"Jose Rizal" Blogs & Blog Posts

From the caption: INDIO CON CARRETON DE LENA“El Carabao es el unico animal que sirve para el transporte efectos, y el mas querido del indio.”Vistas De Las Islas Filipinas Y Trages de Sus Habitantes, de José Honorato Lozano, Publicado en 1847 [Bi...

I am not aware of any “Awit ni Maria” sung by Lea Salonga. Although there have been many renderings of the Song of Maria Clara (El Canto de Maria Clara) from Noli Me Tangere throughout our history.  Check these out!  El Canto de Maria Clara by...

I’ve been very weak all throughout these years.  Emotionally, mentally and physically.  There are times even spiritually. I get tempted easily. I also cry and breakdown a lot. I easily get hurt.  And I try to seek revenge on those wh...

Rizal was reading the “Imitation of Christ” by Thomas a’Kempis in his last hours. The book is one of the great classical Christian writings of the medieval period. Rizal would give this to Josephine Bracken. The book, among others, strengthene...

Heroes. We historians are given the task to conjure them in our memory. And while these people are so far off from us, being separated from us by language, space and time, we are forever beholden to them and to Divine providence who saw it fit to giv...

“¿O Diyos na Sanggol, paano ba kaya’t Ang sinilangan Mo ay sabsabang aba? Diyata’t di pa man ay pag-alipusta Ang dulot ng Palad sa Iyong pagbaba? Kay lungkot! O hari ng Sangkalangitan, Nagkatawang-tao’t sa lupa’y tumahan, Hindi Mo ba ibig...

It has been 116 years since our national hero Jose Rizal was executed in Bagumbayan, but his ideas are now being dragged into the raging debate regarding the long-pending reproductive health (RH) bill. Last year, Rep. Arlene “Kaka” of Akbayan exp...