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                    [ArticleID] => 1888594
                    [Title] => Souls for Our Help
                    [Summary] => My father, Papa Inting, was a wise man, and he shared with me a bit of wisdom: “Evening is the declining period of man’s day; the closing chapter of his strength; the ending of his day’s glory.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-01-27 00:00:00
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                    [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle
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                    [ArticleID] => 1516859
                    [Title] => Kalag-kalag
                    [Summary] => 

All Souls Day and All Saints days are definitely two of the most important holidays in the Philippines. Stripped of the foreign Halloween influence, the traditional observance of these days are unique and colorful. In fact, many people believe that the added pop-culture practice only tends to muddle the essence of the celebrations.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-30 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536621 [AuthorName] => Nathan Cabello [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1513619 [Title] => November 2, Monday, not declared holiday [Summary] =>

Malacañang reminded the public on Thursday that November 2, All Souls' Day, has not been declared a holiday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-22 04:16:02 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20141027/Libingan%20ng%20mga%20Bayani.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1386581 [Title] => A time to remember [Summary] =>

The Manila Memorial Park in the south of Metro Manila is a busy spot during All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, important holidays celebrated by Christians around the world.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134006 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804782 [AuthorName] => Boy Abunda [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1386576 [Title] => 5 Ways to Make All Souls' Day Meaningful for Your Family [Summary] =>

All Saints' Day and All Souls’ Day are an important part of many Filipino families’ annual traditions, especially for the Catholics and Christians who make up more than 80% of the country’s population. 

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-31 17:32:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1315398 [AuthorName] => Featured Blogger Tina [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1386113 [Title] => Tradition on All Souls’ Day [Summary] =>

And so another All Souls’ Day is coming upon us.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135759 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1301991 [AuthorName] => Eladio C. Dioko [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1252097 [Title] => CBCP to faithful: Emulate good deeds of departed loved ones [Summary] =>

All Souls’ Day is a time to pray, show respect for the dead and remember the good and bad things they did when they were still living, an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img820/2491/gvm4.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1252181 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Getting it wrong the right way [Summary] =>

Today is All Souls’ Day. But the vast majority of Filipinos already visited the graves of their dear departed yesterday, All Saints’ Day. It is not clear if the switch was intended, perhaps because nobody ever really tried to find out.

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The whole country is now on remember and reunion mode. The month of November opens with prayers offered to beloved saints and souls of dearly departed. Traffic will be clogged as families troop to visit their beloved dead in cemeteries. Vendors and police will be kept very busy with so many making their annual visits to their beloved departed.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1251287 [Title] => Are ghosts for real? [Summary] =>

My late dad Frank Mayor didn’t believe in ghosts and never had ghost stories to share. My mom Sonia, whose own father was a liberal thinker, had no kapres and aswangs in her treasure trove of bedtime stories. The only ghost we were familiar with was Casper.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) ) )
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