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An African-American fluent in Filipino sings Sam Concepcion’s “Mahal Na Mahal” and Michael Pangilinan’s “Bakit Ba Ikaw?”
November 15, 2018
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An African-American fluent in Filipino sings Sam Concepcion’s “Mahal Na Mahal” and Michael Pangilinan’s “Bakit Ba Ikaw?”
National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario has been elected the new chair of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). His election will go to Malacañang for confirmation and formal appointment by President Duterte.
Without blurting out words, how do you say “I love you”? Without words, how do you help?
An interactive storytelling in Filipino marked the Inquirer Read-Along’s celebration of “Buwan ng Wika,” or National Language Month, with actors and members of the censors board as readers. “Closest
He University of SantoTomas (UST) Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies will hold the lecture “Pusong Walang Pag-ibig: Ang Pagtatatwa sa Wika” (Heartless Love: The Denial of Language), to be delivered by Ateneo de Manila Professor Emeritus Soledad S. Reyes on Aug. 19, 3-5 p.m., at the Tanghalang Teresita Quirino, G/F Benavides Bldg., UST, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila. The lecture will be held in celebration of Buwan ng Wika.
The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) will hold a media forum on the Ortograpiyang Pambansa, or the newly improved orthography of the Filipino language, on Aug. 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Vargas Museum at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
The many languages of the Philippines are a reflection of the Filipino people’s dynamism, flexibility, and adaptability, Felipe de Leon Jr., chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), said during the opening of an exhibit celebrating “Buwan ng Wika (Language Month)” in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) building in Pasay City.
After Magellan was killed in Cebu, the victorious chieftain, Lapu-Lapu, refused to return his body, saying that they wanted to keep him “so that they would not forget him.” Magellan’s remains were never recovered. (From Mary W. Helms, 1988)
Every year, the Advanced Filipino Abroad Program (Afap) hosts Filipino-American students to learn the Filipino language in Philippine setting. Through a unique short-term immersion program for at least two months,
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