SUVA: A powerful hurricane was heading closer to Fiji’s main islands and tourist areas Friday, prompting warnings from authorities to evacuate low lying areas. Cyclone Daman strengthened overnight to category four on a five point scale and changed course closer to the South Pacific nation’s main populated areas, officials said. By late Friday morning Daman was packing […]
Workshop discusses labour rights
A two-day national tripartite workshop on social dialogue (Sialkot Initiative 2007) concluded on Tuesday wherein experts and stakeholders demanded the promotion of the soccer ball industry of Sialkot. They pledged to promote a social dialogue through training and ensuring the promotion of infrastructure of manufacturers and exporters. The participants also discussed the ways to raise […]
UP Gimpong Marks Its First Year
UP Gimpong Marks Its First Year by Marciano Paroy Jr. UP Gimpong, the Kalinga-based organization of UP students, shouts out its first anniversary by holding a nine-day celebration (October 22-30) filled with activities worthy of the reputation attached to the school of the Gimpong members. According to Victor Dalanao, one of the organizers […]
Govornment Should More Focus on ICT for disabled.
The information or knowledge-based society is no longer a matter of the future, rather a very contemporary urge of the time. In almost all aspects of our life, we need information and knowledge to get our basic needs met, make decision, move around, participate in social, economic and cultural activities. Many countries have laid down […]
Photos Raise TB Awareness
A community project in northern Thailand named TB Photovoice Thailand is using photos and stories to tackle often hidden issues surrounding TB and HIV infection, diagnosis, treatment and coping mechanisms. The project is proving that a picture can indeed speak a thousand words, but even more than that, it can help influence social change. […]
Photographers Document Climate Change Worldwide
Hardly a day goes by without some mention of the evidence of climate change. The stories often have to do with hurricanes or ice caps. Rarely do the little signs of climate change that we all notice in our lives appear in news stories – they’re just little things, but together they present a larger […]
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