ILOILO CITY – Twelve graduates from the pioneer batch of the West Visayas State University (WVSU)-College of Law here hurdled the 2024 Bar examinations. They are Rene Aviles Jr., Stephen S. Barredo, Alyssa Jane Diaz, Apple Joy M. Faminiano, Clyde Ben Gacayan, Mike Gabriel G. Guillem, Darryl Ben...
CEBU CITY – The first day of the Bar examinations here on Sunday, September 8, was peaceful, police said. Police Major Jiceree Basitao, chief of the Inayawan Police Station, said no major incidents were reported during the examination at the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Basak Campus...
The Muntinlupa City government announced on Sept. 1 that a liquor ban will be implemented for the orderly conduct of the 2024 Bar examinations that will be held on Sept. 8, 11 and 15. The announcement covers San Beda College-Alabang in Muntinlupa, one of the local testing centers for the Bar...
DAVAO CITY – Nineteen law graduates of the Rizal Memorial College (RMC) Inc. here who hurdled the 2023 Bar examinations received on Tuesday, April 23, a total of P700,000 in incentives from the school. They are: 1. Lisley Gem Amores 2. Lemuel Atup 3. John Benjamin Belen 4. Dante Calamba 5. Alyssa...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Erwin Tulfo has led the filing of a measure that seeks to exempt indigent Filipinos from paying review fees for board and bar...
ALABEL, Sarangani – A blind law graduate from this town hurdled this year’s Bar examinations. Martsu Ressan Ladia signed the Roll of Attorneys during the oathtaking ceremony on December 22 conducted by the Supreme Court. LADIA (Photo via Joseph Jubelag) Ladia, who wants to become a trial...
MAKING HERSTORY Ianne Gamboa BY IANE MACASIEB Before achieving the title ‘lawyer,’ it’s not a secret that law students have to endure hypercompetitive classrooms, a series of demanding course loads, and the adrenaline rush of solving cases and such. On Dec. 5, the Supreme Court of the...
CEBU CITY – A robbery suspect has mixed emotions after passing the Bar examinations in his second attempt. While Jigger Geverola is happy that he is one of the 3,812 examinees who passed the 2023 Bar examinations, he admitted that he couldn’t fully celebrate due to his current situation....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez wants the country’s latest Bar exam passers to bring back "a sense of decency" to the lawyer's profession. Thus, said Romualdez in a message Wednesday, Dec. 6 wherein...
CEBU CITY – “Congratulations my son.” Those were the first words that Celsa Geverola, 65, said when she was able to talk to her son Jigger over the phone. Jigger was behind bars when he knew on Tuesday, December 5, that he passed the Bar examination. JIGGER Geverola who is currently detained...
CEBU CITY – The conduct of the three-day Bar examinations here was generally peaceful, police said. The three-day examinations for aspiring lawyers was held at the University of San Carlos and University of San Jose-Recoletos on September 17, 20, and 24. ASPIRING lawyers are greeted by their...
CEBU CITY – Police here will enforce tight security near the two testing venues of the Bar examinations conducted by the Supreme Court on Sunday, September 17. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) said the liquor ban and the anti-noise ordinance will be strictly enforced within the 100-meter...
