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                    [Title] => Phl math wizards win anew in Korea
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The Philippines’ young math wizards again held their own in the recently-concluded 2014 Korea International Mathematics Competitions, winning a decent share of gold, silver and medals in the individual contests, and championship trophies in the team and group categories.

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Child beauty pageants may soon be banned in France, after a surprise vote in the French Senate that rattled the pageant industry and raised questions about how the French relate to girls' sexuality.

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Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin warned local officials yesterday against unscrupulous individuals using his name to solicit donations for military competitions.

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FB “LIKE” contests encourage the creation of dummy accounts and employing dubious ways of generating votes. Personally, if I were managing a company FB fan page, I would much rather have a hundred real fans than a thousand fake ones.

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A group of Filipino-Americans who are here for their “spring break” vacation read about the Church wanting to ban bikini contests this Holy Week.

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Enough already. So much anger has been expended as a result of that controversial Texters Choice Award in the last Miss Cebu Pageant that whatever emerges from the fiasco is no longer worth it.

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Hundreds showed up for the auditions. The number was trimmed down to 24. Saturday night last week, when the usual, glamour-and-glitter pageant unfolded at the Big Dome. And the winners were:


Lia Andrea Ramos, 25, Bb. Pilipinas-Universe (to compete at the Miss Universe Pageant in July, venue to be known soon), 5’7" tall, weighing 113 lbs. and measuring 34.5-23.5-34;
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 325754 [Title] => 3 Crowns, One Cause [Summary] => And then there are three.

Hundreds showed up for the auditions. The number was trimmed down to 24. Saturday night last week, when the usual, glamour-and-glitter pageant unfolded at the Big Dome. And the winners were:


Lia Andrea Ramos, 25, Bb. Pilipinas-Universe (to compete at the Miss Universe Pageant in July, venue to be known soon), 5’7" tall, weighing 113 lbs. and measuring 34.5-23.5-34;
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In this age of technology, Filipino literature has leapt from the pages of books and magazines onto the LCD screens of cellphones.

Over the last three years, Vim Nadera, director of the University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center (UP CWC), has spearheaded the effort to bring awareness and appreciation of traditional Filipino poetry to the masses via Short Messaging Service or SMS.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121460 [AuthorName] => Alma Anonas-Carpio [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Phl math wizards win anew in Korea
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The Philippines’ young math wizards again held their own in the recently-concluded 2014 Korea International Mathematics Competitions, winning a decent share of gold, silver and medals in the individual contests, and championship trophies in the team and group categories.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1228341 [Title] => French Senate says 'non' to mini-Miss pageants [Summary] =>

Child beauty pageants may soon be banned in France, after a surprise vote in the French Senate that rattled the pageant industry and raised questions about how the French relate to girls' sexuality.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-19 05:06:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1125209 [AuthorName] => Angela Charlton [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 958760 [Title] => Gazmin warns vs impostors [Summary] =>

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin warned local officials yesterday against unscrupulous individuals using his name to solicit donations for military competitions.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 898793 [Title] => Photo of the Day: Sinulog 2013 [Summary] =>

Cebu is kicking off one of the first major festivals of the year with Sinulog, a three-day tribute to the Sto. Niño, in an orgy of events, parties, and contests. This year, at least four million visitors are expected to flock this weekend to the annual Sinulog Festival and dance competition, with P1 million as grand prize.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-19 18:03:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3891/sinulog2013.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 689013 [Title] => Why I dislike Facebook 'LIKE' contests [Summary] =>

FB “LIKE” contests encourage the creation of dummy accounts and employing dubious ways of generating votes. Personally, if I were managing a company FB fan page, I would much rather have a hundred real fans than a thousand fake ones.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1632970 [AuthorName] => Nuffnang blogger Animetric [SectionName] => Unblogged [SectionUrl] => unblogged [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 456215 [Title] => Goodbye, bikini! [Summary] =>

A group of Filipino-Americans who are here for their “spring break” vacation read about the Church wanting to ban bikini contests this Holy Week.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1769982 [AuthorName] => The Ear [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 438432 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Enough [Summary] =>

Enough already. So much anger has been expended as a result of that controversial Texters Choice Award in the last Miss Cebu Pageant that whatever emerges from the fiasco is no longer worth it.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 325570 [Title] => 3 Crowns, One Cause [Summary] => And then there are three.

Hundreds showed up for the auditions. The number was trimmed down to 24. Saturday night last week, when the usual, glamour-and-glitter pageant unfolded at the Big Dome. And the winners were:


Lia Andrea Ramos, 25, Bb. Pilipinas-Universe (to compete at the Miss Universe Pageant in July, venue to be known soon), 5’7" tall, weighing 113 lbs. and measuring 34.5-23.5-34;
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 325754 [Title] => 3 Crowns, One Cause [Summary] => And then there are three.

Hundreds showed up for the auditions. The number was trimmed down to 24. Saturday night last week, when the usual, glamour-and-glitter pageant unfolded at the Big Dome. And the winners were:


Lia Andrea Ramos, 25, Bb. Pilipinas-Universe (to compete at the Miss Universe Pageant in July, venue to be known soon), 5’7" tall, weighing 113 lbs. and measuring 34.5-23.5-34;
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277518 [Title] => Techno-literature a la Pinoy [Summary] => Literature has evolved from chants and sung verse into a body of work that spans the ages and tells the story of humankind.

In this age of technology, Filipino literature has leapt from the pages of books and magazines onto the LCD screens of cellphones.

Over the last three years, Vim Nadera, director of the University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center (UP CWC), has spearheaded the effort to bring awareness and appreciation of traditional Filipino poetry to the masses via Short Messaging Service or SMS.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121460 [AuthorName] => Alma Anonas-Carpio [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) ) )
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