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Rizals 155th birth anniversarycommemorated in Luneta ParkByAbbie Escarilla

Former President andincumbent Manila MayorJoseph Estrada on Sunday,June 19, led activities toremember the 155th birthanniversary o Jose !i"al, thePhilippines# national hero$

Accordin% to a radio report,members o the &ni%hts o

!i"al 'oined oicials rom

Manila#s local %overnment

durin% commemoration rites held at the historic (uneta Par)$

*n June 19, 1+1, !i"al -as born Jos. Protasio !i"al Mercado y

Alonso !ealonda to parents Francisco Mercado !i"al at /eodora

Alonso !ealonda in 0alamba, (a%una$

Ater travelin% to Bel%ium and Spain, !i"al became a 'ournalist, poet,

activist, and doctor$ e also ounded (a (i%a Filipina, a %roup -hich

advanced social reorm durin% the inal years o the Spanish re%ime in

the Philippines$ For his involvement -ith the lea%ue, !i"al -as

deported by the Spaniards to 2apitan in 1+93$

Four years later, !i"al -as arrested or involvement -ith the

&atipunan, -hich led the Filipino rebellion a%ainst the Spanish

coloni"ers in 1+9$ e -as e4ecuted by irin% suad on 2ecember 67,

1+9 in Ba%umbayan, -hich is no- (uneta Par) in Manila$

For his heroism, several monuments have been put in place to honor

!i"al and his le%acy$ A statue -as put up to remember him in his

native 0alamba, (a%una$ A model o his childhood home also serves

as a museum in the said city$
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155th Rizals Birth Anniversary Fete

Set

Saturday, 1+ June 371 11865

/he 0ity overnment in partnership -ith the *rder o the &ni%hts o!i"al:;amboan%a 0ity 0hapter -ill spearhead the commemoration othe 155th birth anniversary o 2r$ Jose !i"al on Sunday, June 19$

/hemed

Mayor Ben% 0limaco -ill lead city and national %overnment oicials,

non:%overnment or%ani"ations, academe and police and military

sector durin% the commemoration rites$ She -ill %ive the inspirationalmessa%e durin% the short but meanin%ul pro%ram that -ill ollo-$

2omin%o Falcasantos, head o the &ni%hts o !i"al:;amboan%achapter -ill open the pro%ram, -hile &ni%hts o !i"al member Joseph>ee -ill deliver the closin% remar)s$ /he ;amboan%a 0ity i%hSchool:main choir -ill lead the do4olo%y and sin%in% o nationalanthem as -ell as ta)e char%e o the musical interlude$

/he June 19 event see)s to reco%ni"e the lie and -or)s o 2r$ Jose!i"al$ Born on June 19, 1+1, !i"al -as a nationalist, novelist,physician, a poet, and a prominent advocate or reorms durin% theSpanish colonial era$ e is also considered as one o the %reatestheroes o the Philippines$

!i"al -as e4ecuted on 2ecember 67, 1+9, and his martyrdom iscommemorated as a national holiday$ ? Sheila 0ovarrubias


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155th birthday ni Rizal, inunita sa

!aynila

By Bombo 2ennis Jamito

Pinan%unahan ni datin% pan%ulo at n%ayon ay Manila Mayor

Joseph Estrada an% ilan% a)tibidad )au%nay n% pa%%unita n% i)a:155taon% )aara-an ni 2r$ Jose !i"al$

&atu-an% n% lo)al na pamahalaan n% Maynila an% m%a)inata-an n% &ni%hts o !i"al$

&abilan% sa isina%a-a )anina an% pa%:aalay n% bula)la) atmai)lin% pro%rama n% pa%)ilala sa )ini)ilalan% pambansan% bayani$

Si !i"al ay ipinan%ana) noon% unyo 19, 1+1 sa 0alamba,(a%una$

An% )aniyan% m%a ma%ulan% ay sina Francisco Mercado !i"al

at /eodora Alonso !ealonda$

aban% napan%asa-a niya an% banya%an% si JosephineBrac)en noon% 1+9$

Bilan% pa%)ilala sa m%a naiamba% ni !i"al sa bansa, itinayopara sa )aniyan% ala:ala an% ilan% bantayo% sa loob at labas n%Pilipinas$

Pan%unahin na rito an% )aniyan% monumento sa (uneta )un%saan siya binaril sa utos n% %obyernon% Espanyol$

