111 YEARS AGO TODAY. On the eve of today’s 111th anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal’s martyrdom, a boy looks at the statue of the national hero at Rizal Park, showing him at the moment of his execution on December 30, 1896. The nation observes Rizal Day today. (Sherwin R. Pineda)
Feast of Holy Family marked today with mass
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales will join hundreds of poor Metro Manila families today in celebrating the feast of the Holy Family.
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – President Arroyo will lead the nation today in celebrating the 111th anniversary of the martyrdom of the country’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, whose death on Dec. 30, 1896 precipitated the Philippine Revolution and the country’s eventual independence from Spain two years later in 1898.
At the Luneta, Vice President Noli de Castro and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim lead the wreath-laying rites at 9 a.m. with the Knights of Rizal who will retrace the hero's final walk from Fort Santiago to Bagumbayan, now Luneta, on December 30, 1896.
The President will lead a flag-raising and...
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Harbour forces sudden death
HARBOUR CENTRE shut down Reed Juntilla in the payoff period and Edwin Asoro and Dylan Ababou reintroduced themselves big time yesterday as Batang Pier defeated the Hapee Toothpaste Complete Protectors, 73-59 and set up a big Sunday showdown for the PBL V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
Northern and eastern Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Manila Bay will be moderate to rough.
Temp. range: 23.8°C – 31.0°C
Tides: High: 1:43 a.m., 0.95 m.
Low: 9:53 a.m., -0.01 m.
