Society; Welcome the New Republic Events following Magsanoc's forced resignation The forced resignation of Letty Jimenez Magsanoc was the first of a series of events that led to criticism of the Marcos government for suppressing press freedom. The events were: Letty Jimenez Magsanoc forced to resign after writing an article perceived to be critical of the Marcoses. The arrest and filing of subversion charges against We Forum publisher/editor Jose Burgos, Jr. and his staff Libel case against Panorama editor Domini T. Suarez and writer Ceres P. Doyo Military interrogation of Bulletin columnists Arlene Babst and Ninez Cacho Olivares; Mr & Ms editor publisher Eugenia Apostol and managing editor Doris G. Nuyda; and writers Lorna Kalaw-Tirol and Jo-Ann Maglipon Resignation of Tempo editor Recah Trinidad. Banned articles The Lady at Maynila Sundays column, Panorama, October 12, 1980. Several thousand copies of the issue were distributed in Metro Manila and the provinces with the page missing. Another edition of the issue carried Letters to the Editor in place of the article. Survival: Variations on the Human Condition Sundays column, Panorama, July 19, 1981. Ordered pulled out by publisher Hans Menzi because of tongue-in-cheek remarks about the national economic situation Mr & Ms Special Edition Letty Jimenez Magsanoc was editor of Mr & Ms Special Edition from 1983 to 1986. Magsanoc was invited to become editor of Mr & Ms Special Edition by publisher Eugenia Apostol in the aftermath of the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. Apostol, in her acceptance speech at the 2006 Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts, said: "The Filipinos were outraged and more than two million of them joined (Aquino's) funeral procession. But the Marcos media hardly took note of the event. That was when I decided to do a 16-page special issue on Ninoy Aquino's funeral, using the resources of a woman's magazine called Mr. & Ms. which I was then editing ... The response to the funeral issue was unbelievable. The agents kept coming back for more, and so we had to print 500 thousand copies. After that, I had to ask Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc to help me edit a weekly Mr. & Ms. Special Edition just to feed the hunger of the readers for more about Ninoy and a growing anger towards martial law and Ferdinand Marcos. Every week we felt called upon to record the various demonstrations of civilians against Marcos,