The clouds slowly move from one place to another up in the heaven of Baybay boulevard*. And while my friend and I view the warm scenery of the sea and the sky in a cloudy afternoon, my mind wonders on how or what could the pre-colonial Waray-speaking people imagined the universe.
Kamakahurobya man paghinulat han adlaw Labi na nga us ka bulan an pag-iinuran. Say ko nakikit-an an nasarang nga lawag Han natipakan nga hasag Di ko lugod natutudyan an nagpupukat-pukat nga bitoon syahan nagbeberde katima nag-aasul ngan nagrorosa ngan nagpupurula Nga ini tultolan ko pakadto ha amon
Among the headline-grabbing events that occurred in the Eastern Samar region in the year that is to end: (The lines quoted here are taken from the write-ups of Ced Solidon and Joey Gabieta to mention a few.)
The Iligan National Writers Workshop is accepting manuscripts in Waray on its 16th year this 2009. Aside from the eleven slots allocated for the non-Visayas applicants, five from the Visayas are available for writing fellowships to the INWW.
The 23 fellows for the 5th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop slated on November 5-7, 2008 at TTMIST, Calbayog City, Samar were named by Phil Harold Mercurio, the Lamiraw project coordinator.
Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 647, declaring the month of October as the National Statistics Month, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Regional Office 8, will sponsor a Siday contest, which will be aired daily over the DYVL Aksyon Radyo, Tacloban City, starting October 6 this year, every 7:30 A.M.
Poet Andrea Sagaoinit, whom others consider as the “Iroy ha Pagsurat han Kinaiyahan,” approaches education with reverence. Her literary craft seldom, if not always, brings to mind the magnitude and value of pursuing studies, be that formal or informal. In spite of losing the main theme of her poetry in Waray, Andring – as she [...]
Nakarawat na hin entri an Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino o KWF ngan an mga Panrehiyong Sentro ng Wikang Filipino para ha Gawad Komisyon 2008.
The Tiburcio Tancinco Memorial Institute of Science and Technology (TTMIST), Calbayog City, is now accepting applications for the 5th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop to be held on November 5-7, 2008. The theme for this year’s Workshop is “An pagsurat [sin] siday pagparig-on san aton pinulungan” (Free translation: To write poetry is to build up our [...]
Tinood gud nga mas maupay nga magbisiklita na la o maglakat agud diri maging oripon ha sunod-sunod nga paghitaas han presyo ha petrolyo, lugaring may usa pa nga butang nga mabubuhat an katawhan Pilipino. – Danilo A. Arao