Ramon Magsaysay (1907-1957) was the third Philippine president. Credited with restoring peace, law, and order during the Philippine crisis of the 1950s and the Hukbalahap rebellion, he was the first Philippine president from the landless lower middle...

(1907–1957), Filipino statesman. Ramon Magsaysay was born 31 August 1907, in Iba, Zambales Province, in the Philippines. He was educated at the University of the Philippines (1927) and later transferred to the Institute of Commerce at Jose Rizal...

Manila, Philippines--Sister Ruth Pfau, a German-born physician and religious of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, is one of this year's recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for her lifelong commitment to eradicating leprosy and the stigma it imposes in Pakistan. The...

The eminent Indian gynaecologist and hospital director Dr Banoobai Coyaji is Pune's best-known lady--and perhaps the most loved. Coyaji, who won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service in 1993, constantly works on fresh projects to benefit rural women, especially adolescent girls. ...