In another incident on Thursday, Jessie Mariano Lorenzo, a 50-year-old tricycle driver, died and his passenger, Roger Galarce Ruadap, 57, was hurt when their tricycle hit by a pick-up truck at the intersection of Panganiban and
Gomburza streets in Barangay 7-B, Laoag City.
The centennial of the execution of martyr priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora ("
Gomburza") was celebrated in 1972 and the authorities decided Plaza de Roma was perfect for a monument to the trio.
'This special day, we are inviting everyone to let us all show our love and common concern to the present sorry plight of our country and our people,' Reyes, spokesperson of the group
Gomburza, said in a phone interview on Tuesday.
But, since the days of the Cavite Mutiny, of
Gomburza, Jose Rizal, and the Katipunan are long gone, I will first greet Most Reverend Bishop Reynaldo Evangelista of the Diocese of Imus, then Fr.
Others ask why the execution of
Gomburza is missing, when this was a watershed moment impressed upon us by the Nationalist Historian Teodoro A.
A couple of years ago, when one of their French cousins came to town, I told Tonypet, my husband, to take her to the "Path to Glory," a wooded plot near the
Gomburza marker at the Rizal Park.
Agoncillo caused a paradigm shift in the 1960s when he declared that 'there is no Philippine history before 1872.' For him, Philippine history truly begins with the execution of
Gomburza, which set the stage for the Philippine Revolution against Spain, the establishment of the First Republic in Malolos, followed by the continuing struggle for freedom in the Philippine-American War, and World War II.
Robert Reyes, spokesperson of the group
Gomburza, said the killing of Fr.
At the outset, I gave history lectures illustrated by Botong's expressive renditions of Sulayman, Balagtas,
Gomburza, Rizal, and Bonifacio against a landscape of prodigious historical details.
Robert Reyes, spokesperson for
Gomburza, a group of activist priests, nuns, brothers and laity, said Mr.
There was a charming play of Rizal's life -- from the youth who purposely tossed his slippers into the lake,to the filibustero in Europe and the apogee at Bagumbayan.The cameo appearances of Basilio, the
Gomburza trio with black hoods, the crazed Sisa, the wise Tasio were plaintive crests of our history, as told by Rizal himself.
Joselito 'Bong' Sarabia, activist priests of the group
GOMBURZA, in partnership with Filipino Cultural Creatives.