JOSE RIZAL’S EXILE

IN DAPITAN
1892-1896
 BEGINNING OF EXILE IN DAPITAN

CEBU- STEAMER WHICH BROUGHT RIZAL TO

DAPITAN
RIZAL COULD ONLY LIVE AT PARISH CONVENT ON
THE FF. CONDITIONS
1. “THAT RIZAL PUBLICALLY RETRACT HIS ERRORS CONCERNING
RELIGION AND MAKE STATEMENTS THAT WERE CLEARLY PRO-
SPANISH AGAINST REVOLUTION.
2. “THAT HE PERFORM THE CHURCH RITES AND MAKE A GENERAL
CONFESSION OF HIS PAST LIFE
3. “THAT HENCEFORTH HE CONDUC HIMSELF IN AN EXEMPLARY
MANNER AS A SPANISH SUBJECT AND A MAN OF RELIGION.”
BEGINNING OF EXILE IN DAPITAN
 A DON RICARDO CARCINERO
• POEM WHICH RIZAL WROTE FOR CAPITAN
CARCINERO ON THE OCASSION OF CAPTAIN’S
BIRTHDAY AUGUST 26, 1892
WINS IN MANILA LOTTERY
• BUTUAN- MAIL BOAT WHICH BROUGHT THE NEWS ABOUT
RIZAL’S WINNING THE LOTTERY
• LOTTERY TICKET NO. 9736
• 20,000- LOTTERY PRIZE
• 6,200 OF IT WAS GIVEN TO RIZAL
• 2,000- OF HIS SHARE HE GAVE TO HIS FATHER AND..
• 200 TO HIS FRIEND TO BASA IN HONGKONG
• THE REST HE INVESTED THRU PURCHASING AGRICULTURAL
LANDS FROM COAST OF TALISAY ABOUT KILOMETER AWAY
FROM DAPITAN
WINS IN MANILA LOTTERY
• THREE (3) PESETAS- AMOUNT RIZAL
ALLOTTED FOR LOTTERY TICKETS EVERY
MONTH.
• “THIS WAS HIS FIRST VICE”– COMMENTED
WENCESLAO E. RETANA, HIS FIRST SPANISH
BIOGRAPHER AND FORMER ENEMY.
RIZAL- PASTELLS DEBATE ON RELIGION

