Science
AFP - GENEVA - Scientists at the Stockholm Convention, which interdicts dangerous chemicals, said on Friday they will recommend the banning of a flame retardant commonly used in polystyrene. |
Technology
CNET (blog) - Even fancy smartphones like the iPhone 4S need to have satisfying call quality. A phone can have a hundred other amazing features, but its primary purpose is simple communication. |
Toronto Sun - When disaster strikes, when mistakes happen, what's the best corporate response? Well, to respond, for starters. Last week, as you are certainly aware, was The Great Berry Crash of 2011, and plenty of folks noticed. |
Hindustan Times - Google co-founder and chief executive Larry Page on Thursday said that its online social networking challenge to Facebook is growing fast and has topped 40 million users. |
Hindustan Times - Amid global mourning for the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, California governor Jerry Brown has declared Sunday as "Steve Jobs Day" in the southern US state |
Reuters - An employee of South Korean mobile carrier KT holds a Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet (R) and Apple Inc's iPad tablet as he poses for photos at a registration desk at KT's headquarters in Seoul August 10, 2011. |
Multichannel News - Mediacom and LIN Media have finalized a retransmission consent agreement, ending a blackout for nine LIN stations for Mediacom subscribers that began Aug. 31. |
New York Times (blog) - When you use a Wi-Fi connection to access the Internet, the data you transmit flies through the air. This allows us to remain blissfully connected while wandering through the house with a laptop, in a hotel with a tablet or in a ... |
GMANews.TV - URL-shortening service Bitly has released a real-time reputation-monitoring tool to help companies keep tabs of sentiments about them in social media. |
GMANews.TV - Japanese tech icon Sony has taken the wrap off Sony Bravia KDL-65HX925, which is reportedly the largest Internet TV to date with an 65-inch screen. |
News24 - San Francisco - Google is getting ready to press the mute button on its much-maligned Buzz service. Buzz will be shut down within the next few weeks Google Inc disclosed in a Friday blog post. |
PC Magazine - Google may have postponed the debut of Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of its Android mobile operating system optimized for smartphones, in deference to the passing of Apple's Steve Jobs. |
The Seattle Times - It's harvest time at One Infinite Loop in Cupertino, Calif., with Apple pushing out the iPhone 4S, a revision of the iPod touch, an update to iOS (version 5), its iCloud hosting and syncing service, and a new iPod nano. |
Bohol Standard - The effect of the news on the death of Steve Jobs, Apple company's iconic founder, can hardly be unnoticed as it was covered extensively by practically all media outlets from tv, print, radio, and the Internet. |
All Touch Tablet - You might have missed this bit of news from March which shows some hidden features into iOS 4.3 including multi touch gestures for the original iPad. |
GMANews.TV - Users of Microsoft's upcoming flagship operating system Windows 8 may soon have an easier time managing running applications —or killing misbehaving ones, with an overhauled Task Manager. |
eTaiwan News - Apple took another huge step towards the Post-PC era with the launch of iOS 5 and iCloud on Wednesday. They aim to make the importance of the PC less but make iCloud more universal to all. |
AFP - VIENNA - Internet search engine Google insisted on Friday it was not stealing business from the print media even if it has become an increasingly important source of news on the Web. |
AFP - BEIJING - Apple's iPhone 4S was available in several Beijing shops Saturday, despite not officially being for sale in China. "Today we have got two from Canada, they're 11000 yuan ($1720) each. |
Los Angeles Times - Apple's iOS mobile operating system changed the definition of what a smartphone could be when it launched in 2007 on the first-generation iPhone. |
Inquirer.net - Whether you want to be the next Charice, earn advertising income from original videos that could “go viral,” or promote a brand, the localized version of the online video-sharing site YouTube will have you seeing numbers in a good way. |
Health
