“Bagong Lipunan” is the hymn of the New Society Movement founded by Ferdinand Marcos and played during the imposition of martial law in the Philippines from 1972 to 1981. Here it gets the TikTok ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s directive encouraging the recitation of “Bagong Pilipinas Hymn and Pledge” during weekly flag ceremonies is “reminiscent of the martial law period ...

A law must cover the singing and recitation of the "Bagong Pilipinas" hymn and pledge, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said on Monday. In a text message to reporters, Pimentel ...

CEBU, Philippines — Malacañang has ordered all national government agencies and instrumentalities to include the recital of the Bagong Pilipinas hymn and pledge in their weekly flag ceremonies, a move ...

House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist representative France Castro says that patriotic hymns and pledges should not be affiliated with any political parties. Castro says that the ...

Whoever urged President Marcos Jr. to issue that memo mandating all government agencies and schools to sing the new “Bagong Pilipinas” hymn and recite the accompanying pledge at flag ceremonies should ...

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang ordered government agencies and schools in the country to recite the “Bagong Pilipinas (A New Philippines)” hymn and pledge in weekly flag ceremonies. “The move aims ...

ILOILO CITY (PIA) — Various perspectives on the integration of Bagong Pilipinas hymn and pledge in the conduct of weekly flag ceremonies were conveyed among local government officials and national ...

MANILA, Philippines — For a piece of music intended for community singing, it may still be far from being catchy, memorable, or inspiring. The melody is “awful,” the lyrics “forgettable” and the ...

What makes a good hymn? A hymn is a metrical composition, meaning “it has stanzas or verses that repeat the same (or nearly the same) syllabic pattern, just like metrical poems. In fact, the best ...