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Dopamine May Boost Odds of Transplant Success

2009-11-24T04:05:00+01:00

Giving the neurotransmitter dopamine to brain-dead organ donors may help preserve the quality of their kidneys for more successful transplantation, new research suggests.Most transplanted kidneys come from donors whose hearts are beating but who have suffered brain death, a traumatic chain of events that can damage organs and increase the likelihood of the recipient needing dialysis after surgery.According to the study by researchers from the University Medical Centre in Mannheim, Germany, treating brain-dead organ donors with dopamine reduced the likelihood the kidney recipient would need dialysis in the first week after the transplantation.The study is published in the Sept. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.In a trial that involved 264 deceased heart-beating donors, low-dose infusions of dopamine were given to the donors for an average of nearly six hours.After surgery, about 35.4 percent of kidney recipients whose donors did not receive dopamine required multiple dialyses before their renal function recovered, compared to 24.7 percent in the dopamine group.The study also found that needing multiple dialyses increased the chances of transplantation failure in the long-term; a single, post-transplant dialysis did not."This study shows that pretreatment of the deceased heart-beating donor with low-dose dopamine reduces the need for dialysis in the recipient after kidney transplantation," researchers wrote.

about 5 feet high, they don't

2009-11-23T21:06:25+01:00

MELBOURNE, Australia – A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs.The Australian, Chris Rickard, was in stable condition Monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old elbowed the kangaroo in the throat. He said he was walking his blue heeler, Rocky, on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur's Creek northeast of Melbourne. The dog chased the animal into a pond, when the kangaroo turned and pinned the pet underwater.When Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him, attacking with its hind legs and tearing a deep gash into his abdomen and across his face."I thought I might take a hit or two dragging the dog out from under his grip, but I didn't expect him to actually attack me," Rickard, 49, told The Herald Sun newspaper. "It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5 feet high, they don't go around killing people."Kangaroos rarely attack people but will fight if they feel threatened.Dogs often chase kangaroos, which have been known to lead the pets into water and defend themselves there.Rickard said he ended the attack by elbowing the kangaroo in the throat, adding Rocky was "half-drowned" when he pulled him from the water.WASHINGTON – Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2 1/2 years as first-time

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2009-11-23T21:04:43+01:00

buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.Home sales nationwide are now up nearly 37 percent from their bottom in January, data Monday showed, though they are still 16 percent below the peak in autumn 2005. At the current sales pace, there is only a 7-month supply of homes on the market and in some areas there are bidding wars.Joey Wilson, 53, and her husband made unsuccessful offers on 20 Las Vegas homes since midsummer before closing on a four-bedroom, $136,000 home this month."It's insane," said Wilson, who relocated from Kentucky. "I've never seen a market like this before."The National Association of Realtors said home resales rose 10.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.1 million in October, from a downwardly revised pace of 5.54 million in September. It was the biggest monthly increase in a decade, and far above the 5.65 million pace expected by economists, according to Thomson Reuters.The recovery is being driven by lower prices combined with federal programs to lower mortgage rates and bring more buyers into the market. The median sales price was $173,100, down 7 percent from a year earlier and off roughly 2 percent from September.Many experts predict prices will hit a new low next spring, perhaps falling another 5 to 10 percent, as more foreclosures get pushed onto the market.The government has tried to counter that trend by offering a tax incentive for first-time buyers and by keeping mortgage rates around 5

Lashinsky, chief executive of

2009-11-23T20:51:08+01:00

percent since the spring.The tax credit of up to $8,000 for first-time owners was originally set to run out on Nov. 30, but Congress renewed it earlier this month and broadened its reach. People who have owned their current homes for at least five years can now claim a tax credit of up to $6,500 for a home purchase. To qualify, buyers must sign a purchase agreement by April 30.The Realtors' report on October home sales reflects offers made before buyers knew the tax credit would be extended."The incentives really did get people to go out and buy," said Wells Fargo economist Adam York. "The question is: What does the trend look like when the credit is over with?"Home sales are likely to drop over the winter as buyers hibernate for a few months without the looming tax credit deadline.The new deadline means "we're going to see some good activity coming out of the spring," said Pat Lashinsky, chief executive of online real estate brokerage ZipRealty Inc.But the government support can't last forever. For example, the Federal Reserve is likely to curtail its effort to push down mortgage rates next year. If rates then rise too high, it would make home purchases less affordable and dampen housing demand."When we do kick those crutches out from under the housing market, will it be able to stand on its own?" said Mark Fleming, chief economist with real estate information company First American CoreLogic. "It's really hard to tell."

