Rep. Magtanggol Guinigundo of Valenzuela City, Metro Manila—author of House Bill 162 or the Multilingual Bill--keynotes the Kabikolan Conference on Language and Education for the promotion of a linguistics and multilingualism in instruction methods in the classroom exercising the right of children to learn in their first language to promote literacy as it facilitates the learning process, held at La Piazza Convention Center in Legazpi City, Feb 24, 2011. (Alex Cal/PIA)