The Palladium May 2016 Broadsheet

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NEWS

LEGAL

THE COMPLICATED SITUATION OF PREMATURE CAMPAIGNING

PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION INSPECTORS

VOLUMENo. No.XX XVIII VOLUME

CAFETERIA CONCESSIONAIRE TO END ITS OPERATIONS? By Solomon Michael P. Vardeleon

ANCHOR Cuisine Inc. (Anchor) has been the cafeteria concessionaire of the Ateneo Professional School (APS) since 1999, the same year that the Ateneo Law School (ALS) was transferred from the H.V. Dela Costa campus to its present location in Rockwell. In the early part of August this year, however, Anchor received a Memorandum from the Office of the Vice President of the APS formalizing their agreement that Anchor will hold its concession only until the commencement of the renovation of the APS building in Rockwell. In the said Memorandum, it was stated that the APS is grateful to Anchor for its continued operations despite the expiration of its contract in March 2016; however, after the renovation for the new canteen is completed, a bidding for the grant of the new concession will be conducted.

ATENEO TRIUMPHS AT THE ‘DEBATE SA SENADO’

ISSUENo. No.22 ISSUE

JANUARY MAY 20162015

ATENEO LAW SHINES WITH 81%; ARCEO, ANDERSON, AND TIU MAKE IT TO TOP 10 By Marianne Jezelle Jem T. Macarilay

THE Ateneo Law School accomplished an 81.01% over-all passing rate in the 2015 Bar examinations. The passing rate for first-time takers from the Ateneo this year is at 83%, whereas the passing rate for Ateneans who have taken the Bar The renovation of the examinations before is at 78%. cafeteria, according to Ms. Marife Reginald Arceo led the new Villanueva, Assistant to the Vice President of the APS, is part of batch of Atenean lawyers with a the total renovation planned for score of 86.70%, good for 4th place the APS building. Although the overall. Mandy Therese Anderson renovation is still in the process of (5th place) and Jericho Tiu (8th discussion, the general proposal place) join Arceo in the Top Ten, for the renovation has been on with scores of 86.15% and 85.85% the table since 2015, and part of overall respectively. the discussion is the proposed Topping the Bar examinations addition of the culinary school Le Cordon Bleu to the campus this year is Rachel Angeli Miranda which, if approved, will form part from the University of the Philippines with a score of 87.40%, folof the APS community. Although the general proposal lowed by Athena Plaza from Unihas been in discussion since last versity of San Carlos with 87.25% year, its finalization is still a matter , and Jayson Aguilar, another UP graduate, with a score of 86.75%. that is yet be concluded. P

of San Beda College - Manila with 85.90% at 6th and 7th place respectively. Joining Jericho Tiu in 8th place are Jecca Jacildo from the University of San Carlos and Soraya Laut from Xavier University. Jedd Brian Hernandez from UP ranked 9th with 85.80%, and Ronel Buenaventura from Bulacan State University and Lara Carmela Fernando of San Beda College – Manila all scored 85.75%, good for 10th place. Ateneo Law improved its performance in the 2015 Bar examinations, bouncing back from a 53.78% overall passing rate in 2014. The national passing rate also improved to 26.21% with 1,731 of the 6,665 examinees hurdling the Bar this year, from last year’s 18.82%.

Criminal Law, Political Law, and Civil Law proved to be the most challenging exams in 2014, Other topnotchers include Gi- with only 17%, 23% and 24% of selle Hernandez from UP with the total examinees passing these 86.10% and Darniel Bustamante subjects respectively.

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BAR OPS TEAM GEARS UP FOR BAR 2016

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Examiners According to the Office of the Bar Confidant’s memo dated May 2, 2016, the 2015 Bar examiners were the following: Presiding Justice Amparo M. Cabotaje Tang - Political Law and Public International Law; Asst. Court Administrator and Chief Public Information Officer Theodore O. Te - Labor Law and Social Legislation; Atty. Rita Linda V. Jimeno - Civil Law; Justice Amelia R. Cotangco-Manalastas - Taxation; Atty. Rafael A. Morales - Mercantile Law; Justice Efren N. De la Cruz - Criminal Law; Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo - Remedial Law; and Justice Maria Theresa Mendoza-Arcega - Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, who chaired the Supreme Court Bar Examination committee for the 2015 exams, earlier said the oath taking of passers is set on June 16, 2016 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. P

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