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                    [Title] => Strong El Niño to continue until 2016
                    [Summary] => 

The ongoing El Niño weather phenomenon in the Asia-Pacific region is likely to be one of the strongest since 1998 and will continue until early 2016, with the impact expected to be more severe in certain locations including the Philippines, according to a new United Nations advisory.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-11 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527715 [Title] => Scaling up HIV prevention interventions in the Philippines [Summary] =>

The Philippines is one of the only nine countries in the world with increasing HIV cases, and the number of new cases has been rising alarmingly.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-30 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1387169 [Title] => 1.2 M people in Asia-Pacific died due to disasters – experts [Summary] =>

Almost 1.2 million people in the Asia Pacific region died due to disasters in the past three decades and efforts to manage disaster risks have been hampered by lack of timely, reliable and comparable statistics, a United Nations-backed group of experts said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141102/Disaster-Earthquake-Death.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1328381 [Title] => Slow Internet? [Summary] =>

Neophyte Senator Bam Aquino has called for a Senate hearing to look into the speed of Internet connections in the country, and whether subscribers are getting their money’s worth from the service provided by telecommunications companies.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1249713 [Title] => FAO honors Filipina farmer [Summary] =>

Myrna Conmigo Asor (3rd from left) poses with three other farmers from Bhutan, Tonga and Thailand, during the 2013 World Food Day ceremony in Bangkok where they received the ‘Asia-Pacific World Food Day Model Farmer Award’ from Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand (4th from left). Others in the photo (from left) are...

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 937265 [Title] => Undocumented [Summary] =>

Forgive me, I fail to see the validity of whatever it is the Filipinos camped out at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh are demanding.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 933490 [Title] => UN, int’l agencies seek action for universal civil registration [Summary] =>

The United Nations, governments and other development agencies have called for global action to ensure that all births, deaths and causes of deaths are registered.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 932203 [Title] => Philippine economy to grow 6.2 pct in 2013: UN report [Summary] =>

The Philippine economy is expected to expand by 6.2 percent this year on the back of strong private consumption, according to a report launched by the United Nation's regional development arm today.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-18 19:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 805366 [Title] => UN arm sees Phl economy growing by 4.8% this year [Summary] =>

A unit of the United Nations (UN) sees the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth accelerating to 4.8 percent this year after a 3.7-percent growth last year despite the spillover impact of the global economic slowdown led by the US as well as the debt crisis in Europe.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 777483 [Title] => Filipina named head of UN statistical agency [Summary] =>

A Filipina has been appointed as the new director of the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UN-SIAP), a statement from the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) released Wednesday said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-15 15:50:23 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422137 [AuthorName] => Jovan Cerda [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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