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                    [Title] => A Christmas Fairy
                    [Summary] => 

It was getting very near to Christmas time, and all the boys at Miss Ware’s school were talking about going home for the holidays.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-26 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1491378 [Title] => DOTC ignores suggestion [Summary] =>

It is bad enough that the guys at DOTC and MMDA seem incapable in dealing with our transport needs.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-23 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 790667 [Title] => Movie time on SKYCable [Summary] =>

This month, get the ultimate in movie entertainment for your family by adding the awesome movie pack to your basic SKYCable plan.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 770258 [Title] => Understanding autism [Summary] =>

When asked to make a choice, five-year-old Bertie will likely repeat the last option he just heard or when addressed, would repeat the last word or phrase of the sentence he just heard.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462517 [AuthorName] => Lirio Sobrevinas Covey [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 717871 [Title] => Bertie has done his homework [Summary] =>

It is a pity that resigned Tourism Secretary Bertie Lim is leaving now, just after he has done the planning and thinking part of his homework.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 716456 [Title] => Finding a tourism champion [Summary] =>

Bertie Lim will most likely never live down two infamous acts as P-Noy’s secretary of tourism: first is the poorly made and failed re-branding of a Philippine tourism campaign, and the second is his unholy war with the mighty members of the Tourism Congress.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 716288 [Title] => The soul of a nation [Summary] =>

The controversy surrounding the Cultural Center of the Philippines regarding the so-called “blasphemous” exhibit has spawned debates on artistic freedom and what should be considered art.

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We all heard the good statistics from P-Noy during his SONA.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 709868 [Title] => Tourism sector is horribly disunited [Summary] =>

When Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima dropped by The Philippine Star offices last week, he told us the Aquino administration is banking on tourism to produce early positive results in terms of jobs and forex earnings.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 704541 [Title] => The Philippines at your service [Summary] =>

We all have a choice. We can split hairs and quarrel or we can simply take the initiative, offer to break bread with each other and try to share our ideas and come up with the right solutions for our country’s problems.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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