Knights of Rizal-Naga City Chapter

21/02/2026

40TH EDSA PEOPLE POWER ANNIVERSARY. Sa maabot na Miyerkules, Pebrero 25, 2026, 7:45 AM, iseselebrar ta an ika-40 na anibersaryo EDSA People Power Revolution. Bilang pagrumdom sa pagkasararo kan Pilipino para labanan an diktadurya sa nasyon, magkakaigwa kita nin Wreath-laying Ceremony asin susunudan nin People’s March puon sa Freedom Monument pasiring sa Naga Metropolitan Cathedral kun sain gigibuhon an Commemorative Program, Prayer Rally, asin Eucharistic Celebration.

An aldaw man na ini, pigdeklara bilang Special Working Holiday. Alagad maski igwang laog, dae ta man dapat lingawan an mga leksyon na itinao sato kan rebolusyon na ini. Isabuhay ta an mga sakripisyo kan kapwa ta Pilipino asin gamiton ta an saindang istorya ngarig mapararom an pagkamoot ta sa satuyang nasyon.

“Apat na Dekada ng Paggunita at Pagkakaisa”

19/02/2026

19/02/2026

Every February 19 is Aurora Day by virtue of Republic Act No. 7285, honoring the birth anniversary of Aurora Aragon Quezon, first Chairperson of the Philippine Red Cross, and wife of President Manuel Quezon, Sr.

In the aftermath of her demise resulting from an assassination attempt by the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (formerly Hukbalahap), President Elpidio Quirino said of her as follows:

"Aurora Aragon Quezon was not only the first of the First Ladies of the land. In her own right, she was also a grand lady. The insuperable dignity, wisdom, and grace with which she carried her responsibility to the nation after the death of President Quezon were no accident; they came as the mature flowering of a lifetime of responsible, devoted, and fulfilled comradeship. When she undertook to head our National Red Cross, she simply acceded to giving her formal confirmation, or her own right, of being in fact and in truth, mother to her people. She did not merely lend her name, great as it was, to that noble cause. She labored mightily, doing yeoman service like everyone else who belonged to it, and provided it with its deepest and most abiding inspiration. Our people may not know now who was the greater, Quezon the Father of his country, or Aurora Quezon, the truly symbolic mother of her race. But history will record these two, both of them, as the greatest benefactors of this generation, and Mrs. Quezon as the greatest woman in her country."

Sol Gwekoh, meanwhile, described her funeral:

"Unmindful of the overcast sky that afternoon, a sorrowing throng conservatively estimated at 300,000 people from all walks of life lined the long funeral route from the University of Santo Tomas chapel to the North Cemetery and bowed their heads in grief to pay her their last tribute as the hearse bearing the body of Doña Aurora rolled past them."

"Then the flag-draped casket of Doña Aurora was carried to its permanent resting place inside the lot by Speaker Eugenio Perez, acting Senate President Mariano Jesus Cuenco, former Speaker Jose Yulo, Dr. Manuel Lim, cabinet secretaries, and congressmen. The flag removed, the bronze casket was slipped into the new concrete crypt a few yards to the left side of the marble tomb of her illustrious husband. Then President Quirino, with face frozen with grief, laid a sprig of flowers on the tomb and later knelt down for a moment as he said a prayer together with his daughter."

Learn more about Quezon's legacy: https://history-ph.blogspot.com/2014/10/president-forever-quezon-and-presidency_7.html

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19/02/2026

16/02/2026

IN MEMORY OF GOMBURZA

The 154th anniversary of the martyrdom of Filipino Catholic priests Father Mariano Gómes, Father Jose Burgos, and Father Jacinto Zamora—Gomburza in shorthand—was commemorated with a blessing of their graves in Paco Park, among other activities on Feb. 16.

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15/02/2026

MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK SOLD IN PH HISTORY

A rare first-edition copy of Jose Rizal's El Filibusterismo has been sold for P21 million from its starting price of P5 million. According to Leon Gallery, it has become the most expensive book ever sold in the Philippines.

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12/02/2026

TRIVIA: did you know that three PH presidents actually held dictatorial powers?

the first one was Aguinaldo. in the 1898 PH declaration of independence, he was declared a dictator, but legislative powers were later exercised by the Malolos congress after the 1st republic was inaugurated.

the second one was Marcos Sr. he became a dictator by virtue of martial law declaration in 1972. he dissolved the legislative and ruled through presidential decrees until 1986.

the third one was Cory. when she took over after Marcos was ousted, a provisional revolutionary government was formed. she dissolved the batasang pambansa and ruled through executive orders. when new representatives were elected under the 1987 constitution, the separation of powers was restored.

