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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331885 [Title] => Transformer [Summary] => The very first book I ever bought with my own money (no, not counting colossal, ponderous textbooks required in school) was Franz Kafkas The Metamorphosis. I scrimped and saved just to buy that Bantam edition a green paperback with a German Expressionist painting on the cover (Max Beckmans jarring "Family Picture").
I bought it, stared at the cover for several minutes, found a quiet nook in our crumbling Usher-like house, and lost myself in the absurd universe of Gregor Samsa who one day wakes up as a gigantic bug:
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133531 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804862 [AuthorName] => Igan D’Bayan [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) ) )
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By Igan D’Bayan | April 17, 2006 - 12:00am
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The Philippines and China have committed to strengthen the fight against transnational crimes as the Marcos administration sustains its campaign to dismantle illegal offshore gambling hubs in the country.
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Seven suspected members of a human trafficking ring said to be organized by Chinese and Russian crime groups were arrested in Quezon City and Parañaque, the National Bureau of Investigation reported on Monday.
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The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission filed complaints before the Department of Justice against two Chinese citizens in connection with the raided Philippine offshore gaming operator hub in Porac, Pampanga.
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The Office of the Solicitor General will file a quo warranto petition against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo this month.
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