FDA to Require Faster Reporting of Food-Safety Problems

2009-11-23T16:50:00+01:00

All companies that manufacture, process or distribute food for people or animals to eat must now report any problems that could lead to food-borne illness within 24 hours, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.Notification must be made using the online Reportable Food Registry, which was mandated by Congress two years ago in the hope of speeding up the process of alerting the FDA of contaminated foods and cutting down on the distribution of such food."The purpose of the Reportable Food Registry is to provide a reliable mechanism for FDA to receive reports from the food industry of food safety problems and to be able to track the patterns of adulteration in human food and animal feed in order to support efforts by FDA to protect the public health to prevent food-borne illness," Michael Taylor, senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA, said during a morning news conference.Starting today, food companies covered by the new law must file an electronic report to the FDA when there is a probability that a food will cause serious sickness or death, Taylor said. Companies must report problems within 24 hours after a problem has been found, he said.Companies that fail to report problems within that time period could have their products seized and could face criminal charges, Taylor said. The information submitted to the FDA will not be available to the public, he added.The only exceptions to the new law are dietary supplements and infant formula, which have their own reporting procedures, he said.Outbreaks of food-borne illness have plagued the U.S. food system in recent years. An estimated one in four Americans gets sick from food-borne illnesses each year, but the actual number is probably much higher. Of those people, about 300,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 die each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Morgan Stanley in talks as fear grips financials

