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 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... Obit 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... Joseph Ubalde, 33 JOURNALIST MARK Joseph Ubalde passed away Monday, April 1. He was 33 years old. The cause of Ubalde’s death is still not known. Reports said his lifeless body was found in a room in a Bonifacio Global City hotel in Taguig. Ubalde was a columnist for The Manila Times.... Obit ENRIQUE ROMUALDEZ, 92 MALAYA BUSINESS Insight executive director Enrique “Pocholo” Romualdez passed away February 28 at the Medical Center Manila. He was 92. Romualdez was editor of several papers including the Daily Express, Taipan Magazine, and the Manila Times. His first job was with the Philippines Commonwealth, then the... Obit Perfecto Villanueva Raymundo, 85 FORMER BULACAN Press Club (BPC) president and columnist Perfecto Villanueva Raymundo died on January 2. He was 85 One of the BPC’s founders, Raymundo served as the organization’s president for two terms from 1987-1991. He also wrote a weekly column in the local newspaper Mabuhay.... Daniel Fajardo Sr., 72 COMMUNITY JOURNALIST Daniel “Danny” Fajardo Sr.  passed away Monday, September 10. He was 72. Fajardo founded Panay News in 1987, a daily newspaper in Western Visayas. He served as its editor-in-chief for several years. He also hosted Reklamo Publiko, a radio/cable public affairs program in Iloilo. (“Danny Fajardo, Panay... « Previous1…45678…11Next »
