* Philippines – Rizal Day ( December 30 )

* 2000 – Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

* Rizal Day ( Philippines )

* December 30 – Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines, within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about 100.

Rizal and Bonifacio, however, are given the implied recognition of being national heroes because they are commemorated annually nationwide – Rizal Day on 30 December and Bonifacio Day on 30 November.

The 2000 Glorietta bombing was said to be the precursor of the May 21, 2000 SM Megamall bombing and the December 30, 2000 Rizal Day bombings.

* Rizal Day bombings

The blasts occurred during a national holiday in the Philippines, where December 30 is known as Rizal Day, commemorating the martyrdom of the country's national hero, José Rizal.

Fathur Rahman Al-Ghozi, an Indonesian national and member of the known terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, was convicted and sentenced to 17 years in prison for illegal possession of explosives in relation to the Rizal Day bombing incidents.

On January 23, 2009, the three Rizal Day bombers, Mukhlis Hadji Yunos, Abdul Fatak Paute, and Mamasao Naga were sentenced by the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 29, under Judge Cielito Mendaro-Grulla, of up to twenty years in imprisonment for multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder.

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Jemaah Islamiyah is also suspected of carrying out the Zamboanga bombings, the Rizal Day Bombings, the 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing and the 2005 Bali terrorist bombing.

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On a speech given on Rizal Day, December 30, 2002, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared that she would not run in the 2004 elections.

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Rizal Day is a Philippine national holiday commemorating the life and works of José Rizal, one of the Philippines ' national heroes.

Rizal Day was first instituted with a decree from President Emilio Aguinaldo dated December 30, 1898 as a national day of mourning for Rizal and all victims of the Spanish government during their rule in the Philippines.

On his Rizal Day address on December 30, 1937, President Manuel L. Quezon declared through Commonwealth Act No. 184 the adoption of Tagalog as the national language.

On December 30, 2000, in what was subsequently called as the " Rizal Day bombings ," Muslim separatists bombed five areas in Metro Manila that caused 22 deaths and about a hundred injured.

Aside from the more commonly seen blade and stick-oriented arts Eskrima / Arnis / Kali, there are also distinctly separate arts such as Kuntao, Silat ( practiced in the South, next to Indonesia ), Sikaran ( practiced in Rizal province, which is primarily kick-based ) and Yaw-Yan, a recent style very similar to Muay Thai.

* Sikaran: Kicking techniques, also a kick-based separate art practiced in Rizal province

Aside from Manila, the Katipunan also had sizeable chapters in Batangas, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija.

Some historians have also called that Bonifacio share or even take the place of José Rizal as the ( foremost ) Philippine national hero.

While the Philippines ' national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, his brother, Paciano Rizal and Vicente Lim are also born in Calamba City.

The town is located on the slopes of the Sierra Madre mountain range and features many resorts ; it is also the largest town in Rizal province with an area of 312. 70 km².

The land mass of Rodriguez is big enough to be an ideal place for many purposes, such as agriculture, commerce such as the Avilon Zoo, and hiking and climbing spots of Wawa Gorge, relocation of communities ( having a strategic position east of Rizal, and a lot of areas where low-cost housing projects can be put up ), subdivision areas for either low -, mid -, high-cost housing, and also for special uses ( such as the landfill ).

He also played for commercial teams internationally, notably the Development Bank of Rizal ( 1983 ) that finished third in an invitational tournament in Malaysia and the Countryfair Hotdogs in the 1984 William Jones Cup tournament.

The highway was also part of the Osmeña Highway until 1992 when R. A. 6760 was amended, which named the segment after the Philippines ' national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.

San Mateo is located along the western border of Rizal Province, it is bordered on the west by Quezon City, to the south by Marikina City and Antipolo City, the capital of Rizal Province, and to the north by Rodriguez ( Montalban ) also in Rizal province.

As Sikaran is a general term for kicking which is also used as the name of the kicking aspects of other Filipino Martial arts, this article discusses the distinct art which is specifically practiced in the Rizal province that focuses almost exclusively in kicking.

A similar resolution was also passed by the provincial government of the province of Rizal.

However, recent developments has cited that a part the TAMARAW GENEPOOL which is also a part of the aforesaid national park is situated at the boundaries of Rizal and San Jose, more or less 50 hectares are in the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality.

Spanish for " The Filibustering "), also known by its English alternate title The Reign of Greed, is the second novel written by Philippine national hero José Rizal.

Sinilóan is also a center of education, commerce and transportation, serving towns in eastern Laguna and some towns from the provinces of Quezon and Rizal.

Starting in 1936, Rizal Day was also the inauguration day of the incoming president.

Presidents usually chose Independence Grandstand ( now known as Quirino Grandstand ) as the inauguration venue because it faces the spot where Rizal was buried, and also the site of the independence ceremony in 1946, according to historian Manuel L. Quezon III.

The church, which is also referred to as the " Church of Women " because of the statues of women saints that decorate its pillars, was visited by Jose Rizal on hi way to exile in Dapitan, Mindanao.

There are jeeps with routes to Iguig, Tuao, Enrile, and some mountainous barrios in Cagayan. There are also jeeps that has routes to Tabuk and Rizal in Kalinga.

He was also part of the national team that won the 1973 staging of the ABC held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, thereby earning the right to play in the 1974 World Championships held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Filipinos since the Nationalist movement have referred to their country as Ináng Bayan after the Western concept, though prominent figures such as José Rizal referred instead to " Mother Spain ".

* Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra y Magsalin, commonly referred as Ibarra or Crisóstomo, is the protagonist of the famous Philippine novel Noli Me Tángere, written by the Philippine national hero, José Rizal.