@a%tayo rin n% bantayo% sa tinubuan niyan% lu%ar sa 0alamba,(a%una$

aban% an% )auna:unahan% simbolo n% pa%)ilala )ay !i"al aymatata%puan naman bayan n% 2aet, 0amarines @orte$


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BRONZE statue of Jose Rizal at Wilhelmsfeld

Jose !i"al in romantic eidelber%8 isthou%hts on -omen

By8 !amon M$ !oda

76876 AM June 16th, 371

J*SE !i"al, -hose 155th birth anniversary the nation -illcommemorate on June 19, -as 35 years old -hen he arrived ineidelber% in south-estern ermany on Feb$ 6, 1++$

eidelber% -as one o the best places that !i"al visited durin% his

one:and:a hal year so'ourn in ermany so much so that barely t-o

days ater his arrival here, he immediately ell in love -ith the historic

and romantic city$

enry >$ (on%ello- described eidelber% as


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THREE-STORY Baroque buildin of the !ni"ersit# of Heidelber founded in $%&'

2urin% sprin%time, ra%rant lo-ers can be seen in abundance and in

bloom in both the public %ardens, pla"as, suares, in private lots and

alon% the cool ban)s o the @ec)ar !iver and the entire niversity

to-n$

/ruly, the picturesue scenery o the countryside and the uaint

eatures and romantic surroundin%s ma)e eidelber% a avorite place

or artists, poets, -riters, researchers and tourists$

"Alte #niversitat

*ne o the most visited landmar)s is the niversity o eidelber%,

ermany#s oldest university ounded in 16+$

/he university is named !uperto 0arola, ater the t-o ounders

!uprecht and &arl Fiedric), and is said to be the third university ater

Praue and Cienna to be ound in the -hole erman:spea)in% part o

0entral Europe$

At the same t ime, it is also one o the stron%est research universities

in all o Europe %ainin% a reputation as a

amon% scholars$

A bell to-er and a cloc) to-er risin% above its curvin% roos o the

three:story Baroue buildin% and t-o ele%ant %ate-ays -ith curvin%

rooline that served as decorations are the hi%hli%hts o this ancient

university$

n ront o the ediice is the (ion Fountain$

2id !i"al study in eidelber%D Some !i"al bio%raphers, !i"alists and

people rom media have claimed that !i"al enrolled at the niversity

Eye 0linic and inished his ophthalmolo%ical studies at this university

durin% his three month stay in eidelber% in 1++$

t should be noted that !i"al did not study at the niversity o

eidelber%,


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()NOR)*+, "ie of the old se.tion of Heidelber ton ith ruins of the medie"al .astle (HOTOS BY R)*ON */ RO0)

!i"al, thereore, 'ust attended lectures and conerences in

ophthalmolo%y under 2r Javier ale"ous)y and 2r$ *tto Bec)er,

director o the


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o-ever, upon noticin% my concern and the many uestions as)ed

about 2r$ !i"al throu%h my En%lish:spea)in% interpreter, she

instructed our %roup to visit the niversity library and the niversity:

Eye 0linic Au%en &linic or more inormation about our national hero$

2ue to time constraints and our planned itinerary to >ilhelmseld, barely had the time to tour the library and research on !i"al#s

academic records and his activities$

o-ever, the lady librarian handed this -riter a photocopy o some

boo)s on Jose !i"al in their library$

*ne title -as

/omas, the 0atholic niversity o the Philippines in its 657th

anniversary, Manila, Philippines, @ovel 191$ Summer 0ulturalSeries +$=

/he visit to the library proved re-ardin%, despite not havin%

accomplished our mission$

t#s not every day that one %ets the chance and opportunity to have

access to and research in the library o ermany#s oldest university$

-as inormed that the library is


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'he Larest !emorial to (ose Rizalin the &orld

By !enato PerdonSydney, AustraliaJune 19, 371

(In commemoration of the 155thbirth anniversary of Jose Rizal we areposting this short piece to remind Filipinos all over the world aboutthis magnificent memorial that can be visited when they are back inthe hilippines! " Rerdon#

>e attended a simple unveilin% o the historical mar)er ceremoniesalso attended by local oicials$ Earlier that year, a lie:si"e monument-as also unveiled in Sydney,Australia, and attended by members othe Fil ipino community and invited Australian oicials$

