Filipino Sign Language Interpreters for Duterte’s SONA

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Local news networks ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), GMA, TV5, and PTV4 recently tapped Filipino Sign Language (FSL) interpreters for the Third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 23, 2018 at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City.

To be able to fully deliver the President’s speech to the country’s Deaf community, the School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS) of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, together with the Philippine Federation of the Deaf and the Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (PNASLI), lent the helping hands of its skilled and steadfast Deaf and hearing coordinators, partners, and associates to interpret the SONA through FSL.

Sign Language interpreters include SDEAS Dean Nicky Templo-Perez and John Baliza for ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) and DZMM; Jojo Esposa and Joi Villareal for GMA; Jun Sevilla and Rjay Soriano Jr. for TV5; and Naty Natividad and Febe Sevilla for PTV 4.

Photo Captions:

Cover photo: Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (PNASLI) President John Baliza and Benilde School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS) Dean Nicky Templo Perez for ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), and DZMM

1. Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (PNASLI)’s Naty Natividad for PTV4
2. Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (PNASLI)’s Jojo Esposa and Joi Villareal for GMA
3. Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (PNASLI)’s Rjay Soriano for TV5
4. Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (PNASLI)’s Jun Sevilla for TV5

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