Talk about having a great sense of humor. After its graduate Noel Malimban topped the recently released 2006 bar exams, UC-BCF is now reportedly adopting the battle cry “Hindi Ka Nag-iisa, Janet Abuel”. Janet, of course, is the first bar topnotcher from UC-BCF and Noel is the second.
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To continue our coverage for the May 2007 polls, here are seven questions which hopefully would help us determine whether our politicians are too powerful for our own good. If they are too powerful, then maybe it’s about time to vote for other candidates.
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Noel Malimban of the University of the Cordilleras topped the bar examinations held last year with a grade of 87.6% Malimban is the second graduate from the UC (formerly the Baguio Colleges Foundation) to top the bar exams (after Janet Abuel in 1998). Other UC-BCF law graduates who made it to the top ten in previous bar exams can be found here. Congrats to Noel and UC-BCF.
Meanwhile, other examinees who made it to the top ten in the 2006 bar exam which was just released today are:
Continue reading Results Out: UC-BCF Grad Tops 2006 Bar Exams
Are we on a roll or what? Here’s another kailiyan who is joining our List of Achievers. Actually, we should have posted this story earlier but it took us some time to find a picture of Councilor Henry Kipas. Anyway the Councilor, who comes from La-Trinidad, Benguet, was recently named as one of the Ten Outstanding Councilors of the Philippines, an annual search by the Junior Chamber International Philippines or the Philippine Jaycees.
Continue reading Igorot Achiever: Councilor Henry Kipas of La-Trinidad, Benguet
Our fellow blogger, Atty. Mandy Dornagon sent us this article about our kailiyan Brig. General Johny Corcha (Philippine Military Academy ’77) who was recently appointed as brigadier general last December 2006. General Corcha joins our ever growing list of achievers who, we hope, could inspire us to do our best (add your own inspirational speech here :-). Thanks to Mandy, an achiever himself, for this article and the photograph of the General and his wife taken in Malacanang.
The New Igorot General: “An Officer and a Gentleman”
By Atty. Mandy Dornagon
The often- heard phrase, “An Officer and a Gentleman” aptly fits the newly promoted Igorot star-ranked officer, Brigadier General Johnny B. Corcha. He is an officer who personifies the noble tradition of soldiery and the fine traits of a gentleman. He is a consummate military professional, but kind-hearted and soft-spoken.
Continue reading Igorot Achiever: Brig. Gen. Johnny B. Corcha