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                    [Title] => ‘When elephants fight’
                    [Summary] => Rep. Monico Puentevella speaks from the heart, especially when it comes to sports. A first-term congressman from Bacolod, Puentevella has been a champion tennis player, basketball star for the De La Salle Green Archers, and singing champion. This combination gives him a particularly loud and passionate voice when it comes to sports.

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[DatePublished] => 2002-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187817 [Title] => Barbers is dead serious [Summary] => Senator Robert Barbers is not a man who does things by halves. A mere stroll into the narrow corridor leading to his office at the Philippine Senate is proof of that. Lined along his wall are the poorest of the poor and those badly needing a hand up.
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But such was not the case a long time ago. In the 1930’s baseball was king in the Philippines. The far wall of Rizal Memorial baseball field stands as a mute but enduring witness to the greatness that was once a staple there.

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig once brought a team of All-Stars here and almost went home not allowing a single hit from the Philippine teams they faced.
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But such was not the case a long time ago. In the 1930’s baseball was king in the Philippines. The far wall of Rizal Memorial baseball field stands as a mute but enduring witness to the greatness that was once a staple there.

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig once brought a team of All-Stars here and almost went home not allowing a single hit from the Philippine teams they faced.
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