A. Austria of the Philippine Coast Guard Station Rizal said the Sea Travel...
