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321-4833The Exponentof EASTERN SAMAR PROGRESS

Oct. 25-31, 2015Vol. XIII Issue No. 21

Baybay 3,

Borongan City

Eastern Samar

EASTERNPACIFIC

HARDWARE

Ombudsman

sacks PNP-RD 8- Chie Supt. Asher

Dolina, police regionaldirector o the PhilippineNational Police, cried oulover the decision o theOmbudsman dismissing

him, along with 17 oth-ers, rom service due toalleged irregular procure-ment o rubber boats.

Dolina, who assumedhis post January o thisyear, chided the decisiono the Ombudsman sayingon its desire to achieve itsall-out campaign againstgraf and corruption in thegovernment, it has to issuea biased and unoundeddecision.

I am saddened thatthe Ombudsman in its all-out campaign against graf

and corruption in gov-

ARECHE, Eastern Samar- Te visit of Presi-dent Benigno Aquino of this town has a historicalmagnitude.

Not only he was the first President to ever visit this im-poverished town, 160 kms away rom the provincial capitalo Borongan City, but it was under his administration to con-

BORONGAN CIY-- Te Our Lady o SevenDolors Parish o Hernani,Eastern Samar through theParish Pastoral Council(PPC) headed by HernaniParish Priest Rev. Fr. JosephA. Nicolas Jr. in cooper-

ation with the Local Gov-ernment Unit (LGU) led byHernani Municipal MayorHon. Edgar C. Boco, metin October 25, 2015 at theHernani Convent, this mu-nicipality.

Te said meeting was isin preparation or the sec-ond anniversary commem-oration o Super yphoonYolanda which devastatedthe place on November 8,2013.

In an interview with

PNoy visits

Arteche

President Benigno S. Aquino III led the commemoration of the 50th founding anniversary of Eastern Samar on October 30, 2015, held at the Arteche Munic-

ipal Gymnasium. With the Health Secretary, he distributed blood-pressure apparatus and glocometer sents to barangay health workers and provincial health

officials. The President also inspected the Samar Road Rehabilitation Project, which involves the construction/rehabilitation of existing roads and bridges that

include road widening, pavement strengthening, and drainage improvement, among others. Expected to propel economic activity through reduced transpor-

tation costs and greater access to the communities in Eastern and Western Samar, the project is targeted to be completed in May 2016.

(Photos by the Malacaang Photo Bureau.)

nect the town to the rest o the province and to the nearbytowns o Northern Samar.

Aquino visited Arteche last Friday, October 30, duringwhich he announced the big ticket inrastructure projects in-

Hernani LGU, PastoralCouncil to commemorate

Yolanda anniversaryBy Samuel Candido

Pray, live, laugh,

love, and a glass ofred wine.says thiscentenarian mother from

Oras town; One of the perks

of being a centenarian,

Victoria Tomenio Arellano, a

103 year-old mother and a

former public school teacher,

is receiving the P100,000

Milestone Benefit from Gov-

ernment Service Insurance

System (GSIS); she is the

first and only beneficiary in

Eastern Samar. In Photo are

the children of the beneficia-

ry and the officials of GSIS.

ernment will issue biasedand unounded decisionthat violated our right todue process and right tospeedy disposition o cas-es, Dolina, in a text mes-

sage, said.Dolina appealed to theOmbudsman to take asecond look on their caseas they filed a motion orrecommendation or apossible reversal o an ear-lier decision.

Mayroon din namankami career and reputa-syon na inaalagaan na na-sira dahil sa very unjustdecision na ito, he said.

Dolina was among the18 police officials whowere meted with perpet-

PIA, Rev. Fr. Nicolas dis-closed that one o the ac-tivities o the anniversarycelebration is the lightingo candles along the na-tional road which will starton November 1 to Nov. 8,2015.

We are appealing tothe public or their support

to put a lighted candle onthe main road when the 6o clock church bell rings,Rev. Fr. Nicolas said.

Nicolas urther said thatthe purpose o the activityis to honor those who per-ished during the typhoonand at the same time, as away o reflection or thosewho survived the disaster.

On November 8, 2015,

Alleged P4.9 millionirregularities

PNoy/turn to Page 6...

Hernani/turn to Page 5...

