LGUs support drive vs human trafficking

Many a young girl has been fooled into believing a job awaits her overseas normally its a suposed job in entertainment, hotel or bar work. The gloss soon washes away as soon as they arrive at the destination and...

Want to Ride your Bike around Town, in New York that is, check Ride the City

I am not sure I would feel comfortable riding a bike around Manhattan what with potholes, crazy cabs and the rest.Some parts of New York might make the cut though. Want to sketch ways to get around town on 2 wheels in a relatively safe fashion some people stepped up to the...

Amazon rainforest: Explorer maps out complex lost civilizations of the Amazon

An intricate network of roads, cities and small towns build by one of the world's earliest civilizations was discovered in Brazil. The city network has been described as garden cities and was home for thousand of...

Troops penetrate Moro rebels' camp

A Correction to my story yesterday, of which was a problem of my bad understanding of Tagalog, sorry that I reported incorrectly about MILF surrender. I have since deleted the story has it has no value on the facts of this Filipino struggle. . "ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Government...

Philippine rebels in new attacks

"Philippine rebels in new attacks Philippine troops on patrol in North Cotabato on 12 August 2008 Fighting between rebels and troops broke out earlier this month Separatist rebels have launched a series of attacks on towns in the southern Philippines, amid ongoing unrest over...

15mph speed limit to force people out of cars

There is no doubt that English roads are heavily congested at peak time hours, journeys are reduced to a crawl in and around London but many other areas of the country are also experiencing gridlock. A solution to...

Police rescue 15 'sex slaves' in crackdown on trafficking in Scotland

After a 15-month investigation a massive sting has resulted in the arrest of 35 people on sex trafficking charges in Scotland, identifying 15 women from Southeast Asia who were duped into coming to the UK and then forced into prostitution."FIFTEEN "sex slaves" from south-east...

River rises again, along with worries in Illinois

Just when the rivers were supposed to be receding, the Mississippi River has swollen again and certain towns in northeastern Missouri and Illinois are trying to keep their levees intact as levels are rising...

£100m city hubs plan for cyclists to get Britain on two wheels

In an effort to get Britain on to two wheels instead of four, over 100 million pounds will now be devoted to what are being called cycle hubs in cities where people can bike to work but still arrive fresh and clean...

China declares quake lake crisis over

The potential for the 'quake lake' - a lake in China whose dam was threatened by the earthquake there - to flood has been removed, according to the Chinese government."Evacuees headed down from temporary camps Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over...

Radiation leaks detected in Chinese earthquake zone

Radiation leaks in the Chinese earthquake zone.  The news from China keeps getting more grim."Chinese environment authorities say they have found fifty hazardous sources of radiation since this month’s earthquake.Senior environment official, Wu Xiaoqing has said the...

British Government releases UFO files

The UK government has unveiled its secret UFO files, and the contents are sometiems surprising, sometimes amusing."The most comprehensive Government files on UFO activity are opened to the public for the first time today and they disclose that even air traffic controllers and...

Evacuation Ordered as Chilean Volcano Begins to Spew Ash

The Chaitén volcano in southern Chile blasted ash and what appeared tobe lava a dozen miles into the air on Tuesday, leading the governmentto order the immediate and complete evacuation of everyone livingwithin a...

Hong Kong prepares for torch tour

Hong Kong has denied access to some activists planning protests during the upcoming Olympic torch relay. They want to make sure their relay goes smoothly and does not encounter some of the problems from the previous...

The world is being threatened by rising sea levels

The map of the world may have to be redrawn. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and various scientists around the world, sea levels could rise 1.5 meters by the end of this century. If...

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