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                    [ArticleID] => 1549963
                    [Title] => Sereno misses  the point
                    [Summary] => 

When Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio came out with a statement explaining why senator Grace Poe is not a natural born citizen and, therefore, is barred by the Constitution from running for president, he was swiftly criticized for having prejudged the case that was now before the High Court and whose resolution is being eagerly awaited by everyone.

[DatePublished] => 2016-02-04 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1542137 [Title] => Poe (IS a/AS a) foundling [Summary] =>

Everybody who has taken up the cudgels for Grace Poe is arguing her case from the wrong perspective, and it is easy to see why.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-12 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1534366 [Title] => 2015 in words [Summary] =>

The Merriam-Webster dictionary company has chosen the word “ism” as its word of the year. It’s actually a suffix, not quite a word, but hey, I’m not going to argue with the dictionary!

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-19 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1533227 [Title] => No plot necessary [Summary] =>

Aside from filing appeals for the reversal of unfavorable decisions concerning her citizenship and qualification to run for president, all of which are natural courses of action for anyone so situated, Grace Poe has chosen to fight her predicament in only three ways, none of which are effective and substantive: 1) By playing to the emotions; 2) By sour-graping: and 3) By assigning malice to others.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-15 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1529949 [Title] => On Poe DQ case [Summary] =>

Grace Poe’s disqualification case is one of “law” versus justice.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-06 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1519888 [Title] => Advertisement tungkol sa mga ampon, nakakahabag [Summary] =>

Touching ang isang full-page public service ad na lumabas kahapon tungkol sa mga foundling. Isang foundling si Senator Grace Poe dahil hindi matukoy kung sino ang kanyang mga magulang at bilang napulot siya sa loob ng simbahan noong sanggol pa lamang.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-08 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135743 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1465081 [AuthorName] => Lolit Solis [SectionName] => Pang Movies [SectionUrl] => pang-movies [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/pang-masa/pang-movies/20151109/Grace-Poe.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1513195 [Title] => It's not the motives [Summary] =>

There are now at least three disqualification cases filed against Senator Grace Poe, all of them seeking to bar her presidential bid in 2016 on grounds of constitutional infirmity.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-20 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1509870 [Title] => Poe defense cracking [Summary] =>

All of a sudden, the camp of Senator Grace Poe no longer seems so sure about her legal standing in relation to the disqualification case filed against her by losing 2013 senatorial candidate Rizalito David.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-11 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1503426 [Title] => EDITORIAL – Keeping the presidency sacrosanct [Summary] =>

Political passions always tend to obscure issues instead of enlighten them.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-23 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-freeman/opinion/20150924/freetoon.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1503055 [Title] => Are abandoned children second-class citizens? [Summary] =>

Whether friend or foe of Poe matters not. What does is the right of a foundling to hold high office like any natural-born.

 

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-22 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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