Dr. Jose P.

Rizal
MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY PROJECT
By: Dustin Andrew B. Apiag
Born on June 19, 1861, José Rizal was
from an upper-class Filipino family. His
mother, Teodora Alonso, a highly
educated woman, exerted a powerful
influence on his intellectual
development. He would grow up to be
a brilliant polymath, doctor, fencer,
essayist, and novelist, among other
things
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In 1887, he published his first novel, Noli Me Tangere,
written in Spanish, a searing indictment of clerical
abuse as well as of colonial rule’s shortcomings. That
same year, he returned to Manila, where the Noli had
been banned and its author now hated intensely by
the friars.
In 1888, he went to Europe once more, and there
wrote the sequel, El Filibusterismo (The
Subversive), published in 1891. In addition, he
annotated an edition of Antonio Morga’s Sucesos
de las Islas Filipinas, showing that the Philippines
had had a long history before the advent of the
Spaniards. Rizal returned to Manila in 1892 and
founded a reform society, La Liga Filipina, before
being exiled to Dapitan, in Mindanao, Southern
Philippines. There he devoted himself to scientific
research and public works. Well-known as an
ophthalmologist, he was visited by an English
patient, accompanied by his ward, Josephine
Bracken, who would be his last and most serious
romantic involvement.
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 Considered to be one of the Philippines' greatest
heroes, José Protasio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo
Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896), is a
popular subject in various book and film
adaptations.

Filipinos commemorate his life of courage through

these films:
José Rizal (1998)
Directed by Marilou-Diaz Abaya. Screenplay by Ricky Lee, Jun Lana and
Peter Ong Lim. Starring Cesar Montano.
Bayaning 3rd World (1999)
Directed by Mike de Leon. Screenplay by Mike de Leon and Clodualdo del
Mundo, Jr. Starring Joel Torre.
Jose Rizal: The First Hero (2012)
Directed by Paolo Abella. Documentary.
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 Students and teachers, in the past years, have
relied on books and periodicals from the library to
do their studies on Rizal. The advent of
Information Technology, however, facilitated the
acquisition and sharing of ideas among people of
varied persuasions throughout the globe. Survey
results show that more and more students are
using the Internet to do research work
 • JoseRizal.ph, therefore, designed, and created to
assist students in the appreciation of the role of Rizal
in the development of the Filipino nation. This site
contains very comprehensive materials on and by
Rizal in both the English and Filipino languages and
continues to acquire and update information about
Rizal in order to be of better service to the users. The
website was endorsed by the Commission on Higher
Education and a self-sustaining, non-profit, and non-
partisan. We invite everyone to visit and discover
wonderful experiences of our national hero, Dr. Jose P.
Rizal.
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