Claims that the term “Filipino” is not a language and solely refers to the identity and/or nationality of citizens of the Republic of the Philippines are false. One user wrote in a now-deleted comment ...

Last month, a group of educators, scholars and other prominent individuals filed a petition in the Supreme Court questioning the policies of the government which mandate the use of English as medium ...

Editor’s Note: Emil Guillermo is a journalist and author. He writes for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and at www.amok.com. (CNN) – To the average American, the name Wilma Lamug ...

The Philippines, a Southeast Asian archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, is like Latin American countries a former colony in the Spanish Empire. The Philippines was under Spanish rule for three ...

Leading the efforts to support and increase the reach of communication globally and locally, Microsoft Translator announces the addition of Filipino together with five other Austronesian languages, ...

Tagalog courses may be introduced to Yale as early as the next academic year. KASAMA, Yale’s Filipinx club, whose name is translated from the Tagalog word meaning “together,” has advanced a proposal ...

In the Philippines, English language courses come with poolside classrooms, field trips to the beach, and instructors doubling as tour guides. English is widely spoken in the former American colony, ...

FILIPINO contributions to linguistics scholarship have been substantial not only because of the interesting language ecology and linguistic situation of the country but, more so, because of the steady ...

With Title VI support gone, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will end Filipino language instruction and restructure others ...

Gen Diokno, co-founder of Hand and Heart, gives sign language classes. — Photo courtesy of Gen Diokno MANILA, Philippines — ...