Maria Bernardita "Ditas" Bañares Ramos (February 17, 1944 – September 8, 2020) was a Filipina high school teacher, travel agent and legislator from Sorsogon, Philippines.
[1] Ramos returned to her hometown of Gubat, Sorsogon, in 1965 and started her career as a high school teacher of English literature at Saint Louise de Marillac College.
[4] She won the district race with 110,264 votes, beating former Sorsogon governor Robert Rodrigueza Lee of PDP–Laban, Randy Medina of Lakas and independent candidate Juan Escandor.
[1] She had five siblings: Deogracias Jr., a politician; Joe, a lawyer; Antonio; Carmen, a medical doctor; and Maria Paz, a chemical engineer and editor.
[3] Sorsogon Governor Francis Escudero declared three days of mourning until September 11 during which all Philippine flags in the province were flown at half-mast.