In one of my favorite scenes in last year’s groundbreaking Filipino movie Heneral Luna, the ill-tempered general was at the train station together with his two lieutenants, about to commandeer a train ...

I was reading your columns and noted that while there are opinions on establishing good reading habits, there seems to be no attempts to promulgate good English proficiency within young people today.

What do the terms "carnap," "comfort room" and "mani-pedi" have in common? Not much save that they're examples of what's called Filipino English. And that they are among the many new additions to the ...

THIS is a reaction to the primer on MTB-MLE (“Never again: A nation of ‘5th graders’”) written by Ricardo Ma. Duran Nolasco, Ph.D., a faculty member of the Department of Linguistics at the University ...

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 ...

Dreaming about bringing prosperity to his family, Marvin Tuazon has travelled thousands of miles from the Philippines to China for work. Teaching Chinese children English has helped him earn twice as ...