Two regional trade union organisations, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions-Africa Regional Organisation (ICFTU-AFRO) and Democratic Organisation of African Workers Trade Unions (DOAWTU) that merged into Independent National Trade Union Centres within the African region (ITUC-AFRICA) on Wednesday November 28, 2007 met in Accra-Ghana. They will forever relish the memory of the desire to […]
Military Spending Proves a Detriment to Human Rights
The disproportionate rift between military spending and money spent on programs that would potentially advance or sustain human rights has become a disturbing worldwide standard. As William Felice points out in his article from International Affairs, many of the world’s nations are denying basic fiscal rights to their citizens, instead favoring major investments in […]
Wipro Technologies has won the global enterprise
Wipro Technologies, the flagship global IT services business of Wipro Ltd, has won the global enterprise award instituted by Teleos, a US-based knowledge management and intellectual capital firm. In a statement here Tuesday, the IT bellwether said the company was chosen for the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) award by a panel of Fortune 500 […]
RP Politicians caused of poverty, hunger and insurgency
Yes indeed, Filipino politicians and those who are in government service are the cause of poverty, hunger and insurgency in the Philippines. Majority of these politicians belongs to the prominent families of the Philippines who ruled the country since after independence from the American colonizer. The neo-politicos who gained prominence after the EDSA Revolution of […]
US Economy-Recession, Depression, or Collapse?
“For Consumers, the Hits Keep Coming” a recent banner headline in a New York Times-owned daily newspaper here in Northern California reports. The article misses the main points. If we continue to understand ourselves as primarily passive consumers, rather than as active citizens, the US economy will enter at least a recession, probably a depression, […]
King Edward VII was a frequent visitor to the luxurious Belle Epoque brothel ‘Le Chabanais’
Le Chabanais was one of the best known and most luxurious brothels in Paris, operating near the Louvre at 12 rue Chabanais from 1878 until 1946. It was founded by the Irish-born Madame Kelly, who was closely associated with several members of the prestigious Jockey-Club de Paris. She sold shares in the profitable business to […]
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