A Rizal for our times
June 19 seems to have come and gone unnoticed with nary a peep in the media on the occasion of Dr. Jose Rizal’s natal day – 162 years to date. What was something big and celebrated way back when has been relegated to just a mere spot in the calendar for our national hero whose martyrdom inspired the 1896 revolt that broke the back of the Spanish rule in the Philippines.
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