Filipino Is Graduate School Dean at Fordham University

Faustino M. Cruz, S.M.

Faustino M. Cruz, S.M., a distinguished teacher-scholar, pastoral leader, and administrator, was appointed the new dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education (GRE) and started in his new post last July, reports Fordham News. 

Filipina Joins UN's Standby Int'l Mediation Team

Miriam Coronel Ferrer

Miriam Coronel Ferrer became a member of the UN's  Standby Mediation Team. Established in 2008, the Standby Team is a group of full-time mediation experts that can be rapidly deployed to provide technical advice to United Nation’s officials and others leading mediation and conflict prevention efforts, reports the UN's Peacemaker. 

US Intel Brands Duterte as a Threat to Democracy

A Palace spokesman on Wednesday rejected a US intelligence community report that listed President Rodrigo Duterte as a threat to democracy and human rights in Southeast Asia reports ABS-CBN News.

PH Still Lags in Internet Service

The Philippines saw improvements for both 4G availability and speed although most of its neighbors in the region remained ahead by those measures, the latest crowdsourced survey by OpenSignal showed, reports Inquirer.net.

Nat'l Artist Napoleon Abueva Passes Away

Napoleon Abueva (Source: Metropolitan Museum of Manila)

National Artist Napoleon Abueva died on Friday morning. He was 88. His daughter, Amihan, confirmed his death. Abueva's wake will be in the Delaney Hall of the University of the Philippines Chapel starting Friday, after 7 p.m., reports CNN Philippines.

Fil-Am Writer Wins Top U.S. Prize for Children's Novel

Erin Entrada Kelly

Erin Entrada Kelly, a Filipino American writer, won the prestigious John Newbery Medal, one of the top literary prizes given out at the American Library Association’s awards for her young adult and children’s literature book, Hello, Universe, reports The New York Times.

PH Is Among World's 'Most Ignorant Countries' -- Ipsos Report

The Philippines is together Brazil and South Africa as the “most ignorant” countries due to inaccurate popular perceptions of key issues, according to the Ipsos Perils of Perception report released in December 2017, reports GMA News.

UP Ranked Among Top Universities in Asia

The University of the Philippines (UP) has been ranked among the top universities in Asia by Times Higher Education (THE), a London-based magazine and a “leading provider” of higher education data in the world, reports Inquirer.net.