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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1282826 [Title] => EDITORIAL - An uncleanable smudge [Summary] =>Public relations is not purely window-dressing or deodorizing. More importantly, and p.r. practitioners would most probably agree, it is about understanding and contextualizing. Without this, the message falls and the effort fails.
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[DatePublished] => 2013-05-19 06:30:27 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155328 [AuthorName] => Aya Batrawy [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 605903 [Title] => It could have ended differently [Summary] =>It will take a long time before our country and the world, especially Hong Kong, will be able to go beyond last Monday's yesterday's hostage drama.
[DatePublished] => 2010-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 406750 [Title] => Shakey's center for leadership and learning [Summary] => Visit Shakey’s head office and two new buildings will immediately catch your eye. First is the Shakey’s ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 333240 [Title] => The war vs worms [Summary] =>It looked like a scene straight out of a sci-fi movie about alien invasion. One slide showed ugly blobs with tiny, hair-like extensions while another had wicked hook-like protrusions. Yet another looked deceivingly like a plateful of spaghetti noodles ... from hell.
If youre not careful, you could very well be the unwilling host of these monsters who can easily make themselves comfortable in your stomach and intestines, or worse, spread and burrow into the different organs in your body.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479731 [AuthorName] => Lynette Lee Corporal [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104848 [Title] => Seized rice US loan to RP [Summary] => The rice imports stored in Batangas warehouses are owned by the Philippine government and were not seized, contrary to reports.
The shipment was a commodity loan granted by the US government under its Public Law 480 to the Philippine government, represented by the National Food Authority (NFA) and the National Agricultural and Fisheries Council.
In a statement, Bulk Handlers said the rice imports, in fact, are supposed to be auctioned off today, with most of the bidders coming from the Confederation of Grains Association, which reports claimed was the complainant.
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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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