Erwin Tulfo files bill waiving board, bar exam fees for indigents

Zacarian Sarao 05/31/2026

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Erwin Tulfo has filed a bill seeking to waive board and bar exam fees for indigent Filipinos. In filing Senate Bill No. 2035, or the “Free Professional Examinations Act,” Tulfo said the measure…

UP Law dominates 2025  bar exams

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 01/16/2026

The University of the Philippines College of Law (UP Law) dominated this year’s bar exams with six alumni making it in the top twenty, including Rank One. A total of 5,594 out of 11,420 examinees passed that  represent…

PNP: 109 cops pass 2025 Bar exams

Jason Sigales 01/13/2026

MANILA, Philippines — A hundred and nine police officers passed the 2025 Bar examinations, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday. In a statement, Acting PNP Chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. congratulated the new…

Priest of Cebu Archdiocese, 9 other Catholic priests pass 2025 Bar exams

Ferdinand Patinio - Philippine News Agency 01/09/2026

MANILA, Philippines – A priest of the Archdiocese of Cebu is one of the at least 10 Catholic priests and a religious brother who passed the 2025 Bar Examinations. According to an article posted on the Catholic Bishops’…

LIST: Top 20 passers in 2025 Bar Exams

Ian Peter Guanzon 01/07/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Supreme Court has released the list of the top 20 passers of the 2025 Bar Examinations, recognizing exceptional academic performance among thousands of aspiring lawyers nationwide. READ: Supreme Court institutionalizes electronic, regionalized…

Supreme Court institutionalizes electronic, regionalized bar exams

Dianne Sampang 10/18/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has institutionalized electronic and regionalized bar examinations as the standard mode of admission into legal practice. In a statement on Friday, the high court said the SC en banc approved…

Do superstitions work? Bar exam passers share what really mattered

Immae Lachica 09/06/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines— As the Bar Examinations draw near, so does, anxiety, excitement, the yearning to finally achieve something bar takers have been preparing for, for months. From early morning classes, till the ungodly hours at night…

2025 Bar Exams in Cebu City: Liquor ban set around USJ-R Basak

Pia Piquero 08/28/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — No liquor, no noise, and no public drunkenness. These are the marching orders of Mayor Nestor Archival Sr. as the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Basak Campus prepares to host the 2025 Bar…

SC: Application period for 2025 Bar Exams starts Jan. 8

Benjamin Pulta 01/04/2025

MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday reminded those intending to take the 2025 Bar Examinations that the application period would be from Jan. 8 to March 17. In a bulletin, the tribunal said all new applicants,…

UP Law dominates 2024 bar exams:’To teach law in the grand manner!’

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/20/2024

“To teach law in the grand manner!”, a slogan that aptly describes the overall performance of the University of the Philippines College of Law (UP Law) as it dominated  this year’s bar exams with six alumni making it…

More than 12,000 register for 2024 Bar Exams

Tetch Torres-Tupas 04/08/2024

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court revealed on Monday that 12,246 law graduates have enrolled for the 2024 Bar Examination. The deadline for the application to take the 2024 Bar Examination was last April 5. Applications are…

‘Mastermind’ of pawnshop robbery: Hopeful to start new chapter practicing law but …

Emmariel Ares 12/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The alleged mastermind of the pawnshop robbery in downtown Cebu City is optimistic about starting a new chapter in his life after passing the 2023 Bar exams.  Jigger Geverola was among the 3,812…

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