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Parish priest in Cagayan de Oro passes 2024 Bar exams
Rev. Fr. Dean Simon Bayna Peña of the Diocese of Sorsogon and Rev. Fr. Hawthorne G. Galas of Cagayan de Oro are among the 3,962 new lawyers who passed the 2024 Bar examinations.
The Diocese of Sorsogon and the San Guillermo de Maleval parish announced Peña's and Galas' achievements respectively.
Kyle Christian Tutor from the University of the Philippines College of Law topped the exams with an average rating of 85.7700%.
The passing threshold for the 2024 Bar examinations was set at 74%.
A total of 10,483 individuals took the exam in September, with the 3,962 passers representing 37.84% of the total takers.
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