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                    [ArticleID] => 1387433
                    [Title] => Not about bad luck
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When my father Louie Beltran was still alive in 1992, I remember him writing a blind item about a presidential candidate he had discovered to have sired an illegitimate offspring with a mistress. On the day the article came out my dad made it a point to discuss the blind item on his morning radio program. We assumed that 2 candidates who were publicly known for their philandering activities would be calling.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1375882 [Title] => Honor at what price [Summary] =>

I have always held the opinion that most people are easily forgotten, even by those who profess undying admiration and respect for them.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1312407 [Title] => Birthday jump [Summary] =>

First off, we were not wearing “red” when we arrived at “Mommy Anita” Tan/Sytin’s birthday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1307762 [Title] => Our buko salad endangered [Summary] =>

Imagine Christmas without buko salad?

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1243941 [Title] => The indolent and the insolent [Summary] =>

Before I begin with the main topic, please allow me to share this:

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856156 [Title] => One 'lie' = 1/4 of a life sentence [Summary] =>

For writing the lines “the first President ever to have to hide under a bed,” my father Louie Beltran found himself charged, tried, convicted of libel, and sentenced to 2 years in prison and ordered to pay P2 million.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855470 [Title] => Regrets from college [Summary] =>

On the surface, many people would like to be able to say that they don’t have any regrets in life.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 834978 [Title] => Positive vs negative news [Summary] =>

In any democratic country like ours, media’s role is traditionally expected to be adversarial towards the government.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 742770 [Title] => Tales from the crypt [Summary] =>

In the age of the Internet, space exploration and cloning, people still believe in ghosts.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741420 [Title] => A biography of Max Soliven is coming soon [Summary] =>

November 10, 2011 is a red letter day for the family of the late Sir Maximo V. Soliven as it is the day that his official biography entitled “Maximo V. Soliven: The Man and the Journalist” written by our good friend Nelson Navarro (who did many other biographies, most notable amongst them is the biography of Vice-President Emmanuel Pelaez entitled “What’s Happening to our Country: The life and times of Emmanuel Pelaez” and Rodolfo & Elsa Pelaez, a 20th Century Legacy) will be launched at the Manila Peninsula’s Rigodon Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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