MODULE

His return and banishment in

8 Dapitan

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Course Learning Outcomes Module Learning Outcomes Topic Learning Outcome

CLO 8: Display professionalism MLO 1: Explain the reasons why Rizal TLO 1: Examine the
and excellence, being as a went home, as well as the events that principles advocated by
competent professional and gallant occurred during his stay in Dapitan. various socio-political
movements during Jose
citizen; and
Rizal’s time.
TLO 2: Determine the
CLO 9: Display a professional importance of various
commitment to ethical practice on socio-political movements
a daily basis by being responsible in realizing Filipino
students attending their classes nationalism.
and submitting reports on time. TLO 3: Illuminate the
events during Jose Rizal’s
exile in Dapitan and assess
CLO 10: Describe on how the Rizal the changes with Jose
fought in relevance to the modern Rizal’s beliefs and ideas
concept of nationalism during his exile.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Pages Recommended Time Allotment

His return in Manila 1 hr
His arrest and imprisonment in Fort Santiago 1 hr
Rizal in Dapitan 1 hr
End of Exile in Dapitan 1 hr
Documentary / Film showing 30 mins
Module Activity 30 miins

TOTAL HOURS 5 hours

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A. RIZAL’S RETURN IN THE PHILIPPINES

Rizal arrived in the Philippines on June 16, 1892 aboard the steamer Don

Juan¸upon his arrival in Manila, he was met by Guardia Civil Veterana. Together with his

sister Lucia, Rizal stayed in Manila and went to Malacanan Palace to have a dialogue with

then Governor-General Eulogio Despujol to discuss about the resettlement of the Filipinos

in North Borneo. He also discussed with Despujol his possible pardon and the pardon to

his brother Paciano, his father, and his brother-in-laws, however Despujol approved the

pardon to his father only.

Later that day, he met with Apolinario Mabini, Andres Bonifacio, Timoteo Paez, Pedro

Serrano, Ambrosio Salvador, and Deodato Arellano to convince them to join La Liga

Filipina which would later he will establish. On the 3rd of July, the La Liga Filipina was

established at Ilaya street, in Tondo, Manila.

That month also he was invited again by Despujol to discuss his resettlement in Hong

Kong, which Rizal agreed with, however it was proven to be an empty-handed negotiation

because right then and there Despujol showed handbills and writing sof Rizal like the

Pobres Frailes that ridiculed the friars of Manila, accusing them of amassing wealth even

though the friars have a vow to poverty. It was seen as a ridicule and at the same time

an insult, on July 15, 1892 he was imprisoned in Fort Santiago before being deported in

Dapitan for 9 days. His arrest formed a vacuum in the newly established La Liga Filipina,

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because of his absence some have broken away and established new groups such as the

KKK (Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan).

B. HIS EXILE IN DAPITAN

He arrived in

Dapitan,

Zamboanga

Peninsula (image:

Rizal’s House in

Dapitan, Google

Images) on July

17, 1892 where he

would stay for four years under the supervision of two assigned commanders. Back in

Manila, an order was given to the commanders to let Rizal choose where he would want

to stay, either in the residence of Fr. Antonio Obach, or with his first commander (who is

a Politico-Military Commander) Captain Ricardo Carnicero. However, Fr. Obach reacted

immediately and said he would only let Rizal live with him if he retracted all his masonic

beliefs and the things he said about the church, Rizal wouldn’t agree and lived with

Carnicero instead.

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Although he was supervised by a commander and technically Rizal was his prisoner, both

Carnicero and Rizal had peaceful and amicable relationship in Dapitan, Rizal even wrote

a poem for Don Antonio Carnicero on his birthday. The two also betted in Lottery where

Rizal won a thousand pesos to which both senyor shared, Rizal brought a land in Barrio

Talisay and established a clinic, he requested for Carnicero for his family to visit him in

Dapitan to which it was granted both by him and the Gobernador-Heneral.

On May, `893, Carnicero was replaced by Juan Sitges, who was stern and strict and did

not want to live with a deportee, but later on, he made friends with Rizal and even allowed

Rizal to just report to him in presence thrice every week.

C. CONTRARY TO BELIEFS

A lot of us would think that while he was in exile in Dapitan, Rizal was in his saddest

lifetime, but it is contrary to what we would imagine about an exiled person. It was

according to historians – his most productive days in his lifetime.

While he was in Dapitan he was able to establish a clinic for Eye care, he used his earnings

to clean the Plaza of Dapitan and plant trees like Acacia in the vicinity. He helped the

people of Dapitan to have clean flowing water by installing makeshift aqueduct pipes

from the running rivers from the mountains, established fish farms and aqua-cultural

farms, he even established a school for the boys which the curriculum is inspired by the

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German education system. He drained the marshes that was infested with mosquitoes

that causes malaria in Dapitan, he had patients who are wealthy from Visayas and Luzon

and even foreigners, and even operated his mother’s eyes for the third time which was

successful but because of Dona Teodora not following Rizal, her eyes became infected.

