VOL. 14 NO. 34 ORMOC CITY P 15.00 at the newsstands SEPTEMBER 16-22, 2013

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By LaLaine M. JiMenea

COA says use of Php 50-M for waterworks irregular

see 50-MILLION p. 8

THE COMMISSION on Audit, in its 2011 annual audit report for Ormoc City, finally scrutinized Ormoc’s utilization of the royal-ties it has been getting from the geothermal plants operating at Brgy. Tongonan, saying the use of P 50-million for the Codilla-version of the comprehensive waterworks project “is not in accordance with law”.

Furthermore, COA noted that of the total P 209.9-million the City got from the year 2003 to 2011, only 21% or P 44-million from 2007 to 2010 was used for “direct subsidy”, contrary to the provi-sion of the law which mandates that 80% of the such funds should be use for subsidies.

COA said of the total amount, P 50-million or 24% went to the “repair and rehabilitation of Or-moc Water system”; P 53-million to “expenses” and P 62-million languish in the bank as of October 31, 2011.

They also noted that at the time of the audit, around 5,048 have not yet claimed their “sub-sidy/refunds” and scored man-agement for “failure” to conduct an effective information dissemi-nation.

On page 55 of the report, a copy which can be downloaded from the agency’s website, the COA said “The direct subsidy paid to consumer beneficiaries which comprises only 21% of the total fund available is inconsistent with the requirement of law which is “at least 80%”.”

THE UGLY TRUTH? Ormoc’s P 8.9-million plaza was revealed to the public on Friday, September 20. To the disappointment of residents, it looked worst than when it was closed. Completion is still a long way to go but the Commission on Audit, in its Interim Report for the period January 1 - June 30, 2013, which the agency presented to new Mayor Edward Codilla states that the project, which has a contract cost of P 8.923-million was already delayed by 36 days as of June 30. The contract was started on April 10, 2013. As of its “revelation” on September 20, it is already delayed by 118 days. The contractor of the project is LM Baltonado Construction. The plaza project is part of P 292.9-million worth of projects started on the latter part of 2012 and before the elections under the leadership of then mayor Eric Codilla, the new mayor’s younger brother. The projects, per the COA Interim report, are all delayed.

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TWO ESTABLISHMENTS were burglarized over the week and police here said they are also on alert for an alleged group of bank robbers who are reportedly in Ormoc.

On September 18, Wednesday, the cellphone shop of one Ansaron Ma-tunding, a Muslim businessman, at the public market here was burglarized. Ansaron reported to the police here that when he arrived to open his shop in the morning, he was surprised to see that burglars have carted away all his cellphones and accessories for sale. SPO3 Leo Inalisan, officer of the day, said the burglars broke through the door and wiped out the cell shop.

On the same morning, employees of the Millenium Cash Finance Corp., a lending firm located at Bonifacio Street here, were also surprised to see their office ransacked by thieves. They reported that burglars took some P 25,000 in cash from their office.

In their investigation, police said the burglars climbed to the second floor of the building and made their way to the first floor where the lending office was, then broke into it.

In a related development, Ch. Insp. Ibrahim Jambiran said they are on alert for an alleged group of bank robbers who are reportedly in the city, according to intelligence reports. A bank has even reported to him that they received a call warning them that the robbers were planning a hit on them.

Police chief Jambiran, however, said he believes the robbers, if it is true that they were in the city, are poised to strike on the banks’ armored vans. He believes it will not be the banks they will hold-up considering these establish-ments have CCTV’s.

The police chief said that he would beef up their intelligence monitoring aside from increasing police visibility. By Paul Libres

EXACTLY ONE month, and almost at the same time, the brother of a shoot-ing victim was shot himself by two unidentified men on a motorcycle just near his house at Brgy. Mabini, Ormoc City.

The victim was identified as Diego Tomada y Fiel, younger brother of Christopher “Tope” Tomada, the CIDG civilian asset who was chased by three men on a car said to be owned by a known drug lord and ran off the road into a

ricefield at Brgy. Ipil last month. However, unlike “Tope”, Diego survived the shooting.

Police learned about the shooting after the incident was reported to them by the hos-pital. In his visit to the victim, Sr. Insp. Rio Tan said that the victim’s family told him they are not filing a complaint against his assailants because they did not recognize them anyway.

Accordingly, Diego had just come from his cock farm when two men on a motorcycle waiting by the roadside began shooting at him. The two were reportedly using guns with silencers because neighbors did not hear any shots fire. By Paul Libres

Two more salvage’ victims lie on the cold cement table at the morgue by the municipal health office at Albuera town.

ALBUERA, LEYTE – Two more victims of what are believed to be extrajudi-cial killings were found by barangay folks of Benolho, this town, early morning of September 20, 2013 (Friday), along the highway and just a few meters away from the boundary marker separating it from Ormoc City.

One of the victims identi-fied by his brother by 11:00 AM of the same day. He is “Jimmy” Tan, 35, a resident of Malbasag, Ormoc City. His brother Raulito Tan claimed the body. He told police he heard about the killings from friends.

He did not elaborate, how-ever, on his suspicions of who killed his brother, saying he just wanted to bring him home and give him a decent burial.

The other victim, on the other hand, remains unidenti-fied as of Sunday noon. Police said they would give him a pauper’s burial that day. He is estimated to be around 16 to 19 years old. The younger one, just like Tan, is around 5”0 in height and has a tattoo mark on his back known as “Oriental Sun”. Tan’s tattoos were on his right and left legs.

SPO1 Noel dela Victoria said that their initial investiga-tion in the vicinity indicates that the bodies were thrown

by the roadside at around 1:00 AM. They could also have been killed on the spot, he said.

Locals reported hearing gunshots ringing out at about the estimated time and police recovered 4 slugs of a 9 mm and 5 empty bullets of a caliber .45 at the scene of the crime.

The body count of ‘sal-vage’ victims thrown or aban-doned at this town from Janu-ary to this incident has risen to four. Dela Victoria said the two previous victims were also from Ormoc City and were known as petty thieves operat-ing in the city. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

PALOMPON, LEYTE – Higher ups of the Leyte Provincial Jail are now in-vestigating five jail guards for “consenting to evasion” after an inmate was caught at Villaba town, where he resides.

The jail guards were iden-tified as Danny Balmores, Gil Benundo, Oscar Joseph, Marivic Lao and Gary Diong-

Provincial guards in hot water for allowing inmate to roam free

zon, who were on duty when the inmate Fermin Remulta was apparently allowed to go scot-free and apprehended. Remulta is facing drug related charges.

The arresting officers also found out that the inmate was using the motorcycle of Danny Balmores when he was arrested.

2 soldiers wounded in ambushTWO SOLDIERS of the 19th Ib based at Brgy. Aguit-ing in Kananga, Leyte were brought to the hospital after they were wounded in an ambush that happened just this week at Jaro, Leyte.

In news reports, Col. Nedy

Espulgar, battalion commander said that the soldiers, including some workers, had just come from helping the LGU develop a hot spring at Sitio Campagal when they were ambushed. No civilians were hurt, though.

TACLOBAN CITY - Around 1,000 boys and girls scouts from all over Eastern Vi-sayas gathered Wednesday, September 18, for the 1st Eastern Visayas BSP/GSP Summit held at the Leyte Provincial Convention Cen-ter in Pawing, Palo, Leyte.

Vice-President Jejomar Bi-nay, National President of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, was the keynote speaker.

In his keynote speech, Binay underscored the im-portance of the involvement of educators, scouts, parents, youths and other stakehold-ers in the scouting movement to come up with a framework agreeable to all in pursuing the goals for nation building.

He also pointed out that scouting is very relevant in the years to come to guide the youths for future leadership. He said it is through scouting that teachers impart to the children the practical way of living, how to be self-reliant, to be a disciplined person, the love of one another and the love of country which have a great impact in one’s adult life.

Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla also graced the activity together with Valenzuela Representative Sherwin Gatchalian who both

VP Binay keynotes 1st EV Boys and Girls Scout summit

Vice Pres. Jejomar Binay

encouraged the scout members to their best for their country, community and themselves.

Petilla shared some of his wonderful experiences as a boy scout.

Both officials also pushed for the participation of scout members, teachers, parents and other stakeholders to make the scouting movement active again because they believe it was an effective avenue to train young people to become responsible leaders of the fu-ture as one of its mission is to imbue in the youth the love of God, country and fellowmen.

The 1st Eastern Visayas BSP/GSP Summit was orga-nized by Department of Educa-tion region 8 in coordination with Boy/Girl Scouts of the Philippines under the theme “Scouting: Education for all”. PIA

3September 16-22, 2013 NEWS

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MAASIN CITY – Eighty-three local government units from Regions 6, 7 and 8 have confirmed their participation to the Visayas leg of Batang Pinoy 2013 which kicks off in this city on September 24.

Around 3,000 athletes, coaches, technical delegation and guests are expected to troop to Maasin for the sports event.

The opening salvo will be at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of September 24 at the city gym-nasium, said city administrator lawyer Feorillo “Bombom” Demeterio.

The Philippine Youth Games Batang Pinoy as part of the Philippine Sports Com-mission’s (PSC) grassroots development which aims to discover fresh athletes from ages 15 and below, mostly out-of -school youths. The national games were revived two years ago.

Demeterio added that the city of Maasin, under the leadership of Mayor Maloney Samaco, left no stone unturned for this event. Volunteers to help ensure the success of the event were trained before-hand and billeting areas were checked for the comfort of all the athletes, coaches, technical team and guests.

Samaco, in an earlier in-terview said that Batang Pi-noy Visayas Leg would be a smoke-free competition. Maa-

sin City is an Orchid Awardee of the World Health Organiza-tion and Department of Health for its strict implementation of smoke-free zones in the city for several years.

Smoking will be strictly prohibited in the billeting quarters, playing venues, pub-lic places and public utility vehicles.

The host city will provide free billeting for all the par-ticipating athletes, coaches,

trainers, delegation officials and affiliated/local technical officials.

Expected to grace the event are Philippine Olympic Com-mittee president Jose “Peping” Cojuangco, Jr.; Philippine Sports Commission chair-man Ricardo Garcia; PSC Commissioners Gillian Akiko Thompson-Guevarra and Jose Luis Gomez and lawyer Jay Alano, overall Batang Pinoy project director.

Events to be contested in Batang Pinoy are archery, arnis, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, chess, dance sports, futsal, gymnastics and lawn tennis. There would also be pencak silat, softball, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, tae-kwondo, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and wushu.

Judo, however, will not be played in the Visayas leg, it was gathered from the Batang Pinoy website. The swimming competitions, on the other hand, will be held at the Leyte

Mayor Maloney Samaco (left) is a sport enthusiast. He is excited that his city is hosting this year’s Batang Pinoy Visayas leg. Photo from skycrapercity

Sports Academy in Tacloban City, four hours away from Maasin. On-site registration starts Monday, September 22. Delegations have started to ar-rive since Saturday, yet.

On the other hand, in Tae-kwondo, Poomsae will be played only as “demo” but will have no medal count for the event.

The national games is in partnership with the Philippine Olympic Committee, the De-partment of Interior and Local Government, the Department of Education and the respec-tive Local Government Units. The athletes are sponsored by the LGUs.

The first 3 medalists in each games will qualify for the National Championship which will be held in Bacolod City. Originally set for Zamboanga City, the venue was transferred due to the delicate peace and order situation in the area. The transfer of venue will be formally announced during the opening ceremonies, it was learned. By Vicky C. Arnaiz

October surgical mission for kids with cleft palate, harelip on skedTACLOBAN CITY - Two non-profit organizations are scheduled to conduct surgi-cal mission that will cater to pediatric patients with cleft lip and palate deformities in Eastern Visayas.

Dr. Alberto de Leon, chief of the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC), said that the Maharlika Charity Foun-dation Inc. in partnership with the Smile Train International are conducting a surgical mission at the hospital on October 22- 26.

Dr. De Leon called on par-ents who have children with cleft lip or palate deformities to take advantage of this op-portunity to fix their deformities through reconstructive surgery for free.

The Maharlika team will be arriving on October 22 to set up the Mission area, Dr. De Leon said. On October 23, the team will conduct screening, work-up and clearance of patients at EVRMC. On October 24-25, the surgery of the screened pa-tients will be conducted.

The Maharlika Charity Foundation is a non-stock, non-profit charity foundation orga-nization based in Davao City. It was founded in 1973 to provide free surgical services to the poor and the needy. It was founded in May 1973 to provide free surgical services to the poor and

the needy.On the other hand, the Smile

Train International based in New York, USA was founded in 1999 and has grown as the world’s largest cleft charity with a mission of empowering local medical teams to provide free and safe surgery for poor patients with cleft lip or palate. Smile Train has carried out free, corrective cleft surgery for chil-dren in 87 developing countries, Dr. De Leon said. PIA

NSO starts survey on biz, assures utmost confidentiality

TACLOBAN CITY- The Provincial Statistics Office here joins the nationwide conduct of the 2012 Input-Output Survey of Philippine Business and Industry which started on September 19, this year.

