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                    [ArticleID] => 1303916
                    [Title] => The day my father died
                    [Summary] => 

March has always been a painful month for me.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134310 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805291 [AuthorName] => Paulynn Sicam [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 921095 [Title] => Hundreds mark death anniversary of ‘the guy’ [Summary] =>

Hundreds went to Barangay Sunog in Balamban town, Cebu, to mark the 56th death anniversary of former President Ramon Magsaysay yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 577141 [Title] => An open letter to Noynoy [Summary] =>

You are now swamped with suggestions and advice, but just the same, I hope you’ll have time to read what this octogenarian has to say.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1314981 [AuthorName] => F Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/742/lif1thumbi.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 558376 [Title] => Honesty vs competence, trustworthiness! [Summary] =>

My old barkada had a dinner hosted by my good friend, Bobby Lozada at the Casino Español last Saturday, and naturally the discussion turned to the current political race.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357371 [Title] => Magsaysay: An earnest look at a legend [Summary] => When Eugenia Duran Apostol received the Magsaysay Award for Journalism last week, she made public for the first time what many in my generation believed – that the plane crash in March 1957 which killed President Ramon Magsaysay was no accident. The plane was bombed.

Nestor Mata, the journalist, now columnist of Malaya, was the only survivor. But as he said, he was asleep and when he regained consciousness, he was on the ground, severely burned.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1352757 [AuthorName] => HINDSIGHT By F Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191205 [Title] => RP artist chess tourney slated [Summary] => Artists from all walks of life converge when the 24th edition of the Philippine Artist Chess Championship unfolds on Jan. 18 at the Heritage House in Blue Ridge A, Quezon City.

Organized annually by newspaper columnist Nestor Mata, the one-day event is open to all bona fide artists only (writers, musicians, poets, journalists, theater artists, architects, etc.).

Registration is ongoing at the Heritage House at No. 43 Hillside Loop in Blue Ridge A. Interested parties may call up environmentalist and chess enthusiast Odette Alcantara at 647-1181.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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