MANILA (The StraitsTimes/Asia News Network): Dr Bernadette Madrid, a children's rights crusader from the Philippines, was named one of the four laureates of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards, considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize.
In a virtual ceremony on Wednesday (Aug 31), the Manila-based Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation cited Dr Madrid, 64, for her work with the Child Protection Network Foundation.
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