Thursday, December 1, 2011

01 DEC 2011, THU: Bus & Health

Business


October deficit capped by underspending

Inquirer.net - 
The Department of Finance has reported that the budget deficit for the first 10 months of the year was only P74.25 billion, barely a quarter of the P300 billion intended spending in excess of the national budget this year.

Philippines set to break Guinness record for longest line of coins

Inquirer.net - 
The Philippines is poised to break the Guinness World Record for the longest line of coins after civic groups collected 25-centavo coins enough to make a chain of more than 70 kilometers.

Upgrade Naia before focusing resources on DMIA

Inquirer.net - 
There are two schools of thought involving the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) in Pasay City and the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark, Pampanga.

Megaworld project to create 30000 jobs in Clark

Inquirer.net - 
CLARK FREEPORT—Megaworld Corp.'s upcoming 550-hectare leisure complex here and in nearby Sacobia would create 30000 jobs, its chairman and chief executive officer Andrew Tan said Tuesday.

Contact Center Industry Accelerating Growth

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - The country's call center industry expects to grow at a faster rate of 20 to 25 percent annually in the next five years as the economic crisis in the US and Europe would put pressures on the cost of companies making outsourcing ...

Export Development Council Celebrates National Exporters Week, December 1-7, 2011

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - December 1-7 every year is celebrated as “National Exporters Week,” pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 932 issued in 1996, and House Resolution 33.

Gov't dismisses calls to sack economic team

Malaya - 
Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda yesterday dismissed calls from Zambales Rep. Mitos Magsayay to sack the members of the economic team of President Aquino for the economic downturn and rise in hunger incidents in the country.

Philhealth to double premiums by next year

Manila Standard Today - 
STATE-RUN Philippine Health Insurance Corp. will double its members' premiums to P2,400 annually by Jan. 1 next year from P1,200 now due to the higher benefits they now receive, company president and chief executive Eduardo Banzon said on Tuesday.

Brent oil price down on higher US stocks, Libya output

Edmonton Journal - 
US government data showed that domestic crude oil stockpiles jumped 3.9 million barrels last week, going against the forecast for a 200000 barrel drawdown.

News Roundup - Wednesday, 30 November

STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription) - 
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's economy contracted by an annual rate of 0.1% seasonally and working days adjusted in the third quarter of 2011, and shrunk by 0.2% on the quarter before, the Statistics Office reported.

Hungary Omits Top Economic Policy Maker From IMF Delegation

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 
Hungary on Wednesday named members of the delegation that will represent the country at its upcoming negotiations with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union about precautionary financial aid.

Feel-good crepes

Oman Tribune - 
Feeling hungry? Time for a snack? This exotic space on the beach side at Jawaharat Al Shatti not only serves you the best crepes you could ever have in Muscat but also gives one of the beautiful views of the beach that knocks you off your senses.

East Asia, PH bond markets growing despite uncertainties—ADB

Inquirer.net - 
MANILA, Philippines—The bond markets of emerging economies in East Asia, which includes the Philippines, collectively grew in the third quarter as demand for the region's securities remained steady even with the global uncertainties triggered by the ...

Lithuania slashes 2012 growth forecast to 2.5%

MSN Philippines News - 
Lithuania's finance ministry on Wednesday slashed its 2012 growth forecast by almost half, blaming the eurozone crisis for denting the Baltic state's export prospects.

Lithuanian Central Bank Fires Regulator After Snoras Takeover

BusinessWeek - 
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Lithuania's Central Bank Governor Vitas Vasiliauskas fired Kazimieras Ramonas, head of the banking supervision department, after seizing Bankas Snoras AB, the country's third-biggest deposit ...


Health


Advocates Push for Greater Awareness of HIV/AIDS

Newsday (subscription) - 
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Philhealth to double premiums by next year

Manila Standard Today - 
STATE-RUN Philippine Health Insurance Corp. will double its members' premiums to P2,400 annually by Jan. 1 next year from P1,200 now due to the higher benefits they now receive, company president and chief executive Eduardo Banzon said on Tuesday.

Will it be a C-section? Childbirth simulator helps predict

CNET - 
Traditionally, doctors and midwives have used a technique called pelvimetry to measure the pelvis and try to determine its adequacy for giving birth.

Nubain, no gain

Sun.Star - 
WITH a salary of at least P1,000 a day, Grace (real name withheld) could have saved some money to put up her own business and support her family.

Evangelist Billy Graham, 93, hospitalized for possible pneumonia

Los Angeles Times - 
Evangelist Billy Graham, who has been in failing health in recent years, was admitted to a North Carolina hospital Wednesday with possible pneumonia.

Another 30 years of AIDS?

CNN (blog) - 
Editor's Note: Todd Schafer is Chief Executive Officer of the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance. Michael O'Hanlon is Director of Research and Senior Fellow of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution.

Study: Eating fish has brain benefits

ABC7Chicago.com - 
November 30, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- People who eat baked or broiled fish on a weekly basis may be improving their brain health. A new study presented Wednesday in Chicago lends more support to the idea that a diet rich in fish is beneficial.

Canada's moustached men raise $33M

Toronto Sun - 
The Movember campaign netted in excess of $33 million in Canada -- more than in any other country in the world. The campaign to raise funds for prostate cancer research began in Australia in 2003 and has become a global event, now taking place in 14 ...

New software tool measures photo retouching

The Verge - 
The widespread use of Photoshop in magazines and advertisements has led to concerns about body image and truth in advertising, even inspiring legislators in the UK, France, and Norway to propose ...

Annual cancer screening must for women after 40

Times of India - 
CHICAGO: Women, even if they don't have family history of breast cancer, should undergo cancer screening or a mammography every year after reaching the age of 40.

New Research: Laptops Harm Fertility

OpEdNews - 
Technologies like laptops, while freeing us from the altar-like monolith of the traditional desktop, may have unique adverse effects to the human body.

Research: Men don't think about sex every seven seconds

Daily Caller - 
The old cliche is true - men DO think about sex more often than women - and researchers have proved it by sending students out into the world to 'log' what they are thinking about.

Not enough communication on salmon virus: US

iPolitics.ca (subscription) - 
VANCOUVER - A US senator and fisheries scientists south of the border are slamming their Canadian counterparts for holding back test results which seem to show a potentially devastating salmon virus existed off British Columbia's coast as early as 2002 ...

Creative People More Dishonest, Study Finds

International Business Times - 
By Trevor Stokes: Subscribe to Trevor's RSS feed The seed of artistic and cultural endeavors leads people to cheat more and justify it better than less imaginative people, psychologists found.

Woman reveals horrific damage to her face after it was injected with cement ...

Daily Mail - 
An alleged victim of 'fake doctor' Oneal Ron Morris has come forward to show the horrific state of her face after it was injected with a toxic mixture of cement and tyre sealant.

Flu clinic set Dec. 6

Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune - 
By Anonymous KEYSEr - If you thought it was too late to get your flu shot, it's not. National Influenza Vaccination Week is Dec. 4 -10, and the Mineral County Health Department is celebrating with flu shot clinics that are open to the public.

Scientists make Malaria breakthrough

Sky News Australia - 
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Calorie restriction cures diabetes? What study says

CBS News - 
(CBS) Have scientists hit upon a simple cure for diabetes? New research shows that calorie restriction goes a long way toward eliminating the health problems that go hand in hand with type 2 diabetes.

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