Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Pablito A. Mendoza gives his remarks during the Rizal Day commemoration at the Philippine Embassy Chancery, Brussels, 30 December 2024.

The Philippine Embassy in Brussels and the Filipino community commemorated the 128th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Jose Rizal on 30 December 2024.

In a ceremony held at the Embassy chancery, the Embassy and the Knights of Rizal Belgium, together with the Las Damas de Rizal and the Kababaihang Rizalista, offered flowers to the bust of the National Hero. This was followed by a program that included a reading of the "Mi último adiós".

In the evening, the commemoration moved to Gent where Rizal’s El Filibusterismo was published in 1891. Filipino students offered flowers to the bust of Dr. Rizal in a ceremony organized by the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Flanders. In his remarks, Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. Pablito A. Mendoza encouraged the students to believe in themselves just as Rizal believed in the youth.

A year-end celebration for the Filipino students followed.

The Knights of Rizal Belgium, together with the Las Damas de Rizal and the Kababaihang Rizalista, join the Rizal Day commemoration at the Philippine Embassy Chancery, Brussels, 30 December 2024.

 Students and other members of the Filipino community join the Rizal Day commemoration in Ghent, 30 December 2024.

Students and other members of the Filipino community offer flowers during the Rizal Day commemoration in Ghent, 30 December 2024.