If there is anything that the Filipino citizenry should be happy about, it is the latest announcement by the government to cancel its tripartite agreement with China and Vietnam for the joint seismic geographical survey on the portion of the Spratly Group of Islands for energy exploration. Why not? After all these shenanigans in government, nobody is certain […]
Bush speeds up licenses for military exports to US allies
President George W. Bush signed secret orders Tuesday aimed at accelerating the approvals process for exports of military equipment to US allies without undermining national security. The orders support the National Security Strategy of 2006, which was devised to help the United States wage its war on terror, while helping ensure it maintains its economic […]
Interview: John Pilger talks to London Progressive Journal
DP: This October (2007) the Burmese people once again took to the streets in defiance of the military junta – in the biggest outpouring of popular dissent since the 1988 Uprising. Though mainstream news coverage often alludes to the situation being an "internal" matter, the US State Department has admitted it is involved in a […]
Dashing, good-looking men also have it….
Breaking the myth Hey! The health cognizant metro-sexual Adams! If you thought that the risk of breast cancer was limited to the well endowed Eves alone, here’s an eye opener for you… Case Study 1: Harish (48), a software engineer in Noida, had been noticing painful lumps on his breasts for almost six months. Recently, […]
African Vision for Citizen-Generated Media
In 2006, Time Magazine ranked "You" as the Person of the Year, implying that anyone — including you and me — now had the power to produce media content. Citing the shift from institutions to individuals in media content creation, Time named anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web as their 2006 […]
Netherlands to launch CDM programme in Sialkot
GUJRAT:Sialkot The Netherlands has announced to launch an advanced multi-dimensional Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) programme in the city in collaboration with the business community under the supervision of Government of Pakistan to promote the use of cleaner environment technologies in industrial production, besides educating the business community about the environmental issues in local industrial sector. Deputy […]