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                    [Title] => Upgrade of Zambo's Fort Pilar slammed as 'desecration'
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Resident of Zamboanga City and other concerned netizens slammed the "upgrading" of the historic Fort Pilar as an act of "desecration" and a misstep in the name of architectural conservation.

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The Feast of Pilar started Thursday minus the colorful festival and cultural activities due to the security following the standoff that shut down the city for 22 days, church and city officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-03 18:20:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 612786 [Title] => The Mapitagan [Summary] =>

Seeing the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) homecoming streamers in Tarlac, I wondered how the PMAers descend upon Baguio when they’re chosen to be cadets.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133330 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1773484 [AuthorName] => Tingting Cojuangco [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 506213 [Title] => History Week [Summary] =>

National History Week is being celebrated from September 15 to 21 and organizers from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the National Historical Institute (NHI) have prepared a series of activities to elicit the people’s awareness on the importance of history with the theme “Kasaysayan ng Bayan: Kagalingan ng Mamamayan”.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 69063 [Title] => This other Frank is a sea turtle [Summary] =>

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Typhoon “Frank” washed ashore a 66-pound Hawksbill turtle that was rescued and released on the same day the typhoon  moved away from the southern Philippines, officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2008-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362699 [Title] => Security remains tight in Zambo City [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Amid the spate of bombings in Sultan Kudarat and North Cotabato, security here was beefed up yesterday as Zamboangueños turned out in the streets for the celebration of the feast of La Virgen del Pilar, this southern port city’s patroness.

Security will remain tight during the month-long Zamboanga Hermosa Festival with the explosions that jolted the city in October 2002, days before the bombing in Bali, Indonesia, still fresh in the minds of local folk.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306651 [Title] => Mascota de ayer [Summary] => The fiesta of Nuestra Señora del Pilar brought me to Zamboanga City. It was to witness the fashionable versions of the Baro’t saya or mascota held in Fort Pilar’s historic, beautiful ancient remains of the 16th century life.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1773484 [AuthorName] => Tingting Cojuangco [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266613 [Title] => Vamos a Zamboanga, the city of romance [Summary] => Zamboanga is a city of romantic dreams. It dazzles you in the present and caresses you with the past. As far back as the 13th and 14th centuries, Zamboanga was already a trading hub for the Chinese, Malays and the natives. The trading tradition revolved on barter trading, the evolution of which can be seen in the city’s colorful barter markets which deal in goods from Asian neighbors down south. It was the time of native vintas sailing the seas of Zamboanga – a tradition that lives on today – and a source of pride for every Zamboangueño.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266614 [Title] => No Accidental Tourists [Summary] => Department of Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano announced during his keynote address at the Fiesta Hermosa street dancing program on October 11 that Zamboanga City and Region 9 posted a record high 65.86 percent increase in tourist arrival for the first six months of the year.

The DOT 9 Regional Office records showed that 173,973 domestic and foreign tourists came during the first semester compared to only 104,889 for the same period last year. Domestic and international travelers posted 67.61 percent and 39.07 percent increases respectively.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1619853 [AuthorName] => Nicole Araneta and Cathy Albrecht [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238806 [Title] => Ping: Gloria is my Valentine date [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — It’s a date.

Senator and presidential aspirant Panfilo Lacson told reporters yesterday that President Arroyo will be his date today, Valentine’s Day.

The two presidential aspirants will be motoring to Baguio City to attend the annual homecoming rites of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) at Fort Pilar.

Mrs. Arroyo will be the guest of honor in the gathering in the academy where Lacson is a member of Class ’71.

"Eh, di magkikita kami at siya ang date ko (So, we will see each other and she will be my date)," Lacson told reporters in jest before he proceeded to Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley. [DatePublished] => 2004-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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Resident of Zamboanga City and other concerned netizens slammed the "upgrading" of the historic Fort Pilar as an act of "desecration" and a misstep in the name of architectural conservation.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-27 17:43:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/News-Feature/20141027/fort-del-pilar-before-and-after-zamboanga.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1241068 [Title] => Zamboanga feast pushes through sans festivities [Summary] =>

The Feast of Pilar started Thursday minus the colorful festival and cultural activities due to the security following the standoff that shut down the city for 22 days, church and city officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-03 18:20:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 612786 [Title] => The Mapitagan [Summary] =>

Seeing the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) homecoming streamers in Tarlac, I wondered how the PMAers descend upon Baguio when they’re chosen to be cadets.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133330 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1773484 [AuthorName] => Tingting Cojuangco [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 506213 [Title] => History Week [Summary] =>

National History Week is being celebrated from September 15 to 21 and organizers from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the National Historical Institute (NHI) have prepared a series of activities to elicit the people’s awareness on the importance of history with the theme “Kasaysayan ng Bayan: Kagalingan ng Mamamayan”.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 69063 [Title] => This other Frank is a sea turtle [Summary] =>

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Typhoon “Frank” washed ashore a 66-pound Hawksbill turtle that was rescued and released on the same day the typhoon  moved away from the southern Philippines, officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2008-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362699 [Title] => Security remains tight in Zambo City [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Amid the spate of bombings in Sultan Kudarat and North Cotabato, security here was beefed up yesterday as Zamboangueños turned out in the streets for the celebration of the feast of La Virgen del Pilar, this southern port city’s patroness.

Security will remain tight during the month-long Zamboanga Hermosa Festival with the explosions that jolted the city in October 2002, days before the bombing in Bali, Indonesia, still fresh in the minds of local folk.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306651 [Title] => Mascota de ayer [Summary] => The fiesta of Nuestra Señora del Pilar brought me to Zamboanga City. It was to witness the fashionable versions of the Baro’t saya or mascota held in Fort Pilar’s historic, beautiful ancient remains of the 16th century life.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1773484 [AuthorName] => Tingting Cojuangco [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266613 [Title] => Vamos a Zamboanga, the city of romance [Summary] => Zamboanga is a city of romantic dreams. It dazzles you in the present and caresses you with the past. As far back as the 13th and 14th centuries, Zamboanga was already a trading hub for the Chinese, Malays and the natives. The trading tradition revolved on barter trading, the evolution of which can be seen in the city’s colorful barter markets which deal in goods from Asian neighbors down south. It was the time of native vintas sailing the seas of Zamboanga – a tradition that lives on today – and a source of pride for every Zamboangueño.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266614 [Title] => No Accidental Tourists [Summary] => Department of Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano announced during his keynote address at the Fiesta Hermosa street dancing program on October 11 that Zamboanga City and Region 9 posted a record high 65.86 percent increase in tourist arrival for the first six months of the year.

The DOT 9 Regional Office records showed that 173,973 domestic and foreign tourists came during the first semester compared to only 104,889 for the same period last year. Domestic and international travelers posted 67.61 percent and 39.07 percent increases respectively.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1619853 [AuthorName] => Nicole Araneta and Cathy Albrecht [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238806 [Title] => Ping: Gloria is my Valentine date [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — It’s a date.

Senator and presidential aspirant Panfilo Lacson told reporters yesterday that President Arroyo will be his date today, Valentine’s Day.

The two presidential aspirants will be motoring to Baguio City to attend the annual homecoming rites of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) at Fort Pilar.

Mrs. Arroyo will be the guest of honor in the gathering in the academy where Lacson is a member of Class ’71.

"Eh, di magkikita kami at siya ang date ko (So, we will see each other and she will be my date)," Lacson told reporters in jest before he proceeded to Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley. [DatePublished] => 2004-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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