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“Nineteen years ago, an unknown local daily took on a trailblazing journey against all odds and survived to tell its story. The rest is history.”
These are the lines of mediaman Bingo Alcordo on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of Mindanao’s widely circulated daily, the Mindanao Gold Star Daily based in Cagayan de Oro City.
Here are some excerpts of his column.
“On its 19th anniversary-on a scale of 1 to 10, Gold star Daily should score a perfect 10 in terms of sheer staying power and its pioneering effort to change the makeup of community newspapering forever in the entire Mindanao area. Up to this moment, no Mindanao based community newspaper can lay claim to the title “The National Newspaper of Mindanao” except the Gold Star.
“Nineteen years ago, it would have been preposterous to imagine a scenario for the Gold star daily of today. Gold Star Daily President and Chief Executive officer Ernesto “Toto” Chu has his apprehensions then but his unbending resolve to establish a national newspaper based in Mindanao got the better of him. “
My own humble comment:
When I first sift to the pages of this upstart newspaper. I was amazed at its novelty for it is not only covering Cagayan de Oro but the neighboring regions as well. Somehow, it made closer the places in Mindanao which I only heard from friends and strangers who set foot on those places. Suddenly, places like Tandag, Bislig, Bayugan, Surigao City, Cabadbaran became nearer and more real to me.
I have seen so many dailies. They come and go. But not Gold Star Daily. It stayed, it survived and it become stronger than ever.
Congratulations Gold Star and more power!
