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                    [ArticleID] => 2344064
                    [Title] => Plot by 'amulet-makers' to steal child’s body from tomb foiled
                    [Summary] => A group tried but failed to pluck out from a tomb the body of a newly-buried child whose knees and ears they were to remove and make “amulets” in a bizarre incident on Holy Friday in Koronadal City.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-30 16:49:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804871
                    [AuthorName] => John Unson
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/03/30/tomb-broke_2024-03-30_16-50-25173_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1507012
                    [Title] => The frightened ignorant playing safe
                    [Summary] => 

Stories abound of scheduled marriages that don’t push through because the prospective bride fitted her wedding dress before the set day of the wedding.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-03 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135300 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1135559 [AuthorName] => Archie Modequillo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1285465 [Title] => Tikoy [Summary] =>

TIKOY. Tikoy, a traditional Chinese food, is a popular giveaway during the Chinese New Year because it symbolizes, they say, family togertherness and unseparable friendship. But not to the family of Mario (not his real name). Tikoy almost caused a family breakup.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135969 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img822/9696/9j0w.gif ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1272873 [Title] => Hard work, not polka dots, will usher in success [Summary] =>

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136200 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 673366 [Title] => Science surrenders but... [Summary] =>

I have been writing this column for almost nine years now but I still have not figured out why my column appears in the Business Section.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489734 [AuthorName] => Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319260 [Title] => Superstition [Summary] => Stories abound of scheduled marriages that don't push through because the prospective bride fitted her wedding dress before the set day of the wedding. Many people are very careful about such things as sweeping the floor at night or taking a bath on Good Friday. They believe these simple acts could bring sickness or misfortune. [DatePublished] => 2006-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1135559 [AuthorName] => Archie Modequillo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) ) )
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