Here is the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Civil Engineering Board Exam result for November 2008. According to PRC 1,672 out of 4,831 or 34.61% have passed the Civil Engineering Licensure Examination given earlier this month.
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With a span of 173.65-meter (569.72-foot) the Philippines now have the unofficial record for the longest tribute banner in the world.

The banner which screamed gratitude for teachers was unfolded in Mall of Asia. We are just all waiting for confirmation by the Guiness Book of World Records. The current record is held by China with their 100-meter ‘Thank You’ banner for teachers. The banner was unfolded at Fuyang Square.

Michaela Muñoz, chairperson of the educational leadership and management department of the De La Salle University also announced that the country also tries to set the record for the most number of ‘Thank You’ messages given to teachers.

The banner is named as “A Big Thank You to Our Teachers”, and more than breaking a world record, it was the culmination of the Teacher’s Month celebration in the Philippines.

IF you guys really want an international recognition for the Philippines, vote for Himala in the CNN Viewers Choice Awards.

Okay. Thank you.

Ateneo de Manila University is now the leading tertiary school in the Philippines, topping University of the Phillipines on a “problematic survey” that the UP itself did not participate in. This is based on The Times Higher Education-Quacquarelli Symonds (THE-QS) World University Rankings 2008.

The ranking was based on criteria including peer and employer review, faculty-student ratio and citations of teaching staff (UP perhaps got low points on these categories: employer review, faculty-student ratio).

Ateneo Tops UP in World List on a “Problematic Survey” - Ateneo Official Seal

The survey revealed that the Jesuit-led Ateneo was leading the pack in the Philippines, followed by UP, De La Salle University or DLSU, and finally University of Santo Tomas or UST.

University of the Philippines (UP), ranked No. 2, falling from the top position in 2007. But the UP dismissed the results of THE-QS’s study saying the surveyor’s “methodology is problematic”.
Ateneo leaped from between 400th and 500th position last year into 254th place. Ateneo ranks between London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.

UP, the country’s premier state university fell 20 places short of Ateneo. It is now in 274th place, up from 398th last year. UP was placed between two German universities—the University of Hamburg and Ulm University.

DLSU and UST are both fresh entries and they ranked 415th and 470th, respectively. Both DLSU and UST were not in the top 500 last year.

Of course Ateneo was happy about the result. The Inquirer on the other hand reported that UP raised doubts on the survey’s validity, saying the university did not take part in this year’s survey.
University of the Philippines vice president for public affairs Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo said the state university did not join because the survey organizers refused to disclose where and how they got their data.

“Since it does not specify who are surveyed or what questions are asked, the methodology is problematic,” Hidalgo added.

For this year’s survey, UP was not invited to participate, she said.

Hidalgo said UP president Emerlinda Roman only received an e-mail message from QS Asia Pacific director, Mandy Mok, notifying her that UP had “gone up in the rankings.”

The QS e-mail also informed UP that it could advertise in the 2009 Top University Guide and join the university fair for a fee of $49,000, Hidalgo said.

“UP can hardly be expected to spend more than P2 million on publicity for itself involving a survey conducted by an organization that refuses to divulge where it obtains its data,” Hidalgo said.
Question, did Ateneo pay P2 million? How can you win a contest you didn’t even join?

PRC just released this. Find your name or your friend’s. Congratulations new nurses!

Republic of the Philippines
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
Manila
NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION
RESULTS RELEASED IN THIRTY-FIVE (35) WORKING DAYS

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 27,765 out of 64,459 passed the Nurse (First Timers, Repeaters, Removals) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last
June 2008. The result of examination with respect to one (1) examinee was withheld pending final determination of her liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examinations.

The members of the Board of Nursing are Carmencita M. Abaquin, Chairman; Leonila A. Faire, Betty F. Merritt, Perla G. Po, Marco Antonio C. Sto.Tomas, Yolanda C. Arugay and Amelia B. Rosales. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 2 pieces passport size picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 1 piece 1” x 1” picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps, and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession; and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2008-2011.

Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals. The oathtaking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examination in Manila as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Professional will be held before the Board on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 19 and 20, 2008, with morning (8:00 A.M.) and afternoon (1:00 P.M.) sessions at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City. All must come in their white gala uniform, nurses cap, white duty shoes, without earrings, hair not touching the collar and without corsage.

Admission tickets for the Manila oathtaking will be available starting August 1, 2008 in your respective colleges of Nursing. Walk-in inductees who wish to join the Manila oathtaking ceremonies may secure admission tickets at the Philippine Nurses’ Association, 1663 F.T. Benitez Street, Malate, Manila on a strictly first come first serve basis.

The Regional oathtaking schedules are as follows:

R E G I O N / A R E A D A T E
Tuguegarao August 22, 2008
Davao August 26, 2008
Cebu August 26, 2008 - 9:00 a.m.
Lucena August 30, 2008
Iloilo August 28, 2008 - 10:00 a.m. / 2:00 p.m.
Roxas City, Capiz August 27, 2008 - 10:00 a.m.
Cagayan De Oro September 5, 2008
Legazpi September 3, 2008 – a.m.
Baguio August 22, 2008 - a.m. / p.m.
Tacloban
Zamboanga September 2, 2008
Bacolod, Negros Occidental August 29, 2008 - 2:00 p.m.
CARAGA August 22, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.
Pangasinan August 30, 2008
General Santos September 7, 2008
Bohol August 28, 2008

Okay, so much for the release details, you are all here for the results. You don’t have to download anything, no annoying PDF files, just plain browsing, here it is:

June 2008 Nursing Licensure Exams Results.

Don’t forget to post your name (or your friend’s) below if you passed! Congrats again!