Section 18 of the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines required all government offices to hold a flag raising ceremony every Monday morning and flag lowering ceremony every Friday afternoon.
If you do this every Monday every flag ceremony, somehow you get influenced ... institutions to make the “Bagong Pilipinas” (New Philippines) hymn and pledge a part of weekly flag ceremonies.
A controversial mayor in the Philippines has been shot dead during a flag-raising ceremony. Antonio Halili was shot in the chest as he sang the national anthem outside the town hall of Tanauan ...
Despite the aggression from Chinese forces, Philippine authorities remained firm in defending the country’s sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea this year.
On 12 June, the Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne led a flag-raising ceremony at Federation Square, headed by Consul General Maria Lourdes Salcedo and the community in Victoria.
A police officer who demonstrated extraordinary valor while serving a search warrant was recognized with a special promotion ...