While recognizing the importance of paying homage to three Filipino World War 2 heroes, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Monday, Dec. 13, expressed his reservations over replacing their portraits with the Philippine eagle in the new design of the P1,000 banknote.
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno
SENATOR Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay on Monday pressed for tripartite concurrence in changing designs of coins and notes, as she lamented booting out Philippine heroes in the P1,000 bill in favor of flora and fauna. Deploring the removal of three World War II-Filipino martyrs in the redesigned P1,000 banknote,…
It was during the time of former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Jose Cuisia Jr. that the P1,000 bill showing World War II heroes was first released
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines, the agency responsible for preserving historical legacies, says it should be 'spared' from the issue because changes in banknotes are up to the central bank and Malacañang