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                    [Title] => Nations say Philippine peace effort shouldn't break down
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A group of Western and Asian countries says recent setbacks should not derail efforts to peacefully settle a long Muslim rebellion in the southern Philippines, and that safeguards should remain to prevent a return to fighting.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-15 08:33:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 787406 [Title] => ASEAN inaugurates anti-disaster center in Indonesia [Summary] =>

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) inaugurated today the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance (AHAS) center in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta to be functioned as coordinating agency in handling disasters in the ASEAN countries, a local media reported.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 736567 [Title] => Aquino: Stimulus package not to hurt fiscal health [Summary] =>

President Aquino said that the P72 billion stimulus package would cushion the economy from the impact of an uncertain global recovery, but assured that this will not be done at the expense of the country's fiscal health.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-12 23:00:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 721393 [Title] => Vietnam to free more than 10,000 prisoners [Summary] =>

 Vietnam's president has ordered more than 10,000 prisoners freed as part of the country's annual National Day amnesty.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-29 14:12:21 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2735 [Title] => Sports officials hope to see FG on budget [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390740 [Title] => TUCP seeks higher tariff on imports [Summary] => The country’s largest labor group is pressing for higher tariffs on imported products to prevent further displacement of workers nationwide.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) called on government negotiators in the on-going World Trade Organization (WTO) talks to reject proposals for further reduction in taxes imposed on foreign goods.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295977 [Title] => Government: Reds reneging on agreement to return to talks [Summary] => The government accused communist rebels yesterday of turning their back on an agreement to return to peace talks.

The government’s peace negotiating panel said a rebel statement on Thursday reneged on what had been agreed upon at informal talks brokered by the Norwegian government on Aug. 29 to 30.

The communist statement "reflects the total opposite of what transpired between the two panels," said a government statement.

"It is a sudden and mystifying turnaround from the agreements."
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287781 [Title] => Rebels attack 2 phone towers [Summary] => Suspected communist guerrillas attacked two cellphone transmission towers in Sorsogon, police said yesterday.

In the first attack before dawn Thursday, guerrillas shot at the microwave antenna atop a tower operated by Globe Telecom in Bulan town, paralyzing its mobile phone operations, Chief Superintendent Victor Boco Jr., Bicol police director, said in a report to national police headquarters.

Two hours later, suspected rebels fired at another Globe cellular site in Pilar town, causing slight damage, Boco said.

He said police were pursuing the attackers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236245 [Title] => Terror tag on Reds to stay [Summary] => Despite impending peace talks, the government said yesterday it would not lobby foreign governments to remove the Philippine communist rebel movement from their lists of terrorist groups.

Foreign Secretary Delia Albert stressed that other governments listed the communist movement as a "foreign terrorist organization" on their own and that this should not affect the peace talks with the Philippine government scheduled in Norway next month.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219183 [Title] => Asean members band together to push common interest in WTO meeting [Summary] => Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to push for their common interest in the forthcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) talks on global trade reforms, particulary in the agriculture sector which will be the focus of negotiations.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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