{"id":248,"date":"2009-05-03T07:09:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T21:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=248"},"modified":"2009-05-03T07:09:51","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T21:09:51","slug":"my-mother-in-law-caridad-morente-pineda-is-103-years-old-by-alfredo-roces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"My mother-in-law, Caridad Morente Pineda is 103  years old.   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