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                    [Title] => 3 Cabinet member at 3 senador gustong mag-endorso ng gamot nang walang bayad
                    [Summary] => ALAM n’yo bang tatlong Cabinet member at tatlong senador ang gustong mag-endorso ng produkto kahit wala silang bayad?


Ayon sa aking bubuwit, 112 days na lang at Pasko na.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133166 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262852 [AuthorName] => Deo Macalma [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184618 [Title] => Sundalo isabak sa illegal loggers [Summary] => SUMULAT ang isang OFW tungkol sa kolum ko sa pagkalbo ng gubat sa La Mesa Dam. Aniya, puwede sa gubat ipa-training ang bagong Army recruits. Sa gan’ung paraan, mababantayan na rin nila ang mga puno at mapapalayas ang illegal loggers.

Magandang ideya ito. Sa US, tungkulin ng Army na magtanim ng puno, di lang sa forests kundi pati sa siyudad. Kaya katangi-tangi ang Presidio camp sa San Francisco ay dahil sa nagtataasang pine trees na alaga ng Army. Ibinenta ang camp nu’ng 1990s at ginawang subdivision. Isa sa pinaka-mahal na lote sa Frisco ang Presidio, dahil sa gubat. [DatePublished] => 2002-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90310 [Title] => Pulse Asia poll gives GMA 48% [Summary] => President Arroyo’s net approval rating rose by a hefty 44 points, to 48 percent from 4 percent in December, according to the latest survey by PulseAsia Inc.

The survey also showed eight candidates of Mrs. Arroyo’s People Power Coalition (PPC) would win Senate seats in the next Congress while the opposition would win five seats.

According to the survey, 63 percent of respondents approved of Mrs. Arroyo’s leadership while 15 percent disapproved. Twenty-one percent were undecided.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 122216 [Title] => Misis ni Orly hindi raw interesadong maging DOH sec [Summary] => "Hindi na kailangan pang mag-rally sila para patalsikin ako sa DOH dahil nag-resign na ako at wala na akong hangarin pang maging bagong Health secretary."

Ito ang sinabi kahapon ni Department of Health Undersecretary Susie Pineda-Mercado bilang sagot sa isinagawang piket ng may 200 miyembro ng Alliance of Health Workers at empleyado ng DOH matapos mabalitaan ng mga ito na si Mercado ang papalit bilang bagong kalihim ng Health department kasunod ng pagbibitiw ni Sec. Alberto Romualdez.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 120707 [Title] => EDSA II tagumpay! [Summary] => Lumiliit na ang mundo ni President Estrada. Habang lumolobo ang bilang na taong nagtitipon sa EDSA Shrine para sa People Power II na naglalayong patalsikin ang Pangulo, ang pinakamataas na heneral niya na si Gen. Angelo Reyes ay nagbitiw na sa tungkulin. Nagbitiw na rin si Defense Secretary Orly Mercado.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 123869 [Title] => Bulkang Mayon nag-aalburoto [Summary] => LEGAZPI CITY – Itinaas muli kahapon ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) ang alert level number 2 sa bulkang Mayon matapos na ito ay muling magpakita ng abnormal na aktibidades.

Ayon kay PHIVOLCS director Raymundo Punongbayan sa ipinaabot nitong sulat sa Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) na posibleng muling magkaroon ng pagsabog ang bulkang Mayon.

Napag-alaman na kamakalawa ng hapon ay muling nagpakita ng abnormal na aktibidades ang naturang bulkan kung kaya ito ay patuloy na minamatyagan ng mga volcanologist.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 120118 [Title] => Banat ni BATUIGAS - Lacson vs Reyes: Sino ang mananalo ? [Summary] => MUKHANG malalim ang away nina Armed Forces Chief Gen. Angelo Reyes at Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Panfilo Lacson. Sinabi ng aking espiya na kaya pala nagbabangayan sina Reyes at Lacson ay dahil sa puwesto ni Defense Secretary Orly Mercado. Matapos kasing matantiya ni Mercado na walang patutunguhan ang kanyang ambisyon na tumakbo sa pagka-presidente, ay magre-resign siya sa puwesto sa darating na mga araw. Ang inirerekomenda umano niyang pumalit sa puwesto ay si Reyes. [DatePublished] => 2000-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096526 [AuthorName] => Bening Batuigas [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99175 [Title] => Government Must Protect Its Credibility [Summary] =>

Understandably, government spokesmen are trying to downplay events of the past few days. That may just be the thing that will erode confidence. While these recent man-made disasters shouldn't be made bigger than life, government must not make people think these are anything but serious.

How can the police authorities, for instance, say that the Glorietta and Megamall incidents are not related to the hostilities in Mindanao? They don't know that for sure. At least, not at the time they were asked, which was a few minutes after the incidents happened. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 102614 [Title] => Antediluvian excuses for today's Metro floods - Gotcha [Summary] =>

Floods are upon us again. Just like last year. Just like the year before that. Just like last decade. Arrgh! Makes Metro Manilans wonder where hundreds of millions of pesos in flood tax that government collects from moviegoers go. Makes them worry, too, if their congressmen will impose a boat users' tax whenever motorists can't use flooded roads.

Through it all, government officials are blaming each other for the floods. Mayors say the public works department did not declog sewer pipes and dredge creeks before the rains set in. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1195060 [AuthorName] => by JariusBondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103173 [Title] => Rethinking CAFGU - My Viewpoint [Summary] =>

The proposal to reactivate 35,000 Civilian Armed Forces and Geographical Units (CAFGU) cannot be dismissed solely on the basis of possible human rights abuses that might be committed by these militiamen. Yes, their predecessors, the Barrio Self-Defense Units and the Civilian Home Defense Force, both achieved notoriety during the 1960's up to the mid-1980's. And, yes, Norberto Manero, Jr. the killer of Fr. Tullio Favali, was a local commander of the CHDF. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1202601 [AuthorName] => by Ricardo V. Puno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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