Republic of the PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Manila

PHARMACIST LICENSURE EXAMINATION RESULTS RELEASED IN TWO DAYS

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 584 out of 1,042 passed the Pharmacist Licensure Examination given by the Board of in the cities of Manila, Baguio and Cebu this January 2009 .

The members of the Board of Pharmacy who gave the licensure examination are Ms. Catalina C. Sanchez , Chairman; Mr. Reynaldo Maxlito H. Umali and Ms. Jennifer M. Flores, Members.

The results were released in two (2) days after the last day of examination.

Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will start on Thursday, February 5, 2009 but not later than February 18, 2009. 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 name tag), 1 piece 1” x 1” picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps, and 1 short plastic envelope with name and profession; and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2009-2012. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.

The oathtaking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examination as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Professional will be held before the Board on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Fiesta Pavilion, Manila Hotel, One Rizal Park, Roxas Boulevard, Manila.

Registration for membership with the Philippine Pharmaceutical Association (PPhA), Inc. will start on Thursday, February 5, 2009.

The top performing schools (with at least 80% passing percentage) in the January 2009 Pharmacist Licensure Examination are as follows:

A. WITH 5-15 EXAMINEES

TOTAL NO. TOTAL NO. PERCENTAGE RANK SCHOOL OF EXAM. PASSED PASSED ST. SCHOLASTICA'S COLLEGE OF 1 6 6 100.00 % HEALTH SCIENCES-TACLOBAN 2 LYCEUM NORTHWESTERN 12 11 92.00 % 3 SAN PEDRO COLLEGE – 15 13 87.00 % NOTHING FOLLOWS ------

B. WITH 16-30 EXAMINEES

TOTAL NO . TOTAL NO. PERCENTAGE RANK SCHOOL OF EXAM. PASSED PASSED UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES – 1 29 29 100.00 % MANILA NOTHING FOLLOWS ------

C. WITH 31OR MORE EXAMINEES

TOTAL NO. TOTAL NO. PERCENTAGE RANK SCHOOL OF EXAM. PASSED PASSED 1 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY 36 36 100.00 % 2 OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY - 32 31 97.00 % VALENZUELA 3 MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY 63 57 90.00 % - BATAC NOTHING FOLLOWS ------

The performance of schools in the January 2009 Pharmacist Licensure Examination in alphabetical order as per R.A. 8981 otherwise known as PRC Modernization Act of 2000 Section 7(m) “To monitor the performance of schools in licensure examinations and publish the results thereof in a newspaper of national circulation” is as follows: ( Any discrepancy in the report is not intentional on the part of the Commission, but rather due to miscoding of school codes by the examinees themselves. Concerned schools may write the Commission for correction .)

PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

FIRST TIMERS REPEATERS OVERALL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL % % % PASSED FAILED TOTAL PASSED FAILED TOTAL PASSED PASSED PASSED FAILED TOTAL PASSING

