Rappler's latest stories on Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2018
Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz: Fighting to empower East Timor's poor
2018 Ramon Magsaysay awardee Mana Lou says the poor in her country 'have a lot of things, but they don't know what to do with them because of lack of education'
Vo Thi Hoang Yen: Opening doors for Vietnam's PWDs
2018 Ramon Magsaysay awardee Vo Thi Hoang Yen, a survivor of childhood polio, wants employers to see what persons with disabilities can do if given the opportunity
‘To forget is a crime’: Genocide survivor helps heal Cambodia’s wounds
Youk Chhang receives the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018 for his work gathering and preserving evidence of the Khmer Rouge abuses
Robredo: Courage and empathy, not dictatorship, improves lives
'Quiet courage and empathy, and leaders that put in the hard work of actually transforming the lives of people, are rarities in these times, when dictatorship is claimed by some to be better' says Vice President Leni Robredo during the 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Awards ceremony
Ramon Magsaysay awardee Howard Dee: PH democracy, sovereignty 'at risk'
'We live today in a world of turmoil and uncertainty. All human institutions are at risk, our democracy, our family, our national sovereignty,' Dee said during his speech at this year's Ramon Magysaysay Foundation awarding ceremony.
PH's Howard Dee, 5 others named 2018 Ramon Magsaysay awardees
Other awardees of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize are Youk Chang of Cambodia, Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz of East Timor, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk of India, and Vo Thi Hoang Yen of Vietnam