Many are as)in% the uestions -hy and -hat is the reason orrelevance o !i"al to Australia, aside rom the act that it is a home tomore than 377,777 Filipino mi%rants, and the country is a close ally oAustralia, in act, a recent military cooperation a%reement has beenrecently si%ned bet-een Australia and the Philippines$


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For the beneits o non:Filipinos, -e are litin% rom 0elso Al$0arunun%an#s Jose Rizal$ Random Impressions-hich appeared aspreace to %nderstanding Jose Rizalby !enato Perdon$ !ead throu%hand the reader -ill discover ho- !i"al is treated in the lea%ue o Asian%reatest men li)e @ehru, andhi, /a%ore and Sun at:sen$

/he %reat Spanish philosopher Mi%uel de namuno, -ho -as !i"al#s

contemporary, called him the K0hrist o the Malay race$# 2r$ Fran)(aubach, eminent American author and evan%elist, urther e4poundson this impression by sayin% that K!i"al may be li)ened to 0hrist inthree -ays8 a both carried sorro- in their hearts since childhood tilldeath, both since the a%e o elevenL 3 the more one studies them themore one li)es them and loves themL and 6 their cause -ill neverdie$#

Also, the reno-ned Filipino diplomat and bio%raphero !i"al, (eon Ma$ uerrero, believes that the present idolatry o !i"alin the Philippines stems rom the act that K-e reserve our hi%hest

homa%e and deepest love or 0hrist:li)e victims -hose mission is toconsummate, by their tra%ic Kailure#, the redemption o our nation$

/hey stand above the reproaches and recriminations o ordinary lie,and are blessed -ith true immortality$ >hen at their appointed time,they die, -e eel that all o us have died -ith them, but, also, that bytheir death -e have been saved and shall live a%ain, in reedom,peace and %reatness$#

Pro$ Ferdinand Blumentritt, the noted erman ethnolo%ist, thin)s o!i"al as Kthe %reatest son o the Philippines, -hose advent to this

-orld -as li)e the appearance o a rare comet, -hose e4traordinarybrilliance is seen only once in t-o hundred years$#


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/oday, ho-ever, as 0oates says urther, K!i"al stands -ith /a%ore,andhi and Sun at:sen as one -ho remoulded the thin)in% o acontinent$ is entire political lie, both in thou%ht and action resemblesthat o andhi in its application or morality to politics, the undamentalbelie that violence breeds violence and that no %ood can come o it,and his proound understandin% o the po-er o truth$ n his artisticlie, the comparison is /a%orepoet, dramatist, composer, artist,educator, reormerL -hile in his ability to instill into his countrymenne- and unheard o political ideaso reedom and individual ri%htsin

an environment in -hich the very -ord politics can scarcely be said tohave e4isted, his lie bears a close parallel to Sun at:sen$

n 191, >$ Averill arriman said that K!i"al -as a man rom -hom allmen -ho love reedom can ta)e inspiration$ e has earned a place inthe distin%uished company o such %reat names as Jeerson andBen'amin Fran)lin$# At the same time, John F$ &ennedy e4pressed hishope that Kall men may ind inspiration in the still vibrant e4ample o!i"al#s coura%eous lie$#


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n the Philippines and in all Filipino communities around the %lobe,every year, over 17,777 speeches are said in !i"al#s honour$ Morethan a thousand monuments to him dot the to-ns and cities othe PhilippinesL and every main thorou%hare in theentire Philippines !epublic?rom Metro Manila to the smallestmunicipality?is named ater !i"al$ /hus, !everend (aubach saysthat !i"al is Khonoured -ith more monuments than any other man othe 19th century, -hose heroism is une4celled in all history$#

K!i"al the man,# -rites Austin 0oates, Kstands amon% those e- -hoare companion to no particular epoch or continent, -ho belon% to the-orld, and -hose lives have a universal messa%e$#

2r$ Jose !i"al, the symbol o ideal

leadership today

A P*@/ *F A>A!E@ESS By Preciosa S$ Soliven/hePhilippine Star N pdated January 67, 371G : 13877am

*ne time, Proessor Jose 2avid (apu", an international lecturer, a

noted orei%n policy e4pert, andRizalista la &anguardia, -as invited to

%ive a speech on the lie o 2r$ Jose !i"al or our *$B$ Montessori

Proessional i%h School and colle%e students$ /he proessor stood

tall and ele%antly poised in his lavender blue linen suit -ith the

!i"alista emblem$

>e record here ho- Proessor (apu" captured the ull attention o the

youn% students$

(ose Rizal, the national hero o) the Fili*inos

From 1+9, the year o the death o 2r$ Jose !i"al up to no-, the third

millennium, -e have not yet produced a Filipino -ho can eual thee4traordinary %reatness, as -ell as the spectacular eminence o !i"al$

