Makabayan solons, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, filed a resolution, condemning several commissioners of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and officials of the Sonshine Media Network International News (SMNI) for red-tagging authors of some books that were alleged to be subversive, while ordering that...
Language, culture, and educational departments or organizations issued a unity statement on Friday, Aug. 12, condemning the red-tagging of authors and some Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino/Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) commissioners’ purported order to pull out or stop the publication of...
KWF calls participants for 2022 monologue-writing contest The Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) is encouraging public to take part in this year’s Dula Tayo: Pagsulat ng Dramatikong Monologo contest anchored on the theme “Pagpapahalaga sa Kasaysayan, Kultura, Karapatan, Kapakanan, at Wika ng mga...
Nominations for KWF Dangal ng Panitikan 2022 up until Feb. 24 The country's official regulating body of the Filipino language, Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) is once again on a hunt for this year’s most outstanding institution or writer who would receive the “Gawad Dangal ng Panitikan.”...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Oct. 21, commended a public high school teacher from Isabela after being hailed among the five awardees of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) Ulirang Guro sa Filipino 2021. (Photo from DepEd) Mark-jhon Prestoza, a Filipino teacher from Quirino...
The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) has awarded the Mandaluyong City its fourth Selyo ng Kahusayan sa Serbisyo Publiko Antas 4 on Tuesday as it gave due recognition to the city's continuous use of the Filipino language in public service. The city government said that the award was achieved...
The Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) has been recognized by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) for its initiatives to promote Filipino language through its projects and programs....
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...
