MANILA, Philippines – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa said he is a descendant of Jose Rizal and inherited the national hero’s love for the country.
Dela Rosa made the claim when he graced the 156th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal in Calamba, Laguna on Monday, June 19.
“Kung mag-research ka makita ninyo sa kanilang family tree, sa mother side isa sa mga lola niya Ines dela Rosa kaya ‘yun ang kina-capitalize ko na kine-claim ko na descendant ako ni Jose Rizal,” Dela Rosa told reporters.
[If you’ll make some research, you will find in Rizal’s family tree one of his great grandmothers named Ines Dela Rosa, so I’m capitalizing on that for my claim that I’m a descendant of Jose Rizal.]
The PNP chief narrated it was during a field trip in Dapitan back when he was still in high school when he discovered records of Rizal’s family tree and found one Ines Dela Rosa.
This make him proud being a Dela Rosa himself, he said, with his surname being attached to the national hero.
When asked what qualities of Rizal he possibly inherited, Dela Rosa said it would be the hero’s love for the country.
“I can proudly say ‘yung pagmamahal sa bayan. Mahal na mahal ko ang bayang Pilipinas na I’m willing to die for this country. Siguro ‘yun ang namana ko sa aking ninuno,” the PNP chief said.
[I can proudly say it would be the love for the country. I love the Philippines so much that I’m willing to die for this country. Maybe that’s what I inherited from my ancestors.]
During the ceremony, Dela Rosa laid a wreath at the foot of Rizal’s statue.
Calamba Mayor Justin Chipeco later said they decided to invite the PNP chief after finding out the latter was related by blood to the Rizal family to some degree.
[If you’ll make some research, you will find in Rizal’s family tree one of his great grandmothers named Ines Dela Rosa, so I’m capitalizing on that for my claim that I’m a descendant of Jose Rizal.]
The PNP chief narrated it was during a field trip in Dapitan back when he was still in high school when he discovered records of Rizal’s family tree and found one Ines Dela Rosa.
This make him proud being a Dela Rosa himself, he said, with his surname being attached to the national hero.
When asked what qualities of Rizal he possibly inherited, Dela Rosa said it would be the hero’s love for the country.
“I can proudly say ‘yung pagmamahal sa bayan. Mahal na mahal ko ang bayang Pilipinas na I’m willing to die for this country. Siguro ‘yun ang namana ko sa aking ninuno,” the PNP chief said.
[I can proudly say it would be the love for the country. I love the Philippines so much that I’m willing to die for this country. Maybe that’s what I inherited from my ancestors.]
During the ceremony, Dela Rosa laid a wreath at the foot of Rizal’s statue.
Calamba Mayor Justin Chipeco later said they decided to invite the PNP chief after finding out the latter was related by blood to the Rizal family to some degree.
source: kickerdaily
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