Ninez Cacho-Olivares, veteran journalist, 78

Veteran journalist and newspaper columnist Ninez Cacho-Olivares died on Friday morning after a “lingering illness,” according to The Daily Tribune, the newspaper that she founded. She was 78.

CACHO-OLIVARES, 78, a Manila Times file photo of Ninez Cacho-Olivares, the Daily Tribune’s publisher and editor in chief, who passed away on Friday because of a lingering illness. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN