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                    [Title] => Jessica to sing Phl, US anthems
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Fil-Am singer Jessica Sanchez, who had a successful concert in Manila, had gone through several versions of the Philippine national anthem which she will sing during opening rites but promised to be as “traditional” but as “a distinctly Jessica Sanchez.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1147561 [Title] => Mga Kano nagulat sa bagong hitsura ni Charice [Summary] =>

Naging mainit pa rin ang pagtanggap sa international recording artist na si Charice Pempengco nang maimbitahan siya para umawit ng US national anthem sa opening ng Major League Baseball Civil Rights game noong nakaraang August 24 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135649 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1726309 [AuthorName] => Ruel Mendoza [SectionName] => Punto Mo [SectionUrl] => punto-mo [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 904749 [Title] => Keys sings national anthem on piano at Super Bowl [Summary] =>

Alicia Keys performed a lounge-y, piano-tinged — and live — version of the national anthem ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-04 08:45:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Music [SectionUrl] => music [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 838505 [Title] => A crispy win for Rosquillos Festival [Summary] =>

E-mail from Ramon Asuncion Cui, “oldtime FREEMAN reader” from Cebu in the US: “Sir Jabat, kanus-a pa kaha nato madungog ang Bayang Magiliw sa Olympics no?”

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 464762 [Title] => Why the fuss on Martin? [Summary] =>

It’s lamentable that some narrow-minded purists, who are more popish than the Pope, are up in arms over singer Martin Nievera’s rendition of the “Pambansang Awit” before the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last weekend.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 61402 [Title] => Filipino-Mexican takes a stab at showbiz [Summary] =>

Yes, the Mexican-looking girl with that signature Latina long, curly tresses who sang Star Spangled Banner during the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez bout in March is part Filipino.

[DatePublished] => 2008-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372221 [Title] => The culture of gratitude [Summary] => When this country was yet Uncle Tom's understudy in democracy before earning independence in 1946, Thanksgiving Day in November used to be celebrated just as the "Star Spangled Banner" used to be sung in tandem with our then orig national anthem.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133156 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1471332 [AuthorName] => Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 311579 [Title] => Letter to the Editor – Only in the USA [Summary] => As a boxing enthusiast, I didn't fail to watch the rematch between Hopkins and Taylor in their middleweight championship of the world, live on television.

It was a very exciting boxing fight. Both fighters traded blows that could match the fury of hurricane Katrina. I enjoyed the fight all throut. I imagined myself at the ringside, cheering for Taylor.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285313 [Title] => Not ‘Noli’ Me Tangere? It’s no Rizalian plot [Summary] => When Charles Derbyshire translated our national hero Jose Rizal’s first revolutionary novel into English, he renamed it The Social Cancer. Rizal’s second novel of protest, El Filibusterismo, Mr. D translated into The Reign of Greed.

The original title Rizal had given his novel, which he completed in Germany, and printed in Berlin in February 1886 was Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) derived from the words attributed to the Risen Christ when He emerged from the Tomb, according to the gospel of St. Luke.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 97751 [Title] => Immigration bans Cebu Fil-Am [Summary] =>

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) ordered yesterday the deportation of a Filipino-American basketball player found guilty of making a mockery of the Philippine national anthem and the national flag.

Immigration commissioner Rufus Rodriguez said Matthew Gaerlan Mitchell, who plays for the Cebu Gems in the Metropolitan Basketball Association, was ordered to leave the country for being an undesirable alien.

Rodriguez said Mitchell was deported for singing and dancing to the tune of Star Spangled Banner, the American national anthem, while the Philippine anthem was being played.

[DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1206138 [AuthorName] => by With reports from Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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