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Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906 – August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist, and fiction writer.Critic Pedro Ricarte referred to Abadilla as the father of modern Philippine poetry, and was known for challenging established forms and literature's "excessive romanticism and emphasis on rhyme and meter". [1]
Ponciano Pineda is considered as the "Father of the Commission on Filipino Language" for his promotion to establish a commission based on Section 9 of our Philippine Constitution. [1] He became director of Commission on the Filipino Language (Filipino: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino) formerly Surian ng Wikang Pambansa during the year 1971 to 1999.
In addition, there is a population of Filipino Americans, who were born in the United States, who are immigrating to the Philippines, known as "baliktad", meaning backwards. [27] In 2016, the total number of US citizens living in the Philippines]was estimated officially as more than 220,000, [ 2 ] with an unofficial source having estimated ...
Official historical marker Alternate logo used on official social media pages. The Commission on the Filipino Language (CFL), [2] also referred to as the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), [a] is the official regulating body of the Filipino language and the official government institution tasked with developing, preserving, and promoting the various local Philippine languages.
Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (Dulaang UP) Vargas Museum Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino (Kontra-GaPi) is the resident ethnic music and dance ensemble of the UP-College of Arts and Letters which is inspired by indigenous peoples of the Philippines culture and Gamelan in creating new music, dance and related arts - dance heard even as dance ...
The Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (SWF; literally, "Center of the Filipino Language"), also known the Sentro, is a language academy, research center, and university-based publishing house that is part of the University of the Philippines System (UP).
At the same time, he was the director of the Institute of National Language (INL [8] or Surian ng Wikang Pambansa, SWP; now the Commission on the Filipino Language or Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, KWF) [1] [2] of the Department of Education, [5] and was the head of the UNESCO's Akademya ng Wikang Filipino. [5]
Filipino generals in the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and the Filipino-American War of 1899 Name Grade a Affiliation b Province c; 1. Gregorio Aglipay: General, Religious Auxiliary Lieutenant General Vicario General Castrence (Military Vicar General) Founder of the group called as Liwanag (Light), an auxiliary of the Katipunan