No settlement in sight for southern Thailand
22 May 2012, 3:32 am
PATTANI - Thailand's security forces have clearly been unable to gain an upper hand in the country's restive southern provinces after eight years of counter-insurgency operations ranging from suppressive security measures to initiatives to win hearts and minds.

Rama: CCMC, Guba to stay with City Hall
21 May 2012, 7:24 pm
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama said yesterday that City Hall will continue operating the Cebu City Medical Center and will not allow any intervention in the operation of the Guba District Hospital.

Peter Bosshard: New World Bank President Needs to Make Infrastructure Work for the Poor
21 May 2012, 11:26 am
The World Bank should shift its ample resources -- its lending, guarantees, technical assistance and policy advice -- from the top-down projects of the past to the bottom-up solutions of the future.

Economic development brought down to regional level
21 May 2012, 3:00 am
Candidate Bill Haslam made job development and economic rebirth the anchors of his campaign back in 2010.

David Brooks | Government yet to catch up with voters’ sense of entitlement
20 May 2012, 11:17 pm
The people who pioneered democracy in Europe and the United States had a low but pretty accurate vie

The Age of Innocence
16 May 2012, 11:06 pm
It’s no wonder Europe and the United States are facing debt crises and political dysfunction at the same time.

Of subcontracting bus drivers, decentralizing maintenance and more...
16 May 2012, 3:05 pm
We didn't have space in today's story to mention all of the Pinellas County school administration's responses to the Pinellas Education Foundation's "Savings for Classrooms" ideas. So here's the full report with district's responses in red . Among the more interesting responses: * The district is willing to conduct a feasibility study into the idea of subcontracting bus driver services to a ...

IBM Experts Deliver Recommendations to Ghana Ministry of Health for Increasing Access to More Affordable Health Care
14 May 2012, 5:00 am
ACCRA, Ghana, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of IBM's (IBM) experts has presented the Ghana Ministry of Health with a forward-looking blueprint to provide all Ghanaians with access to health ...

UN envoy: Libya unstable but moving to democracy
10 May 2012, 7:16 pm
The top U.N. envoy in Libya said Thursday there are positive signs that the country is moving toward democracy but longstanding tensions have escalated into armed conflicts, detainees are still being tortured, and there is rising discontent among former revolutionary fighters.

The PTA arrives in Mexico's schools
9 May 2012, 2:47 pm
When Karina Saldaña enrolled her first child in elementary school, she hoped for the kind of parent participation that didn't exist when she was growing up. Her own school director was “untouchable” to both teachers and students alike, Ms. Saldaña says.