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Si Rizal at kalayaan sa kasalukuyan
Kung nabubuhay si Rizal sa kasalukuyang panahon, ano kaya ang mensahe niya sa mga kabataan na minsan n’yang tinawag na “pag-asa ng bayan”?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: BSP issuing ‘new’ P150 bill featuring Rizal’s face is FALSE
In 2012, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said images of a P150 banknote with Jose Rizal's face is “fictitious.”
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa…? Ano ang sinasabi ng mga dokumento ng hukuman tungkol sa paglilitis at pagbitay kay Rizal
Dalawang araw bago salubungin ng bansa ang panibagong taon, gugunitain ng mga Pilipino ang pagbitay kay Jose Rizal noong Dis. 30, na unang idineklara na holiday ng yumaong pangulong Emilio Aguinaldo noong Dis. 20, 1898.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa …? What court documents say about Rizal’s trial and execution
Two days before the nation welcomes another year, Filipinos will commemorate Jose Rizal’s execution on Dec. 30, which the late president Emilio Aguinaldo first declared a holiday on Dec. 20, 1898.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos mali sa pahayag na iisa lang ang panukalang batas na naghangad na pangalanan si Jose Rizal na pambansang bayani
Mali si Senador Imee Marcos sa pagsasabi na ang "tanging" panukalang isinampa sa Kongreso na naglalayong opisyal na ipahayag si Jose Rizal na isang "pambansang bayani" ay ginawa ng dating kinatawan ng Bohol 1st District at ngayon Vice Governor Rene Relampagos noong 2014.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos falsely claims only one bill sought to name Jose Rizal national hero
Sen. Imee Marcos is wrong in saying the “only” measure filed in Congress that aimed to officially proclaim Jose Rizal a “national hero” was by then Bohol 1st District representative and now Vice Governor Rene Relampagos in 2014.
Millennials cheer De Leon opera
Metro Manila’s millennials probably had their first taste of Filipino opera Friday afternoon in one of the last performances of Felipe Padilla de Leon’s “Noli Me Tangere” based on the famous novel of Dr. Jose Rizal.
National hero not a fan of China
By CARLO FIGUEROA
JOSE Rizal, the country’s national hero, avoided Chinese-made products like the plague.
That is the observation one can make upon reading his letters that have been published by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.