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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...