"Peace talk not war" is our choice

On the continuous consultation of Bishop Ulama Conference (BUC) of the Philippines, on the Mindanao conflict, more of Respondent favour on peace talk and not war, According to www.luwaran.com a website of major insurgency in the Philippines, the kunsult Mindanao or...

Tokyo's greatest shame.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Tokyo is one of the greatest cities on this planet with some of the best museums, parks and attraction one can imagine, it also has one of the World best universities; an impressive...

World markets fall 1.5% on Wednesday -weak U.S. consumer report

As evidence mounts, that the U.S. consumers will not return to their spendthrift ways, Asian markets overnight fell by 1.5%. The U.S. Dollar lost ground against the Japanese Yen and Oil dropped below...

British Consul meeting Dumaguete City Philippines

Published for British ex-pats and tourist visiting the Philippines….   The day before yesterday I attended a meeting with the British Consul Joanne Finnamore-Corkin of whom explain how she and her...

H1N1, the second wave coming to Japan.

By, Uwe Paschen. H1N1 has entered the second wave here in Japan. In Narita Grade 1 and grade 3 students have to stay home since Tuesday due to several new cases in those grades. The School has not yet been closed;...

Facts About Child Sex Trafficking

Trafficking in persons, as defined by the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (VTVPA) of 2000, is the recruitment, smuggling,transporting, harboring, buying or selling of a human through force,...

Post 9/11: What is NATO doing in Afghanistan?

The world is remembering the eight anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, which killed nearly 3,000 people, but tens of thousands of others now mourn the deaths of those who unvoluntarily paid...

Urbanization and the Future World

Mesopotamian’s civilization with multi cities having finest cultural and literature achievements crumbled during 2300BC due to high toxic land unfit to agriculture. Between 1500-1000BC Indus valley civilization...

Japan's PM, Yukio Hatoyama to keep electoral promises.

By, Uwe Paschen. Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister intends to keep his electoral promises in spite of resistance on several fronts. Japan’s Democratic Party just won last August National...

Bro. Erano G. Manalo, Iglesia Ni Cristo Member, Passes Away at 84

Today, Bro. Eraño Manalo, head of the Iglesia Ni Cristo of Philippines died in his home. The news was delivered by one of the religious group’s officials, Bro. Bienvenido Santiago, through the television...

Japan's is getting hit by two Typhoons.

By, Uwe  Paschen. Japan’s double Typhoon.  Yesterday, we had our long awaited elections here and it was also the beginning of a Typhoon in Chiba and Tokyo prefecture. Some see this as an omen and it...

Is "religion" passe´?

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Religion, the Savior or Destruction of Society and it's people who live by passages written by scribes or cleric long after the religious leader has passed on, often misquoted, and always...

Why men get all the glory in the kitchen

Barry Artiste Op/Ed You know what really puzzles me?  The Term "All Great Chefs are Men", Now many of us growing up remember Good Old Dad carving the Thanksgiving or Christmas Turkey, standing Majestically at the Head of the Table "Eatin Irons" in hand, while us kids...

Waterproof Rice Gene Discovered

Waterproof rice gene identified Rice is the staple food for more than three billion people Scientists say they have identified a gene that will allow rice plants to survive being completely submerged in water for up to two weeks. Most rice...

New Rice Will Increase Yields By Upto 40 Percent

A new rice plant has been developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods. A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates rapidly in response to being submerged. One of the scientists, Motoyaki Ashikari from Nagoya University in Japan, said "the...

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