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                    [Title] => The advantages of being a former classmate of the president
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We cannot begrudge the President for having appointed his former classmates, his shooting buddies, and his childhood and school friends to the Cabinet, to the Supreme Court, and to some very sensitive and juicy positions in government.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-29 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136164 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1146528 [AuthorName] => Atty Josephus Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 858541 [Title] => Architects urged to be city changers [Summary] =>

City dwellers will make up 70 percent of the world population by 2050, and cities must enact drastic changes now in order to accommodate the city dwellers of the 21st century; and offer them living conditions that are conducive to personal development and well-being.

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[DatePublished] => 2007-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 367436 [Title] => Trash talk [Summary] => Long has our country been struggling with the perennial garbage problem. Anywhere you go, you see garbage either strewn along the streets or piled carelessly on the side, with all sorts of pests rummaging in wild abandon. A few months after the tragedy that befell Payatas several years back, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law the Ecological Waste Management Act. [DatePublished] => 2006-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135430 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305636 [Title] => Binay elected to international organization of local authorities [Summary] => Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay was elected to the executive committee of an international organization of local authorities during its recent congress in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Makati City’s Information and Community Relations Department (ICRD) said the 2005 Congress of the Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements (Citynet) was attended by more than 300 mayors and representatives of national and local governments, civil society groups, private companies and international organizations.
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The other winner is the City of Visakhapatnam in India.

The contest, co-sponsored by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), identified three gender-responsive cities, which are currently implementing governance principles that support women-friendly city management.
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[DatePublished] => 2003-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510110 [AuthorName] => Matthew Estabillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179540 [Title] => Urban poor assured of funds for informal housing [Summary] => Urban poor groups have received assurance of funding for acquisition by the informal settlers of land tenure and housing for next year under the government’s Community Mortgage Program (CMP), despite the non-inclusion of subsidy funds for the program under the 2003 general appropriations act.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142060 [Title] => Itiklop na ang MMDA; kanya-kanya na lang ang mayors! [Summary] => SAYANG itong si Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benjamin Abalos, Sr. Nasisira ang kanyang kredibilidad at magandang pangalan dahil wala naman talagang ibubuga ang MMDA. Kung walang nagagawang magaling ang MMDA, hindi si Abalos ang dapat sisihin dito. Ang sisihin ay ang kahinaan ng istraktura, organisasyon at mekanismo ng MMDA.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134291 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247482 [AuthorName] => Danny Macabuhay [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1547906
                    [Title] => The advantages of being a former classmate of the president
                    [Summary] => 

We cannot begrudge the President for having appointed his former classmates, his shooting buddies, and his childhood and school friends to the Cabinet, to the Supreme Court, and to some very sensitive and juicy positions in government.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-29 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136164 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1146528 [AuthorName] => Atty Josephus Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 858541 [Title] => Architects urged to be city changers [Summary] =>

City dwellers will make up 70 percent of the world population by 2050, and cities must enact drastic changes now in order to accommodate the city dwellers of the 21st century; and offer them living conditions that are conducive to personal development and well-being.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379882 [Title] => Canadian values, spirituality [Summary] => New studies on Canadian values and spirituality showed that West Coast residents are leading the country’s trend toward greater individualism and immediate gratification.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 367436 [Title] => Trash talk [Summary] => Long has our country been struggling with the perennial garbage problem. Anywhere you go, you see garbage either strewn along the streets or piled carelessly on the side, with all sorts of pests rummaging in wild abandon. A few months after the tragedy that befell Payatas several years back, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law the Ecological Waste Management Act. [DatePublished] => 2006-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135430 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305636 [Title] => Binay elected to international organization of local authorities [Summary] => Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay was elected to the executive committee of an international organization of local authorities during its recent congress in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Makati City’s Information and Community Relations Department (ICRD) said the 2005 Congress of the Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements (Citynet) was attended by more than 300 mayors and representatives of national and local governments, civil society groups, private companies and international organizations.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246006 [Title] => Cebu, Naga voted as gender-responsiveAsPac cities [Summary] => The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) announced that Cebu City and Naga City are among the three cities which won the "Award for Women Friendly Cities 2004" in the First Contest of Gender Responsive Local Governments in the Asia-Pacific.

The other winner is the City of Visakhapatnam in India.

The contest, co-sponsored by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), identified three gender-responsive cities, which are currently implementing governance principles that support women-friendly city management.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 234387 [Title] => Goco in FPJ bandwagon [Summary] => Our ear-spies have reported that Ambassador and former Solicitor General Raul Goco agreed to join the FPJ bandwagon team Dec. 23 last year. He has been designated to head FPJ’s legal team and is now casting about for volunteers. He is currently working to broker a meeting between FPJ and his former boss FVR, for what purpose, we can only guess. [DatePublished] => 2004-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135728 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730160 [AuthorName] => S.A. Maguire [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223188 [Title] => Of Faith and Achievement [Summary] => Dr. Helena Z. Benitez has seen and done it all. From government service to education, she has stood out and accomplished plenty without asking much in return. It is no surprise then, that a woman whose strong but agreeable personality that everyone can look up to has been given the Mother Teresa Award — an honor given only to a very select few.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510110 [AuthorName] => Matthew Estabillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179540 [Title] => Urban poor assured of funds for informal housing [Summary] => Urban poor groups have received assurance of funding for acquisition by the informal settlers of land tenure and housing for next year under the government’s Community Mortgage Program (CMP), despite the non-inclusion of subsidy funds for the program under the 2003 general appropriations act.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142060 [Title] => Itiklop na ang MMDA; kanya-kanya na lang ang mayors! [Summary] => SAYANG itong si Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benjamin Abalos, Sr. Nasisira ang kanyang kredibilidad at magandang pangalan dahil wala naman talagang ibubuga ang MMDA. Kung walang nagagawang magaling ang MMDA, hindi si Abalos ang dapat sisihin dito. Ang sisihin ay ang kahinaan ng istraktura, organisasyon at mekanismo ng MMDA.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134291 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247482 [AuthorName] => Danny Macabuhay [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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