Unity Bridges Diversity!
Are we Ready to Stand United for Better System Changes
By: Giancarlo Capco- President, United Tamaraw Law Students Organization

We are all aware of the presence of diversity and indifferences but we must remember that we all have the same mission and the same goal, why should we have conflicts? It is a fact that each year levels is divided into  sections but we should not allow this matter to be a factor in creating gaps between our fellow students. Commonly you can hear from all these sections the same statement that the other sections have their own worlds. As time passes by these gaps are developing into rivalries which leads to division. The most common effect of this disparity is the disinterest of students in participating in the institute’s official student activities. With these problems, we students tend to overlook the crises that we are facing in this institute.

Crowded FEU Law Library  

We fail to protect our rights regarding certain issues such as inadequate facilities & services, failed transparency in our academic documents, lack of proper system in some of our transactions with the institution, rumor about the unsecured identity in the online evaluation and other serious matters that must to be resolved for the advancement of our education system. These are sad realities that affect the growth of our institution. Quality education and services can only be achieved if we can be united in eradicating these system crises.

Whether it is real, a rumor or just hearsay, we students deserve to know the system and parameters that are used in securing our identity to be confidential on the said online evaluation. With this security we can surely participate honestly in rating our professors.

      Recently a letter of inquires by United Tamaraw Law Students of FEU Law regarding on the issue on the online evaluation became the talk of the institute. The issues became so high which prompted our Associate Dean to call for a conference. She is inviting all the students of FEU Law to attend the said conference which will be held on Monday, February 9, 2009, 3:00 pm at the Pre Bar Review Room.  Our Associate Dean is encouraging all the students to bring their complaints, comments or suggestions to her office so that as one family we can settle these issues. She stated that she might appear to be strict but deep inside, she is an approachable person. To all of us concerned students, this is our chance to know the truth. This is a great opportunity to settle the doubt on the integrity of the online evaluation. This is the right time for us to strengthen our confidence and honestly participate in giving the proper ratings to our professors’ performance.

    Let us communicate and connect with one another and fight against the ineffectivesystem, success hindering traditions and corrupt influence practices.  As what the United Tamaraw Law Students Organization declares “Unity bridges diversity, connects indifferences and leads to progress and victory”. We are now in the period of progress, of the best kind, it is comparatively slow but we must remember that great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.” A United FEU Law Students can surely achieve real progress for our FEU Law community. With Courage we Fight, with Honor we Stand for what is right, what is just and what is reasonable.  Caps

CHIEF JUSTICE ARTEMIO PAGANIBAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE, TRUTH and the RULE of LAW-Proposal Level

by; United Tamaraw Law Students

The Paganiban Center will be both an online library and a research center dedicated to the promotion of truth, justice, and the rule of law. Holding the collection of legal and private papers of Chief Justice Artemio Paganiban, the center seeks to build on the collection through contribution of leading lawyers and academicians as ably assisted by various research volunteers. Among the researches which will be conduced by the center are on Truth for Justice, Rule of Law and Legal Theory, Constitutional Law, E-commerce, International Law, Development Law and other legal issues.

The students of united FEU law are doing their best to establsih this center for our very own CHIEF JUSTICE ARTEMIO PAGANIBAN. We all hope that the FEU law Community and the institute will help this movement to become successful. At any point, this will be beneficial to the development of our institute.

Community Enhancement

“When can I expand?”
-FEU LAW LIB
by: Karlo Concubierta-FEU LAW Badminton Club, Sgt at Arms-UTL.Org

      I have been around for quite sometime. I have witnessed many students enter and graduate from this institution. I have witnessed many students achieve their dream of becoming a member of the legal profession. Many of them used to study, and still are studying their lessons inside my vicinity. Oh yes, I am the FEU-LAW Library. Students have come and gone, but I still welcome new students enter the Institute of Law. People age, so do I. What has become of me as time passed by? I have been neglected! The books contained in my shelves are antiques! Not all of them are updated. Some of my books have been damaged beyond repair due to negligence. There are never enough books to benefit the students who need them. How will I ever nurture minds if there are no books?

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      The population of this institute increases every school year. I watch in despair as they try to find a spot in my surrounding where they can study. Try ing as they are, they cannot even find one vacant spot. The number of students are simply too many for me to accommodate! What I need is an expansion. I need to expand in order to accommodate all the students who wish to study. I need new and updated books in order to feed those hungry minds of my beloved law students. When will it happen? Is it even possible?

