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                    [ArticleID] => 1262836
                    [Title] => PAL expands Middle East route
                    [Summary] => 

National flag carrier Philippines Airlines (PAL), jointly owned by taipan Lucio Tan and diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC), is flying back to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia starting today to serve 1.8 million Filipinos living and working in the region.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 892467 [Title] => Saudis flee dry kingdom to Bahrain for New Year [Summary] =>

Residents of Saudi Arabia, where booze and New Year's celebrations are banned, flooded into neighboring Bahrain in search of festivities to ring in 2013.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-02 05:05:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319448 [Title] => The zero-budget ‘kiss of death’ [Summary] => Don’t look now, but the trouble brewing between Palestine and Israel with the landslide parliamentary victory of the radical Islamic organization Hamas, an armed group dedicated to the eradication of Israel, may appear "far away," but its implications for us Filipinos will soon be felt at the corner gas pump.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292825 [Title] => GMA to make official visit to Saudi to discuss three O’s [Summary] => President Arroyo will make an official visit to Saudi Arabia next month to talk about issues concerning the 3-O’s — oil, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

Malacañang officials told The STAR yesterday that the President decided to make a trip to the kingdom because of the serious problems on rising crude oil prices in the world market. Saudi Arabia is a major oil supplier of the Philippines with the Saudi-owned Aramco as a major partner of the state-run Philippine National Oil Co.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291723 [Title] => Time to release Nur Misuari [Summary] => The big news from Mindanao is that the Commission on Elections has proclaimed the winners in the recently-concluded elections in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao. Mr. Zaldy Puti Uy Ampatuan of the famous Muslim family was proclaimed as the new governor of the region.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134055 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285814 [AuthorName] => EAST AND WEST By Julius F. Fortuna [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291047 [Title] => Oil prices hit new record high of $65.23 per barrel [Summary] => SINGAPORE (AP) – Oil prices rose to a new high of $65.23 a barrel in Asian trading yesterday after the US midweek inventories report showed a decline in gasoline stocks and on concerns that a string of refinery shutdowns in the US will make it difficult for gasoline supplies to meet peak summer demand.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290918 [Title] => Low growth [Summary] => We all know this from experience: the only real antidote to surges in the price of fossil fuels is a global recession.

This is a chilling thought as we watch, helplessly, the steady but uninterrupted climb of oil prices. Each week, it seems, we hit a new historic high. The past few days, oil prices hovered at the once unthinkable level of $64 per barrel.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290032 [Title] => Letter to the Editor – The death of King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud [Summary] => In 1976, King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, the brother of Prince Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Saud, died from an assassin's bullet during a publicly-held audience with ordinary Saudis as is the custom of the kingdom to receive everybody. King Faisal's death shocked the entire nation and Prince Fahd succeeded to the throne. The former "playboy prince" was also highly endeared by his own people and quite popular.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289622 [Title] => ‘Kabayan’ off to Riyadh for King Fahd’s funeral [Summary] => Vice President Noli de Castro left yesterday for Riyadh to represent the country in paying its last respects to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who died Monday after a lingering illness.

De Castro, accompanied by his wife Arlene, was met by Ambassador Banhnarim Guinommla at the Riyadh International Airport and headed straight to the guesthouse of the family of King Fahd led by his half-brother and successor to the throne, Crown Prince Abdullah.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258875 [Title] => Kin of Cebuana confined in Saudi seek Palace help [Summary] => CEBU CITY — Relatives of a Cebuana overseas worker who has been hospitalized in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for more than two months are appealing for assistance from the national government.

The Cebu City government unanimously approved a resolution last May 26 requesting President Arroyo to intervene in the case of Marlou Singson, 33, a resident of Barangay Labangon, and repatriate her soon so she could undergo treatment here.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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