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                    [Title] => Turkish investors set to visit Cebu
                    [Summary] => 

Representatives from one of Turkey’s largest conglomerates, Mir Holdings, are set to visit Cebu this month to explore possible investments in the province.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-10 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1503072 [Title] => Germany offers help for Sri Lankan probe of war atrocities [Summary] =>

Germany is ready to help Sri Lanka investigate alleged atrocities during its civil war, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-22 17:00:01 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1169191 [AuthorName] => Bharatha Mallawarachi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1492832 [Title] => In shift, US backs Sri Lanka's own war crimes probe [Summary] =>

The United States said yesterday that it wants to sponsor a resolution at next month's UN human rights session that is supportive of Sri Lanka's government, which wants to conduct its own investigation into alleged war crimes.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-26 13:23:42 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444175 [AuthorName] => Krishan Francis [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416619 [Title] => Joyful, Joyful! [Summary] =>

A storm was on its way at the time, forecast to hit the very place he was coming to visit. And yet he proceeded on his path. “The Pope is not afraid of the rains,” his spokesperson said. He was not afraid of the winds, either.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135300 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1135559 [AuthorName] => Archie Modequillo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1414856 [Title] => Pope leaves Manila, overwhelmed by millions who cheered him [Summary] =>

Pope Francis flew home yesterday after a weeklong trip to Asia, where he called for unity in Sri Lanka after a civil war and asked Filipinos to be "missionaries of the faith" in the world's most populous continent after a record crowd joined his final Mass in the Philippine capital.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-20 07:06:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620030 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield and Jim Gomez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1414056 [Title] => Carry [Summary] =>

It happened to me again, this phenomenon I call the sudden-sunny-smile-rising-from-nowhere.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134274 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413492 [Title] => Pope Francis for president [Summary] =>

It is not my intention to be irreverent. But noticing how so many things are getting done -- things you normally do not see with the same scope and intensity -- one could not help but wonder why the same things cannot be done under normal circumstances.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413524 [Title] => (UPDATE) 2 children from shelter give pope flowers [Summary] =>

Pope Francis has landed in the Philippines, home to Asia's largest Catholic population, following a visit to Sri Lanka. Here are some glimpses of his trip as it unfolds:

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-15 23:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1412012 [Title] => Pinoy journalists covering papal visit may have to learn Italian [Summary] =>

Some Filipino journalists covering the visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines this week may have to learn some Italian.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420973 [AuthorName] => Joseph Lariosa [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1374856 [Title] => Myanmar, Sri Lanka Buddhist hard-liners join hands [Summary] =>

A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement would join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to "protect" Buddhists, whom he called an endangered world minority.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-30 04:21:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444175 [AuthorName] => Krishan Francis [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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