Posted by: Erineus on: May 22, 2009
By Raul Pangalangan Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:09:00 05/22/2009 Granada, the last Moorish capital in Spain, was taken by the Catholic monarchs in 1492, the most glorious year of the Reconquista when Granada’s last Muslim ruler, Boabdil, surrendered his kingdom to the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (supposedly [...]
Posted by: Erineus on: February 18, 2009
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Girls get just five years of formal education before going to work. They are four times more likely than men to contract HIV. HAITI: Nearly 50 percent of women in the capital’s shantytown, Cité Soleil, have beensexually assaulted – not surprising when you consider that rape was criminalized only three years ago. [...]
