RIZAL

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  • The life and works of Rizal are taught in all public and private schools, colleges, and universities.
  • The Rizal Law, also known as Republic Act 1425, includes the courses on the life, works, and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo, in the curricula of all public and private schools, colleges, and universities.
  • Senator Claro M. Recto was the main proponent of the Rizal Bill and sought to sponsor it at Congress.
  • The Rizal Bill was met with stiff opposition from the Catholic Church, which charged Recto with being a communist and an anti-Catholic.
  • After Recto's election, the Church continued to oppose the bill mandating the reading of Rizal's novels Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo, claiming it would violate freedom of conscience and religion.
  • The Rizal Bill was sponsored by the Senate Committee on Education and was co-written by Jose P. Laurel and Claro M. Recto.
  • The Rizal Bill was opposed by three people – Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Mariano Jesus Cuenco, and Decoroso Rosales.
  • In the campaign to oppose the Rizal Bill, the Catholic Church urged its adherents to write to their congressmen and senators showing their opposition to the bill.
  • The Catholic Church organized symposiums to oppose the Rizal Bill.
  • In one of the symposiums, Fr. Jesus Cavanna argued that the novels belonged to the past and that teaching them would misrepresent current conditions.
  • After the Rizal Act was enacted into law, there were no recorded instances of students applying for exemption from reading the novels, and there is no known procedure for such exemptions.
  • Every Knight and Lady has a mission to fulfill; to study the Ideals and Teachings of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, and to propagate them among all classes of the Filipino people, and others who would want to follow Dr.
  • Sec.4 Nothing in the Rizal Act is construed as amendment or repealing section nine hundred twenty-seven of the Administrative Code, which prohibits the discussion of religious doctrines by public school teachers and other persons engaged in any public school.
  • In 1994, President Fidel V. Ramos ordered the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) to fully implement the Rizal Act as there had been reports that it has still not been fully implemented.
  • The Rizal Act was implemented through the creation of Rizal’s Bust in every national, provincial, local, and institutional public entity, making December 30 as an annual remembrance of Rizal’s day of execution, the creation of Rizal Law RA 1425, and minting Rizal’s portrait in Philippine currencies (bills and coins).
  • Colonel Antonio Torres organized a group of men in December 30, 1911 from different walks of life for the purpose of commemorating in the fitting manner the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal.
  • On June 14, 1951, President Elpidio Quirino signed into law Republic Act 646 which officially gave the Order of the Knights of Rizal the legislative authority to propagate the ideals and teachings of Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
  • The Rizal Law mandates the reading of Rizal's novels in their original Spanish, with some flexibility granted to the Board of National Education regarding the implementation.
  • Accessibility concerns are addressed in the subsequent sections, requiring schools to maintain adequate copies and the board to translate the works into key Philippine languages.
  • Radio commentator Jesus Paredes stated that Catholics had the right to refuse to read Rizal's novels as it would "endanger their salvation".
  • Sec 3. The Board of National Education shall cause the translation of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, as well as other writings of Jose Rizal into English, Tagalog and the principal Philippine dialects; cause them to be printed in cheap, popular editions; and cause them to be distributed, free of charge, to persons desiring to read them, through the Purok organizations and Barrio Councils throughout the country.
  • The Archbishop of Manila, Rufino Santos, protested in a pastoral letter that Catholic students would be affected if a compulsory reading of the unexpurgated version of Rizal's novels were pushed through.
  • Organizations supporting the Rizal Law include Veteranos de la Revolucion, Alagad ni Rizal, Freemasons, and Knights of Rizal.
  • Organizations opposed to the Rizal Law include Catholic Action of the Philippines, The Congregation of the Mission, Knights of Columbus, and Catholic Teachers Guild.
  • The Senate Committee on Education sponsored a bill co-written by both José P. Laurel and Recto, with the only opposition coming from Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Mariano Jesús Cuenco, and Decoroso Rosales.
  • Arsenio Lacson, Manila's mayor, who supported the bill, walked out of Mass when the priest read a circular from the archbishop denouncing the bill.
  • Effectivity date of rizal law is june 15 1956 , signed by Former Pres. Ramon Magsaysay
  • Rizal law is senate bill no.438
  • Ramon Magsaysay created a wide scale propaganda program to educate the youth and student on the evils of communism
  • Rizal first encountered the word "kalayaan" in 1882 when he was 21 years old
  • Rizal's birth name was Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
  • The Mercados chose the unlisted name Rizal from the Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames
  • Governor-General Narciso Claveria mandated Filipinos to adopt surnames in the 1840s
  • The family's original choice was Ricial, but they settled on Rizal due to confusion
  • Rizal's nickname "Pepe" came from the letters "P.P." used after Saint Joseph's name
  • In Latin, "P.P." stands for "pater putativus," meaning "putative father"
  • In Spanish, "P" is pronounced as "peh," leading to the nickname "Pepe" for Jose
  • Rizal was the seventh child of the Mercado family in Calamba, Laguna
  • Paciano was Rizal's older brother and joined the Philippine Revolution
  • Narcisa found Rizal's unmarked grave and Olimpia died in childbirth at 32