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                    [ArticleID] => 1371649
                    [Title] => Rebel tagged in ambush on police trainees falls
                    [Summary] => 

A suspected member of the New People’s Army (NPA), tagged in an ambush on police trainees in Mountain Province last year, was arrested in Cervantes town, Ilocos Sur on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097171 [AuthorName] => Jun Elias [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/pilipino-star-ngayon/probinsya/20140515/NPA.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1340493 [Title] => Bessang Pass national holiday pushed [Summary] =>

Ilocos Sur officials are pushing for the declaration of the “Battle of Bessang Pass” as a national holiday, saying its historical value among Filipinos is as significant as the Fall of Bataan and the Death March.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1310635 [Title] => WWII veteran supports Philippines' case vs China [Summary] =>

A 91-year-old Filipino veteran who fought against Japanese forces during World War II believes that armed conflict is no longer the way to solve matters today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-09 11:43:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/News-Feature/20140409/Japanese-forces-during-World-War-2.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 947536 [Title] => Noy appoints Abaya classmate as new Marina head [Summary] =>

President Aquino has appointed a new administrator of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina).

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 849500 [Title] => Torrential rains cause MM floods [Summary] =>

Parts of Metro Manila experienced intense and torrential rainfall early yesterday due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by typhoon “Karen” (international name “Sanba”), causing floods in some parts of the metropolis, the state weather bureau said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 675065 [Title] => Duda kung bayani talaga si Marcos (2) [Summary] =>

NU’NG una’y walang tumuligsa sa inilathala sa magasin nu’ng 1948 na umano’y war exploits ni Ferdinand Marcos. Sinakyan niya ang mga kuwentong-giyera para mahalal na kongresista, senador at Presidente.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 351844 [Title] => FVR, Erap and Macoy on the way to the ladies’ room in Washington DC [Summary] => A friend who visited our Philippine Embassy on 1600 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington DC was shocked at what she saw there. As usual, the portraits of our past Presidents were hung on the walls of the Embassy – but what a strange grouping it turned out to be.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282823 [Title] => Was that trip really necessary? [Summary] => Up to now I’m still grappling with the problem of finding a rationale for the President’s In-and-Out flying trip to Hong Kong – a case of GMA fiddling around abroad while Manila (to paraphrase Emperor Nero’s Rome) burns.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142600 [Title] => The birth of a new nation – or the first step to disappointment? [Summary] => Chairman Haydee Yorac of the Presidential Commission on Good Government rang me up yesterday to assure me that she, too, wants the benefits of the coco levy to go to the coconut farmers and the coconut industry.

"But this must be done in the right way," she asserted.

In the next day or two, Haydee promised, she’ll send me an explanation. One of the aspects that bother her about the Davao compromise agreement, she added, is who will be the trustee or trustees of the proposed "perpetual trust."
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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