Marches and protest rallies are scheduled for 31 March all over the globe:
Austria
Graz
Time: 4 to 6 pm.
Peace March. Route: Hauptplatz – Herrengasse – Hans-Sachsgasse – Tummelplatz – Mehlplatz - Sporgasse – Sackstrasse - Edeggersteg – Mariahilferplatz – Lendplatz – Volksgartenpark – abschließende Mahnwache bei der Friedensstupa im Volksgartenpark
Vienna
Time: 10 am - Press […]
Governments around the world have declared support for Tibetans in their protest against repression:
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, US SECRETARY OF STATE
We urge China to respect the fundamental and universally recognised right of all of its citizens to peacefully express their political and religious views, and we call on China to release monks and others who have been […]
With a target of 2 million signatures on a petition calling for restraint, respect for human rights and dialogue to be delivered to Chinese embassies and consulates all over the word, 1,388,948 have signed as of 30 March, 10:00 pm.
If you wish to add your support, click on:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/tibet_end_the_violence/97.php/?cl_tf_sign=1
Images from Microsoft Clipart
Tags: China, Dalai Lama, dialogue, […]
Our household participated in Earth Hour, 29 March. The family had dinner by candlelight and it turned out to be a very pleasant family bonding experience (even with the temperature at higher than 30, with summer at full blast here in the Philippines).
Without cable tv and the other individual preoccupations that electricity can provide, […]
From the website of Dr Cielito Habito (formerly Philippine Economic Planning Secretary) at http://cielhabito.multiply.com/
When the US sneezes…
It is often said that when the US economy sneezes, Asia – and much of the world, for that matter – catches a cold. And the reason for this is that as the biggest economy in the world, […]
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), remitting part of their dollar earnings to support their families in the Philippines, have become a significant factor in the Philippine Economy (US$ 14 billion in 2007).
Remittances have not been only for consumption expenditures (i.e., monthly household expenses) , but also for investments in housing and real estate. As a […]
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), remitting part of their dollar earnings to support their families in the Philippines, have become a significant factor in the Philippine Economy (US$ 14 billion in 2007).
The weakening of the US$ has hit the OFWs with a double whammy.
Not only do they have to remit a greater portion of their dollar […]
The US Census Bureau puts Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the US at 2,807,731 in 2005. The US State Department estimates Americans of Filipino ancestry at 4 million.
Wikipedia estimates OFWs worldwide at 10 million (which is about 11% of the Philippine population and about one-third of the Philippine labor force).
In 2007 alone, […]
Economic indicators point to a slowdown for the fifth consecutive month: manufacturing & services slowing, companies cutting jobs accompanied by first time claims for jobless benefits increasing, continuous deterioration of the housing market, stock prices down, etc.
Jean Murray of Small Business Boomers citing Jennifer Heigl’s Daily Blender presents evidence of consumer spending pushing the US […]
An impregnable storage for seeds was recently inaugurated in Longyearbyen, Norway, to ensure food for the future in the event of “war, natural disasters, lack of funding or simply poor agricultural management.”
An article in cnn.com/Europe reports: “A vast underground vault storing millions of seeds from around the world took delivery of its first shipment […]
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