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                    [ArticleID] => 1859275
                    [Title] => In the name of suffrage
                    [Summary] => We take for granted the fact that many people have dedicated their lives in the name of suffrage.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-10-12 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135432
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805516
                    [AuthorName] => Pia Roces Morato
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 1419116
                    [Title] => Thousands of Hong Kongers march for democracy
                    [Summary] => 

Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched through Hong Kong's streets Sunday in the first major rally since mass protests last year.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-01 19:15:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20140929/hong-kong-protests.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1316914 [Title] => Phl to mark 77th year of women suffrage [Summary] =>

Filipino women will celebrate the 77th year of their right to suffrage on Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855217 [Title] => Easy as one, two and three [Summary] =>

Before I reached legal age, I told my friends that I would waive my right to vote.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136140 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128727 [AuthorName] => Annie Fe Perez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 568966 [Title] => Right to vote [Summary] =>

While our country prepares for the May 10 elections, giving foreigners in Japan their right to vote for local and regional elections is now a very hot issue being debated and contested.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 59195 [Title] => Today is Woman Suffrage Day [Summary] =>

Women of the Philippines, Rejoice! Today (April 30) is Woman Suffrage Day in the Philippines. For seventy-one years ago, or on April 30, 1937, your right to participate in public and political affairs was given full recognition for the first time. [DatePublished] => 2008-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1148843 [AuthorName] => Atty. Romulo B. Macalintal [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 68 [Title] => BIR orders Binay to settle city gov't's unpaid taxes [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-04-28 04:42:18 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 194455 [Title] => Unconstitutional law [Summary] => Even as the Absentee Voting Bill has already been enacted into law, doubts are still expressed regarding its constitutionality particularly that portion granting voting rights to Filipinos who have become permanent residents in, or immigrants of, another country. [DatePublished] => 2003-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181665 [Title] => Long-distance votes [Summary] => Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them. This is the basic principle in a democratic and republican state. The commonly accepted and conventional means of exercising this sovereignty is through suffrage. But in our country, another mode has been tried and proven to be effective and thus recognized as valid and legal. This is "people power," an extraordinary and indigenous concoction that has gained worldwide admiration as to be replicated in other parts of the globe. [DatePublished] => 2002-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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