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                    [Title] => Jaime Cardinal Sin Gomburza of our times
                    [Summary] => Contrary to popular belief, the revolution against Spain was not against the church. On the contrary, it was three priests that inspired Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio to start their activities against the Spanish administration. We are, of course, referring to Fathers Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora. Rizal acknowledged this when he wrote this dedication in his El Filibusterismo:

[DatePublished] => 2005-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253605 [Title] => GMA: No more EDSAs for us [Summary] => President Arroyo said yesterday the May 10 elections brought back the power of the ballot to the Filipinos, who no longer need to take to the streets to have the kind of leaders they want in office.

"Sinimulan na natin ang bagong paglalakbay na ito nang ibinalik natin and demokrasya sa mga tao sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng balota at hindi na sa lansangan (We started this journey when we brought back democracy to our people through the power of the ballot and no longer in the streets)," she said, apparently referring to the two EDSA people power revolts in 1986 and 2001, which resulted in the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos and President Joseph Estrada on corruption charges.

Mrs. Arroyo herself was swept into office during the tumult of EDSA II, when she took over from Estrada following the walkout staged by congressmen and private prosecutors disgusted over the impeachment trial at the Senate in January 2001. [DatePublished] => 2004-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
FERDINAND MARCOS AND PRESIDENT JOSEPH ESTRADA
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                    [Title] => Jaime Cardinal Sin Gomburza of our times
                    [Summary] => Contrary to popular belief, the revolution against Spain was not against the church. On the contrary, it was three priests that inspired Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio to start their activities against the Spanish administration. We are, of course, referring to Fathers Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora. Rizal acknowledged this when he wrote this dedication in his El Filibusterismo:

[DatePublished] => 2005-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253605 [Title] => GMA: No more EDSAs for us [Summary] => President Arroyo said yesterday the May 10 elections brought back the power of the ballot to the Filipinos, who no longer need to take to the streets to have the kind of leaders they want in office.

"Sinimulan na natin ang bagong paglalakbay na ito nang ibinalik natin and demokrasya sa mga tao sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng balota at hindi na sa lansangan (We started this journey when we brought back democracy to our people through the power of the ballot and no longer in the streets)," she said, apparently referring to the two EDSA people power revolts in 1986 and 2001, which resulted in the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos and President Joseph Estrada on corruption charges.

Mrs. Arroyo herself was swept into office during the tumult of EDSA II, when she took over from Estrada following the walkout staged by congressmen and private prosecutors disgusted over the impeachment trial at the Senate in January 2001. [DatePublished] => 2004-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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