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                    [ArticleID] => 1339710
                    [Title] => Ex-US admiral: 'Equally forceful' Philippines needed in sea row
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The Philippines has to stand up to China's gray-zone challenges in the hotly contested South China Sea, instead of only reacting to its behavior.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-27 12:16:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140627/dennis-blair-us-pacific-command.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1243255 [Title] => Navy official: Shipyards upgrade is for upcoming warships [Summary] =>

The ongoing upgrade of the Philippine Navy' shipyards, bases and dry-docks is preparation for the arrival of the  country's brand-new warships, a ranking Navy official said Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-09 11:07:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3384/6l6l.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1241630 [Title] => ‘Cancellation of Obama’s visit won’t affect US pivot to Asia’ [Summary] =>

The cancellation of United States President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia would not affect Washington’s pivot to the region, former American security officials said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5954/7qif.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1241466 [Title] => 'Obama will reschedule visit to Philippines' [Summary] =>

The cancellation of US President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia would not affect Washington’s pivot to the region, former American security officials said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-04 17:06:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/200/9kv8.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 464172 [Title] => Republicans attacking Obama on terror policy [Summary] =>

WASHINGTON (AP) – After weeks of concentrating their attacks against President Barack Obama on the economy, Republicans are branching out. They're taking aim at his anti-terrorism policy.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-05 15:30:24 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 440532 [Title] => Analysts Fear Unrest From Crisis: 200 more join jobless ranks [Summary] =>

CEBU, Philippines - More than 200 workers of a furniture factory in Cebu City have lost their jobs in a series of terminations that began in January and which union workers of the company decried as illegal and a form of union busting.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 433900 [Title] => New US intelligence director: No more torture [Summary] =>

The man tapped to oversee US intelligence promised Congress on Thursday there would be no torture and no warrantless wiretapping on his watch.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 433766 [Title] => Obama moves to reshapes US policy by closing Gitmo [Summary] =>

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama moved quickly yesterday to reshape US national-security policy, ordering the Guantanamo Bay prison camp closed within a year, forbidding the harshest treatment of terror suspects and naming new envoys to the Middle East and Afghanistan-Pakistan.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-23 05:46:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 429389 [Title] => Ex-US Pacom chief who sent GIs vs Abus eyed as Obama's intel head [Summary] =>

WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama’s top pick to become national intelligence director won high marks for countering terrorism in Southeast Asia after Sept. 11, 2001, but he will preside over an agency that may be reduced under the new administration.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162149 [Title] => ‘Government needs more teeth in anti-terror drive’ [Summary] => The government’s anti-terrorism campaign lacks teeth, a military and a police official said yesterday, adding the country may need a draconian security law similar to Singapore’s that allows suspects to be detained without charges.

They said the government may have to review the country’s laws to make it tougher for terrorists to operate.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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