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Time of India
22-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Part of mango tree crashes into five parked cars at Baga
Calangute: Strong winds and sudden heavy rain brought down branches of a huge mango tree damaging five parked cars at Khobrawaddo, Baga, on Thursday morning. However, no one was injured in the incident. Officials at the Pilerne fire station said that one car was completely crushed, while four were partly damaged. These included one tourist taxi and an AP-registered car belonging to a tourist. The officials have estimated the loss to be more than Rs 10 lakh. At Umtawaddo, the roof of a house belonging to Vincent Pereira was blown off by the strong gusty winds. Late Wednesday night, a tree came crashing down on a compound wall and a parked car and scooter at Verem.
Daily Express
27-04-2025
- Business
- Daily Express
Some fixed lines give cause to worry
Published on: Sunday, April 27, 2025 Published on: Sun, Apr 27, 2025 By: Sohan Das Text Size: Landlines dangling dangerously low. LABUAN: Telekom should look into its landlines which had been engulfed by thick unwanted growth and were dangling dangerously low as this condition caused uneasiness among users of the services. Acting as consumer spokesman Vincent Pereira said such a sight is common in a few out-of-town locations and did not befit the island's image as a financial centre and oil and gas hub nor reflect good on maintenance works. He said though technology had advanced with new and faster communication devices in the market landlines were still much relevant and used by many companies. 'Fixed-lines can be attached to fax machine and transmit printed documents with signatures which were legally binding unlike email which could lose in cyberspace,' said Vincent adding as a result most companies have fax machines. He hoped the Telekom would the necessary and not let such sights to become common here. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
