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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 710700 [Title] => Good but could be better [Summary] =>We all heard the good statistics from P-Noy during his SONA.
[DatePublished] => 2011-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 453613 [Title] => Have we hit bottom yet? [Summary] =>Watching business news anchors night after night reminds me of a long road trip I took with my sister’s family in the early 70s through Virginia – down to Williamsburg and Newport News— and up the coast to Delaware and back to Washington DC.
[DatePublished] => 2009-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356326 [Title] => Get ready to Rakion! [Summary] => 2004. The Year of the MMORPG. A year when every kid and his novena-praying grandmother knew the meaning of the words "mana," "NPC," and "top up." When no less than four MMORPGs laid claim over a sleep-deprived, crackers-and-cup noodles dieting, game-crazy nation. In the time it took a fifth-grader to blow his lunch money for a fifteen level spike in his characters level, the MMORPG had become an indelible, immutable part of our pop culture lexicon, right up there with lunchtime variety shows and locally dubbed telenovelas.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 725568 [AuthorName] => Zigs De Lara [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329043 [Title] => Online game distributor expands product lineup [Summary] => Online game distributor Digital Media Exchange Inc. (dme), a pioneer in interactive digital entertainment, is set to double its authorized capital following its product expansion into online payment services.
dme distributes the popular Gunbound Philippines, MU and GoPets internet games.
Jojo Anonuevo, president of dme, said the company is set to complete its series of investments of around $5 million from such investors as Japan Asia Investment Corp., California Pacific Capital and a Taiwanese entrepreneur.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 296343 [Title] => Casual gaming attracting female players [Summary] => The so-called casual gaming market is now regarded as the new growth area in the field of online gaming with female players, especially middle-aged, driving its growth.
This market trend is not lost among major game distributors in the country, two of which took the virtual wrappers off their respective casual games last week.
NetGames Inc., publisher of the massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) Khan: The Absolute Power and Flyff, has introduced another MMOG called Pangya from Korea-based HanbitSoft.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121789 [AuthorName] => Alma Buelva [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264244 [Title] => Addicted to MMOGs [Summary] =>Imagine being able to step out into another world, even just for a while. You see the most extraordinary of things. Even you yourself become extraordinary. You begin to have abilities you never possessed and skills you never thought you had. Doesnt it feel good? For a moment, you become a totally different person, a fighter even. This is exactly what Digital Media Exchange (DME) had in mind when the extraordinary people behind it decided to bring MU to Philippine shores.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135348 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1666544 [AuthorName] => RAVIN FACTS By Jennifer Ong [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) ) )
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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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