MANILA, Philippines — The Senate leadership has yet to decide whether to include the Bagong Pilipinas hymn and pledge during the regular flag-raising ceremony, even as the House of ...

Pimentel reiterated that only though a law that amends RA 8491 that the singing and the recital of the Bagong Pilipinas Hymn and pledge could be mandated. "When you are forced to sing a hymn ...