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                    [ArticleID] => 1257056
                    [Title] => EU Humanitarian Aid exec arrives to assess ‘Yolanda’ needs
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EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Georgieva arrives in the Philippines Friday night to personally assess relief needs in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-15 15:44:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1256360 [Title] => Purisima calls for mandatory worldwide catastrophe insurance [Summary] =>

Given an alarming increase in both the number and intensity of typhoons hitting the country, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima has reiterated calls for the establishment of response mechanisms including a mandatory worldwide catastrophe insurance or financing facility to address climate change-related disasters.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1255478 [Title] => George Clooney on Philippine typhoon: 'Terrible' [Summary] =>

The mounting death toll in the Philippines weighed heavily on the minds of George Clooney and Idris Elba, honored at the Britannia Awards Saturday night in Los Angeles.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-11 08:51:34 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1619869 [AuthorName] => Nicole Evatt [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 844876 [Title] => Infra damage from Samar quake reach P12.8 million [Summary] =>

The 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit central and southern parts of the Philippines Friday night has initially caused P12.8-million worth of damages to infrastructure, a senior government official said today.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-02 22:17:11 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 792984 [Title] => Damaged luxury cruise towed to port in Tawi-Tawi [Summary] =>

Ships are towing the damaged luxury cruise M/V Azamara Quest towards an island in the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi, police said today.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-01 16:00:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741564 [Title] => P-Noy directs Cabinet to assess peace situation in Mindanao [Summary] =>

President Benigno Aquino III has directed Cabinet officials on Thursday to personally assess the peace and order situation in Zamboanga Sibugay and Basilan.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-27 17:21:28 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 711360 [Title] => 3 injured, over 1,000 affected by tornadoes in Cagayan de Oro [Summary] =>

Three people were hurt and over 1, 000 affected by separate tornadoes that struck two villages in southern Philippines Friday afternoon, senior government official said today.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-30 20:20:57 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 591792 [Title] => 5 seafarers back in RP after serving sentence for drugs [Summary] =>

Five Filipino seafarers who were detained in Martinique for drug trafficking were repatriated to the Philippines Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 552890 [Title] => Offshore earthquake jolts Davao Oriental [Summary] =>

A magnitude-5.5 offshore earthquake struck the southern Philippines Friday afternoon, the country's quake monitoring network reported. But there was no immediate report of casualties.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-26 20:30:45 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 525167 [Title] => Gunmen storm village, torch civilian homes in Cotabato [Summary] =>

COTABATO, Philippines (Xinhua) - Gunmen stormed a village in the southern Philippines Friday night and torched houses, forcing terrified civilians to flee, police said on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-21 20:03:54 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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