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                    [Title] => Deadly weapons
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Since I became news editor, it has been my habit to read all stories and articles that come out in all newspapers, and that includes even legal notices and advertisements. Leafing through the pages of The STAR yesterday, I came across an “Invitation to Bid” with the letterhead of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1315197 [Title] => China reacts to Erap's Hong Kong trip [Summary] =>

China gave a neutral response when asked about Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada's trip to Hong Kong to apologize to families of victims of the hostage crisis in 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-23 09:55:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Pinoy Worldwide [SectionUrl] => pinoy-worldwide [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/microsites/pinoy-worldwide/20140423/Chinese-Foreign-Ministry-spokesperson-Qin-Gang.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1314889 [Title] => (UPDATE) Govt't hopes Estrada's visit to HK brings closure to hostage crisis [Summary] =>

Government officials expressed today hope that the trip of former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada to Hong Kong would strengthen the efforts of the national government to find a mutually acceptable and satisfactorily closure to the Hong Kong hostage crisis of 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-22 20:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1258629 [Title] => HK, Phl issue joint statement on Manila hostage crisis [Summary] =>

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government and the Philippine government issued a joint statement on the Manila hostage crisis today.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-19 20:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1254777 [Title] => Phl's position on hostage crisis remains same: official [Summary] =>

The Philippine government will not change its position of working quietly with Hong Kong in finding a "mutually satisfying conclusion" to the hostage crisis, a senior government official said here today.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-08 23:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1253309 [Title] => Hong Kong warns Manila of sanctions over hostage tragedy [Summary] =>

(UPDATED) Hong Kong threatened the Philippines with sanctions on Tuesday if there's no progress in talks over an apology for families of tourists killed while vacationing in Manila three years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-05 16:45:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8028/s6jh.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1253140 [Title] => Phl hopes to delink hostage issue from relations with HK [Summary] =>

The Philippines hopes to delink the Hong Kong hostage crisis from other aspects of the relations between the Philippines and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-04 21:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1250088 [Title] => Malacañang sees Manila's apology to HK hostage victims as "independent decision" [Summary] =>

The planned trip to China's Hong Kong by Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada to formally apologize to the victims of the 2010 hostage crisis is an independent decision of the Manila government, a Philippine Presidential official said Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-27 18:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1793780 [AuthorName] => Xinhua [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 719728 [Title] => Aquino 'deeply regrets' that hostage incident occurred [Summary] =>

President Benigno S. Aquino III said today that his administration "deeply regrets " that the Manila hostage incident took place a year ago.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-23 23:43:16 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 719199 [Title] => Philippines renews 'sympathy and solidarity' with HK on hostage incident [Summary] =>

The Philippine government today renewed its "sympathy and solidarity" with Hong Kong, particularly the families of the victims of the hostage-taking tragedy, on the eve of the first anniversary of the incident.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-22 20:06:11 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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