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                    [Title] => Mga marino sa Vis-Min mag-convention
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Giawhag ang mga seaman ug ilang mga kabanay nga nagpuyo dinhi sa Visayas ug Mindanao sa pagtambong sa duha ka adlaw nga 1st International Seafarers Family Convention (ISFC) and Exhibition nga sugdan ugmang adlawa Agosto 4 hangtud 5 sa Philippine International Convention Center sa Pasay City.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804726 [AuthorName] => Edwin Ian Melecio [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638799 [Title] => Phl Balangay Expedition arrives in Manila [Summary] =>

The 39-member Philippine Balangay Expedition team arrived in Manila yesterday after a four-month journey across six countries in Southeast Asia.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2356/gen16thumb.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 431014 [Title] => RP team climbs SEA's tallest peak [Summary] =>

A seven-member Philippine team composed of the country’s Mount Everest veterans reached the summit of Southeast Asia’s tallest peak, Mount Kinabalu in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia yesterday morning.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 430463 [Title] => Airline snafu leaves RP team sans mountain-climbing gear [Summary] =>

The Philippine Mount Everest team started their quest to conquer Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia yesterday via a harder route without their clothes and mountain-climbing gear, thanks to Cebu Pacific, which mistakenly sent their luggage to Guanzhou, China.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352298 [Title] => Victory at 29, 000 feet [Summary] => Explore how Leo Oracion and Pastor Ermata found their way from the foot of Mt. Apo and Mt. Banahaw, where they spent their childhood years, to the summit of the highest mountain and the world. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1669616 [AuthorName] => Raymz Maribojoc [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338043 [Title] => RP climber’s wife clams up on ‘feat’ [Summary] => The wife of Dale Abenojar, the climber who claims to be the first Filipino to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, has clammed up on her husband’s alleged feat, saying she has chosen to wait for her husband to come home and tell his story.

Lisa Abenojar said she wanted to avoid fanning a controversy over the apparent confusion over which Filipino climber actually reached the summit of Everest first.

"I want this to come out peacefully, we don’t want to cause a controversy over this," Lisa told The STAR in a phone interview yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337536 [Title] => Garduce makesit 3 in a row for RP [Summary] => A third Filipino mountaineer reached the top of Mount Everest before noon Friday in Nepal.

Initial reports said Romeo Garduce scaled the summit around 11:15 a.m. Nepal time (1 p.m. in Manila).

Garduce was the third Filipino to reach Everest’s peak in less than a week after Heracleo "Leo" Oracion and Erwin "Pastor" Emata.

Oracion became the first Filipino to reach the peak of the 8,848-meter-high mountain on Wednesday. Emata came second 17 hours later.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337356 [Title] => 2nd Pinoy climber conquers Everest [Summary] => Mountaineer Erwin "Pastor" Emata became the second Filipino to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, 17 hours after his compatriot, Heracleo "Leo" Oracion, hoisted the Philippine flag on the peak Wednesday and won the nation’s praise.

Emata, 32, a native of Tagum City in Davao del Sur, set foot on the world’s highest peak at 5:34 a.m. (7:34 a.m. in Manila) yesterday, four hours ahead of schedule and ahead of a field of 60 climbers from different expedition teams from all over the world attempting the climb.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337457 [Title] => Second Pinoy summits Everest, Mandaue to honor Oracion [Summary] => Erwin Emata became the second Filipino to reach the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, just a day after fellow triathlete Leo Oracion's historic climb.

A third climber was due to complete a hat-trick of ascents this week in a race to the top of the world's highest mountain that has engrossed the tropical Southeast Asian nation.

Emata, 32, radioed his base camp at about 5:30 am Nepal time to report that he had reached the top, said expedition leader Art Valdez in a live interview with ABS-CBN television in Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337460 [Title] => We have our own Mt. Everests to conquer! [Summary] => Once more we saw the "can do" spirit of the Filipino because of the group of Filipino mountaineers who are now on top of the tallest peak in the world, the 29,028-foot high Mt. Everest. Mr. Heracleo "Leo" Oracion, the Cebu-based veteran mountaineer and former lifeguard at the Shangri-la's Mactan Island Resort was the first Filipino to reach its peak, declaring, "The Philippine Eagle has landed" and planting the Philippine Flag on top of Mt. Everest. This was announced by Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) undersecretary Arturo Valdez, the leader of the team.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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