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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Crime victims
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The statistical results may not reflect the actual numbers, but 6.7 percent is a worrisome figure for the number of families that reported experiencing various types of crimes and physical violence in the last three months of 2014.

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The year drew to a close with 11.4 million families or more than half of the country’s population rating themselves poor, according to the fourth quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations Inc.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20141231/startoon.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1385630 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Making a dent against poverty [Summary] =>

Tracking official poverty statistics, more people in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon rated themselves poor and “food-poor,” according to a survey conducted last month by pollster Social Weather Stations Inc.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20141029/startoon.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1356603 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Voice of the ‘bosses’ [Summary] =>

You don’t run a government based on surveys, according to Malacañang officials.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1290523 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Jobless growth [Summary] =>

For Asia’s second best performing economy, jobless growth continues to be a challenge.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img703/1381/nya2.gif ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 763549 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Hope in the New Year [Summary] =>

The last time levels of hope among Filipinos hit an all-time high of 95 percent in a survey was in December 2002.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2223/startoonthumbl.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 742477 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Going hungry [Summary] =>

Self-rated hunger is up, with about 4.3 million households experiencing hunger last month, according to the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations Inc. The number is not as bad as in December 2009, but it could get worse as harvests are affected by recent massive flooding in the rice granaries of Central Luzon.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/335/startoonthumbam.gif ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 715816 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Overdue law [Summary] =>

Eighty-two percent is an overwhelming figure.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7884/startoonthumbf.gif ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 642125 [Title] => EDITORIAL - The good news [Summary] =>

A majority of Filipinos expect a happy Christmas this year, according to a nationwide survey taken by Social Weather Stations Inc. That’s not just blind optimism.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/3497/startoonthumb.gif ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 565629 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Gerrymandering [Summary] =>

The province of Camarines Sur used to have four congressional districts. As of the midterm elections in 2007, the first district had a population of 417,304; the second, which includes Naga City, 474,899; the third, 372,548; and the fourth, which includes Iriga City, 429,070.

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