Science
GMANews.TV - Over 200 protesters - including Members of the EcoWaste Coalition and residents of Obando - staged a protest outside the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) Monday against a proposed landfill in the Bulacan town whose application ... |
Zamboanga Today Online - The Upsilon Phi Sigma Fraternity and Sorority will be holding its 4th National Convention on October 21-23, 2011, at Philtown Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. |
Inquirer.net - SEOUL, KOREA—Meetings are taking place here this week on the preparations being undertaken in the Asia-Pacific region for the 20th anniversary of the historic Earth Summit held in July 1992. |
Philippine Information Agency - QUEZON CITY, October 17 (PIA) -- As man evolves, so does his ethical standards and value system. “Change and evolution of ethics and its principles make or unmake the internal value system of man. |
Space Ref (press release) - This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows what lies near the sword of the constellation Orion -- an active stellar nursery containing thousands of young stars and developing protostars. |
Gadling - I've bumped into Richard Branson a couple times now, in vastly different settings. The first was in the high Arctic village of Clyde River, where he'd come to join his son Sam for a weeklong ... |
TODAYonline - HONG KONG - Plants and animals are shrinking because of warmer temperatures and lack of water, researchers said yesterday, warning it could have profound implications for food production in years ahead. |
msnbc.com - A defunct German satellite is expected to plunge to Earth this week, but exactly when and where the satellite will fall remains a mystery. |
Times of India - AHMEDABAD: When Indian delegation visits Durban in November this year for Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC), it will be accompanied by four students from across the country, handpicked by ... |
msnbc.com - Virgin Galactic's suborbital passenger ship SpaceShipTwo flexes its feathered re-entry system during a pivotal glide test at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on May 4, 2011. |
Technology
Los Angeles Times - Apple Inc. sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S units over the weekend, making it the fastest-selling iPhone ever. That sales figure is the highest of any iPhone to date during that initial three-day period, ... |
msnbc.com - Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com's tech reporters and editors look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. |
Mirror.co.uk - Yesterday I entered the Guinness Book of Records. Shell Global FuelSave Day was the world's biggest fuel-economy class. In front of a crowd of 1000 people, and hooked up with nine other countries as far away ... |
ABC Online (blog) - Last week the Federal Court granted Apple an interim injunction to block tech rival Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. |
CNN - Apple employees applaud a customer Friday morning as he enters the Covent Garden store in London to buy an iPhone 4S. (CNN) -- Apple fans -- including co-founder Steve Wozniak -- lined up on Friday morning for a ... |
Business Standard - With its Ultrabooks, leading chipmaker, Intel, has brought enterprise features like cloud services, lighter devices with longer battery periods and remote data security on devices like laptops, smartphones and PCs to the consumer. |
Manila Bulletin - PARIS, France (DPA) - The Eiffel Tower's largest platform is becoming modernized as the Paris landmark seeks a more glamorous and less kitchy image. |
ChannelNews - Apple celebrate stellar iPhone 4S sales but rival Samsung are looking to put a spanner in the works by banning the cult in Australia. |
Online News Today - Do you think the iPhone 4S was the late Steve Jobs' last project? According to an analyst, this wasn't the case. The iPhone 5 was the legendary CEO's final masterpiece. |
GMANews.TV - Women in Japan are being encouraged to donate their used brassieres to be recycled as solid fuel for industrial use. Japan Times cited a Kyodo News report where major underwear makers in Japan are taking part in the effort to recycle bras and give ... |
San Jose Mercury News - Google (GOOG) has been described as functional, powerful, scary, speedy and fun. But beautiful? Hardly ever. New CEO Larry Page is trying to change all that, cribbing a note from one of his business role models and competitors, ... |
GMANews.TV - Apple fans in Hong Kong joined long queues that formed when Apple Inc. released its newest iPhone 4S smartphone last weekend, but not to buy the latest gadget. |
SGentrepreneurs (press release) -
Business and technical decision makers of enterprises, start-ups and SMBs should attend this seminar. This Tuesday morning, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will share about how to make the case for cloud computing and leverage the AWS cloud to drive key ...
