In a previous article, I wrote about Josephine Bracken, Jose Rizal’s last love. For today, we talk about another woman in Rizal’s life. This week, on April 11 in 1867, Leonor Rivera was born ...

There were at least nine women linked with Rizal; namely Segunda Katigbak, Leonor Valenzuela, Consuelo Ortiga, O-Sei San, Gertrude Beckette, Nelly Boustead, Suzanne Jacoby, and Josephine Bracken.

Jose Rizal’s love letters should prove that love is complicated, but he didn’t keep copies, not even drafts in his notebooks. Recipients kept Rizal’s letters from curious “Marites” like me. Leonor ...

Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Jose Rizal tells the story of the Filipino hero from his imprisonment at Fort Bonifacio until the day of his execution. Cesar Montano portrayed the titular hero with ...

The digitally restored and remastered version of the 1998 movie Jose Rizal, directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya and starring Cesar Montano, is now available for streaming on Netflix. GMA Pictures, together ...