Supreme Court An estimated 11,790 law graduates are expected to take the first-ever online and regionalized bar examinations starting on Friday, Feb. 4, and on Sunday, Feb. 6, in 29 testing centers nationwide. The Supreme Court (SC), through its Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), has adopted st
PHOTO OF THE YEAR. Two healthcare front-liners sitting in front of Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City wait for the service vehicle that will transport them to another coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) isolation facility last August. The photo, which encapsulates the year 2021 in Northern Mindanao, won first place in the Region 10 Photo Contest of the Civil Service Commission last September. (Photo courtesy of Isabelle Czarina Soriano) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Some would consider 2021 to be an unfortunate extension of 2020 as the country continued to fight off the coronavirus disease 2019. But not everything in 2021 was bad news for Northern Mindanao as the year also saw milestones in peace and order in the region, and homegrown talents conquering the global stage. Aside from the pandemic, another health obstacle faced by the region was the African swine fever (ASF). First reported in 2020 in Iligan City, ASF cases were eventually recorded in February 2021 in the hin
RECALLED. The destruction wrought by Typhoon Sendong in Iligan City in December 2011. Residents of Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday (Dec. 16, 2021) were reminded of Typhoon Sendong's rampage as Typhoon Odette passed through and flooded several vulnerable parts of the two cities, particularly villages near the riverbanks, a decade later. (Photo courtesy of Rene B. Pernia FB account) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - As Typhoon Odette loomed over Northern Mindanao on Thursday, some residents here and of Iligan shared on Facebook how reminiscent the storm was of Typhoon Sendong, which ravaged the two cities exactly 10 years ago. "We were supposed to have an outreach (activity) on Dec. 17, 2011, with the region's Department of Social Welfare and Development in Northern Mindanao (DSWD-10). So, on December 16, we packed gifts (for children and women) but 'Sendong' changed everything," Angelie Collera said in an interview. Collera, then a faculty member at the Lic
Miss Intercontinental 2021 Cindy Obenita. (Photo courtesy of Cindy Obenita FB Page) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - After winning two titles in previous contests, Cinderella Faye Obenita has kept her winning momentum when she won the Ms. Intercontinental 2021 pageant in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Friday night (Saturday morning, Philippine time). Obenita, 25, currently working as head of planning and events division of the Misamis Oriental provincial tourism office, bested other 70 candidates from around the world to become this year's titleholder of the prestigious beauty-and-brains competition, which is now on its 49th edition. Obenita, or Cindy as she is called by family and friends, went straight to the point during the question-and-answer portion when asked if she believes that speaking English is important for Miss Intercontinental as an international ambassador. She replied: "I don't think that speaking a specific language is very important here in Miss Intercontinental or any pag
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There are now 29 testing centers as five more sites have been added by the Supreme Court (SC) for the 2020-2021 online bar examinations which will be conducted on Jan. 16, 23, 30 and Feb. 6, 2022.
The additional testing centers are the University of the Philipp