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PEACE AND JUSTICE
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 660965 [Title] => Political spirituality [Summary] =>What we are commemorating these days is none other than our political spirituality as a nation.
[DatePublished] => 2011-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805316 [AuthorName] => Ruben M. Tanseco S.J. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 482450 [Title] => Comelec must prosecute if TIM withdraws [Summary] =>MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections must go after Total Information Management Corp., the Filipino partner of Smartmatic in the poll automation contract, with the full force of law, a member of the election advisory council said today.
[DatePublished] => 2009-07-01 12:29:26 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 482165 [Title] => Bishops want poll body to consider partial automation [Summary] =>MANILA, Philippines – The influential Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to find ways to make sure that the poll automation will push through despite the pullout of the Filipino firm that won the P11.3-billion automation contract.
[DatePublished] => 2009-06-30 14:29:36 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233403 [Title] => FPJ boys claim govt execs tried to bribe them [Summary] => The leader of the Freedom, Peace and Justice (FPJ) movement has accused ranking government officials of attempting to bribe the groups leaders and win them over to the administrations side.
FPJ movement leader Manny Portes, whose group is pushing the presidential bid of action star Fernando Poe Jr., said high-ranking government officials have approached him and other FPJ movement leaders and offered them substantial amounts of money to switch loyalties.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226032 [Title] => FPJ plans known Nov. 7-15 [Summary] => Action star Fernando Poe Jr. will announce between Nov. 7 and 15 whether he will run for president next year, Sen. Vicente Sotto III said yesterday.
"He was getting an update from me and told me he was weighing his options," Sotto told The STAR in a telephone interview.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [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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