By el Amigo
MANILA — A total of 4,165 examinees passed the October 2026 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE), out of 4,447 candidates who took the test, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Thursday.
The results were released four days after the final examination day on Oct. 11.
Maxine Francesco Gwyneth Cena Baculo of the University of Santo Tomas topped the nationwide examination with a rating of 95.50 percent.
Rene Louis Quiambao Singson and Kenworth Bryle Pasabing Bal-Iyang, both from the University of the Philippines-Manila, placed second and third with scores of 95.08 percent and 94.83 percent, respectively.
Israel Miña Aguba, also from UP-Manila, ranked fourth with 94.75 percent.
Megan Camille Limketkai Benedicto of the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health and Keano Miguel Solomero Brion of the Davao Medical School Foundation shared fifth place with 94.33 percent.
Ian Cedric Dabay Tan of UST secured sixth place with 94.25 percent.
Three examinees tied for seventh with 94.17 percent: Mutya Anne Denus of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute; Angelo Pansoy Hulugan of Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation; and Marielle Andrea Conjurado Velasco of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
Alexis Urmatan San Diego of UP-Manila placed eighth with 93.92 percent.
Justin Victor Go Ang of UST, John Francis del Carmen Buduhan of UP-Manila, and Michael Afurong Tee Jr., also of UP-Manila, shared ninth place with 93.83 percent.
Five examinees tied for 10th place with 93.75 percent: Alvin Agassi Quibral Alangco, Jeremee Gerald Alejo Cabral, Alain Kenny Ng Chong, and Mikaela Kho Magpayo, all from UST, and Nurhaida Saing Langgal of Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga City.
The examinations were held on Oct. 3, 4, 10 and 11 at PRC testing centers in Metro Manila and the cities and provinces of Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga.
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