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Flag change proposed to honour Filipino Muslims
A lawmaker has proposed an addition to the national flag to recognise Filipino Muslims' contribution to national freedom.
- By Gilbert Felongco, Correspondent
- Published: 22:53 February 18, 2009
Manila: A lawmaker has proposed an addition to the national flag to recognise Filipino Muslims' contribution to national freedom.
Independent Senator Richard Gordon yesterday, said a ninth ray on the flag will acknowledge the bravery of Muslim Filipinos.
The Philippine flag has two horizontal bands of blue and red with a white equilateral triangle based at the hoist side and a golden yellow sun in the centre of the triangle with eight primary rays - each containing three individual rays. At each corner of the triangle is a five-pointed golden yellow star.
The eight rays symbolise the first eight provinces - Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Manila, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac - that rose against the Spanish colonial government.
Gordon said a ninth ray on the national flag would recognise the historic contribution of the Filipino Muslims.
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