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Rep. Florencio Bem Noel of the An Waray party-list hands over a facsimile check
amounting to P150,000 as livelihood assistance to members of the Barangay ni Nanay at
the youth center in Leyte Sports Development Center. (LITO A. BAGUNAS)
ACLOBAN CIY Barangay Natons (BNs)health program here in thecity is being strengthenedas An Waray party-listRepresentative Floren-cio Bem Noel starts thisweek the distribution oPhilhealth cards to at least50,000 households in thecity.
Te distribution oPhilhealth cards whichstarted Tursday are or
50,000 acloban residentsenrolled by An Waray or
ACLOBAN CIYPower generator EnergyDevelopment Corp.(EDC) has paid in ull itsproperty tax obligationsor 2012 with theprovincial government oLeyte under protest, ano cial said.
Gerardo Avorque,Leyte assistant provincial
CALBAYOG CIY- Te signing of a peace
covenant in this city last Sunday for a peace-ful elections was marred by a shooting incident
that killed three persons.
Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez, who celebrated his 51st birth-
day yesterday, personally handed to Glenda Hammer of Brgy.99 anew wheel chair.Together with the mayor was wife, Councilor CristinaG. Romualdez. LITO A. BAGUNAS
treasurer or operationssaid EDC, a publicly-listed company engagedin the explorationand development ogeothermal elds inLeyte has paid to thelocal governmentP32,916,740.58 inproperty taxes last year.
EDCs P33-M propertytax under protest
Te incident promptedboth Samar Governor Sha-ree Ann an and CalbayogCity Mayor Ronald Aquinoto ask police authorities tospeed up their investigation,
calling the incident as a badsign relative to the May 13,2013 midterm elections.
Based on police inves-tigation, the three personskilled were identied as LitoBuracan,34;William Some-no,32 and Vencio Abrea.
All were residents o
Barangay Migara, this city,to page 3...(see pictorial on backpage)
Killing incident mars
peace covenant signingBY JOEY A. GABIETA & REYAN L. ARINTO, Staff Writers
An Waray distributes PhilHealth cardshealth coverage under thePhilhealth sponsored pro-grams.
Rep. Noel said that thisprogram is in line with histhrust to ensure that his el-low city residents, especiallythose who are less privi-leged, are adequately pro-vided with access to qualityhealth care services.
Given an enrolmentrate o P1,200 per amily, atleast P60 million will be set
aside by the party-list repre-sentative to cover the Phil-
healthenrollment o the50,000 beneciaries.
Te 50,000 PhilHealthrecipients identied comerom various barangays inthe city such as San Jose one o the biggest areas inthe city also rom Sag-kahan and the northernbarangays o acloban.
As An Waray dis-tributes the cards, it waslearned that they are atthe same time enrolling
new members rom thecity to be sponsored by
Claims for farminsurance inEV dipped to
P11M in 2012
Bonus of Oras
employees not
yet released
Voice of the peopleshould prevail
during
election Sec. Roxas
Recurrent
flooding
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2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Tuesday, 15 January 2013
ACLOBAN CIY Claims paid or arm insur-ance in Eastern Visayas hasdipped to P11 million in2012 rom P14.46 milliona year ago, the PhilippineCrop Insurance Corpora-tion (PCIC) said in a reportyesterday.
PCIC Regional Man-ager Dominico Digamonsaid that ewer armers haveavailed crop insurance pay-ment this year probably dueto less damages to crops in-curred rom natural calami-ties. From 2,967 claimantsin 2011, it decreased to only2,401 last year.
Te regions weathercondition has been avora-ble to arming in 2012. y-phoons that hit the regionare not very destructive andmany armers also managedto control pest inestationsin rice arms, Digamontold Leyte Samar Daily Ex-press.
O the P11 million in-demnities last year, P10.63million was disbursed orrice armers, and minimalamount was paid or corn,high value crops, livestock,and death benet.
For rice arming, in-demnity due to pest anddiseases accounts the high-est at P5.37 million, 18%
TACLOBAN CITY -
The more than 70 employ-
ees of the local government
of Oras in Eastern Samar
have yet to receive their
productivity incentive bo-
nus.
This was revealed by
town Vice Mayor Aquilino
Mejica who said that the
productivity incentive bo-
nus is not being released by
Mayor Niel Alvarez despite
an ordinance that they have
passed.
This has affected the
(morale) of the local gov-
ernment units workers.
They have been waiting for
the release of the productiv-
ity incentive bonus. In fact,
some of them have already
secured debts as they were
expecting the release of the
extra bonus, Mejica, in a
phone interview, said.
According to the vice
mayor, they have already
passed an ordinance setting
the productivity incentive
bonus at P7,000 per em-
ployee.
The giving of the extra
bonus would also include
the mayor, the vice mayor
and all the members of the
town council, Mejica said.
Mejica said that it was
unfair for the mayor not to
give the productivity incen-
tive bonus considering that
the local government unit
has the necessary funding.
He said that the granting
lower than the 2011s P6.55million payment.
Releases or typhoonand ooding went downby 54% rom P4.65 millionin 2011 to P2.11 million in2012. Value o losses, how-ever, signicantly went upto P1.14 million last yearrom only 11,016 a year ear-lier.
Rat inestation is thenumber one reason whyarmers claim crop insur-ance in 2012 with a total losso P2.61 million claimedby more than 600 armers.However, it is lower thanthe P3.14 million paymentsin 2011 due to rat attacks,he explained.
Te PCIC said the mostcommon rice pests and dis-eases are stemborer, ricetungro virus, rice black bug,and rice blast.
Also aecting the de-crease in claims is the de-layed implementation oagreement on insurancesubsidy between the De-partment o Agriculture(DA) and PCIC. Te armdepartments P5 millionpremium subsidy or in-surance took eect mid o
March 2012.Tere was delay osigning o agreement, thusaecting the coverage o
some armers who plantedrice during the rst quartero 2012, he said.
Under the scheme, theDA provides premium sub-sidy o P500 or every arm-er. Te regular crop insur-ance premium is P890 perplanting season.
