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                    [Title] => 'Isang' to exit PAR Wednesday night, now a tropical storm
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Tropical depression "Isang" intensified into a tropical storm as it is about to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau said Wednesday afternoon.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-17 17:38:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7827/0thg.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 946094 [Title] => New fish port eyed in Phl’s eastern coast [Summary] =>

As trouble with China’s incursion in the Philippines’ western waters deepens, a large fish port is set to be built next year in the country’s eastern seaboard to boost fishing activities in the area as well as prevent poaching and foreign encroachment, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 655232 [Title] => Batanes bids for Unesco heritage site nod [Summary] =>

The country’s northernmost province of Batanes is again making a bid for inclusion in the list of world heritage sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), the state-run Philippine Information Agency (PIA) said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-08 17:10:08 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 624361 [Title] => 2 dead, 2 missing as boat capsizes off Aparri coast [Summary] =>

Police in the northern Philippines say two people are dead and two are missing after big waves caused a passenger boat to capsize in the Luzon Strait.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-27 11:51:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 487418 [Title] => 'Isang' leaves 1 dead, 2 missing [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A baby drowned in a flooded home and two people went missing today as a storm dumped heavy rains in the northern and central Philippines, government and media reports said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-17 21:00:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 424126 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: (UPDATE) Rescuers search for 29 ferry passengers [Summary] => MANILA (AP) -Rescue teams battling strong waves and winds today pulled four more bodies all children from seas in the northeastern Philippines where a ferry capsized, drowning 27, officials said. [DatePublished] => 2008-12-16 14:36:44 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 424116 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: Ferry rescuers battle strong waves [Summary] => MANILA (AP) -Rescue teams battled strong waves and winds today to search for 28 passengers missing after their small overcrowded ferry overturned in rough seas in the northeastern Philippines, officials said. [DatePublished] => 2008-12-16 09:38:21 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 418465 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: (UPDATE) Ship sinks in northern Philippines; 16 rescued [Summary] =>

MANILA (AP) -A cargo ship sank in rough seas in the northern Philippines and commercial vessels plucked 16 of 20 people from shark-infested waters, the coast guard said.

[DatePublished] => 2008-11-26 16:46:52 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 418448 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: Ship capsizes in northern Philippines; 9 rescued [Summary] => MANILA (AP) -The Philippine coast guard says a cargo ship with a crew of 20 has capsized in bad weather in the Luzon Strait and passing vessels have managed to pull nine sailors out of the raging sea. [DatePublished] => 2008-11-26 09:39:44 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362567 [Title] => Quakes rock RP, Taiwan sea border [Summary] => A fifth earthquake measuring 5.2 struck along the sea border between the Philippines and Taiwan, the Hong Kong Observatory said yesterday.

The quake’s epicenter was in the Luzon Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines about 210 kilometers south-southwest of Gaoxiong in southern Taiwan.

The quake occurred at 9:25 a.m., the observatory said.

Four other quakes, the largest measuring 6, were recorded west of Basco, Batanes over a 14-hour period between Monday and Tuesday.

There were no reports of injuries or damage from any of the quakes.
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