MANILA – The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) together with the City Government of Manila will commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Gregoria ‘Oriang’ de Jesus on 9 May 2025, Friday. A wreath-laying ceremony will be conducted with Manila Mayor Ma. Sheilah Lacuna-Pangan, NHCP Chairperson Regalado Trota Jose Jr. and Ms. Maria Paz Nakpil Santos-Viola at Oriang’s gravesite in the Manila North Cemetery by 7:00 a.m. It will be followed by the program at the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista with Mayor Lacuna-Pangan, Ms. Karen Tañada, Chairperson Jose and Pasig Representative Roman T. Romulo by 8:00 a.m.
Commemoration events will likewise be conducted at San Pedro, Laguna where Oriang briefly stayed, and in Caloocan City where she was born. The traveling exhibit ‘Tagubilin: Life Lessons of Gregoria de Jesus’ was shown at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Manila, University of the Philippines Manila, and San Pedro, Laguna. The exhibit recently opened in Adamson University Manila and can be viewed until 6 June 2025. A memorial lecture on Oriang’s life will also be conducted by the Caloocan Historical and Cultural Studies Association to celebrate this milestone.
Known as the “Lakambini ng Katipunan”, Gregoria de Jesus was more than a wife, first to Andres Bonifacio and later to Julio Nakpil or a mother to National Artist for Architecture, Juan Nakpil. Ka Oriang stood up against the Spanish regime by assisting the Katipunan through the handling of confidential documents for safekeeping. Oftentimes, according to her autobiography, driving in the dead of night in a closed-window vehicle, along the streets of Binondo, to move documents around. These courageous acts, paired with Ka Oriang’s dedication to the cause of the revolution, have earned her a place in the pantheon of our nation’s heroes.
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