A neurosurgical operation to save life, and a dying language, 1
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
(Reflections on an incident on the dawn of June 17, 2007 in Butuan City)
HOW DOES it feel to...
Constitutional provisions on language in the Philippines, 8
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
WHAT can clearly be implemented is the āauxiliary official languagesā provision.
Why? Because unlike the āFilipinoā language provision, which...
Constitutional provisions on language in the Philippines, 7
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
WE HAVE to acknowledge that the makers of a Constitution are human and humans have made and could...
Constitutional provisions on language in the Philippines, 6
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
EVER wondered why foreigners seem to adapt to speaking the Visayan languages Cebuano and Ilonggo more easily than...
Constitutional provisions on language in the Philippines, 5
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
THE PROVISION that the auxiliary official languages are the regional languages (Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Cebuano, Ilocano, etc.) and shall...
Constitutional provisions on language in the Philippines, 4
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
1973 CONSTITUTION
ART. XV, SEC.3. (3) Until otherwise provided by law, English and Pilipino shall be the official languages.What...
Constitutional provisions on language in the Philippines, 3
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
TAGALISTAS almost always pride themselves as anti-imperialist. The irony of it is that the imposition of Tagalog (honey-coated...
Constitutional provisions on language in the Philippines, 2
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
IN THE 1935 Constitution, the idea of One Nation - One Language became evident. The 1935 Constitution mandated...
Constitutional provisions on language in the Philippines, 1
BY DR. JOSE MA. EDUARDO P. DACUDAO
FOR MOST of the history of humanity, no one has thought to legislate a national language.
There have been...
The Fifth of November and The Ilonggo Nation
BY JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO
REMEMBER, remember, the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
This...