Published May 20, 2021, 6:17 PM
A House official wanted to give artists the discretion in interpreting and singing the Philippines’ national anthem.
Members of the Philippine Navy unfurl a Philippine flag at the Heritage Park, Imus, Cavite during the National Flag Day on May, 28, 2018. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo)
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday, May 20, urged his colleagues to relax the proposed law prescribing a definite tempo for singing the “Lupang Hinirang”.
The House Committee on Basic Education was tackling the substitute bill containing proposals to revise the Republic Act No. 8491 or the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines.