Both novels are part of the mandatory readings for high school students in the Philippines. Aside from English and Filipino, they are also translated into different regional dialects. The last work of Rizal was Mi Ultimo Adios or My Last Farewell, which many believed he wrote on the eve be...
Corregidor, officially named Fort Mills, was the largest of four fortified islands housing the American and Filipino forces. Knowing this, the Japanese forces began their aerial bombardment on December 29, 1941. Periodic bombing followed the following months, forcing the Filipino and American forces ...