The Muntinlupa City government launched the country’s first citywide early warning system for the deaf. Called the Early Warning System for the Deaf (Beacon Light), it is an innovative visual alert system designed to make emergency information accessible to everyone, including the deaf. ...
To provide a more inclusive public service for all, especially for the deaf community, the Pasig City government held its first-ever Deaf Sensitivity and Basic Filipino Sign Language (FSL) training for its frontline employees from various offices and departments. Around 70 employees joined the...
TAYUM, Abra – A deaf-mute woman was allegedly gunned down in Sitio Pitao, Barangay Bagalay, Tayum, Abra on Sunday night, Oct. 27, by a candidate for municipal councilor in next year’s elections. Police Capt. Michael Joe Dasalla, Tayum chief of police, identified the victim as Florida A. Teneza,...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Recently, I had a “scary” experience of becoming temporarily but totally deaf and unable to make myself heard. I was about to chair a zoom meeting when I noticed that I could not hear the participants. Neither could they hear me. Fortunately, the problem was only...
Bachelor in Sign Language Interpretation opens at Benilde I HEAR YOU DLS-CSB's Bachelor in Sign Language aims to produce professional sign language interpreters and translators for the deaf Bachelor in Sign Language Interpretation, the newest program of the School of Deaf Education and Applied...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has built a partnership with blind and deaf-blind community to promote environmental communication and learning as part of the agency's annual observance of the Deaf Awareness Week. Through the agency's Strategic Communication and...
Don't ever underestimate your children, even as young as babies such as this one-year-old who was able to interpret for her deaf father. LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES And this baby girl didn't fail to do so Zach, who has a TikTok account with the username @oursignedworld, posted a video of his daughter...
Two designs of protective face masks have been developed to cater to the needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs), especially those hearing and speech impaired, the Department of Science and technology (DOST) has disclosed. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the designs were...