Ombudsman/turn to Page 2...

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Eastern Samar Bulletin2 NEWS Oct. 25-31, 2015

- Entry rom the local government unit o Alangalang andEF Winery were adjudged as the best bahal and best bahalina,respectively, in this years Oktubaest.

EF Winery also won the best bahal and bahalina or pub-lic tasting category.

Dish prepared by the Eastern Visayas State Universitystudents Sutukil (Sugba-uba-Kilaw) was adjudged as besttuba inused dish and John Paul Caubalesos entry was ad-judged as best tuba concoction.

Oktubaest is an annual event highlighting tuba, a localwine made rom the coconut tree sap organized by the AnWaray party-list.

It aims to revitalize and enrich the tuba industry by pro-moting it not just as wine but also as part o the component o

Eastern Visayas culinary and cultural heritage.Although the coconut industry in the region was severely

affected by supertyphoon Yolanda, the staging o Oktubaestshould not continue as it helps in promoting products romcoconut trees like tuba, Florencio Bem Noel, ounder othe An Waray party-list group, said.

As traditional wine, tuba has been part o Eastern Visayaspeoples lives and culture. We are happy that we are doingthis, he said.

Te An Waray party-list group has been conducting thisannual event started since 2008.

Noel vowed that An Waray will continue to support thecoconut industry o the region thru Oktubaest. He, however,encourages coconut armers to do intercropping to supporttheir main source o livelihood considering that the indus-try is still reeling rom the ill-effects o Yolanda.(ROEL T.

AMAZONA)

Oktubafest will continue to help supportthe coconut industry in EV battered by

Yolanda- Noel

ual disqualification romgovernment service due to

alleged irregularities in theprocurement o 16 rubberboats worth P4.9 millionin 2009.

At that time, Dolinawas the chairman o thebids and award committeeo the Maritime Group.

Last week, he filed ora 15-day leave o absencewith Chie Supt.Cedrickrain, who is the deputyregional director or ad-ministration, now as theofficer-in-charge o the re-gional PNP.

Dolina said that theOmbudsman, since thecase was filed against themthree years ago, did notgive them the chance torebut the allegations.

...from Page 1

Ombuds-... I we were given thechance to answer theseallegations against us, wecan prove that there wasbidding that occurred as

evidenced by the videocoverage that was takenduring the bidding, hesaid.

For more than threeyears, inupuan ang kasongito ng Ombudsman paralang sabihin na kami aymay sala Dolina added.

According to the Om-budsman, the rubber boatsprocured were deective.But despite the deects,they were accepted as con-orming to (users) specifi-cations, the Ombudsmansaid.

It also noted that thesupplier o the boats, theFour Petals, was not tech-nically, legally and finan-cially capable supplier.(JOEY A. GABIETA)

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3NEWS Eastern Samar BulletinOct. 25-31, 2015

Te An Waray par-

ty-list ormally presented

their five nominees or the2016 elections.

Named as nominees by

outgoing Rep. Neil Ben-

edict Montejo were Rep.

Victoria Noel, who is pres-

ently occupying An Warays

second seat; lawyer Raul

Creencia, Engr. Patrick

Aguilos, Rhoda Radoc and

Nikki Leano.

Montejo, who is serving

his third and last term, said

that he will have to take

the back seat afer the 2016

elections together withFlorencio Bem Noel, the

groups national chairman.

We may have new

names or our nominees

but they are equally capable

o doing the job once elect-

ed, Montejo said.

He added that he is con-

fident that their good track

record since 2004 will be

the key actor or another

win in next years elections.

An Waray party-list ofciallynamed its nomineesfor next years polls

ANECITO O. DAO, whose picture appears above, has anoutstanding Warrant of Arrest duly issued by the Regional

Trial Court, Branch 24, Catbalogan Samar for Criminal Case

No.8958-06-03-15 for QUALIFIED THEFT committed against

VIRGINIA FOOD, INC.

Any information leading to his immediate arrest will be re-

warded. Please contact tel. no. (032) 239-8800, mobile no.

09176381825 or 09176253969.

VIRGINIA FOOD, INC.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

ANECITO O. DAO

- A political group

based in the region has

joined the race or con-

gressional seats under theparty-list system.

