Yale to offer Tagalog language course in Fall 2025

Yale will be offering a course on the Tagalog language starting next fall, following months of student advocacy from Tagalog @ Yale, an init...

Filipina developer creates AI app to fight language extinction in the Philippines

A Filipina developer is promoting language appreciation and fighting language extinction with an artificial intelligence (AI) platform calle...

New NJ law requires state documents be translated into 7 languages

A new bill in New Jersey requires state agencies and departments to translate documents into the seven most-spoken, non-English languages in...

Behind Filipino British musician Chase Martinez’s journey to becoming ‘Mr. Suave’

Hailing from the U.K. boy band IF YOU DARE, Filipino British artist Chase Martinez is now embarking on a self-discovery journey to reclaim a...

Vanessa Hudgens is doing all she can to let everyone know she’s Filipino

American actor and singer Vanessa Hudgens is leaning into her Filipino roots. In a new interview with Allure, she detailed her journey of co...

Harvard hires instructor for historic Tagalog language courses

Harvard University has hired its instructor for its first-ever pair of Tagalog language courses. About the preceptor: Lady Aileen Orsal, a F...

Philippine Senate approves bill to grant citizenship to Canadian vlogger ‘BecomingFilipino’

The Senate of the Philippines has approved a bill to grant Filipino citizenship to Canadian vlogger Kyle Douglas Jennerman. Jennerman, who i...

‘Sesame Street’ debuts its first Filipino muppet

“Sesame Street” has welcomed its first Filipino muppet. TJ the muppet, created by Filipino American animation director Bobby Pon...

Does this viral video of Filipinos failing to pronounce English words point to an ‘educational crisis’?

A viral video of Filipino children attempting to pronounce a set of English words has sparked an online discussion on whether it is indicati...

Harvard to offer its first-ever Tagalog language course in its nearly 400-year history

Harvard University will be offering a course on the Tagalog language for the first time in its history, starting in the 2023 to 2024 academi...

PBS Kids’ ‘Work It Out Wombats!’ aims to help young children embrace diversity [interview]

The animated STEM series “Work It Out Wombats!,” which debuted on PBS Kids last month, follows a trio of marsupial siblings — Malik, Zadie a...

Fact check: ‘Filipino’ refers to both an identity and the national language of the Philippines

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 Ph...