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                    [ArticleID] => 1437705
                    [Title] => British envoy suggests Phl to highlight unique features
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippines is encouraged to flaunt and promote well its own local unique features, such as jeepneys, bancas, and similar trademarks to draw in more foreign tourists, particularly Europeans.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1404835 [Title] => New fiberglass bancas allow Palawan pescadors to return to sea [Summary] =>

“My father has always been a pescador, our term for fishermen,” says Cocoy Garcia, a 38-year old fisher, as we strolled around his stilt village in Culion, Northern Palawan. “I was nine when he first took me out. We caught baskets of squid that first night, lured in by the glow of our petromax lamp.”

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1345770 [AuthorName] => Gregg Yan [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/agriculture/20141221/Palawan-pescadors-2.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1337501 [Title] => Fiberglass boats replace wooden bancas of Yolanda-hit fisherfolks [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has started building 5,000 units of fiberglass boats called “Bangkang Pinoy” for local fisherfolks whose units were completely destroyed by Super Typhoon Yolanda.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1292201 [Title] => Earth Hour aims to deliver 600 fiberglass boats to Yolanda-hit fishermen [Summary] =>

Earth Hour Philippines and the World Wide Fund for Nature - Philippines (WWF-Philippines) has launched a campaign to deliver 600 fiberglass fishing boats to fishing communities in Palawan and Leyte that were hit by supertyphoon Yolanda.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-19 16:19:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1274755 [Title] => Nagasaki to send boats to Negros Occidental fishers [Summary] =>

The provincial government of Nagasaki, Japan will be sending secondhand fishing boats to aid in restoring livelihood in typhoon-hit Negros Occidental.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-03 10:04:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5310/9lzs.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1270728 [Title] => Yes, we will build thousands of bancas [Summary] =>

I heard stories, and I saw pictures. But the experience of actually seeing hectares and hectares of land ravaged, roofs of buildings torn away, houses demolished left me agape as I flew over the area in an ABS-CBN chopper. The highlight was when I talked to the fishermen in Dulag, Leyte and San Antonio in Basay and the barangay officials in Basay, Samar.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134208 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1339416 [AuthorName] => Gina Lopez [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1267274 [Title] => Drilon donates 100 fishing boats to Iloilo fishermen [Summary] =>

Senate President Franklin Drilon donated on Thursday a total of 100 motorized fishing boats to fishermen in typhoon “Yolanda”-hit province of Iloilo.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-12 15:52:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 843049 [Title] => Tornado ruins 30 houses in La Union [Summary] =>

A tornado destroyed at least 30 houses in five barangays here yesterday afternoon, disaster officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097171 [AuthorName] => Jun Elias [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 837304 [Title] => QC eyes 142 'rescue bancas' [Summary] =>

The Quezon City government said it is set to procure 142 “bancas” fully equipped with modern lifesaving equipment to help beef up the city government’s capability to respond during floods.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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