Top 10 Passers: UP Visayas grad tops May 2015 Real Estate Broker board exam

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) officially released early Friday, May 29, 2015 the list of passers for May 2015 Real Estate Broker board exam. Kenneth Gelonga Gersabalino, graduate of University of the Philippines (UP) - Visayas Iloilo campus topped the board with 86.50 percent grade.

READ: 5,220 out of 10,370 passed the Real Estate Broker Licensure Examination

Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) graduate Manuel Gepitulan Lisondra and University of Santo Tomas (UST) alumnus Voltaire Borja Salud tied on the second spot with identical grade of 86.25 percent.

The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places (Top 10) in the May 2015 Real Estate Broker board exam are the following:

RANK NAME SCHOOL RATING (%)

1 KENNETH GELONGA GERSABALINO
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-VISAYAS-ILOILO CITY
86.50

2 MANUEL GEPITULAN LISONDRA
ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY
86.25

VOLTAIRE BORJA SALUD
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
86.25

3 RUDY VARGAS ORTEA
UNIVERSITY OF BATANGAS
86.00

LOUIE BRIAN ROSELLO SZE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN
86.00

4 JEFF DE LIRA CALVADORES
SAN BEDA COLLEGE
85.75

MARK ANTHONY MIONEZ JAMIS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY
85.75

SIEGFRIEDO GAJO TINGSON
SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGEDAVAO DEL SUR
85.75

5 ARITHMETICO GONZALES LIM
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN
85.50

ANTONIO DANDAN SANCHEZ JR
UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSERECOLETOS
85.50

6 JIHAN ZILLAH OSORIO TAN
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN
85.25

7 CHRISTOPER PERALTA CARMONA
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY-GEN. SANTOS CITY
85.00

CATHRINA YANSON DUMANCAS
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY-Q.C.
85.00

SY PIERRE WATSON SINFUEGO LATO
FOREIGN UNIVERSITY
85.00

CARL VINCENT DOSADO SASUMAN
UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS
85.00

RHEE CHRISTOPHER CANTILLEP VAÑO
UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSERECOLETOS
85.00

8 JACQUELINE CABALES DE JESUS
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITYMANILA
84.75

MARIA ELENITA CONCEPCION BENEDICTO EVIDENTE
ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
84.75

MARIA TERESA KRISTINA NEPOMUCENO FRANCISCO
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY-Q.C.
84.75

ESTHER CHENG LEE-TRIMAÑEZ
UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN
84.75

ALLAN CU ONG
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITYMANILA
84.75

JOHN JOSEPH SILVA TAMARES
SAN BEDA COLLEGE
84.75

9 JOSE EDISON OLEDAN ARGAYOSO III
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY-Q.C.
84.50

JESUS ROMMELSON LITAN CANTOS
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY-Q.C.
84.50

RONALD DELOS SANTOS GALURA
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN
84.50

MIKHAELA GABRIELLE DY GO
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN
84.50

OLIVER RYAN TECSON GO
VELEZ COLLEGE
84.50

DAVE HADRIAN CO ONG
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITYMANILA
84.50


JONATHAN JOHN VILLANUEVA TAY
ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY
84.50

10 MICHAEL COPIA CANINO
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN
84.25

LUCKY FRANCIS PASCUA FELIPE
DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF LAOAG
84.25

STEVE ANDREW LIM LADAN
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY-Q.C.
84.25

SITTY AISHA BEDAR MACARAMBON
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN
84.25

REMEDIOS ULALAN MUPAS
UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS (for.BAGUIO C.F.)
84.25

AIKO FRANCES NAMUAG SAGUSAY
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN
84.25
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Back to school: Say hello to a digitized classroom

MANILA, Philippines - Classrooms have evolved a lot over the past years. Personal computers were replaced by laptops, tablets then become phablets or smartphones. Some schools stopped using chalkboards and floppy disks, and started using digital screens, flash drives and cloud storage. And what more, we can now bring classrooms to the digital age.

Classrooms evolve into digital. Screengrab from Youtube

Citing Microsoft OneNote, it lets students download and study the notes provided by their teachers prior to class. As their teacher discusses the lesson that’s projected on the screen, they can edit and write their own notes right on their own copies. They can also manage their notes and tasks as OneNote carries with it a built-in to-do list feature, a camera and a recorder, productive tools a student can use for academic purposes.


In fact, some members of the Philippine academe already see the potential of having digitised classrooms with OneNote Class Notebook, an app for Office 365 that allows educators to set up personal workspaces for their students and also distribute their lesson materials, which their students can access anytime and anywhere, even offline.

“With OneNote, students will be extra-organized. Everything we need—notes, announcements, syllabus, handouts—can already be accessed through one device in just a few taps. Plus, there’s easy and sure connection with us and our professor,” says Daniella Montiel, a Mass Communication student at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. Benedict Gracilla, an Accountancy student from Imus Institute adds, “There is no chance that Microsoft OneNote cannot help in one way or another both the students and instructors. It will benefit not just schools but also other firms who intend to adapt such great technology.”


Beulah Joy Lejano, Assistant Professorial Lecturer 1 at the De La Salle University-Dasmariñas—Communication and Journalism Department sees some of the practical applications of One Note: "outline lectures, record audio notes from conversations, and easily sketch away any presentation which is best for visual learners in school. OneNote makes it so much easier to manage your life.” she added.

Even parents who are sometimes hesitant of additional expenses for school see how promising digitisation of classrooms might become. Microsoft OneNote provides an avenue for them to engage their kids to conversations with their teachers while they are at home. Teachers can hear their students from home, and respond by typing their comments or recording their voices.

Since summer vacation is over and school soon reopens, it is good to know that there is now an option that may allow students and teachers to say goodbye to the struggle of decoding their notes or decluttering rooms full of stacks of paper. OneNote (www.onenote.com) can bring your classroom into the digital age without paying the hefty price tag.

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