Manila Standard Today -
I was deeply immersed in preparations for a national conference in the last two weeks and I didn't have time to think about anything else.
Financial Post - On Monday, RIM's co-chief executive Jim Balsillie joined FP Tech Desk editor Matt Hartley and technology reporter Jameson Berkow for an interview about the $100 application offer, RIM's upcoming BlackBerry Developer Conference and the future of ... |
Geek.com - Not sure if this will hold up in divorce court, but a suspicious husband has claimed that he caught his wife cheating using the new (well at least to iOS users, Android peeps have had this since day 1) Find my Friends (FMF) app that works with the ... |
San Francisco Chronicle - We wondered where that fit in with other fast-selling tech products, so we did some digging into other spectacularly successful product launches. |
Computerworld - By Shane O'Neill CIO - Windows Intune, Microsoft's Web-based PC management and security platform, may not get the same level of attention as cloud services like Office 365 or Windows Azure, but Microsoft is betting big on Intune to be the cloud service ... |
Unwired View - By Florin on 17 Oct 11 In about 24 hours from now, Google and Samsung are going to officially unveil what's expected to be the world's first Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone: the Google Nexus Prime. |
CNET - Apple is once again expected to top Wall Street's estimates when it reports its fourth quarter earnings tomorrow. The maker of iPhones, iPads and Macs is expected to post earnings of $7.27 per ... |
Financial Times - HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker, on Monday lost one of the two patent infringement cases it has brought against Apple, attempting to block the sale of iPhones, iPod Touch devices and iPads in the US. |
Health
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - The number of Filipino nurses seeking jobs in the United States dropped in the third quarter of the year, a lawmaker said yesterday. |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked world leaders to take “more committed and coordinated action” against dengue, saying that dengue-causing ... |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The first-ever meeting of the United Nations (UN) on chronic or non-communicable diseases (NCDs), attended by leaders and diplomats on September 20, 2011, in New York, resulted in a 13-page Declaration adopted by the UN General ... |
Huffington Post (blog) - Omega-3 fatty acids, also known as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), are essential fatty acids, which are substances that the body cannot manufacture. |
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - In the midst of the mournful hoopla that followed the death of Steve Jobs, an acquaintance of mine had had enough and pointed out the man-made computers, for Pete's sake. |
Toronto Star - The Parkdale Medical Tower is shown in Ottawa on Monday. Ottawa Public Health has issued letters to 6800 people, warning they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV after being treated at an Ottawa clinic. |
HealthCanal.com -
Millennium Development Goal 5 aims to improve maternal health however progress globally is uneven states a new review published today (17 October) in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG).
Inquirer.net - Sometimes it takes a blue blood to step up the war on those pesky bloodsuckers. A Malaysian prince is here in the Philippines to help campaign for dengue fever prevention while brandishing a technology which he said could kill “five ... |
IBNLive.com - PTI | 10:10 PM,Oct 15,2011 Ranchi, Oct 15 (PTI) Jharkhand government today pledged to provide the soaps to 40000 elementary schools in the state so that students can wash their hands before mid-day meals. |
mydigitalfc.com - Two hundred and six bones present in our body give us structure and movement. Bone is a framework of tough elastic protein fibres called collagen. |
AFP - JOHANNESBURG - A South African outbreak of a multi-drug resistant "superbug" has been contained after it infected nine patients of whom three were still in quarantine, a hospital group said Monday. |
The Stir - If you think you're having a hard time getting that pothole fixed outside your house, consider the plight of a bunch of women from the small town of Barbacoas, Colombia. |
New Zealand Herald - Putting soft toys in the freezer before washing can remove the allergens which aggravate asthmatic conditions in children, a study has found. |
Princeton University - It's called an invisible injury, yet it affects hundreds of thousands of athletes each year. From professional boxers and college football stars, to high school soccer players and kids competing in schoolyard baseball games, ... |
