Malaya (newspaper)

Malaya, originally named Ang Pahayagang Malaya ("The Free Newspaper" in Filipino),^[2] is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, headquartered at Intramuros, Manila, and owned by People's Independent Media Inc. The newspaper is known for being one of the publications that fought against the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.

Malaya

The front page of Malaya on June 26, 2015
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	People's Independent Media, Inc.
Founder(s)	Jose Burgos, Jr.
Publisher	Amado P. Macasaet
President	Allen A. Macasaet
Editor	Enrique P. Romualdez (Executive Editor)
Associate editor	Irma Isip
Managing editor	Ma. Teresa A. Molina Jimmy A. Cantor (Deputy)
Founded	January 31, 1983; 42 years ago (1983-01-31)
Political alignment	Centre
Language	English (since 1983) Filipino (1981-1982)
Headquarters	Chinese Commercial Bldg., 652 Sto. Tomas Street, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
City	Manila
Country	Philippines
Circulation	80,000 (2012)[1]
ISSN	0115-8104
OCLC number	28607159
Website	malaya.com.ph
Media of the Philippines List of newspapers

The newspaper also publishes a business section called the Malaya Business Insight which is placed before the actual Malaya.

History

Under Jose Burgos, Jr.

The newspaper's name was derived from the Filipino word that means "free". In 1981, Malaya was founded by Jose Burgos, Jr.^[3] as a weekly, and later daily written in the Tagalog language. It eventually began publishing content in English language in 1983, when President Ferdinand Marcos closed down WE Forum, a sister publication of Malaya. It continued to fight the administration of Marcos during its last years in power. During the events that lead to Marcos' ouster, Malaya published one million copies daily, a feat never been done before in the history of newspaper publishing in the Philippines.^[4]

Marcos dictatorship

Among the journalists who wrote for Malaya during this time included^[5] Chuchay Fernandez, Joel Paredes, Chit Estella, Ellen Tordesillas, Rita Festin, Desiree Carlos, Joel Saracho, and Estelita "Esty" Juco.^[6]

Under Amado Macasaet

After the EDSA Revolution, Amado P. Macasaet, veteran journalist and then Business Editor of Malaya, became the new owner of Malaya. Macasaet also owned two tabloids, Abante and Abante Tonite.