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...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has released the results of the March 2025 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET), announcing that 55,029 examinees have successfully passed and are now newly licensed educators across the country. The PRC, in coordination with the Board for...
With hard work and support from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), four former beneficiaries have achieved a remarkable feat by placing in the Top 10 of the May 2025 Nursing Licensure Exam. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Sunday, May 18 commended Jamela Irish...
In a bid to make the licensure process more relevant and responsive, President Marcos said that the long-standing one-size-fits-all teacher board exam would be replaced with a specialization-based Board Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (BLEPT) starting September 2025. NEW EXAM SCHEME...
BACOLOD CITY – A cum laude graduate of Bago City College in Negros Occidental ranked ninth in the February 2025 Licensure Examination for Criminologists conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission. SHELLA Mae Salibio (second from right) receives cash incentives from Dr....
BACOLOD CITY – The topnotcher in the December 2024 Physical Therapist Licensure Exam from this city has received a P300,000 cash incentive. The Riverside College-Bacolod turned over a check to Raymund Carlo Masbaño during a buffet lunch to all board exam passers in an upscale restaurant at SM...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, Dec. 13, that 68,900 examinees passed the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT) conducted last September. The PRC and the Board for Professional Teachers (BPT) reported that 20,025 elementary teachers out of 44,002...
