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ABS CBN News - 1 hour ago By Rainier Allan Ronda, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said a consortium composed of Japanese giants Mitsubishi Corp. |
Philippine Star - 9 hours ago By Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star) Updated March 13, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Nearly a decade after its original inauguration date, Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) may soon be fully and completely ... |
Malaya - 10 hours ago BY JIMMY C. CALAPATI THE non-performing loans (NPL) ratio of the country's big banks went up slightly in January as the rise in NPLs was more than half of the drop in the total loan portfolio (TLP). |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 9 hours ago THE BIDDING for the authority to bring in nearly four-fifths of the targeted rice import will be held starting next week after the shipment was cleared for tax subsidy coverage, an official said yesterday. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 8 hours ago FOREIGN INVESTMENT pledges received by six agencies hit their highest level since 1996 last year, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said, a result a Cabinet official called a sign of renewed investor interest in the country. |
Inquirer.net - 9 hours ago British American Tobacco is prepared to invest $200 million in the Philippines in the next five years but only if the excise tax systems would be changed. |
Malaya - 10 hours ago BY JENNIFER AMBANTA MOODY'S Investors Service said that the merger of Allied Banking Corp. and Philippine National Bank will be "credit positive" for the surviving bank as this will improve its capitalization and loss-absorption capacity. |
ABS CBN News - 59 minutes ago By Lenie Lectura, Business Mirror MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) Group expects to save P8 billion in capital expenditures (capex) this year brought about by the synergies of its two cellular units, ... |
GMA News - 3 hours ago As the Securities and Exchange Commission opened its Philippine Business Registry service desk and computerized kiosk, its Chairperson Teresita Herbosa revealed that the Corporation Code is about to get an upgrade after 32 years and the number of new ... |
Bloomberg - 17 minutes ago Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in Philippine (PASHR) trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of the previous close, unless stated otherwise. |
TVNZ - 12 minutes ago Euro zone finance ministers gave their final approval to a second bailout for Greece today and turned their focus to Spain, demanding it aim for a tougher deficit target this year in order to get back on target in 2013. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 8 hours ago BY FRANZ JONATHAN G. DE LA FUENTE, Reporter STOCKS closed lower on Monday as traders paused to weigh further investment decisions following an initial resolution on Greece's debt crisis late last week. |
Manila Bulletin - 13 hours ago By MARK ANTHONY N. MANUEL SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Pampanga provincial government have awarded more than P16.5 million worth of farm machineries to various farmers' groups in the four districts of this ... |
ABS CBN News - 19 hours ago MANILA, Philippines - An unidentified man fell to his death from an abandoned building of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in the Manila Port Area on Monday. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - 11 hours ago THE BORACAY unit of Manila Water Co., Inc. expects to complete a P126-million submarine water pipeline this month to improve service to the island, the company said in a statement yesterday. |
Journal Online - 4 hours ago AT least seven Filipinos have inched closer to becoming specialists of prevention and detection of fraud under the US Agency for International Development. |
The Express Tribune - 4 hours ago By Zafar Bhutta The petroleum ministry has proposed to the ECC to restore the fortnightly oil pricing mechanism to shield refineries from losses caused by frequent fluctuating global crude oil prices. |
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago By Christian Schmollinger on March 12, 2012 The Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities fell 0.4 percent to 704.63 at 4:29 pm Singapore time. |
ABS CBN News - 9 hours ago MANILA, Philippines - The military sees the crash of an UH1H Huey helicopter in Agusan del Norte as an isolated case, a Philippine Air Force official said Monday. |
4Hoteliers - 1 hour ago By Yeoh Siew Hoon As the Greek economic tragedy plays out (wait, will this have a happy ending?), and the US struggles with economic and foreign policies, all eyes are on Asia to deliver the promise of a better tomorrow for travel and tourism. |
