Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Judge Voltaire Rosales in a Religious Prayer Book


Nothing brings tears to my eyes more than when people remember my father. Even more so when they actually write about him with praise.

I was surfing the net and saw a religious book mentioning my Dad. Let the article speak for itself.

Whoever wrote this, God Bless you and Thank You for keeping the spirit and legacy of my father alive. Mabuhay Ka!





Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Provincial Government of Batangas Special Citation bestowed to Judge Voltaire Y. Rosales


A special citation given by the Provincial Government of Batangas with a resolution by the Provincial Legislature (Sangguniang Panlalawigan) and the Governor of Batangas on June 15, 2004 to Judge Voltaire Y. Rosales for all the invaluable services rendered, and unqualified commitment to public service in promoting and safeguarding justice for the welfare of humanity and society.


Thursday, August 1, 2013

Ateneo Law Alumni Plaque of Appreciate for Judge Voltaire Antonio Ylagan Rosales



A plaque of appreciation given by the Ateneo Law Alumni Foundation (now known as the Ateneo Law Alumni Association Incorporated or ALAAI) to Judge Voltaire Antonio Ylagan Rosales class of 1981

"In grateful recognition of his inestimable contribution not only to his beloved alma matter but to the never-neding pursuit of justice, Judge Rosales lived the life of a true Atenean. His dedication to his chosen profession is his ultimate legacy and an indelible inspiration to all the friends he left behind.

Given this 24th day of June 2005"




"In grateful recognition of his inestimable contribution not only to his beloved alma matter but to the never-ending pursuit of justice, Judge Rosales lived the life of a true Atenean. His dedication to his chosen profession is his ultimate legacy and an indelible inspiration to all the friends he left behind.

Given this 24th day of June 2005"


Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Kampon ni Pakakak Award to Judge Voltaire Antonio Ylagan Rosales

Kampon ni Pakakak Award to Judge Voltaire Ylagan Rosales of Bauan, Batangas

This Award is given to a distinguished member of Bauan, Batangas.

The Kampon ni Pakakak is an association of distinguished members of the Bauan, Batangas community. Members include former governor and congressman Hermiland I. Mandanas, Vice President of the Philippines Jejomar Binay and many other well known businessmen and public servants.

The award given to Judge Voltaire Y. Rosales was for:

"For his courage, dedication and integrity in upholding judicial honor and independence. The Philippine Judiciary and the Kampon ni Pakakak are proud and blessed to have Judge Rosales in their rolls. Fearless, upright and evenhanded, Judge Rosales brought honor and prestige to our much maligned judicial system. The legacy of Judge Rosales will forever remain in the hearts of his colleagues in the Kampon Ni Pakakak and the Filipino People

Given this 29th day of December in the Year of our Lord 2004"

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Undermining Justice (an editorial by the Philippine Star on the assassination of Judge Voltaire Y. Rosales)



This is an editorial published on the Philippine Star seven days after my dad was assassinated. It brings tears to my eyes, but, if people acknowledge how hard our judges and justices work and sacrifice for our country (especially the very honest ones), I believe my Dad's sacrifice won't be for nothing.

Full credit to the Philippine Star.

Click on the photo for a larger picture.

Undermining Justice: an editorial by the Philippine Star on June 17, 2004 on the assassination of Tanauan, Batangas Executive Judge Voltaire Y. Rosales

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

If We Don't Avenge The Death of Judge Rosales, Then Justice Will Go to Hell In This Land! (an article by Max Soliven of the Philippine Star)



This is an article by Max Soliven of the Philippine Star. It was an editorial made on June 16, 2004 or six days after my dad was assassinated. I remember at this time, my head was in a blur. In fact, a lot of what happened to me between June 10, 2004 and a few years after is still a blur to me now. I do have some very sharp memories (some full of pain and some full of anger), but for the life of me, I don't remember reading this article.

I posted it just in case, in the eternal database of the internet, it is lost and so the article is saved somewhere.

Of course, I give full credit to the author Mr. Max V. Soliven of the Philippine Star. A link the the article can be found here.





If we don't avenge the murder of Judge Rosales, then justice will go to hell in this land!

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Let's leave for the moment the pompous and portentous nonsense of the nitpicking "canvass" in Congress – with our politicians still debating and spouting platitudes for the benefit of TV mileage – and focus our attention on the harsh challenges and hard realities that threaten our society today.


No matter whose name finally pops up as winner in the final canvass, we’ve already elected a President. What we must know is whether we can defeat the crime and violence that threaten the everyday lives of Filipinos everywhere. That’s the real nitty-gritty.


Last Thursday, June 10, for example, a courageous judge – Executive Judge Voltaire Rosales, 48, of Tanauan, Batangas, was insolently shot to death by a motorcycle-riding assassin at almost high noon – just 100 meters away from the court room where he had just finished the cases of the day.


The unknown killer waited for the judge, who was driving his own car, to slow down at the hump, then opened fire. He shot Judge Butch Rosales in the arm, crippling him and causing him to slump forward, then shot again. This time the bullet pierced his victim’s neck veins, then another the judge’s head, just above the left ear. The assailant sped off, with a back-up vehicle tailing him (carrying no car plate) and remains at large.


Despite his fatal injuries, the stricken judge managed to open his car door and slumped to the ground. Police arrived minutes later and brought him to a nearby hospital. The hospital had no ambulance, and the municipality itself had only one (which was not available), so the judge’s wife, Atty. Nena Rosales, had to beg Batangas Governor Dodo Mandanas to help get an ambulance to transport the slain jurist’s body – and this was only managed three hours after his death.


The victim of this cold-blooded murder, Butch Rosales, was one of our country’s bravest and most accomplished judges. He had taken up grade school in Letran College, graduated from Bauan High School, gone to De La Salle University, and finally obtained his law degree from the Ateneo de Manila College of Law.


He passed the Bar in 1981 with distinction, placing No. 25 with an average of 84.5 percent. After law school, he had worked as an associate for the De Santos, Balgos and Perez Law Office, then with his father-in-law, former Assemblyman Rafael "Paeng" Legaspi (Batasang Pambansa from 1984-85) as supervising staff officer. He was legal counsel to the UNIDO Aklan Chapter, then a Solicitor in the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) from 1986 to 1995. He was appointed Executive Judge of Regional Trial Court Branch 83, Tanauan, Batangas, in 1995. Now, he is dead.


Who had the motive to have him killed? There’s a short list for the police and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to consider.


Our lawmen must track down this vicious murderer, his confederates, and the mastermind who dispatched that "killer team" – and nail their hides to the wall. Otherwise, the butchers and bullies will know they can "get away with murder" and everything else with impunity. Abolish the death penalty? The death penalty was created for and must be imposed on such rats!


Judge Butch had a passion for his work and had dedicated his life to dispensing justice evenly and fairly for all. As a "heinous crime" judge, he heard cases involving rapists, drug dealers and manufacturers, and kidnap-for-ransom gangsters, aside from the regular load of RTC Judges such as theft, land-grabbing, and other civil cases. Rosales had the reputation of treating the rich, poor, the powerful and the powerless with equality and impartiality in his court. Efficient, hardworking and thoughtful in his deli-beration of cases, Rosales completed a record-breaking number of decisions per year.


As a heinous crime judge, Rosales handed out five death sentences in his short career, earning him the reputation of a tough "hukom bitay" judge (hanging Justice judge). The past and present cases he handled were, among others, (1) People of the Philippines versus German Agojo, who was sentenced to death for drug pushing; (2) Vs. Nestor Guelos et al. involving the slaying of Major Camacho, Chief of Police of Tanauan. Guelos was sentenced to 8 to 12 years imprisonment (3) vs. Millano Muji et al. (sentenced to death for kidnapping with homicide, robbery, and carnapping in the case concerning a son-in-law of business taipan John Gokongwei; (4) vs. Benito Simbahan involving illegal possession of prohibited drugs and two counts of murder; (5) vs. Romy Rose Agojo for violation of Section 2, Article 5, R.A. No. 9165, or drug pushing.


Who of those he had "angered" by dispensing justice had commanded Judge Rosales murdered?
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What’s disgraceful, I think, is also the manner in this upright judge has been callously treated by his own Department of Justice (DOJ) after his assassination.


