1 April 2008

Stories from 1 April 2008

Peru: Opera Singer To Close Central Square in Lima

  1 April 2008

Laslo Rojas does not think that the Main Plaza in Lima, Peru should be closed for the wedding of the opera singer, Juan Diego Florez [es], which is scheduled to take place on April 5. The opera singer had indicated that the central square would not be closed, but rather...

Jordan: Highest Internet Prices After Morocco

“The Jordan Times is reporting that Jordan’s Internet prices are among the highest in the region due to the imposed 16 percent sales tax. In fact, Jordan ranks second only to Morocco, which applies a 20 percent sales tax on Internet,” writes An American in Jordan.

Panama: Using the OLPC as Vote-Seeking Machine

  1 April 2008

At OLPC News, A. Barrera writes about his experiences with trying to get the Panamanian government interested in participating in the One Laptop Per Child project and that “the XO, based on the acquisition and implementation scheme he has proposed (essentially a government top-down strategy), could become a political vote-seeking...

Malaysia: Hell Bank Note policy

  1 April 2008

Malaysian blogger Meshio is “totally against the ‘Hell Bank Note’ policy practiced worldwide, not just by Buddhist, but also by any other organizations which endorse the believe that by burning something material in this dimension, it would henceforth be received by another party in another dimension, commonly known as after-life,...

Nicaragua: Access to the Internet

  1 April 2008

Nicaragua has the lowest rates of access to the internet in all of Central America writes Economía y Más [es]. Approximately 3 out of every 100 Nicaraguans uses the internet.

Venezuela: Poor Experiences at Caracas Clinic

  1 April 2008

Luis Carlos Díaz of Periodismo de Paz [es] recounts some of the bad experiences with care for his loved ones in the Sanatrix Clinc in Caracas, Venezuela and posts on his blog to draw attention to to the poor service. The blog post also shows up as the third result...

Qatar: More Men than Women

“Ever Wondered what is Qatar best know for, other then the Olympic ambition, the booming economy, the 2nd worlds largest Natural Gas reserve… Well well, Qatar is also know to have the world’s highest male to female ratio. to be more specific, for every 2 male you have one female...

Montenegro: Podgorica

Csíkszereda Musings writes about Montenegro's capital Podgorica: “Podgorica used to be called Titograd, which is a marvelously evocative name, redolent of tractor factories, concrete apartment buildings and smog. So while I kind of regret that it's not still called Titograd, it doesn't really look like a Titograd.”