SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF THE OCTOBER 2016 CRIMINOLOGISTS EXAMINATION

The Board of Criminology and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Baguio Regional Office successfully conducted the Board Licensure Examination for Criminologists (BLEC) on October 28 to 31 in Baguio City and Rosales, Pangasinan.

Five thousand two hundred ninety-six (5,296) examinees took the BLEC in Baguio City and Rosales under the supervision of the PRC Baguio Regional Office -- two thousand nine hundred thirty-four (2,934) in Baguio, and two thousand three hundred sixty-two (2,362) in Rosales.

The BLEC is one of the biggest licensure examinations coordinated by the Regional Office. The BLEC was conducted for the third time in Rosales, Pangasinan where the PRC is establishing an office. The Rosales BLEC was held in cooperation with Abono Party List Representative Conrado M. Estrella III, the Rosales Municipal Government through Mayor Susan Pagador-Casareno, the Philippine National Police, and the Department of Education.

Representatives from the Commission on Audit, the National Bureau of Investigation, PNP and the Philippine Criminologists Association of the Philippines witnessed the counting and shredding of BLEC test booklets after the examinations.

The exam results are estimated to be released after 26 working days. Examinees can verify their grades/ratings at www.prc.gov.ph by clicking Online Verification of Ratings (OVR), using their Application Number.