His body was brought to Funeraria Paz for the required autopsy conducted by the NBI. His sister-in-law, Dr. Carrie Legaspi, being a doctor, volunteered to be present at the autopsy.


The examination by the medico-legal physician was routinely conducted. That’s not the problem. The problem is that the DOJ "forgot" to send a flag – as a judge fallen in the service of his country deserves – to be draped on his coffin.


It took his sister-in-law, who’s also barangay captain of Dasmariñas Village (Makati), to bring a Philippine flag. When the judge’s widow, Nena, paid a call on the Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. early Monday morning or four days later, Dr. Legaspi candidly told the Chief Justice that he hadn’t even "given" Judge Rosales’ coffin a flag. Later in the day, the Chief Justice sent over a flag, and followed this up with a visit to the burol (wake) where he attended the Mass there, then promised to attend the burial Mass – which was yesterday.


The bereaved widow, Nena, a lawyer herself, says that Butch’s death "should be a wake-up call to our judiciary and our nation".


She complained about the current set-up. In the previous system, heinous crimes (she pointed out) were handled by all the judges, through what is known as the raffle system. Following "reforms", it was noted, there now seem to be specific courts wherein there is a family court and a heinous crime court, etc. Heinous crime courts handle civil cases on top of all the heinous crimes involving kidnappers, drug pushers, rapists, and murderers.


"The heinous crime judge then becomes the target of every evil element of our society, because they have the burden of giving judgement to the lawless elements who will kill anyone in their way!"


She noted that it’s been the practice for bodyguards to be requested by a threatened judge from the local mayor. However, the DOJ advised judges not to ask any "favors" from local mayors. "So the question is: Where do we stand? There is this vagueness or lack of clarity with regard to providing protection for judges who lay their lives on the line as they pass judgement on the lawless elements of society."


"In the previous system," Mrs. Nena Rosales recalled, "cases involving heinous crimes and other cases were brought to Manila for decision. This was changed to the concept of solving everything in the locality – to decongest court load, perhaps a good answer. But think of it: when a decision adversely made against one person versus another is made, somehow those in the locality react more personally. Therefore, each and every working hour, the judge is constantly in peril. There must be a better solution."
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What I’d like to ask myself – and you must, too, is the burning question: Is the Philippines now the Colombia, or worse, the Sicily of Asia, where judges and prosecutors can be killed with immunity?


RTC Judge Voltaire "Butch" Rosales is the fourth RTC judge slain in the past three years!


Here’s the score:


In October 2001, Ilocos Norte RTC Judge Ariston Rubio was ambushed along the national highway in Batac. Six months after Judge Rubio, Compostela Valley RTC Judge Eugenio Valles was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding killers.


In September 2002, Tayug (Pangasinan) RTC Judge Oscar Uzon also met the same fate.


The murders of Judges Rubio, Valles and Uzon are unsolved up to now. Will the murder of Judge Rosales also be unsolved by the NBI and the PNP.


Though it is the unwritten law of vendetta that "omerta" or silence must rule in Sicily, that notorious Mafia-enclave, witnesses have still come forth and many killers and masterminds responsible for the assassination of judges and prosecutors have been arrested, prosecuted and convicted by courageous magistrates in Palermo.


In sad contrast with the murders of our judges remaining unsolved, several trial court judges (especially those presiding over heinous crimes-designated courts) may now fear for their lives. Among the cases pending before these heinous crimes courts are drug-related cases.


It is not only trial court judges who have been threatened.


Members of the Supreme Court have also been threatened by various means. One member of the High Court had his van and car "acid bombed". When acid was thrown at his car by a motorcycle-riding man, the justice was in the vehicle on his way home. The message delivered was clear. Those behind the acid-throwing were "announcing" they could get the justice anytime they want.


Another member of the Court was threatened by means of a funeral wreath delivered early in the morning at the gate of his house. The "message" to this justice was that he should rule favorably on a high-profile case assigned to him.


To their credit, the members of the High Court though threatened were not cowed. They resolved the cases assigned to them without fear, strictly in accordance with law.


Those behind the assassination of judges have taken the law into their own blood-stain hands. They have arrogated unto themselves the power to "discipline" members of the judiciary with the bullet.


We must get the killers of those four judges! But we must begin with bagging, and mercilessly meting out justice, to the murderers of Judge Butch Rosales.


This is imperative if we are to keep our society safe and sane!

Monday, July 22, 2013

Incorruptible Judge Gets Ka Pepe Diokno Award


A long overdue post (sorry dad!). This was an article released a year after my Dad was killed.

The original link to the Philstar.com webpage can be found here (Click me!) The photos are not posted on the site but here's an excerpt of the text:



by Joanne Ramirez Tuesday March 8, 2005 Incorruptible Judge Voltaire Y. Rosales gets Pepe Diokno Award (Click on the photo for a larger picture)

"His brain was splattered on the ground. They shot him on the head to show their hatred at the fact that he could not be controlled, that he had his own mind," lawyer Filomena "NenaRosales, widow of Batangas Judge Voltaire "ButchRosales, once painfully recalled in a press interview. Butch, a heinous-crime judge, was mercilessly shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen on June 10 last year. He was on his way home from work.


We are sure Nena would have rather been an ordinary wife than the widow of a hero. But it may give her consolation that Butch’s courageous work has not been forgotten. Last week, Butch was posthumously conferred the first "Ka Pepe Diokno Award" as a champion of human rights. The award was established by the De La Salle Professional Schools, Inc. Graduate School of Business (DLS-PSI-GSB), which marked another milestone with the establishment also of the Jose W. Diokno Distinguished Professorial Chair in Business Law and Human Rights.


Launched at the DLS-PSI GSB RCBC Campus in Makati City, the professorial chair was established in honor of Senator Diokno’s remarkable achievements in his political career. The late senator is best remembered as a street parliamentarian during martial law days, who fought for the preservation of justice and democracy in the Philippines. Most of all, Senator Diokno made a mark as a human rights advocate and for benchmarking the humanized system of taxation in the country."



Sunday, July 21, 2013

Happy Happy Birthday to my dear second mom, Dra Carrie Legaspi Vicerra MD !

Barangay Captain of Dasmarinas Village Ma Encarnacion "Carrie" Legaspi with her kagawads and SK Chairman


Just a happy whole hearted happy birthday greet to my second mom, my tita (auntie) Carrie Legaspi Vicerra!

More popularly known as Dra Carrie Legaspi, Tita was the Barangay Captain of Dasmarinas Village, Makati City.

former Dasmarinas Village Barangay Captain Doctor Ma Encarnacion "Carrie" R Legaspi M.D.


Tita, who is a practicing dermatologist has her own clinic. Visit her at http://www.totalskincareph.com I can personally vouch that she's malambing (warm / loving) but straight to the point. She takes care of all her patients and makes it a personal commitment to make every patient feel like they're taken care of like family.


Why do I love her? Cause she's a tough cookie with the guts and fortitude to  do what has to be done because it's right.

Happy birthday Tita! Love you and thank you for always being there for me.

Doctor, leader, and loving tita (aunt)





Saturday, July 20, 2013

Happy Birthday To My Dear Mom, Attorney / Barangay Captain Ma Filomena Legaspi Rosales !



Happy Birthday to my mom, Dasmarinas Village, Makati Barangay Captain / Chairman Ma Filomena Legaspi Rosales!

Thanks for all the hard work you've done for us. I know it is not easy with dad gone, but you deserve credit for being not just a great family mom, but a person for others!

Check out the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper clipping below. As part of the Ateneo Law Alumni Association Inc (ALAAI) and the Ateneo Law Board of Advisors, mom brought together the Santuario de San Antonio, Forbes Park ministry, the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) and the Ateneo Law School into a partnership where law students do legwork for PAO to lighten their load in protecting the underprivileged.





Mom, you've not only helped our family grow, but you've helped others survive the rough world we live in. Kudos to you, we love you!

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful and beautiful mom, Dasmarinas Village, Makati Barangay Captain Attorney Ma Filomena "Nena" Legaspi Rosales!



I'm here to give a loud shout out to my mom, the ever so beautiful and talented, widowed very young, but loyal and faithful till the end; strong willed mother of two lawyers, Vic and Lala,

Barangay Captain of Dasmarinas Village, Makati, Attorney Ma Filomena "Nena" Legaspi-Rosales.