08/02/2026

The Naga chapters of the Knights of Rizal and Kapariz conducted a team building activity and planning session for the 2026 calendar of activities, held at Pay Juan Resort at Palestina, Pili, Camarines Sur.

attendance

Kor-Naga:

1. Sir Caroche
2. Sir Homar Murillo
3. Sir Oliva
4. Sir Sannie Bolante
5. Sir Velasco
6. Sir Nelson Chua
7. Sir Alviso
8. Sir P. Deleña

Kapariz-Naga

1. Labay, Louise Francis B.
2. Lee, Legend Luis S.
3. Bueno, Jhazz Kaito G.
4. Rovera Jr., Romulo S.
5. Ragodon, Prince Kyle Joseph D.
6. Arejola, Shannelle Eishra S.
7. Nicolas, Nikki Barbie N.
8. Aguilar, Stephanie Dwayne R.
9. Franco, Bella Kate G.
10. Galon, Alexi B.
11. Francis, Christine D.

08/02/2026

On February 7, 1986, the snap election for president and vice president in the Philippines was conducted, a year ahead of the schedule provided for in the 1973 Constitution. Although the ballots were still cast manually (that is, through writing), the vote tabulation was already computerized - a system which made its Philippine debut in the 1984 Regular Batasang Pambansa election.

Three months earlier, President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. announced on American television (broadcasted also in the Philippines through state television) the holding of elections on January 17, 1986, a full year before the constitutionally mandated date, and the anniversary of the official lifting of Martial Law. This schedule was eventually moved to February 7.

The opposition, led by the umbrella coalition called United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO), may have been taken by surprise as much as the nation was at the time, since they have yet to consolidate their energies for a presidential campaign against Marcos, and would therefore have to fast track their preparations for the election. Former Senator Eva Estrada Kalaw, previously nominated as the Liberal Party's presidential candidate on November 9, 1985, days after the snap election announcement, gave way to Corazon "Cory" Aquino when the latter's prospects of running for president became clear by December.

However, Kalaw did not yield to Salvador "Doy" Laurel for the vice presidency, leading her to run a third-party vice presidential campaign that carried Aquino as her president (although there were factions which favored instead a Marcos-Kalaw tandem, such as Kalaw's friend and then San Juan Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada, who regarded Kalaw as his "atsing"). Laurel was chosen to be the UNIDO presidential candidate on June 12, 1985, prior to Marcos's snap election declaration, and Aquino's announcement to run for president, but Kalaw accused Laurel of hijacking the opposition for claiming the UNIDO endorsement for the Aquino-Laurel tandem without convening the national convention to formally nominate them. Nonetheless, the official UNIDO standard bearers would eventually be Aquino and Laurel.

Marcos, for his part, sought an independent to balance his ticket. The administration's umbrella coalition Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) found their vice presidential candidate in Former Senator Arturo Tolentino, who in 1978 was denied of topping the Interim Batasang Pambansa polls in Metro Manila despite leading the pre-election surveys (Imelda Marcos eventually topped the Metro Manila polls, while the opposition Lakas ng Bayan or LABAN led by Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. won no seats). Another tandem to challenge the 1986 election came from the growing Evangelical Christian movement in the Philippines. Businessman Narciso Padilla campaigned for the presidency, while broadcaster and pastor Roger "Bomba" Arienda became Padilla's running mate. Having the moniker "Born Again Leaders", they emphasized the nation's need for truth, order, and righteousness. Then again, their campaign did not gain as much public traction as the previously mentioned contenders.

To recall, in an earlier survey done by the Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference for Human Development (BBC) in June-July 1985, Marcos's lead over the prospective opposition candidates was commanding, with 52 percent believing that he would be reelected. While Salvador "Doy" Laurel and Jovito "Jovy" Salonga were behind in double digits, UNIDO's future standard bearer Corazon "Cory" Aquino was only at 8 percent in voters' preference.

The Marcos Sr. Administration may have also taken the prevailing numbers leading to 1986 into account, which showed the president having a moderately high net satisfaction of +19. Put in context of succeeding administrations, this was higher than Cory Aquino's +10 during her last year of office (1991), Joseph Ejercito Estrada's +13 (2000), and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's -31 (2009).

Learn more about the 1986 snap election: https://history-ph.blogspot.com/2016/11/marcos-pa-rin-winner-of-1986-philippine.html

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08/02/2026