the latter. The park itself is evidently larger in the former. Also‚ I have observed that our Rizal Park is not protected by guards 24/7 and if you can jump high enough‚ you can already touch it. I think the reason for this is that the actual history happened in the so-called Bagumbayan. But the big difference that I really felt is that the Rizal that was standing right in front of me is Davao’s own Rizal. I know it might sound a bit odd but I felt like he was approachable and more realistic. It seems
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The Poetry of Jose Rizal Jose Rizal is the Philippines’ national hero. He was an amazing polymath. One of the fields he excelled in is poetry. While other poets wrote out of sheer creativity‚ Rizal wrote mostly out of fervor for his motherland. Many other poets write or wrote for the fame or to please a patron. He always wrote under duress. He lived during the time of the corrupt colonial Spanish government. This is probably why there is such poignancy in his poetry. It is as though he longs for
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Rizal as a Rational Thinker During his life‚ Jose Rizal was described as a heretic and subversive‚ an enemy of both the Church and Spain. He has made tremendous contributions to the progress of the Filipino society. His political works and essays‚ being anti-clerical and anti-colonial‚ frankly aimed to expose the maladies of his time and cure the Philippines of what he calls "the social cancer". Rizal had been the progressive radical thinker‚ and promptly answered the ailing call of his Motherland
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JOSE RIZAL José Rizal was a Filipino nationalist and reformist. He was born on June 19‚ 1861 and was executed December 30‚ 1896 by the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines. He is considered to be the national hero of the Philippines. Schooled in Europe‚ he was the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He was wrongly implicated as the leader of a violent revolution‚ and that led to his execution. December 30‚ now celebrated as Rizal Day‚
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INTRODUCTION Many of us know already who Dr. Jose Rizal is. A national hero‚ a genius‚ a writer‚ a scientist and a doctor‚ these are the first thing that comes to our mind. He is a man with many accomplishments. All his writings and works are still recognized in the whole world. Through reading this paper‚ you could find out how his life has gone to many challenges and what contribution he left in our country. As a Filipino‚ we are proud because Dr. Jose Rizal gives all of us inspiration in all the things
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Baptist Theological College Name: Jilly Bert Sabanal PhilSci 1 Philippine History Date: April 19‚ 2015 Reaction #1 Dr. Jose Rizal I admire what Jose Rizal did in helping and gaining the liberty and freedom of our country. What he did was heroic because he fought for freedom in a silent but powerful way. He did not form and train soldiers and use swords and guns in fighting for democracy. He did the very effective tactic in inspiring and educating his fellow Filipino. His writings
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opportunity to start in the drug business and make his fortune. In the late 1970s‚ Héctor "El Güero" Luis Palma Salazar gave Guzmán his first big break. El Guero placed him in charge of transporting drugs from the Sierra to the cities and border and overseeing shipments. He was ambitious and pressed his bosses to increase the quantities of drugs being moved north. [2] In the early 1980s‚ Guzmán was introduced to Miguel "El Padrino" Ángel Félix Gallardo himself. Gallardo put him in charge of logistics --
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I will tell about Dr. Rizal. Rizal’s life story was full of love and hope. His mother taught him how to make poems‚ read Spanish inscriptions like the Bible‚ story books and among others. He was also a dedicated brother to his siblings and a son to his parents. Hes got a lot of talents and skills. He knew how to perform magic‚ paint various picturesque scenes‚ did sculpturing‚ played the piano and the harp and others. He was such a gifted child that when he entered school‚ some of his classmates
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Unidentified vandals defaced the monument of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal in Madrid‚ said a Negros-based priest visiting Spain. Brother Jaazeal Jakosalem‚ property administrator of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos said he saw the vandalized monument on Tuesday. “Being in Spain‚ I visited the monument as a proud Filipino‚ and as a faithful disciple of the sculptor‚ I was shocked to discover that the monument is defaced with those dirty words‚" Jakosalem said in an article
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in the heart of the Filipinos‚ Dr. Jose Rizal had immortalized himself through his works and sacrifices for freedom and independence. Yet‚ his life was not always grand and perfect. Rizal’s greatness is secluded by the many controversies surrounding his life. The most intriguing of all was the issue of his alleged retraction. It was all about his reversion to the Catholic Faith‚ repudiation of any of his writing against Roman Catholicism and abomination of Masonry and all other issues linked to it
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