THE LIFE AND

WORKS OF JOSE
RIZAL
GROUP 6 (24 NEWS: RADIO BRODCADTINC )
 The Eyesight of Doña
Teodora are Fully
Recovered

BREAKING NEWS
In February 1895, Doña Teodora, with her eyesight
fully restored, returned to Manila. During her long
stay in Dapitan, She saw how busy her talented son
was regretted that he had neglected the Muses. She
requested him to write poetry again.

On October 22, 1895. In response to her request,

Rizal wrote a beautiful poem about his serene life as
an exile in Dapitan and sent it to her on. This poem
was “Mi Trio” (My Retreat) which is acclaimed by
literary critics as one of the best penned by Rizal.
 Rizal’s departure
Dapitan

BREAKING NEWS
July 31, 1896 – On the morning and his last day in Dapitan, Rizal
busily packed his things. He was scheduled to leave the town on
board the España, which was sailing back to Manila. He had sold his
lands and other things he owned to his friend, mostly natives of
Dapitan.

At 5:30. in the afternoon , he and eight other companions were

Josephine; Narcisa (his sister). Angelica (daughter of Narcisa), his
three nephews Mauricio (Son of Maria Rizal), Estanislao (Son of
Lucia Rizal), Teodosio (another son of Lucia Rizal); Mr. and Ms.
Sunico.

Almost at Dapitan folks, young and old, where at the shore to see the
the deaparture of their beloved doctor. The pupils of Rizal cried, for
they could not accompany their deae teacher. Captaib Camicero, in
full regalia of a commandant’s uniform, was on hand to say goodbye
to his prisoner, whom he had come to admire and respect.
As a steamer pushed out into sea. Rizal gazed for the
last time on Dapitan waving in farewell salute to it’s
kind and hospitable folks and with a crying heart filled
with tears of noltasgic memories. When he could no
longer see the dim shoreline, he sadly went to his cabin
and a few hours.
“I have always loved my poor country , and I am sure
that I shall love her until death, if by chance men are
unjust to me; and I shall enjoy the happy life, contented
in the thought that all I have suffered , my past, my
present, and my future, my life , my loves, my pleasures,
I have sacrrified all of these love of he. Happen what
may, I shall die blessings her desirinfg the dawn of her
redemption.”
 Rizal visited his
friends.

BREAKING NEWS
August 1, 1896 – He arrived in Dumaguete. He
visited his friend and former classmate. Herrero
Regidor . He also visited his other friends, including
the Periquet and Rufina families. In Cebu, Rizal was
fasinated by the entrance which he considered
“beautiful”. He met an old couple whom he had
known in Madrid at the house pf Attorney Mateos.
He did two operations of strabotomy – one ears then
the other one is tumor. Rizal landed Iloilo and
visited molo. From Iloilo, Rizal’s ship towards
Manila Via Romblon.
 Rizal arrived in
Manila.

BREAKING NEWS
August 6, 1896 – The Espania arrived in
Manila Bay early in the morning of
Thursday. Unfortunately, Rizal was not able
to catch mail ship Isla de Luzon for Spain.
Rizal was transferred to the Spanish Cruiser
by order of Governor General Blanco. He
was given good accommentation by the
gallant captain, Enrique Santalo. Rizal
stayed in the cruiser for about a month, from
August 6 to September 2, 1896.
 The struggles of
Filipino: Cry of
Balintawak

BREAKING NEWS
Aaugust 26, 1896 –
the “Cry of
Balintawak ”
was by Andres
Bonifacio and his
valiant katipuneros.
August 30, 1896 – revolutionist attacked
San Jose. Governor General Blanco
proclaimed a state of war in the first
eight provinces (Manila, Bulacan,
Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Pampanga,
Nueva Ecija, and Tarlac. Rizal worried
for two reasons: 1. the violent revolution
which he sincerely believed to be
premature and would only cause much
suffering and terrible losts of human
lives. 2. It would arouse Spanish
vengence againts Filipino patriots.
 The Outbreak of
Philippine
Revolution

BREAKING NEWS
August 30, 1896 – Rizal received two letters from Governor
General Blanco. The Minister of Wars . The Ministers of
Colonies.

Septeber 2, 1896 – Rizal was transferred to the steamer Isla

de Panay which wassailing for Barcelona, Spain.

