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unusual facts about Magsaysay



Arvind Kejriwal

Together with Manish Sisodia and Abhinandan Sekhri, Kejriwal established the Public Cause Research Foundation in December 2006, donating the prize money he had received from the Ramon Magsaysay Award as a seed fund.

Balamban, Cebu

Mount Manunggal is a mountain located in Barangay Magsaysay in Balamban.

Bienvenido Lumbera

He also received several awards citing his contribution to Philippine letters, most notably the 1975 Palanca Award for Literature; the 1993 Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts; several National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle; the 1998 Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for Drama; and the 1999 Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial Honors for the Arts.

Carlos P. Romulo

Feeling betrayed, Romulo left the Liberal Party and became national campaign manager of Magsaysay, the candidate of the opposing Nacionalista Party who won the election.

Hacienda Luisita

Fearing the López might become too powerful after already owning Meralco, Negros Navigation, Manila Chronicle, ABS-CBN, various haciendas in Western Visayas and then the nearby PASUMIL consortium in del Carmen, Pampanga that they purchased from the Americans, the President offered the property to José Cojuangco, nicknamed "Pepe" through Magsaysay protégé and Cojuangco's son-in-law, Benigno Aquino.

JB Magsaysay

Joseph Benedict Aquino Magsaysay, also known as JB Magsaysay (born on July 6, 1980 in San Juan, La Union), is a Filipino actor, a public servant, a businessman and was one of the 13 housemates of ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1.

Mithi River

In 2009, environmentalist and Magsaysay Award winner, Rajendra Singh lead a yatra, of a group of environmentalist and NGOs, through Mumbai city along the endangered Mithi river to highlight its problems.

Prateep Ungsongtham Hata

Queen Sirikit congratulated her upon receiving the Magsaysay Award.

Session Road

Lower Session Road, extending eastward from Magsaysay Avenue (opposite the Plaza or Kilometer 0 and Malcolm Square) running through the BCBD until the intersections of Father Carlu Street (towards the Baguio Cathedral and Upper Bonifacio Street) and Governor Pack Road.

Tangcal, Lanao del Norte

It is located about 51 kilometers in the southwest of Iligan City, the progressive industrial center of Region X. Geographically, Tangcal is bounded by the municipalities of Tubod, Magsaysay and Maigo on the North, Munai on the East, Nunungan on the South and Magsaysay on the West.


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