/hat is -hy am so pleased as passed by the statue o our %reat

national hero in your uadran%le$

also noted Beni%no Auino#s bust -hich had the inscription


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* course, the -hole lie o !i"al is a monument to education$

consider !i"al one o the most hi%hly educated heroes in Philippine

istory$ !i"al is number one in education, number one in eminence$ t

is only ri%ht that he be called

possessed a %reat mental caliber and he, thereore, demonstrated

that the Filipino race -as able to %ive birth to individuals endo-ed

-ith the hi%hest attributes, -ho could be considered an honor to the

human race$ !emember that durin% this time, the Filipinos -ere

considered second:class citi"ens$ /hey -ere -idely discriminated bythe oppressive riars and -ere called (as ndias or (os ndiosO=

!i"al proved that althou%h he -as not -hite, he -as o the bro-n

race, did not have an auiline nose, and his parents -ere not

Spaniards he e4celledO e surpassed all students o Ateneo de

Manila hi%h school, -here he too) the course Bachelier in Artes$ e

%raduated summa cum laude$ From his irst year until he inished, his

%rades -ere all lat one or 177 percent$ A Filipino ndio, !i"al -as not

tall, -as not e4traordinary, nor -as he physically -ell built$ But rom

the shoulder up, he -as e4traordinary, even until he studied at

niversidad de Santo /omas$

Beore, Filipinos -ere al-ays considered stupid, la"y, and lac)ed

di%nity$ >ell, Jose !i"al proved the opposite o all these ualities$ e

sho-ed the inest characteristics o the race, and -as called


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But -hat do -e see in MindanaoD Poverty and deprivation$ So, -hat

!i"al said still applies$ 2urin% Jose !i"al#s time, the oppression came

rom the political structure$ @o-, -e have a constitutional and liberal

democracy, but -e still have poverty because o economic

misplannin%$ /his poverty -ill produce oppression, in'ustice and a

%reat amount o unhappiness$ /hus, !i"al#s dream has not yet

materiali"ed$

>hen -e loo) at the miserable conditions o the %reat ma'ority o our

country, -e eel sel conscious$ you have so much and see the rest

o your countrymen have so little, you eel %uilty$

uote rom the Bible, hat have not done

that can doD /his should be as)ed by all Filipinos$

'he youth is the ho*e o) the Fatherland

As Filipinos, -e should do a lot more$ /his may seem unair to tell you

since you are still youn% and still studyin%, but let me tell you, -hen

you study very -ell, you do not -aste your time and you live up to the

dreams o your parents and your teachers you are also doin% a lot

or your country$ ou cannot be soldiers or public oicials yet, but your

serious dedication to your studies is an act or the %ood o the country

since you become the educated youth$

!i"al said, hat he actually

-anted to say is, ith education, you can euip yoursel -ith solid )no-led%e that -ill

elevate you to accomplish your noble purpose$ /hereore, -ithout

education, the youth is not the hope, but becomes the curse o the

nation$

SambayanangFili*ino

>e need the 0oncept o a @ation /his is -here the -ord

@ationalism comes rom,


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does not accept the status uo, but instead challen%es it$ /hey ollo-

their %enius not 'ust the party line$

Jose !i"al set the pattern o an e4traordinary leader$ e possessed a

%reat mental caliber that prodded him to enhance his education all

over Europe$ /his, combined -ith a hi%h sense morality and

unselishness, he ound the Filipinos disunited, voiceless, and not

ever a-are o their miseries$ Especially elouent in Spanish, althou%h

amiliar -ith erman and French, he -rote and spo)e prousely,

e4hortin% the Filipinos to i%ht peaceully or 'ustice$

e -as neither air s)inned nor mesti"o, li)e our actor politicians, yet

he had a %reat ollo-in% amon% the orei%n and local intellectuals as

-ell as the do-n trodden$

/he &in%dom o od is li)e a merchant -ho searches or a precious

pearl$ >hen he ound one o %reat value, he sells everythin% that he

has to buy it Matthe- 168G5:1$ n the same -ay a true leader -ill

have to sacriice much to brin% od#s &in%dom to us$

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