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GOOD ROOTS
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197416 [Title] => Setting down Good roots [Summary] =>With the idea of spreading the gospel of environmental conservation as well as to promote livelihood self-sufficiency, Good Roots, a pioneering project funded by Caltex Philippines is now successfully implemented in three rural communities in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1742903 [AuthorName] => Serapion S. Metilla [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193082 [Title] => The growth of Good Roots [Summary] => PUGO, La UnionTree farmers here are taking the biggest gamble in their collective lives. But unlike game shows on television, they are putting in sweat as their equity and they are willing to wait between three and five years to see the fruits of their labor.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1378915 [AuthorName] => Jeremiah San Juan [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151434 [Title] => Together for Mother Nature [Summary] => Good Roots, that admirable group of environmentalists, dahlings, lauded Caltex Philippines Inc. for the oil companys long-running efforts to "go green" through its Good Roots (Ugat ng Buhay) projects.
Good Roots has passed its 10-year mark helping numerous Ilocos Norte and Batangas communities by distributing multi-purpose tree species for participating families to nurture and grow.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134863 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510163 [AuthorName] => Maurice Arcache [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148629 [Title] => Between men and trees [Summary] =>In 1990, US-based Caltex Petroleum Corp chairman and chief executive officer Raymond Johnson committed to financially support a five-year agroforestry program in the Philippines where Caltex has been doing business for almost 75 years. The project is now in its 11th year.
Like a sapling planted in a forest, the Good Roots-Ugat ng Buhay agroforestry project funded by Caltex (Phils) Inc. has grown into a mature tree over the past 10 years.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464921 [AuthorName] => Llita Logarta [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 129872 [Title] => Caltex finances 5-year agro-forestry project [Summary] => Caltex Philippines, Inc. is financing a five-year agro-forestry project with an allocation of P10 million to increase agricultural production and protect and preserve the environment.
The project called Good Roots (Ugat ng Buhay), is a livelihood and environmental research and development program designed to rehabilitate the environment by integrating various tree species in the farm tilled by farmers.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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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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