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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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