Before Microsoft Vista was released, there was much anticipation by the Microsoft user community. The so-called Longhorn version of the Operating System was going to be the latest and greatest since Windows for Workgroups. However, as Microsoft kept pushing back the launch date of their new OS; people became, a little more leery about the […]
Singapore Considers Allowing Organ Trading
Posted by Mong Palatino to Global Voices Online An important debate is raging in Singapore: Should government legalize organ trade? The debate began last month when two young Indonesians were arrested and jailed for trying to sell their kidneys to a wealthy businessman in Singapore. The Human Organ Transplant Act “bans the supply of any […]
Airlines to pay for denying boarding
Shoddy treatment of fliers will soon cost airlines dear. Within days of issuing strict refund rules, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation is finalising a new policy under which airlines will have to compensate passengers denied boarding on overbooked flights. Fliers will also be given the option of asking for a refund or a later […]