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National Language Month and our youth

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Pia Roces Morato | August 4, 2023 - 12:00am

Every August, the Philippines celebrates National Language Month when various events, especially in schools, prepare for the biggest day of celebration on Aug. 19, known also as National Language Day, through...

Opinion

Unanswered questions

By Juanito V. Jabat   | September 11, 2013 - 12:00am

Question I was asked which I could not answer, not even with a guess: "Where is the P10 billion pork barrel now?"

Freeman Opinion

Make language part of our inclusive growth

By SHOOTING STRAIGHT | By Bobit S. Avila | August 22, 2013 - 12:00am

So it’s the so-called “Buwan ng Wika” and as President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III officially observes the “National Language Month” he spoke before the National Congress...

Opinion

EDITORIAL - Global Filipino

December 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Across Asia and Europe and in some parts of the United States, monuments and markers have been installed in honor of a Filipino.

Opinion

The right to speak our own native languages

By Bobit S. Avila | August 18, 2011 - 12:00am

I asked our good friend Mr. Tom Magee, Executive Director of the Cebu Hub for English Language Excellence (CHELE) on how the 2nd Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference went last Friday...

Freeman Opinion

Careful, undue haste often makes waste - II

By Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. | August 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Definitely, let alone, the restoration of Grade 7 and the additional 5th year in the high school - or a total of 12 years basic education - isn't a sure-fire solution to the worsening quality of the system.

Freeman Opinion

PGMA names Carlo National Artist

July 30, 2009 - 12:00am

Congratulations to writer-director-producer Carlo J. Caparas (photo) who has just been named National Artist for Visual Arts.

Entertainment

Our English advantage, lost and found

By Aven Piramide | October 22, 2006 - 12:00am

We have long been complaining of the deterioration in the quality of our education. Usually, we claim that ours is a failing system simply because our students have a decreasing efficiency in communication especially...

Freeman Opinion

Time to rethink our language policies!

By Bobit S. Avila | April 12, 2004 - 12:00am

The results of the Bar exams the other week showed that the University of the Philippines (UP) fared very poorly, garnering only 8th place, while Ateneo de Manila got almost all the top slots. Mind you, we’re...

Business