When 29-year-old Vancouver resident Bouabal Bounthavorn answered the door at the Hotel Riu, a five-star hotel in Cabo San Lucas, he tussled with a lone gunman, who then fired three shots into his head, killing him. His girlfriend, 24-year-old Masha Heikali, was shot in the foot and is recovering in British Columbia. Cabo San Lucas […]
Korea: Chinese Students Fear for Safety after Torch Relay Violence
by John Kennedy Last week someone left a comment on a GVO post, something to the effect of ‘the whole world hates the Chinese people now’ and for a lot of people in (and outside) China, it sure is looking difficult to evenbe Chinese these days. Following the violence in Seoul during the Olympic torch relay there last week, […]
A Noisy First Day in Malaysian Parliament
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia: Wednesday. It was to be expected. The very first day of business for our Parliament after a shocking twelfth General Election. Sadly, not much else was debated. The Live telecast showed several Opposition members, perhaps psychologically encouraged by the presence of their adviser, Anwar Ibrahim, yelling and arguing with the Speaker. […]
Greed Revisited
More and more it appears as if 2008 might become The Year The Truth Began To Be Spoken — particularly in these United States. That’s sure to be a welcome transformational experience for a culture long steeped in smiley-faced spin control. At first The Truth may appear to be hurtful, but that’s not its purpose. […]
Pravin Mahajan guilty
MUMBAI: Dressed in a starched white kurta pyjama, Pravin Mahajan gingerly made his way to the dock on Monday when sessions judge Srihari Daware called out for him. He knew it was the day of judgment. Maintaining an impassive expression, he stood straight as the judge ran through the events on the morning of April […]
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES
Ernesto Miguel, Ph. D. and Irene Calsiyao Edited by MARCIANO PAROY JR. Abstract This study was conducted to assess the factors associated with Swidden farming/Patch cultivation practice in Barangay Magao-gao, Pinukpuk. The study was conducted from November 2005-April 2006. It focused mainly on the factors of Socioeconomic, […]