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  • 04 Jan 2011 11:58 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    Winn Dixie is being sued for allegedly failing to properly clean its floors after a customer slipped and fell while an employee was mopping the floor.

    Peggy Jarrell filed suit against Winn Dixie Montgomery Inc., Southern Cleaning Services Inc., Mildred Caldwell d/b/a KAP Cleaning Service and Max Specialty Insurance Co. on Sept. 14 in Tangipahoa Parish District Court. The defendant removed the case to federal court in New Orleans on Dec. 17.

    Read More:Lousianna Record
  • 03 Jan 2011 12:13 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    SERIAN: A woman janitor found the body of a baby girl in a flush tank in a ladies toilet of the Serian Hospital yesterday.

    Masitah Laden told police that she discovered the body of the 1kg baby at 5.10pm with the umbilical cord still attached.

    Serian police chief DSP Jemali Umi said the body had been sent to Sarawak General Hospital for a post-mortem.

    Police, yet to detain a suspect, appeal to members of the public with information on the case to contact them. – Bernama

    More at Source:Borneo Post

  • 03 Jan 2011 12:12 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    London, United Kingdom - Valley Industrial Products (http://www.vipclean.co.uk) is promoting its own range of eco friendly cleaning products in a bid to enable its customers to clean their industrial or commercial premises without impacting on the planet. The new range of eco friendly products supplied by Valley is called "Green Valley" and has been based completely on the already successful cleaning products that the company has been supplying for years.

    "We know that our customers put a lot of stock in the efficiency and power of our own brand cleaning products," said a spokes person for Valley Industrial Products. "That's why we have created out Green Valley range. The Green Valley products deliver the exact same cleaning power as before: they've just had harsh, corrosive or otherwise environmentally unsound chemicals replaced by new formulas.
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    The environmental friendly cleaning products produced by Valley Industrial Products are enabling all UK industries and commercial enterprises to look after their premises and equipment in line with new initiatives and regulations concerning environmental impact. Even the heaviest industrial environment can be cleaned with products from the Green Valley range, and the earth benefits with every spray.

    Read More At Source:Pr-USA
     

  • 30 Dec 2010 8:51 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    It started with $1,000, a tiny office space, a few ads in the Pennysaver and half a dozen housekeepers, but Maureen Gray, president and founder of what would become KBM Facility Solutions, wasn't about to let odds get in her way.

    Gray, just 20 years old at the company’s founding in 1981, now has a multimillion-dollar, multi-faceted company with about 500 employees and 450 vendor partners.

    Along with janitorial, the firm has a tenant improvement division, a maintenance division and an array of other functions, and Gray continues to grow her company with additions and acquisitions.

    The company, originally known as KBM Building Services, posted $28.8 million in sales last year and is projecting more than $30 million in sales in 2010.

    "Despite the weak economy and an overall increase in competition, KBM has seen tremendous growth during the past two years, primarily as a result of the focus of our dedicated management team," Gray said. "While our pricing remains highly competitive, we have expanded our list of value-added services to ensure that our clients are receiving the best possible value for their dollar."

    More at source:San Diego Source

  • 30 Dec 2010 8:43 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Now, just in time for the holidays, emerges a Boston Terrier who doesn't just wheel around a pushcart, but s/he apparently takes out (and puts back) cleaning supplies piled up inside the four-wheeler.

    More at Source: Urlesque

  • 27 Dec 2010 6:50 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    UPTON undefined  With nearly 1,200 students, many of whom spend class time in auto body shop, a professional kitchen or manufacturing setting, Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School has a lot of heavy cleaning to do.

    But 18 months ago, the school embarked on an effort to replace its cleaning supplies and processes with environmentally friendly, nontoxic products. It's now one of the few schools in the state to be totally “green.”

    “The school's always strived to be ahead of the curve,” said James Brochu, director of construction and facilities. “With efforts the staff has made in green cleaning, we're maintaining that positive drive forward.”

    School officials knew that switching to green cleaning would be good for the environment and the health of students and staff, but they were skeptical whether green products would clean as well as those with strong chemicals

    More At Source: The Telegram

  • 27 Dec 2010 6:48 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - December 27, 2010) -  When the Metrodome in Minneapolis succumbed to the forces of Mother Nature, the NFL was left with a dilemma, where do they stage the matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants? Most people don't realize there was a second dilemma that came with that decision; this became clear once the NFL decided their solution was to hold the game at Ford Field in Detroit just 24 hours after the Detroit Lions finished up their own home game. Now came the interesting part. It took nearly 1,000 tons of snow to make the Metrodome stadium inadequate to play in. Nearly 240 Jani-King Commercial Cleaning crew members assembled to get another stadium ready to take its place.

    More At Source:Market Wire 

  • 21 Dec 2010 7:54 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    When searching for cleaning services in South Florida, you better be very specific or else you might find yourself getting taken to the cleaners.

    A Miami woman hired to tidy up a house has been arrested after the homeowner claims the woman made herself right at home and stole $200,000 worth of jewelry, electronics and other items.

    Jesenia Lopez-Gavilan, 22, was in court Tuesday and charged with grand theft for her phony maid scam, JustNews.com reports.

    Lopez-Gavilan was advertising her services on Craigslist.com and that's how she pulled in her victims, police said.

    The woman allegedly cased the joint and then came back with an accomplice, Ray Valdez, who was also arrested.

    Chances are this isn't the only time the duo have pulled off such a house cleaning, police said.

    Source: NBC Miami

  • 21 Dec 2010 7:52 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    MIDDLETOWN undefined A school janitor was fired on Dec. 7 for "inappropriate conduct" after an internal investigation into reports on his behavior by several students, district officials said.

    The district is not aware of the janitor engaging in any criminal activity or child endangerment, said Board of Education attorney Christopher Parton, who declined to identify the employee or elaborate on the "inappropriate conduct."

    During a board meeting on Wednesday, several parents criticized the school district's handling of the situation, alleging that the district did not report information to authorities in a timely manner and that it allowed the janitor to remain in contact with students as the internal investigation developed.

    "Children are going to be at risk," said resident Dina Milne, if the district handles future cases in a similar fashion.

    More at Source:App.com

  • 21 Dec 2010 7:50 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    A San Mateo man who worked as a janitor at several Shell service stations on the Peninsula is now accused of robbing them, a prosecutor said.

    Marlon Arbulu, 27, is accused of going on a two-week robbery spree in which he hit the same service station, and same clerk, twice in San Mateo as well stations in San Carlos and San Bruno, said chief deputy district attorney Steve Wagstaffe. The managers at the San Mateo station recognized Arbulu when watching surveillance footage and realized he used to work there as a janitor.

    Arbulu pleaded not guilty Friday in San Mateo County Superior Court to robbery and burglary charges, said Wagstaffe.

    Prosecutors say the robberies started Nov. 28 at a Shell station on Peninsula Avenue in San Mateo. Arbulu is accused of passing the clerk a note that demanded cash and warned there would be trouble if the money wasn't handed over. Authorities say Arbulu got away with about $200. He came back on Dec. 12 and said he didn't get enough money the first time and ordered the clerk, who was behind the counter at the first robbery, to give him more, according to authorities; he escaped with an undetermined amount of money.

    Prosecutors said he robbed a Shell station in San Carlos on Dec. 14 and then held up one in San Bruno on Dec 16. Based on information from his previous employers, police identified Arbulu as a suspect in the crimes. He was arrested in a San Bruno hotel on the same day as the last robbery.

     

    Source: Mercury News

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