Barangay Captain of Dasmarinas Village, Makati Atty. Ma. Filomena "Nena" Legaspi-Rosales
taken from the DVA Village Gazette June 2008

I am so thankful and proud you are my mom. I know when Dad was killed you were left with a big plate to fill for us, your kids, but you did well, no, you did great! you got us through college, law school and now you raised two full fledged lawyers. I can't think of many other women who are as strong and dedicated to their children as you. I love you mom. 

Friday, April 26, 2013

My 2 Centavos on the 2012 Philippine Bar Exam and Why the Passing Rate was Low



I've been reading a few editorials and news pieces on the results of the 2012 Philippine Bar Exam.

Some of them I posted here, but just in case, here are a few links with excerpts:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/377315/17-hurdle-2012-bar-exams

"Lawyer Joan Largo, dean of the University of San Carlos’ (USC) College of Law, expressed dismay over how last year’s bar examinations was conducted.
“The results do not reflect the competence of the bar examinees. The low passing rate in the 2012 bar examinations was really brought about by the unreasonable length of the exam,” she told Cebu Daily News.
Largo said bar examinees were asked to answer a set of 100-point multiple choice questions (MCQ) and another 100-point essay at the same time.
“It was physically and humanly impossible to answer the questions sensibly given the short period of time. It’s really hard. I give credit to all bar examinees,” she said.


Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/377315/17-hurdle-2012-bar-exams#ixzz2OoubzZ56
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My review table for my 4 years in law school


http://opinion.inquirer.net/49307/lawyer-dominated-society


When the bar exam results were announced on Wednesday, the social media were abuzz with congratulations for friends, but some asked a perennial question: Why all the hoopla for the bar exam, but not for the board exam results for doctors, accountants, engineers, pharmacists, etc.? Why the fixation over one profession, and over a licensing test?
Indeed. After all, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. had long ago said that “the black-letter man may be the man of the present, but the man of the future is the man of statistics and the master of economics.” Why, in the 21st century, are we still enthralled by a profession that “do[esn’t] understand technology and balance sheets” and instead “hires out its words and its anger”?

The fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves. We have yielded too much power to the government, and that power has found its way to the lawyers. Rather than rely on a free market, we have installed the state as the dispenser of wealth and business opportunities, and assigned the lawyers’ guild as the mediator. So why act surprised that they have aggrandized the power we surrendered to them?

But it isn’t just about power. It’s also about legitimacy. The Marcos dictatorship deglamorized the lawyers by idealizing the technocratic state, elevating an elite of number-crunchers backed by a corps of military bone-crushers. And that is why the heroes of the mainstream anti-Marcos movement were the human rights lawyers of the old FLAG and Mabini. Today, that poetic image of lawyering continues to inspire.


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This is the list of 2012 Bar Exam Passers (Disclosure, I'm one of them)
http://www.philstar.com/exam-results/2013/03/20/921986/complete-list-2012-bar-exams-passers

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/376867/2012-bar-result-is-second-lowest-passing-rate-in-history-sc-committee


The bar examination committee of the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the result of the 2012 bar examination was second lowest passing rate in the history of professional licensure examination for lawyers in the Philippines.
A total of 17.76 percent or 949 out of 5,343 passed the 2012 bar examination, the Supreme Court announced Wednesday. It added 5,686 of examinees but only 5,343 completed the four Sunday examinations.


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I'm not here to write about those who passed the 2012 bar, but to give context and a theory on why the 2012 bar had such a low passing rate.

For more background on the Philippine bar I suggest you Google "Philippine bar exam wiki".

The Philippine bar before 2011 was in pure essay format. By essay I mean it could be objective enumeration, legal analysis or an opinion, but the answers (the words and sentences) came from your mind and had to be written down on the answer sheet. The questions would give hints through subtle contextual elements to guide you on what kind of answer the examiner was looking for or sometimes the questions were just plainly ambiguous so you had to write all you knew. That was how it was done since the first bar exam in 1900.

There has never been a standard Philippine bar exam. The law, unlike the human body or answers to a mathematical numbers test, constantly changes, evolving with the people as they change. Oliver Wendell Homes Jr. is famous for his quote "the life of law is not logic; it has been experience". The law changes because people change. Women and african-americans used to be disenfranchised a century ago, now they are not because the people and the law changed.

That is why the bar exams change every year. Yes, there are general rules and principles law students must learn, but these change in time, and depending on the examiners and the head of the bar exams for the year, the scope and concentration on particular topics can change i.e. a law passed in the middle of 2012 will most likely not be part of the 2012 bar but, if it is significant enough to affect society (amendments to anti-money laundering), it will come out in the 2013 bar.

The essay-type bar exams usually had twenty questions. Every number could be just one question or have sub-questions ("nanganganak"). The sub-questions could relate to the previous question or the story of the question or have nothing to do at all with the main question or sub-questions.

The Bar exams are usually held on four consecutive sundays. The 2011 bar was held in November. The 2012 bar was held in October. Before then, it was in September, and long ago it was held in October like the 2012. My bar had 8 subjects. 4 were major subjects and 4 were minor. We also had a legal writing portion where we had to craft a legal opinion.

After about a hundred years, I'm guessing it became a bit tedious to conduct and check an exam where the scope kept increasing every year (more laws being passed and more Supreme Court rulings called jurisprudence adding or changing doctrines or principles of law). Adding to the burden was the increasing number of applicants. Back in the early 80's my parents took the bar and they had a passing rate of about 50%. Back then there were about 1700 taking the exam.

In 2011 they tried a pure multiple choice question and answer format (MCQ). The 4 major subjects had 100 MCQ questions each with 4 possible answers given per question. The 4 minor subjects had 75 MCQs. Then they had a legal writing portion to test the applicant's ability to construct a legal opinion or memorandum. Because of the new format the head of the bar exam, Justice Roberto Abad, required all MCQ answers to be noticeably different from each other so that the examinee, if he knew the correct one, could easily pick it out. I'm pretty sure crafting the questions and answers was pretty hard for the examiner because they probably had a pool of more than 100 questions per subject and only compiled them the day before the exam and had to make sure each of the MCQs followed the instructions of Justice Abad.

Bar applicants that year were told to read codals (for non-law people, that means just the text of the laws without annotations from authors) because with such a big pool of questions per subject the only consistent text were the laws themselves. Authors of annotations sometimes have different interpretations of laws. For 2012, we were told to read everything (but not just anything) because of the essay portion.

This was my book queue for the bar (not seen are the books on the reading table and in a box) 


In 2012, there were almost 6,000 applicants.  The format changed again (nice to have guinea pigs), but this time they gave both MCQs and essay tests. The number of questions did not change for each format and the time per test did not increase significantly.

We were allowed to choose which part we wanted to answer first, either the 100 question MCQ or the 20 question (with sub-questions) essay. Having both questionnaires given at the same time and knowing that a variety of topics would be asked in the MCQ, most chose the MCQ to deal with first. I answered the MCQ first because it would be easier to dump all the knowledge on different topics for 100 questions right away than wait till my brain was more tired from answering.

 The problem with answering MCQs is that the brain uses a different process; elimination. I read the question, looked at the answers, and eliminated each, one by one till I was sure the only one left was likely correct. I did this even if I knew the answer already because I knew that the examiners would probably make two answers slightly similar so I had to be sure that I wasn't getting baited too early.

Answering 100 MCQs gets you into a rhythm. When you get to the essay part, your mind has to adjust from just crossing answers off, to creating answers and composing them into coherent and concise sentences. You do not have time to write everything you know (although shotgunning it is safer than not writing anything). If you want to write legibly so that the examiner won't get annoyed reading your answer, you have to write neatly and in big letters. That takes up more time if you're like me and you have chicken scratch for handwriting. Using cursive for me was not safe so I had to write in big letters which took up more time. I do remember writing in script a few answers because I was rushing, but to compensate I wrote in very big letters. My one sentence in cursive looked like a paragraph but at least I was more comfortable knowing that the one checking the exam wouldn't have a reason to not read my answer in whole.