Te ingog Siniran-

gan, which was estab-

lished in 2011, aims that

Eastern Visayas be heard

by national officials and

in the process, all the con-

cerns and needs o the

people o the region would

not only be heard but pro-

vided with concrete pro-

grams and projects, said

Jude Acidre, one o the

nominees o the group.

ingog Sinirangan wasgiven accreditation by the

Commission on Elections

last August 24, 2015.

Acidre said the plan o

their group to join the po-

litical race was born afer

the region was devastated

by super typhoon Yolan-

Tingog Siniranganjoins party-list elections

da close to two years now.

According to him,

while the region suffered

the most due to Yolanda,there is still much to be

done to alleviate the su-

erings o the survivors.

We want to be heard

but only ew people lis-

tened to our pleas. We

dont have a single voice

(to gain attention). And

or us, this is unair con-

sidering that we have

suffered the most due to

Yolanda, Acidre said.

He said that due to

Yolanda, the poverty sit-

uation o the region, con-sidered already as one o

the poorest regions in the

region, had escalated

urther.

Acidre said that while

there are already congress-

men rom the region, there

is still a need or new rep-

resentatives in Congress

rom the region.

Tere is always a room

or regional development,he said.

We are more on eco-

nomic recovery. Yolanda

is just one part, he said.

Aside rom Acidre,

the other nominees o the

group are Sean Palami and

Alexis Yu.

Glen Capucion, the

groups president, said that

ingog Sinirangan is an

all-encompassing group

as it could represent other

sectors o society like the

youth, persons with dis-abilities, women and the

poor.

Its time that our voic-

es be heard by our national

leaders or the betterment

o our people here in East-

ern Visayas, Capucion

said. (JOEY A. GABIETA)

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Rep. Victoria Noel,

serving on her first term,

said that they have beenlow key with their ac-

tivities the past years but

insisted that the An Waray

has continued its health

and youth programs in the

countryside albeit quietly

compared to previous ac-

tivities under her brothers

term.

She disclosed that

among her legislative agen-

da is the passage o the co-

conut bill proposed earlier

by An Waray congressman

but has yet to be passed byCongress.

We will continue to

pursue the coco bill as this

will help much our coco-

nut armers especially here

in Eastern Visayas who are

still recovering rom super-

typhoon Yolanda in 2013,

Noel said.

Meanwhile, second

nominee lawyer Creencia

said that part o his legis-

lative agenda is to push or

more benefits or small and

medium entrepreneurs inthe country which he be-

lieve is one o the major

economic drivers in the

countryside.

Mainly based on the is-

lands o Leyte, Samar and

Biliran, An Waray intro-

duces itsel as a democrat-

ic multi-sectoral party-list

organization that envisions

a just, progressive and

peaceul Filipino society.

In the 2004 elections or

the House o Representa-

tives, An Waray got 268,164

votes and one seat.

During the 2010 elec-

tions, the An Waray was

able to secure two congres-

sional seats as represented

by Montejo and Rep. Flor-

encio Bem Noel.

A party-list must get

at least two percent o the

total votes cast or the par-

ty-list in order to win a seat.

(AHLETTE C.REYES)

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OPINIONEDITORIAL

Eastern Samar Bulletin

COMMENTARY:

By Fr Roy Cimagala

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

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Dalmacio C. GraflPublisher

Romeo CebrerosOIC

Brgy. Songco, Borongan CityEastern Samar

(055) 261-3319

Aljim Denver M. ArcuenoEditor-in-Chief

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who haveminded beyond reason the opinions of others.

Virginia Woolf

Oct. 25-31, 2015

AS priest, I get to see many people already on the vergeo death. Teir amilies invite me to give them the last sac-raments o the anointing, communion or viaticum. I thepatients are still able, I would hear their conessions.

But its the effort to convey the Christian meaning osuffering and death that I find most challenging. Im awareo the different levels o aith that people have, and its inhow to adapt the doctrine to their level, such that they getto appreciate it, that would leave me gasping or divine in-spiration.

I just cant dish out the teaching in the raw. I need todress it up, using the appropriate words, tone, argumentsand examples. I also need a good sense o timing, eelingthe pulse o those around to see i my words are enteringor not. Indeed, a tricky affair, but all worth it. I learn some-thing every time I do this.

