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 Filipino, ...

For the month of August, which is also Buwan ng Wika, the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) has lined up a few events designed to deepen one's appreciation for the Filipino language. Aklat ng Bayan ...

The Philippines used to hold a week-long celebration, from August 13 to 19, every year, until President Ramos declared it should be month-long starting 1997 The latest ruling in terms of assigning a ...

Let us set aside politics and unnecessary issues to pave the way for the Buwan Ng Wika (Philippine Language Month) celebration. This seems to be the only longest observation and celebration of our ...

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 spearheaded ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today marks the start of the country’s celebration of Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa, which is observed every August as proclaimed in the 1987 Constitution. This year’s theme is “Filipino at mga Katutubong ...