RIZAL’S COGENT LEADERSHIP THOUGHT AS A MODEL IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION by Quennie Ann J. Palafox         Civil servants play a very important role in public administration as the partners of the government in bringing its affairs to the people, such as delivery of basic services and carrying out its day-to-day-functions.  Often, civil continue reading : Rizal’s Cogent Leadership Thought as a Model in Public Administration

TIDBITS ON A BOY NAMED PEPEBy: Ferdinan S. Gregorio       Many articles, books, essays and literary materials were written about Jose Rizal’s life, works and ideas, but sometimes we tend to neglect knowing who Pepe was before writing the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. Knowing Jose Rizal starts by knowing him as a child. continue reading : Tidbits on a Boy Named Pepe

MARIA CLARA AND THE GOLDEN TARABy Peter Jaynul V. Uckung       It is still a popular belief that Jose Rizal’s epitome of the Filipina in bloom is Maria Clara. At least, not physically, as we all know she has reddish hair and cotton white skin, Caucasian features that cannot be denied (she is a daughter continue reading : Maria Clara and the Golden Tara

JOSE RIZAL: A HERO-SAINT?by Quennie Ann J. Palafox       December 30 of each year marks the nationwide commemoration of the martyrdom of our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. We remember Rizal through floral offerings, flag raising and other activities honouring him. Wherever you go, you may find a Rizal monument, schools, streets, plazas, and other continue reading : Jose Rizal: A Hero-Saint?

OF TREASURES YET UNDISCOVERED        Today’s newspapers do not lack for reports about illegal logging, the destruction of corals, or the smuggling of rare animals, all of which are linked to the increasing threat of extinction of rare Philippine animal and plant species.  Juxtapose this against a time when the sheer abundance of Philippine forests continue reading : Of Treasures Yet Undiscovered

DID RIZAL CONSIDER RETRACTING WHILE IN DAPITAN?by Bryan Anthony C. Paraiso         Akin to walking on a mine field, the issue of José Rizal’s alleged retraction of his religious errors stirs up the emotions of historians, flaring up into fiery debates between the pros and cons, without any resolution in sight.        The thought of continue reading : Did Rizal consider Retracting while in Dapitan?

RIZAL: A TOUR IN PARISby: Jude Roland Ay-ay       The commemoration of Jose Rizal’s Death Anniversary is not new, at least for Filipinos who look forward to this legal non-working holiday. The thought of our national hero has represented mixed emotions of sorrow and success. Nonetheless, some of his letters rather show a quite different continue reading : Rizal: A Tour in Paris

RIZAL ISSUES A MANIFESTO TO PROCLAIM HIS INNOCENCEBy Christian Bernard A. Melendez       As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at a milestone year for a celebrated patriot– Jose Rizal and his 150th birth anniversary. Although his death anniversary brings a pall to the celebrations, it is his selfless sacrifice which continues to continue reading : Rizal Issues a Manifesto to Proclaim his Innocence

JOSE RIZAL, SUSPECTED SPY, DECIPHERED by Bryan Anthony C. Paraiso       The story that Jose Rizal was once accused of espionage would raise eyebrows today. Though mischievous gossip about him spices up classroom discussions, the idea that he was an undercover agent would seem preposterous.          To generations brought up on Tom continue reading : Jose Rizal, suspected spy, deciphered

RIZAL AT 150: IN VISIT TO HK PRISON, HE SAW OPPRESSION by Bryan Anthony C. Paraiso       Human Rights activists say that incarceration in Philippine jails, no matter how brief, is in itself a death sentence, with convicts—the impoverished ones, that is—forced to live in misery and squalor. Recent statistics of the Bureau of continue reading : Rizal at 150: In visit to HK prison, he saw oppression

HEARTBREAK MARKED RIZAL’S LOVE LIFE by Bryan Anthony C. Paraiso         Whenever conversations center on national hero Jose Rizal’s manliness, loose tongues wag about his bevy of local and international girlfriends. Undoubtedly, Rizal was never a boor who would kiss-and-tell on his amorous affairs, now called “casual dating.” Rarely do we find these continue reading : Heartbreak marked Rizal’s love life

GREATEST LOVE OF RIZAL, THE ROMANTIC, DOMINATED HIS PASSION FOR WOMEN by Bryan Anthony C. Paraiso         A revived interest in Jose Rizal among teenage Filipinos can be credited to his ubiquitous image in T-shirts and advertisements that either sell merchandise or wishfully endorse his imagined presidency. With the lackluster performance of our continue reading : Greatest love of Rizal, the romantic, dominated his passion for women