Top 10: 2007 bar exam passers

Mercedita L. Ona, a graduate of the Ateneo topped the exam with a rating of 83.55 percent, followed by Jennifer T. Ong of UP with 83.35 percent.
Another Atenean, Yvanna DL Maalat placed third (82.75%). Fourth was Jennie C. Aclan of of University of San Carlos (82.10%), while fifth was John Michael S. Galauran of University [...]

2007 BAR EXAMINATIONS: LIST OF SUCCESSFUL EXAMINEES

1. ABALUS, Karen Anne M.
2. ABARDO-ESTRADA, Imee M.
3. ABARQUEZ, Carlo E.
4. ABDULLAH, Princess Shanihar A.
5. ABELLA, Johanna R.
6. ABISO, Meriame Joy D.
7. ABLOLA, Maricez J.
8. ABUNDABAR, Rhys Michael S.
9. ACEDILLO, Noelle T.
10. ACENA, Anna Cecilia D.

Ateneo grad tops 2007 bar exams

The Supreme Court on Saturday released the results of the 2007 bar exams with a graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University topping the list of new lawyers who hurdled the examinations1,289 or 22.91% of the 5,626 law graduates who took the exams passed.

Angono pays tribute to its two national artists

The Municipality of Angono, Rizal headed by Hon. Aurora A. Villamayor and Angono Council for Culture and the Arts (ACCA) will pay tribute to its two national artists, Carlos “Botong” Francisco for Visual Arts and Maestro Lucio D. San Pedro for Music, on Monday, March 31.

NGOs TO FOREIGN DONORS: Conditionalities, not corruption, biggest problem with aid

At the ongoing Philippine Development Forum (PDF), foreign aid donors have rightly taken President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to task for corruption in her administration which, along with other factors such as poverty, could hinder economic development. But Philippine AidWatch, a national network of civil society groups that monitors foreign aid, stresses that policy conditionalities attached to [...]

Oil price hikes more frequent under Arroyo

Yet gov’t continues to implement RVAT
Since the oil deregulation law was first implemented, much of the of the oil price increases happened under the Arroyo administration, and this is not only because of the length of the president’s term but because of her continued implementation of the oil deregulation law amid public outcry, and her [...]

Agricultural Trade Liberalization behind insecurity in rice supply

The country’s dependence on rice imports in the wake of the liberalization of its agricultural sector is behind the concerns in the supply of rice, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.

More people hunger, but not duw to ‘food scarcity’ – Ibon

Gov’t data show wages insufficient to to meet food needs

In the midst of reports that the country needs to import further to address tight rice supply, government data shows that more Filipino families went hungry because they were unable to buy enough food.