Magsaysay Awards
This award was instituted in memory of the Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay who died in an air crash in 1957.The award carries a gold medal, $ 50,000 and a certificate a and is awarded for the following five services :
(i)Government service;
(ii ) Public service;
(iii)Community Leadership;
(iv) Journalism, Literature and Communicative Arts;
(v)International Understanding.
The awards have been given from 1958 onward.
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