Wednesday, February 1, 2012

01 FEB 2012, WED: Bus & Health

Business


Cebu Pacific to fly long-haul from Q3 next year

Business Times (subscription) - 
By VEN SREENIVASAN (SINGAPORE) Privately owned Philippine budget carrier Cebu Pacific is joining the long-haul, low-cost race with the launch of transcontinental flights next year.

2011 Revenue Collection Increases 13%

Manila Bulletin - 
By CHINO S. LEYCO MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Finance (DoF) said yesterday the national government registered its highest revenue take in over a decade in 2011 despite the absence of new taxes and asset sales.

DoE Completes Oil Review Team

Manila Bulletin - 
By MYRNA M. VELASCO MANILA, Philippines - A seven-man review team will comprehensively scrutinize the books of accounts and financial statements of the volunteer oil companies to ascertain if there are instances of “overpricing” or “profiteering” being ...

Rice import application set

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE NATIONAL Food Authority (NFA) has opened the application to import 187000 metric tons (MT) of rice which can be brought in the country at a lower tariff.

Greek Bondholders Said Set to Get GDP Sweetener in Debt Swap

San Francisco Chronicle - 
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Bondholders negotiating a debt swap with Greece may get a sweetener tied to a revival in economic growth that would ease the impact of accepting a lower interest rate on the new bonds, people with knowledge of the talks said.

Investors swamp BTr with bids for long-term bonds

Inquirer.net - 
Yield on fresh 20-year Treasury bonds settled at an average of 5.906 percent with a coupon of 5.875 percent as investors rushed to acquire longer-term debt paper.

JP Morgan bullish on Philippine stocks

Inquirer.net - 
Global bank JP Morgan Chase is upbeat on equities in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia, citing the region's emergence as a more attractive investment destination now relative to China, which usually cornered the lion's share of investment ...

GERI Bounces Back To Profitability

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - Global-Estate Resorts Inc., a subsidiary of Alliance Global Group Inc. and formerly Fil-Estate Land Inc., reported a significant turn-around for its fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 with a consolidated net ...

Palace justifies 3.7% economic growth in 2011

Philippine Star - 
By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) Updated February 01, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang justified yesterday the country's 3.7 percent economic growth, saying that the government made investments in social services and the ...

Full Auto Manufacturing Shift Sought

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine automotive industry roadmap has sought for as much as 100 percent excise tax rebate as part of a development support package to transform the industry from assembly of completely knocked down (CKD) units for the ...

EU extending P2-B grant for various projects

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
THE EUROPEAN Union is extending P2 billion worth of grants to the Philippines for different projects this year, an official said yesterday.

Inflation to stay manageable this year, says BSP

Inquirer.net - 
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has expressed confidence that the rate of increase in consumer prices will remain manageable this year despite falling interest rates.

Vendors allay fear of food contamination in Davao streets

Philippine Star - 
Vendor Pepito Pancho fries isaw in his stall in front of the San Pedro Cathedral, Davao City. Isaw or chicken innards is one of the most popular street foods in the city.

Groups protest ADB funding for e-tricycles

GMA News - 
Civil society and green groups groups are blocking the way for electric tricycles, saying the $101-million loan funds for the technology were diverted from the more urgent solar generation project.

Shares recover; property issues lead rally

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Philippine stock market bounced back today after a sell-off a day before. Bargain hunting propped up the bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index by 0.81 percent or 37.95 points to 4682.44.

Roxas Pursues NAIA Facelift Plan

Manila Bulletin - 
By KRIS BAYOS MANILA, Philippines - Fetching passengers who are arriving or departing from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 will soon be a “cool” experience after Transportation Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II ordered the ...

Experts Predict a Strong Result for Ford

Motley Fool - 
By John Rosevear | More Articles The industry watchers at Edmunds and TrueCar.com have posted their predictions for January auto sales, and once again, it looks like the Blue Oval is set for another strong gain.

Ecozone Rate Program extended -- PEZA chief

The Online Zamboanga Times - 
MANILA - Malacanang has extended the special power rate for economic zone locators in the country, according to Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Secretary-General Lilia B. De Lima.

Rural Bank Luna (La Union) placed under PDIC receivership

The Online Zamboanga Times - 
MANILA - Central bank's policy-making Monetary Board (MB) has placed the Rural Bank of Luna (La Union) under the receivership of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC).

Facebook's $US100b value to be tested in IPO

Sydney Morning Herald - 
Facebook is expected to file within hours to sell stock on the open market in what will be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004, maybe since the go-go 1990s.

Health


Comatose boxer Karlo Maquinto's kin seek healing masses for recovery

GMA News - 
Relatives of boxer Karlo Maquinto, who fell into a coma after a boxing match last weekend, are asking Catholic Church leaders for help in praying for the boxer's recovery.

