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                    [ArticleID] => 1545613
                    [Title] => Singtel launches funding program for tech startups
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Singtel Innov8, the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, has launched a new program to provide support for startups from the Philippines and across the globe that are looking to offer innovative solutions for business challenges.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-23 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1495445 [Title] => The practical origins of art [Summary] =>

Many people regard art as simply a frill reserved for the affluent. Also, art is often used by some to attain a certain public image - particularly that of being highly cultured and erudite. But, in fact, art has had very down-to-earth origins.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-02 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1243217 [AuthorName] => Daniel Drake Galan [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1175971 [Title] => World Muslim travel confab opens in China [Summary] =>

The World Muslim Travel Agents Conference kicks off in China today until Sept. 9 in Ningxia.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 785881 [Title] => China posts rare trade deficit as imports jump [Summary] =>

China reported its biggest monthly trade deficit in at least a decade in February as imports rebounded after a Lunar New Year holiday slowdown, but a broader measure showed global and Chinese demand both weakening.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 380402 [Title] => Men aboard! [Summary] => Dragon boating is one of the world’s oldest sports. Modern scholars and anthropologists believe it to have originated over 2,500 years ago when the Chinese would use it as a way of venerating the Celestial Dragon, ruler of the rivers and seas. The Chinese would row along the Yangtze River in China and thus began a festival celebration venerating the dragon deity meant to avert misfortune and calamity.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1627460 [AuthorName] => Noel Silverio Dela Merced [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 228289 [Title] => Women playwrights unbound [Summary] => A young woman, barely out of childhood, is forced to marry against her will. Meanwhile, another woman examines her feelings and thoughts about being one of the wives of her Moslem husband. Another young woman expresses her desire to further her education at the risk of gaining the ire of her parents, who have arranged for her to marry a man they have chosen for her.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479731 [AuthorName] => Lynette Lee Corporal [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) ) )
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