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Fidel V. Ramos, 1928-2022

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Fidel V. Ramos, 1928-2022

The most positively effective president since Magsaysay

Philip Bowring
Aug 1, 2022
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Fidel V. Ramos, 1928-2022

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The death of Fidel V. Ramos, who died yesterday at age 94 in a Manila hospital of natural causes, should be a reminder that he was the most positively effective president the nation has had at least since Ramon Magsaysay, who died 65 years ago.

The nation needs more such self-disciplined, pragmatic, low-key figures in the top office, ones who owed their …

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