Leyte provincial statistics officer Wilma Perante said this is the 7th survey series designed to collect detailed data on revenue, cost, and inventories in business and industries of the country belonging to the formal sector for the year 2012.

In Leyte, some 125 establishments engaged in various economic activities including those defined in the 2009 Philippine Standard In-dustrial Classification are the respondents of the survey.

The survey, Perante said, aims to provide a comprehensive set of statistical information required to build an input structure and to construct a distribution of output in business industries in the country.

NSO assures that all information that will be provided by the respon-dents shall be kept strictly confidential as the Agency will summarize responses into statistical tables to present a portrait of the structure of the various sectors of the business and industry.

Perante encourages the respondents to accomplish the survey questionnaire and submit via the NSO secured website at https://secure.census.gov.ph/itsd, NSO’s online facility secured with SSL certificate.

For more inquiries, contact NSO-Leyte at (053) 321-8932 or visit their new office at Leyte SR Bldg., Cong. Mate Avenue, Brgy. Abucay, Tacloban City. PIA

PHILIPPINE AIrLINES will fly to London starting November 4, 2013, fulfilling the flag carrier’s promise to return to Europe four months after the lifting of the European Union ban.

The announcement was made by PAL President and Chief Operat-ing Officer Ramon S. Ang, together with visiting British Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Stephen Green of Hurstpierpoint. “We’re very happy that London is PAL’s first Europe destination since flights to that continent were discontinued in 1998,” said Mr. Ang.

Lord Green responded, saying: “I’m delighted to celebrate a very concrete example of the growing ties between our two countries, that being the reestablishment by Philippine Airlines of direct flights between Manila and London for the first time in over a decade. I am confident that these flights will greatly enhance the relationship between the UK and the Philippines.”

PAL will fly five times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday), departing Manila in the morning and arriving at Terminal 4 of Heathrow airport in London, the premier gateway to the United Kingdom and the world’s busiest international airport.

“That we have been given permission to fly to Heathrow makes our return much more meaningful ... We take this as a strong vote of confidence by UK authorities in PAL’s ability to bring in the passenger traffic volume worthy of the world’s top airlines,” Mr. Ang added.

In 2012, one third of the estimated 349,000 European visitors to the Philippines came from Britain. In the first half of 2013, arrivals from UK reached 60,234. “With PAL’s new non-stop flights, we are sure these numbers will rise even further,” said Mr. Ang. PR

PAL flies to London Nov. 4

Cebu Pac’s Visayas hub grows by 33% this year

(L-R) Usec Benjamin Martinez Jr, CEB President and CEO Lance Gokongwei, Ambassador Gilles Garachon of France, and Airbus SVP Sales for Asia-Pacific Jean Francois Laval celebrate the arrival of CEB’s brand-new Airbus A330 aircraft.

CEBU PACIFIC Air (PSE:CEB) increased operations from its Visayas hubs this year, in line with its continued push for more tourism and trade in the destinations it flies to.

From January to August 2013, the number of passengers through the airline’s Iloilo hub went up by 33%, while guests to and from its Cebu hub increased by 15%.

Cebu remains the airline’s second largest hub, with over 2.3 million CEB passengers passing through the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) in the first 8 months of the year.

Late last year, CEB doubled the routes it offered to and from the Iloilo International Airport. It provided direct connectivity to Tacloban, Puerto Princesa and General Santos, and pioneered the first inter-national flights out of Iloilo to Hong Kong and Singapore. Previously, CEB only flew from Iloilo to Manila, Cebu, Davao and Cagayan de Oro.

Meanwhile, the airline further strengthened its teeming Cebu hub, by launching more CEB routes from the MCIA. CEB launched direct flights from Cebu to Coron, Bangkok, Camiguin and Masbate in a period of nine months. It now flies from Cebu to 25 domestic and 5 international destinations.

“We hope that our direct air linkages empower everyone to travel in the fastest way possible, and discover tourism and trade opportuni-ties all over the Philippines. Cebu Pacific will always explore how else it can assist in the country’s tourism agenda, with the delivery of more brand-new aircraft until 2021,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

CEB currently operates more than 2,200 weekly flights to over 90 routes or city pairs. The airline flies to 34 domestic and 22 international destinations. PR

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The much maligned Napoles Pork Barrel Scam

WE HAVE to learn to read the signs of the times. It’s an aspect of prudence done beyond our personal affairs and going to the social and global dimensions of our life.

It enables us to anticipate things and prepare ourselves for them adequately. It alerts us to over-come our naivete and complacency, and to be very alive to the challenges of our times, anticipating things and shaping the course the events.

Remember Christ reproaching some people for their lack of this skill. “When it is evening, you say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red. And in the morning: Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky, and can you not know the signs of the times?” (Mt 16,2-3)

Our usual problem is that we get contented with appearances alone, the externals, the here and now and all that, and we miss the substance and the future of things. We very often blindly follow social and fashion trends and we hardly bother about their morality and ethical implications.

This attitude is sadly present in practically all aspects of our life. In our politics, for example, the players seem to be not as much interested in pursuing the common good, which is what politics is all about, as in gaining, retaining and increasing their power and influence. Politics has become a game of power-seeking instead of selfless service to the people.

The current screaming scandal of the pork bar-rel that has practically converted our Congress into a “House of Representathieves,” and our lawmak-ers into big-time “senatongs” and “tongressmen” is a clear consequence of this attitude.

And to think that we are supposed to be a Christian country, and many of our officials are Catholics who like to parade their Catholicity in fiestas and other big events! This is because we fail to read the signs of the times, the writing on the wall.

We are easily taken in by ostentatious displays of goodness by our public servants and turn a blind eye to their personal weaknesses, the temptations around and the deficiencies and loopholes of our systems that actually cry for proper attention.

While it’s good always to be nice, trusting and believing, such attitude is not meant to displace our duty also to be careful and judicious in dealing with persons and assessing things.

We can also say the same things about the world of business and economics, where very often we take things for granted until problems, which start small and tolerable, blow up into destructive crises.

Same with the world of spirituality and piety. The need for ongoing formation, for continuing renewal and conversion is often neglected or done pro forma alone. And the supporting structure to facilitate this need is also often neglected. So what can you expect?

We have to learn to be discerning of how things are running. Many good and bad things go together, like the gospel parable about the wheat and the weeds. There are elements that can be dangerous, and we have to learn how to avoid them or convert them into something useful.

Obviously, for this skill we need to have the proper criteria. Yes, we can use all the sciences and arts with their corresponding technologies for this purpose. Let’s hope that we develop an interdisci-plinary approach to things, since world trends are not anymore as simple as black and white.

THE NATION saw and heard the shouts for the scalp of Janet Lim-Napoles as if she was sentenced to be sent to the gallows, but there seems to be a lethargic sound of her culpabil-ity. How was the public reaction for her head her whistleblower, Mr. Benhur Luy, a cousin, uncovered the PDAF scam abetted by some legislators in shameless disregard for the funds that are to be accrued to the people?

The Filipino is clannish in nature. We even recognize our relatives up to the third gen-eration, and considering that the whistleblower given a confidential job by Napoles was a rela-tion, yet this confidence was shattered in one fell swoop. Mr. Luy must have been carried away by his love of country or a conscience verging on the spiritual for him to squeal on his own blood cousin. The noise that followed seemed to be so deafening that it continues to reverberate throughout the archipelago like a forest fire that has gone berserk.

The scene over the TV led by Sen. T. Gu-ingona of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee was seen with breathless anticipation. Matters like these make people go to the aorta for more

blood. All eyes and ears were glued to the TV which showed the hearing for information that could unmask somebody or a couple of them.

Sad to say, the testimony of the whistle-blowers seemed to end in a blank alley. The alleged scam cannot be expected to be finished in one sitting – maybe long after the term of P-Noy in 2016. This has the making of a teles-erye, some sort of a long drawn out drama like soap operas in TV. When they presented the main whistleblower for his personal account, being one of the right hand of Ms Napoles, it was still left to be verified. In other words, the public was given only one view. We know that there are always two sides to story. No doubt there will be an outcry if somebody will come out with a disclaimer!

The mechanics of the operation make our hair stand up like viewing a horror movie. It is a fact that a Congressman receives P70M and a Senator P200M every year. When passed on to Napoles, the Legislator gets back 50% as

THE REPORTED hasty departure from the country to foreign destinations of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile’s former chief of staff Jes-sica Lucila “Gigi Reyes” and Enrile’s & Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s personal representative Ruby Tuason in the pork barrel disburse-ments only show that the justice system of the country is slow-footed in cornering even known suspects and perpetrators of high crimes such as large-scale theft of public funds, malversation of funds by government officials and even murder.

Though the current investigation on the P10-Billion pork barrel scam and the con-sequent filing of plunder charges against the pinpointed mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles, Senators Enrile, Estrada, Ramon Revilla Jr., and 35 other respondents including several congressmen may comparatively have taken a shorter period in reaching the final level of fil-ing the formal complaint with the Ombudsman

in comparison to other ongoing probes of other high crimes. But the justice department was not able to prevent the apparent flight from justice of some of the mentioned high-profile respon-dents involved in the pork scam. The audit and investigation of the PDAF scam was reported to have started already in November last year but the investigating arms of government were not able to prepare the necessary steps or measures to prevent the suspected persons to take flight and elude investigation.

The justice department and the other inves-tigating agencies of gov’t may explain that they could not possibly prevent the departure of the mentioned respondents/suspects in the misuse and theft of the pork funds since they have to observe due process of law in the processing

THE PORK bashing continues that it is almost infectious. Just this week, I saw the son-in-law of a former mayor from not-so-faraway posting a witty comment about it, and I was almost tempted to ask: “Ikaw, un-sang klase man sad sa pork imong natangag? Is it the rentals of a government facility that has been used and abused many times by siblings and now by you?”

By the way, on my way to the wake of Jan Collander more than a week ago, I noticed that the streetlights along the highway of San Pablo remain dark. It’s the yellow kind again that has been replaced to the orangey ones of old (kadto ba sodium lights) and is not doing anything to illuminate the street. It’s light barely reaches the road. It’s sad that this city, known to be a host city to the geothermal plants of the country, has to make do with poor lighting for its streets. I hope COA would also look into this, the matter of replacing the good old street lights with suga sa aninipot. Kinsay supplier ani maayo ibitay sa mga streetlamps!

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Speaking about COA, I would like to com-mend the good job that the new team is doing in Ormoc. Definitely, I say that these are not the “Commission or Audit” folks. They are really honest to goodness COA people and I hope they keep up.

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This week, a Mr. Frankey T. Gordo fur-nished the EV Mail a letter he wrote to the chief legal counsel of the Civil Service Com-mission (central office) complaining about the appointment of Ms. Agnes Capahi-Siguenza as a permanent employee of the City Hall, specifi-cally assigned to the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Mr. Gordo claims her appointment is irregular because she is the first cousin of Mayor Eric Capahi Codilla.

To recall, this was already reported in the EV Mail before the elections. I remember it was a reporter Nino Antonio Villalino who handled the story and was told by Ms Adelaida Biaculo that it was former vice mayor Aparis who signed her appointment, hence is not within the gambit of “nepotism”.

I personally tried to get Agnes’s side to the story with a PM to her Facebook account and a text to her cell number, but was not honored with a response.

Mr. Gordo, in his letter however refutes the claim that the appointment is not irregular. Citing Siguenza’s appointment itself, he notes that it bears the letterhead of the Mayor’s Of-fice. Furthermore, he said that the Aparis was merely doing a “delegated function” which means it was still Mayor Codilla who appointed his first cousin.

Gordo further adds, as if to emphasize how favored Ms Siguenza is, that two of her siblings are also working at the City Hall. Up to present, he said, they are still working at the City Hall. Well, at this point, may I remind Mr. Gordo, whoever he is, that the sitting mayor Edward is the older brother of the former mayor Eric which means they are also first cousins.

Anyway, the letter is a stark reminder of

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Sleeping Pill, anyone? Eyeing IQ

NI ATTY. MANING GOLO

BHW

5September 16-22, 2013

The Gospel on Sunday

SEPTEMBER 29,201326th Sunday in Ordinary Time

see MERCADO p. 8

Ningas cogon?

Luke 16: 19 - 31“There was a rich man, who was clothed

in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Laz’arus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Laz’arus in his bosom.

And he called out, `Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Laz’arus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.’

But Abraham said, ̀ Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Laz’arus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’

And he said, `Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of tor-ment.’

But Abraham said, `They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’

And he said, `No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

He said to him, `If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.’

MARION BARTOLI, the 2013 Wimbledon women’s tennis champion, has an IQ (of 160) higher than Albert Einstein. Bright athlete might seem like an oxymoron to some, but sports and intelligence are certainly compat-ible.

An intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from a written or oral standardized test. IQ scores have been generally used as predictors of educational achievement, special needs, job performance and income. They are also used to study IQ distributions in populations and the correlations between IQ and other variables.

