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                    [Title] => The politicians' "change of heart" on human rights
                    [Summary] => How did it happen that a pro-human rights House Resolution has not been "nipped in the bud" by the House leadership? 
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-13 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Politicians dilemmaon De lima
                    [Summary] => The release of former senator De Lima on bail after almost seven years in detention was overwhelmingly greeted by people in all sectors.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-11-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134206
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                    [AuthorName] => Ruben Almendras
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                    [Title] => Comelec extends COC filing for Negros Oriental congressional polls
                    [Summary] => Politicians aspiring to replace expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. would have more time to file their certificate of candidacy (COC) for the upcoming special congressional polls.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-11-08 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804856
                    [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
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                    [Title] => Most rotten?
                    [Summary] => He is familiar with the good, the bad and the ugly side of Congress.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-10-14 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Harry Roque
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                    [Title] => The wealth of politicians
                    [Summary] => The news in main and social media on the confidential and intelligence funds of some Filipino politicians has been on for weeks and still going. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-10-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Ruben Almendras
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                    [Title] => ?13.91 trillion debt
                    [Summary] => The Philippines has a diarrhea-inducing ?13.91 trillion national debt that everybody has become an expert in criticizing but always stopping short of suggesting ways to either pay up or freezing. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-07 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag
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                    [Title] => Mayor Mike Rama's hexagon of vision and leadership
                    [Summary] => Unlike other politicians who are myopic, Cebu City Mayor Michael Lopez Rama is a visionary. He has a vision and a mission, a strategy, not just a dream.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-04 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
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                    [Title] => Our broken system leads to perennial under-achievement
                    [Summary] => Traditional politicians often say that the real enemies of the state are poverty, income inequality and deteriorating standard of living. This is a lie.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-04-19 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Andrew J. Masigan
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                    [Title] => The Three Kings and Three Musketeers in Philippine and Cebu Politics
                    [Summary] => Three is a lucky number in 2020, according to astrologists. Who are the three most powerful politicians in the Philippines today? 
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-01-06 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
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                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B Jimenez
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
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                    [Title] => There are only two sides in war
                    [Summary] => Judging by what I have read so far about the three years of President Duterte's war on drugs, whether in news reports or in political commentaries and opinion pieces, I can say with a fair sense of objectivity that most, if not all, of the critical ones have been biased, one-sided, and therefore utterly erroneous and wrong.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-12-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136063
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1382205
                    [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag
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The politicians' "change of heart" on human rights

December 13, 2023 - 12:00am

How did it happen that a pro-human rights House Resolution has not been "nipped in the bud" by the House leadership?

Freeman Opinion

Politicians dilemmaon De lima

By Ruben Almendras | November 21, 2023 - 12:00am

The release of former senator De Lima on bail after almost seven years in detention was overwhelmingly greeted by people in all sectors.

Freeman Opinion

Comelec extends COC filing for Negros Oriental congressional polls

By Mayen Jaymalin | November 8, 2023 - 12:00am

Politicians aspiring to replace expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. would have more time...

Cebu News

Most rotten?

By The broader view | By Harry Roque | October 14, 2023 - 12:00am

He is familiar with the good, the bad and the ugly side of Congress.

Opinion

The wealth of politicians

By Ruben Almendras | October 3, 2023 - 12:00am

The news in main and social media on the confidential and intelligence funds of some Filipino politicians has been on for weeks and still going.

Freeman Opinion

?13.91 trillion debt

By Jerry Tundag | June 7, 2023 - 12:00am

The Philippines has a diarrhea-inducing ?13.91 trillion national debt that everybody has become an expert in criticizing but always stopping short of suggesting ways to either pay up or freezing.

Freeman Opinion

Mayor Mike Rama's hexagon of vision and leadership

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | June 4, 2023 - 12:00am

Unlike other politicians who are myopic, Cebu City Mayor Michael Lopez Rama is a visionary. He has a vision and a mission, a strategy, not just a dream.

Freeman Opinion

Our broken system leads to perennial under-achievement

By THE CORNER ORACLE | By Andrew J. Masigan | April 19, 2023 - 12:00am

Traditional politicians often say that the real enemies of the state are poverty, income inequality and deteriorating standard of living. This is a lie.

Opinion

The Three Kings and Three Musketeers in Philippine and Cebu Politics

By Atty. Josephus B Jimenez | January 6, 2020 - 12:00am

Three is a lucky number in 2020, according to astrologists. Who are the three most powerful politicians in the Philippines today?

Freeman Opinion

There are only two sides in war

By Jerry Tundag | December 2, 2019 - 12:00am

Judging by what I have read so far about the three years of President Duterte's war on drugs, whether in news reports or in political commentaries and opinion pieces, I can say with a fair sense of objectivity that...

Freeman Opinion