ZAMBOANGA CITY— Chavacanos are beaming with pride at the fate of a local college acoustic band that used to take small gigs just to get their songs heard. Maldita (crafty in Mexican Spanish) has been ...

Keeping up with its goal of normalizing regional languages in mainstream pop, the multilingual pop boy band Alamat puts the spotlight on Chavacano with its latest single, “Porque.” Originally recorded ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY (PIA) – With deep pride in its heritage, the City Government here marked the 14th Chavacano Foundation Day, a celebration of the enduring legacy and cultural significance of Asia’s only ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses are translating publications from English to at least 23 local dialects, an effort which also contributes to preserving Philippine languages and culture. Although the Witnesses ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines —Noting that the use of Chavacano is eroding among younger generations, senatorial candidate Ben BITAG Tulfo is pushing the preservation of the language. Chavacano is used ...

Cavite City is home to plenty of Chavacano speakers. But what once was a thriving language may be on its way out. INQUIRER.net takes a #LookThrough Cavite’s Chavacano language and how one community is ...

Zamboanga’s cuisine is rich, its offerings a melting pot of flavors with Spanish, Malay and Muslim influences. Though its fare is not much different from that of the rest of the country, its local ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—A Canadian Catholic priest is reviving a radio drama in this city in a bid to preserve the Chavacano language. “This is one treasure of Zamboanguenos,” said Fr. Arthur ...

Filmmakers and artists were recognized during the Cine Chavacano 2025 ZAMBOANGA CITY (PIA) — Filmmakers and artists were recognised during the annual Cine Chavacano Film Festival on February 28th. The ...

CAVITE CITY: The local government here on Thursday, February 29, held a poetry competition meant to revive the Chavacano dialect, a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in this ...

TV Patrol Chavacano is the local news program of ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Zamboanga Peninsula aired on ABS-CBN TV-3 Zamboanga and simulcast on TV-10 Jolo and on radio via MOR 98.7 Zamboanga ...