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 ...

1) We celebrate Buwan ng Wika to recognize and solve the language problem due to our archipelagic nature and colonial past; 2) Ever since we declared Philippine independence, the constitution ...

Our 187 languages, like our archipelagic geography, would have made for a sound, logical and easily digestible argument in favor of President Duterte’s Charter change. And Buwan ng Wika would have ...

This year’s annual observance of Buwan ng Wika, Aug. 1-31, will be highlighted by three competitions. Theme of this year’s Buwan ng Wika, according to the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF), is ...

THE month of August marks the celebration of National Language Month (Buwan ng Wika) with the theme “Ang Filipino ay wikang panlahat, ilaw at lakas sa tuwid na landas.” The celebration is ...

It's still Buwan ng Wika and even foreigners are celebrating our language. The Philippine Embassy in Germany on Facebook shared a video where two Germans Maik and Sergio gamely sang lines from three ...

Buwan ng Wika will formally start in Batangas City, Batangas on 4 August 2014, in cooperation with the Office of the Provincial Governor Vilma Santos-Recto, who has agreed with KWF to make ...