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                    [Title] => Don Sergio Osmeña's 132nd b-day: Grand Old Man honored today
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A mass and a short program will be held today to commemorate the 132nd birth anniversary of the late president Sergio Osmeña Sr. at the marker at the corner of Lapu-Lapu St. and Osmeña Boulevard.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097048 [AuthorName] => Jessica Ann R. Pareja [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 608642 [Title] => Non-working holiday on Thursday, Friday [Summary] =>

Workers in Cebu will enjoy a long weekend next week as Thursday and Friday have been declared special non-working holiday and regular holiday respectively.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1677643 [AuthorName] => Rene U. Borromeo and Philippine Star News Service/LPM [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 21451 [Title] => JDV says Charter change to be discussed with GMA [Summary] =>

House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. today said that while he may support the move for the country to shift to a federal form of government, he is not inclined to renew talks on the change of political structure within the year.

De Venecia issued the statement during the centennial anniversary of the inauguration of the First Philippine Assembly at the Old Ayuntamiento Building in Intramuros, Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2007-10-16 16:33:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357447 [Title] => Cebuanos mark 128th birth anniversary of Don Sergio [Summary] => Close to 500 Cebuanos, most of them government employees, took time yesterday to gather at the marker of Don Sergio Osmeña Sr. in celebration of Cebu's Grand Old Man's 128th birth anniversary.

The yearly floral offering at the corner Lapu-Lapu Street and Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City, was headed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña, Don Sergio's grandson, and attended by members of the City Council and the different city government department heads. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia was also there to pay tribute.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357076 [Title] => City marks Don Sergio's birthday tomorrow [Summary] => Cebuano icon Don Sergio Osmeña will turn 129 years old tomorrow and Mayor Tomas Osmeña believes Cebuanos should know more about the "Grand Old Man."

That is why the city government will place advertisement in the newspapers detailing Don Sergio's distinctions and accomplishments.

The mayor said that perhaps, not many know that more than being the youngest Speaker of the House, Don Sergio technically was the first highest-ranking elected official in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341817 [Title] => Goma mulls options for 2007 polls [Summary] => Popular actor-cum-national athlete Richard Gomez, or "Goma," is mulling whether to run for senator, Bulacan governor, or Manila vice mayor as running mate of Sen. Alfredo Lim — providing, of course, that elections push through in May next year.

The 40-year-old actor is being approached as a possible contender for public office by opposition stalwarts. Ousted president Joseph Estrada has urged him to run either for the Senate or for governor of Bulacan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 296063 [Title] => 2,000 mark Osmeña Day [Summary] => Around 2,000 turned up at yesterday's 127th birth anniversary celebration of former Philippine president Sergio Osmeña.

Representatives from the different sectors in Cebu paid their respects to the former Cebuano president by placing flowers on the marker outside Osmeña's ancestral home at the corner of Lapu-Lapu Street and Osmeña Boulevard.

Governor Gwendolyn Garcia also came, marking her as the first governor of the province ever to have attended such celebration.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142518 [Title] => Dual roles at House: ‘Trapos’ and anarchy [Summary] =>
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As it is, the present House has only five party-list representatives in all, and it is all too easy for their voices to be drowned out by the traditional politicians who seem in control of Congress once more.
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