They are Maria Inez Sellado Benedicto of the West Visayas State University-La Paz and Jude Philip Pozon Cebrecus of the Cebu Institute of Medicine, who tied for top spot with the highest score of 87.83 percent.
Benedicto and Cebrecus led the 1,084 examinees who passed the licensure exam administered on Sept. 11, 12, 18 and 19 in the cities of Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban and Zamboanga. There were a total of 1,546 examinees.
But unlike the first administered last March, this month’s board exams were not conducted in Metro Manila.
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