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Dgte to host bar exams for VisMin examinees


Supreme Court representatives with Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo (extreme right) during a coordination meeting on the conduct of bar examinations. (Contributed photo)


DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Sept. 15 (PIA) -- Around 1,020 examinees from various law schools in Visayas and Mindanao are expected to take the bar exam on four Sundays of November in Dumaguete City.

Silliman University College of Law in Dumaguete was selected as one of the 28 local testing centers across the country.

Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Mario Victor Leonen, chairperson of the 2020/21 Bar Examinations, said “this is an unprecedented move to meet the sign of the times, the exams will be digitalized, proctored and localized, administered not in one venue, but in several cities and municipalities.”  

A delegation from the SC met with Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo, Vice-Mayor Karissa Tolentino-Maxino, and Councilor Lilani Ramon to discuss the assistance that the city government can provide and conduct ocular inspections for the orderly conduct of the 2020/21 Bar Examinations on Nov. 7, 14, 21 and 28. 

Leonen requested Remollo for his support in providing the needed resources, traffic management, police assistance, health protocols, and cooperation of the barangays for the entire duration of the exam.

The SC delegation was led by Atty. Maria Victoria Tiangco and the staff of the Office of the Bar Chairperson and Office of the Bar Confidant also convened the representatives of different agencies and organizations, through Assistant City Administrator Dr. Dinno Depositario.

A coordination meeting was held as part of the preparations to ensure the safety of court personnel, examinees, local government staff, and the general public during the conduct of the bar examinations in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. (JCT/PIA7 Negros Oriental with reports from CPIO)

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