Now that we are in this month o November when wegive special attention to our beloved departed, it might begood to meditate once again on the reality o death. In this,what is necessary is to see it always rom the point o viewo our aith.

Its in our Christian aith that the complete picture o

death is shown and explained. Its in our Christian aithwhere the source, cause and purpose o death are given. Itsin our Christian aith where we are told what attitude weought to have toward it as well as how to take advantage oit, especially because it is unavoidable.

We have to be wary when we just allow ourselves to beled simply by our emotions or some cultural and social be-lies and practices which, while having their valid inputs,do not give us the whole picture. Without the light o aith,these actors sooner or later will give us a distorted anddangerous understanding o death.

Our Christian aith teaches us that death came as a con-sequence o sin, the sin o our first parents which we nowinherit. Obviously, our own personal sins contribute a lotto it.

We have to remember that at the beginning we aremeant to be immortal, not only spiritually but also bodily.ogether with immortality, we in our first parents beorethe all enjoyed the preternatural gifs o integrity and im-passibilitythe capacity not to suffer.

All these were gone with the sin o Adam and Eve,and death came as the ultimate consequence o sin. Deaththereore came to us as a deormation o our human naturein its original, sinless state, and as a divine retribution.

But God is ull o love and mercy and he cannot remainin anger with the masterpiece o his creation. He under-took a plan to save us, a long, tortuous and complex onenot because o his impotence but rather because o thecomplex and complicated condition that we have alleninto afer alling into sin.

Gods plan o human redemption, which he carries outwith the ullness o his powers, is not pursued as pure dole-out, a give-away without us corresponding to his plan. Healways respects our reedom, no matter how we misuseand abuse it, and leads us back to him, irrespective o howcomplex the ways to return to him might be.

In this regard, our Catechism teaches: God createdus without us, but he did not will to save us without us.(St. Augustine) o receive his mercy, we must admit ouraults. (1847)

We now know how this divine plan was carried out toits ulfillment. He sent his Son to us, the Son became man,taught us everything that we need to know or our salva-tion, and ultimately offered his lie on the cross, and thenresurrected.

Death, a beginningnot an end

Along the way, he established his Church where we findhis living word and his living presence in the sacraments.He endowed it with both visible and invisible gifs so thatthe redemptive presence and work o Christ can continueto be with us till the end o time. Tis is how God loves us.

As a result, death has ceased to be a punishment, butrather a means o our salvation. Its not anymore merelyan end to lie, but is in act now the beginning o a newand eternal lie with God. When seen with aith, death isactually a happy event, not a sad one, since with it one goeshome to his Father God.

The yearly observance of All Souls

Day is a regular religious ritual-

istic activity Christians worldwide

observe. It is a day where we

All Souls Day/All Saints Day

spend silent moments of remembering our

loved ones to include those we have high re-

gards for having been positively influential in

our lives who have gone ahead of us to the

realm of the unknown .

Our religious beliefs, however, tell us that

those who leave this world in death are either

in the other world of eternal bliss in our Cre-

ators domain of perfect other life of heaven

for those who lived saintly lives.

Sinful living up to the moment of death will

bring his soul to eternal damnation or hell.

We were also taught that those who com-

mit venial sins will first undergo a sort of soul

cleansing in Purgatory before he is brought

to haven.

Of course no soul has yet confirmed this

to us but we simply believe and accept this

dogma in faith.

The most significant action all of us shoulddo is to get ourselves into deep and serious

reflection and recall the lives of our loved ones

his goodness and what they have left as his

legacy to us left behind. On after-thought we

go into our privacy in prayer that their souls

may rest in peace..now and forever.

TheChristian world commemorates No-

vember 1 the annual observance of All

Saints Day. It is a day where we make at-

tempts for a flash back into the lives of

saints Christian heroes who offered their

lives in to propagate and defend our Ro-

man Catholic Christian faith.

Disciples of Jesus Christ, son of the livingGod, also our Lord and Saviour to include

the apostles were the early Christian heroes

and have been canonized for sainthood by

religious authorities headed by the Pope in

Rome; to create models of faith that living

All Saints/turn to Page 5...

