MANILA, Philippines — Every August, the Philippines celebrates Buwan ng Wika, or Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa (National Language Month). A month-long celebration, it promotes the importance of ...

Signed by President Fidel Ramos in 1997, the proclamation sets a Buwan ng Wika celebration every August. This celebration is to coincide with the birth anniversary of former President Manuel ...

LOS ANGELES – Filipinos across the globe celebrate ‘Buwan ng Wika’ or the National Language ... s nice to be able to connect to our cultural background and have someone with you who may ...

And Buwan ng Wika would have made for a good rallying point. More than 80 years since President Quezon declared two national languages that were not Cebuano, so many among us here in Agusan still bear ...

Buwan ng Wika has become a yearly opportunity to celebrate not only our language but also our identity as Filipinos. But for some, it’s unnecessary – even a pretense – to celebrate a ...

Our observance of Buwan ng Wika often refers to spoken language and not the written language but it shouldn’t be this way, if only to help preserve our heritage and to help younger generations ...

Linggo ng Wika is no more; it has been expanded to a monthlong celebration now known to all schoolchildren as Buwan ng Wika. What replaced the former Linggo ng Wika, by order of then President Fidel V ...

Today marks the start of the country’s celebration of Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa ... This year’s theme is “Filipino at mga Katutubong Wika: Kasangkapan sa Pagtuklas at Paglikha.” ...

As the nation celebrates Buwan ng Wika, it brings to mind how every generation introduces new vernacular and colloquialisms to casual speech. In this age of texting punctuated by emojis, the ...

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