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                    [Title] => Letter to the editor - The Sto. Niño procession
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For so many years, we and our friends have faithfully and consistently participated in the solemn procession of the Senyor Santo Niño.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 639812 [Title] => The essence of Christmas [Summary] =>

Christmas has come around once more. It is a season of merry-making and rejoicing – “a celebration of all celebrations” of sorts to commemorate the birth of the most important person in history.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136085 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1226573 [AuthorName] => Chris Malazarte [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 533549 [Title] => Mexico's Christmas gifts to the Philippines [Summary] =>

We have many old Christmas symbols. Probably the oldest is the Nativity scene, known by its Spanish name belen, or Bethlehem.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232631 [Title] => Mexico’s Christmas gift to the whole world [Summary] => The Christmas tree tradition started in the Philippines only during the American colonial rule in the country. But even before that we had a botanical symbol of Christmas – the Flor de la Noche Buena (flower of Christmas Eve), a plant that was introduced here from Mexico through the galleon trade. The Aztecs called them Cuetlaxochitle and used their bracts or modified leaves to make a reddish dye. After the advent of Christianity, it became associated with Christmas.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191596 [Title] => Sto. Niño devotee claims P135-M lotto jackpot [Summary] => Miracles happen to those who pray for them.

A 60-year-old devotee of the Santo Niño de Cebu who prayed and asked the Holy Infant for a lucky lottery number last Jan. 9 walked into the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office on E. Rodriguez Avenue in Quezon City yesterday to claim the whopping jackpot prize of P135 million for the 6/49 SuperLotto game, a PCSO official said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176569 [Title] => National Family Week [Summary] => If it were not for a newspaper editorial yesterday, we would not have known that this is National Family Week. Not only the oldest, the family is also the most important human institution. Of the family, Pope Leo XIII said, "A society limited in numbers, nevertheless a true society, anterior to every state or nation, with rights and duties of its own, wholly independent of the commonwealth."
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 170142 [Title] => Casino Español marks Santiago Apostol Day [Summary] => Last Saturday, we joined the Casino Español’s annual celebration of Saint James the Apostle Day. And we must commend Casino Español for preserving two past great celebrations that the present generation has totally forgotten. One is the Santiago Apostol Day that we mentioned; the other is the Feast of the Three Kings.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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