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                    [Title] => How to make an earthquake preparedness plan
                    [Summary] => 

For the past two decades, geological reports referred to a major earthquake that will rip off Metro Manila through the fault line starting from Marikina through the center of the metro.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133347 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659389 [AuthorName] => Preciosa S. Soliven [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 862180 [Title] => 3.8 quake shakes parts of Metro [Summary] =>

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook parts of Metro Manila and nearby areas yesterday but caused no damage, state seismologists said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 627196 [Title] => The bliss and tragedy of not knowing [Summary] =>

Any fool can enjoy chewing marbles and see his dentist thereafter to fix his molars.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134700 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1690153 [AuthorName] => Ricardo J. Cueto Jr. [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7936/lif1thumb.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 615409 [Title] => Ready for the next one? [Summary] =>

When the creek running parallel to the railroad tracks from Tondo to Sta. Cruz in Manila was still bordered by sampaguita or jasmine bushes instead of shanties, the adjacent streets were regularly submerged in several inches of floodwaters.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374909 [Title] => Group warns vs substandard construction materials [Summary] => The Philippine Product Safety and Quality Foundation Inc. (PPSQF) has issued a warning against substandard construction materials following recent disasters such as typhoons Reming and Milenyo, as well as low-intensity earthquakes in various parts of the country.

The spate of disasters, the PPSQF warned, highlights the need for vigilance in monitoring the market for low quality products that may cause the loss of lives and property.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359135 [Title] => Practice makes perfect for school during quake drill [Summary] => Three minutes and 19 seconds.

This was all the time needed for 1,600 high school students and officials to get to safety during yesterday morning’s earthquake drill held at a public school in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

Officials said they were satisfied with the result of the evacuation exercise conducted by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) at the Cayetano Arellano High School located near Claro M. Recto Avenue.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264484 [Title] => A Latter Day Fairy Tale :When Harried met Sullied [Summary] => If you think that to be single, over 35 and female diminishes with each passing year any chance that you may have of finding a worthy partner in the Philippines, then consider the lot of the single, over 35 mother.

Total strangers will come up to you with intimate questions. You elicit comments of pity clumsily passed off as well-meant concern. You take an inordinately long time to fill up a personal information form because you wonder that some minimum-wage office clerk might judge you.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1778129 [AuthorName] => Twink Macaraig [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166859 [Title] => Showbiz trivia 1968 to 1969 [Summary] => In the mail this week is a letter from reader Jun Lugtu. Here’s Mr. Lugtu’s letter to me in full:

Dear Butch,


I read your article about TV shows and movies of the past. I’m doing a yearbook for our class and would like to seek your assistance. The yearbook is an update on all of us after 33 years. We graduated in 1969 (St. James Academy, Malabon) and I am compiling some memorable events circa 1968-69 to serve as a time capsule.

I would like to know the following:

1)
Channels available during this period.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166965 [Title] => Showbiz trivia 1968 to 1969 [Summary] => In the mail this week is a letter from reader Jun Lugtu. Here’s Mr. Lugtu’s letter to me in full:

Dear Butch,


I read your article about TV shows and movies of the past. I’m doing a yearbook for our class and would like to seek your assistance. The yearbook is an update on all of us after 33 years. We graduated in 1969 (St. James Academy, Malabon) and I am compiling some memorable events circa 1968-69 to serve as a time capsule.

I would like to know the following:

1)
Channels available during this period.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166727 [Title] => Showbiz trivia 1968 to 1969 [Summary] => In the mail this week is a letter from reader Jun Lugtu. Here’s Mr. Lugtu’s letter to me in full:

Dear Butch,


I read your article about TV shows and movies of the past. I’m doing a yearbook for our class and would like to seek your assistance. The yearbook is an update on all of us after 33 years. We graduated in 1969 (St. James Academy, Malabon) and I am compiling some memorable events circa 1968-69 to serve as a time capsule.

I would like to know the following:

1)
Channels available during this period.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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