GMA Pictures ... the cast are Ronnie Lazaro as Francisco Mercado, Gloria Diaz as Teodora Alonso, Pen Medina as Paciano Mercado, and Gina Alajar as Saturnina Rizal. Jose Rizal now streams on ...

Jose Protacio Mercado y Alonso, popularly known as Jose Rizal was the seventh of 11 children of Francisco Engracio Mercado and Teodora Alonso of Biñan, Laguna. The national hero traced his ...

Cruz, Manila, asks: “Our national hero’s father was Francisco Mercado and mother was Teodora Alonzo, so why was he named Jose Protacio Rizal?” In answer I must cite history scholars.