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.

Desendants of Francisco Balagtas laywreaths before his monument in Onion, Bataan . National Literature Month (Pambansang Buwan ng Panitikan) was formally launched in Orion, Bataan, where Balagtas ...

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 sites ...

A young student takes part in a Balagtasan at the Jose Rizal Institute in Orion, Bataan. Photo by Amanda T. Fernandez Lovers of Filipino literature from all over the country got together on April 2 to ...

The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino on Wednesday awarded the winners of the 51st Talaang Ginto: Makata ng Taon, a poetry contest sponsored by the government, at the Jose Rizal Institute in Orion, Bataan.

ORION, Bataan — The coastal village of Pag-asa Wawa here, also known as “Hardin ni Balagtas” (Garden of Balagtas), was silent witness to the solemn ceremony that conferred on singer ...