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                    [ArticleID] => 1481342
                    [Title] => Victims of armed conflict
                    [Summary] => 

For more than a couple of decades now, the NPAs in the countryside continue their atrocities. They even conduct economic sabotage which hinders the growth and development of the locals.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-26 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1398586 [Title] => Investors still not keen to venture in rural areas [Summary] =>

While major investments are mostly focused in the urban area, it remains a challenge to lure investors to consider projects in the countryside.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1213316 [AuthorName] => Carlo S. Lorenciana [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1389932 [Title] => Rural idyll & horror [Summary] =>

The good thing about this year’s Sineng Pambansa Horror Plus Film Festival is that you get to re-familiarize yourself with Philippine mythology and the attendant superstitions and beliefs that managed to remain in the countryside even to this day.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1637557 [AuthorName] => Pablo A. Tariman [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20141110/Peque-Gallaga-Tyanak-Solenn-Huesaff.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1244842 [Title] => Red Crescent evacuates 1,500 civilians in Damascus [Summary] =>

The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) on Saturday evacuated as many as 1,500 civilians from a conflict zone in the countryside of Syria's capital of Damascus.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-13 17:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 954852 [Title] => A boost to countryside development [Summary] =>

I read with interest a news item in a broadsheet that foreigners may now own as much as 60 percent equity in Philippine rural banks, and President Aquino has signed into law RA 10574, an Act allowing the infusion of Foreign Equity in the capital of rural banks.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1515878 [AuthorName] => Meredith B. Delanto, Dagupan City [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 954399 [Title] => Gov’t hit over high unemployment rate in rural areas [Summary] =>

A group of militant farmers has criticized the government for not prioritizing rural development, which they said produced a huge number of unemployed Filipinos.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 819855 [Title] => Lhuillier backs PTA program [Summary] =>

Long-time tennis patron, sportsman-businessman Jean Henri Lhuillier is among the primary backers of the Philippine Tennis Academy (PTA) which was organized in August last year to identify and train young tennis hopefuls in the countryside with the primary objective of producing a top 100 junior International Tennis Federation player.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 777934 [Title] => Noy to grace dev't summit [Summary] =>

State officials led by President Aquino, local executives and representatives from the private sector will attend the second Sustainable Countryside Development Summit to be held today at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 776591 [Title] => Feb is countryside development month [Summary] =>

In observance of the Countryside Development Month, a series of complementary initiatives to promote and sustain the development of rural areas in the country reels off on Feb. 16-18, centered at the AFP Theater in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 441078 [Title] => Budding entrepreneur finds break in coco husk venture [Summary] =>

After realizing the huge market potential of the coconut husk byproduct in both domestic and international market, a would-be entrepreneur is now looking at capitalizing on this venture to help people from the countryside generate additional income in today’s crisis-laden economy.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097553 [AuthorName] => Rhia de Pablo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) ) )
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