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                    [Title] => From whom we came
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Last weekend, we celebrated, or were coaxed to celebrate, “Grandparents’ Day.” Though probably a commercially-driven holiday, Grandparents’ Day nevertheless makes us think of the four other people in our lives directly responsible for our DNA — thus, to a large extent,  who we are today. Indelibly.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1299376 [Title] => Loren shows us her roots [Summary] =>

Sen. Loren Legarda’s secret hideaway is in the midst of the bustling commercial district of Caloocan and Malabon cities  right where you would expect a hardware or a sapin-sapin store.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 24365 [Title] => Grandma Mary [Summary] =>

She is the grandparent I hardly knew, and for that I grieve. Not that I miss her, because that would be a lie. I hardly knew her. She died while I was a pre-schooler. I do not even remember her voice or her laughter.  But I do remember her scent. Maybe that’s because, as my mother Sonia tells me now, my Grandma Mary (Mayor) used to hold me to her breast when I was a baby.

[DatePublished] => 2007-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) ) )
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