2023 Bar exam results to be released on December 5

Tetch Torres-Tupas 11/16/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The 2023 Bar exam results will be released on December 5, 2023, the Office of the Bar Chairman announced Thursday, November 16. A list of the results will be displayed on LED walls at…

FACES OF CEBU: Vhal Roncesballes, 28, New York Bar Exam passer

Jessa Ngojo - CDN Social Media Specialist 10/29/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – As Filipinos, we may have been in situations where we find ourselves putting our dreams on hold to prioritize something else, especially if it is for the sake of our family’s future. It’s…

2023 Bar exam results likely out by early December – SC justice

Luisa Cabato 09/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday said the results of the 2023 Bar examinations might be released in early December or before Christmas Day. SC Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando, chair of this year’s…

A selection of Supreme Court ‘hugot’ lines pulled from various cases

Tetch Torres-Tupas 09/17/2023

From time to time, the Supreme Court inserts bits of poetry in a mundane discussion of the law, especially when stressing views on love and relationship. Here are some of the “hugot lines” from Supreme Court decisions:…

Road closures for 2023 Bar exams in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares 09/15/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – To ensure a conducive environment that will allow the examinees to concentrate on the upcoming bar examinations, some roads in Cebu City will be closed on the scheduled dates of the exam. The…

Bar exams in Cebu: PNP readies personnel to secure testing centers

Emmariel Ares 09/15/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying a total of 153 personnel to secure the two universities that will serve as local testing centers for the 2023 Bar examinations in Cebu City.…

Awra Briguela faces more charges after Makati bar brawl

Anne Pasajol 08/17/2023

Three more charges were filed Wednesday, Aug. 16, against Awra Briguela by complainant Mark Christian Ravana following their bar brawl incident in Makati last June. Briguela—whose real name is McNeal Briguela and who uses the pronoun she…

Arroyo leads latest move to legalize medical cannabis

Julie Aurelio 05/13/2023

House Senior Deputy Speaker and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has pushed anew to legalize and regulate the use of medical cannabis for patients with debilitating medical illnesses. House Bill No. 7817, or the “Philippine Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act,” noted that “thousands…

The disappearing ‘lolas’ of Mapanique

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 03/30/2023

There were originally 96 members when they formed the Malaya Lolas, an association of Filipino women who suffered mass rape and other forms of horrendous crimes committed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. As…

Cebu guv sues 7 animal industry bureau execs over ASF

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/29/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least seven officials of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) are now facing administrative charges over their handling of the African Swine Fever (ASF) here in Cebu province. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia filed…

Hontiveros: Suspects behind Adamson student’s death should be meted ‘full force of anti-hazing law’

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 03/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The full force of the Anti-Hazing law should be brought down to perpetrators in the death of chemical engineering student John Matthew Salilig, who allegedly died due to hazing, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said…

The procrastinating prosecutor

Raphael A. Pangalangan - @inquirerdotnet 02/16/2023

On Feb. 10 2023, Secretary of Justice Jesus Crispin Remulla issued Department of Justice (DOJ) Circular No. 008 directing all prosecutors handling M-level criminal cases to determine the certainty of success. The circular reads: “If, upon assessment…

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