FORMER Superbalita Cebu managing editor Emmanuel “Anol” Mongaya died past midnight on Friday, July 8, 2022. He was 61.Mongaya’s first journalism experience was his being a correspondent for the Union of Catholic Asian News and the Philippine News and Features while working as a writer for the social action office of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer or the Redemptorists Order in Cebu in the late 1980s. He joined Newstime Daily (now defunct) as a reporter in 1989, and he was later promoted as the newspaper’s managing editor.In 1993, SunStar Cebu (then SunStar Daily) hired him as regions editor. He then became as one of the paper’s city editors.Mongaya also served as the managing editor for Superbalita Cebu from 1994 until his retirement in 2010. Despite retiring early, Mongaya still wrote a regular column for Superbalita Cebu. His last column for the Cebuano-language paper came out on Sunday, July 3. It was titled, “Sayop sa Sotto report.” Mongaya had written columns for SunStar Cebu.With his wife Doris, Mongaya co-founded PRWorks Inc., a public relations firm.Mongaya is survived by his wife and five children.Mongaya’s wake will be held at the St. Peter Memorial Homes on Imus Road, Cebu City from Friday until Sunday, July 10.According to his wife, Mongaya’s remains will be cremated on Monday, July 11. (RRM, JKV)