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                    [Title] => Pricking pride
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It was fantabulous news. A Filipino (or the child of two Filipinos) was appointed as Chair of the Human Rights Commission of New York City.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134681 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1421312 [AuthorName] => Joseph T. Gonzales [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1429616 [Title] => NYC mayor to skip St. Patrick's parade over policy on gays [Summary] =>

The mayor's decision to likely skip the parade could be another source of tension with the city's Irish political leaders, a group that has seen its influence wane in recent years.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-03 11:04:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413066 [AuthorName] => Jonathan Lemire [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150303/NYC-stpatricks-parade.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1429238 [Title] => New York City Mayor marches in gay pre-St. Patrick's parade [Summary] =>

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told hundreds of participants at a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-friendly St. Patrick's Day parade on yesterday that a society for all is one that embraces and respects everyone.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-02 08:13:05 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1784163 [AuthorName] => Verena Dobnik [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1411119 [Title] => NYC will begin banning restaurant plastic foam in July [Summary] =>

New York City will move to the forefront of a growing environmental trend by banning food establishments from using plastic foam containers starting this summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration announced Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-09 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413066 [AuthorName] => Jonathan Lemire [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150109/plastic-foam-cup-NYC-winter.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1383903 [Title] => Officials: New York doctor has Ebola, 1st in city [Summary] =>

 A doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, city officials said Thursday. He's the fourth case in the U.S. and the first in the nation's biggest city.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-24 08:20:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413068 [AuthorName] => Jonathan Lemire and Colleen Long [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141024/ebola-doctor-new-york-city.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371898 [Title] => Global marches draw attention to climate change [Summary] =>

Tens of thousands of activists walked through Manhattan on Sunday, warning that climate change is destroying the Earth — in stride with demonstrators around the world who urged policymakers to take quick action.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-22 09:31:53 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140919/tropical-storm-mario-fatality.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1354873 [Title] => Obama welcomes African leaders for unusual dinner [Summary] =>

Take a White House state dinner and multiply it by 50. The result is the most elaborate and unusual dinner of President Barack Obama's administration, a one-of-a-kind affair put on Tuesday night for a one-of-a-kind gathering of several dozen leaders from countries across Africa.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-07 02:42:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1248123 [AuthorName] => Darlene Superville [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1282109 [Title] => US northeast, Canada dig out from snow [Summary] =>

The U.S. Northeast dug out Wednesday from a snowstorm that grounded flights, shuttered schools and left a bitter cold in its wake, while a blizzard swept across parts of Atlantic Canada.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-23 08:18:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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