Wednesday, December 28, 2011

28 DEC 2011, WED: Bus & Health

Business


San Miguel's Ang explores serious investment in PAL

Cebu Daily News - 
Manila—A group led by San Miguel Corp. president Ramon S. Ang has entered serious discussions to take over control of flag carrier Philippine Airlines from the group of tycoon Lucio Tan.

Dec. inflation may range from 4% to 4.9%

Inquirer.net - 
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said inflation was likely to settle within the 4-4.9 percent range in December, which would give officials the flexibility to cut interest rates when deemed necessary.

Cirtek Holdings wins new customers

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - Outsourced semiconductor and test company (OSAT) Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corporation announced that it has 10 new customers with total potential orders in the next 12 months of between $3.5 million to $4 ...

Weaker demand cited as factory output falls

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
FACTORY OUTPUT declined by 6.3% in October from a year ago, reversing the previous month's growth in another sign of a continued slowdown in the domestic economy.

Broadcaster not in talks with MVP

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
BROADCASTER GMA Network, Inc. yesterday denied rumors that Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of rival TV5, made a takeover offer. Rumor has it.

Yearender: DFA scrambles to save OFWs caught in war, disaster

ABS CBN News - 
By Pia Lee-Brago, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - The political crisis in the Middle East affected overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria, who were asked to avail themselves of voluntary and mandatory ...

Transport dep't given control of Clark airport firm

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
CONTROL of Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) has been transferred to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) by Malacañang in a bid to hasten development of the complex in Pampanga province.

APC units extend supply contract with Napocor

Cebu Daily News - 
Publicly listed Aboitiz Power Corp. said its two affiliates have signed an agreement to extend by another year its transition supply contract with state-run National Power Corp.

Trans-Asia, Ayala venture to proceed with coal plant

Inquirer.net - 
South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp., the joint venture between Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp. and Ayala-led AC Energy Holdings Inc., is set to start construction of its 135-megawatt coal facility next year.

M&As seen improving rural banking sector's growth prospects

Inquirer.net - 
Rural banks are upbeat about their growth prospects for 2012, expecting that consolidation in the industry will enhance their competitiveness against commercial banks that have been putting up branches in the countryside.

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Malaya - 
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Other Stories

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE NUMBER coding for vehicles in Metro Manila will be lifted in Friday, a holiday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced yesterday.

BCDA Tells CJHDevco: Pay P2.6B

Manila Bulletin - 
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) yesterday shrugged off as a “smokescreen” demands by the Camp John Hay Development Corp.

NFA refinances P75B worth of debts through 10-year loan

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE NATIONAL Food Authority (NFA) has restructured P75 billion worth of short-term debts to long-term debts to better manage its obligations.

Calls made to repeal mining ordinance

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
LOCAL BUSINESS groups have called on the provincial government of Zamboanga del Norte to repeal an ordinance which bans open-pit mining, citing that conflicting policies will discourage investments and the mining operations' impact on the environment ...

Gaisano Capital South to let go of 800 workers

Inquirer.net - 
Some 800 employees of the burned Gaisano Capital South Mall will begin the year without a job. Eric Labrada, liason officer of the Gaisano Capital Group, said that they will let go of the contractual employees after Dec. 30.

Other Stories

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
INFORMATION AND technology firm DFNN, Inc. yesterday said in a statement it expects revenues to double in 2012 from this year's levels following the consolidation of its gaming systems.

SM to develop Cavite lot with Gawad Kalinga

ABS CBN News - 
By Max V. de Leon, BusinessMirror MANILA, Philippines - SM Development Corp. (SMDC) has donated a 3.84-hectare property in Cavite as part of its compliance with a government rule that developers enjoying incentives should set aside the equivalent of 20 ...

SEAIR celebrates first year of low fares

Malaya - 
SOUTH East Asian Airlines (SEAIR), the Philippines' premier leisure airline, celebrates its first year anniversary of offering low fares from Clark to Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, and Bangkok.


