Stories from 9 November 2006
Vietnam: Joining WTO
The blogger at Sticky Rice is congratulating Vietnam on becoming the 150th member of the World Trade Organisation. “Congratulations, VIETNAM. Proud to be part of you !!! You did a great job but not only opportunities ahead, there will be lot of challenges. I believe you will be successful in...
Croatia: Legalization of Prostitution
Lovorka Marinovic, coordinator of the trafficking prevention program of international organization IOM, says (HRV): Research conducted by IOM shows an enormous lack of relevant data about trafficking despite the issue's relevance for the region. According to the collected info, about 1,300 of the total 6,000 women that were sold in...
Indonesia: Departure Tax Reform
Indcoup is happy that the Indonesian travelers exiting out of the port of Batam no longer have to pay a departure tax. “The tax is equally absurd from an economic perspective. Cos in addition to discouraging Indonesians from going overseas for holidays, the tax also discourages small-scale businesspeople from doing...
Pana-Blogs Report
#1: Chiriqui Chatter on "Fatal Bus Fire Causes Identified" Don Winner posted the resolution of the bus fire that killed 18 people. To net it out, it was a failure caused by negligent maintenance of the bus. In the US, the mechanic would be looking at serious legal problems. Read...
Panama: Real Estate Blog
If you’re looking to purchase real estate to rent out for investment purposes, but aren’t sure how to identify a good real estate deal, there are a few things you need to educate yourself on before you make your purchase. This article is a resource for future investors in Panama.
Nigeria: money laundering
Grandiose Parlor confirms allegation of money laundering by a senior special assistant to the Nigerian president: Yes, I did what the Nigerian government and the EFCC wouldn’t do: research the allegations. I called up my buddy “Joe Big-Guts”, a US attorney and searched the LexisNexis, an online database of public...
Trinidad & Tobago: What happened in Felicity
The Manicou tries to get to the bottom of the shooting murder of a young man in a community in central Trinidad and the subsequent rioting by members of the community demanding justice, but hopes the rioting ” is not indicative of where we are as a society to where...
Ethiopia: learning to love creative commons
How Meskel Square learned how to stop worrying and love creative commons, “On the personal side, lots of good things have come out of the fact that my cast-off photos are swimming around the internet with a CC license attached. People have written in checking to se if they can...
The Screams of Gaza Echo in a Silent World
Four Months. 247 Palestinians dead. 155 of them, “official” civilians. 57 children. 996 wounded. 337 of them are children. Naseem Tarawnah wonders if the world can hear Gaza scream at all anymore. Eman vents out similar frustrations especially with the lack of Arab reaction, while Al Falasteenyia is calling on...
China: education system
One Man bandwidth comments on the China education system with reference to his teaching experience.
China: reporting in China
ESWN has translated a report in China Youth Daily about a reporter Liu Wanrong's experience in digging up a news story on “The Business Dealings of a Retired High Official”. It shows the death threats confronted by reporters in China.
China: public murder of an old man
ESWN translated a BBS post in Wenxuecity about a public murder in Shenzhen committed by municipal administrators.
Japan: G-pod
Gpod is a Japanese Patented device, linking to i-pod for controlling the vibrator's rhythmn according to the i-pod music. JP in Japundit reports that the Japanese company has gained its fame as Apple is trying to stop the name by legal means.
China: Happy Journalist's Day
Yesterday (8 November) was the Journalist's Day in mainland China. Chj-guangcha had a very informative post about the history of the Journalist's day (zh). In summary: It begins from the Old China and the day is in memorial of a reporter Liu Yu-sheng (刘煜生) who work in Jiang Sheng Daily...
Bloggers respond to Kyrgyzstan's political turmoil
“6th Day, 11pm” by Teo Kaye. Many more photos from the recent protests can be found at his Flickr stream. Kyrgyz opposition groups have been holding massive anti-government protests in the capital Bishkek for the past week, calling for constitutional changes and the resignation of the president. With the parliament...