Vice President Leni Robredo has called on the different people and governments of the world to embrace "radical solidarity" as nations begin to rebuild from the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Vice President Leni Robredo (Screengrab from Ramon Magsaysay Awards Facebook page)...
Four individuals and an organization, among them a Filipino fisherman, were formally given Tuesday, Nov. 30 their prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award--Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Roberto 'Ka Dodoy' Ballon (Photo courtesy of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation) Dubbed by the Ramon Magsaysay...
Roberto “Ka Dodoy” Ballon, a fisherman from Concepcion, Zamboanga Sibugay, and one of the five recipients of the 2021 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, is not new to challenges. Through his leadership, the fishermen in his municipality were able to stop the rampant conversion and destruction of nearby...
Vice President Leni Robredo congratulated Filipino fisherman Roberto “Ka Dodoy” Ballon, who was named as one of the recipients of the prestigious 2021 Ramon Magsaysay Awards. This photo was taken on July 26, 2019 during Vice President Leni Robredo’s visit to Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay....
A pro-environment fisherman from the Philippines, a humanitarian worker from Southeast Asia, a dedicated microfinance founder from Pakistan, a passionate medical scientist from Bangladesh, and a crusading multi-media group promoting media independence in Indonesia are this year’s recipients of...
Some of which we can apply right now COHORTS GALLERY RYAN CAYABYAB Musician, National Artist Philippines Learn to love your own culture, to generate more creative songs. Express your own feelings and stories. When the regional gets into the mainstream, we will be on the way to being global. * KIM...
Or the question is: Do you do your country proud? Love of country is a two-way street. Most of us aren’t given a chance to do our country proud, like Lea Salonga or Juan Luna or Yuka Saso, but that’s what we think. This country is made up of you and me and, in more ways than one, in a way often...
The late Interior secretary and former Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo would have turned 63 years old Thursday, May 27, Vice President Leni Robredo and their daughters shared on social media as they celebrated his birth anniversary. “63rd. His life, though short, was purposeful. It’s the kind of...
FRUIT OF FUTURE Zac Sarian holding a Florida pummelo If you don’t know Zac Sarian , you don’t know the future. But that’s because the future is—or should be—about a dramatic return to a green planet, where green, live things will soon reclaim what we razed forests to the ground for, what...
