Obituaries

Sison, 76
Malaya columnist Jesus “Jess” Sison died of cardiac arrest on July 21. He was 76.
A veteran journalist, Sison wrote a column and editorials for the Marcos-era newspaper Daily Express while working as assistant to the late journalist Teodoro “Ka Doroy” Valencia in the 1970s and 1980s. Sison was also a columnist for the Midday, The Independent, Balita, and Abante newspapers. In 1992, he worked as a radio commentator for dwIZ.
Sison also spent many years of his life holding various government posts, starting in 1949 as a press assistant at the Malacañang Press Office. He was press secretary for former president Fidel Ramos for two years. The last government office he headed was the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, where he served from 1995 to 1998.
Sison graduated with a degree in literature, major in journalism, at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in 1953. He served as news editor of The Varsitarian, UST’s official student publication.

Naval, 73
REYNALDO NAVAL, former Times Journal managing editor, passed away on July 12 after suffering from a stroke. He was 73.
Naval started his journalism career in the late 1950s as a reporter for the defunct Philippine News Service. He moved to the Manila Chronicle in 1962 and stayed until the paper was closed during martial law. In 1973, Naval joined the Times Journal and became its managing editor for eight years.
Naval migrated with his family to US in 1980 and served as press attaché-information counselor at the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC. He worked in a private accounting firm until 2001 and later came back to the Philippines for good.
After his return, Naval wrote for the Filipino Reporter in New York and Manila Mail in Washington DC.

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