TVNZ - Longtime E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic has revealed that she is in the early stages of battling breast cancer in an interview with the Today show. |
dBusinessNews Triangle (press release) - Triangle - Local Fans Can Support Rex with Purchase of Tickets for “Hockey Fights Cancer Night” on Oct. 25 In partnership with the Carolina Hurricanes during National Breast Cancer Awareness month, Rex Healthcare is encouraging fans to submit stories ... |
msnbc.com - Babies born with low birth weights are five times more likely than the general population to be diagnosed with some form of autism, new research suggests. |
NBC4i.com - New guidelines released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics point to research that suggests the earlier a child is diagnosed, the sooner intervention therapies can begin. |
Radio New Zealand - An American woman who became ill while working in Antarctica has been successfully evacuated to Christchurch, New Zealand, and is undergoing further medical checks. |
Sydney Morning Herald - While the fashion pack continue to squabble over her newfound status - iconic British designer Vivienne Westwood called her "ordinary" while the fashion director of Nordstrom in the US spat that you wouldn't look twice at her on the streets of New York ... |
Entertainment
Manila Bulletin - DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines (PIA) - Nine contingents from different towns and cities will compete at the grand "festival of festivals" and street dancing showdown - the highlights of Negros Oriental's Buglasan Festival - on October 21. |
ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - Filipino-American singer Allan Pineda, also known as apl.de.ap of the The Black Eyed Peas, denied rumors that the American hip-hop group is breaking up. |
Stuff.co.nz - AP MONSTROUS: Sesame Street's YouTube feed was corrupted with X-rated material for less than an hour, according to the executive producer. |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - It seems the drumbeat for Angeline Quinto's career is working based on the number of PMPC Star Awards for Music trophies she took home this year. |
Philippine Information Agency - SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, October 17 (PIA) -- SM City San Pablo recently held and celebrated Global Handwashing Day (GHD), simultaneously with all other malls of SM Group in the country, to promote good hygiene among the children in San Pablo. |
Mirror.co.uk - Yesterday I entered the Guinness Book of Records. Shell Global FuelSave Day was the world's biggest fuel-economy class. In front of a crowd of 1000 people, and hooked up with nine other countries as far away ... |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - After making huge waves with Ed Westwick's visit to the country and his subsequent singing up as Penshoppe's brand ambassador, the local clothing brand is at it again. |
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The boxing-robot movie "Real Steel" finished atop the box-office rankings in US and Canadian theaters for a second week, generating $16.3 million in receipts for DreamWorks SKG Inc. and Walt Disney Co. |
Cebu Daily News - “The blood of painting” is how the ancient Chinese painters regarded water, whether it emerges on silk or paper as streams, ponds, waterfalls, or rivers. |
Visayan Daily Star -
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO Barangay Banago dominated 14 other contestants in the MassKara Festival street and arena dance competition, barangay category, yesterday in Bacolod City.
NEWS.com.au - AN ABC News anchor in the US reporting today on actor Zachary Quinto saying he is gay used the opportunity to come out of the closet as well. |
Herald Sun - Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray (right); the bed where Jackson died; the drug propofol and below Joe, LaToya and Katherine Jackson leave the court. |
Daily Mail - But Glenn Close is already being tipped for an Oscar for her role as a man in the emotionally-loaded upcoming movie Albert Nobbs. The 64-year-old actress is virtually unrecognisable in the trailer for the new film, which she also produces ... |
The Guardian - Second to nun … Julie Andrews in the 1965 film of The Sound of Music. Photograph: 20thCenturyFox/Everett/Rex Features Over half a century after its Broadway premiere, The Sound of Music is to receive its first production in Salzburg, the Austrian city... |
Philippine Star - BEIJING (Xinhua) - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said in Beijing on Monday that, despite the global financial crisis, the world is on track to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of ... |
Malaya -
"BURBERRY Body is the next chapter in our history, and a launch we are all so excited about. It's the Burberry world translated into a scent, embodying every facet of the brand including our music, collections, scent, platforms and communities.
