Editorial Board
Publisher
Fr. Ernesto M. Arceo, OP, Ph.D.
Editor-In-Chief
Jet G. Guerrero, R.Ch., M.Sc.
Technical Editor
Abelardo G. Belleza, Ph.D.
Associate Editors
Patrick Gerard A. Paulino, Ph.D. (Education)
Gina B. Alcoriza, DBA
Romina E. Villamor, MALit (Literature)
Lalaine Valladolid, MOS (Mathematics)
Marytna Raquel R. Bonganay, MOS (Statistics)
Shailer B. Balidoy, R.Ph.
Engr. Carmela R. Mirandilla, M.Eng., ASEAN Eng. (Science Technology and Engineering)
Research Consultants
Alvin A. Sario, Ph.D.
University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi
Zosimo E. Lee, Ph.D.
UP Diliman
Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Ateneo de Manila University
Jazmin B. Llana, Ph.D.
Dela Salle University-Taft
Sr. Maria Vida Cordero, SFIC
Amnesty International
Genaro V. Japos, Ph.D.
Philippine Association for Institutions of Research
Nirwan Idrus, Ph.D.
Southeast Asian Association for Institutional Research
Teay Shawyun, Ph.D.
King Saud University
Josefina U. Parentela, DEM
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Susana C. Cabredo, Ed.D.
University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi
Darryl Hannah Castillo, M.D.
Ayala Company
Armi M. Cunanan-Yabut, CE, MSEn, Ph.D.
Far Eastern University
Carlos Tatel Jr., Ph.D.
University of the Philippines-Diliman
About the Journal
LUX VERITATIS (Translated in English as, ‘In the Light of Truth’) is an online refereed international journal of interdisciplinary studies sponsored, hosted, administered, and maintained by University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi, Philippines and is published twice every academic year. The Journal promotes interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, integrative, and pluralist perspectives, issues, and trends along pedagogy, research, and community service among the academic disciplines such as but not limited to the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Education.It aims to produce new knowledge in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Education, provide space for researchers and scholars in order to share their research findings and results, social analysis, and praxis, serve as locus and network of research institutions in the Philippines and abroad, establish, develop, promote, and sustain academic culture in the region, and gain academic reputation and research credibility for future engagements, linkages, and research resource sharing and networking.
The Journal is part of the constant effort of University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi to contribute in the continuous search for and realize the Truth in the context of contemporary world.