St. Martin’s, a small continental island in the Bay of Bengal, is located on the southern most tip of Bangladesh separated from the mainland by a channel which is about 9 km wide. The distance between the island and Teknaf (the head of mainland) is about 34 km. It is said that in 1926, the […]
Media Ownership and Control in the Philippines Takes a New Form
Each year in the Philippines, where the digital divide is still an unresolved issue, it is more likely that citizens who turn to any medium will receive information, ideas, or entertainment controlled by the same handful of corporations. As Sheila Coronel, of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism noted in her article on media ownership and control in […]
Reading Between the Black and White
Well, The Black Guy (you know, that man who is part Kenyan, part European, the dark horse running against the Queen Inheritor Pre-Destined to the Oval Office, The Hillary (go ahead and skewer this writer, he couldn’t resist that pun!) is surely skilled at one thing. (I was beginning to worry, so this is good […]
Impacts of higher oil prices much severe in Third World
"Oil prices matter to the health of the world economy," the International Energy Agency says in a report. The direct impacts are much less on the western countries, but more on the oil-importing developing economies whose budgets are already strained by huge external debts. Fears of OPEC supply cuts, political tensions in Venezuela and tight […]
Most dangerous city in U.S.? Detroit, data say
In another blow to the Motor City’s tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation’s most dangerous city, according to a private research group’s controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics. The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive strike […]
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