Stephen Gately, a member of an Irish Band called Boyzone died in a Spanish Island, Majorca on Saturday. The details of his death was not disclosed yet.
BoyZone has been one of Ireland’s most popular bands with six No. 1 singles in the United Kingdom, and four No. 1 albums, Ticketmaster said. The band has separated in 2000 and got reunited in 2008.
The Health Ministry here in Malaysia has identified the 15 companies which manufacture or distribute plum products with high lead levels.
Here is the list that has been brought out by the ministry:
Manufacturer/Distributor on Product Package – Product Name on Label
1) Alamo Packing – The Original Chinese Candy Dried Plums with pickle and Lemon Saladitos Con Pepino Y Limon
2) Almax International- Its Fruit Chinese Style Dried Prune Saladito
3) Bolner’s Fiesta Products – Saladitos 6 Count
4) Casa De Dulce – Salted Plum Suckers
5) Cheung Fat – Plum wrapped ‘candy’ ( Packaging predominantly in Asian foreign language- blue and white bag with candy wrapped in red and white)
6) Dollar Value Distributor – Saladitos Salted Prunes
7) Hinojosa Brothers ( H.B. Wholesale) – Salados Salted Dried Plums
Kam Tai Hong – Hua Ho Ying Tzu ( Packaging in Asian Foreign language)
9) Little Gregory – Chinese Candy ( Packaging also contains individual packets of Limon and La Sabrozita)
10) Mexican Products and Spices – 7 Salted Plums 7 Saladitos
11) Produce Plus – Saladitos Chinese Candy
12) Roxy Trading Co. – PReserved Liquiriced Prune, Preserved Plums, Preserved Salted Prunes, Preserved Plums, Preserved Plums: Preserved Red Prunes.
13) Sanh Yuan Enterprise – Preserved Fruit Pitted Prunes
14) Tang Hoi Moon – Chan Pui Mui Preserved Plum
15) Wan Tom Food Co. LTD. – Ka Po Preserved Plum
Source : FDA Website
Metro Manila, Philippines has experienced its worst flood ever in more than 43 years on Saturday, September 26, 2009. The rain that caused the great flood lasted for only 6 hours but PAGASA says, the amount of rainful for 6 hours is worth a month.
The damages caused by the Typhoon Ondoy: 72 dead and missing. Meanwhile on Saturday, thousands of people were stranded in their rooftops and thousands more stuck on the road.
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May God bless the Philippines!
