ILOILO CITY – Royce Arjan Java Fantillan, the topnotcher in the April 2026 Pharmacists Licensure Examination, wanted to be an engineer. “To be honest, I did not think of pursuing it, but I came to love it,” said Fantillan, the 22-year-old graduate of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the...
BACOLOD CITY – Six graduates of the Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas in Talisay City, Negros Occidental topped the recent Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians Licensure Examinations. Lexther Romel Paloma Kimpo placed fourth in the EELE with a 93.40 percent rating...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has already received the report from the independent panel of medical experts that evaluated former president Rodrigo Duterte’s fitness to stand trial, his lead counsel said. Nicholas Kaufman, who heads Duterte’s defense team, also noted that his team...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to hire a Davao City jeepney driver 's son after he passed the Civil Engineering Licensure Examination, following a viral story of his father offering free rides to celebrate the milestone. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon personally met...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Thursday, Nov. 27 announced that 40,692 out of 45,192 examinees passed the Nurses Licensure Examination held this month in 21 testing centers across the Philippines. The top scorers of the exam are Johannah Marie Gerardo Acevedo and George Wilson Tan...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Monday, November 17, released the full schedule of licensure examinations for Fiscal Year 2026, including the opening and deadline of application filing, examination dates, and the target release of results. In a Facebook post, the PRC reminded...
The pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered a medical examination on detained former president Rodrigo Duterte to determine his fitness to stand trial for the charges of crimes against humanity of murder. In a nine-page document dated Oct. 16 and signed by PTC I...
ILOILO CITY – Nine graduates of the University of the Philippines Visayas and Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology in Iloilo province landed in the Top 10 of the recent Licensure Examination for Fisheries Professionals conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has officially released the results of the October 2025 Physicians Licensure Examination, with 4,570 out of 5,900 examinees successfully passing the rigorous assessment conducted by the Board of Medicine. The examination was held in multiple key cities...
A total of 50,096 individuals successfully passed the August 2025 Career Service Examination–Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT), the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Monday, October 13. According to the CSC, 45,730 out of 302,028 examinees passed the Professional Level, registering a 15.14...
Stressing that fixing the country’s teacher licensure system is a “matter of national survival,” the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) has once again urged the government to implement urgent reforms in the Board Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (BLEPT). As part of...
A dream of joining the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) went down the drain for an applicant who was caught with illegal drug paraphernalia as he was about to undergo a neurological examination in Batangas. The PCG said the male suspect was subjected to a routine inspection by personnel of the Coast...
