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                    [ArticleID] => 1406926
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Not a friendship to be proud of
                    [Summary] => 

The United States may have submitted Marine corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton to Philippine judicial processes in connection with the murder charge he is facing over the death of a Filipino but it has refused to yield custody of the accused, citing rights supposedly contained in the Visiting Forces Agreements between the two countries.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-freeman/cebu-news/20141227/freetoon.gif ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1396775 [Title] => What is the real story of America? [Summary] =>

The spreading racial riots in the United States, sparked by the shooting of a black American teenager by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, further weakens America's claim to moral leadership in the world.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1325607 [Title] => Stress and frustration [Summary] =>

If I were Noynoy Aquino, I would stop accusing China of this and that if there is nothing I can do about it.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 773010 [Title] => Call centers for US security [Summary] =>

In case you have not noticed it yet, strategically-located Philippines is starting to smell like roses to the United States now that the world’s leading superpower feels threatened by China.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 771423 [Title] => So it can be done [Summary] => American elite troops, specifically US Navy Seals, raided a camp in Somalia Wednesday to rescue two captives being held hostage by Somali pirates. [DatePublished] => 2012-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 483957 [Title] => Malaysia to work with US on suspected North Korea funds [Summary] => KUALA LUMPUR (AP) -- Malaysia pledged Monday to work with the United States to block North Korea from using the Southeast Asian nation's banks to fund any weapons deals. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-06 14:13:24 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 412322 [Title] => EDITORIAL - America votes [Summary] =>

By most standards, John McCain is a man of exceptional courage and honor who has served his country well. It is the kind ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9694/startoonthumbei2.gif ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287958 [Title] => The real danger [Summary] => It may have been fortuitous that President GMA faces impeachment at the same time that she is set to lay out a program to fulfill what she herself has promised — charter change. When I saw her recently, she said, "I am on time". She may be, but recent events have changed that initial commitment. It has become more urgent, even necessary for her political salvation. More importantly, it can make or unmake this country. The two issues have become inseparable from each other. She may be the accused but she is also the savior. [DatePublished] => 2005-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273355 [Title] => Media create fear factor [Summary] => Media definitely knows how to continuously create the fear factor in our lives. When there’s no calamity, deaths, bombs, war or reporting on the latest virus strain without cure, media can always create financial insecurities or something that will make you feel that your life is doomed. I was feeling secure, comfortable, safe last week until I saw the provocative headline stories of two major weekly publications that I purchase on a regular basis. Living in the third most livable cities in the world did not exempt me from the supply of bad news. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 256275 [Title] => Leader America / Con-con will be used to derail Charter change [Summary] => There is no doubt in my mind that America as the world’s only superpower can be and ought to be the leader. The problem is: what kind of leader? That is not easy to answer since the world order in which it thrives, whether we agree with it or not, was shaped by imperialist tradition and practices. But times have changed. It is America which has to prove that it can be a leader worthy of modern challenges. This is especially true of Philippine-American relations which needs to cope with historical memories.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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