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Independent
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                    [ArticleID] => 2273294
                    [Title] => Neither free nor independent
                    [Summary] => Is the Philippines really independent? How can we claim independence when we rely on foreign and domestic borrowings to fund our government operations and its ambitious projects?
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-12 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136164
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1148714
                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2182901
                    [Title] => Independent
                    [Summary] => Maluoy ko sa akong anak nga laki kay toa sa Manila nanrabaho.  
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133969
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1367263
                    [AuthorName] => Jacky G.
                    [SectionName] => Banat Kalingawan
                    [SectionUrl] => kalingawan
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
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                    [ArticleID] => 2179622
                    [Title] => Blessings of Motherhood?
                    [Summary] => Sometimes I think of motherhood and feel elated that my daughters whether they like it or not have somehow followed in my footsteps.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136419
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805260
                    [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura
                    [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle
                    [SectionUrl] => sunday-life
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/05/08/fernand-khnopff_2022-05-08_13-13-51102_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2014045
                    [Title] => Independent and relevant
                    [Summary] => The general rule is that a witness can testify only as to the facts which he knows of his personal knowledge or derived from his own perception.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-05-15 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133340
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804883
                    [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 1926028
                    [Title] => Independent Philippines?
                    [Summary] => About two or three years ago, in a Japanese university, scholars from various parts of Africa reported the heavy influx of Chinese in their countries. Facilitated by Chinese loans, many Chinese in Africa were laborers in Chinese-funded projects.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-13 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133239
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805743
                    [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero-Ballescas
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 1545062
                    [Title] => Despite DQ, Poe, Duterte in Comelec list of presidential bets
                    [Summary] => 

Sen. Grace Poe and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who are both facing disqualification from the presidential race, made it to the initial list of candidates running for president in the May elections.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-21 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20160122/Poe-Duterte-White.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1513667 [Title] => SharePhil pushes SEC authority over independent directors [Summary] =>

The Shareholders’ Association of the Philippines (SharePhil), a group of minority shareholders in the country, is proposing changes in the Corporation Code that would allow corporate regulators to prescribe requirements for independent directors as part of overall efforts to promote good corporate governance.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-22 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1512808 [Title] => 45 vie for Cebu Provincial Board seats [Summary] =>

The filing of certificates of candidacy ended last Friday with 45 would-be candidates vying for 14 regular seats in the Cebu Provincial Board come 2016 national and local elections.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-19 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1519839 [AuthorName] => Michael Vencynth H. Braga/FPL [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1512466 [Title] => Olympic leaders agree on independent drug-testing system [Summary] =>

In a shake-up of the drug-testing system in sports, Olympic leaders agreed Saturday that testing should be independent of sports organizations and urged the World Anti-Doping Agency to take over the responsibility on a global level.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-18 13:02:43 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756715 [AuthorName] => Stephen Wilson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1511172 [Title] => No extension for COC filing; 76 presidential bets so far [Summary] =>

The filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs), which ends at 5 p.m. today, will no longer be extended.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-15 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151016/Bautista-6.jpg ) ) )
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