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                    [Title] => Starry, Starry Night
                    [Summary] => 

It was half past nine in the evening. I was stuck in Ayala Center at yet another food and restaurant photo coverage for our Lifestyle section.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1114714 [AuthorName] => Aldo Nelbert Banaynal [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 454087 [Title] => 135 countries including RP to participate in 100 hours of astronomy [Summary] =>

Filipino stargazers will join astronomers around the world for a 100-hour marathon starting today aimed at celebrating the night sky and nurturing the Galileos of tomorrow.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 449377 [Title] => Astronomers gird for '100 HA' [Summary] =>

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Philippines — Astronomers have referred to it as “sidewalk astronomy” and it’s hitting streets next month.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 397556 [Title] => PAGASA founding director dies of cancer [Summary] => Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) founding director Dr. Roman Kintanar died of cancer last Sunday.

He was 77.

Kintanar, a physicist, served for 45 years with the weather bureau where he started as a weather and seismological observer. He was the Pagasa director for 35 years.

Kintanar was also the president of the World Meteorological Organization from 1979 to 1987 and a permanent representative of the Philippines to the WMO from 1959 to 1995.
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[DatePublished] => 2006-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249519 [AuthorName] => DE RERUM NATURA By Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 355401 [Title] => Solar system without Pluto to be taught in schools soon [Summary] => Pluto will no longer be taught in school as the ninth planet in the solar system once the government officially receives word from the International Astronomical Union (IAU) that it has been demoted to a "dwarf planet."

The Department of Education (DepEd) plans to revise all Science textbooks and teaching materials to insert the new information about the solar system.

However, DepEd Undersecretary for programs and projects Fe Hidalgo said they are still trying to get the "accurate details" so they could make the decision.
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Ayon kay Education Undersecretary Fe Hidalgo, mananatiling siyam ang planeta sa solar system para sa mga estudyanteng Pinoy at mga guro hangga’t hindi sila nakakakuha ng nasabing opisyal na papel mula sa Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
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