Out of the 5,903 law graduates who took the 2009 bar exams in the Philippines, only 1,451 passed while 4,452 didn't, for a total passing rate of 24.58 per cent. The latest passing rate may already be considered low since the bar exams is considered one of the toughest in the land, but it's still higher compared to the passing rate in the 2008 bar exams which was only 20.58 per cent. There has been a delay in the announcement of the full list of successful examinees. While the Supreme Court said it will post the bar exam results at 6 p.m. today, March 26, the ... Continue Reading...
Congrats to the 2009 nursing board exam passers!
Results of the November 2009 Philippine nursing board exams have just come out and we would like to congratulate the country's new batch of nurses who passed. The bad news is that only 40 percent of the 94,462 graduates who took the nursing licensure exams made it. I wonder what options there are for those not in the list. Either they will try again in the 2010 licensure examinations, continue to work in hospitals or try their luck as caregivers where no license is required. Most of those in the list of topnotchers come from little-known universities in the ... Continue Reading...
Mayon Volcano now on Alert Level 4, major eruption forecast within days
As of 2:30 p.m. today, December 20, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised the warning for Mayon Volcano from Alert Level 3 to Alert level 4. This indicates that a major Mayon eruption won't happen by New Year, as earlier predicted. Phivolcs now says a "hazardous explosive eruption is now possible within days." As a result, the government's seismic and volcano agency has further extended the danger zone to 8 kilometers from the summit at the southern sector and 7 km at the northern sector. ... Continue Reading...
Possibility of Mayon Volcano eruption is high – Phivolcs
Photo credit: Manila Bulletin It's Christmas in barely one week, and I feel for our countrymen in the Bicol Region, specifically those in Albay province, who are having sleepless nights over the possibility of a Mayon Volcano eruption. We don't think, at this point, that they're rejoicing over the holidays. As of the latest bulletin from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) today, Dec. 19, humans and human activity are still not allowed in the identified 6-KM radius Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) as well as the 7-km Extended Danger Zone ... Continue Reading...
Requiem for victims of the Maguindanao massacre
The bad news that greeted the nation last Monday affected me so much that I didn't have the strength to blog about it until now. Still couldn't believe that something of that horrific magnitude could happen in this day and age, in this supposedly democratic country. I could only manage to write something on my Facebook wall, and my friends joined me in condemning the incident as barbaric and cowardly, indeed. Some couldn't resist throwing in expletives or two. The general mood was one of anger and indignation, even though most didn't personally know the people who met ... Continue Reading...
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