THE Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), the government agency tasked to promote the Philippines’s national language, will mark Philippine literary giant Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar’s ...

Philippines — It’s a special non-working holiday today in Bataan in observance of the 220th birth anniversary of the great Filipino poet and orator Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar.

MIKE Coroza In celebration of the 226th birthday of Francisco Balagtas Baltazar last April 2, the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) led writers, teachers and students on a literary pilgrimage to ...

where Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar), the great poet from Bulacan, later worked as clerk of clerk, married and sired a large family (estimates range from seven to 12 children). Among those who laid ...

CEBU, Philippines — Google Doodle on Monday commemorated the life and legacy of Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar, one of the country’s literary giants. Google paid homage to the great ...

On April 2, 1788, Tagalog poet and author Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar was born. Among his greatest works were “Florante at Laura” and “Orosman at Zafira.” Balagtasan, a Filipino form ...

Members of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and other organizations offer flowers to the Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar's monument on April 2 at Liwasang Balagtas in Pandacan in Manila to mark the great ...

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has declared April 2 as a special non-working day in Bataan to allow the province to commemorate the birth anniversary of Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar ...

INTERNET giant Google on Monday celebrated the 230th birthday of Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar with a doodle of his literary masterpiece “Florante at Laura.” An epic poem that symbolizes Baltazar’s ...

Poet and playwright Francisco Baltazar, also known as Francisco Balagtas, is said to have written the literature classic “Florante at Laura” while in prison in the 1830s. Written in Tagalog ...