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                    [Title] => Investing in a safer future
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It’s now common knowledge that disasters are increasing in frequency and impact worldwide. Australia is no stranger to disasters: we’ve suffered terrible floods, typhoons and fires over recent years.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133438 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1170038 [AuthorName] => Bill Tweddell [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1238653 [Title] => Binay calls on private developers to help in Zambo rehabilitation [Summary] =>

Vice President Jejomar Binay yesterday urged private home developers to help the government rehabilitate Zamboanga City, where business and residential structures were destroyed in the attacks launched by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 471190 [Title] => (UPDATE) Ransom not confirmed with the release of 3 kidnapped teachers [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – A military spokesman today said that there is no clear information about whether any ransom was paid to secure the three state school teachers' release.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-26 17:43:17 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189190 [Title] => Terrorist threat heightens sense of national insecurity [Summary] => At no other time since World War II did Filipinos feel their personal safety more imperiled even in places where they ordinarily felt safe – malls, churches, buses and other public places – than in 2002.

All because of terrorism, which in one way or another, has changed the way we live.

The new global threat was felt as early as January when over 1,000 US troops arrived for the annual "Balikatan" joint exercises with Philippine troops.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 168582 [Title] => US troops set to end civic missions [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – American troops are ready to complete the socio-economic aspect of their mission to fight terrorism and stop the rise of a new group similar to the Abu Sayyaf.

While more than 1,000 US troops will pull out at month’s end, a small contingent will remain in Basilan and Zamboanga City to oversee the anti-poverty projects.

US Ambassador Francis Ricciardone said Monday the conditions that breed terrorism –like poverty, poor environment and hopelessness –must be addressed properly.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166057 [Title] => Cimatu in Hawaii for talks on new round of Balikatan [Summary] => Armed Forces chief Gen. Roy Cimatu flew last night to Honolulu, Hawaii to discuss with Adm. Thomas Fargo, commander-in-chief of US forces in the Pacific, the details of the new round of Balikatan anti-terrorism training exercises between Filipino and American troops.

Cimatu told reporters at Malacañang yesterday he and Fargo will meet tonight in Honolulu where he will stay for two days for the regular meeting of the Mutual Defense Board.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165892 [Title] => Same terms to govern next Balikatan [Summary] => The next military exercises between the Philippines and the United States may follow the same terms of reference as that of the "Balikatan 02-1" that wraps up next month in Basilan and Zamboanga City, Malacañang said yesterday.

Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable told reporters President Arroyo has publicly expressed her desire for a continuing anti-terrorism training exercise after Balikatan 02-1.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162506 [Title] => BSP monitoring Abu bank deposits [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will be monitoring bank deposits in Mindanao that are suspected of being owned by Abu Sayyaf bandits, BSP Gov. Rafael Buenaventura assured yesterday.

Buenaventura made the assurance as the newly created Anti-Money Laundering Council, which he chairs, met with Department of Justice officials to ask for lawyers to assist the AMLC in prosecuting suspected money launderers.

The meeting was attended by Justice Secretary Hernando Perez, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Lilia Bautista and Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuño. [DatePublished] => 2002-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157192 [Title] => Joma orders NPA rebels to kill visiting US troops [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — Exiled communist leader Jose Ma. Sison has ordered the New People’s Army (NPA) to escalate its so-called "protracted people’s war" and inflict "severe casualties on the invading US forces."

Sison, under the pen name Armando Liwanag, announced the order in a message printed in a special edition of the newsletter Ang Bayan on the NPA’s 33rd anniversary last March 29.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154870 [Title] => GMA: Additional US troops to engage in civic action [Summary] => President Arroyo is seriously mulling the possibility of deploying more US personnel participating in civic action work at the Balikatan 02-1 on the island-province of Basilan where the Abu Sayyaf bandits are the targets of the ongoing anti-terrorist training of Filipino and American soldiers.

The President also disclosed yesterday Philippine and American government authorities are now reviewing the curriculum for the "next Balikatan" joint military exercises in Central Luzon which she also wants focused on the fight against international terrorism.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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