On June 3, 2014 I received an email communication from Alex Bronstein-Moffly , Deputy Director of Public Affairs Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction dealing with systemic problems in connection with a prison “building project” funded through the State Department to the tune of $113 million that resulted in a host of problems and quality control […]
Afghan government must improve its response to civilian harm
With civilian casualties once again rising in Afghanistan, the Afghan government must urgently boost its response to civilian casualties. Today the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that the civilian death toll in the first half of this year increased 23% compared to same period last year. The Taliban and other armed groups were responsible […]
Recognition Awards 2012 | The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece
This article was chosen as one of the best published so far in 2012 on Ground Report. The winners received a prize of $60, which comes from an anonymous donor. The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece by J Iddhis Bing Of Odious Debt & Other Monstrosities: As Greece Goes, So […]
The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece
Of Odious Debt & Other Monstrosities: As Greece Goes, So Goes Ireland, Too INTERVIEW WITH TONY PHILLIPS Defeat is the battle that isn’t waged. – Alex Tsipras Iddhis Bing Tony Phillips is an Irish journalist and political economist, editor of the online magazine DensidadRegional.org He contributed to the newly published What […]
Philippines: Chief Justice Impeachment Ombudsman AMLC shows US$30 Million unexplained transactions
Manila – Months after the start of a Impeachment trial and just into the first week of the defense of Impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona a series of accounts presented in open public trial from a investigation of the Philippine Anti Money Laundering Council. Has produced the prosecution claims the strongest evidence so far into […]
Internal BP Probes Warned of Accidents – For Years
by Abrahm Lustgarten and Ryan Knutson A series of internal investigations over the past decade warned senior BP managers that the company repeatedly disregarded safety and environmental rules and risked a serious accident if it did not change its ways. The confidential inquiries, which have not previously been made public, focused on a rash of […]