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[Summary] => Like Don Quijote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza, demolishing the windmills of trapos and political dynasties, Nestor Archival, straight from the mountains, has conquered the city, and Pam, all the way from the marginal edges of Pinamungajan, marched her way to the Capitol, without shining armor and demolished the dragon lady and claimed victory as the peoples' governor.
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[Summary] => Huwag na nating pag-aksayahan ng panahon kung sino naman ang papalit na monarch kung pumanaw si British King Charles III.
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[Summary] => Our favorite national pastime had come and gone and many had their wallets filled with a few hundred pesos for a day or two as ‘gratuity’.
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