(MANILA BULLETIN)
To us, Mr. Icban was not only the editor-in-chief of Manila Bulletin, he was an icon in Philippine journalism respected by government and private sector leaders, adored like a rock star by journalism students who had the privilege to sit in one of his impromptu lectures, and in the newsroom, he was the boss who started the afternoon with the story conference.
Last Monday, April 5, 2021, our treasure and national icon in journalism, Crispulo M. Icban Jr., passed away. He was 85 years old.
It would be an understatement to say that he had touched many lives. In the 47 years that he worked with the Manila Bulletin, Mr. Icban had inspired at least two generations of working journalists and could-have-been newsmen.