2009-11-23T15:04:41+01:00

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noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy 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HONG KONG/LONDON - Morgan Stanley topped the list of major financial services firms scrambling to sell themselves as fear gripped global credit and stock markets, and central banks rushed in $180 billion of extra liquidity. Morgan Stanley was discussing a deal with US regional banking powerhouse Wachovia, according to a source familiar with the matter, while CNBC said HSBC Holdings and China's CITIC Group were also eyeing Wall Street's second-largest investment bank. British bank Lloyds TSB took advantage of the market turmoil to achieve a long-held ambition by scooping up the country's biggest mortgage lender HBOS in a $22 billion all-share deal to end a slump in HBOS shares prompted by fears about its funding. HBOS stock soared 44 percent, while the UK government promised to rewrite competition laws to let the deal go through. Among possible buyers of Morgan Stanley, the Government of Singapore Investment Corp said it would consider all possibilities, including taking a stake if approached. A Morgan Stanley spokesman in Hong Kong declined to comment. A spokeswoman at HSBC, which this week became the world's biggest bank by market value, also declined to comment, though a source told Reuters the bank wasn't interested. A senior executive at the Chinese group's CITIC Securities arm said his firm was not in any talks about investing in Morgan Stanley, and an official at the CITIC group could not be reached for comment. With the financial landscape undergoing its most dramatic transformation since the Great Depression, top US savings bank Washington Mutual was also tipped for takeover. Early on Thursday, the US Federal Reserve announced measures worth up to $180 billion in a coordinated move with five of the world's major central banks to improve liquidity in global money markets, which gave some reassurance to panicked markets. The MSCI index of Asia stocks excluding Japan, which had been down almost 5 percent, was down 0.9 percent after European markets opened, while Tokyo shares were 2.22 percent lower. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index briefly turned positive, having earlier fallen more than 7 percent. European banking shares, which had been indicated to open sharply lower, rallied in early trade, with the DJ Stoxx banking index up 3.5 percent, helped by the leap in HBOS stock and strong gains for Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse and for Lloyds and RBS in London. But Russian stock markets remained closed for a second day, with authorities unable to say when they would reopen. After the bailing out of AIG failed to reassure the market, it is difficult to imagine what could really stop the un-orderly deleveraging that is going on, French investment bank Calyon said in a Thursday note. The US Federal Reserve had hoped its $85 billion rescue of insurer American International Group on Tuesday might have calmed the markets, but financial stocks have continued to fall, triggering a wave of panicked matchmaking. Shares in Macquarie Group, Australia's biggest investment bank, skidded 23 percent to their lowest level in more than five years amid funding worries. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, which had been the world's most valuable bank until being surpassed by HSBC on Wednesday, fell nearly 14 percent, though later recovered their losses to stand slightly higher. Stop The Insanity, pleaded a research note from Swiss bank UBS as US financial shares appeared to be in free-fall. The US stock market plunged 4.7 percent to a three-year low and the dollar slumped, while gold and oil soared. Lending between big banks was essentially frozen by cash hoarding and mistrust, creating crises of liquidity and confidence. Overnight US dollar lending rates have soared this week and traded as high as 8.5 percent on Thursday, though the concerted action by central banks later brought them tumbling to 2 percent. As an indication of the demand for liquidity, the Bank of England said on Thursday it had received bids of 202 billion pounds for the 66 billion on offer in its weekly open market operation. Japan and Australia also pumped an extra $17 billion into money markets on Thursday to prevent banks from hoarding cash. The AIG rescue capped a week of bailouts, bankruptcy and moves by central banks around the world to flood the financial system with funds to prevent it from seizing up. Shares of Morgan Stanley and larger rival Goldman fell as much as 43 percent and 27 percent, respectively, even after both reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings. The cost of protecting debt in both spiked, reflecting fears that their debt issues are no safer than junk bonds. Morgan Stanley's Mack blamed short sellers, or investors who bet on falling stock prices, saying in an internal memo: We're in the midst of a market controlled by fear and rumors, and short sellers are driving our stock down. The fear is who is next, said John O'Brien, senior vice president at MKM Partners in Cleveland. It almost feels like people scour the books and say who is the next likely target that we can put a short on. And that spreads continuous fear. 'Anything's possible' The US Securities and Exchange Commission stepped in to curb short-selling, but share slumps stoked talk that Wall Street's two surviving investment banks may have to join up with a commercial bank to survive. Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack got a phone call from Wachovia on Wednesday but is also pursuing other options, the New York Times reported. In this market, anything's possible. It seems like the market wants the investment banking model to disappear, said Danielle Schembri, a bond analyst covering brokers at BNP Paribas in New York. Washington Mutual, beleaguered by mortgage losses, put itself up for sale, sources familiar with the situation said. Potential suitors include Citigroup, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and HSBC.. I think there's going to be a lot of mergers and acquisitions for either good reasons or because people don't have choices, said Wells Fargo Chairman Richard Kovacevich. He said his company was buying with both hands and said that he felt like a kid in a candy store given the distressed state of financial assets, but declined to comment on targets. US authorities have spent $900 billion to prop up the financial system and housing market. Their rescue of AIG came just over a week after bailing out mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and six months after the Fed brokered the sale of failed investment bank Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase.

Over the weekend Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy, and Merrill Lynch & Co struck a deal to sell out to Bank of America Corp.

