
‘Slap in the face of heroes’: What removing historical figures from the P1,000 bill means.Her husband, Mario, is a grandnephew of the former chief magistrate who was executed by the Japanese in 1942.īenipayo noted that the P1,000 is a reminder to Filipinos of the value of patriotism and self-sacrifice.

But it cannot replace the values that the three heroes teach everybody,” said Desiree Ann Cua Benipayo of the Philippine World War II Memorial Foundation.

“I have nothing against the Philippine eagle ‘no, napaka-majestic niyang creature, and as Filipinos we should be proud of it.

MANILA – A relative of former Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos said Tuesday that the face of her kinsman must not be removed from the P1,000 banknote.
