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                    [ArticleID] => 735814
                    [Title] => God has a future for unwanted children
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I did my eulogy on the passing of the Digital Age’s icon Steve Jobs in my Friday column in The Freeman, but what I did not expect was that the top two newspapers in this country headlined his passing with “iSad” which gives us an idea that even in a 3rd world country like the Philippines, Steve Jobs made an impact in our lives.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 734738 [Title] => Gov't lugi sa DBP behest loans [Summary] =>

Nalugi umano ng ma­la­king halaga ng pondo ang pamahalaan dahil sa naganap na pagpapautang ng Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) sa kumpanya ng negosyanteng si Roberto Ongpin sa pamamagitan ng behest loans.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1590360 [AuthorName] => Ni Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 734763 [Title] => Former, current DBP officials face off at Senate on behest loans [Summary] =>

Former and current officials of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) faced off at a joint Senate committee hearing yesterday over allegations of behest loans to a firm owned by businessman Roberto Ongpin.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 734517 [Title] => Senate panel starts probe on DBP behest loans [Summary] =>

The Senate Blue Ribbon committee chaired by Sen. Teofisto Guingona III will conduct a hearing today on the alleged large scale financial transactions involving P660 million in supposed behest loans extended by the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) during the past Arroyo administration.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 731639 [Title] => DBP chair charged with graft, coercion [Summary] =>

Complaints for graft, grave coercion and violation of the code of conduct and ethical standards for public officials and employees were filed against Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) chairman Jose Nuñez before the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 722248 [Title] => Peddling cheap shots [Summary] =>

It didn’t surprise your Chair Wrecker that 24 ORAS of GMA Network had out rated TV Patrol of ABS-CBN in the recent August Mega Manila ratings poll.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 718967 [Title] => Recent Senate inquiries have lead to public humiliation - Joker [Summary] =>

Sen. Joker Arroyo expressed concern yesterday that the recent Senate investigations have become an avenue for “fishing expedition” of information against personalities whom the Aquino administration wanted to pin down in its campaign against graft and corruption.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 718646 [Title] => Many more will die after Reyes, Pinpin? [Summary] =>

THE HOUNDS: How many more people will have to die, or be driven to suicide, to satisfy the partisan hounds scavenging for evidence that will put former President Gloria Arroyo behind bars?

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 716895 [Title] => Ping seeks probe on behest loans [Summary] =>

Sen. Panfilo Lacson filed a resolution yesterday calling for a Senate inquiry into behest loans and similar sweetheart deals during the previous administration.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 715761 [Title] => Gov't set to review loan approval policies of GFIs [Summary] =>

The Aquino administration is set to review the loan approval policies of government financial institutions (GFIs) such as the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) following the controversy that surrounded the multimillion-peso loan extended by the bank to former Trade Secretary Roberto Ongpin, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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