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                    [Title] => Pinoy UN Peacekeepers: Beyond The Call Of Duty
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The country, if not the world, was touched when photos of Cpl. Danilo Galingan, a Filipino soldier assigned to the 8th UN Peacekeeping Contingent to Haiti (8th PCH), landed on the front page of The STAR, showing him in the act of rescuing those who were trapped when a school building collapsed in the troubled nation’s capital of Port au Prince on the morning of Nov. 7, 2008.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1371238 [AuthorName] => James Mananghaya [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 413556 [Title] => Pinoys join Haiti building collapse rescue [Summary] =>

Going beyond the call of duty and putting their own lives at risk, Filipino peacekeepers successfully recovered survivors ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338832 [Title] => Filipino peacekeeper hurt in East Timor violence [Summary] => A Filipino policeman was wounded after renegade soldiers opened fire on unarmed policemen at their headquarters in the East Timor capital of Dili on Thursday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

Quoting a report from the Philippine Embassy in Dili, the DFA identified the wounded policeman as Chief Inspector Edgar Layon, 45, one of five Philippine National Police (PNP) officers serving as advisers with the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL).
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314316 [Title] => RP sending more peacekeeping troops to Haiti, Liberia [Summary] => President Arroyo has approved the deployment of more than 300 fresh peacekeeping troops to Haiti and Liberia, both struggling to recover from civil strife, the military said yesterday.

A 165-strong military contingent bound for Liberia and 155 soldiers destined for Haiti were to start leaving today to relieve Filipino peacekeepers deployed earlier to the beleaguered countries, the military said in a statement.

They will have a six-month tour of duty, during which their expenses would be shouldered by the United Nations.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278044 [Title] => RP mulls sending more troops to Haiti [Summary] => Despite the security risks, the Philippines is considering sending more troops to Haiti as part of United Nations peacekeeping forces in that war-torn Caribbean nation, diplomatic sources said yesterday.

Philippine Army S/Sgt. Antonio Batomalaque was shot dead by a sniper while on duty with UN troops in Port-au-Prince, Haiti last month.

Diplomatic sources said the Philippines was among the first countries to pledge troops after UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called for an increased presence of UN forces in Haiti.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275281 [Title] => Labi ng Pinoy peacekeeper sa Haiti, dumating na [Summary] => Dumating na kahapon sa bansa ang labi ng Filipino peacekeeper na namatay habang nagsasagawa ng civic mission project sa Haiti.

Ayon kay AFP- Public Information Office Chief Lt. Col Buenaventura Pascual, ang bangkay ni Staff Sgt. Antonio Batomalaque ay inilapag sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) lulan ng Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight-103 dakong alas-6 ng umaga.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275106 [Title] => Remains of Pinoy peacekeeper slain in Haiti due today [Summary] => The remains of the Filipino peacekeeper who was shot dead in Haiti more than a week ago are due to arrive in Manila today, the Philippine mission to the United Nations said.

Ambassador Lauro Baja, permanent representative to the UN, said yesterday the body of Army S/Sgt. Antonio Batomalaque was flown out of Haiti last Wednesday after a military ceremony and will be brought back home aboard Philippine Airlines Flight PR-103 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Parañaque City at around 5:30 a.m.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 274506 [Title] => Kin of slain Pinoy peacekeeper to get P2.7 M [Summary] => The family of a Filipino peacekeeper killed in Haiti will receive P2.7 million in monetary benefits from the United Nations, the Philippine Mission to the UN said yesterday.

Ambassador Lauro Baja, the Philippines’ permanent representative to the UN, said the Philippine Mission was taking the necessary steps to facilitate the release of death benefits to the family of the late S/Sgt. Antonio Batomalaque.

The UN gives such compensation to peacekeepers who die in the line of duty
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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