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                    [Title] => China urges fewer fireworks during New Year celebrations
                    [Summary] => 

Dozens of cites in China have outright banned lighting fireworks on Wednesday and Thursday, while others have reduced the number of fireworks vendors allowed to operate.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-19 11:45:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150219/chinese-new-year/chinese-fireworks-3.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 824616 [Title] => Bata heads Pinoys bid vs Norway in KO stage [Summary] =>

The Philippines steps up its drive for the World Pool Team Championship as it slugs it out with Norway in one of the featured matches at the start of the knockout stage at the Tongzhou Luhe High School in Tongzhou, Beijing Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 10012 [Title] => High-level US-China trade talks set for December [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-02 03:10:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263385 [Title] => No sacred cows in gov’t austerity measures — GMA [Summary] => President Arroyo warned yesterday there would be "no sacred cows" in her new austerity program, with deeper spending cuts and higher taxes needed to head off a looming fiscal crisis.

In a statement, Mrs. Arroyo said stronger measures to raise revenues and reduce expenditures were being prepared — new tax reform bills filed in Congress and a new drive against corruption and tax evasion.

"Our cost-cutting and austerity measures have already started and there will be no sacred cows," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88119 [Title] => Estrada gives up on coco levy fund [Summary] =>

A compromise settlement on the P50-billion coco levy funds which were meant to rehabilitate the country's coconut industry will have to be resolved by the next administration.

President Estrada disclosed Friday night that he has decided to leave the matter to his successor after contending parties to the coco levy funds issue refused to accept the government-drafted settlement.

The President rued that his efforts to convince his businessman-friend and political ally Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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