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                    [ArticleID] => 1361147
                    [Title] => The Manila visit of Trio Los Panchos
                    [Summary] => 

In the late ’60s, Mexico’s Trio Los Panchos performed at the Araneta Coliseum, filling the Big Dome with beautiful Spanish songs Filipinos have learned to love.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135392 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1071351 [Title] => Supreme’s guide to Manila art [Summary] =>

I haved posted a lot about art shows and exhibits on my blog.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212438 [AuthorName] => Carina Santos [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 759137 [Title] => Who says planting rice is never fun? [Summary] =>

Who was the culprit in the “wrong” translation of the original Tagalog song on rice planting, titled “Magtanim Ay Di Biro,” an English version of which is “Planting Rice is Never Fun?”

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1737650 [AuthorName] => Sanny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563894 [Title] => Cecile Licad: Awesome! Molina and his fiery MSO [Summary] =>

Cecile Licad — she needs no introduction! — has a remarkably wide Chopin repertoire.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87341 [Title] => Embattled President sings the blues away [Summary] =>

When the going gets tough, the tough guy sings the blues away.

Amid below-zero popularity ratings and pressing peace and order problems in Mindanao, President Estrada took to the microphone yesterday with his own version of the farmer's ditty Magtanim ay 'Di Biro (Planting Rice is Never Fun).

While the original song is a lament of the farmer's travails on the ricefield, the President's version was upbeat.

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