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                    [ArticleID] => 2108931
                    [Title] => Ex-defense chief: Arming civilians to fight crime a ‘false solution to a serious problem’
                    [Summary] => "What we should be afraid of when it comes to guns is not the bullet with our names on it but the bullet that says 'to whom it may concern,'" former defense secretary Orlando Mercado said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-06-29 13:08:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806784
                    [AuthorName] => Bella Perez-Rubio
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/06/29/loose-firearmsjpeg_2021-06-29_12-46-39_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1931918
                    [Title] => What keeps Orly running: Move, be active
                    [Summary] => A son of a public schoolteacher from Dagami, Leyte, veteran broadcaster-educator Orlando Mercado, or Orly as he is called, grew up near a railway station in Paco, Manila and worked as a casual laborer in Manila’s City Engineers Office with P4.66 salary.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-07-04 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1708029
                    [AuthorName] => Rogelio Constantino Medina
                    [SectionName] => Entertainment
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                    [ArticleID] => 1301881
                    [Title] => Too little, too late
                    [Summary] => 

It is truly amazing how short-lived a lie can be.

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The Senate has started working on a bill prohibiting political dynasties even as several groups have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to compel Congress to pass such a law.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 800775 [Title] => SC asked to stop production of genetically modified eggplants [Summary] =>

An international environmental group trooped to the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday in a bid to stop the commercial production of genetically modified (GMO) eggplants that they said pose danger to human health.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 652055 [Title] => EDITORIAL - System of perks [Summary] =>

If someone is openly accused of pocketing public funds, the amount of which could warrant his indictment for plunder, the expected reaction from an innocent man is to tell the accuser he is a shameless liar.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3497/startoonthumb.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 625002 [Title] => Noy appoints Villacorta as RP's permanent representative to Asean [Summary] =>

President Aquino yesterday confirmed here the appointment of Wilfrido Villacorta as the Philippines’ permanent representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 564141 [Title] => 'Pag tinuloy ang 12% EVAT sa tollways, trak, bus welga [Summary] =>

Ikinasa ng mga sa­mahan ng bus at trak sa bansa ang isang ma­lawakan at malakihang transport holiday kasa­ bay ng pagbaba­lagbag ng kanilang sasakyan sa may north at south Luzon expressways oras na ipatupad ng pamahalaan ang 12% EVAT sa toll fee.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1549005 [AuthorName] => Ni Angie dela Cruz [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 445338 [Title] => Mercado accepts post as representative to Asean [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Former senator Orlando Mercado formally accepted yesterday his appointment as Permanent Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 72714 [Title] => Orly won't have problem with CA, says lawmaker [Summary] =>

Being a former senator and Cabinet member during the interrupted term of deposed President Joseph Estrada, veteran broadcaster Orlando Mercado’s appointment as the country’s ambassador to China will most likely breeze through the Commission on Appointments.

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