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Rafael Cantoria applied for a job at the Maids Home Services in Honolulu on a whim, and was surprised when they actually hired him. But he's happily been working for the franchise ever since, checking the work quality of the company's six home-cleaning teams and doing some of the cleaning himself. Cantoria moved to Hawaii in 1990 from the Philippines, where he had worked 22 years for the U.S. Navy at Subic Bay. The high school graduate started as a warehouseman, then moved up the ranks to customer service supervisor, then supply systems analyst, picking up many employee awards along the way. Eventually, he applied to move to the United States. Why? "Everybody likes to come here, to make more money, of course," he said last week. "That's everybody's dream." With his wife and children, his first stop was Hawaii.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has asked the contractor of the Duta-Hulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE) to undertake remedial work at the site of the landslide in Wangsa Maju. "I have directed the contractor to start work as soon as possible. I have also asked the Highway Authority of Malaysia to investigate the landslide and submit a full report on the incident," he told Bernama when contacted in London where he is attending the 13th International Transportation System World Congress. The minister said although the cause of the landslide was not known yet, the main contractor of the expressway had been asked to take all measures to complete the remedial work fast. The landslide, which occurred at about 7.10pm Monday following a downpour, resulted in the evacuation of nearly 700 people living in four blocks of low cost flats.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Michael Capponi, one of Miami's most respected and well-known hospitality entrepreneurs, known for setting records in event promotion, is now setting records in the real estate market. Capponi, Principal of The Capponi Group, which specializes in the development of high-end, luxury single-family homes, has set a Miami Beach record with the $4.3 million sale of a Sunset Island II home, the highest price ever recorded for an existing, non-waterfront property. The renovated three-story, 9,600 sq. ft. residence, located on a 13,000 sq. ft. lot at 2501 Bay Avenue, Miami Beach, has seven bedrooms, four full bathrooms, two powder rooms, a large formal dining room, and a loft-like living room with 25-foot ceilings and bay views. It features Caribbean overtones throughout and contains a separate family room with mahogany built-ins, an entertainment complex with a large movie theatre, a wine cellar room, wet bar, billiard room and gym.
A resident in Dukes Mobile Home Park, 5460 Harlan Street, suffered minor burns this morning when a portable electric heater sparked a blaze that raced through one mobile home and spread to another early this morning in Arvada. The Arvada Fire Protection District fire marshals office determined the portable heater had been placed too near combustible materials. The initial call came at 1:28 a.m. and the first fire unit arrived six minutes later to find the mobile home fully involved. The intense heat ignited a second mobile home. Both units were a total loss. Another nearby mobile home only suffered minor heat damage but a pickup truck in front was damaged as well. The American Red Cross is assisting the displaced residents. .
The lawsuit itself is based on allegations GCOE violated the Mirror's right to obtain public information under the California Public Records act. Calling it "a very important case," MacFarland opened the hearing and referred to an inch-thick stack of documents filed by both attorneys late Thursday and early Friday. The judge wasted no time in deciding not to hear the matter. "Judge Byrd told me about this case," he said. "I said I would not hear it. I won't hear it. I will give it to Judge Byrd and recommend he read it thoroughly ..." The court was supposed to hear a motion to file an amendment to the Mirror's original petition and a motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. GCOE attorney Mark Ellis said before court convened that he's asking for a temporary restraining order to keep Mirror editor Tim Crews from publishing or revealing to anyone .
A woman suffered minor injuries this morning when a tree fell on her mobile home at Arbor Village mobile home park, south of Lafayette.
Dave Chasey, a lieutenant with the Wea Township Volunteer Fire Department, said about a dozen firefighters responded about 2:44 a.m. to Lot 34, Arbor Village, when a large tree fell on the mobile home.
The mobile home park is located just south of Wea Creek off Old U.S. 231.
The woman inside managed to get out of the house on her own. Chasey said the mobile home appeared to be a total loss.
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis reported a thunderstorm moved through the Lafayette area overnight dumping about three-quarters of an inch of rain and packing winds up to 41 mph. Mike Shartran, a spokesman with the weather service, said the peak wind speed was recorded at 2:14 a.m.
Mangalore, Oct 23: The district administration on Monday October 23 morning demolished an illegally-constructed building at Adamkudru in the Coastal Regulatory Zones limits. Speaking to Daijiworld CRZ official Veeraiah said that the people who are involved in illegal sand mining at Adamkudru and surrounding areas had encroached the said area. They had then built a building without permission. The building was used to provide accommodation to the labourers and also to keep equipments. Having come to know about this, the deputy commissioner had ordered the administration to demolish the building as it was built altering the course of the river. As per the regulation no building is supposed to be built on a river bed and particularly by altering the course of the river.
PASCAGOULA --Since Hurricane Katrina, the Jackson County Planning Department has been swamped with business requests. Director Michele Coats said her office has been so busy that staff have been unable to complete some pre-Katrina projects. Monday, Coats asked the Jackson County Board of Supervisors to hire AMEC Earth and Environmental Inc., to help ease the load with existing and new mitigation buyout projects. "In the old program, the county would buy the house, tear it down and the property could never be developed. The people had to move. It becomes vacant land on the tax roll," said Coats. "Now that so many houses were flooded, Federal Emergency Management Agency has tweaked its program, somewhat, said Coats. In phase one, two homeowners moved to George County.
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