The Daily IIJ

In a bid to avoid malpractices and inconsistencies in the electoral process, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) will introduce a new system in registering voters for the parliamentary and presidential elections in the first quarter of next year. The commission says plans are in advanced stage in securing a biometric voter registration equipment and that [...]

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MANILA, Philippines—After being a no-show at last week’s trial, Lakmodin Saliao, the Ampatuans’ helper of more than two decades, positively identified his former masters as the brains in the 2009 mass murder of 58 people in Maguindanao.

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“Real men don’t buy girls,” proudly proclaims the tagline of the anti-sex trafficking campaigned run by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. Launched early this year, it was an attempt by the prolific Hollywood couple to turn the attention of the American public to the all-too-real problems of sex trafficking and child prostitution. Although the star-studded [...]

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It’s easy to underestimate the cultural and political significance of Facebook and Twitter if you mostly share updates of what you had for breakfast, or post photos of a booze-fueled night out with friends. But for the long-oppressed citizens of Tunisia, Iran and Egypt, among others, social networking sites helped provide the sparks needed to [...]

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MANILA, Philippines – Two of the Filipinos’ known exotic dishes made it to the list of “The World’s most ‘revolting’ foods” list, posted by CNN’s blogsite, CNNGo (http://www.cnngo.com/tv).

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MANILA, Philippines – While we would usually turn to Google to ask about “love”, its new website now turns the table on its users. “What Do You Love?” (http://www.wdyl.com), a fusion of Google’s products and services, was launched quietly this week. Following Google’s simple web design, the question is asked in big fonts with a [...]

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Director of the Sierra Leone police media yesterday refuted allegations made against his institution by the minister of Youth, Employment and Sports, Paul Kamara saying, “It was defamatory and demeaning to the police. Assistant Superintendent Ibrahim Samura said the allegations by the minister were a deliberate attempt to undermine the hard-earned credibility of the police [...]

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The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum held in Bonn last week felt like a mini-homecoming of sorts. I was there to cover the event for the European Youth Press’ Orange Magazine, but because of the familiar faces I spotted in the crowd, it might as well have been an IIJ event. There were a lot [...]

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The Pope John’s Senior High School and Minor Seminary in Koforidua kick started the Social Media Training Project organized for selected Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region on Monday with 15 students. Read more on www.globalnewsreel.blogspot.com

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The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) and the Ministry of Defence were yesterday indicted by a tribunal set-up by the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRC-SL) of discriminating and violating the rights of 235 ex-soldiers who the tribunal said were wrongly classified as chronically ill and mentally imbalanced. In April 23, 2009, [...]

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