It was supposedly raised by Fullon in Antique on September 21, 1898, about two months before the Philippine flag-raising in Santa Barbara, Iloilo, on November 17, 1898.

The U.S. Government today apologised for displaying an inverted Philippine flag - wrongfully signifying that the nation was in a state of war - in a meeting hosted by Barack Obama.

Three days later, a joint Philippines coast guard, navy and maritime police team headed on Sunday to the three sandbars and posed for a photo holding up their national flag. “This operation ...