Ernesto D. Lariosa (1944-2019)
The multi-awarded fiction writer played key role in using Cebuano-Bisaya to produce Cebu’s first native-language daily. He went into journalism but never left his first…
In Memoriam
In his 50s, FCE (1927-2019) showed peers what grit looked like
For many years, alone with his editor while already in his 50s, and with one junior reporter when he was pushing 70, Fred C. Espinoza…
Godofredo Roperos: A long love affair with writing
In Manila, the almost-four-decade career of Godofredo M. Roperos, 88, covered assignments in reporting, magazine editing, and literary writing. It was interrupted by his work…
Cerge Remonde: the ‘probinsyano’ beat reporter who became Press Secretary
He spoke truth to power as a newspaper columnist and radio commentator. But in a reversal of roles, Remonde defended power as press secretary to…
Olga Marie “Gingging” Campaña, 46
A week after suffering from a brain hemorrhage indicating an aneurysm, Olga Marie “Gingging” A. Campaña, news editor of SunStar Cebu, died on January 18,…
