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UST to place Baybayin in campus signages, install interactive QR codes in buildings

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UST to place Baybayin in campus signages, install interactive QR codes in buildings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas aims to incorporate Baybayin in all safety and street signs around the campus to help revitalize the Philippines' cultural identity, its facilities management chief said. UST Facilities Management Office (FMO) Director Fr. Dexter Austria, O.P. said directional signages containing the traditional script are expected to be…

UST places then removes ‘prototype’ Baybayin street signs

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas has drawn criticism over the incorrect use of Baybayin in street signs that officials claimed are just initial designs for a project. The signs containing the supposed Baybayin equivalent of street names were seen by students as early as yesterday and immediately made rounds online.…

‘Stop, learn, and listen:’ revisiting Baybayin scripts in public spaces

THE RENOVATION of the Lagusnilad underpass aimed to capture an ancient part of Filipino culture in its reopening two years ago, replacing cracks with signages that include Baybayin characters and their English transliteration. Baybayin, an ancient writing script of the Philippines rooted in the pre-colonial period, met the heavy foot…

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