Despite decrease inclaims, Digamon said thatindemnity was released inall o the six provinces inthe country unlike last yearthat payments were concen-trated in Leyte and North-ern Samar.
Crop insurance cover-age in the region or 2012has reached P315.47 mil-lion with 9,222 beneciar-ies.
he governments cropindemnity program pro-vides insuranc e protec tionto agricultural producersagainst loss o the cropson the account o naturalcalamities, plant pests anddisease, and other perils.
Digamon claimed thatthey are speeding up theirdrive to encourage morearmers to avail crop in-surance program with thecurrent area insured rep-
resenting only 4% o thetotal area planted in theregion. (SARWELL Q. ME-NIANO)
Claims for farm insurance in
EV dipped to P11M in 2012Bonus of Oras
employees not
yet released
of the extra bonus would
be taken from their savings
per the guidelines of the
Department of Budget and
Management (DBM).
But Mayor Alvarez dis-
missed the allegation of
Mejica, saying that he is
even willing to grant the
extra bonus.
We have the funding.
In fact, I can even give
P10,000 each for our em-
ployees. The problem lies
with the vice mayor. He is
opposing for the release of
the bonus, Alvarez said.
According to the town
mayor, Mejica is oppos-
ing for the release of the
productivity incentive bo-
nus because the budget in-
tended for the ofce created
by the town council whose
head was Mejicas wife.
If we release the bonus,
for sure the fund of the mu-
nicipal disaster risk reduc-
tion management council
(MDRRMC) would be af-
fected, Alvarez said.
The creation of the
MDRRMC was later nulli-
ed by the Commission on
Civil Service (CSC)-8 for
not in consonance with the
existing laws, Alvarez said.
They have set the
standards not in accordance
with the CSC, he added.
I am willing to release
the productivity incentive
bonus for our employees.
Im sure it will be released
soon, Alvarez said.(JOEYA. GABIETA)
For 2012, EDC actuallypaid in advance to theprovincial government butunder protest. EDC believesthat Republic Act No. 9513,known as the RenewableEnergy Act o 2008, has
repealed Section 235 o theLocal Government Code,Avorque told Leyte SamarDaily Express.
Avorque added thatEDC invoked Section 15o RA 9513, which statesthat realty and othertaxes on civil works,equipment, machinery
and other improvementso a registered renewableenergy developer actuallyand exclusively used orrenewable energy acilitiesshall not exceed 1.5% otheir original cost lessaccumulated normaldepreciation or net bookvalue.
Te protest is currentlywith the Local Board oAssessment Aairs. Whilewaiting or the decision, theamount paid by EDC hasbeen held in trust, Avorque
said.EDC, the countrys
largest geothermal energyproducer, operates the LeyteGeothermal ProductionField (LGPF) that
straddles the municipalityo Kananga, Leyte andOrmoc City. It has a totalplant capacity o over 700megawatts. (REYAN L.ARINTO)
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3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressTuesday, 15 January 2013 NEWS
Homily of the Most Rev. Isabelo C. Abarquez, DD
Bishop of the Diocese of Calbayog, Calbayog City, Samar
Peace Covenant Signing at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Calbayog City, Samar
January 13, 2013 10:00 A.M.
St. Paul in his Letters to the Collosians chapter 3 verse 17 has this to say,
WHATEVER YOU DO, WHETHER IN WORD OR IN ACTION, DO EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JE-
SUS (Col. 3:17)
Honorable Mar Roxas, Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government or DILG, our Candidates for the
coming May 2013 Elections who are here for the peace covenant signing, PSSupt Elmer Ragadio Soria Regional Police
Director, PRO8, MGen. Gerardo Layug, AFP Commanding General 8ID, PA, Director Jose Nick Mendros, COMELEC Re-
gional Election Director, Atty. Maria Corazon Montallana COMELEC Provincial Election Supervisor, my dear people of Godin the Diocese of Calbayog, my dear brothers and sisters in Christa blessed and peaceful morning to you all.
Mga kabugtoan ko dida kan Kristo, aadi kita yana nagkakatirok aron pagsalin-urog san Santos nga Misa. Sakob san
Santos nga Misa pagahihimoon liwat an Peace Covenant Signing san aton mga minahal nga kandidato san local nga goby-
erno dinhi san Ciudad san Calbayog ngan Provincia han Samar.
Sira nga aton mga kandidato maghimo yana san kasabutan ngan panaad atubangan san Ginoo ngan mga tawo nga sira
diri magbuhat san mga maraut nga butang sa isat-isa ngan sa katawhan ilabi na sa ira political opponents, amo man ngani nga gintawag iton Peace Covenant.
Mayda ginsering sa pulong nga Linatin nga Nemo dat quod non habet karuyag sidngon nga you cannot give what you do not have. In other words, nga diri ka
makakahatag sin kalinaw kun ikaw mismo diri nag-ukoy sin kinabuhi san kalinaw. So an pakiana, how can we have peace? Paano kita mag-ukoy sin kalinaw para maka-
hatag liwat kita sin kalinaw? Allow me to answer siton nga pakiana pinaagi sin tulo ka S. The rst S is silence of the mind.The silence of the mind is in contrast to the noise
of the mind, which is worry. A person who is always worried will not have peace and will cause trouble for other people. There can be no peace without silence of the mind.
We worry a lot. We worry about what we will have for lunch and how we will settle our bills on payday. We worry about retirement and getting old. We worry about getting
sick. We worry a lot and we have become a nation of worriers. But believe me your worries cannot come true. Your worries will all come to pass because it is God who is
in control. Silence of the mind is the rst S.
The second S is simplicity of the heart. The opposite of simplicity is a cluttered heart. A cluttered heart has so many attachments and is obsessed with so many things.
It is ruled by compulsion rather than freedom. For example, we think that we will not be happy without a certain person or thing. Hindi ako magiging maligaya kapag wala
itong kotse na ito. Hindi ako magiging masaya kapag wala itong bagay na ito. Hindi ako magiging masaya kapag wala itong bahay na ito. I tell you let go. Have simplicity of
the hearts; it will focus your hearts on the thing that really matters. And what is it the one true thing that really matters? GOD. We do need anybody or anything to be happy.
