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Claims that the term “Filipino” is not a language and solely refers to the identity and/or nationality of citizens of the Republic of the Philippines are false. One user wrote in a now-deleted comment ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has ordered the shift to English and Filipino as the primary tools of instruction for Kindergarten to Grade 3 learners, in compliance with ...

In our pursuit to develop and promote the use of a ‘national language,’ we should ask ourselves if we are simply trying hard to create a forced Filipino identity by speaking a forged language In ...