Word: rizal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been convicted in 1900, aged 16, of procuring the abduction of a woman by bandits. He had served a year in Bilibid Penitentiary. Subsequently, 1901-1907, he was in the Government service as an interpreter arid in other capacities. In 1909 the Governor General appointed him Mayor of Montalban, Rizal. In 1916 he was elected Governor of Rizal. In 1922 he was reelected. In 1916, when elected Governor, the Governor General made an investigation of Rodriguez's record, and Rodriguez was allowed to stay in office. General Wood added that Rodriguez had proven an efficient Governor...
...anniversary of the execution of the national hero of the Philippine Islands, Jose Rizal, will be commemorated at the University by a celebration in the Living Room of the Union December 30, at 8 o'clock. The celebration will be held under the auspices of the Filipino students in New England. A program has been arranged by M. C. Balmaceda 2G.B., to which all members of the University who remain in Cambridge during the holidays are invited...