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Former press secretary Tomas “Buddy” Gomez III died on Thursday, July 22, his family announced on Saturday, July 24.
He was 86.
Commission on Human Rights Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit said her father was on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail in Galicia, Spain, when he died.
“With deep sorrow in our hearts, we announce the passing of Tomas ‘Buddy’ Gomez III, who left us on July 22, 2021, while doing the Camino to Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain,” she said in a Facebook post on Saturday.
Gomez, who hailed from Calbayog City, Samar, worked for DZQL-Radio Reloj in 1957, before joining the corporate world under the Ayala Group, a career that spanned 25 years.
He entered public service during the administration of President Corazon Aquino, first as consul-general of the Philippine Consulate in Honolulu, Hawaii, from April 1986 to December 1989. At the time, the Marcos family were in exile in the US state.
He served as Aquino’s press secretary from 1990 to 1992, and was also her Cabinet Officer for Regional Development (CORD) for Metro Manila.
Gomez was IBC-13 chairman and president during the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos.
After government service, he lived in the United States. According to the author’s note of Gomez’s CyberBuddy blog published in ABS-CBN News Online, he worked as a front desk clerk and then assistant general manager of a hotel. He also worked as a furniture and antique restoration specialist while in the US.
His last CyberBuddy blog, which was about his pilgrimage, was published on July 10. – Rappler.com
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