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                    [ArticleID] => 926980
                    [Title] => PAF helps search for missing hiker
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippine Air Force has sent a search and rescue helicopter to Mt. Maculot in Cuenca town to look for a mountaineer who has been missing since Easter Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 584953 [Title] => US envoy to visit 'neglected' Clark cemetery [Summary] =>

US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. is slated to visit today the Clark cemetery in this former US Air Force base following an appeal from US war veterans for the US federal government to provide regular funds for its upgrade and maintenance.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 317112 [Title] => May-ari ng lantsang tumaob, kakasuhan [Summary] => Inihahanda na ng pamunuan ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ang kaukulang kasong isasampa laban sa may-ari ng lantsang tumaob na nagresulta sa pagkasawi ng labing-anim na sibilyan sa naganap na trahedya sa fluvial parade ng Sto. Niño sa bayan ng San Ricardo, Southern Leyte. [DatePublished] => 2006-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303715 [Title] => AFP rejects Reds’ demand for halt in offensive [Summary] => No way.

Saying it will never deal with terrorists, the Armed Forces rejected yesterday the demand of the New People’s Army (NPA) for a halt in military operations in exchange for the release of a captive Air Force officer.

"The (military) will never deal with terrorists. If we deal with them, we negotiate with them, the more it will embolden their activities," said Col. Tristan Kison, Armed Forces spokesman.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224799 [Title] => US marines build schoolhouse [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — An advance team of 20 US marines, assisted by 15 engineers from the Philippine Army, begins today the construction of a new schoolbuilding in remote Barangay Maruglo within the Crow Valley military exercise area in Capas, Tarlac as part of the forthcoming "Talon Vision" joint military exercises this November.

Since last month, US military officials have been meeting with their Filipino counterparts here to map out preparations for Talon Vision on Nov. 1-15.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203309 [Title] => GIs at Clark to be tested for SARS [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — With SARS ravaging Asia, the country’s policy for any visiting American soldier found infected with SARS is this: Return to sender.

Amid the growing threat posed by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the Department of Health (DOH) has established quarantine centers here and at the Subic Bay Freeport for the screening of all 1,500 US soldiers expected to arrive and participate in the Balikatan 03 joint military exercises that will kick off in various areas of Luzon on Friday. [DatePublished] => 2003-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159709 [Title] => Palace to release P1.5-M for Pampanga crash victims [Summary] => MABALACAT, Pampanga — President Arroyo braved the heat of the noonday sun and thick dust when she met here yesterday with the families of residents injured when an F-5 jet of the Philippine Air Force crashed into an elementary school last Thursday.

The President said she would release P1.5 million to provide extra livelihood for families whose homes were damaged by the crash.

Filipino and American military officials welcomed the President who inspected the compound of the Mabalacat Central Elementary School where the PAF aircraft crashed.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 147832 [Title] => For PAF pilots’ greater safety, Defensor suggests talismans, sacramentals [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga - Anting-antings and sacred objects as safety precautions in Air Force planes?

Why not? said Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Benjamin Defensor who thinks that talismans and sacramentals inside military planes might work for the pilots’ greater safety, even their victory against the enemies.

He particularly suggested that Air Force pilots install in their aircraft, or wear on their person, the Miraculous Medal, the medal-cross of St. Benedict, or the rosary.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90702 [Title] => Two choppers crash; 13 killed [Summary] => Thirteen people, including the mother of Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes, were killed in two helicopter crashes yesterday.

Six of the fatalities were on a military chopper that plunged on its way to the site of the first crash.

Lualhati Reyes and five others perished when their helicopter crashed into a watershed about 60 kilometers from Puerto Princesa City at about 4:40 p.m. yesterday, authorities said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99868 [Title] => Two choppers crash; 13 killed [Summary] => Thirteen people, including the mother of Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes, were killed in two helicopter crashes yesterday.

Six of the fatalities were on a military chopper that plunged on its way to the site of the first crash.

Lualhati Reyes and five others perished when their helicopter crashed into a watershed about 60 kilometers from Puerto Princesa City at about 4:40 p.m. yesterday, authorities said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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