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Consultative Commission
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                    [ArticleID] => 1833275
                    [Title] => No-elections
                    [Summary] => A number of legislators have expressed preference for postponing the midterm elections in order to hasten the transition to a new constitutional framework. Elections for half the Senate, all the congressional seats and local government positions are scheduled for May next year.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-07-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134157
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804783
                    [AuthorName] => Alex Magno
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1832706
                    [Title] => PAL: Getting its 1st A350-900 from Toulouse
                    [Summary] => We arrived from London for an overnight stay at the Renaissance Hotel and had dinner at the Market Garden Restaurant together with 15 media personalities from Manila. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-07-12 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135522
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805274
                    [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1811972
                    [Title] => Hard sell
                    [Summary] => Political dynasties will be curbed and there will be a two-party system under which party switching will be banned.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-05-04 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133252
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807094
                    [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 983661
                    [Title] => End state
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The wealth sharing agreement signed between government and the MILF will either open the floodgates to federalism or simply die, stillborn, on the legislative/judicial road to actualization.

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We have a shrinking political class.

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It’s exactly a month when tropical storm Sendong devastated Northern Mindanao, destroying homes in Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City and Dumaguete City.

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The swollen river systems that brought death and destruction to Cagayan de Oro and Iligan also carried down with them tens of thousands of logs from the highlands surrounding the two ill-fated cities.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 745453 [Title] => Payback [Summary] =>

There is a popular Facebook posting that has been doing the rounds for some time now: “Karma. No need for revenge.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133891 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794477 [AuthorName] => Yoly Villanueva-Ong [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 647630 [Title] => Debate the whys, hows of Cha-cha [Summary] =>

Huh, is this how long it takes to evaluate a criminal complaint?

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This is an idiomatic expression for an impossible situation.

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