For the longest time, the country celebrated Linggo ng Wika, which started August 13 and ended on August 19, Quezon’s birthday. In 1955, President Ramon Magsaysay signed Proclamation 186, which ...

In 1997, President Fidel V. Ramos changed the duration of the observance from one week to one month. Thus, the name of the annual observance was changed to Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa, or Buwan ng Wika.

1) We celebrate Buwan ng Wika to recognize and solve the language problem due to our archipelagic nature and colonial past; 2) Ever since we declared Philippine independence, the constitution ...

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 ...

The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) has raised alarm over the possible extinction of 32 out of 135 indigenous languages in ...

Buwan ng Wika boosts our national pride,” said Maritsu Cuevas, a second year high school student of the Trade Tech International Science Institute.

For the month of August, which is also Buwan ng Wika, the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) has lined up a few events designed to deepen one's appreciation for the Filipino language. Aklat ng Bayan ...

It’s August, after all – officially Buwan ng Wike (National Language Month) in the Philippines. The petition involves the case of Von Rommel Yalong, elected barangay chairman of Barangay N ...

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 ...

It's still Buwan ng Wika and even foreigners are celebrating our language. The Philippine Embassy in Germany on Facebook shared a video where two Germans Maik and Sergio gamely sang lines from three ...

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 ...