Friday, November 25, 2011

25 NOV 2011, FRI: Bus & Health

Business


BSP hints at keeping key rates steady

Inquirer.net - 
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has signaled that the country's key rates and reserve requirement will remain steady when members of the Monetary Board sit down next week for the last policy-setting meeting of the year.

BOC, OMB seize P75-M antivirus software

Philippine Star - 
Bureau of Customs Commissioner Rufino Biazon, Optical Media Board chief Ronnie Rickets and BOC x-ray division head Lourdes Mangaoang hold samples of smuggled antivirus software seized at the Manila International Container Port during a press conference ...

BIR gets tough on erring traders

Inquirer.net - 
Businessmen WHO fail to keep the value-added tax billing as a separate item in their sales invoice or official receipt are liable to a fine of up to P50,000 and a jail term of up to four years.

Ayala Land, Mitsubishi form new company

Inquirer.net - 
Property giant Ayala Land Inc. has teamed up with Mitsubishi Corp. of Japan on a venture to provide energy-saving solutions in the Philippines and overseas, starting with the Ayalas' large-scale real estate projects.

Cebu is in PAL's priority list

Sun.Star - 
THE Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday announced it is prioritizing Cebu in international tourism promotion efforts, as the Mactan-Cebu International Airport has become a hub in the Asia Pacific.

Lucio Tan looks to raise capital for PAL, Eton

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - Tycoon Lucio Tan is considering several capital-raising activities for flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) and real estate development firm Eton Properties Philippines Inc. “We will ...

Don't rely too much on BPOs, says ADB

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned the Philippines against relying too much on the services sector, particularly business-process outsourcing (BPO), saying this will not lead to the inclusive ...

Cops Watch Woodford's Back at Olympus Scandal Briefings

BusinessWeek - 
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Olympus Corp. former President Michael C. Woodford was tailed by two police vans today as he took taxis through Tokyo to brief investigators probing the camera maker's admission it covered up ...

Investors eye stake in San Miguel power unit

Inquirer.net - 
Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. on Thursday said it was in talks with investors interested in acquiring a portion of its power unit after it deferred a planned $850-million public offering due to market volatility.

Stock Market

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
STOCKS FELL for the seventh straight session yesterday after Germany failed to sell its bonds at an auction as the debt crisis threatened the euro zone's largest economy.

NetSuite bullish on Philippine business

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - NetSuite Inc., the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions and soon to be the largest software company in the country, expects to haul in as much ...

DSWD allocates P4-M funds for shelter of the displaced families in Dumaguete

Cebu Daily News - 
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas allocated P4.2-million funds to address the shelter need of the displaced and homeless families of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

Drilling at Reed Bank seen to commence by next year

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
AT LEAST four companies will start drilling for oil next year, among which is Forum Energy Plc.'s planned work in the Reed Bank near the disputed Spratlys Islands.

Ban on open pit mine challenged

Malaya - 
THE local government of Dipolog City has passed a resolution granting authority to the city mayor to initiate legal action against the validity of a provincial ordinance which prohibits open-pit mining.

AuSES Solar 2011 Conference

Energy Matters - 
by Energy Matters Representatives of the Australian solar industry, policy makers and scientists will gather in Sydney next week for the 49th Annual AuSES Solar Conference.

Shares of utility Calapan rise after public debut

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
WATER UTILITY Calapan Ventures, Inc. saw its share prices rise by nearly a tenth at the close of its first trading day, making it the second firm behind an initial public offering (IPO) that did well despite a weak market this year.

Portugal paralysed by workers protests

Sky News Australia - 
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Health


Arroyo condition 'significantly improving' — PNP doctor

GMANews.TV - 
The condition of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been "significantly improving," according to a medical update submitted by the Philippine National Police to the Department of Interior and Local Government.

Wrong twin fetus aborted

CANOE - 
By QMI Agency A state health minister has called for an investigation after a healthy, nearly full-term, twin fetus was mistakenly aborted at a Melbourne, Australia, hospital on Tuesday.

