Op Ed: Bailout Package Favors Corporate Fat Cats
Region: United States
The federal government's US$700 bailout financial package to rescue an ailing financial market impacted by the recent collapse of Lehman Brothers Group has been described as an initiative that could only favor the corporat... more
Views: 1149An inquiry from a Chinese college student
Region: ChinaIt is heartwarming to know that someone from as far away as Jinan, China, is finding time to read entries at groundreport.com, which I write for. In fact, the Chinese email sender sent me a personal email on June 14, aski... more
Views: 1065Gov't eyes huge Medicaid cuts; SSA monitors SSIs
Region: United StatesThe federal government's plan to cut huge funding support to state governments across the country is expected to take a serious toll on those millions of residents who either lack insurance coverage or the uninsured patien... more
Views: 1278Alternative power vs Meralco's high rates
Region: PhilippinesThe fight between the head of the Government Service Insurance System and the Lopez-owned Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is over. This came about after the Court of Appeals (CA) decided in favor of the Lopez-owned Meral... more
Views: 1322Restricted hands command glory in jail
Region: United StatesReading the articles on the drug cartel's activities and the on-going killings related to the illegal drug distribution across the border into the United States is not only hair-raising experience, but a grim example of ho... more
Views: 1262Slain suspects maybe fall guys?
Region: PhilippinesFour of the six suspected robbers who allegedly killed nine employees of the Rizal Banking Commercial Corporation (RCBC) and a messenger of a depositor, were killed on what the police claimed as a legitimate encounter betw... more
Views: 885GSIS opts to go to court vs Meralco
Region: PhilippinesIt seems Government Service Insurance System general manager and president Winston Garcia is becoming pro-consumers, after he faced off Manila Electric Company's management for what he believed as behind the sufferings of ... more
Views: 1103WB asks Philippine gov't to build more roads
Region: PhilippinesLack of roads and infrastructures are hampering progress in the Philippines. And this is what the politicians had wanted. Otherwise, the government should have given priority to enhancing infrastructure developments in the... more
Views: 749The death of a poor congressman
Region: PhilippinesThe death of Congressman Crispin Beltran, one of the poorest legislators in the House of Representatives, was deeply mourned by his colleagues who even went out of their way to pass the hat around for some sort of voluntar... more
Views: 1035Russia ignores relief assistance to Burma
Region: Russian FederationUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region this week. He will lead a group of UN relief workers to distribute relief goods to those who have not been attended to by the military r... more
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Al Jeratso is a freelance journalist, writer, poet and blogger. Many of his articles, touching on a wide variety of issues, appeared in major leading dailies and magazines both in Manila and abroad, including the United States and England. He held various editorial positions with several media organizations, the last of which was as senior news editor of a newswires organization in Manila.
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