Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Claims that the term “Filipino” is not a language and solely refers to the identity and/or nationality of citizens of the Republic ...

Last month, a group of educators, scholars and other prominent individuals filed a petition in the Supreme Court questioning the policies of the government which mandate the use of English as medium ...

Leading the efforts to support and increase the reach of communication globally and locally, Microsoft Translator announces the addition of Filipino together with five other Austronesian languages, ...

The Philippines, a Southeast Asian archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, is like Latin American countries a former colony in the Spanish Empire. The Philippines was under Spanish rule for three ...

FOLLOWING the release of the cross-country study on transitions in language-of-instruction policies which included a Philippine case study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, the ...

This video highlights the linguistic variety in the Philippines with funny examples of mixed languages accents and expressions. It showcases how Filipino English and local dialects blend in everyday ...

In the Philippines, English language courses come with poolside classrooms, field trips to the beach, and instructors doubling as tour guides. English is widely spoken in the former American colony, ...

DISCUSSIONS about language in the Philippines often center on advocacy — advocacy for linguistic diversity, for mother tongue ...