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PIC is a dedicated Transnational Education (TNE) provider, delivering world-class graduate and undergraduate education to learners worldwide. Pacific InterContinental College is known for its online undergraduate and graduate degree programs, recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the Philippines and licensed by the US State Government.

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14/08/2026

Announcement!

Congratulations on the publication of your new book, PAO Chief Attorney Persida Acosta.May this concise and blessed book...
30/07/2026

Congratulations on the publication of your new book, PAO Chief Attorney Persida Acosta.

May this concise and blessed book flow like a river, spreading justice, hope, and God's abundant blessings wherever it reaches.

23/07/2026
๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐๐ขรฑ๐จ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ง ๐“. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญDia...
14/07/2026

๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐๐ขรฑ๐จ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ง ๐“. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Diasnes, Elizabeth A. - ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Congratulations on successfully passing the National Assessment for Schools Heads. This remarkable achievement reflects your dedication to education, your pursuit of excellence, and your unwavering commitment to your profession. PIC is truly proud of your outstanding accomplishment and sincerely grateful for your exemplary leadership.

๐๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ, ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐•. โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐๐š๐ฃ๐š๐ง๐๐ž, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ญ - ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ...
10/07/2026

๐๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ, ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐•. โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐๐š๐ฃ๐š๐ง๐๐ž, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ญ - ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Congratulations on successfully passing the National Assessment for Schools Heads. This remarkable achievement reflects your dedication to education, your pursuit of excellence, and your unwavering commitment to your profession. PIC is truly proud of your outstanding accomplishment and sincerely grateful for your exemplary leadership.

๐ƒ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ, ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ...
09/07/2026

๐ƒ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ, ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง, ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐š๐ฌ ๐’. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž๐๐จ, ๐Œ๐š. ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ก ๐ƒ. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐€๐›๐š๐ง๐š๐๐จ๐ซ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ข ๐Œ. - ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง, ๐€๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐€. โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Congratulations on successfully passing the National Assessment for Schools Heads. This remarkable achievement reflects your dedication to education, your pursuit of excellence, and your unwavering commitment to your profession. PIC is truly proud of your outstanding accomplishment and sincerely grateful for your exemplary leadership.

๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐จ, ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐†. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐๐š๐ฃ๐ž...
07/07/2026

๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐จ, ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐†. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐๐š๐ฃ๐ž, ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐†. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐š, ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š ๐ƒ. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐ƒ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž, ๐Š๐š๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

๐‘๐ž๐›๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐‹๐š๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข ๐. - ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

๐‰๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘. - ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐Ž๐ฅ๐š๐ณ๐จ, ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‘. - ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ, ๐•๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ. - ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Congratulations on successfully passing the National Assessment for Schools Heads. This remarkable achievement reflects your dedication to education, your pursuit of excellence, and your unwavering commitment to your profession. PIC is truly proud of your outstanding accomplishment and sincerely grateful for your exemplary leadership.

๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— . ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐— ๐—”๐—˜๐—— ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฟ. ๐—˜. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐— ๐—”๐—˜๐—— ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ...
06/07/2026

๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— . ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐— ๐—”๐—˜๐—— ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฟ. ๐—˜. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐— ๐—”๐—˜๐—— ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

Congratulations on successfully passing the National Assessment for Schools Heads. This remarkable achievement reflects your dedication to education, your pursuit of excellence, and your unwavering commitment to your profession. PIC is truly proud of your outstanding accomplishment and sincerely grateful for your exemplary leadership.

In observance of Philippine Independence Day, our office will be closed on June 12, 2026. Regular office operations will...
11/06/2026

In observance of Philippine Independence Day, our office will be closed on June 12, 2026. Regular office operations will resume the following day.

We join the nation in commemorating this historic occasion.

02/06/2026

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