Despite repression and hostility towards the gay and lesbian population in Africa, many have still revealed themselves. However, they had revealed themselves through the means of the internet. In a sense it is more convenient because it is generally easier with the sense of anonymity. In Africa, the sense of anonymity is very helpful. One […]
Whoever Becomes the Chief White House Occupier
US domestic policies slightly change with the change of the president. But the foreign policy rarely does. It is almost certain that even if one of Bush’s rivals wins the coming US presidential elections, there will be no immediate end to the US occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and several other […]
Bobby Fischer passed away in silence
The death of former American chess grandmaster Robert James “Bobby” Fischer last January 17, 2008 in Iceland is one for the book. The storied life of Bobby Fischer – considered by many as mentally unstable – will remain in the history books as the man who defeated Russian grandmaster Boris Spassky in the cold war […]
“Idiot box” an effective instrument of hate
It started last year when two big TV Stations brought their hostility to the “idiot box” or television where scatting remarks and accusations were announced and posted uninterruptedly on the boob tube. GMA 7 and ABS-CBN 2, the Philippines’ two biggest TV Stations loathed each other that their word war became intense. The two protagonists […]
In male world of Mariachi, women sing their own tune
Dusk falls on a regular Thursday night in Mexico City’s Plaza de Garibaldi and the capital’s multitude of mariachi prepare for another night’s work. Amidst the overwhelmingly male musicians strutting around the neglected Plaza in their skin-tight charro outfits is Mariachi Sonidos de America Feminil – a female group of musicians daring to brave the […]
New claim arises: Laser beam technology killed Benazir
The controversy over former premier Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has taken another turn with a section of her Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) claiming she was targeted with sophisticated "laser beam technology". Bhutto’s wounds were caused not by bullets but by some sort of laser weapon, ‘The Nation’ newspaper said quoting sources in the PPP. When Bhutto […]