China Banking Corporation posted a 25 percent increase in net income to P15.1 billion last year on the back of sustained core business growth and effective cost management. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its earnings translated to an improved return on equity and...
Singer Sheryn Regis and vlogger Mel de Guia recently visited the village of Buscalan in Tinglayan, Kalinga. There, the two got inked by Apo Whang-od, considered the last mambabatok (Kalinga tattooist) from the Butbut tribe. Note that Apo Whang-od has been tattooing people the past 80 years —...
China Banking Corporation posted a 35 percent growth in consolidated net income to P11.2 billion for the January to September 2021 period on the back of sustained core business growth and effective cost management. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said it was able to ride...
All is well now it seems with Nas Academy and Apo Whang Od. Well, at least, this is what Nas Academy shared on Facebook recently. They wrote: "Hello from Buscalan, Kalinga! Last Friday, we visited Apo Whang-Od and the Butbut Tribe to participate in a customary reconciliation process. It was an...
The controversy involving country’s revered and oldest mambabatok Apo Whang-od and Nas Academy, the online ed-tech platform of Palestinian-Israeli vlogger Nuseir Yassin also known as Nas Daily, has finally been put to rest. The Philippines' revered and oldest mambabatok Apo Whang-od (NCIP...
After the Whang-Od controversy, Palestinean-Israeli video blogger Nas Daily revealed that his online school is back on track. On Facebook, he revealed that they're running a "Free Community Classes" in the Philippines, which is their Nas Academy's way of "giving back." "We're teaching LIVE our best...
Nas Daily The online school of Palestinean-Israeli video blogger Nas Daily has opposed the findings of the Regional Office of National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). Nas Daily's full statement: "We have just been informed of the contents of a Press Release from the Regional Office of 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...
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...
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...
