Wednesday, February 29, 2012

29 FEB 2012, WED, 0825H: Phils+

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Philippines


MMDA exec apologizes for traffic from Iglesia ni Cristo gathering

GMA News - 
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority apologized to motorists and commuters stuck in traffic due to the Grand Evangelical Mission of the Iglesia ni Cristo in Manila Tuesday evening.

Bill creating new department okayed

Journal Online - 
THE Senate yesterday approved on third and final reading the proposal creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) “to develop and tap the best available technology” for the country and keep up with global competition, ...

1913 Pass 2011 Bar Exams

Manila Bulletin - 
By REY G. PANALIGAN MANILA, Philippines - A total of 1913 law graduates or 31.95 percent of those who actually took the tests passed the 2011 Bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court (SC) in November last year.

Grace Ibuna: I'm on top of Ignacio's funeral

Inquirer.net - 
By Julie M. Aurelio, Rogelio Constantino-Medina, Tina G. Santos Businesswoman Grace Ibuna, a longtime partner of the late Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo, said she and one of the daughters' of the late congressman, ...

NPA landmine kills soldier, hurts 3 others in Compostela Valley

Tempo - 
An improvised bomb planted by New People's Army (NPA) insurgents went off as soldiers were passing by at a remote village in Compostela Valley prov- ince, killing one Army trooper and wounding three others Monday afternoon.

Another try at killing hazing

Malaya - 
A measure to amend the 17-year-old Anti-Hazing Law has been filed by Senate majority leader Vicente Sotto III. It seeks an automatic life imprisonment for fraternity leaders and members who inflict physical harm on neophytes.

Court sets hearing for Gatdula amparo petition

Manila Standard Today - 
A MANILA court on Tuesday ordered Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, National Bureau of Investigation Officer-in-Charge Nonnatus Caesar Rojas, and NBI Deputy Director Reynaldo Esmeralda to answer the petition for writ of amparo filed by dismissed ...

3 police officers linked to woman's kidnap-slay

Inquirer.net - 
By DJ Yap Three police officers, including a former spokesperson of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), have been implicated in the kidnapping and murder of a woman, whose body was discovered last week in San Pedro, Laguna, ...

China's military build-up seen independent of US moves

Moneycontrol.com - 
By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's military build-up looks likely to continue "unabated" and independent of recent US moves to reposition forces in Asia, the US military commander for the Asia-Pacific region said on Tuesday.

Ping says he wants to reconcile with Erap

Philippine Star - 
By Marvin Sy (The Philippine Star) Updated February 29, 2012 12:00 AM 0 Almost three years have passed since Sen. Panfilo Lacson and former President Joseph Estrada engaged in a heated word war and went their separate ways.

P-Noy attends screening of NatGeo documentary

Philippine Star - 
By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) Updated February 29, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino attended yesterday the premiere screening of “Inside Malacañang,” a documentary made by the National Geographic Channel to be shown ...

More security urged within relocation sites

Sun.Star - 
ALARMED by the occurrence of suicides and petty crimes in several relocation sites in Cagayan de Oro, some city councilors are calling for more tight security within these areas.

PNP chief revives 1-strike policy on 'jueteng'

Inquirer.net - 
By DJ Yap Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday announced he was reinstating the “one-strike policy” on police chiefs found to be remiss in their duty to curb illegal gambling.

Malabon explosion

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - A man was killed while four others were injured an explosion that rocked Barangay Catmon, Malabon City Monday night.

The man who wore no socks laid to rest

Inquirer.net - 
By Cynthia D. Balana Ambassador Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez never wore socks—not even when he entered the great halls of other countries—to remind him where he came from.

MMDA to start single ticketing system for traffic violators on March 1

GMA News - 
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is set to start on Thursday the implementation of the single ticketing system for traffic violators.

Local officials urged to install CCTV to deter crimes

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The government has urged all local officials to install closed circuit television technology (CCTV) cameras in their localities to help deter and solve crimes, a senior government official said today.

Lawmaker insists: Joma Sison is back

Manila Standard Today - 
by Florante S. Solmerin FORMER rebel and now Rep. Pastor Alcover Jr. of the Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy on Tuesday defended the Armed Forces from the claims of his former comrade, Jose Maria Sison, on the alleged rift in the military in ...

Sarangani agrees to host mid-year PH-US naval exercises

Minda News - 
By Bong S. Sarmiento | Wednesday| February 29, 2012 | Filed under: Top Stories GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 February) - The town of Glan in Sarangani province will host the joint Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercises involving naval ...

Buy-bust operations: Where does the marked money go?

Sun.Star - 
DURING buy-bust operations, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has been using marked money which would later be used as evidence against the suspects.