Lets not forget the usefulness of trending. Trending is done both in law school and during the bar. Students and barristers (not to be confused with Starbuck's barristas) look at previous exams and use statistics to see what topics, scenarios and questions tend to come up during tests. The importance of trending is noticeable when you take an essay-type exam. If the trending tips are mostly correct, you have a higher chance of hitting the target grade because you'll be able to focus and study on the topics that matter. If you have 20 essay questions and trending gets 15 questions you will more or less get 75% of the test within the scope of your review, it doesn't necessarily mean you will pass, but at least you'll be within a comfort zone to shotgun answer. In a 100 question MCQ exam, if trending gets 15 questions, you get 15 out of 100. Obviously, trending becomes less useful. Now if you have both essay and MCQ, you pray that the one making the MCQ doesn't know the one making the essay is asking the same thing. That way you can use the MCQ part to answer the essay. If they intentionally make the essay so different in topic from the MCQ, then you've just increased the amount of information the bar examinee has to recall in four hours. I remember feeling that some MCQ questions during my bar were so esoteric that I wondered if the examiner was just running out of common topics to ask so he/she just looked at some obscure-never-taught part of vast Philippine law and just asked it to fill in a quota.

My first language is non-understandable english. My second language is english and tagalog. The bar exam is in english. I know of many brilliant classmates in law school who knew the law but could not read fast enough or express themselves properly in english. If they did, it took them more time. The 2012 bar was a load of english reading and I can imagine hundreds of competent law students translating the question from english to tagalog or bisaya, answering in their first language, then translating their answer back to english in their head, then writing it in concise, understandable and legible english in the answer book. That's a long process when you have about 4 hours to answer everything. Forget it if you don't even know the answer to the question in the first place.

Besides the test, the examinee has to deal with the usual emotional stress and pressure that builds up right before the bar. An applicant has to balance the copious amounts of caffeine and sleep to make sure that on every sunday of test month, their brain is in optimal shape. All the studying won't help if you're too tired or sleepy to comprehend.

The boxes of reading materials for 4 years worth (excluding text books) I read all of it!


In sum, the aspiring lawyer deals with heaps of reading material on topics that change faster than the human body can mutate. The bar is the final step in validating 4 to 6 years of formal studying (If one is not delayed, law school proper is 4 years plus 1 year for bar review). The 2012 bar was longer than previous bars with a scope that required the examinee to recall copious amounts of information in just a short time. Hopefully, future bars will be adjusted to allow those with the dream of becoming a lawyer the opportunity to be an officer of the court.


If you have any questions about the 2012 bar, feel free to tweet me @viclr33





Sunday, March 24, 2013

Lawyer-dominated society

Lawyer-dominated society

An editorial by the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

A very apt description on why we, Filipinos, look at lawyers so highly.

I personally believe we do need more engineers, doctors, architects etc., but this is what fate has given me, and I should count my lucky stars I was given the opportunity by my parents to become one.

One day, the provinces will be given better access to education and information in general. That way, being a lawyer will be more about defending human rights and protecting the way of life we believe in than   being a good option as a candidate.

Don't get me wrong, getting to be a lawyer is no easy task and it is the path of least resistance to acknowledge those who have worked that hard for their accomplishment. What I am saying is that we need more professions to give voice to the people.

A doctor will have a different view on how to run things based on their professional experience, same with an engineer and nurse, and as a democracy, we will better evolve if we are able to assimilate all views from different professions into the system which maintains our way of life.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

A Thank You to God and my parents



I thank you God for blessing someone as unworthy as me with this achievement.


I thank both my parents, my father, the late Executive Judge of Tanauan, Batangas, Voltaire Ylagan Rosales, and my mom, Atty. Ma Filomena Legaspi-Rosales for making this possible.

Dad, you are my inspiration and my motivation. You inspired me to persevere through all the harsh realities of life, in private and of government, to see hope and work towards making the change I believe in.

Mom, you literally kept us afloat after Dad was assassinated. Without you, there would be no college, no law school and no life to look forward to. Your passion and dedication to serve without counting the cost gives me strength to move on.

I love you both.

2012 Bar Exam Results




So people can find it. Congrats to the new attorneys and may you do something great for our country!


