An inverted Philippine flag means the country is at war against a country and coincidentally, the inverted flag was displayed at the country’s former colonizer, Japan.
In the Philippines, to display the flag in an inverted position is very dangerous because it signifies that the state is at war against other countries but coincidentally, the inverted flag was displayed at the country’s former colonizer, Japan.
President Rodrigo Duterte is at Japan with the members of his Cabinet for an official working visit to improve the bilateral ties of the Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, with Tokyo, the capital city of Japan.
The inverted Philippine flag was displayed during the powerpoint presentation of Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol while he was giving his speech at Japan.
The Filipinos who were at the hall where Piñol delivered the speech immediately noticed the inverted flag and it gained different reactions, particularly speculations that the Philippines is at war against any country.
The organizers of the event immediately acted on the attention-drawing inverted imaged of the Philippine flag.
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