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                    [ArticleID] => 1544411
                    [Title] => Thai princess visits Noy
                    [Summary] => 

President Aquino welcomed Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who visited him at MalacaƱang on Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-19 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20160120/Princess-Sirindhorn-5.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 654108 [Title] => The Black Mucuna [Summary] =>

Every January, Hawaii’s Lyon’s Arboretum features one of their favorite exotic plants: The Philippine Black Mucuna: Mucuna nigricans (Lour.) Steud. Introduced during the early 90’s, it got everybody in the arboretum excited when it first flowered on one of the big trees.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Gardening [SectionUrl] => gardening [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 648956 [Title] => Death toll from floods, landslides rise to 54 [Summary] =>

The death toll from the recent floods and landslides in the central and southern Philippines rose to 54, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said today.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-18 20:00:48 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 648654 [Title] => Death toll from flashfloods in Visayas, Mindanao rises to 51 [Summary] =>

The death toll from the recent flashfloods and landslides in the Visayas and Mindanao regions rose to 51, with recent fatalities in the Negros Oriental province, officials said today.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-17 13:34:48 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233401 [Title] => GMA elated over Zigzag’s zero casualty rate [Summary] => President Arroyo thanked the media and the public yesterday for helping the government warn people and achieve its "zero casualty" goal when tropical storm "Zigzag" threatened to wreak havoc in the country over the weekend.

"I thank the media. You really helped in the bulletins on the details on who should evacuate and where, and the people responded. They heard the news and they responded and, therefore, we achieved zero casualty," Mrs. Arroyo told a press conference.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232864 [Title] => China donates P5.5-M for landslide victims [Summary] => China has donated P5.5 million for the victims of the killer landslides in Southern Leyte and the Surigao provinces.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Delia Albert received the check for P5.5 million from Chinese Ambassador Wang Chungui in ceremonies at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Pasay City yesterday.

"I expressed our deep appreciation to Ambassador Wang and to the government and people of China," Albert said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232758 [Title] => US, Japan send aid for landslide disaster [Summary] => United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said the UN was trying to round up aid to help the Philippines cope with landslides that killed around 200 people.

Already, the United States said yesterday it was providing P2.7 million (about $49,000) as well as relief goods to the victims while Japan said it is providing about ¥15.9 million (about $144,000) in aid.

Annan’s spokesman, Fred Eckhard, said the UN chief was "distressed to learn of the casualties and damage caused by landslides and floods in the central part of the Philippines."
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