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                    [ArticleID] => 1507665
                    [Title] => 57 fishermen still missing, 158 rescued after Kabayan
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Fifty-seven fishermen remained missing yesterday after they went fishing in the West Philippine Sea at the height of Tropical Storm Kabayan, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Ilocos region said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-05 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151006/Typhoon-2.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1309467 [Title] => CKSC Dragons bring act to Cebu [Summary] =>

Buoyed by its success in the NBTC National Finals, Chiang Kai Shek College will bring its act to the South by playing goodwill games against the best high school teams from Cebu starting April 11.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 320569 [Title] => Oil spill will not reach Boracay waters — Coast Guard [Summary] => The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has dismissed reports that the massive oil spill off the Semirara coast in Antique could threaten the waters of the world famous Boracay beach.

"(In) my expert opinion, no (oil spill could reach Boracay). It was (already) trapped in the coves with mangroves," Cmdr. Allen Toribio, deputy commander of the PCG’s Marine Environmental Protection Command, the government agency tasked to perform the oil spill cleanup operation, said in a text message sent to The STAR.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546326 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319949 [Title] => Semirara locals in oil spill cleanup face health risks [Summary] => The residents of Semirara Island in Antique, tapped to help clean up the oil spill left by a barge of the National Power Corp. (Napocor), face great health risks due to inadequate protective gear, The STAR learned.

And unless the problem is seriously addressed by the concerned government agencies, the locals may again find themselves on the losing end; they have lost their seaweed farms and mangroves to the oil spill.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546326 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 318994 [Title] => Cost of Semirara oil spill cleanup may reach P90 M [Summary] => The cost of cleaning up the oil spill off Semirara Island in Antique could reach P90 million, a Coast Guard official said.

Cmdr. Allen Toribio, deputy commander of the Coast Guard’s Marine Environmental Protection Command, estimated that it would take from six months up to a year to remove the thousands of liters of bunker oil that had leaked out from a National Power Corp. (Napocor) oil tanker that ran aground off the island last Dec. 19.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546326 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 313780 [Title] => Oil spill destroys Semirara seaweed farms [Summary] => It was a sad Christmas for hundreds of fishermen of Semirara Island in Antique whose seaweed farms have been destroyed by a massive oil spill from a power barge of the National Power Corp. (Napocor).

According to the Coast Guard, the oil spill has reached some five kilometers of the Semirara shoreline, contaminating 56 hectares of mangroves and destroying seaweed farms. The locals mainly depend on fishing and seaweed farming for livelihood.

Coast Guard officials explained the extent of the oil spill’s damage during a Powerpoint presentation the other day.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546326 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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