IQ is the most researched attempt at measur-ing intelligence and by far the most widely used in practical setting. One of several standard-ized tests can used to assess intelligence. But a simple visual test is surprisingly accurate at predicting IQ, according to new research.

The study found that people’s ability to efficiently filter out visual information in the background and focus on the foreground is strongly linked to IQ. The findings could help scientists identify the brain processes respon-sible for intelligence.

That doesn’t mean snappy, efficient visual processing leads to smarts. Instead, common brain processes may underlie both intelligence and efficient visual processing. Previous studies have found only a modest connection between IQ-test scores and people’s ability to quickly or accurately spot motion in images.

Researchers were studying a separate ques-tion on visual perception in 12 participants when they found something striking: IQ seemed to be correlated strongly with performance on a visual task.

The test asked users to spot the direction of

motion on a series of black-and-white stripes on a screen. Sometimes, the lines formed inside a small central circle, and other times, they were large stripes that took up the entire screen. Par-ticipants also completed a short IQ test.

The team noticed that people with higher IQs were good at spotting motion in the small circles, but terrible at detecting motion in the larger black-and-white stripes.

The ability to visually filter the motion strongly predicted IQ — in fact, motion sup-pression (the ability to focus on the action and ignore background movements) was as predic-tive of total IQ as individual subsections of the IQ test itself.

As people walk, the background scenery is always changing, so efficient brains may be better at filtering out this irrelevant visual infor-mation. And that efficiency could be operating across a wide range of tasks.

What happens in brains of high-IQ people is, they’re automatically processing motion of small moving objects efficiently, whereas they’re suppressing the background.

The findings reshape the conventional view that quick thinking leads to smarts. Speedy processing does matter, but it’s only half the story. It’s how you filter out things that are less relevant and focus your speedy resources on what is important, researchers said.

The study reveals new insights into brain efficiency and smarts. Even though the link between IQ and visual filtering was very strong, IQ tests won’t be replaced by motion tracking anytime soon.

Dear Atty. Golo,Ang akong asawa, BHW, kon Barangay

Health Worker. Apan ako, gitawag pod og BHW, kon Banang Hubog Wakauli, kay kon makainom ko makatog man ko sa tindahan, di na ko makauli sa amo. Permi suko akong asawa kay sige lang ko apason niya. Madayon ba ang eleksyon sa barangay karong Octobre? Modagan na lang tingali ko pagka kapitan aron di na ko tawgon og BHW. Peru giingnan ko sa akong asawa nga dili siya moboto sa akoa! Unsay akong buhaton? Nagplano ko nga magtinda na lang ug imnonon adi sa balay aron kon mahubog ko, wa nay kinahanglan mouli kay dia na man ko sa amo, di na ko tawgon og BHW.

Matinahuron, Beerto

Dear Bers,Segun sa balaod, ang barangay eleksyon

pagahimoon sa katapusang Lunes sa umaabot nga Oktubre pohon (RA 9164). Madayon ang eleksyon gawas kon ang balaod amendahon. Maayo ang magtinda aron may “additional in-come” ka. Apan kon imnonon lang ang itinda, mosamot nga ma BHW ka, Bana Hubog Wholeday. Maupay kon dili ka na lang moi-num aron ma “healthy” ka. Importante ang maayong panglawas. Wa nay kinahanglan nga magkapitan. Kon di naka mahubog, mahimo na kang bag-ong BHW kon Bana Healthy and Wonderful. Malipay jud ang imong asawa. Bisan di ka modagan, moboto siya sa imoha.

Imong amigo, Maning Golo 09155595449 e.g.gololaw@gmail.com

IS SENATOR Jingoy Estrada aware that he resembles “Lady Macbeth” in Shake-speare’s play of 1607?. Both cannot sleep.

Along with 38 other officials, Jinggoy has been charged before the Ombudsman for fun-neling P286.6 million to bogus NGOs. Jinggoy says he tosses awake in bed, fretting about “false charges” that he scammed on seven different occasions He’s had a tough time explaining the controversy to his 7-year old daughter.

He was tagged as “Jingle Bells”, then jailed in the Estrada impeachment case. Charges were scuttled but his father, President Joseph Estrada, was nailed as guilty. Then, President Gloria Macapagal -Arroyo pardoned Erap.

Lady Macbeth murdered Duncan and there-after sleepwalked night after night. She’d rub her hands of imagined bloodstains. “Out, out dammed spot, I say”. Modern psychiatrists dub that “pathological somnambulism”. Her husband pleaded with the doctors: “Canst thou not raze...troubles of the brain/ And with some sweet oblivious antidote, cleanse (that) which weighs upon the heart?”

Will a sleeping pill help? And given all his troubles, will Jinggoy heed the battering that his Senate Bill 380 got during this month’s Cebu Press Freedom Week rites?

SB380 bears a pretentious title: “An Act Providing a Magna Carta for Journalists.” Estrada’s brainstorm would create a Philip-pine Council for Journalists that’d accredit thru civil-service type tests. This proposed licensing exam creates a two-tier structure: ac-credited and non-accredited journalists where both may practice. It provides no fund. Worse, it vests in government discretion on who can be a journalist.

This bill is” unconstitutional, impractical, and unnecessary”, the Cebu Citizens-Press

Council and Cebu Media Legal Aid declared. “The bill doesn’t create rights; On the contrary, it tries to impinge on free press and free speech. Media cannot be the watchdog of government if it is muzzled by government under the guise of improving its skills and increasing its benefits. Leave media alone,” Cemla president Elias Espinoza said.

Wages and benefits should be left to news organizations’ discretion, depending on the financial capability of each news outfit or skill of the journalist. It said the bill is “unnecessary” since media groups like the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas, CCPC have programs and projects to address upgrading of skills. Dubious media flourish because government offices and officials recognize or support them,” said Cemla.

Associate Court of Appeals Justice Gabriel Ingles gave a carefully crafted analysis of SB 380 from the perspective of long established jurisprudence here and abroad. Excerpts of Justice Ingles paper: “This proposal is anti free press… .The PCJ is, in effect, a government agency tasked to regulate the press.

Journalists should be independent from government. To uphold their obligation to be the “voice of the people” on how government is ran, they should do it freely without being or appearing to be dictated upon or influenced by government. “|For press freedom to be a reality, the least governmental interference is of the essence”.

“If it is to be a truly free and effective gov-ernment watchdog, the press should be free from inappropriate connection with, and influence by,

THE FLOODS are getting worse in our coun-try. The “habagat” winds originating from Mainland China is welcome since it brings the rains needed for the planting season of rice. However, the “habagat” winds of late are bringing more rainfall that are causing floods, destroying our planted rice fields and worse, causing the floods in urban areas like Metro Manila.

I was wrong to believe that “ningas cogon” is only a Filipino trait. I am now wondering what happened to the APEC or Asia Pacific Economic Council. This is the world’s council of Nations along the Eastern and Western Coasts of the Pacific Ocean created to study and collate data over the La Niña and El Niño currents of the Pacific Ocean, causing heavy rainfalls on coastal Pacific Nations white on the opposite side is the dry season, causing bush and forest fires and burning nearby urban-residential areas.

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I wrote in a long past Echoes column about my post-retirement vacation in Seattle, U.S.A. My vacation in Seattle also coincided with the first APEC conference held there but on an island famous for its pink salmon. It is also an Indian Reservation.

The APEC conferences were highlighted in news headlines. But recently, the APEC annual conferences disappeared from World headlines.

Two things are worth mentioning in this column of my Seattle vacations. I used to cook the heads and ends of the fish tails there, only sold for a few cents. I used to buy a few pounds (2.2 lbs per kilo) and cooked “tinola” and pak-siw”. My host, a Seattle university professor, found my “paksiw” and clear soup of heads and tail ends of salmon delicious. We would have sunny-side up fried eggs with the “paksiw” heads to alternate with the usual ham and eggs or bacon and eggs American breakfast.

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The present regulations limiting provincial buses to the circumference of Metro Manila area to decongest traffic on main MM streets is good. Another advantage of the measure is that it would lessen carbon dioxide emissions at the nation’s capital. In Seattle, all buses had dual engines, one diesel and the other electric genera-tor engines. There is also a circumferential limit around the city proper of Seattle. All busses shut off their diesel engines and automatically hook up to the power lines running above main bus lines when driving within the city.

Hence, all buses run on electric motors within Seattle City, reducing carbon dioxide emissions and lessening pollution within the city proper. All other big cargo trucks have dual engines, too.

Power maybe cheaper in our country, but the MM Development Administration has no funds to set up electric lines along MM main streets. Moreover, bus lines cannot afford to have dual engines buses. All they can do is complain of the new parking regulations imposed by the MMDA.

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Aside from the nationwide demonstration against Pork Barrel funds of congressmen, sena-tors and the largest of them all, the pork barrel fund of the President, which could be properly called “elephant barrel funds”. Aside from the billions of annual royalty funds from Malam-paya, there are the millions of pesos from PSCO or Philippines Charity Sweepstakes Office.

However, I bet that after the furor, the pub-lic excitement will disappear in a few weeks or months and no one will be convicted and placed behind bars for life of this malversation of public funds. Topic to be continued in next ECHOES columns.

People, Places & Happenings6

AUGUST 23 in the morning, all 17 Filipino pilgrims met up at the courtyard of Hotel Centro Accoglienza Approdo for another longish drive. The hotel is a no frills hotel, yet beautiful. It is owned by the Francis-can monks.

That morning, we would begin our long drive to the City of Assisi, but along the way, we would stop by another me-dieval town, Lanciano.

Lanciano is a bustling city yet retains its medieval charm. Buildings that clearly date back to the 12th century or even earlier are still apparent, even if obviously restored. It is also an important pilgrimage site. It is where the Church of the Holy Eucharist is found.

About two three hours away from San Giovanni Rotondo (tourist buses are only allowed to run 80 kilometers per hour and when they say 80 there, it’s 80), we were to hear mass at the very same Church where the Miracle of the Host turning into real flesh and blood before a doubting Basilian priest in the eight century happened.

The Miracle of the Holy EucharistThe hosts, five in all, are in a monstrance by the altar. A

monstrance, also known as ostensorium, is the vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic host during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Cre-ated in the medieval period as a reliquary, it is now usually restricted for vessels used for hosts.

Our guide said the miracle would repeat itself through the centuries. The dried flesh would turn fresh and bloody on those mysterious instances. The same miracle had been the subject of many investigations, both by the church and scientists, the latest was in the early 80’s.

We heard mass at the small chapel where the monstrance can clearly be seen through a hole in the wall.

At this point, I insert the observation that in Europe, ordinary daily Masses just last for about 30 minutes. There is no singing, not even in the Alleluia portion. Filipinos, how-ever, are known to sing during Masses that we were told by the priest-in-charge to sing gently because other pilgrims/tourists were also praying at the other side of the chapel. From then on, we limited our singing to the Communion.

In most holy places we visited, taking photos were strictly prohibited (a rule which I broke many times), but no such restrictions were imposed at the church.

Sto. Pio, Lanciano and the Holy EucharistThe City of Lanciano was included in the Sto. Pio Pilgrim-

age because of the importance of the Holy Eucharist in Padre Pio’s life when he was still alive.

After being given the gift of stigmata and when he began healing sick people and doing miracles, Padre Pio was de-prived by the Catholic Church of saying masses for 12 years. The imposition greatly pained the saintly priest but with the obedience of a good servant, he took it without complaint.

Padre Pio loved saying Mass and when the privilege was restored to him, embraced it with enthusiasm that he said Mass everyday until the very day he would buckle down in Church on September 23, 1968 and die a few hours later. He was raising the Eucharist when it happened.

St. LonginusLanciano is dedicated to one of the Church’s first saints,

St. Longinus. St. Longinus is not very well known in the Philippines, but he is the Roman centurion who pierced Jesus with a lance or spear during His crucifixion. Longinus had poor vision but when he touched his eyes with hands drip-ping with Christ’s blood, he regained his sight. Right there and then, he converted to Christianity.

St. Longinus originates from Lanciano, a former Roman settlement that even pre-dates Christianity. It was known as Anxanum then and was changed in memory of the miracle that touched him. Lanciano comes from the Italian word “Lancia” or lance.

We ate lunch at Lanciano and had a 30-minute stroll around the city streets near the central square. There are nice shops nearby, some selling authentic Italian made prod-ucts alongside big brand names like Prada, LV, Givenchy, etc.

At this point, I would also like to point out that if wanting to buy something authentically made in Italy, to go for local brands and maybe, ask the storekeeper if it is really made there or any part of Europe. I put this in as a little reminder about “everything is Made in China”. While in Rome, at the start of our two-week trek, the souvenir shops we visited that sold religious items yielded that all, including icons of saints and what not, were labeled “Made in China”. I won’t be surprised about that the “big brand names” are also made there. So, if you want something made locally, go for the local brands. Italy is known for its leather goods.