Examiner.com - Now that performances by the Top 32 acts on "The X Factor" US have been televised, some fan favorites have clearly emerged, based on comments that people are making on the Internet and which contestants' auditions videos have gotten the most views on ... |
Press-Register - al.com (blog) - By Lawrence F. Specker, Press-Register MOBILE, Alabama -- A deadlock that had kept two Mobile-based television stations off of a major cable TV provider in the area ended over the weekend, with both parties tight-lipped about the details of the deal. |
Seattle Weekly (blog) - Here's a mystery for you film buffs out there. There's an Asian American actress who lives in Texas, is around 40 years old, but perhaps doesn't look it, and she doesn't use her real name or age. |
Wetpaint - Whoever decided to let Jill Zarin within 500 feet of the Girl Scouts of America should probably get fired, especially considering the Scouts have a decidedly anti-reality TV stance on the basis that it gives young girls a skewed vision of reality. |
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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 | 2.7511 | -1.55% | 25.22% | 10.19% | -1.35% |
| First Metro Save & Learn Equity Fund, Inc. | 3.6253 | 6.34% | 36.25% | 18.01% | 3.93% |
| Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc. | 373.53 | -0.38% | 28.62% | 14.08% | -1.24% |
| Philequity Fund, Inc. | 20.5805 | 3.66% | 33.51% | 15.6% | 1.89% |
| Philequity PSE Index Fund Inc. | 2.8258 | 5.25% | 27.91% | 17.98% | 4.47% |
| Philippine Stock Index Fund Corp. * | 453.86 | -1.77% | 25.61% | 10.33% | -1.01% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund, Inc. * | 2.6029 | 0.74% | 22.98% | 11.53% | -0.33% |
| United Fund, Inc. | 2.7014 | -3.04% | 12.02% | 8.21% | -5.52% |
| ATR KimEng Asia Plus Recovery Fund, Inc. ** | $0.9401 | -15.85% | n.a. | n.a. | -16.72% |
| ALFM Growth Fund, Inc * | 177.96 | -5.3% | n.a. | n.a. | -5.18% |
| Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund, Inc.* | 1.4013 | 2.38% | n.a. | n.a. | -1.11% |
| First Metro Save & Learn Balanced Fund Inc. | 2.0223 | 4.65% | 32.04% | n.a. | 1.7% |
| GSIS Mutual Fund, Inc. | 2.838 | -1.82% | 23.55% | 13.79% | -2.93% |
| MFCP Kabuhayan Fund | 1.5792 | -2.12% | 17.7% | 8.38% | -1.61% |
| NCM Mutual Funds of the Phils., Inc. | 1.4262 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | -0.41% |
| Optima Balanced Fund, Inc. | 1.2557 | 4.14% | 15.63% | 5.75% | 3.66% |
| Philam Fund, Inc. | 12.5222 | -0.02% | 24.4% | 12.95% | -1.07% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc. * | 2.6143 | -0.25% | 15.11% | 9.13% | -0.62% |
| Cocolife Dollar Fund Builder, Inc. | $0.028745 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | -1.56% |
| PAMI Asia Balanced Fund, Inc. | $0.9329 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | -7.74% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Advantage Fund, Inc. * | $2.6029 | -5.84% | 4.69% | 1.72% | -3.16% |
| ALFM Peso Bond Fund, Inc. * | 273.85 | 4.8% | 6.19% | 6.1% | 3.26% |