Health
Bikya Masr - 10 hours ago DUBAI: The leading United Arab Emirates Islamic body has issued a fatwa stating that female nurses in emergency room hospitals are permitted to see the “sensitive” parts of female patients for treatment needed. |
Gulf Today - 4 hours ago By Manolo B. Jara MANILA: An official of the state-run Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced the postponement in the implementation of its plan to increase the annual premium contributions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). |
MedPage Today - 7 hours ago By Ed Susman, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. |
Diets In Review (blog) - 3 hours ago by Arleigh Aldrich New studies conducted by Canadian researchers have found that those with type 1 diabetes may have an easier time managing their blood sugar levels if they lift weights before doing cardiovascular exercise. |
Reuters - 13 hours ago By Dorene Internicola | NEW YORK (Reuters) - As fuel prices soar and the weather warms, more adults are rediscovering bicycling as a way to get fit, get around, and rekindle that childhood joy of movement. |
WebMD - Mar 10, 2012 By Denise Mann March 9, 2012 -- People with the lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) who overdo it on bacon, salami, and other cured meats may be at greater risk for experiencing a flare-up that lands them back in the hospital. |
Chicago Tribune - Mar 11, 2012 (Reuters) - A few sessions of behavioral therapy, even a "self-help" version, may help some women find relief from menopausal hot flashes, according to a British study. |
Medical Xpress - 7 hours ago Russia in 2011 saw a rise of five percent in the number of new HIV infections to 62000 cases amid worrying signs that heterosexuals and women are increasingly at risk, its chief doctor said Monday. |
Inquirer.net - 11 hours ago By Kristine L. Alave Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Monday appealed to vehicle owners to clean their exhaust pipes, noting that these contribute heavily to air pollution in Metro Manila. |
Boston Globe - 16 minutes ago By Deborah Kotz Americans' high consumption of red meat has long been linked to a host of health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and new research from the Harvard School of Public Health suggests that it may shorten a person's ... |
Chicago Tribune - 13 minutes ago (Reuters) - Circumcised men may have a slightly lower risk of developing prostate cancer than those who still have their foreskin, according to a US study. |
Chicago Tribune - 13 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - New research confirmed that all-metal artificial hips fail more often than other types, fuelling concerns about the devices and prompting a call from researchers on Tuesday for a ban. |
Bits Of Science - 2 hours ago Heard about Sunday's big climate news? We tell you it is even twice as bad: Even in the purely theoretical scenario in which we reduced all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by 100 percent per tomorrow, it is already likely that the entire ... |
CBS News - 4 hours ago BOISE, Idaho - A House panel Monday rejected a bid to raise Idaho's cigarette tax by $1.25 per pack, with Republican foes branding health groups' efforts to raise barriers to teen smoking as nothing more than social engineering. |
Canada.com - 1 hour ago By Dan Neutel, For Postmedia News March 12, 2012 8:15 PM Can a pill stamp out racism? Researchers in the United Kingdom appear to think so. |
Daily Herald - 4 hours ago AP Daily Herald | Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 2:58 pm | Loading… In a March 9, 2012 photo, 29-year-old Cynthia Sigler, of Vista, Calif. |
newjerseynewsroom.com - 3 hours ago BY BOB HOLT LSD is one of the most powerful mind-altering hallucinogens on record. Many unsupervised experiments were conducted during that different age in some circles, but actual testing went on with the drug in the late 1960s in an effort to ... |
Private Healthcare UK - 8 hours ago An antidepressant could be crucial in helping cancer treatment drugs reach their full potential, according to new research. The study by scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research found that tranylcypromine (TCP) - which can be used to treat ... |
Himalayan Times - 5 hours ago KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Finance is to provide Rs 100 million this year for the establishment of the Centre for Human Organ Transplantation in Bhaktapur. |
Naperville Sun - 1 hour ago By Jane Donahue For the Sun March 12, 2012 7:08PM The American Cancer Society Relay For Life in Naperville, presented by Edward Hospital, will hold two kickoff events in north and south Naperville in March. |
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