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When newly-installed US Ambassador Philip Goldberg pre-sented his credentials to Pres. Benigno "PNoy" Aquino III, he started with a speech that was a bit comforting to many Filipinos; that under his watch, he won't be putting up any military bases in Philippine soil.

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Here is a continuation of that enigmatic manifesto that has been circulating around the country that we already wrote about last Tuesday.

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This is our first column for the Year 2012 and like many Filipinos we have high hopes that this year will be better than the previous 2011, which we can only characterize as the Year of Great Natural Disasters.

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My article last Saturday regarding the ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) intending to work in countries without any bilateral arrangements to protect these workers have boomeranged on the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA).

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The debate on the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill resumed in Congress this week, where the pros and the antis debate once more on this highly-toxic issue...

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The boom on tourism has no doubt brought development to areas that were once considered so inaccessible no one would go to such places.

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We do have our share of e-mailed letters or commentaries in response to our articles, especially on the various topics we write about, and I always respond to our readers, regardless of whether their comments are good or negative with the exception of those who often send us insulting letters.

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It is only fitting that for our final show in Straight from the Sky for the year 2009, we bring you His Excellency Robert Desjardins, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines, who came to Cebu to wish us a Merry Christmas and to do the final taping for us.

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I got a lot of responses on the article we wrote last week when we lambasted the Nationalista Party (NP) for having those left-leaning partylist members, Satur Ocampo and Liza Masa in their ticket as if this nation owe them for what they have done for this country, which we already pointed out, to help only the Human Rights for their left-leaning friends.

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When newly-installed US Ambassador Philip Goldberg pre-sented his credentials to Pres. Benigno "PNoy" Aquino III, he started with a speech that was a bit comforting to many Filipinos; that under his watch, he won't be putting up any military bases in Philippine soil.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 805219 [Title] => A Pinoy Perestroika? Part II [Summary] =>

Here is a continuation of that enigmatic manifesto that has been circulating around the country that we already wrote about last Tuesday.

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This is our first column for the Year 2012 and like many Filipinos we have high hopes that this year will be better than the previous 2011, which we can only characterize as the Year of Great Natural Disasters.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 752763 [Title] => OFWs: Our new heroes or milking cows? [Summary] =>

My article last Saturday regarding the ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) intending to work in countries without any bilateral arrangements to protect these workers have boomeranged on the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA).

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 687515 [Title] => A new RH bill angle exposed! It's about money! [Summary] =>

The debate on the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill resumed in Congress this week, where the pros and the antis debate once more on this highly-toxic issue...

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The boom on tourism has no doubt brought development to areas that were once considered so inaccessible no one would go to such places.

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We do have our share of e-mailed letters or commentaries in response to our articles, especially on the various topics we write about, and I always respond to our readers, regardless of whether their comments are good or negative with the exception of those who often send us insulting letters.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535835 [Title] => The duty of the electorate! [Summary] =>

It is only fitting that for our final show in Straight from the Sky for the year 2009, we bring you His Excellency Robert Desjardins, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines, who came to Cebu to wish us a Merry Christmas and to do the final taping for us.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535384 [Title] => Celebrating 42 years of the killing of Filipinos! [Summary] =>

I got a lot of responses on the article we wrote last week when we lambasted the Nationalista Party (NP) for having those left-leaning partylist members, Satur Ocampo and Liza Masa in their ticket as if this nation owe them for what they have done for this country, which we already pointed out, to help only the Human Rights for their left-leaning friends.

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