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Sambal [note 1] is a Sambalic language spoken primarily in the Zambal municipalities of Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Masinloc, Palauig, and Iba, in the Pangasinense municipality of Infanta, and areas of Pampanga in the boundary with Zambales in the Philippines; speakers can also be found in Panitian, Quezon, Palawan and Barangay Mandaragat or Buncag of Puerto Princesa.
David Michael M. San Juan is a Filipino Marxist writer, activist, and professor. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was awarded the title of Mananaysay ng Taon (Essayist of the Year) in 2009 [ 3 ] and Makata ng Taon (Poet of the Year) in 2010 [ 4 ] by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF or Commission in the Filipino Language).
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.
Epifanio San Juan Jr., also known as E. San Juan Jr. (born December 29, 1938, in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines), [1] is a known Filipino American literary academic, Tagalog writer, Filipino poet, civic intellectual, activist, writer, essayist, video/film maker, editor, and poet whose works related to the Filipino Diaspora in English and Filipino writings have been translated into German ...
Shan Sa was born as Yan Ni in Beijing, China, to a scholarly family. She adopted the pseudonym Shan Sa from a poem by the Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi.At age 8, she published her first poetry collection, and went on to obtain the first prize in the national poetry contest for children under 12 years, an event that created a public upheaval.
"Sa Aking Mga Kabatà" (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal , who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1 ]
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.
Wish Ko Lang! (transl. just my wish!) is a Philippine television public service drama anthology series broadcast by GMA Network.Originally hosted by Bernadette Sembrano, it premiered on June 29, 2002 on the network's Saturday afternoon line up.