The national hero of the Philippines, Jose Protacio Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna. He was the seventh of nine children of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonzo y Quintos. His siblings were Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa, Olympia, Lucia, Maria, Concepcion, Josefa, Trinidad and Soledad. Jose Rizal…
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Jose Rizal: An Award-winning Centennial Movie
Jose Rizal, a film released in June 1998 which was directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, was one of the highly acclaimed movies in the country. Despite the horrible historical inaccuracies pointed out by critics, this award-winning movie gathered numerous awards and nominations on different awarding bodies such as the 1998 Metro…