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NESTOR MATA
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[DatePublished] => 2013-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 577141 [Title] => An open letter to Noynoy [Summary] =>You are now swamped with suggestions and advice, but just the same, I hope you’ll have time to read what this octogenarian has to say.
[DatePublished] => 2010-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1314981 [AuthorName] => F Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/742/lif1thumbi.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 558376 [Title] => Honesty vs competence, trustworthiness! [Summary] =>My old barkada had a dinner hosted by my good friend, Bobby Lozada at the Casino Español last Saturday, and naturally the discussion turned to the current political race.
[DatePublished] => 2010-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357371 [Title] => Magsaysay: An earnest look at a legend [Summary] => When Eugenia Duran Apostol received the Magsaysay Award for Journalism last week, she made public for the first time what many in my generation believed that the plane crash in March 1957 which killed President Ramon Magsaysay was no accident. The plane was bombed.
Nestor Mata, the journalist, now columnist of Malaya, was the only survivor. But as he said, he was asleep and when he regained consciousness, he was on the ground, severely burned.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1352757 [AuthorName] => HINDSIGHT By F Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191205 [Title] => RP artist chess tourney slated [Summary] => Artists from all walks of life converge when the 24th edition of the Philippine Artist Chess Championship unfolds on Jan. 18 at the Heritage House in Blue Ridge A, Quezon City.
Organized annually by newspaper columnist Nestor Mata, the one-day event is open to all bona fide artists only (writers, musicians, poets, journalists, theater artists, architects, etc.).
Registration is ongoing at the Heritage House at No. 43 Hillside Loop in Blue Ridge A. Interested parties may call up environmentalist and chess enthusiast Odette Alcantara at 647-1181.
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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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