The impending blueprint that will pave the way for the Chinese consortium to pour in huge financial assistance to rebuild the ailing Philippine railways, particularly in the southern part of Luzon leading to the Bicol region, would be an excellent idea once it is put on streams. When done, the newly developed railway would not […]
Statistics don’t lie
‘Five women, a four-year-old boy and a man were killed and eight others, including five children, seriously injured when the bus ran over them as they were crossing the Delhi-Agra road at Ali village in south Delhi.’ ‘What’s new?’ I hear you ask and I completely agree with you. For a country and people […]
FBI on Blackwater Case
Investigations into Blackwater’s Iraq dealings have been handed over to the FBI, the State Department has said. The FBI bridges the process to its next stage, which will be in the hands of the Iraqi ministry of Justice or the US Justice Department. The announcement comes two days after a controversial public hearing into the […]
Lebanon seeks military aid from U.S.
The Lebanese government has vowed to crush the Islamic militants who are sowing chaos by recruiting new members and amassing weapons and ammunitions inside the Nahr el-Bared refugee camps near Tripoli. As this developed, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has set his mind by seeking military aid from the United States as a means of […]
California tops with most air polluted cities
Concerned about the severe impacts of air pollution on their health, millions of Americans are urging the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt stronger ozone standards that will protect the population from breathing this dangerous air pollutant. The clamor was sparked after the latest study of the American Lung Association’s State of […]
Snow Days in Kabul
Grey skies in Kabul shed more than thirty centimeters of snow on the 24th and 25th of December. As the snow started to fall, it melted in the muddy streets. By mid-day on the 24th, a white film started form. Soon, all of Kabul was covered with a thick layer of white powder. Children and […]
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