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You are here: Home / Archives for Ramon Magsaysay Awards

Indonesian forest savior among Magsaysay winners

August 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An Indonesian mountaineer, who faced death threats while battling illegal loggers, and a Bangladeshi lawyer, who fought to keep old, rusty ships from being dumped in her homeland, were named recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards on Thursday. This year’s six honorees battled great odds […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2012, Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto, Bangladesh, Blind Chinese, Cambodia, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Shu-chu, Filipino, Integrated Village Development Project, Lawyer Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Nobel Prize, President Carmencita Abella, Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Romulo Davide, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, Yang Saing Koma, Yuan Weijing, poverty

Magsaysay Awards, Asian version of Nobels, awarded

August 6, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An activist from military-ruled Myanmar who has documented human rights and environmental abuses, and a Thai scientist who devoted her life to finding a cheaper AIDS drug were among the 2009 winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2009, AIDS, AZT, Antonio Oposa Jr, Deep Joshi, Green Banking, Green Watershed, India, Ka Hsaw Wa, Krisana Kraisintu, MANILA, Myanmar, Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Thailand, Yu Xiaogang, vol 28 no 33 | August 8 - August 14

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