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                    [ArticleID] => 366527
                    [Title] => Some sayings about life for Halloween
                    [Summary] => In connection with the coming All Saints Day and All Souls Day, reader Timothy Lorenzo sent me some sayings about life and death. I'll give some space only to the sayings about life.
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"Life is like an onion," said the famous Carl Sandburg. "You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep."
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Said Joe E. [DatePublished] => 2006-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365477 [Title] => Eating your words won't give you indigestion [Summary] => One newspaper says that despite the loans, Mayor Ouano assures everyone that taxes in Mandaue will remain s-Teddy.
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It says here that an actress has confessed that she seldom wears an underwear. The confession was made to a movie reporter. Not to a priest.
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A beautician was shot dead while at work in a Metro Manila beauty parlor. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363695 [Title] => A touching story for all daddies [Summary] => It says here that the size of pan de sal has shrunk. Don't panic. Man doesn't live by bread alone.
* * *
I fear the day when pan de sal shrinks to the size of a quail egg. For then pan-demonium might break loose.
* * *
I pity the nursing students who honestly passed the June board exam. They're being punished for the crime they didn't commit. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 355462 [Title] => The power of touch [Summary] => It says here that frog's feet is a delicacy in Thailand. Has this something to do with the leaping Thai economy?
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The fight against GMA will continue until she falls. This according to a partylist congresswoman. Well, no problem. This is free country. Everyone is free to waste one's time, effort and saliva.
* * *
An oil slick has been sighted in the Visayan Sea. This comes from the Guimaras oil spill. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354631 [Title] => Doctors make no house calls anymore [Summary] => An opposition congressman has "exposed" the Arroyo's wealth abroad. So what? It's only money!
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What's the root of all evil? The love of someone else's money is the root of all evil.
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There are many millionaires in the country today. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353595 [Title] => Ignorance is more expensive [Summary] => The headline says GMA wants the AFP to wipe out the NPA terrorists. Ate Glo forgot that the AFP is not the Israeli armed forces.
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It will be difficult to wipe out the NPA - not unless we ask the Israeli armed force to do it for us. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353247 [Title] => The friendship between two Johns [Summary] => My "sangay" Juan Ma. Achumbre was nabbed for parking his car in a "no stopping" zone. He didn't argue knowing that ignorance of the law excuses no Juan.
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Juan, who uses Johnny as his nickname, says he never argues with traffic enforcers for he's a Johnny good fellow.
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Johnny says it's no use arguing with a law enforcer. "He's always right," he says. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
JOHN JASPE
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                    [Title] => Some sayings about life for Halloween
                    [Summary] => In connection with the coming All Saints Day and All Souls Day, reader Timothy Lorenzo sent me some sayings about life and death. I'll give some space only to the sayings about life.
* * *
"Life is like an onion," said the famous Carl Sandburg. "You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep."
* * *
Said Joe E. [DatePublished] => 2006-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365477 [Title] => Eating your words won't give you indigestion [Summary] => One newspaper says that despite the loans, Mayor Ouano assures everyone that taxes in Mandaue will remain s-Teddy.
* * *
It says here that an actress has confessed that she seldom wears an underwear. The confession was made to a movie reporter. Not to a priest.
* * *
A beautician was shot dead while at work in a Metro Manila beauty parlor. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363695 [Title] => A touching story for all daddies [Summary] => It says here that the size of pan de sal has shrunk. Don't panic. Man doesn't live by bread alone.
* * *
I fear the day when pan de sal shrinks to the size of a quail egg. For then pan-demonium might break loose.
* * *
I pity the nursing students who honestly passed the June board exam. They're being punished for the crime they didn't commit. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 355462 [Title] => The power of touch [Summary] => It says here that frog's feet is a delicacy in Thailand. Has this something to do with the leaping Thai economy?
* * *
The fight against GMA will continue until she falls. This according to a partylist congresswoman. Well, no problem. This is free country. Everyone is free to waste one's time, effort and saliva.
* * *
An oil slick has been sighted in the Visayan Sea. This comes from the Guimaras oil spill. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354631 [Title] => Doctors make no house calls anymore [Summary] => An opposition congressman has "exposed" the Arroyo's wealth abroad. So what? It's only money!
* * *
What's the root of all evil? The love of someone else's money is the root of all evil.
* * *
There are many millionaires in the country today. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353595 [Title] => Ignorance is more expensive [Summary] => The headline says GMA wants the AFP to wipe out the NPA terrorists. Ate Glo forgot that the AFP is not the Israeli armed forces.
* * *
It will be difficult to wipe out the NPA - not unless we ask the Israeli armed force to do it for us. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353247 [Title] => The friendship between two Johns [Summary] => My "sangay" Juan Ma. Achumbre was nabbed for parking his car in a "no stopping" zone. He didn't argue knowing that ignorance of the law excuses no Juan.
* * *
Juan, who uses Johnny as his nickname, says he never argues with traffic enforcers for he's a Johnny good fellow.
* * *
Johnny says it's no use arguing with a law enforcer. "He's always right," he says. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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