18 Facts About Rigoberto Tiglao

Rigoberto "Bobi" Dikit Tiglao was born on August 27,1952 and is a Filipino activist and opinion columnist.

Rigoberto Tiglao was head of the Manila-Rizal chapter of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

Rigoberto Tiglao was eventually caught along with his wife Raquel, and detained by Marcos' military forces, first at the 5th Constabulary Security Unit in Camp Crame and then at the Ipil Detention Center in Fort Bonifacio.

Rigoberto Tiglao later became a reporter for Business Day from 1981 to 1986.

Rigoberto Tiglao then served as business editor and columnist at the Manila Chronicle from 1986 to 1989.

In 1989, Rigoberto Tiglao was one of 9 journalists who founded the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, an independent nonprofit media agency specializing in investigative reporting.

Rigoberto Tiglao was the one who first proposed the creation of the PCIJ, writing a paper on this during his fellowship in 1988 at the Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and getting the idea after visiting the Center for Investigative Reporting in California.

Rigoberto Tiglao became president of the Foreign Correspondents' Association of the Philippines from 1997 to 1998.

Rigoberto Tiglao became a columnist at the Philippine Daily Inquirer from 2000 to 2002 and from 2010 to 2013.

Rigoberto Tiglao subsequently moved on to the roles of Presidential Spokesman, Presidential Chief of Staff, then head of Presidential Management Staff.

Rigoberto Tiglao is out to build a real strong state and a strong sense of nationalism.

Rigoberto Tiglao declined to comment, stating that the matter was sensitive, and that he was on leave.

In January 2013, Rigoberto Tiglao began writing for the Manila Times.

Rigoberto Tiglao was awarded the Best News Reporter by the Catholic Mass Media Awards in 1983.

Since the early 2010s, there have been incidents where assertions by Rigoberto Tiglao have generated controversy, have been refuted, and some fact-checked.

Rigoberto Tiglao was first married to Raquel "Rock" Edralin, a women's rights advocate.

Rigoberto Tiglao became a widower when Edralin died of breast cancer in February 2001.

Rigoberto Tiglao has published three books under Akropolis, a publishing company that Rigoberto Tiglao founded.