President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the measure declaring Filipino Sign Language (FSL) the national sign language of the Filipino Deaf and mandating the use of the same in all government ...

PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte has signed the Filipino Sign Language Act or Republic Act (RA) No. 11106, which declares the Filipino Sign Language as the National Sign Language of the Filipino deaf and ...

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 ...

Drawing the line To set the record straight, experts agree that the distinction between the two languages lies in their linguistic status, nature, and scope. “Legally, Filipino is our national ...

Other committee members suggested that TV networks should be given the discretion on what sign language to use - Filipino or American - since it is their viewership or audience that would be affected.

Obet Dear Obet, We have a law, Republic Act (RA) 11106, otherwise known as "The Filipino Sign Language Act" which promotes Filipino Sign Language as the official communication that caters to the ...

FSL is a distinct language with its own content, grammar and principles that are not dependent on spoken English or Filipino languages and is a completely visually-oriented language. Here are 8 FSL ...

Actress Janine Gutierrez hailed the use of Filipino Sign Language (FSL) in television newscasts following the inclusion of interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. “So good that there’s ...

Filipino deaf community commend Janine Gutierrez. | Credits to janinegutierrez (Twitter) The Filipino Sign Language Act, or RA No. 11106, states that the “Filipino Sign Language shall be the language ...

Tagalog is one of the country's major languages, while Filipino is the official language of the Philippines; however, they are often used interchangeably, with the two considered to be the same thing.