JOSE RIZAL, the martyr-hero of the Philippines, was born in Kalamba, on the southwest shore of the picturesque Laguna of Bay in Luzon, June 19,1861. His father's family began in the Philippines with a Chinaman named Lam Co who came from the Amoy District to Manila possibly because of the political trouble, which followed the conquest of his country, by the Manchu invaders. It was in 1697 that this ancestor who's Christian name was Domingo was baptized in the Parian church of San Gabriel.
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At first a merchant, he finally made up his mind to stay in these Islands, and turned farmer to escape the bitter anti Chinese prejudice, which then existed in Manila. Rather late in life he married the daughter of a countryman - who was a dealer in rice and moved into Laguna province to become a tenant on the Dominican Friars' estate at Biñan.
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His son, Francisco Mercado y Chinco, apparently owed his surname to the Chinese custom of looking to the appropriateness of the meaning. Sangley, the name throughout all the Philippines for Chinamen signifies "traveling trader" and the Spanish of the Islands "mercado" was used for trader. So Lamco evidently intended that his descendants should stop traveling but not cease being traders.
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Francisco Mercado was a name held in high honor in La Laguna for it had belonged to a famous sea captain who had been given the encomienda of Bay for his services and had there won the regard of those who paid tribute to him by his fairness and interest in their welfare. .
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Francisco's son was Captain Juan Mercado y Monica and he took advantage of his position to expunge from the municipal records the designation "Chinese mestizo" after the names of himself and family. Thus he saved the higher fees and taxes which Chinese mestizos then were compelled to pay.
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The Captain died when his youngest son, Francisco Engracio Mercado y Alexandra, was only nine years old. An unmarried sister, Potenciana, twenty years older than he, looked after the boy and sent him to the Latin school.
Should Jose Rizal be the Philippine's national hero? ... In this biogrpahy you will learn about Jose Rizal's life before the Spanish executed him. ... Jose Rizal, the seventh child of Francisco mercado and Teodora Alonso Y Quintos was born in Calamba Laguna on June 19, 1861. Jose Rizal was a native of the island of Luzaon, of which Manila is the capital. ... By then, Jose took his works and skills like a genius would. ...
Jose Rizal, we always think of our national hero as someone who believed in the power of pen rather of the sword. ... Life and works of Jose Rizal were imposed on students in college. ... People, especially the youth, are encourage to look up to Jose Rizal. ... Constantino labeled Rizal as a limited hero. ... Today, Jose Rizal is viewed as a role model for people and a continuous reminder of nationalism and patriotism. ...
Rizal noted the women to be very vigilant and decisive to what priests say. ... Rizal pointed out that not everything that priests say is a message from God because most of the time especially in the time of Rizal, priests or friars say things for their personal welfare. ... We will still be maltreated and be taken for granted as Rizal described experienced in his time. ... Rizal wants us to be true to ourselves and to raise men of equality, someone with a balanced strength and whit that will liberate oneself and ones race. In closing Jose Rizal never thought that every single word that...
But until this present time of ours, Jose Protacio Rizal as distinguished National Hero of our country is still questionable to many critics. ... Many people admired Jose Rizal because of his abilities as an individual, his writings, his views in life, his reforms during his time that is against the Spanish government but for the sake of the Filipinos, his achievements and of course, because he's a genius. ... Another issue is the renouncement of Rizal about revolution that is led by the Katipuneros. Since Rizal didn't like to have blood shed in order to achieve liberty for the coun...
Jose Alejandro, one of the new Filipinos who had been quite intimate with Rizal, said, "in writing the Noli Rizal signed his own death warrant." ... To a Filipino friend in Hong Kong, Jose Basa, Rizal likewise eagerly announced the completion of his second novel. ... Rizal moved to Ghent, and writes Jose Alejandro. ... "To the memory of the priests, Don Mariano Gomez (85 years old), Don Jose Burgos (30 years old), and Don Jacinto Zamora (35 years old). ... Jose Rizal na buong pusong inalay sa tatlong paring martir, na lalong kilala sa bansag na GOMBURZA - Gomez, Burgos, Zamora. ...
Jose Rizal had the bright idea of linking climactic and socio-political conditions. ... In his first trip abroad, Rizal had to pass through Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and with his shipmates he debarked and took a quick tour of the desert lands. ... It was the end of May in 1882 and Rizal's "Reminiscences" is an enriching travelogue for the vacationer. Rizal's dry comments about the arid highlands of southern Arabia would seem pallid compared to the registry of the Philippine Revolution when the social volcano exploded 14 years hence. ...
I also learned about Jose Rizal and his family. ... All Jose Rizal did was write novels that made Filipinos open up their blinded eyes to Spaniards injustices. Although he never really was the leader of the Kapitunan, the people in the secret movement to fight till death against the Spaniards, they greatly admired Jose Rizal. ... To my understanding, Jose Rizal is an important factor to what led the Filipinos to fight for what is only right. ...
