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                    [ArticleID] => 426870
                    [Title] => A Lesson On Charity
                    [Summary] => 

Here’s a Christmas message that might help change your views on the virtue of charity - a tale to understand the importance of absence of niggardliness in one’s life! - The King’s Lesson on Charity.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135963 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249460 [AuthorName] => Dax Barlaan [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369313 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Short order [Summary] => National orders of merit, such as the Order of Lakandula, are up to the president of the republic to bestow on anyone he or she may deem worthy of the honor. Maybe it's time the power to bestow that honor be given to an independent body capable of doing justice to the task. [DatePublished] => 2006-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 311862 [Title] => CEOs par excellence [Summary] => In recent practice, communication has established itself as a critical component of corporate life. In a lot of companies, communication as a management function is still subsumed by other functions in a bureaucracy, such as human resources, marketing, corporate planning or even legal. In more progressive operations, however, it is strongly seen as less of a craft industry and more of a profession. We have to distinguish communication as an entirely different discipline essential to achieving things through people. [DatePublished] => 2005-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133905 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1174371 [AuthorName] => Bong R. Osorio [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138074 [Title] => Customs official’s dismissal a challenge to merit system [Summary] => The arbitrary dismissal of accountant-lawyer Emma Rosqueta from her post as deputy Customs Commissioner, after 39 years of efficient performance in the bureau, appears to mark a 180-degree turn in pushing the civil service merit system.

Civil service analysts say her removal from office challenges the merit system in government service and violates principles protected by existing laws.

That Rosqueta, who joined the government in 1962 as a Customs examiner, chose to carry on her battle through the courts has earned for her points in the bureaucracy.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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