Stay out of trouble: MMDA toys with robot cop idea

Manila Standard Today - 
AUTHORITIES plan to deploy bribe-proof robots to direct traffic round the clock and enforce the law without fear or favor, an official says.

More Therapists Needed In US

Manila Bulletin - 
By SARAH HILOMEN-VELASCO MANILA, Philippines - Qualified Filipino physical therapists - both male and female - will be having more opportunities abroad as the United States admitted that its demand for therapists will continue to rise in the next four ...

Savvy Senior: Heartburn relief for seniors in need

NewsOK.com - 
BY JIM MILLER Leave a comment DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: Is heartburn considered to be an uncomfortable inconvenience or a symptom of a more serious problem?

Covenant Hospice to offer free grief support group series

Santa Rosa Press Gazette - 
Feelings of grief and loss can be overwhelming. For this reason, Covenant Hospice will be offering a five-week grief support group from 10:00 - 11:30 am, Wednesday, Feb. 9 through March 7. The group will meet at the First Baptist Church, ...

Scientists shift on brain speech center

DAWN.com - 
An analysis of the brain imaging coordinates in those studies pointed to the new location for Wernicke's area, offering new insight for patients suffering from brain damage or stroke.

The Faith Diaries: When silence brings you HIV

The Africa Report - 
By Faith ka-Manzi Being HIV positive for almost ten years now, I have had my fair share of serious and not so serious infections which have at times seen my immune system succumb and often come close to collapse.

Milking it: India looks to improve its dairy sector

AFP - 
MANCHAR, India - Bhagyalaxmi Dairy Farm lies tucked away up a rutted country track, among the patchwork of dusty brown scrub and lush green parcels of farmland to the northeast of the Indian city of Pune.

RH bill will upgrade barangay health services, senator says

Sun.Star - 
MANILA--The Reproductive Health bill will upgrade general health services in the country's villages, Senator Pia Cayetano, chair of the Senate committee on health said Tuesday.

Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington's corpse

Pakistan Daily Times - 
George Washington wasn't only America's first president, he was also almost its first zombie. After Washington died from an illness in December 1799, his family nearly accepted an offer from a physician who believed he could bring America's first ...

Neuroscientists make headway turning thoughts into speech

USA TODAY - 
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Forget Siri, the iPhone voice program - neuroscientists may someday have your brain babbling on the phone.

Bird flu data should be kept under wraps, science panel says

CNN - 
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Details of a genetically altered strain of the deadly avian flu virus are "a grave concern" to public safety and should be kept under wraps, a federal advisory board declared Tuesday.

Women better at parking says UK study

CBC.ca - 
Women are slightly better at parking than men, concludes a month-long study from a UK parking lot operator. The study by NCP examined the habits of 2500 drivers.

United we stand: the new approach in fighting neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)

Forbes - 
Yesterday was a huge day for the neglected tropical disease (NTD) community. A consortium of organizations - including 13 pharmaceutical companies, the US, UK, and UAE governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the World Health ...

South African condom failures result in massive recall

Lifesite - 
by Thaddeus Baklinski JOHANNESBURG, January 31, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - 1.35 millions condoms given out prior to celebrations put on by South Africa's governing political party, the African National Congress, have been recalled due to complaints that ...

TOWIE's Lauren Pope makes the best of a bad situation after discovering she...

Daily Mail - 
By Sarah Bull She might have been left terrified after discovering she had PIP implants earlier this month. But now The Only Way Is Essex star Lauren Pope has revealed there is one benefit to having to have them removed - the fact that she can go up a ...

This Drug Approval Is Good For the Industry

Motley Fool - 
By Brian Orelli, PhD | More Articles Roche and Curis (Nasdaq: CRIS ) gained Food and Drug Administration approval yesterday for their basal-cell carcinoma drug, Erivedge.

13- and 14-Pound Babies Born

HispanicBusiness.com - 
A 13-pound baby and a 14-pound baby were born this week, one in Iowa and one in California. Asher Stewardson, weighing in at 13 pounds, 13 ounces, arrived without surgery at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, according to an Associated Press ...

Study: Ultrasound could provide male contraception alternative

Health Imaging - 
Men's options for contraception have typically been limited to condoms or vasectomy, but research published January 30 in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology touted the potential of another male contraceptive: therapeutic ultrasound.

Letter of the Day: As a breast-cancer patient, I've seen the results of the ...

Montreal Gazette - 
Re: “Pink Ribbons Inc. and the fine line between fundraising and feminism” (Gazette, Jan. 27). Please don't tell me that the 420 kilometres I have been walking for the past seven years in the Weekend to End Women's Cancer are to benefit the big ...

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