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 When I was planning my trip to the United States, I had my apprehensions. The US is “The Land of the Mighty Dollar.” How long and how far will my hard-earned pesos go?

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-16 08:40:48 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1482250 [AuthorName] => Ma. Socorro Ong [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339819 [Title] => Cainta mayor cries political harassment over graft raps [Summary] => Cainta, Rizal Mayor Mon Ilagan cried political harassment over the graft charges filed against him and other municipal officials by his detractors with the Office of the Ombudsman.

Ilagan said the local elections are just around the corner and his political foes are resorting to "black propaganda" to destroy his reputation and good standing.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 301201 [Title] => We have been fortunate in the Philippines [Summary] => First there was the total destruction of the old city of New Orleans. I had, of course, heard of cities totally destroyed by atomic bomb. But never had I heard of a major city destroyed in one day by a hurricane. Because of television, watching world news makes you feel that tragedies are happening where you are. This was followed by another storm in Texas. And now, New York City itself is on high alert because terrorists are said to be planning an attack on the subways using baby carriages and brief cases to hide the bombs. [DatePublished] => 2005-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267461 [Title] => A Shadow Xmas [Summary] => At about this time last year, as most households were dusting off their carols and holiday lights, the cat Shadow was a fixture in our own artificial Christmas tree. Shadow found comfort in the fake greenery, among the decorations and assorted knickknacks and blinking lights that gave good cheer. It could be reasonable to say that the cat became part of the Christmas trappings, surveying the gifts below.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267214 [Title] => A shining moment for Filipinos [Summary] => It was the day the nation came forward. It was the day the Filipinos’ spirit of volunteerism shone.

A series of typhoons struck. There was no time to waste. Typhoon Winnie wreaked havoc on the provinces of Aurora and Quezon, and relief goods were badly needed for starving victims. To make matters worse, super typhoon Yoyong was on its way to the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285703 [AuthorName] => Dulce Festin-Baybay And Mayee Fabregas [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267217 [Title] => The true spirit of Christmas [Summary] => Christmas is here. You can see its sign everywhere. Trees have been trimmed. Presents are being given out. Traffic is bad. The lines at the cashier are longer. You can hear Christmas songs playing on the radio every other minute, and the evening news closes with a countdown of the number days before Christmas.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134685 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1475550 [AuthorName] => LOVE LUCY By Lucy Gomez [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267019 [Title] => Gov’t hospitals on ‘Code White’ [Summary] => Government hospitals and medical personnel are standing at the ready in the aftermath of the three strong typhoons that devastated much of Luzon during the past few days.

Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit yesterday put all government hospitals in typhoon-stricken areas on "Code White" alert.

Dayrit said these hospitals should ensure that they have enough manpower and medical supplies to attend to typhoon victims.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267020 [Title] => Enough of all that hypocritical ranting about prosecuting loggers [Summary] => Everytime a killer typhoon comes along, and hundreds of our people are drowned, smothered, and the tally of dead and missing mounts (if they’re "missing" up to now, they’re probably dead) our authorities – from the President on down – go into the act of looking surprised.

Why should we be surprised? Some 20 typhoons hit us every year, and the tragic results are predictable.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267021 [Title] => Hungry, homeless victims scramble for relief goods [Summary] => REAL, Quezon — Thousands of hungry and homeless survivors from last week’s typhoons scrambled for food yesterday even before military helicopters bearing relief goods could land on the ground.

"For four days we have been without food. My family survived only by eating uncooked saba and camote (sweet potatos)," Ma. Fatima Sanchez said, clutching her child to her chest.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267036 [Title] => Unicef, Red Cross appeal for RP victims [Summary] => GENEVA (AFP) — The Red Cross federation and the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Friday appealed for more than two million dollars to help hundreds of thousands of people hit by deadly storms in the Philippines.

A team of UN disaster relief experts was also due to arrive in Manila on Saturday to help deal with the devastation from two storms in four days that have battered the northern part of the country leaving 1,100 dead and missing.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Filipino traditions live on
                    [Summary] => 

 When I was planning my trip to the United States, I had my apprehensions. The US is “The Land of the Mighty Dollar.” How long and how far will my hard-earned pesos go?

