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Controversies of Rizal
Dr. Jose Rizal Controversies
Dr. Jose Rizal, the well-loved Philippine national hero, and the brave known genius was famous and will remain famous worldwide. I don’t know if you’ve heard bout him, but of course if you’re a Filipino, you surely know him well because he’s a big part of the Philippine history. Jose Rizal is a star and like I’ve said genius and every star and genius is famous. And every famous is controversial.
Before I go direct to Jose Rizal’s controversies, have a brief information about who he was…
Bits of facts about the genius Jose Rizal
Dr. Jose Rizal was a philosopher, painter, poet, architect, artists, businessman,cartoonist, educator, economist, ethnologist, scientific farmer, historian,inventor, journalist, linguist, musician, mythologist, nationalist, naturalist, novelist, opthalmic surgeon, propagandist, psychologist, scientist, sculptor, sociologist, swordsman, , theologian hmm seems never-ending. In short Rizal was a versatile genius.

Amazing Facts about Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal has mastered 22 languages. These include Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Malayan, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog, and other native dialects. Whoa, how many do you speak?

To have a complete read on how genius Jose Rizal visit his complete biography atjoserizal.ph

Secrets of Dr. Jose Rizal

Who hasn’t had secrets? Even ordinary people had, what more the geniuses…Da Vinci had codes…Einstein, Newton andGalileo had theories…Shakespeare's real birthday remains unknown…Did Rizal have secrets? What are the mysteries surrounding the genius Dr. Jose Rizal? Read on and maybe you’ll solve the puzzle.

Jose Rizal Controversies

His real name

His complete name was Dr. José Rizal Protasio Mercado y Alonso Realonda.Many wonder why he used “Rizal” while his father was Francisco Mercado. He should have been Jose Mercado right? So why did Rizal’s surname becomeRizal instead of

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