I TRANSLATED the late Ambassador Leon Maria Guerrero's prize-winning biography of Jose Rizal, "The First Filipino," into Filipino. In an act of verbal gymnastics, I am translating that introduction ...

MANILA, Philippines – As the nation commemorates the 164th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal, Senator Loren Legarda called on every Filipino to draw from the national hero’s life and legacy as a ...

More than ever, the Philippines need heroes. The economy is not in good shape, politics is in the monopoly of dynasties. Over half of the 110 million Filipinos are struggling below the poverty line.

MANILA, Philippines — As the Filipino nation celebrates Dr. Jose Rizal's heroism today, we look back at his life and works. Here are some ways to know more about the national hero who played a pivotal ...

Perhaps the rarest book by one of our greatest writers happens to be the one about the greatest of Filipinos. This publishing paradox was made possible by a confluence of unusual events that kept the ...

"A POLITICIAN Without Ambition" is the title of Chapter 13 of Ambassador Leon Maria Guerrero's prize-winning biography of our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. The book, titled "The First Filipino", won ...

Isaac Reyes is the great, great grandson of Jose Rizal’s eldest sister Saturnina Realonda Rizal. Isaac has lived in Australia for 27 years. His family lived in Mudgee, New South Wales, a small country ...