Kalinga Vice Governor Jocel C. Baac in a meaningful ceremony inducted the officers of the United Cordillera Students’ Cultural Organization Inc. (USCO) held on September 23, 2007 at the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao Mini-Gymnasium, Balzain, Tuguegarao City of Cagayan. Inducted during the event are the following Chapter Presidents: Charles O. Banag as CCT-UCSCO President, Ceasar […]
Nigerian beauty pageants accused of corruption
It appears that beauty pageants are jinxed in Akwa Ibom State. Indeed, there has never been any pageant in the state without controversies. It is either the organizers are accused of leaking the questions to their preferred candidates or the contestants themselves are not beautiful to participate in such competition. There are even instances that […]
Freedom from cyber crime: No reply, no buy, no spam
Abhishek Behl, www.merinews.cominews In an era when cyber crime is rising drastically, one should be extra careful while replying to unknown mails and subscribing to journals, magazines etc. BEWARE. Before clicking on any email just take your time and see to it that you are clicking on a message which comes […]
The Land of Colors
Jammu and Kashmir– It’s the most significant happening controlled every year by the J&K Tourism Department, in partnership with the local communities and the district administrations of Leh and Kargil from 1st to 15th September. Its chief purpose is to renew and promote the richness, depth and pomp of Ladakh’s centuries-old culture, traditions and folk […]
The End of FUD Revisited
Recent actions by Microsoft prompted us to re-issue this position paper and add a section on intellectual property. This position paper will address the question, “Can the open source approach to software development promote transparency and remove FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt?” By requiring that source code is freely available to all, the open […]
Fighting Back In Argentina
Fighting Back in Argentina By Nick Stern La Plata, Argentina — The incident, like an open wound, still rubs raw on the memories of many Argentines. On the morning of September 28, 2004, a 15-year-old assailant, known only as “Junior”, unloaded the full magazine of his father’s 9mm pistol, killing three fellow students and wounding […]