They highlight the attachment to ethics and morals, which as journalists they maintained in their long communication career
The remains of the journalist Orlando Lozano-Gil They were buried yesterday in the cemetery Heaven’s Dooras far as relatives, friends and colleagues went.
“Dear Orlando, here we are saying goodbye to you in what will be your final resting place. The good Jesus, in whom you believed, has come to receive you and I have no doubts, since that day when, putting your hands in your pocket, you took out that crucifix that you kept as a saving garment: That’s me!… you told me “said the former president of the Central Electoral Board Julio César Castaños Guzmán.
He compared him to the former director of Listín Diario, Raphael Herrera, “seasoned with lots of salt and pepper” and straight pen.
The former member of the JCE Eddy Olivares who highlighted the capacity for analysis, honesty and brilliant style of the deceased. Melina Victoria, daughter of Lozano GilHe thanked on behalf of the family.
Before, Gil received with mario rivadulla a tribute in the Blandino Funeral Home where a large number of friends and relatives highlighted their skills in communication.
In separate chapels and without the bodies present, due to the covid-19 protocol, the fraternal embrace of the relatives was mixed with the memories of their exploits and anecdotes in journalism.
“When talking about Don Mario, nobody can conceive of the journalistic exercise in all its facets. An emblem of national journalism has been lost”said the journalist Héctor Herrera Cabral while highlighting the long professional career he had.
DR journalism mourns their deaths
Orlando Gil
In the 70s he was in the newspaper Última Hora and in his last years he was a columnist for Listín Diario with “Orlando Dice”, which was a reference for communicators and politicians.
mario rivadulla
Noted broadcaster, columnist and political commentator. He arrived in the Dominican Republic in 1970, after being persecuted and imprisoned in Cuba for political reasons.