• THE DEBATE STARTED WHEN PASTELLS SENT RIZAL A BOOK

BY SARADA ALONG WITH AN ADVICE THAT RIZAL SHOULD
DESIST FROM HIS MAJADERAS( FOOLISHNESS) IN VIEWING
RELIGION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INDIVIDUAL
JUDGEMENT AND SELF- ESTEEM
• THE DEBATE CAN BE READ IN FOUR LETTERS
• RIZAL WAS BITTER AGAINST THE FRIARS BECAUSE THEY
COMMIT ABUSES UNDER THE CLOAK OF RELIGION.
• FATHER PASTELLS TRIED TO BRING BACK CATHOLICISM TO
RIZAL BY TELLING HIM THAT HUMAN INTELLIGENCE IS
LIMITTED, THUS HE NEEDS THA GUIDANCE OF GOD.
• BEHIND THE DEBATE, PASTELLS AND RIZAL
WERE FRIENDS AS EVIDENTLY PICTURED WHEN:
1. PASTELLS GAVE RIZAL A COPY OF IMITACION DECRISTO BY FR.
THOMAS A KEMPIS
2. RIZAL GAVE PASTELLS A BUST OF ST. PAUL WHICH HAD MADE
RIZAL CONTINUED TO HEAR MASS AND CELEBRATE RELIGIOUS
EVENTS
 RIZAL AND FATHER SANCHEZ
• IN HIS ASPIRATION TO RECONCILE RIZAL WITH THE CHURCH,
FATHER PASTELLS SENT TO DAPITAN:
1. FATHER OBACH, CURA OF DAPITAN
2. FR. JOSE VILACLARA, CURA OF DIPOLOG
3. FR. FRANCISCO PAULA DE SANCHEZ, RIZAL’S FAVORITE
TEACHER AT ATENEO DE MANILA
• ESTUDIOS SOBRE LA LENGUA TAGALA
MANUSCRIPT WHICH RIZAL GAVE TO SANCHEZ ON HIS
BIRTHDAY (STUDY OF THE TAGALOG LANGUAGE)
 IDYLLIC LIFE IN DAPITAN
• AMONG HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WHO VISITED RIZAL WERE:
1. HIS MOTHER
2. HIS SISTERS TRINIDAD, MARIA AND NARCISA
3. NEPHEWS TEODOSIO, ESTANISLAO, MAURICIO
AND PRUDENCIO
• RIZAL BUILT A HOUSE BY THE SEASHORE OF TALISAY
SORROUNDED BY FRUIT TREES, A SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND A
HOSPITAL FOR HIS PATIENTS
 RIZAL’S ENCOUNTER WITH THE FRIAR’S
SPY
• PABLO MERCADO- ASSUMED NAME OF THE SPY
WHO VISITED RIZAL AT HIS HOUSE AND PRETENDED
TO BE A RELATIVE BY SHOWING A PHOTO OF RIZAL
AND A PAIR OF BUTTONS WITH THE INITIALS P.M. AS
EVIDENCE OF KINSHIP
• THE SPY OFFERED TO BE RIZAL’S COURIER OF
LETTERS FOR THE PATRIOTS IN MANILA. RIZAL
BECAME SUSPICIOUS AND WANTED TO THROW THE
SPY OUTSIDE BUT CONSIDERING HIS VALUES AND
LATE HOUR OF THE NIGHT, HE OFFERED THE SPY
TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT HIS HOUSE. THE NEXT DAY
HE SENT THE SPY AWAY
 RIZAL’S ENCOUNTER WITH THE FRIAR’S
SPY
• THE SPY STAYED IN DAPITAN AND SPREAD TALKS AMONG
THE PEOPLE THAT HE WAS A RELATIVE TO RIZAL.
• RIZAL WENT TO THE COMANDANCIA AND REPORTED THE
IMPOSTOR TO CAPTAIN JUAN SITGES ( SUCCESOR OF
CARNICERO)
• SITGES ORDERED PABLO MERCADO’S ARREST AND TOLD
ANASTACIO ADRIATICO TO INVESTIGATE HIM IMMEDIATELY.
• FLORENCIO NAMANAN
• A.K.A PABLO MERCADO, SINGLE AND ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD
WHO WAS HIRED BY THE RECOLLECT FRIARS TO SPY ON
RIZAL’S ACTIVITIES.
 RIZAL’S ENCOUNTER WITH THE FRIAR’S
SPY
• THE SECRET MISSION OF PABLO MERCADO WAS NOT AN
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT BUT ESPIONAGE ONLY.
AS A PHYSICIAN IN DAPITAN
• DONA TEODORA AND MARIA LIVED WITH RIZAL FOR A YEAR
AND A HALF. IT IS HERE WHEN RIZAL OPERATED HIS
MOTHER’S RIGHT EYE. THOUGH THE OPERATION WAS
SUCCESSFUL, HIS MOTHER HAD A WOUND INFECTION
AFTER IGNORING RIZAL’S INSTRUCTION OF NOT REMOVING
THE BANDAGES. HOWEVER, THE INFECTION WAS
IMMEDIATELY TREATED.
• DON IGNACIO TUMARONG RIZAL’S PATIENT WHO WAS ABLE
TO SEE AGAIN AFTER HIS OPERATION;
• HE PAID P 3,000
 WATER SYSTEM FOR DAPITAN
• AS A PERITO AGRIMENSOR (EXPERT
SURVEYOR), RIZAL APPLIED HIS
ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE BY
CONSTRUCTING SYSTEM OF
WATERWORKS TO FURNISH CLEAN
WATER TO THE TOWNS PEOPLE.
• MR. H.F. CAMERON AMERICAN
ENGINEER WHO PRAISED RIZAL FOR HIS
ENGINEERING INGENUITY
 COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR DAPITAN
• DRAINED THE MARSHES TO GET RID OF MALARIA THAT WAS
INFESTING DAPITAN
• EQUIPPED THE TOWN WITH LIGHTING SYSTEM USING P500,
ONE OF HIS PATIENTS PAID HIM. THE LIGHTING SYSTEM
CONSISTED OF: COCONUT OIL LAMPS
• BEAUTIFIED THE TOWN OF DAPITAN BY REMODELING THE
TOWN PLAZA AND MAKING A HUGE RELIEF MAP OF
MINDANAO OUT OF EARTH, STINES AND GRASS
• RIZAL ESTABLISHED A SCHOOL IN DAPITAN. IT BEGAN WITH
3 PUPILS WHO INCREASED TO 16 AND EVETUALLLY 21.
• 16 OF HIS PUPILS DID NOT PAY TUITION, INSTEAD OF
CHARGING THEM FEES, RIZAL MADE THEM WORK IN
GARDENS AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.