Thursday, February 23, 2012

23 FEB 2012, THU: Bus & Health

Business


Philippines denies casino graft

ABS CBN News - 
by Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse MANILA - Philippine authorities confirmed Wednesday that top gaming officials accepted free luxury accommodation from a Japanese tycoon but denied these were bribes to ensure a new Manila casino was built.

SMDC Earns P4.18B In 2011

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - Condominium developer SM Development Corporation (SMDC) posted a 38 percent jump in consolidated net income to P4.18 billion last year from P3.02 billion in 2010 due to strong sales.

Cebu Pacific signs lease for long-haul aircraft

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
CEBU AIR, Inc., the operator of budget carrier Cebu Pacific, has agreed to lease four new aircraft from CIT Group, Inc. in line with plans to launch long-haul flights next year.

PSE introduces stability mechanisms in index composition

GMA News - 
While the composition of the Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) is unchanged, the PSE will implement effective March 12 two “stability” measures that could alter the index slightly over time.

Alaska 2011 Profit Slumps 39%

Manila Bulletin - 
By JAMES A. LOYOLA MANILA, Philippines - Alaska Milk Corporation reported a 39 percent drop in net income last year to P1.1 billion from the P1.8 billion earned in 2010 despite a recovery in sales and profits during the fourth quarter of 2011.

Hacienda Luisita officials continue to terrorize farmers

Journal Online - 
CLARK Freeport, Pampanga -- The Alyansa ng Manggagawang Magbubukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA) and Alyansang Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL) assailed anew officials of the Cojuangco-controlled Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) for sowing continuous terror ...

PSBank posts P2-b profit

Manila Standard Today - 
by Elaine Ramos Alanguilan Philippine Savings Bank, the thrift bank arm of the Metrobank Group, reported a net income of P2 billion in 2011, up by 12 percent year-on-year on higher net interest margins.

Again, oil firms up prices

Inquirer.net - 
Oil companies raised fuel prices anew Wednesday to reflect the continued uptrend of oil prices in the global market last week. Independent player Eastern Petroleum Corp.

Safety nets in 'sin' tax mulled

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
SAFETY NETS for tobacco farmers will be provided by the government should the enactment of a bill raising excise taxes on tobacco products result in their economic displacement, officials yesterday said.

Benguet Corp. posts profit drop, vows to improve core gains

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
LISTED MINER Benguet Corp. reportedly closed 2011 with just roughly half of the year previous' profits, nevertheless, meeting the company's expectations.

OFW remittances seen to grow 6% this year

Inquirer.net - 
Metrobank expects remittances to the Philippines to grow by 6 percent this year despite the prolonged crisis in the eurozone, saying sustained demand for Filipino workers in other labor markets will boost the amount of money they send home.

DOE Readies P1,200 Cash Reload

Manila Bulletin - 
By MYRNA M. VELASCO MANILA, Philippines - Given recent developments in the oil market, the Department of Energy (DoE) announced that it will be reloading P1,200 to the “Pantawid Pasada cards', serving as a band-aid measure to financially aid jeepney ...

Asian game publisher plans entry into local mart

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
ONLINE GAME publisher Asiasoft Corporation Public Co. Ltd. plans to set up a local unit as it eyes to corner a significant share in Philippine market, officials said yesterday.

Senator eyes skills development to mitigate unemployment

Business Mirror - 
WITH more than 700000 graduates expected to enter the labor market on top of some 564000 other college graduates who are still looking for jobs, the government must start focusing on the development of firm-specific skills to improve employability and ...

NFA: Raising palay support price now could encourage smuggling

GMA News - 
While the world market price of rice is low, National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Angelito Banayo said raising the support price of palay now “could encourage smuggling” and keeps him from recommending the price hike to the NFA Council.

Expansion of Clark airport under way

Manila Standard Today - 
THE Clark International Airport Corp. said the bidding on the proposed airport terminal expansion of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport Terminal 1 will start on March 5. CIAC president and CEO Victor Jose Luciano said the expanded Clark ...

NGCP eyes P36B power project

Cebu Daily News - 
The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, operator of the national transmission network, is eyeing to undertake the P36-billion Cebu-Negros-Panay interconnection project to absorb the additional 420 megawatts in new capacity that will be installed in ...

IMF Official: 'Huge' Greek Program Implementation Risks In Next Few Days

Wall Street Journal - 
By Ian Talley WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--International Monetary Fund officials said that while a new financing agreement for Greece reached earlier this week can set the ailing economy's debt on a path toward healthy levels, perils in the days ahead could ...

SWS: Unemployment rises to 24%, 9.7m Pinoys jobless

GMA News - 
Unemployment among adult Filipinos has increased to 24 percent, with some 9.7 million Filipinos now without jobs, pollster Social Weather Stations said.

Govt sells P95-b retail bonds

Manila Standard Today - 
by Elaine Ramos Alanguilan The government sold nearly P95 billion worth of retail Treasury bonds during the first day of the offering period Tuesday.

