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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

A second look at the Vizconde Massacre

December 15, 2010 – Philippines, After two decades of seeking for justice, the Vizconde Massacre still has a tight emotional grip on Filipinos. After the Supreme Court upturned the murder conviction of Hubert Webb and six others on December 14 and the world witnessed a weak and inconsolable Lauro Vizconde. Many Filipino gave their insights on the case result; some of them aired their support for Vizconde and his continuing quest for justice. While some opinion is divided over Webb’s innocence, many agreed that 15 years in jail is too short for a guilty man — and too long for an innocent man.If we will do a records search on this case, the said...

Friday, December 10, 2010

Pride of Alaska: Story of Caleb Aronson

Caleb Aronson was a singer-songwriter, unlike usual artist he was raised in North Pole. All of his song writing reflects a uniquely Alaska background.Linvengood(2005) was his first solo double album recorded entirely in Alaska which consist a lot of songs about Alaska history. His second album, From the Next Town was released in 2008.Aronson began playing music around 15, this just happen when he borrowed a guitar to his dad and started to listen to his Dad’s record collections. He says “Looking at music was eye opening”, as he describes studying the written Harvest sheet music while listening to the album and learning to play the songs. His...

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Vietnam takes action: The Police Shooting Prostitution

December 07, 2010 – Vietnam authorities demoted five police officers because of the accusation of filming the arrest of two prostitutes after the video was posted in the internet.According to Vietnam press the said incident occurred around mid-November in which a man wearing blue shirt and yelling repeatedly used of vulgar words against two girls. It is said that the two girls tried to cover themselves but it was the duty to stand up and raised their hands to their capture. People find it easy to search it on the internet after it was posted and being spread which made public discontent. In this act a police spokesman said that the Quang Ninh...

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

DPR fails to conduct Background Checks

December 1, 2010 - The D.C Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) which no longer operates child care centers under the program, failed to meet basic background check requirements. A D.C government agency which received $1 million a year which is use to provide child care services under the federal head program failed to conduct background checks on its employees which includes workers who has previous cases of drug and other felony offenses. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Investigators said that a total of 43 employees failed to meet basic background check.According to the report, the workers includes six DPR drivers who...

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

EU Antitrust Probe targeting Google

November 30, 2010 - Last Tuesday the European Commission announced that they are investigating allegations that Google has abused its dominant position in online search to promote its other services.The European Commission said that they will do some questions on PC manufacturers and software developers to see whether they were pressured by Google to make its search service the default in their products. The investigation was launched following a preliminary examination of complaints received by the Commission from a French legal search engine, and by two price comparators, Foundem of the U.K. and Ciao of Germany.The Companies claim that their...

Monday, November 22, 2010

A year after the Maguindano Massacre

November 23, 2010 – The first anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre, one of the unsolved crimes in the Philippines which involve a popular and powerful clan in Maguindano, Philippines named Ampatuan.On November 23rd, 2009, 58 people traveling in a convoy to register a political candidate were ambushed and massacred. Andal Ampatuan Jr. the main suspect was accused of ordering his private militia to carry out the killings. He is one of the 197 people charge in the crime, but only half of them are in the custody.According to the victim’s relatives they are flying to manila just to attend the hearing but until now the proceeding was still ongoing. There...

Pope Benedict’s Condom Remarks

“Evolution not Revolution”Catholic world was now confused about the recent statement of Pope Benedict XVI, while many catholic organizations are opposing the use of any artificial method which is said to be against the rule of God, The Pope give his opinion about the use of condom. Pope Benedict XVI was actually saying that using condoms is “acceptable” to male to male sexual activity. And now the catholic people are divided on what to believe about the use of contraceptives.If we will do a background search on catholic organizations they are extremely opposing the use of any artificial method that will prevent the possibility of conception...

Thursday, November 18, 2010

TSA: full-body scanning or path-down inspection?

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now requiring all passengers at some U.S. airports either to pass through a full-body scanning device which reveals everything beneath their clothing, or to submit to a thorough path-down inspection – a choice that some travelers livid about their loss of privacy. This safety measures are have been a touchy issue in the U.S. because of the alarming detection of illegal or dangerous items . TSA said that keeping passenger safe is their top priority that why this new measure is necessary. They actually give supporting evidence that because of these advance imaging technology, detection of over...

Friday, November 12, 2010

Pacquiao vs. Margarito: Intrigues and Victory

This is the most anticipated fight of the year the Pacquiao | Margarito fight! WBO welter weight champion Many Pacquiao will pursue an eight divisional title by rising to 150-pounds to face Antonio Margarito. This fight would make the lives of these two fighters to be change as they are the intriguing fighters of the year. Let’s take a background check on these two fighters and how their stories become intriguing. Many Pacquiao who has a record of 7th weight title will now pursue to have the record of 8th weight division and will attempt to secure his 13th straight victory and the ninth knockout of his run. Currently he is now a member of the...

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Case of a Missing Girl in North Carolina

Investigators are now collecting evidences about the missing 10-year-old girl in North Carolina; it is then stated that the girl may possibly dead because of some remains they got. The girl named Zahra Baker was reported to be missing since October 8 by her father, Adam Baker. Authorities believe that the girl was dead because of a human remain which was more likely to be Zahra because of the prosthetic leg they found and bones which are now sent to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation's lab for confirmation.By records search, Zahra was a bone cancer survivor who used a prosthetic leg and hearing aids. She live with her father and...

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Brian David Mitchell’s Case of 2002

"I was still a person of worth ... I decided to live." After eight years traumatic experience this was the statement of Elizabeth Smart in the proceeding of her case against Brian David Mitchell at the court in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brian David Mitchell is accused of abducting the then-14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002. Smart says that the accused Mitchell told her that he really loves her the moment he first saw her. She said that it was in the fall of 2001 with her mother, they saw Mitchell outside the mall and her mother gave him five bucks and hired him to do simple house repair. But then Brian David kidnapped Elizabeth Smart for nine...

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