Tuesday, February 21, 2012

21 FEB 2012, TUE: Bus & Health

Business


EU ministers to work through the night on Greek bailout deal

Globe and Mail - 
BRUSSELS, Belgium— AP Eurozone governments worked into the night on Monday, hoping to agree on a long-awaited rescue package for Greece that would save it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, but several key points of division remained, ...

DOTC eyes raising NAIA terminal fees again

GMA News - 
Passengers using the Ninoy Aquino International Airport may have to shell out an extra P200 in terminal fees again, as the Department of Transportation and Communications is mulling raising the fee anew.

Mining moratorium may delay Philex's $1-B Silangan project

ABS CBN News - 
By Ma. Elisa P. Osorio, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - Pangilinan-led Philex Mining Corp. said yesterday a proposed government moratorium could adversely affect the issuance of the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for Philex's ...

PH share prices breach 4900-point level

ABS CBN News - 
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - Local stocks roared to a new record high Monday, breaching the 4900 level, buoyed by China's move to lower the reserve requirement for banks and optimism Greece will soon secure a second ...

BOP at a surplus of $864M in Jan.

Inquirer.net - 
The country registered a balance of payments (BOP) surplus in January as the inflow of dollars and other foreign currencies exceeded those that had flowed out, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported.

Oil jumps to 9-month high in Europe as Iran cuts supply to Britain, France

CanadianBusiness.com - 
By Pablo Gorondi, AP | February 20, 2012 Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above US$105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country's nuclear ...

BOC seizes P.4-B fake goods at POM

Journal Online - 
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) yesterday confiscated two 40-footer vans at the Port of Manila containing fake merchandize including medicine worth over P400 million.

Government grants fuel subsidy anew

Inquirer.net - 
By Christine O. Avendaño With oil prices expected to soar again, President Benigno Aquino III on Monday ordered the implementation of two measures aimed at immediately alleviating the plight of drivers and operators in the transport sector.

Puregold Plans To Acquire S&R

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - Newly listed supermarket chain Puregold Price Club Inc. is planning to acquire, or merge with, sister company S&R Membership Shopping.

Imported Car Sales Surge 37%

Manila Bulletin - 
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - Sales of imported vehicles surged 37 percent in January over the same month last year and 35 percent higher over December sales in contrast to a continuing slump in the overall domestic industry sales.

Weak appetite hounds T-bill auction

Inquirer.net - 
The yield on the benchmark 91-day treasury bill rose by 17.9 basis points to an average of 1.947 percent as the government moved to temper the rise in interest rates.

Government Readies 16 PPP Projects

Manila Bulletin - 
By EDU LOPEZ MANILA, Philippines - The government has identified 16 public-private partnership (PPP) projects in various stages of development and would be ready for private sector participation.

'It just won't stop'

Cebu Daily News - 
By Candeze R. Mongaya There's no immediate danger for residents living near a sinkhole in sitio Baclayan, barangay Cambuang in Dumanjug town, geologists yesterday.

Philippines - Market factors to watch - Feb 21

Reuters Africa - 
MANILA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Here are news stories and press reports which may influence local financial markets on Tuesday: WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN THE PHILIPPINES: - Bureau of Treasury opens sale of retail treasury bonds - Intellectual Property ...

Gatdula's defense

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - A lawyer of dismissed National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Magtanggol Gatdula accused yesterday President Aquino of undermining the Judiciary when he questioned the authority of a Manila Court judge to issue temporary ...

Beverage firm bucks higher excise taxes

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
BEVERAGE FIRM Asia Brewery, Inc. (ABI) yesterday opposed a Palace proposal aimed at raising excise taxes levied on alcohol products, citing the negative impact on the company and the cascading effect on those dependent on the business.

Region 12 LGUs post P20-M earnings from minerals industry

Gold Star Daily World News - 
REVENUES of local government units (LGUs) in Central Mindanao from the minerals industry last year reached P20.3-million with South Cotabato province posting the highest earnings.

TMPC Seeks BOI Pioneer Incentives

Manila Bulletin - 
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. is seeking pioneer incentives for its P1.4-billion investments in the assembly of the new Vios generation, a move that has kept the Board of Investments (BOI) divided on ...

