The great Jose Rizal, the workhorse carabao, and even the all-time favorite Filipino dish adobo, among others, will finally be bestowed official national symbol status with a legislation expanding the list of national symbols in the country.
Rep. Rene Relampagos of Bohol, chairman of the House Committee on Tourism, made the move under his House Bill 3926 or the Philippine National Symbols Act of 2014 which list the following as national symbols: Rizal as national hero, adobo as national food, anahaw as national leaf, carabao as national animal, mango as national fruit, bangus as the national fish, baro’t saya as national costume, bakya as national slippers, bahay-kubo as national house, jeepney as national vehicle, Bayan Ko as national song, cariñosa as the national dance and MakaDiyos (pro-God), Makatao (pro-people), Makakalikasan (pro-environment) at Makabansa (nationalist) as national motto.
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