For ten days starting August 1 to August 10, all flags in government buildings and installations to be flown at half mast. This was the order of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in a period of national mourning for the late former President Corazon Aquino.
This order is applicable to all flags in government buildings and installations in the Philippines and abroad. The order is contained in Proclamation No. 1850 and was signed for the President by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita.
In issuing the Proclamation, President Arroyo said that former Pres. Aquino will always be remembered and will live forever in the heart of every Filipino “as a beloved mother of the nation who led her people back to the road of freedom and democracy.” (PIA)