We do not need to go anywhere to be happy because the best place to encounter GOD is right in your hearts.
The third S is serenity of soul. What is the opposite of serenity of souls? Only one word: SIN. People, who live in sin, are living outside of the grace of God. St. Augustine
says something striking, When you have achieved silence of the mind, simplicity of heart and serenity of soul, then you will have peace. So, what is peace? Peace is thechain of love. Come to think of it, if we are living in sin, we will not be able to love. If our hearts are possessed with so many attachments to persons, power and things, we
will not be able to love. If our minds are cluttered and too noisy with worry, we will not be able to love. But remember, peace is not the end. We pray for peace so that we
can love more.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, as Election Day draws near, please give peace and love a chance. Higugmaa ang kalinaw, ukyi an kalinaw. Let peace and love reign
in our hearts, in our families, in our Province, in our community. As Election Day draws near, I call upon you once more to prevent the many wrong doings attendant upon
every election in our country, in our province and in our city particularly, and to help bring about a truly meaningful choice of candidates.
I want to make it clear that I do not endorse any particular party or candidate. I do not want to dictate to you whom you should vote for. I respect your freedom in voting.
This freedom is part of the exercise of your freedom of conscience, which I, your servant leader, am obliged to respect.
I do have an obligation to help you form your conscience. And I do want to exhort you to act as Christians in the whole conduct of the elections, according to the injunc-
tion of St. Paul: whatever you do, in word or in action, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God, the Father through him. (Col. 3:17)
I urge you, candidates and your followers and supporters to act in a manner betting Christian men and women, and believers in the one true God.
I ask you, voters, to exercise and not to set aside your Christian faith when you cast your votes. Let not this coming election be a blemish to our Christianity but a
credit to our Christian name.
Hence, in the name of God, I humbly ask the CANDIDATES, THEIR PARTIES, FOLLOWERS and SUPPORTERS:
1) Stop violence. You shall not kill. (Ex. 20:13) Those who want to serve the people should not grab power by hurting or killing the people they profess to serve.
Killings and other acts of violence have regularly marred our elections. This is a national disgrace especially for a country where the majority are Christians and practically
all inhabitants believe in one and the same God.
2) Do not cheat. To cheat is to steal public ofce, You shall not steal. (Ex. 20:15) A person who wins by cheating has no moral right to occupy a position stolen
from another. Such a person will have to answer before God for depriving the people of the services of the rightful winner.
3) Do not buy votes. This is a particular degrading form of cheating. You do not star serving the people by corrupting them and degrading their dignity.4) Do not trivialize the campaign period. Educate the people during the campaign by explaining to them your platform and the issues involved. Do not be satised
to be reduced to singing, dancing and clowning before the people.
5) Do not tell lies to destroy the good name of another person. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. (Ex. 20:16) This commandment remains
in effect and is not suspended during the campaign period. A person who destroys the good name of another will probably not mind doing evil to others. If the campaign
remains on the level of issues much black propaganda and mud slinging will be avoided.
Likewise, I humbly ask the VOTERS:
1) Vote intelligently. Do not be fooled by appearances, words and promises. Study the issues involved, the platforms of the candidates and their past records.Vote
for persons who act in a manner consistent with Christian principles. Vote honestly according to your enlightened judgment and conscience after carefully weighing the
persons and issues involved.
Vote for the persons who can do the most good for the whole country.
Vote for the persons who embody the Gospel Values of justice, truth, freedom, love, peace and respect for human rights and life.
2) Do not sell your votes. Your vote, your honor. When you sell your vote, you sell your honor. You become nothing in the eyes of those who buy you. You harm
your future and that of your countrymen. Do not allow yourselves to be corrupted by money or other immoral considerations into voting or not voting, or cheating for a
candidate.
3) Beware of those who overspend during elections. They will surely seek to recover their expenses with prot, at our expense.
4) Do not allow yourself to be cowed. Band together with your fellow citizens and seek the protection of law enforcers, the COMELEC and its deputies. There are
no tyrants where there are no cowards.
Election time is one of those rare times in our democracy when people directly exercise political power, which is meant to serve the common good. Do not squander
or barter away the exercise of this power. Use it to give our country and people a better life.
And to the COMELEC AND THEIR DEPUTIE S, I say:1) Do your work with impartiality. You are not the hirelings of the persons who appointed you. You are the servants of the people. It is to the people you owe loyalty
and not to the appointing powers. Let God, the laws of our land and your conscience be your only guide.
2) Do your work with competence. You are empowered and therefore are expected to be able to keep the polls honest and peaceful.
3) Do your work with honesty. When you cheat or help in cheating you sin in a double way: you rob rightful winners of their ofce and you betray the public trust,
which you assumed on oath.
4) Do your work credibly. You must not only be impartial, competent and honest. You must not even give any appearance of partiality, incompetence and dishon-
esty.
5) Expose and neutralize all private armed groups. Unless you do so, the elections cannot be honest and peaceful. They certainly will not be credible. Your cred-
ibility and competence are at stake here.
I already said it before and I would like to say it again now; to the Teachers and Public School Personnel: I trust in your integrity. In the eyes of the young, you are
upholders of truth and honesty. Please do not destroy or let others destroy your name and profession. To the Military, Police and Civilian Home Defense Forces: You are the
guardians of peace and order. You owe your allegiance to the Flag and to our people, not to any particular individual or political group. I urge you to defend the life, dignity
and rights of our citizenry. I humbly ask you, never allow yourselves to be used as instrument of election violence and cheating.
Before the nal blessing, peace covenant signing will follow. In the peace covenant signing, candidates will manifest their intentions to uphold the principle of peace
and lawfulness in the conduct of their campaigns and partisan activities.
The candidates also pledge to avoid at all cost the use of force, intimidation, fraud and violence, for the advantage of the political interest.
Candidates should also vow to obey all laws and regulations mandated by authorities and to observe fairness, justice and sportsmanship in dealing with their political
opponents. As you do all these, my dear candidates, I do hope and pray that you sincerely and humbly commit yourselves to follow and respect the contents of the covenant.
Otherwise, this peace covenant signing is a useless exercise.
