Signed by President Fidel Ramos in 1997, the proclamation sets a Buwan ng Wika celebration every August. This celebration is to coincide with the birth anniversary of former President Manuel ...

MANILA, Philippines — Every August, the Philippines celebrates Buwan ng Wika, or Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa (National Language Month). A month-long celebration, it promotes the importance of ...

Our observance of Buwan ng Wika often refers to spoken language and not the written language but it shouldn’t be this way, if only to help preserve our heritage and to help younger generations ...

Buwan ng Wika has become a yearly opportunity to celebrate not only our language but also our identity as Filipinos. But for some, it’s unnecessary – even a pretense – to celebrate a ...

Linggo ng Wika is no more; it has been expanded to a monthlong celebration now known to all schoolchildren as Buwan ng Wika. What replaced the former Linggo ng Wika, by order of then President Fidel V ...

And Buwan ng Wika would have made for a good rallying point. More than 80 years since President Quezon declared two national languages that were not Cebuano, so many among us here in Agusan still bear ...

This year’s annual observance of Buwan ng Wika, Aug. 1-31, will be highlighted by three competitions. Theme of this year’s Buwan ng Wika, according to the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF), is ...