Between Fathers and Sons (Part 2)

After Law Degree Proves Elusive, A Sterling Law Enforcement Career & Two Exceptional Sons Provide Distinctive Redemption

If it is a coincidence, it is pleasantly remarkable that the 1976 Bar Examinations had two topnotchers who call Baguio City their home.

And they preceded each other in the ranking. Pedro Y. Aquino who attended the Far Eastern University law school (FEU) was second, while Arthur E. Galace of the BCF College of Law placed third.

Thirteen years earlier, Pedro's older brother Honorato who graduated Magna cum laude from the BCF College of Law placed eighth in the 1963 Bar Examinations and was preceded by another lawyer of distinction, Rene V. Saguisag, who placed seventh.

The Aquino brothers' remarkable feat in their legal studies and subsequent admission to the bar might have something to do with their father Cipriano's unrealized bid to become a lawyer himself. What eluded the father, was fulfilled twice by his two sons, with redeeming distinction.

"He finished his Associate in Arts at the National University in Manila but was unable to continue through law school because his family couldn't afford to send him for further studies," Atty. Aquino explains.

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After Law Degree Proves Elusive, A Sterling Law Enforcement Career & Two Exceptional Sons Provide Distinctive Redemption

If it is a coincidence, it is pleasantly remarkable that the 1976 Bar Examinations had two topnotchers who call Baguio City their home.

lifelong rectitude, exemplary work ethic and service careers; steadfast virtues that preceded an exceptional generation

Every father is a hero to his son, generally speaking. It is fatherhood's ultimate reward to be the beacon of their progeny un­til it is time for the younger to become somebody's hero or father.

A photo posted online elicited a light banter among high school alumni of the Baguio Colleges Foundation (BCF) drawing a remark from Virginia-based alumnus Regino Espinosa: "Is there a product from BCF that is untalented?"

Living simply, giving back and living for others, a dogged determination to pursue dreams, yet being responsible enough to admit to mistakes and failures, were the messages delivered to 2,211 graduates of the University of the Cordilleras (UC) in commencement rites held on May 10 and 11.