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                    [Title] => FDCP social design competition unearths young talent with a mastery of local materials
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Last Tuesday saw the culmination of the Fashion Design Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) Weaving the Future: A Social Design Competition.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1742875 [AuthorName] => September Grace Mahino [SectionName] => YStyle [SectionUrl] => ystyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 729699 [Title] => Competition merging design with social enterprise announces finalists [Summary] =>

The Fashion and Design Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) “Weaving the Future: A Social Design Competition” entered its second phase with the announcement of its 19 finalists last Sept. 19.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1742875 [AuthorName] => September Grace Mahino [SectionName] => YStyle [SectionUrl] => ystyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335761 [Title] => Customs police at Subic task force magkakabarilan dahil sa smuggling [Summary] => SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Kinamuntikang magbarilan ang ilang miyembro ng Subic anti-smuggling task force at mga tauhan ng Customs police makaraang tangkaing arborin ng una ang dalawang imported smuggled vehicles na nasabat sa labas ng Subic Freeport noong Linggo ng gabi.

Sa nakalap na impormasyon ng PSN, naganap ang insidente sa bahagi ang Olongapo City Mall sa Magsaysay Avenue matapos na masabat nina Noel Cajucom at Benjie Alvarez, kapwa special agent ng Bureau of Customs, ang dalawang van na ipinuslit palabas ng Subic Freeport.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 102468 [Title] => New weapon for old election - GOTCHA by Jarius Bondoc [Summary] => Only weeks ago, the hottest cellphone text message was "Beware of JOE’S COHORTS." By the millions per day it spread. Texters poked fun or fury on the 11 senators who had quashed impeachment evidence of Joseph Estrada’s bank hoard under alias Jose Velarde. The targets smarted under public ridicule: Jaworski, Oreta, Enrile, Sotto, Coseteng, Ople, Honasan, J. Osmeña, Revilla, Tatad, Santiago.
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It's theoretically the mightiest of government's three coequal branches. It holds power to tax and spend money, confirm Supreme Court justices and unseat a President, set national policy and ratify international pacts. Yet Congress doesn't exude or exert its force; voters regard senators and congressmen like governors and mayors, that is, fund sources for K-B-L -- kasal, binyag, libing.

It's not so much the people's fault than what legislators are doing -- or not doing. Senators are too busy with grandstanding commentaries and inquiries instead of senior statesmanship. [DatePublished] => 2000-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103422 [Title] => Grandstanding on Napocor mess - Gotcha [Summary] =>

Expect traffic jams this Holy Week on Luzon North and South Expressways because they won't add toll booths and collectors at usual bottlenecks. These are: (North) exits to Balintawak, Valenzuela, Pulang Lupa, Meycauayan, Baliuag; (South) Sun Valley, Sta. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103362 [Title] => Another reason why drugs cost so much - Gotcha [Summary] =>

What ever happened to government's promise to bring down prices of medicines? Health workers are asking the question since the issue turned out to be another case of ningas cogon. It caught fire last Nov. when the health department said it would again push for generic over branded drugs. But that was all. Filipinos still can't afford medicines for their acute illnesses. Poor folk don't bother to see their doctors anymore, knowing they'll just be prescribed drugs they can't buy anyway.

The finance department vowed to study tax relief for drugs. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103314 [Title] => No law anymore - Gotcha [Summary] =>

Admit it. Those who hate Joseph Estrada so much must have felt glee with news of a coup d'etat in the offing. They must have snickered when AFP intelligence chief Jose Calimlim said many groups want to assassinate the President, then asked each other, "Is he that unpopular?" When NICA head Cesar Fortuno revealed that a communist stalker was moving in for the kill, they must have exclaimed, "Ang tagal naman!"

Ill-wishers must be justifying to themselves that Estrada deserves it. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103100 [Title] => Stinky Payatas needs attention, not Forbes - Gotcha [Summary] =>

Is MMDA chief Jejomar Binay squeezing himself where he's not wanted, yet not acting where he's needed?

