18/12/2025
Romeo Sta. Cruz, Jr.
Loyal lieutenant. Trusted friend. Walking, talking institutional memory of anything that ever happened underground, especially in the colorful, sometimes questionable, always entertaining world of Cebu media “mafias”.
You may not always understand him and that’s okay. He probably already understood you three sentences ago. Needs anticipated. Problems pre solved. Opinions strong. Methods sometimes irritating but miraculously effective.
Deeply religious and intensely prayerful because when you’ve been where he’s been, you don’t rely on luck alone. He’s been places. He’s kept pace. He’s survived meetings, deadlines, egos, and the occasional emergency that wasn’t.
Now at 70, he is a fully certified septuagenarian complete with wisdom, war stories, and zero patience for nonsense. This is not retirement age. This is legend status. A badge of honor earned the hard way, worn proudly, and occasionally used to say I TOLD YOU SO…
Still standing. Still sharp. Still indispensable. And still knowing things he’s absolutely not telling.
Jun Sta Cruz.