Civil Service Commission (CSC) (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The CSC attributed the continued cancellation of the CSE due to the challenges brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “We regret that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make it difficult for the CSC to implement the conduct of examinations especially since public health measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, such as the prohibition of mass gatherings, are as necessary now as they were first imposed in March 2020,” a statement from from the Commission’s Publications and Media Relations Division read. In June last year, the CSC announced the cancellation of its scheduled CSE for the rest of 2020 as a result of the continuing coronavirus pandemic.