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[Title] => Celebrating Mang Ben
[Summary] => His moniker Mang Ben is proof enough of how simple Ben Farrales was. But not his design. Not his influence. Not his legacy.
[DatePublished] => 2022-06-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805335
[AuthorName] => Büm D. Tenorio Jr.
[SectionName] => Newsmakers
[SectionUrl] => newsmakers
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[Title] => Of forks and faith
[Summary] => Lunch today is bulalo, steaming hot, the soup so savory and delicious, perfect with white rice. Yes, there has to be rice. Rice understands bulalo.
[DatePublished] => 2016-01-23 09:00:00
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[SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle
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[Title] => Ben Farrales: Memories, applause and tears
[Summary] => I call him Ben Farraray — to rhyme with mataray which he is. And he, in retaliation, calls me Carmelita K — as in kikay which he says I am.
[DatePublished] => 2015-02-04 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1524993
[AuthorName] => Millet M. Mananquil
[SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty
[SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty
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[Title] => Why models love Mang Ben
[Summary] => One of my fondest memories of Ben Farrales was when our group organized the 2010 grand Karilagan reunion to honor Conching Sunico with over 150 models, beauty queens and guests in Mary Madrigal de Leon’s Forbes Park home.
[DatePublished] => 2015-02-04 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804927
[AuthorName] => Frannie Jacinto
[SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty
[SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty
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[Title] => Fashion show pays tribute to Ben Farrales
[Summary] => A grand fashion show featuring from 70 to 90 of the works of Ben Farrales will be held at the Rizal Ballroom of the Makati Shangri-La Hotel on Jan. 31, Saturday, 6 p.m.
[DatePublished] => 2015-01-28 00:00:00
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[Title] => The dean of Philippine fashion revisits the runway with timeless classics
[Summary] => Poignant, heartwarming, timeless, and distinctly Filipino — these are words that describe both the retrospective and the clothes of Ben Farrales, dubbed the Dean of Philippine Fashion.
[DatePublished] => 2013-11-08 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1336084
[AuthorName] => Geolette Esguerra
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[Title] => Ben Farrales, minus the ‘taray’
[Summary] => As a young boy, Benjamin “Ben” Farrales was shining other people’s shoes and hawking boiled corn.
[DatePublished] => 2013-06-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133950
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[AuthorID] => 1412726
[AuthorName] => Jojo G. Silvestre
[SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle
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[Title] => Mang Ben: The man who used his coconut
[Summary] => Being born to a family of farmers, it was a no brainer for Benjamin R. Lao or ‘Mang Ben’ of Bansalan, Davao del Sur to end up tending a farm of his own.
[DatePublished] => 2011-10-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1106650
[AuthorName] => Adora Dolores Rodriguez
[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[Title] => Remembering Mang Ben
[Summary] => On his 100th birthday (March 22), I remember some of the numerous moments I shared with Bienvenido N.
[DatePublished] => 2011-03-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134791
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1365384
[AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz
[SectionName] => Education and Home
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[Title] => 'Sorry' huling narinig kay Reyes
[Summary] => “Nakita ko si sir na nakatayo sa harap ng puntod ng kanyang ina, nag-sign of the cross, lumuhod at taimtim na nagdasal, pagkalipas ng ilang minuto ay nakita kong binunot niya ang kanyang baril at itinutok sa kanyang dibdib saka kinalabit ang gatilyo at umalingawngaw ang malakas na putok”.
[DatePublished] => 2011-02-09 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1591870
[AuthorName] => Ni Mer Layson
[SectionName] => Bansa
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