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                    [Title] => Dark-eyed terror
                    [Summary] => 

Bullying is a huge topic these days. It’s been brought to national attention with young students committing suicide because they can’t stand the bullying in their school.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133770 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325498 [AuthorName] => Francis J. Kong [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523169 [Title] => Inspiring compositions that are still relevant today [Summary] =>

Land of Bondage, Land of the Free by Raul Manglapus and The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham were two inspiring compositions written in the English language which were utilized by the Jesuits of the Ateneo de Manila University to light the torch of social awareness and involvement among the Blue Eagles — as Ateneo students were popularly called.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 510692 [Title] => Our poorest disaster victims need more than just relief goods [Summary] =>

The outpouring of generosity and love from the kind hearts of Filipinos here and abroad for the victims of the recent floods is something to be proud of. A beautiful people we truly are.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285252 [Title] => The lines on her face [Summary] => Last Saturday, July 2, most newspapers in the country, including all three local papers in Cebu, carried on their front pages a closeup photo of President Arroyo caught in a facial expression that can draw as many interpretations as there are viewers of the picture.

But while the interpretations of her expression may widely vary, all who saw the closeup picture of the president were bound to come to the same conclusion, that their once baby-faced leader has suddenly sprung very noticeable lines on her face.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 239310 [Title] => Protest votes to decide trapos’ fate on May 10 [Summary] => MAN WITH THE HOE: The San Francisco Examiner published on January 15, 1899, a poem by Edwin Markham, a teacher in nearby Oakland, inspired by Jean-François Millet’s painting ‘L’homme à la houe".

The painting showed leaning on his mud-caked hoe a weary French peasant who seemed, in that painful pause captured by Millet, to carry the burden of the world’s exploited masses:

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans

Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,

The emptiness of ages in his face,
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136322 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204434 [Title] => Today is centennial of Labor Day celebration [Summary] => The Philippines celebrates its Labor Day on May 1 because one of the very first demonstrations against the American colonizers happened on May 1, 1903. A mass demonstration led by the Union Obrera Domocratica took place right in front of Malacañang with the activists shouting "Death to Imperialism!" On the 1st of May, 1913, the First National Labor met in Manila to commemorate the first labor demonstration under the American regime. [DatePublished] => 2003-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 130610 [Title] => Airport aggravation [Summary] => During my recent visit to the Philippines, STAR publisher Max Soliven and some other influential people made it possible for me to meet many movers and shakers of the country – including President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Vice President Teofisto Guingona. On the occasion of the 15th year anniversary of The STAR, a private lunch at the Phil-Am Life Tower was held. It was an experience that not all balikbayans would ever experience. [DatePublished] => 2001-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133361 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1099685 [AuthorName] => A VOICE FROM AMERICA By Ernie D. Delfin [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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