Alaminos National High School Classmates

MANILA, Philippines – The 108th Bar exam had 1,310 successful examinees with a passing rate of  20.58 percent, lower than last year’s 22.91 percent. A record 6,364 examinees from 109 law schools took the test.

Judy Lardizabal of San Sebastian College topped the 2008 Bar Examination.She got a score of 85.70 percent, followed by Mylene Amerol Macumbal of Mindanao State University with 85.65. Third was Oliver Baclay Jr. of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) with 85.6.

The rest of the top ten were: Majesty Eve Jala of Ateneo (85.50); Ma. Elizabeth Lizeralde of the University of the Philippines (85.40);  Michael Macapagal also of UP (84.15); Denisse Dy and April Love Regis both from ADMU tied at seventh place (84.00); Kristine Joy Tan of ADMU (83.80); Shirley Velasquez of UP and Gian Jacob of San Beda tied at ninth (83.75), and Vanessa Raymundo of San Beda Collage (83.70).

A total of 1,310 passed the 2008 Bar Examinations.

ABABA - ZOSA

1 ABABA Victoria D
2 ABAD Bernard O
3 ABAD Francis Michael C
4 ABADEZA Melissa A
5 ABALOS Christian Noel C
6 ABALOS Joseph Ryan C
7 ABALOS Mcdonald G
8 ABANTE Priscilla Marie T
9 ABARCA Jerome G
10 ABAYA Mark Francis P

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Malacañang originally announced that the President was rushing to Washington from Bahrain because there was a chance that she could chat with Obama at the prayer breakfast. She emerged from the gathering without so much as a wave of acknowledgment from Obama, much less that coveted photo op.

That’s why President Arroyo just had a wide grin as she chatted with new US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But the former US first lady, a celebrity in her own right, was no Barack Obama, the US counterpart of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

This latest blow came on the heels of several attempts by President Arroyo to talk with Obama by phone – first when he was still a candidate, and then several times after his victory. She also tried to meet with him in the US, when he was still a candidate and again shortly after he won. When he went to Illinois after his election, she proceeded there ostensibly to meet with the Filipino community.

Perhaps President Arroyo could pass on the blame to whoever raised her hopes that a chat with Obama, and even a photo op, could be possible in Washington. But in the end, if people are now referring to her as a stalker of Obama, she has no one but herself to blame.

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