The 12.5-foot tall 3D printed monument of Dr. Jose Rizal will be unveiled by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Dec. 30 in commemoration of the Philippines' national hero's 125th year of martyrdom. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE) Dubbed as "Dr. Jose Rizal, The Filipino...
Carlo S. Tanseco’s second exhibit shows the many faces of Jose Rizal as a reflection of who we are as a people RIZALISTA Artist Carlo S. Tanseco in his Siargao Studio. Behind him are the matchstick detail portions (unassembled) of his Matchbox paintings for the ALIAS ELIAS exhibit After his...
Ten days before the commemoration of 2021 Rizal Day, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded learners to appreciate and emulate the traits and ideas of National Hero Jose Rizal for the country. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) “For our part, we should develop within ourselves the...
BIÑAN, Laguna - The local government unit (LGU) commemorated the 150th anniversary of the completion of Jose Rizal's first formal education in the city. BCHATO / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN Present during the Rizal in Biñan Sesquicentennial program were Biñan City Rep. Len Alonte-Naguiat,...
BIÑAN, Laguna – The city government announced the suspension of classes in all levels in public and private schools on Friday (Dec. 17) to give way for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of Jose Rizal's first formal education in the city. In a Facebook...
Missile-capable frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF150) conducted several maritime exercises with helicopter carrier JS Kaga (DDH-184) and guided-missile destroyer JS Murasame (DD-101) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) off Subic, Zambales, the Philippine Navy (PN) announced Monday, Nov. 15....
RIZAL IN CANADA From left: Jun Martin, Consul General Zaldy Patron, Mayor Peter Brown, and associate minister Muhammad Yaseen came together to unveil the Dr. Jose Rizal Monument in Nose Creek Regional Park, Airdrie, Alberta. Standing behind them are two members of the Royal Canadian Mounted...
The two brand new Jose Rizal-class frigates of the Philippine Navy (PN) will now be armed with surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), bolstering the military's anti-air warfare capability, a Navy officer confirmed Sunday, Aug. 10. A computer-generated image (CGI) of the MBDA Simbad-RC firing a...
REMEMBRANCES OF BLUMENTRITT From Left: Military host Captain Junjie Tabuada, National Parks Development Committee’s Reina B. Jara, deputy head of mission Dalibor Mička, National Historical Commission of the Philippines’ Carminda R. Arevalo, and NHCP’s Gina C. Batuhanposed in front of the...
Truth to tell, I like Filipinas. There’s elegance to it, not to mention nostalgia. But I’ve never used it to refer to my country. I’d hear it in old, rare, trilingual Filipino movies, in which the characters would speak in Filipino, American English, and a smattering of Spanish. I was born...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta He wrote in English to the editor of the “Hong Kong Telegraph,” but did not sign his real name. “Yours faithfully, Philippino,” was how he ended. Curiously, the date line was Manila, February 1, 1892, although he was still in Hong Kong. His second homecoming...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta The Spanish-American War of 1898 was described as inter-imperialist by no less than Lenin himself because it was a grab for existing colonies. That was how Dr. George Aseniero, eminent Filipino historian and authority on Rizal, began his brilliant paper, “The Game of...