1. A JOSE- AGUSTIN, Karren
2. ABASTILLAS, Lemuel
3. ABERIN, Ma. Christine
4. ABES, Royce Nieville
5. ABRENZOSA, Cleofe
6. ABUAN, Ruby Ryza
7. ACEDO, Kristian Josef
8. ACORDA, Jacqueline
9. ACOSTA, Lourdes Mae
10. ACOSTA, JR., Gil
11. ACUÑA, Jose Fidel
12. ADAN, Jan Mari
13. ADAP, Sanawia
14. AGANA, III, Carlos Ivan
15. AGATEP, Pia Augustha
16. AGBAY-ABILAR, Janice
17. AGBON, Ma. Cecelia Esperanza
18. AGOPITAC, Nestle
19. AGUAVIVA, Ava Marie
20. AJES-LAURENTE, Lilibeth
21. ALAMEDA, Abigail
22. ALAWI, JR., Saipal
23. ALBANO, Pia Ursula
24. ALBANO, Ranvylle
25. ALBAS, Dominique
26. ALBINA, Dionel
27. ALBOTRA, Tet Chea
28. ALCANTARA, Austin Claude
29. ALCANTARA, Rickmon Albert
30. ALCERA, II, Hermie
31. ALDOVINO, Marian Mae
32. ALEJANDRE, Pauline
33. ALFELOR, JR., Avelino
34. ALI, JR., Lanang
35. ALIM, Nicolito Jesus
36. ALIVIA, Mikhail Sherard
37. ALMARIO, Ann Therese
38. ALMENDRAL, Chrizellie
39. ALMIREZ, Hanna Maria Nica
40. ALOJADO, Carlo Enrico
41. ALVAREZ, Aila May
42. ALVAREZ, Maria Margarita
43. ALVERO, Marierose
44. AMADOR, Tina Andrea
45. AMAN, Takahiro Kenjie
46. AMARO, Ana Mae
47. AMBROCIO, Ma. Carmencita
48. AMSAN, Munib
49. ANDAWI, Melody
50. ANDRION, Jofre
51. ANG, Kathleen Mae
52. ANG, JR., Rodolfo
53. ANGELES, Raul
54. ANTIGUA, Perseus
55. ANTONIO, Rafael
56. APALISOK, JR., Simplicio
57. APARTE, Frances Margaret
58. APORTADERA, Mario Leonardo Emilio
59. AQUENDE, Joseph Angelo Wesley
60. ARANAS, Kim
61. ARCEO, Irene
62. ARCEO, Mariam
63. ARCEÑO, Jackielyn
64. ARDIENTE, Arnold
65. ARELLANO, May Kristine
66. ARIAS, Michelle
67. ARMENTA, Joshua
68. ARQUIZA, Arbee
69. ARQUIZA, Carlo
70. ARRIBA, Mona Liza
71. ARRIOLA, Roanne
72. ARTICONA, Mercedes
73. ARTICULO, Mark Anthony
74. ARTUGUE, Arianne
75. ARUGAY, Manuel Adrian
76. ASPIRAS, Janice
77. ASUNCION, Mark Anthony
78. ASUNTO, Daisy Ray
79. ATANACIO, John David
80. AUGUSTO, Davemark
81. AUSAN, Anniefair
82. AUSTRIA, Carlo
83. AUTENCIO, Anthony
84. AUZA, Jannycer
85. AVILA, Aldan
86. AVILA, Rachelle Faye
87. BABIERA, Jan Christian
88. BACOLOD, Julse
89. BAGAIPO, Cesar
90. BAGATSING, Lea Margarette
91. BAGUIO, Cindy
92. BAGULAYA, Jose Duke
93. BAILAN, Bai Sittie Saida
94. BAINTO, Neal Vincent
95. BAJAS, Joey
96. BAJETA, Jonathan
97. BAKILAN, Bernard
98. BALAGA, Jo Ann
99. BALANQUIT, Raoul Jann
100. BALAORO, Grace
101. BALBA, Zack Hansel
102. BALDOMERO, Ivan Jeffrey
103. BALDOVINO, Aldwin Kenneth
104. BALDOVINO, Alexander
105. BALDOVINO, Tanya Justine
106. BALILI, Neil Aaron
107. BALMES, Irene
108. BALORO, Joemyl
109. BALTAZAR, Ana Lyn
110. BANAYAT-NAS, Hermilia
111. BANDALAN, Jared Anthony
112. BANGHE, Hannah Jane
113. BANZON, Eva
114. BAPTISTA, Joe Allan
115. BARCELONA, Ralph Karlo
116. BARQUEZ, Ma. Elisa Jonalyn
117. BARRIOS, Angelo
118. BASCUGUIN, Maria Jocelyn
119. BASE, Amerissa
120. BASE, Maria Graciela
121. BAUTISTA, Judy-ann
122. BAUTISTA, Krystel Jehan
123. BAUTISTA, Maria Theresa
124. BAYONA, Phoebe Ann
125. BEBER, Dindo
126. BECHAYDA, JR., Jose
127. BEDURAL, Vladimir
128. BENIGIAN, II, Mardovic Dodge
129. BENITEZ, JR., Arcadio
130. BERAY-DE AUSEN, Penelope
131. BERNARDINO, Ramon Felipe
132. BERNARDO, Donna Ametyst
133. BERNARDO, Nicolo
134. BERNARDO, Pallo Mert
135. BIADO, Nazariel
136. BIDAD, Jonelyn
137. BILANGEL, Judy Ann
138. BILIRAN, Amabelle
139. BINARAO, Romael Meng
140. BIRONDO, Francis Ian
141. BLANCIA, Andrei Marion
142. BONDOC, Hector Jerome
143. BONGHANOY, Al
144. BONILLA, Diana Lutgarda
145. BORBON, Mariven
146. BORDON, Maria Janina Ann
147. BORJA, Ma. Arlene
148. BORROMEO, Gabriel Angelo
149. BOTABARA, Theresa
150. BRACERO, II, Wivino
151. BRAGAT, Junrie
152. BRILLANTES, Roselle Louie
153. BRION, Eden
154. BRIONES, Conrado
155. BRIONES, Gerald
156. BRONCE, Roentgen
157. BUAGÑIN, Venice
158. BUENAVENTURA, Ma. Clarissa Hearty
159. BUENAVENTURA, Roberto Martin
160. BULOTANO, Ronnie
161. BULSECO, Khristine Gail
162. BUSTOS, Adrian Francis
163. CABANTING, Gil Matthew
164. CABANTUD, Racel
165. CABATINGAN, Justine Mae
166. CABI, Romina Aina
167. CABIEDES, Rodrigo
168. CABRERA, Fernando Juan
169. CABRERA, John Patrick
170. CACHAPERO, JR., Oliver
171. CADABUNA, Marvin Jay
172. CADDAWAN-PANCHO, Julaida
173. CAHAYAG, Rommel
174. CAIBAN, Lee Ferdinand
175. CAJUCOM, Oscar Carlo
176. CALAG, Welan
177. CALALANG, Mary Bianca
178. CALAMAY, Cesar Norman
179. CALDERINI, Charmaine
180. CALDERON, Abegail Joan
181. CALINGASAN, Charlene Mae
182. CALMA-CHAN, Gabriela
183. CALUAG, Edmond
184. CALVAN, Myrtle
185. CAMACHO, Gianfrancis
186. CAMACHO, Paolo Francisco
187. CAMAGANACAN, Emelie
188. CAMISO, Aldous Benjamin
189. CAMUA, Mariacarla
190. CANDELARIA, Marissa
191. CANTILLAS, Irish Claire
192. CANTOS, Rj
193. CAPANAS, Jovalie Claire
194. CAPELLAN, Marina Victoria
195. CARANDANG, Ma. Buenafe
196. CARBONELL, Rhea Joy
197. CARDIÑO, Gian Carlo
198. CARDONA, Sarah Jeane
199. CARILLO, Marc Jay
200. CARINGAL-DE CASTRO, Maria Yvet
201. CARLOBOS, Princess Christine
202. CARPIO, Menachem
203. CARTAGENA, Philipp King
204. CASADOR, Angeli Ness
205. CASALS, Detchie
206. CASIBANG, JR., Ruben
207. CASIDSID-PORTENTO, Regina
208. CASIO, Jo Ann Marie
209. CASISON-DUNGCA, Maricel
210. CASTILLO, Beverly
211. CASTILLO, Dante
212. CASTILLO, Mark Erwin
213. CASTRO, Joanne Frances
214. CASTRODES, Kristine Joyce
215. CASUELA, Nathaniel Joseph
216. CATACUTAN, Richard
217. CATACUTAN, JR., Felicisimo
218. CATALAN, Jo-am
219. CATALUÑA-RENEGADO, Catherine
220. CATULONG, Zacharias
221. CAYABAN, Iva Freyritz Erica
222. CAYCO, Natasha
223. CAYCO, Victor Carlo Antonio
224. CAÑARES, Vhincent
225. CAÑETE, Stephen Roy
226. CEDEÑO, Jessa Mary Ann
227. CERIALES, Roni
228. CHAN, Christian
229. CHAN, Clifford
230. CHAN, Jereline
231. CHAVES, Carla Michelle
232. CHING, May Ann
233. CHINTE, Mary Eileen
234. CHU, Kristine Paula
235. CHUA, Sacel Anne
236. CINCO, Abegail Marie
237. CLAUDIO, Joanne Lucille Germaine
238. CLAUDIO, Kristoffer
239. CLAUDIO, Lesley Anne
240. CLEDERA, Kim Debra
241. COMA, Joanne Marie
242. CONCEPCION, Irene Charmaine
