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DAPITAN
Jose Rizal managed to become a man of
project and contributed greatly in order to make
Dapitan a better place to live in especially for the native
populace.

JOSE
RIZAL IN
•DAPITAN IS PLACE NEAR DIPOLOG CITY
IN ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE IN MINDANAO

DAPITAN
•THE NAME DAPIT IS SAID TO BE DERIVED
FROM THE WORD “DAPIT” IN BISAYA
WHICH MEANS A PLACE OR “(DAPIT’)”
WHICH MEANS TO INVITE.

AS A
DOCTOR/SCIENTIST
–RIZAL WAS A FAMOUS PHYSICIAN AND
OPHTHALMOLOGIST AND OFFERED FREE MEDICAL
SERVICES (IN GRATIS) FOR THE POOR.
–RIZAL WAS ABLE TO DISCOVER THREE UNIQUE
SPECIES IN DAPITAN (DRACO RIZALI, APOGONIA
RIZALI AND RHACOPHORUS RIZALI)

AS AN
ENGINEER INVENTOR/
–RIZAL INVENTED A PROTOTYPE OF A CIGARETTE LIGHTER
CALLED SULPUKAN and invented A BRICK MAKING MACHINE
THAT HE SAID IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 6000 BRICKS
–RIZAL DEVELOPED A WATER SYSTEM BASED ON AN
ARTESIAN WELL WHICH IS STILL USED IN DAPITAN UP TO
THIS DAY
–HE ALSO INTRODUCED A LIGHTING SYSTEM USINGCRUDE

AS A
COCONUT OIL LAMPS

LINGUIST/TEACHER/WRITER
–RIZAL WAS SAID TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SPEAK
IN OVER 22 LANGUAGES.
–RIZAL TAUGHT THE YOUNG BOYS IN DAPITAN,
ESPECIALLY THE SONS OF THE LOCAL FARMERS
HE HELPS.
–HE WROTE POEMS LIKE MI RETIRO (MY RETREAT)
UPON THE REQUEST OF HIS MOTHER AND MANY
MORE.

AS A FARMER/BUSINESSMAN
RIZAL BUY 16 HECTARES OF LAND IN TALISAY WHERE
HE PLANTED MANGOES, GUAVAS, LANZONES,
SANTOL, DURIAN, CACAO, COFFEE, SUGARCANE,
CORN, AND COCONUTS.
–RIZAL CREATED A FARMERS COOPERATIVE SO HE
CAN LEND MONEY TO THE LOCAL FARMERS TO
HINDER CHINESE MONOPOLY
–HE ESTABLISHED A HEMP BUSINESS IN DAPI-
TAN (PRODUCTION OF ABACA FIBERS)

SOURCE
An Instructional Material in GE 109 THE Life and Works of Rizal by Jan Daniel P. Ching, Roldan M. Bonghanoy and Ebbeth Joy H.
Bercero