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 ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — What better way to start Buwan ng Wika but with children's story books that show culture, language and morals that are all learned in simple stories for kids? These books ...

Not long ago, you were just a kid in school reciting poems and dancing to folk songs for the Buwan ng Wika celebration. You wore a traditional Filipino attire like Filipiniana, baro’t saya ...

“For the first time, the KWF is making sure that the Buwan ng Wika celebrations are not mere lip service to the national language, fizzling off and forgotten after August,” KWF chairman and ...

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 ...

To celebrate Buwan Ng Wika, Canva released its Filipino-themed content and design collection. According to the graphic design platform, its Filipino-themed collection is packed with local templates, ...

celebrates Buwan ng Wika this August with an exciting lineup of activities. With the theme "Wikang Filipino sa Daang Matuwid,” the university will feature activities like dancing, singing, and choral ...