Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a cooperative military prison and detention camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002. The prison, established at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, holds people accused by the United States government of being terrorist operatives, as well as those no longer considered suspects who are being held pending […]
African Vision for Citizen-Generated Media
In 2006, Time Magazine ranked "You" as the Person of the Year, implying that anyone — including you and me — now had the power to produce media content. Citing the shift from institutions to individuals in media content creation, Time named anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web as their 2006 […]
3 Bengali Nobel laureates : Part-3(Muhammad Yunus)
Dr. Muhammad Yunus: Dr.Muhammad Yunus from Bangladesh was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, along with his Grameen Bank, for their efforts to create economic and social development.Muhammad Yunus was the first Bangladeshi and third Bengali to ever get a Nobel Prize. In the prize announcement The Norwegian Nobel Committee mentioned: Muhammad Yunus has shown […]
Crime and Punishment
The Leftist magazine Mainstream in a recent issue carried a very interesting article by Shree Shankar Sharan, representing a Gandhian organization Lok Paksh. The article offered a constructive and rather innovative solution to deal with the Naxalites of Andhra Pradesh, a festering sore that refuses to go away. Drawing on their experiences in dealing […]
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES
Ernesto Miguel, Ph. D. and Irene Calsiyao Edited by MARCIANO PAROY JR. Abstract This study was conducted to assess the factors associated with Swidden farming/Patch cultivation practice in Barangay Magao-gao, Pinukpuk. The study was conducted from November 2005-April 2006. It focused mainly on the factors of Socioeconomic, […]
THE DIFFUSION OF FARMING INNOVATIONS AMONG RICE FARMERS OF TABUK, KALINGA
Edgar Naganag, Manuel Bilagot, Jovita Saguibo Edited by Marciano Paroy Jr. ABSTRACT The first thing to be done was to identify the areas where the research be conducted. After the areas and the respondents are finally identified, the enumerators, researchers and the respondents met in an initial meeting […]