Wednesday, December 09, 2009

“Man of Everything, Rizal Is...”



Picture shows Atty. Ronquillo C. Tolentino (left), President, Aklan History Society giving his opening remarks and at (right) is NVC President, Atty. Allen S. Quimpo delivering his keynote speech.


"Man of Every-thing, Rizal Is" is the main theme of the Rizal Symposium NVC Rizal Club sponsored in cooperation with the NVC Masscom students. It was held in the NVC CSQ Gym, Estancia, Kalibo in the afternoon of Tuesday, December 8.

The symposium was held in commemoration of the 111th death anniversary of the national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal who was killed by musketry. The symposium was also held to inculcate among the youth desirable virtues, life style of Dr. Rizal worthy of emulation and respect and help develop loyalty and love of country.

Atty. Ronquillo C. Tolentino delivered the opening remarks. He traced the nationalistic flavor of some of the writings of Rizal and its meaning to the present day generation.

Atty. Allen S. Quimpo, president of Northwestern Visayan Colleges was the keynote speaker. He expounded on the character of Dr. Rizal who is claimed by all the people of the ASEAN region.

People of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and other countries which experienced foreign domination identified themselves with Dr. Jose P. Rizal," Quimpo stressed. He related his experience as state guest of the Malaysia government to the Malay-sians commemoration of the Centennial Death Anniversary of Dr. Rizal in 1998.

As products of their research, the following student–speakers in seven (7) minutes each spoke on: Rizal As A Student–Richie Oloroso; Rizal the Farmer–Churchil C. Gumboc; Rizal the Physician–Shammy Sabay; Rizal the Writer–Sheryl N. Santillan; Rizal the Filipino Youth–Darwin T. Tapayan; Rizal the Educator–Grace P. Luces; Rizal the Artist–Christine Lea N. Nahil; Rizal the Lover–Joana Marie Jovillo; Rizal the Martyr–Jeda L. Sale; and Rizal the Hero–Marjun Regalado. /MP

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