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The number of nurses educated in the country, who wants to work in the United States, has dwindled down by almost half for the third quarter of the year, a party-list lawmaker in the House of Representatives ... |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine envoy has underscored the need to pass legislation on reproductive health and responsible parenthood if the country is to meet United Nations Millennium Development Goal ... |
Daily News & Analysis - Actress Sonam Kapoor has always been known for her impeccable and adventurous sense of style, but now the actor seems to be putting her fashion sense to help out a cause. |
Huffington Post - Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that a third of survivors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma still experience PTSD symptoms long after they were first diagnosed with the disease. |
Daily Dispatch Online - AN CATARACT patient who was given the gift of sight yesterday could not wait to see her family for the first time in years. Lorna Moni , whose left eye is totally blind from diabetes, had only partial vision in her right eye after developing a cataract ... |
The Salinas Californian - Pastoral Care Week provides opportunities for organizations and diverse institutions to recognize the providers of spiritual care. |
Stop TB Partnership - 14 October 2011 - Geneva - Winstone Zulu, a powerful advocate on behalf of people living with HIV and affected by TB, died on 12 October at University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. |
Sun.Star - By Rebelander S. Basilan THE Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board (Caib) wants to ban the wearing of two-piece swimwear in beauty pageants, but for a women's party-list, beauty pageants should be banned altogether. |
Sun.Star - REPRESENTATIVE Jose Benjamin “Benjo” Benaldo (1st district, Cagayan de Oro) will allocate P200 million for a road widening project in Barangay Bulua. |
Philippine Information Agency - KORONADAL CITY, Oct 15 (PIA) -- South Cotabato Provincial Health Officer Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr. said pregnant women should follow protocols designed to ensure safety of both mother and baby during childbirth. |
Philippine Information Agency - BASCO, Batanes, October 15 (PIA) -- To reach out to the Ivatan elderly who could no longer go to the hospitals due to some illnesses, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) led by Dr. |
Health Talk & You - The study was released in the Journal of Pediatrics. In the study, they have conducted a research which involved about 75 kids aging three to eight years |
Boing Boing - Bloomberg News has published a two-part, first-person investigative piece by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, a professor of sociology at the University of Southern California, on the lives of Filipina sex workers in ... |
Inquirer.net - VANCOUVER—Federal health authorities in Canada have met with practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine as a first step towards modifying regulations covering the sale of imported Chinese herbal remedies. |
Gulf Daily News - A TOTAL of BD2,800 was raised by around 300 people who stepped out to support International Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Bahrain City Centre yesterday. |
GMANews.TV - One in six mobile phones may be contaminated with the potentially E. coli bacteria, a study in a United Kingdom school showed. The study found 16 percent of phones and 16 percent of hands had the E. coli bacteria, which inhabit the human intestines. |
SOS Children's Villages Canada - Today is Global Handwashing Day, calling attention to the millions of people who lack access to basic hygiene and sanitation facilities. |
ToTheCenter.com - A group of 40 surgeons, nurses and staff at a Boston hospital performed a double hand transplant on a 65-year-old man for 12 hours. |
Entertainment
Tehran Times - TEHRAN -- The Iranian film “Mourning” and the Filipino movie “Fino” won the award in the New Currents section of the 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in the South Korean city on Friday. |
Inquirer.net - ANXIOUS AND HOPEFUL FACES all in a long long gray line outside the Amoranto Stadium in Quezon City. They have all descended upon what they hope to be their launch pad for the big time and the big bucks. |
San Francisco Chronicle - Catholics gather in front of the Civic Center to recite the rosary, marking the 50th anniversary of the rosary crusade. There are many ways to measure how San Francisco has changed since 1961, and here's one more: instead of attracting more than 500000 ... |
