Move Over BRICS, PPICS is Taking Over

Way back in 2001, all of the world’s eyes were on the BRICS in 2001 when it comes to promising economic growth in the next ten years. What do you expect from five nations comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa when they hold most of the world's population (43 percent). It’s a sleeping economic power waiting to explode, and so it did from 2001 and the next decade, the something came along.

Due to the lack of response to demand, statistically, the economic development of BRICS will decline by a massive 3.2 percent as compared to its rate for the last 10 years. This is according to an analysis entitled "Coface identifies 10 emerging countries hot on the heels of the BRICS." Aside from this projection, it is further anticipated that other economies will balloon this year.

SC: Husbands Can Be Guilty of Raping Wives

In a historical decision, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) ruled that marriage is not a license for husbands to forcibly rape their wives. This decision was reached after the high court upheld on 15 May 2014 the conviction of a man accused of raping his wife twice more than 15 years ago.

The high court supported a 9 July 2008 Court of Appeals (CA) ruling to affirm an earlier lower court decision in 1 April 2002 that found a husband guilty of two counts of rape and was sentenced reclusion perpetua for each count. He is also not eligible for parole.

The Perpetrators Deserve Grisly Death

Under heinous crime was committed in Manila. And like all the other previous acts against the helpless and the vulnerable, the perpetrators need to be punished – with death.

The incident occurred over the weekend after a seven-year-old girl who was possibly raped was found dead behind the restroom of a house in Manila's Pandacan district on 7 September 2014.

So, They Were Policemen After All

The viral photo that made the rounds in social media last week (above), showing several men aiming what looked like guns at a vehicle on EDSA, is finally solved.

Authorities have confirmed the it was a clear case of abduction involving policemen from La Loma, Quezon City.

The William Jefferson Clinton Leadership Award

To all undergraduate students with a passion to end hunger, you may want to apply for the Clinton Hunger Leadership Award.

Named in honor of President Bill Clinton for his commitment to humanitarian causes including the eradication of hunger, the award recognizes outstanding leadership in the movement to end hunger. Stop Hunger Now and NC State University Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service (CSLEPS) will accept video applications from 1 September to
2 November 2014.