MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr., on Tuesday lauded the 43 policemen and women and non-uniformed personnel who passed the 2022 Bar Examination, urging them to stay in the service.
"I hope that our new lawyers will continue to serve in the police force. The PNP needs their services to add more teeth to our legal offensive in the campaign against criminality, illegal drugs, and corruption," Azurin said in a statement. "We have counted so far 43 new PNP lawyers. They were composed of 11 Police Commissioned Officers, 29 Non-Commissioned Officers, and three Non-Uniformed personnel.”
Based on the data gathered by the PNP Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM), the National Capital Region recorded the highest number of Bar passers with a total of eight personnel: Lt. Col. Erving Chan; PMSg Jose Mari Quilinguin Whiteside; PSSg Lovely May Bernal Janguin; PSSg Rey Vincent Panganiban Mamauag; PSSg Jerusalem Bungalan Dulnuan; PSSg Marie Rannelle Villaluz Dulnuan; PSSg Desiree Chaclag Pasong; and PCpl Dizzy Dominong Buyuccan.
The Police Regional Office (PRO) 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula), meanwhile, had five bar passers: Maj. Alvin Lepiten; PMSg Marifel Otap Sabandal; PSSg Roderick Isong; NUP Marifer Araneta Miguel; and NUP Loi Dominic Tan Arancon.
The PRO 10 (Northern Mindanao) and PRO Cordillera recorded eight bar passers: Lt. Col. Michelle Olaivar; PSSgt. Naif Abubacar Malawani; PSSg Elmond Ordoñez Monteron; NUP (non-uniformed policeman) Rose Anna Opalla Abuhan; Maj. Leonard Danasen; PSSg Jefferson Balay-odao Cadap; PCpl Tetchie Paclay Assudo; and PCpl John Bryan Latawan Cong-o.
The other PNP Bar passers were: PMSg Christian Philip Mariñas Reduca, and PSSg Febelyn Digap Tebes of PRO 1 (Ilocos); PEMS Alex Correa Becerra and PSMS Roland Gliocam Molino of PRO 3 (Central Luzon); PSSg Lorena Castillo Ripalda of PRO 8 (Eastern Visayas); PMaj. Marlo Yee Gabato and PMSg Faidzal Ganion Sendad of Maritime Group; PLTCOL Alvin Laborte Villalon of PNPA; Lt.Col. Caesar Ian Cordero Binucal of NPTI; Maj. Jericho Partido Rapiz of Finance Service; Maj. James O Bad-e of Forensic Group; Cpt. Jenyvie Butalid Nagtalon of Aviation Security Group; Cpt. Cherry Madrinan Ricafort of EOD/K9; PMSg Joey Alcantara Gumera of WCPC; PMSg Sherwin Mendez Balagat of SAF; PSSg Ailyn Don Delos Angeles of PRO 5 (Bicol); PCpl Joan Collado Mecono and PSSg Jazal Dela Cruz Andrada of PRO 6 (Western Visayas); PSSg Joel Bacsal Purog, Jr. of CIDG; PCpl Joy Pingad Dayag of PRO 4-A (Calabarzon); PCpl Rogelio Gutierrez Marcelo of PRO 4-B (Mimaropa); and Pat Melody Bedey Mamilig of Health Service.
The Supreme Court said a total of 3,992 out of 9,183 examinees, or 43.47%, passed the 2022 Bar examination.
The oath-taking of the successful examinees will be at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on May 2.
For the second time, the Bar went digital using laptops with an exclusive program, instead of the traditional pen and paper, and administered the exams in multiple testing sites nationwide. (PNA)
