Here's a photo of Ariel Bocobo, great guy, great columnist, great mind of our century. From left: Art Borjal, Isagani Yambot, Cornelio de Guzman, Nereo Andolong, Ben F. Rodriguez, Senate President Gil J. Puyat, Ariel Bocobo, Vito Barcelo,Sr., Primitivo Mijares and Jacobo Clave. I was fortunate enough to meet and be friends with some of them, including Mang Ben Rodriguez, formerly Editor-in-Chief of Manila Bulletin. It was under his management that I wrote for Manila Bulletin.
To Leslie my friend, be strong and always remember that you had a great guy for a father. We will miss him.
Ariel was a good friend, a long time tennis buddy since 1976 at the old Rizal Sports Club at Kapitolyo, Pasig. Gone too was long time journalist the first Filipino Manila manager of the United Press International, Rod L. Nazareno, a War Correspondent together with Ninoy Aquino during the Korean War and later press officer of the SEATO in Bangkok; press attache of the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok, Madrid, and later Consul in Mexico. He was past president of the MOPC. He died June 1, 1995 at age 84. He was my dad-in-law.
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