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                    [Title] => Infographic: Long weekends of 2015 in the Philippines
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Filipinos will spend eight "long weekends" for the rest of the year.

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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) wants to repair major roads every day instead of just on weekends once summer starts, an official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 957694 [Title] => Saudi Arabia moves to Friday start for weekend [Summary] =>

Saudi Arabia is switching its weekend to begin on Friday to align its banking and business days with most other nations in the region.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-24 16:28:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 790240 [Title] => My weekends belong to Candida [Summary] =>

There are 365 days in a year and  aside from Holy Week and Christmas break  I only get to celebrate 104 days with my mother.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134888 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 614502 [Title] => Does the DepEd directive for teachers not to give any homework to students during weekends sit well with you? [Summary] =>

Carmela Ramento, Cagayan De Oro City: The good Secretary must have endured a loadful of homework to do on weekends when he was a student, hence the directive. See me clapping my hands and feet stomping on the floor.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Inbox World [SectionUrl] => inbox-world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 614187 [Title] => Does the DepEd directive for teachers not to give any homework to students during weekends sit well with you? [Summary] =>

Carmela Ramento, Cagayan De Oro City: The good Secretary must have endured a loadful of homework to do on weekends when he was a student, hence the directive. See me clapping my hands and feet stomping on the floor.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Inbox World [SectionUrl] => inbox-world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 613975 [Title] => EDITORIAL - 2 more years of schooling but no homework on weekends? [Summary] =>

The Department of Education recently issued Memorandum 392 ordering that no homeworks or assignments should be given to students during weekends.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 517897 [Title] => Businesses hit long holiday [Summary] =>

Students may be happy with long weekends but the business sector is opposed to the numerous holidays in the country and the extension of weekends which greatly affect the operation of the companies.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390363 [Title] => These banks have no security guards on weekends [Summary] => NO SECURITY. There is a bank in Cebu that does not have a security guard on Saturdays and Sundays. This bank has branches at Cebu Business Park and along Osmeña Blvd. An informer said that clients cannot make credit card payments through machines on weekends because no one, as in no one - no clerk or security guard - is around to give out envelopes where payments are to be enclosed.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1769982 [AuthorName] => The Ear [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157203 [Title] => Gimme a break! [Summary] => I’ve been writing less and less frequently lately, and part of it’s because of President Gloria Arroyo’s insistence on long weekends. Believe me, it’s hard to meet writing deadlines when you’re forced to go out of town every weekend to boost tourism. True, such enforced tourism theoretically should result in more material for a columnist. But here’s the rub: How can you find time to write (or do your job) if the government wants you to take a break all the time?
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1427162
                    [Title] => Infographic: Long weekends of 2015 in the Philippines
                    [Summary] => 

Filipinos will spend eight "long weekends" for the rest of the year.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-24 15:04:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/News-Feature/20150216/long-weekends-article.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1299445 [Title] => DPWH eyes daily road repair work in summer [Summary] =>

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) wants to repair major roads every day instead of just on weekends once summer starts, an official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 957694 [Title] => Saudi Arabia moves to Friday start for weekend [Summary] =>

Saudi Arabia is switching its weekend to begin on Friday to align its banking and business days with most other nations in the region.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-24 16:28:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 790240 [Title] => My weekends belong to Candida [Summary] =>

There are 365 days in a year and  aside from Holy Week and Christmas break  I only get to celebrate 104 days with my mother.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134888 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 614502 [Title] => Does the DepEd directive for teachers not to give any homework to students during weekends sit well with you? [Summary] =>

Carmela Ramento, Cagayan De Oro City: The good Secretary must have endured a loadful of homework to do on weekends when he was a student, hence the directive. See me clapping my hands and feet stomping on the floor.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Inbox World [SectionUrl] => inbox-world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 614187 [Title] => Does the DepEd directive for teachers not to give any homework to students during weekends sit well with you? [Summary] =>

Carmela Ramento, Cagayan De Oro City: The good Secretary must have endured a loadful of homework to do on weekends when he was a student, hence the directive. See me clapping my hands and feet stomping on the floor.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Inbox World [SectionUrl] => inbox-world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 613975 [Title] => EDITORIAL - 2 more years of schooling but no homework on weekends? [Summary] =>

The Department of Education recently issued Memorandum 392 ordering that no homeworks or assignments should be given to students during weekends.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 517897 [Title] => Businesses hit long holiday [Summary] =>

Students may be happy with long weekends but the business sector is opposed to the numerous holidays in the country and the extension of weekends which greatly affect the operation of the companies.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390363 [Title] => These banks have no security guards on weekends [Summary] => NO SECURITY. There is a bank in Cebu that does not have a security guard on Saturdays and Sundays. This bank has branches at Cebu Business Park and along Osmeña Blvd. An informer said that clients cannot make credit card payments through machines on weekends because no one, as in no one - no clerk or security guard - is around to give out envelopes where payments are to be enclosed.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1769982 [AuthorName] => The Ear [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157203 [Title] => Gimme a break! [Summary] => I’ve been writing less and less frequently lately, and part of it’s because of President Gloria Arroyo’s insistence on long weekends. Believe me, it’s hard to meet writing deadlines when you’re forced to go out of town every weekend to boost tourism. True, such enforced tourism theoretically should result in more material for a columnist. But here’s the rub: How can you find time to write (or do your job) if the government wants you to take a break all the time?
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) ) )
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