Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio: Mother of Philippine puppet theater - Manila Times
25 May 2012, 10:56 am
Her book of scholarship is titled The ‘Seditious’ Tagalog Playwrights: Early American Occupation. She belonged to the group of young post-war writers nurtured by the late National Artist for Literature NVM Gonzalez in his writers workshop memorialized ...

The long road to ASEAN rights charter - Jakarta Post
23 May 2012, 11:30 pm
Other extreme differences include languages, with Malay so much different from Thai, Chinese and Tagalog. Therefore, potential for suspicion among the states remain in their dynamic interactions. Under these circumstances, it is a utopia to make ...

Old-school ways work for homespun magnate - Malaya - Online Edition
23 May 2012, 12:03 pm
“Ka” (short for Tagalog word “kaka” meaning elder) Cora started with P100 half a decade ago a garments business that now employs 100 plus hundreds more from her sub-contractors.  Her company, LCJ Garments, is now one of the province’s biggest ...

TV5 starts airing in US through tie-up with DISH - Global Nation
23 May 2012, 10:52 am
Kapatid TV5 is a 24-hour general entertainment Tagalog language channel that features Filipino culture and arts representing the pulse of the Filipino people. It is the home of the some of the biggest names in Philippine entertainment. Aksyon TV ...

We lead simple lifestyle’ – CJ Corona - Minda News
22 May 2012, 4:58 pm
Speaking mainly in Tagalog,the impeached chief magistrate said they invested their money in foreign currency deposits and not in properties, and had shied away from “sosyalan” (high-end lifestyle). He said that for the past 42 years his ...

Filipino Catholic church in NYC to honor donors - ABS-CBN
20 May 2012, 12:40 am
Although the masses are multilingual, the masses have a distinctly Filipino orientation. For example, some prayers and songs are said or sung in Tagalog, the national language of the Filipino people. Translations, in English, of the prayers and songs ...

K+12 to use 12 mother tongues - Philippine Star Online
15 May 2012, 10:40 am
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Iluko, Tagalog, and 10 other mother tongues in the country are to be used as medium of instruction this school year as the Department of Education (DepEd) implements the K+12 education program. Baguio City schools official ...

Monasterio & Richards of 'The Road' takes a trip to Vlado Footwear - Examiner
14 May 2012, 6:12 pm
After their successful U.S. premiere of the first ever all produced tagalog language wide U.S. release film "The Road" directed by Yam Laranas, the two young male artists Derrick Monasterio and Alden Richards took a trip away from the press conferences and ...

Davraa drops to 10th over-all - Sun Star
12 May 2012, 6:47 am
Tell us in text, photos or videos. The National Capital Region kept the over-all championship with 733 points followed by Western Visayas (452) in second, Southern Tagalog (335.50) third and Central Visayas (305.17) fourth. While in past Palaro editions ...

'Garbage chicken' a grim staple for Manila's poor - CNN
30 April 2012, 10:10 pm
"I'm sorting the garbage, looking for 'pagpag'," she says. In Tagalog "pagpag" means the dust you shake off your clothing or carpet, but in Fabon's poverty- stricken world, it means chicken pulled from the trash. Pagpag is the product of a ...