Marcos, in 1986, all PJI's shares were sequestered by the Corazon Aquino administration's Presidential Commission on Good Government for the suspicions of ownership and being part of the ill-gotten wealth. In the early 1980s, the paper increased its popularity with the feature of the comics of Carlo Caparas. Īside from People's Journal, Villanueva was also taking charge of publications People's Tonight (bilingual paper, in English and Tagalog, launched in 1979), Taliba (its Tagalog counterpart, launched in early 1980s), and Insider and Women’s Journal (launched upon re-acquisition in 2004, by that time, Times Journal already ceased its publication). They later moved to the old Manila Chronicle building, later renamed Benpres Building, in Pasig City until their return in the Port Area ( Times Journal Bldg., now Journal Bldg.) in 1977 with the acquisition of a new printing press. Their headquarters were then located at the building now owned by The Philippine Star at Port Area, Manila. According to Villanueva, the government "had somebody looking at our stories, a military man checking our stories." Ĭontent at newspapers were being censored by the Media Advisory Council at the start of martial law. A year later, Villanueva co-founded its sister newspaper, People’s Tonight. Only with acquisition of permit, they were able to relaunch the paper a week later. Although with legitimacy, however, they were stopped by the Print Media Council due to lack of permit to print. Inspired by New York Post, People’s Journal was first launched as a broadsheet in 1978, with Villanueva, its co-founder, assigned as editor-in-chief and with the help of Vergel Santos, assigned as managing editor, and Friginal. Villanueva, a former Manila Times sportswriter, was one of its founding editors. PJI was allowed by the government to operate on October 21, 1972, with its flagship paper, Times Journal. (PJI) under the management of the late Benjamin Romualdez, former First Lady Imelda Marcos' younger brother. Former workers of the Philippines Herald, which was closed at that time, established the Philippine Journalists Inc. History ĭuring its establishment in 1978, only newspapers owned by Marcos cronies were permitted to operate by the government since most of them were shut down after President Ferdinand Marcos declared nationwide martial law in September 1972. He later became the media relations officer of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). He is credited for the popularization of ten-pin bowling. He was the president of the Philippine Sportswriter Association (PSA) in the 1970s and 1980s where he initiated the weekly PSA Forum. He worked first as a Manila Times sportswriter in 1955 at age 17, while he was a University of Santo Tomas (UST) student, before becoming a Times Journal editor in 1972. Augusto Villanueva Īugusto "Gus" Buenaventura Villanueva was the Philippine Journalists Inc./Journal Group of Publications editor-in-chief and publisher until his death on January 14, 2022, at age 83. People's Journal, with its sister publications, tabloids People's Tonight and People's Taliba, magazines Women's Journal and Insider and now-defunct broadsheet Times Journal, is part of one of the country's "biggest daily newspaper publication group." People's Journal and People's Tonight were among the widest circulated daily tabloids. Augusto "Gus" Villanueva, its former editor-in-chief, and Antonio Friginal were founders of the company. People's Journal is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published by the Philippine Journalists Incorporated. cor 19th and 20th Sts., South Port Area, Manila, Philippines 1018 ( April 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources. This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral.
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