President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will lead Rizal Day rites marking the 129th anniversary of Jose Rizal’s martyrdom at the Rizal National Monument in Manila on December 30, the National Historical ...
By Dale Mykho BaylonFilipino nationalism has always evolved. It has changed through time, a product or response to the ...
MANILA, Philippines — While the nation reels under the weight of successive corruption scandals, a new exhibit at the National Library of the Philippines features Jose Rizal’s woes as the first ...
On Dec. 30, the nation again honors the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal. Each year, we observe his sacrifice with ceremonies and speeches. However, the most meaningful tribute to Rizal is neither ritual ...
Dr. Jose P. Rizal (1861-1896), the national hero of the Philippines, was a multi-faceted genius. He was a humanist, a politico-religious activist of his time, and the earliest exponent of nationalism ...
Today marks Dr. Jose Rizal's 163rd birth anniversary. A physician, novelist, polyglot, and naturalist, Rizal has long been acclaimed a national hero for fighting for sociopolitical reforms and the ...
THE reformist younger Jose Rizal — and the Rizal who "denounced" the Revolution in "Manifesto a algunos Filipinos" of Dec. 15, 1896 — was a soft target for polemicist Renato Constantino in his ...