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                    [Title] => One-sided coin for our own good
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I have belatedly grappled with an idea that was within the plot of the old movie entitled "Indecent Proposal."

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-24 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1411791 [Title] => Two important policy directions [Summary] =>

I had mixed emotions upon reading, few days ago and within the holiday season, about the plan of the administration of His Honor Cebu City Mayor Michael L. Rama, to build two evacuation centers.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1408440 [Title] => Refuge centers must be built [Summary] =>

It is, admittedly, a matter of chronological coincidence that this twice-a-week column appears on the first day of this year but because gratitude, I must humbly say, reigns in my heart, I will take it as more than just plain happenstance.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1391292 [Title] => Some angles of caution [Summary] =>

Before I begin, I would like to greet my fourth baby Beatriz a happy birthday!

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1298914 [Title] => There is a new challenge of the city [Summary] =>

Every now and then, we hear about something's going worse before it gets better. When I first came across this statement,

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 961489 [Title] => Some promising signs [Summary] =>

This early, we are seeing signs of good Cebu City governance. These indications come from both the executive and the legislative departments are culled from the pronouncements of our leaders.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950731 [Title] => A philosophy behind terminating BOPK workers [Summary] =>

A text message sender sent me, few days ago, an apparently innocent question. It was not for me to answer though because in his/her query he/she wanted to know whether His Honor Cebu City Mayor Michael L. Rama should fire the more than 2,000 city hall workers whom the honorable Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young claimed to be supporters of the unregistered association called BOPK. So, I felt that I did not have to reply.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155278 [AuthorName] => AvenPiramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 933212 [Title] => To resign is an honorable thing to do [Summary] =>

The reported walk-out of some high ranking officials of the Cebu City government is a blessing in disguise for the opposing aspirants for mayor of this city.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 748727 [Title] => Dredging may not be enough [Summary] => At about the same time that former US Vice President Al Gore committed himself to his environmental concerns, my mind riveted to an alarming scientific forecast. [DatePublished] => 2011-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 674548 [Title] => Mayor with a real estate background [Summary] =>

As a kind of practical living, I always try to look at things in their positive perspective.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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