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LOS ANGELES, Aug 24, 2023 (AFP) – A gunman shot three people dead and wounded at least six others at a bar in the US state of California on Wednesday, police said. The shooter also died in the incident, with police saying there was an “officer-involved shooting” at the location but that no officers had been hurt. “Confirmed 4 deceased at scene, inc. the shooter,” the Orange County Sheriff said on social media. “6 transported […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Saturday, November 5, reminded those slated to take the bar exams in November to ensure they have the correct software version installed. 2022 Bar Examinations Chair Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa issued the reminder in Bar Bulletin No. 12 S. 2022 to “ensure uninterrupted examination taking.” The bulletin said the following are the versions of Examplify required for each operating system: For Windows OS – Examplify Version 2.9.6 For Mac […]
HANOI. Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnamese authorities have arrested the owner of a karaoke bar where a fire killed 32 people earlier this month, police said Saturday. The blaze ripped through a three-storey entertainment venue nine days ago in a dense residential neighbourhood of Thuan An city, north of commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City. It trapped customers and staff as smoke filled the staircase and blocked the emergency exit. Seventeen people were injured, with […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Sunday, Feb. 6, announced that some bar examinees were disqualified from completing the 2020/2021 bar examinations. In bar bulletin no. 39, s. 2022, 2020/2021 bar chair Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said based on reports he received, the disqualified examinees deliberately entered the local testing centers without disclosing that they had previously contracted the COVID-19 virus, smuggled mobile phones inside exam rooms, and checked social media during lunch break. […]
(Eagle News) — The 2020/2021 bar examinations which were supposed to be held this November have been moved to January and February 2022 instead. According to Bar Bulletin No. 28, S. 2021 signed by Associate Justice and Bar Chair Marvic Leonen, the resetting to January 16, 23, 30, and February 6, 2022 of the exams was approved by the Supreme Court upon Leonen’s recommendation, based on the advice from various experts and “after considering […]
https://youtu.be/opBJQDw6O9w (Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews the Secretary-General Filipino Nurses United (FNU), Ms. Jocelyn Andamo, who said that removing professional board or licensure exams for nurses at this time was not a good idea. Andamo also expressed concern on the suggestion of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to do away with board exams, including for the health profession, saying this could even be dangerous since the nursing and medical professions deal with lives. The […]
(Eagle News)–More than 2000 who took the bar exams in November last year passed. The 2,103 candidates who passed the 2019 bar examinations represent 27.36% of the 7,685 examinees who completed the licensure test. The exams cover political law, international law, labor law and social legislation, civil law, taxation law, mercantile law, criminal law, remedial law, and legal and judicial ethics and practical exercises. Mae Diane M. Azores of the University of Santo Tomas-Legaspi topped […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Gunmen killed at least 11 people in a bar in northern Brazil on Sunday, officials said. The shooting took place in the city of Belem, the public safety department of northern Para state said. There was no immediate word on the motive of the shooting. The attackers fled but the news website G1 quoted police as saying one was wounded and is in police custody. The fatalities are […]
(Eagle News)—A Makati City prosecutor has junked the charges filed against three lawyers who were arrested at a bar where illegal drugs were recovered in August last year. In dismissing the charges for constructive possession of illegal drugs, obstruction of justice, and for resistance and disobedience against lawyers Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Romel Odronia said the police, who acted as complainants, “failed to discharge their burden […]
(Eagle News)–Itinakda ng Korte Suprema sa apat na linggo ng Nobyembre ang petsa ng pagsasagawa ng 2018 Bar Examinations. Sa abiso ni Bar Confidant at Supreme Court Deputy Clerk of Court Atty Maria Cristina Layusa, isasagawa ang Bar Exams sa November 4, 11, 18 at 25 sa University of Sto. Tomas sa Maynila. Sa umaga ng November 4 , political at International Law ang bar exam coverage habang Labor Law at Social Legislation naman sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Thursday, Aug. 23, stood by the policemen who arrested three lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice, intimidation, among others, in a Makati bar raid, noting the law enforcers did not violate United Nations rules as claimed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. In a statement, DILG spokesperson and Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said that under the UN Basic Principles on the Role of […]
(Eagle News) — The Makati Regional Trial Court has granted the Department of Justice’s request for a hold departure order to be issued against alleged drug lord Peter Lim. Acting Branch 65 Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos directed the Bureau of Immigration to issue the HDO, as requested by the DOJ in an ex-parte motion, noting that Lim was a flight risk. Only State Prosecutor Herbert Calvin Abugan was present at the hearing on the ex-parte […]
