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                    [ArticleID] => 1415804
                    [Title] => Despite threats, pope refused to wear bulletproof vest
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Despite reported threats on his life, Pope Francis refused to ride a bulletproof popemobile and wear a bulletproof vest during his recent five-day visit in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1415438 [Title] => Terror plot monitored weeks before papal visit [Summary] =>

The al-Qaeda-linked regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah had plotted an attack against Pope Francis during his five-day visit to the Philippines, sources revealed yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1412955 [Title] => International concern for Pope Francis security [Summary] =>

A local newspaper has reported that intelligence agents have been sent by the CIA to assess the security situation for the Manila visit of Pope Francis who is arriving at Villamor Air Base at 5:45 this afternoon.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1409249 [Title] => YEARENDER: Catholic church busy preparing for papal visit [Summary] =>

The visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines in January 2015 kept the Catholic church on its toes during the last six months of 2014.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150104/grand-stand-preparation-for-pope-9.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1398645 [Title] => Gov't shells out P51-M bounty vs 'enemies of the state' [Summary] =>

The national government has shelled out at least P51 million this year to informers who provided information that led law enforcement agencies to arrest alleged "enemies of the state", rights group Karapatan said on Wednesday. 

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-03 15:07:52 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20141203/tiamzons.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1378787 [Title] => ‘Mistaken-identity’ arrests [Summary] =>

The AFP-PNP counterinsurgency forces have done it again: they arrested two elderly persons in Mexico, Pampanga whom they mistook for “top leaders” of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1376195 [Title] => The National Transformation Council and Bayanko [Summary] =>

It is good that the National Transformation Council has now been formally announced.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1339499 [Title] => DOJ clears AFP, PNP execs in torture case [Summary] =>

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared four high-ranking officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the alleged illegal arrest and torture of Rolly Panesa, a security guard mistakenly identified as communist leader Benjamin Mendoza by authorities in 2012.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140627/doj-on-torture-case-1.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1305673 [Title] => Karapatan: Bounty for Tiamzon and Austria an organized racket [Summary] =>

"Mukhang pinagkakakitaan pa ng gobyerno at militar ang iligal na pag-aresto at pagdukot ng mga peace consultants, mga aktibista at ordinaryong sibilyan," said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay on the 10-million peso bounty each for the arrest of Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135367 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1285249 [Title] => CA affirms habeas corpus decision on ‘NPA leader’ [Summary] =>

The Court of Appeals (CA) yesterday affirmed its ruling ordering the military to release Rolly Panesa, the security guard mistakenly arrested and tagged as communist leader Benjamin Mendoza by authorities in 2012.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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