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                    [Title] => Chinese New Year and inaugurations
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It's always a cinch that when Chinese New Year comes, celebrations are in order especially in hotels like Waterfront, Shangri-La and Marriott.

[DatePublished] => 2007-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135225 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1646679 [AuthorName] => PEOPLE PLACES By Flor S. Ynclino [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383170 [Title] => Sweden, Canada eye role in Mindanao peace talks [Summary] => Sweden and Canada were considering joining a bloc of nations backing peace talks aimed at settling a bloody Muslim rebellion in the southern Philippines, officials said Thursday.

The expressions of support come despite a months-long impasse in the Malaysian-brokered talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which has been involved in a decades-old conflict for self-rule in the southern Mindanao region.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 376117 [Title] => The best of Canadian cooking comes to Cebu, Davao [Summary] => The best of Canadian cuisine took center stage at the Canadian Food and Beverage Festival held at two venues just within days apart: at the newly reopened hotel by the hills, the Marco Polo Plaza Cebu, and the well-known Marco Polo Hotel in Davao.

Guest of honor at the dual launch was Canadian Ambassador Peter Sutherland, a frequent visitor to the southern cities.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136331 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804796 [AuthorName] => Honey Jarque Loop [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363567 [Title] => Moro traders ready for Islamic food market [Summary] => SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao — Impoverished Moro communities in Mindanao are now ready to participate in the international Islamic food market.

This was after representatives of foreign donor outfits, clerics and political leaders in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) launched the other day the Muslim Mindanao Halal Certification Board Inc. (MMHCBI), which is the last requisite for the entry of Moro entrepreneurs into the international Islamic food business.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359230 [Title] => Furniture makers urged to cluster to stay afloat [Summary] => The Canadian Executive Service Organization Business Advisory Project Phase 2 (CESO-BAP2) has expressed willingness to help strengthen the design and product development niches of Cebu-made furniture. [DatePublished] => 2006-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 336529 [Title] => Importers, stakeholders aim to make Mindanao a major mango producer [Summary] => Canadian Ambassador Peter Sutherland said he was impressed by the Filipino-Canadian partnership, which is constructing a P163-million sanitary landfill demonstrate the good working relationship between Filipino and Canadian businessmen," Sutherland said.

"This landfill serves as a model to other provinces in the Philippines. Hopefully, this will address its environmental concerns."

Sutherland’s ocular inspection of the landfill in San Fernando City was part of a Norther Luzon sortie which includes visits to Canadian assisted-funded projects.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335062 [Title] => RP-Canada relations not hurt by ‘fork’ incident, says envoy [Summary] => Canadian Ambassador Peter Sutherland said yesterday the incident involving a lunch program monitor who allegedly reprimanded and punished a seven-year-old Filipino-Canadian boy for his table manners is being addressed and is not an irritant in Philippine-Canadian relations.

Sutherland said he was in Canada from April 23 to May 1 and spoke with Filipino-Canadian associations in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg, but said the matter was not brought up by any of the associations during the meeting.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 333371 [Title] => Strong Republic, terrible highway? [Summary] => Our big bike group, the Easyriders Motorcycle Club, together with our bike brothers from the Recycle Motorcycle Club, (a convoy of 18 motorcycles with two back-up vehicles with trailers) have been on the road since Saturday for the 12th annual convention of the National Federation of Motorcycle Clubs of the Philippines, which will be held in Vigan and Laoag from April 28-30. Big bikers from all over the country are expected to attend this annual convention, which is fast becoming a major domestic tourism activity. But we’re all here to ride with our friends.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 333530 [Title] => Strong Republic, terrible highway? [Summary] => Our big bike group, the Easyriders Motorcycle Club, together with our bike brothers from the Recycle Motorcycle Club, (a convoy of 18 motorcycles with two back-up vehicles with trailers) have been on the road since Saturday for the 12th annual convention of the National Federation of Motorcycle Clubs of the Philippines, which will be held in Vigan and Laoag from April 28-30. Big bikers from all over the country are expected to attend this annual convention, which is fast becoming a major domestic tourism activity. But we’re all here to ride with our friends.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329595 [Title] => US institute asks donor agencies to speed up aid to Mindanao [Summary] => SUBIC BAY, Zambales — The United States Institute for Peace (USIP) expressed optimism yesterday that a peace agreement will be signed between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) this year and called on foreign donor agencies to advance aid to the region.

However, Eugene Martin, USIP executive director of Philippine Facilitation Project, cautioned both sides not to rush into a peace agreement just to meet the "deadline" this year as the negotiations have entered the complicated phase on ancestral domain.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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