Aliah Cyril Hernandez, a first year Accountancy student was declared Champion in the Level 1 competition of the 9th Paulo de Gala Macasaet Cup held on March 25, 2019 at San Pablo Colleges, San Pablo City, Laguna. The LSPU team represented by three first year students and six fourth year students garnered the 3rd highest accumulated points from all the three levels and was awarded as the 2nd Runner-up in the said competition.
With its theme “Reign of the Accounting Wizards”, the event was participated by eight other schools namely University of Caloocan-Camarin, Adventist University of the Philippines, University of Batangas – Main, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Rizal College of Taal, Westmead International School, Dalubhasaan ng Lungsod ng San Pablo and LSPU – Los Baños Campus.
The contest was divided into 3 levels – Level 1 (Basic Accounting and Partnership & Corporation) participated in by Andrei Kylo Capulong, Aliah Cyril Hernandez and Luisse Karla Perez; Level 2 (Business Law, Taxation & Management Advisory Services) and Level 3 (Financial Accounting and Reporting, Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting) participated in by Joshua Aranilla, Jowelyn Stephanie Arellano, Leslie Joy Baquiran, Kirk Patrick Mojica, Nicole Ivan Rosales and Christine Tarlac. The team was coached by Mr. John Wendell Escoses and was accompanied by Ms. Charisse Abordo, JPIA adviser.