Dear fellow Calbayognons, the elections are the key to good government. Credible elections will make for a credible government. Meaningful elections will make for
good government. These May 2013 elections will show what kind of people we are, and will determine the kind of government we shall have. Let us all together make these
elections truly CHAMP- Clean, Honest, Accurate, Meaningful and Peaceful.
I wish to encourage persons, organizations and movements that have been working to assure for us this kind of elections. I commend the Parish Pastoral Council for
Responsible Voting (PPC-RV). PPC-RV volunteers are rendering seless and oftentimes heroic service to God and country.
Do not be afraid! Let us face the future with hope, and take every necessary step.
While neglecting no effort, let us believe that even now Christ is at work in us, in our hearts and in the hearts of our fellow Filipinos by the power of His Spirit to bring
about the transformation of Philippine society. Let us pray to God, the Lord of history, to guide our endeavors, and crown them with success.
May the same Lord thwart the evil designs of evil men; and may Mary, our Hope and Seat of Wisdom, our Mother and Protectress of the Filipino people, obtain our
victory.
May God bless you our dear candidates, may God bless our province and Diocese, may God bless us all!
CALBAYOG CIY Election process is thecore o democracy and the
center o President Aqui-nos Kayo ang Boss.Tis was how Depart-
ment o Interior and Lo-cal Government SecretaryMar Roxas described thepeace covenant signingdone at the Saints Peterand Paul Cathedral, thiscity, last Sunday attendedby 93 candidates rom var-ious positions, rom pro-vincial, congressional andcity electoral seats.
Roxas added that thevoice o the people should
prevail during electionsby declaring those whomthey had voted or.
Tis way we can sendmessage that we can havea peaceul, orderly andmeaningul election, Rox-as stressed.
He added that in orderto achieve this, the govern-ment is doing all it can toensure that the orthcom-ing electorate process willbe orderly and those whowill be declared as winnersare the one truly voted by
the people.Roxas added that the
government orce will notbe used in violating or dis-respecting peoples voicein the electoral process.
Moreover, CalbayogDiocese Bishop IsabeloAbarquez called or vot-ers not to be persuaded bypoliticians who uses illegalacts during elections. Healso called or politiciansto be truthul and honestduring election campaign
by not engaging into il-
legal acts, maligning theirellow candidates and votebuying.
Te bishop stressed thathe is not endorsing anycandidates comes the May13,2013 polls.
Please give peace andlove a chance in our heartand in our community,Bishop Abarquez requestedall those who attended theMass beore the peace cov-enant signing.
As Election Day is nearI call upon you prevent allthe wrongdoing happensevery election day in ourcountry and to have a truly
ree conduct o choosingour candidates, he added.Furthermore, the two
strong contenders in theprovincial position o Sa-mar province, GovernorSharee Ann an and RosaJessica Uy-Delgado saidthat they truly support thepeace covenant signingmaniesting in their pres-ence at the venue.
But I only hope that thiswill not stop in the signingand during election no un-toward incident or election
related crime would hap-pen, Governor an said.
Uy-Delgado, daugh-ter o slain Calbayog CityMayor Reynaldo Uy, saidthat their presence in thecovenant signing showedthat they support peace andorderly elections.
Tis would also dismissreports that my amily isprotector o private armedgroups which they alwayslink to us every election pe-riod, Delgado said. (ROELAMAZONA)
Voice of the peopleshould prevail duringelection Sec. Roxas
and hit in the dierentparts o their bodies bystill unidentied and un-determined number oassailants at around 1:30a.m. last Sunday in Baran-gay Alibaba, 12 kms awayrom the city proper.
Injured were bystand-ers Renato Jhonson,36who was hit at his lef kneeand Inocenta Demetria,hitat her stomach. Both wereresidents o Alibaba.
Supt. Elmer Cinco,city police chie, said thatbased on their initial in-vestigation, the three wereon their way home romattending the visper nite
o Alibata when they werewaylaid by the suspects.
Tey were riddled by ca-liber 45, Cinco said.
We are still investigat-ing as the motive o thesuspects, Cinco said whenasked the possible reasonwhy the victims were shotand killed.
He, however, said thatthey are not ruling out thepossible motive o politicsand personal grudge in-volving the suspects and thevictims.
Cinco said that theirinvestigation is still in pro-gress reason why he couldnot say yet what could bethe reason or the incident.
But Gov. an and Mayor
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Leyte Samar Daily Express OPINION Tuesday, 15 January 2013
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EDITORIAL
Urban migration update
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Leyte Samar
Recurrent flooding
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t is very likely that, as the government plans to
move about 100,000 squatters from their homes
on crucial waterways in Manila by June as a
flood control measure and for their own safety,
some so-called Warays, or people from our region
who migrated to the big city, will be affected.
Manila is home to more than 11.8 million peo-
ple living in the capital and about 20 percent are
squatters who build shanties in empty lots, underbridges, on waterways or any vacant place they
can settle. These are people who migrated from the
provinces in the hopes of improving their lives by
trying their luck in the metropolis. Of these people,
many come all the way from depressed regions like
Eastern Visayas.
Finding no place to dwell in the countrys cap-
ital whose cost of living is sky high, they became
squatter communities, building precarious shan-
ties on the banks of waterways and, in the
process, preventing water from flowing freely
and blocking drains with rubbish. As a result,
flooding in Metro Manila had worsened in re-
cent years. Urban planners have discovered
that the clogging of waterways by squatters
is one cause of frequent flooding and deaths
caused by storms like Typhoon Ketsana in
2009.So the government now is resolved to imple-
ment this project. The plan is to clear six ma-
jor waterways in the sprawling capital before
typhoon season starts in June. There is an es-
timated 105,000 squatter families living on the
waterways, 20,000 of those families -- repre-
senting about 100,000 people -- live in six ma-
jor waterways, and are the first to be moved.
Things To
Minddoms pagliawan
Most ood control efforts in
the country today could be lik-
ened to Juan dela Cruz boarding
a metallic basin, busily xing an
eroding mountain of sacks full
of soil, put up like a seawall to
blockade the onslaught of ood-
water. The ooding is recurrent,
and so is the collapse of the wall.