Health


Heart surgery patient on road to recovery

Inquirer.net - 
THE first word she uttered was “Mama” the moment she woke up Monday in the recovery room after surgery to repair a hole in her heart.

Flying Hospital Lands In Iloilo

Manila Bulletin - 
By TARA YAP CABATUAN, Iloilo, Philippines - The world's only flying ophthalmic surgical and training hospital has landed at the Iloilo airport and is currently conducting for three weeks eye surgical operations for under-privileged patients and ...

Capitol's health insurance program to include habal-habal, tricycle drivers

Sun.Star - 
By Rizel S. Adlawan THE Cebu Provincial Government announced it will expand the coverage of its health insurance program under the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.

DSWD-7 continues to reach out quake victims in mountainous areas

Philippine Information Agency - 
By Hazel F. Gloria CEBU CITY, February 22 (PIA) --- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) in Central Visayas continues to distribute relief goods to the earthquake victims in Negros Oriental.

'Biological clock' linked to morning heart attacks

Herald Sun - 
Strand of protein linked to 'body clock' and heart attacks Protein levels control electrical current in heart muscles Related: Work is giving us cancer - study SCIENTISTS say they've uncovered the first molecular proof that the "biological clock" is ...

MPTF Says It Improved Staff Training, Facilities After Patient's Death

Reuters - 
By Brent Lang at TheWrap The Motion Picture and Television Fund said on Wednesday that it has taken steps to improve safety and staff training at its long-term care facility in response to a patient's death.

Depression speeds up aging process?

Hindustan Times - 
Stress can lead to several damaging effects on the human body. Many of these effects are acutely felt by the sufferer, but many more go 'unseen', one of which is shortening of telomere length.

'DNA Origami' nanorobots hunt and kill cancer cells

GMA News - 
Researchers from Harvard University in the United States have built "DNA origami" nanorobots to hunt down and destroy cancer cells in the body.

Losing weight is twice as hard as you may think... cutting calories slows down ...

Daily Mail - 
By Fiona Macrae IF you are on a diet, look away now. Losing weight is twice as hard as thought, scientists said last night. After factoring in how metabolism slows down as we shed pounds, they announced that dieters' expectations have been too high.

'9 in 10 firefighters suffer post-traumatic stress'

Jerusalem Post - 
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 02/22/2012 23:33 New Ben-Gurion University study examined the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among firefighters, how they cope.

Argentine health authorities cleared MSC Armonia: “there is no risk”

MercoPress - 
Argentine Health Minister Juan Manzur confirmed Wednesday morning that the situation on the MSC Armonía cruise ship, which lost a crew member last Friday to a possible flu virus, “was under control” and “normal” after it arrived to Buenos Aires port to ...

Body Piercing Risks: Review Highlights Possible Health Risks From The Procedure

Huffington Post - 
More than a third of the US population have their ears pierced -- with about one in seven people having a piercing somewhere other than the ear lobe, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.

South Asia Makes Little Progress In Meeting Maternal, Child Mortality MDGs, UN ...

Kaiser Family Foundation - 
"South Asian nations are making the least progress in the Asia-Pacific region on meeting key development goals, which they pledged to achieve by 2015," Bindu Lohani, vice president for sustainable development at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), ...

Study: Diet Soda Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk

WBAY - 
Experts say people who drank a can of diet soda a day had a 43-percent higher risk of stroke or heart attack than people who didn't drink any.

Sitting for seven hours a day 'raises diabetes risk in women'

Daily Mail - 
By Pat Hagan Women who sit for up to seven hours a day may be more at risk of developing type two diabetes, new research shows. It found women who spend the most time sitting down during the week are more likely to show early signs of the disease than ...

Big Shifts in Global Healthcare Will Impact Med Travel

Travel Market Report - 
by Maria Lenhart Insights into forces affecting medical tourism, including the increasingly global nature of healthcare and major trends in how healthcare is funded and delivered, will be shared by two experts at the upcoming Well-Being Travel ...

1st new obesity drug in 13 years gets initial OK

San Francisco Chronicle - 
Vivus' weight-loss pill Qnexa won the backing of a US advisory panel as the company seeks to gain approval for the first new obesity drug in 13 years.

Why Heart Attacks Are Difficult To Spot In Women

Daily Gossip - 
When taking into account the fact that heart attacks are the number one death cause in women, it becomes all the more important to find prevention strategies that work.

Surgeons Urge Caution: Stem Cell Treatments Untested in Aesthetic Surgery

PR Web (press release) - 
Doctors Haeck, Eaves, and Rohrich write joint ASAPS/ASPS statement calling for more research into stem cell facelift and stem cell breast augmentation.

Myanmar : Big Issues With HIV & TB

Medical News Today - 
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the largest provider of HIV treatment in Myanmar, released a report today highlighting the urgency of treating HIV and multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in their country - Myanmar used to be called Burma.

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