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                    [Title] => General Antonio Luna: Scientist, soldier and revolutionary
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Filipinos remember General Antonio Luna as a brilliant, brave soldier and tactician of the second phase of the Revolution and the proverbial hothead but never as the excellent scientist.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1167859 [AuthorName] => Benjamin Vallejo Jr., Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362154 [Title] => Dad: Native trees should be planted [Summary] => Give priority to the planting of native trees.

This was the call of Cebu City Councilor Edgardo Labella after observing that most trees that uprooted by typhoons were classified as "introduced trees" stressing that the destruction properties and power lines caused by trees might be avoided if the right trees were planted along the streets and roads.

The so-called native trees are narra, dao, cupang and bogras while introduced trees are gemelinas, mahoganies, acacias and fire trees.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166410 [Title] => A flood of feedback [Summary] => OK, OK, so my article on the esteros of Manila found the city baked in an extended summer, with little evidence of that element that tests our patience and waterproofing every year – rain. This is exactly the very point I wanted to make, that we should make hay while the suns shines… or rather, dredge and clear our canals while the weather permits. Maybe the new MMDA head honcho will give this some thought.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133893 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1236309 [AuthorName] => CITY SENSE By Paulo Alcazaren [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) ) )
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