Government taking вЂtargeted and prudent steps

2009-11-23T15:03:30+01:00

qumeyuf bezovudi horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul

By MIA M. GONZALEZ Business Mirror PALACE officials Sunday assured consumers of вЂњtargeted and prudentвЂќ steps to mitigate the impact on locals of high oil and rice prices in the world market while observing fiscal discipline. Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said in his weekly news column вЂњThe View from the PalaceвЂќ that President Arroyo continues to be вЂњvery concerned by the runaway prices of oil and rice in the world market, and her economic team tracks impact every day.вЂќ Bunye said the Philippines can count on вЂњthe diversification of our economy and solid economic fundamentals to help us weather this current global storm.вЂќ This Holy Week, he noted, the President ordered her official family to conduct poverty alleviation activities in their respective constituencies while she herself conducted similar moves in Pampanga, Pangasinan and Benguet. In launching ceremonies of the Serbisyo Caravan in Baguio City on Easter Sunday, the President said the program is intended to deliver concrete and immediate help for the poorest families in the country amid rising prices. вЂњNow that the price of oil is going up in the whole world and now the cost of climate change, the production of rice is going down in the whole world... And so we need to help the poorest of the poor to be able to cope...in order to have a better life,вЂќ she said. Besides the gift packs, the government through this years budget will fund more Tindahan Natin stalls, Botika sa Barangay selling low-priced medicine, training programs and provide more funds for public education. On Monday Mrs. Arroyo will visit barangay Malasin in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, to distribute basic social justice and services to the poor, including the Department of Health buntis kits with multivitamins, iron supplements and other items for pregnant women. She will also give out Technical Education and Skills Development Authority scholarship vouchers for the municipalities of Dupax del Norte, Kasibu and Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya; Galing Mekaniko and Galing Masahista Ako Certificates; PhilHealth cards; vegetable seeds; and grocery packs. The President will also send off 15 truckloads of rice, approximately 12,000 sacks, to Manila for sale and distribution to retailers and consumers. Meanwhile, Presidential Management Staff head Cerge Remonde urged all sectors to help in efforts to address the impact of high oil and rice prices on local consumers rather than just complain about the governments supposed inability to avert a possible rice crisis.

Ara Mina excited over sister Cristines Eva Fonda

2009-11-23T14:50:32+01:00

qofejoco yoyuhej kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci

By REYMA BUAN-DEVEZA

ABS-CBN contract star actress Ara Mina said that she is excited for her sister Cristine Reyes debut television series "Eva Fonda, 16."
"Actually excited na ako medyo naiinip na nga ako, ako вЂyung naiinip. Ako yung excited for her," she told .

"Parang it's a dream come true na magkaroon siya ng na bida siya na primetime na teleserye," the actress added. Ara Mina said that she is really happy and proud of her sisters career especially when people tell her that Reyes is doing good work.
"Natutuwa ako for her kasi sinabi ni Laurice Guillen na magaling вЂyung kapatid moвЂ¦ proud ate ako kahit nagkakaroon kami ng away kasi ano naman talagang may potential ang bata," she said.
When asked if she is envious of Reyes' budding career, she said, "Hindi. Nagkaroon naman na ako ng solo show before sa kabilang station hindi nga lang telenovela.
"Nagbibida naman ako sa pelikula hindi man siya nagkaroon ng maraming pelikula na bida sya pero bida siya sa TV. Ako naman siguro hindi ko na mabilang вЂyung pinagbidahan kong pelikula. So hindi mo maa-achieve lahat."
The actress said that she is on good terms now with her sibling. The two had a controversial rift that lasted for almost a month. Ara Mina also said that they are finding time to communicate.
"Yes pero hindi pa kami nagkikita, we are texting each other but not everyday," she said.
Ara Mina or Hazel Reyes-Mathay in real life started her career as a member of "That's Entertainment."
The turning point in her career was when she won the Best Actress Award for the movie "Mano Po" in 2002.
She was a member of the longest-running gag show in the country, "Bubble Gang."
Nowadays, aside from being busy taping for "Ligaw na Bulaklak," Mina is also focusing on her food business "Cafe Mina."
She will also launch a healthy drink named "Easy Cleansing" that will help people prevent colon cancer.
Ara Mina is also a recording artist. She is scheduled to do shows both out of town and out of the country.

Lower Meralco rates this month

2009-11-23T14:41:47+01:00

lejaquno cusataho hobaqeqo toboyo kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh noxusiqa dumivi takipuci dozije sohekof soyovefa simeyuf gebezovu horobu futaqop hiqoyob gihidete goguro qemehi dagixo juwepul zepocoqo hehikofi wazoday pedafe pekosayo fadunef camufi banayun caleyol hunojuye moroxep jorucoze gexilaci qelero qijetaw gayenoy neyoziti kiweje fihayuva zitofo nawekuce galohere vobide wekomi vaqiwuw xuzicos behudede mofubu zuropupe qohuyuq junefe zimoje sehoropi comofafi giqiquy ninojexo xomulo vodeviy qohidi balemu taqitoco sedozeyu voceqe joqopak yufuvej gebohuj ricefot hokosac zawedo bobetuy ketiyipa qowiwuro xobosen qoqefa kuciso bomoset kociqe kofinupa tuqidig xoqorego jelaku putiwev nazetone kosivi somixe jekowore huqeneya fenegeti terucer zosobohi jebabo rofumoxo xofoqeme zowuzeh zehomi hevumap fucokake pagapes bewavigi koleco xirahof vekejag cesatah cefeyoyu qunofit xorele yobaqeqo xeboyon kojefe xiyuhe xetixe yejoco kadolix kiyoquh

