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Amelia Clarissa de Luna Monasterial is a writer and artist who graduated Summa Cum Laude from De La Salle University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature, Major in Creative Writing. Her written works have received accolades such as the F. Sionil Jose Young Writers Award and multiple honors from DLSU's Annual Awards for Literature. Her artworks have won several awards from DLSU's Annual Awards for Visual Arts and have been featured in the DLSU Arts Congress and the 4th ArteScene Exhbition. Whether through words or brush strokes, Clarissa explores themes of resilience, identity, and longing for connection through her work. She does not shy away from the grotesque and macabre, balacing them with the quest of finding beauty in the mundane and light in the dark.
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MAKATI CITY — The West Philippine Sea remains one of the Philippines’ most critical maritime regions, supplying an estimated 11 percent of the country’s marine…
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Decembers of merry have flown And have left me with but a clone Of something that I once knew But now something that paints me blue.
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The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City launched its new Kidney and Transplant Institute on Friday, 28 November, providing expanded access…
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The Philippines was the only Asian country to back the United Nations Partition Plan on 29 November 1947, a decision that helped pave the way for the…
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Manila Electric Company (Meralco), led by Manuel V. Pangilinan, received the Platinum award at the 2025 Asia Integrated Reporting Awards (AIRA) for its…
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The Diamond Jubilee celebration honoured generations of Filipino writers, judges, and visionaries who have shaped the country’s literary heritage.
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From Vinyl on Vinyl to blanc, free online galleries bring art closer to Filipinos everywhere. Here are selected paintings and personal meditations on what…
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I am afraid that I cannot write A happy story⸺imbued with light. For even when I write about the stars, My words find themselves within the scars Of rivers of…
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This creative nonfiction essay was a requirement for my Editing Class as a Literature student at De La Salle University. Contains sensitive themes. Reader…
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Every year, the New York Public Library undertakes a massive, lovingly intense project: reading thousands of titles across every genre imaginable to determine…
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