A lecture inside a workshop, a photoshoot I need to be in. The rush of life, an appointed time and place, time growing shorter by the second. The place, still far away. Traffic grinds to a halt.…
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…
GAY LANGUAGE Rather than a straightforward interview, a reporter and his news source decided to talk using gay lingo. The reporter was shocked when the news source said, “Ilab-ilab ra ba si oka.” (I used gay language).…
GLOBE Telecom urged local internet applications developers to mount mobile apps that will teach kids in Cebu how to read and write in Cebuano. Michelle Tapia, head of Education and Digital Learning under Globe’s Corporate Strategy and…
FROM ARCHBISHOP PALMA TO GOVERNOR DAVIDE Amid the rising death toll in the war against illegal drugs, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma gave President Rodrigo Duterte a passing rate based on the latter’s overall performance in his first…
There’s a Cebuano word used to describe something that has split or cracked open: kang-a. In my hometown Surigao City, where Cebuano is commonly spoken besides the local dialect, kang-a has taken on a new meaning. It…
As the Maker spoke amid the chaos, creation sprang forth into being. He spoke light on the first day, and other creatures in the succeeding days. When the time came, He announced that He would make man,…
SOON, language barriers will be torn down with this translator that can operate as a cutting-edge ‘lingua franca’. Waverly Labs, a start-up company from Manhattan, New York, is developing a groundbreaking earpiece that can provide near real-time…
THE Wonkwang Health Science University, through King Sejong Institute in Cebu, has been providing Korean language education to anyone who aspires to learn the language and experience Korean culture since 2013. Just recently, two of its exemplary…
Gi-tag kos akong higala nga si Adonis nga tua karon sa Oman sa usa ka music video nga alang kaniya duol kaayo ang padagan sa mga kanta ni Budoy ug sa pundok niani nga Jr. Kilat. Kining…
These five American lads from Utah blend in with the foreign tourists strolling in Cebu until they open their mouths and speak in fluent Bisaya. No, you can be sure it’s not a Dubmash. Jake, Tylan, Connor,…
Words are powerful. The Gospel of John begins thus: “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.” It is because we have the word God that we can…
