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Mariquit P. Reventar

Mariquit P. Reventar is a retired architect and president of Laguna Lands & Estate Corporation, her family’s firm. In July 2021, she joined a Memoir Writing class at Sunshine Place. A COVID-19 survivor, Mariquit said the lessons she received in memoir writing make her more grateful to the Lord for the gifts of life, family & friends.
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COVID quarantines, the second time around

This essay is one of many written during a Memoir Writing workshop at Sunshine Place under the mentorship of Dr. Oscar Peñaranda, a Gawad...

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On Womanhood

Being a woman is thrust upon you. You walk under stars and suddenly casually, make a fist in your pocket and hold your key—like a weapon. It is keen awareness of fabric length, and clenched assessment of skin, padlocks, mirrors, stopping cars, of home routes, and drink offers. Being a woman is weighing the chances of a stranger becoming a husband —or...

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The children of the town had once belonged to the streets. Their laughter rattled off the cracked sidewalks, their games stretched across alleys and fields, and dusk was a sign, not for disconnection, but for one more round of hide-and-seek or patintero, a daring jump over a...

58th Shell National Students Art Competition “ALAB” Ignites Creativity, Crowns 15 Talented Filipino Artists

Manila, Philippines. December 2025 — Fifteen talented Filipino artists from across the country were honored at the 58th Shell National Students Art Competition (NSAC) Awarding Ceremony, held at the Ayala Museum in Makati. This year, the competition received 2,200 entries from across the Philippines, all responding to...

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