Lynn Laverty Elsenhans will become the chief executive officer and president of Sunoco starting August 8 the company said on Wednesday. Lynn Laverty Elsenhans will take over from retiring President and CEO John Drosdick. Drosdick will stay onboard at Sunoco until the end of 2008 to help with Elsenhans’ and the company’s transition. Lynn Laverty […]
City of Pines Marks 100 Years of Thomasites Arrival in Post Spanish Philippines
Baguio City – The Department of Education and the city government held a tribute to the Thomasites in recognition to their contributions to the Philippines education at the close of the 19th century and the end of Spanish colonial era. The activity which was held last 4 July 2008 in the City of Pines is […]
Typhoon Frank Batters RP
Strong winds and heavy rains repeatedly hit the Philippine archipelago for two days as typhoon Frank unleashed its might, causing deaths and damages to agriculture and infrastructures in Western Visayas and the rest of Luzon. The reported deaths and missing in the Visayas are high. Damage to agriculture and infrastructures are estimated at billions of […]
Nokia launches N78 in India
Finnish cell phone maker, Nokia has launched Nokia N78 in the Indian market. With 2.4 inch screen, the phone comes with 3.2 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 70 MB onboard storage capacity, FM radio, MP3 player and GPS system with pre-loaded maps of eight cities. Other features include, high-speed connectivity via WLAN, HSPDA […]
MISSION TO MARS
MISSION TO MARS Our fascination with Mars has spawned not just the “little green men” of science fiction but many scientific probes that have set out to explore the tantalizing prospect that Mars may, or at least can, harbor life. It is not just Mars of course. Our yearning for signs of life […]
Houston attacked by Rasberry Ants
They’re small, fast, and only an eighth-of-an-inch long, but swarms of tiny ants are causing big pains for homeowners in the Houston area. First identified in Texas in 2002, the ants are believed to have arrived onboard cargo ships. The ants have raised havoc in homes and yards across three counties surrounding Houston and the […]