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-16 08:40:48 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1482250 [AuthorName] => Ma. Socorro Ong [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339819 [Title] => Cainta mayor cries political harassment over graft raps [Summary] => Cainta, Rizal Mayor Mon Ilagan cried political harassment over the graft charges filed against him and other municipal officials by his detractors with the Office of the Ombudsman.

Ilagan said the local elections are just around the corner and his political foes are resorting to "black propaganda" to destroy his reputation and good standing.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 301201 [Title] => We have been fortunate in the Philippines [Summary] => First there was the total destruction of the old city of New Orleans. I had, of course, heard of cities totally destroyed by atomic bomb. But never had I heard of a major city destroyed in one day by a hurricane. Because of television, watching world news makes you feel that tragedies are happening where you are. This was followed by another storm in Texas. And now, New York City itself is on high alert because terrorists are said to be planning an attack on the subways using baby carriages and brief cases to hide the bombs. [DatePublished] => 2005-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267461 [Title] => A Shadow Xmas [Summary] => At about this time last year, as most households were dusting off their carols and holiday lights, the cat Shadow was a fixture in our own artificial Christmas tree. Shadow found comfort in the fake greenery, among the decorations and assorted knickknacks and blinking lights that gave good cheer. It could be reasonable to say that the cat became part of the Christmas trappings, surveying the gifts below.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431668 [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267214 [Title] => A shining moment for Filipinos [Summary] => It was the day the nation came forward. It was the day the Filipinos’ spirit of volunteerism shone.

A series of typhoons struck. There was no time to waste. Typhoon Winnie wreaked havoc on the provinces of Aurora and Quezon, and relief goods were badly needed for starving victims. To make matters worse, super typhoon Yoyong was on its way to the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285703 [AuthorName] => Dulce Festin-Baybay And Mayee Fabregas [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267217 [Title] => The true spirit of Christmas [Summary] => Christmas is here. You can see its sign everywhere. Trees have been trimmed. Presents are being given out. Traffic is bad. The lines at the cashier are longer. You can hear Christmas songs playing on the radio every other minute, and the evening news closes with a countdown of the number days before Christmas.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134685 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1475550 [AuthorName] => LOVE LUCY By Lucy Gomez [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267019 [Title] => Gov’t hospitals on ‘Code White’ [Summary] => Government hospitals and medical personnel are standing at the ready in the aftermath of the three strong typhoons that devastated much of Luzon during the past few days.

Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit yesterday put all government hospitals in typhoon-stricken areas on "Code White" alert.

Dayrit said these hospitals should ensure that they have enough manpower and medical supplies to attend to typhoon victims.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267020 [Title] => Enough of all that hypocritical ranting about prosecuting loggers [Summary] => Everytime a killer typhoon comes along, and hundreds of our people are drowned, smothered, and the tally of dead and missing mounts (if they’re "missing" up to now, they’re probably dead) our authorities – from the President on down – go into the act of looking surprised.

Why should we be surprised? Some 20 typhoons hit us every year, and the tragic results are predictable.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267021 [Title] => Hungry, homeless victims scramble for relief goods [Summary] => REAL, Quezon — Thousands of hungry and homeless survivors from last week’s typhoons scrambled for food yesterday even before military helicopters bearing relief goods could land on the ground.

"For four days we have been without food. My family survived only by eating uncooked saba and camote (sweet potatos)," Ma. Fatima Sanchez said, clutching her child to her chest.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267036 [Title] => Unicef, Red Cross appeal for RP victims [Summary] => GENEVA (AFP) — The Red Cross federation and the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Friday appealed for more than two million dollars to help hundreds of thousands of people hit by deadly storms in the Philippines.

A team of UN disaster relief experts was also due to arrive in Manila on Saturday to help deal with the devastation from two storms in four days that have battered the northern part of the country leaving 1,100 dead and missing.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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