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                    [ArticleID] => 1545620
                    [Title] => Democracy vs. a better city
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A Singaporean client who spent two hours in a taxicab from Buendia in Makati City to a restaurant in Bonifacio Global City, where he was having a social dinner, tipped the taxi driver P100. He said he pitied the taxi driver for lost revenue, and who had to ask his permission to eat some bread during the trip as it was getting past dinner time.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-23 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133538 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1524183 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Poor livability [Summary] =>

As the government rounded up street dwellers and imposed lockdowns to insulate leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum from urban blight in Metro Manila, a study ranked the summit host a dismal 22nd among 28 APEC cities in terms of livability.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-20 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20151121/startoon.gif ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1523963 [Title] => German specialist says solving traffic woes needs joint efforts [Summary] =>

A German urban planning expert urged Cebu to solve its traffic problem if it is to achieve greater urban mobility.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-19 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1213316 [AuthorName] => Carlo S. Lorenciana [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1523370 [Title] => APEC cities: Cebu, Manila low in livability [Summary] =>

Cebu and Manila got low rankings in livability and competitiveness among cities of  the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-18 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097494 [AuthorName] => Prinz Magtulis [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140912/Torre-de-Manila-Luneta-Park.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1522923 [Title] => Manila, Cebu rank low in list of livable, competitive cities in Asia-Pacific [Summary] =>

Manila, the host of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings, ranked at the lower end of a new list of cities in the region gauging livability and competitiveness.

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