Retracing the Catholic faith:

The Road to Assisi

As we waited for the bus to leave San Giovanni Rotondo, the pilgrims took time to pose at the Hotel Approdo courtyard, one of them Mrs. Julie Torres.

Above are the Filipino pilgrims in a group shot after hearing mass at the Church of the Holy Eucharist. Behind Fr. Angelo is the hole in the wall where the monstrance (left) can be seen. Right, Julie Torres poses with the statue of St. Longinus, a lesser known saint in the country,

but one of the “pillars” of the Church as evidenced by his dominating presence inside the St. Peter’s Basilica at Vatican City.

Lanciano’s central square shows the quaint mix of the medieval and modern (top left). It is also a parking area for car owners because they are not allowed to use side streets like this shopping district on the bottom left. Top right, our friendly service drew at the diner where we had lunch and bottom right, another view of the city from inside the diner. The whole central district of Lanciano is a hotspot but password protected. To access the internet, one has to ask for the password from the storekeepers in the area.

Waiting for lunch at the diner in Lanciano. We had to occupy four tables. Most restos in Lanciano are small, just a two to three men operation. In some towns we’ve been, it is even “one man” or “one woman” operation. They clean the tables, get orders, cook the food, serve it and is the cashier, as well! Convenience stores and diners are a-plenty, too, along the highway but it is not easy to just stop by in any one of them. One has to come from a certain direction to be able to access the particular diner or store, usually situated at a gas station. In our 14-day travel to five countries in Europe, the absence of trash and garbage thrown just anywhere was noteworthy. In city streets, hygienic and pleasant looking trash receptacles are strategically placed. We hope Ormoc City can do something similar, including increasing the number of public restrooms and ensuring that it’s clean.

The 2013 Search for Mr. & Ms. STITHE ORMOC campus of STI once more held its annual Search for Mr. and Ms. STI 2013 at the Sabin Resort Hotel recently. This year’s motif is festival like, in keeping with the Tugob Festi-val of Ormoc City which was recently launched. STI represents Livestock this year, in the festival that would be staged on October 20, Adlaw sa Ormoc.

The night proved to be a majestic spectacle of beauty, festivity and grace. Each faction

showcased their talent in representing patriotism and pride with the colorful Tu-gob inspired costumes, thanks to artistic students who poured their efforts into the creations.

The female candidates gave their all in interpreting the Livestock festival dance despite some difficult costumes to ma-neuver. Then, the stage sizzled when the contestants strutted their stuff wearing only their swimwear. The nubile ladies and well-formed males showed their bodies to die for in killer poses.

Aside from their festival outfits, the contestants also took a demure but sophis-ticated turn by wearing elegantly designed Filipiniana gowns, exemplifying the modern day Maria Clara.

Not to be outdone, the gentlemen looked debonair in traditional Barong Tagalog.

The night was completed when the names of the candidates who stood out and

shone the brightest were called. Hailed Mr. STI 2013 was Mervin Bori-

naga and Ms. STI 2013, Marie Francesca Miranda. The Ms. STI Tugob Queen 2013 title went to the graceful Nicole Lawrence Casuco. 1st runners up were Gaiska Lar-razabal and Nicole Lawrence Casuco and 2nd runners up were Christian Daclitan and Elvira Magno.

The STI-Ormoc campus administration are also thankful to their sponsors and partners of the event. With a PR

LAST SEPTEMBER 8, Sunday, the Berndt couple celebrated the 7th anniversary of the Imelda Heaven Spa, Berndt Bodyflex, Fitness Gym and Dance Studio.

To kick off the fete, Michael and Imelda Sacay-Berndt, together with their daughter Monica, staff and friends, had a motorcade starting from the Ormoc city stage to barangay Tu-og where the beauty spa and allied services are located. After the parade, the party heard Mass.

In her welcome message, Ms. Berndt gladly said that indeed their seventh year is a blessing especially that it falls on the birthday of the Virgin Mary.

Part of their 7th year offering is the opening of the Ms. Jing Oliva Beauty Salon within their establishment. Rey Evangelista, a former PBA player who hails from Ormoc and Monica Berndt, did the honors of cutting the ribbon. With the addition of Oliva’s salon, Imelda hopes that they can entice more people to come and check out their services.

Recently, she said, the Berndt Bodyflex Fitness Gym garnered honors after their body building team won in various categories during the Southern Philippines lifting championship held at Robinsons Place in Tacloban City.

During the celebration, some of Imelda’s staff entertained the guests through their song

Berndt’s beauty spa & allied services turn 7, welcomes Ms. Jing Oliva’s salon to its bosom

People, Places & Happenings 7

Ina’s Household Tips

By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez

Uses for Charcoal

AwHILE bACk, I gave you tips on how to eliminate odors and in there, charcoal was mentioned so I decided to look up more uses on the popular uling, ur-ing or charcoal.

Nourish your CompostMix charcoal into your compost pile to increase

its carbon content. (If the pile smells like ammonia, it needs carbon.).

Disguise an ImperfectionRub charcoal onto scratches on dark wood floors

and furniture to temporarily “stain” them until you have time for a real repair job.

keep Air FreshPlace charcoal, in open bowls or perforated plas-

tic bags, in your fridge or drawers to banish odors.Make Cut Flowers Last LongerPut a lump of charcoal beneath the cut stems in

a vase to help the water stay clean and clear.Use it as MulchBreak charcoal into chunks about 1 inch in diam-

eter and spread them on beds or beneath bushes to keep soil moist and suppress weeds.

Help Potted Orchids GrowThese bloomers benefit from charcoal’s alkalinity.

Mix small pieces with your potting medium (e.g., bark or wood chunks) to nourish the flowers.

keep Rust Off ToolsPlace a few lumps of charcoal in your tool box to

absorb moisture and keep the metal from oxidizing Source: www.thisoldhouse.comFor more tips, you can watch at PRTV 12 Tacloban – “Bida ka Inay” every

Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 6pm or you can email me at inashouseholdtips@yahoo.com or add me on facebook.

The 2013 Search for Mr. & Ms. STITHE ORMOC campus of STI once more held its annual Search for Mr. and Ms. STI 2013 at the Sabin Resort Hotel recently. This year’s motif is festival like, in keeping with the Tugob Festi-val of Ormoc City which was recently launched. STI represents Livestock this year, in the festival that would be staged on October 20, Adlaw sa Ormoc.

The night proved to be a majestic spectacle of beauty, festivity and grace. Each faction

showcased their talent in representing patriotism and pride with the colorful Tu-gob inspired costumes, thanks to artistic students who poured their efforts into the creations.

The female candidates gave their all in interpreting the Livestock festival dance despite some difficult costumes to ma-neuver. Then, the stage sizzled when the contestants strutted their stuff wearing only their swimwear. The nubile ladies and well-formed males showed their bodies to die for in killer poses.

Aside from their festival outfits, the contestants also took a demure but sophis-ticated turn by wearing elegantly designed Filipiniana gowns, exemplifying the modern day Maria Clara.

Not to be outdone, the gentlemen looked debonair in traditional Barong Tagalog.

The night was completed when the names of the candidates who stood out and

shone the brightest were called. Hailed Mr. STI 2013 was Mervin Bori-

naga and Ms. STI 2013, Marie Francesca Miranda. The Ms. STI Tugob Queen 2013 title went to the graceful Nicole Lawrence Casuco. 1st runners up were Gaiska Lar-razabal and Nicole Lawrence Casuco and 2nd runners up were Christian Daclitan and Elvira Magno.

The STI-Ormoc campus administration are also thankful to their sponsors and partners of the event. With a PR

LAST SEPTEMBER 8, Sunday, the Berndt couple celebrated the 7th anniversary of the Imelda Heaven Spa, Berndt Bodyflex, Fitness Gym and Dance Studio.

To kick off the fete, Michael and Imelda Sacay-Berndt, together with their daughter Monica, staff and friends, had a motorcade starting from the Ormoc city stage to barangay Tu-og where the beauty spa and allied services are located. After the parade, the party heard Mass.

In her welcome message, Ms. Berndt gladly said that indeed their seventh year is a blessing especially that it falls on the birthday of the Virgin Mary.

Part of their 7th year offering is the opening of the Ms. Jing Oliva Beauty Salon within their establishment. Rey Evangelista, a former PBA player who hails from Ormoc and Monica Berndt, did the honors of cutting the ribbon. With the addition of Oliva’s salon, Imelda hopes that they can entice more people to come and check out their services.

Recently, she said, the Berndt Bodyflex Fitness Gym garnered honors after their body building team won in various categories during the Southern Philippines lifting championship held at Robinsons Place in Tacloban City.

During the celebration, some of Imelda’s staff entertained the guests through their song

Berndt’s beauty spa & allied services turn 7, welcomes Ms. Jing Oliva’s salon to its bosom

Photo on top (left) shows Imelda Sacay-Berndt with her staff. Right, with Ms. Jing Oliva, one of Ormoc’s most sought beautician. Bottom left, Mr. Vince Rama poses with the Ms Silka 2013 candidates and right, the lady is honored by no less than her equally scrumptious daughter Monica who calls her the “best mom in the world.”

and dance numbers. A highlight was the dance number of Monica Berndt with the staff. Another highlight of the event was the introduction of the Ms. Silka 2013 candidates sponsored by the Berndt couple and Jing Oliva.

Notable guests who were around were City Councilor Vince Rama and Dr. Mariza Magan, Ormoc City Division Schools Superintendent.

In his brief message, Rama, who is a client of Berndt Bodyflex, said that for people to live longer they must always be healthy. He even joked that if people will continue to live unhealthily, then his business which is funeral service, will flourish. In ending, he wished the Berndts and Jing Oliva for more anniversaries to come.

different branches of government. “It must also appear to be free therefrom to a reasonable observer.

Journalists should, as far as possible, refrain from any and all relations with government ( that ) may raise suspicion of the public they serve that such relations warp their judgment. This can prevent them from being “the instrument by which citizens keep their government informed of their needs, their aspirations and their grievances”. (It is) also “the sharpest weapon in the fight to keep government responsible and efficient.”

A free press is an essential element to good governance. (But) it can only be most effective in its role if it is not part of govern-ment. As proposed in SB380, PCJ will be part of the executive department, as it neither legislates nor adjudicates controversies. Moreover, its budget will most probably come from public funds.

That will require legislative grace. Under our Constitution, no money from the national treasury can be released except by law. Thus, it will necessarily create an inappropriate connection. It will open the press to influence by government. Even the least such perception or appearance to the public will destroy the credibility of the press.

The proposal compels private associations and organiza-tions to associate in PCJ. The freedom to form an association is constitutionally-protected. That protection also includes or covers the right not to join an association. The bill, by mandating that private press associations or organizations form a council, appears to violate the freedom of association.

Nor can SB380 be justified as a valid exercise of police power over an essential profession. “There is no overriding public in-terest and public welfare requirement which can legally sustain legislated compulsion that members of the press associate and be part of government”. On the contrary, compelling press or-ganizations to form the council, as proposed, would destroy the press’ credibility. It would to lose its meaning for being “voice of the people” and government watchdog, and thus, will harm public welfare instead.

MERCADO ... from P. 5

his or her cut and the other 50% is up to Napoles to be given to her bogus NGO’s after splitting the same to some people but 40% will be pocketed by her. Ergo: only 10% will go to the said NGO and some other people as “goodwill” money. Suppose a Senator gives half of his PDAF or “pork barrel” to the tune of P100M, the Senator stands to receive P50M clean; the Congress-man will get P35M as his cut. This is replicated in the ensuing years. Not much for the Congressman because his term is only 3 years but a Senator’s is 6 years. Wow!! It seems the best way to receive sudden wealth is run for an elective position. If they get re-elected, so much the better.

With this kind of a scenario, what happens to poor Juan de la Cruz? If this goes on unabated, we will just go down the drain as if swallowed up by a big whale. Too bad that my hero, Ninoy Aquino, is no longer around to throw a monkey wrench to their plans. He was like that boy – from a story of my school textbook – that plugged his arm on the dike to prevent the sea from flooding his town. This corner laments the gains that we had through the years and only to be thrown to the four winds without batting an eyelash. Is there no more such virtue as “utang

na loob” or the Spanish word “delideza” long enshrined by our forefathers? Have most of our leaders become so hardhearted, without feelings, and so paranoid?

As if to show seeming aloofness, Napoles not only has one unit at the Primea Condo in Makati City worth a whooping P75M per but reportedly five! This is too much show of indifference of affluence which if at all, one unit is even too much. But to have 5 such units is definitely rubbing it in. This is equivalent to hav-ing 1 condo unit for each member of her family when one unit can comfortably house their family. And to top it all, more then 30 high-end luxury sedans is like blaring to the four walls that they can rub shoulders with the aristocrat and the Captains of Industry. As the saying goes, he who goes up must come down. This is the law of Sir Isaac Newton about gravity.

