Artist Taipan Lucero doing calligraphy using the indigenous script known as Baybayin, used before Spanish colonization in 1521, at an event in Manila. (AFP) MANILA, Philippines–With deliberate golden ...

Learners joined the Tagalog and Baybayin Script pogram at The Filipino Saturday School with Jade Cadelina and Mark Ong. As Filipinos continue their journey towards cultural preservation, Baybayin ...

Ally Gonzalo is on a mission to remain connected with their homeland. The Filipino-Canadian immigrated to Canada in the summer of 2016 but is determined never to lose touch with their culture and what ...

In recent years, Baybayin tattoos have become a meaningful way for Filipinos to connect with Filipino roots. Often confused with alibata, Baybayin is a pre-colonial script unique to the Philippines.

Can you imagine making a grocery list in Baybayin script? The idea is not far-fetched. Last April, the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture approved the proposed “National Writing System Act ...

MANILA, Philippines — With deliberate golden strokes, artist Taipan Lucero proudly brings an ancient script back to life, in the hope of promoting an endangered but contentious part of Philippine ...

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker has filed a bill urging Congress to institutionalize the use of Baybayin, or ancient transcripts of indigenous peoples in the country, in the official logos of all ...

There was worrisome news recently of the rapid spread of signs on Boracay in Chinese characters, which has irritated locals who complain we are becoming foreigners in our own land. One local ...

A young Philippine artist and freelance illustrator has created a card game she hopes will inspire her countrymen to help revive the written language used by their ancestors. Patricia Ramos hopes her ...