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 ...

Although Tagalog is the fourth most-spoken language in the United States, it is not one of over 25 languages offered at Brown. Through a petition launched in early February, the Filipino Alliance has ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- San Francisco has certified Tagalog as a third language that must be used in communicating essential city services, city officials announced Wednesday. Tagalog, the official ...

Recently, Princeton announced a Haitian Creole course set to start in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026. The course came as part of a broader response to pressure from Haitian students, who rightfully viewed a ...

Starting in the 2026 spring semester, the University of Wisconsin’s Filipino language program will no longer be offered, ...

The UC Berkeley Filipino language program was awarded the Kampeon ng Wika award, or language champion award, by the Philippine national Commission on the Filipino Language for its contributions in ...

Editor’s Note: Emil Guillermo is a journalist and author. He writes for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and at www.amok.com. (CNN) – To the average American, the name Wilma Lamug ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Nagsasalita ako ng tagalog. I speak Tagalog. A whopping 2.1 percent of Californians speak Tagalog, making the language native to the Philippines the most common foreign ...

Nikki Santiago paused on the steps of the San Francisco Unified School District headquarters in early June, fumbling for her notes, before taking the microphone. In front of her, a small crowd of ...

Last month, a group of educators, scholars and other prominent individuals filed a petition in the Supreme Court questioning the policies of the government which mandate the use of English as medium ...