The historic Rizal Memorial Coliseum will be among the venues of games for NCAA Season 101. The Philippine Sports Commission first announced the development on Monday.

(Note: This report was first published on Dec 30, 2021. We are reposting it in observance of Rizal Day 2022) MANILA, Philippines—Until the end, Jose Rizal was firm. He refused to give up his ...

It was my grandfather who introduced me to Jose Rizal when I was maybe six or seven years old. By then, I had learned to read and write. I knew that Baac, that is what we called him, could also ...

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda is arguably the most admired Filipino. For writer-statesman León María Guerrero III, he was nothing less than “the first Filipino,” the heroic genius ...

Jose Rizal On Rizal Day, Marcos calls on Filipinos ‘to keep emulating’ hero’s values Dec 30, 2023 9:52 AM PHT Rappler.com INFO ...

In Spanish, the letter ‘P’ is pronounced as ‘peh’ giving rise to the nickname Pepe for Jose.” 2. Rizal was afraid of ghosts Like many children, Pepe grew up fearing mysterious creatures.

Rizal—a physician, writer, artist and scientist—is taught in schools, written in textbooks and described in social media even search engine Google as the country’s national hero.

RIZAL MORE THAN EVER On his 154th birth anniversary Friday, the country’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, remains very much a part of not just the Philippine landscape, with major roads across ...

Palma notes that Rizal, who started carving at the age of 5, honed his skill when he was in his teens, enrolling at Academia de Dibujo y Pintura in Manila and training at the shop of Romualdo de ...