Catriona (Warner Music Philippines) In the beauty pageant world, the name Catriona Gray needs no introduction as she holds the title of Miss Universe 2018, being the fourth Filipina to win the competition. This Filipino-Australian artist is also a host and charitable spokesperson. These days,...
Catriona Gray (Instagram) Former Miss Universe Catriona Gray is so proud of herself after buying a new home! On Instagram, Gray showed a glimpse of her home as she posed for a photo with her pets. Gray, 27, is expected to transfer to her abode in 2022. Her full post: "Home 2022 "Since leaving home...
Here’s what she wore Much like the goddess of love and beauty, Catriona Gray is simply spellbinding in the music video of her latest single “Love Language.” Written by the former Miss Universe herself, the track was first launched early in October, and now, we have visuals to match the chill,...
Language is the road map of culture, said American writer Rita Mae Brown. (MB FILE PHOTO) The Philippines is home to 186 languages, but some of them have just a few speakers left while others are already considered extinct because there are no more people at all who converse in them. In an Agence...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko has congratulated the 214 Filipino nurses and care workers who recently passed the Preparatory Language Training that would qualify them to go to Japan. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko (left) delivering his remarks...
Since most subjects in school are taught in English and the Philippines have become increasingly globally competitive, more and more parents are choosing English as their child’s first language (L1). But isn't it more appropriate to teach the mother tongue first before learning the lingua franca?...
Truth to tell, I like Filipinas. There’s elegance to it, not to mention nostalgia. But I’ve never used it to refer to my country. I’d hear it in old, rare, trilingual Filipino movies, in which the characters would speak in Filipino, American English, and a smattering of Spanish. I was born...
NGITING TAGUMPAY A colorized photo of Jose Rizal by artist collective Kulay Colorization. The hero seemingly in a state of kilig On a scale of one to 10, how proficient are you in the Filipino language? While it may be true that majority of Pinoys are English speakers in this day and age, life gets...
By FC Marie Esperas “Kay ano nga makarit ka mag-Tagalog kay Waray-waray ka man? (How come you’re good in Tagalog when you are Waray?)” It was a good writer-friend who commented on a post about my essay in Liwayway magazine a few weeks ago. While I knew she was just teasing, her comment hit me...
Archiving our native languages is critical in sustaining our cultural heritage for future Filipinos By Loren Legarda THIS WEEK IN PANORAMA In observance of Buwan ng Wika, let's talk about language, the over 130 Philippine languages, of which many are endangered. Cover illustration by Jc Fermante...
And they say it’s not a copy of existing gloves invented years ago A group of college students at Camarines Sur Polytechnic College went viral on Facebook last June 28, 2021, for their wearable tech invention: gloves that can convert Filipino sign languages into voice speech in real time. The...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is calling for a legislative inquiry on the status of the use Filipino sign language (FSL) as a language of instruction for the deaf under the under the K to 12 basic education system. The chairman of the Senate basic education committee filed a resolution for this...
