Ang Huling PI 10 sa Tag-init

April 23, 2014 (Week #1)

Ang Huling PI 10 sa Tag-init

http://matikaspilipinas.blogspot.com/2011/06/mi-ultimo-adios-by-dr-jose-p-rizal.html

Did you know?

          The last words of Jose Rizal is "Consummatum est" (It is finished).

           Hey guys!, my name is Adrian, and this blog will be about what I learned during my PI10 class. We will be talking about the History of the Philippines first, especially during the 19th century. This will give us a few background on the situation of the country during Rizal's time. Then we will move on to his life then last about his famous works and the not so famous ones.

The Philippines in the 1950's

                  The Agrarian unrest intensified and the HUKS or the Hukbalahap, an anti-Japanese resistance group in central Luzon during World War II, saw the government as the new enemy. President Elpidio Quirino tried to negotiate an amnesty with the HUKS but this was unfortunately sabotaged by the landlords. Since they didn't want their lands to be distributed.

               During 1950-1952, there was intensification of the anti-HUK campaigns of the government. On 1953, Magsaysay was elected as the president of the Republic of the Philippines. And just a year later, the HUKS surrendered. Sadly, on 1957, Magsaysay died in a plane crash. The cause was very controversial, and a lot of people still argue on the real culprit and reason behind his death.

Rizal Bill

                Senator Jose P. Laurel and Senator Claro M. Recto proposed the Rizal Bill. This was supposedly to spread Rizal’s ideas through his works. They require the compulsory reading of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo among the schools in the Philippines. But the Catholic was quick to argue on it. Stating that the Bill is an attempt to discredit the Catholic religion. According to them, there were 170 lines in Noli and 50 lines in El Fili that were inimical to the tenets of their faith. The Bill was ultimately approved with some modifications. The final version of the Bill included all the works and writing of and for Jose Rizal and removed the idea of compulsion by allowing exemption.

You can read more about Rizal Bill on NOLI-FILI/RIZAL BILL: ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL BILLS IN PHIL HISTORY