Spanish: to be official language again

**overdrayv** · August 19th, 2007 08:58 AM

from http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...508707&page=26

THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT WILL SEEK AID FROM SPAIN TO OFFICIALIZE SPANISH

Buenos Aires, 8th August 2007

Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is studying the prospects of reviving the official language status of Spanish by January after the country abandoned it in 1987. Arroyo will seek the collaboration of Spain, Sec. Humberto Lopez Morales of the Association of the Spanish Language Academy announced today.

In his inaugural speech before a spanish language forum held in the Argentine capital, Lopez Morales affirmed that the Philippine leader will send the petition to the Spanish government when she visits Madrid in December.

According to the Cuban philologist, Spain's cooperation with its former colony in Asia may include the shipment of teaching materials and provision of Spanish teachers among others.

If this happens, a decree re-establishing Spanish as an official language in the Philippines is expected to be passed into law possibly by January of next year, asserted Lopez Morales.

Arroyo has already expressed publicly her interest to revert to Spanish but this is the first time that a concrete date was set.

Last April, the Instituto Cervantes of Manila asked the Philippine government to re-include Spanish in the medium of instruction for public schools.

The Philippines removed Spanish from its education system in 1987 during the term of Pres. Corazon Aquino through a new constitution that was formed after the fall of Ferdinand Marcos regime.

At present, more than 5,000 Filipinos study Spanish in the country according to Instituto Cervantes.

Agencia EFE

original article in Spanish http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/efe/200...a-6cd3e4e.html

**Isuzoom** · August 19th, 2007 09:11 AM

NYETA!! paano tayo maka move forward kung ano ano iniisip ng mga pendehong government natin....spaniards, mexican and other spanish speaking countries are learning how to speak english and tayo mag spanish? BALLSHEET bobo!!!

**badkuk** · August 19th, 2007 09:19 AM

i believe that Spanish should be the official language.....

.....in Spain.

**alwayz_yummy** · August 19th, 2007 09:23 AM

istupido engrande tang*-engot!

**dazedchiq** · August 19th, 2007 09:26 AM

It wouldn't hurt to learn Spanish, but a drastic move like this is absurd.

**ess** · August 19th, 2007 09:29 AM

Mebbe they're doing this para makatipid sila sa pag-show ng mexican telenovelas.... no more need to dub.

But yeah, it's always good to learn a new language.

**alwayz_yummy** · August 19th, 2007 09:34 AM

di na uso ang mexiconovela-->korea/asianobela na....

pangit lang talaga kung ganyan ang gagawin, lalong magugulo ang education system natin-->taglish na nga ang turo di pa nga magets ng karamihan,e...