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Catriona Gray in Angono
FORMER Miss Universe Catriona Gray has taken a break from gender advocacy, from where she was red-tagged and is now delving into culture and arts. Gray recently visited Angono, deemed as the Arts Capital of the Philippines in her capacity as National Commission for Culture and Arts Ambassador, as the local government culminated the opening…
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Local volunteers launch Online Rap Competition
By Fernan Angeles BINANGONAN, Rizal – After its successful online “Tiktok” talent search among local teachers, the local government unit, in cooperation with the Binangonan Action Center – Volunteers Group, launched another competition, this time taking on the “millennial” babies with a penchant for rapping. In a Facebook post, municipal administrator Russel Callanta Ynares called…
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Rizal town residents excited for recycled Christmas tree competition
By Fernan Angeles PANDEMIC or no pandemic, Christmas is with all certainly coming to town – specifically to the town known for its giant Christmas trees made of plastic bottles, used cardboard and scrap from local junk shops. Interestingly, the lakeshore town of Binangonan, Rizal hardly spends for their giant Christmas trees that have already…
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Hand-washing facilities all over Binangonan
By Fernan Angeles BINANGONAN, Rizal – Taking cue from the magnitude of health hazards posed by the highly-infectious COVID-19, the local government embarked on a system that makes sanitation and personal hygiene a must among local folks. In a post uploaded in the social media, the local government underscored the need to impose measures seen…
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San Mateo Mayor, Vice Mayor test positive for COVID-19
By Fernan Angeles The coronavirus caught up on San Mateo, Rizal town mayor and her husband who is the vice mayor of the locality. With both the mayor and her vice-mayor forced to go on medical leave, the municipal administrator now calls shots for the local government. In their official Facebook accounts, Mayor Cristina Diaz…
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Rizal town eyes one isolation facility per barangay
By Fernan Angeles TAYTAY, Rizal – The local government would have completed an isolation facility for COVID-19 response for each of their barangay by September, said Mayor Joric Gacula. In a statement issued after meeting the town’s five barangay captains, Gacula hinted at the isolation facility as the place where they intend to house the…
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Another Rizal town mayor tests positive for COVID-19
By Fernan Angeles ANOTHER local chief executive from Rizal province has fallen prey to COVID-19. Pililla town Mayor Dan Masinsin, who is now under isolation and being treated in an undisclosed private hospital, has tested positive for the virus. In a social media post uploaded by the Pililla local government, Masinsin reportedly went on isolation…
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Youth project offers free printing in exchange for plastic bottles
By Fernan J. Angeles YOUNG blood from the lakeshore town of Binangonan, Rizal did what the Department of Education should have done for the opening of classes. Taking cue from the youth leaders belonging to the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) council of Barangay Calumpang, who offered free printing of school materials, documents, and assignments of students…