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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 81900 [Title] => Cash rewards pour in for wushu crew [Summary] =>The cash register is ringing for the Philippine wushu team that brought home a handful of medals from Beijing.
[DatePublished] => 2008-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 386352 [Title] => They call him ‘the butcher’ [Summary] => When retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan retired from the military last year, the communist New People’s Army (NPA) said he was a "dead man walking."
Palparan later described the threat as an "honor," coming from the NPA.
He boasted that despite the threat, he still picked up his groceries and went to the movies alone, without bodyguards.
Loathed by the left, who call him the "butcher," Palparan, now in semi-retirement, is finding himself at the center of a growing storm over political killings in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 381964 [Title] => RP bets vie in Asian Winter Games [Summary] => The sport of ice skating has become so hot in the Philippines that this tropical country is fielding five entries, led by two Fil-Americans, in the sixth Asian Winter Games set in Changchun, China Jan. 28 -Feb. 4.
Michael Novales, 21, and Gracielle Jeanne Tan, 18, flew in from the US yesterday morning, and, straight from the airport, attended the send-off party for the RP team at the SM Mall of Asia, which features an Olympic-size rink that used to be the biggest in Asia.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 355121 [Title] => In search of heroes [Summary] => Philippine National Heroes Day, August 27, fell on a Sunday this year. So, days before, people started badgering newspaper offices, asking whether the day after, meaning Monday, August 28, would be a holiday - no classes, no work?
Anyone who picks up the phone and gets asked for directions to the nearest monument of a national hero, so he or she can offer flowers, would probably faint in shock and surprise. It just does not happen anymore.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 323442 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Finger pointing [Summary] => There is a particular act that is emerging to be one of the best things that the Filipino can do. The recent turn of events in the country has shown that most, if not all of us, are becoming experts in this act - finger-pointing or the act of making explicit and oftentimes unfair accusations of blame. [DatePublished] => 2006-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307419 [Title] => Con-com eyes postponement of 2007 elections [Summary] => The presidential consultative commission (con-com) on Charter amendments is set to deliberate on a proposal to postpone the 2007 national and local elections to 2010 and set up a three-year transitional government as preparation for the final shift from the current presidential system of government to whatever form is provided for under a new Constitution.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 296349 [Title] => Reducing energy consumption the Light Eco way [Summary] => With the tightening of the supply of oil in the international market and the impending implementation of the expanded value-added (EVAT) tax law that repealed the exemption for oil and power, more and more people are looking for ways to cut their energy consumption.
Even President Arroyo has ordered the implementation of energy conservation measures to reduce the countrys demand for oil and subsequently save up on precious foreign exchange.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273744 [Title] => Losing focus [Summary] => Mindanao may turn into the next Afghanistan? Look no further; even Metro Manila could be well on its way.
This years Valentines Day celebrations in the nations premier region were marred by a deadly bombing in the heart of Makati. The Abu Sayyaf commanders who were killed during the Bicutan jail siege were reportedly plotting a wave of bombings from Metro Manila to Mindanao if they had succeeded in escaping.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269568 [Title] => CTB urges BSP to lift moratorium [Summary] => The Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB), the umbrella organization of the countrys thrift, savings and development banks, is asking the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to lift the moratorium on branching for thrift banks in recognition of their pivotal role in lending to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector.
In a letter to BSP Deputy Governor Alberto Reyes, CTB president Benjamin Yambao also requested that branching rules be liberalized for banks that have maintained lending to SMEs equivalent to at least 60 percent of their portfolio for the last two years.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258284 [Title] => Counting the costs [Summary] => Like watching a Mexican telenovela, Filipinos were glued to TV sets yesterday as truck driver Angelo de la Cruz finally appeared following his release. He looked haggard and uncertain about his fate, and seemed afraid to show happiness. It was hard to catch him smiling.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
EVEN PRESIDENT ARROYO
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 81900 [Title] => Cash rewards pour in for wushu crew [Summary] =>The cash register is ringing for the Philippine wushu team that brought home a handful of medals from Beijing.
[DatePublished] => 2008-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 386352 [Title] => They call him ‘the butcher’ [Summary] => When retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan retired from the military last year, the communist New People’s Army (NPA) said he was a "dead man walking."
Palparan later described the threat as an "honor," coming from the NPA.
He boasted that despite the threat, he still picked up his groceries and went to the movies alone, without bodyguards.
Loathed by the left, who call him the "butcher," Palparan, now in semi-retirement, is finding himself at the center of a growing storm over political killings in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 381964 [Title] => RP bets vie in Asian Winter Games [Summary] => The sport of ice skating has become so hot in the Philippines that this tropical country is fielding five entries, led by two Fil-Americans, in the sixth Asian Winter Games set in Changchun, China Jan. 28 -Feb. 4.
Michael Novales, 21, and Gracielle Jeanne Tan, 18, flew in from the US yesterday morning, and, straight from the airport, attended the send-off party for the RP team at the SM Mall of Asia, which features an Olympic-size rink that used to be the biggest in Asia.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 355121 [Title] => In search of heroes [Summary] => Philippine National Heroes Day, August 27, fell on a Sunday this year. So, days before, people started badgering newspaper offices, asking whether the day after, meaning Monday, August 28, would be a holiday - no classes, no work?
Anyone who picks up the phone and gets asked for directions to the nearest monument of a national hero, so he or she can offer flowers, would probably faint in shock and surprise. It just does not happen anymore.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 323442 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Finger pointing [Summary] => There is a particular act that is emerging to be one of the best things that the Filipino can do. The recent turn of events in the country has shown that most, if not all of us, are becoming experts in this act - finger-pointing or the act of making explicit and oftentimes unfair accusations of blame. [DatePublished] => 2006-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307419 [Title] => Con-com eyes postponement of 2007 elections [Summary] => The presidential consultative commission (con-com) on Charter amendments is set to deliberate on a proposal to postpone the 2007 national and local elections to 2010 and set up a three-year transitional government as preparation for the final shift from the current presidential system of government to whatever form is provided for under a new Constitution.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 296349 [Title] => Reducing energy consumption the Light Eco way [Summary] => With the tightening of the supply of oil in the international market and the impending implementation of the expanded value-added (EVAT) tax law that repealed the exemption for oil and power, more and more people are looking for ways to cut their energy consumption.
Even President Arroyo has ordered the implementation of energy conservation measures to reduce the countrys demand for oil and subsequently save up on precious foreign exchange.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273744 [Title] => Losing focus [Summary] => Mindanao may turn into the next Afghanistan? Look no further; even Metro Manila could be well on its way.
This years Valentines Day celebrations in the nations premier region were marred by a deadly bombing in the heart of Makati. The Abu Sayyaf commanders who were killed during the Bicutan jail siege were reportedly plotting a wave of bombings from Metro Manila to Mindanao if they had succeeded in escaping.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269568 [Title] => CTB urges BSP to lift moratorium [Summary] => The Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB), the umbrella organization of the countrys thrift, savings and development banks, is asking the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to lift the moratorium on branching for thrift banks in recognition of their pivotal role in lending to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector.
In a letter to BSP Deputy Governor Alberto Reyes, CTB president Benjamin Yambao also requested that branching rules be liberalized for banks that have maintained lending to SMEs equivalent to at least 60 percent of their portfolio for the last two years.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258284 [Title] => Counting the costs [Summary] => Like watching a Mexican telenovela, Filipinos were glued to TV sets yesterday as truck driver Angelo de la Cruz finally appeared following his release. He looked haggard and uncertain about his fate, and seemed afraid to show happiness. It was hard to catch him smiling.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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