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                    [ArticleID] => 495231
                    [Title] => Marikina, the book
                    [Summary] => 

Here are excerpts from my speech during the launching last month of The Will to Change: Marikina and Its Innovations, edited by Dennis T. Gonzalez:

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 399099 [Title] => Deprived of their livelihood [Summary] =>

Before, I was a great supporter of the policies of the MMDA for the success of its program. I have witnessed how Bayani Fernando turned his city — Marikina to “Little Singapore.”

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379565 [Title] => Rising with Marikina [Summary] => It is a city that’s small in size, but big in accomplishments. It boasts of a highly-skilled workforce and literate citizens. It is also well known for its discipline, cleanliness and overall rapid progress, such that it has consistently been awarded various recognitions and awards in the fields of enterprise, health, education and local governance.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 320592 [Title] => Marikina mayor to deliver state of city address [Summary] => The notable accomplishments of Marikina City for year 2005 has prompted Mayor Maria Lourdes Fernando to declare that the city is on the right track to fulfill its dream of becoming a "Little Singapore."

Fernando will be reporting accomplishments today during her State of the City Address to be held at the City Hall Quadrangle.

The SOCA would focus on the development directions the city government has undertaken for 2006 that would help Marikina City achieve its dream of becoming a "Little Singapore."
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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