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                    [Title] => Bill bans mining in Marinduque
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Marinduque Rep. Regina Ongsiako Reyes has filed a bill that seeks to ban mining in her province.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 946367 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Forests of the seas [Summary] =>

Apart from upholding national sovereignty, there is another important reason for improving the nation’s capability to protect its territorial waters: protecting the marine environment, particularly endangered species and coral networks.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img690/2465/startoono.gif ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 544324 [Title] => Preserving a precious resource [Summary] =>

Not many readers have probably heard of the Coral Triangle Initiative, and of how profoundly it impacts our daily lives.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134149 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804944 [AuthorName] => Roberto R. Romulo [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 537536 [Title] => Una sa lahat ang edukasyon at sentido komon [Summary] => MAHALAGA talaga ang edukasyon, sa lahat ng bagay. [DatePublished] => 2010-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134525 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 537330 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Safety first [Summary] =>

Within a week after a ferry collided with a fishing boat and a roll-on, roll-off vessel sank, two more RORO ships stalled at sea in Southern Tagalog.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3936/startoonthumbv.gif ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535927 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Another maritime disaster [Summary] =>

Two days before the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the bodies of three children were fished out of the waters near Verde Island off Batangas province.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3936/startoonthumbv.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535724 [Title] => 3 bodies recovered from sunken ferry boat [Summary] => MANILA, Philippines--The Philippine National Red Cross confirmed today that three bodies, including an eight-month old baby, were recovered from the sunken roll-on, roll off ferry boat off the coast of Batangas. [DatePublished] => 2009-12-27 12:00:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535719 [Title] => Rescuers hope to find more survivors [Summary] => MANILA, Philippines -- Authorities are optimistic that search teams will find more survivors from the ill-fated roll-on, roll off vessel that sunk off the coast of Southern Batangas, according to an official of the Philippine Coast Guard. [DatePublished] => 2009-12-27 09:34:50 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535717 [Title] => Another boat sinks, 63 rescued [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines -- Sixty three people were rescued from a roll-on, roll-off ferry boat which sunk off the coast of southern Batangas province Saturday night, a Philippine Coast Guard official said today.

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Soaring temperatures alternate with heavy rains as the country experiences an “abnormal” summer, according to weather experts.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3497/startoonthumb.gif ) ) )
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