One thing we have learned about this caper is that as we go up the ladder, the people we meet are the same ones that we meet when we come down. We can never bring our wealth with us as we depart this life. What matters the most therefore is how we have made up our life. In the prophetic words of Shakespeare, “to thine own self be true.”

POTPOURRI ... from P. 4

8 September 16-22, 2013NEWS

“what are we in powder form … este, power for” type of cir-cumstances. I also have the suspicion that Mr. Gordo is one of the many Type “O” people who would want a shot at being a city employee but can’t because the coveted positions are already occupied by somebody else.

Mr. Gordo also requests this newspaper to make follow up with the Civil Service. We already did. While doing the story before the election time, our reporter was able to talk to the regional director who said that all they need to act on the matter is a “written complaint”.

Since I presume this letter has been sent to the Central Of-fice of the CSC, then I am pretty sure they would act on this. The CSC is one of the most efficient and more straightforward government agencies I know.

I also did some research. The CSC memo on nepotism states: “the nepotism rule covers all kinds of appointments whether original, promotional, transfer and reemployment regardless of status including casuals and contractuals, except consultants.” Take note that the clause includes “casuals”.

The most recent case decided by the CSC dated June 15, 2010 involves that of the husband of a mayor who was appointed to their local water district, a quasi-government facility. The propriety of his appointment was questioned. The mayor rea-soned that she had no choice but appoint her husband because nobody else filed his or her candidacy to the post, except him. The CSC, however, did not look upon her reason kindly saying that it was a case of “filial patronage”. Kun sa binugas-bugas pa, “delicadeza bah”…

VIEW FROM ORMOC ... from P. 4

and filing of the complaint against them and that it is only the courts that can issue hold departure orders and warrants of arrest against the accused.

All of these legal reasons for observing due process of law and for respecting the legal rights of the respondents to be presumed innocent of the charges against them until proven otherwise by the courts are accepted. There are however other administrative measures that can be resorted to by the justice department and the Ombudsman to prevent the flight of suspects and for the accused to elude arrest. One is to ask the assistance of the Anti Laundering Monetary Council (ALMC) to probe and freeze the questionable and suspected bank accounts of the concerned accused so that they cannot use their money for their foreign travels. They can also request the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to cancel the passports of the accused persons later if they do not appear in the formal hearing of the case. To request for the cancellation of passport of an accused may also need a court order. And finally in the event that an accused person manage to elude arrest and hide in a foreign country, the govern-ment may request for assistance from the host country to arrest the suspect and his or her extradition here to face the charges in court. This process may take some more time and will be another sample case of “Justice delayed is not a perfect justice at all.”

MARCOS ... from P. 4

COA said that based on existing laws and regu-lations, “the amount of direct subsidy should not be less than 80% or it can be 100% of the share from national wealth available for disposal to maximize consumer benefits.”

The COA added that “with respect to the non-subsidy scheme, records reveal that Ormoc City transferred P 50,000,000.00 form its share of national wealth fund to the Ormoc Water and Sewerage System Administration (ORWASA) for the repair and reha-bilitation of the city water system” through “SP Reso-lution No. 2008-94 dated May 15, 2008.”

It was noted that Sec-tions 289 and 294 of RA No. 7160 “allow only direct subsidy scheme and make no mention of non-subsidy scheme”.

In their exit conference,

50-MILLION ... from P. 1COA said that “Ormoc City justified that, with the re-habilitated water system, electric water pumps will no longer be used, hence, electric bills will be reduced and it will bring greater benefits not only to water and electric consumers but the whole community as well.”

COA said that “while it may be true that the entire populace can benefit from the repair and rehabilita-tion of the water system, in terms of reduction of electric cost, only those us-ing electric pumps could be directly benefited”.

Furthermore, they said that the National Electrifica-tion Administration (NEA) was not consulted on the matter of using up P 50-mil-lion of the royalty funds for the water project.

Former Mayor Eric Co-dilla, on the other hand, reasoned they saw no need

to consult NEA as the pro-posed use of the funds did not involve electrification.

COA then recommend-ed that the royalties should be used strictly as provided by laws and regulations and that their “recommenda-tion is without prejudice to the issuance of a Notice of Suspension and/or No-tice of Disallowance on the particular transactions, if warranted.”

To recall, the use of P 50-million for the water-works was approved in 2008 by the city council headed by then vice-mayor Nepomuceno P. Aparis I, a lawyer. The council also had three lawyer members and one barrister. They were Atty. Ruben Capahi, Atty. Demosthenes Tugonon, Atty. Mariano Corro and barrister Jose Alfaro. Atty. Corro became legislative consultant during vice-mayor Aparis’ last term but his services, including that of three others, were cut off in the second quarter of 2013 when COA noted their services duplicated that of regular personnel. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

This picture of the plaza when it was still “unveiled” was taken on the early part of July, 2013. There is not much difference than what was seen when it was “revealed”, the photographer noted. Some residents, especially those who attended Taebo sessions in the morning, reported getting exasperated with the covering and punch holes into it. “Kadugay, wa tay view makita, unya way hangin”, said a Taebo enthusiast who requested anonymity.

Irrigation Systems, both in Hi-longos, Leyte with a combined total cost of P135.2-million.

Meanwhile, three farm-to-market road projects are for implementation in two Leyte towns and one in Eastern Sa-mar with a total cost of P49.7-million.

San Isidro town got two projects in this deliberation, an irrigation project and the reha-

bilitation of the 1.74-kilometer Bawod-Paril farm-to-market road.

The two other approved farm-to-market road projects are the construction of the 2.8-kilometer Capirawan-Gacao-Canhidoc-Arado road in Palo, Leyte and the Con-creting of the 4.4-kilometer Cagaut-Cantomoja-Camanga-Carapdapan road in Salcedo, Eastern Samar.

During the deliberation, the body, chaired by DAR Assistant Secretary Dennis Barrantes, gave emphasis on the economic value of these projects towards the farm-ers particularly the agrarian reform beneficiaries in the ARCs.

Other members of the body include DAR Assistant Sec-retary Hermenia Fe San Juan

and representatives from the Departments of Agriculture, Public Works and Highways, Environment and Natural Re-sources, Budget and Manage-ment, Finance, National Irriga-tion Administration, National Commission on Indigenous People, Municipal Develop-ment Fund Office and the Na-tional Economic Development Authority.

The body realized how these projects are badly needed by the farmers in rural areas to improve their quality of life when they visited one of the recipient ARCs, the San Isidro ARC, with 2,190 ARBs and where rice fields are just dependent on rain and the road leading to the area is hardly passable by vehicles particu-larly on rainy days. PR and Photo By Jose Alsmith Soria

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9September 16-22, 2013 NEWS

Thousands turn out for International Cleanup Day all over the region

The Ormoc Supreme Lions Club and their members were among those who joined the Coastal Cleanup at Ormoc City on September 21.

THOUSANDS OF volun-teers joined the coastal cleanup activities held in in most areas of the region over the weekend, in celebration of the 28th International Cleanup Day which falls on September 21.

Some areas, however, opt-ed to do their coastal cleanup on a Saturday, like in Albuera, Leyte were some students were already seen cleaning up the shoreline on Friday, early morning.

In Ormoc, various civic, religious and even social clubs joined the activity which has been spearheaded by the NU-LOC, a mountaineering asso-ciation, for years now.

In Tacloban, the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources and its attached agencies, together with Maritime Regional Of-fice, Department of Public Works and Highways, of-ficials of villages 1, 2, and 25, students from the Eastern Visayas State University, St. Scholastica, Holy Infant Col-

Also on Saturday, September 21, members and doctors

of the Ormoc City Medical Society marked Medicine

Week with a motorcade led by Dr. Arthur “Bobby” Dabatos

of the Ormoc Tourer’s and a wreath-laying before the

monument of Dr. Jose Rizal at the old city hall building.

Ms. Jill H. Palco, Corporate Secretary of Premium Megastructures, Inc. located at Brgy. Linao, Ormoc City, receives a check of P 1,100,000.00 representing their Total Loss Claim from Ms. Ana Liza E. de la Victoria, Branch Manager of Sterling Insurance Co., Inc., Ormoc City Branch witnessed by Ramer M. Antigua, branch office cashier and Mr. Sixto de la Victoria, Vice President for Visayas of Sterling Insurance Co., Inc.

OCMS celebrates Medicine Week

lege and nearby schools lead the coastal cleanup along Mag-saysay Boulevard, Leyte Park Hotel area and Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center. It was also Holy Infant College’s Foundation Day.

During this year’s cleanup, the DENR hopes to further in-culcate in the people the value of clean bodies of water and coastal areas, not just for a day but everyday, which means a healthier environment. Cora-zon Horca Makabenta, divi-sion chief of Coastal Marine and Management Division of DENR, added cleaner seas also means a healthier source of food.

The Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) is the lead unit of DENR for this na-tionwide coastal cleanup. They will collate all data collected of the clean up to the Ocean Conservancy, a Washington-based organization.

In its annual report, the Ocean Conservancy said that volume of ocean trash record-ed by the volunteers from the

Philippines has doubled every year during the last three years.

The reports further stat-ed that in 2010, more than 145,000 Filipino volunteers picked up a total of 240,360 kilos of trash. In 2011, some 114,418 volunteers recorded 485,091 kilos while in 2012, almost 144,000 people re-trieved more than 1.3million kilos.

On the other hand, water bodies in Tacloban that were cleaned up were the Mangon Bangon River, Burayan River and Mahayahay Creek, in-formed Maribel Munsayac, chief of the Environmental, Education and Information Section of Environment and Management Bureau (EMB), an attached agency of DENR.

Munsayac also mentioned that the target areas in Leyte are Salog River and Cangma-sin Creek in Hilongos, Mat-lang River in Isabel, Panali-an River in Ormoc City, Balugo River in Julita, Bacan River, Albuera; Pagbangan River and Utlanan Creek in Baybay Canawagan River and Mao-Mahiao River in Kananga and Mahanod River in Mac Arthur.

This year’s ICC theme is “Bayanihan para sa Malinis na Karagatan.” With a report from Vicky C. Arnaiz

YES TO SK POLL POSTPONEMENT, YES TO HOLD OVER, O TO DE FACTO ABOLITION

(OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH COMMISSION) 18 September 2013The National Youth Commission (NYC), as the voice and advocate of the youth, strongly supports

the institutionalization of reforms within the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). We oppose any move to abol-ish or dissolve the institution.

The National Youth Commission fully supports the postponement of the SK elections to give ample time for Congress to decide on the reforms needed by the institution. It is unconscionable to allow another batch of 15-17 years old to be subjected to a system and process that is in dire need of mas-sive structural and organizational reforms. As early as the registration, there are reports of adults and parents who have inveigled or coerced their children to register for SK against their will, some even to the point of asking some youth to register in a barangay where they do not reside. We will witness the same familiar challenges (corruption, ineffectiveness, vote-buying, exploitation, etc) that hound the SK if we are to push through with the SK polls this year.

We are fully grateful and supportive of the Senate version which defers the elections to 2014 with the incumbent SKs on hold over capacity. Viewed as the least disruptive modality, this allows continuity of programs on the ground while Congress discusses the needed reforms. While there are concerns about the incumbents being over-age, the setting of the age and the policy decision on hold over is, at the end of the day, purely a Congressional prerogative. We have full faith in both chambers of Congress that before the end of 2014, a truly responsive, empowered and empowering youth Council at various levels shall have been put in place.

We are, however, uncomfortable with the version offered by COMELEC and the House of Repre-sentative Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms where there is no hold over and the seats for SKs are vacated until 2016. THIS VERSION OF THE POSTPONEMENT IS DE FACTO ABOLITION OF THE SK. This strips the youth of due representation and is a blatant violation of the Constitutional provision which encourages youth involvement in public and civic affairs. We can NOT deny the 30 mil-lion Filipino youth of their representation and voice at the barangay and Sanggunian levels. It is a great disservice to the Filipino youth if this version will prevail.

There is also a proposal to have the SKs appointed in the meantime. This will just subject those appointees to an intensely political and partisan process and is therefore untenable. We are still hope-ful that they Lower House will eventually decide in favor of youth representation by approving the hold over of incumbent SK officials. After all, the incumbents derived their electoral mandate from the youth themselves – a veritable litmus test of meaningful youth participation.

We recognize the challenges and criticisms hurled against the SK. For this reason, we call on all parties concerned to address these head on by discussing and implementing the needed reforms through the appropriate legislation.

We express solidarity with various youth organizations and SKs as they march in the Lower House to have their voices heard today.

EV Mail Publisher Lalaine M. Jimenea and freelance marketing assistant for Tacloban Vicky Arnaiz pose with Oriental Hotel executives after a business meeting. On the left most is Anito Lintecse, Resort Manager Oriental Leyte while the two others are Communications Manager Manilyn Regalado and Communications Officer Deniece Abby Afable.

