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...Which last week seized 20,000 acres from Ramon Castro, who a year ago bought Fidel's share of the family holdings...
Manila announced that Tibet's Dalai Lama, in Indian haven after escaping the Red Chinese invaders of his land, had won this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership, a salute for the god-king's role in Tibet's "gallant struggle...
Said Madrid Critic Alfredo Ramon: "There are only a few museums whose judgment is infallible. The Metropolitan is one of them. They know perfectly well what they're doing...
Among the good friends of the Philippines' late President Ramon Magsaysay was Jesus Vargas, a burly, outspoken career officer who rose through the ranks to become the Philippine Republic's first three-star general. Vargas, 54, won his countrymen's respect for his ability, honesty and stubborn determination to keep the Filipino army out of politics. Last week these virtues cost General Vargas his job as Philippine Defense Secretary...
...year-old independent weekly newsmagazine Philippines Free Press declared last week that "there is more grafting and thieving in our government today than there ever was in previous administrations, from that of Manuel Quezon to Ramon Magsaysay. Compared to the callous and venal officials we have nowadays, those that infested the [1948-53 Quirino administration] were clumsy amateurs...