MALACANANG offered its sympathies to the family of veteran columnist and newspaper publisher Amado "Jake" Macasaet who passed away on Sunday. He was 81.

"We condole with the family of Jake Macasaet. Jake as you know was a long-term publisher of Malaya. We consider his death to be a big loss to Philippine journalism," Palace spokesman Harry Roque said during a press conference on Monday.

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