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                    [Title] => Easter hope
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Every Easter Sunday we commemorate Christ’s triumphant resurrection after He suffered and died on the cross to redeem us from sin and death.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 905009 [Title] => Pathetic best describes P-Noy’s adversaries [Summary] =>

Not to take away due credit for expertly handling the puny attempts of his political adversaries, President Benigno S. Aquino III (P-Noy) has got to be the luckiest person. Some believe that his parents must be pulling some strings for P-Noy from where they are now.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 561346 [Title] => 'Justice Man' for the Senate [Summary] =>

The title above, and the mini picture-calendar of Silvestre H. Bello III holding up and about to render a big blow with a gavel (that looks like a hammer) show how determined the former justice secretary is to pursue justice, up to the steps of the Philippine Senate.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 558105 [Title] => Who is the big spender Cardinal Rosales and the Bishops referred to? [Summary] =>

It is untypical of our Church leaders to specify the political personality or personalities being adversely referred to by a Pastoral Letter.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 51586 [Title] => Prayerful Easter wishes [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 397089 [Title] => Don’t follow me – I’m lost, too [Summary] => Last Sunday, after our usual routine of visiting my parents and going to church and spending the day together, I drove home that evening with my wife and kids only to find the access road to our garage blocked by two vehicles, one after the other. This wasn’t the first time that an idiotic driver or two, left their vehicle or vehicles in front of our driveway except this time, it had a timely relevance to the coming elections.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133604 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1160093 [AuthorName] => BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 382505 [Title] => Summit kontra-daya! [Summary] => Maglulunsad ng 4-party summit kontra sa dayaan si Pangulong Arroyo sa pamamagitan ng pakikipagpulong nito sa mga kinatawan ng Simbahan, private at government sector at pulisya upang masiguro ang isang malinis at mapayapang halalan sa darating na Mayo partikular sa itinuturing na "hot spots". [DatePublished] => 2007-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347266 [Title] => Politics and morality [Summary] => In the raging debate on the doctrine of Church-State separation enshrined in our Constitution, several government officials have been repeatedly claiming that the wall of separation has been breached by members of the clergy because of their alleged intrusion into the purely political affairs of the State like the impeachment process initiated against President GMA; that it is therefore the Church, not the state which has violated the doctrine. [DatePublished] => 2006-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291081 [Title] => Unsolicited, friendly advice [Summary] => All the politicians involved in the raging controversies that brought this administration into its worst political crisis, may not really feel the adverse effects of the prolonged but deadly political game they play, since most if not all of them belong to the moneyed class. But they have to realize that the main victims of their internecine struggle for power are the ordinary common tao, the decent workers and professionals striving to earn modestly, and the middle level businessmen who expect no more than a moderate return on their investments out of hard earned money. [DatePublished] => 2005-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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