Health


Cops' guns sealed for New Year revelry

GMA News - 
(Updated 4:55 pm) With five days left in 2011, more than 4000 service firearms of the Philippine National Police were sealed to discourage them from using their weapons to ring in the New Year.

Gov't cancer center to open in Tagum City in January

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
DAVAO CITY -- State-run Davao Regional Hospital (DRH) in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, is opening its cancer center on Jan. 8, 2012, hospital administrator Carlito U. Pillerin said on Monday.

Pinoy chess master dies

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines -- The Filipino chess community mourned the loss of strong chess master Mirabeau Maga, a former two-time Olympian who passed away Monday.

PRC sees more jobless nurses

ABS CBN News - 
By Mayen Jaymalin, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - More nurses will be unemployed next year, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said yesterday.
PRC »
Course correction
EDITORIAL - Job market glut

Venezuela offers free breast implant removals

TVNZ - 
A French plastic surgeon displays a silicone gel breast implant manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). - Source: Reuters Venezuela is offering women the free removal of breast implants made by a bankrupt French company that used ...

UAE fining citizens for spitting gum, throwing cigarette butts

Bikya Masr - 
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi is looking to crackdown on citizens who spit gum and throw cigarette butts onto the streets.

A new electronic diaper

Investor's Business Daily - 
A new electronic diaper is designed for men who are incontinent or unable to get out of a hospital bed. It's 10 times lighter than similar devices, maker Unicharm Humancare says, so it's more comfortable.

Both Papers Linking XMRV/MLVs to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Retracted by Journals

About - News & Issues - 
By Adrienne Dellwo, About.com Guide December 27, 2011 NEWSBRIEF: The only 2 studies linking the retrovirus XMRV and other murine leukemia viruses (MLVs) to chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) have been retracted by the journals in which they were ...

DoH records over 100 fireworks-related injuries from Dec. 21-26

Inquirer.net - 
By Matikas Santos MANILA, Philippines - With a few days left before 2011 bids goodbye, the Department of Health has so far recorded over 100 fireworks-related injuries over the last week in Metro Manila, from December 21-26, a nurse of the National ...

Firecracker ban

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - The Muntinlupa City government has reminded residents that selling firecrackers is illegal in the city. The policy is based on the existing Executive Order 14 issued by Mayor Aldrin San Pedro last year, which strictly enforces the ...

Overweight 7-Year-Olds Face Higher Risk of Asthma

Tempo - 
Children who are overweight or obese during early childhood have a greater risk of having asthma at age 8 than normal-weight kids, a new study finds.

One dead, over 200 injured by fireworks on Christmas eve

Buenos Aires Herald - 
Since yesterday, hospitals across the country have been reporting a high number of admissions of patients with fireworks related injuries.

Boy hostage survivor loses right arm

Inquirer.net - 
THE 3-year-old boy held hostage in Toledo City last Thursday has a permanent reminder of what he lost on that fateful day. Doctors who operated on the child had to amputate his arm due to severe cut and blood loss.

NDLEA places Malaysia-bound flights on red alert •As arrests on the route ...

Nigerian Tribune - 
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it has placed all Malaysia-bound flights on red alert. The agency stated this through its Chairman/ Chief Executive, Mallam Amhadu Giade on Tuesday, in a release made available to the Nigerian ...

Massacre replays

Inquirer.net - 
“He meant Bethlehem,” a friend mused. To mark the “Massacre of the Innocents” feast Wednesday, he was re-reading Jeremiah.

Mutant Bird Flu: “Playing with Fire”

WebMD (blog) - 
by Daniel J. DeNoon Was the creation of a airborne killer flu virus a good idea? Should we call it frank science - or, after a certain mythical monster, Frankenflu?

Mother-toddler bond linked to teen obesity

msnbc.com - 
NEW YORK - Toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up, a new US study shows.

Five drug addicts die and dozens left sickened by soy sausage at rehab ...

Daily Mail - 
By Mark Duell Five recovering drug addicts died and dozens of others were left sick by soy sausage served for Christmas dinner, medical officials say.

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