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                    [ArticleID] => 840677
                    [Title] => Answers and vigils
                    [Summary] => 

When word got out that Secretary Jesse Robredo had figured in a plane crash and was in all likelihood lost, everyone I knew had only one response: “Why did it have to be the good guy?”

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275196 [Title] => Metro cops prepare for Labor Day rally [Summary] => At least 10,500 policemen will be deployed in Metro Manila during the massive rally during the Labor Day celebration on May 1.

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said the rally would be spearheaded by militant and transport groups, civil society and supporters of ousted President Joseph Estrada.

In his recent briefing to Metro Manila mayors, NCRPO chief Deputy Director Gen. Avelino Razon Jr. confirmed that there would be a massive rally and that its organizers are now recruiting participants to join the mass actions.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 217726 [Title] => Ampaw [Summary] => It is the misfortune of the ringleaders of the failed Oakwood mutiny that they survived the perilous misadventure they initiated.

Had the tense negotiations failed and government forces attacked, they would have been killed. Had they been killed, it might have been possible for those who pushed them to do what they did to unjustly proclaim them martyrs.

In which case, they might have been lionized by the most impressionable in our midst. They might have been declared heroes by those who make ranting and raving a robust cottage industry in our ill-starred economy.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207729 [Title] => Respect [Summary] => In assessing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s state visit to the US, much has been made about the dozens of agreements inked, the concessions won and the increased assistance given.

Those might not be the most important things.

The really important thing was the great esteem with which our leader was accorded in the capital of a major ally. In the well-measured world of diplomacy, where every adjective is calibrated and every utterance is deliberate, the level of respect President Gloria commanded is stupendous.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193355 [Title] => EDITORYAL – Rebolusyong wala nang tinutungo [Summary] => NANG ihayag ni New People’s Army spokesman Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal na sila ang may kagagawan sa pagpatay sa dati nilang kasamahan na si Romulo Kintanar, iisa ang ibig ipakahulugan dito, ang simulaing ipinaglaban noon ay kakaiba sa ngayon. Sila-sila na ang nagpapatayan. Hindi kataka-taka kung ang puwersa ng NPA o ang kabuuan ng Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) ay marupok na at darating ang panahon na wala na silang kasapi. [DatePublished] => 2003-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192970 [Title] => Romulo Kintanar, RIP [Summary] => NAYANIG muli ang lipunan dahil sa pagpatay sa dating pinuno ng New People’s Army na si Romulo ‘‘Rolly’’ Kintanar noong Huwebes, dakong ala-1:30 ng hapon sa Kamameshi House sa Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City. Sampung tama ng bala ang tinamo ni Kintanar. Dalawang lalaki ang bumaril sa kanya na mabilis ding tumakas.

Sinasabing malaki ang naging kontribusyon at papel ni Kintanar sa paglaki at paglakas ng NPA noong mga 1980s, na kung saan ay umabot sa mahigit 25,000 ang mga kasapi nito. Ngayon, tinatayang 12,000 katao na lamang ang miyembro ng NPA.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134581 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 725692 [AuthorName] => Dante L.A.Jimenez [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 131221 [Title] => FQS foundation assembly slated [Summary] => The First Quarter Storm Foundation will hold its third annual general assembly on Sunday, Aug. 26, starting 2 p.m. at the Quezon City Sports Club.

The foundation, an organization of anti-Marcos activists from the early seventies, plans to honor members who passed away this year, as well as outstanding members who were elected or appointed to senior positions in government.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 114591 [Title] => 2 ABB leaders laya na matapos magpiyansa [Summary] => Nakalaya na mula sa pagkakapiit ang umano’y dalawang lider ng Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB) matapos na payagan ng Quezon City Regional Trial Court (QCRTC) na makapagpiyansa kaugnay ng kasong illegal possession of firearms.

Halagang P200,000 ang nailagak na piyansa ni Danny Singh at P80,000 naman ang naibigay na piyansa ni Rolando Marcelo, kapwa miyembro ng militanteng Sosyalistang Kilusang Manggagawa (SKM).
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86324 [Title] => Cavite union leader shot dead [Summary] => The president of a Cavite factory’s labor union, who was one of the founding members of the provincial chapter of the party-list group Partido ng Manggagawa, was gunned down by two still unidentified assailants in Imus town last Monday.

Authorities said Emmanuel Cosme Ibe, 35, who headed the 1,300-strong workers’ union of Liwayway Manufacturing, the maker of Oishi prawn crackers, was in front of the factory gates, preparing to go home, when he was attacked at about 7 p.m.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1674750 [AuthorName] => Rene Alviar [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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