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Published April 7, 2021, 12:38 PM
(MANILA BULLETIN)
GIANT IN JOURNALISM: He was a giant in journalism, but he was a gentle one. Read it again and that makes him a gentle man.
Soft-spoken and often low-key in public, even at the central news room of the Manila Bulletin, Crispulo ‘Jun’ Icban was one editor-in-chief you didn’t wish to avoid.
His was a welcoming, bearded presence, formal yet friendly, forceful yet approachable, serious yet funny. He was kind. He was full of character.
He understood measly paid journalists. He was one with them.
Jun was a far cry from editors in the old days from what we, journalism greenhorns in the mid-70s, heard of previous generations of newsmen.
Rev. Richard Deats, a long-time global peace movement leader and one of the most influential teachers of the philosophy and practice of nonviolent action in 20th century movements, died in Nyack, New York on April 7 from complications related to pneumonia, according to his son, Mark Deats. He was 89.
Rev. Richard Deats (FOR)
“As a long-time leader of the global peace movement organization, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and editor of
Fellowship magazine, Richard Deats was one of the most well respected, well connected, and most influential peace movement leaders in the United States and the world during the last half of the 20th century,” said Rev. John Dear, a close friend and former executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, or FOR.
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Contributed photo April 07, 2021 PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said he will write a letter to the Department of Health (DOH) central office and the Office of the President seeking to correct a pubmat that tagged the P.3 variant of Sars-CoV-2 as Central Visayas variant.
The pubmat, which was posted on social media and shared to reporters on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, contained the logo of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and the hashtags #workingPCOO and #LagingHandaPH, among others.
As of Wednesday evening, however, it could no longer be found on the PCOO’s Facebook page.
P.3 is a Sars-CoV-2 variant under investigation that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). It was first detected by the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center (PGC) on Feb. 4 in samples that mostly came from Central Visayas.
Published April 7, 2021, 1:46 PM
DAVAO CITY – Japanese Consul General Yoshiaki Miwa of the Consulate General of Japan in Davao has expressed his interest to help the University of the Philippines in Mindanao to build a science and technology park.
Japanese Consul General Yoshiaki Miwa of the Consulate General of Japan in Davao visits the University of the Philippines Mindanao on Tuesday, April 6. The consul expressed his interest to help UP Mindanao to build a science and technology park. (Photo caption/ Photos courtesy of the University of the Philippines Mindanao / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a statement on Tuesday, April 6, the UP Mindanao said the Japanese official visited the campus in Barangay Bago Oshiro in Tugbok District “to express his interest in helping UP Mindanao establish a science and technology park.”