QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 2714)
Executive Order No. 226 is based on Republic Act No. 1427, which authorizes and directs the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission to organize and undertake a national fund campaign for raising funds to finance the construction of a National Cultural Shrine and other memorials. The EO also references Executive Order No. 52, series of 1956.
It creates a National Campaign Committee to organize, initiate, and carry out a nationwide campaign to raise funds through voluntary contributions, enabling the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission to carry out its objectives under RA No. 1427 and EO No. 52 (s. 1956).
The Secretary of Education serves as Chairman.
The Secretary of Finance serves as Vice-Chairman.
Examples include the President, Philippine Rotary Club; President, Manila Lions Club; President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines; President, Philippine Chamber of Industries; President, Junior Chamber of Commerce; President, Federation of Women’s Clubs; or President, Philippine League of Women Voters.
The goal is set at a minimum amount to supplement existing government appropriations to finance the listed centennial projects.
It specifies the construction of a National Cultural Shrine dedicated to Dr. Jose Rizal, composed of a National Theatre, a National Museum, and a National Library, to be erected preferably on a single site.
Any three examples: (1) improvement of the Rizal Monument at the Luneta and beautification/landscaping of surrounding areas; (2) rehabilitation of the Jose Rizal Cell at Fort Santiago; (3) erection of a grand monument honoring Rizal in the Capitol of the Philippines in Diliman; (4) acquisition of Rizaliana materials locally and abroad; (5) translation and printing of Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo, and other works; (6) issuing commemorative centennial stamps; (7) establishing Rizal Centers in provinces and chartered cities.
It provides for translation and printing in the National Language, in English, and in other major dialects of the Philippines of Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo, and other works of Rizal, and works of others about him necessary for proper understanding of his life and labors.
The committee must prepare the general program of the Centennary of Dr. Jose Rizal during the week preceding but including June 19, 1961.
It must initiate the holding of a National Congress connected with the centennial, inviting as official guests of the Republic such foreign individuals as have become known for their love of Rizal and his works.
Yes. It requires arranging for the issuance of commemorative stamps of the centennial and creating Jose Rizal Medals to commemorate the centennial, to be awarded to persons and associations having juridical personality who contributed to understanding and propagation of Rizal’s teachings.
It provides for a national contest to select a popular but simple biography of Rizal in English and National Language, with translation into other major dialects of the Philippines.
It calls for establishing, as far as may be possible, Rizal Centers in the capitals of provinces and chartered cities in the Philippines, containing a working library and museum on Rizal.
The committee may, in its discretion and judgment, (1) organize provincial, city, municipal, and barrio campaign committees using Executive Order No. 163 (s. 1956) as a guide; and (2) adopt planning and pertinent details related to the nationwide campaign and its execution, then report the overall program to the Commission.
It states that funds will be raised from voluntary contributions from all elements of the population.