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Koko urges bar passers topnotchers, to go rural Volume VI, No. 277
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By Omeng Maglangit
SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES - Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday congratulated the country's 3,747 new lawyers and urged them to practice their profession in their home provinces so they could contribute to eco-
nomic development where it is needed most. Pimentel, who obtained his law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law and topped the Bar in 1990, also lauded this year's bar topnotchers –– all of whom graduated from law schools outside Metro Manila. “This is historic, and
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while I commiserate with my alma mater for not having produced a Bar topnotcher this year, I think this is a positive sign for legal education in the Philippines as a whole, as it will encourage more prospective law
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students from Visayas and Mindanao to study closer to home,” said Pimentel, who was born in Cagayan De Oro. This year's Bar topnotcher is Karen Calam from the University of San
Carlos, Cebu, who obtained a score of 89.05%. She was followed by the product of another Visayan law school, Alanna Gayle Ashley Khio from Dumaguete City's Silliman University, who scored See urges, page 7
Xi’s talk with Duterte, a call for peace, stability DWFM as he highlighted the importance of the phone call between the two Asian leaders. “First of all, the President affirmed the friendship between Philippines and China as they exchanged views on regional and international developments,” he said. But more importantly, the Palace official said that Duterte took it upon himself to inform China about his grave concerns over recent developments in the Korean Peninsula. “Secondly, and this is very important, the President expressed concerns on the Korean Peninsula. This is a shared concern among ASEAN leaders and since the Philippines is this year’s chair, the President also took the in initiative to voice the concerns of ASEAN as well,” Abella said. He added that Duterte’s aim is to ensure peace in the region given the consequence of a Korean war to Southeast Asia. “The President really CLOUD 9 - Surfers showed their skills in maneuvering the big waves during the elimination rounds of the 9th emphasized on the need for Siargao International Surfing Women's Cup held at Cloud restraint in dealing with the Korean Peninsula. Players 9 in General Luna town in the scenic Siargao islands. MANILA- The phone conversation between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping was a call for peace and stability in
the region, Malacañang said Thursday. This was stressed by Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella during a radio interview aired over
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