SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —Local visitors and tourists alike can now enjoy the majestic view of Subic Bay with the dignified Philippine national flag flying on its pole 24 hours a day, including weekends. 8491, also known as “The Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines,” to designate the Subic Bay Freeport Zone as place where the Philippine flag should be permanently hoisted. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority chairman and administrator Wilma Eisma said she received the advisory from executive director Ludovico Badoy of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. “This allows us to fly the Philippine flag 24 hours a day, every day of the week. “We wanted to give thousands of tourists who come to Subic Freeport the opportunity to behold and pay homage to the Philippine flag,” Kabigting said.

Source: The Standard November 16, 2017 01:52 UTC