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A few days before the world marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) killed 12 suspected bank robbers in a car chase in Parañaque.

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Finally, Binalonan’s great son, writer and poet Carlos Bulosan, got his well-deserved recognition 50 years after his death.

Vice Mayor Myrna Bell Uy, presiding officer of the municipal council, told The STAR that they recently passed Ordinance No. 2006-01 declaring Sept. 11 of every year Carlos S. Bulosan Day.
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[DatePublished] => 2006-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298747 [Title] => Relative peace and order [Summary] => Television has really turned the world into a global village. When we see the devastation that Hurricane Katrina brought to New Orleans, it makes us feel two things. First, pity and sympathy for the helpless victims. Second, thankful that no such typhoons have hit the Philippines for a long, long time. I cannot even recall when the last typhoon hit Metro Manila. And we must add that we also have had no bad earthquake for a long time.
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Unknown to most Filipinos, the pre- and postwar years in the Philippines were to experience the flourishing of our country’s arts and architecture. Infrastructure and development programs were moving at a feverish pace. At this time, sculptor Francisco Monti played a major role in this period of our history.
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A few days before the world marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) killed 12 suspected bank robbers in a car chase in Parañaque.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 343387 [Title] => Binalonan town declares Sept. 11 Carlos S. Bulosan Day [Summary] => BINALONAN, Pangasinan — He’s not totally forgotten after all.

Finally, Binalonan’s great son, writer and poet Carlos Bulosan, got his well-deserved recognition 50 years after his death.

Vice Mayor Myrna Bell Uy, presiding officer of the municipal council, told The STAR that they recently passed Ordinance No. 2006-01 declaring Sept. 11 of every year Carlos S. Bulosan Day.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339785 [Title] => Murder of journalists [Summary] => In central Baghdad, two British members of a US news crew were killed and a reporter seriously wounded last Monday raising to 96 the toll of media workmen killed in Iraq. In the Philippines, no less than the Amnesty International has urged President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to disband any group or groups found responsible for the killing of hundreds of left-wing activists and journalists in the country. The world image is that next to Iraq, the Philippines is the second most dangerous country for journalists.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298747 [Title] => Relative peace and order [Summary] => Television has really turned the world into a global village. When we see the devastation that Hurricane Katrina brought to New Orleans, it makes us feel two things. First, pity and sympathy for the helpless victims. Second, thankful that no such typhoons have hit the Philippines for a long, long time. I cannot even recall when the last typhoon hit Metro Manila. And we must add that we also have had no bad earthquake for a long time.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294830 [Title] => Brotherhood cast in stone [Summary] => In San Juan one late afternoon in August of 1958, a tragic death saw the fading into oblivion of the memory and works of Francesco Riccardo Monti, an Italian sculptor of note from Cremona, Italy.

Unknown to most Filipinos, the pre- and postwar years in the Philippines were to experience the flourishing of our country’s arts and architecture. Infrastructure and development programs were moving at a feverish pace. At this time, sculptor Francisco Monti played a major role in this period of our history.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500724 [AuthorName] => Martin C. Galan [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235748 [Title] => Educators should be at forefront of problems [Summary] => We have never agreed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s classic definition of the Four Freedoms as "freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship and the freedoms from fear and want." We have always maintained that the very first freedom (and all other freedoms) depend totally on it is "freedom from ignorance".
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159975 [Title] => Freedom from ignorance [Summary] => There are two types of freedom: freedom "of" and freedom "from". When President Roosevelt defined the Four Freedoms, the first two were the freedom of expression and the freedom of worship. The other two were the freedom from fear and want. We have always maintained that the most important of all freedom is the freedom from ignorance. The freedoms from fear and want, for instance, are caused by ignorance or lack of education. Freedom from fear is what today is called terrorism. [DatePublished] => 2002-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159375 [Title] => Philippines is hosting World Press Freedom Day [Summary] => The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has chosen Manila as the venue for World Press Freedom Day. In keeping with current events, the theme of the celebration will be "Terrorism and Media". Yesterday was a national holiday, but the international conference started and it could not have been better timed as Metro Manila was in a state of tension because of demonstrations that had very little to do with Labor Day.
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[DatePublished] => 2001-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 134086 [Title] => Freedom from terrorists [Summary] => Sixty years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt defined the Four Freedoms as the freedom of speech, the freedom of worship, and the freedom from fear and want. Today, international terrorists are spreading fear all over the world and the main target is the United States. One of the things that differentiate terrorists from ordinary criminal is the fact that terrorists always claim credit for their misdeeds. This time, obviously from fear of repercussions, the terrorists responsible for the destruction of the World Trade Center want to remain anonymous. [DatePublished] => 2001-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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