Thursday, August 27, 2009

2009 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees Include Filipino Environmentalist Atty. Antonio Oposa, Jr.

27 August 2009

The Ramon Magsaysay Foundation has announced the Ramon Magsaysay Awardees for 2009. They are Krisana Kraisintu of Thailand, Deep Joshi of India, Yu Xiaogang of China, Antonio Oposa, Jr. of the Philippines, Ma Jun of China and Ka Hsaw Wa of Burma.  The awards will be formally conferred on August 31.

This is the 24 Oras report by Mel Tiangco on this year's winners of the Asian version of the Nobel Prize:


I'll post the awardees' individual profiles when I return.


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