Sunday, December 4, 2011

04 DEC 2011, SUN: Bus & Health

Business


FPIC, residents inspect West Tower rehab after oil leak

Philippine Star - 
FPIC project site manager Nards Ablaza updates environment advocate Gina Lopez (right) and residents on the status of the rehabilitation of the West Tower building Thursday.

World Bank lends $50m for DBP infra

Manila Standard Today - 
The World Bank board on Friday announced the approval of a $50-million loan to the state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines that will support infrastructure projects under the public-private sector partnership framework in the provinces.

Napocor wants to adjust rates in missionary areas

Manila Standard Today - 
State-owned National Power Corp. is seeking to recover P3.121 billion for its Small Power Utilities Group, which provides electricity to far-flung or missionary areas.

Noy interested in seized gun, ammo shipment in Cebu

Philippine Star - 
CEBU CITY, Philippines - Malacañang has requested a copy of the report from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu about the seizure of gun parts and thousands of bullets, as President Benigno Aquino III is reportedly interested to find out who are ...

SMC holding firm raises over P1 B from share sale

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
SAN MIGUEL Corp. shares were unloaded in block sales on Thursday for a total of P1.332 billion, with key stockholder Top Frontier Investment Holdings, Inc. divesting a bulk of the shares.

Banks OK job outsourcing

Manila Standard Today - 
The highly profitable banking sector became the first industry in the Philippines to acknowledge and legitimize labor outsourcing, a significant development in the labor front that will affect thousands of jobs.

Miner electrocuted at mine tunnel

Tempo - 
ITOGON, Benguet, Philippines - A contractual miner from Dupax del Sur in Nueva Vizcaya died, after he was electrocuted inside in one of the mine tunnel in this town, Thursday afternoon.

Preposterous, Ongpin says of Osmeña claim

Inquirer.net - 
By Daxim L. Lucas Businessman Roberto Ongpin on Saturday described as “preposterous” Sen. Sergio Osmeña's claim that Ongpin had engaged in “insider trading” when he accumulated Philex Mining Corp.

CSA airline cancels flights due to pilots protest

BusinessWeek - 
The Czech pilots union says it expects about 50 percent of national carrier CSA's flights to be canceled due to a dispute over restructuring.

Hungary insists telecom tax complies with EU law

Reuters - 
BUDAPEST Dec 2 (Reuters) - Hungary has told the European Commission that a special telecommunications sector tax levied for 2010-2012 did not break EU rules and will not be abolished, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.


Health


AIDS group here takes up pilot's cause

Chicago Sun-Times - 
Chicago-Edsion/Norwood-Monday-January 11, 2010 As soon as the Night Miinistry's bus stops workers start to unload tables and signs announcing the Health Outreach medical screenings.

Palace concerned over HIV/AIDS rise

Inquirer.net - 
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang expressed concern over the report that the Philippines was among seven countries that are seeing a surge in the number of HIV/AIDS cases.

City SP approves ordinance for treatment of tuberculosis

Visayan Daily Star - 
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing a comprehensive program on the treatment procedure for tuberculosis (TB) patients and its eradication in the City of Bacolod, and appropriating funds for it, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang ...

World medical experts call for better health insurance system, quality medical ...

Philippine Star - 
BEIJING (Xinhua) - Medical experts and leaders from the world's leading orthopaedic societies on Friday called for the improvement of health insurance programs and medical care for people in developing countries.

Lung Cancer's Hidden Victims: Those Who Never Smoked

Tempo - 
(HealthDay News) - Opera legend Beverly Sills never smoked. Neither did actress and health advocate Dana Reeve, wife of the late actor Christopher Reeve.

Warner Chilcott sues Mylan and Famy Care on generic Generess Fe

pharmabiz.com - 
Warner Chilcott Company LLP sues Mylan Inc. and Famy Care Ltd. in connection with the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol chewable tablets, ...

Crisis hits Slovak healthcare after doctors quit

MSN Philippines News - 
Slovak hospitals cancelled most planned surgeries and were providing only emergency healthcare on Friday, a day after more than 1000 doctors quit in protest at low pay and poor working conditions.

Less Aids for more

Financial Times - 
Three decades since Aids was first identified, discoveries by scientists and their application in society raise the prospect of bringing the epidemic to an end.

First-time parents under pressure to be perfect?

ABC7Chicago.com - 
A new study in the journal Personality and Individual Differences finds first time moms and dads have a tougher time adapting to their new roles if they believe society expects them to be perfect parents.

Developing New Drugs vs. Malaria

Manila Bulletin - 
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Manila, Philippines - European scientists on Tuesday said they had identified a new way by which the malaria parasite survives in human blood, a finding that marks the latest laboratory advance against the disease.

Administrators eyed for Capitol's hospitals

Sun.Star - 
THE Capitol eyes the assignment of administrators and operations officers in all hospitals under the Provincial Government. Provincial legal officer Jose Mari Valencia said Friday Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr.

Caloocan, QC World AIDS Day

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - At least 1500 youths and parents from Quezon City and Caloocan City gathered at Kalayaan National High School, Bagong Silang, Caloocan City, last December 1 to mark “World AIDS Day,” culminating an annual project ...

European governments turn to churches to help HIV/AIDS sufferers

EnerPub - 
Russia's government can no longer care for HIV/AIDS patients in some areas, and has turned to the Orthodox church for help. by Martin Barillas Governments of countries of the European Union are turning to the traditional dispensers of charity ...

Mustache-growing competition raises prostate cancer awareness, cash

Washington Post - 
A group of husky lumberjack-types were grooving to a dance-pop mix at the Rock & Roll Hotel on Friday night when a judge approached them.

Slovakia reaches deal averting hospitals' collapse

Reuters AlertNet - 
BRATISLAVA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Slovakia's government and healthcare unions have struck a deal to end a months-long dispute over wage hikes and avert the collapse of the country's medical facilities, the prime minister said on Saturday.

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