116 YEARS AFTER. A brown shrike (lanius cristatus) perches on a book of the statue of national hero Jose Rizal in Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila. The Philippines commemorates on Sunday the martyrdom of Rizal on Dec. 30, 1896, with a reenactment of the transfer of his remains from his sister’s house in Binondo, Manila, to Luneta on Dec. 30, 1912. EDWIN BACASMAS
On July 6, 1892, Dr. Jose Rizal was ordered arrested by Governor General Eulogio Despujol on charges that antifriar pamphlets were found in the luggage of his sister Lucia who arrived with him from Hong Kong.
He was detained for nine days in Fort Santiago. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research
