6 examinees from Cebu top Real Estate broker licensure test Ex-journalist, DWUP head top exam

CEBU, Philippines - A former journalist and a Cebu City Hall official are among the six successful examinees from Cebu who topped the recent Real Estate Broker Licensure Examination, according to the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC).

They are Ariel P. Pan-tillo of the University of San Carlos (USC) ranked second with 85 percent, Anna Fionah L. Bojos of University of Cebu (UC)-Banilad ranked third with 84.5 percent, Mark Maratas Angus of the University of the Visayas (UV), Jeanette Lynn Bermas of the University of San Jose Recoletos (USJR) and Belleza Belen Villarta of USC, all got 84 percent and landed fifth.

 Collin N. Rosell, the head of City Hall’s Division for the Welfare of Urban Poor (DWUP), also of UC-Banilad, landed in the seventh place.

Jacob Tan Ng, a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University topped the close to 3,000 examinees who took the examination in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo and Lucena.

Of the 2,969 who took the real estate broker licensure examination, only 1,928 passed the test.

University of Cebu President Agusto W. Go is planning to give rewards to the two successful examinees from his school.

Aside from passing the licensure examination for real estate broker, Bojos also passed the bar in 2007.

Prior to studying law, Atty. Bojos’ work experience is in the field of journalism.

After graduating with a degree of Bachelor of Arts major in Mass Communications in 1993, she worked as a reporter for a newspaper but resigned in 1997 and established a cooperative newspaper, The Independent Post, where she was chief of reporters.  (FREEMAN)