"To not embrace the culture and language, I think it's really missing out on the huge opportunity to discover yourself." Building a bridge that would connect her to her Filipino roots by constantly ...

Even as the month ends, it is time to revisit an issue that continues to perplex: Why is our national language Filipino, and not Tagalog or Pilipino? This is a complex issue that delves into ...

One knew the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) meant serious business in launching August as Buwan ng Wika when it invited cultural agencies to take part in its Monday flag-raising ceremony at the ...

According to the 2021 Census conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), out of the 310,000 Filipino migrants in Australia, 40.4% stated they speak Tagalog at home, while only 28.2% ...

Most people assume that the national language, called Filipino, is the same Tagalog that its detractors have complained it has remained since it became the basis for the development of the national ...

Filipino is the national language that seeks to become more than a native tongue and aspires to become the nation’s official speech. It is contaminated and compromised from the start by the very ...

It is not just symbolic that one of the first and major activities lined up by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) for the National Language Month, the National Translation Congress, Aug. 7-9, was ...

'As adolescents, my brother and I grew up in a household where we were forbidden from speaking our native language around and to our baby sister' Besides with my Filipino mother and my brother, I ...