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PH EMBASSY COMMEMORATES RIZAL’S 164th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

(PHOTOS – Top: Ambassador Ma. Theresa B. Dizon – De Vega leads the wreath-laying ceremony at the Sentro Rizal Hall with the Knights of Rizal -Korea Chapter and Officers and Staff of the Embassy. Below: (L) Ambassador Dizon – De Vega with Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General Sir Edwin Gil Q. Mendoza. (R) Flower offering by Embassy colleagues.)

19 June 2025, Seoul – In celebration of the 164h Birth Anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the Philippine Embassy in collaboration with the Knights of Rizal (KOR) – Korea Chapter held a solemn wreath-laying at the Sentro Rizal Hall of the Philippine Embassy. 

The ceremony was led by Ambassador Maria Theresa B. Dizon – De Vega, Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General Sir Edwin Gil Q. Mendoza, Sir Anthony Z. Cornista, Commander KOR – Korea Chapter, KOR – Korea Chapter officers, officers and staff of the Embassy and Filipino community members. 

In a message from the Knights of Rizal International Headquarters Supreme Council, we are reminded of Rizal’s patriotism to the motherland, and his writings, especially the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, that awakened the Filipino soul and ignited the flames of revolution – not through violence, but through truth. END  

(Photos – Top: Officers of the KOR - Korea Chapter with Ambassador Dizon – De Vega. Below: The Rizal bust at the Sentro Rizal, Philippine Embassy.)
(PHOTOS – The Rizal bust at the Sentro Rizal Hall, Philippine Embassy.)
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