Inquirer.net - Apl.de.Ap, the Filipino-American member of the American hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas, poses during a press conference on the launching of an education advocacy campaign which he leads Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 in suburban Pasay City, south of Manila, ... |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - LOVE AT FIRST BITE - The social network - Twitter, Facebook - is loaded with this intriguing question: “Kagatin Kita, Gusto Mo? |
Manila Standard Today - A new Makati City judge will handle the 'billboard war' between the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and the Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines. |
Multichannel News - Mediacom and LIN Media have finalized a retransmission consent agreement, ending a blackout for nine LIN stations for Mediacom subscribers that began Aug. 31. |
Zee News - London: Reality star Kim Kardashian wore a towering pair of heels as she went for a ride on a camel with her mother Kris Jenner in Dubai. |
TheChronicleHerald.ca - NEW YORK (AP) - Top models Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr and Doutzen Kroes will strut in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show to live musical performances by Kanye West and Maroon 5. The catwalk event, which also will include VS models Erin ... |
Inquirer.net - “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” With this simple statement, Jesus foils the attempt of the religious authorities to trap him. |
Secaucus New Jersey News - Lindsay Lohan is fighting back and making a statement. Friday, writing on her Whosay account that “I am not to be made an example of anymore,” Access Hollywood reports. |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called on parents to protect their children from negative television influences. |
Daily Mail - She made her appearance into the world two months ago, and little Haven Warren is fast chalking up appearances in public. But her hot mama, Jessica Alba, 30 , takes care to keep her outings strictly limited to what is necessary. |
Philippine Star - Aloha sunset: Waikiki Beach is romantic at the end of the day. Philippine Airlines is offering tempting Swingaround Tours to Honolulu starting at US$590++ until Dec. 18, 2011. |
The Sun Daily - A NATIVE of Australia, Hugh Jackman was already a star in his own country with films such as Paperback Hero and Erskineville Kings (which won him the Australian Film Critics' Circle Best Actor award and a Best Actor nomination from The Australian Film ... |
Inquirer.net - Is it better to be the “it” girl or to fly under the radar? How do you like being the center of everyone's entertainment world these days? |
Wakey Wakey News - Paris Hilton flew off to Poland shortly after returning home from her trip to India. The businesswoman is all about promoting her brand, and the people in Poland are thrilled to have her. |
Canada.com - Hungarian police have seized a stockpile of weapons that was shipped to Budapest for the production of a film about zombies starring Brad Pitt, a film crew member said on Tuesday. |
Tempo - JUST like Charlotte York, Kristin Davis turned to adoption to fulfill her dream of becoming a mom. The “Sex and the City” actress, 46, welcomed baby Gemma Rose a few months ago. |
China Daily - The flamboyant designer - who is creative director at both Fendi and Chanel - believes he has done well at the fashion house because he was given total freedom, though he doesn't think the label's founder would have approved of his creations. |
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| Volume | 2,907,485,126 | |
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| Value | 3,500,262,344 | |
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Philippine Stock Exchange | PHILIPPINE MUTUAL FUNDS | |||||
Company Name | NAV per share (PhP) | One Year Return (%) | Three Year Return (%) | Four Year Return (%) | Year-to-date Return (%) |
| ATR KimEng Equity Opportunity Fund | 2.7002 | -2.88% | 23.5% | 9.7% | -3.18% |
| First Metro Save & Learn Equity Fund, Inc. | 3.5766 | 6.53% | 35.01% | 17.72% | 2.53% |
| Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc. | 366.85 | -1.93% | 27.24% | 13.6% | -3.01% |
| Philequity Fund, Inc. | 20.1807 | 1.3% | 32.28% | 15.14% | -0.09% |
| Philequity PSE Index Fund Inc. | 2.7784 | 2.85% | 26.91% | 17.59% | 2.71% |
| Philippine Stock Index Fund Corp. * | 450.18 | -1.71% | 24.87% | 10.03% | -1.82% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund, Inc. * | 2.5765 | -0.96% | 22.24% | 11.18% | -1.34% |
