With such a genius for a founding father, why is the Philippines still saddled with basic problems that often seem ...

The biographies of Jose Rizal that I discuss in today’s column are book-length works on Rizal’s life in full, including his importance and works. Noteworthy biographies by Filipino authors.

For more than a century now, Filipinos have been told of the life of Jose Rizal, especially his last 24 hours, his execution and his last poem, “Mi Ultimo Adios.” Late afternoon the day before ...

The Philippines was believed to be an egalitarian society, with women being revered and seen as equal to men, before the Spanish arrived in the country. According to a research paper by Juliet de Lima ...

My interest in Rizal’s women led me to references in two entries to the prewar Jose Rizal biography contest. These works were later published as “Great Malayan” by Carlos Quirino and ...

is a three-hour epic that explores the life and struggles of the national hero Jose Rizal. Cesar Montano plays the title role. “Jose Rizal” was the most-awarded film during the 1998 Metro ...

The Rizal law has come a long way. After Republic Act No. 1425 aimed at including a study of the life and works of Jose Rizal in the curricula of public and private schools was approved by President ...

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, propagandist, lover, friend, brother, doctor ...

Directed by the late Marilou Diaz-Abaya, a National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, the Jose Rizal movie tells the life story of the country’s national hero and his journey to martyrdom in ...