Dr. Rogelio Bayod and Dr. Randy Tudy have been appointed as editors of
the Social Ethics Society Journal of Applied Philosophy. The Board of
Directors of the Social Ethics Society, in a special meeting, has
accepted the resignation of Fr. Urbano Pardillo Jr. and Dr. Christopher
Ryan Maboloc, respectively. Both served as editors for five (5) years
since the maiden issue of the journal. Dr. Peter Paul Elicor will remain as editor of the journal
and will be joined by Dr. Bayod and Dr. Tudy, two internationally
published researchers from Cor Jesu College who specialize in
development research.
Dr. Maboloc, who inhibited himself from the
deliberations, explained after the meeting that the new editors will
give a new perspective and fresh ideas to the journal, especially in
terms of its original vision of empowering Mindanao-based researchers
and scholars. The appointment memo has been signed by Fr. Dexter Veloso,
president of the SES and was promulgated by Dr. Moises Torrentira,
secretary of the BOD. The journal, which in indexed in the Asean Citation Index, is funded by the SES.