Construction is underway for the P557.8-million first phase of the National Academy of Sports (NAS), a green and climate-resilient learning center and training ground for deserving Filipino scholar-athletes at New Clark City, in Capas, Tarlac. From left to right: BCDA Senior Vice President Engr....
Colonel Manuel Lukban Jr., a member of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Tagapamayapa Class 1990, formally assumed his post as acting Bulacan police director on Friday, Oct. 8. Brig. Gen. Valeriano T. de Leon (center), Central Luzon police regional director, leads the turnover of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has formally welcomed two new executives in the department and its attached agencies. (Photo from DepEd) During the virtual oath-taking ceremonies, DepEd formally designated Dr. Malcolm S. Garma as the Assistant Secretary for the National Academy of Sports (NAS)...
The pioneering batch of student-athlete scholars under the National Academy of Sports (NAS) were among the millions of students who welcomed the School Year 2021-2022 (SY) last week. National Academy of Sports (NAS) / DepEd NAS, the newest attached institution of the Department of Education...
Pope Francis has appointed a Filipino Dominican priest as member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Fr. Albino Barrera (PHOTO FROM ARCIC WEBSITE) CBCP News said the Vatican announced the appointment of Fr. Albino Barrera on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Born in Manila, the 65-year old US-based...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday announced that the construction of the Government Strategic Communications Academy (GSCA) will finally begin this month. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Andanar said that the...
The country’s revered and oldest mambabatok Apo Whang-od did not give her consent and was not aware that she would teach the Kalinga art of tattooing on Nas Academy, based on the results of the probe conducted by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) this month. Apo Whang-od (Photo...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade led the ground-breaking ceremony for the first ever K9 Academy in Southeast Asia which will be operated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine Ports Area (PPA) at a former American military base in Central Luzon. During the...
Some 28 business and professional organizations in the country have expressed strong support as they called to uphold the independence of the Commission on Audit, which has uncovered “deficiencies” in its audit on the way government funds were being appropriated by government agencies. “We,...
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...
