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                    [Title] => Desiderata for the poor Filipino voters
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(With apologies to Max Erhmann) Do not go placidly and peacefully because amidst the politicians' noises and haste, there is no more peace, there is no silence.

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The "trapo" politician has long pretended to be my shepherd.

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Everything happens for a reason.

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During and after the floods, and after the monsoon rains, came tons and tons of garbage. Then came the politicians, in their branded get up, coming down from their ivory towers and bringing some relief goodies to the hungry crowds of poor and marginalized people.

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Maricel Maralit, Naga City: A traditional politician makes false promises, uses money to buy votes, and perpetuates himself in power. Sadly, we have lots of them in our country. 

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No two people are the same.

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For several weeks now ABS-CBN has been intensifying its “Ako ang simula” campaign. The thrust is evidently to mobilize young voters into potent groups that would lead a nationwide movement for a clean and honest election.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135759 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302307 [AuthorName] => Eladio Dioko and by Eladio Dioko [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 483828 [Title] => How would you describe a 'trapo' in Philippine politics? [Summary] =>

Diony Yap, Bacolod City: Trapo is short for traditional politician. Too much politics makes them stink like soiled basahan, thus the label.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Inbox World [SectionUrl] => inbox-world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204663 [Title] => To kiss or not to kiss [Summary] => This is not a homily for Hollywood. Those steamy kissing scenes will go on, with or without the threat of SARS in the film capital. But as a matter of fact, Leonardo de Caprio of Titanic fame once contended that kissing is the most unhygienic custom in the world. His reason? The mouth (or, for that matter, any other orifice in the human body) is laden with bacteria, being the repository of decayed food, saliva and phlegm.

Accordingly, beso-beso is the quickest guarantee for transmitting germs.
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                    [DatePublished] => 2019-02-17 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136164
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1148714
                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
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                    [Title] => Desiderata for the poor Filipino voters
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(With apologies to Max Erhmann) Do not go placidly and peacefully because amidst the politicians' noises and haste, there is no more peace, there is no silence.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-02 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136164 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1148714 [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1506274 [Title] => A Filipino voter's psalms and lamentations [Summary] =>

The "trapo" politician has long pretended to be my shepherd.

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Everything happens for a reason.

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During and after the floods, and after the monsoon rains, came tons and tons of garbage. Then came the politicians, in their branded get up, coming down from their ivory towers and bringing some relief goodies to the hungry crowds of poor and marginalized people.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134002 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1146528 [AuthorName] => Atty Josephus Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 553485 [Title] => How would you define a 'traditional politician'? [Summary] =>

Maricel Maralit, Naga City: A traditional politician makes false promises, uses money to buy votes, and perpetuates himself in power. Sadly, we have lots of them in our country. 

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No two people are the same.

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For several weeks now ABS-CBN has been intensifying its “Ako ang simula” campaign. The thrust is evidently to mobilize young voters into potent groups that would lead a nationwide movement for a clean and honest election.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135759 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302307 [AuthorName] => Eladio Dioko and by Eladio Dioko [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 483828 [Title] => How would you describe a 'trapo' in Philippine politics? [Summary] =>

Diony Yap, Bacolod City: Trapo is short for traditional politician. Too much politics makes them stink like soiled basahan, thus the label.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Inbox World [SectionUrl] => inbox-world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204663 [Title] => To kiss or not to kiss [Summary] => This is not a homily for Hollywood. Those steamy kissing scenes will go on, with or without the threat of SARS in the film capital. But as a matter of fact, Leonardo de Caprio of Titanic fame once contended that kissing is the most unhygienic custom in the world. His reason? The mouth (or, for that matter, any other orifice in the human body) is laden with bacteria, being the repository of decayed food, saliva and phlegm.

Accordingly, beso-beso is the quickest guarantee for transmitting germs.
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