Veteran journalist Roberto “Bobby” Gacusana Burgos handed away on the age of 79 in his dwelling in Baguio City on Sunday, September 10, after a lingering sickness.
Burgos beforehand wrote for the Manila Standard, the Manila Bulletin, and the defunct DYHP-Philippine Herald Group. He additionally wrote for the Pahayagang Malaya and We Forum, each of which have been based by his late brother Jose Burgos Jr.
He was additionally the president of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Press Corps within the early 90s, and served as an official of the Defense Press Corps in the course of the coup makes an attempt confronted by the administration of the late President Corazon Aquino.
Burgos was additionally the Baguio City Bureau Chief for the Journal Group of Publications from 1998 to 2001, and a lifetime member of the National Press Club (NPC).
He is survived by his spouse Zenaida Cruz-Burgos, a retired professor on the University of Santo Tomas, together with youngsters Joseph, Yayi, Barbara Angela, Rosette, and Roan.
Burgos has three youngsters who additionally work as journalists — Maria Rowena who wrote for Malaya and the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), Raymond who wrote for PDI, Manila Times, and the defunct Philippine News and Features (PNF), and Jonathan who writes for Forbes Magazine.
His stays will lie in Baguio City, with the small print for the wake to observe. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
