No more City Hall lawyers for Rama, officials

Nestle L. Semilla 06/18/2016

CEBU City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña ordered all city lawyers to withdraw their appearances and representations in all civil and administrative cases involving outgoing Cebu City mayor Michael Rama and other administration officials and employees. “I issued…

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…

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…

We were snubbed

Hidelito Pascual 02/06/2016

We were in General Santos last weekend as members of the House of Delegates of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. The IBP By Laws ordains all officers of the different chapters from all the 9 regions…

Bar exams open today for 7,000 law grads

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/08/2015

AT least  7,146 law students around the country are scheduled to take the bar exams starting today at the University of Sto. Tomas in Manila and in the next three Sundays. Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Teresita…

Lady lawyer dies in Mandaue car ambush

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Norman V. Mendoza 08/14/2015

A female lawyer was shot dead while her law firm partner, and an office accountant were wounded when motorcycle-riding men ambushed her car last night in Looc, Mandaue City. Amelie Ocañada-Alegre, 35, died on the spot. She…

‘Lawyers do PR work too’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/18/2014

In representing their clients in court and in public, lawyers sometimes have to play the role of public relations (PR) agent. However, the primary concern is the well-being of the client. “Protecting the interest of the client…

4 Cebu civil servants make the grade

Edison Delos Angeles, Marian Z. Codilla, Norman V. Mendoza 03/19/2014

Four of the 1,174 successful bar examinees – Regal Oliva, Mark Rusel Salomon, Rey Chris Panugaling and Ian Kenneth Lucero –  are government employees in Cebu. Oliva, the city treasurer of Mandaue City, and Solomon, city accountant…

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