ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Jan. 6, 2008) - Veteran broadcast journalist and newspaper publisher David Noel Erasga, of dxMR-Radyo ng Bayan died of heat attack on December 30. He was 58.
The Philippine News Agency said Erasga suffered cardiac arrest minutes after his 83-year-old mother, Genoveva, died also of cardiac arrest.
The late journalist started his career as a broadcaster of the defunct dxYZ radio station in the late 1970s.
Prior to his job as senior radio broadcaster at the dxMR-Radyo ng Bayan, he opened and operated with his brothers the oldest offset printing press in Zamboanga - Leaders Press.
He also served as president of the Zamboanga Press Club (ZPC) in 2000 and president a year later of the Zamboanga Columnists Club for three years.
Aside from radio work, Erasga also published the city's oldest offset newspaper, the Zamboanga Star. This publication started as Zamboanga Newswatch in martial law days, which later became Business Star and finally Zamboanga Star.
Three years ago, he rose to the position of Worshipful Master of Mt. Apo Lodge 45, the oldest Masonic lodge in Mindanao-Zamboanga.
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