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                    [ArticleID] => 794644
                    [Title] => The political intricacies of OFW repatriation
                    [Summary] => 

As a former labor attache deployed in Malaysia, Kuwait and Central Taiwan, we have been directly instrumental in the actual repatriation of distressed Filipino migrant workers.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134002 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1146528 [AuthorName] => Atty Josephus Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741673 [Title] => Seguridad sa BP tiniyak [Summary] =>

Gagamitin ng Zamboanga City ang pagdaraos ng unang yugto ng Batang Pinoy para ipakita na umiiral ang kapayapaan sa kanilang lugar.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 708711 [Title] => The real SONA [Summary] =>

The State of the Nation is:

1. 252 killings by assassins in motorcycles from January to April 2011;

2. New York based Human Rights Watch report charging the Aquino Administration with “lackluster performance in curtailing rights abuses”. Killings of journalists are continuing with six killed the last 12 months;

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135492 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1307672 [AuthorName] => Ernesto M. Maceda [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 706958 [Title] => Calling Batman [Summary] =>

If we were living in “Gotham City”, I think the Mayor would already be sending out the signal to Batman for help.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 612654 [Title] => Junk VFA: Explaining and understanding why [Summary] =>

Last Thursday I had a very interesting discussion with students in a forum at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 600438 [Title] => 2 Sulu politicians probed for Zamboanga bombing [Summary] =>

Police are investigating the possible involvement of two politicians in last Thursday’s explosion outside the arrival area of the Zamboanga City airport that left two people dead and 24 wounded, including Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://a.imageshack.us/img153/9720/gen1thumb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 533034 [Title] => Sayyaf co-founder arrested in Indonesia, deported [Summary] =>

A founding member of the Abu Sayyaf was arrested and deported yesterday by the Indonesian government to face prosecution in the Philippines for several crimes, including the kidnapping of several guests and workers in a Palawan resort on May 27, 2001.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1725462 [AuthorName] => Rudy Santos [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 469058 [Title] => Kidnappers give deadline for hostaged teachers in Basilan [Summary] =>

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – The kidnappers who held hostage three teachers in Basilan have set an ultimatum until the end of the month, or they will harm their captives – three public school teachers, according to a military official source.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 301536 [Title] => US on ship in Zamboanga: No mystery [Summary] => It’s not a warship, but a transport vessel. It’s in international waters on its way to Manila for a brief port call. And it is not involved in the hunt for Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants.

Officials from both the Philippines and the United States downplayed yesterday the sighting of a US naval vessel in the waters off Basilan and Zamboanga.

"There’s no mystery," US Embassy Press Attaché Matthew Lussenhop told The STAR, saying that the USS Joint Venture is expected to arrive in Manila next week.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225058 [Title] => ‘RP still interested in Balikatan exercise’ [Summary] => BANGKOK (Via PLDT) — President Arroyo has relayed to US President George W. Bush the country’s interest in proceeding with the conduct of the annual joint Balikatan 03-01 anti-terrorism training exercise.

The President said she had informed Bush in their one-on-one talks during the eight-hour visit of the US leader last Saturday.

Mrs. Arroyo said chief presidential legal counsel Avelino "Nonong" Cruz has completed the draft of the controversial Terms of Reference (TOR) for Balikatan which was originally proposed to be held in Sulu.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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