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5Eastern Samar BulletinNEWS

Republic of the Philip-

pines

REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT

Eight (8th) Judicial

Region

Branch 5

Oras, Eastern Samar

IN THE MATTER OF

THE CORRECTION OF

ENTRIES IN THE CER-

TIFICATE OF MAR-

RIAGE UNDER LOCALCIVIL REGISTRY NO.

2000-23

Spec. Proc. Case No. 677

For: Correction of En-

tries in the Civil Registry

MARY ANN M. ESPO-

NILLA,

Petitioner,

-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRY OF AR-

TECHE, EASTERN

SAMAR, THE ADMIN-

ISTRATOR AND CIVIL

RIGISTRAR GENERAL

OF THEN NATIONAL

STATISTICS OFFICE

AND ALL INTEREST-

ED PERSONS,

Respondents.

x----------------------x

ORDERA veried petition for

the Correction of Entry in the

Certicate of Marriage un-

der Local Civil Registry No.2000-23 of MARY ANN M.

ESPONILLA, was led on

July 23, 2015 praying that af-

ter due notice, publication and

hearing, this Honorable Court

adjudged that petitioners

date of birth be changed from

MAY 13, 1978 to MAY

13, 1977 in the certicate of

Marriage at the National Sta-

tistics Ofce, Manila and like-

wise at the Local Civil Regis-

trar, Arteche, Eastern Samar.

Finding the petition tobe sufcient in form and sub-

stance the court hereby orders

that the petition be set for

hearing on October 6, 2015 at

1:30 oclock in the afternoon

at which date, time and place

all persons interested may ap-

pear and show cause why the

petition should not be granted.

A copy of this order shallbe published at the expense of

the petitioner once a week for

three (3) consecutive weeks in

a newspaper of general circu-

lation in the province of East-

ern Samar with the last pub-

lication at least one (1) week

prior to the date set for initialhearing.

Furnish copy of this Or-

der: The Ofce of the Solic-

itor General, 134 Amorsolo

St., Legaspi Village, Makati

City; Ofce of the Provincial

Prosecutor, Oras, Eastern Sa-

mar; The Local Civil Regis-

trar, Arteche, Eastern Samar;

The Civil Registrar General,

National Statistics Ofce,

EDSA, Quezon City, Met-

ro Manila; And Petitioners

counsel, Atty. Robert John M.

Tejero, of Public Attorneys

Ofce, Oras District Ofce,

Oras, Eastern Samar.

The petitioner is directedto furnish copy the aforesaid

ofces each with a copy of the

petition.

SO ORDERED.

Done in Chambers this

30th day of July 2015, Oras,

Eastern Samar.

JULIANA ADALIM

WHITE

Presiding JudgeESB: Oct. 11-17, 18-24, 25-

31, 2015

The

Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 8joins in the celebration of

LEO P. CAEDA, CESO IIIRegional Executive Director

WILSON A. CERBITO, Ph.D, DVM, CESE ELVIRA C. TORRES, Ph.DRegional Technical Director for OIC - Regional Technical Director for

Operations and Extension Research and Regulations

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015

The 68th United Nations General Assembly declared 2015 as the International Year of Soils (IYS).

The IYS is a great opportunity to unify our actions and raise awareness on the soils

for food and nutrition security and environment protection.

Oct. 25-31, 2015

Christians are tasked to

emulate and follow.

There are already pub-

lications in bookstores

that narrate lives of Chris-

tian heroes, the saints. It

would be noteworthy to

possess them. It will also

be a blessing if we fulfill

our Christian obligations

like that of hearing mass

specially on Sundays and

other holy days of obliga-

tion decreed by Church

hierarchy because onthese masses sometimes

use and quotes the lives

of saints to strengthen

their homilies for better

appreciation and under-

standing of our Christian

believers and faithful as

their guides to live real

Ch i ti li

...from Page 4

All Saints...

the anniversary day, a Holy

Mass will be held at 6 o clockin the morning which will bepresided by Rev. Fr. Nicolasat the Our Lady o Seven Do-lors Parish.

As the highlight o theanniversary day, two priestsare invited by Rev. Fr. Nico-las to give a talk on Te Hu-man Suffering and ClimateChange. wo residents o

Hernani will also give a tes-timony about their ordealsduring and afer yphoonYolanda.

