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| | The Manila Times Internet Edition | OPINION > ‘Noli Me Tangere 2’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | In this novel, Cris (like the original Crisostomo Ibarra), went abroad, came back and saw the poverty in the country, particularly the plight of OFWs in Hong Kong and other cities. |
 | | In Noli 2, Olivares takes the main characters of Jose Rizal, namely, Crisostomo Ibarra, Maria Clara, Elias and Sisa, from the Spanish dominated 19th century to the present day Philippines. |
 | | Like Rizal’s Noli, it is a searing love story with clash of characters, individual soul searching—in the backdrop of the current social, political and economic landscape. |
| www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/nov/29/yehey/opinion/20051129opi6.html (577 words) |
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