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                    [ArticleID] => 1661343
                    [Title] => Socially responsible auto industry
                    [Summary] => I have been covering motoring and motor sports events for a good 30 years now starting at that time when there wasn’t much of a motoring beat to speak of, initially for the TV show Motoring Today and much later for Auto Focus.
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-01-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134827
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
                    [SectionName] => Motoring
                    [SectionUrl] => motoring
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                    [ArticleID] => 1535420
                    [Title] => Can EDSA ever be Subic?
                    [Summary] => 

Subic never fails to amuse me whenever I go there. And I was there for two straight weekends.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-22 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1522944 [Title] => What better way…than to drive it [Summary] =>

The opening day cocktails for this year’s staging of the 2015 Auto Focus Pre Christmas Test Drive Festival saw another gathering of the top executives of the major players of the local automotive industry, all of which have their top selling models lined up for the country’s biggest public test drive event.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-17 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/motoring/20151118/2015-Auto-Focus-2.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1518026 [Title] => A glimpse into the future of mobility [Summary] =>

Those who come to see the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show are given the opportunity to see the latest automotive trends and a glimpse of what the future holds for vehicles and mobility.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-03 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/motoring/20151103/2015-Tokyo-Motor-Show-1.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1492110 [Title] => Buses are the culprits [Summary] =>

The most favorite topic nowadays is the desperate state of traffic in the metropolis.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-25 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1369778 [Title] => AFPCA Auto Poll Goes On-site at PIMS [Summary] =>

The ongoing online poll of the Auto Focus People’s Choice Awards (AFPCA) will be made available to visitors of the forthcoming 5th Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) that will be held at the World Trade Center this Sept. 18-21.

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Since I started covering motoring events and developments for almost three decades now, first with the TV show, Motoring Today and immediately after with this column, which started in a now defunct broadsheet, the traffic problem in Metro Manila has always been on top of all metro management agendas.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1362010 [Title] => Toyota Philippines’ 26th year [Summary] =>

It was only last June that Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) invited the motoring media to express its appreciation for all the informative print and broadcast articles and features enlightening the public about the developments in the local auto industry especially about TMP during the first half of the year.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1354160 [Title] => Are present voting trends going to hold? [Summary] =>

Although the sales figures haven’t come in yet, it is interesting to note that the on-going public voting for the 2014-2015 Auto Focus People’s Choice Awards (AFPCA) shows quite a number of dark horses leading top selling models and most of last year’s winners in the run for Model and Automobile of the Year honors in both the Standard and Luxury categories.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346555 [Title] => Twin covenants [Summary] =>

If we can rely on the words of the two gentlemen (and I don’t see why not) who currently head the government’s twin agencies that administer and manage land transport in the country namely...

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134827 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) ) )
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