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                    [ArticleID] => 1542396
                    [Title] => Phl, US share view: EDCA not a treaty
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THE LEGAL debate over the long-term presence on Philippine soil of American military men and materiel revolves mainly around Section 25 of Article XVIII that gathers in the last part of the Constitution various transitory provisions, one of them on foreign bases.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-13 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1538801 [Title] => CamCard [Summary] =>

“CamCard” by Intsig is a calling-card scanning utility designed for mobiles to help electronic consumers to easily, conveniently and readily organize their digital rolodex.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-02 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794253 [AuthorName] => Yasunari Ramon Suarez Taguchi [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1483154 [Title] => ‘Close US military bases and save money, lives’ [Summary] =>

Now comes a new  and quite reasonable  proposal on what to do with the 700 US military bases overstaying in various countries across the world: Close them all, and save money and lives.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-31 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416787 [Title] => Navy modernization [Summary] =>

With sea disputes, illegal fishing, poaching and pirates in our maritime shores, the need to continue to strengthen our naval forces is very important.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1350099 [Title] => OFWs in Afghanistan seek exemption from deployment ban [Summary] =>

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Afghanistan are seeking exemption from the government-imposed deployment ban.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1317976 [Title] => EDCA isn’t any better than old bases accord [Summary] =>

Malacañang should see to it that the excitement over the visit of US President Barack Obama does not raise expectation that the United States is now willing to tangle with China over its territorial disputes with the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1317298 [Title] => Obama: No US bases [Summary] =>

The United States will not reestablish its military bases or build new ones in the Philippines even with the signing of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the two countries, US President Barack Obama said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a497/ph1lstarcom/philstar%20photos/gen1_zps3926ee5b.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1311632 [Title] => Basic problems as root causes of armed conflict [Summary] =>

Thirty-three years ago the late Jose W. Diokno, eminent senator, human rights defender and quintessential nationalist, identified four “basic problems” of Philippine society, thus:

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1305527 [Title] => The US bases, then and tomorrow? [Summary] =>

June 15, 2014 marks the 23rd anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, considered one of the major natural disasters that the world had ever seen.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1304719 [Title] => How to hurdle ban on US military bases [Summary] =>

TREATY OR NOT: It is correct, but it might be impractical, to require that the upcoming Phl-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation agreement be recognized as a treaty needing review and concurrence by the Senate.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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