TANAUAN NHS FLAG RETREAT | PHILIPPINE NATIONAL FLAG RETREAT 

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DO 50, S. 2015 - OBSERVANCE/CONDUCT OF FLAG RAISING AND LOWERING CEREMONIES AND PROPER SEQUENCE IN OFFICIAL DEPED PROGRAMS INVOLVING THE SINGING OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Flag Lowering Ceremonies-
Consistent with Section 18 of RA 8491, all central, regional, schools division offices and public and private schools nationwide shall henceforth observe the Flag Lowering Ceremonies every Friday afternoon. The Ceremony shall be simple and dignified and shall include the playing or singing of the Philippine National Anthem. The flag shall be lowered in strict compliance with Section 22 of the same law which provides:
Section 22. During the flag lowering, the flag shall be lowered solemnly and slowly so that the flag shall be down the mast at the sound of the last note of the anthem. Those in the assembly shall observe the same deportment or shall observe the same behavior as for the flag-raising ceremony.