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                    [ArticleID] => 1329090
                    [Title] => $40M for Philippine maritime capability a 'US priority'
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The US Department of State has requested the approval of $40 million or P1.75 billion from the US Congress to boost the Philippines' maritime security and capabilities next year.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-30 10:05:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140530/daniel-russel-samuel-locklear.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1290527 [Title] => Obama’s ‘secret war’ and diplomacy game plan [Summary] =>

“So whenever you look at what we say publicly, it’s always about maintaining the peace, the stability that’s critical to prosperity in the region but also urging all the claimants, including China, to follow… rules and international law.”

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1201631 [Title] => Institute: NKorea nuke reactor likely restarting [Summary] =>

A recent satellite image appears to show North Korea is restarting a plutonium reactor, in a move that could raise renewed international alarm over its nuclear weapons program, a US research institute said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-12 07:02:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510042 [AuthorName] => Matthew Pennington [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 952157 [Title] => EDITORIAL- Zero casualties [Summary] =>

The government is aiming for zero casualties as it maps out measures for disaster preparedness, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/961/startoonr.gif ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 779070 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Presidential priorities [Summary] =>

On the same day that President Aquino was all over the news demonizing Chief Justice Renato Corona and threatening to rain fire and brimstone on the Senate if it fails to find him guilty in his impeachment trial

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 750610 [Title] => WB warns of risks to E Asia growth [Summary] =>

The World Bank held its East Asian growth forecast steady but warned of growing risks including Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and uncertainty about Thai manufacturing’s recovery from widespread flooding.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 9314 [Title] => No military aid cut to RP, but US concerned over killings [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2317 [Title] => Bakit walang nagsabi kay Pacquiao na ang Congressman ay Representative rin? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1240825 [AuthorName] => Cristy Fermin [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200695 [Title] => US to give $30-M arms aid to RP [Summary] => WASHINGTON — The United States has earmarked a total of $30 million in military aid for the Philippines to help the Arroyo administration fight terrorism, according to a State Department official.

US deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs Matthew Daley said the aid was allocated from the $74.7 billion supplemental wartime budget US President George W. Bush asked the US Congress to approve after the invasion of Iraq last week.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90100 [Title] => US backs Arroyo’s reforms [Summary] => The United States supports the reforms President Arroyo has put on track, said Thomas Hubbard, the US acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.

Since assuming the presidency on Jan. 20, Mrs. Arroyo has already launched "an ambitious agenda to put the Philippines securely on the reform track," Hubbard told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs in a testimony delivered March 6.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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