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                    [Title] => Justice Serafin Cuevas' Mao hairdo and  CJ Renato Corona's 'secret half-brother'   (and other entertaining impeachment 'chismis')
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Twenty-six years after the fiesta-like 1986 military-backed EDSA uprising restored Philippine constitutional democracy, we’re still plodding along seeking the tuwid na daan (the straight road) towards better governance and a more just society, but it’s more fun.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136200 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 691739 [Title] => Gustatory gratification at The Cuisinier Brasserie [Summary] =>

Sometimes, simplicity can only be achieved through hard work and an inherent sense of sophistication.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134509 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422176 [AuthorName] => Joy Angelica Subido [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 481213 [Title] => Pigs, politicians & the first swine victim [Summary] =>

First of all, this writer wishes to express sincere apologies for all our human insults to pigs, which I think are so unfair to this cute, harmless (and very delicious!) animal.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 342549 [Title] => Who Knows? [Summary] => ...For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see... There will be an answer, Let it be... And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me... Shine until tomorrow, Let it be..."– John Lennon/ Paul McCartney
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133853 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233931 [Title] => AN EX-CON’S APPEAL [Summary] => Ireceive letters through The Philippine STAR and I have answered many of them. The following letter was written in English and is an appeal from a former prisoner. Now that he has been released, he finds himself destitute and dislocated. His real identity has been withheld to protect his honor and privacy.
* * *
December 16, 2003
Dear Ms. Cojuangco:

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If I were to reinvent the world, I would make it a place of happiness, abundance, beauty and love. I would fill the world with music and song, holiday celebrations and friendly sports festivals, and activities of merriment, learning and camaraderie.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134672 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464774 [AuthorName] => LIVING ALIVE By Dero Pedero [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197413 [Title] => Respecting Differences [Summary] => "Wives, submit to your husband as to the Lord...Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her. " – Ephesians 5:22, 25

Nearly 200 years ago, Matthew Henry wrote that when God made woman, He did not take a bone from Adam’s foot so he could trample a woman under his feet. Neither did He take a bone from Adam’s head so he could dominate her. Instead He took a rib from under his arm so he could protect her, and close to his heart so he could love her.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136075 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1284383 [AuthorName] => Dr. Harold J. Sala [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 152608 [Title] => Estrada: Go for broke / Justice for Venturina [Summary] => Joseph Ejercito Estrada and his apologists do not know their history. We are now being told that Erap’s "brilliant cinematic mind" has rewritten the script of his trial, switching it from the courts to the public at large and thence to history. Hello. What history? The expectation is that Estrada multitudes will take to the streets once again, peal the thunder of the downtrodden and oppressed, lay siege on Malacañang and slit the throat of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. They say this will be EDSA IV. I say nuts.
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The most convenient reference where we can find the precise significance of words is the dictionary, a book containing alphabetically arranged words of a language with corresponding pronunciation guides, meanings and etymology (derivation and original signification). People are the other great source of definitions. They come up with some of the most witty and inventive meanings to words, and even fabricate words to embody a meaning.
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                    [Title] => Justice Serafin Cuevas' Mao hairdo and  CJ Renato Corona's 'secret half-brother'   (and other entertaining impeachment 'chismis')
                    [Summary] => 

Twenty-six years after the fiesta-like 1986 military-backed EDSA uprising restored Philippine constitutional democracy, we’re still plodding along seeking the tuwid na daan (the straight road) towards better governance and a more just society, but it’s more fun.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136200 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 691739 [Title] => Gustatory gratification at The Cuisinier Brasserie [Summary] =>

Sometimes, simplicity can only be achieved through hard work and an inherent sense of sophistication.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134509 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422176 [AuthorName] => Joy Angelica Subido [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 481213 [Title] => Pigs, politicians & the first swine victim [Summary] =>

First of all, this writer wishes to express sincere apologies for all our human insults to pigs, which I think are so unfair to this cute, harmless (and very delicious!) animal.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 342549 [Title] => Who Knows? [Summary] => ...For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see... There will be an answer, Let it be... And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me... Shine until tomorrow, Let it be..."– John Lennon/ Paul McCartney
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133853 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233931 [Title] => AN EX-CON’S APPEAL [Summary] => Ireceive letters through The Philippine STAR and I have answered many of them. The following letter was written in English and is an appeal from a former prisoner. Now that he has been released, he finds himself destitute and dislocated. His real identity has been withheld to protect his honor and privacy.
* * *
December 16, 2003
Dear Ms. Cojuangco:

[DatePublished] => 2004-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1773484 [AuthorName] => Tingting Cojuangco [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 198274 [Title] => Greed, hatred, anger and things the world can do without [Summary] => War is looming over the earth. The economic downslide is global. People are suffering everywhere. There is a mounting atmosphere of fear and hatred. In the midst of business and seeming bustling activity, most people are still unfulfilled, depressed and lonely.

If I were to reinvent the world, I would make it a place of happiness, abundance, beauty and love. I would fill the world with music and song, holiday celebrations and friendly sports festivals, and activities of merriment, learning and camaraderie.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134672 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464774 [AuthorName] => LIVING ALIVE By Dero Pedero [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197413 [Title] => Respecting Differences [Summary] => "Wives, submit to your husband as to the Lord...Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her. " – Ephesians 5:22, 25

Nearly 200 years ago, Matthew Henry wrote that when God made woman, He did not take a bone from Adam’s foot so he could trample a woman under his feet. Neither did He take a bone from Adam’s head so he could dominate her. Instead He took a rib from under his arm so he could protect her, and close to his heart so he could love her.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136075 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1284383 [AuthorName] => Dr. Harold J. Sala [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 152608 [Title] => Estrada: Go for broke / Justice for Venturina [Summary] => Joseph Ejercito Estrada and his apologists do not know their history. We are now being told that Erap’s "brilliant cinematic mind" has rewritten the script of his trial, switching it from the courts to the public at large and thence to history. Hello. What history? The expectation is that Estrada multitudes will take to the streets once again, peal the thunder of the downtrodden and oppressed, lay siege on Malacañang and slit the throat of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. They say this will be EDSA IV. I say nuts.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134313 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1204555 [AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 132295 [Title] => Daffynitions [Summary] => A definition is a description of a thing according to its properties; an explanation of the exact meaning of a word, term or phrase.

The most convenient reference where we can find the precise significance of words is the dictionary, a book containing alphabetically arranged words of a language with corresponding pronunciation guides, meanings and etymology (derivation and original signification). People are the other great source of definitions. They come up with some of the most witty and inventive meanings to words, and even fabricate words to embody a meaning.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134672 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464774 [AuthorName] => LIVING ALIVE By Dero Pedero [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) ) )
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