For the longest time, the country celebrated Linggo ng Wika, which started August 13 and ended on August 19, Quezon’s birthday. In 1955, President Ramon Magsaysay signed Proclamation 186, which ...

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 ...

Noong araw, Linggo [ng Wika] lang ay ayaw nila. Ngayon pa lalo itong Buwan ng Wika, lalong hindi nila magugustuhan,” Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) chair Virgilio Almario told Rappler.

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 ...

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 mga wikaGOVERNMENT agencies call it “Buwan ng Wika,” and already, injustice is pronounced. At the Legal Education Summit organized by Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin and chaired by Justice Alex ...

Buwan ng Wika boosts our national pride,” said Maritsu Cuevas, a second year high school student of the Trade Tech International Science Institute.

Twelve years ago, President Benigno Aquino III, added history to the equation giving rise to August as “Buwan ng Wika at Kasaysayan.” It was a masterstroke, by simply moving history from September to ...