PRESS RELEASE
KNIGHTS OF RIZAL GOES ONLINE
On the eve of the celebration of the 151st birth
anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal, the Order of the Knights of Rizal (KOR) will
hold “Asalto Para Kay Pepe” at 6:00 PM, June 18 at Sunset Room of the Manila Yacht Club. The occasion will also serve as a launchpad
for KOR’s #justlikeRizal project, an innovative promotional campaign using the social
media.
Invited to the event are patriotic bloggers, prominent twitter
followers, facebook users, members of the press, KOR members and its
counterpart organizations.
Through this undertaking, KOR embraces social media as a new
platform to promote Rizalian ideals and teachings and thus reach a wider
audience coverage especially among the Filipino youth whom our national hero refers
to as the “hope of the motherland.”
The event is supported and will be attended by Hon. Ludovico Badoy, Executive Director of the National Historical
Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), Hon. Percival Cendana, Commissioner of
the National Youth Commission (NYC), DOH Undersecretary Hon. Teodoro Herbosa, a
descendant of our national hero and officers and members of the KOR.
“We are embarking on this innovative approach to actualize the
purposes required by Republic Act No. 646 for the KOR to perform” KOR Supreme
Commander Sir Reghis M. Romero II, KGCR said. He added that the “Knights of
Rizal has to catch the attention of the youth to inculcate in them the values
and virtues that our national hero imparted to Filipinos in his lifetime and in
all his works; this is why we are tapping the social media like facebook,
twitter, youtube and the like”.
#justlikeRizal project is part of the line-up of programs and
projects of the KOR Rizalian Year
2012-2014 under the theme, “Buhayin si
Rizal sa Bawat Pilipino”.
Other institutional programs like Rizal is Alive Forum, Rizal
National Festival of Excellence and National Rizal Youth Leadership Institute
will also be presented in the launch. This initiative is made possible under
the abled leadership of Sir Reghis M. Romero II, KGCR in cooperation with the
KOR Sucesos Chapter composed of historians.
The Order of the Knights of Rizal is an
international fraternal organization chartered under Republic Act No. 646. Its objectives are to study the teachings of
Dr. Jose Rizal, to inculcate and propagate them in and among all classes of the
Filipino people, and by words and deeds to exhort our citizenry to emulate and
practice the examples and teachings of our national hero, to promote among the
associated Knights the spirit of patriotism and Rizalian chivalry, to develop a
perfect union among the Filipinos in revering the memory of Dr. Jose Rizal, and,
to organize and hold programs commemorative of Rizal's nativity and martyrdom.
Through the years, the Order has been an effective partner of the government in
disseminating Rizal’s life and ideals.
Reference:
Contact Number/s:
Sir Mark Roy Boado
09175703394
Sir Jonathan Balsamo
09062020274
Sir Xiao Chua
09176117507
Sir Emmanuel de Guia
09174059191
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