PHILIPPINE BAR EXAM RESULTS 2009

MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE 5) A total of 1,310 have passed the 2008 bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced Friday.
Judy Lardizabal of San Sebastian College topped examinations with a rating of 85.70 percent.
Mylene Amerol-Macumbal, of the Mindanao State University, came second with an average score of 85.65 percent.
The number of those who passed the exams represented 20.58 percent of the 6,364 law graduates who took and finished the four-Sunday examinations in September last year, Justice Dante Tinga, who chaired the 2008 Committee on Bar Examinations, said.