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                    [ArticleID] => 1413266
                    [Title] => Bomb blast hits N. Cotabato anew
                    [Summary] => 

Another bomb explosion rocked the town center here Wednesday night, causing panic among its residents.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1328346 [Title] => Bomb found in North Cotabato bar [Summary] =>

Army bomb experts defused on Tuesday night a bomb found in a videoke bar in Pikit town here.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1245562 [Title] => Prankster places IED in Arakan town school campus [Summary] =>

A prankster planted an improvised explosive device that has no blasting mechanism near a flagpole in a campus of a public school in Arakan town Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-15 12:06:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 877429 [Title] => Ilocos bet yields blast materials [Summary] =>

A mayoral candidate here was arrested after a police raiding team found him in possession of a gun and blasting components and other materials for the manufacture of explosives.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1767161 [AuthorName] => Teddy Molina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 789460 [Title] => Balabag Hill: Recalling history of disaster [Summary] =>

Underneath the hollow grounds of Balabag hill, a father joined the flock of miners not to search for gold but of the remains of his son who was buried alive when a tunnel collapse in September 2011.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-22 10:00:21 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1434772 [AuthorName] => Jun Pasaylo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 296825 [Title] => 500 blasting caps intercepted [Summary] => BUTUAN CITY — Authorities seized some 500 blasting caps at the Nasipit International Seaport yesterday.

The Nasipit Port Police investigators led by Lt. Nicanor Bagon and Lt. Froilan Caturla said the blasting caps, enough to produce over 2,000 explosive devices, were found among the cargo that was to be loaded onto the M/V Manila, an hour before it was to leave port for Manila.

Police said the blasting caps were being passed off as cartons of fruit juice.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271879 [Title] => Churchmen decry government’s population control program [Summary] => For a long time now, Catholic priests hardly denounce a government policy from the pulpit. But on Good Friday, clergymen in various Catholic parishes here in Bacolod came out with "The Public Health implications of Population Control."

This was the speech of former Health Undersecretary Ligaya Anacta-Acosta, D.M. delivered during a press conference last March 14 at the Human Life International-Asia at the Sulo Hotel in Quezon City.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136001 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1771096 [AuthorName] => THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270431 [Title] => Blasting cap production spreads to nearby towns [Summary] =>
(Conclusion)
TALISAY CITY — Proclaimed a city a mere four years ago, Talisay still looks and feels like a rural coastal town, albeit with a few touches here and there of urban blight. Rising above the shacks of poor fisherfolk here, however, is a spanking new building that seems out of sync with the rest of the city. [DatePublished] => 2005-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653036 [AuthorName] => Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270287 [Title] => Coastal city is hub of explosives trade [Summary] =>
(First of two parts)
TALISAY CITY — Located just 30 minutes away by car from bustling Cebu City, this coastal oasis of relative calm used to be known for its beaches. Yet even then, Talisay already harbored a lethal secret: it was a major source of blasting caps used to detonate explosives.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653036 [AuthorName] => Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187357 [Title] => 4,500 blasting caps nasabat sa barko [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Tinatayang aabot sa 4, 500 blasting caps na ginagamit sa home-made bomb at ibang uri ng pampasabog ang iniulat na nasabat ng mga alertong tauhan ng Phil. Coast Guard at tropa ng militar sa loob ng barko na nakahimpil sa pantalan ng Sitangkai, Tawi, Tawi noong Sabado.

Sinabi ni Capt. Damian Carlos, commander ng Phil. Coast Guard sa Southwestern Mindanao, nadiskubre ang cache ng blasting caps matapos na abandonahin sa barkong M/V Magnolia.

Napag-alaman pa sa ulat na ang blasting caps ay ginagamit ng militar at hindi pang-commercial model.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) ) )
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