10 September 16-22, 2013NOTICESExtrajudicial Settlement with

Quitclaim and Waiver NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proper-

ties of the late WILFREDO BACAN FERNANDEZ re parcels of land Lot 1282-E situated in Barangay Poblacion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 61 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-52089; Lot 6431-F, situated in Barrio Liloan, Ormoc City, containing an area of 5,604 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 14680; and Lot 2, situated in Barangay Aguiting, Kananga, Leyte, containing an area of 23,595 sq. m. were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 431; Page No. 87; Book No. CLXX; Series 2013 of Notary Public Nepomuceno P. Aparis I. EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013

Deed of extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property

of the late ARSENIO PADILLA re a parcel of land des-ignated as Lot No. 7101, Cad 519-D, situated at Brgy. Plaridel, Palompon, Leyte, with an area of 14,977 sq. m. was settled among their heirs and sold in favor of PEDRO B. TIRO, JR. per Doc. No. 351; Page No. 71; Book No. XXXVIII; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Donna Villa M. Gaspan-Cerna. EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, 16-22, 2013

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with confirmation of Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late FEDERICO BREGAUDIT re a Suzuki Vehicle, Make and Typy: SUZUKI/JEEP; Series : SAMURAI; Motor No. : G13a-596257; Serial/Chassis No.: SJ51-920197; Year Model: 1992; Plate No.: TDY467; MV File No.: 1380-87155; CR No.: 12053248 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of JAMES HOWARD COPE-LAND, JR. per Doc. No. 2615; Page No. 50; Book No. LXII; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Camilo P. Esmero. EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2013

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property

of the late MARIANO BENTULAN re a parcel of land designated as Lot No. 2652 Cad. 638-D, located at San Vicente, Hindang, Leyte, covered by OCT No. P-33614 and covered by TD No. 05-15018-00149 R-13, with an area of 380.88 sq. m. was settled among their heirs and 55 sq. m. share of LUCENA BENTULAN-GUINALON sold in favor of ELMA ARCILLA-VISTO per Doc. No. 271; Page No. 55; Book No. IX; Series of 2011 of Notary Public Exzon B. Mendoza. EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, 16-22, 2013

Affidavit of Self Adjudication with Deed of Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late AURORA TUDIO re a parcel of land TD No. 08-03-0005-00306, Survey No. 655, containing an area of 141 sq. m. was adjudicated unto himself by RUBEN T. CAGABHI-ON and 129 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. SAMSON TUDIO PERALES and LUCENA F. PERALES per Doc. No. 466; Page No. 94; Book No. XVIII; Series of 2012 of Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, 16-22, 2013

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the late JESUS M. MECAYDOR had left an Account with the METROBANK Naval Branch, Savings Account No. 3-493-22595-3 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 120; Page No. 24; Book No. 48; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2013

Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

properties of the late CESAR INTO SR., re parcels of land Lot 7489-C-1-C, situated in Brgy. Milagro, Ormoc City, containing an area of 1,319 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 48059; Lot 7489-C-8-E-6, an area of 3,032 covered by TCT No. 38261; Lot 7489-C-2 , an area of 1,715 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 33374; Lot 1231, situ-ated in Poblacion, Ormoc City, an area of 112 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 20954; Lot 620, an area of 34 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 20955; Lot 7489-C-8-G-1, situated in Brgy. Milagro, Ormoc City, an area of 4,954 sq. m., covered by TCT No. 38415; Lot 7489-C-8-D-2, an area of 1,404 sq. m.; covered by TCT No. 48061; Lot 7489-C-8-F, an area of 627 sq. m. , covered by TCT No. 36060; Lot 7489-C-8-D-1, an area of 714 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 48060; Lot 4 , an area of 7,461, covered by TCT No. Title No. 41561; Lot 2-B, an area of 500 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 42376; Lot 2-A, an area of 500 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 42375; Lot No. 7470, situated in Brgy. Dolores, Ormoc City, an area of 9,537 sq. m., covered by TCT No. 20957; Lot No. 7469-C, an area of 17,192 sq. m. , covered by TCT No. 29713; Lot No. 7469-D, an area of 9,885 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 29714; Lot No. 7469-B, an area of 20,615 sq. m. covered by 29712; Lot No. 7489-C-8-C-8, an area of 300 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 46441; Lot No. 7489-C-8-C-7, an area of 33 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 46440; Lot No. 7489-C-8-C-6, an area of 300 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 46439; Lot No. 7489-C-8-C-5, an area of 278 sq. m. , covered by TCT No. 46438; Lot No. 7489-C-8-C-4, an area of 300 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 46437; Lot No. 7489-C-8-C-3, an area of 300 sq. m.; covered by TCT No. 46436; Lot No. 7489-C-8-C-2, an area of 500 sq. m., covered by TCT No. 46435; Lot No. 7489-C-8-C-1, an area of 500 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 46434; Lot 8-C, situated in Brgy. Sto. Rosario, Matag-ob, Leyte , an area of 25,476 sq. m., covered by TCT No. TP-12629; Lot No. 7489-C-8-E-10-B, situated in Brgy. Milagro, Ormoc City, an area of 777 sq. m. , covered by TCT No. 39240; Lot 7489-C-8-F, containing an area of 627 sq. m. , covered by TCT No. 36060; Lot 7489-C-1-A, an area of 910 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 48057 ; and Lot 7489-C-8-G-6-A, an area of 268 sq. m. , covered by TCT No. 45147 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 455; Page No. 91; Book No. 35; Series of 2012 of Notary Public Jasper M. Lucero. EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 16

Naval, Biliran SP. PROC. NO. P-420

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR NATHANIEL SUMAYANG

THE SPS. HERMAN D. DONATO and MA. CRISTINA M. DONATO, Petitioner.

x--------------xORDER

A verified petition having been filed with the Court by petitioner thru counsel, praying that after notice, publication and hearing the minor NATHANIEL SUMAYANG be ad-judged as the adopted child of petitioners for all legal intents and purposes, that he shall be entitled to all rights and obliga-tions for a legitimate son of petitioners, including the use of their surname, so that his full name will now truly appear as Nathaniel Masiar Donato.

The petition being sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing be set on October 24, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at which date and time all interested person may appear and show cause, if any they have, why this petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Order published at the expense of the petitioner for once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation duly authorized by this Court and after a raffle had been conducted by the Branch Clerk of Court.

Furnish copy of this Order and the petition to the Solici-tor General, Makati City, the Provincial Prosecutors Office, Naval, Biliran Province, the petitioner and counsel, and the Provincial DSWD, Biliran Province who is hereby directed to conduct counseling sessions with the biological paternal parents on the matter of the adoption of the adoptee, prepare and submit Child and Home Study Report before the sched-uled date of hearing.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this 14th day of August 2013 at Naval,

Biliran, Philippines. (Sgd.) BIENVENIDO M. MONTALLA

Executive Judge Copy furnished; Solicitor General Provincial DSWD Provincial Prosecutor Atty. Redentor C. Villordon Sps. Donato and Ma. Cristina Donato EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 7

8th Judicial Region Bulwagan Ng Katarungan

Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City SP. PROC. NO. 2013-05-13

For: ADOPTION

IN RE: PETITION FOR THET ADOPTION OF MINOR PIA ORTIZ HUGO,

SPOUSES NEL JOE P. HUGO AND MARY LYN M. HUGO, Petitioners.

x-----------------xORDER

A verified petition for adoption of minor PIA ORTIZ HUGO, having been filed by Spouses Neljoe P. Hugo and Mary Lyn M. Hugo, thru Atty. Liza A. Ramirez, praying that after due notice and hearing, judgment be rendered adjudging, that PIA ORTIZ HUGO be freed from all and legal obligations of obedience and maintenance with respect to her natural parents, and that she be declared in all legal intents and pur-poses the child of the herein petitioners, and to issue a new Certificate of Live Birth stating herein the name of petitioners as the adopting parent.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and sub-stance, the same is hereby given due course.

WHEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the above-entitled case is set for hearing on December 9, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court sitting at the Bul-wagan ng Katarungan, Tacloban City. Any interested person may appear on said time and date, then and there file his/her opposition thereto and to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

Further, let the copy of this order be published in Eastern Visayas Mail a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte and in the City of Tacloban once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

Let copies of the petition and annexes be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the DSWD Region VIII, Tacloban City who is hereby directed to prepare and submit child and home study report, the Social Worker of this court, Norie Vil-lero to conduct counseling sessions with the biological parents on the matter of adoption of the adoptee and to submit said report before the date of hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order to the petitioners and their counsel, the Solicitor General, the Regional Director, DSWD, Region VIII, Tacloban City and to Ms. Norie Villero, Office of the Clerk of court, RTC, Tacloban City.

SO ORDERED. GIVEN this 13th day of August 2013 at Bulwagan Ng

Katarungan, Tacloban City. (Sgd.) YOLANDA U. DAGANDAN

Assisting Judge YUD:moc EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, 16-22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court Eight Judicial Region

Branch 17 Palompon, Leyte

SP. PROC. CASE NO. R- PAL-13-0393-SP IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE RECORDS OF BIRTH OF REBECCA FAJARDO DEJILLO

REBECCA FAJARDO DEJILLO, Petitioner ,

-versus- THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF VILLABA, LEYTE,

Respondent. x------------x

ORDER A verified petition having been filed with this Court by

petitioner, through counsel, Atty. Ruben R. Capahi, praying that after publication, notice and hearing an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte and the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office to correct the erroneous entries in the birth certificate of the petitioner, particularly: a.) the entry as to her date of birth, from August 30, 1954 to August 30, 1964; b.) the entry as to her middle name, from Pajardo to Fajardo; and c.) the entry as to full name of her father, from Palermo Velayo Dejillo to Palermo Pelayo Dejillo.

As the petition appears to be sufficient in form and sub-stance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing, pursuant to Section 4, Rule 108 of the Rules of Court on November 4, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte at which date, time and place, any person may appear and show cause, if any why the petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be made at least one week prior to the date set for initial hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Leyte, Atty. Ruben R. Capahi, Office of the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office and the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Given in Chambers, this 2nd day of September, 2013 at

the Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte. (Sgd.) MARIO O. QUINIT

Presiding Judge Copy furnished:

1. Atty. Ruben R. Capahi Rm. 207, 2nd Flr. Ormoc Super-dome, San Pedro St. Ormoc City 2. The Office of the Solicitor General- Manila 3. Pros. Lorna Pades – Palompon, Leyte 4. National Statistics Office- Manila 5. Rebecca F. Dejillo- Brgy. Alta Vista, Ormoc City 6. Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte 7. EV Mail Ormoc City EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court Eight Judicial Region

Branch 17 Palompon, Leyte

SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-PAL-13-0392-SP IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TABANGO, LEYTE JULIANITA R. NGOHO, Petitioner, -versus- THE LOCAL

CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TABANGO, LEYTE Respondent.

x-----------------xORDER

A verified petition having been filed with this Court by petitioner, through counsel, Atty. Octavius L. Labtic, praying that after publication, notice and hearing an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Tabango, Leyte and the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office to correct the erroneous entry on petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth, specifically petitioner’s date of birth from September 1, 1959 to September 1, 1956.

As the petition appears to be sufficient in form and sub-stance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing, pursuant to Section 4, Rule 108 of the Rules of Court on November 4, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte at which date, time and place, any person may appear and show cause, if any why the petitioner should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be made at least one week prior to the date set for initial hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Tabango, Leyte, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Leyte, Atty. Octavius L. Labtic, Office of the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office and the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Given in Chambers, this 2nd day of September, 2013 at

the Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte. (Sgd.) MARIO O. QUINIT

Presiding Judge Copy furnished: 1. Atty. Octavius L. Labtic – Quezon St., San Isidro, Leyte 2. The Office of the Solicitor General – Manila 3. Pros. Lorna Pades – Palompon, Leyte 4. National Statistics Office – Manila 5. Julianita Ngoho – San Isidro, Biliran Biliran 6. Local Civil Registrar of Tabango, Leyte 7. EV Mail, Ormoc City EV Mail Sept. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY

Province: Leyte City/Municipality: Matag-ob

Petition No. CCE-025, 2013/R.A. 10172 PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERI-

CAL ERROR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

I, ELISA A. MADJUS, of legal age, Filipino and a resident of Isabel, Leyte, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with the law, hereby declare that:

1.) I am petitioner seeking correction of the clerical error in:

The Certificate of Live Birth of DEN-NIS CARILLAS MADJUS

2.) He was born on January 23, 1975 at San Guillermo, Matag-ob, Leyte, Philippines.

