I came home to a nation rediscovering Rizal. From Manila to Cebu to Bohol, on the streets, in the malls, on campuses, Filipinos have been remembering and celebrating the life and times of the greatest ...

We watched the latest remake of the operetta “Noli Me Tangere,” adapted from the novel by Jose Rizal, set to music by Felipe de Leon Jr., poetic libretto in Filipino by, surprisingly, the sculptor ...

MANILA, Philippines — Amid the shocking revelations of billion-peso graft in ghost and substandard flood control projects, a rare first edition of the Noli me Tangere has come to light. Jose Rizal, ...

MANILA, Philippines - In Dr. Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, Elias was a man who was very crucial to how the plot unfolded. Elias had a very gruesome past, his grandfather was accused of arson and was ...

Rizal’s two novels, “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo,” shook me to the core of my being when I first read them as a young student for reasons that I could not explain. No other books have ...

When people ask what translations of the “Noli me tangere” and “El Filibusterismo” I recommend, my standard answer is: Virgilio S. Almario for Filipino, and for English: Soledad Lacson-Locsin, Penguin ...