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Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s—when I was but a lad—I always dreamed of being a race car driver. As ambitious as that sounds, it was a lot easier back then; costs were lower, people shared parts, and thanks to the crowds that regularly showed up, sponsors had deep pockets.

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At first, nobody wanted to believe the text messages that Alex Fernando, The STAR’s deputy managing editor, had died in his sleep yesterday morning.

And what a cruel blow it was when the reality sank in that it was not one of those mean newsroom jokes that make the rounds on an early Monday morning.
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Though invited to the event, I could not go because of previous commitments, but several colleagues from the print media, and even my own television crew were there. Following is the sequence of events, as I could piece them from accounts of those who were actually there, and related herewith as factually as I can best ascertain, and with no personal color to taint the viewers’ opinions.
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Quoting our reader, "If there were laws that we feel are not fair or outdated or unconstitutional, the right thing to do is to convince our lawmakers to come up with legislation to repeal it or scrap it all together — not stage protests that would inconvenience the populace."
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[DatePublished] => 2013-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133929 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1370511 [AuthorName] => James Deakin [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364869 [Title] => Alex Fernando writes ‘30’ [Summary] => A tough guy with a soft heart who lived and breathed the news.

At first, nobody wanted to believe the text messages that Alex Fernando, The STAR’s deputy managing editor, had died in his sleep yesterday morning.

And what a cruel blow it was when the reality sank in that it was not one of those mean newsroom jokes that make the rounds on an early Monday morning.
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[DatePublished] => 2006-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274753 [AuthorName] => Dong Magsajo [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 324241 [Title] => That big, ugly incident [Summary] => All motoring journalists are up in arms about the mayhem that took place a few days ago involving a couple of young motoring journalists.

Though invited to the event, I could not go because of previous commitments, but several colleagues from the print media, and even my own television crew were there. Following is the sequence of events, as I could piece them from accounts of those who were actually there, and related herewith as factually as I can best ascertain, and with no personal color to taint the viewers’ opinions.
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Quoting our reader, "If there were laws that we feel are not fair or outdated or unconstitutional, the right thing to do is to convince our lawmakers to come up with legislation to repeal it or scrap it all together — not stage protests that would inconvenience the populace."
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