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                    [ArticleID] => 1537261
                    [Title] => Remembering Letty
                    [Summary] => 

We who heard the news, expressed the same reaction: “What, Letty passed away?” The news came like a thunderbolt.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-28 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1381536 [Title] => Hoseki’s very own Oriental Eden [Summary] =>

“There are little gems all around us that can hold glimmers of inspiration.”

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135096 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1247085 [Title] => A night with Frank [Summary] =>

It was a trip down memory lane for everyone at the “Frankly, I’m Back” dinner-concert held at the Grand Ballroom of Dusit Thani Manila.  It was top-billed by English singers Richard Shelton as Frank Sinatra with Nigel Miles-Thomas as Peter Lawford from the famed Rat Pack.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135096 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img89/5144/qgav.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 754518 [Title] => Boombastic Rachy Cuna [Summary] =>

“What’s this?”, I whispered to myself, witnessing that the amiable Rachy Cuna  no less than the country’s only floral architect  had altogether abandoned the world of fresh flowers.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1292169 [AuthorName] => Edu Jarque [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 737530 [Title] => The enchanting world of Galadria [Summary] =>

“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement  and the thrill of creative effort.”  — Franklin Roosevelt

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135093 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 720911 [Title] => STAR columnist wins at the Lasallian Scholarum Awards [Summary] =>

STAR columnist and Allure assistant editor Bum Tenorio Jr. won the Outstanding Column Article on Youth and Education award at 2011 Lasallian Scholarum Awards on Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1379051 [AuthorName] => Jerni May Camposano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 514808 [Title] => Empowering Philippine culture [Summary] =>

Attended by founding members, special guests and those who are committed to uplifting Philippine culture, the Society for Cultural Enrichment, Inc. (SCEI) recently held an induction ceremony at the posh Gercon Plaza Penthouse.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135093 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 508831 [Title] => Thank you, Erap; you're an angel [Summary] =>

The morning after, I scanned the clear skies and there was no sign that the night before they shed copious tears that drenched scores, drowned many and rendered thousands homeless.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5947/ent1thumba.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363120 [Title] => A musical birthday [Summary] => "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."– Bart Forbes
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 137958 [Title] => Col. Banal, 70 [Summary] => Col. (Ret.) Conrado L. Banal Jr., father of Inquirer lifestyle editor Chelo Banal-Formoso and business columnist Conrad Banal III, passed away Wednesday at age 70.

Col. Banal began working as a reporter for various Manila newspapers in 1950 before becoming editor of Counterpoint Magazine in 1952. In 1953, he joined the US Embassy as a writer-photographer and worked for the AID, USIS and US Air Force both in Manila and Guam. In 1956, he covered Operation Brotherhood in Vietnam as a photojournalist.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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