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A 40-foot skeletal exhibit of Stan the T-rex. A thrilling display of solar bugs that moves when the halogen light is on. A NASA space pod that simulates sounds from outer space inside a stunning planetarium.

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Workers in Bulacan can enjoy overtime pay today.

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Speaking in necrological services for Ople at the Senate, former senator Ernesto Herrera said his late colleague would rather have his friends "remember him for his verbal fireworks, even for his once highly joyful and vocal drunkenness, not here, stuck in a box."

He said the former Senate head and labor and foreign affairs secretary was a "man with an enormous capacity for joy."
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Nagsilbi si Ka Blas sa public service sa loob ng halos limang dekada kung saan ay nakapagsilbi ito sa anim na presidente ng Pilipinas mula kay yumaong Pangulong Marcos hanggang sa Arroyo administration.
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Blas, as he always preferred to be addressed, died in the manner, I suspect, he preferred: with his boots on, at the service of his nation, on the move and on the job.
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[DatePublished] => 2012-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1644511 [AuthorName] => Patricia Esteves [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 545805 [Title] => Non-working holiday in Bulacan [Summary] =>

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Speaking in necrological services for Ople at the Senate, former senator Ernesto Herrera said his late colleague would rather have his friends "remember him for his verbal fireworks, even for his once highly joyful and vocal drunkenness, not here, stuck in a box."

He said the former Senate head and labor and foreign affairs secretary was a "man with an enormous capacity for joy."
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Nagsilbi si Ka Blas sa public service sa loob ng halos limang dekada kung saan ay nakapagsilbi ito sa anim na presidente ng Pilipinas mula kay yumaong Pangulong Marcos hanggang sa Arroyo administration.
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Ka
Blas, as he always preferred to be addressed, died in the manner, I suspect, he preferred: with his boots on, at the service of his nation, on the move and on the job.
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