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                    [Title] => Pinoy darters triumph in HK
                    [Summary] => 

Filipino darters sparkled abroad again recently as they dominated the Henry Ho Open Cup in the 25th Hong Konh Open darts championship at the former British Crown Colony.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1391514 [Title] => Hong kong dartfest winners [Summary] =>

 Ipinakikita ng JRS-1 team members na sina (mula kaliwa) Nayr Ocampo, Lourence Ilagan, team manager John R. Solpico, Dixie Ybañez at Juanito ‘Boi’ Gionson ang kanilang mga premyo matapos magwagi sa Henry Ho Open Cup sa 25th Hong Kong Open dart championship na idinaos sa dating British Crown Colony.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PM Sports [SectionUrl] => pm-sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 702402 [Title] => Rizal would have hated the TV [Summary] =>

Are we finally done with the commemoration of Dr. Jose Rizal’s 150th birthday?

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330594 [Title] => Moments in Hong Kong [Summary] => It was humbling. But it was well worth it.

This is how Jose Mari "Joey" Abacan, GMA 7 vice president, Program Management Department felt at the recently-concluded Hong Kong Film Festival, where he and other local filmmakers brought Moments of Love and other Pinoy films for exhibition.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327328 [Title] => OFWs clamor for second serving [Summary] => Open the gates.

That was the initial reaction of some members of the PBA crew and the media the minute their bus crawled to a stop in front of the Queen Elizabeth gym, looking at some 500-meter long, eight-deep line of overseas Filipino workers and expats that Sunday afternoon in Hong Kong.

The occasion was the PBA on Tour match between Talk n Text and Purefoods and there were some uneasy thoughts that a stampede may occur ala Ultra because the crowd has become restive and excited.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327141 [Title] => Phone Pals ring a bell in Hong Kong [Summary] => HONG KONG — For the Talk n Text Phone Pals, this former British Crown Colony seemed to be home away from home.

The Phone Pals made a good show for a good weekend crowd of mostly overseas Filipino workers at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium here, walloping the Purefoods Chunkee Giants, 88-66, for their first win in the Gran Matador Brandy PBA Philippine Cup.

The two teams, which figured in the first PBA official out-of-the-country game made possible by PLDT Global, return to Manila today both carrying a 1-2 win-loss card.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290099 [Title] => Moying to meet FIBA chief today [Summary] => Philippine Basketball Federation Inc. (PBFI) president Mauricio "Moying" Martelino leaves for Hong Kong today to meet international basketball federation (FIBA) president Carl Ching Menky in an effort to solve the crisis in the sport back home.

Martelino flies to the former British Crown Colony this morning with fellow PBFI incorporator Joey Romasanta, bringing with them pertinent documents that could help facilitate their bid for recognition as the country affiliate of the FIBA.

Menky, meanwhile, is reportedly coming in after a conference in China.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250787 [Title] => PBA ponders future, goals to pursue in HK [Summary] => Barring last-minute hitches, the PBA board of governors’ long-planned directional meeting will finally push through in Hong Kong starting this afternoon up to Sunday with the league top honchos charting the league’s course of actions at least in the next three years.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222157 [Title] => Hong Kong adds to RP five’s woes [Summary] => Someone cracked a joke that in Hong Kong, there are more Filipino domestic helpers than Chinese basketball players.

To the Filipinos seeing action at the 22nd Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) championships in Harbin, the joke took a painful note after the former British Crown Colony beat the beleaguered Philippine team, 66-58, in Group 4 of the consolation pool at the Heilongjian University gym yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215352 [Title] => Mystery still shrouds Lee’s death [Summary] => In Seattle, martial arts icon Bruce Lee and his son Brandon are buried side by side at the Lake View Cemetery, about a 20-minute drive from the Space Needle downtown.

The grave-site has become almost a tourist attraction. Cemetery manager George Nemeth, quoted by Elizabeth Gillespie of the Associated Press, said at least five persons ask caretakers where the Lees are buried every day and others find it on their own.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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