We will not surrender our freedomsToday, 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.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Obit Luis Katigbak, 41 WRITER AND COLUMNIST Luis Katigbak died Wednesday, April 20. He was 41. Katigbak was a columnist for Philippine Star’s Young STAR. He was also  associate editor of Esquire Philippines and a resident writer for Pulp magazine. He also wrote Happy Endings (2000) and The King... Obit Rodolfo Reyes, 80 FOUNDING MANILA STANDARD PUBLISHER AND EDITOR Rodolfo Reyes died Thursday, April 14. He was 80. Reyes started his journalism career in the pre-martial law Manila Times. From the Times, he moved to various other media organizations including the Manila Chronicle and later on to ABS-CBN, where... Obit Alfredo Rosario, 87 VETERAN JOURNALIST Alfredo Rosario died Sunday, March 20. He was 87. Rosario, who would have turned 88 on March 24, died in the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. He was a writer and editor for several pre-martial law newspapers including the Philippines Herald and the... Obit Antonio Cabangon Chua, 81 MEDIA MAGNATE Antonio Cabangon Chua died Friday, March 11. He was 81. Cabangon Chua was the head of several companies within the ALC  group, which include the Business Mirror, Pilipino Mirror, and Philippine Graphic Weekly; radio corporation Aliw Broadcasting Corporation; and TV station RPN9, now... Obit Sam Merrill, 55 LONGTIME US TV ANCHOR AND JOURNALIST Sam Merrill died Thursday, February 25. He was 55. Merrill died suddenly after collapsing last week. He served as an anchor and reporter for  WNEM TV-5 for 25 years. While serving as a reporter, Merrill also emceed hundreds of community... Obit Noel Vero Perfecto, 67 VETERAN JOURNALIST Noel Vero Perfecto succumbed to heart attack Saturday, February 20. He was 67. Perfecto was a reporter for the state-owned People’s Television Network (PTV-4) for three decades. He also worked for the Philippine Broadcasting Services-Radyong Bayan where he held a radio program entitled... Obit Heikal, 92 VETERAN EGYPTIAN journalist Mohammed Hassanein Heikal died Wednesday, February 17. He was 92. Heikal was the editor of Cairo’s Al-Ahram daily from 1957 to 1974. He was a close confidant of the nationalist Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in the early times of his career. He also... « Previous1…91011
