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It is five more days before Christmas. I used to count the days before Christmas with so much excitement during those most recent times of my childhood. I have to make that distinction about the period of time, lest you think I’m that old already. Touché!

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Vice President Noli de Castro, a former television and radio journalist, praised Soliven as an "icon among Filipinos of a fearless journalist" while Senate President Manny Villar said he was a "titan of journalism."
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Unless the matter is quietly settled out of court, there is a pending law suit that will pit a cross-dresser or a man dressed up as a woman against a food outlet.

According to the cross-dresser he was discriminated upon when the manager asked him to leave the premises because of his "style".

Taking things at face value, such possibilities will certainly shake things up, worse than the debates over Con-con vs. Cha-cha.
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Naturally, the working press – an endangered species – is complaining vehemently and demanding action from the authorities.
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MR. SOLIVEN
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                    [Title] => What? No budget law again!
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It is five more days before Christmas. I used to count the days before Christmas with so much excitement during those most recent times of my childhood. I have to make that distinction about the period of time, lest you think I’m that old already. Touché!

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Vice President Noli de Castro, a former television and radio journalist, praised Soliven as an "icon among Filipinos of a fearless journalist" while Senate President Manny Villar said he was a "titan of journalism."
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Unless the matter is quietly settled out of court, there is a pending law suit that will pit a cross-dresser or a man dressed up as a woman against a food outlet.

According to the cross-dresser he was discriminated upon when the manager asked him to leave the premises because of his "style".

Taking things at face value, such possibilities will certainly shake things up, worse than the debates over Con-con vs. Cha-cha.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261566 [Title] => Journalists et al. live in climate of violence [Summary] => JOURNALIST TARGETS: We have the scorecard on Filipino journalists assassinated since 1986. Compiled by the National Union of Journalists, the list has 55 names, 36 of them (65 percent) provincial broadcasters.

Naturally, the working press – an endangered species – is complaining vehemently and demanding action from the authorities.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136322 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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