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Nineteen pioneering Thomasian BS in Criminology students passed the week-long intense training held at the campus of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos, Inc., and have officially graduated from the Intern Officers’ Training Program today, August 11, 2025. With 14 male and five female officers, these Thomasians are expected to lead the first batch of Thomasian BS in Criminology On-the-Job Trainees (OJT) who will be assigned at the tri-bureau namely, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Philippine National Police ( PNP), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).…

REAP caps 4-day Parallel Textbook Orientation to Teachers in Recollect Schools Nationwide
CEBU CITY– The Recoletos Educational Apostolate of the Philippines (REAP) conducted a textbook orientation for teachers if OAR schools from May 27-30, 2019. The academic activity that started Monday was held in the modern and spacious Our Lady of La Salud building in Basak Campus of the University of San Jose-Recoletos. In attendance were textbook…

USJ-R tops Visayas, Mindanao in producing CPA passers
CEBU CITY–Among the universities and colleges in the Visayas and Mindanao, the University of San Jose-Recoletos(USJ-R) has the highest number of passers produced in the May 2019 Certified Public Accountant Licensure Examination. Forty-eight out of 87 Josenian takers passed the examination, yielding a 55.17% passing percentage. This is about three times higher than the national passing percentage…

25 UNO-R Alumni are now Engineers
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Twenty five UNO-R alumni are now engineers for having passed their respective Licensure Examinations. Twenty hurdled successfully the May 2019 Civil Engineering Licensure Examination, five successfully passed the Registered Electrical Engineering (REE) Licensure Examinations and five for the Registered Master Electricians (RME). The twenty new Civil Engineers from UNO-R are: Spencer Jay…

USJ-R grad tops May 2019 CPA exam, fulfills promise to dad
CEBU CITY–Josenian Jacob Rizada took the sixth spot of the May 2019 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examination. His exam rating is 87.33 — the highest examination rating among all Cebu graduates who took the three day examination on May 12, 19, and 20. In October 2018, he finished Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and graduated Cum Laude…

SSC-R Manila receives PAASCU Re-accreditation
MANILA–The Grade School and Junior High School Departments of San Sebastian College-Recoletos Manila received a Level III re-accreditation from Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities. The validity of this re-accreditation will be until May 2024. In his Facebook post, Fray Nemesio Tolentin, OAR, President of SSC-R Manila, thanked the whole Sebastinian Community “for…

CSFIP Participants go back to roots with Fray Quilatan
Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY–The 17 participants, undergoing the Comprehensive Spiritual Formation and Immersion Program (CSFIP) for OAR Schools in the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno went back to the Augustinian Recollect roots with Fray Emilio Quilatan, OAR. He led the participants in tracing the roots of the Augustinian Recollection Movement. He gave a comprehensive talk…

17 Lay Collaborators undergo CSFIP
Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY–Seventeen lay members of OAR schools in the Philippines took the Comprehensive Spiritual Formation and Immersion Program for OAR Schools at the Recoletos Formation Center at Mira-nila Homes, Quezon City, from May 14 to 24, 2019. The 10-day formation program is a response to Decision #32 of the Life and Mission…

Recoletos Law Center in Manila hails new Lawyers
MANILA–The Recoletos Law Center housed in San Sebastian College-Recoletos, Manila proudly announced the 2018 Bar Examination passers who took their Bar Review at the said center. Among these new lawyers, Atty. Mary Ivy M. Pacala, from Dr. Vicente Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation, Tacloban was the 20th placer in last year’s Bar Examination. There are two…

UNO-R produces 6 new Lawyers
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–The School of Law of UNO-R has six successful 2018 Bar passers. They are: Atty. Patrick Jon K. BaňasAtty. Jamie T. Geolingo Atty. Marcus Aurelian F. Vaflor Atty. Pengie Mae A. VallegaAtty. Juniven Rey S. Umadhay Atty. Christopher Henry M. Yap Only 1,800 out of 8,701 or 22.07% successfully hurdled the 2018 Bar exams.