allvoices - http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Obama To Officially Act On Climate Change -- At Long Last! For the first time in more than a decade, the United States government pledges to reduce its greenhouse gasses emissions Washington – President Barack Obama is set to announce next month during the climate meetings in Copenhagen that the U.S.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4702227 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:20:49 -0800 Blood-Curdling Revelations From The Maguindanao Massacre Witness The chief eyewitness to the genocide says his orders came directly from the son of the Governor himself Maguindanao – Known only as “Boy,” the man who was part of the 100 armed death squad sent to liquidate the entire... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4702196 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:09:40 -0800 To Probe Or Not To Probe The Backhoe The heavy machinery equipment at the scene of the crime of last Monday’s gruesome Maguindanao Massacre came from the provincial government. Will it be used for evidence? Maguindanao -- The entire stretch of the Maguindanao highway leading to the three... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4702166 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:02:10 -0800 Who Is Andal Ampatuan Sr. and Why Is He The Pointed Mastermind of the Maguindanao Massacre? Maguindanao, the Philippines – A Deep Throat source exposes the deadly reality in the viciously inhumane world of Maguindanao politics to abs-cbnNEWS/Newsbreak but only on condition of anonymity for obvious reasons. The alleged mastermind of Last Monday’s shocking bloodbath in... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4689964 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:11:06 -0800 "Precious" Movie -- "Angelic" Or "Demonic"? The most controversial film yet to hit the screens ignited a fiery reaction that ran the full spectrum of human emotion. The extremist reviews rated Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire as “Angelic and “Demonic.” The film, about... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4669965 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:25:49 -0800 Hegang Coal Mine Explosion Death Toll Nearing The 100-Mark In the most lethal explosion in two years, fatalities at the coal mine explosion in Hegang, China has soared to 87, soon to hit the 100-mark. “The pre-dawn blast Saturday at the state-run Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang (pronounced HAY-long-jeeahng) province... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4669927 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:15:04 -0800 Why Gay-Rights Ang Ladlad Was Rejected As Congress Party-List “I have such a hard time figuring out who is what and what is who. And why is who a what or why is what a who.” Abbot and Costello would have loved House Speaker Prospero Nograles’ text message to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4666623 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:59:29 -0800 Why Google Gobbled Mobile Phone Start-Up For $750 Million The latest addition in Google’s mind-boggling evolution is AdMob Inc., a start-up software developer of display ads for mobile phone applications, even as it continues to build Android, their own mobile operating system. “The mobile Web is still in its... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4660355 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:54:59 -0800 The "Why-Didn't-I-Think-Of-That" Wal-Mart Secret Weapon Wal-Mart’s net margin is 3.3% – a bit lethargic compared to its competitors – but it ranks No. 2 in the Fortune 500. Rafi Mohammed, pricing strategy consultant and the author of The Art of Pricing and the forthcoming The... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4656074 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:49:21 -0800 Lex Appeal: Why "Unfriend" Is 2009 Oxford Word of the Year The New Oxford American Dictionary’s recently-chosen word of the year for 2009 – “Unfriend” – basically refers to the act of deleting a “friend” in your social network account, such as Facebook. Among the other nominees are: Netbook, Paywall, Birther,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4656027 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:44:33 -0800 Why Loren Legarda Agreed To Be Manny Villar's Vice President Political enemies want to turn this team-up into a scandalous liaison. Here’s why. Slings and arrows from administration officials and political competitors fell like a Leonids meteor shower upon Senator Loren Legarda when she formally agreed to be the running-mate... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4643861 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:29:47 -0800 Why Manny Villar Was Vindicated In The C-5 Road Attack The timing of the accusation was suspicious and the case even more so. It was clearly a hatchet job. Here’s why. Senate Resolution 1472, although diplomatically deferred after fiery debates from administration senators, dismisses the ethics complaint against Senator Manny... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4643844 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:24:49 -0800 Is Vice President Noli De Castro Becoming Irrelevant? Vice President Noli “Kabayan” De Castro was said to have avoided President Gloria Arroyo’s “Kiss of death” endorsement so he stayed on the sidelines. Now nobody knows what he’s been doing lately, much less his plans for the 2010 elections.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4643840 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:20:34 -0800 No Manny, No Manny But You Praises have reached Heaven about Manny Pacquiao being on the cover of Time . I’m happy for his achievements and deeply admire his discipline during training and his unparalleled gifts as a boxer, even as I hope he wouldn’t self-destruct... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4614057 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:21:12 -0800 The Berlin Wall's Fall: Courtesy of SNAFU “Forty-eight hours after the first Germans clambered atop the Wall, I stood through a freezing night with several thousand Berliners in the muddy no-man’s-land that was Potzdammer Platz at the old heart of pre-war Berlin…We often think of history as... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4593621 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:38:18 -0800 Have You Ever Defied Heaven and Hell? Have you sometimes felt like an outcast? Does being true to yourself make you less human? Is it a sin to be who you are? This is a story about a girl apart from all the rest. Her name is... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4553984 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:23:04 -0800 Don't Blink: How To Win An Election You Lost and Get Away With It In the 2007 mid-term elections in the Philippines, Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Juan Miguel “Migs” Zubiri were closely vying for the last slot for the 12 winners for the Senatorial race. Zubiri, administration congressman and author of the Biofuels... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4546542 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:33:50 -0800 All Voices Fiction: "Johnnybee" The thing about being a psychic is you can’t play the lotto because you will win. Now what kind of reasoning is that? It sounds like Sun Tzu getting high on shabu . I even know the contents in all... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4539078 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:26:52 -0800 Wendy Lee & Books For Cameroon: How To change The World For $11,500 (An Exclusive Interview with A U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer) Wendy was studying for her postgraduate entrance examination when her friends Billy and Loǐc invited her to a dinner-party. Welcoming the break from Pythagorean theorems, she soon found herself in the midst of Bamilệkệ villagers and foreign missionaries speaking in... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4513590 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:57:31 -0700 How On Earth Do You Prepare For The Coming Philippine Mega-Quake? A 7-8 magnitude earthquake is set to rock Metro Manila – literally destroying buildings, bridges, hospitals, schools, even the proposed evacuation centers, leaving millions homeless or worse. The warning came from no less than Chief Renato Solidum of Phivolcs (Philippine... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4504893 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:16:56 -0700