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                    [Title] => Spain: Bank bailout decision could come soon
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Spain could decide within days or weeks to ask for a bailout for its troubled banking sector, a step that would make it the fourth country in the 17-member eurozone to seek help since the EU debt crisis broke out.

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If Spain left any significant legacy to our culture, it is our devotion and fear of God. Majority of the population are Catholics and Sunday Mass further strengthens family ties.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133357 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1351341 [AuthorName] => Heny Sison [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233793 [Title] => Pivotal role of Jose Rizal [Summary] => Some time ago I visited Jose Rizal’s grandnieces, Tita Mameng, Tita Siony and Tita Naty at Tita Mameng’s house in the Lopez-Rizal compound in Lopez-Rizal street in Mandaluyong. (I call them Tita because I am related to Tita Mameng by marriage. My brother, Antonio, is married to her youngest daughter, Cecile). They are direct descendants of Narcisa Rizal, said to be the favorite sister of the hero. I wanted to find out just what they knew about December 30, 1898. [DatePublished] => 2004-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103473 [Title] => The way out - Why And Why Not [Summary] =>

ROME -- On my first trip to Europe some 28 years ago, I couldn't get over the fact that the maid or cleaning woman in our Geneva youth hostel was a Spanish woman. We called her Doña Margarita and she was the most adorable of women, always smiling and always giving me additional portions of food simply because I came from the Philippines. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1539298 [AuthorName] => Nelson A. navarro [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => Spain: Bank bailout decision could come soon
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Spain could decide within days or weeks to ask for a bailout for its troubled banking sector, a step that would make it the fourth country in the 17-member eurozone to seek help since the EU debt crisis broke out.

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If Spain left any significant legacy to our culture, it is our devotion and fear of God. Majority of the population are Catholics and Sunday Mass further strengthens family ties.
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ROME -- On my first trip to Europe some 28 years ago, I couldn't get over the fact that the maid or cleaning woman in our Geneva youth hostel was a Spanish woman. We called her Doña Margarita and she was the most adorable of women, always smiling and always giving me additional portions of food simply because I came from the Philippines. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1539298 [AuthorName] => Nelson A. navarro [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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