Forbes Park residents say Binay is the political force driving to reclassify their McKinley Road from residential to commercial zone. They had voted thrice in 1997 against the move, yet Binay's men in Makati's city council still want to ram it down their throat. They belie claims that rezoning would lessen pollution, for it would surely increase traffic -- the cause of 75 percent of Metro Manila's dirty air. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1195060 [AuthorName] => by JariusBondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103926 [Title] => Snake-bitten Pardo - Gotcha [Summary] =>

We often take compulsory health insurance for granted and look at monthly contributions as pesky paycheck deductions. But when medical emergency strikes, we realize how important it is after all. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => FDCP social design competition unearths young talent with a mastery of local materials
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Last Tuesday saw the culmination of the Fashion Design Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) Weaving the Future: A Social Design Competition.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1742875 [AuthorName] => September Grace Mahino [SectionName] => YStyle [SectionUrl] => ystyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 729699 [Title] => Competition merging design with social enterprise announces finalists [Summary] =>

The Fashion and Design Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) “Weaving the Future: A Social Design Competition” entered its second phase with the announcement of its 19 finalists last Sept. 19.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1742875 [AuthorName] => September Grace Mahino [SectionName] => YStyle [SectionUrl] => ystyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335761 [Title] => Customs police at Subic task force magkakabarilan dahil sa smuggling [Summary] => SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Kinamuntikang magbarilan ang ilang miyembro ng Subic anti-smuggling task force at mga tauhan ng Customs police makaraang tangkaing arborin ng una ang dalawang imported smuggled vehicles na nasabat sa labas ng Subic Freeport noong Linggo ng gabi.

Sa nakalap na impormasyon ng PSN, naganap ang insidente sa bahagi ang Olongapo City Mall sa Magsaysay Avenue matapos na masabat nina Noel Cajucom at Benjie Alvarez, kapwa special agent ng Bureau of Customs, ang dalawang van na ipinuslit palabas ng Subic Freeport.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 102468 [Title] => New weapon for old election - GOTCHA by Jarius Bondoc [Summary] => Only weeks ago, the hottest cellphone text message was "Beware of JOE’S COHORTS." By the millions per day it spread. Texters poked fun or fury on the 11 senators who had quashed impeachment evidence of Joseph Estrada’s bank hoard under alias Jose Velarde. The targets smarted under public ridicule: Jaworski, Oreta, Enrile, Sotto, Coseteng, Ople, Honasan, J. Osmeña, Revilla, Tatad, Santiago.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 102669 [Title] => Ask not what your Congress can do - Gotcha [Summary] =>

It's theoretically the mightiest of government's three coequal branches. It holds power to tax and spend money, confirm Supreme Court justices and unseat a President, set national policy and ratify international pacts. Yet Congress doesn't exude or exert its force; voters regard senators and congressmen like governors and mayors, that is, fund sources for K-B-L -- kasal, binyag, libing.

It's not so much the people's fault than what legislators are doing -- or not doing. Senators are too busy with grandstanding commentaries and inquiries instead of senior statesmanship. [DatePublished] => 2000-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103422 [Title] => Grandstanding on Napocor mess - Gotcha [Summary] =>

Expect traffic jams this Holy Week on Luzon North and South Expressways because they won't add toll booths and collectors at usual bottlenecks. These are: (North) exits to Balintawak, Valenzuela, Pulang Lupa, Meycauayan, Baliuag; (South) Sun Valley, Sta. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103362 [Title] => Another reason why drugs cost so much - Gotcha [Summary] =>

What ever happened to government's promise to bring down prices of medicines? Health workers are asking the question since the issue turned out to be another case of ningas cogon. It caught fire last Nov. when the health department said it would again push for generic over branded drugs. But that was all. Filipinos still can't afford medicines for their acute illnesses. Poor folk don't bother to see their doctors anymore, knowing they'll just be prescribed drugs they can't buy anyway.

The finance department vowed to study tax relief for drugs. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103314 [Title] => No law anymore - Gotcha [Summary] =>

Admit it. Those who hate Joseph Estrada so much must have felt glee with news of a coup d'etat in the offing. They must have snickered when AFP intelligence chief Jose Calimlim said many groups want to assassinate the President, then asked each other, "Is he that unpopular?" When NICA head Cesar Fortuno revealed that a communist stalker was moving in for the kill, they must have exclaimed, "Ang tagal naman!"

Ill-wishers must be justifying to themselves that Estrada deserves it. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103100 [Title] => Stinky Payatas needs attention, not Forbes - Gotcha [Summary] =>

Is MMDA chief Jejomar Binay squeezing himself where he's not wanted, yet not acting where he's needed?

Forbes Park residents say Binay is the political force driving to reclassify their McKinley Road from residential to commercial zone. They had voted thrice in 1997 against the move, yet Binay's men in Makati's city council still want to ram it down their throat. They belie claims that rezoning would lessen pollution, for it would surely increase traffic -- the cause of 75 percent of Metro Manila's dirty air. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1195060 [AuthorName] => by JariusBondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103926 [Title] => Snake-bitten Pardo - Gotcha [Summary] =>

We often take compulsory health insurance for granted and look at monthly contributions as pesky paycheck deductions. But when medical emergency strikes, we realize how important it is after all. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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