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                    [ArticleID] => 1413264
                    [Title] => ‘BCDA refused to honor cemetery deal’
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The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) refused to honor an agreement allowing the burial of those who served in the Philippine Scouts and the US Armed Forces (USAF) at the Clark Veterans Cemetery (CVC), according to the US embassy.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 793505 [Title] => After 100 years, Pinoy hero reburied with military honors [Summary] =>

Jose Baliton Nisperos was awarded the US Congressional Medal of Honor almost 100 years ago on Nov. 25, 1912 for single-handedly repelling Islamic rebels in Basilan on Sept. 24, 1911.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097171 [AuthorName] => Jun Elias [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 743284 [Title] => Forgotten hero to be reburied in Clark [Summary] =>

There’s no Halloween story over the unpainted, unnamed tomb of Pvt. Jose Nisperos of the Philippine Scouts in a public cemetery in Barangay Lingsat, San Fernando, La Union.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 701968 [Title] => US war vets rely on alms to keep PHL graves [Summary] =>

Walking along the rows of tombstones here offers a glimpse of the wars America has fought and the men and women who waged them. But most of the grave markers have been half-buried for 20 years, and there is little hope that the volcanic ash obscuring names, dates and epitaphs will be cleared any time soon.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-03 17:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 646066 [Title] => Pangasinan to honor oldest living war veteran [Summary] =>

A centenarian from this town will be honored as the oldest living war veteran during the province’s commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the historic Lingayen Gulf Landing and Veterans Day tomorrow in the capital town of Lingayen.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 54824 [Title] => Death March survivor son retraces dad [Summary] =>

The commemoration of Bataan Day tomorrow will be more meaningful than ever for the son of one Death March survivor.

[DatePublished] => 2008-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1222988 [AuthorName] => Cheeko Ruiz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315991 [Title] => Today in the past [Summary] => Today, January 10, 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo approves the hostile attitude of General Juan Cailles towards the Americans.

In a reply to Cailles, he says: "I approve and applaud what you have done with the Americans... I believe that they are playing with us until the arrival of their reinforcements, but I shall send an ultimatum and remain always on the alert."
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1732652 [AuthorName] => Samson Lucero [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196463 [Title] => US solon wants benefits for Filipino war vets [Summary] => A bill seeking to provide Filipino veterans of World War II with benefits similar to those of American soldiers who fought beside them was recently filed in the US Congress.

California Rep. Robert Filner, the principal author of House Bill 664 (HR 664), urged his colleagues to support the bill.

"We owe not only a debt of gratitude to these brave veterans, but we owe them recognition as veterans of the US military," Filner said in a statement. "We owe them the benefits they were promised."
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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