Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz competes in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26 2021. (AFP) Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Tuesday, Aug. 10, lauded the gallant efforts of Filipino athletes at the...
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...
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...
Nas Academy wants to set the record straight Screenshot from Nas Academy Nas Academy breaks its silence and issues a lengthy statement regarding claims that its Whang-od Academy is a scam, exploits Philippine culture, and that Whang-od has no knowledge of the project. Through a Facebook post...
Nas Academy, an online learning platform created by Nuseir Yassin aka Nas Daily, refuted allegations that the Whang-Od Academy is a "scam." In an official statement, they noted how the 104-year-old Kalinga tattoo master and Dangal Haraya awardee herself, is aware of it, contrary to the recent...
The said learning course about the 104-year-old tattoo artist is now unavailable on the learning platform Launched in 2020, Nas Academy is a learning platform created by social media personality Nuseir Yassin, best known as Nas Daily. On June 2021, the platform grew with courses featuring a number...
The National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL), the country’s premier recognition and advisory body on science and technology (S&T) thumbed down Thursday, July 29, the 174-hectare Dumaguete reclamation project, citing its environment and socio-economic impacts. Under...
A massive fire engulfs the Timber City Academy in Butuan City on Tuesday night (July 27). (Photo courtesy of Butuan City Public Information Office Facebook page) DAVAO CITY - A fire that reached the 4th alarm razed down one of the oldest schools in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on Tuesday night....
Views from the Ridge Justice Arturo Brion, Chancellor, Philippine Judicial Academy The Philippine Judicial Academy ( PhilJA ) has often been asked how it can contribute to the judiciary’s quest for excellence through the legal education and training it provides to justices, judges and other...
Here’s a school that wants to make OPM even better Enchong Dee and Joshua Garcia reopened Academy of Rock (AOR) Philippines last July 18, 2021 with a mission to give Filipinos the education and first steps toward achieving their music dreams. The actors are among the co-owners of relaunched music...
The country’s scientists and researchers sought Thursday, July 15, the adoption of a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to address the issues, challenges, and problems brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (DOST-NAST PHL) The call was embodied in the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been urged to spearhead the promotion of consumption of locally produced plant-based healthy food to help reduce greenhouse emissions and protect the environment, to strengthen the economy, and improve natural body defenses against...
