Zacarias Sarian

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Zacarias "Zac" Bolong Sarian was a Filipino development journalist and recipient of the 1974 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work in the field. He had a foreign service degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Career[edit]

As the agriculture columnist for the Manila Chronicle in the 1960s, Sarian proposed and received funding for a monthly magazine on farming and gardening. He edited the magazine, called Philippine Farms and Gardens, from May 1964 until its last issue in September 1972.[1] The magazine was among the large group of publications closed after the declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos.

Sarian was the agriculture editor and columnist for the Manila Bulletin, a Philippine broadsheet.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rodrigo, Raul, The Power and the Glory: the Story of the Manila Chronicle 1945-98 ; Foreword by Oscar M. Lopez - Pasig: Eugenio Lopez Foundation, 2007. (See pages 144-145)
  2. ^ Manila Bulletin Online