Angelo Mesina of Lola Amour | Image: Instagram/@lolaamourph
OPM band Lola Amour‘s trumpet player, Jose Angelo Mesina, officially attained his doctor license after passing the recently concluded Physicians Licensure Examination.
The band took to their social media pages to congratulate their member by sharing a childhood photo of Mesina with the text, “Noon pa, gusto ko na maging doctor (Ever since then, I’ve always wanted to become a doctor),” and a cropped text showing his name from the list of successful examiners.
The post also included the trumpet player’s recent photo wearing his medical scrubs as he gave a smile and rockstar gesture.
“Our boy made it!!!!!” the band wrote in their caption. “Everyone say congratulations, Doc Mesina for passing the boards!!”
Aside from Mesina, Lola Amour is composed of Pio Dumayas, Zoe Gonzales, Manu Dumayas, Jeff Abueg, Raffy Perez, David Yuhico, and Raymond King.
In April, the band released their self-titled debut album. They also announced this month that they are writing new music and have been working with producers in Malaysia.
Lola Amour also got to perform their hit “Raining in Manila” with British rock band Coldplay during the latter’s concert in the Philippines last January.
Aside from “Raining in Manila,” the band is known for their songs “Fallen,” “Maybe Maybe,” “Umiinit,” and “Namimiss Ko Na.”
Lola Amour was formed in 2013 as part of a merger between two rival school bands at De La Salle Zobel.
The band’s “Raining in Manila” has been collectively streamed more than 205 million times on different streaming platforms. It also topped charts on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, and YouTube Music. The song also caught the interest of international artists like the K-pop acts Enhypen and Bambam of GOT7.
Meanwhile, Sparkle GMA artist and content creator Sofia Valdes was also among the board passers.
On Oct. 19, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 3,845 out of 6,600 (58.26 percent) passed the Physicians Licensure Examination.