PNB reports 82% expansion in assets under management

Inquirer.net - 
Tycoon Lucio Tan-led Philippine National Bank reported on Monday that assets under management (AUM) of its trust unit nearly doubled last year.

City Hall to ask P600-M share from Filinvest

Cebu Daily News - 
CEBU City Hall will ask a developer to fast-track the release of P600 million as its share of the proceeds of the South Road Properties (SRP) lots.

Health


PhilHealth Suspends List-Up Of Partners

Manila Bulletin - 
By SARAH HILOMEN-VELASCO MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has temporarily suspended all onsite membership registration and card issuance activities of its private partners.

Researchers give less weight to established slimming tricks

Irish Times - 
THE OLD models of how much weight you can lose by reducing calories are seriously off the mark. It is a lot more difficult to lose weight than these models suggest, according to the authors of a mathematical approach to weight loss and obesity.

Healthy skepticism can be good for the heart, doctors say

USA TODAY - 
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY How much do you know about heart health? Take our quiz, based on Heart 411:The Only Guide to Heart Health You'll Ever Need, by Marc Gillinov and Steve Nissen.

In Asia-Pacific, health poses challenge to 2015 goals

SmartPlanet.com (blog) - 
By Betwa Sharma | February 20, 2012, 8:13 AM PST DELHI - Sixty percent of the world's population lives in the Asia-Pacific, which makes its performance critical to achieving the global Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Videogame violence the silver bullet for eye disorder?

New Zealand Herald - 
By Kerry Sheridan Playing a videogame that involves shooting enemies on a battlefield has helped some adults who were born with a rare eye disorder improve their vision later in life, scientists say.

Youth smoking trend prompts action by city

China Daily - 
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.

In Brazil, a samba school honors Lula

San Francisco Luxury News - 
São Paulo Carnival may not rival that of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia and Recife. Yet Paulista is working hard to keep their rank.

Daily diet soda may increase risk of heart attack, stroke

Kuwait Times - 
MIAMI: Diet soda may benefit the waistline, but people who drink it everyday may have a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new US study.

South Africa grapples with mining trouble

Times of India - 
CAPE TOWN: While the top mining companies operating in South Africa have emphasized on sustainability challenges that the industry faces at the world's largest mining event - Mining Indaba, a debate is on who would fund the rehabilitation of ...

Fish-infused cheese, anyone?

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
It may smell fishy, but a team of US scientists is working on creating a goat cheese made with fish oil, an underused but health-packed food.

Five is old enough to know what gender you are

Mirror.co.uk - 
Gender Identity Disorder is when you consider that the body you have been born with does not match your psychological gender. It's probably a condition that's genetic.

Radioactive medicine can be made without nuclear reactors, scientists show

Canada.com - 
By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News February 20, 2012 VANCOUVER - Canadian scientists have shown they can make radioactive medicine without the headache of using aged nuclear reactors.

Kidney Transplant Chain Sets Record

ABC News - 
There are 90000 people in the United States waiting for a kidney and all it takes is one stranger to begin a chain of events that has the potential to save an ever-growing number of lives.

Fasting once or twice a week could help you live longer

Times of India - 
LONDON: For many people, the key question regarding fasting is whether it's good or bad for health. Now, a new study says that skipping meals for a couple of days a week could help a person live longer.

New diet pill concerns FDA

Coast News - 
By Jim Kydd According to a Feburary 17 article by the associated Press, “Federal health officials continue to voice safety concerns about an experimental diet pill from drugmaker Vivus Inc., as the company prepares to make a second attempt to convince ...

Results from wireless, implantable drug delivery device study

mobihealthnews - 
The medical journal Science Translational Medicine published the results of a small study that found that an implantable, wirelessly controlled microchip-based drug delivery device developed by MicroCHIPS demonstrated similar measures of safety and ...

Body clock 'alters' immune system

BBC News - 
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News The time of the day could be an important factor in the risk of getting an infection, according to researchers in the US.

Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now: WHO

Reuters - 
By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland | GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, ...

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