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                    [Title] => Was PNoy copying Barack?
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As information began to trickle in about the disastrous Mission called “Wolverine” I could not help note some similarity and the possibility that “Mission Wolverine” might have been an attempt by the PNoy Misadministration to copy “Operation Neptune Spear” where the Obama administration successfully killed and disposed of Osama Bin Laden without a single casualty among the 25-man SEAL team as well as boosting the popularity ratings of Barack Obama.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371630 [Title] => Alibaba [Summary] =>

Ali Baba is a popular character from the folk tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.”

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1781272 [AuthorName] => Valentino Sy [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1359640 [Title] => X-men and x-Presidents [Summary] =>

We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1291638 [Title] => Why Comelec shouldn’t sell the PCOS machines [Summary] =>

A week ago, fellow STAR columnist Federico Pascual warned us through his column “Postscript” about a major issue that slipped our minds about the sale of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1284553 [Title] => DAP may be finished; but it ain’t moot! [Summary] =>

Will the Supreme Court (SC) give President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III a double-whammy on that highly-controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP)? This was the cliff-hanger that has put Malacanang into finger-biting anxiety mode.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1223091 [Title] => First Zamboanga; now Davao is under threat [Summary] =>

The Zamboanga incursion by the Moro National Liberation Front is now well on its second week…

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1128121 [Title] => Indignation against political plunderers! [Summary] =>

The proposed Million Man march on Aug. 26 at the Rizal Park and at the Fuente Osmeña in Cebu City, and I also learned that there will also be similar protests in Baguio City, Davao City and even in Los Angeles and New York City has somehow exploded into the nation’s consciousness and developed a mind of its own…that even the ordinary man on the street already knows about the proposed massive rally this coming Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1115201 [Title] => It is high time we removed the 40 thieves! [Summary] =>

Today is the 30th anniversary of the assassination of the late Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. He was the thorn in the side of the conjugal Marcos Dictatorship and they incarcerated him for seven years and even sen-tenced him to death. But when he developed a heart problem, super ma'am Imeldific found this as their opening to show mercy to the man and sent him to exile in the United States.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1064791 [Title] => The ‘40 thieves’ hiding in the barangays [Summary] =>

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is one of the classic Arabian Fairy Tales by Antoine Galland. Ali Baba, spotted a group of 40 horse riding thieves entering a hidden cave in the mountain after their leader would shout “Open Sesame.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133347 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659389 [AuthorName] => Preciosa S. Soliven [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 912948 [Title] => 27 years after Edsa: We need a new revolution [Summary] =>

For our special presentation on our talk show, Straight from the Sky, we bring you a very interesting story of a businessman-turned-priest.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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