Jose ("Joe") Guevara (27 August 1917 – 2 December 2002) was a Filipino journalist, political commentator and art collector.[1][2][3] Guevara was born in Tanauan, Batangas and earned his pre-law and law degrees at University of Santo Tomas, and later earned a master's degree in journalism from the same university.[2] He began his career in journalism in 1938 as the editor-in-chief of The Varsitarian, the student newspaper at his university.[4] He briefly worked as an attorney in the law office of Jose P. Laurel, who was later president of the Philippines, before returning to journalism.[2]

From 1938 until his death in 2002, he wrote a popular political column titled "Point of View" for the Manila Bulletin, the Philippines' largest English-language daily newspaper.[5][4] He was also a contributor to the Manila Times.[6] On April 6, 1954, while reporting for the Manila Times at a legislative session, he introduced Imelda Romualdez to then-congressman Ferdinand Marcos, and a romance between the two developed rapidly.[7] Guevara was described as Marcos's "steady sidekick", and spent a lot of time with the couple, reporting on their relationship which received a lot of attention from society columnists. The couple were married 11 days later.[8] In 1991, he received an honorary doctorate from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.[1]

Guevara and his wife Nene also collected Filipino art for decades, accumulating works by many well-known artists, including Fernando Amorsolo, Ang Kiukok, Vicente Manansala, Guillermo Tolentino, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Napoleon Abueva, Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, Botong Francisco, Eduardo Castrillo and Victorio Edades. Their extensive collection was auctioned off at the Léon Gallery in Makati in 2015.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Press Notices and Comments on "Walang Sugat"". Walang Sugat: Masterpiece of a Generation. Retrieved 7 June 2021. In short, punchy, staccato paragraphs, he scourged. Yet, even those he took to task can only respect and admire him.In honor of his contributions to Journalism, the National Press Club of the Philippines held an impressive rite in 1990, which it appropriately called 'A Tribute to Jose L. Guevara.'
  2. 1 2 3 "In Memoriam: Jose "Joe" Guevara - In his 80 Years as Columnist". Asea News. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 Ramirez, Joanne Rae M. (2 June 2015). "Legends & Masters". Philippine Star. Manila. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 Santos, Tomas U. "Goodbye, Joe". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Tabora, Brylle B. (29 June 2015). "Magsaysay-Ho painting sold for P52M". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Staff (11 October 2017). "A glimpse of the past". Manila Times. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Pedrosa, Carmen Navarro (2017). Untold Story of Imelda Marcos. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. ISBN 9786210100891.
  8. ↑ Ellison, Katherine (April 2005). Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines. iUniverse. p. 35. ISBN 9780595349227.
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