Zacarias "Zac" Bolong Sarian was a Filipino development journalist and recipient of the 1974

Ramon Magsaysay Award The Ramon Magsaysay Award ( Filipino: ''Gawad Ramon Magsaysay'') is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic ideal ...

for his work in the field. He had a foreign service degree from the

University of the Philippines Diliman , image = University of The Philippines seal.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = Official Logo of UP Diliman , motto = Honor and Excellence , established = February 12, 194 ...

Career

As the agriculture

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for the ''

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'' in the 1960s, Sarian proposed and received funding for a monthly magazine on farming and gardening. He edited the magazine, called ''Philippine Farms and Gardens'', from May 1964 until its last issue in September 1972. The magazine was among the large group of publications closed after the declaration of

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Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...

. Sarian was the agriculture editor and columnist for the ''

Manila Bulletin The ''Manila Bulletin'' (), (also known as the ''Bulletin'' and previously known as the ''Manila Daily Bulletin'' from 1906 to September 23, 1972, and the ''Bulletin Today'' from November 22, 1972, to March 10, 1986) is the Philippines' larges ...

'', a Philippine

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