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                    [ArticleID] => 597733
                    [Title] => Ron Artest eager for son's RP trip
                    [Summary] => 

Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest is looking forward to taking his eight-year-old, half-Filipino son Jerron to Manila for a “homecoming” but Waffle Marketing president Auty Villarama said yesterday the trip is not yet final as sponsors are still being lined up to cover the budget for the 10-day visit.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 436650 [Title] => Update on General Motors diet [Summary] =>

I recently received several text messages from friends who took the plunge and survived a week of sacrifice to do the seven-day General Motors diet.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 391806 [Title] => Kristine’s scapular a gift for Jun [Summary] => Former PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino will be laid to rest at the Heritage Memorial Park in Fort Bonifacio after the 8 a.m. Requiem Mass at the Magallanes Church in Makati on Saturday.

Since Jun’s remains were brought to Magallanes for the week-long wake last Saturday night, the chapel has been swamped by friends, relatives and condoling with his wife Mimi and their children Stephanie, Nolan, Vera and Kristine.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 391986 [Title] => Kristine’s scapular a gift for Jun [Summary] => Former PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino will be laid to rest at the Heritage Memorial Park in Fort Bonifacio after the 8 a.m. Requiem Mass at the Magallanes Church in Makati on Saturday.

Since Jun’s remains were brought to Magallanes for the week-long wake last Saturday night, the chapel has been swamped by friends, relatives and condoling with his wife Mimi and their children Stephanie, Nolan, Vera and Kristine.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292124 [Title] => Recipe for sports marketing [Summary] => There’s something about food that perks up Auty Villarama, known in local sports circles as Nike’s biggest drumbeater the last 14 years. It’s not that Auty just likes to eat although his size may be an indication.

Auty says food is good for the body and soul, especially food for thought.

So when Auty and another Nike drumbeater Rely San Agustin decided to strike it out on their own with events organizer Pia de los Reyes, it was no surprise they thought of food in naming their new sports marketing and events management outfit.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 228831 [Title] => Pinoy freestyler dazzles ’em in Nike Face Off [Summary] => The Philippines’ Nino Ventura showed he got the best moves in freestyle basketball in Southeast Asia, emerging as champion in the Nike Freestyle Face Off Regional Finals held at the Youth Park, Somerset Road in Singapore last Saturday, Nov. 15.

Ventura, an 18-year-old freshman at Asia Pacific College, bested representatives from Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia to bag the championship, winning for himself exclusive Nike products that include a Nike MP3 player and wristwatch.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216358 [Title] => French dunkers coming to town [Summary] => They’re known as the world’s most spectacular dunkers or smasheurs, if you please. Their repertoire includes the wildest jams never seen in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They gyrate in midair. [DatePublished] => 2003-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203922 [Title] => Aid for soccer kids [Summary] => Last Friday’s column on the plight of 18 soccer kids in Iloilo, related by reader Pio Martinez, drew quick response from several individuals–bless their hearts.

Anil Buxani of Sonia Trading phoned early morning after his father, Kay Sham, read the column and said he would contact Martinez who wrote the letter to The Star about the kids, nine to 12 years old, playing football for the love of the game with little support from anyone.

Anil said Sonia Trading would send soccer balls and shoes to the kids.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189734 [Title] => Learnings from the previous years [Summary] => Another year is coming to a close. For this writer, December 2002 caps four years of discovery in the sporting world. And I realize that more than the discipline, teamwork, cooperation and all the other values it can instill, sports can indeed teach us sad facts about life.

1. While sport teaches cooperation, not everyone will be willing to cooperate.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135998 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1371509 [AuthorName] => Jannelle So [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179283 [Title] => Janelle’s date with Yao [Summary] => When Nike marketing manager Auty Villarama invited Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) TV broadcaster Janelle So to monitor the activities of the shoe and apparel company’s endorsers at the 14th Asian Games in Busan, he knew that sooner or later the pretty pixie would face up–literally–to Chinese giant Yao Ming.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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