Popular and veteran director, actor, writer and radio host Manny Castaneda wears yellow jacket and shirt during this National Day of Mourning. According to him, he wears yellow as a sign of mourning and sympathy to those 8 tourist died after the hostage in Quirino Grandstand.
President Aquino declared that August 25, 2010 is the National Day of Mourning for the victim of hostage taking.
In Egypt and Burma, yellow represents mourning while in Buddhism, yellow has the highest symbolic value because it’s signifies renunciation, disirelessness, humility, rootedness and equanimity.