| United Fund, Inc. | 2.6745 | -4.6% | 11.43% | 8.28% | -6.46% |
| ATR KimEng Asia Plus Recovery Fund, Inc. ** | $0.9125 | -17.6% | n.a. | n.a. | -19.16% |
| ALFM Growth Fund, Inc * | 176.94 | -4.86% | n.a. | n.a. | -5.72% |
| Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund, Inc.* | 1.3967 | 3.34% | n.a. | n.a. | -1.43% |
| First Metro Save & Learn Balanced Fund Inc. | 2.0002 | 5.02% | 31.23% | n.a. | 0.59% |
| GSIS Mutual Fund, Inc. | 2.7863 | -3.41% | 22.37% | 13.33% | -4.7% |
| MFCP Kabuhayan Fund | 1.5595 | -2.8% | 16.63% | 8.02% | -2.84% |
| NCM Mutual Funds of the Phils., Inc. | 1.4058 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | -1.84% |
| Optima Balanced Fund, Inc. | 1.2411 | 3.07% | 15.05% | 5.51% | 2.45% |
| Philam Fund, Inc. | 12.318 | -1.52% | 23.27% | 12.53% | -2.68% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc. * | 2.5934 | -1.63% | 14.74% | 8.86% | -1.41% |
| Cocolife Dollar Fund Builder, Inc. | $0.028856 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | -1.18% |
| PAMI Asia Balanced Fund, Inc. | $0.927 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | -8.33% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Advantage Fund, Inc. * | $2.625 | -5.12% | 4.62% | 1.97% | -2.34% |
| ALFM Peso Bond Fund, Inc. * | 274.32 | 5.65% | 6.26% | 6.14% | 3.44% |
| Cocolife Fixed Income Fund, Inc. | 2.0123 | 12.94% | 11.13% | 9.2% | 6.13% |
| Ekklesia Mutual Fund Inc. * | 1.6575 | 7.8% | 5.77% | 5.07% | 5.8% |
| First Metro Save & Learn Fixed Income Fund, Inc. | 1.5505 | 9.3% | 7.66% | 6.43% | 5% |
| Grepalife Bond Fund Corp. | 1.1761 | 2.47% | n.a. | n.a. | 3.11% |
| Philam Bond Fund, Inc. | 3.261 | 5.25% | 6.22% | 5.66% | 3.89% |
| Philequity Peso Bond Fund Inc. | 2.7043 | 6.16% | 7.2% | 8.6% | 4.41% |
| Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund Inc. | 1.6034 | 2.87% | 3.35% | 4.32% | 1.33% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Bond Fund, Inc. * | 2.3126 | 5.39% | 6.49% | 5.08% | 4.25% |
| Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund, Inc. * | 1.3489 | 4.72% | 8.56% | 5.89% | 2.24% |
| ALFM Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. * | $356.25 | 1.89% | 4.5% | 4.56% | 2.22% |
| ALFM Euro Bond Fund, Inc. * | €177.15 | -0.92% | 3.18% | 2.58% | -0.94% |
| ATR KimEng Total Return Bond Fund, Inc. ** | $1.0265 | 1.78% | n.a. | n.a. | 2.11% |
| Grepalife Dollar Bond Fund Corp. | $1.4011 | 0.57% | 11.19% | 5.68% | 1.78% |
| Grepalife Fixed Income Fund Corp. | P1.4613 | 4.15% | 8.11% | 5.06% | 4.27% |
| MAA Privilege Dollar Fixed Income Fund, Inc. | $1.34509 | -0.82% | 4.14% | 2.83% | 4.6% |
| MAA Privilege Euro Fixed Income Fund, Inc. | €0.02795 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | -3.95% |
| PAMI Global Bond Fund, Inc. | $1.2258 | -0.51% | 5.81% | n.a. | 3.57% |
| Philam Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. | $1.8474 | -0.77% | 10.19% | 5.91% | 1.89% |
| Philequity Dollar Income Fund Inc. | $0.046982 | 0.82% | 7.36% | 7.32% | 2.13% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Abundance Fund, Inc. * | $2.6202 | -0.26% | 9.79% | 5.03% | 3.61% |
| ALFM Money Market Fund, Inc. * | 105.43 | 3.46% | n.a. | n.a. | 2.34% |
| ATR KimEng Money Market Fund, Inc. | 1.1085 | 0.98% | 0.96% | -0.93% | 0.59% |
| First Metro Save & Learn Money Market Fund, Inc. | 1.04 | 1.91% | n.a. | n.a. | 1.14% |
| Philam Managed Income Fund, Inc. | 1.1109 | 0.87% | 1.48% | 1.67% | 0.49% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Money Market Fund, Inc. * | 1.1256 | 0.36% | 0.97% | 1.45% | 0.25% |
Source: Investment Company Association of the Philippines (ICAP); * - NAVPS as of the previous banking day ** - NAVPS as of 2 banking days ago | |||||
| Lotto Game | Combinations | Draw Date | Jackpot | Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6Digit | 4-6-8-7-0-3 | 10/15/2011 | 2,260,634.34 | 0 |
| Swertres Lotto 11AM | 9-0-2 | 10/15/2011 | 4,500.00 | 253 |
| Swertres Lotto 4PM | 7-7-7 | 10/15/2011 | 4,500.00 | 1029 |
| Swertres Lotto 9PM | 3-4-6 | 10/15/2011 | 4,500.00 | 640 |
| EZ2 Lotto Luzon 9PM | 05-09 | 10/15/2011 | 4,000.00 | 540 |
| EZ2 Lotto Vismin 9PM | 05-09 | 10/15/2011 | 4,000.00 | 19 |
| Lotto 6/42 | 33-21-40-28-12-02 | 10/15/2011 | 21,099,434.40 | 0 |
| EZ2 Lotto 11AM | 30-13 | 10/15/2011 | 4,000.00 | 28 |
| EZ2 Lotto 4PM | 29-13 | 10/15/2011 | 4,000.00 | 58 |
| Grand Lotto | 47-19-41-16-29-30 | 10/15/2011 | 30,000,000.00 | 0 |
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