Justice served with stiff penalties against fraudulent teacher recruiter (tags)
We, members of the Filipino community and different Filipino-American groups here in the US, extend our congratulations to the hundreds of Filipino teachers for their victorious struggle against their deceitful recruitment agency Universal Placement Inc. (UPI) and its owner Lourdes Navarro. We are happy that after four years of brave and sustained efforts on different fronts and winning different battles along the way, the case has reached the federal court which found these defendants liable for engaging in fraudulent practices.
Filipino teachers in US file class suit vs oppressive recruiters (tags)
Filipino migrant teachers in Louisiana today (August 5, US Central Time) filed a class lawsuit against Universal Placement International (UPI) and its Philippine based partner, PARS International for various offenses ranging from racketeering, human trafficking, extortion and mail and wire fraud.
Wireless World: Phone-plan competition hot (tags)
A story about monthly mobile phone plans.
The Web: Movie-style graphics online (tags)
A story about cool graphics on the Web.
Wireless World: 911 Internet calls (tags)
A story about E911.
Wireless World: Evil twins lurk in Wi-Fi (tags)
A story about evil twins hacking Wi-Fi.
The Web: Reforming Social Security online (tags)
Karl Rove reveals a secret plan to reform social security.
The Web: Search engine privacy threats (tags)
A story about how Google threatens our privacy.
The Web: New rules for online gambling (tags)
A story about regulations of online gambling.
Wireless World: Mobile phone ads growing (tags)
A story about evil advertisers spamming us on mobile phones.
The Web: Grokster vs. MGM (tags)
A story about the Grokster case.
Wireless World: Smart-cards vs. RFID tags (tags)
A story about the government abusing civil rights.
The Web: The battle of the bloggers (tags)
A story about the failure of liberal blogs.
Wireless World: New 'apps' driving growth (tags)
A story about the wireless industry growing.
Wireless World: A breakout year for tags (tags)
A story about RFID achieving market success.
The Web: New bids for eBay cusomers (tags)
A story about the new sites for eBay custojmers.
Wireless World: SBC and remaking AT&T (tags)
A story about the merger of SBC and AT&T.
Wireless World: Fighting terror wirelessly (tags)
Great story about a civil liberties in today's post - Sept. 11 digital world.
The Web: 'Bots' pushing poll results (tags)
This is a great story by Gene Koprowski about bots influencing elections.
The Web: Iraqi blogs building free speech (tags)
This is a great story by Gene Koprowski about Iraqi blogs.
The Web: Problems with online polling (tags)
Great story by Gene Koprowski about online voting polls.
Wireless World: Cell phone '411' worries (tags)
The Web: New views on the 'digital divide' (tags)
This is a great story on the problems of the digital divide.
Internet claim on Bush award disputed (tags)
This is an expose of the validity made by a Web site that said President Bush, when serving as an officer in the Texas Air National Guard, wore a ribbon he was not authorized to wear.
Wireless World: Troubling gaps in 'e-911' (tags)
This is an expose of the problems of 911 on mobile phones.
Blogging changes political landscape (tags)
Excellent article by UPI on how blogging is changing politics.
Daniel Pearl: On The Trail Of The 9/11 Mastermind? (tags)
Former CIA agent Robert Baer claimed that he and Daniel Pearl were working together on a joint project when Pearl disappeared. Has Baer been caught in a lie?
IMC under heavy bombardement by MOABS (tags)
The IMC is under heavy bombardment by Mother of All Bullshit attacks today.