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Ilonggo sa Desyerto (Ilonggo in the Desert) documents the Saudi Arabian based Filipino migrant worker’s opinions on life, politics, the world, religion and everything else under the sun.
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Northwest Flight 253
A Nigerian man failed to blow up the Northwest Flight 253 bound for Detroit Metropolitan Airport. He ended up with severe burned limbs. He’s now being charged by the US Justice Department for terrorism. There is nothing new with the profile of the ...
Nelson Mandela’s Legacy
On 19 June 2009, Nelson Mandela celebrated his 91st birthday. Nelson Mandela is the living symbol of the anti apartheid movement in South Africa. He was convicted for several crimes and was jailed for 27 years by the S.A court. In 1990, he was relea...
ICC issues arrest warrant for Al Bashir
ICC issued an arrest warrant to the sitting president of Sudan, Omar Al Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 2003 against his own people. He is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the International T...
Violence against foreigners in South Africa
South Africa has high number of unemployment rate particularly in the black segment of the population. The high unemployment rate causes South Africans resentment to foreigners who they feel are taking the jobs away from them. Businesses in South Afr...
Will Egypt’s elections ease the country’s woes?
Mubarak’s iron grip rule in Egypt may be a bitter pill to swallow to the opposition parties but it’s the only way to stop the radical and fundamental Islamic parties like the Muslim brotherhood from ruling Egypt. Mubarak’s regime brought stabi...
Kenya Election
In a Third World Country, not just in Kenya, it's a perceived fact that the winner wins because they cheated and the losers lose because they were cheated. So what's new with this rigging bhuhaha? The election process must be credible in order for th...
Somalia in crisis
Africa is a continent with the most potential but the governments / countries in Africa are the most corrupt and mismanaged governments in the world.Added: Al Jazeerah English Website 30 Dec. 2007...
