I was quite shocked to read the news this morning that one of the presidential choppers went missing. One of the passengers, Joe Capadocia, was someone I've known since the 80s, one of the few colleagues in media who eventually got appointed to sensitive positions in government. Prior to his untimely fate, he was Press Undersecretary of the Arroyo administration who treated his job of supervising media coverages like he was still tenaciously covering the beat. Joe Capadocia was one of the first grizzled veterans I saw in the newsroom of the old Roces-owned Manila ... Continue Reading...
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Jesse Robredo, outstanding public servant: 1958-2012
(Photo from Secretary Robredo's Facebook page. He is shown here with his wife Lenny) We're saying a prayer today for Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, one of the outstanding men in President Aquino's Cabinet, whose body was recovered today after three days of intense search and rescue operations off the coast of Masbate. The Piper Seneca light plane carrying him crashed last Saturday, August 18, while attempting to make an emergency landing at the Masbate Airport due to engine failure. Robredo was on his way back to Naga City to be with his family after finishing a ... Continue Reading...
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