MARKET INFORMATION
   Market Closed
   As of TUE FEB 28, 2012 15:30:00 PM
PSE COMPOSITE AND SECTORAL INDICES
VALUECHANGE% CHG 
 PSEi   4,820.43   21.14   0.4405  
 All Shares   3,259.10   0.46   0.0141  
 Financials   1,171.43   3.49   0.297  
 Industrial   7,103.25   26.94   0.3807  
 Holding Firms   3,849.75   33.60   0.8652  
 Property   1,807.74   28.05   1.5761  
 Services   1,771.71   22.72   1.299  
 Mining & Oil   24,846.13   281.41   1.1199  
MARKET ACTIVITY
   Trades22607 
   Volume3,369,445,880 
   Value6,331,626,985 
   Advances72 
   Declines92 
   Unchanged33 

Philippine Stock Exchange  |  PHILIPPINE MUTUAL FUNDS
Company Name
NAV per share (PhP)
One Year Return (%)
Three Year Return (%)
Four Year Return (%)
Year-to-date Return (%)
ATRKE Equity Opportunity Fund, Inc. *2.926417.64%31.97%7.1%6.64%
First Metro Save & Learn Equity Fund, Inc. *4.029725.63%40.66%13.98%6.79%
Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc. *435.827.73%38.11%12.82%12.24%
Philequity Fund, Inc. *23.42226.59%43.06%14.02%9.29%
Philequity PSE Index Fund, Inc. *3.146527.5%36.33%12.54%7.54%
Philippine Stock Index Fund Corp. *523.2228.29%36.81%9.34%10.73%
Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund, Inc. *2.882521.18%31.28%9.8%7.8%
United Fund, Inc.*2.83655.94%14.04%7.13%3.36%
ATR KimEng Asia Plus Recovery Fund, Inc. **$0.9951-7.29%n.a.n.a.11.61%
ALFM Growth Fund, Inc *213.5830.18%42.21%n.a.15.3%
ATRKE Phil. Balanced Fund, Inc. *1.669513.63%21.67%5.7%5.57%
Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund, Inc.*1.615524.33%n.a.n.a.13.04%
First Metro Save & Learn Balanced Fund, Inc. *2.268224.52%37.73%n.a.6.99%
GSIS Mutual Fund, Inc. *3.295424.7%31.53%12.01%11.76%
NCM Mutual Funds of the Phils., Inc. *1.626224%n.a.n.a.10.33%
Optima Balanced Fund, Inc. *1.348720.13%19.57%7.28%4.71%
Philam Fund, Inc. *14.514626.29%32.41%11.86%11.55%
Sun Life Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc. *2.89620.37%20.66%8.67%6.81%
Cocolife Dollar Fund Builder, Inc. *$0.031466.28%n.a.n.a.2.78%
PAMI Asia Balanced Fund, Inc. *$0.9971-1.39%n.a.n.a.9.08%
Paradigm Global Growth Fund, Inc. *$0.02412.03%n.a.n.a.2.03%
Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Advantage Fund, Inc. *$2.77083.13%4.55%2.31%3.62%
ALFM Peso Bond Fund, Inc. *287.229.26%7%6.1%1.51%
Cocolife Fixed Income Fund, Inc. *2.04527.22%10.42%8.44%0.98%
Ekklesia Mutual Fund, Inc. *1.767714.67%7.89%5.45%2.25%
First Metro Save & Learn Fixed Income Fund, Inc.1.687514.83%10.21%7.17%1.72%
Grepalife Bond Fund Corp.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.
Philam Bond Fund, Inc. *3.455912.94%7.17%5.81%2.48%
Philequity Peso Bond Fund, Inc.2.868813.28%8.55%6.63%1.6%
Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund, Inc. *1.66189.37%3.83%3.36%2.11%
Sun Life Prosperity Bond Fund, Inc. *2.448412.95%7.55%5.33%1.89%
Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund, Inc. *1.42313.06%8.39%6.09%2.04%
ALFM Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. *$370.546.67%5.74%4.85%2.28%
ALFM Euro Bond Fund, Inc. *€182.222.31%4.04%2.76%1.95%
ATR KimEng Total Return Bond Fund, Inc. **$1.0414.78%n.a.n.a.1.42%
Grepalife Dollar Bond Fund Corp.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.
Grepalife Fixed Income Fund Corp.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.
MAA Privilege Dollar Fixed Income Fund, Inc.$1.360216.89%3.52%2.5%0.21%
MAA Privilege Euro Fixed Income Fund, Inc.€0.02773n.a.n.a.n.a.-1.42%
PAMI Global Bond Fund, Inc. *$1.22623.69%5.82%n.a.1.61%
Philam Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. *$1.92026.81%9.29%5.93%2.29%
Philequity Dollar Income Fund, Inc.$0.04983468.08%8.6%6.61%2.94%
Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Abundance Fund, Inc. *$2.75249.92%9.03%5.38%2.84%
ALFM Money Market Fund, Inc. *106.773.52%n.a.n.a.0.34%
ATRKE Alpha Opportunity Fund, Inc. *1.11380.69%0.83%-1.27%0.18%
First Metro Save & Learn Money Market Fund, Inc.1.04861.85%1.57%n.a.0.37%
Philam Managed Income Fund, Inc. *1.12291.35%1.69%1.48%0.51%
Sun Life Prosperity Money Market Fund, Inc. *1.1280.45%0.76%1.29%0.1%
Source: PIFA
* - NAVPS as of the previous banking day
** - NAVPS as of 2 banking days ago

Lotto GameCombinationsDraw DateJackpotWinners
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