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Physicist, educator, lifelong advocate of critical thinking, and 2010 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Dr. CHRISTOPHER C. BERNIDO explored one of the defining forces of our era: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in his address to the 2025 graduates of MSU–Iligan Institute of...

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation joins the people of Thailand in mourning the passing of Dr. PRAWASE WASI, 1981 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, whose life and work helped transform Thailand’s public health system and shaped generations of health leaders committed to...

The 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees receive their respective Ramon Magsaysay Award medallion and certificates at the 67th Ramon Magsaysay Awards Presentation Ceremonies. In photo (L-R): Edgar O. Chua (RMAF Chairperson), Foundation to Educate Girls Globally represented...

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF), in partnership with the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), is bringing back the acclaimed Alon exhibit to the Ramon Magsaysay Center beginning 30 October 2025. Alon, focused on the issue of plastic waste in the...

Maldivian environmental advocate and ocean conservationist Shaahina Ali has been named a 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, the first individual from the Maldives to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Ali will be conferred with Asia’s premier prize and highest honor for...

Making history as the first Indian organization to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Foundation to Educate Girls Globally (widely known as Educate Girls) has been named a 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for “its commitment to addressing cultural stereotyping through...

Filipino priest Flaviano Antonio L. Villanueva of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) has been named a 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for his work in restoring dignity to the poor and homeless. Fr. Villanueva, popularly known as Father Flavie, is being honored for “his...

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Every year on June 8, people around the world mark World Ocean Day—a global call to protect the vast, life-sustaining blue that covers more than 70% of our planet. Amid mounting threats like plastic pollution, coastal degradation, and the climate crisis, we look to...

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ayala Foundation, and Oxford University, proudly presents Fair Water?—an immersive, three-month exhibition opening on May 28, 2025, at the Ayala Museum. Originally showcased at...

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF), in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Seoul, led by Ambassador Theresa Dizon-De Vega, hosted the “Celebrating Greatness of Spirit in Korea” in celebration of the enduring impact of Ramon...

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF), through the Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute (RMTLI), in partnership with Miriam College – Women and Gender Institute (WAGI), conducted a two-day workshop titled "Datin Doris Ong Women Empowerment...