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                    [Title] => 2015: Year of the change up
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In baseball, hardly the Filipino’s favorite sport, a change up is a deliberately slow pitch meant to throw off the batter’s timing.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-30 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151231/Year-ends-Events-5.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1517451 [Title] => Philippines' graveyard gatherings mix celebration, sadness [Summary] =>

Millions of people made their annual pilgrimage to family gravesites yesterday in a tradition that combines fervent Catholic faith with the country’s penchant for festivity.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-01 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151102/Manila-North-Cemetery-15.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1440107 [Title] => Muslim group calls for universal peace [Summary] =>

As predominantly Catholic Philippines and the rest of the Christian world observe the Holy Week, peace advocates like the Young Muslim Professionals Network (YMPN) are appealing to Filipinos of various creeds and persuasion to embrace the universal message of kindness, love and peace.

[DatePublished] => 2015-04-01 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150307/muslim-women-1.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1409528 [Title] => Travelers advised to leave home early during papal visit [Summary] =>

Travelers passing through domestic and international airports when Pope Francis arrives on Jan. 15, when he flies to Tacloban City on Jan. 17, and when he returns to Rome on Jan. 19 have been advised to leave home early.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1310616 [Title] => MILF rebels form politcal party as they end rebellion [Summary] =>

The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines said Tuesday it had formed a political party as it turns away from a decades-long rebellion after signing a peace pact with the government.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-09 08:09:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390313 [AuthorName] => Jim Gomez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140409/Muslim-rebel-group.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1252097 [Title] => CBCP to faithful: Emulate good deeds of departed loved ones [Summary] =>

All Souls’ Day is a time to pray, show respect for the dead and remember the good and bad things they did when they were still living, an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img820/2491/gvm4.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 954436 [Title] => Much ado about Father’s Day [Summary] =>

A few days ago, my son asked me where I wanted to go on Father’s Day. After naming my favorite restaurants, I told him to reserve a table for us in advance. He replied: “Dad, this is not Mother’s Day. There won’t be any traffic and most restaurants will surely have space.” No one in my family considered his reply as a joke but a simple statement of a well known fact.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133740 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302661 [AuthorName] => Elfren S. Cruz [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 951389 [Title] => The new Charice [Summary] =>

Charice Pempengco has a long list of achievements that belies her age. She turned just 21 this year, but she has already released three studio albums, several EPs and singles, and is actually famous enough to go by her first name.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212438 [AuthorName] => Carina Santos [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855842 [Title] => E-Martial Law [Summary] =>

Yesterday was the declaration of e-martial law. Yesterday will be remembered in history as Sept. 21 The Sequel. Future generations will declare Oct. 3 a holiday, to commemorate the death of digital democracy in the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 835399 [Title] => When religious dogma clashes with democracy [Summary] =>

For Catholic bishops, couples shall have sex only for procreation. But normal loving spouses realistically cannot be so saintly. The poor particularly are most vulnerable to frequent unplanned pregnancies.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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