Rizal: The greatest Malayan who ever lived

Today is the 164th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda.

- Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez

If Dr. Rizal were alive today, he would certainly be active on social media, he would have strong opinions about the last elections, about impeachment, and, of course, about the case of former president Duterte in The Hague.

Dr. Rizal was a polymath, a person who has multiple areas of knowledge and expertise. Many considered him a genius or a human being imbued with extraordinary intellectual power. In fact, former senate president Dr. Camilo Osias called him a versatile genius. It was written that his precocity since his early boyhood evolved into versatility in his adulthood. Gifted with an extraordinary sense of curiosity and an insatiable inquisitiveness, he mastered a lot of skills, talents and competencies.