Philippine flag at Batasan gets a cleaning before SONA 2025

The giant flag in the session hall of the House of Representatives has been washed, ironed and re-hung ahead of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address (SONA).

The flag—measuring 12 meters long and six meters wide—was taken down three days ago to be spot-cleaned, then washed in an industrial washing machine for 20 minutes by a cleaning firm that won the contract through a bidding process.

After being washed, the flag was dried and ironed before being delivered to the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City on Thursday.

Workers ironed the flag again before it was attached to a wooden pole operated by a machine and hoisted back up to loom over the session hall, where Marcos will deliver the SONA—the fourth in his presidency—on July 28.