Board exams victory for PNTC

Roble gets historic 4th in engineering watch; cutoms gets 80% passing rate

by ADRIAN GALICIA

FOR a relatively young academic institution like the PNTC Colleges, promising board examination results send good signal that a school is on the right track.

James Thomas Roble

James Thomas Roble placed fourth in the May 2012 Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Engineering Watch Licensure Examination, after gaining 89.75 percent, the highest rank a PNTC examinee notched, to date.

School administration showed appreciation by posting congratulatory banner and bulletins within the school premises.

Note also that Jercie Dizon and Norman Velando passed the same exam last September 2012.

Meanwhile, PNTC got a modest 80 percent passing mark in the October 2012 Customs Broker Licensure Examination after Al-Hussainie Mama Gandamato, Jannicar Mae Magno, Rowsher Peña and John Michael Siddayao—along  with 494 others out of 1,200 candidates—passed the said examination given by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). 

Customs Administration OIC Mrs. Lourdes De Vera regarded the achievement “an excellent result for a small institution.”

“Super happy! [I cannot believe] that I made it. Thanks to God,” said board passer Siddayao in an interview with The BEACON adviser Dr. Lolita Fernandez.

“Trust your professors and be serious on your major subjects especially laws and computation—computations on duties and taxes; laws on customs and tariff,” Siddayao advised future examinees.

 In 2011, Juan Carlo Trinidad and Junno Cayao were two hopefuls who made it to the same customs board examination. 

Of course, the school’s marine force equally performed well in its field.  In the field of OIC Navigational Watch, written phase passers for November 2012 included Kervin Rodmar Ambulo, Leemar Gelig, Sevnhazar Dilao, Ernan Malabanan and Jess Christian Marqueda.

Johnkeinth De Sagun, Reagan Gile, Mark Christopher Gundran, Jervie Limbo, Mark Joseph Maala, Kristiffer Pagay and Bienvenido III Sangual passed the July 2012 written phase of the navigational watch examination.

On the other hand, in the field of Marine Deck Licensure Examination, Rico Delos Reyes, Christopher Tulop, Joann Sangco, Allan Signo, Melvin Samson, Christian Castillo and Christopher Sunga passed the March 2012 written phase.

Maritime education dean Capt. Juan Gonzales shared his thought on happiness and success.

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success,” said Gonzales in a separate interview with The BEACON.

“If you love what you are doing, you will be successful,” Gonzales added (With reports from Dr. Lolita Fernandez).