In this illustration, the erod-
ing wall softened by risen waters
constantly brings headache to
people. Every time heavy down-
pours come, it caves in and falls
to the lower ground, allowing theoods to rush to where damage to
lives and properties awaits. Re-
currence of oods is also stressed,
say, due to substandard drainage,
irresponsible and improper dis-
posal of non-biodegradable mate-
rials, and the most common cause
of oodingthe depleted forest
covers and woodlands.
How the message could
be decoded relies on labels
that could inform what the
main objects represent. Theoodwater maybe labeled
as persistent ooding, the
blockading wall as cycle
of rebuilding and recov-
ery. Juans action is like-
wise blurred if he wont say
something by way of mono-
logue. Here we go again,
he may say.
A collapsing structure
is a typical destruction
brought about by ooding
and other related catas-trophes. Preventing such
wreckage is instinctively
a thing that Filipinos do in
the face of disasters. Hav-
ing these sights imaged in
an illustration is therefore
a precise mirroring of what
transpires when calamities
strike. But, as usual, the
ill-preparedness of Juan
dela Cruz and, at times,
his inability in address-
ing destruction courtesy of
natural disasters is always
evident, unable to grap-
ple with situations unless
an outside help comes his
way.
Most people must have
been disgusted, fed up
with the recurrent trou-
ble of having to combat
the effects of calamitiesill-equipped. The damage-
mitigating projects being
put up in disaster-prone ar-
eas are either insufcient,
or are substandard in qual-
ity they could not stand the
onslaught of destruction.
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Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINIONTuesday, 15 January 2013
Prayer for the Nation and
for Those who Serve in
Public Office
God, our Father, you guide every thingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers we
offer for our nation; by the wisdom of ourleaders and integrity of our citizens, mayharmony and justice be secured and may
there be lasting prosperity and peace.Almighty and eternal God, You know the
longings of our hearts and You protect ourrights. In your goodness, watch over those
in authority, so that people everywhere mayenjoy freedom, security and peace.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus
Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns withyou and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever
and ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughtersof St. Paul)
Pray the Holy Rosary daily forworld peace and conversion of sinners
(The family that prays together stays together)
Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8; Mk 1:21-28
THE CURE OF A DEMONIAC
[Jesus and his disciples] came to Capernaum, and on the Sabbath [Je-
sus] entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his
teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, What
have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us?I know who you are the Holy One of God! Jesus rebuked him and said,
Quiet! Come out of him! The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a
loud cry came out of him. All were amazed and asked one another, What is
this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits
and they obey him. His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole
region of Galilee.
FIX INSTEAD OF KILL
Once again Larry left church feeling angry. He supported capital pun-
ishment in his state, but the pastor had reiterated the bishops call to end the
death penalty. We need to rid our population of these animals who victim-
ize us and our children, he grumbled to his wife Kathy as they got into the
car. Larry then commenced the elaborate starting ritual necessary to bring
his old Chevy to life. He set the choke, pumped the gas pedal twice and held
it halfway, then hit the starter. The worn out machine responded with a puny
click and nothing more. Needs a new solenoid, he sighed. Then Kathy
said, Honestly, Larry. You keep this old heap (old car) alive because you
love it. And so you x whatever goes wrong with it. Dont you think God
would rather x the people he loves than kill them? O God, maker of all
things, in your own image and likeness you have created our human family.
Yet sin has degraded us, some worse than others. By your love, help us to
restore what was lost. Today, imagine what a condemned prisoner on death
row would be like after he or she was restored to wholeness. (Between Sun-
days by Paul Boudreau, published by Paulines. Visit us at www.paulines.
ph or at Paulines Media Center, Real St., Tacloban City. Tel. #321-3195)
Sowers thought: As long as you want to follow your opinions you
will not advance in the love of God. You will always remain rooted in your
own self and Gods love will be unable to breach it. Blessed James Albe-
rione, founder of the Pauline Family
5
The Sower
Urban...from page 4
Those with relatives
in Manila who live along
these waterways can ex-
pect relocations of their
loved ones there. Should
these squatters resist,
they will be subjected
to forced evacuations.
Thats what they get for
leaving their old homes in
the provinces in favor of
a complicated, congested,
and difficult life in filthy
squatter communities.
This should change
the minds of those who
are planning right now
to supposedly join these
squatters in hopes of find-
ing greener pastures.
Of Cabbages
& Kings...dr. nila l. filamor
Zero Challenges is Quite Utopian
Checkpoint in each locality
There should be at least
one xed election check-
point in each locality, ac-
cording to ofcials of the
Philippine National Police
Regional Ofce. As to
how many there could be
in a city or town, no limit
is imposed. Albeit limit-
less, there are certain basic
rules that the public should
not forget in determining
whether or not the check-point violates the regula-
tions set by the Commis-
sion on Elections.
Deputy Regional Di-
rector for Operations S/
Supt. Manuel Cubillo and
PNP-RO8 Community Re-
lations head Supt. Roel Ac-
The result is a vicious cycle
of recovery and rebuilding,
which is both expensiveand laborious, not to men-
tion the fact that they take
time to repair when dam-
aged, during which disas-
ters could wreck havoc on
lives and properties, catch-
ing people all the more ill-
prepared.
No one could question
the reality of this situation
now, particularly in ood-
prone areas in the region.
Elsewhere in the country
today, rural as well as ur-
ban key areas have been
frequented with ooding,even with a meager amount
of rainfall. These are suf-
ciently documented by
media and have become
common knowledge to all.
Permanent solution to the
problem has yet to be put
in place.
Recurrent...from page 4
idre stressed at Express It
At The Park in Leyte Park
Hotel last Saturday the need
for police operating proce-
dures to be strictly followed
so as to avoid possible re-
currence of an Atimonan
(Quezon) incident where
13 people died on the spot
in a shootout (if not alleged
rubout) at the checkpoint
jointly manned by the po-
lice and the military. Theyboth however said that any
necessary change, like in
the number of checkpoints
or positioning of the check-
point should be in consulta-
tion with the Comelec.
