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                    [ArticleID] => 1548764
                    [Title] => INC calls for cross-religious effort vs poverty
                    [Summary] => 

The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) yesterday called for multi-sectoral, cross-religious effort to combat poverty in the country after recent concerns were raised on the growing gap between the rich and the poor.

[DatePublished] => 2016-02-01 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1528966 [Title] => Pentagon chief to military: Open all combat jobs to women [Summary] =>

Defense Secretary Ash Carter has ordered the military to open all military jobs to women, including the most dangerous commando posts, removing the final barriers that kept women from serving in combat.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-03 22:45:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151204/women-combat-washington.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1439650 [Title] => Lawmaker wants higher combat pay for cops [Summary] =>

Cebu City Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing has pushed for the immediate passage of a bill increasing the combat duty pay of all commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-31 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1435559 [Title] => Phl to buy 24 more combat aircraft from South Korea [Summary] =>

The Philippines is planning to purchase 24 more combat aircraft, adding to the 12 FA-50 fighter jets it had ordered from South Korea in 2014, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1423966 [Title] => Higher combat pay for cops pushed [Summary] =>

Cebu sixth district Representative Gabriel Luis Quisumbing will file a bill Monday to seek to increase the combat pay of policemen.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1321282 [AuthorName] => Flor Z. Perolina [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392439 [Title] => Obama: Troop deployments depend on circumstances [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama is reiterating his desire not to send US combat troops to fight Islamic State fighters, but says there are always circumstances where the US might need to deploy ground troops.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-16 17:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1376406 [Title] => Canada to launch airstrikes in Iraq [Summary] =>

Canada plans to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq following a U.S. request, Canada's prime minister announced Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-04 00:23:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702593 [AuthorName] => Rob Gillies [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371229 [Title] => Army opens Ranger school to women [Summary] =>

The Army is opening the door for women to go to Ranger school, in one of the first steps toward allowing women to begin moving into more grueling combat jobs.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-20 04:21:44 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1370074 [Title] => Dempsey: If campaign fails, ground troops possible [Summary] =>

The nation's top military leader told Congress on yesterday he would recommend that the United States consider deploying ground forces to Iraq if President Barack Obama's expanded air campaign to destroy Islamic extremists fails.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-17 05:06:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274792 [AuthorName] => Donna Cassata and Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1322709 [Title] => (UPDATE) 7 dead in cholera outbreak in Cotabato [Summary] =>

At least seven people died while 100 others have been hospitalized due to an outbreak of cholera in the southern Philippines, a local government official said today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-13 19:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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