It is time for UNITY!
Unity, Now, Integrity, Team, You
By: Marjorie Malabanan 3rd yr sec 1&2 - Treasurer- UTL.Org

Law school journey is a rollercoaster ride. It is never a walk in the clouds. A classmate once muttered: “Studying law is fun and easy… as fun and easy as taking a stroll in the park…the Jurassic Park.” This is so exaggerated, funny and overrated. Yet, the fact remains going to law school is never an easy endeavor. It is true that along the way of fulfilling the dream of becoming a lawyer, there will be dinosaurs of all sorts. And you have the call  whether you would fight them all till the end or out of fear, just sigh and say, “Game over! I’m out. And I quit.” I am certain that most of us, if not all, would brave to dare to have a walk at the Park. Question is, would you choose to  walk alone in that park or trail and wander into the Park with all the others who like you are embattled and desirous to get finish the journey at the park.?  I need not state the obvious. Nobody has ever survived law school by himself. After all, we are fruits of the same tree and leaves of the same branch according to an ancient prophet. We are one in this pursuit of knowledge of the law.

Unity: Thinking of it, Unity seems like a larger than life word. Is it really possible to achieve a state of unity amidst diversity among individuals? At some point, I would say it is possible as it has been proven in the EDSA I Revolution. As for the other EDSA revolutions, I cannot agree. It cannot be solely manifested in marching out through the streets, hand-in-hand, and crying out the same sentiments and ranting and wailing our woes against GMA while burning all her effigies. And it is definitely not always evident in those movements to oust every government official that is distasteful to their  view, to the effect that it is becoming a hobby to them, in disregard of the general welfare of all. I would say Unity, in the real sense of the word, has been abused many times as it is being used as a cloak to advance evil interests of the few. Therefore it is possible, but it has to be established out of sincerity and all honesty. That is, unity in good faith produces desired results.

Now: “Now is the time!”  said US President Barack Obama during his campaign regarding his call to abolish the inhumane treatment to prisoners of war or suspected terrorists. That would be the same thing that I like to would stress out to all of you which is the essence of time. We are aware of the problems that we are encountering here in the Institute. To enumerate some:  the unsystematic and exhausting enrollment process, lack of updated law books in the library, inferior classrooms, lack of computers (not to mention the bad internet connection), crowded sections, even conflicting exam schedules, etc...  Words without action would remain words. If we do not voice out our concerns now, then when? Even if we whine all day our sentiments, it would be futile, if there is no action on our part. Now is the time that we break the wall that hinders us to achieve a healthier IL community and a more conducive environment for learning the ins and outs of the field of Law. Something worth leaving as a legacy to future FEU-IL students as they would just start to learn their ABC’s.

Integrity :Integrity is one of the principles that we should uphold in the legal profession. In relation to unity, a unified action done with truthfulness is nobility. As such, we emphasize the dire need to infuse upon every IL student the virtue of integrity. We rally for the making of integrity as the Institute’s way of life.
Integrity is a word that for some seem to be superficial. It sounds too patriotic. Yet there is a need for us to relive in ourselves the value of integrity. As the legal profession is currently hounded with issues on corruption, it is proper that as early as now, we remind ourselves the duty of every aspiring lawyer to possess integrity. Let as not be so soaked into matters which do not speak well of our values like engaging in senseless fights and indulging too much on false confidence.

Team: I really believe that “Together Everyone Achieves More.” Simply put, we are a T.E.A.M. It is in togetherness and having a feeling of sense of belonging that one is motivated to do his best for the group, that it may accomplish its goal whatever that may be. And it does not always pertain to being victorious (it shouldn’t be), but having the pride in oneself that you are part of that team. Let the Institute of Law be the broom and we the law students as the sticks, without which it cannot stand and therefore worthless.

You: Each of us has an important role to play in our quest for success. You should realize your self-worth, first, as an individual law student and then you being a part of the IL Community. Then it would follow the realization of your importance of in taking part in every collective action that IL Community might get involved with, so long as it is for the welfare of everyone. Cliché as it may goes, but it begins with you, you and you. In conclusion, the call for unity is clear. We are one in this plight. We are not that different from every distinct face that you see everyday. 
In conclusion, the call for unity is clear. We are one in this plight. We are not that different from every distinct face that you see everyday.  Let me end this as I speak to your hearts fellow Tamaraws, I quote, “United, we stand! United, We will be until the end! Our success lies on our hands.”

What’s New in the Institute of Law
By: FEU Law Leaders

      For a very long time students of law are known for being inactive in participating on extra curricular activities of the institute, it may be due for their being focused on their studies and other  law related matters. However, surprisingly on the year 2007 and 2008 new emerging organizations and sports clubs such as the FEU Law Moot Court Council, the reorganized FEU Law Review, FEU Law Leaders, FEU Law Football Club, FEU Law Badminton Club, FEU Law Airsoft Club, FEU Law Photography Club and the United Tamaraw Law Students Organization, are creating impact on the lives of the students in this institute by their activities which are relevant to the development of the FEU Law Community.

