The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... survey, Eating Problems In Children and Adolescents (Epica), and carried out by St John of God's Lucena Foundation in Rathgar, Dublin, found that up to 11 per cent of teenage girls have "significant eating concerns".Research shows that girls are now being diagnosed with the condition as young as six, and that suicide risk among girls with anorexia is 200 times higher than in the general...
katataspulong (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The Supreme Court had shown some rare sensitivity when it took cognizance of a petition characterized as parochial. (Parochial indeed because in Quezon Province the local dioceses, that of Gumaca and Lucena had joined forces harnessing their clergies and parishes to go all out campaigning for a Yes Vote on the division of the province into Quezon del Norte and Quezon del Sur. With their pulpits...
Philippine Sports Update (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
In the Women’s Division, top seed Bambi Zoleta defeated defending champion Czarina Mae Arevalo 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.The 16-year-old Zoleta took advantage of Arevalo’s unsteady service game to win her second title after the Alcala Memorial Cup in Lucena City this year. She took home the trophy and the champion’s purse worth P50,000."Sa wakas nanalo rin," said Zoleta after beating Arevalo for the first...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... three states, while Chávez's allies had won 17 in Sunday's vote, election-agency chief Tibisay Lucena said.The opposition won in the two most populous states — Miranda and Zulia — as well as Nueva Esparta, Lucena said. The Caracas mayor's office now shifts from a Chávez supporter to an opponent.But Chávez party spokesman Alberto Muller played down the opposition victories."We are...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Tibisay Lucena, the president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), confirmed Sunday that voting equipment has been audited and delivered to all of the 34,662 voting centers across the country in preparation for this Sunday’s regional and local elections, which are the first elections in Venezuelan to be 100% automated. Teams of up to thirty CNE [...]
Memoir of a Schizo (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
After the allegedly typhoid fever outbreak in Lucena Quezon another gastroenterologic disease hit Cagayan de Oro where 2 died and 500 others are suspected of acquiring the disease. Tagoloan Mayor Paulino Emano identified the affected barangays as Poblacion, Baluarte, Sugbongcogon, Bogoac, Sta Cruz, Casinglot, Mohon, and Sihayon. The provincial health office is still investigating the source...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... won at least three states, while Chavez's allies had won 17, election agency chief Tibisay Lucena said. Chavez party spokesman Alberto Muller played down the opposition victories. "We are the country's foremost political force," said Muller. Turnout topped 65 percent among the 16.8 million registered voters, a new high for a local election in Venezuela, Lucena said. Chavez now faces...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Caracas - Candidates allied with President Hugo Chavez won a majority of states in Venezuela's local elections Sunday, but the opposition took the capital city and the two most populous states. The National Electoral Council said preliminary data gave the opposition victories in the states of Zulia, Miranda and Nueva Esparta, as well as the mayor's office of Caracas. Council president Tibisay Lucena...
Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... involved in the process, starting with the president of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, celebrated the heavy turnout of nearly 66 percent — an unusually high rate for regional and municipal elections. The high turnout was partly due to the fact that Chávez turned the vote into a referendum on his leadership, repeating over and over again that a vote for his allies was a vote...
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... won at least three states, while Mr Chavez’s allies had won 17 in the vote.Election chief Tibisay Lucena said the opposition won in the two most populous states – Miranda and Zulia, as well as Nueva Esparta. The Caracas mayor’s office also shifted to the opposition.Mr Chavez’s brother, Adan, won the governor’s race in the president’s home state of Barinas. The results of two states were...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... most populous states — Miranda and Zulia — as well as Nueva Esparta, election agency chief Tibisay Lucena said. The Caracas mayor's office now shifts from a Chavez supporter to an opponent. Mr Chavez's brother, Adan, won a tight race to succeed their father as governor in the president's home state of Barinas. The results of two other states — Carabobo and Tachira — were still too close...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... populous states -- Miranda and Zulia -- as well as Nueva Esparta, election agency chief Tibisay Lucena said. The Caracas mayor's office now shifts from a Chavez supporter to an opponent.Chavez's brother, Adan, won a tight race to succeed their father as governor in the president's home state of Barinas. The results of two other states -- Carabobo and Tachira -- were still too close to call.Turnout...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Tibisay Lucena, president of Venezuela's election council, said the opposition won in the two most populous states — Miranda and Zulia — as well as Nueva Esparta, Carabobo and Tachira. Opposition leader Antonio Ledezma defeated a close Chavez confidant to become the next mayor of Caracas, the South American nation's capital and largest city.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Tibisay Lucena, president of Venezuela's election council, said the opposition won in the two most populous states — Miranda and Zulia — as well as Nueva Esparta and Tachira. Opposition leader Antonio Ledezma defeated a close Chavez confidant to become the next mayor of Caracas, the South American nation's capital and largest city.
IOL (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... of almost 17-million eligible voters, a record for local election in recent years, said Tibisay Lucena, president of the National Electoral Council.
