Lebanese-born Joze Piranian never imagined he would become a globally recognized speaker. Born with a severe stutter, the idea of introducing himself — let alone speaking onstage — felt impossible.

MANILA, Philippines— The newly installed chapter commander of the Knights of Rizal – Anda Circle has sounded the alarm on what he described as an “all-time low” in nationalism, patriotism, and love of ...

Pocholo Gonzales is a veteran Filipino voiceover artist and mentor who has developed an AI project that lets users talk to Jose Rizal. Called "Conversations with Rizal," the AI agent features Gonzales ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X There is a song by a Filipino band about Manila (the capital of The Philippines); the song goes, ...

LOST COUNTRY? Okay, I know some people are here mentioning Jose Chameleone. But maybe musically, but again, even Chameleone, he did not really shoot for the maximum of his talent. Someone says mbu in ...

Talking about taking matters into your own hands.... Los Angeles’ growing homeless community members have used their creative skills to settle into makeshift homes alongside a busy highway, causing ...

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PRAGUE, Czech Republic – More than 130 years ago, Dr. Jose Rizal came to several cities in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire to meet with his close confidant, Austrian ethnographer Ferdinand ...

For more than a century now, Filipinos have been told of the life of Jose Rizal, especially his last 24 hours, his execution and his last poem, “Mi Ultimo Adios.” Late afternoon the day before his ...

To find Jose Rizal in Europe has been a fervent dream of my husband, a retired University of the Philippines professor. For more than two decades, he fervently taught the Rizal course required by law ...

Urban legends are like amoeba: They divide and multiply. The urban legend about Rizal being the father of Adolf Hitler, for example, is easily dispatched by counting back nine months, from April 20, ...

The National Parks Development Committee (NPDC), an attached agency of the Department of Tourism, recently launched a new logo for Rizal Park, Luneta, as well as the Rizal Park Free Library and the ...