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                    [ArticleID] => 1402460
                    [Title] => Work authorization and relief from deportation for parents of US citizens and green card holder children
                    [Summary] => 

On Nov. 20, 2014, President Obama announced Executive Action (EA) concerning immigration.  While there are many aspects or changes brought about by his announcement, one of those changes is the creation of a new “Deferred Action for Parental Accountability” (or DAPA), which is similar to the benefit he announced in 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134402 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805111 [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => 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] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 806230 [Title] => If Filipino blood must be spilt. [Summary] =>

At the height of the student activism, our student leaders were either labeled Marxist-Leninist or Maoist.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 717694 [Title] => Some more questions [Summary] =>

Why do oil companies take more time to rollback than to hike oil prices?

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 67267 [Title] => Is that rice in your ‘balikbayan’ box? [Summary] =>

WASHINGTON – Filipinos in the Washington metropolitan area are stuffing rice into care packages known as balikbayan boxes and shipping them to the Philippines where shortages have led to soaring prices and rationing, the Washington Post reported.

[DatePublished] => 2008-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165579 [Title] => Compensating talent [Summary] => Would you speak at this conference?" a friend whose business is organizing conferences asked.

"Are they paying?" I countered, bothered that certain sectors pay foreign speakers top money but simply say "thank you" to Filipino speakers. This situation needs to change.

"Five thousand pesos," she said apologetically. "It’s a pittance but that’s all they’re budgeted for. Please take it." I agreed only because I liked the lady who asked.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 129941 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Textbooks for sale [Summary] => The latest word is that even government property has found its way to C.M. Recto Avenue, that special place in Manila where you can get everything from state-of-the-art cell phones to pornographic magazines dirt-cheap. The latest products, as admitted even by education officials, are textbooks for public schools. [DatePublished] => 2001-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
IF FILIPINO
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    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1402460
                    [Title] => Work authorization and relief from deportation for parents of US citizens and green card holder children
                    [Summary] => 

On Nov. 20, 2014, President Obama announced Executive Action (EA) concerning immigration.  While there are many aspects or changes brought about by his announcement, one of those changes is the creation of a new “Deferred Action for Parental Accountability” (or DAPA), which is similar to the benefit he announced in 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134402 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805111 [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => 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] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 806230 [Title] => If Filipino blood must be spilt. [Summary] =>

At the height of the student activism, our student leaders were either labeled Marxist-Leninist or Maoist.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 717694 [Title] => Some more questions [Summary] =>

Why do oil companies take more time to rollback than to hike oil prices?

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 67267 [Title] => Is that rice in your ‘balikbayan’ box? [Summary] =>

WASHINGTON – Filipinos in the Washington metropolitan area are stuffing rice into care packages known as balikbayan boxes and shipping them to the Philippines where shortages have led to soaring prices and rationing, the Washington Post reported.

[DatePublished] => 2008-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165579 [Title] => Compensating talent [Summary] => Would you speak at this conference?" a friend whose business is organizing conferences asked.

"Are they paying?" I countered, bothered that certain sectors pay foreign speakers top money but simply say "thank you" to Filipino speakers. This situation needs to change.

"Five thousand pesos," she said apologetically. "It’s a pittance but that’s all they’re budgeted for. Please take it." I agreed only because I liked the lady who asked.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 129941 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Textbooks for sale [Summary] => The latest word is that even government property has found its way to C.M. Recto Avenue, that special place in Manila where you can get everything from state-of-the-art cell phones to pornographic magazines dirt-cheap. The latest products, as admitted even by education officials, are textbooks for public schools. [DatePublished] => 2001-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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