A Japanese doctor who dedicated almost 40 years of his life helping poor people in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, and who won the Philippines’ Ramon Magsaysay Awards in 2003, was among six people killed Wednesday in an attack in the east of the country, officials said. The armed assault in Jalalabad city, the capital of Nangarhar province, was the second deadly incident involving aid workers in recent days and prompted appalled reaction in Afghanistan and […]
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Aquino leads conferment of Ramon Magsaysay awards; Filipina dance heritage teacher among awardees
(Eagle News) — President Aquino led the conferment of awards to the five recipients of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award this year, one of whom was a Filipina teacher recognized for her work in helping preserve the endangered artistic heritage of the southern Philippines In a ceremony on Monday, Sept. 1, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City, President Aquino along with the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation […]





