Domini Torrevillas, 80
Photo from Domini Torrevillas Facebook page.
AT 80, Domini Torrevillas was still writing and filing her column, From the Stands for The Philippine Star. A brief fatal illness ended 49 years of work as a journalist and a life lived with zest and in its fullness.
She died in her native Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental where she and her husband, peace advocate, Saeed Daof, had moved to live their retirement years. It was her place of birth, where she grew up and finished high school at the Gingoog Institute.
Domini finished her AB degree in Silliman University and spent a year of study at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University where she earned her Masters degree in 1967. Silliman University recognized her work as journalist with the Outstanding Silliman Award in .