Fifty graduates of law schools in Iloilo City have passed the 2019 Bar examination.
The Supreme Court (SC) released on Wednesday, April 29, the results of the exam, which was held in November last year.
The 50 are among the 2,103 new lawyers in the Philippines.
Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas Bernabe, the Bar exam chairperson, said the total number of passers represents 27.36 percent of the 7,685 examinees.
Of the passers from Iloilo City, 28 are graduates of the University of San Agustin (USA), 14 are alumni of Central Philippine University (CPU) and eight are products of the University of Iloilo (UI).
USA:
Diane Moralidad Abolucion
Mel John Acuros
Jamaica Ariz
Ian John Ballarta
Joseph Raymond Bautista
Kim Kervin Bonite
Kristel Anne Castillon
Scarlette Joy Coopera
Clement del Rosario
Chris Za Bea Enate
Hazel Garcia
Rouella Guay-Delostrico
Sophie Joy Legita
Roel Olmos
Rina Rojas
Fydah Marie Sabando
Pacifier Victorino Ticao
Flora Mae Alejandro
Leonardo Billones Jr.
Eurika Jessa Castillon
Ricardo Escanlar III
Elaiza Hilasgue
John Patrick Israel
Raemman Lagrada
Zarah Paciente
Geline Joy Samillano
Jessa Carmela Sanchez
Carmel Valles
CPU:
Abundio Bacatan
Janmar Barrios
Shane Marie Belloga-Edrosolano
Nicky Joy Camanso
Christine Lily Chin
Archimedes David
Lovely De la Torre
Leila Veronica Esporma
Audreylyn Gonzales
Ro Ann Marie Gumban
Ryce Magalit
Noelito Montoro
Charlotte Parcia
Christine Sampiano
UI:
Herlie Alagos
Nicole Marie Amuan
Erna Delfin
Kathleen Jennifer Go-Castro
Kim Hortillosa
Jane Claire Sudario
Edron Bullo
Reymond Monderes
Mae Diane M. Azores, a University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi graduate topped the 2019 Bar exam. She registered a passing rate of 91.0490-percent.
According to Bernabe, the en banc lowered the passing grade to 74 percent.
“The Court en banc decided to lower the passing rate from 75 percent to 74 percent in light of, among other considerations, the discerned need for younger and technologically adept lawyers to help different fronts of society as we meet the peculiar challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and transition to the new normal,” she said.
The Bar exam is touted as the toughest professional licensure exam in the country.IMT
