22 June 2015 - An early morning flag-raising ceremony was held on June 12 at Balay Pinoy in celebration of the 117th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence.
Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia Maria Lumen B. Isleta, and Philippine Permanent Representative to ASEAN, Ambassador Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, together with Embassy officials and leaders of the Filipino community in Indonesia, raised the Philippine flag as the national anthem, “Lupang Hinirang”, was played.
Ms. Priscilla Villar, daughter of the Embassy’s Administrative Officer Antonio Villar, led the crowd of almost a hundred people in the ceremonial “Panunumpa ng Katapatan sa Watawat ng Pilipinas” (Oath of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag)
Messages of President Benigno S. Aquino III, Vice President Jejomar Binay and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario were read by Ambassador Isleta, Ambassador Buensuceso and Consul General Roberto Manalo, respectively.
After the ceremony, everyone shared in a traditional Pinoy Almusal, complete with beef tapa, fried danggit (dried fish), daing na bangus, itlog na maalat at kamatis (salted egg and tomatoes), and fried garlic rice. Some 100 members of the Filipino community and some Indonesian friends participated in the event. END