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                    [ArticleID] => 1972154
                    [Title] => 4 magkakaklase tiklo sa ‘damo’
                    [Summary] => Apat na magkakaklase sa senior high school kabilang ang isang menor-de-edad ang naaktuhang humi­hithit ng marijuana sa isang abandonadong bahay sa isang subdivision sa Brgy. Lantic, Carmona, lalawigang ito kamakalawa.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-11-27 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1239385
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Go-Timbang
                    [SectionName] => Probinsiya
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                    [ArticleID] => 1664226
                    [Title] => Who is your favorite beauty queen of all time?
                    [Summary] => Beauty pageants are always a welcome topic for Filipinos. It is always a much-awaited event as we watch from our homes and offices the lovely ladies representing their respective countries.
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-01-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136321
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1529529
                    [AuthorName] => Mons Romulo
                    [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle
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                    [Title] => Plans for 2016
                    [Summary] => 

Over the holidays, one of my old, old friends passed away.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-08 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1497760 [Title] => Binibining Pilipinas calls for Filipino gown designs [Summary] =>

The Filipino gown designs to be chosen by Binibining Pilipinas will be used by the beauty queens in international pageants.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-08 19:37:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20150123/Miss%20Universe%20national%20costume/miss-universe-national-costume-14.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1424514 [Title] => The making of a Bb. Pilipinas queen [Summary] =>

It’s that time of year again. Just a few days into 2015, more than a hundred of the country’s loveliest once again trooped to the offices of Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) and filed their applications to join the premier beauty pageant.

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Calmness under pressure.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134602 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1763266 [AuthorName] => Techie Ysmael-Bilbao [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/20141112/chona-kasten-5.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1381800 [Title] => Taft – fashion avenue of the ’50s [Summary] =>

Taft Avenue, then an elegant street, was without a  doubt the fashion avenue of Manila in the ‘50s. Classy ateliers lined the avenue, walking distance from the Tourist Belt, within the Ermita-Malate districts.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135392 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247126 [AuthorName] => Danny Dolor [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1360933 [Title] => Chona Kasten would have cringed at today’s youth flaunting tattoos and wearing rubber flip-flops to a business meeting [Summary] =>

I must first say that 90 percent of what I know comes from my role model in life, Chona Recto Ysmael Kasten; the rest from observations and actual experiences, from her childhood, throughout her growing years and her marriage to Daddy Johnny Ysmael, her role as mother, followed by the peak of her social whirls and travels, a failed second marriage to Hans Kasten, her fashion consultancy with Aguinaldo’s, her stint with PAL, and as designer for Panache, her exclusive pret-a-porter line for Rustans.

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We just love the way the country is going all directions in the entertainment industry nowadays.

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The predicament of finding something suitable to wear for a wedding is not a new one — one must have come into contact with a myriad of thematic demands: masquerade, vintage luxe, faerie chic, or even medieval maven.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336084 [AuthorName] => Geolette Esguerra [SectionName] => YStyle [SectionUrl] => ystyle [URL] => ) ) )
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