243. CONCEPCION, Robin Bryan
244. CONDE, Fiona
245. CONDE, Maricar
246. CONVOCAR, Daniel Luis
247. CORESIS, Ma. Katrina
248. CORPUZ, Danielle Sigfreid
249. CORPUZ, Grazielynne
250. CORRALES, Michael John
251. CORSAME-FUENTES, Gazzelenne
252. COVARRUBIAS, Jose Janello
253. CRISOSTOMO, Jaim Mari
254. CRUZ, Emmanuel Rey
255. CRUZ, Gino Carlo
256. CRUZ, Jennifer Anne Marie
257. CRUZ, Keneth Joyce
258. CRUZ, Niño Martin
259. CRUZ, Roxanne Joan
260. CUARTERO, Dave
261. CUBA, Margareth Kristel
262. CUBERO, Ronald
263. CUBILLAN, Asis
264. CUCHAPIN, Mykedox Knoel
265. CUEVAS, Dyan Marie
266. CUI, Rosabel
267. CURADA, Yul Bernie
268. CURAMMENG, Jessieh Rey
269. CUSTODIO, Daniel Ben
270. DANCE, Kristoffer Lee
271. DAPITON, Roel
272. DAQUIOAG, Florence
273. DE ANDRES, JR., Gabriel
274. DE CHAVEZ, Marc Roby
275. DE CHAVEZ-ALEDO, Sharon
276. DE DUMO, Jilliane Joyce
277. DE GUZMAN, Arjel
278. DE GUZMAN, Michael
279. DE GUZMAN, Robert Josef
280. DE GUZMAN, Steven Michael
281. DE LA CRUZ, Christian
282. DE LEON, Jose
283. DE LOS REYES, Dianne Margarette
284. DE LOS SANTOS, Christian Loren
285. DE MESA, Beverly Elvy
286. DE VERA, Ma. Christine Fel
287. DE VERA, II, Rustico
288. DE VILLA, Rhodora
289. DEJARME, Doreen
290. DEL ROSARIO, Joseph Carl
291. DELA CALZADA, Renato
292. DELA CRUZ, Gerald
293. DELA CRUZ, Glenna Mari
294. DELA CRUZ, Vann Allen
295. DELA CUESTA, Rogie
296. DELA PEÑA, Toni Carla
297. DELOS SANTOS, Lilian
298. DEOMPOC, Mary Khristel
299. DEVERATURDA, Joan Paula
300. DIALINO, Karen
301. DIAZ, Mario Vincent
302. DIESMOS, Angelo Ted
303. DIESTO, Jovian
304. DIGO, Jerry
305. DIMACULANGAN, Roberto Miguel
306. DIMAFELIX, II, Alfredo
307. DIMATATAC, Edwin
308. DIMSON, Caira Joyce
309. DIOKNO, Angelo
310. DISPO, D'lorenz Miro
311. DIZON, Justinne
312. DOCENA, Hans Christian
313. DOGWE-RAMIREZ, Marifi
314. DOMINGO, Frances Yani
315. DOMINGUEZ, Ilyn
316. DONATO, Carol
317. DORIA, Dianne
318. DU, Minister Moises
319. DUAZO, Rose Shayne
320. DUCUSIN, Alejandro
321. DULAY-MARCOS, Vicky Runa
322. DUMAGAT, Maricon
323. DUMALAY, Marichriz
324. DUNUAN, Brionelle La Realesa
325. DY, Frederick
326. ELEAZAR, Armand Dietrich
327. ELGO, Phil Ephraim
328. ELTANAL, Felwin Rau
329. ENAD, Rajiv
330. ENCABO, III, Melchisedech
331. ENCARNACION, Ian
332. ENCARNACION, Mark Francis
333. EPE, Evan
334. ERMINO, Augusto Ceasar
335. ESCALONA, Leo Miguel
336. ESCATRON, Karie
337. ESCOBER, Carlo
338. ESCUETA, Leonard
339. ESMENDA, Alvin
340. ESMERALDA, Patrick
341. ESPARCIA, Janis Louis
342. ESPARRAGO, Sheldon
343. ESPINA, Corin Celeste
344. ESPINOSA, Ron Ely
345. ESPIRITU, Harvey Rhey
346. ESPIRITU, Leah Eloisa
347. ESPIRITU, Paula
348. ESQUIVIAS, Joaquin Pablo
349. ESTIGOY, Karene Maneka
350. ESTRADA-ALCANTARA, Maria Socorro
351. ESTRELLA, Eric
352. EVAN, Noel
353. EVANGELISTA, Carlo Eduardo
354. EX, Doyle
355. EÑANO, Carissa Ann
356. FABUL, Joseph Vincent
357. FAJARDO, Celerina Rose
358. FAJARDO, Idamae
359. FAJARDO, Jan Ale
360. FATALLA, Dave Florenz
361. FEDERIO, Maria Desiree
362. FELICES, Rachel Marie
363. FELICIA, Luz Angela
364. FELIPE, Eduardo
365. FELIX, Peter Anthony Joseph
366. FERIA, Jerome Christopher
367. FERNANDO, Angelo
368. FERRAREN, Ryan
369. FERRER, Rosette
370. FLORES, Raymund Jonas
371. FLORES, Soleil
372. FLORES, II, Lester Jay Alan
373. FOLLO, Dennis
374. FONTANILLA, Viktor Samuel
375. FRAGANTE, Francis
376. FRANCISCO, Jeremiah
377. FRANCISCO, Jose Ma. Jason
378. FULGENCIO, Genesis
379. GABITO, Garry
380. GABOR-TOLENTINO, Joy Marie
381. GADIT, Earl
382. GALANG, John Paul
383. GALICIA, Gene Franco
384. GALLEVO-BAMBO, Majella Theresa
385. GALMAN, Franklin Gerard
386. GALVEZ, Edmund Cyril
387. GALVEZ, Jerico Angelo
388. GAMO, Ciselie Marie
389. GANASI, Dante
390. GANDO, Jovi Louie
391. GARCIA, Jan David
392. GARCIA, Junnar
393. GARCIA, Ron Michael
394. GARCINEZ, Paolo Gonzalo
395. GARRIDO, Kinni Albert
396. GATCHALIAN, Kate Carra
397. GATDULA, Genesis
398. GAYANILO, Brian
399. GENON, Aero Jel
400. GEOCANIGA, Gene Pedmon
401. GERNALE, Jay
402. GERVACIO, Diana
403. GIGANTONE, Maria Riza Lea
404. GILBUENA, Francis Conrad
405. GINGOYON, Laiza Kristel
406. GO, David Michael
407. GO, Marie Michelle
408. GO, Paolo Angelo
409. GOC-ONG, Lara May
410. GODINEZ, Jose Mari
411. GOMEZ, Ace
412. GOMEZ, Joni
413. GOMEZ, Mikhail Josef
414. GONZAGA, Odessa Grace
415. GONZALES, Christian
416. GONZALES, Jenny
417. GONZALES, Kristine Carmela
418. GONZALES, Nil Ryan
419. GORDULA, Xavier Elbert
420. GOYENA, Ma. Flor De Lis
421. GRANADO, Glenbelle
422. GUANGCO, Ma. Veronica
423. GUERRA, Blesscille
424. GUERRERO, Alan Martin
425. GUERRERO, Katrina Elena
426. GUEVARA, Kristine Bernadette
427. GUILLERMO, Maica
428. GUINOMLA, Mohammad Jamaludin
429. GUINTO, Celeni Kristine
430. GUMBAN, Margaret Rose
431. GUMBAN, Vanessa
432. GURREA, Fay Irene
433. GUTIERREZ, Eva Marie
434. GUZMAN, Jeffvince
435. HADLOCON, Fatima Faye
436. HASSANI, Mary Sayeh
437. HEREDIA, Criselda
438. HERMOSURA, Chasmeneth
439. HERNANDEZ, Maria Concepcion
440. HERNANDEZ, Patricia Andrea
441. HILARIO, Dan Raphael
442. HILARIO, Kyndell
443. HINLO, Marco
444. HIPOLITO, Maria Monica
445. HULIGANGA, Lovella May
446. HUMARANG, Jayson
447. HUMILDE, Noemi
448. IBAÑEZ, Jonathan
449. IGNACIO, Christopher John Marcelino
450. ILANO, Jose Angelito
451. IMPERIAL, Ramil
452. IMRAN, Adzlan
453. INCIONG, Jhoan Andrei
454. INDIOLA, Rio Aiko
455. INFANTE, Colleen
456. INGLES, Ignatius Michael
457. INLAO, Charle Magne
458. IRANZO, Kristoffer Edward
459. ISIDRO, Laida May
460. JAAFAR, Faigdar
461. JACOBA, Maria Laviña Rae
462. JARANILLA, David
463. JAVIER, April Rose
464. JAVIER, Carlo Michael
465. JAYME, Joel
466. JOAQUINO, JR., Joseph James
467. JUAN, Vincent
468. JUATCO, Francis
469. JULARBAL, Starr
470. JUSI, Genevieve
471. KALAW, Jenny Kay
472. KATIPUNAN, Andrea
473. KIAMZON, Joyful Josette
474. KING KAY, Catherine Beatrice
475. KO, Patricia
476. KUSAIN-KANSI, Adjuria
477. LA ROSA-MILLARES, Katherine Joy
478. LABADOR, Jed
479. LABIANO, Lester
