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                    [Title] => Reiteration
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Today we are commemorating Human Rights Day without Nelson Mandela.

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The 2013 midterm elections was clearly a victory for the change and reform agenda of P-Noy.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133740 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302661 [AuthorName] => Elfren S. Cruz [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 930103 [Title] => Noy confers Order of Lakandula on Esposo [Summary] =>

The late STAR columnist William “Billy” Esposo has been posthumously conferred the Order of Lakandula with the rank of Grand Officer for his contribution to the restoration of democracy, particularly as assistant secretary for public affairs of the Department of Local Government in January 1987.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 929703 [Title] => Noy to Billy: Leave the job of wrecking chairs to us [Summary] =>

For President Aquino, the late STAR columnist Billy Esposo was the man who gave it his all and saw the beauty and the funny side of life amidst adversities.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img692/2903/gen10thumbs.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 928741 [Title] => Esposo a 'principled writer, freedom fighter' [Summary] =>

The country lost a principled journalist and a freedom fighter with the passing of STAR columnist and Philippine Legion of Honor awardee William "Billy" Esposo.

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Billy MacGregor Esposo had always had to fight to live — to live in freedom and democracy, to live with principle, and simply — TO LIVE.  He had cheated death more than once, with President Cory Aquino by his side during one particular close call. When he found out that Billy had lost his final battle at 12:08 a.m., Sunday, Cory’s only son, President Benigno Aquino III, rushed to his side and comforted his family till the sun rose.

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He is an exemplar and a role model of what it is to be a Filipino in thought, word and deed.

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It was in grade school that I always heard my teachers tell us that it was good to have a “guiding principle in life.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136207 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1529529 [AuthorName] => Mons Romulo [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 886750 [Title] => EQ Yap, a Filipino patriot [Summary] =>

Last Dec. 9 would have been the 81st birthday of a man named Emmanuel Quiason Yap  a name unfamiliar to most Filipinos, but who deserved more of his countrymen’s attention than they were able or willing to give him when he was around.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 841966 [Title] => A kidney story straight from the heart [Summary] =>

It was a gathering of heavyweights as President Aquino, Vice President Jojo Binay, Speaker Sonny Belmonte, Senators Loren Legarda and Alan Peter Cayetano, former Speaker Joe de Venecia and wife Pangasinan Rep. Gina de Venecia, and several of the country’s movers and shakers descended upon the third floor of the Powerbooks in Greenbelt 4, Makati City for STAR columnist Billy Esposo and his “inside” story.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) ) )
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