Sunday, January 15, 2012

15 JAN 2012, SUN: Bus & Health

Business


Credit ratings cut for nine eurozone nations

Herald Sun - 
STANDARD & Poor has swept the debt-ridden European continent with punishing credit downgrades, stripping France of its coveted AAA status and dropping Italy even lower.

Two illegal drug labs found in Metro Manila

Gulf Today - 
By Manolo B. Jara MANILA: Narcotics agents reported on Saturday they discovered two more laboratories used in the manufacture of illegal drugs inside a posh private housing estate in Metro Manila that is home to ranking government officials, lawmakers, ...

COMP Seeks National Mining Policy

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) underscored the urgent need for a national mining policy following the denial of the application for an Environment Compliance Certificate (ECC) for the Tampakan ...

P9B worth of counterfeit, pirated products seized in 2011

The Online Zamboanga Times - 
MANILA - The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPhl) on Friday said authorities seized P8.384 billion worth of counterfeit and pirated products or replicas of popular brands in 2011.

Oil pipeline owner activates equipment for spill cleanup

Manila Standard Today - 
by Ferdinand Fabella THE First Philippine Industrial Corp., operator of the oil pipeline that sprung a leak in 2010, has activated its US-made extraction equipment that it said would speed up the recovery of millions of liters of oil-contaminated ...

Trans-Asia inks block farm-in deal with US firm

Manila Bulletin - 
By MYRNA M. VELASCO MANILA, Philippines - Publicly-listed Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corporation has sealed a farm-in agreement with US firm Frontier Oil Corporation giving the former an option to acquire minority interest in a petroleum ...

Aquino's Dragon(s)

Tempo - 
MANILA, Philippines - Don't tell him yet, but the President is a Rat, and in the Year of the Dragon romance is a big zero. However, the Wife Star shines on this particular Rat in Malacañang.

PhilHealth uncovers premium payment scam

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said Saturday that checks for premium payment of Accenture, Inc. have not reached its office.

"It's more fun in the Philippines" launched at ASEAN Tourism Forum

GMA News - 
The “It's More Fun in the Philippines” campaign of the Department of Tourism (DOT) debuted at the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Manado, Indonesia on Friday.

Hormuz row between US, Iran heading for ultimate round

Arab News - 
By SYED RASHID HUSAIN Consumers are on edge! As the Washington - Tehran theatre gets readied - for the ultimate round, with both using oil as a weapon, a beeline of worried visitors to Riyadh makes an interesting reading.

AFP modernization fund reaches P16.8 B under Aquino

Philippine Star - 
By Jaime Laude (The Philippine Star) Updated January 15, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - In the last 17 months, the Department of National Defense has received P16.852 billion for the modernization of the Armed Forces.

Italy, Spain Offer $21.5 Billion of Debt in First Auctions of the New Year

Bloomberg - 
Italy and Spain will seek to sell as much as 17 billion euros ($21.5 billion) in debt as Premier Mario Monti seeks recognition for austerity efforts and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vows to meet his budget-deficit goal.

BCDA chair speaks out

Philippine Star - 
Just recently, this column tackled the still raging controversy between the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the Camp John Hay Development Corp.

NPC Wants P3.8-B Receivables Released

Manila Bulletin - 
By MYRNA M. VELASCO MANILA, Philippines - State-run National Power Corporation is seeking for an immediate release of its receivables from the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) totaling P3.8 billion.

Key US oil supplier may cut off spigot Sunday

Seattle Post Intelligencer - 
Angry youths protest in front of the National television station on fourth day of the nationwide strike on the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.

ICTSI orders new container handling equipment for RP, Mexican ports

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has placed orders for new state-of-the-art container handling equipment for its operations in Mexico and the Philippines.

Stalled Greek debt talks raise the risk of default

gulfnews.com - 
AP Athens: Greece's talks with private bank creditors on a critical debt write-down stalled on Friday, raising the risk of a messy default that would plunge the Eurozone into an even deeper crisis.

Economic boom in Caraga seen

Manila Bulletin - 
By MIKE U. CRISMUNDO SURIGAO CITY, Philippines - Full economic activity is seen beginning this year in the Caraga region or Northeastern Mindanao as both foreign and domestic investors in agricultural, industrial, mining and tourism industries are ...

Health


Pinay nurse arrested in Saudi for 'damaging' girl's virginity

GMA News - 
The Saudi police arrested a 27-year-old Filipina nurse who was accused of deliberately damaging the virginity of a young patient who figured in a traffic accident.

An achievement to be proud of

The Asian Age - 
India's successful polio-free drive has been praised all over the world, and rightly so. To have one full year without a single case of polio reported is no small feat, more so in a country as vast as India where the disease was rampant even a few ...

Internet overuse can damage brain — China researchers

GMA News - 
Like all other addictions, too much Internet can be bad for your health, with a study by China-based researchers suggesting it can cause structural brain damage.

LJWorld.com weblogs The Controversy with HCG as a weight loss remedy

Lawrence Journal World (blog) - 
The HCG Diet is known among its supporters for its remarkable documented weight loss outcomes of around Twenty to thirty lbs in only per month.

'Silent' condition may be common cause of stroke

Winnipeg Free Press - 
A condition that causes the heart to quiver and shake erratically increases the risk of a stroke more than two-fold, Canadian researchers are reporting.

For adults also

Inquirer.net - 
The story is told about a little boy who had the bad habit of sucking his thumb. One day his mother pointed to a very stout man and told her son that the man had such a big stomach because he sucked his thumb.

Kangaroo cigarettes blow smoke at plain pack laws

New Zealand Herald - 
By Greg Ansley Australian officials are fuming impotently over the use of the iconic kangaroo and the slogan "an Australian favourite" to sell Winfield cigarettes in Europe.

Guv to create pool of med-specialist

Sun.Star - 
By Ian Ocampo Flora CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Governor Lilia Pineda said Friday she is now set on creating a pool of medical specialists to be deployed in various district hospitals here.

Need to Exercise More? Think How It Will Help You Now

U.S. News & World Report - 
By Dennis Thompson FRIDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Health and fitness experts have for years tried to entice people to exercise more by flogging long-range benefits such as losing weight or avoiding long-term illness caused by chronic disease.

Bird flu empties South Africa's ostrich farms

BBC News - 
By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Oudtshoorn South Africa's ostrich farmers are struggling to cope after thousands of their birds were culled during one of the country's worst outbreaks of bird flu.

Balkan Countries Join Forces to Fight HIV/AIDS Stigma

TheBody.com - 
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Balkans region are uniting to combat the stubborn stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS there. They are starting by hosting a special conference in April that focuses on the needs of people living with HIV.

Faulty breast implant row boss gave safety advice to Labour

Daily Mail - 
By Jo Mcfarlane The cosmetic surgery boss who is demanding the taxpayer pay to replace faulty breast implants was appointed by the last Labour government to advise on patient safety and regulation of private firms.

Study reveals possible obesity-fighting hormone

Seattle University Spectator (blog) - 
By Colleen Fontana Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School published a study this week about a newly discovered hormone produced during exercise that lessens one's susceptibility to age-related obesity and diabetes.

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