Comelec Resolution
No. 9588 promulgated on
Dec. 18 last year was issued
basically to effectively
implement the rearms
ban during the election pe-
riod, wherefore Comelec
checkpoints should be es-
tablished. However, Cu-
billo and Acidre remarked
that other crimes could be
covered by the search con-ducted at the checkpoint,
such as but not limited to
carrying of drugs and oth-
er contrabands and illegal
gambling paraphernalia.
Indeed, the Comelec
rule particularly Section
8 states among others,
that warrantless search (or
search without warrant is-
sued by the court) can be
made on following instanc-
es: when the occupant/s
of the vehicle appear to be
nervous or suspicious or ex-
hibit unnatural reaction; Ifthe ofcer conducting the
search has reasonable or
probable cause to believe
that either, the occupant/s
is a law offender or that the
instrumentality or evidence
pertaining to the commis-
Mockery
to page 6
Monday mornings are
Monday blues. One wakes
up early to start the day
right, when all of a sud-
den the black slacks you
have dreamed of wearing
for the day is nowhere to
be found. The misfortune
is compounded when Carlorefuses to put on his socks
accusing his caregiver that
the socks were not laun-
dried at all. And he is right.
MarieCris was out the
whole weekend and could
not attend to his needs.
These morning scenes are
my daily offerings. I do
not recall a zero challenge
at the household level, and
this reality teaches me to
be sober upon arrival at
the Ofce.
In fairness, out of these
personal challenges, it
has never occurred to me
to bring such to my work-
place. The effect may be
cathartic for a while to my
sensibilities, but I have
to switch hat and don the
public servants cap. I keep
convincing myself that res-
ignation from motherhoodis impossible. And this is
always reinforced by mom
who always reminds me to
be faithful to my role. After
all, she survived mothering
eleven siblings, and why
cant I.
Yesterday, I reported to
ofce early. Early enough to
witness the confusion and
the excitement of state au-
ditors report to their respec-
tive new audit assignments.
How remarkable was their
efcient compliance to re-
port before the close of
day. Hitches and glitches
there may be, again, I reit-
erate and I am proud how
the guardians of the gov-
ernment coffers behaved
and assisted one another
nd ones team mates. Like
shepherds, supervising au-
ditors and no less than the
regional director in a brief
brieng instructed one and
all to assume ofce in their
respective posts before the
day ends.
Uncomplaining and
compliant, every one
scampered to take the soon-
est transportation bound
for the six provinces of
Region VIII. Compliance
to simple ofce rules and
regulations is the hallmark
of a professional. It is not
easy to be reassigned away
from ones family. But this
is the mandate of the audit-
ing realm . And for this,
state auditors have imbibed
the cultural mindset - to be
reshufed after three years.
This is the challenge of the
profession.
Am saying, wherever
we are, whatever we are,
zero challenges is impos-
sible and too beautiful to
attain.
Wannabes to the variouselective posts are now onthe campaign trail to makeknown to the electorate thatthey are seeking election.Tese candidates are jock-eying or strategic lanes onthe political racetrack inorder to obtain an advanta-geous position at the bursto the starting gun signalingthe kicko o the electionperiod. Te list o candi-dates ought to be shortlistedi government is seriousin nabbing and disqualiy-ing every candidate whotransgresses or intention-ally breaks the provisions oour election laws. Te pro-
lieration o shameless aceshanging on every strategic
nook o even the remotestbarangay is maniest o ourpoliticians utter disrespector our laws.
Similar shameless aceso candidates who can a-ord the cost o every me-dia publication but are too
penniless to extend help tothe needy who are wallow-ing in the quagmire o pov-erty are brandished alongstreets and across highways.
Tese are gross violationso our laws but those com-mitting continue to violateour laws with gusto know-ing that they can act withimpunity. We have yet tohear violators receiving pe-nal sanctions as prescribed
by our laws. I there is justand air enorcement o ourlaws, these abusive candi-dates could have been given
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6 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS/NOTICES Tuesday, 15 January 2013
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Raymundo Cahinde ex-
trajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a portion of a parcel
of land, containing an area of 91 square meters, situated at at Imberio St.,
Brgy. Licod, Tanauan, Leyte, designated a s Lot No. 260-A, covered by Tax
Dec. no. 38003 00112-R13; A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Jed
Malquisto Yucamco, as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc.
No. 324, Page No. 66, Book No. IX, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.
Asterio A. Villero.
LSDE: January 8, 15 & 22, 2013
NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY given
that Heirs of MARINA IRINCO,
namely: Zosimo I. Kam, Lucina K.
Infante, Florentina K. Luto, Juan
I. Kam, Pablito I. Kam, Roberto
I. Kam and Corazon K. Bartolome
have entered into an Extra-judicial
Settlement of Estate of MARINA
IRINCO, with Sale, Quitclaim and
Waiver, per Doc. No. 2369; Page
75; Book V; Series of 2012, dated
10 December 2012 of the notarial
register of Atty. Felipe R. Espia.
LSDE: January 8, 15 & 22, 2013
sion of a crime can be
found in the vehicle to be
searched; or on the basisof prior condential infor-
mation which are reason-
ably corroborated by other
attendant matters.
If a motorist or his pas-
senger is arrested at the
Comelec checkpoint, as
the same Election rule
states, he must be treated
humanely and with utmost
respect for his constitu-
tional rights. He must be
informed of the following
rights: a) to remain silent,
and be informed .that any-
thing he says may be usedagainst him in court. This
right cannot be waived ex-
cept in writing and in the
presence of counsel; b) to
have competent and inde-
pendent counsel prefer-
ably of his own choice,
but if he cannot afford
the services of counsel, he
must be provided with one.
The right cannot be waived
except in writing and in the
presence of counsel; c) to
be released from detention
if no charges have been
led against him withineighteen (18) hours from
the arrest, unless he is
charged under P.D. 1866,
as amended.
The public should also
take note that the arrest
made including all items
conscated should imme-
Checkpoint...from page 5
diately and chronologically
be recorded in the logbook
and the person arrested
and things seized must be
turned-over to the nearest
law enforcement station or
ofce together with the cor-
responding afdavit/s of ar-
rest for proper action.
