Gwen wants English back as main medium of instruction in public schools

Rosalie Abatayo 12/17/2019

CITY, Philippines — Starting School Year 2020-2021, public schools in Cebu province will be back at using English as the main medium of instruction from pre-school to senior high school. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the present setup…

WATCH: ‘Sosyal’ bottled water vendor in Iligan City

Immae Lachica 10/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— In a sea of people and under the scorching heat of the sun, there’s only one essential thing we all need to get by— water. Since the Philippines is known for its generally year-long…

‘Trapo’ and ‘bongga’ make it into Oxford English Dictionary

Inquirer.net 10/12/2018

JUST in time for the upcoming 2019 midterm elections, the Oxford English Dictionary added ‘trapo’ in its extensive list of new words. In a statement, the OED defined ‘trapo’ as “a politician perceived as belonging to a…

Advice for Korean boyfriends

Jobers R. Bersales 01/17/2018

Robin Padilla’s fatherly advice to a Korean contestant to learn Tagalog during the latest episode of “Pilipinas Got Talent” on ABS-CBN runs into the continuing discourse on the national language and the colonial experience. He may not…

Bad weather foils Macarine’s English Channel bid anew

Glendale G. Rosal 08/18/2017

FOR THE second straight year, Ingemar “Pinoy Aquaman” Macarine has called off his bid to cross the treacherous English Channel. Macarine was supposed to swim the 33-mile channel from Dover, England to Calais, France on Friday, but…

China explores idea of hiring English-speaking househelp

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/20/2017

  China is experimenting on employing domestic helpers in mainland Chinese cities of Shanghai and Guangzhou, although not in the same scale as Hong Kong. Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago Sta. Romana shared this development to…

China opens opportunities to Filipinos as English teachers

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/15/2017

Beijing — Emalyn Ceniza Jiang, 31, taught English as a part-time teacher from 2013 to 2014 in Daan, Jilin province, with a monthly pay of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan (between Php 20,000 to Php 27,000). But it…

MAO BA?

Editorial 04/24/2017

UNWELCOME MISTRESS A jeepney passenger complained to his pal that a certain public official allowed his mistress and their child to stay at his office where the passenger happens to work in. He said this had been…

Children and language

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/24/2017

Just when I thought that my husband is the only person who reads this column, I received three “requests” from mothers via my Facebook account and 10 comments in my blog (www.readingruffolos.com) to write about how children…

USPF and GEN TEFL Thailand ink MOU

PR 02/20/2017

UNIVERSITY of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) and Global Educators Network Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (GEN TEFL) Thailand signed the memorandum of understanding on Feb. 3 at the Board Room of USPF Lahug campus. University…

Will Maxine Medina ask the help of an interpreter?

Apple Ta-as 01/19/2017

GIVING her best shot at the Miss Universe crown, the Philippines’ bet Maxine Medina has been getting all kinds of advice and tips, especially after pageant observers noticed what seems to be a weakness—her lack of eloquence…

MAO BA?

Editorial 01/17/2017

WEATHER INCONVENIENCES Class suspensions and closure of offices due to bad weather don’t always sit well with college students and employees, respectively. A college student posted on her Facebook account that she might as well just swim…

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