I do not think the three wise men
Were Persian kings at all.
I think it much more likely
That they set sail from off Manila Bay
In answer to the call.

And though the great historians
May stare at me and frown,
I still maintain the three wise men
Were kings from my hometown....

Last December 30, 2012 the nation celebrated the re-enactment of the transfer of the urn containing the mortal remains of the national hero, Jose Rizal, from his mother’s home in Binondo to the base of his monument  at the Luneta Park, known in 19th century as Bagumbayan.
 
What actually happened then?
 
What was the impact of this ceremony, then in 1912 and today in 2012, a hundred years later?...

“Leaders under construction,”  that is how Baguio Mayor Mauricio Domogon addressed the 780 student leaders amassed at Baguio Teachers’ camp for the 50th National Rizal Youth Leadership Institute December 13 to 16, 2012.


It was indeed a golden celebration in the choice of speakers: Earl Valencia of Ideaspace,...

Ateneo Class 87, the organizers of the Alumni homecoming 2012 entitled our ‘62 Golden Jubilee as the ‘last homecoming,’ following the logic of the Aztec calendar. Well it might well be, for aside from the ear-blasting monophonic noise (they called it music or something like that, and ill-placed and over-rated...

Knights of Rizal honor Sir Dolphy at ceremonial rites  
by Carlos A.Arnaldo, KGOR deputy supreme exchequerFri 20th July 2012Led by Sir Reghis Romero II, KGCR, supreme commander, members of the Supreme Council, Sir Dave Santos, KGOR, supreme exchequer and Sir Choy Arnaldo, KGOR, deputy supreme exchequer... More

CROSSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
By Carlos A. Arnaldo, KGOR Deputy Supreme ExchequerSat 23rd June 2012It was perhaps the strangest thing that the Order of the Knights of Rizal ever did in its hundred years of existence.
 
On the eve of June... More

CHARTER DAY: A NEW SUPREME COUNCIL SOLEMNITY AND RENEWAL
By Carlos Arnaldo, KGOR Deputy Supreme ExchequerSat 16th June 2012June 14, 2012, Manila Yacht Club—It is Charter Day, the 61st anniversary of RA 646 and the 101st year of the Knights of Rizal.

When Knights of... More

NEW FACE and CREDO for BAGUMBAYAN  
By Carlos Arnaldo, KGOR Bagumbayan EditorMay 30, 2012The official newspaper of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, Bagumbayan has been given a ‘faith lift,’ since impelled by a new credo, the media piece is now oriented... More

KNIGHTS OF RIZAL ELECT NEW SUPREME COUNCIL BY ACCLAMATION
By Carlos Arnaldo, KGORThu 31st May 2012In an unprecedented gesture from the chair of the Election Tribunal, Sir Eugenio S. Labitoria, KGOR declared all nine candidates for election to the Supreme Council of the Knights of... More