He also wrote Himno Talisay to which his students not only recite but sings, the poem is

about love for education, and dispelling ignorance.

He also met his last love of his life

Josephine Bracken, an 18 year

old step daughter of George

Taufer who is suffering an eye

ailment due to the sexually

transmitted disease known as

Syphilis. (image: Rizal and

Bracken, [Link], Goole Images) Bracken was born in Hong Kong (then colony of the

British Empire) on October 3, 1867. She and his step-father arrived in the Philippines in

February of 1895 accompanied by Manuela Orlac. It was a whirlwind relationship even

resulting to an almost suicide by Josephine’s step-father but later she decided to stay

with Jose. They had a child together, but it was still-born.

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D. END OF EXILE IN DAPITAN

He was visited by Pio Valenzuela in Dapitan where he convinced Rizal to join the

KKK, but he declined this offer, according to him, many innocent blood will trickle should

they continue the uprising against the Spanish government, he is not in favor of a bloody

revolution. He sent two requests with Despujol, one is relocation ot Ilocos due to his

failing health and as a Spanish medical corp in the on-going Spanish American War, the

request to become as one of the medical corps was granted only under the leadership of

Governor General Ramon Blanco.

Upon leaving Dapitan, he burned his house down, sold off his valuables and even his land

in Barrio Talisay, and on board the steamer Espana it was a pleasant trip back to Manila.

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I’M A PHILSCAN, PRO-ACADEMIC HONESTY!
Oppps! Before you challenge your wit, don’t forget to sign the honesty pledge below!
Remember, our course policy states that “students are expected to display the highest degree of
honesty and professionalism in their class work, requirements, and activities especially that the
flexible modality offers greater opportunity for cheating.”

I, a proud and honest PhilSCAn, do hereby promise to exercise highest degree

of honesty and professionalism as I accomplish the tasks laid before me. With
this, I abhor any forms of cheating, particularly any acts of plagiarism. If ever
I committed such act and got caught, I shall submit myself to due process as
stipulated in the Student Manual. So help me, God.

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WORKSHEET 11

NAME: DATE:
COURSE/YR/SEC: INSTRUCTOR:

Essay: Read and answer the given questions below (10 points each).

1. Why did Rizal described his stay in Dapitan as “Golden Cage”?

2. Discuss the role of KKK in the 19th century Philippine colonies, cite at least 2 objectives of the
Katipunan

3. What were the reasons why Rizal was deported in Dapitan? What makes Dapitan as an “outlier”
or a foreign soil for Filipinos in the Philippine colonial period?

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MODULE ACTIVITY

FILM / DOCUMENTARY SHOWING: Students are invited to watch “Pluma” by produced

by GMA News TV, or “Jose Rizal sa landas ng paglaya” by the National Historical Commission of
the Philippines. During the show, there will be talk-backs and conference by their respective Rizal
instructors and a reaction paper comparing the past and the present societal template, answering
the question “What makes Rizal still relevant today?”

E. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND REFERENCES

Agoncillo, Teodoro (1990): “History of the [Link]

Filipino People”, Garotech Publishing, Quezon V8
City
“Pag-gunita sa kabayanihan ni Rizal:, Xiao
De Viana, Augusto (2012): “Jose Rizal in our Time, December 28, 2012,
times”, Books Atbp Publishing, Mandaluyong [Link]
City Pc
Joaquin, Nick (2020):, “Culture and History”, “Ang Republic Act 1425 o Rizal Law”, Xiao
Anvil History, Mandaluyong City Time, June 5, 2020,
[Link]
“Mga Pahina sa Kasaysayan”, Sandra
VLKs&t=216s
Aguinaldo, i-Witness, September 21, 2019,
[Link] “Democracy, the solution for the problem?”,
9k&t=1498s Ateneo Magisterial Lecture, April 12, 2021,
[Link]
“Pluma: Si Rizal, ang dakilang manunulat”,
1Q
GMA News TV, March 14, 2012,
[Link] “Rizal without the overcoat”, Ateneo
6k&t=3s Magisterial Lecture”, June 15, 2021,
[Link]
“Si Rizal sa landas ng paglaya”, National
3jsI&t=282s
Historical Commission of the Philippines,
October 13, 2016, “Mga tagong detalye sa Noli Me Tangere”,
[Link] Ateneo Magisterial Lecture, October 30, 2020,
mplY [Link]
9ww&t=263s
“Pagbabalik tanaw sa buhay ni Rizal”, I Juander,
December 1, 2016,

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