ADAMSON UNIVERSITY 5 3 8 63% 1 8 9 11% 6 11 17 35% CEBU DOCTORS UNIVERSITY 3 2 5 60% 0 0 0 0% 3 2 5 60% CEBU DOCTORS UNIVERSITY- 0 0 0 0% 1 0 1 100% 1 0 1 100% COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CENTRAL ILOCANDIA COLLEGE OF 0 1 1 0% 0 1 1 0% 0 2 2 0% SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL LUZON DOCTOR'S 1 1 2 50% 0 2 2 0% 1 3 4 25% HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY- 5 4 9 56% 0 2 2 0% 5 6 11 45% MALOLOS CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY- 46 19 65 71% 29 26 55 53% 75 45 120 63% MANILA DELTA AIR FLYING SCHOOL 1 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0% 1 0 1 100% EASTERN VISAYAS CENTRAL 0 0 0 0% 0 2 2 0% 0 2 2 0% COLLEGE EMILIO AGUINALDO COLLEGE-MANILA 5 3 8 63% 8 10 18 44% 13 13 26 50% LYCEUM NORTHWESTERN 10 1 11 91% 1 0 1 100% 11 1 12 92% MANILA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY- 12 14 26 46% 5 15 20 25% 17 29 46 37% CALOOCAN CITY MARIANO MARCOS STATE 54 6 60 90% 3 0 3 100% 57 6 63 90% UNIVERSITY-BATAC MEDINA COLLEGE-OZAMIS CITY 1 5 6 17% 0 9 9 0% 1 14 15 7% MINDANAO MEDICAL FOUNDATION 0 2 2 0% 0 1 1 0% 0 3 3 0% COLLEGE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 4 5 9 44% 1 11 12 8% 5 16 21 24% NUEVA ECIJA COLLEGE 1 2 3 33% 3 1 4 75% 4 3 7 57% OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY- 31 1 32 97% 0 0 0 0% 31 1 32 97% VALENZUELA PANFACIFIC UNIVERSITY NORTH 1 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0% 1 0 1 100% PHILIPPINES (PANG.CST) PHILIPPINE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY- 0 6 6 0% 1 6 7 14% 1 12 13 8% MANILA PINES CITY COLLEGE (PCEC) 10 10 20 50% 8 14 22 36% 18 24 42 43% SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY 35 0 35 100% 1 0 1 100% 36 0 36 100% SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY- 1 0 1 100% 1 0 1 100% 2 0 2 100% TUGUEGARAO SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY 13 2 15 87% 0 0 0 0% 13 2 15 87% SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 31 14 45 69% 15 44 59 25% 46 58 104 44% SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY- 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 1 1 0% COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ST. SCHOLASTICA'S COLLEGE OF 6 0 6 100% 0 0 0 0% 6 0 6 100% HEALTH SCIENCES-TACLOBAN UNIVERSIDAD DE ZAMBOANGA (ZAEC) 33 24 57 58% 12 14 26 46% 45 38 83 54% UNIVERSITY OF BOHOL 5 4 9 56% 4 14 18 22% 9 18 27 33% FIRST TIMERS REPEATERS OVERALL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL % % % PASSED FAILED TOTAL PASSED FAILED TOTAL PASSED PASSED PASSED FAILED TOTAL PASSING UNIVERSITY OF LA SALLETE- 2 1 3 67% 4 3 7 57% 6 4 10 60% SANTIAGO UNIVERSITY OF LUZON (LUZON COLL.) 2 1 3 67% 1 4 5 20% 3 5 8 38% UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP 13 10 23 57% 1 8 9 11% 14 18 32 44% RIZAL-LAS PINAS UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP 4 2 6 67% 3 2 5 60% 7 4 11 64% SYSTEM-LAGUNA UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN 23 12 35 66% 12 8 20 60% 35 20 55 64% UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS 13 3 16 81% 2 2 4 50% 15 5 20 75% UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 24 7 31 77% 13 9 22 59% 37 16 53 70% UNIVERSITY OF THE IMMACULATE 17 8 25 68% 1 2 3 33% 18 10 28 64% CONCEPTION-DAVAO UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- 29 0 29 100% 0 0 0 0% 29 0 29 100% MANILA UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- 0 0 0 0% 0 1 1 0% 0 1 1 0% VISAYAS-CEBU CITY UNIVERSITY OF THE VISAYAS-CEBU 1 13 14 7% 3 26 29 10% 4 39 43 9% CITY VIRGEN DE LOS REMEDIOS MEDICAL 0 0 0 0% 0 2 2 0% 0 2 2 0% CENTER SCHOOL VIRGEN MILAGROSA UNIVERSITY 4 9 13 31% 4 10 14 29% 8 19 27 30% FOUNDATION WORLD CITI COLLEGES (QUEZON 0 0 0 0% 0 5 5 0% 0 5 5 0% CITY M.C.C) NOTHING FOLLOWS------

Any discrepancy in the performance of schools listed above is entirely unintentional on the part of the Professional Regulation Commission but rather due to miscoding of school codes by the examinees themselves in the application forms. Concerned schools may write the Commission for correction .)

The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places are the following:

RANK NAME SCHOOL RATING(%) 1 EUNICE TE DY KIM CHING UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 93.78 2 ANDREW EDWARD BARCELO TY UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 91.50 3 ARMAND JAMES GALLEGO GASPAR UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 91.45 4 JESUS DANTE II CORONADO PASCUAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 91.38 5 ARIANE ANNE SANTIAGO TEJADA UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 91.32 6 SHIRLEY ERLY VALERA TAMOLANGL UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 91.27 MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY- 7 MADELEINE ASCAÑO REYES 91.07 BATAC UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP RIZAL- 8 DARLENE ANNE SY GO 91.00 LAS PIÑAS 9 ARJAY EDLEX GARCIA MENDOZA UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 90.92 10 JENNEN ANG WONG UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS 90.40 NOTHING FOLLOWS------