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                    [ArticleID] => 1490629
                    [Title] => Career interrupted: Eric Miraflores' long-shot PBA dream
                    [Summary] => 

Eric Miraflores knows all too well about missed opportunities.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-21 01:08:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1399408 [Title] => Tourists in Boracay urged to stay safe as typhoon approaches [Summary] =>

The Aklan provincial government today asked tourists coming to Boracay Island, the world-famous resort, to stay safe as the country expects zero casualty from incoming Typhoon Hagupit (local name Ruby).

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-05 21:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 712042 [Title] => House backs changes in implementing rules of Tourism Act [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives has expressed full support for Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim’s decision to amend portions of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Tourism Act of 2009 that would allow broader and stronger private sector participation in the industry.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 656886 [Title] => New Aklan legislative district OK'd [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure creating a new legislative district in Aklan.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 609338 [Title] => Lawmakers ask PAL workers to call off strike [Summary] =>

Members of the House committee on tourism appealed to disgruntled employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday to call off their planned strike, saying the move could spell the collapse of the local tourism industry.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 411221 [Title] => 'You can have your lands back' - Palace [Summary] => Malacañang has assured resort and hotel owners in Boracay Island that President Arroyo is supporting their intention ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 76877 [Title] => Lawmaker says Boracay land titling bill to correct flaw in GMA proclamation [Summary] =>

A lawmaker defended yesterday controversial House Bill 1109, which he filed, saying that the measure would fast track the titling of lands in Boracay benefiting long-time settlers and boosting business and investment on the island.

[DatePublished] => 2008-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358737 [Title] => Boracay residents, resort owners banking on SC to save them [Summary] => BORACAY, Aklan — Local residents and resort owners here are optimistic the Supreme Court (SC) will save them from being ejected out of the island resort in their prayer to nullify Presidential Proclamation No. 1064.

Local officials led by Malay Mayor Ceciron Cawaling and Aklan Rep. Florencio Miraflores claimed their constituents and resort owners are collectively banking on the ruling of the high tribunal to uphold their "prior vested rights" on the land they have since bought and inherited from their ancestors.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358558 [Title] => Boracay resort owners urge GMA to recall reclassification order [Summary] => BORACAY, Aklan — Resort owners here have urged President Arroyo to recall a proclamation reclassifying the world-renowned resort as an agricultural and forest land.

According to Quirino Marquinez, lawyer of Orlando Sacay, the owner of one of the biggest resorts here, the other resort owners came to a collective agreement to push for the recall of Proclamation 1064.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356936 [Title] => EDITORIAL - How to scare away investors [Summary] => If the administration is trying to attract investments, it is sending the wrong signals in Boracay. Over the years private entrepreneurs have turned the resort island in Aklan into one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. Those entrepreneurs have banded together to prevent environmental degradation that might sully the powdery white sand and pristine waters for which Boracay is renowned.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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