Almost three months after the Senate passed the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) Bill in a bid to “promote the rights of the deaf to identity, expression, and communication,” President Rodrigo Duterte ...

I am a government employee, and I have co-workers who are deaf. They usually communicate through writing and sign language. I was told that they primarily use English sign language as a means of ...

CEBU, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7 is pushing for Filipino Sign Language (FSL) in order to gain more advocates, learners, and practitioners to ensure that no ...

Amid the celebration of the International Day of Sign Languages today, September 23, Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for a Senate inquiry on the impact of using the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as ...

Now that the K to 12 system of education is being enforced in the country and native languages have begun to be used as medium of instruction from kindergarten to Grade 3, deaf children will also get ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has approved the rules institutionalizing the use of Filipino sign language (FSL) in court proceedings. In its session held last Oct. 28, the high tribunal ...

A bill declaring the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as an official medium of instruction and mode of communication has been approved by the Senate in the third and final reading on Tuesday. “Let’s ...

Every now and then, a feel-good story about a person picking up a phrase or two in sign language to make someone deaf or hard of hearing feel better will pop up on my Facebook or Twitter feeds. One of ...

You can now clearly understand the gospel in the language of your heart. After toiling for nine months, Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) completed the translation of the New Testament book of Matthew in ...

I didn't know how much I didn't know about sign language. When we were teenagers, my friends and I pretended we knew sign language after we had studied those little cards, about 2.5 inches by 3.5 ...