The Philippines used to hold a week-long celebration, from August 13 to 19, every year, until President Ramos declared it should be month-long starting 1997 The latest ruling in terms of assigning a ...

When I was a child, a week on or around Aug. 19 was set aside to celebrate “Linggo ng Wika” (National Language Week), when we were encouraged to speak in Filipino and remember Manuel Luis Quezon as ...

Linggo ng Wika and Buwan ng Wika, the special week and month dedicated to the Philippines’ national language, should spur more programs to promote the widespread use of Filipino. The national language ...

THE Philippine State College of Aeronautics (Philsca) joined the 75th anniversary celebration of the “Linggo ng Wika” last Aug. 30. Students wearing colorful native costumes impressed the audience and ...

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos are witness to Sandara Park’s rise to fame. We got to know her as the self-proclaimed “krung krung” who joined and almost won the Filipino talent search TV show, Star ...

MANILA, Philippines - Far Eastern University (FEU), through its Central Student Organization (FEUCSO) and Tanggapan ng Larangan ng Filipino, celebrates Buwan ng Wika this August with an exciting ...

It is unfortunate that late president Manuel Luis Quezon has been reduced to a meme by schoolchildren who only remember him as the “Father of the National Language.” This meme is reinforced each year ...

The Philippines is celebrating more than Buwan ng Wika in August. Every second week of August is also Linggo ng Hika under Proclamation No. 443, which President Fidel Ramos signed in 1994. The ...

Anyone aware of the school calendar knows that the month of August is marked in schools at all levels as Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa—expanded from the Linggo ng Wika declared by Presidential Decree 1041 ...

Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes' son Ziggy looked absolutely adorable and gigil-worthy as he dressed up as a Katipunero for Linggo ng Wika. On Instagram, Friday, Marian shared a photo of Ziggy ...

Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes' son Sixto captured hearts after dressing up as Lapu-Lapu for his school's "Linggo ng Wika" festivities. PHOTO/S: @marianrivera on Instagram Proud parents Marian ...