GET OUT OF TALISAY OR ELSE…

Carmel Loise Matus 06/05/2016

With just about 24 days before he assumes as the new mayor of Talisay City, former Cebu first district Rep. Eduardo Gullas warned drug lords: Get out of the city or face his wrath. But unlike incoming…

An open mind

Raymund Fernandez 05/31/2016

One has to keep an open mind when one looks at the politics of the moment. One has to learn to look at the situation from the Modernist’s position of disinterest. Which position requires one to look…

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…

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…

A glimmer of hope

Madrileña de la Cerna 01/24/2016

The Legal Alternatives for Women Center, Inc. ((LAW Center, Inc.) continued its tradition of holding an “agape” lunch on the Feast of the Santo Niño before joining the procession of the Holy Child.  This year’s gathering was…

Dumaguete forum to tackle BBL provisions

PR 06/04/2015

SOME 150 civil society organization members are expected to participate in the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) forum today at 9 a.m. at Negros Oriental Convention Center in Dumaguete City. According to Bantay Bayanihan Negros Oriental chapter lead…

Binay associate decries freeze order on firms’ assets, says AMLC ‘lied to CA’

05/17/2015

MANILA, Philippines — Businessman Antonio L. Tiu scored the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Sunday, for including in its  freeze order request his companies’ bank accounts, saying these were all used in legitimate transactions. “The AMLC lied to…

Cebu’s female bar topnotcher gets car, recognition

03/26/2015

Cebu’s bar topnotcher said she still couldn’t believe the results of the bar exams released today by the Supreme Court. “I just did what I could para dili ko makonsensiya, whether makapasar ko or dili,” said Michelle…

USC to represent PH in int’l moot event

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/10/2015

For the first time in five years, a law school outside Metro Manila will represent the Philippines in the world’s largest moot court competition in Washington D.C. The University of San Carlos’ (USC) College of Law made…

Bill vs techy intruders mistaken as anti-selfie bill

08/30/2014

MANILA, Philippines—What anti-selfie bill? Television reports said an “anti-selfie” bill was filed in the House of Representatives. The term stemmed from Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate’s statement saying the bill creates a “chilling effect on the media.”…

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