EMILIO AGUINALDO Aguinaldo‚ Emilio (1869-1964)‚ Filipino leader and independence fighter‚ born near Cavite‚ Luzon‚ and educated at the College of San Juan de Letran‚ Manila. Aguinaldo led a Filipino insurrection against Spanish rule in 1896‚ and two years later‚ during the Spanish-American War‚ he aided the American attack on the Philippine Islands. He was nominated president of the new republic after the Filipino declaration of independence in 1898. As head of the Filipino provisional government
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literally revolutionary way‚ but through his works and writings. He fought the bloodless way‚ for he believed that the pen is mightier than the sword.” – Quite familiar? It’s because this is actually the usual introduction we hear whenever we speak of Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda… the doctor‚ the writer‚ the economist‚ the philosopher‚ our national hero. “Veneration Without Understanding” by Renato Constantino is not just a simple article (or essay) about Rizal. It is a much deeper
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I belong to the opposing group‚ who opposes Jose Rizal as the national hero‚ and affirms Andres Bonifacio‚ who truly owns the throne to the so-called title of "National Hero" which currently belongs to Jose Rizal. First of all‚ let me get some facts straight. His complete name is Andres Castro Bonifacio‚ and he was born on November 30‚ 1863 in Tondo‚ Manila and died on May 10‚ 1897 at a very young age of 33 in Maragondon‚ Cavite. Like Abraham Lincoln‚ his formal education was very
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Noli Me Tangere (Reaction Paper) Uninterested to heavy drama stories‚ I find this novel totally boring. Although I’m terribly afraid to sound disrespectful to the man I owe my freedom‚ I have to speak my mind. The triumphs of antagonists and sufferings of the protagonists are recurring in the story which makes me question its real intention. Is it really to inspire or to expire? I was about to lose interest in the subject when I stumbled upon the following texts in www.wikipedia.org: “...Rizal proposed
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JOSE RIZAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS SUBJECT (3 units): History 23 COURSE TITLE: Life and Works of Rizal I. Course Description & Objectives A study of the life of Dr. Jose Rizal‚ national hero and martyr‚ and of his important works‚ particularly the "Noli Me Tangere" and the "El Filibusterismo" in their unexpurgated editions. At the end of the course‚ the student is expected to: 1. Understand the life‚ works and writings of Rizal particularly his moral and intellectual legacies
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manifesto As 2011 draws to a close‚ Jose Rizal and his selfless sacrifice continues to echo in the consciousness of every Filipino. Much as the decision to execute Rizal seemed harsh and unjust‚ it was an expected verdict since Spain was facing a difficult time in quelling the revolution in Cuba and could ill afford another rebellion in her colony in the Orient. The easy way out‚ the Spanish colonial authorities must have presumed‚ was to snuff out swiftly the leading voice of reform‚ and
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Many of them do the illegal work such as: graft and corruption‚ bribery etc. and it looks like no The word "filibustero" wrote Rizal to his friend‚ Ferdinand Blumentritt‚ is very little known in the Philippines. The masses do not know it yet. Jose Alejandro‚ one of the new Filipinos who had been quite intimate with Rizal‚ said‚ "in writing the Noli Rizal signed his own death warrant." Subsequent events‚ after the fate of the Noli was sealed by the Spanish authorities‚ prompted Rizal to write
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SUMMARY: RIZAL AND THE OTHER HEROES: José Rizal was a Filipino polymath‚ nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era and its eventual independence from Spain. He is considered a national hero and the anniversary of Rizal’s death is commemorated as a Philippine holiday called Rizal Day. Rizal’s 1896 military trial and execution made him a martyr of the Philippine Revolution. He is the seventh of eleven children born to a middle class
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one of nationalism and the Filipinos demanded changes in the government and in the church. A. The Propaganda Movement (1872-1896) This movement was spearheaded mostly by the intellectual middle-class like Jose Rizal‚ Marcelo del Pilar‚ Graciano Lopez Jaena‚ Antonio Luna‚ Mariano Ponce‚ Jose Ma. Panganiban‚ and Pedro Paterno. The objectives of this movement were to seek reforms and changes like the following: 1. To get equal treatment for the Filipinos and the Spaniards under the law. 2. To
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