Jess Vestil’s nasudnong awit
Jess Vestil, Dean of Cebuano Anchors, bequeathed Cebu with the translation of the pambansang awit (national anthem). His is the official version now sung in official events:
NASUDNONG AWIT
Yutang tabunon
Mutya nga masilakon
Putling bahandi
Amo kang gimahal.
Mithing gisimba
Yuta’s mga bayani
Sa manglulupig
Among panalipdan.
Ang mga bungtod mo ug lapyahan
Ang langit mong bughaw
Nagahulad sa awit, lamdag sa
Kaliwat tang gawas
Silaw sa adlaw ug bitoon
Sa nasudnong bandila
Nagatimaan nga buhion ta
Hugpong nga di maluba.
Yutang maanyag, duyan ka sa pagmahal
Landong sa langit ang dughan mo;
Pagkatam-ison sa anak mong nagtukaw
Kong mamatay man sa ngalan mo!
Jess Vestil was born on July 18, 1929. He became manager and news anchor of ABS-CBN from 1962 to 1972. He was the post-war anchor of dyRC in 1949, worked with the United States Information Service-Cebu Office.
He was part of the pioneer corps of professors of the Bachelor of Arts Major in Mass Communication of the University of San Jose-Recoletos under the leadership of Dean Mila Espina.
He married Pacita and had the following children: Annabel, Nicolas, Remedios, Jane, Vivian, Raymundo, Gabriel, Victor, and Albert. He died on April 7, 2006.
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