THE International Assembly of the Order of the Knights of Rizal is being convened starting from Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at the Manila Hotel under the leadership of Angono Vice Mayor and Supreme Commander Sir Gerardo V. Calderon, KGCR. I am a founding member of the historians' chapter which was organized on April 14, 2012, upon the encouragement of former Supreme Commander Sir Pablo S. Trillana, KGCR.

Last night, Jan. 30, 2023, upon our chapter's recommendation, the international headquarters and the Supreme Council conferred a special citation on GMA 7's 'Maria Clara at Ibarra' for 'bringing José Rizal's works, the Noli Me Tangere and the El Filibusterismo to a new generation, rekindling to them the ideals of freedom and nationalism for which all our heroes fought and died.'