http://malaya.com.ph/ Malaya Business Insight traces its roots to 1981, when it was still Ang Pahayagang Malaya (The Free Newspaper), a Tagalog daily and one of the publications founded by journalist Jose Burgos, Jr. That was the year strongman Ferdinand Marcos supposedly lifted Martial Law, and Burgos set out to disprove Marcos’ propaganda that the press was finally free after nine years of dictatorial rule that began on Sept 21, 1972.
Nagsimula ang Malaya Business Insight noong 1981 nang kilala pa ito bilang Ang Pahayang Malaya, isang pang-araw-araw na diyaryong Tagalog at isa sa mga publikasyon na itinatag ng mamamahayag na si Jose Burgos, Jr. Iyon ang taon na sinabi ni diktador Ferdinand Marcos na ang bansa ay hindi na ipapasailalim sa martial law, at nais pasinungalingan ni Burgos ang propaganda ni Marcos na may malaya ng pamamahayag matapos ang siyam na taon ng diktadura na nagsimula noong Setyembre 21, 1972.