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Feliciano Maragay, 68

VETERAN REPORTER and columnist Feliciano “Fel” Maragay died on November 28, 2019. He was 68. A longtime political reporter, he covered the presidencies of Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the Manila Standard’s Malacañang reporter. Maragay was also a veteran of the Senate beat and...

Crispin Martinez, 84

VETERAN JOURNALIST Crispin Martinez, former Daily Tribune executive editor, passed away November 15. He was 84. Martinez had been in the industry for more than 50 years and worked for the Philippines Free Press, Manila Times, Evening News, Manila Chronicle, Evening Post, We Forum, Philippine Star, Morning Free Press,...

Nelson Navarro, 71

COLUMNIST AND author Nelson Navarro passed away Sunday, September 22. He was 71. Navarro had written for The Philippine Star, Malaya and Manila Standard. He also wrote and edited books, among them biographies of sportsman Moro Lorenzo, fellow journalist Max Soliven, educator Nemesio Prudente and former Vice President Emmanuel...

Patricio P. Diaz, 93

VETERAN JOURNALIST, author and Mindanao chronicler Patricio P. Diaz died on August 29 due to a heart attack. He was 93. In his early days, Diaz wrote for the Mindanao Cross as a columnist, reporter and editorial writer-on-call from 1952 to 1967, and was its editor for 21 years...

Floro Mercene, 93

VETERAN JOURNALIST and columnist Floro L. Mercene died of heart failure on Wednesday, August 7. He was 93. Mercene wrote a column for the Manila Bulletin. He started as a reporter for the defunct Philippine News Service. His beat, the Bulletin reported, included the old Balagbag Airport and meeting...

Renato Lumawag, 74

PHOTOJOURNALIST RENATO “Rene” B. Lumawag died on July 1 due to acute respiratory failure after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 74. He was the photo correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Mindanao bureau in the 1990s, but was best known for documenting now President Rodrigo Duterte’s...

Ramon Santa Dacawi, 68

JOURNALIST AND environment advocate Ramon “Mondax” Santa Dacawi died on June 27 after a long bout with diabetes. He was 68. Dacawi was an environmental awareness advocate and wrote about his advocacy in his weekly column “Benchwarmer” in SunStar Baguio. Prior to joining the local government of Baguio City...

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Nestor Beltran Pulido, 76 FORMER GMA Network executive Nestor Beltran Pulido died on June 12. He was 76. Pulido was formerly GMA’s Vice President for Program Promotions and Publicity. During his time with the network, he also served as officer-in-charge of GMA’s news department. Pulido is the father of...

Jojo A. Robles, 57

FORMER MANILA Standard editor-in-chief Jojo A. Robles passed away on Thursday, May 23, due to a lingering illness. He was 57. Starting as a researcher when he joined the Standard, Robles worked his way up to become a reporter, deskman, metro desk editor, national editor, and finally as editor-in-chief...

Anselmo Roque, 80

VETERAN JOURNALIST Anselmo Roque succumbed to a lingering illness on Monday, April 29. He was 80 years old. Roque joined the Philippine Daily Inquirer in 1986 as its correspondent in Nueva Ecija. He also became an editorial consultant for some community papers in Central Luzon, the Inquirer reported. Roque...