How Marcos’ ‘return’ helped birth PDI’s Northern Luzon Bureau

In late August 1993, with monsoon clouds settling over Baguio’s ridges, a phone call changed the course of regional journalism in northern Luzon. The assignment was simple, but the timeline was absurd. Veteran journalist Rolando Fernandez, then semi-retired at 42 after working as reporter and editor for the country’s major broadsheets for more than 20