Biography
Mata was a reporter with the Philippine Herald newspaper. He covered the Korean War as a war correspondent. In 1953, he was assigned by his newspaper to cover the newly-elected President Magsaysay.
Beginning in the 1980s, Mata had penned a regular newspaper column for the Manila Standard. As of 2008, he writes for the Malaya.
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