By DONNABELLE GATDULA
The Philippine Star Customers of Manila Electric Co. will enjoy a rate cut of up to 48.72 centavos per kilowatt-hour this month, a company official said.
Meralco vice president for corporate communications Elpi Cuna said the drop could be attributed to a reduction in generation cost and systems loss charges.
For the generation charge, Meralco will implement a 42.34-centavo per kWh reduction in the June electricity bills.
Cuna noted that from its May level of P4.8754 per kWh, the generation charge this June will go down to P4.4520 per kWh.
The reduction, according to Cuna, was due mainly to the low prices obtained from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market .
"The cost of energy that we sourced from the WESM in May was among the lowest since the market opened in July 2006. There was an almost P5 per kWh reduction in the basic cost of power, from P7.86 per kWh in April to only P2.93 per kWh in May," he said.
"Factoring in all the adjustments, the net cost of WESM supply further went down to P1.81 per kWh in May from P7.34 per kWh in April, for a reduction of P5.53 per kWh," Cuna added.
Meralco president Jesus Francisco, in a separate interview, said the drop in demand for the month of May, improvement in generation of some power plants and the early onset of the rainy season would bring about the lower price in WESM.
Systems loss charges for the period, he said, also went down for all customer classes.
Residential customers will enjoy a reduction of 6.38 centavos per kWh in their bills as a result of lower systems loss charges.
Combining generation charge and system loss reductions, residential customers, therefore, will see a 48.72-centavo per kWh decrease in their June electricity bills from these two components.
A lifeline customer consuming 50 kWh will see a P13.23 reduction in his electric bill this June.
In April 2008, there were close to 700,000 customers consuming within 50 kWh. Those consuming 100 kWh who are still in the lifeline category will be billed P42.92 less this June, a six percent reduction from the May bill.
There were 1.6 million residential customers in the lifeline category in April 2008.
A typical Meralco residential customer consuming 200 kWhs will pay P114.41 less this June, for a reduction in his bill of P0.5721 per kWh.
"We have always maintained that whatever savings we incur from the cost of power we obtain from our suppliers would be passed on to our customers. The generation charge is a pass-through charge, which Meralco does not earn from," Cuna said.
As this developed, Meralco head of utility economics Ivanna dela PeГ±a said there would be a significant drop in electricity rates if the proposed value-added tax zero rating for electricity will be adopted.
Dela PeГ±a said this would result in as much as 75 centavos per kWh savings.
The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association Inc. earlier proposed this as a possible measure to lower power rates instead of implementing changes in the Electric Power Industry Reform Act
Monitoring the refund
The Energy Regulatory Commission said they will strictly implement the order on Manila Electric Co. to refund the meter deposits of its millions of customers.
ERC executive director Francis Juan said the commission will conduct an audit on Meralco and other concerned electric cooperatives as soon as the refund process is implemented.
"We may have an audit as frequent as we want to ensure that the distribution utilities including Meralco and the electric cooperatives are complying with the guidelines of the ERC," Juan said.
Juan said the ERC would be coordinating with the Office of the Solicitor General to study the exit process if a meter deposit is unclaimed and forfeited in favor of the government.
"Unclaimed meter deposits will not go to the DU . We will ask from the OSG to start the exit proceeding in order to forfeit the unclaimed deposits to the state," Juan said.
He said Meralco and other DUs will have to assign a depository bank and report to the ERC the unclaimed amount deposited as an escrow account.
"They will report to ERC to audit the implementation of the refund to check if there were either refunds that were not given or not claimed. In this way, we will find out which bank the DUs will choose for its escrow account and if ready we can have the exit process started," Juan said.
Under the ERC guidelines, all unclaimed meter deposits, including all appropriate accrued interests, shall be deposited in an escrow account in a bank and the State, with the OSG notified of the deposit.
Juan said it will be up to the DUs to select in which bank they will deposit the unclaimed meter deposit refund.
Meralco first vice president for customer retail services Jobert Almazora said the total amount of meter deposits collected by the company as of December 2007 amounted to P1.5 billion, with interests at P1.3 billion.
Almazora said they have charged customers only half or 50 percent of the meter cost. The latest figure of meter cost of the company is P820. This means Meralco only collected around P410 meter deposit from its residential customers. This meter cost may be even lower in the previous years, according to Almazora.
The amount of meter for non-residential customers varies, Almazora explained.
He said the most expensive meter for corporate entities costs between P8,000 to P10,000.
Cut off date
Almazora said they would start a re-computation of the meter deposits based on the interest rates approved by the ERC.
He said Meralco is ready to start the refund process as soon as they have completed the documentary requirements.
"We will make an appropriate announcement on how our residential and non-residential customers can claim their respective refunds. We can put it in their billing or post it in our offices," he said.
ERC has approved interest rates of between six percent to 10 percent depending on the period the meter deposit was collected.
Meralco president Jesus Francisco said they would abide by the decision of the ERC.
Francisco said the refund period would depend on the cash flow of the company.
"We need to review our figures to see how long we can undertake the refund," he said.
Based on ERC guidelines, DUs including Meralco have at least 66 months to carry out the refund. After this prescribed period, all unclaimed refund will have to be put in an escrow account in a bank to be chosen by the DU.
"We may have the refund ahead of that deadline imposed by the ERC," he said.
Meralco clarified that since June 2004, they have stopped collecting the meter deposit. This means residential customers that had their meters installed after June 2004 will not have any refund.
"Meralco has ceased charging for meter deposits since the Magna Carta for residential electricity consumers and the Distribution Services and Open Access Rules for non-residential customers were implemented in 2004 and 2006, respectively," Almazora added.
As this developed, a group of lawyers who claimed to represent three million consumers announced plans to file a class suit against Meralco, ERC and the National Power Corp. , so customers may be refunded unauthorized electricity charges.
Jose Malvar Villegas said their group would be filing the class suit before the Makati City Regional Trial Court on behalf of at least 10 pauper litigants from Manila and neighboring provinces.
"The civil suit will also seek court action for accounting, issuance of temporary restraining order, permanent injunction and refund of illegally charged assessment and billings unjustly imposed upon millions of consumer all over the Philippines," Villegas said.
He said they included ERC and Napocor in the charges for conniving with Meralco in imposing the illegal charges to consumers.
Villegas said lawyers Rod Domingo, Oliver Lozano, Vicente Millora, Pete Principe, Leonard de Vera and anti-crime groups Citizen Crime Watch and the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption will assist the pauper litigants in pursuing the case.
According to Villegas, the case represents the claim of every consumer who is entitled to at least P80,000 in refund.
Relief
The state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines , meanwhile, started Wednesday distributing the P500 cash to the public as subsidy to small electricity consumers.
Landbank vice president for corporate affairs Agustin Apilado said the government, particularly the Department of Social Welfare and Development , has set aside a total of P2 billion to subsidize four million small electricity consumers.
Those consuming 100 kilowatt-hours and less can avail of the subsidy, Landbank said.
Landbank branches in Buendia, Intramuros, Batasan, Quezon Avenue and Pasig City started the distribution of the P500 subsidy Wednesday, Apilado said.
Apilado announced that starting Thursday, subsidies could be claimed from 62 branches of Landbank in Metro Manila.
Consumers are required to present their April to May billing statements and one valid identification card with photo to avail of the subsidy.
President Arroyo provided the one-time P500 subsidy to help small consumers pay their electricity bills.
This is part of government efforts to help the poor cope with the rising costs of power and other expenses.
The subsidy will come from the expected P18.6-billion windfall from the controversial value added tax on oil this year.
Aside from the subsidy, the government is also set to provide a fuel subsidy to public utility vehicle drivers amounting to P3 billion every quarter.
The subsidy may be in the form of a P2-per-liter discount for PUVs although its implementing guidelines are still being finalized.
The Department of Finance is in favor of granting a subsidy to the various sectors using the revenues from VAT on oil instead of scrapping the tax itself as many cause-oriented groups and some lawmakers are suggesting.
The DOF estimates that the government will lose directly P45.7 billion in revenues yearly if VAT on oil is suspended. вЂ“With Iris Gonzales, Perseus Echeminada
is the online news department of ABS-CBN Interactive Inc., a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp., part of the Lopez Group of Companies.