      In the challenge of diversity students managed to unite for a common cause. Thanks for the effort of some individuals who stands to contribute in the advancement of our FEU Law Community despite the scarcity of time in this institution. Now you can really feel the progress in our school.

The Principle of Unity in Family and Community

All families and communities that became successful through the history of mankind have one thing in common, all of them follows the principle of Unity towards success. In our history, the first Filipino Hero Lapu-Lapu won the battle of Mactan through united forces of Filipino warriors against Magellan. Moving further, we have surpass the power of the Spanish war government through the unity of the Katipuneros  against the Spanish conquerors, we again ended an evil act,

the dictatorship of Former President Marcos through unity by Filipino People Power. In conclusion unity can lead us towards success and victory!

Our Vision - Imagine a place where everyone are there to help each other., a place where all the organizations are established for the development of members and of the community, a place without violence, a place of peace where the organizations extend their helping hands to other organizations to help create good relationships with each other. Is it worth studying in a place where there is unity among all students, a place full of love, peace and care where all the students are striving hard to promote and protect their rights for the betterment of their own community.

All of these are part of the Mission and Vision of the United Tamaraw Law Students which aims to bridge diversity through unity, connects the gap and indifferences through relevant projects for students’ relationship development and leads our FEU LAW Community towards success through strong values and principle development.

The Problems to be solved - It is clear that unity among all of us can surely lead us towards successful path. If success due to unity was possible during the past it is crystal clear that we can achieve success if we can stand with unity by doing the right thing in our institute. Let us be united in battling the problems in our institute such as the following: confidentiality in the online evaluation, unprogressive enrolment system, deteriorating library system (old books, computer with viruses), crowded library,  lack of freedom of the press, under rated students’ rights, lack of center for grievances, increasing violence and hate and lack of essential projects for students’ academic development and extra curricular enhancement. .

Recent Students Posted Comments on the FEU Law Concerned Students Forum Online

For Better Changes Our Voices Shall Unite!

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FEU LAW Concern Students Forum Online Welcome to the FEU LAW Concern Students Forum Online! Please VOICE OUT YOUR COMMENTS! Thank you!

• palikero: we need changes in our institute, one that will make us even more proud...yung mga beneficial din sa students

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• 9pmchat: I think there is no problem in our institute. It seems so cool and fine!

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• Batch2011: Deploy more FEU Personnel during enrolment period in order to cater the semestral increase of enrolees!

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• 2nd year student: Ang bagal ng enrolment, wala na bang e aayos yan! Hay....

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  2009-01-06 7:23 PM

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• Giancarlo Capco: I think we need to be united in protecting our identity in the online evaluation. Confidentiality is our right.

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  2009-01-06 7:21 PM

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• 3rd year block 2: Mga books sa library sira sira, walang nag iinspect kung dapat palitan o ayusin ang mga books. We need Total Quality Management Team in this Library!

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  2009-01-19 7:36 AM

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• FEU LAW Concerned Students Forum Online: Students please support our petition regarding on the library expansion and protection of students identity in the online evalualtion.Keep on posting!

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  2009-01-18 5:43 PM

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• Giancarlo Capco: I agree with the guest that FEU Law has the worst internet connection in all FEU Institutes,to improve this quality management we must demand!

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  2009-01-18 5:39 PM

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• Guest: worst internet connection ever

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  2009-01-16 8:49 AM

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• Phoebo Bryson: less student in class... more organized enrollment system...

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• Giancarlo Capco: In unity we can bridge diversity, we can connect the gap and indifferences, with this our Law Community can become successful! Let us help 1 another

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• Francis Coleman : I think FEU deserves to be the best law school in the land. we need dedicated profs and spirited students in order to do that. Change we can believe.

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  2009-01-10 9:16 AM

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• palikero tapos yung enrolment my goodness, hindi ba pwedeng mag loan yung admin ng personnel?kahit sa enrolment period lang

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  2009-01-10 9:03 AM

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• palikero : yung online veal bat alam ng profs kung sino naglagay ng comment? kala ko ba may privacy?

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• palikero: faster acquisition of latest edition of topnotch law books, scra, etc.

