27 June 2014, 1:15 a.m. – A THOMASIAN topped the June 2014 Pharmacy licensure examination, while three other UST alumni made it to the top 10.

Hannah Cathlyne Co, who scored 90.47 percent, led the 268 new Thomasian pharmacists. A total of 328 UST graduates took the exams this year.

UST remained the third top-performing school after posting an 81.71-percent passing rate, results from the Professional Regulation Commission showed. This was higher than last year’s 80.2 percent.

Thomasian Elmer Tagra II tied for second place with Mark Kua of University of the Philippines-Manila, with identical scores of 90.38 percent. Rovileen Barroquiña placed fourth with a score of 90.30 percent, while Kristine Lei Rivera was tied with Kristine Anne Ponce of Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela at 10th place with identical scores of 89.67 percent. Last year, six Thomasians landed in the top 10.

Former Varsitarian sports editor Alexis Cerado was among those who passed the exam.

Saint Louis University of Baguio was named the top-performing school anew with a passing rate of a 95.67 percent, or 158 passers out of 165 examinees. It was followed by Cebu’s University of San Carlos which had an 85.71-percent passing rate, equivalent to 60 passers out of 70 examinees.

The national passing rate went down to 54.88 percent, or 1,525 passers out of 2,779 examinees, from last year’s 58.96 percent, or or 1,385 passers out of 2,349 examinees. B. K. A. Taray

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