Sony, LG And Xiaomi Fight It Out In The Television Category At The CES 2017, LG Builds The Thinnest Television With Thickness Of 2.57 Mm!
CES is always the place go-to place for televisions, and 2017 CES wasn’t any difference. This year saw LG, Sony, and Samsung fighting it out in the segment. CES usually brings in unusual electronic items into the consumers’ radar, and this year different companies came in with their version of the 4K HD TVs. While Sony, Samsung, and LG were...
Sunderbans sea level to rise 3-8 mm per year: World Bank report
BALI ISLAND (Sunderbans): The water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a World Bank report has suggested. The report stated that the sea level could witness an estimated 3 to 8 mm rise per year and mainly attributed it to land subsidence caused by...
After deaths of eight Marines, Pentagon bans 60 mm mortar round
HAWTHORNE, Nev. — A mortar shell explosion killed eight Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada’s high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation can determine their safety, officials said Tuesday. The explosion occurred Monday night at the Hawthorne Army...
Pune gets 31.8 mm rain in an hour’s spell
PUNE: The city recorded 31.8 mm rain in over an hour's span of heavy downpour on Thursday afternoon. The skies remained overcast for the better part of the afternoon and evening as it started raining around 2.15 pm and continued for the next over an hour. The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Shivajinagar observatory recorded a total of 33 mm...
In 12 hours, city receives 48 mm rain
The city received good showers between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning with the suburbs recording 48 mm in 12 hours from 8.30 pm to 8.30am. Only light to moderate rain is expected on Friday, said the Met department. Although the south-west...
68.6 mm Season's highest
Pune city recorded the season's highest rainfall on Saturday following heavy rain that began early in the morning and continued throughout the day. The rainfall of 68.6 mm recorded...
Pune records 44.9 mm rain after brief lull
After a two-day lull, the city experienced rainfall on Thursday which led to water-logging, traffic congestion and tree felling incidents in some parts of...
Pune records 25.4 mm rainfall
The southwest (SW) monsoon has spread to most parts of the state and Karnataka, said India Meteorological Department, Pune. The SW monsoon hit the city on...
MMDA measures eased traffic flow in MM
THIS refers to Eliseo Reblando's letter titled 'Ways to ease Edsa traffic.' (Inquirer, 1/16/10) I disagree with Reblando's view and I would rather say that traffic in Metro Manila has improved a lot. I will attribute this to the U-turn slots and iron grills in our major thoroughfares. These measures have eased traffic flow and forced...
Protect Muslims in MM -- Bongbong
By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco A senatorial candidate of Nacionalista Party (NP) yesterday appealed to authorities to ensure protection among Muslims residing in Metro Manila from possible harassment and discrimination following the continued search of the military and police of suspects in the Maguindanao massacre that killed 57 people, including 30...
City records 44 mm rainfall
PUNE: It rained throughout the day on Tuesday. As the day progressed the intensity of the rain increased and by 8.30 pm the city had recorded 44.1 mm rain. In the evening, heavy showers threw life out of gear, with many areas getting water-logged and drenched commuters finding themselves stranded on their way back home. Areas that filled with water...
Solution to MM flooding broached 12 years back
Surely, being natural occurrences, typhoons are God-ordained. On the other hand, they could also be man-made when man does not prepare for such weather disturbances to prevent or minimize the destruction they may cause. Twelve years ago, I wrote an article titled 'A Brasilia for...
DOT gathers donation from MM hotels
By: Efren Montano THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is jumping aboard the relief bandwagon as it gathers donations from hotels in Metro Manila and nearby cities even as it remains still bullish with its target of about 8 million tourist traffic by end of 2009 despite the onslaught of the wrath of tropical storm Ondoy. ...
MM, CL turn into ‘Water World’
By: Efren Montano TROPICAL storm Ondoy dumped a record rainfall in more than four decades, turning Metro Manila and neighboring areas into a virtual water world. And the man tasked to handle the massive rescue operations -- Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, who is also the chairman of the National...
Squatting in MM
THE population explosion of squatter families in the heavily populated metropolis remains has become too hard to hanlde by the Metro Manila Development Authority. Aside from the manpower required to get the job done, the MMDA is hard put to raise P100 billion to solve the squatter problem over the next 10 years, according...
Most MM drugstores comply with cut drug prices -- DOH
By: Melnie Ragasa-Jimena MAJORITY of Metro Manila drugstores complied with the 50 percent price reduction on 49 brands of essential drugs, which took effect last August 15, Health Secrtary Francisco Duque said yesterday. “The compliance rate was based on the rounds we have conducted since August 15 until yesterday. ...
CM's close encounter with MM in hotel loo
SINGAPORE Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's first "meeting" actually took place in the washroom prior to their official meeting at Komtar, all Chinese dailies reported yesterday. The encounter was a coincidence, Sin Chew daily said. Lee, who was supposed to meet...
MM needs Wawa River Project, now
Allow us to elaborate on the Wawa River Project and how it would benefit Metro Manila's water consumers. 1. Wawa Dam, which is located in Montalban, Rizal, used to be the main source of Metro Manila's water supply from 1908 until 1968, the year MWSS abandoned it for Angat Dam. Today, Angat supplies 97 percent of Metro Manila's water supply but is...
Indian Mujahideen threat to MM Joshi
12 Apr 2009, 0357 hrs IST, TNN Text: VARANASI: It seems that rumour mongers have become active in...
Disposal of MM garbage critical
Nacionalista Party president Senator Manny Villar said that until a long-term and permanent solution to waste disposal is put in place, particularly of Metro Manila’s garbage, the country is inviting environmental disasters. Studies show that Metro Manila produces at least 8,000 tons of solid waste per day, of which, only 6,000 end up in dumpsites....