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A provision in the Flag and Heraldic Code in the Philippines was brought up online after some people criticized the burning of strained flags during the
Mayor Florencio T. Flores Jr., former mayor of Malaybalay City, Bukidnon who passed away Feb. 18, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Brian Flores) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The City of Malaybalay in Bukidnon is mourning the death of its local chief executive, Mayor Florencio Flores Jr., who passed away of Friday. He was 72. After succeeding Flores, former vice mayor and now Mayor Jay Warren Pabillaran on Friday issued his first Executive Order directing all government agencies in Malaybalay City and all barangay government units to fly their flags at half-mast in honor of the late mayor. The order will take...
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...
Senator Manny Pacquiao(EPA/JOSEPH VIDAL / PRIB / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Pacquiao filed Senate Bill No. 1984 last January 14, renewing propositions to increase the rays of the eight-rayed sun in the country’s flag to represent Filipino Muslims who fought against Spain’s colonization. He said Muslim heroes are “mostly unrecognized”, citing for instance Lapu-Lapu and Sultan Kudarat, who led battles against the Spaniards. “Our Muslim heroes who equally struggled valiantly for our country’s independence must be given due recognition alongside with those already recognized in th...