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P1-B flood warning system wasted due to neglect
Japanese project could have minimized 'Ondoy' casualties
MANILA - Expensive flood warning equipment and devices have been rendered idle and put to waste because of neglect following the transfer of flood control from the public works department to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
by Aries Rufo, abs-cbnNEWS.com/ Newsbreak 10/07/2009 6:19 PM
Who do we blame for untrammeled hyperurbanization in Manila?
We need to bring public scrutiny to bear on the big, if hard-to-answer, issues of unsustainable urbanization and land use.
Kenneth Cardenas, Instructor, UP Diliman Department of Sociology 10/05/2009 5:27 PM
Flooding in Metro: who is to blame?
MANILA - Many have blamed the devastation caused by tropical storm Ondoy on climate change. But in the case of Metro Manila, urban planners and public works engineers say that is not all there is to it.
by Gemma Bagayaua Mendoza, abs-cbnNEWS.com/ Newsbreak 10/02/2009 1:33 AM
Manual voting in a high-tech country - Marites Danguilan Vitug
BERLIN--For all its high-value technology, though, Germany is not keen on electronic voting. They’ve tried it in some state elections in the past, but the Constitutional Court struck it down early this year. “ We don’t think it’s safe, it’s susceptible to hacking, and the vote can’t be kept secret,” says Andreas Schmidt von Puskas, an election officer.
by Marites Danguilan Vitug 09/29/2009 3:27 PM
Boring but instructive German elections - Marites Danguilan Vitug
BERLIN - Elections in Europe’s largest economy may be a distant event for the Philippines—something out of our radar screens—but there’s a lot to learn from the robust party democracy.
by Marites Danguilan Vitug 09/27/2009 12:28 AM
Out-Sourcing the Wife: The Chase
Mail-order brides lie and memorize fantasy love stories to pass immigration
(last in a three-part series)
To join her husband in Korea, Aileen needed only a passport and a visa. Just a few days ago, she was married off to Ji-Wong, a Korean more than twice her age, only a day after she was picked among five women in a show-up tour arranged by a marriage broker.
By Carmela Fonbuena, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak 09/22/2009 9:36 AM
Out-Sourcing the Wife: Dreams turned Sour
Mail-order schemes used to traffic and abuse Filipino women
(second of three parts)
Ludy Omamen imagined a fairy tale wedding when she left the Philippines for Sweden in 1988 to join her pen pal of two years Nathaniel Hultmen. She stepped on foreign soil clutching a photo of a handsome 34-year-old fiancé who paid for the one-way plane ticket.
Carmela Fonbuena, Newsbreak 09/17/2009 9:52 PM
Members up in arms over delayed GSIS benefits
Pension fund officials promise solution by December 2009
Gregoria Hembra, a 67 year-old retired elementary teacher, traveled back and forth to the Iloilo City office of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for six months from late 2007 to early 2008 in order to follow-up on her pension benefits.
By Maria Althea Teves, abs-cbnNEWS.com/ Newsbreak 09/16/2009 8:19 PM
Out-Sourcing the Wife
Foreigners trawl the World Wide Web for one of the country’s hottest exports, the Filipino mail order-bride, a convenient way to traffic Filipino women.
By Carmela Fonbuena, Newsbreak
with research assistance from Victoria Camille Tulad, Newsbreak 09/14/2009 8:40 PM
The SHOW-UP
Aileen was chosen from a bevy of young girls who showed up in a hotel and was married off to a Korean, more than twice her age, the next day.
by Carmela Fonbuena, Newsbreak
with research assistance from Victoria Camille Tulad, Newsbreak 09/14/2009 7:56 PM
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