The flag of the Republic of the Philippines is a vertical bicolor of blue and red, with a white triangle, a yellow sun with eight rays and three yellow stars on each corner of the triangle.
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The triangle symbolizes liberty, equality, and fraternity, the blue stripe is for peace, truth, and justice and the red stripe for patriotism and valor. The golden sun symbolizes unity, freedom, people's democracy, and sovereignty. Each ray represents a province with significant involvement in the 1896 Philippine Revolution against Spain; these provinces are Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Pampanga, Tarlac, Laguna, Batangas, and Nueva Ecija. The three five-pointed stars stand for the three major islands where the revolution started: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
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