A Filipino Catholic priest of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), which this year marks the 150th anniversary of its founding, has been named among the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees, Asia’s premier honor for transformative leadership.
A member of the Society of Divine Word was one of the seven recipients of the 2024 Traditional University Awards on November 6, 2024, in Manila, Philippines.
“As part of Program Paghilom, we have already excavated the remains of 101 victims; they will be the next in line for the next inurnment,” said Villanueva, a human rights activist