Tuesday, January 24, 2012

24 JAN 2012, TUE: Bus & Health

Business


EU sets July date for embargo on Iranian oil

Irish Times - 
EU FOREIGN ministers moved to ban oil and oil product imports from Iran as Europe stepped up its campaign against the country's nuclear programme.

Greece to Continue Debt Swap Talks With Euro-Group Support

BusinessWeek - 
By Jonathan Stearns Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Greece will pursue talks on a debt swap with private creditors after euro-area countries lent their support to the effort, the Finance Ministry said.

BSP adopts stricter compliance rules

Manila Bulletin - 
By LEE CHIPONGIAN MANILA, Philippines - Bank regulators have approved a new circular which tightened banks' compliance with reportorial requirements to improve data integrity and to give the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) a better way to judge a ...

Gov't welcomes planned PAL sale

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The government today welcomed the confirmation of the country's business tycoon Lucio Tan to sell Philippine Airlines (PAL), as it would mean more investments for the country and improved services for the national flag ...

NEDA-ICC okays P14-B infra projects

Manila Bulletin - 
By EDU LOPEZ MANILA, Philippines - The Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board has approved P14.83 billion worth of projects in irrigation, flood control and education that are geared ...

Marine experts deployed to avert oil spill in Antique Catanduanes, Antique

Business Mirror - 
TEAMS of marine experts from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were deployed off Catanduanes and Antique to avert oil spills from the two locations where two cargo ships sank over the weekend.

Fil-Estate Corp.—delinquent by the billions

Business Mirror - 
THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), you might say, is generally measuring up to its mandate to transform most of the former American military facilities in the Philippines into economic growth centers.

'Meager' oil price cut slammed

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - The militant transport group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (Piston) criticized yesterday what it called a “meager“ oil price rollback from oil firms and warned of The original microwave oven patent ...

Lawmaker twits Palace claim on land-reform progress

Business Mirror - 
“PREPOSTEROUS,” was how a member of the House of Representatives described Malacañang's claim that the current administration has achieved progress in land and agrarian reform.

Tampakan miner told to file court case

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE MINER behind the massive Tampakan copper-gold project faces dim prospects for its appeal for a crucial permit as the Environment Secretary yesterday insisted the open-pit mining ban in South Cotabato must be overturned first.

Saint Francis de Sales Feast

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - Several religious organizations such as the Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco, founded by Saint John Bosco in 1859 and named in honor of Saint Francis de Sales, as well as a number of missionary groups, Catholic churches, ...

Charter Ping An sets premium targets

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - Charter Ping An Insurance Corp. is optimistic it would hit its P3-billion gross written premium and net income target of P200 million for 2012.

Mitsubishi eyes 12% growth, to launch the Mirage this year

Malaya - 
MITSUBISHI Motor Philippines Corp. (MMPC) is optimistic that it will further improve its sales volume and market share as it is projecting a growth of 12 percent compared to its 2011 sales performance or 36500 units.

Marikina City rolls out accomplishments

Manila Bulletin - 
By MADELYNNE DOMINGUEZ MANILA, Philippines - More businesses invested in Marikina and out-of-work individuals were given jobs last year.

CIIF Group allots money for coconut nurseries

GMA News - 
Sequestered CIIF Oil Mills Group said Monday it has allotted P10 million to set up nurseries for coconut seedlings, a nationwide project parallel to government's planting and replanting program.

Semirara Mining still PHL's biggest coal producer

Business Mirror - 
THE Department of Energy (DOE) said Semirara Mining Corp. had the biggest coal production in the country last year. Based on the DOE data, Semirara produced 7.19 million metric tons (MMT) from its coal operations in Antique last year.

Lagarde urges boost to eurozone's bailout fund

The Independent - 
Ben Chu is The Independent's Economics Editor. Previously he was the newspaper's chief leader writer. Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, yesterday pressured Europe's leaders to increase the size of the single ...

Euro-Zone Reaches Deal On Bailout-Fund Treaty

Wall Street Journal (India) - 
BRUSSELS -- Euro-zone finance ministers Monday agreed on the text of a treaty to create their EUR500 billion ($651 billion) bailout fund after addressing concerns from Finland about provisions that would allow the fund to make loans without unanimous ...

