http://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/43 2009-11-21T02:09:26-08:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service http://www.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png http://www.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpg © Inter Press Servicehttp://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/09/18/28492009-09-18T00:00:00-07:00

<p>'We produce electricity but we manage darkness. We have big energy sources of electricity but only 20 percent of the population has access to electricity because most of the energy is sold to foreign countries.'</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/08/28/26422009-08-28T00:00:00-07:00

<p>A very hot summer of workers' discontent has taken over Serbia. Some 33,000 people go on strike daily in 40 to 45 firms, according to union statistics. They are mostly employees of privatised companies who have not been paid salaries or social and health security benefits for months now.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/08/13/24852009-08-13T00:00:00-07:00

<p>The European Union has pressurised Ghana to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) despite civil society concerns being raised about the detrimental effects further trade liberalisation will have on development in the West African country.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/07/09/21412009-07-09T00:00:00-07:00

<p>George Detubio, once an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is enjoying his new career as an entrepreneur. The 47-year-old owns a thriving business – distributing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products in this town, 200 kilometers north of Manila.</p>