September 3, 1896 - the steamer left Manila Vay. Fellow

passenger on board were Don Pedro Roxas (rich Manila
creole industrialist and is friend ) and his son named
Periquin.

By refusing to break his word of honor in Singapore, Rizal

sealed his own doom. For without knowledge, Governor
General Blanco was secretly conspiring with the Ministers
of War and the Colonies (ultramar) for his destruction. Rizal
was unaware that since his departure from Manila Bay on
his way to Spain. Blanco and the Minister of War and
Colonies were exchanging code telegrams and confidential
messages for his arrest upon reaching Barcelona.
September 8, 1896 – The Isla de Panay left Simgapore at 1pm

September 25, 1896 – He saw the steamer Isla de Luzon, leaving the Saez Canal,
crammed with Spanish troops.

September 27,1896 – He heard that a telegram arrived from Manila reporting the
execution of Francisco Roxas, Genato, Osorio.

September 28, 1896 – A passenger told Rizal the bad news that he would be arrest
by order of Governor General Blanco and wouldcbe sent in Cueta (Spanish
Morocco), Opposite Gibraltar.

September 30, 1896 – He was officially notified by Captain Alemany that he should
stay in his cabin until futher orders from Manila. The steamer anchored in Malta.

October 3, 1896 – Isla de Panay arrived in Barcelona. The trip from Manila to
Barcelona lasted exactly 30 days. His Jailor was the Military Commander of
Barcelona who happened to be General Eulogia Despujol. On his second day in
Barcelona , he noticed the city celebration of the feast St. Francis of Asisi.
 Rizal’s Diary was
critically
scrutinitized by the
Authorities

BREAKING NEWS
October 6, 1896 – Rizal was awakenend by the guards and escorted
to the grim and infamous prison-fortress named Minjuich. At the
same date Rizal was interviewed by General Despujol. In the
interview, the brusque general told Rizal that he would be shipped
back to Manila on board the transport ship Colon.

Day by day,since leaving Barcelona, Rizal conscientiously recorded

his events in his diary. He was given a good cabin in the second
class and although strictly guarded, he was courteously treated by
the army officers.

October 8, 1896 – a friendly officer told Rizal that the Madrid

newspaper were full of stories about the bloody revolution in the
Philippines and were blaming him for it.

October 11, 1896 – before reaching Port said, Rizal’s diary was
taken away and was critically scrutizied by the authorities, but then
nothing dangerous was found in its content.
News of Rizal’s predicament reached his friends in Europe abd Singapore.
From London, Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor and Sixto Lopez dispatched frantic
telegrams to an English lawyer in Singapore named Hugh Fort to rescue Rizal
from the Spanish steamer when it reached Singapore by means of habeas
corpus. When the colon arrived in Singapore. Atty. Fort instituted, instituted
proceedings in Singapore Court for the removal of Rizal from the steamer.
Chief Justice Loinel Cox denied the writ on the ground that the colon was
carrying Spanish troops to the philippines. Rizal was unaware of the attempt
made by his frienda because he has then kept behind bars in the ship.

November 3, 1896 – The Colon reached Manila. Rizal was quitly transferred
under the heavy guards from the ship to Fort Santiago. Spanish authorities
fished evidence againts Rizal. Many Filipino patriots, including Deodato
Arellano, Dr. Pia Valenzuela, Moises Salvador, Jose Dizon, Domingo Franco,
Temotheo Paez, and Pedro Serrano Laktaw, were brutally tortured to implicate
Rizal. Rizal’s own brother (Paciano) was arrested and cruelly totured.
 Rizal’s prelimina
investigation beg

BREAKING NEWS
November 20, 1896 – the preliminary investigation began. Rizal appered before the Judge
Advocate, Colonel Francisco Olive. Two kinds of evidence were presented: documentary
and testimonial. Documentary evidence, as follows;

