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MEMORANDUM

To : All 2013 Bar examinees and law school deans

From : Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa

Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant

Re : TRAFFIC ADVISORY

Date : October 1, 2013

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The following traffic measures shall be observed during the Bar

Examinations to ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the exams:

1. As agreed upon with the police authorities, they shall closely monitor andregulate the use of the sidewalks surrounding UST on all Bar Examination

Sundays. They shall disperse groups clustered at these sidewalks,

particularly during the entry and exit of the examinees, and during lunch

breaks. As and when necessary, they may declare portions of the sidewalks

off-limits to pedestrian traffic.

2. Espaa Boulevard, P. Noval Street and Lacson Street shall at all times beopen to vehicular traffic. Dapitan Street (from the corner of Lacson Street

up to the corner of P. Noval Street), on the other hand, shall likewise be

open to vehicular traffic, except from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. during the

examinees lunch break.

3. The pedestrian overpass in front of Gate 3 at Espaa Blvd. shall be for theexclusive use of Bar examinees and personnel. To use the overpass, Bar

examinees shall be required to show their notices of admission and gate

passes, while bar personnel will be required to present their identification

cards, to the police, SC guards, and barangay officials deployed at the

entries to the overpass.

4. Buses carrying Bar examinees shall unload their passenger-examinees at thedesignated and marked unloading points before USTs Gates 2, 3 and 4 and

shall only be allowed five (5) minutes for their unloading. These buses shall

line up at the bus lane nearest the sidewalk of Espaa Blvd. to unload; any

overflow shall line up at the lane nearest the sidewalk of Lacson Street to


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wait for their turn to unload at Espaa Blvd. Unloading at other than the

marked and designated points shall not be allowed.

5. Only authorized vehicles (i.e., those with car passes issued by the Office ofthe Bar Confidant) will be allowed to enter UST at the Espaa gate.

6. All Bar examinees arriving in private vehicles are required to alight atEspaa Blvd. at the designated unloading points. After unloading, these

private vehicles must forthwith leave to ensure the continuous flow of other

unloading vehicles and pedestrian traffic entering UST.

7. Law school deans shall enter through Gate 14 on Lacson Street, and canpark their vehicles at the Universitys Multi-Deck Carpark in front of the

UST Hospital. Law school deans who have not secured their gate passes are

urged to apply as soon as possible.

8. All persons going to the UST Church (Santisimo Rosario Parish) must enterthe University through Gate 7 on P. Noval Street. The churchgoers private

vehicles will be allowed to enter at Gate 5 on Espaa Blvd., and exit at Gate

7 on P. Noval Street. These vehicles will only be allowed to park in front of

the UST Church along Gonzales Drive, but the parking spaces available are

limited. Improperly parked private vehicles shall be asked to leave the UST

compound.

9. All those going to the UST Hospital must enter through Gate 14 on LacsonStreet. They can only park their vehicles at the Universitys Multi-Deck

Carpark in front of the UST Hospital. Gate 14 at Lacson Street shall only be

used as entry gate for the use of persons going to the UST Hospital. Bar

examinees and personnel cannot use this gate and must enter through the

assigned Espaa gates.

For your guidance and information.


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CONTINGENCY PLAN

2013 BAR EXAMINATIONS

1) In case of heavy rain in the morning of a Bar examination day ,a limited number of Supreme Court (SC) and the Court of Appeals(CA) buses shall be available to transport Bar examinees and dutypersonnel to the University of Santo Tomas from the followingpick-up points:

a. Quezon City Memorial Circle (2 buses)b. Park and Ride on Lawton, Manila (2 buses)c. Supreme Court Compound, Taft Avenue (2 buses)d. Coastal Mall Terminal, Paraaque City (2 buses)e. Greenbelt and Glorietta, Ayala Center, Makati (2 buses)f. Marikina Sports Complex (1 bus)

The SC and CA shuttle buses shall be stationed at these areas as

early as 5:00 a.m. and will leave at EXACTLY 6:00 a.m. There

will be no available buses after 6:00 a.m. Further postings shall bemade if more buses will be available.

Only bar examinees and duty personnel are allowed to ride the

shuttle buses, but the boarding shall be made on a first come, firstserved basis. In order to avail of this service, they must present

their Notice of Admission, Gate Pass and/or ID card, as the casemay be, to the bus driver before being allowed to board.

2) In case of flooding inside the UST compound before the Bar

Examinations start,commuter vans of the SC shall be available totransport bar examinees and duty personnel from the UST gates to

their respective examination buildings within UST. Priority in the

use of the commuter vans shall be given to senior citizens,pregnant women and persons with disability (PWDs).

3) In case flooding persists after the end of the examinations onany given examination day, the SC commuter van/s on standby at

each examination building in UST shall be available to transportback bar examinees and duty personnel to the Osmea and

Arellano Drives near Gate 5 on Espaa Blvd., where the SC andCA shuttle buses are parked.


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The SC and CA shuttle buses shall then be available to transportbar examinees and duty personnel from the UST to the following

drop-off areas: (1) north-bound passengers shall be transported up

to QC Memorial Circle; (2) south-bound passengers could bedropped-off at Park and Ride on Lawton, Supreme Court

premises, and Coastal Mall Terminal in Paraaque; (3) forMakati area, drop-off area shall be at the Ayala Center (Gloriettaand Greenbelt); and (4) for Marikina area, the Marikina Sports

Complex.

Please be guided accordingly.

Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa

Deputy Clerk of Court and

Bar Confidant

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