Posted by Nicholas Laughlin to Global Voices Online Over the last four years, Guyana’s People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government, headed by President Bharrat Jagdeo , has been criticised for what some observers see as its efforts to stifle media scrutiny. One major incident was the suspension of the broadcast license of the CNS Channel Six […]
Bahraini Blogger Discusses Meaning of Volunteering
Posted by Ayesha Saldanha to Global Voices Online While volunteerism exists in every country, people’s motivations for volunteering can vary enormously. A Bahraini blogger currently studying in the UK compares the spirit of volunteering in Bahrain and in Western countries. Sayed Mahmood Alaali starts by describing what he feels is the basic difference: أردت منذ […]
China Earthquake Causes Environmental Destruction
Posted by Kelly Proctor A week after China’s deadly earthquake killed nearly 56,000 people, environmental and other costs of the 8.0 magnitude earthquake are becoming clearer. On this post we examine posts related to the environmental fallout of the earthquake, and also the plight of animals in the earthquake area. Plans for a proposed petrochemical […]
Exposing McCain’s ‘Free Ride’
by Seth Michaels Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is running for president, and he’s running on a Bush-style platform that won’t turn America around for working families. In a time of economic crisis, this could stop his candidacy cold—because the last thing we need is more of McSame. There’s one problem, though: The national press, whose […]
Global Fund Stands By Decision to Deny Funds to Zimbabwe
The Global Fund defended its decision to deny donor funding to Zimbabwe’s public health efforts early this year and encouraged the country to use the feedback provided by an independent panel of experts from the previous two years in applying for this year’s new round of funding. The Global Fund is a nongovernmental organization, bankrolled […]
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