I TRANSLATED the late Ambassador Leon Maria Guerrero's prize-winning biography of Jose Rizal, "The First Filipino," into Filipino. In an act of verbal gymnastics, I am translating that introduction ...

Perhaps the rarest book by one of our greatest writers happens to be the one about the greatest of Filipinos. This publishing paradox was made possible by a confluence of unusual events that kept the ...

MANILA, Philippines — In celebration of Rizal Day today, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its Sentro Rizal sites, will hold a series of showings for "Rizal’s Pen," a ...

As with many important realizations in life, my appreciation of the Rizal course I took at the University of Santo Tomas came late. We study Jose Rizal to pay tribute to him as our national hero. He ...

A brief, without-the-frills, comprehensive biography of our national hero could read as follows: “The hero’s life.” Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1860 and died by firing squad at the Luneta in ...

(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 ...

CALAMBA CITY, Philippines—Eriberto Saños, 49, has his hands full as Dec. 30 approaches. He prepares his house and food for some 20 guests coming for the day—the death anniversary of national hero Jose ...

Nick Joaquín’s “Rizal in Saga: A life for Student Fans” has been on my reference shelf for a quarter of a century. It was skimmed once when it was new, the appendices scanned as required readings for ...

"A POLITICIAN Without Ambition" is the title of Chapter 13 of Ambassador Leon Maria Guerrero's prize-winning biography of our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. The book, titled "The First Filipino", won ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte touted the legacy of national hero Jose Rizal in separate Rizal Day messages on Tuesday, December 30, urging Filipinos — and public ...