Business
Manila Bulletin - 7 hours ago By LEE C. CHIPONGIAN MANILA, Philippines - Remittances from overseas Filipinos amounted to $16.534 billion as of the end of October, seven percent higher year-on-year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Thursday reported. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 7 hours ago THE COUNTRY'S unemployment rate eased to 6.4% in October from 7.1% a year ago, contrary to expectations it would track slowing economic growth. |
GMA News - 7 hours ago By Tino Pamintuan December 15, 2011 9:58pm Underspending in public infrastructure, along with global economic slowdown, dragged the country's economy which is estimated to grow by only 5% this year from last year's 7.6%, according to the National ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 7 hours ago AYALA CORP. outbid a San Miguel Corp.-led consortium for the contract to build, operate and maintain the 4-kilometer Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) Link Road, with just a final evaluation left to hurdle before the first public-private ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 8 hours ago AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION firm Nido Petroleum Ltd. completed undersea surveys of two prospects in northwest Palawan, the company said in a statement yesterday. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 8 hours ago THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) has filed smuggling charges against an importer of anti-virus software programs for misdeclaration and undervaluation. |
Malaya - 9 hours ago By MYLA IGLESIAS The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has ordered telecom firms to inform their subscribers of the rates and conditions on access to data roaming services to shield subscribers from what is known as "bill shock. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 8 hours ago EXPANSIONS IN the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector were bared yesterday with SPi Global Holdings, Inc. launching a new facility in North Carolina, United States, while Regus Plc unveiled its fourth office space for industry players. |
CNN International - 11 minutes ago New York (CNN) -- The Ratings firm Fitch downgraded a cluster of the world's largest banks Thursday, pointing to trading challenges facing international markets. |
Malaysia Star - 1 hour ago SINGAPORE: Brent crude futures rose towards US$106, recouping some losses as investors seized the opportunity to buy after the previous session saw the biggest plunge in nearly three months, given worries over Middle-East supply disruption. |
Manila Bulletin - 7 hours ago By EMMIE V. ABADILLA MANILA, Philippines - Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC), the Indonesian operator of South Metro Manila Skyway, is sinking in $1.5-billion investments in new road projects in the Philippines and consolidating its ... |
Inquirer.net - 8 hours ago Most members of the Government Service Insurance System will receive a total of P818 million in cash dividends by Christmas Day. The GSIS said in a statement that its board of directors approved the grant of cash dividends because the agency posted a ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 8 hours ago THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) has released the new set of income tax return (ITR) forms, making the disclosure of passive income optional. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 8 hours ago TANDUAY HOLDINGS, Inc. saw its share price fall by nearly a fifth after more stocks were listed yesterday following last week's secondary offering. |
Inquirer.net - 6 hours ago By Paolo Montecillo, Tina G. Santos The owner of the light plane that crashed into a Parañaque neighborhood last Saturday has surfaced and will appear in the investigation being conducted by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), ... |
Business Mirror - 13 hours ago STATE-OWNED Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) posted earnings of P2.32 billion from gaming operations in November, its highest ever, and another P894 million from licensed private gaming facilities. |
Inquirer.net - 8 hours ago The Energy Regulatory Commission has allowed Desco Inc., a local provider of petroleum and geothermal products and services, to start operating its 1-megawatt Libertad natural gas-fired power plant in Bogo City, Cebu. |
Business Mirror - 12 hours ago THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has allayed fears that the 4916-hectare portion of the Hacienda Luisita set to be awarded to its 6296 former tenants would end up again in the hands of the family of President Aquino through the “buy back” scheme ... |
Wall Street Journal - 42 minutes ago By Nicholas Winning Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--UK Prime Minister David Cameron will talk to more European leaders in coming days to support efforts to tackle the euro-zone crisis even though he vetoed a new European Union treaty last ... |
