Obit Archives - CMFR

We will not surrender our freedoms

Today, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.

Covering the Pandemic

Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic

The Silent Media

Native Advertising: Not just a Problem of One

Jose “Boyet” Sison, 58

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VETERAN JOURNALIST Pablito “Bobby” Nalzaro passed away on Thursday, March 17. Friend and fellow columnist Eddie Barrita confirmed to Sunstar Cebu that Nalzaro’s death was due to multiple organ failure. He was 58. Nalzaro, known to many as “Super Bob,” was among the anchors of GMA Regional TV’s Balitang...

Ricardo “Dong” Puno, 76

VETERAN JOURNALIST and former press secretary Ricardo “Dong” Puno passed away on Tuesday, February 15 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 76.

F. Sionil Jose, 97

F. SIONIL JOSE, considered the most widely-read Filipino author in the English language, passed away last January 6 while awaiting an angioplasty operation at the Makati Medical Center.

Boy Santos, 53

FELICER “BOY” Santos, a photojournalist for The Philippine Star, passed away due to cardiac arrest at a Quezon City hospital at around midnight on Friday (November 20).

Romeo Gacad, 62

VETERAN PHOTOJOURNALIST Romeo Gacad, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, passed away on Saturday evening (October 30) in Thailand at the age of 62.

Jose Veloso Abueva, 93

JOSE VELOSO Abueva, who served as president of the University of the Philippines, and a former trustee of CMFR, died in his home in Antipolo, Rizal, in the early morning of Wednesday, August 18. His daughter, Rosanna Abueva posted the announcement on her Facebook page, saying that her father...

Veteran journalist Melo Acuña, 64

VETERAN JOURNALIST Melo Acuña passed away early Friday morning, August 27, at the Quezon City General Hospital. He was 64.

Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Espina, 59

JOSE JAIME "Nonoy" Espina, a veteran journalist and fierce advocate of press freedom, died in his home in Bacolod City after battling liver cancer on Wednesday night, July 7, with his family around him. He was 59 years old.

A Personal Remembrance: Joaquin Bernas, S.J. and CMFR

FATHER JOAQUIN Bernas of the Society of Jesus was born July 8, 1932 in Baao, Camarines Sur. The many testimonials after his death last March 6 described an astonishing legacy of service to the nation. A scholar and educator, he exerted lasting influence as a public intellectual, with his...