Zacarias Sarian

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

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

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