By Mechelle Hankerson Capital News Service RICHMOND – While Virginia Commonwealth University isn’t the center of the gun debate triggered by December’s school shootings in Connecticut, Vice President Joe Biden got VCU’s help Friday in continuing the national dialogue on the matter. In the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, […]
Polio Vaccination, mothers reject Immunization
The supervisor of polio vaccination program Juba payam Mr. Daniel Dabi in close interviews with this reporter has revealed cases of objection from mothers. “some mothers are blocking out vaccinators from reaching their children” he said that some mothers told polio house to house vaccinators that their children had been surviving without vaccination, so no […]
UTTAR PRADESH COULD PIONEER THE END OF THE UPA2 SONIA CONGRESS CORRUPTION AND DYNASTIC RAGES
The recent insightful observations of the former BBC Chief Mark Tully directly point to ‘Sonia is the problem’ for the parlous state of India today; rampant corruption, the engulfing China threat to India, India’s diminished regional role in South Asia, threat to the Indian Ocean sea lanes critical to India’s survival and debased political debate […]
Time is running out for Palawan Biospehre Reserve
Despite continued opposition by indigenous communities and the efforts of NGOs, indigenous federations like NATRIPAL (Nagkakaisang mga Tribu ng Palawan) and foreign academic institutions, government officials in the Philippines are deadest on letting mining companies have their way with the island of Palawan. According to ALDAW (Ancestral Land/Domain Watch), one of several groups working to […]
Obama Press Conference, Third in 3 Days
Showing a drastic difference from the current Administration, President-Elect Barack Obama held his third Press Conference in three days this morning. Mr. Obama announced the formation of a new entity, the Presidential Economic Recovery Advisory Board, to provide advice and oversight of his economic recovery plan by persons outside of government. The Board will […]
LADIES’ CHAMPION
Mr. (Alhaji) Bello Masaba is no ordinary man. A multibillionaire in naira (Nigeria’s legal tender), he is not only rich in money, but also in women, in wives. Until recently, he had kept one of the world’s largest harems. He is a ladies’ champion indeed. With his empire of money-spinning businesses, it was never difficult […]