Globe wants phone apps teaching Cebuano

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/26/2016

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…

DIGONG GETS A PASSING GRADE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/07/2016

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…

Cracked

Radel Paredes 07/23/2016

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…

Our word, our world

Jason A. Baguia 06/17/2016

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,…

Earpiece offers real-time live speech translation for languages

05/19/2016

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…

2 Korean language students from Cebu visit Korea

PR 11/19/2015

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…

Vispop.03

Gerard Pareja 06/21/2015

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…

HEY JOE SHOW: As Bisdak as Buwad

Bai Hayde Quiñanola 06/07/2015

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,…

Pacman and roots of post-pop culture Bisaya

Raymund Fernandez 05/06/2015

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…

Local language, online content pushed

Stephen D. Capillas 01/26/2015

Software developer Mozilla and the nonprofit organization Wikimedia Foundation said they are pushing for development of local content as well as use of the Filipino languages in discussing technology issues and terms. In yesterday’s forum entitled “Filipino…

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