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                    [Title] => Strike three you’re out over traffic fines!
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It seems that the Lapu-Lapu statue issue refuses to die down and it is only due to many indignant Cebuanos who go out of their way to fight anyone who wants to remove the Lapu-Lapu statue erected at the Agrifina Circle in the Luneta, which was a gift by the Korean Freedom League in honor of the Filipino soldiers who fought and died during the Korean War.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1348556 [Title] => “Dili angay balhinon si Lapulapu” [Summary] =>

Ang pagbarog ni Lapulapu sa Agrifina Circle sa Luneta, dungog natong mga Bisaya partikular sa Mactan kay si Lapulapu taga Mactan.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659418 [AuthorName] => Prescil I. Cañete Sr. [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346447 [Title] => Lapu-Lapu's statue must stay in Luneta [Summary] =>

We stayed up in the wee hours of dawn to witness the final game for the World Cup at the famous Macarana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro between Germany and Argentina. I am not really a huge football fan but the finals in the World Cup Games are worth waking up for. And indeed what a game it was, when Germany's Mario Gotze kicked a goal in the Argentinean corner in the last 7-minutes of the extra time giving Germany its stunning victory not seen since 24-years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1345287 [Title] => A response from lawyer Jose Roy III [Summary] =>

I have two lengthy emails in response to our article, first from Atty. Jose “Judd” Roy III on that article we wrote entitled “Who’s Sorry Now” and a letter by Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon in response to our column about the attempted removal of the statue of Lapu-Lapu which stands at the Agrifina Circle in the Luneta. Since the two letters are quite lengthy, I will first discuss the letter of Atty. Roy and put Dick Gordon’s letter for Tuesday.

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With all the grave problems happening in this country today, there is an issue that is little known in Manila, but it has now caused a big stir in Cebu.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1340423 [Title] => Del Mar’s stand on Lapu-Lapu statue’s transfer [Summary] =>

As one of two legislators who urged the Office of the President in 2004 to grant the proposal to erect a statue of Lapu-Lapu at Rizal Park in Manila, may I request that the plan to transfer the existing Lapu-Lapu statue in Luneta to Barangay Punta Engaño in Lapu-Lapu City be deferred and studied further for these reasons:

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1264810 [Title] => Wanted: A World War II memorial for Cebu [Summary] =>

Last week, I got a text message from my good friend, former defense secretary and presidential contender Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro, Jr. asking my opinion on whether we should have a single National Heroes Day.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 953090 [Title] => The CBCP challenge to PNoy [Summary] =>

Since it’s nearly the half of June and therefore it is officially the 3rd year of the Aquino presidency, no less than the leaders of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) gave PNoy a failing grade for he has failed miserably in his promise to curb poverty.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 476931 [Title] => Hanging the Schnabels [Summary] =>

True I’m supposed to write about technology, but how often do we get a major international artist, one still at the peak of his fame, to visit our town? Maybe not the personage himself, barring pleasant surprises, but his work — the stuff that made him famous, and his recent paintings. Dammit, it’s Julian Schnabel.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134078 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389712 [AuthorName] => Jessica Zafra [SectionName] => Gadgets [SectionUrl] => gadgets [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 371056 [Title] => The 20 ‘most likely’ Miss Earth bets [Summary] => The new Miss Earth will be chosen at an open-air affair tomorrow night starting at 9 p.m. at the Agrifina Circle in front of the National Museum to be telecast live by ABS-CBN.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
AGRIFINA CIRCLE
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                    [ArticleID] => 1349746
                    [Title] => Strike three you’re out over traffic fines!
                    [Summary] => 

It seems that the Lapu-Lapu statue issue refuses to die down and it is only due to many indignant Cebuanos who go out of their way to fight anyone who wants to remove the Lapu-Lapu statue erected at the Agrifina Circle in the Luneta, which was a gift by the Korean Freedom League in honor of the Filipino soldiers who fought and died during the Korean War.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1348556 [Title] => “Dili angay balhinon si Lapulapu” [Summary] =>

Ang pagbarog ni Lapulapu sa Agrifina Circle sa Luneta, dungog natong mga Bisaya partikular sa Mactan kay si Lapulapu taga Mactan.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659418 [AuthorName] => Prescil I. Cañete Sr. [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346447 [Title] => Lapu-Lapu's statue must stay in Luneta [Summary] =>

We stayed up in the wee hours of dawn to witness the final game for the World Cup at the famous Macarana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro between Germany and Argentina. I am not really a huge football fan but the finals in the World Cup Games are worth waking up for. And indeed what a game it was, when Germany's Mario Gotze kicked a goal in the Argentinean corner in the last 7-minutes of the extra time giving Germany its stunning victory not seen since 24-years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1345287 [Title] => A response from lawyer Jose Roy III [Summary] =>

I have two lengthy emails in response to our article, first from Atty. Jose “Judd” Roy III on that article we wrote entitled “Who’s Sorry Now” and a letter by Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon in response to our column about the attempted removal of the statue of Lapu-Lapu which stands at the Agrifina Circle in the Luneta. Since the two letters are quite lengthy, I will first discuss the letter of Atty. Roy and put Dick Gordon’s letter for Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1343629 [Title] => When will Lapu-Lapu be accepted as our hero? [Summary] =>

With all the grave problems happening in this country today, there is an issue that is little known in Manila, but it has now caused a big stir in Cebu.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1340423 [Title] => Del Mar’s stand on Lapu-Lapu statue’s transfer [Summary] =>

As one of two legislators who urged the Office of the President in 2004 to grant the proposal to erect a statue of Lapu-Lapu at Rizal Park in Manila, may I request that the plan to transfer the existing Lapu-Lapu statue in Luneta to Barangay Punta Engaño in Lapu-Lapu City be deferred and studied further for these reasons:

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1264810 [Title] => Wanted: A World War II memorial for Cebu [Summary] =>

Last week, I got a text message from my good friend, former defense secretary and presidential contender Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro, Jr. asking my opinion on whether we should have a single National Heroes Day.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 953090 [Title] => The CBCP challenge to PNoy [Summary] =>

Since it’s nearly the half of June and therefore it is officially the 3rd year of the Aquino presidency, no less than the leaders of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) gave PNoy a failing grade for he has failed miserably in his promise to curb poverty.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 476931 [Title] => Hanging the Schnabels [Summary] =>

True I’m supposed to write about technology, but how often do we get a major international artist, one still at the peak of his fame, to visit our town? Maybe not the personage himself, barring pleasant surprises, but his work — the stuff that made him famous, and his recent paintings. Dammit, it’s Julian Schnabel.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134078 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389712 [AuthorName] => Jessica Zafra [SectionName] => Gadgets [SectionUrl] => gadgets [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 371056 [Title] => The 20 ‘most likely’ Miss Earth bets [Summary] => The new Miss Earth will be chosen at an open-air affair tomorrow night starting at 9 p.m. at the Agrifina Circle in front of the National Museum to be telecast live by ABS-CBN.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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