THE VIEW FROM RIZAL News that the President of South Korea had declared martial law hit the internet around midnight on Tuesday last week. This development sent shockwaves in the Asian region and elsewhere in the world. The move was unexpected and caught everyone by surprise, even his country’s...
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?”...
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...
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...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Last year, we noted the appearance of several articles in the World Wide Web that were critical of the idea of the Filipinos’ remarkable quality of resilience. They were written mostly by younger members of the millennial generation. We understood their objection to what they...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL The United States is currently holding its elections for the next President and Vice President of the world’s most powerful country. The electoral process, which began with early voting a few weeks ago, will culminate just barely a week from now. Next week, on Nov. 5...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL We were privileged to be invited to make a brief presentation at the recent Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR), an event spearheaded by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Our participation in this event allowed us...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL “What was the most important lesson you learned from your teachers?” That is the question I usually get from the organizers of the several events that take place during the celebration of National Teachers’ Month and World Teachers’ Day. I realized it is important for...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL The House of Representatives made a very important move during the recent celebration of World Teachers’ Day last week. Before a large audience of educators at the Araneta Coliseum, the Lower House pledged that it “will pay more attention” to the plight of our teachers,...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL President Bongbong Marcos Jr. bared last week the administration’s complete line-up of candidates for senator in the 2025 elections. While there were mixed reactions in social media on the line-up, most political pundits have expressed that most of the names on the list would...
The Antipolo City government urged women with ovarian and uterine cancers to avail of its free surgical mission for gynecologic malignancy of the uterus and ovaries at the Rizal Provincial Hospital System (RPHS) Antipolo–Annex II on October 9 and 10. Mayor Jun Ynares stated that the initial...
