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                    [Title] => Eco Warriors
                    [Summary] => Manny Osmeña, Dr. Olivia Castillo, Dr. Lucio Tan and Crown Prince Willem – Alexander of Netherlands: Eco ...
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-11-01 00:00:00
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                    [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle
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                    [ArticleID] => 404704
                    [Title] => Korea offers financial, tech assistance to RP
                    [Summary] => 

The Republic of Korea, through its Ministry of Environment is offering technology and financial assistance support to ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 404247 [Title] => Is $1-B GSIS global investment in peril? [Summary] => OBSTINACY: The Government Service Insurance System cannot hide behind any law, policy or plain obstinacy in refusing ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 402639 [Title] => Green architecture: More than just a fad [Summary] => In today’s building and construction industry, a new movement is taking shape which advocates sustainable architecture ... [DatePublished] => 2008-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097553 [AuthorName] => Rhia de Pablo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 402290 [Title] => Longing for water [Summary] =>

Former Philippine president Fidel Ramos, speaking at the Shangri-La Mactan Island Resort for the 8th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production, reintroduced a long-shelved plan to pipe in water from Bohol for water-starved Cebu.

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CEBU - The water problem of Cebu is once again highlighted. This time in the 8th Asia Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536606 [AuthorName] => Nathalie Tomada [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 401147 [Title] => Ramos, Prince of Orange to keynote international forum on climate change [Summary] =>

Former President Fidel Ramos and Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will keynote the 8th Asia Pacific Roundtable ...

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CEBU - His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and former President Fidel V. Ramos will keynote the 8th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP) to be held at the Shangri-La’s Mactan Island Resort from September 18 to 20. APRSCP chair and president Dr. Olivia Lao Castillo announced that over 200 national and international experts on climate action and sustainable development have registered for the conference, which has as theme “SCP and Green Growth for Climate Action.”

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350114 [Title] => Burning of rice straw, agri waste threatens the environment [Summary] => The common practice in the countryside of burning of rice straws and other agricultural wastes in preparation for the next planting season contributes more to air pollution than vehicle emissions.

This was the finding of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in its First National Inventory of Dioxins and Furans, which calculates and estimates the dioxin and furan releases using a method developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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But more significantly, the two are also one of the few major financial institutions in the country that takes environmental protection quite seriously.

For the past decade, the two have extended loans with total amounts in the vicinity of P52 billion for programs and projects that are directly or indirectly related to environmental protection and conservation.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) ) )
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