Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc: Keeping the faith in her country
Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc is the Inquirer’s 2015 Filipino of the Year, chosen in a poll conducted by the Inquirer among more than 50 editors from across its multimedia platforms.
Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc is the Inquirer’s 2015 Filipino of the Year, chosen in a poll conducted by the Inquirer among more than 50 editors from across its multimedia platforms.
It’s obvious how many people loved Inquirer’s late editor in chief Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc. Apparently, however, there was no love lost between the icon of journalism and one embattled Philippine senator.
Do you remember me calling you late one night in 2001, blurting on the phone before you could even say hello—“Letty, you’re not popular pala!”
SOME 12 years ago, as an editorial assistant (EA) in the newsroom, I would read to LJM on the phone the news summaries for the day that the reporters had
WITH her gift for words and nose for news, Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, known as LJM at the Inquirer, helped oust a dictator and shape a nation’s future.
It was that love she showed throughout my wife’s ordeal that made me ask her to write the introduction for my book, “88 Days In India, A Pilgrimage of Faith, Hope & Love.”
Your mantra for the week: “2016 is a year of miracles. Let it begin now.”
And now it begins—the realization that Letty (Jimenez-Magsanoc) has passed away.
We are filled with the promise of new beginnings and limitless blessings! As I write my first column of the year, I am extremely saddened by the shocking news of the passing away of our Inquirer editor in chief Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc on Christmas Eve. Truly, this is the darkest Christmas for our Inquirer family.
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