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                    [Title] => Welcome to the Parokya-verse: 'Buruguduystunstugudunstuy' teases 'acid trip' show
                    [Summary] => The creatives behind "Buruguduystunstugudunstuy: Ang Parokya ni Edgar Musical" tease the upcoming production will be a tribute to the "acid trip" songs of the iconic Filipino rock band Parokya ni Edgar.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-16 09:59:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806731
                    [AuthorName] => Kristofer Purnell
                    [SectionName] => Entertainment
                    [SectionUrl] => entertainment
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/03/15/buruguduystunstugudunstuy-parokya-ni-edgar-musical-chito-miranda_2024-03-15_22-23-44165_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [Title] => The history told in Pepe Diokno's 'GomBurZa'
                    [Summary] => Pepe Diokno's 'GomBurZa' took home the most awards at this year's Metro Manila Film Festival Gabi ng Parangal, but the movie's success goes beyond trophies and physical recognition.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-30 12:52:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806731
                    [AuthorName] => Kristofer Purnell
                    [SectionName] => Movies
                    [SectionUrl] => movies
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                    [ArticleID] => 2321745
                    [Title] => 'GomBurZa' review: Empowering tribute to Filipino martyrs
                    [Summary] => The greatest success of "GomBurza" would be serving as a visual tribute and lesson for generations of Filipinos about what Gomes, Burgos, and Zamora stood for, and the burning passion their deaths ignited.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-28 10:36:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806731
                    [AuthorName] => Kristofer Purnell
                    [SectionName] => Movies
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                    [Title] => Epic musical 'Anak Datu' to showcase rich Moro culture, Jabidah massacre
                    [Summary] => Rody Vera's "Anak Datu" will receive the recognition of being the first show to be performed at the Cultural Center of the Philippines' brand new blackbox theater the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez, but its significance goes beyond that.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-09-12 08:31:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806731
                    [AuthorName] => Kristofer Purnell
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                    [Title] => Nannie & her grandchildren
                    [Summary] => 

How does one get along with her family, especially when the family is as complex as ours? I guess we leave it up to God and just be grateful for the things that fall into our laps and ignore the things that have caused us pain. If we can.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1110301 [Title] => A Father. A Mother. A Nation. ‘Pamana’ [Summary] =>

More than half of all Filipinos weren’t born yet when Ninoy Aquino was shot at the tarmac of the Manila International Airport 30 years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5030/nrx2.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 491873 [Title] => Women on the stage of life [Summary] =>

From a daughter going against the beliefs of her parents to a war-weathered mother doing all she can to ensure her family’s survival, Tanghalang Pilipino’s 2009-10 theater season presents works that celebrate women.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1639365 [AuthorName] => Paolo Perez [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 66540 [Title] => Cultural criticism among the young writers [Summary] =>

I  am very happy to note that the STAR has a new cultural commentator, Exie Abola, because Exie does not hesitate to call a spade a shovel. This candor and candidness are sorely missing in our cultural assessment. [DatePublished] => 2008-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1314981 [AuthorName] => F Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 51900 [Title] => Getting hot in here [Summary] =>

First of all, belated happy Easter everyone! Here’s to rebirth and new beginnings! It’s also getting quite hot, and with school out for most students, there’s simply no denying summer’s here. Of course, for working people like me, this mostly means I have to deal with more heat and humidity going to work—but the sun’s always welcome!

[DatePublished] => 2008-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133855 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1122199 [AuthorName] => Althea Lauren Ricardo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Entertainment [SectionUrl] => cebu-entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268287 [Title] => Celebrating Mass onstage [Summary] => This Sunday’s Hindsight is unabashedly self-serving, and I can justify it only because, objectively, it is interesting and newsworthy. When the Cultural Center of the Philippine’s Tanghalang Pilipino curtains open middle of this month to present Mass, I want to assure its audience that they will witness an original and exciting rendition of my novel Mass. It will be original in the sense that the musical Man of La Mancha is new, although it takes off from the Cervantes classic, Don Quixote.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134336 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1352757 [AuthorName] => HINDSIGHT By F Sionil Jose [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) ) )
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