http://afripol.org/home.html Ben Bernanke, head of Federal Reserve Bank will be completing his second term on Jan. 31st 2014. Every indication is pointing to Bernanke relinquishing the position at end of second term for he does not have the interest for third term. Probably, he will be returning to private life or returning back to Princeton […]
Hurricane Isaac: Katrina, Part II
After being in a heightened state of anxiety for most of the past ten days due to the 24/7 reporting on the approach and devastation surrounding Hurricane Isaac, I feel compelled to give my first person narrative as one who experienced Isaac first hand. My 90 year old father and 84 year old mother have […]
Awaiting probe terms on airwave allocation: Justice Patil
Nearly six years after retiring from the Supreme Court, Shivraj V. Patil heads to New Delhi Sunday to adjudicate on the appropriateness of the current norms to allocate airwaves to telecom players. Patil, 70, will assume charge Monday as the one-man committee announced by Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal in New Delhi on Thursday. […]
Can a perfect Exam be Constructed?
by Marciano A. Paroy Jr. I recently attended a seminar on Language Testing at the College of Teacher Education of the Mariano Marcos State University-Laoag Campus. The training activity was an opportunity for the participating teachers to be upgraded as to their ability to construct examination items – with the ultimate goal of coming up […]
White House Regroups on Guantanamo
This post was co-published [1] with The Washington Post and appeared in that paper on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. President Barack Obama talks on the phone while White House Counsel Gregory Craig stands by. Craig no longer heads the administration’s initiative to close the prison at Guantanamo, according to two senior administration officials. (Official White […]
Chappell: Ponting still the best captain
"Not only did they (selectors) handcuff Ponting at The Oval with four pacemen on a palpably dry pitch, but they also, once again, resorted to the failed ploy of expecting part-time spinners to do a specialist task. This is a crime punishable by demotion," Ian Chappell said. "Good selectors protect the captain from himself on […]