The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, Nov. 10, that out of 6,456 examinees, 4,083 or 63.24 percent, successfully passed the October 2023 Physicians Licensure Examination (PLE). (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The examination occurred from Oct. 20 to 21 and 27 to 28. ...
Civil Service Commission (Facebook) The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced that the next Career Service Examination (CSE) for Foreign Service Officer (FSO) will be held on Jan. 28, 2024. CSC said the application deadline for this examination is Oct. 20. The CSE-FSO is administered jointly by...
CAMP Aquino, Tarlac City – Thousands of young men and women took the Philippine Military Academy Entrance Examination at the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command Multi-purpose Hall on September 30 and October 1 in this camp. Nolcom chief Lt. Gen. Fernyl Buca said the Nolcom was honored to host the...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday, September 24 urged his colleagues to expedite the passage of Senate Bill No. 2441 which mandates private higher education institutions (HEIs) to waive entrance examination fees and charges of qualified students applying for college admission. SB...
The private education system in the country will “collapse” if the No Permit, No Exam Prohibition bills are passed into law according to the largest private school groups in the Philippines. Photo from Unsplash The groups, in a statement, reiterated that if the bills are enacted into law,...
Private schools believe that their financial viability will be compromised under the passage of the "no permit, no exam" ban claiming that it is "tantamount to a death sentence" as it will force them to cut corners in their operations and cause systemic damage to the private...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (Facebook) Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte is seeking legislation that would waive Bar and other licensure exam fees for qualified indigent Filipinos. This proposal is embodied in House Bill (HB) No.4927, or the proposed Act providing for free...
Private schools reiterated the dangers of prohibiting “No Permit, No Exam” policies as this may cause many private schools to close down. (Photo from Unsplash) In an open letter, the largest private school groups in the Philippines warned that banning “No Permit, No Exam” (NPNE) policies...
Quezon City 4th Rep. Marvin Rillo (Facebook) Quezon City 4th Rep. Marvin Rillo says he expects smooth sailing in the Bicameral Conference Committee meeting between congressmen and senators when they discuss the bill seeking to prohibit the “no permit, no exam” rule in all private and public...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Facebook) A lot is riding on the enactment of the measure seeking to to prohibit the “no permit, no exam” policy in private elementary and high schools. Thus, said one of its authors in Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo, a neophyte legislator...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The much-panned "no permit, no exam" policy in private schools could soon become a thing of the past, thanks to this action from the lower chamber. House Bill (HB) No.7584 was unanimously approved on third and reading by the House of...
House Deputy Speaker and Las Pinas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar House Deputy Speaker and Las Pinas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar is prodding her congressman-colleagues to pass on third and final reading the bill banning the restrictive “no permit, no exam” policy in...
