11.8 million Internet users, attributing to 53.1 percent of the SEA e-mobile population, used leading Apple mobile devices such as iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, in the month ending October 2011. Apple has the greatest market share in Thailand and Singapore, used by over 70 percent of the local e-mobile population. Apart from Singapore, where iPhone emerged as the most used Apple device with 37.51 percent share, iPad has the highest usage compared to other mobile devices in all other SEA countries.
By Romy Teruel One environmental and tourism issue that will keep on cropping up unless decisive actions are done is the issue of easement along beaches as prescribed by the Water Code of the Philippines. This has cropped up before and now it is here again. The conference that Gov. Erico B. Aumentado held with the hotel and resort owners of Panglao and Dauis last Friday is an example of laws wanting in implementation. While the laws are clear and guidelines are prescribed, willing compliance has remained a problem. The Water Code of the Philippines prescribes a 20-meter easement from the high water mark on the beach towards inland where no permanent structure can be constructed whatsoever. We need not send experts however to know that compliance is more in the breach than observance. This prompts observers to ask "What happened to Bohol's thrust on eco-tourism and environmental conservation and protection?" And this is usually followed by "They are killing...
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