World Bank denies loans to Burma
Region: MyanmarDespite reports that some of the members of the Burmese military junta had stashed millions of dollars for their own interests, the country is reeling under pressures to repay its outstanding loans to the World Bank which ... more
Views: 1280Bank guards must be properly screened
Region: PhilippinesThe killing of 10 bank employees in Cabuyao, Laguna last week could be treated with great caution next time bank companies hire the services of security guards or any of its employees. As standard operating procedures, the... more
Views: 1291GSIS official unsure of takeover bid of Meralco
Region: PhilippinesAfter reports that President Gloria Arroyo has scheduled a meeting with the Lopezes, owner of the Manila Electric Company and the ABS-CBN television station in the Philippines, in one of the m he wilost beautiful beach res... more
Views: 1044Cabuyao murder suspects are professional killers
Region: PhilippinesPolice investigators pursuing the manhunt for the suspected killers of the 10 bank employees in Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines, should conduct their investigation intelligently. Why? Because I have the suspicion that the su... more
Views: 1219Crack Police Probe Suspects in Laguna Bank Robbery Murders
Region: Philippines
Crack police investigators are all out for the manhunt of the killers of the 10 innocent bank employees who were murdered in broad daylight inside the Rizal Banking Commercial Corp. in the town of Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippi... more
Views: 1974Meralco cheats consumers by billions
Region: PhilippinesPower monopoly is exacting a serious toll on the pockets of ordinary Filipinos. Already suffering from the increasing prices of commodity goods and the skyrocketing oil prices in the open markets, millions of low and mediu... more
Views: 1409First Couple suspected of visiting ZTE's turf
Region: PhilippinesNews reports in Manila's leading dailies featured the first couple playing golf in a Shenzen's country club, a two-hour drive from Hong Kong. But despite the visible signs in the picture published by the Philippine Daily I... more
Views: 887Expel Myanmar from ASEAN bloc
Region: MyanmarThe recent visit of a Thai prime minister to Myanmar raised an eyebrow when, upon returning to his home turf, he revealed that the miltary regime carried out effectively its own relief management efforts without hitches. ... more
Views: 1309Myanmar gov't intends to keep relief goods
Region: MyanmarThe United Nations should heed the call of some developed countries to engage in international action against Myanmar for refusing to grant access to international relief missions to save its own people dying of hunger and... more
Views: 1231Lunatic generals refuse to open up gates
Region: MyanmarAt least, the Myanmar's military regime has granted access Friday to one of the US cargo planes carrying relief goods for the country's thousands of cyclone victims. US diplomats said it was better than nothing. But the c... 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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