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Baguio-based journalist Cesar Reyes dies
May 25, 2021 3:01 PM PHT
Frank Cimatu
Baguio-based journalist Cesar Reyes died of COVID-19 complications on Tuesday morning, May 25, at the Baguio General Hospital.
Reyes, a long-time Baguio correspondent for
People’s Journal and
People’s Tonight, was 61.
According to Aldwin Quitasol, president of the Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club (BCBC), Reyes had been comatose since May 22. He was rushed that day to the Baguio General Hospital because of an extremely low oxygen count.
He was still able to file one last story on May 18 before reaching out for help the next day through Facebook. He said he was having off-and-on fever for the past week.