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                    [Title] => Marikina puts up Braille tiles along sidewalks
                    [Summary] => 

The city government of Marikina is installing Braille tiles on ramps situated along the city’s sidewalks to guarantee the safety of persons with disabilities (PWDs).

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1248901 [Title] => Video of blind girl singing 'Wrecking Ball' goes viral [Summary] =>

A three-minute video of blind girl singing "Wrecking Ball" by controversial pop star Miley Cyrus broke out on social media on Wednesday and immediately went viral.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-24 11:16:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Video Features [SectionUrl] => video-features [URL] => http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8238/bztt.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1076141 [Title] => UP holds exam entirely in Braille [Summary] =>

Two visually impaired senior high school students – who came all the way from Nueva Ecija and Bulacan – on Friday took the special University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT), which was administered for the first time using an entire Braille test booklet.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img14/82/tund.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 785147 [Title] => Wireless service for the blind wins P1 M at Smart Awards [Summary] =>

Visually impaired individuals or the blind are the intended beneficiaries of a wireless application designed by the champion team from the Mapua Institute of Technology in this year’s 8th SWEEP Innovation and Excellence Awards of Smart Communications Inc.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 751901 [Title] => Party-list solons move for better education for the blind [Summary] =>

Party-list representatives are pushing for better literacy program for blind and visually-impaired students.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-26 11:02:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 51206 [Title] => Blind Pinoys read Pasyon in braille [Summary] =>

LEGAZPI CITY – Their fingers slide over the tiny dots that protrude from the pages of a book as they sing the story of the birth, suffering and death of Jesus Christ.

[DatePublished] => 2008-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804767 [AuthorName] => Cecille Suerte Felipe [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 326109 [Title] => Blind achiever prods Filipino youth to study harder [Summary] => SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan — As thousands of students will graduate this month, here’s a message from a visually-impaired college graduate: don’t take your studies for granted, don’t miss the opportunity to get an education.

Twenty-one-year-old Minnie Aveline Posadas Juan of this city, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English magna cum laude from the Trinity College of Quezon City last year, is blind.

She is also the first Filipino Braille International awardee last year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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