OTHER

HEROES IN
PHILIPPINE
SETTINGS
 2 HIGH REGARD HEROES

Among our nation’s many heroes, two

are remembered and held in high regard:
Jose Rizal , who can probably boast
of having the most tributes among all
Filipino heroes , and Andres Bonifacio.
There are no laws that designate a specific
personality as the National Hero of the Philippines,
there has been an attempt to identify one. In 1993,
then-president Fidel V. Ramos issued Executive
Order No. 75, which created the National Heroes
Committee. The committee was to “study, evaluate,
and recommend Filipino national personages/heroes
in due recognition of their sterling character and
remarkable achievements for the country,” NCCA
notes.
The committee came up with criteria on which Filipino
heroes would be held against, to determine if they
could be proclaimed as national heroes.
 NATIONAL HEROES
CRITERIA

 Have a concept of nation and thereafter aspire and struggle for the nation’s
freedom
 Define and contribute to a system or life of freedom and order for a nation.
Heroes are those who make the nation’s constitution and laws
 Contribute to the quality of life and destiny of a nation
 Are part of the people’s expression
 Thinks of the future, especially the future generations
 The choice of a hero involves not only the recounting of an episode or events
in history, but of the entire process that made this particular person a hero
 9 FILIPINOS THAT MADE
T H E S H O RT L I S T F O R
NA T I O NA L H E RO A S O F 1 9 9 5 :
 Jose Rizal
 Andres Bonifacio
 Emilio Aguinaldo
 Apolinario Mabini
 Marcelo H. Del Pilar
 Sulta Dipatuan Kudarat
 Juan Luna
 Melchora Aquino
 Gabriela Silang
No further action was taken on the shortlist though, hence
why we have no single National Hero. NCCA notes that the
possible reason why no hero as chosen was because it
“might trigger a flood of requests for proclamations” and
that it may also “trigger bitter debates involving historical
controversies about the heroes”—which is very likely, as we
continue to unearth and discover artifacts and items
connected to our historical figures.
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