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                    [Title] => Cebu Pacific to fly to Riyadh
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Cebu Pacific will launch thrice weekly non-stop flights to Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, starting Oct. 1, 2014.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1291209 [Title] => Corporate success book launched [Summary] =>

“What’s Your Life’s Masterpiece?” a corporate success book that centers on the inspiring lives stories of 10 Global Filipinos, was launched during a recently held book author-signing ceremonies at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) by Marianne Madelaine V. Mencias, a young motivational speaker and real estate businesswoman.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/2853/tq3k.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1260394 [Title] => OFW in Dubai finds new success [Summary] =>

Jeffrey Ximo Ramos, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), faced his biggest career challenge: losing his job after four years of working at a prestigious hotel chain in Dubai.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => The Good News [SectionUrl] => the-good-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1245141 [Title] => Cebu Pacific, GMA Pinoy TVtreat 100 Lucky Juans to a joyful homecoming [Summary] =>

100 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were reunited with their loved ones in the Philippines through Cebu Pacific and GMA Pinoy TV’s 100 Lucky Juans promo.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 938296 [Title] => Advocate for a first-world Philippines [Summary] =>

Advocacy started early for Loida Nicolas Lewis. “When I was in grade six, I organized my friends and classmates to lobby with the Sorsogon Municipal Council to revoke the permit to set up a topless bar restaurant in Sorsogon,” she shares.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096989 [AuthorName] => Ida Anita Q. del Mundo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 889730 [Title] => PNB launches new remittance products [Summary] =>

The Philippine National Bank-Remittance Center Inc. (PNB-RCI) has launched PNB-RCI Phone Remit recently, a fast and secure service that allows customers to remit funds using their phone 24/7 in the US.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 618650 [Title] => TFC draws huge crowds in the US, Japan & Australia [Summary] =>

The Filipino Channel (TFC) mounted record-breaking events in three different countries recently.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 451641 [Title] => Global Filipinos [Summary] =>

The Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English language daily, reported from Saudi Arabia that two of the wealthiest and most successful Philippine women overseas have now declared that Filipino overseas workers will no longer be called the demeaning “OCWs” (overseas contract workers) or OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) but more respectfully referred to as “Global Filipinos.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346022 [Title] => Many other lands revising Charters [Summary] => Insular Filipinos see domestic events as unique only to the islands. Unnoticed by them, for one, is that many other countries are revising their constitutions to suit changing times. Global Filipinos – 10 million or so overseas workers and emigrants – are not myopic. So they observe charter changes in other lands as similar to the objectives in the Philippines: freer economy, abler government, and greater autonomy.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196323 [Title] => Superpowered individuals [Summary] => In the introduction to his book, Longitudes & Attitudes, Thomas Friedman writes about three balances that characterize our globalized world today – first is the traditional balance of power between nation-states; second is the balance between nation-states and global markets; and the third is the newest and most relevant to the events of 9/11 – the balance between individuals and nation-states.
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Osama bin Laden is an example of that superpowered individual in our time Just t [DatePublished] => 2003-02-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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