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• Catalyst ; Can we not likewise evaluate the Dean’s office personnel? Or the librarians? Is it not that their services (or the lack thereof; or otherwise

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  2009-01-25 8:25 PM

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• Catalyst; characterized by reluctancy; or coupled with attitude problem; etc) is also a part of the FEU-IL environment? If we want change, there must be some

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• Catalyst ;way the admi (or the people way up, who are capable of bringing forth change) must know of our (confidential) feedbacks for timely action. All for a

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• Catalyst ; better FEU-IL.

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• Doodz ;Sana ihiwalay na yung mga nursing...ang iingay!!! araw araw na lang abala sa class...hinde man lang irespeto yung mga may klase!

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  2009-01-24 6:25 PM

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• STING; sting

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• Guest ; Enrollment system!!! Kulang manpower, ang sungit pa nung nag-aasikaso sa dean's office!!!

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  2009-01-23 7:15 AM

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• member of UNITED TAMARAWS LAW (marj malabanan) ; At mula sa UTL sana po hindi lang tayo maging bukas sa ating mga hinaing. kaylangan natin magkaisa at magtulungan para matugunan ang mga ito! salamat

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• member of UNITED TAMARAWS LAW (marj malabanan) ;thank you for voicing out your concerns. Keep on posting your comments!

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• 2nd year Section 3 ; Kulang kulang yung chairs sa class rooms, kulang na nga, bulok pa ang mga kahoy tapos sira sira pa. What a failure...Changes is indeed in need!

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  2009-01-19 7:40 AM

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• Catalyst ;Bakit hindi binabalik sa mga students ang Final Exam booklets?

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• serenidad ; the two frats are using the election for their own benefit..wag ganun.. unity dapat.. kameng mga students ang affected e..

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• serenidad; the election is yet to come.. sana ung mga dating parties wag na mashadong mapulitika.. and sana ung mga kandidato ag na magpagamit sa kanila..

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• vance richards ; kasi naman inuupuan lang.walang nag ha handle an committee...sana may pagbabago na

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• vance richards ;dapat may rules and procedures sa petition for recomputation of grades and reconsideration

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• 3rdLookout ;Nasan si Dean? May Dean ba ang FEU Law School?

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  2009-01-28 5:10 PM

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• United Tamaraw LAw Students; Another thing, we are the Institute of Law and yet we dont have our own news letter unlike in the undergrad they have their own. System Error?

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• United Tamaraw LAw Students ; We cnt undrstnd d reason why R final exam booklets R under the safe keeping of the deans office and are not given 2 D students. is it a System error?

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• kano; yung enrollment, sobrang bagal.aabutin nang ilang araw ang iba sa pag papaenrol pa lng.sana magawan ng paraan at dapat kumilos na ka agad. yung librar

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• katt; they have to do something about the enrollment procedure. the lady in charge doesnt know what she's doing. her acts are only favorable to the boys.

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Message: We are now in the period of progress, of the best kind, it is comparatively slow but we must remember that great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.” A United FEU Law Students can surely achieve real progress for our FEU Law community. With Courage we Fight, with Honor we Stand for what is right, what is just and what is reasonable.  Caps

LEGAL MAXIM SHARING

A mensa et thoro - From bed and board.

A vinculo matrimonii - From the bond of matrimony.

Ab extra - From outside.

Ab initio - From the beginning.

Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget - An absolute judgment needs no expositor.

Abundans cautela non nocet - Abundant caution does no harm.

Accessorium non ducit sed sequitur suum principale - An accessory does not draw, but follows its principal.

Accessorius sequitur - One who is an accessory to the crime cannot be guilty of a more serious crime than the principal offender.

Acta exteriora iudicant interiora secreta - Outward acts indicate the inward intent.

Actio non accrevit infra sex annos - The action has not accrued within six years.

Actio non datur non damnificato - An action is not given to one who is not injured.

Actio personalis moritur cum persona - A personal action dies with the person.

Actiones legis - Law suits.

Actori incumbit onus probandi - The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff.

Actus nemini facit injuriam - The act of the law does no one wrong.

Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea - The act does not make one guilty unless there be a criminal intent.

Actus reus - A guilty deed or act.

Ad ea quae frequentius acciduunt jura adaptantur - The laws are adapted to those cases which occur more frequently.

Ad hoc - For this purpose.

Ad infinitum - Forever, without limit, to infinity.

Ad perpetuam rei memoriam - For a perpetual memorial of the matter.

Ad quaestionem facti non respondent judices; ad quaestionem legis non respondent juratores - The judges do not answer to a question of fact; the jury do not answer to a question of Law.

Aedificare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod alteri noceat - It is not lawful to build on one's own land what may be injurious to another.

Aequitas legem sequitur - Equity follows the law.

