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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1436071 [Title] => Hillary retains strong appeal to American Women in lead-up to 2016 White House race: Gallup [Summary] =>Fifty-six percent of US women have a favorable opinion of likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, giving her a decided advantage among half the population that other candidates do not share, found a Gallup poll released Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2015-03-21 20:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 448946 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Health is wealth [Summary] =>The furor over Alberto's Pizza is similar to other states of agitation that invariably descend in the aftermath of some terrible thing happening, be it food poisoning or an accident involving an overloaded bus that lost its brakes.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365016 [Title] => Most Pinoys have favorable opinion of Islam SWS [Summary] => Over 60 percent of Filipinos have a favorable opinion of Islam, believe Islam respects the beliefs of non-Muslims, and agree it is a peaceful religion, according to an opinion poll.
The Sept. 24-Oct. 2 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey also found that nearly half (47 percent) of Filipinos consider Muslims as trustworthy as non-Muslim Filipinos.
Muslims throughout the world are observing the three-day celebration called Eidl Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305101 [Title] => Pinoy views on Islam now more favorable [Summary] => Despite the persistent threat of Islamist terrorism, Filipinos opinions about Islam and Muslims grew more favorable during the past months, according to an independent nationwide opinion poll.
The Aug. 26-Sept. 5 survey, conducted by respected pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS), showed that the number of Filipinos who have a favorable view of Islam and Muslims grew to 63 percent from 52 percent a year ago.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 229318 [Title] => SWS: Most Pinoys now understand Islam better [Summary] => Filipinos now have a favorable view towards Islam, a survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said.
In the survey conducted from May 28 to June 12, 58 percent of Filipinos said they have a favorable perception of the Muslim religion, an increase from 43 percent in a similar survey conducted in November 2002. The increase is evident across all areas and economic classes.
The SWS reported that opinion towards Islam tends to be more favorable among those who have a basic understanding of its teachings and beliefs.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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