The Filipino community is hoping for change at Seattle's Dr. Jose Rizal Park, a historically significant site facing ...

Jose Rizal is considered a national hero in the Philippines; the park was named in his honor in 1973. In October 2024, a statue in his honor was vandalized and several bronze plaques were stolen ...

Guerzon-Cabrera of the Rizal Park and Bridge Preservation Society describes the now-empty hole in the statue in visceral terms: “It feels like the heart was ripped out of Dr. Jose Rizal.” ...

MANILA, Philippines — Jose Rizal’s exquisite P31-million statue “Josephine Sleeping” will be unveiled tomorrow, the 128th anniversary of the hero’s martyrdom, at the National Museum of ...