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                    [ArticleID] => 517498
                    [Title] => Tiyak n a box office na nanaman ang laban ni Pacquiao
                    [Summary] => 

Ilang linggo na lang at heto na sasabak na sa ibabaw ng ring ang Pinoy ring icon na si Manny Pacquiao kontra sa WBO Puerto Rican champion na si Miguel Cotto sa MGM Grand sa Las Vegas sa November 14.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135701 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1267474 [AuthorName] => Dina Marie Villena [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512155 [Title] => RP continues to lag behind poverty reduction target [Summary] =>

The Philippine government continues to lag behind its target to reduce poverty by the end of 2015, the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486222 [Title] => The growing population [Summary] =>

A friend told me about how crowded a place the city of Manila is getting to be. Streets are filled with both vehicles and commuters, trains are always jam packed with travellers, people are lined up to avail of varied forms of services in agencies day by day, you go to the malls and they are filled with people, the sick line up to get treatment in hospital emergency rooms, and generally, have to wait to get admitted due to lack of rooms.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363454 [Title] => GMA leads ‘Stand Up’ campaign vs poverty [Summary] => President Arroyo led yesterday the launching of the Philippine component of the United Nation’s Millennium Campaign to promote global awareness to eradicate extreme poverty and attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015.

Mrs. Arroyo read the pledge of the UN Millennium Campaign titled "Tumayo Tayo (Stand Up)" after the flag-raising ceremonies at the Kalayaan Hall grounds at Malacañang.

"We stand here proudly as members of the generation that intends to defeat extreme poverty," the President said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248707 [Title] => P’sinan not a ‘sleeping giant,’ says governor [Summary] => LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — This province, with more than 1.3 million voters, is not a "sleeping giant," said Gov. Victor Agbayani in response to what his detractors claim.

Agbayani told The STAR that he could not understand why former Sen. Leticia Ramos-Shahani often mentions in her interviews that Pangasinan is a "sleeping giant," imputing that the province has not seen progress.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246517 [Title] => Goco: No turning back on ‘crusade’ [Summary] => STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan — "Pangasinan needs a full-time governor."

Thus said Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) gubernatorial candidate Marietta Primicias-Goco who is waging what she described as a "crusade" against a seemingly invincible opponent, re-electionist Gov. Victor Agbayani.

With her elder brother, former governor Cipriano "Tito" Primicias Jr., Goco called for a press conference at her residence here last Wednesday to rally support for her crusade.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186403 [Title] => Marietta Primicias Goco receives due recognition [Summary] => Eleanor Roosevelt once said: "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seek equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. [DatePublished] => 2002-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182946 [Title] => Why do people hate America? [Summary] => That’s the title of a best-selling book written by Ziuddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies and published in the UK. The title came from a distraught American after the attacks on 9/11. The authors take up issues and questions against America sidetracked in the heat of anger after the attacks. They discuss US refusal to sign the Kyoto protocol as well as the founding of the ICC. [DatePublished] => 2002-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 150825 [Title] => Code-NGO leader receives award from US [Summary] => The United States Embassy has conferred the Benigno Aquino Jr. for Professional Development Award to Danilo Songco, national coordinator of Caucus of Development NGO Networks.

Songco received the award for public service from former President Corazon Aquino and US Embassy chargé d’affaires Robert Fitts during ceremonies at the US ambassador’s residence in Makati.

Established in 1988 as part of the US Embassy’s International Visitor Program, the award commemorates Ninoy Aquino’s accomplishment in journalism and public service.
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