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                    [ArticleID] => 1964397
                    [Title] => Nakasabit na kabaong sa China
                    [Summary] => Hindi lamang sa ‘Pinas uso na nakabitin ang mga kabaong, kundi maging sa Southern China. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-30 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136253
                    [Focus] => 1
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                    [SectionName] => Para Malibang
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                    [ArticleID] => 925508
                    [Title] => ‘Fun’ time in Phl
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While surfing cable TV over the weekend, a feature program about the Philippines caught my attention.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 738422 [Title] => Iloilo City gov't giving away free coffins [Summary] =>

The Iloilo City government is giving away hundreds of free coffins under its free burial services program.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-18 12:45:15 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 721321 [Title] => Two carpentry course grads make coffins for a living [Summary] =>

RARE JOB.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1769982 [AuthorName] => The Ear [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 703815 [Title] => A history of sayings [Summary] =>

… and customs. That’s what I was reading while waiting for our delayed flight from Milan to Rome.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133770 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325498 [AuthorName] => Francis J. Kong [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 571765 [Title] => 2 village chiefs receive coffins as 'gifts' [Summary] =>

Two barangay captains each received a “surprise gift” from an unknown person delivered right at their doorstep – white coffins.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 566026 [Title] => Battle of the coffins [Summary] =>

It has been the usual style of politicians to give different kinds of assistance to the voting public like basketball boards, cash assistance and even coffins.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1769982 [AuthorName] => The Ear [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 461066 [Title] => Sagada: A Place to Behold! [Summary] =>

CEBU, Philippines – Since it was a Holy Week, and a Good Friday at that, and we learnt that trips to and from Sagada were limited, so to ensure that we got everything in order, we reserved a van for the visit.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 366631 [Title] => Pushing up daisies in style [Summary] => You can now order coffins online. Just like many other things that the Internet has made democratic, we can now include the packaging of death as one of them. In one US website of caskets for sale, they even counseled that you should not be forced by your chosen funeral home to buy a casket from them. They even added that you be beware of claims about the quality of the casket, saying, "It should be noted that no coffin could preserve a body forever." This was quite puzzling. Do people who bury their dead really worry about this when they pick a coffin? [DatePublished] => 2006-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249519 [AuthorName] => DE RERUM NATURA By Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245764 [Title] => Sagad-sagad sa Sagada [Summary] => Tired and exhausted but excited, we arrived in Sagada, known for its mountain hiking trails, caves to explore, hanging coffins, rice terraces and cascading waterfalls that can be swum. Here, pine trees line the mountain ranges, shrouded in mystery and beautiful scenery.

At the Banaue Trade Center we had our breakfast of fried rice, eggs, hotdogs and slices of pineapple. The view from the restaurant gave us our first glimpse of the lives people in Banaue lead. But on the way there, the road to Sagada is mostly muddy, unpaved and in bad shape.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1447943 [AuthorName] => Larry Leong-Faypon [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) ) )
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