National Heroes: How are they "selected"?

Cards (16)

  • When was the former president Ferdinand Marcos buried in the Libingan ng mga bayani?
    2016
  • Declined the position as the editor of La Solidaridad
    Jose Rizal
  • Rizal was chosen as the head over _______ which he declined.
    Marcelo del Pilar
  • Who established La Liga Filipina
    Marcelo del Pilar
  • Who was the honorary president of La Liga Filipina
    Jose Rizal
  • December 20, 1898 - Aguinaldo declared December 30 as Rizal Day and National Day of Mourning
  • Dec. 30 became annual national holiday through Act No. 345 of the 1902 Philippine Commission.
  • Act No. 317 of 1901 - Birthed the Province of Rizal.
  • Act No. 233 of 1901 - erected the Rizal Monument at Luneta
  • RA 229 of 1948 - prohibited gambling like cockfighting every Dec. 30
  • Executive Order No. 429 of President Carlos Garcia who established the Rizal Pro Patria Award.
  • Executive Order No. 75 of 1993 - In 1993, President Fidel Ramos issued an executive order regarding the formal acknowledgement, through declaration, of National Heroes.
  • The National Heroes Committee is composed of the Secretary of Education (Chairman), Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of National Defense.
  • The in-charge of learning about, evaluating, and recommending people subjected of the recognition and declaration of being national heroes.
    National Heroes Committee
  • Who was delegated, through its Executive Director, to draw up clear-cut criteria for heroes.
    National Heroes Institute
  • A nationalist historian who was cited as an authority in 1965, which finalized the criteria for national heroes through another analogous commission.
    Teodoro Agoncillo