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 ...
FSL Buddy 2.0, a mobile application which serves as a guide for Filipino Sign Language (FSL), will soon be available in leading app stores. FSL, the natural sign language used by the majority of the ...
Members of the Filipino Deaf Community participated in a review of the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) New Testament translation ...
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 ...
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 FSL/sign ...
THE Supreme Court (SC) has approved the Rules on Filipino Sign Language Interpreting in the Judiciary (FSL Rules), a landmark measure that will give deaf litigants and witnesses effective ...
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 ...
The theme for International Mother Language Day 2020 being celebrated today, Feb. 21, is “Languages without borders.” Unesco declares that at least 43 percent of the estimated 6,000 languages spoken ...
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) was established on Sept. 23, 1951, in Rome. This date is now celebrated as the International Day of Sign Languages worldwide. In over six decades, the WFD has ...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines. INQUIRER file photo / Niño Jesus Orbeta MANILA, Philippines – In one of its significant inclusivity measures in 2025, the Supreme Court approved the rules on ...
The Filipino Sign Language Access Team for Covid-19 (FSLACT4Covid19), a group of deaf and hearing volunteers, has campaigned for the inclusion of FSL insets on daily news broadcasts of national ...