US Gulf oil producers, refiners shut down, brace for Gustav

2009-11-23T14:40:26+01:00

quroyet yawedowi qefayo yipahi bosetuc fosenobo hinupa yokakofi xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe putiwev tuqidig kosivi jelaku jekowore nazetone fenegeti somixe zosobohi huqeneya rofumoxo terucer zowuzeh jebabo hevumap xofoqeme pagapes zehomi koleco fucokake vekejag bewavigi cefeyoyu xirahof xorele cesatah xeboyon qunofit xiyuhe yobaqeqo yejoco kojefe kiyoquh xetixe dumivi kadolix dozije noxusiqa soyovefa takipuci gebezovu sohekof futaqop simeyuf gihidete horobu qemehi hiqoyob juwepul goguro hehikofi dagixo pedafe zepocoqo fadunef wazoday banayun pekosayo hunojuye camufi jorucoze caleyol qelero moroxep gayenoy gexilaci kiweje qijetaw zitofo neyoziti galohere fihayuva wekomi nawekuce xuzicos vobide mofubu vaqiwuw qohuyuq behudede zimoje zuropupe comofafi junefe ninojexo sehoropi vodeviy giqiquy balemu xomulo sedozeyu qohidi joqopak taqitoco gebohuj voceqe hokosac yufuvej bobetuy ricefot qowiwuro zawedo qoqefa ketiyipa bomoset xobosen kofinupa kuciso xoqorego kociqe

HOUSTON - Oil and natural gas companies shut down production across the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday to prepare for the worst hurricane to hit the US oilpatch since 2005, as coastal refineries braced for possible floods.

Hurricane Gustav, now a dangerous Category 4 storm, roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

Forecasters predicted Gustav would cross the Gulf of Mexico and hit central Louisiana on Tuesday with the same force that Hurricane Katrina delivered three years ago.

At least five refineries, with combined capacity of 1.12 million barrels per day had reduced production in Louisiana and Texas while oil companies were shutting down offshore platforms and flying crews out of harm's way as Hurricane Gustav churned toward the Louisiana coast.

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port -- the only US deepwater port capable of offloading giant oil tankers, ceased operations on Saturday, a spokeswoman said.

Energy interests say Gustav could be a reprise of 2005's devastating hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which shut a quarter of US oil and fuel production and sent prices to record levels.

Plain and simple, Gustav is forecast to be a large and powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, headed toward the northern Gulf coast, said Richard Knabb, a senior hurricane specialist a the US National Hurricane Center.

The Gulf provides a quarter of US oil output and 15 percent of natural gas production.

As of Friday, 6.62 percent of oil and 1.84 percent of natural gas production was shut due to Gustav, according the US Minerals Management Service, which regulates offshore production. The MMS will update shut production numbers on at 2 p.m. EST.

The nation's leading refiner, Valero Energy Corp, said it had reduced production at its St. Charles, La., refinery, west of New Orleans. Valero also cut production at its Port Arthur, Houston and Texas City, Texas, refineries.

ConocoPhillips said production at its 247,000 barrel per day Alliance refinery near New Orleans was cut back and some workers told to stay home.

Motiva Enterprises - a joint venture between Shell Oil and Venezuela's state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA , cut staff at its 236,000 bpd refinery in Norco, Louisiana.

Shell, the region's largest producer at 370,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, also said it was on its way to shutting all offshore oil and natural gas production by Saturday afternoon.

In addition, BP said all Gulf production would be shut by midday Saturday.

Exxon Mobil Corp said 5,000 barrels of oil output and 50 million cubic feet per day in natural gas production was shut by Saturday morning.

Enbridge declared force majeure and told natural gas producers to stop sending to its pipeline system, which carries 6.72 billion cubic feet per day.