University of Baguio graduate is first blind Bar exam passer

Jean Mangaluz 04/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A University of Baguio law graduate defied expectations and became the first blind examinee to pass the Bar examination. The university’s former School of Law dean and Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Pablito V. Sanidad Sr.…

Atty. Baes, Bar exams 6th placer : “There was a bit of expectation”

Jean Therese Comendador 04/15/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Atty. Gabriel Baes, the 2022 Bar exams topnotcher attended a presscon hosted by his alma mater on Saturday morning, April 15, and readily admits he has got nothing to say, eliciting laughter. The…

2022 Bar exam ace: ‘I just wanted to pass, honestly’

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 04/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Setting the objective, sticking to schedule, and studying with friends are what helped Czar Matthew Gerard Dayday to top the 2022 Bar examination. Dayday, of the University of the Philippines, bested 3,991 other passers of…

Cebu’s Eva Patalinjug: From Bb. Pilipinas titleholder to lawyer

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/14/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebuana beauty queen Eva Psychee Patalinjug earns another title five years after she won as Bb. Pilipinas Grand International 2018. Patalinjug is now a lawyer after passing the 2022 Bar Examinations, the…

University of San Carlos grad lands in top 6 of 2022 Bar Exams

04/14/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A graduate from the University of San Carlos landed in the Top 6 of the 2022 Bar Exams.  USC’s Gabriel Gil Manlambus Baes landed at the sixth spot with a passing rate of 87.25 percent.…

2022 Bar exam question on seafarer’s disability benefits claims

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 11/22/2022

Can a seafarer be entitled to compensation for disability benefits if he finished his employment contract? This is one of the questions included in the 2022 Bar Examinations for Labor Law and Social Legislations. Marino, a seafarer,…

Rama to November 2022 Bar takers: ‘Pray and master the law’

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama who is a lawyer by profession,  emphasized the power of prayers and diligence when asked for his advice to the November 2022 Bar examinations takers. In a press…

No road closures, no blowing of horns in Cebu City test centers for Bar Exams 2022

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – No blowing of horns. No road closures. These were just some of the measures the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) has prepared for the upcoming Bar Examinations 2022 which will begin this Wednesday,…

Retaking the bar exam

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/20/2022

Grieve and take the bar exam again. This is the advice given by 2020/21 bar exam chairman Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen  to the 3,549 who did not make it for the passers list.  “Accept it as a challenge. That…

FACES OF CEBU: Angelique Mhar Bilagantol, aspiring lawyer

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Despite the hurdles and delays, the recently concluded Bar Examinations was the #BestBarEver for Angelique Mhar Bilagantol. Angelique is an aspiring lawyer. Born and raised in Surigao City, the 25-year-old flew and stayed…

No salubong for the #BestBarEver2020_21

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 02/08/2022

#BestBarEver2020_21 became one of the trending hashtag as aspiring lawyers trooped to different locations nationwide to take the bar exams last February 4 and 6, 2022. This year’s bar is dubbed as the “best bar ever” because…

Cebu City gov’t, power utilities on standby for Bar exams

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is fully prepared for the Bar examinations in three universities here starting tomorrow, February 4, until Sunday, February 6, 2022. This is the first time the Bar exams will be happening…

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