Stories from 17 June 2007
Guatemala: Rating the Political Parties’ Websites
Romero GT [ES] links to and analyzes the web design of various political parties in Guatemala.
Chile: Transantiago Continues to Frustrate
En Tu Ciudad [ES] continues to feel resigned about the state of Transantiago, the city's public transportation system.
Bangladesh: natural disaster and responsibilities of the bloggers
Last Monday rain-triggered mudslides buried dozens of hillside shanty homes in Chittagong killing at least 134 people. This is just another piece of tragic news that we read everyday. As a blogger how do you respond to it? Arild Klokkerhaug is an entrepreneur, blogger and the man behind the largest...
Iran:Censorship becomes worse for internet
Freekeyboard writes [Fa]that he discovered that a site like web resource that provides information about web related issues such as RSS, got filtered.The blogger says censorship becomes worse in Iran.
More on iSummit Dubrovnik 2007
Global Voices author Renata Avila adds another timely update to proceedings at the iCommons Summit in Croatia. There is commentary from non-English speaking sources, which has helped close the information gap for those whose first language is not English.
Singapore: Ancient Scripts of South East Asia
Noelbynature recommends an exhibition on Malay scripts current being hosted at the National Library in Singapore. “this is indeed a rare opportunity to see the epigraphy of ancient Southeast Asia in one collection.”
East Timor: Obscure East Timor?
Living Timorously blogs about businesses and individuals who continue disregard East Timor as an independent country.
Vietnam: Food Safety
Saigon Nezumi wonders about the safety of the food in Vietnam. Local newspapers have been reporting on the investigations by authorities on local and import food products.
The English language debate in the Philippines
The government wants English to be the medium of instruction in schools. A group of educators is opposed to this policy, and in fact has petitioned the issue in the Supreme Court. What ensues is a lively debate as to what language should be used in Philippine schools.
Gay Pride in Brazil: 3.5 Million March and Government Sponsorship in São Paulo
There are controversies about the exact numbers — estimates range from 3 to 4 million people — but São Paulo's Gay Parade last week probably set a record as the world's most attended street event. In a country that prides itself for allowing the free flow of its cultural diversity,...
Ukraine: Want an “A”? Pay $30!
When Ukrainian news site Korrespondent.net reported last week that Kyiv street cleaners would be receiving $400 a month beginning this June, a number of readers confessed that they were earning less working as college lecturers or medical doctors. How some skilled Ukrainians manage to survive on their meager salaries was highlighted five days later, when Korrespondent.net ran a piece about a college lecturer who had told her students they were to pay her to pass their exams. To the readers who have commented on the story, corruption at Ukrainian colleges appears to be a familiar subject: hardly anyone was shocked by the lecturer's crime, but many found it surprising that the woman was charging very little.
Iran:Watch a Film about Ahmadinejad and Tomatoes
Watch this short film on Current to “see why in Iran Ahmadinejad’s reputation hinges on tomatoes?”
China: Where's the disaster relief blogging?
It's monsoon season in China, floods sweep through the south and hundreds of thousands are left homeless. Where's all the local blog coverage?
Korea: Labor Law and E-Land
Last November, the Korean government finally changed the law for irregular workers. To fight discrimination against irregular workers and despotism of companies, the most significant change was to force companies to switch the status of irregular workers who have worked in the company more than two years to that of...
Mexico: Taco Recommendation
Defecito.com recommends Tacos Betos in Mexico City to get one's fill of “tacos de cochinada.”
