The Independence Flagpole is located at Rizal Park in Manila and stands at 107 feet.
The National flag is permanently at half-mast day and night in all memorial cemeteries dedicated to war veterans such as the Tomb of the Unknown solider at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
The National flag must also be at half-mast during the death of the President or former presidents for ten days; Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for seven days;
Meanwhile, for Cabinet Secretaries, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Director-General of the Philippine National Police, or equivalent in rank, the flag must be at half-mast for five days.
The current Philippine flag, which will mark its 113th year on June 12—coinciding with the country’s Independence Day—stands proud to symbolize people’s freedom.
As mandated under Republic Act 8491, the Philippine flag is “comprised of blue, white and red with an eight-rayed golden-yellow sun and three five-pointed stars.”
This design, personally conceived by Emilio Aguinaldo, the first Philippine President, was sewn in Hong Kong by Marcela Marino Agoncillo, with the help of her daughter Lorenza and Jose Rizal’s niece, Delfina Natividad.
Source: National Historical Commission
