Monday, February 20, 2012

20 FEB 2012, MON: Bus & Health

Business


New president gets to grips with erratic Filipino economy

Independent Online - 
It is often a fool's errand to predict turning points in the more erratic Asian economies. Nowhere is that truer than the Philippines, whose greatest consistency seems to be disappointing the optimists.

Profit-taking seen

Inquirer.net - 
After setting new record highs last week, the local stock market is seen trading sideways as investors may turn hesitant to load up more equities at lofty prices.

Reorganization Of BoI, PEZA Pushed

Manila Bulletin - 
By CHINO S. LEYCO MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Finance (DoF) said yesterday that it wants to rationalize the government's two incentive granting bodies to eradicate their “built in conflict.

Forfeiture Of Chief Justice's Assets 'Premature'

Manila Bulletin - 
By REY G. PANALIGAN MANILA, Philippines - Defense lawyers described Sunday as “premature” a proposal aired by a legislator to initiate forfeiture proceedings on the alleged unexplained properties and assets of embattled Chief Justice Renato C. Corona.

PAL plans to launch Bali flights in March

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
FLAG CARRIER Philippine Airlines (PAL) is looking to operate direct flights to Bali by next month, an official said. “All plans are being firmed up,” Joey G. De Guzman, PAL's senior vice-president for corporate communications, said in a text message ...

Philippines to push exports to China

Inquirer.net - 
Freshly harvested bananas from the Philippines' biggest banana producer Tagum Agricultural Development Co. in Tagum in Davao del Norte province located at Mindanao are ready for packing.

Eurozone down to wire on Greek bailout

Hindustan Times - 
Eurozone finance ministers meet in Brussels on Monday with time running out if they are to close a new 230-billion-euro ($300 billion) bailout package for Greece and avert a chaotic default.

U.S. Defense Contractors Are Hidden Investment Plays in Renewable Energy ...

Forbes - 
Not many investors are aware of it, but the US defense contractors are hidden investment plays in the widening use of renewable energy.

Water spotted coming out of farm's sinkhole

Inquirer.net - 
Water has started to come out of a 20-meter wide, 100-meter deep sink hole in a farm in barangay Cambuang, Dumanjug town yesterday.

Bulk of road maintenance fund released

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
BULK OF this year's budget for road maintenance has been released to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the Budget department said at the weekend.

North Harbor Gets P570-M Facelift

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - Manila North Harbor Port Inc. (MNHPI), a joint venture of businessman Reghis Romero II's Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc. and Petron Corp.

Think tank backs BSP policy changes

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
RESERVE REQUIREMENT (RR) changes implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) are a “step in the right direction,” a think tank said, countering a debt watcher's claim that it would weaken the credit standing of local banks.

Mindanao Declaration: create independent disaster management and risk ...

Minda News - 
By Carolyn O. Arguillas | Monday| February 20, 2012 | Filed under: Top Stories CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/19 February) - The two-day Mindanao Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction and Geo-hazard Awareness ended Sunday afternoon with an eight-point ...

Outsourcing bill in US Congress all political bytes

Manila Standard Today - 
AMERICAN politicians are playing up an anti-outsourcing bill because it offers them good sound bytes ahead of the November presidential and congressional elections in the US, House Deputy Majority Leader and Pasig Rep. Roman Romulo said Sunday.

PH sailors set record in 2011 remittances

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino sailors aboard foreign merchant ships sent home via bank wire a record $4.34 billion in remittances in 2011, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) announced in a statement Sunday.

FAO expert: Adopt 'climate smart' agriculture to ensure food security, adaptation

Business Mirror - 
AN expert from the Food and Agriculture Office (FAO) is pitching calls for the adoption of “climate-smart agriculture” to address the twin challenges of achieving food security and climate change.

US Coast Guard seize cocaine, marijuana near Jamaica, Honduras

Go Jamaica - 
MIAMI, CMC - The United States Coast Guard's drug interdiction operations in the Caribbean Sea this winter have so far yielded two tons of marijuana near Jamaica and four tons of cocaine in a single seizure off Honduras, the coast guard said on ...

Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards protest new labor reforms

Los Angeles Times - 
REPORTING FROM MADRID -- Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards packed town squares nationwide Sunday to protest labor reforms that the new conservative government says are necessary to encourage economic growth.

Things unraveling quickly for Coke exec

Business Mirror - 
IT has been 14 years since JB Baylon joined Coca-Cola and a decade since he assumed the post as governor of the company's basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Philippines amends money laundering law

Oman Tribune - 
MANILA The Philippines House of Representatives approved a bill amending the country's money laundering law by expanding its definition as well as the list of institutions and new crimes covered such as terrorism.

Health


Youth smoking trend prompts action by city

People's Daily Online - 
By Zheng Xin and Cao Yin (China Daily) BEIJING - Beijing will draft new city regulations strengthening enforcement of an existing smoking ban, at a time when new statistics are showing a high inclination among teens to try tobacco.

Great food, great cause

Toledo Blade - 
BY DANIEL NEMAN Spicy BouilliaBlais, a heart-healthy dish created by Richard Blais for Campbell's AdDress Your Heart Cooking Challenge.

Lula Joins Music Stars at Brazil's Carnival

Latin American Herald Tribune - 
SAO PAULO - Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and popular Brazilian music stars like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil shared the stage on the second night of Sao Paulo samba school parades, which ended early on Sunday.

Insulting doctors, health workers in Saudi Arabia becoming a trend?

GMA News - 
In Saudi Arabia, where some 1.2 million Filipinos are residing, more patients are said to be insulting and committing violent acts against doctors and other health workers, whether they are Saudi nationals or expatriates.

Babies can make jokes before they can talk

Telegraph.co.uk - 
Babies who are too young to speak can still forge friendships with each other and even make jokes, researchers have found. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor Tiny cameras strapped to a baby's head have revealed the world from an infant's point of view ...

FDA Targets 400

CareFair.com - 
A recent study done by the FDA will keep the issue of cosmetics safety at the forefront. According to published reports, the agency found widespread use of lead in one type of widely used cosmetic products.

Anti-Poverty project launched in Talibon

Bohol Standard - 
The Chatto-Lim Administration has again proven, for the nth time, that its projects are focused on poverty reduction can cascade in the grassroots level.

Link Found Between La Niña And The Flu

Eurasia Review - 
By Emilio Godoy Weather patterns could have an influence on the spread of epidemics like that of the H1N1 influenza virus, initially known as swine flu, which broke out in Mexico and the United States in 2009.

Arsenic found in some infant formula, cereal bars

Bangor Daily News - 
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - Worrisome levels of arsenic have been found in two infant formulas that contain organic brown rice syrup as a main ingredient, researchers reported Thursday.

King-size candy is dead! Long live smaller bars?

Christian Science Monitor - 
King-size candy will no longer be made after 2013, says maker of M&M's, Twix, and Snickers. King-size candy bars will give way to products with no more than 250 calories.

Controversial 'Armageddon' super virus recipe to stay secret - for now

Sydney Morning Herald - 
This transmission electron micrograph taken at a magnification of 150000x, reveals the ultrastructural details of an avian influenza A (H5N1) virion, pictured by the United States government's Centre for Disease Control.

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