^
+ Follow CONTINGENCY Tag
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1499318
                    [Title] => Biliran prepares for disaster response
                    [Summary] => 

Realizing the difficulties in handling massive response to calamities similar to super typhoon Yolanda’s, the Biliran provincial government — in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Network, Office of the Civil Defense and local government units — conducted a series of seminar-workshops to prepare the people for the worst-case scenario.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-12 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289443 [AuthorName] => Edgar Allan Vilbar [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1386469 [Title] => Many Cebu LGUs still unprepared [Summary] =>

While a number of calamities already struck Cebu province the previous years, particularly in 2013, only a number of towns and cities have contingency plans in place in case a disaster strikes.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1108990 [AuthorName] => AJ de la Torre [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 941618 [Title] => PCOS machine glitch reported in Manila [Summary] =>

A precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine has malfunctioned in Tondo, Manila, forcing the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) to temporarily set aside ballots that have been rejected.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-13 08:29:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 925933 [Title] => Gov’t ready to evacuate 40,000 Pinoys in S. Korea [Summary] =>

More than 40,000 Filipinos in South Korea are ready for evacuation in case tensions in the region erupt into a full-scale war, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img819/1365/gen2.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 767047 [Title] => Trigger points [Summary] =>

Perhaps inspired by the display of transparency of President Aquino who revealed the recent discovery of an alleged terror plot, government officials now warn the public about supposed possible oil shortage in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 719279 [Title] => DOTC to PAL: Put contingency plan in place [Summary] =>

Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas urged the management of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday to put a contingency plan in place to prevent a disruption of its services should members of the PAL Employees Association (PALEA) go on strike.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 546899 [Title] => Job contingency plan in 2010 IPP nixed [Summary] =>

The government has revised the draft 2010 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) by removing the contingency section which contains the employment saving mechanism, saying the crisis which threatened many economies worldwide is already over.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 467202 [Title] => British gov't to own London 2012 Village [Summary] => LONDON (AP) – The British government put another $491 million of public money into the Olympic Village for the 2012 London Games after being unable to secure private financing because of the recession. [DatePublished] => 2009-05-14 10:37:14 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 410092 [Title] => The difference between 10B dollars and 105K euros [Summary] => It’s a pretty big difference, and not just in monetary value.

It’s $10 billion that isn’t quite ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134066 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747688 [AuthorName] => Singkit [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299437 [Title] => Creeps [Summary] => The same guys who threatened us with a "creeping impeachment" are now warning us of a "creeping martial law."

They tried to oust a government. Now they are fretting over the possibility that the government that survived the ouster moves might actually fight back, employing the weapons of the law.

All this talk of "creeping martial law" is plain nonsense.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
CONTINGENCY
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1499318
                    [Title] => Biliran prepares for disaster response
                    [Summary] => 

Realizing the difficulties in handling massive response to calamities similar to super typhoon Yolanda’s, the Biliran provincial government — in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Network, Office of the Civil Defense and local government units — conducted a series of seminar-workshops to prepare the people for the worst-case scenario.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-12 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289443 [AuthorName] => Edgar Allan Vilbar [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1386469 [Title] => Many Cebu LGUs still unprepared [Summary] =>

While a number of calamities already struck Cebu province the previous years, particularly in 2013, only a number of towns and cities have contingency plans in place in case a disaster strikes.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1108990 [AuthorName] => AJ de la Torre [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 941618 [Title] => PCOS machine glitch reported in Manila [Summary] =>

A precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine has malfunctioned in Tondo, Manila, forcing the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) to temporarily set aside ballots that have been rejected.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-13 08:29:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 925933 [Title] => Gov’t ready to evacuate 40,000 Pinoys in S. Korea [Summary] =>

More than 40,000 Filipinos in South Korea are ready for evacuation in case tensions in the region erupt into a full-scale war, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img819/1365/gen2.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 767047 [Title] => Trigger points [Summary] =>

Perhaps inspired by the display of transparency of President Aquino who revealed the recent discovery of an alleged terror plot, government officials now warn the public about supposed possible oil shortage in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 719279 [Title] => DOTC to PAL: Put contingency plan in place [Summary] =>

Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas urged the management of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday to put a contingency plan in place to prevent a disruption of its services should members of the PAL Employees Association (PALEA) go on strike.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 546899 [Title] => Job contingency plan in 2010 IPP nixed [Summary] =>

The government has revised the draft 2010 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) by removing the contingency section which contains the employment saving mechanism, saying the crisis which threatened many economies worldwide is already over.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 467202 [Title] => British gov't to own London 2012 Village [Summary] => LONDON (AP) – The British government put another $491 million of public money into the Olympic Village for the 2012 London Games after being unable to secure private financing because of the recession. [DatePublished] => 2009-05-14 10:37:14 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 410092 [Title] => The difference between 10B dollars and 105K euros [Summary] => It’s a pretty big difference, and not just in monetary value.

It’s $10 billion that isn’t quite ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134066 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747688 [AuthorName] => Singkit [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299437 [Title] => Creeps [Summary] => The same guys who threatened us with a "creeping impeachment" are now warning us of a "creeping martial law."

They tried to oust a government. Now they are fretting over the possibility that the government that survived the ouster moves might actually fight back, employing the weapons of the law.

All this talk of "creeping martial law" is plain nonsense.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
abtest
Are you sure you want to log out?
X
Login

Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. With your meaningful insights, help shape the stories that can shape the country. Sign up now!

Get Updated:

Signup for the News Round now

FORGOT PASSWORD?
SIGN IN
or sign in with