RIZAL: RIZAL LAW

• RA 1425

  AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL, PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO
• RA 1425

  ·       Also known as Rizal Law (1956)
• Claro M. Recto and Jose P. Laurel


  Proposed the Rizal Law
• June 12, 1956


  When was the Rizal Law approved
• Act 137 which changed the name of the politico-military district of Morong to Rizal, in honor of the most popular Filipino of his times
• Act 243 which solicited national contributions to finance the construction of Rizal’s monument at the Luneta
• Act 345  which declared his death anniversary as a holiday. Rizal is the only national hero with two official holidays in his honor
• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 229 An Act to prohibit cockfighting, horse racing and jai-alai on the thirtieth (30th) day of December of each year and to create a committee to take charge of the proper celebration of Rizal Day in every municipality and chartered city
• MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 247 Directing the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports and the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education to fully implement RA 1425, issued by Fidel V. Ramos on the commemoration of the centennial of Rizal’s martyrdom in 1996
• CHED MEMORANDUM NO. 3, 1995  Issued by CHED Commissioner Mona Valisno enforcing strict compliance to Memorandum Order No. 247