In downtown Butuan, in the northeastern part of Mindanao, the city’s iconic orange tricycles carry a fading cry: “Ato ini, kadyawon ta!” (This is ours, let’s make it better). The words glint faintly beneath years of dust…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— It is a no-brainer how Cebu is a place known to be filled with vibrant stories, culture, food and many more. One of the many beautiful things that makes Cebu vibrant is its language.…
MANILA, Philippines — Eleven Filipino words, including ‘Gigil’ and ‘Videoke,’ were added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its March 2025 update. In a commentary posted on its website, the Oxford English Dictionary explained: “Often, when we…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is pushing for the wider use of the Cebuano language in businesses and public services, urging establishments, especially in the transportation, hospitality, and retail sectors, to integrate the local tongue in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—The National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA), alongside Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and National Book Development Board – Philippines, will lead the celebration of National Literature Month this April with the theme, “Ang…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— Luis Manzano nagpakita sa iyahang katakos sa pag sign language sa usa ka episode sa ilahang show nga ‘It’s Your Lucky Day.’ Ang main host nga si Manzano mi duol sa usa ka…
Deciphering the language of chickens and animals is the stuff of dreams for many people, and it could soon become reality, thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers at the University of Tokyo claim to have succeeded in developing…
The Philippines is a young nation with an old history, and it is unfortunate that language separates young Filipinos from 333 years of their past. When the 1987 Constitution named Filipino and English as official languages of…
I was a college sophomore when the movie “Her” was first released. A science-fiction drama film that follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix)—a soon-to-be divorcee estranged not only from his wife but from the world around him. But…
MANILA, Philippines — Harvard University will soon offer a course on Tagalog, the fourth most spoken language in the United States, according to a report in the student paper Harvard Crimson. The university’s Department of South Asian…
One of the biggest wonders of the human race is that its members are endowed with an immense variety of interests and a vast diversity of talents. Do we ever wonder why different persons get interested in…
NEW DELHI — An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern India in protest at what he called New Delhi’s attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi, a language mostly spoken in the north, police said…
