The poem‚ “Diameter of the Bomb”‚ written by Yehuda Amichai‚ illustrates how the intuition of war and a single act of violence resounds through history‚ encompassing the whole world and God with it. The poem initiates as the poet enumerates the characteristics of the bomb. Details about the size of the bomb‚ its effective radius‚ the number of casualties‚ then slowly the details become people‚ the statistics turn human‚ and we are shown the real human cost of terrorism. The bomb is epitomized
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Watchdog Journalism: Investigative Reporting in Southeast Asia Watchdog Journalism‚ is a training video produced by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) that talks about how the Investigative Journalism helped the citizens of Southeast Asian countries to be aware on the wrongdoings of the public officials. It presented cases in Philippines‚ Thailand and Indonesia wherein the media served as a tool for unraveling anomalous act in the government. Through this film‚ I was able
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PLATFORM OF JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA Vision: A democracy that is truly pro-poor. A country with peace and order. A government of transparency and accountability. Economic Agenda REVIVING THE ECONOMY Steady economic growth that is felt by the masses. GNP growth is meaningless if poverty and hunger levels and other measures of quality of life remain poor. An Estrada Administration will increase growth while also increasing the country’s human development index. This will be achieved by strengthening
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situation in Zamboanga released Friday‚ the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs cited the lingering humanitarian disaster in the wake of three weeks of fighting between government troops and guerrillas of a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front led by Nur Misuari. “The Government recently announced that its stand-off with the MNLF faction has ended. However‚ the humanitarian crisis continues‚” the UN agency said in its report. “The task of reconstructing homes and rebuilding
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RECOMMENDATIONS: That all three alternatives be implemented right away. CASE HISTORY The Zamboanga City crisis was an armed conflict in Zamboanga City‚ Philippines between the forces of the Republic of the Philippines and a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front‚ generally known by other factions as the Rogue MNLF Elements (RME) under the Sulu State Revolutionary Command (SSRC) led by Ustadz Habier Malik and Khaid Ajibon‚ whose group continues to recognize Nur Misuari as MNLF Chairman. The
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DOMESTIC POLICIES Economy President Fidel Ramos embarked on an ambitious development plan dubbed "Philippines 2000." Under the plan‚ several industries critical to economic development were privatized‚ such as electricity‚ telecommunications‚ banking‚ domestic shipping‚ and oil. The taxation system was reformed‚ and external debt was brought to more manageable levels by debt restructuring and sensible fiscal management. By 1996‚ GNP was growing at a rate of 7.2 percent and GDP at 5.2 percent
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1999. Abinales‚ Patricio. Making Mindanao. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press‚ 2000. Canoy‚ Reuben. The Quest for Mindanao Independence. Cagayan de Oro City: Mindanao Post Publishing Company‚ 1987. Che Man‚ W.K. Muslim Separatism: The Moros of Southern Philippines and the Malays of Southern Thailand. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press‚ 1990. Ferrer‚ Miriam Coronel. Integration of MNLF Forces into the PNP and AFP: Integration without Demobilization and Disarmament. UP Center
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Thomas Nichols Wendell Berry’s “Mad Farmer liberation Front” makes a strong argument for the simple life‚ preservation of nature‚ and individualism. Wendell Berry clearly states how Americans and people should live their lives. Berry’s points are valid and to the point; he believes that an independent person is a strong person. This very argument is ageless; used by people throughout time. One could say Wendell Berry is somewhat of a modern day Thomas Jefferson seeing how they share similar ideas
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Bangsa moro is a fusion of the word bangsa‚ meaning nation or people in Malay‚ and moro or moor which is a Spanish term for Arabs or Muslims. The Bangsa moro is the general name referring to the 13 ethnolinguistic Muslim tribes in the Philippines which comprise a quarter of the total population in Mindanao with an approximate population of 4.5 million Muslims (East‚ 1005). Their ways of life may differ from each other as well as the dialects they speak but it is their religion Islam that serves as
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Event: If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (documentary) On Thursday the 25th I attend the showing of a Documentary named “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”‚ directed by Marshal Curry. There as well were two guest speakers‚ Denny Jackman‚ from the board of the Central Valley Farmland Trust and of the Farmland Working Group and Brad Barker‚ Conservation Chair of the Yokuts Group of the Sierra Club. The film was a documentation of radical environmental
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