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                    [Title] => Looted artifacts seized in Zambales
                    [Summary] => CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Police seized some 100 pieces of priceless artifacts from two Quezon City residents in Sta. Cruz, Zambales as they were returning to Metro Manila last Thursday.


Albert Dealino and Restituto Velasco told policemen, who stopped them at a checkpoint along the national highway, that they bought the artifacts from hawkers at a flea market in Sta. Cruz town.

The artifacts were loaded in a pickup truck and the two were believed to be transporting them to Quezon City when the police chanced upon them.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90792 [Title] => Palace prevents shipwreck looting [Summary] => President Arroyo ordered yesterday a stop to treasure hunting in waters off Zambales.

Recently, hundreds of pieces of artifacts believed to be from a Chinese vessel that sunk in the South China Sea 500 years ago have mysteriously surfaced in antique shops in Sta. Cruz town.

Presidential Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao told reporters yesterday Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Avelino Cruz met last Monday with National Museum Director Fr. Gabriel Casal and Coast Guard officials after reports of the looting reached Malacañang.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99399 [Title] => Looted artifacts seized in Zambales [Summary] => CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Police seized some 100 pieces of priceless artifacts from two Quezon City residents in Sta. Cruz, Zambales as they were returning to Metro Manila last Thursday.

Albert Dealino and Restituto Velasco told policemen, who stopped them at a checkpoint along the national highway, that they bought the artifacts from hawkers at a flea market in Sta. Cruz town.

The artifacts were loaded in a pickup truck and the two were believed to be transporting them to Quezon City when the police chanced upon them.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99363 [Title] => Palace prevents shipwreck looting [Summary] => President Arroyo ordered yesterday a stop to treasure hunting in waters off Zambales.

Recently, hundreds of pieces of artifacts believed to be from a Chinese vessel that sunk in the South China Sea 500 years ago have mysteriously surfaced in antique shops in Sta. Cruz town.

Presidential Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao told reporters yesterday Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Avelino Cruz met last Monday with National Museum Director Fr. Gabriel Casal and Coast Guard officials after reports of the looting reached Malacañang.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90743 [Title] => Shipwreck looted in Zambales [Summary] => STA. CRUZ, Zambales – Hundreds of pieces of artifacts believed to have come from a Chinese trading vessel that sank in the South China Sea more than 500 years ago have recently surfaced in some antique stores.

And experts believe there is only one reason for their sudden, mysterious appearance – looters.

The National Museum has been informed that the site of the wreckage of a Chinese vessel off the coast of Isla Hermana Menor near this town was being invaded by deep sea divers wanting to make a fast buck.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1190105 [AuthorName] => by Ben-Oliver Matias and Joy Belmonte [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100030 [Title] => Shipwreck looted in Zambales [Summary] => STA. CRUZ, Zambales – Hundreds of pieces of artifacts believed to have come from a Chinese trading vessel that sank in the South China Sea more than 500 years ago have recently surfaced in some antique stores.

And experts believe there is only one reason for their sudden, mysterious appearance – looters.

The National Museum has been informed that the site of the wreckage of a Chinese vessel off the coast of Isla Hermana Menor near this town was being invaded by deep sea divers wanting to make a fast buck.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1190105 [AuthorName] => by Ben-Oliver Matias and Joy Belmonte [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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