Aequitas nunquam contravenit legem - Equity never contradicts the law.

Alibi - At another place, elsewhere.

Alienatio rei praefertur juri accrescendi - Alienation is preferred by law rather than accumulation.

Aliunde - From elsewhere, or, from a different source

Allegans contraria non est audiendus - One making contradictory statements is not to be heard.

Allegans suam turpitudinem non est audiendus - One alleging his own infamy is not to be heard.

Allegatio contra factum non est admittenda - An allegation contrary to a deed is not to be heard.

Ambiguitas contra stipulatorem est - An ambiguity is most strongly construed against the party using it.

Ambiguitas verborum patens nulla verificatione excluditur - A patent ambiguity is never helped by averment.

Amicus curiae - A friend of the Court.

Angliae jura in omni casu libertati dant favorem - The laws of England are favorable in every case to liberty.

Animo furandi - With an intention of stealing.

Animo testandi - With an intention of making a will.

Annus luctus - The year of mourning.

Ante - Before.

Aqua currit et debet currere, ut currere solebat - Water runs and ought to run.

Arbitrium est judicium - An award is a judgment.

Arbor dum crescit; lignum cum crescere nescit - A tree while it grows, wood when it cannot grow.

Argumentum ab auctoritate fortissimum est in lege - An argument drawn from authority is the strongest in law.

Argumentum ab impossibilii plurimum valet in lege - An argument from impossibility is very strong in law.

Argumentum ad hominem - An argument directed a the person.

Argumentum ad ignoratiam - An argument based upon ignorance (i.e. of one's adversary).

Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt - The laws permit the taking up of arms against the armed.

Assentio mentium - The meeting of minds, i.e. mutual assent.

Assignatus utitur jure auctoris - An assignee is clothed with rights of his assignor.

Audi alteram partem - Hear the other side.

Aula regis - The King's Court.

FACTS and HISTORY

Did you Know that TAMARAWS are Endemic

The Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) or Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo is a small hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however, to have once also thrived on the greater island of Luzon. The tamaraw was originally found all over Mindoro, from sea level up to the mountains (2000 meters above sea level), but because of human habitation, hunting, and logging, it is now restricted to only a few remote grassy plains and is now an endangered species.

Contrary to common belief and past classification, the tamaraw is not a subspecies of the local carabao, which is only slightly larger, or the common Water buffalo. In contrast to the carabao, it has a number of distinguishing characteristics: it is slightly hairier, has light markings on its face, is not gregarious, and has shorter horns that are somewhat V-shaped. It is the largest native terrestrial mammal in the country. ( from http://en.wikipedia.org)

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The tamaraw is a small wild buffalo weighing about 300 kg (660 lb). It lives in dense forest with open glades for grazing, such as are created by fires or landslides. At one time it was found from sea level to 2000 m (6600'). It also prefers to be close to water for wallowing. The tamaraw feeds on grasses, bamboo shoots and aquatic vegetation. Its small size and great strength enables it to push through dense jungle and climb steep mountains. Tamaraw apparently associate in pairs, rather than herds, except when the cows are about to give birth.

The tamaraw was first documented by Western science in 1888. It has never been recorded from any area other than the island of Mindoro (Philippines). Prior to about 1900, most people had avoided settling on Mindoro, since it harbored a particularly virulent strain of malaria. Thus human impact on the tamaraw had been slight. At one time the tamaraw lived throughout most of the island. With the advent of anti-malarial medicines near the turn of the century, Mindoro became more accessible to human settlement. Since that time, the tamaraw's population has been reduced from abundance to a critically low level. By 1966 its range had been reduced almost entirely to 3 principal areas: Mt. Iglit, Mt. Calavite, and the vicinity of the Sablayon Penal Settlement.  By 2000, reports suggested that tamaraw were restricted to just 2 areas: the Iglit Ranges, in Mounts Iglit-Baco National Park, and Aruyan, with very few data about numbers in either site.

The tamaraw has declined mainly because of hunting, especially after the introduction of modern firearms after WWII and the Vietnam war; and habitat loss, due to settlement, logging and ranching, after malaria was brought under control around 1900. Disease (rinderpest) caught from domestic cattle introduced to the island in the 1930's has also had a serious impact. by: http://www.animalinfo.org

FEU LAW UNITED NEWS – www.feulawunited.co.nr – Special Edition Publishing for Unity. The United Tamaraw Law Students would like to thank all contributors and our  honorable editor for their support and participation. We believe that the greatest achievements are those that benefit others. For future contributions and support feel free to communicate with us at: Mobile: 09174236501 / 09232802317. Unity Bridges Diversity!
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