(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Philippines saw another record for the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in a single day as the Department of Health (DOH) reported 19,441 new infections on Saturday, Aug. 28. This latest count beat the previous highest daily count last Aug. 23...
There seems to be no respite from COVID-19 as the country's daily cases of infections continued to soar Thursday. The health department reported over 12,000 new cases of infections for the second consecutive day while total cases of the Delta variant jumped to 627. President Duterte also issued new...
After several exchanges of their experiences on social media over the past few days, Louise Mabulo, the founder of the Cacao Project, shares an update regarding the controversy related to the Israeli vlogger, Nuseir Yassin or Nas Daily. It started after Mabulo called out the social media...
Beauty queen-turned-TV host-actress Kylie Verzosa has belied the allegation of controversial Palestinean-Israeli video blogger Nas Daily over the achievement of Cacao Project founder Louise Emmanuelle De Guzman Mabulo. Recall that following Nas' "Whang-Od Academy scam," Louise deemed the foreign...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), an attached agency of the the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), is investigating if there are violations committed against Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) amidst the Whang-Od and Nas Academy...
“He said, she said.” That continues to be the theme of the controversy around social personality Nusier Yassin (Nas Daily) and Cacao Project founder Louise Mabulo . Louise Mabulo and Nas Daily In his latest video post, released on Aug. 9, 2021, Nas Daily explains his side, describing the...
As we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day, let's remember the importance of the indigenous groups in our country and our role in protecting them Photo by Noel Pabalate After Republic Act (RA) No. 10689 was passed in 2015, we now celebrate every Aug. 9 as National Indigenous Peoples Day. This...
A House of Representative body has endorsed committee approval of a bill proposing to protect intellectual property rights of indigenous communities and at the same time may address issues surrounding the Apo Whang Od- Nas Daily controversy. Whang Od Anak Mindanao Partylist Rep. Amihilda Sangcopan...
Catriona Gray Following the recent controversy surrounding Nas Daily, former Miss Universe Catriona Gray has stopped accepting new applicants for her academy, where she was expected to teach self-confidence and overcoming insecurities. Catriona issued the statement through Cornerstone...
An anthropology professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman offered an explanation regarding the controversy involving Apo Whang-od of Kalinga and Palestinian-Israeli content creator Nuseir Yassin of Nas Daily. Tattoo master Apo Whang-od and vlogger Nuseir Yassin of Nas Daily...
Is Palestinean-Israeli video blogger Nas Daily now slowly becoming a pariah on social media? Note that last Aug. 4, before his issue with the 104-year-old Kalinga tattoo master and Dangal Haraya awardee Whang-od surfaced, he has 20.98 million followers. As of writing, he now only has 20.47 million....
The question is does our oldest living mambabatok have the right to sign away 'all the rituals, tools, and methods' of this ancient art of tattooing When viewed as an ancient practice, there is nothing personal in the Kalinga tattoo. On the men, especially during the headhunting phase of Kalinga...
