Francisco “Kit” Tatad is a political figure in the Philippines.
Tatad practiced journalism as a wire service reporter for the Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse is a French news agency, the oldest one in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and its news director Philippe Massonnet...

 (AFP). He spent three years with AFP before transferring to the Manila Bulletin

Manila Bulletin

The Manila Bulletin , is the Philippines' largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation, followed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan...

 as a timely replacement for Oscar Villadolid, husband of fellow editor Alice Colet, in the diplomatic beat.
As a reporter, Marcos took notice of Tatad. He invited Tatad to a private audience with him in Malacañang.