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                    [ArticleID] => 906477
                    [Title] => Isabela boy hammers grenade, killed
                    [Summary] => 

A nine-year-old Grade 2 pupil was killed after he hammered a grenade he had picked up on his way home in Ramon, Isabela yesterday, authorities said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1669442 [AuthorName] => Raymund Catindig [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 487283 [Title] => Police: Bombs at Jakarta hotels kill 4 foreigners [Summary] => JAKARTA (AP) -- A police official says bombs at two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital have killed four foreigners. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-17 10:01:03 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230687 [Title] => Wind Blown racefest unwraps at Santa Ana [Summary] => The biggest honor to be bestowed upon any local racehorse unfolds today when the "Wind Blown Racing Festival" gets going before another expected mammoth crowd at the Santa Ana Park

At the center of today’s festivities is Wind Blown, Hermie Esguerra’s champion galloper who will be making his farewell gallop as he winds up an illustrious career unprecedented in local racing history.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 229781 [Title] => Wind Blown honored in racing festival at Sta. Ana [Summary] => Philippine racing’s most celebrated galloper Wind Blown will be honored on Dec. 7 during the Wind Blown Racing Festival, a one day spectacle fostering unity among the various industry sectors and top-notch thoroughbred action, at the Santa Ana Park.

No less than Wind Blown’s owner, prominent sportsman Hermie Esguerra, is organizing the affair in tribute to the multi-titled horse who has caught every racing fan’s fancy over a spectacular career that spanned for four years.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178242 [Title] => Japanese man falls to death chasing papers [Summary] => CEBU CITY (AFP) — A Japanese man fell to his death in a luxury hotel here yesterday while trying to rescue documents blown away by the wind, police and hotel officials said.

Koji Suzuki, 55, from Tokyo, was just about to check out of the Shangri-La Mactan Hotel when papers he was holding in his hand were blown away by the wind, hotel spokesman Neil Rumboa said.

Suzuki ran after the papers but in his rush, he tumbled over the lobby railing and fell about 7.5 meters to his death.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165901 [Title] => Wind Blown wins Gran Copa in grand fashion [Summary] => Wind Blown took everything in stride yesterday and held off three of his fiercest rivals to win the 23rd Gran Copa de Manila Division 1 stakes race at the San Lazaro Hippodrome.

Masterfully ridden by jockey Fernando Raquel, Wind Blown strode to an eight-length victory after pulling away from his rivals – Batangas Entry, Staunch Ally and Silver Story – at the far turn.

It was the second Gran Copa crown for the four-year-old Wind Blown, named Horse of the Year for 2001. The win was worth P600,000 for its owner, businessman-sportsman Hermie Esguerra.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164791 [Title] => Independence Day race today [Summary] => All eyes will once again be on Wind Blown and regular jockey Fernando Raquel when the Philracom-Philippine Racing Club’s Independence Day stakes race is held today at the Santa Ana Park.

Wind Blown, fresh from winning an imported group race last Wednesday, will be installed as the favorite in the 1,600-m race with Batangas Entry, another quality racehorse, Staunch Ally and Sunny Contender out to provide the challenge.

The winner of the race to be flagged off shortly after 6 p.m. will earn P400,000. [DatePublished] => 2002-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151819 [Title] => Wind Blown wins unopposed [Summary] => Wind Blown gave his followers another big reason to celebrate yesterday after the four-year-old racing sensation convincingly ruled the First Gentleman’s Cup before a highly-appreciative crowd at the Sta. Ana Park.

President Arroyo and First Gentleman Mike Arroyo, along with their eldest son and Pampanga Vice Gov. Mikey, were among those who watched Wind Blown win the grueling 2,050-meter race and the whopping P1.1 million top purse.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 107755 [Title] => Wind Blown blows off Silver Story [Summary] => Wind Blown put to rest all the questions on his claim as the country’s top charger today when he ruled the First Gentleman Silver Cup yesterday, beating the very horse contesting his stake to racing greatness.

Responding splendidly to the outstanding handling of ace jockey Fernando Raquel, Jr., Wind Blown led from start to finish of the punishing 2,000-meter race, bucking a heavy 59-kg handicap and thwarting the token bid of Silver Story at the top of the stretch to win by two lengths.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 109318 [Title] => Phenomenal wins, dies of heart seizure after race [Summary] => It was a phenomenal run by Phenomenal, but it also proved fatal.

The three-year-old colt by Liobovnik out of Southern Gas spoiled the much hyped-up Wind Blown-Colegiala dream match by winning the rich Millennium Open Championship Sunday but expired due to heart attack later after the race.

The big crowd at San Lazaro was as stunned as the charger galloped past a fading Wind Blown in the last 75 meters and lay sprawled on the track, succumbing to heart failure after negotiating the punishing 2,000-meter event in 2:06 flat.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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