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Bench has arrived in Boracay.


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Bench is going to China. 


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Bench Body: From RP to PRC

By Ana G. Kalaw | April 29, 2005 - 12:00am

Underwear is a powerful thing. For something kept hidden, given a conventional setting (barring Madonna’s ‘80s principles and Justice League dress codes), it has become one of man’s biggest necessities....

Young Star

The united colors of Bench

By Paula C. Nocon | May 11, 2003 - 12:00am

BORACAY, Aklan – The clicking of cameras, the roar of bancas and tricycles. Mutterings in French, Mandarin, English and Tagalog. Blue cloudless skies, clear waters, orange-pink sunsets, white sands. Salty air...

Sunday Lifestyle

Bench goes to China

By Paula C. Nocon | October 27, 2002 - 12:00am

There’s no other way but to go global!" So says Bench proprietor Ben Chan. And what this retail giant says, he does. If Ben Chan builds it, the shoppers will come. Next month, Bench, the country’s...

Sunday Lifestyle

When Ben met Ronnie and Lu and Melvin and Giant and ND

October 27, 2002 - 12:00am

Melvin Chua is head of InkPak Communications, Shanghai, and marketing director of WestEast magazine. Born in the Philippines but raised in Canada and US, Ivy Leaguer Melvin was managing director of McCann Erickson...

Sunday Lifestyle