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Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:47 pm | Thursday, August 30th, 2012
The first Ramon Magsaysay Awards, known as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, were given on Aug. 31, 1958. Implemented by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation which was organized in Manila in May 1957, its awarding ceremonies are held annually in Manila on Aug. 31, the birth anniversary of the late president whom the award was named after. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
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