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                    [Title] => Renewable energy projects pushed
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The United Kingdom has commended the Philippines for taking steps to tackle climate change with its Renewable Energy (RE) Law which supports the country’s goal of 60 percent energy self-sufficiency by 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => The Good News [SectionUrl] => the-good-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 490824 [Title] => Suspension of offensive of government-MILF holding; OIC hails truce [Summary] =>

The suspension of offensive military operations (SOMO) against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been holding, as there were no reports of armed engagements with the separatist rebels after the SOMO declaration last week, the military said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1371238 [AuthorName] => James Mananghaya [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 489868 [Title] => Political psy-war [Summary] =>

All this talk about the imposition of Martial Law and Charter change or Cha-cha and the trading of accusations and denials between the administration and opposition camps are just part of psy-war to influence people’s perceptions and make them believe a certain group’s claims.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 482225 [Title] => UK group seeks local partners for renewable energy projects [Summary] =>

A group of companies based in the United Kingdom has expressed readiness to develop long-term partnerships with Filipino firms to invest in renewable energy and other carbon market-related businesses.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 480047 [Title] => A taste of Italy [Summary] =>

When it comes to a rich heritage of creativity, design, innovation, and exquisite taste, Italy comes to mind almost instantly.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 466736 [Title] => Green buildings [Summary] =>

The office of British Ambassador Peter Beckingham looks out into the embassy garden and then to a spreading tree in the adjacent American cemetery.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 460945 [Title] => American confluence [Summary] =>

While there’s no denying that the United States continues to have strong ties with the Philippines and has considerable influence on many aspects, more likely than not, it was not necessarily American influence that led to the Court of Appeals decision to acquit US Marine Daniel Smith of rape charges, but a confluence of events.

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Former British prime minister Tony Blair is visiting Manila on March 23 for a speaking engagement.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 421007 [Title] => Hopes high for container van school in Tondo [Summary] =>

British charity founder Jane Walker and Jill Beckingham have high hopes that the disadvantaged children from Manila’s landfills will be attending classes next school year in the world’s first school made out of recycled container shipping vans in Smokey Mountain, Tondo.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4149/gen8thumbng1.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 417949 [Title] => Outsourcing: The wave of the future [Summary] =>

Citing urgent and extraordinary steps they have taken to strengthen economic growth, leaders who attended the two-day APEC Summit in Peru believe the global crisis will be over in 18 months.

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