UC tops criminology licensure exams for 23 straight years

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines - The University of the Cordilleras (UC) topped the nationwide criminology licensure examination this year, keeping to itself the top licensure spot for the past 23 years. Data from the Professional Regulatory Commission released on Thursday shows that UC graduate Marlon Lagadan Caltino ranked first after garnering a rating of 89.35 percent in the exams. Caltino led 927 successful candidates out of a total of 3,318 examinees nationwide - a measly national passing rate of 27.9 percent. Caltino's four other schoolmates also placed in the top ten of the March 2008 Criminologist Licensure Examinations. Out of the 82 examinees from UC, 75 passed representing a 91 percent performance rate. Other UC graduates who share the limelight with Caltino are Jesson George Rafael Domogen, 3rd Place with 87.70% rating; Ronald Clemente Abuan, 7th Place with 86.20% rating; Denver Junior Santiago Agustin, 8th Place with 85.85% rating; and Faith Bomowey Bangcawayan, 9th Place with 85.65% rating. UC College of Criminology under Dean Benjamin Mang-usan said UC has produced already a total of 83 Criminology board topnotchers since 1992. Other examinees who made it to the top ten list are: Rhem Rick Navarro Corpuz ( University of Baguio , 87.85%), 2nd Place ; Gilbert de Jesus Castro (Philippine College of Criminology, 87.60%), 4th Place ; Clodenel Solito Saguid (PCC, 86.80%), 5th place; Christopher Nino Larena Chow (PCC, 86.40%), 6th Place ; and Alemar Lorian Fajardo (PCC, 85.65%), 10th Place . According to the PRC, the examinations were administered by the Board of Criminology in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo , Legazpi, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga. The oath-taking ceremony of the successful examinees will be held on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at the Fiesta Pavilion, Manila Hotel. - GMANews.TV