A tarpaulin with the pic-

tures o the people who per-ished during the disaster willbe hanged at the site wherethe Commemoration Masswill be held. Relatives andriends o those who per-ished and the general publicmay light a candle under thetarpaulin to pray or theirsouls.

Tere will also be a slidepresentation to commemo-

tation will be presented bythe Our Lady o Seven Do-lors Parish.

At exactly 5 oclock in theafernoon, a Commemora-tive Mass will be held at Ba-rangay Batang which will becelebrated by His Excellency,Most Reverend Crispin B.Varquez, Bishop o the Dio-cese o Borongan and will beconcelebrated with other vis-iting priests.

Te said activity is notonly or Hernaninhons butalso or the residents comingrom other municipalities oEastern Samar whose rela-tives and riends perishedduring the disaster. (ajc/PIA-E. Samar)

rate the day andafer Super y-phoon Yolandamade landall. Tis

slide show presen-

...from Page 1

Hernani...

Climate Change Office

accepting project proposalsTe Climate Change Office is now accepting climateadaptation project proposals for funding under thePeoples Survival Fund [1]. It has mandated the al-

location of a P1 billion fund to be accessed by localgovernment units and community organizations tofinance their climate change adaptation projects.

Under Republic Act10174, the Climate ChangeOffice (CCO) o the ClimateChange Commission willserve as secretariat o theBoard and will receive andevaluate the proposals to beapproved by the Board. Sec-retary Cesar V. Purisima othe Department o Financeserves as Chairman o theBoard.

Citing data rom the

Global Commission on theEconomy and Climate andthe World Economic Fo-rum, Purisima described thedire need or both domesticand international unding tocombat and adapt to climatechange. Up to 2030, about $90trillion in inrastructure in-vestments and over $4 trillionin incremental investmentsor low carbon technologiesare required to deliver on the2 degree Celsius goal. Further,$5 trillion o inrastructureunding is required annuallyup to 2020 but $700 billionin incremental resources is

needed to make it sustainable.Te PSF is a locally und-

ed effort o the Philippines tomeet this investment chal-lenge, enabling communitiesunder threat o climate changeto adapt and live sustainably.We look orward to seeingevery peso in the und counttowards more climate-resil-ient communities. Tis is aninvestment or the uture thatwe hope will expand urther,Purisima said.

According to Joyceline

Goco, Deputy Executive Di-rector o the CCO, the imple-mentation o the PSF augurswell or the government as itundertakes efforts to tacklethe adverse effects o climatechange.

With the und supportcoming rom the PSF, localgovernment units will nowhave the means to realize theplans they have set up to insu-late their constituents againstclimate change-induced disas-ters and even exploit the ben-efits that climate change maybring, Goco said.

Te und is intended or

adaptation activities that in-clude water resources manage-

ment, land management, ag-riculture and fisheries, health,among others, and serve asguarantee or risk insurance

needs or armers, agriculturalworkers, and other stakehold-ers.

It will also be used or es-tablishing regional centers andinormation networks and thestrengthening o existing onesto support climate change ad-aptation initiatives and proj-ects; or setting up o orecast-ing and early warning systemsagainst climate-related haz-ards; support to institutionaldevelopment such as preven-tive measures, planning, pre-paredness; and managemento impacts relating to climatechange, including contingen-cy planning or droughts andfloods.

Te other members o theBoard are the vice chairper-son o the Climate ChangeCommission, secretary o theDepartment o Budget andManagement, director gener-al o the National Economicand Development Authority,secretary o the Departmento the Interior and Local Gov-ernment, chairperson o thePhilippine Commission onWomen, representative romthe academe and scientificcommunity, business sector,

and non-government organi-zations. (D0F)

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Eastern Samar Bulletin6 NEWS

NOBIOBOTORegistered voters whose biometrics have not been cap-tured must undergo validation on or before October 31,2015, otherwise they will not be allowed to vote on May9, 2016 National and Local Elections.

Friendly reminder from:

E t S B ll tiCOMELEC &

GUIUAN

Oct. 25-31, 2015

Albay is 2016 Palarong Pambansa hostTe Department of Education (DepEd) and the Philippine SportsCommission (PSC) declared Albay the host of thePalarong Pambansa in 2016.