480. LACAP, Karen Kristi
481. LACEDA, Jovert
482. LACHICA, Lemuel
483. LACNO, Sarah Vanessa
484. LACSON, April Carmela
485. LAGGUI, Marie Hyacinth
486. LAMBINO, Mary Rhauline
487. LAMSEN, Jaenicen
488. LANGIT, Earla Kahlila Mikhaila
489. LANTION, Mell Christopher
490. LANUZO, Ma. Czarina
491. LAO, Michael Stephen
492. LAOHOO, Joyce Elaine
493. LAUROS, Jus
494. LAXAMANA, Aufelene Anne
495. LAYAAN, Geraldine
496. LAZARO, Grace Ann
497. LAZARO, Nicholai Noel
498. LEAL, Lemuel
499. LEDESMA, Leofred Ian
500. LEGASPI, Erwin
501. LEI, John Christopherson
502. LEIDO, Juan Paolo Miguel
503. LELIS, Alexa Marie
504. LENA, Andrew John
505. LEONG-ANUDIN, Leslie Ann
506. LERONA, Lawuel
507. LI, Carlo Martin
508. LIGGAYU, Minehaha
509. LIM, Jhella
510. LIM, Rachelle
511. LIM, Timothy Dalton
512. LIM-MAGTANGGOL, Rachelle
513. LISTONES, Paul
514. LIWAG, Jobelle Joyce
515. LLAMAS, Marvyn
516. LOGROÑO, Princess Jazmine
517. LONDRES, Louie Marie
518. LOPEZ-BALUYUT, Philjoy
519. LORA, Lizette Lou
520. LOTOC, Jeremy
521. LOZADA, Maria Kristile
522. LOZANO, Daphne
523. LU, Antonio Miguel
524. LUCAS, Danjun
525. LUCIANO, Mark Christian
526. LUIB, JR., Ronald
527. LUNA, Myla
528. LUNASCO, Emil
529. MABANTA, Marco Jose Maria
530. MABAZZA, Paolo
531. MACABODBOD, Lou Bryan
532. MACARAEG, Marck Joseph
533. MACARANDANG, Deen Asliah
534. MACARAYAN, Maichel Rick
535. MACHUCA, Jose Maria Angel
536. MADRIDIJO, Marlon
537. MAGCALAS, Felman Gem
538. MAGLINAO, Patrick
539. MALABUYOC, Ichelle
540. MALAGA, Vic Randolf
541. MALALAD, Warren Wesley
542. MALASA, Michelene
543. MALAWANI, Hanaphi
544. MALLANAO, Paul
545. MAMAILAO, Athiena
546. MAMAILAO, Paiza
547. MAMUKID, Michael
548. MANALO, May
549. MANALO, Melchor
550. MANANDEG, Gertrude Gay
551. MANAUIS, JR., Conrado
552. MANCAO, Katrina Michelle
553. MANGSI, Sanchez
554. MANGUBAT, Rex
555. MANIEGO, Catriona Rhiannon
556. MANRIQUE, Bernard
557. MANUEL, Sheila Gene
558. MAQUILAN, Jonathan
559. MARANAN, Maria Carmela
560. MARASIGAN, Nathan
561. MARAÑA, Jonalyn
562. MARCELO, Monica Joy
563. MARCELO, Ronel
564. MARIÑAS, Maria Rosario
565. MARON-MARTIN, Vobbye Jean
566. MAROTO, Ma. Alexandria Ixara
567. MARQUESES, Dan Michael
568. MARQUEZ, JR., Reynaldo
569. MARTIN, Mary Marjorie
570. MARTINEZ, IV, Lorenzo
571. MARTIREZ, Ike
572. MARTY, Frank Edward
573. MASLOG, Ma. Sheryl
574. MATALAM, Jamil Adrian Khalil
575. MATIAS, Serwin
576. MATILDO, JR, Lerdo
577. MAURERA, Katherine
578. MAYUGA, Adrian
579. MAÑEBO, Ferdinand
580. MEDINA, Maria Ana Karina
581. MEJIA, Nina Remedios
582. MEJIA, Venus Amelie
583. MELGAR, III, Josefino
584. MENDOZA, Daniel Angelo
585. MENDOZA, Emaculada Concepcion
586. MENDOZA, Gerardo
587. MENDOZA, Jason
588. MENDOZA, Marychelle
589. MENZON, Anthony
590. MERCADER, Ryan
591. MERIDA, JR., Manuel
592. MILLEZA, Carmel Rosame
593. MILLORA, II, Efren Joe
594. MINA, Iellen Therese
595. MIRANDA-RIMONTE, Ana
596. MIRAVALLES, Samantha
597. MITCHOR, April
598. MONTANO, IV, Julian
599. MONTEMAYOR, Meriam
600. MONTENEGRO, Kutz Melvin
601. MORA, Crisanto
602. MORALES, Armand
603. MORALES, Generick Humprey
604. MORGA, Ryan Calvin
605. MORILLO, Leo Adrian
606. MOTOOMULL-IDULSA, Marian Kanna
607. MUCOY-GRANADOS, Meralie
608. MULI, Katrina
609. MUPAS, Remedios
610. MUTIA, Mohammad Nabil
611. MUÑIZ, Angelo
612. MUÑOZ, Giselle Angelica
613. NAGAÑO, Lord Jayson
614. NAVARRA, Cherrylyn
615. NEJUDNE, Paul
616. NICOLAS, Jerwin
617. NIEMES, Vanessa
618. NIEVES, Jonas
619. NIFRAS, Francis Ariel
620. NOEL, Laura Katrina
621. NOGRALES, Juan Fidel Felipe
622. NONATO, Roselle Jean
623. NOVERAS, Chrsitian
624. NUCUP, Neil
625. NUEVO, Genie Celini
626. NUÑEZ, Jeremie
627. OBIAS, John Dominic
628. OCADO, Allian
629. OCAMPO, Christopher Louie
630. OCAMPO, Gilbert Paolo
631. OCAMPO, Riza Lyn
632. OFANDA, Adonis
633. OLAVERE, Albert
634. OLYMPIA, Abrame-lionel Gamaliel
635. OMOLON, Maila Giselle
636. ONA, Kristel Concepcion
637. ONG, Tracy Anne
638. OPINION, Richard
639. OPOSA, Juan Antonio
640. OPSIMA, Gayle
641. ORAL, Daniel Martin
642. ORATE, Danessa Fayne
643. ORBETA, Frances Grace Allyana
644. ORBITA, Chona
645. ORDOÑEZ, Jaclyn Anne
646. ORTIZ, Edison
647. OSORIO, Rolant Andrie
648. PABLICO, Maria Asuncion
649. PABLICO, My Kristia
650. PACASEM, Ubaida
651. PADER-VILLANUEVA, Carmina Agnes
652. PADILLA, Albert
653. PADILLA JR., Victor
654. PADOGA, Dean Martin
655. PAGADOR, Winston
656. PAGALILAUAN, Edison James
657. PAGLICAWAN, Maria Angelica
658. PALENCIA-UYTENGSU, Maida Joy
659. PALLA, Bartolome
660. PALOMAR, Sunshine
661. PALU-AY, Matias Monico
662. PANA, Melbourne Ziro
663. PANGANIBAN, Victoria
664. PANTIG, Hazel
665. PARADO, Lovely Myrrh
666. PAREJA, Judiel
667. PARUBRUB, Christina
668. PARUNGAO, Ronald
669. PASION, Roseann Claudine
670. PATAUEG, JR., Nicolas
671. PATIÑO, Erica Christel
672. PAVON, Teddy Edmund
673. PAYUMO, Margielyn
674. PAZZIUAGAN, Cheska Ann
675. PEDROSA, JR., Jose Aaron
676. PEGALAN, Ricky Heart
677. PELAEZ, Lawrence Leo
678. PELANDAS, Bryan
679. PELINIO, Norman
680. PELOBELLO, JR., Herminio
681. PERALTA, Romark
682. PERANDOS, Katty Jean Lourdes
683. PERAS, Phoebeth
684. PERDITO, Kristine Jane
685. PEREDO-MILLAN, Cynthia Lyn
686. PEREGRINO-CO, Jaydee
687. PEREZ, Alexander Brian
688. PEREZ, Lilibeth
689. PERNITES, Russel
690. PEÑADA, Joanna May
691. PICZON, Edson
692. PILAR, Sir Achilles
693. PIMENTEL, Joanna Pauline
694. PINILI, Richard
695. PIÑON, Joseph Carlo
696. PLAZA, Leslie Mae
697. PLAZO, Joseph
698. PRADO, Carlos Manuel
699. PRINCIPIO, Pearl Lizza
700. PROCHINA, Mary Avon
701. PUA, Alvin Greg
702. PUA, Moses Eleazar
703. PUERTO, Basil
704. PUGUON, Jener
705. QUESADA, Michael
706. QUEZADA, Peter Paul
707. QUIACHON, Nea Cecille
708. QUIAMBAO, Reinier
709. QUIBO, Grace May
710. QUIBRANZA, Lorraine Anne
711. QUILATES, Donelle Jay
712. QUIMPO, Andro Julio
713. QUINAGORAN, Fidelis Victorino
714. QUINTOS, Beverly Anne
715. QUISUMBING, Julia Francesca
716. RADAZA, Eirah
717. RAFAEL, Marq Azeus
718. RAMEL, Christopher