While Cubillo and Ac-
idre gave emphasis to the
required limit of visual
(plain view) search, they
did not discount the pos-
sibility of law enforcers
requesting the motorists
and passengers to open the
compartment and bins in
their vehicles and reveal the
contents therein. In the lat-
ter situation, if requested by
the searching ofcers, theperson/s involved should
give in. Both, nevertheless,
reminded that the search
should be conducted with
utmost courtesy, which the
Comelec rule also mandat-
ed in simple terms.
The Comelec regulation
states, A brieng must be
given by the commanding
ofcer/team leader to all
members of the unit who
will be designated to man
the checkpoints, with em-
phasis on the proper man-
ner of searching with rea-sonableness. It should be
done in a manner which
will impose minimum in-
convenience upon the per-
son or persons so searched,
to the end that civil, politi-
cal and human rights of the
person/s are not violated.
As time and again re-
ported on print and broad-
cast news, to categorize the
Comelec checkpoint as le-
gitimate, it should located
in a well-lighted area, with
a signboard 3x4 in size
conspicuously displayed
and patrol car or at least
a marked service vehicle,
should be parked near the
checkpoint as additional
ocular warning. The po-
lice uniformed personnel
should make sure that their
nameplates are not covered
any overcoat like jackets
for their proper identica-
tion.
It should be manned by
a team who are members
of the PNP and the AFPled by a regular member of
the AFP or the PNP with a
rank of at least lieutenant/
inspector. Comelec Reso-
lution No. 9588 requires
further that the AFP and
PNP personnel manning
the checkpoints must be in
complete uniform and shall
not be under the inuence
of liquor/drug. Violation
of any of these makes the
offender and his command-
ing ofcer jointly liable for
administrative/criminal ac-
tion.While it is true that
many consider checkpoints
as hassles that delay their
travel time, this will work
for the best interest of the
public, provided that prop-
er procedures are followed
by the searching ofcers.
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation
& CommunicationsLand Transportation Franchising
& Regulatory BoardRegional Ofce No. 8
Tacloban City
LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2013-0019Ref. No.VIII-2002-1603
Application for Sale & Transfer of a CPC tooperate a FILCAB service with Extension ofValidity & with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name.
CLEMENTE AND EMMI BASIBAS-
VENDOR
MARLON LAGUNZAD-VENDEE
Applicant/s/Petitioner
x.............................xNOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITYFOR THE APPROVAL OF SALE MADEBY CLEMENTE & EMMI BASIBAS IN FA-VOR OF MARLON LAGUNZAD OF A CPCFOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSEN-GERS AND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE:TACLOBAN CITY-PHHC-ABUCAY-KAS-SEL & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OFONE (1) UNIT A FILCAB SERVICE WHICHCERTIFICATE IS STILL VALID AND SUB-SISTING.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATTHIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BYTHIS BOARD ON JANUARY 28, 2013 AT9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDRESS.
At least TEN (10) days prior to the date,applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one(1) Daily newspaper of general circulation inEastern Visayas.
Parties opposed to the approval of the ap-plication must le veried written oppositionsupported by documentary evidences on or
before the above date furnishing a copy of thesame to the applicant, and may if they so desire,appear on said date and time.
This application shall be acted upon by theBoard on the basis of its records and the docu-mentary evidences submitted by parties underthe board deems it necessary to receive addi-tional documentary or testimonial evidences.
WITNESS THE HONORABLE RE-GIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPU-DIN, this 11th day of January 2013.
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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH PARTITIONNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late I luminado Duran, Sr.
extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land,
located at Arado, Palo, Leyte, Lot No. 67009, Case II, Cad. 407 with ag-
gregate area of 30,341 square meters as evidence by TCT No. P-28788 and
subdivided into 2 lots, Lot 6709 A belong to First Party and Lot 6709 B to
Gabriel E. Duran as second party; per Doc. No. 458, Page No. 93, Book
No. XI, Series of 292 of Notary Public Atty. Ronnan Christian M. Reposar.
LSDE: January 15, 22 & 29, 2013
DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH DEED
OF ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that Pastora Cruz, Esperanza Cruz, heirs of
Mateo Cruz, Jr. and heir of Bienvinida Cruz represented by Elizabeth Cruz
Macawili extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel
of riceland, Cad. Lot No. 3308, covered by O.C.T. P-499, situated in Brgy.
82, Marasbaras, Tacloban City, containing an area of 6,276 square meters,
more or less under Tax Dec.No. 00901187. A Deed of Sale was executed in
favor of SIXTO N. CHU married to LEA L. CHU as vendees for the above-
described property; per Doc. No. 103, Page No. 21, Book No. 1, Series of
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Julio Gallego namely:
Severa, Alberto and Ariel all surnamed Gallego, extrajudicially settled,
partitioned and adjudicated over 2 parcels of land situated at Locso-on,
Borongan City, Eastern Samar, more described as: Parcel 1, Agricultural
land, under ARP No. 0504033-01023, Cadastral Survey No. 5974, Lot No.
009, Block No. 26, with an area of 1,445 square meters; Parcel 2, under
ARP No. 05040 33-01022, Cad. Survey No. 5974, Lot No. 008, Lot No. 26,
with an area of 157 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of
Noreen P. Huguenin married to Oliver Huguenin as vendees for the above-
described property, per Doc. No. 382, Page No. 78, Book No. XIII, Series
of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Pabilo L. Go.
LSDE: January 15, 22 & 29, 2013
DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of late Felix S. Navarrete extrajudi-
cially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a bank deposit with Banco de
Oro Branch (BDO) of Tacloban, Justice Romualdez Branch, Tacloban City
in the amount of 1,555.74 Dollars plus interest accruing. That heirs hereby
waive their share in favor of their mother, Maria Salvacion P. Navarrete; per
Doc. No. 77, Page No. 17, Book No. III, Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Atty. Shiela A. Rios.
LSDE: January 15, 22 & 29, 2013
2013 of Notary Public Atty. Virginia
A. Brazil.
LSDE: January 15, 22 & 29, 2013
a lesson with disqualicationor other appropriate sanctions.
