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                    [ArticleID] => 1481977
                    [Title] => Last SONA of President Benigno S. Aquino III
                    [Summary] => 

This State of the Nation Address (SONA) is very different from the first five he delivered in the past.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-28 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416594 [Title] => Too many investigations, too little legislation [Summary] =>

If we are indeed the sovereign Filipino people, and the politicians in public office are our servants, then we have the right to require them to render a report to us on what they have accomplished, if any, with the billions of taxes we have paid to finance government operations.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136164 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1148714 [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 542814 [Title] => The OFWs' disaster unpreparedness [Summary] =>

Should an earthquake of the magnitude that hit Haiti strike Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman or the United Arab Emirates today, do you know that the lives of more than a million OFWs and their families would be in grave and imminent danger?

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134003 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1148714 [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 536879 [Title] => Learning vs reviewing [Summary] =>

If you have the energy and the mental desire to read the opinion section on the first day of the New Year, it only means you were smart enough to stay sober and rest early.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 444463 [Title] => It's not funny [Summary] =>

Call me an old grump if you like but lately I have put my foot down against the Filipino lack of sensitivity and understanding of serious matters.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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