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                    [Title] => Fil-Am war vet dies in US
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One of the few surviving Filipino-American World War II veterans here, Guillermo Rumingan, died of heart attack on Tuesday. He was 86.

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[DatePublished] => 2002-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154489 [Title] => Pops and ‘BF’ break up! [Summary] => As predicted (not by the manghuhulas proliferating in showbiz but by keen and therefore truly reliable showbiz-watchers), the so-called "romance" between Pops Fernandez and Filipino-French businessman Jacques Dupasquier has gone pffft as quickly as it started. [DatePublished] => 2002-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151921 [Title] => To-be-made-in-RP Hollywood movies [Summary] => You must have noticed that Hollywood has developed a renewed interest in military movies, perhaps influenced by the prevailing global alertness to terrorism and the popularity of such recent war-related movies as Black Hawk Down... [DatePublished] => 2002-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138911 [Title] => Model heroes for these troubled times [Summary] => Ghost Soldiers
By Hampton Sides
Little, Brown and Company, 342 pages
Available at National Book Store


We are in dire need of heroes these days, it seems. In times of spiritual crisis or moral relativism, it becomes harder than ever to say what is right and wrong, let alone stand up for it.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Fil-Am war vet dies in US
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One of the few surviving Filipino-American World War II veterans here, Guillermo Rumingan, died of heart attack on Tuesday. He was 86.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272549 [Title] => Dick Gordon loves a good mystery [Summary] => I have been bumping into Senator Richard Gordon since he was the Tourism Secre-tary, and I have been hounding him for his favorite books. I’m happy to finally share his favorite books. He has taken a step further by taking the time to share more than just a line of description for each book.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135996 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1770875 [AuthorName] => THE READING CLUB By Girlie Rodis [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268590 [Title] => Remembering those who died ...and those who still live [Summary] => The yearly memorial to the end of Japanese occupation in the philippines occurs in the month of February. The weather is temperate, there is a constant cool breeze and the light is still not so harsh. It is a pleasant time to visit the cemeteries and memorial sites to lay flowers and utter a prayer to loved ones and fellow citizens who died this month 60 years ago. For the over 100,000 innocent civilians who perished in Manila in February, their deaths were tragic and unnecessary. [DatePublished] => 2005-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1404823 [AuthorName] => John L. Silva [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268342 [Title] => Remembering the Great Raid [Summary] => Under the relentless, scorching noonday sun, Taps echoed from buglers–one American and one Filipino–at the close of ceremonies inaugurating the Cabanatuan memorial put up by the American Battlefield Monuments Commission in the dusty plains of Nueva Ecija where, 60 years ago, American and Filipino soldiers and guerillas successfully carried out a mission to rescue 516 Allied prisoners from the Pangatian concentration camp. [DatePublished] => 2005-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135045 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1632939 [AuthorName] => NOTES FROM THE EDITOR By Singkit [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268120 [Title] => Ghost Soldiers / A war heroine / The Battle of Manila [Summary] => In late January, US Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone presided at ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Cabanatuan Raid and the opening of the embassy historical garden. Co-hosts were Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Mussomeli and Public Affairs Officer Ronald Post.
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[DatePublished] => 2003-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460648 [AuthorName] => Lester Mark P. Carnaje [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156434 [Title] => War as Cinema [Summary] => America is in love with its wars, for which it can scarcely be blamed; it is as much by winning them as the grace shown by the US in losing that the character of the last great superpower is measured.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154489 [Title] => Pops and ‘BF’ break up! [Summary] => As predicted (not by the manghuhulas proliferating in showbiz but by keen and therefore truly reliable showbiz-watchers), the so-called "romance" between Pops Fernandez and Filipino-French businessman Jacques Dupasquier has gone pffft as quickly as it started. [DatePublished] => 2002-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151921 [Title] => To-be-made-in-RP Hollywood movies [Summary] => You must have noticed that Hollywood has developed a renewed interest in military movies, perhaps influenced by the prevailing global alertness to terrorism and the popularity of such recent war-related movies as Black Hawk Down... [DatePublished] => 2002-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138911 [Title] => Model heroes for these troubled times [Summary] => Ghost Soldiers
By Hampton Sides
Little, Brown and Company, 342 pages
Available at National Book Store


We are in dire need of heroes these days, it seems. In times of spiritual crisis or moral relativism, it becomes harder than ever to say what is right and wrong, let alone stand up for it.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) ) )
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