1. A letter of Antonio Luna to Mariano Ponce, showing Rizal’s connection with the
Filipino reform campaign in Spain.
2. A letter of Rizal to his family, starting that the deportations are good for they will
encourage the people to hate tyranny.
3. A letter from Marcelo H. Del Pilar to Deodato Arellano, implicating Rizal in the
Propaganda in Spain.
4. A poem entitled “ Kundiman”
5. A letter of Carlos Oliver, to an unidentified person, describing Rizal as the man to free
the Philippines from Spanish oppressio.
6. A Masonic document, honoring Rizal for his patriotic services.
7. A letter of signed Dimasalang (Rizal’s pseudonym) to Tenluz (Juan Zulueta’s
pseudonym), stating tjat he was preparing a safe refuge for Filipinos who may be
presented by the Spanish Authorities.
8. Letter of Dimasalang to an identified committee, soliciting the aid of the committee in
the “patriotic work”
9. An anonyms and undated letter to the Editor of the Hong Kong Telegraph, censuring
the banishment of Rizal in Dapitan.
10. A letter of Ildefonso Laurel to Rizal, saying that the Filipino look up to him (Rizal) as their
saviour.
11. A letter to Ildefonso Laurel to Rizal, informing an unidentified correspomdent of the arrest and
banisent of Doroteo Cortes and Ambrosio Salavador.
12. A letter of a letter of Marcelo H. Del Pilar to Don Juan A. Tenuiz (Juan Zulieya), recommending
the establishment of a special organization, independent of Masonry, to help the cause of the
Filipino People.
13. Transcript of a speech of Pingkian (Emilio Jacinto), reunion of the Katipunan in which the
following cry was uttered “ Long Live the Philippines! Long Live Liberty ! Long Live Doctor
Rizal! Unity!”
14. Transcript of a speech of Tik-Tik (Jose Turiano Santiago) in the same katipunan reunion, where
in the Katipuneros shouted: Long live the eminent Doctor Rizal! Death of the oppressor of the
nation!”
15. A poem by Laong Laan (Rizal), entitled “A Talisay”, in which the author makes the Dapitan
schoolboys sing that they know how to fight for their rights.

The Testemonials evidence consisted of the oral testimonies of Martin Constantino, Aguedo Del
Rosario, Jose Reyes, Jose Dizon, Domingo Franco , Jose Reyes, Moises Salvador , Jose Dizon,
Domingo Franco, Deodato Arellano, Ambrosio Salvado, Pedro Serrano- Laktaw, Dr. Pio
Valenzuela, Antonio Salazar, Francisco Quison and Timotheo Paez.
November 26, 1896 – Colonel Olive transmitted the records of the case to Governor
General Blanco, and the letter appointed Captain Rafael Dominguez as special judge
advocate. Immediately Dominguez made a brief resume and transmitted it to the Judge
Advocate General , Don Nicolas de la Peña.

After Peña studied the papers, he submitted the following recommendations:

1. The accused be immediately brought to trial.
2. He should be kept in prison.
3. An order of attachment be issued his property to the amount of one million pesos
as indemnity.
4. He should be defended in court by an army officer, not by a civilian lawyer .

December 8, 1896 – Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception, a list of 100 first and
second lieutenants in the Spanish Army was presented to Rizal. He choose Don Luis
Taviel de Andrade. 1st Lieutenants of the Artillery because the name was familiar to
him and Rizal proved that Lt. Luis is the oldest brother of Jose Taviel Andrade his
body guard in Calamba 1887.
December 11, 1896 – the information of charges was formally read. He was accused of being
“ the principal organizer and the living soul of the Filipino insurrection, the founder of societies,
periodicals and books dedicated to formenting and propagating ideas of rebellion”.

December 13, 1896 – Dominguez frowarded the papers of the Rizal case to Malacañan Palace, same
date when General Camilio G. de Polaveja, with the help of powerful Dominican friars, became
Governor General of the Philippines.

December 15, 1896 – Rizal wrote a manifesto to his people appealing to them to stop the necessary
shedding of blood and to achieve their liberties by means of education and industry. Fortunately for
Rizal, Judge Advocate
General Nicolas de la Peña recommended to the Governor General Polavieja that the manifesto be
suppressed. Thus, Rizal was “ saved from the shame of his manifesto’s being misinterpreted and
disobeyed by the Filipino in arms.”

December 25, 1896 – All Christendom joyously celebrated the birthday of Jesus, but Rizal celebrated
it with a dark and cheerless Christmas. Truly, the Christmas of 1896, his last on earth, was tye saddest
in Rizal’s life. Brooding over his hopeless case, he wrote to Lt. Taviel de Andrade.

The trial of Rizal was an eloquent proof of Spanish injustic and misrule. His case was prejudged;he
considered guilty before the actual trial.
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listening !!!