Sunday, March 11, 2012

11 MAR 2012, SUN: Bus & Health

Business


Palace still bent on mining EO

Philippine Star - 
By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) Updated March 11, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang is still bent on coming out with an executive order (EO) to outline its mining policies, denying a report that this was no longer being considered.

Top US bank sets up BPO in the Philippines

Inquirer.net - 
By Daxim L. Lucas, Philip C. Tubeza Despite moves by US President Barack Obama and the United States Congress to discourage outsourcing, one of the biggest US banks has decided to locate some of its non-core business support activities in the ...

Palace says regional wage boards to decide on pay hike

Philippine Star - 
By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) Updated March 11, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang clarified yesterday that regional wage boards would decide on petitions for salary increases as officials noted that there is a one-year moratorium ...

Industry Claims Plastic Ban Leads To Rise In Paper Use

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - The ban on plastic has increased the use of paper, raising bigger environmental issues including the cutting of trees, and the use of more water and electricity for its production compared to plastic.

One year on from the Fukushima disaster - what is the future for nuclear power ...

WalesOnline - 
Today marks the first anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami which devastated the Japanese city. And to make matters worse the disaster sent several reactors at the Daiichi nuclear plant into meltdown.

BIR presses Pacquiao to submit tax records

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it has given enough time for world boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao to present his tax records.

Air Carriers Tax Review Urged

Manila Bulletin - 
By CHARISSA M. LUCI MANILA, Philippines - A Visayan congressman is calling on the Aquino government to rationalize the taxes imposed on international air carriers operating in the country, warning that the “onerous tax regime” would harm the country's ...

Imports Slowdown

Manila Bulletin - 
By RAYMUND F. ANTONIO MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Customs (BoC) said the month-long celebration of the Chinese New Year in China, where several factories virtually grind to a halt, is responsible for the bureau's collection shortfall in recent ...

Europe frees €35 billion bailout for Greece

Times of India - 
BERLIN: Euro zone finance ministers have released 35 billion from the second bailout package for debt-ridden Greece, shortly after its government reached a landmark deal with private creditors on a bond swap, which will halve its debts to around 107 ...

Jeep Fare Rise Known This Week

Manila Bulletin - 
By CARLO S. SUERTE FELIPE MANILA, Philippines - The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said it will announce the final provisional increase for jeepney fares on Wednesday, March 14.

Filipinos upbeat on economy–SWS

Inquirer.net - 
MANILA, Philippines—Filipinos remain confident that their lives will improve this year and even more heartened about the economy, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

Palace likes money launder law ammended before Lenten break

Vox Bikol - 
MANILA, Philippines (Mar 10, 2012) - After issuing a warning that the Philippines can get blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for being a haven for dirty money, President Aquino now hopes Congress would pass a stronger Anti-Money ...

Zambo power firm strengthens anti-pilferage drive

The Online Zamboanga Times - 
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) has strengthened its campaign against power pilferage to eradicate, if not minimize, the cooperative's systems loss.

SMC defers ethanol bid

Manila Standard Today - 
by Alena Mae S. Flores “On hold,” San Miguel president Ramon Ang said Thursday, when asked for comment about the company's planned ethanol project.

Christine Lagarde on Europe's Next Battle

Daily Beast - 
At Newsweek & The Daily Beast's Women in the World Summit, IMF chief Christine Lagarde spoke with Niall Ferguson about the European crisis, risk, and women in finance.

Wall St ends the week higher on jobs data

Reuters Africa - 
NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks advanced on Friday as investors brushed off the technical default by Greece, instead focusing on another strong monthly jobs report.

A new player on the London-Hong Kong route

The Economist (blog) - 
HONG KONG AIRLINES has launched a business-class-only service between London and Hong Kong. The airline is flying Airbus A330-200s between Gatwick and Chek Lap Kok in a two-class configuration, though both are variations on a business-class theme.

Singapore Airlines offers no-pay leave to pilots

BBC News - 
Singapore Airlines has offered no-pay leave to its pilots for as long as two years amid a slowdown in its business. The move comes just weeks after the carrier reported a 53% drop in net profit during the last three month of 2011 compared to a year...

Health


Nurses' salary to increase -- Angara

Journal Online - 
A BILL seeking to increase the monthly salary of nurses and further protect the nursing profession was filed in the House of Representatives.

The Ambassadors of March: Brooklyn DA Honors 33 'Extraordinary Women' of 2012

Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 
JAY STREET - Some of Brooklyn's Extraordinary Women include a woman who mentors families of children with Down Syndrome. Another woman is a victim of breast cancer who spreads awareness and encourages others with the same illness and even formed a ...

Red Umbrella March raises HIV/AIDS awareness among African-Americans

NOLA.com - 
By Sydni Dunn, The Times-Picayune There may not have been rain in Treme on Saturday afternoon, but there were still a few hundred red umbrellas.

Coke and Pepsi alter additive to avoid cancer warning

Vancouver Sun - 
(Reuters) -- Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) and PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) are making changes to the production of an ingredient in their namesake colas to avoid the need to label the packages with a cancer warning.

Second chances

Malaysia Star - 
By TAN SHIOW CHIN This year's World Kidney Day theme is 'Donate - A Kidney for Life - Receive'. We look at how organ donation affected three lives.

Humans Gifted With Fear Reflex

NewsPoint Africa - 
As per a research which has been published in the British journal Scientific Reports, it has been revealed that women are able to spot snakes at the time when they have completed their monthly menstrual cycle.

New approach to fight HIV

Hindustan Times - 
A new approach to coaxing the body to fight HIV without antiretroviral drugs has shown some success in almost half the patients enrolled in a small study, US researchers said Wednesday.

'Hybrid' aspirin curbs cancer cell growth, shrinks tumors without harm to ...

ProHealth - 
“If what we have seen in animals can be translated to humans, it could be used in conjunction with other drugs to shrink tumors before chemotherapy or surgery.

Time arrives to 'spring forward'

Winchester News Gazette - 
By AMANDA McFERRIN Time has arrived once again for clocks to be set forward one hour for daylight saving time. As of April 2006, the entire state of Indiana joined 47 other states in observing daylight saving time.

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