Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2548394
                    [Title] => BARMM chief offers bounty for Tawi-Tawi drug traffickers
                    [Summary] => 
As police and military units hunted down the suspected drug traffickers who killed an anti-narcotics agent and wounded three Philippine Marines personnel on Sunday, Bangsamoro chief minister Abdulrauf Macacua offered a cash incentive for any information leading to their arrest.

                    [DatePublished] => 2026-08-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804871
                    [AuthorName] => John Unson
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/10/13_2026-08-10_20-49-33809_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2344712
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL — Don’t fall for the “bitbit”
                    [Summary] => Desperate to get their hands on human cattle, some human traffickers are now turning to a new way to smuggle people out of the country; the so-called “bitbit” scheme.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-04-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/04/02/o1_2024-04-02_00-39-28898_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1427332
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Young victims
                    [Summary] => 
Some foreigners settle in the Philippines to train terrorists.

                    [DatePublished] => 2015-02-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20150225/startoon.jpg
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1338636
                    [Title] => DOJ lauds Phl Tier 2 status on human trafficking
                    [Summary] => 
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima lauded yesterday the Philippines for landing Tier 2 status in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the fourth year in a row.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-06-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096875
                    [AuthorName] =>  Edu Punay
                    [SectionName] => Metro
                    [SectionUrl] => metro
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1327461
                    [Title] => Rights group urges Yemen, Saudi action on migrants
                    [Summary] => 
Human Rights Watch released a new report on yesterday that documents the desperate conditions of people who fled poverty and armed conflict in Africa, only to be abused at the hands of human traffickers who have the backing and active support of some state security officers in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-05-26 04:25:02
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1106862
                    [AuthorName] => Ahmed Al-Haj and Aya Batrawy
                    [SectionName] => World
                    [SectionUrl] => world
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 724408
                    [Title] => Violence breaks out in pacified Rio slum
                    [Summary] => 
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro said they've sent in reinforcements after soldiers patrolling a massive slum came under fire.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-09-07 10:17:14
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [6] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 707821
                    [Title] => Kenyan police arrest 63 illegal immigrants
                    [Summary] => 
Kenyan police have arrested 63 illegal immigrants in the eastern port city of Mombasa, Kenya's Immigration Department said Tuesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-07-20 15:16:23
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [7] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 700355
                    [Title] => DFA lauds Phl removal on Tier 2 watchlist
                    [Summary] => 
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) today said the removal of the Philippines from the Tier 2 watchlist from the 2011 US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is indicative of the significant gains of the Aquino administration in curbing human trafficking.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-06-28 14:53:56
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1262583
                    [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [8] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 691649
                    [Title] => Iran hangs 4 drug traffickers
                    [Summary] => 
Iran hanged four drug traffickers in the central city of Kerman, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Wednesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-06-01 17:45:20
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [9] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 479292
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Another watch list
                    [Summary] => 
Incidences of unexplained killings and forced disappearances have gone down, but the Philippines still receives unfavorable assessments of its human rights record.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-06-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3497/startoonthumb.gif
                )

        )

)

traffickers

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2548394
                    [Title] => BARMM chief offers bounty for Tawi-Tawi drug traffickers
                    [Summary] => 
As police and military units hunted down the suspected drug traffickers who killed an anti-narcotics agent and wounded three Philippine Marines personnel on Sunday, Bangsamoro chief minister Abdulrauf Macacua offered a cash incentive for any information leading to their arrest.

                    [DatePublished] => 2026-08-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804871
                    [AuthorName] => John Unson
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/10/13_2026-08-10_20-49-33809_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2344712
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL — Don’t fall for the “bitbit”
                    [Summary] => Desperate to get their hands on human cattle, some human traffickers are now turning to a new way to smuggle people out of the country; the so-called “bitbit” scheme.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-04-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/04/02/o1_2024-04-02_00-39-28898_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1427332
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Young victims
                    [Summary] => 
Some foreigners settle in the Philippines to train terrorists.

                    [DatePublished] => 2015-02-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20150225/startoon.jpg
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1338636
                    [Title] => DOJ lauds Phl Tier 2 status on human trafficking
                    [Summary] => 
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima lauded yesterday the Philippines for landing Tier 2 status in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the fourth year in a row.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-06-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096875
                    [AuthorName] =>  Edu Punay
                    [SectionName] => Metro
                    [SectionUrl] => metro
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1327461
                    [Title] => Rights group urges Yemen, Saudi action on migrants
                    [Summary] => 
Human Rights Watch released a new report on yesterday that documents the desperate conditions of people who fled poverty and armed conflict in Africa, only to be abused at the hands of human traffickers who have the backing and active support of some state security officers in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-05-26 04:25:02
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1106862
                    [AuthorName] => Ahmed Al-Haj and Aya Batrawy
                    [SectionName] => World
                    [SectionUrl] => world
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 724408
                    [Title] => Violence breaks out in pacified Rio slum
                    [Summary] => 
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro said they've sent in reinforcements after soldiers patrolling a massive slum came under fire.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-09-07 10:17:14
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [6] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 707821
                    [Title] => Kenyan police arrest 63 illegal immigrants
                    [Summary] => 
Kenyan police have arrested 63 illegal immigrants in the eastern port city of Mombasa, Kenya's Immigration Department said Tuesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-07-20 15:16:23
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [7] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 700355
                    [Title] => DFA lauds Phl removal on Tier 2 watchlist
                    [Summary] => 
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) today said the removal of the Philippines from the Tier 2 watchlist from the 2011 US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is indicative of the significant gains of the Aquino administration in curbing human trafficking.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-06-28 14:53:56
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1262583
                    [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [8] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 691649
                    [Title] => Iran hangs 4 drug traffickers
                    [Summary] => 
Iran hanged four drug traffickers in the central city of Kerman, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Wednesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-06-01 17:45:20
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [9] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 479292
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Another watch list
                    [Summary] => 
Incidences of unexplained killings and forced disappearances have gone down, but the Philippines still receives unfavorable assessments of its human rights record.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-06-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3497/startoonthumb.gif
                )

        )

)

abtest