In the current (now old) General Education Curriculum for all college students, there are Filipino and English language subjects. In the new General Education Curriculum (GEC), there is no subject ...

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Isn’t it ironic that we celebrate National Language Week every August of the year, not knowing that a number of pundits on the Internet say that Filipino is a dying language? Could it be true? Further ...

FILIPINO English-language influencer Alvin Santos (@pepe_word_smith) recently documented his IELTS test experience at the British Council, where he highlighted a security guard’s correct usage of ...

Careful about your language? Come on, don’t be “high blood.” It’s now perfectly correct English to say that a “presidentiable” will stamp out “carnap” and “salvage” incidents, or that your “barkada” ...

Take a look at some of the main Filipino language policies currently in place that aid government institutions to uphold and propagate the national language MANILA, Philippines – The 1987 Constitution ...

MANILA, Philippines — The use of Filipino language in government offices, especially when disseminating information, got another push from Senator Raffy Tulfo on Monday. At the hearing of the Senate ...

MANILA, Philippines — Neophyte Senator Robin Padilla on Monday expressed dismay over Filipinos’ preference for the English language, even in government documents. It is one of the reasons he is ...

In one of my favorite scenes in last year’s groundbreaking Filipino movie Heneral Luna, the ill-tempered general was at the train station together with his two lieutenants, about to commandeer a train ...