Tag: Dr. Jose Rizal

PLACES OF RIZAL
Rizal Shrine, Dapitan: Four Years of Exile, One Lasting Legacy

Rizal Shrine, Dapitan: Four Years of Exile, One Lasting...

The Rizal Shrine in Dapitan preserves the site of José Rizal's four-year exile, ...

COMMUNITY
How Filipino-American Communities Celebrate Rizal Day

How Filipino-American Communities Celebrate Rizal Day

Filipino-American communities have observed Rizal Day since the early Manong gen...

LEARNING
Universidad Central de Madrid: Where Rizal Became a Doctor

Universidad Central de Madrid: Where Rizal Became a Doctor

At the Universidad Central de Madrid, José Rizal completed his medical degree, s...

LIFE
The Rizal Family's Land Dispute with the Dominican Friars

The Rizal Family's Land Dispute with the Dominican Friars

Between 1887 and 1891, the Rizal family and hundreds of other tenants were caugh...

WORKS / WRITINGS
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Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años: Rizal's Predictions for the Philippines' Future

Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años: Rizal's Predictions for ...

In Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años, José Rizal predicted the eventual end of Spani...

LEARNING
University of Santo Tomas: Rizal's First Steps into Medicine

University of Santo Tomas: Rizal's First Steps into Med...

José Rizal began his medical studies at the University of Santo Tomas in 1877, i...

COMMUNITY
Rizalista Societies: The Global Network of Rizal Scholars and Enthusiasts

Rizalista Societies: The Global Network of Rizal Schola...

"Rizalista" refers both to scholars and civic members upholding Rizal's ideals t...

PEOPLE AROUND RIZAL
Trinidad Rizal: Keeper of the Last Poem

Trinidad Rizal: Keeper of the Last Poem

Trinidad Rizal, José Rizal's younger sister, was entrusted with his final poem, ...

LIFE
Growing Up in a Large Family: Rizal Among His Ten Siblings

Growing Up in a Large Family: Rizal Among His Ten Siblings

José Rizal grew up as the seventh of eleven children in a large, close-knit hous...

PEOPLE AROUND RIZAL
Paciano Rizal: The Brother Who Shaped a Revolutionary

Paciano Rizal: The Brother Who Shaped a Revolutionary

Paciano Rizal, José Rizal's older brother, funded much of his education and intr...

WORKS / WRITINGS
Sobre la Indolencia de los Filipinos: Rebutting the Myth of Filipino Laziness

Sobre la Indolencia de los Filipinos: Rebutting the Myt...

In Sobre la Indolencia de los Filipinos, José Rizal challenged the colonial ster...

LEARNING
Ateneo Municipal de Manila: The School That Shaped a Scholar

Ateneo Municipal de Manila: The School That Shaped a Sc...

At just eleven years old, José Rizal entered the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, a J...

COMMUNITY
Rizal in the Filipino Diaspora: How Communities Abroad Keep His Legacy Alive

Rizal in the Filipino Diaspora: How Communities Abroad ...

For Filipino communities abroad, José Rizal's story resonates as more than histo...

PEOPLE AROUND RIZAL
Teodora Alonso: The Mother Who Was His First Teacher

Teodora Alonso: The Mother Who Was His First Teacher

Teodora Alonso, José Rizal's mother, was a well-educated woman who taught him to...

LEGACY
Rizal on Education: Why He Believed Knowledge Was the Root of Freedom

Rizal on Education: Why He Believed Knowledge Was the R...

José Rizal believed that a nation cannot be truly free without an educated popul...

LIFE
Rizal's Childhood: Signs of Genius in a Small Laguna Town

Rizal's Childhood: Signs of Genius in a Small Laguna Town

José Rizal's childhood in Calamba, Laguna, showed early signs of the mind he wou...

LIFE
The Birth of a Hero: José Rizal's Early Childhood in Calamba

The Birth of a Hero: José Rizal's Early Childhood in Ca...

José Rizal's childhood in Calamba, Laguna, laid the foundation for the values, i...

PLACES OF RIZAL
Rizal Shrine, Calamba: The Reconstructed House Where He Was Born

Rizal Shrine, Calamba: The Reconstructed House Where He...

The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is a faithful reconstruction of José Rizal's childho...

WORKS / WRITINGS
El Filibusterismo: Rizal's Darker, Angrier Sequel

El Filibusterismo: Rizal's Darker, Angrier Sequel

El Filibusterismo, published in Ghent in 1891, is Rizal's darker sequel to Noli ...

WORKS / WRITINGS
Noli Me Tángere: The Novel That Exposed a Colony's Wounds

Noli Me Tángere: The Novel That Exposed a Colony's Wounds

Noli Me Tángere, published in Berlin in 1887, is José Rizal's landmark novel exp...