Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal, is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) east of Manila. The province is named after José Rizal, one of the main national heroes of the Philippines. It is bordered by Metro Manila to the west, Bulacan to the north, Quezon to the east and Laguna to the southeast. The province also lies on the northern shores of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country. Rizal is a mountainous province perched on the western slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range.
Consuelo Ynares-Santiago is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Court by President Joseph Estrada.
The Ynares Center is an indoor arena located along the Circumferential Road in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines. The facility, which has a seating capacity of 7,400, is managed by the Provincial Government of Rizal. The arena is named after the Ynares family of Rizal, whose members had served as governors since 1992. It was also the site of the 100th Foundation Anniversary Celebration of the province.
The Government Service Insurance System is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines. Created by Commonwealth Act No. 186 and Republic Act No. 8291, GSIS is a social insurance institution that provides a defined benefit scheme under the law. It insures its members against the occurrence of certain contingencies in exchange for their monthly premium contributions.
Ma. Merceditas Consunji Navarro Gutierrez is a Filipino government official who is currently serving as member of the board of trustees of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). After graduating from the Ateneo de Manila University Law School in 1973, she quickly established herself as a valuable government figure. Aside from becoming a two-time Justice Secretary of the Philippine Justice Department, Gutierrez also became the first woman to head the post of Ombudsman. She assumed the position on December 1, 2005, and resigned from office on May 6, 2011.
Casimiro A. Ynares Sr. Memorial National High School is a public high school in Taytay, Rizal. situated at the Rizal Provincial Lot Hilltop, Cabrera Road, KayTikling, Barangay Dolores, Taytay, Rizal. Its mother school is Taytay National High School. The school is now an independent public secondary school. It offers a specialized curriculum specifically in English, Science, Mathematics, and ICT. The school is currently rolling out the new K-12 BEC program for students starting the school year 2012–2013. The school also has planned to carry out the new SHS program that will start in the school year 2016–2017 but out of all 3 choices for the new program, they will be implementing the Academics area of the curriculum.
Local elections were held in Antipolo on May 13, 2013, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the 2 congressmen, and the councilors, eight in each of the city's 2 legislative districts.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Miriam Defensor Santiago, a then-incumbent Senator of the Philippines, was announced on October 13, 2015 at a book signing event. Miriam Defensor-Santiago submitted her certificate of candidacy (COC) on October 16, 2015. She was fifth overall in the election and lost to Rodrigo Duterte. Santiago died of lung cancer five months later.
Local elections were held in the Province of Rizal on May 9, 2016 as part of the 2016 general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the governor, vice-governor and representatives for the two districts of Rizal.
Winston Fiel Garcia is a Filipino lawyer, and corporate leader who was the general manager and president of Government Service Insurance System. He has served as the director and board member of several of the biggest institutions in the Philippines such as the Philippine Stock Exchange, San Miguel Corporation, Meralco and is currently the chairman of the Garcia-owned Cebu CFI Cooperative.
Local elections were held in the Province of Rizal on May 13, 2019, as part of the 2019 general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the governor, vice-governor and representatives for the two districts of Rizal.
Rebecca "Nini" Alcantara Ynares is a Filipina politician from the province of Rizal, Philippines who previously served as governor of the province from 2001 to 2004 and again from 2013 to 2022. She also served as president of Octagon Realty & Development Corporation, JNM Realty & Development Corporation, and Mar-vi Enterprise, Inc. and the director of United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) from 1998 to 2001. During her first term as governor, she was concurrently a director of Laguna Lake Development Authority from 2001 to 2004 and treasurer of the League of Provinces of the Philippines.
Casimiro "Jun" Alcantara Ynares III is a Filipino physician and politician who is the mayor of Antipolo from 2013 to 2019 and since 2022. He previously served as the Public Information Officer of the city under his wife, former Mayor Andrea Bautista-Ynares, and the governor of Rizal from 2007 to 2013.
Local elections were held in the Rizal on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 general elections. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the governor, vice-governor and representatives for the four districts of Rizal.
Local elections were held at Antipolo on May 9, 2022, as part of the Philippine general election. Held concurrently with the national elections, the electorate voted to elect a mayor, a vice mayor, sixteen councilors members, two members to the Rizal Provincial Board and two district representatives to congress. Those elected took their respective offices on June 30, 2022, for a three-year-long term.
Andrea Mortel Bautista-Ynares is a Filipina film producer and politician who is the mayor of Antipolo from 2019 until 2022. She is the younger sister of Senator Bong Revilla.
Ronaldo "Puto" Limongco Leyva is a Filipino physician and politician who is the councilor of Antipolo's Second District since 2022, and from 2004 until 2013. He previously served as Vice Mayor of the said city for one term.
Josefina "Pining" Galang-Gatlabayan is a Filipina politician who is the Vice Mayor of Antipolo since 2016. She previously served as the councilor of Antipolo's Second District for one term.
Casimiro "Ito" Martin Ynares Jr. is a Filipino politician who served as Presidential Adviser for Southern Tagalog from 2021 until 2022. He previously served as the governor of Rizal from 1992 to 2001, and again from 2004 until 2007. He also served as the mayor of Binangonan before he became governor of Rizal.