CTV.ca - 15 minutes ago TORONTO - Moody's Investors Services has downgraded the deficit-plagued Ontario government's debt rating to negative from stable on $190 billion in debt. |
Health
The Stir - Dec 14, 2011 I'm not sure why midwives don't get the respect they deserve here in America. But CNN certainly made an excellent choice when they named "Mother Robin" Lim, a midwife and mother of eight who has dedicated her life to helping women have safe and healthy ... |
Forbes - 7 hours ago Looking for new and interesting gifts for the food nerds in our life? We've got you covered with our top product, app, book, and tasting box picks. |
Business Mirror - 12 hours ago THE Philippines will ask the Japanese government to relax its rules in hiring Filipino nurses and caregivers based on the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (Pjepa). |
Manila Bulletin - Dec 13, 2011 By REUTERS KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan has the worst rate of maternal mortality in the world, the latest World Health Organization data shows, with a toxic mix of inaccessibility, poverty, and cultural barriers to women's healthcare ... |
LifeNews.com - 7 hours ago by Dr. Priscilla Coleman | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 12/15/11 12:56 PM The Royal College of Psychiatrist's recently conducted review of scientific literature published from 1990 to the present on abortion and mental health is hauntingly similar ... |
Guelph Mercury - Dec 13, 2011 GUELPH - The local health unit says not enough women in the Guelph area are taking easy-to-get precautions against a silent but ever-present killer - cervical cancer. |
Journal Online - 2 hours ago In compliance with the conditions set by Quezon City Regional Trial Court Judge Luisito Cortez to allow road rage suspect Jason Ivler for hospital confinement, the latter has already paid his unpaid hospital bills and deposited to the court the amount ... |
AFP - Dec 13, 2011 WASHINGTON - Women's health advocates said they will sue the US government for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of young teens by denying them over-the-counter access to emergency contraception. |
Kansas City Star - 5 minutes ago By CHRIS ADAMS WASHINGTONThe National Institutes of Health said Thursday that it would curtail its use of chimpanzees in medical research, suspending new chimp research grants and agreeing to accept the recommendations of an outside panel that found ... |
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - 1 hour ago Update: In a late afternoon post on Lauren Scruggs' hospital blog “from Mom” is a link to a YouTube video she called “a wonderful gift from someone … It blessed us so much and we wanted to share it with you. |
Salt Lake Tribune - 1 hour ago By ALICIA CHANG AP Los Angeles • At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor's hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces - less than a soda can - she is among the smallest babies ever born in the world. |
National Post - 2 hours ago By Mia Rabson OTTAWA - Manitoba MP James Bezan is pushing for kids to be barred from using tanning beds. The Conservative MP introduced a private members' bill Thursday that would bar anyone under the age of 18 from using a tanning bed, ... |
New Zealand Herald - 2 hours ago Ladies looking for Mr Right, call off the search. Apparently the "perfect man" doesn't exist. While many men have positive attributes, the majority are deeply flawed. |
Heritage.org (blog) - 2 hours ago A new study released by the Pew Research Center on Wednesday shows that the percentage of married adults has fallen to a record low. |
ABC News - 3 hours ago By LARA SALAHI (@larasalahiabc) Pilates is intended to realign the body. With every focused breath and movement, the physical fitness system is supposed to help you achieve balance as you reach deep into your body's core. |
7Online WSVN-TV - 1 hour ago MIAMI (WSVN) -- A woman received a lifesaving organ donation from a total stranger, thanks to an online ad. Selina Hodge, 28, has received a much-needed kidney after she posted her request for the organ on Craigslist in July. |
NEWS.com.au - 3 hours ago A man was toying with his metal detector and unearthed a helmet belonging to a previously unknown Viking king. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied A BRITISH man rewrote medieval history on his lunch break when he unearthed evidence of a ... |
BBC News - 5 hours ago Chilean doctors say they had been successful after a 20 hour long operation to separate 10-month-old conjoined twins. The separation of the twins, who were attached by the chest and pelvis, took place at Santiago's Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital. |
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