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Senior citizen self-reviews, passes 2016 Bar exams

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/04/passer-2017-050317.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc"><cite>Photo courtesy of Jessie Sevilla</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>NAGA CITY—A senior citizen on Wednesday finally fulfilled his dream of becoming a lawyer.</p><p>Jessie Savilla, 60, self-reviewed for the 2016 Bar exams and was one of the 3,747 passers out of 6,344 examinees.</p><p>Savilla graduated from the University of Nueva Caceres in 2015. He first enrolled in the university in 1981 but stopped studying law after a year and a half.</p><p>“Nag-asawa na ako, may anak. Wala na yung personal na pangarap, pangarap mo na ay para sa pamilya,” he said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/hVsW5B6.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc"><cite>Photo courtesy of Jessie Sevilla</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Savilla rediscovered his interest in studying law after the bank he previously worked for closed.</p><p>“Kasi nawalan ako ng trabaho, wala na akong ginagawa, nakita ko yung mga libro ko dati, inumpisahan kong i-scan sila and parang may fire na, nagkaroon agad ako ng interes, sabi naman ng mga anak ko, kami na ang mag papaaral sayo,” he said.</p><p>Savilla did not pass the Bar exams in his first try.</p><p>He has five children. His eldest child, Rainier, also passed the Bar exams in 2012.<strong> - report from Rona Jane Nuñez, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>NAGA CITY—A senior citizen on Wednesday finally fulfilled his dream of becoming a lawyer.</p>

NAGA CITY—A senior citizen on Wednesday finally fulfilled his dream of becoming a lawyer.