Nationalist historian Teodoro A. Agoncillo asserted in the 1960s that “there is no Philippine history before 1872.” He explained that Filipinos started charting the course of their own history from ...

A young Jose Rizal, witnessing the priests’ execution at Bagumbayan. Screengrab from “Gomburza” trailer. And who to witness all this—Burgos in a final act of protest, raising his fists as ...

Gomburza is among the most hallowed words in Philippine history, a portmanteau of the names of martyred priests Gomez, Burgos and Zamora, with Burgos the most famous. There is some general awareness ...

Both books underline the impact of the execution of GomBurZa on Rizal. Joaquín goes one step further by writing about two friars captured during the Revolution who confessed that Burgos was a victim ...

Multi-awarded MMFF 2023 film “Gomburza” screens for free at the Metropolitan Theater on Feb. 17, the 152nd anniversary of their execution. Skip to content. OCTOBER 27, 2022.