All flags in gov’t buildings must be flown at half mast during 10-day national mourning, PGMA orders
This order is applicable to all flags in government buildings and installations in the Philippines and abroad. This will include the barangay halls, municipal halls, provincial halls, offices of government agencies and Philippine Embassies in the different parts of the world.
The order is contained in Proclamation No. 1850 which was sent via fax from New York where President Arroyo is on the second leg of an eight-day visit to the United States. The proclamation 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.”
President Arroyo added that the death of the former president is “a great loss to our country and our people.”
Moreover, a palace spokesman disclosed that the President has also declared Wednesday, August 5, a non-working holiday in order to give Filipinos the change to pay their last respect and to take part in the burial rites of Ms. Aquino which is scheduled on Wednesday.
Even President Arroyo has cut short her 8-day state visit in order to be able to pay her last respect to the former president.
Mrs. Aquino passed away Saturday morning after battling colon cancer for more than a year. She was 76.
Her wake is at the La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) gymnasium in Mandaluyong City. The public viewing at LSGH began at 5 p.m. of Saturday and will continue until Monday. The daily viewing schedule will be until 4 a.m., and will resume at 7 a.m. (PIA Region 
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