Columnist Domini Torrevillas passes away

Veteran journalist Domini Torrevillas died on Monday morning in her hometown Gingoog, Misamis Oriental.

She was 80.

Torrevillas was a former editor of the magazine Panorama and was a longtime columnist for the Philippine Star.

She was survived by her husband Saeed Daof, son Andres Suarez, his wife Joanna Caluag and grandson Santi.

Torrevillas' long-running column "From the Stands" was an opinion staple at the Philippine Star.

After finishing high school at Gingoog Institute, she studied at the Silliman University, earning her AB degree major in English in 1961.

She went into journalism after graduation, starting with a stint at the Manila Bulletin, becoming a staff writer and then editor of Panorama Magazine.

Torrevillas studied at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, Illinois, earning her master's degree in 1967.

At the height of Martial Law, she was -- together with other women journalists such as Ceres Doyo, Arlene Babst, Sheila Coronel, Ninez Olivares, Betty Belmonte, Melinda de Jesus, Eugenia Apostol, Malou Mangahas, Tina Monzon-Palma, and Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc -- subjected to military threats, harassment, and intimidation for her reporting.

She was a recipient of the Outstanding Sillimanian Award in the field of journalism in 1980. -NB, GMA News