The Youth is the Hope of the Future

A timeless phrase in Philippine literature is that of Jose Rizal’s – “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan” (The youth is the hope of the future). This year as we celebrated Rizal’s sesquicentennial or 150th birth anniversary, I speculate that his noble vision has remained an endless impression.

Rizal’s vision of the youth was a genius call of foresight. Its underlying thought encourages the youth to take action, accept challenges, and take responsibility. Since the youth have seen the. Read more >

Review on El Filibusterismo

El Filibusterismo by José Rizal

Translated and with an Introduction by Harold Augenbraum

El Filibusterismo is the sequel to Rizal's Filipino classic, Noli me tangere. It is set some thirteen years after the events of the earlier book. Noli is, of course, dominated by Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra and his ideals for a better future for the Philippines -- including fostering education as a means of improving the lot of the Filipinos. In both novels the corruption of those in power, and especially the friars -- representatives of the powerful Catholic Church -- is repeatedly shown and attacked. 

       At the beginning of El Filibusterismo Ibarra is supposed to. Read more >

Christ Crucified

Title: Christ crucified
Material: Crayon
Remarks: 1875

Sources:

http://s2.bloggerscdn.com/media/t/4922843/4922843_l_1362129724.jpg

http://www.joserizal.ph/pa01.html

Saturnina Rizal

Title: Saturnina Rizal

Material: Oil

Remarks: Now in Rizal Shrine in Fort Santiago

Source:

www.univie.ac.at

Biography and Works of Jose Rizal

Who was Jose Rizal? 

On June 19, 1861, the Mercado Family from the town of Calamba in the province of Laguna in the Philippines, happily greeted the birth of their newest member — a baby boy born as the seventh child to proud parents Francisco Rizal Mercado y Alejandro and Teodora Alonza y Quintos. They named the bouncing baby boy Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado. Being the. Read more >

Fast Facts About Jose Rizal

Full Name: Dr. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Birthday: June 19, 1861

Birth Place: Calamba, Laguna

Parents: Francisco Mercado & Teodora Alonzo

Siblings: Read more >

The Diaries of Jose Rizal

MADRID -- 1 JANUARY 1883 - NOVEMBER 1884

1st January 1883

Night, I don't know what vague melancholy, an indefinable loneliness, smothers my soul. It is similar to the profound sadness that cities manifest after a tumultuous rejoicing, to a city after the happiest celebration. Two nights ago, that is, 30 December, I had a frightful nightmare when I almost died.¹ I dreamed that, imitating an actor dying on the stage, I felt vividly that my breath was failing and I was rapidly losing my strength. Then my vision became. Read more >