Journalism A lawyer by profession, he represented Vicente Rubi's copyright case for the song "Kasadya ning Taknaa" that had a Tagalog version, "Ang Pasko ay Sumapit." He wrote for the
Philippines Free Press, and his article "North Borneo Belongs To Us" was a landmark publication that was used by the Philippines as a basis to claim
Borneo. Awarded "Journalist of the Year" in 1959, he worked for the
Philadelphia Bulletin in the
United States and was the editor of
El Observatorio, a Spanish newspaper in Cebu. and was the president of the Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) twice.
Politics He served as delegate and the Vice President of the 1971 Constitutional Convention when it opened on June 1, 1971, and was part of the group that initiated Ban Marcos resolution that prohibited
Ferdinand Marcos and his wife
Imelda from being part of the Convention At the height of the
martial law in the Philippines, he was incarcerated at the
Fort Bonifacio in 1972. A petition for
habeas corpus was filed on their behalf. Together with his friend Benigno Aquino Jr., he founded the political party
Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) In 1978, he ran for the
Interim Batasang Pambansa elections and lost as it was dominated by KBL candidates. After
EDSA revolution, he was appointed by then
President Corazon Aquino as delegate of the Constitutional Commission that drafted the
1987 Philippine Constitution and became the commission's Floor Leader. == Later years and death ==