Pablito Galeza Nalzaro (August 11, 1963 – March 17, 2022), also known as Bobby Nalzaro or Super Bob, was a

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and

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. He was one of Cebu's tri-media personalities. He handled daily commentary program at DYSS Super Radyo ( RGMA Network) and news anchor of GMA 7 Cebuano newscast, Balitang Bisdak. He also wrote columns with

SunStar Cebu ''SunStar Cebu'', often stylized as ''Sun•Star Cebu'' (formerly ''Sun•Star Daily''), is a community newspaper in Cebu City, the Philippines. It is the flagship newspaper of the SunStar network of newspapers and is the leading newspaper in ...

and Superbalita.

Early life

Nalzaro was born in Dipolog City,

Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang Zamboanga''; Subanon: ''Utara Sembwangan''; tl, Hilagang Zamboanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is a province in the Philippines situated within the Zamboanga Peninsula region in M ...

, on August 11, 1963. He spoke fluent Chabacano, Cebuano, Tagalog, and

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. He started in radio at the age of 16. In 1980, he was an anchor/reporter of Radio

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(UMBN/RMN) in Zamboanga City while taking up Bachelor in

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at the

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. He was also a reporter of Zamboanga Express, a local newspaper. He later joined The Morning Times.

Career

In 1987, Nalzaro transferred in Cebu and joined

DYMF DYMF (963 AM broadcasting, AM) Bombo Radyo is a radio station owned and operated by Bombo Radyo Philippines through its licensee People's Broadcasting Service, Inc. Its studio and offices are located at Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center, 87-A Borrome ...

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Cebu. He served the station for ten years from an ordinary anchor to acting Station Manager. He resigned in 1997 and joined GMA 7/RGMA Cebu. On October 4, 1999, two years after being with GMA Cebu, he became TV news anchor for Balitang Bisdak (formerly 24 Oras Central Visayas from November 10, 2014, to January 29, 2016), to which he was still active. Nalzaro was one of the regional anchors for

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from March 5, 2011, to February 15, 2014. He was program director and chief operations officer of Super Radyo DYSS 999 Cebu of RGMA Network, Inc., a subsidiary of

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. He had served as

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(KBP) Cebu chapter chairman and KBP regional coordinator. In 2019, Nalzaro faced arrest after he was filed for 4 counts of libel by Ramon Miguel Osmeña, son of former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña. That arrest was based on a complaint made by the younger Osmeña in connection with two articles Nalzaro published for SunStar and Superbalita Cebu. He posted bail on September 6, 2019.

Health and death

Nalzaro died on March 17, 2022, due to multiple organ failure at the age of 58. Prior to his death, Nalzaro revealed in his SunStar column in January 2022 that he was hospitalized from December 24 to 30, 2021 after suffering from a

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due to

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Awards

References

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