Albay won over ugueg-arao City, Cagayanits onlycompetitor or the annual

national student games.Beore announcing the

results, Education SecretaryArmin Luistro asked bothprovinces to continue sup-porting the agencys sportsdevelopment program. Sanaipagpatuloy po ninyo anginyong naka-atas na mgaprograma para sa sports sainyong probinsiya at sanamakasama pa po kayo ng

DepEd at ng PSC doon saiba pang sports events. May-roon po tayong Batang Pinoy,

Philippine National Games,at iba pang programa.

Te final choice was madebased on voting results by thePalarong Pambansa Board,which is chaired by the edu-cation Secretary.

We reviewed the recom-mendations rom the regionsand had our own delibera-tions. We went through bil-leting, acilities, your presen-

tations, including readinesso our regions, as well asother considerations that arespecific to 2016. Ang nanalopo with a very, very slim mar-gin is Albay, Luistro said.

Beore the bidding andofficial presentations o thetwo provinces, DepEd andPSC technical officials in-spected each venue last June.

PSC Commissioner JoseLuis Gomez presented to thebody the rating system usedwhich included internationalstandards, distance rom the

main complex, power supply,and security, among others.

DepEds Schools SportsEvents and Activities UnitHead Cesar Abalon reportedon the status o the billeting

areas, which are evaluatedbased on the sufficiency orooms, bathrooms, kitchenareas, and medical provi-sions.

With a budget o Php 300million, Albay Governor JoeySalceda assured the PalarongPambansa Board that Albayhas the equipment and re-sources needed to constructand repair its sports acilities.(DepEd)

itiated by his administrationto the Samar Island.

According to the Presi-dent, since he assumed o-

fice, his administration haspoured in P19.2 billion tound various road projectsacross the Samar Island.

Te amount, he said, wasar higher compared to theP10.1 billion budget allocat-ed by the previous adminis-tration rom 2016 up to 2010.

Next year, another P7.49billion will also be allocatedto various road projects inthe three Samar provincesunder his administration.

Te road projects were ontop o the P8.15 billion cov-

ering 222 kms rom the Mil-lennium Challenge Corp. setto be completed by next year.

Mga boss, sa pag-kokonekta natin sa inyongrural at urban areas, hindilang natin napapa-arangkadaang lokal at komersyot ekon-omya-napapabilis din natinang paghahatid sa ating mgaboss, tulad na lang ng mgaserbisyong panlipunan atgayundin ng ayuda tuwinghumaharap tayo sa sakuna,the President said during hisspeech held at the town gym-nasium.

Various health equipmentwere also distributed duringhis visit.

Te President in Artecheat 10:35 am rom the Boron-gan Airport. He was joinedby Secretaries Mel SenenSarmiento o Department

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PNoy... o Interior and Local Gov-ernment; Rogelio Singsono Department o PublicWorks and Highways andJanette Garin o Depart-ment o Health.

Aquino was welcomed

by officials o Eastern Samarled by Governor ConradoNicart, Rep. Ben Evardoneand officials as well as romNorthern Samar led by Gov.Jose Ong, Rep. Emil Ongand ormer deputy HouseSpeaker Raul Daza.

Former Interior Sec.Mar Roxas was invited tothe affair by Rep. Evardoneas the event coincides withthe 50th ounding celebra-tion o the province.

For Mayor RolandoEvardone, the Presidents

visit to his town, with a pop-ulation o 17,000 and withan annual income o P57million, was historic.

He is the first Presidentto visit our town and at thesame, it is under his admin-istration that our town hasbeen connected to the resto the province and to near-by town o Northern Samarthrough Lapinig town,Evardone, who is servinghis last term in office, said.

He said they have to usepump boats just to reach thenearby town o Oras, the

trade center in the northernpart o the province.

With a well-paved andconcrete road, Evardonesaid that he expects histown to become a new tradecenter. (JOEY A. GABIE-TA)

Once the symbol of how strong supertyphoon Yolanda was, the M/V Eva

Jocelyn, washed inland during the massive disaster, now stands as a memo-

rial where loved ones of those who perished could visit to remember them.

(JOEY A. GABIETA)