| Cocolife Fixed Income Fund, Inc. | 2.0127 | 12.88% | 11.13% | 9.2% | 6.16% |
| Ekklesia Mutual Fund Inc. * | 1.6547 | 7.57% | 5.68% | 5.03% | 5.62% |
| First Metro Save & Learn Fixed Income Fund, Inc. | 1.5554 | 8.76% | 7.76% | 6.46% | 5.33% |
| Grepalife Bond Fund Corp. | 1.1771 | 2.06% | n.a. | n.a. | 3.2% |
| Philam Bond Fund, Inc. | 3.2637 | 4.56% | 6.25% | 5.65% | 3.98% |
| Philequity Peso Bond Fund Inc. | 2.6996 | 5.21% | 7.11% | 8.56% | 4.23% |
| Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund Inc. | 1.6022 | 1.99% | 3.37% | 4.35% | 1.26% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Bond Fund, Inc. * | 2.3078 | 3.93% | 6.42% | 5.05% | 4.03% |
| Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund, Inc. * | 1.3455 | 2.88% | 8.42% | 5.86% | 1.99% |
| ALFM Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. * | $356.76 | 1.65% | 4.59% | 4.57% | 2.36% |
| ALFM Euro Bond Fund, Inc. * | €177.37 | -1.01% | 3.45% | 2.58% | -0.82% |
| ATR KimEng Total Return Bond Fund, Inc. ** | $1.0284 | 1.42% | n.a. | n.a. | 2.3% |
| Grepalife Dollar Bond Fund Corp. | $1.4044 | 0.44% | 11.6% | 5.67% | 2.02% |
| Grepalife Fixed Income Fund Corp. | P1.4663 | 4.21% | 8.12% | 5.09% | 4.63% |
| MAA Privilege Dollar Fixed Income Fund, Inc. | $1.34094 | -1.53% | 4.3% | 2.73% | 4.28% |
| MAA Privilege Euro Fixed Income Fund, Inc. | €0.02796 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | -3.92% |
| PAMI Global Bond Fund, Inc. | $1.2266 | -1.14% | 6.02% | n.a. | 3.63% |
| Philam Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. | $1.8519 | -0.79% | 10.67% | 5.93% | 2.14% |
| Philequity Dollar Income Fund Inc. | $0.0471239 | 0.69% | 7.69% | 7.39% | 2.44% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Abundance Fund, Inc. * | $2.6286 | 0.35% | 10.18% | 5.02% | 3.94% |
| ALFM Money Market Fund, Inc. * | 105.53 | 3.49% | n.a. | n.a. | 2.44% |
| ATR KimEng Money Market Fund, Inc. | 1.1085 | 0.96% | 0.98% | -0.92% | 0.59% |
| First Metro Save & Learn Money Market Fund, Inc. | 1.041 | 1.9% | n.a. | n.a. | 1.24% |
| Philam Managed Income Fund, Inc. | 1.1112 | 0.84% | 1.48% | 1.75% | 0.52% |
| Sun Life Prosperity Money Market Fund, Inc. * | 1.1256 | 0.33% | 0.96% | 1.44% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megalotto 6/45 | 09-07-22-16-10-40 | 10/17/2011 | 47,959,961.40 | 1 |
| 4D Luzon | 0-0-0-5 | 10/17/2011 | 31,525.00 | 17 |
| 4D Vismin | 0-0-0-5 | 10/17/2011 | 30,556.00 | 8 |
| Swertres Lotto 11AM | 6-3-2 | 10/17/2011 | 4,500.00 | 313 |
| Swertres Lotto 4PM | 6-8-0 | 10/17/2011 | 4,500.00 | 147 |
| Swertres Lotto 9PM | 4-7-7 | 10/17/2011 | 4,500.00 | 388 |
| EZ2 Lotto Luzon 9PM | 26-12 | 10/17/2011 | 4,000.00 | 184 |
| EZ2 Lotto Vismin 9PM | 26-12 | 10/17/2011 | 4,000.00 | 3 |
| EZ2 Lotto 11AM | 12-21 | 10/17/2011 | 4,000.00 | 185 |
| EZ2 Lotto 4PM | 07-08 | 10/17/2011 | 4,000.00 | 112 |
| Grand Lotto | 47-34-19-29-28-04 | 10/17/2011 | 32,938,650.00 | 0 |
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