Gus abelgas biography

Filipino journalist (born 1962)

Gus Abelgas (Tagalog:[gasʔabɛlˈgas]; born October 22, 1962^[1]) is a Filipino broadcast journalist known for his work in S.O.C.O. (Scene of the Crime Operatives) and Gus Abelgas Forensics.

Early life and education

Abelgas was born to a poor family.

His father worked as a driver and his mother worked as a laundry worker.

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Their family lived as illegal settlers in San Andres, Manila during his youth. At a young age, Abelgas worked as a newspaper boy to help his family.^[2]

For his collegiate studies, Abelgas pursued a bachelor's degree in journalism at the Lyceum of the Philippines University in Manila. Abelgas also finished law studies but he was not able to pass the bar examination.^[2]

Career

Prior to joining ABS-CBN, Abelgas worked in the Department of National Defense as a writer for Juan Ponce Enrile and as a correspondent for People's Journal, a tabloid newspaper before moving to