José Rizal: Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya. With Cesar Montano, Joel Torre, Jaime Fabregas, Gloria Diaz. Jose Rizal's life and works are recounted through a series of non-linear flashbacks which reflect on various aspects of his life - as writer, propag
Three years later, she died during second childbirth and it is believed that Rizal immortalized her through the character Maria Clara in Noli Me Tangere. Consuelo Ortega Y Rey. Daughter of Manila Mayor Don Pablo Ortiga Y Rey, she met Rizal when he constantly hung out at his father’s house...
Jose Rizal’s Love for Francisco Mercado Rizal, His Father Jose Rizal’s Love for Teodora Alonzo, His Mother Jose Rizal’s Siblings: How His Brother and Sisters Affected the Life of the Filipino Hero Jose Rizal’s Parents: How Don Francisco Mercado and Doña Teodora Alonso made him ...
How elated she must have been when, years later, her daughter Carmen (my mother) married one of Rizals grand nephews, Ismael Cruz (my father). In the family, we always remember Rizals birthday, his tragic execution, and participate as best we can in government activities commemorating the ...
This became known as A Mother’s Revenge and is now displayed at the National Museum. He is also the most famous Filipino lottery winner. Early in his exile in 1892, he picked and bought a lotto ticket numbered 9736 with the military commandant of Dapitan, Don Ricardo Carnicero and ...
Jose Rizal’s thirteen-member-family consisted of his father Francisco Mercado II, his mother Teodora Alonso Realonda, himself, nine sisters and one brother. Talambuhay ni Jose Rizal The following is a short biography of Jose Rizal in Filipino. For the English biography of the national hero of...
Inspired by his mother's advancing blindness, Rizal next went to the University of Paris and then to the University of Heidelberg for further study in ophthalmology. At Heidelberg, he studied under the famed professor Otto Becker (1828–1890). Rizal finished his second doctorate at Heidelberg in...
At the age of six, he was placed under the guidance of a priest who noticed his intellectual capacity and special gift of speech. He finished high school as the best theologian in a local seminary.His mother wanted him to become a priest but Graciano preferred medicine. He tried to study...
Rizal’s priority was to cure his mother’s eyes, thus his first operation of being an ophthalmologist based from his experiences and studies, was very successful in removing a double cataract and restored Teodora’s vision. He then provided a lot for the community by opening a gymnasium for...
On one side of Rizal's statue is a statue of a mother and her child; on the other side is a statue of two boys reading. These statues are said to represent respectively family and education. Rizal's statue is set upon a pedestal in which the hero's remains are interred. On the fr...