3) The birth was record under registry number 90-185ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION 1. a Childs Date & month of Birth FROM TO January 23, 1975 July 22, 1975 Name of Child DINNIS DENNIS

Affidavit of Loss NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that REBECCA DOLORES B. ONG, Filipino, of legal age, married, and a

resident of Brgy. Central Poblacion, Hilongos, Leyte is one of legal heirs and administrator of the estate of the late Rebecca V. Barbusa, stockholder in the Rural Bank of Hindang, Leyte, Inc. that the following stock certificates were issued and received by her, to wit: Date issued Certificate No. No. of Shares Date Issued Cert. No. No. of Shares 01-27-2011 865 202 01-28-2004 403 2701-07-2010 796 224 01-28-2003 365 2404-28-2009 716 244 01-23-2002 319 2303-09-2009 660 80 01-17-2001 261 4303-10-2008 599 79 09-06-2000 216 16002-06-2007 560 120 10-29-1999 193 8901-28-2006 513 28 10-01-1996 165 8901-31-2005 451 27 08-14-1995 127 88 11-12-1979 021 1 Total 1,548

The said stock certificates were lost. She looked for the aforementioned, but her efforts remained futile and that this affidavit is executed for the purpose of reporting the loss of the same to the Rural Bank, ,affidavit was subscribed on 2nd day of September, 2013 per Doc. No. 142; Page No. 30; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2013 before Atty. Efren B. Mendoza. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

property of the late VICENTE GATMAITAN re a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Tinambacan Sur, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, Samar. Designated as Lot No. 7095, covered by TD No. 99-03002-00076, containing an area of 15, 106.28 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of SPS. ELISEO A. SANTOS JR. and BIATRIZ ANGELICA Y. SANTOS per Doc. No. 40; Page No. 8; Book No. XXI; Series 2012 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelerra. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22 & 23- 29, , 2013

Affidavit of Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

late HELEN D. ALBARICO had left an Account with the Philippine National Bank, Baybay City Branch, with an Account No. 3345016000019 was adjudicated unto themselves by HER-MOGENES L. ALBARICO and TRINIDAD D. ALBARICO per Doc. No. 297; Page No. 60; Book No. XVIII; Series 2013 of Notary Public Florante A. Cayunda, Jr. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

properties of the late REBECCA V. BARBUSA re parcels of land Lot 11879, Case 36, Cad. 566-D under OCT No. P-29982, containing an area of 27,469 sq. m.; Lot 4, Psd-08-020094-D, situated in Brgy. Central Poblacion, Hilongos, Leyte cov-ered by TCT No. T-37219, containing an area of 296 sq. m.; Lot 7, Psd-08020094-D, covered by TCT No. T-37218, containing an area of 140 sq. m.; Lot 5, Lot 6, Lot 8, Lot 9, with an area of 436.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 14001-01321 R 13 ; Lot 13530 , with an area of 79.07 sq. m. covered by TD No. 14001-00687; Lot 13649, covered by TD No. 14001-00572, with an area of 25.25 sq. m. ; Lot 13637, with an area of 172.47 sq. m. , covered by TD No. 14002-00598 R13; Lot 13636, with an area of 19.62 sq. m., covered by TD No. 14001 00597 R13; Lot 425, Located at Brgy. San Juan, Hilongos, Leyte, with an area of 6,762.81 sq. m. covered by TD. No. 14036 00036 R13; Lot 6148, Located at Brgy. Marangog, Hilongos, Leyte, with an area of 21,120.99 sq. m. covered by TD No. 14026 0012 R 13; Lot 14416 located at Brgy. Eastern Poblacion, Hilongos, Leyte, with an area of 26.40 sq. m. covered by TD No. 14002-00425 R13 were settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 118; Page No. 25; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Efren B. Mendoza. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

properties of the late PERFECTO T. BUENO co-owned as part of the conjugal parcels of land Lot 5342-D-6 , situated in Brgy. Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, containing an area of 200 sq. m. under TCT No. 20829; parcel of land situated in Kananga, Leyte, containing an area of 126,751 sq. m. described in TCT No. T-1439

were settled among his heirs and 200 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. ALLEN GOFORTH and AVELINA MACION per Doc. No. 161; Page No. 32; Book No. XXI; Series of 2011 of Notary Public Maria Samuel P. Aviles. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013Amended deed of Extrajudicial Settlement

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late PEDRO V. CAING re parcels of ½ undivided portion of Lot 948 with area of 1,1228 hectares located at Brgy. Mag-nangoy, Hilongos, Leyte, covered by OCT No. P-28393; ½ undivided portion of Lot 11658 with area of .6889 hectare located at Brgy. Campina, Hilongos, Leyte, covered by OCT No. P-29113; ½ undivided portion of Lot 4850 with area of 2.9032 hectares located at Brgy. Concepcion, Hilongos, Leyte, covered by OCT No. P-29112; and ½ undivided portion of Commercial Building erected on Lot 13771were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 156; Page No. 33; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2013 of Notary Public EFREN B. MENDOZA. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

property of the late ARMANDO S. JACER re a ½ share of a residential land Lot 5448-C-5-H, situated in Brgy. Libertad, Ormoc City, contain-ing an area of 200 sq. m. covered under by TCT No. 51543 was settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 448; Page No. 90; Book No. CCCLIII; Series 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S. Maglasang. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the properties of the late SPS. GAUDENCIO LABANA and ANTIPAZ JACA re parcels of land Lot No. 7299, situated in Baybay, Leyte, containing an area of 5,366 sq. m., covered by TCT No. T-15394; Lot No.7267, containing an area of 3,735 sq. m., covered by TD No. 07077-094-R12; Lot No. 7324, , containing an area of 10,418, covered by TD No. 1364, Land situated at Pangasugan, Baybay, Leyte, containing an area of 3,375 sq. m. covered by TD No. 24328-R8 were settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 226; Page NO. 46; Book No. VIII; Series of 2010 of Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the property of the late NESTOR C. YUHICO co-owned re parcels of land Lot No. 6245-B, situated in Barangay Margen and Lao, Ormoc City, containing an area of 142,096 sq. m. under TCT No. 30921; Lot No. 1008-A , situ-ated in Ormoc City, containing an area of 510 sq. m. under TCT No. 12841 were settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 304; Page No. 61; Book No. XIV; Series 2011 of Notary Public Ari Larrazabal. EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, & 23-29, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte

EJF H-024-13 For:

EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

RURAL BANK OF HILONGOS (Leyte) INC. Represented by its Manager ROSARIO V. VELOS, CPA,

Mortgagee, -versus-

JOSE SALVADOR P. de VEYRA and ARLIND de VEYRA Mortgagors.

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SALE Upon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as

amended filed by Rural Bank of Hilongos (Leyte) Inc. with a postal address R.V. Villaflores St., Hilongos, Leyte, represented by its Manager Rosario Ong Velos CPA, against Jose Salvador P. de Veyra and Arlinda de Veyra of Brgy. Atabay, Hilongos, Leyte, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 29, 2013, in the total amount of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY ONE & 81/100 pesos (P139,461.81) Philippine Currency, representing interest, penalties excluding the expenses of the Foreclosure attorneys fees, the undersigned will SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION on October 14, 2013, at 9:00 o’clock in the morning until 4:00 P.M. or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the following properties with all the improvements found thereon, hereunder described as follows;

“A parcel of Corn land & all improvement found thereon located at Brgy. Lamak, Hilongos, Leyte, declared under Tax Declaration No. 05-14021-00248, designated as Cadastral Lot No. 2361-B, part Assessor’s Lot No. 031 and bounded as fol-lows; North-Ass. Lot No. 037 (2361-G) Road Lot, East – Ass. Lot No. 030 (2361-A), South- Ass Lot No. 001(2159), West – Ass. Lot No. 032(2361-C), containing an area of 0.2175 ha. More or less, declared in the name of Jose Salvador P. de Veyra, with an assessed value of P1,730.00”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above –stated date and time.

In the event the public auction should not take place due to fortuitous event on said date it shall be held on October 21, 2013 on the same time and place.

Hilongos, Leyte, September 10, 2013. FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

(Sgd.) ISABELO L. FALCONE Sheriff IV,

Noted; (Sgd.) ATTY. CHRISTIAN S. VILLAS

Clerk of Court VI Copy furnished: R8 Hilongos (Leyte) INC. Poblacion, Hilongos, LeyteJose Salvador P. de Veyra & Arlinda de VeyraBrgy. Atabay, Hilongos, Leyte EV Mail Sept. 16-22, 23-29 & 30- Oct. 6, 2013

ERRATUMIn the Notice of Change of Name of JUVANE to GIOVAN-

NI in the birth of GIOVANNI I. UA-O, the name of the Local Civil Registrar of Hindang, Leyte before which it was filed was mistakenly typed as “Sarcol”. It should have been SARCON. We apologize for the typographical error.

5) The facts/reasons for filing this petition are the following:

Since my childhood I usually used my Date & month of birth as “January 25, 1975” & not “JULY 22, 1975” appears in my Birth Certificate. I therefore pray that my date and month to be corrected to “JANUARY 23, 1975 within the meaning of R.A. 10172.

6.) I submit the following documents to support this petition:

a) SSSb.) BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF THE

PETITIONERc) PASSPORT d.) JAYHAWK SECURITY INC. I.D. E.) NBI 7) I have not filed any similar petition

and that, to the best of may knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippines Consulate.

8) I am filing this petition at the LCRO of Matag-ob, Leyte in accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations.

(Sgd.) ELISA A. MADJUS Petitioner

VERIFICATION I, ELISA A. MADJUS, the petitioner,

hereby certify that the allegations herein are True and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Sgd.) ELISA A. MADJUS Petitioner

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 5TH day of September, 2013 in the City/Municipality of Matag-ob, Leyte, Petitioner exhibiting his Community Tax Certificate No. 11369216 issued at Matag-ob, Leyte on June 11, 2013

(Sgd.) Engr. Agustin D. Pedrano Jr. Administering Officer

EV Mail Sept. 9-15, 16-22, 2013

11September 16-22, 2013 NOTICESRepublic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 11

Calubian, Leyte CIVIL CASE NO. CN-181

FOR: DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MARRIAGE

JERAMIE T. QUINTANO, Petitioner, -versus- JOSE L. SAN-TOS, Respondent.

x---------------xORDER

Acting on the motion of petitioner Jeramie T. Quintano that summons in this case be made by publication considering that she is not aware of the present whereabouts of address of respondent Jose L. Santos, the same is hereby GRANTED.

Accordingly, let summons by publication be issued in the above-entitled case and the same should be published together with the petition once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines including the Province of Leyte and Caloocan City.

Let copy of this Order be furnished the petitioner. SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS, this 4th day of September, 2013 at

Calubian, Leyte. (Sgd.) CRESCENTE P. MARAYA, JR.

Judge

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 11

Calubian, Leyte CIVIL CASE NO. CN-181

FOR: DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MARRIAGE

JERAMIE T. QUINTANO, Petitioner, -versus- JOSE L. SAN-TOS, Respondent.

x---------------xSUMMONS

TO: JOSE L. SANTOS 139, 3rd Street, 7th Avenue Grace Park, Caloocan City

GREETINGS: You are hereby required, within fifteen (15) days after

service of this Summons upon you, to file with this Court and serve on the plaintiff your answer to the petition copy of which is hereto attached, together with the annexes. You re reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer.

WITNESS my hand under the seal of the Court, this 30th day of July, 2013.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MARCELIANA F. YAP-APACIBLE Clerk of Court VI

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Eighth Judicial Region

Branch 11Calubian, Leyte

CIVIL CASE NO. CN-181 FOR:

DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MARRIAGE JERAMIE T. QUINTANO, Petitioner,

-versus- JOSE L. SANTOS,

Respondent.x---------------x

PETITION PETITIONER, by and thru undersigned counsel, unto this

Honorable Court, most respectfully alleges, that: 1. The parties are wife and husband respectively having

entered into marriage on May 6, 2005 at Trade Wind Consulting & General Services, Caloocan City officiated by Rev. Rodolfo G. Dela Fuente as shown by their certificate of marriage attached hereto and marked as Annex “A”;

2. Petitioner is a native of Brgy. Paula, Calubian, Leyte, and presently residing therein for more than three (3) consecu-tive years prior to the filling of this petition. While respondent can be served with summons and other court’s processes in his last known address at 139, 3rd Street, 7th Avenue, Grace Park, Caloocan City;

3. Parties have no child of their own nor acquired per-sonal and real properties during their brief cohabitation;

4. That even before their marriage, respondent had shown signs of personality disorders such as his emotional actuations, stubborn decisions, a spendthrift, disrespectful to elders, arrogant and immaturity, but nevertheless, petitioner decided to marry respondent in the hope that marriage would make respondent overcome his problems thereby change his attitude for the better;

5. Petitioner and respondent met sometime in 2004 thru the intervention of his aunt who stays in New Mexico. Respondent asked his aunt to help him find a Filipina wife. Parties were acquainted thru the internet, phone calls and let-ters and eventually became sweethearts. After a few months, respondent made a marriage proposal which she readily ac-cepted. Respondent came over to the Philippines on the first week of April of 2005 and petitioner met him at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. They talked about their wedding and ceremonially got married on April 25, 2005 but their certificate of marriage was dated and registered on May 6, 2005;

