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To The Virgin Mary
To The Virgin Mary Mary, sweet peace, solace dear Of pained mortal ! You’re the fount Whence emanates the stream of succour, That without cease our soil fructifies. From thy throne, from heaven high, Kindly hear my sorrowful cry ! And may thy s...
Song of Maria Clara
Song Of Maria Clara Sweet are the hours in one’s own Native Land, All there is friendly o’er which the sun shines above; Vivifying is the breeze that wafts over her fields; Even death is gratifying and more tender is love. Ardent kissed o...
To Josephine
Rizal dedicated this poem to Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who went to Dapitan accompanying a man seeking Rizal’s services as an ophthamologist. To Josephine Josephine, Josephine Who to these shores have come Looking for a nest, a home, Lik...
To the Philippines
Rizal wrote the original sonnet in Spanish To the Philippines Aglowing and fair like a houri on high, Full of grace and pure like the Morn that peeps When in the sky the clouds are tinted blue, Of th’ Indian land, a goddess sleeps. The light fo...
Claro M. Recto
Claro M. Recto Born: February 8, 1890 Died: August 24, 1960 His elementary education was obtained in Lipa, Batangas. He received a BA degree from Ateneo Municipal de Manila at 19, and at 24, a Master of Law degree from the University of Santo Tomas a...
My Last Farewell by: Dr. Jose Rizal
My Last Farewell by : Jose Rizal Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress’d Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!, Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best, And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest Still would...
Rizal Monument
Swiss sculptor The Rizal Monument in Luneta was not the work of a Filipino but a Swiss sculptor named Richard Kissling. Furthermore, Kissling was only the second placer in the international art competition held between 1905 – 1907 for the monument ...
Mi Ultimo Adiós
Here is the famous “Mi Ultimos Adiós” of Dr. Jose P. Rizal. “Mi Ultimos Adiós” is written by Dr. Jose Rizal on the eve of his execution (December 30, 1896). It is known as “My Last Farewell”. He was 35 years old ...
Juan Luna
Juan Luna Born: October 23, 1857 Died: December 7, 1899 Juan Luna, The Great Painter, was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte to Joaquin Luna and Laureana Novicio. He studied at the Ateneo de Manila and enlisted for Maritime service but later quit to continu...
Jacinto Zamora
Jacinto Zamora Born: August 14, 1835 Died: February 17, 1872 One of the priest-reformist GOMBURZA martyrs. He received his education in Pandacan then Colegio de San Juan de Letran and later continued his studies University of Santo Tomas. He served a...
Macario Sakay
Macario Sakay Born: 1870 Died: September 13, 1907 Sakay started of as a barber in Manila and became an early member of Bonifacio’s Katipunan. An active participant in the revolutions against both Spain and the US. Captured in 1901, and later se...
Jose Burgos
Let me introduce you to one of the the great priest martyrs. Jose Burgos. Jose Burgos Born: February 9, 1837 Died: February 17, 1872 One of the priest-reformist GOMBURZA martyrs. Born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, his mother was his first teacher and taught...
Marcelo H. del Pilar
Marcelo H. del Pilar Born: August 30, 1850 Died: July 4, 1896 He established the newspaper Diaryong Tagalog and in Spain he became the editor of La Solidaridad founded by Graciano Lopez Jaena. His newspapers criticised the way the Spaniards ran the c...
Imagine A World Without Filipinos
Imagine A World Without Filipinos Abdullah Al-Maghlooth / Al-Watan, almaghlooth@alwatan.com.sa Muhammad Al-Maghrabi became handicapped and shut down his flower and gifts shop business in Jeddah after his Filipino workers insisted on leaving and retur...
Jose P. Rizal
Jose Rizal: A Biographical Sketch BY TEOFILO H. MONTEMAYOR JOSE RIZAL, the national hero of the Philippines and pride of the Malayan race, was born on June 19, 1861, in the town of Calamba, Laguna. He was the seventh child in a family of 11 children...
Apolinario Mabini
Born of a poor family, Apolinario Mabini was always studious. He was always sad and silent and liked to sit alone to meditate. Mabini studied at San Juan de Letran where he got his Bachelor of Arts degree and Professor of Latin. He also fini...
First Filipino Saint
Lorenzo Ruiz was born in Binondo, between 1600 and 1610. He was baptized shortly afterwards. His parents who were devoted Catholics brought him up and influenced him to have a strong faith in God. Lorenzo’s father and two siblings died in a bat...
