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                    [ArticleID] => 1297279
                    [Title] => Alive and kicking
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My friend Noy Temiong said when the time has come for the Good Lord to blow out his candle, he would not want to be buried immediately. Nor be embalmed. He is smart, this boy of 80.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1295953 [Title] => Socorro Ramos: At 90, she’s still running the store [Summary] =>

The white-haired woman is short but stands straight, in a pink blouse and flat shoes, with mostly unwrinkled skin, a wide nose and a broad smile that nearly leaps from her face when she laughs.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1525878 [AuthorName] => Mitch Albom [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1107971 [Title] => Pork is only part of the problem [Summary] =>

Stunned by the extent of corruption involving the pork barrel, a growing number of people are now crying for its abolition. How naive these people can get. It is not the pork barrel itself that is the problem. It is the politicians to whom the money is assigned that causes part of the problem.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 960034 [Title] => Mother of Philippine bookstores [Summary] =>

‘We called it National Book Store for no special reason except that it was the brand of our cash register and it sounded like a good name.’

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134677 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1248080 [AuthorName] => Danton Remoto [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 945939 [Title] => 9 E. Visayas colleges hiking tuition [Summary] =>

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the tuition hike applications of nine out of 14 colleges in Eastern Visayas.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1447313 [AuthorName] => Lalaine Jimenea [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 946150 [Title] => CHED-8 grants tuition hike to 9 schools [Summary] =>

The Commission on Higher Education in Eastern Visayas has approved the application for tuition fee increase of nine colleges in the region, four of which are in this city.

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Ed was on his way to a meeting with Swatch president Virgie Ramos when he was rushed to the ICU. Virgie, who loved Ed dearly, was in tears upon hearing the news.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 859268 [Title] => From earning 50 centavos a day, Socorro Ramos now exemplifies woman power [Summary] =>

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136200 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 788980 [Title] => Pleasures of reading [Summary] =>

Many years ago, Yoly Crisanto bonded with her only son by reading books together.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 774206 [Title] => Two F. Sionil Jose books to be launched at Powerbooks [Summary] =>

Dd The Feet of Juan Bacnang, a novel, and Gleanings from a Life in Literature, a collection of essays by F. Sionil Jose, will be presented at Powerbooks in Greenbelt 4, Makati at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11. Socorro Ramos, National Bookstore founder, will be the guest of honor.

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