QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 137)
It must be displayed daily throughout the year, raised at sunrise and lowered at sundown, remaining flying throughout the day but not after sunset (unless specially prescribed).
In front of Malacañang (President’s official residence), the Congress building, the Supreme Court building, the Rizal Monument in Luneta, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
No. The Flag should never be used to return salutes and should never be dipped by way of compliment or salute, except for exchanging courtesy as an official act between States.
If flown from a flagpole: blue field on top in time of peace and red on top in time of war. If hanging: blue field to the right (left of the observer) in peace and red field to the right (left of the observer) in war.
The pole should be planted in a prominent place and higher than the roof of the principal building (or at a height that gives commanding position within the compound). If attached to a building, it should be on top of the roof; if placed at a window, it must project at an upward angle.
It must always be above or on the right of the other flag. In a parade with foreign flags, it must always be in front of the center of the line of the other flags.
If walking: halt, uncover, stand at attention and salute. If sitting: uncover, stand at attention and salute.
It must be displayed on national or special holidays (as the President may proclaim) in public buildings, official residences, public squares, and institutions of learning, and whenever practicable also in private buildings and homes from sunrise to sunset.
Public display of foreign flags is prohibited except in foreign diplomatic establishments (e.g., chanceries, embassies, consulates) or in international conferences where the Philippines is a member, or on foreign national holidays—where the foreign flag is displayed with the National Flag in the place of honor (right of the foreign flag) and not smaller than the foreign flag.
Generally, no. It may only be hoisted or displayed on our national and special holidays, or on their national holidays subject to the foreign-flag rules under the preceding paragraph.
No part should touch the ground; it must be handled and folded reverently. People should face the Flag, uncover, stand at attention and salute while the Flag is being raised or lowered and while the National Anthem is played. Moving vehicles should stop and passengers should alight, uncover, stand at attention and salute.
First hoist to full-mast and allow it to fly briefly, then bring to half-mast. From half-mast it may be raised but not lowered. To lower at sunset or when ordered, it must be hoisted to full-mast before being brought down.
It shall never be festooned, must hang with nothing to cover its surface, must always occupy the highest place of honor, and should not be placed under any picture or below a person.
Examples: never use as a staff or whip; never use as covering for tables or curtain for doorways; inappropriate to use in a dancing pavilion or places of hilarity; prohibited inside/outside a cockpit, club, or other gambling or vice places.
It should not be played except on public official/semi-official acts or formal civic ceremonies. Outdoors, people in immediate vicinity must face the band, uncover, and stand at attention.
Whenever a band is present during lowering, the Anthem should be played by the band. The Flag must be lowered slowly so that the termination of the lowering coincides with the last note of the music.
No. It should not be played and sung for mere recreation, amusement, or entertainment in purely private social gatherings or in political partisan meetings or places of hilarious or vicious amusement.
It should always be sung in Filipino, whether in the Philippines or abroad.
Civilians outdoors should stand at attention; if wearing hats, they must uncover and hold hats over their hearts. Complete silence must be observed and no one should be allowed to walk around while the ceremony is going on.