DBM releases funds for health centers

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1.014 billion for the improvement of health facilities in rural areas.

DOH-7 promotes traditional and alternative health care

Philippine Information Agency - 
CEBU CITY, November 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Health Region 7 (DOH-7) is now promoting traditional and alternative health care through the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC), led by Dr.

Kalinga employees to “green” engineering district site

Philippine Information Agency - 
by Peter A. Balocnit TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Nov. 24(PIA) -- For the fifth time this year, employees of the provincial government and national agencies will troop to Cagaluan, Pasil on Friday, November 25 to conduct tree planting at the site of the future ...

Tebow announces creation of new hospital in Philippines

Greeley Gazette - 
Denver Broncos quarterback, Tim Tebow announced that the Tim Tebow Foundation, working with CURE International, will be building a new children's hospital in the Philippines.

1st Mindanao Scouts Jamboree kicks-off in Pagadian City

Philippine Information Agency - 
by Claro A. Lanipa PAGADIAN CITY, 24 Nov. (PIA) -- The First Mindanao Scouts Jamboree was formally opened on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 with a parade of participating contingents at the city's main streets.

Injury rules out Scheiber from ski events

AFP - 
VIENNA - Austrian skier Mario Scheiber confirmed Thursday he will not compete in the north American World Cup ski events in Lake Louise and Beaver Creek because of an injury picked up in training.

Combating disease: A stretched safety net

Financial Times - 
In 10 years the UN's fund to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria has attracted $22bn in pledges for projects throughout the developing world.

Cervical cancer vaccine u-turn: Gardasil to replace rival Cervarix

Daily Mail - 
Girls are to get a 'better' jab against sexual diseases after a U-turn by health chiefs. Cervarix, a vaccine that protects cervical cancer, will be replaced by Gardasil which also prevents up to 90 per cent of genital warts.

Costs of new HIV cases will top $4B, report says

CBC.ca - 
HIV infections diagnosed in Canada this year will cost more than $4 billion over the patients' lifetimes, the Canadian AIDS Society estimates.

Chile's state underspends on health care, says OECD study

Santiago Times - 
The latest study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), released on Wednesday, evaluated the current state of health care in all 34 member nations, including how much each government spends on health care, and how much its ...

BPA being absorbed from canned food: study

Globe and Mail - 
That's a question worth asking after a new study found a huge spike in urinary levels of the chemical bisphenol A - commonly known as BPA - in a group of volunteers who ate canned vegetable soup for several days.

Routine breast-screening is not a panacea

Montreal Gazette - 
For women who have been brought up with the idea that routine breast-screening could save their lives, it is frightening to be told that the scientific community has changed its mind and now recommends against routine screening.

Exercise helps people eat healthier: Study

Vancouver Sun - 
Lauren Hall, 24, and her friend Nicholas Luecke, 23, hulahoop on Parliament Hill. Not only can exercising in conjunction with a better diet help someone control their weight, increased physical ...

Dangers Of Staggered Overdose Of Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Paracetamol)

Medical News Today - 
Repeatedly taking marginally too much paracetamol (acetaminophen, Tylenol) over time can cause a dangerous overdose that is hard to detect and can lead to death, because patients usually don't report an overdose when they visit the hospital, ...

A Little "Joe" in the Morning Delivers Heatlh Benefits

dailyRx - 
Some of us can't get going each day without it. Yep, coffee is a sheer necessity first thing in the morning for millions of people around the globe.

Movember embraces the Homovember movement (Includes interview)

DigitalJournal.com - 
By Jeromie Williams. A popular fundraiser for men's health is taking off within Canada's gay communities, and in doing so, is changing the face of prostate cancer one moustache at a time.

Do you sleep text? You could be badly stressed

BioScholar News - 
Day-to-day stress has triggered an unusual habit of sleep texting- where people text messages even while sleeping, according to researchers.

Biebs attempts Movember 'stache

CANOE - 
By WENN.com Justin Bieber is trying to grow his first moustache so he can take part in an annual charity event which boosts awareness about prostate cancer throughout the month of November.

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