DAVAO CITY—Seventeen scholars of the city government are now licensed physicians, only months after another batch of 33 scholars brought honors to the city when they graduated with Latin honors.
Emilio Domingo Jr. of the Davao City’s Educational Benefit System Unit (EBSU) announced that the city government scholars have passed the physician licensure examination held last October.
Domingo said 15 graduated from the Davao Medical School Foundation while two others finished their medical course at Brokenshire College.
“The city government, especially the EBSU, is happy that they passed,” Domingo said. He said this was not the first time “as every year, majority of scholars of EBSU for medical school pass the physician licensure exam.”
Domingo said there were now a total of 40 EBSU scholars who became physicians.
“Since 2018 we are able to produce 57 graduates and now, we have 40 registered physicians,” Domingo said.
The EBSU-Scholarship on Tertiary Education Program (Step) offers not just educational assistance for medical students but also law school students and those who are in college.
In June this year, the city government feted 33 scholars who graduated with Latin honors, two of them awarded Summa Cum Laude. They were Joeville Royce A. Barato, a graduate of Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Social Studies, and Kimberly B. Diapana, a graduate of Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English, both studying at the Holy Cross College of Calinan.
Ten others graduated Magna Cum Laude and 21 Cum Laude.
Becoming EBSU-Step scholars were competitive, with only 317 who passed from out of 2,300 applicants.
Domingo said that 317 applicants were selected based on their grades and economic status.
Meanwhile, more than a hundred applicants were hired during the job fair conducted in Davao City last November 8, Public Employment and Services Office (PESO) Head Lilibeth Pantinople said.
A total of 116 were hired on the spot, 106 are for overseas and 10 are local employment, Pantinople said.
The job fair catered to 497 registered walk-ins and online applicants. There were a total of 18 participating companies and agencies, offering a total of 1,956 job vacancies.
Based on the list issued by the Philippine Regulatory Commission, the scholars who became doctors were: Hermie Luz Casabar; Primo IV Delos Reyes; Irson Thurs Doria; Beryl Encabo; Allisa Mae Goneda; Kyle Jan Juban; Charles Luke Lumakin; Alexandra Najera; Charles Wisley Odal; Jun Paolo Orlanes; Kimberly Claire Paragele; Christelle Samaniego; Clint Sevilla; Jann Chester Tamondong; Korina Mae Vidal; Daphnie Shane Gentapan; and Louie Gokotano.