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                    [Title] => Maguindanao massacre: Justice still denied!
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Today is the 9th anniversary of the passing into eternal life of the late publisher and founder of the Philippine STAR (together with the late Ma’am Betty Go-Belmonte) whom I regard as a dear friend and mentor who turned me into a journalist.

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Death anniversaries are bittersweet times. Bitter, because the absence of a beloved is once more felt.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-09 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133347 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659389 [AuthorName] => Preciosa S. Soliven [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1365868 [Title] => Gen. Catapang: Wiping out the insurgency [Summary] =>

It seems that Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang wanted to be true to his name of being “matapang” when he declared that he would wipe out the 45-year-old communist insurgency before he retires from service in the year 2015.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1365234 [Title] => Political transformation is what we need! [Summary] =>

Today is the 85th birth anniversary of the late Sir Max V. Soliven. He was a great friend and mentor who taught me what I needed to know about being a journalist.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1307839 [Title] => Of bicycle lanes and lack of political will [Summary] =>

My article about cyclists becoming the new "King of the Road" got this comment from a faithful reader who once wrote me about an issue that I already have forgotten about, but I can't forget his name and the title he lives by -- Max the Retired Beach Bum. Anyway, here's his letter in full:

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1297551 [Title] => My Lenten reflection [Summary] =>

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and suddenly the Lenten season is now upon us.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1128121 [Title] => Indignation against political plunderers! [Summary] =>

The proposed Million Man march on Aug. 26 at the Rizal Park and at the Fuente Osmeña in Cebu City, and I also learned that there will also be similar protests in Baguio City, Davao City and even in Los Angeles and New York City has somehow exploded into the nation’s consciousness and developed a mind of its own…that even the ordinary man on the street already knows about the proposed massive rally this coming Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 905110 [Title] => I didn’t know we observed Constitution Day [Summary] =>

I didn’t know that last Saturday was “Constitution Day”.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 872163 [Title] => NTC vs telcos over SMS overcharging? [Summary] =>

I’m in Panglao, Bohol right now for the grand opening of The Bellevue Resort, Bohol’s first five-star resort tomorrow.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 845205 [Title] => Remembering Sir Max Soliven! [Summary] =>

If he were alive today, the late Philippine STAR publisher Maximo Villaflor “Max” Soliven would be 83 years old today. It’s been six years since he has passed to eternal life… yet not a day passes that I don’t think about Sir Max.

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