Jose Rizal

December 30, 2011
Rizal’s Last Hours

On December 26, 1896, the military court tried Jose Rizal and later found him guilty…

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November 15, 2011
The Travels of Rizal

The National Hero Jose Rizal left the country in May 1882 to pursue further studies abroad…

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October 15, 2011
Rizal and Language

Jose Rizal and Ferdinand Blumentritt shared a passion for the study of languages…

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September 15, 2011
Rizal’s Stand on Freedom

While awaiting trial in 1896, Rizal wrote a manifesto that expressed his disapproval…

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August 16, 2011
Paciano A. Rizal (1851-1930)

Jose Rizal’s older and only brother devotedly took care of the National Hero

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May 15, 2011
Doña Teodora

The life of Doña Teodora illustrates how Filipinos, men and women alike, struggled…

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April 15, 2011
Rizal the Mason

When Rizal arrived in Spain in 1882, he found a country that was strongly influenced by Masonic…

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March 15, 2011
Rizal’s Education

Jose Rizal’s first teacher was his mother, who had taught him how to read and pray…

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February 1, 2011
Jose Protacio Alonso Realonda Mercado Rizal

Among the earliest known ancestors of Jose Rizal were Siang-co and Zun-nio of Fujian, China.

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