He became a reporter for several newspapers, notably The Evening News of the Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC).
He was one of the first media workers to be arrested and imprisoned when President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines.
He worked as an editor with community newspapers including Newfoundland Signal and Toronto-based Philippine Tribune.
[4] In 1978, he independently launched another newspaper Balita becoming its founding publisher and editor producing articles that are critical of the Marcos dictatorship.
Partly funded by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, the book was sponsored by the Kababayan Community Centre, which he also co-founded.