ALLAN THE MAN

Supreme Court released the results of the Bar Exam 2012. Out of 5,686 examinees only 949 or 17.76% passed the Bar Examination. Ignatius Michael D. Ingles , a law student from Ateneo de Manila University, is the top notcher. It is also good to mention that the son of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Jose Lorenzo Sereno,  passed the Bar Examination albeit he is not included in the Top 10.

Here is the list of 2012 Philippine Bar Exam Top Notchers:

1. INGLES, Ignatius Michael D.- Ateneo de Manila University-85.64%
2. KING KAY, Catherine Beatrice O.-Ateneo de Manila University- 84.72%
3. LACSON, April Carmela B.- University of the Philippines- 84.48%
4. ROMUALDO, Xavier Jesus D.- Ateneo de Manila University- 84.10%
5. BASE, Maria Graciela D.- University of the Philippines
- MACHUCA, Jose Maria Angel P. Ateneo de Manila University- 83.99%
6. SALAZAR, Patrick Henry D.- University of the Philippines- 83.71%
7. BARCELONA, Ralph Karlo B.- Aquinas University- 83.43%
8. LLAMAS, Marvyn S.- Ateneo de Manila University- 83.29%
9. LI, Carlo Martin C.- Ateneo de Manila University- 83.27%
10. TIOPIANCO, Francis Paolo P.- University of the Philippines- 83.25%

Here is the complete list of passers in the 2012 Bar Examinations:

Kris Aquino files a Permanent Protection Order (TRO) under Republict Act 9262 o Anti-Violence Against Women And Their Children Act against ex-husband cager James Yap before the Makati City court due to “overstepping his boundaries and of attempting to seduce her while visiting her home, and of inflicting psychological harm on their son Bimby.”

In her petition, Kris asked the court to “to stay away from her, her 5-year-old son Bimby and any household member, keep a distance of at least 100 meters, and to stay away from her residence, school, place of employment or any place frequented by her and her son.”

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James Yap reacts on ex-wife's decision to file a PPO against him, saying what happened between them in December 3, 2012 was all sort of a misunderstanding.

Timothy Bradley found himself in trouble numerous times but did enough to beat Russian challenger Ruslan Provodnikov in their welterweight clash Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

Bradley was nearly knocked out in the first two rounds and again in round 12, but controlled most of the middle rounds on his way to a unanimous decision victory.

The three judges scored the fight 114-113, 114-113 and 115-112 all in favor of Bradley, who retained his World Boxing Organization welterweight belt and improved his record to 30 wins with no loss.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre dominated both on the ground and on the feet en route to a unanimous decision victory over Nick Diaz in the main event of UFC 158 in Montreal.

It was a dominant performance from St-Pierre, who engaged Diaz in vicious trash talk in the weeks leading up to the fight.

But inside the Octagon, St-Pierre kept his cool and easily took down Diaz to the ground, and won most of the striking exchanges as well.

Below is an article from Pinoy Tech Blog:

DESIGN

Admittedly, I was expecting a design shift from Samsung Galaxy S4 after seeing clones of the Galaxy S3 in different sizes in the past few months. However, that’s not happening as the S4 still looked like it came from the S3 mold.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, taking the name Francis and becoming the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years.

Pope Francis, 76, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica just over an hour after white smoke poured from a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel to signal 115 cardinal electors had chosen him to lead the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.

"Pray for me," the new pontiff, dressed in the white robes of a pope for the first time, urged the crowd, smiling warmly.

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is re-evaluating its participation in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in the wake of the "choking incident" involving Petron Blaze import Renaldo Balkman.

According to a report on Spin.ph, SMC accepted the lifetime ban imposed on Balkman after his meltdown against the Alaska Aces last Friday that ended with him choking teammate Arwind Santos.

But the company also said it believes "the incident has been blown out of proportion, and has damaged our good name."