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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1270110 [Title] => ‘Fire, fire, burning bright’ [Summary] =>Returning from Tacloban City as a volunteer, my friend Sam Liuson was certainly looking forward to enjoying the Christmas season with friends and family. Unfortunately all that got thrown out when a massive fire struck the offices of Concept One – Wheel Gallery as well as that of Arvin Lim’s H&R Bilstein where I also buy my suspension parts.
[DatePublished] => 2013-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 838281 [Title] => Wet weather challenges [Summary] =>During the week-long habagat-induced torrential rains, I found myself as a front passenger in a government AUV.
[DatePublished] => 2012-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133604 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 381497 [Title] => Dyno your car, perhaps? [Summary] => In the 1,700-sq. meter facility along Quezon Avenue, I and several other colleagues in the motoring press are observing a technician attach some beefy looking straps to a brightly painted Mazda Familia. Its not your everyday Familia either. An assortment of scoops on the hood and airdam, decals everywhere, and expensive alloy wheels indicate that theres something special under the hood, and indeed there is: aside from some work done on the cams and intake, its got a turbocharger attached to the thing. [DatePublished] => 2007-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133604 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1160006 [AuthorName] => BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285194 [Title] => Cool eye for the car guy [Summary] => Apologies to Xzibit, the good people at West Coast Customs and anyone else who would have wanted to get first dibs on putting out a story about "pimping my ride" in these here shores. This particular story will, no doubt, be followed by a number of other stories from other publications who will feature a variety of vehicles in their motoring sections, all of them "pimped" by a bunch of guys any car lover would love to befriend. Just the same, youll read it here first.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274753 [AuthorName] => Dong Magsajo [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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