Archive for October, 2009

October 11, 2009 · Posted in: General

Oda para kay Alecks Pabico

Oda para kay Alecks Pabico (April 19, 1967-October 7, 2009)) Ang heograpiya ng alaala ay bulalakaw na lamon-lamon ng araw sa tag-araw ng iyong buhay. Nag-krus ang ating landas sa pasilyo ng Vinzons kung saan ang panulat ay ipo-ipong...

October 9, 2009 · Posted in: General

Pabicool: For Alecks

by Ben Moncerate Alecks’s passing was the first Facebook news that morning in our current part of the world. It left Charm and I convulsed in tears as we embraced by the window of our flat in Bogota. In front of computer screens around the world,...

October 9, 2009 · Posted in: General

Alecks: When journalism cares

by Rowena C. Paraan I’m probably the last person in PCIJ who should talk about Alecks Pabico. Suplado, I thought of him, the first time I met him. He would often walk past the NUJP (National Union of Journalists in the Philippines) office in Scout...

October 8, 2009 · Posted in: General

Remembering Alecks

by Sheila S. Coronel Different species populate the planet of journalism, but Alecks Pabico was one of a kind. There was no one else like him. To begin with, he studied architecture. He also looked and dressed more like a member of a reggae band...

October 8, 2009 · Posted in: General

PCIJ’s rockstar

SIR ALECKS and I sat on opposite ends at the office. Our office is small though so we were practically just a stone’s throw away from each other. I guess, true to his claim of being ‘rastamad’ -- tamad meaning lazy -- Sir Alecks, instead of actually...

by Vinia D. Mukherjee 1989, I was 16, a probee. He was, by campus journalism standards, a seasoned news reporter. The editors had assigned me to be his 'buddy' for a story, the topic of which I will probably remember at another time. The afternoon of...

The Philippine journalism world grew a little dimmer last night as word spread that our colleague Alecks Pabico had passed away. The news came as a shock to family and friends who were on hand to see Alecks personally just last Thursday, during a tribute...