Midnight of March 17, 1957, Pres. Ramon Magsaysay and 27 other people boarded the C47 plane that would take them from Cebu to Manila. Thirteen minutes after take-off, a distress call from the pilots ...

Exactly 56 years ago today, a C-47 army plane named "Mt. Pinatubo," carrying President Ramon Magsaysay crashed in Mt. Manunggal, Barangay Sunog, Balamban town killing its 27passengers including ...

The incident happened 67 years ago when the C-47 army plane Mt. Pinatubo, personally christened by Magsaysay as a tribute to the once-inactive volcano in his home province of Zambales, crashed ...

March 17, 1957 was a tragic day for Filipinos after a plane crashed on Mt. Manunggal in Balamban, Cebu. The nation mourned because the aircraft—the presidential C-47 army plane named Mt. Pinatubo—had ...

Plane crashes are rare, but they can have a high death toll. ... Ramon Magsaysay, as well as 25 other passengers and crew. The only survivor was journalist Nestor Mata, ...

Ramon Magsaysay, Philippines. ... He died in a plane crash on August 17, 1988, after observing an arms display in the Punjab province. Alongside him, ...

ON March 17, 1957, a presidential plane crash at Mount Manunggal, the highest mountain peak in Cebu, Central Philippines, took the life of 50-year-old President Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay, the seventh ...

Jose Felix Estigarribia became President of Paraguay on August 15, 1939. Not even a year in office, he and his wife were killed in a plane crash near the city of Altos on September 7, 1940. 2. Ramon ...

Sixty-six years after his death in a plane crash on March 17, 1957, President Ramon Magsaysay remains the yardstick of the presidency. July 10, 2022. News. Global Nation. Business. Lifestyle.

The recipients of the 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Awards were announced on Saturday, ... First given in 1958, the annual awards are named after Magsaysay who died in a 1957 plane crash.

The Ramon Magsaysay Awards were established in 1957 to honour the late President of the Philippines who died in a plane crash in March 1957. | Photo Credit: (RM Award Foundation) ...