PHL Embassy in Japan Celebrates 156th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal
29 June 2017 TOKYO — Philippine Ambassador to Japan Jose C. Laurel V led Embassy personnel in a simple program to celebrate the 156th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal at the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo on June 26. The program included a flag raising ceremony, a brief note on the life and works of Dr. Jose P. Rizal presented by First Secretary & Consul Kristine Margret M. Malang, Cultural Officer of the Embassy, and a reading by Attaché Reynaldo W. Cahayag Jr . of the excerpt of Mi Ultimo Adios, the national hero’s last written poem before his execution.
Second Secretary & Consul Kristine Margret M. Malang, Cultural Officer of the Embassy, reads a brief note on the life and works of Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
Attaché Reynaldo W. Cahayag Jr. reads the excerpt of Mi Ultimo Adios.