Eggie Apostol: From People Power to education revolution

Inquirer.net - Sep 29, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Halfway through her five-minute acceptance speech as an awardee of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) in 2006, Eugenia “Eggie” Duran Apostol revealed something with an impish, if not triumphant tone that earned rousing applause: “That I should be chosen as one of the men and women (awardees) was far from my

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