UP Law tops 2022 Bar exams

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UP dominates list of 2022 Bar topnotchers; San Beda, Ateneo top performing schools

The University of the Philippines College of Law dominates the 2022 Bar Examinations topnotchers. Supreme Court Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa announces 3,992 out of 9,183 examinees passed the examinations.

PNP Drug Enforcement Group chief sacked amid ‘link’ in P6.7-B shabu mess

Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group Brigadier General Narciso Domingo is relieved of his post in light of his suspected link to the P6.7 billion shabu scandal.

Single ticketing system rollout in Metro Manila starts May 2

Local government units in Metro Manila will begin implementing a single ticketing system for erring drivers on May 2.

Gov’t calls on all Saudi OFW claimants to send email for back wages

The Philippine Department of Migrant Workers calls on thousands of retrenched overseas Filipino workers waiting for their unpaid labor claims from the Saudi Arabian government, to send an email to a designated address for them to finally receive their salaries.

North Korea says tested new solid-fuel ICBM, warns of ‘extreme’ horror

North Korea says it tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-18, to ‘radically promote’ the country’s nuclear counterattack capability.