'Davao Bar exams successful, peaceful'

By Ruth Palo

DAVAO City Police Office (DCPO) spokeswoman Maj. Catherine de la Rey said the four-day Bar examinations which concluded on Sunday were conducted successfully and smoothly, with no reported security mishaps.

A total of 705 aspiring lawyers took the exams on November 9, 13, 16 and 20 at the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) Senior High School Campus in Bangkal this city.

AdDU was one of the three testing sites in Mindanao for the bar exam.

This was the second time that multiple sites across the country were used for the Bar examinations.

De la Rey, in an interview aired over the Davao City Disaster Radio, said full coordination among the sectors involved yielded favorable results.

"There really was coordination among the security and safety cluster, school administration, and members of the Supreme Court who came to Davao from Manila to conduct the examinations," de la Rey said.

"We are happy to report that from November 9 up to the fourth round of examinations yesterday, November 20, the Mindanao-wide Bar examinations had been conducted peacefully here in Davao City," she added.

The security measures implemented for the exams were proven to be successful, said de la Rey, as the DCPO recorded no arrests or violations of security protocols enforced all over the city.

De la Rey thanked the security cluster for the cooperation of the general public, the examinees, and the members of the Supreme Court for the successful commencement of this year's Bar exams.