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                    [Title] => Moderating the ‘greed’
                    [Summary] => About a decade ago, the line “Moderate their greed” became famous in the botched NBN-ZTE deal during the Arroyo administration. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-12-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133536
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804832
                    [AuthorName] => Sara Soliven De Guzman
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                    [Title] => My thoughts on the ongoing church synod
                    [Summary] => 

I have refrained from commenting on the ongoing Synod at the Vatican this week for the simple reason that we should not talk about the fears of others until the Synod is over.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1347085 [Title] => P-Noy challenges SC [Summary] =>

After hurling a veiled threat at the Supreme Court and directly questioning the unanimous 13-0 decision declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional last Monday, President Aquino backtracked on Tuesday before a gathering of bankers and businessmen at Malacanang.

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The Bureau of Internal Revenue is in favor of lifting the tax and financial incentives given to several industries which include agro-industrial businesses to boost tax collections of the government.

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Pinipilit pa rin umano ng mga Arroyo na madagdagan ang kanilang mangilan-ngilan na lamang na kaalyado sa Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso upang isulong ang Constituent Asembly.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 925130 [Title] => Philippine economy: A new lease on life [Summary] =>

Fitch Rating’s credit rating upgrade of the Philippine economy to investment grade — from BB+ to BBB- for the first time ever in history has given a tremendous boost to the country’s economy.

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It was also December last year when Typhoon Sendong struck Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City and Dumaguete City with devastating effect.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 720294 [Title] => Rope-a-dope = no contact [Summary] =>

I can still recall how many opponents of the legendary heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali were so frustrated when they could not land a punch because Ali would “float” all over the ring, instead of trade punches like other boxers used to.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 711740 [Title] => From the top to bottom [Summary] =>

For the most part of June and July, the talk of the town if not the entire country has been about all the high level exposes and anti-corruption action of the PNoy administration.

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The SWS June survey reports that the satisfaction rating of President Aquino has dropped further from 64 percent in November to 51 percent in March to 46 percent after one year in office.

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