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 ...

Philippine English is a variety of English with differences in vocabulary and use. Some words are taken from Tagalog, so they are unfamiliar to speakers of other varieties of English. Sometimes the ...

LAST year, around New Year’s Day, I drew up a language and linguistics agenda for the Philippines for 2025. I thought of ...

FILIPINO English-language influencer Alvin Santos (@pepe_word_smith) recently documented his IELTS test experience at the British Council, where he highlighted a security guard’s correct usage of ...

This March, gigil was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as the newest Filipino word in the Philippine English category. But aside from gigil, 10 more Filipino words made it to the list. They are ...

MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, today released results from test takers in the Philippines as part of the Pearson ...

MANILA, Philippines — It is an intense feeling very common among Filipinos, and the lack of a direct translation made “gigil” – along with 10 other Filipino words – among the latest additions to the ...