Supreme Court Associate Justice belies exam leakage

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/24/2016

With unverified reports making the rounds online regarding alleged leakage in the Bar examinations in recent days, 2016 Bar Examinations Chairperson Presbitero Velasco Jr. has released a statement to belie the report. In his statement, Velasco said…

2016 bar exams schedule out

05/24/2016

THE Supreme Court announced yesterday the schedule for the 2016 bar examination. In a resolution by the high court’s en banc, this year’s exam will be on Nov. 6, 13, 20 and 27 at the University of…

Another Cebuana tops Bar

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/04/2016

Another Bar topnotcher is a Cebuana. Mandy Therese Anderson studied law at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and placed fifth in the 2015 Bar Examinations. “I am a proud Cebuana and will always be,” said the…

2 USC graduates top Bar exams

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/03/2016

Athena Plaza was taking her lunch at home yesterday when she received a call from her law school dean. “I was caught by surprise. The announcement came a bit earlier,” she said. The 25-year-old graduate of the…

USC grads land in bar exam’s top 10

Aileen Garcia-Yap 05/03/2016

Two University of San Carlos School of Law and Governance landed at the Top Ten of the 2015 Bar Exams. Athena C. Plaza landed on the second spot with 87.25 percent rating while Jecca B. Jacildo landed…

Bar exam results out today

Sheila Mae Gumapon 05/02/2016

THE results of the 2015 Bar examinations will be released by the Supreme Court (SC) today. Some 6,600 aspiring lawyers completed the exams held in all Sundays of November at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.…

Law school deans fail to reach 1,000 number for bar exams staging in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/08/2016

Law schools deans from the Visayas and Mindanao failed to reach the required number of examinees for the Bar Exams to be held in Cebu. Of the target 1,000 would-be Bar Exam takers, only 515 law graduates…

Erratum

03/22/2016

The story entitled “SC agrees to cut down bar exam to 4 subjects” that appeared on page 2 of the March 22, 2016 issue of CDN erroneously reported that the High Tribunal en banc has agreed to…

400 willing to take bar exams in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/07/2016

ONLY 400 examinees from the Visayas and Mindanao areas signified their intent to take this year’s bar examinations in Cebu. In a press conference, retired Court of Appeals Justice Portia Hormachuelos said they needed to identify 1,000…

Fr. Dan passes the Bar: Saints helped me out

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/27/2015

A priest of the Cebu Archdiocese who writes a column for Cebu Daily News was among the passers of the 2014 Bar Exams. Studying hard and praying hard is a familiar routine for those who take the…

UC’s Liao gets 5th place in Bar

03/26/2015

(Second Update, March 26, 2014, 2:33 pm) Only 1,126 out of 5,984 who took the 2014 Bar exam passed the test given last September. Topping the examination was Irene Mae Alcobilla of San Beda College-Manila who garnered…

357 back out of gruelling Bar exams, says SC

Inquirer 10/27/2014

88-year-old among survivors of tests through 4 Sundays The 2014 bar exams ended on Sunday, with 5,987 of the original 6,344 examinees who started the tests on Oct. 5 still standing. This was 357 fewer lawyer candidates…

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