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                    [ArticleID] => 229062
                    [Title] => Vexed in the city (by crime wave)
                    [Summary] => If necessity is the mother of invention, then the Internet must have been made for Metro Manilans to warn each other about criminals. Crime is the biggest scourge of the big city, and all other problems like traffic, dirt and politics are but its offshoots. Hardly a week passes than a new victim relates on the Net the latest modus operandi in which he was trapped. It seems that they see no recourse in reporting to the police, and find poetic justice only in hoping that no one else falls prey. 

[DatePublished] => 2003-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181392 [Title] => What customer service? [Summary] => We received some very interesting mail reacting to the series of columns that we have been coming out with regarding the ATM scam that victimized one of BPI’s depositors of more than P80,000, and I’d like to share some parts of these letters.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133756 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180360 [Title] => Who’s gonna stop ATM fraud? [Summary] => When someone uses your automated teller machine (ATM) card without your knowledge, who you gonna call? Uhm …

ATM fraud is a reality that has threatened to plague its 14 million users in the Philippines for too long a time. With its many conveniences offered, ATM cards have become indispensable to customers. The process is very fast, instantaneous and supposedly highly secure.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165111 [Title] => Maraming raket [Summary] => KUNG magsalita ang pulis at magbalita ang press, animo’y iisa lang ang Ativan Gang. Sa totoo lang, nagkalat sila. Malamang na ibang grupo ang nag-pick up at pumatay sa Korean diplomat nu’ng nakaraang linggo, sa nagpatulog at nagnakaw sa negosyanteng Pranses sa Makati kailan lang. Mahalagang malaman ito. Kasi, kapag mahuli ang isang gang, baka isipin tapos na ang salot. Hindi. May papalit pang ibang grupo ng mga pusakal na mag-e-engganyo sa turista o probinsiyano na maki-party sa kanila, tapos lalagyan ng pampatulog ang inumin at saka nanakawan. [DatePublished] => 2002-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 160886 [Title] => Con games on the rise [Summary] => Trust show biz celebrities to make people sit up and listen. When movie stars made the rounds of government offices last year to rouse action against video piracy, regulators and legislators moved in an instant. Authorities raided underground studios and sidewalk stalls almost daily around the country to confiscate bootleg VCDs. In the works are tough new laws not just against pirates but their patrons as well. Infomercials explain on national radio and TV how piracy will soon kill the industry and force screen idols into early retirement. Other industries came alive too. [DatePublished] => 2002-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
LEBANESE LOOP
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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 229062
                    [Title] => Vexed in the city (by crime wave)
                    [Summary] => If necessity is the mother of invention, then the Internet must have been made for Metro Manilans to warn each other about criminals. Crime is the biggest scourge of the big city, and all other problems like traffic, dirt and politics are but its offshoots. Hardly a week passes than a new victim relates on the Net the latest modus operandi in which he was trapped. It seems that they see no recourse in reporting to the police, and find poetic justice only in hoping that no one else falls prey. 

[DatePublished] => 2003-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181392 [Title] => What customer service? [Summary] => We received some very interesting mail reacting to the series of columns that we have been coming out with regarding the ATM scam that victimized one of BPI’s depositors of more than P80,000, and I’d like to share some parts of these letters.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133756 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180360 [Title] => Who’s gonna stop ATM fraud? [Summary] => When someone uses your automated teller machine (ATM) card without your knowledge, who you gonna call? Uhm …

ATM fraud is a reality that has threatened to plague its 14 million users in the Philippines for too long a time. With its many conveniences offered, ATM cards have become indispensable to customers. The process is very fast, instantaneous and supposedly highly secure.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165111 [Title] => Maraming raket [Summary] => KUNG magsalita ang pulis at magbalita ang press, animo’y iisa lang ang Ativan Gang. Sa totoo lang, nagkalat sila. Malamang na ibang grupo ang nag-pick up at pumatay sa Korean diplomat nu’ng nakaraang linggo, sa nagpatulog at nagnakaw sa negosyanteng Pranses sa Makati kailan lang. Mahalagang malaman ito. Kasi, kapag mahuli ang isang gang, baka isipin tapos na ang salot. Hindi. May papalit pang ibang grupo ng mga pusakal na mag-e-engganyo sa turista o probinsiyano na maki-party sa kanila, tapos lalagyan ng pampatulog ang inumin at saka nanakawan. [DatePublished] => 2002-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 160886 [Title] => Con games on the rise [Summary] => Trust show biz celebrities to make people sit up and listen. When movie stars made the rounds of government offices last year to rouse action against video piracy, regulators and legislators moved in an instant. Authorities raided underground studios and sidewalk stalls almost daily around the country to confiscate bootleg VCDs. In the works are tough new laws not just against pirates but their patrons as well. Infomercials explain on national radio and TV how piracy will soon kill the industry and force screen idols into early retirement. Other industries came alive too. [DatePublished] => 2002-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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