00:00A premature celebration before victory is ill-advised, even inappropriate.
00:05Hence, bar exam takers and their supporters on yesterday's first day of testing
00:09are urged to defer celebratory moments and keep their overconfidence in check
00:13till release day of test results.
00:15Our Maribel Custodio has more.
00:19Evelyn and Jameson traveled all the way to Manila
00:22to support their child taking the bar examinations.
00:25Sa Isabela pa. I just arrived yesterday from Isabela
00:31para mag-attend tong first day of bar exam ng anak mo.
00:36Nung nag-review siya, siyempre talagang nagsusumikap siya.
00:41Although working student siya, pero nag-give lang siya ng 3 months.
00:45Pero we are happy at pleased na pagtagumpayan niya yung review
00:52at andito na siya mismo na tititik ng exam.
00:56And I hope he will pass the bar exam.
01:00Even friends and classmates of bar exam takers also gave their full support.
01:05Preparation kasi nag-start na siya from the very first day of our law school journey.
01:09So itong bar exam na to, itong 3-day exam na to,
01:13it's just claiming the dot para maging abogada talaga sila.
01:18Cheers and banners fill the air.
01:21Families, friends, and schoolmates of bar exam takers
01:24each had their own gimmicks as they awaited the future lawyers
01:28on the first day of the bar exam yesterday.
01:31Although excited after finishing the first day,
01:34bar exam takers avoided taking pictures or videos.
01:38For them, it is a superstition that celebrations should only be done
01:42on the last day of exams or when the official results are released.
01:45According to the Supreme Court of the Philippines,
01:49the number of bar exam takers continues to rise almost every year.
01:53The total examinees admitted is 13,193.
02:02Imagine, 13,193.
02:05But who actually came to take the test?
02:1011,437 or 86.7% of those admitted.
02:20More than 5,000 of them are first-time bar exam takers.
02:24Now, we have PWDs or persons with disabilities
02:29numbering 2,004, 1, 200, 4, 1, only 200, 4, 1.
02:38The senior takers, bar takers, the number is 206.
02:46We have pregnant bar takers, 41, and those with medical condition, 139.
02:59Examinists took political and public international law
03:02and mercantile and taxation law on the first day.
03:05They will return on September 10 for civil law and labor and social legislations
03:10and on the last day, September 14, for criminal law, remedial law, legal ethics, and legal forms.
03:17Some of the bar exam testing sites in Metro Manila include
03:20The University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines BGC,
03:25San Beda University in Minjola and Alabang,
03:28Ateneo de Manila University, New Era University, and Manila Adventist College.
03:34In the provinces, testing centers include University of San Carlos,
03:39Central Philippine University, and Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology.
03:44Several roads were temporarily closed for the bar exams.
03:48Bar exam takers traveling to and from local testing centers in Metro Manila on September 10
03:54are exempted from the number coding scheme.
03:57They only need to fill out the number coding exemption form
04:00indicating their bar examination number and the plate number of the vehicle to be used.
04:05The notice of admission must also be displayed on the vehicle's windshield.
04:10Registration of our number coding exemption is only until today.
04:13Police, firefighters, and medical teams are strictly monitoring the testing sites
04:19to ensure a safe, orderly, and peaceful 2025 bar exams.
04:24Vel Custodio for the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
