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                    [ArticleID] => 1315182
                    [Title] => Filipinos saw China blocking fishermen from shoal
                    [Summary] => 

Chinese coast guard vessels repeatedly blocked or chased Filipino and Vietnamese fishermen from a disputed shoal where they previously had only tried to block military supply runs, a Philippine marine officer said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-23 04:36:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390313 [AuthorName] => Jim Gomez [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1310640 [Title] => PNoy lauds soldiers aboard old ship in disputed shoal [Summary] =>

President Benigno Aquino III lauded on Wednesday the country's soldiers including those who fought in World War 2 and those on board an old warship in the contested Ayungin Shoal.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-09 12:26:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140409/PNoy-soldiers.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1308157 [Title] => Phl Navy ready to pay price for maintaining ‘ghost’ ship [Summary] =>

Preserving the decrepit BRP Sierra Madre and keeping it habitable for a handful of soldiers guarding the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal may be costly, but the stake – the country’s sovereignty – is priceless.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://wpc.E0AD.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140303/JDS-Shirane-destroyer-Japanese-warship.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1307550 [Title] => Old US ship home to Filipinos in China standoff [Summary] =>

On board the crumbling carcass of this World War II-era warship, Filipino marine 1st Lt. Mike Pelotera and his eight men make their way to a mid-level deck to raise the Philippine flag up a leaning pole and then salute it. Across the calm, turquoise waters, two Chinese coast guard ships lurk, looking on.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-01 08:13:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390313 [AuthorName] => Jim Gomez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140401/philippine-navy-ship.jpg ) ) )
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