Heroes (Report)

• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alfonso Realonda


  Philippine National Hero
• Died on December 30, 1896 at Bagumbayan, Luneta, Manila (Rizal Park)


  Born on June 19, 1861
• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alfonso Realonda


  • Head of La Solidaridad
  • Founder of Liga Filipina – a peaceful reform organization
  • Imprisoned in Fort Santiago, he composed "Ñltimo adiós" ("Last Farewell")
  • He is an active member of different associations namely: the Circulo Hispano-Filipino (Hispano-Philippine Circle) and the Brotherhood of Masons
  • Published Noli Me Tangere in 1886, El Filibusterismo in 1891
  • Invented the hemp stripping machine
• Andres Bonifacio y De Castro

  Father of Philippine Revolution
• Executed on May 10, 1897, in Nagpatong Mountain in Cavite at 34 y/o for treason


  Born on November 30, 1863
• Andres Bonifacio y De Castro

  • Had been married twice
  • Before revolutionary activities, he was a messenger ad warehouse keeper
  • In 1892, he and his friend Ladislao Diwa and Teodoro Plata established the KKK or Kataas-taasang, kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan
  • In 1895 he became the supremo of Katipunan which published a newspaper called Kalayaan
  • On August 26, 1896, happened the Cry of Balintawak (Pugad Lawin) where men raised their riffles and sabers crying out for freedom
• Emilio Jacinto y Dizon

  The brain of Katipunan
• Died on April 16, 1899 (23 y/o)


  Born on December 15, 1875
• Emilio Jacinto y Dizon


  • He was the general during Philippine Revolution
  • He wrote A la Pratía (To My Fatherland) on October 8, 1897
  • Jacinto also wrote " A mi Madre (To My Matheorlan) is a touching ode and Liwanag at Dilim ( Light and Darkness), a prose