The Daily IIJ

Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, 4,915 hectares of the Cojuangco-controlled Hacienda Luisita must be awarded to its 6,296 farmworker-beneficiaries under the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which was started by President Corazon Aquino in 1988.

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In recent times, the use of social media as a tool to communicate has become very common among the populace the world over. Platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Badoo, Blogs, among many others, have played an important role in disseminating information to the masses.

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The United States (US) Embassy is partnering with the Northern Regional Library to provide training in online social media and creative writing for students of Senior and Junior High Schools in Tamale. Continue reading http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2011/11/tamale-students-benefit-from-online.html

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The 2011 edition of Measuring the Information Society featuring the latest International Telecommunication Union ITU ICT Development Index (IDI) and the level of advancement of ICTs in 152 countries worldwide comparing progress made between 2008 and 2010 was released Thursday September 15. The IDI which ranked countries according to their level of ICT access, use [...]

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The Spanish blogger Judith Torrea writes about Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the US-border severely affected by drug trafficking and homicides. She was awarded the Reporters Without Borders BOB Award 2011 during the Global Media Conference. An interview about journalistic passion and fear.

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(First of two articles) ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – There was a hint of embarrassment in Mark Gilbore’s voice as he pointed to the infamous red light district of Angeles City. It was almost dusk when girls of various shapes and sizes began to pour out onto the streets. Clad in clothes that showed off more [...]

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InterAksyon.com, the Philippines newest and fastest-rising news website recently launched a special interactive microsite on the poll cheating in the  2007 Midterm elections.

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Five Years On, Chief Ebrima Manneh Still Missing It has been exactly five years Thursday, since Gambian journalist Mr Chief Ebrima Manneh went missing and separated from his family where he was a breadwinner. Chief Manneh, who disappeared since July 7, 2006, was allegedly whisked away from his office, the pro-government Daily Observer newspaper in [...]

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The editorial board member of German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt, Mr Jochen Gaugele said freeing internet media content was the biggest blunder to be ever made in the global media industry. The mistake could soon see thousands of newspapers worldwide closing their doors due to lack of enough audience and strong financial support from readers and [...]

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MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has given assurances that suspended Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan, accused of being a principal in the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre, cannot be freed from detention even if he is accepted as state witness in any case filed over the election fraud that [...]

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