Monday, February 13, 2012

13 FEB 2012, MON: Bus & Health

Business


Exporters hit procedures at Bureau of Customs

ABS CBN News - 
By Max V. de Leon, BusinessMirror MANILA, Philippines - "It's a national shame that has to be corrected the soonest,” said former Customs Commissioner Guillermo Parayno once in describing the procedures at the Bureau of Customs (BOC).

PhilHealth nurse-evaluators will get P15,000 monthly

Malaya - 
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) said it will deploy in March at least 530 jobless nurses who have decided to change careers as Philhealth customer care personnel under its Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) ...

Tax-evading doctors next on BIR 'hit list'

Manila Standard Today - 
INTERNAL Revenue has lifted its moratorium on the filing of tax cases against doctors, saying the bureau has given them enough time to comply with the law and start declaring their income and paying their taxes.

More Progressive Philippines Will Be Given 'Investment Grade' Rating

Manila Bulletin - 
By ANDREW JAMES MASIGAN MANILA, Philippines - Two weeks ago, Indonesia got a credit rating upgrade from Moody's Investors Services—putting it at Baa3, restoring its status back to investment grade since the Asian financial crisis of the '90s.

Motorcycle rider falls off flyover

Journal Online - 
A MOTORCYLE rider was killed after his vehicle fell from the flyover and landed on the tracks of the Metro Rail Transit in Pasay City yesterday.

CAMPI's January Sales Fall 20%

Manila Bulletin - 
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - Motor vehicle sales in January fell 20 percent over December 2011 spooked by the remaining effect of the Thai flooding coupled by the seasonally-lower sales in the first month of the year, ...

Maynilad sees 2012 capex at P8.4B

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
WEST ZONE concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. plans to spend P8.4 billion to develop water sources and upgrade facilities, the company said in a statement yesterday.

Power plant to undergo rehab

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
The Energy department and the National Power Corp. (Napocor) are planning to rehabilitate Agus VI to be undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Energy Undersecretary Josefina Patricia M. Asirit said in an interview with ...

Youth called to unite for MDGs

Dateline Philippines - 
To celebrate the power of the youth in helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, the United Nations System in the Philippines, National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Labor and Employment, and National ...

Globe eyes P15B retail bond float

Inquirer.net - 
Globe Telecom is planning a P15-billion retail bond float—likely in several tranches—this year as the company seeks to double capital expenditure (capex) spending in line with the modernization of its nationwide network.

Bangko Sentral seen to cut rates in March

Inquirer.net - 
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas may be compelled to slash its key interest rates by as much as 50 basis points to a new record low during its next monetary-setting meeting in March given the country's “alarmingly weak” export trend, ...

PH eyes avocado exports to Korea

Manila Standard Today - 
by Othel V. Campos The Philippines plans to export avocados to South Korea after allowing the entry of paprika from the northeast Asian country.

Thrift, co-op banks cut exposure to bad debt

Inquirer.net - 
Thrift and cooperative banks managed to reduce their exposure to bad debts at the end of the first semester last year, thanks to their adherence to what regulators consider as prudent lending standards.

Coloma wants cop escorts probed

Malaya - 
Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. yesterday asked the San Mateo police to require two of the policemen who served as his escorts last week to submit an after-operations report for allegedly forcing a private motorist ...

BMBE Law suffers from flaws

Sun.Star - 
By Antonio L. Colina IV THE House committee on small business and entrepreneurship development is bent on amending the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBE) Law, which Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casino described as a failure.

Equities may lift PSEi to 5300 level in 2012

Inquirer.net - 
Local equities will likely outperform bonds this year and lift the Philippine Stock Exchange index to as high as 5300, according to fund management firm First Metro Asset Management Inc. (FAMI).
Stock Market
Stock market likely to stay flat this week

PNoy pilots virtual A380 at Lufthansa hangar inauguration

ABS CBN News - 
By Recto Mercene, BusinessMirror MANILA, Philippines -- President Benigno Aquino III piloted a make-believe Airbus A380 during the inauguration of Lufthansa Technik Philippines's (LTP) maintenance hangar, throwing the wooden throttle of the giant ...

Now e-admit card for civil services exam

Khaleej Times - 
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct the civil services preliminary examination on May 20. This year, however, the New Delhi-based commission has introduced a novel system of 'e-admit cards' instead of sending the admission ...

Review bank laws

Journal Online - 
The ongoing impeachment proceedings are not only raising public awareness on the concept of the separation of powers, the limits of such powers among the three main branches of government, and the importance of going back to the basic law of the land ...

Health



Emperor Akihito to undergo heart bypass surgery

The Japan Times - 
Emperor Akihito will undergo heart bypass surgery Saturday at University of Tokyo Hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said Sunday, after an angiogram performed the previous day showed the further narrowing of two branches of his left coronary ...

Elite female football players may face health risks

Press TV - 
Elite female football players are at a significant higher risk of health problems including menstrual irregularities and stress fractures.

Govt: Health scare on New Zealand flight just flu

CBS News - 
(AP) WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A health scare on a flight from Japan to New Zealand appears to be nothing more serious than a seasonal outbreak of influenza.

Sex change British man gives birth to son

Telegraph.co.uk - 
A man who used to be a woman has become Britain's first "male mother" by giving birth to a son. By Richard Alleyne The man, who is believed to be in his 30s, was able to carry a child after taking female hormones to reverse the effects of his ...

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