719. RAMOS, Agatha Kristy
720. RAMOS, Billy James
721. RAMOS, Dave
722. RAMOS, Maridelle
723. RAMOS, Raymond
724. RASO, Karl Vincent
725. RAVELO, Zaide
726. RAYMUNDO, Vir Celito
727. RECIERDO, Mark Francis
728. RECIO, Albee Alliana
729. RECTO, Mark Alvin
730. REMOLACIO, Emmanuel
731. REPOLLO-UY, Alnessa Thea
732. REVALDE, Jeser
733. REVILLA, JR., Rodrigo
734. REYES, Clarisse
735. REYES, Jaymie Ann
736. REYES, Jose Antonio
737. REYES, Maryann Agnes Jertez
738. REYES, Misheil
739. RICAFLANCA, Leizl
740. RICAZA, Michelle Marie
741. RIGODON, Lou Diane
742. RILLERA, Jobert
743. RIVERA, Joonee Randyl
744. ROA-OARDE, Dianne Marie
745. ROBLES, Edgar Michael
746. ROBLES, Sunshine
747. ROCHA, Robert Angelo
748. RODRIGUEZ, Miracle Anne
749. ROJO, Jane Catherine
750. ROLEDA, Danell Lenard
751. ROMEA, George Michael
752. ROMERO, Allan
753. ROMUALDO, Xavier Jesus
754. RONDAL, Jaye Loren
755. ROSALES, Vicente Rafael
756. ROXAS, Juan Paolo
757. RUBINO, Junald
758. RUDAS, Vincent
759. SABADO, Joseph Mario
760. SABAS, Lloyd Francis
761. SABAUPAN, Flor Angela
762. SABORNAY, Ricky
763. SABORNIDO, Noemi
764. SAGARIO, Leo Angelo
765. SAJONIA, Louie
766. SALARZON, Henry Claude Roy
767. SALAZAR, Jerome
768. SALAZAR, Patrick Henry
769. SALCEDO, Anna
770. SALCEDO-PUDPUD, Debbie Love
771. SALEM-INES, Chermibelle
772. SALENDAB, Ayla Herazade
773. SALLIDAO, Eric
774. SALVA, Carlo Emmanuel
775. SALVANI, A.d. Vincent Iv
776. SAMACO, Leo Bernard
777. SAMSON, Martin Luigi
778. SAN DIEGO, JR., Virgilio
779. SAN PEDRO, Leila Grace
780. SANCHEZ, Janer
781. SANCHEZ, Marie Yasmin
782. SANDOVAL, Camhella
783. SANDOVAL, Josephine Grace
784. SANDRINO, Maureen Grace
785. SANGGACALA, Naima
786. SANTAMARIA, Dindo
787. SANTIAGO, Dulce Corazon
788. SANTIAGO, Jefferson
789. SANTIAGO, Philippe Emile
790. SANTOS, Alexander
791. SANTOS, Ana Lorraine
792. SANTOS, Aurelia Beatrice
793. SANTOS, Hanzel
794. SANTOS, Joel
795. SANTOS, Joel
796. SANTOS, Joel Enrico
797. SANTOS, Juan Paolo
798. SANTOS, Karichi
799. SANTOS, Kathleen Mae
800. SANTOS, Melissa Christina
801. SARABOSQUEZ, Justine Keith
802. SARANGAYA, JR., Ismael
803. SARI, Jayson
804. SARONA, JR., Isidro
805. SAYSON, Charlotte Lyza
806. SAZON, Ser Christian
807. SEE, Candice Faye
808. SELLEZA, Suzy Claire
809. SERCADO, Marie Arcie Anne
810. SERENIO, Darlon
811. SERENO, Jose Lorenzo
812. SIA, Emmanuel
813. SIADEN, Nathaniel
814. SIASON-VILLA, Belinda
815. SINGCO, Jamee
816. SINGZON, Maria Eloisa Imelda
817. SIRON, Monica Leonila
818. SISON, Juvin
819. SO, Jelani Carlo
820. SO, Kristina Carmela
821. SOBREPEÑA, Deborah Miriam
822. SOCO, Patrina
823. SOCRATES, Louie
824. SOLEJON, Franie
825. SOLIDON, Ed Rowland
826. SOLIVEN, Jan Vincent
827. SOMOROSTRO, Genaro
828. SORIANO, Raymond Adrian
829. SORIANO, Sarah
830. SORIASO, Louresse Patricia Jane
831. SPALDING, Donn Robert
832. STA. BARBARA, Jesus Erick
833. SUAREZ, Roberto Paolo
834. SUAREZ, Shiela May
835. SULIT, Dioxenos
836. SUMAGAYSAY, Laser Blitz
837. SUMAOY, Dexter Rey
838. SUMIBCAY, Dexter Caesar
839. SUROPIA, Fehma
840. SY, Clarence
841. TABALON, Leonard Lyle
842. TABLADILLO, Stephanie
843. TADIQUE, Roxanne
844. TAGANAS, Olivia
845. TAGUBA, Jezreel Caridad
846. TAGUIAM, Christa Maria
847. TAIB, Najeeb
848. TALLEDO, Harold Christian
849. TAMAYO, Maribel
850. TAMONDONG, Mark Lester
851. TAMONDONG, JR., Eddie
852. TAN, Cheryl Bevin
853. TAN, Maria Theresa
854. TAN, Talitha Renee
855. TANCINCO, Rafael Lorenzo
856. TANCINCO, Roy Shaun
857. TANGCO, Karen Kreez
858. TANSINGCO, Samira Nimfa
859. TANUNTANUM, Erik
860. TAPIA, Mayette
861. TATLONGHARI, Renel
862. TAYHOPON, Kristoffer Ryan
863. TE, Justine
864. TECSON, Janna Mae
865. TEEHANKEE, Ryan Christopher
866. TELAN, John Benedict
867. TINAGAN, James Michael Vincent
868. TING, Camille Sue Mae
869. TIOPIANCO, Francis Paolo
870. TOBIAS, Ana Patricia
871. TOLENTINO, Arc Aldrin
872. TORREFLORES-ALIAN, Connie
873. TORRENTIRA, Rosalio
874. TORRES, Phillip
875. TORRES, Reyjie
876. TRASPORTO, Jose Donel
877. TUGADI, Marifem
878. TUMANDA, Jansyl Lovan
879. TUPAZ, Kristine
880. TUTAAN, Tyrone
881. TY, Evita Grace
882. UBERITA, Joan
883. UDDIN, Zalman
884. URSUA, Melissa Asuncion
885. USON, Adriana Alexis
886. UY, Johan Christian
887. UY, Kim Raisa
888. UY, Rhea
889. VALAQUIO, Ma. Ailyne
890. VALDEZ, Cristina
891. VALDEZ, Maia Chiara Halmen Reina
892. VALDEZ, JR., Edgar
893. VALENCIA, David Evelio
894. VALENTIN, Charmaine
895. VALENTON, Johvie
896. VALERA, Stephen Russel Keith
897. VARGAS, Jacqueline
898. VARGAS, Mona Angela
899. VARON, Iniego Carl
900. VELASCO, Ethelene
901. VELASCO, Lady Ivy Vanity
902. VELOSO, III, Marcelino
903. VENTURA, Mary Grace
904. VENTURA, Ruby Ann
905. VENZUELA, Kristine Ann
906. VERCIDE-LUNA, Jocelyn
907. VERTULFO-ARBOLE, Jovilly Donna
908. VESTIL, Rosalita
909. VICENTE, Nilda
910. VIERNES, JR., Celestino
911. VILLACORTE, Audrey Eunize
912. VILLALOBOS, Melchor
913. VILLALON, Albert Angelo
914. VILLANO, Sheela
915. VILLANUEVA, Carlos Joseph
916. VILLANUEVA, Norliza
917. VILLANUEVA, Ralph Christian
918. VILLANUEVA, Roberto
919. VILLANUEVA, Ronn Michael
920. VILLANUEVA, Tiofilo
921. VILLAR, Viferlyn
922. VIRAY, Joshua
923. VIRTUDAZO, Rilven Christian
924. VIÑAS, Sheiryl
925. WACQUISAN, Ma. Tilde Titina
926. WHITE, Charles Jensen
927. WIEDMER, Patrick Heinz
928. WONG, Joyce Anne
929. YAM, Mark Benjamin
930. YANG, Alarice
931. YANKEE, Jimson
932. YAO, Jacqueline Anne
933. YAP, Cherrylin
934. YAP, Shan Yran
935. YAU, Weny
936. YLADE, Donna Frances
937. YMAS, Priscilla Mae
938. YODICO, II, Rodolfo
939. YOUNG, Michael Wilson
940. YU, Diane Cecilia
941. YU, Stephen
942. ZABALA, Mark Louie
943. ZAFRA, Yolanda
944. ZAMBRANO, Gino Antonio
945. ZAMORAS-VIRTUDAZO, Luz
946. ZAPANTA, Arthur Imanuel
947. ZARAGOZA, Anicka Nicoli
948. ZARENO, Jewelynn Gay
949. ZERNA, Adelaine Faith

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A little bird told me that I passed. Thank you God.

I love you mom and dad.

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