Tose in power are guessedas using public unds to pro-mote their election bid, charg-ing the campaign expenses totaxpayers und presumptively
drawn rom the public co-ers. Spending habits o politi-cians are good basis or us tounderstand or even just inerthat they would not be thatextravagant on the campaigntrail i it is their hard-earnedmoney that is being expended.Gathering voters in campaignmeetings require huge unds
enough to sustain a ull-blowncampaign. One has to shell outso much just to get the atten-tion and be able to gain recog-nition and name recall comevoting time.
So much would be savedout o the elections i therewould be serious enorcementthat would result in disquali-cations o candidates who are
violating our election laws.It could simpliy the longlist o unknown names andunknown aces i the rosterwould be reduced with theculling o those who would beound violating the very lawsthey are supposed to enact or
enorce or strict observanceand compliance by our people.It would certainly result in asimpler electoral exercise. Temockery o our laws must behalted i only to underscore toour people that ought to be ob-served and complied.
Failure to eect neededdisqualications o candidateswho violate wantonly our elec-
tion laws will cause a dominoeect upon all others whomay opt to commit violationssimply because no one is heldanswerable. Seeing abusivecandidates do uncalled ormachinations to make a runa-round our laws will bolster the
law abiding to just do whatothers are doing ionly to geteven. Tis is a sure recipe orchaos as everyone would comeout with their own gimmick toget even i not get ahead in therace or elective oce simplybecause everyone is violatingwithout being made answer-able.
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Mockery...from page 5
populationTe health insurance
benets will ensure the BNPhilHealth recipients andmembers o their amilies,discounts in hospitalizationexpenses that include medi-cines, doctors ee, laborato-ry examinations and otherrelated expenses.
Te health insurance
covers hospitalization andspecial packages or acility-based deliveries and new-born screening as well astreatment o illnesses suchas tuberculosis, SARS, avianu, and A (H1N1).
Pursuant to the NationalHealth Insurance Act o1995, all Filipino citizensare required to enrol in theNational Health InsuranceProgram. (AHLETTE C.REYES)
An Waray...from page 1
the same health insuranceprogram.
One o the key pro-grams o the PhilHealth isits sponsored program orthe less privileged whereinhealth insurance coverage isopen to qualied indigents
belonging to the lowest 25percent o the Philippine
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Samar has been iden-tied as one o the 15provinces in the countryas a potential hotspot orconcerned area relativeto the May 13,2013 mid-term elections. Basedon initial investigation,the victims were shot atrandom by still uniden-
tied suspects who edtowards the mountain-ous part o Lower HappyValley and Seven Hills,police chie Cinco said.
Police have earlieridentied Lower HappyValley and Seven Hillsas lairs o private armedgroups (PAGs) operatingin the rst district o Sa-mar.
Mayor Aquino, how-ever, dismissed reports
o political killings in hiscity.Recent reports o kill-
ings in Calbayog City arenot politically motivated.It should not be a causeor great alarm since thepolice are there to solvethem. Our city has trans-ormed into a communi-ty that is ree o violenceand ear, Aquino said.
Sources however saidover 20 undocumentedkillings have taken place
in the hinterlands o Cal-bayog City and nearbymunicipalities o SanJorge, Matuguinao, Gan-dara and Santa Margarita.
Also present in thepeace covenant signingwere Reps.Mel SenenSarmento and Milagrosaan o Samars rst andsecond congressionaldistricts; Gov. an andher opponent, Rosa Jes-sica Delgado; candidatesor vice governor; candi-dates or Calbayog andCatbalogan city mayos
bad that the incidenttook place as they can-didates have pledged toensure a peaceul andcredible elections in theprovince.
I just hope it is anisolated case. But I al-ready directed our policeauthorities to investigate
and solve the crime,Aquino said.
Te signing o theagreement was held in-side the Saints Peterand Paul Cathedral wit-nessed by Interior Sec.Mar Roxas who said thathis presence signiedthe desire o the nationalgovernment to ensure apeaceul elections in Sa-mar.
He said that he hope
that the candidateswould ulll their com-mitment to achieve thepurpose o the covenant.
Aquino decried the inci-dent, saying that it wasnot a good start as theelection period ormallystarted and it happenedjust hours beore can-didates o the province
signed a peace covenantto make sure that theballoting in the provincewould not only be cred-ible but peaceul and se-cured.
Tis is not a goodstart. We just hope thatthe (police) authoritieswill do their job andsolve the crime immedi-ately, an said.
We have just signeda peace covenant and yet
we have this crime, shesaid.Mayor Aquino, mean-
time, said that he elt
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and those running orboard members.
Te signing o theagreement was preceed-ed by a Holy Mass pre-sided by Bishop IsabeloAbarquez o the diocese
o Calbayog.Abarquez said that
he hopes that the candi-
dates would ullll theircommitment to ensure apeaceul and secured con-duct o elections in Samar.
He called on the can-didates not to resort to
violence just to ensure
their poll victory and orthe voters not to sale thier
votes.
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8 Leyte Samar Daily Express PICTORIALS Tuesday, 15 January 2013
peace covenant signingSts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Calbayog City, Samar
January 13, 2013 10:00 A.M.
Bishop Isabelo C. Abarquez
Gov. Sharee Ann an & Vice Gov. Stephen James an
Samar gubernatorial candidate Rosa Jessica Uy-
DILG Sec. Mar Roxas Rep. Milagrosa Mila an
Samar Elections supervisors Atty Corazon Montallana& PNP-8 Dir. Elmer Soria
Congressional Candidate Atty Eunice Babalcon
Calbayog Mayor Ronald Aquino
Calbayog City Vice Mayor Rey James Uy
Vice Gov. Stephen an
Congressional candidate Atty Wilredo Estorni-
Calbalogan Election O cer Atty Fidel Amacma Rep.Mila an & daughter Gov. Ann an
Fr. Julio Gaddi
PEACE BE WIH YOU. Samar Rep. Mila an & opponentAtty Eunice Babalcon during the mass.
Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento PHOTOSBYLITOA.BAGUN
AS