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                    [Title] => Pangasinan officials unveil 300-hectare eco-tourism zone
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This 430-year-old province wrote history on Monday when its officials led the groundbreaking of a tourism and investment hub in this capital town.

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Coming home after their first day of classes last Monday, my twin sons cheerfully related how they went through handheld heat sensors being used in their respective schools to test for fever the students, faculty, and other people coming into their campuses.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 427985 [Title] => Holiday musings, etc. [Summary] =>

Christmas Day and the days before and after that celebration were mostly devoted to family concerns.

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The cool weather may be contributory to the sniffles that one may get during this season. However, did you know that asthma-like symptoms could also indicate worm infestation? Apart from the common manifestations like abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, constipation, and weight loss, an allergic reaction to toxins that the parasites produce can cause asthma, eye pain, insomnia, and skin rashes. [DatePublished] => 2007-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422176 [AuthorName] => Joy Angelica Subido [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 11886 [Title] => The state of health of the nation [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 376112 [Title] => Battling an ‘orphaned’ disease [Summary] => Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is the second leading cause of permanent, long-term disability in the world. Identified as a major health problem since 1907, it is a severely disabling and disfiguring parasitic disease caused by thread-like filarial worms Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi that live in the human lymphatic system.

Over 120 million people are afflicted with LF and over 40 million of them are seriously incapacitated. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 1.2 billion people at risk in about 80 countries.
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Citing the 2004 Family Planning Survey, PopCom executive director Tomas Osias said only 49.3 percent of couples use any method of birth control.

"One way to encourage those who are not into family planning is to present them with methods available and allow them to choose that which they think suits them," he said.
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DR. FRANCISCO DUQUE
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                    [Title] => Pangasinan officials unveil 300-hectare eco-tourism zone
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This 430-year-old province wrote history on Monday when its officials led the groundbreaking of a tourism and investment hub in this capital town.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 478642 [Title] => Better safe than sorry [Summary] =>

Coming home after their first day of classes last Monday, my twin sons cheerfully related how they went through handheld heat sensors being used in their respective schools to test for fever the students, faculty, and other people coming into their campuses.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 427985 [Title] => Holiday musings, etc. [Summary] =>

Christmas Day and the days before and after that celebration were mostly devoted to family concerns.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136001 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708470 [AuthorName] => Rolly Espina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 33887 [Title] => It’s a worm day in December [Summary] =>

The cool weather may be contributory to the sniffles that one may get during this season. However, did you know that asthma-like symptoms could also indicate worm infestation? Apart from the common manifestations like abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, constipation, and weight loss, an allergic reaction to toxins that the parasites produce can cause asthma, eye pain, insomnia, and skin rashes. [DatePublished] => 2007-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422176 [AuthorName] => Joy Angelica Subido [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 11886 [Title] => The state of health of the nation [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 376112 [Title] => Battling an ‘orphaned’ disease [Summary] => Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is the second leading cause of permanent, long-term disability in the world. Identified as a major health problem since 1907, it is a severely disabling and disfiguring parasitic disease caused by thread-like filarial worms Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi that live in the human lymphatic system.

Over 120 million people are afflicted with LF and over 40 million of them are seriously incapacitated. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 1.2 billion people at risk in about 80 countries.
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Citing the 2004 Family Planning Survey, PopCom executive director Tomas Osias said only 49.3 percent of couples use any method of birth control.

"One way to encourage those who are not into family planning is to present them with methods available and allow them to choose that which they think suits them," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280474 [Title] => Medical mission [Summary] => BILANG mga tagasunod ni Jesus, sa pamamagitan ng pagkabinyag sa atin, naiatang sa ating mga balikat ang tungkuling palaganapin ang paghahari ng Diyos, pagpapalayas ng mga demonyo at pagpapagaling ng mga maysakit. At sa ating pag-aaral sa buhay ni Jesus, ang pagpapalaganap ng paghahari ng Diyos ay maisasaganap sa pagtupad ng pinakamahalagang utos: Ang mahalin ang Diyos at ang ating kapwa gaya ng pagmamahal sa ating sarili. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133406 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805428 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Blanco S.J. [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )

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