Energy and economic dependence

Manila Standard Today - 
by Rita Linda V. Jimeno by Fr. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino Today, we turn the spotlight on a major national woe—energy dependence and how it affects the pocket of every Filipino.

Clark to restore backup cables

Manila Standard Today - 
by Jess Malabanan CLARK FREEPORT— Clark International Airport Corp. is restoring back up cables in its request for funds before the board, a top offcial said.

Health


Chinese lucky charms toxic -- EcoWaste

Journal Online - 
LUCKY charms and ornaments which are highly in demand during Chinese New Year could be harmful to human health. This was the findings of EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental group, which subjected these items to chemical analysis using X-ray ...

4 arrested in Cavite drug raid

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - Anti-narcotics agents swooped down on two houses being used as drug dens inside a subdivision in Dasmarinas, Cavite Monday morning.

Rotary club reaches fundraising goal

Sage Nonprofit Solutions - 
Rotary clubs worldwide recently raised more than $200 million in response to a challenge grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Female African American AIDS Numbers In Dallas Troubling

CBS Local - 
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - There's a troubling trend emerging in Dallas involving African American women and AIDS. Currently, black women make up 22-percent of the population in Dallas - yet, according to county health officials, the group accounts for ...

12 tips for healthier eating in 2012

Philippine Star - 
Year after year, I promise myself that I would take charge of my lifestyle, changing to better habits, opting for better choices, and hopefully emerging successful in weight management at the end of the year.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Mount Everest

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - In 1953, a ninth British Mount Everest expedition, led by John Hunt, returned to Nepal. Since the North Col route on the Tibetan side was closed by the Chinese government, the expedition attempted to reach the summit via the South ...

End of AIDS is in sight, if funds are there for it

The Boston Globe - 
THIRTY YEARS after AIDS made its deadly debut, a future without the disease is finally within reach. One of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of 2011 was the discovery that antiretroviral drugs don't just prolong the lives of people with HIV, ...

Tiny 'Miracle Baby' Released from the Hospital

Christian Broadcasting Network - 
The same day thousands of pro-lifers marched against abortion in Washington, DC, one of the world's tiniest premature babies was finally released from the hospital in California.

The facts about fats and heart health

Albert Lea Tribune - 
With heart disease the leading cause of death in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's time to listen to your heart and get the right kinds of fats into your daily diet.

Stem cells offer first glimpse of blindness treatment

USA TODAY - 
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY In the first published results of a therapy using human embryonic stem cells, the controversial treatment slightly improved the vision of two legally blind patients, researchers reported Monday.

Women feel more pain than men, study says

USA TODAY - 
By HealthDay According to the results of a study in which researchers examined pain scores from tens of thousands of patients in the United States, women experience more intense pain than men.

Magic mushrooms ingredient 'could help treat depression'

Mirror.co.uk - 
by Mike Swain, Daily Mirror 24/01/2012 Patients given the banned psychedelic ingredient psilocybin said they felt “in touch with the universe” and more able to recall happy thoughts.

The Autism Controversy Revisited

Huffington Post (blog) - 
In last Friday's New York Times, Ben Carey reported intense public reaction to the new DSM 5 concept of autism. "Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and might make ...

How books, puzzles may help ward off Alzheimer's

msnbc.com - 
Doing puzzles and reading books have been linked with a decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease, and a new study may explain why - it reduces the accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain.

Drug deaths resonate in PA; Opp stages walkout

Pakistan Daily Times - 
By Hussain Kashif LAHORE: The opposition in Punjab Assembly (PA) staged a walkout from the House on Monday as a mark of protest against the deaths owing to the use of contaminated medicines provided by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), ...

First legal marijuana-based drug that can kill pain awaits nod

Times of India - 
LONDON: If a British firm has its way, then the world's first cannabis-based prescription drug for mitigating cancer pain could soon hit pharmacies across the United States, a media report said.

Help cancer patients to quit smoking

CBC.ca - 
Many people with colon cancer or lung cancer continue to smoke after being diagnosed, researchers say. They emphasize the need for cancer specialists to recommend that people quit and give them help to do so.

You know someone who had mental illness last year

Allentown Morning Call - 
By Tim Darragh, Of The Morning Call A new government survey shows that mental illness is vastly undertreated in the United States.

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