Me?

I’m a Third World journalist and guitar player.

I’m a husband, father, brother, son.

I’m a worship leader and active church member.

Above all, I’m a child of God.

-oOo-

Here’s something a friend of mine, fellow journalist and photojournalist Jojie Alcantara, wrote about me in the Mindanao Times on June 30, 1994 when I was just starting my career as a journalist:

“Jon is a sweet, funny guy. Not comical or slapstick, but downright intellectually funny. He has this way of giving lines with a deadpan expression, just like his articles.  And you tend to believe him, because of that chinky-eyed serious countenance behind the glasses.”

Fortunately, Jojie kept a clipping of that article:

 

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