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                    [ArticleID] => 1532424
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Commitments
                    [Summary] => 

There’s often a wide gap between commitment and implementation.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-13 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20151214/StarToon.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1532219 [Title] => Historic pact to slow global warming celebrated in Paris [Summary] =>

Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but imposing no sanctions on countries that don't.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-12 20:34:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20151213/paris-activists-climate-change-eiffel.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1532115 [Title] => Global climate deal: Rich vs poor [Summary] =>

The whole civilized world is hoping that by the time this column is published, the more than 190 countries meeting in the Paris Summit on Climate Change would have finally arrived at an agreement to curb global warming. The failure would lead to a global disaster whose consequences would be worse than  all the different forms of terrorism.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-12 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133740 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302661 [AuthorName] => Elfren S. Cruz [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527249 [Title] => Philippines leads call for climate change funding [Summary] =>

Ahead of climate change talks in Paris beginning today, the Philippines led other emerging nations in pressing developed countries to provide more funds to their poorer counterparts and even top their $100-billion commitment six years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-29 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1522819 [Title] => Obama calls Islamic State 'the face of evil' [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama says the Islamic State is "the face of evil" and that all nations need to step up their efforts to combat the threat it poses.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-16 08:10:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1510599 [Title] => Developing a sense of universal ownership [Summary] =>

In a recent seminar I attended, an interesting sideshow grabbed my attention. A small group of the participants, what you call a "petit comite" huddled in a corner to tackle a very intriguing, complex issue.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-13 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508233 [Title] => The Philippines should join the TPP [Summary] =>

I spoke to Trade Secretary Greg Domingo yesterday and he told me there is no question the Philippines is “unequivocally joining” the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP, echoing the statement he made in Washington last June during a conference at the Center for Strategic and International studies (CSIS) where he said, “I want to state clearly and irrevocably that we want to join the TPP.”

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-07 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1504170 [Title] => The Latest: Pope Francis says prayer at Sept. 11 museum [Summary] =>

Latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local...

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-25 10:08:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150926/Pope-Francis-NYC.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1490383 [Title] => EU urges G20 countries to make climate goals public [Summary] =>

The European Union is urging major emerging industrialized powers to make public their emissions targets ahead of a key climate conference in December.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-20 07:54:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1480454 [Title] => UN concerned about Canada's new anti-terror law [Summary] =>

A United Nations human rights body is raising concerns about Canada's new anti-terror legislation, saying it could run afoul of international human rights norms.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-23 12:06:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150131/Prime-Minister-Stephen-Harper-Canada.jpg ) ) )
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