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                    [ArticleID] => 956244
                    [Title] => Complaint filed vs. PRA exec over traffic altercation
                    [Summary] => 

 A complaint was filed against a high ranking official of the Philippine Retirement Authority – Cordillera  for allegedly hitting a  taxi driver.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-20 17:26:02 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 443532 [Title] => Realty sector as potent eco tool [Summary] =>

The Organization of Socialized Housing Developers of the Philippines (OSHDP), through its new president, Linda Tan, underscored that “despite the world-wide economic constraints, the country’s real estate industry, especially the housing sector, will continue serving as a potent tool in engaging allied sectors in more economic activities.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 431514 [Title] => Registration of Pinoy voters in London resumes Feb. 1 to Aug. 31 [Summary] =>

Registration of overseas Filipino voters in London will resume this Feb. 1 until Aug. 31, 2009, Ambassador to the Court of St. James’ Edgardo Espiritu has announced.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 409705 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: BBC apologizes to the Philippines [Summary] => The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has apologized to the Philippines ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-24 17:20:46 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266437 [Title] => PAL counts 27 ‘million milers’ [Summary] => There’s a millionaires club in the country so exclusive it has only 27 members. Their main qualification: they’re all high fliers, literally. Welcome to the Philippine Airlines "Million Miler" class.

Part of the flag carrier’s popular Mabuhay Miles frequent-flyer program, the Million Miler category honors those select few who have logged at least one million miles on PAL flights. They enjoy privileges such as lifetime priority treatment and travel assistance from PAL staff wherever they may be.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237473 [Title] => A shame list [Summary] => Bank notes 1: By the end of the year, Bangko Sentral Governor Rafael Buenaventura intends to publish a shame list of banks with poor records on corporate governance. This way, depositors and borrowers would have a better idea of which banks to do business with.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220868 [Title] => Downsizing for ‘empty nesters’ [Summary] => Did you know 1: Many wealthy "empty nesters" have traded their mansions (with a room for each kid and a guest room or two) for smaller homes. Mind you, the address is still very exclusive.

An example of such a community of, uh, grandparents is Kasiyahan Village near the Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park where the going rental rate is somewhere in the vicinity of P220,000.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221207 [Title] => Backlog at the US Embassy [Summary] => A major factor why there is such a backlog in processing immigration papers at the US Embassy is the multiple applications of nurses.

Just to make sure (and on the assumption that it will speed up her going to the United States), a nurse applies with several US hospitals through several recruiting agencies. Each hospital pays the filing fee to process the papers of the applying nurse, not knowing that other hospitals are doing the same thing.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 212918 [Title] => A hell of a money-making machine [Summary] => There’s talk that Antonio Cojuangco paid only P600 million (not P5 billion) for Associated Broadcasting Corp., which operates free TV Channel 5.

At P600 million – ABC’s net value after subtracting bad debts – the investment is within the range of Tonyboy Cojuangco’s wallet, particularly if he can get in brother, Ramon Cojuangco Jr., as partner.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202795 [Title] => The secret ingredient [Summary] => Did you know 1: The secret ingredient in good hand-made paper is overly ripe okra. You see, the mucilage in okra binds the cellulose of fibers like abaca, which has been broken down to a pulp to form the paper.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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