6. Right after their ceremonial wedding, parties spent their honeymoon in a hotel for five (5) days and then went to live in the apartment of her cousin. During their thirteen (13) days cohabitation, petition noticed some traits in his character and behavior that were offensive to human practice not seen before their marriage and 5 days thereafter. His new behavior was known when they were living in the apartment of her cousin. The following were some of his actuations:

a) He was ill tempered and easy to be irritated even on minor issues;

b) He did not treat well her parents and was disrespectful; c) He would be drinking vodka almost every night and

when drunk, he would forced her to have sex; d) He did not give a single centavo for her own personal

effects; and e) In general, he neglected his essential duties as a loving

husband to his wife. 6. On various occasions and mostly in his state of be-

ing drunk , respondent was very quarrelsome without any provocation on her part, imputing fault even trivial matters and hurling insulting words even in the presence of her parents and neighbors, without reservation of respect and love as if he can do all things in full control;

7. Respondent, who was given several chances to show reliability and trustworthiness, is patently psychologically incapable of performing his marital obligations. The indifferent behavior of respondent resulted in constant quarrels between them. Petitioner’s fear is that since respondent has learned that habit of conveniently maltreating her, she would continue to live as is for the rest of hes life;

8. The hard knock, so to speak, of their turbulent married life happened when respondent left for New Mexico sometime on May 8, 2005, without any permission; saddened by his act, she left the apartment and went home to her parents; for more than eight (8) years, not even a shadow of the respondent never showed her in the Philippines;

9. The actuations of respondent are clearly evidence of a paranoia, emotional immaturity and instability which are in-dicia of grave, incurable, and serious psychological incapacity under Article 36 of the Family Code of the Philippines which are valid grounds to render the marriage between plaintiff and defendant a nullity;

10. This psychological incapacity of respondent existed before the marriage, and its overt manifestations became more evident after their marriage;

11. Respondent does not have the mind, the will and the heart for marriage rendering him psychologically inca-pacitated to fulfill his essential marital obligations. He only thought of his own happiness. All though this time, from the inception and celebration of their marriage, respondent failed to fulfill his basic marital obligations to petitioner, thus leav-ing petitioner no recourse but to seek the nullification of their marriage; Petitioner does not want to be stuck to a spouse who has no purpose in life and shows no signs of change. It is thus her prayer that since their marriage did not work, the same shall be declared null and void.

WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court, that judgment be rendered declaring as null and void the marriage between petitioner and respondent under Article 36 of the Family Code of the Philippines and other related provisions thereof. Consider-ing that respondent’s whereabouts it unknown, Summons by Publication is prayed for.

Other relief and remedies just and equitable in the prem-ises are likewise prayed for.

4th day of July, 2013, Alangalang, Leyte for Calubian, Leyte.

(Sgd.) ATTY. FLORENZ B. HIPE Counsel for the Peittioner

F. Hipe, Sr. Brgy. Cavite, Alangalang, Leyte ROLL NO. 43410; IBP No. 857931 dtd. 1/4/13

PTR No. 3118545 dtd. 1/8/12 MCLE Compliance No. III-0021632 dtd. 3/12/12

Republic of the Philippine) Calubian, Leyte)S.S. x--------x

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION I, Jeramie T. Quintano, of legal age, married, Filipino,

a resident of Brgy. Paula, Calubian, Leyte, after having been sworn in accordance with law do hereby depose and state:

I am the petitioner in the above petition; That I have caused the preparation of the same and have

read and understood its contents; That the allegations contained therein are true and correct

of my personal knowledge or based on authentic documents; That I have commended and action or filed my claim

involving the same issues in the Regional Trial Court, Fourth Judicial Region, Branch XXV, Biñan, Laguna docketed as Civil Case No. B-7070 but the same was denied for insufficiency of evidence or failure to prosecute, that no other action with similar issues was filed in any court, tribunal, or quasi-judicial agency and, to the best of my knowledge, no such action or claim is pending therein;

If I should thereafter learn that the same or similar action or claim has been filed or pending, I shall report such fact within five (5) days therefrom to this court..

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand this 4th day of July, 2013 at Calubian, Leyte.

(Sgd.) Jeramie T.QuintanoAffiant

CTC No. 11380023 Issued on January 28, 2013

In Calubian, Leyte SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 5th day

of July, 2013 in Alangalang, affiant exhibited to me her com-munity tax certificate number aforestated including her ID showing proof of her personal identity.

(Sgd.) FLORENZ B. HIPENotary Public

Until December 31, 2014 Copy furnished:

The Solicitor General 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village Makati City

EV Mail Sept. 16-22, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late VICTORIA F. FEDEL-RABE re a Lot 50-re-maining portion, located in Brgy. Atabay, Hilongos, Leyte, covered by TD No. 14005-00197 (R13) , an area of 2,213.66 sq. m. covered by P-29276 was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of ARMIDA LAPITAN and TRAIL LAPITAN HORN per Doc. No. 368; Page No. 75; Book No. XVIII; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Joseph Fulache. EV Mail Sept. 16-22, 23-29, & 30- Oct. 6, 2013

Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the properties of the late SPS. ANTONIO N. PADECIO and FROCTOUSA P. PADECIO re parcels of land Lot No. 1, being a portion of consolidation of Lots 6449-D and 6449-E, containing an area of 5,274 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 44105, situated in Brgy. Liloan, Ormoc City ; Lot 1, LRC Pcs-19321, situated in Brgy. Balion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 6,822 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 17786 ; Lot 2 , containing an area of 6,822 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 17787; Lot 6011-B , situated in Brgy. Liloan, Ormoc City, contain-ing an area of 10,907 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 17785; Lot No. 2328-B-2, situated in Brgy. Alegria, Ormoc City, containing an area of 600 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-10494; Residential House erected on Lot No. 2328-B-2; Lot 2268-K-1, containing an area of 189 sq. m. , covered by TCT No. 17611; apartment

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Eighth Judicial Region

Branch 14 Baybay City, Leyte

SP. PROC. NO. B-13-08-08 IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ERROR IN THE

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH ANITA SUGALA represented by attorney-in-fact, TERESITA

SUGALA, Petitioner- versus-

THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MAHAPLAG LEYTE,

Respondent. ORDER

This is a petition for the correction of erroneous entries of the petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth filing this petition through petitioner’s representative, Attorney-in-Fact, Teresita Sugala, and through counsel, Petitioner alleges among oth-ers, that she is of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy. Mahayahay, Mahaplag, Leyte but temporarily residing in the United States of America, thus, is represented herein by her Attorney-In-Fact, Teresita Sugala, who is likewise of legal age, widow, Filipino and a resident of Brgy. Mahayahay, Mahap-lag, Leyte (Annex “A”); that the Municipal Civil Registrar of Mahaplag, Leyte is impleaded as public respondent; that petitioner was born on April 28, 1967 in Brgy. Mahayahay, Mahaplag, Leyte (Annex “D”), that petitioner’s parents were married on April 2, 1980 in Mahaplag, Leyte (Annexes “B” & “C”); that petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth contained clerical errors, to wit:

1. Petitioner’s year of birth was entered as 1962 when it should be 1967 as her correct year of birth;

2. Petitioner’s parents date of marriage is April 2, 1980 and not May 28, 1961 that appeared in her Certificate of Live Birth.

That the erroneous entries in petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth were caused by the combined negligence of Francisco Sugala, the informant/person who caused the late registration of petitioner’s birth, and the office clerk of the Municipal Civil Registry of Mahaplag, Leyte, the person who prepared and typed the certificate of live birth, that at the time of birth of herein petitioner and up to the time her parents got married on April 2, 1980, they did not have any legal impediment to marry each other, hence petitioner became legitimated on April 2, 1980; that in support to her petition, attached thereto are the following:

1. Joint Affidavit of Pedro Briones and Rodrigo Palen (Annex “E”)

2. Affidavit of Teresita Degono-Sugala (Annex “F”) 3. Voter’s ID (Annex “G”) 4. Certification issued by Quartermaster and Transporta-

tion Bn, SSBde, Fort Andres Bonifacio, Metro Manila (Annex “H”)

5. AFP Dependent’s Identification Card (Annex “I”) 6. Certification of Live Birth of Bella Sugala, petitioner’s

sister showing the correct date of marriage of their parents (Annex “J”)

That petitioner discovered the above mentioned errone-ous entries only in the year 2010; that the MCRO and NSO have no jurisdiction to correct the erroneous entries involving year of birth and date of parents’ marriage because the same are not clerical and the correction will affect the status of petitioner. Petitioner prays before this Honorable Court that herein petition be granted by.

1. Correcting the year of birth in the Certificate of Live Birth of herein petitioner from year 1962 to year 1967

2. Correcting the date of marriage of petitioner’s parents as reflected in petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth from May 26, 1961 to April 2, 1980;

3. Declaring petitioner as legitimated child of Francisco Sugala and Teresita Degorio-Sugala;

4. Directing the Municipal Registry Office of Mahaplag, Leyte and the National Statistics Office to cause the annotation in the Certificate of Live Birth of herein petitioner that the lat-ter is legitimated by subsequent marriage of her parents, and other reliefs just and equitable under the premises.

The petition being sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that this petition is set for initial hearing on October 21 2013 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon at the session hall of this court. Any person who may have an interest in this petition may file an opposition and show cause why this petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this order be published it the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. Likewise, let a copy of this order be posted in the bulletin boards of the Municipal Hall and at the Post Office, Mahaplag, Leyte, at this Court, Baybay City, Leyte, and at the Provincial Capitol, Tacloban City.

Furnish copy of this order to the Solicitor General, the Lo-cal Civil Registrar of Mahaplag, Leyte, the Assistant Provincial prosecutor, Baybay City, Leyte, the petitioner’s representative and her counsel.

SO ORDERED. Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines, this 9th day of Septem-

ber, 2013, (Sgd.) CARLOS O. ARGUELLES

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erected on Lot No. 2268-K-1; Lot 2328-A-2, containing an area of 400 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 9083; Lot 7608, situated in Brgy. Dolores, containing an area of 9,686 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6457; Lot 7593, situated in Brgy. Hibunaon, Ormoc City, containing an area of 7,108 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6486 were partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 144; Page No. 29; Book No. 27; Series of 2008 of Notary Public Jasper M. Lucero. EV Mail Sept. 16-22, 23-29, & 30- Oct. 6, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the property of the late PONCIANO YTANG re a parcel of land situated in Brgy. Domonar, covered by TCT No. TH-220, containing an area of 47,836 sq. m. was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 037; Page No. 011; Book No. XXII; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Mariano Y. Corro. EV Mail Sept. 16-22, 23-29, & 30- Oct. 6, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,

BRANCH 7 8th Judicial Region

Bulwagan Ng Katarungan Magsaysay Boulevard,

Tacloban City SP. PROC. NO. 2013-07-27

For; Adoption

IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF PERSONS OF LEGAL AGE, namely: RIED S. PUERTO, ROIE S. PUERTO, AND ROIETA S.

PUERTO, PEDRO M. ALUMBRES,

Petitioner. x-------------x

ORDER A verified petition for

adoption of persons of legal age, namely: Ried S. Puerto, Roie S. Puerto and Roieta S. Puerto, having been filed by Pedro M. Alumbres, thru Atty. Leo S. Giron, praying that after due notice and hearing, judgment be ren-dered adjudging that Ried S. Puerto, Roie S. Puerto and Roieta S. Puerto be freed from all and legal obligations of obedience and maintenance with respect to their natural parents, and that they be declared in all legal intents and purposes the child of the herein petitioner, and to issue a new Certificate of Live Birth stating herein the name of petitioner as the adopting parent.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course.

WHEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the above-entitled case is set for hear-ing on December 9, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court sitting at the Bulwagan ng Katarun-gan, TaclobanCity. Any inter-ested person may appear on said time and date, then and there file his/her opposition thereto and to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

Further, let the copy of this order be published in Eastern Visayas Mail a news-paper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte and in the City of Tacloban once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

Let copies of the petition and annexes be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the DSWD Region VIII, Tacloban City who is hereby directed to prepare and submit child and home study report, and the Social Worker of this court, Norie Villero to conduct counseling sessions with the biologi-cal parents on the matter of adoption of the adoptee and to submit said report before the date of hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order to the petitioner and his counsel, the Solicitor Gen-eral, the Regional Director, DSWD, Region VIII, Tacloban City and to Ms. Norie Villero, Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Tacloban City.

SO ORDERED. GIVEN this 19th day of

August 2013 at Bulwagan Ng Katarungan, Tacloban City.

(Sgd.) YOLANDA U. DA-GANDAN

Assisting Judge YUD: moc

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Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte MUNICIPALITY OF KANANGA

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act

No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that FIDELINA R. AVILA, petitioner, has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from “CASERYN” to “CATHERINE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CASERYN ROLDAN AVILA who was born on November 21, 1980 at KANANGA, LEYTE whose parents are TEOFILO A. AVILA and FIDELINA A. ROLDAN bearing registry number 408.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than September 22, 2013.

(Sgd.) ENGr. NEWTON A. ISAAC Municipal Civil Registrar

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12 NOTICES September 16-22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF LEYTE

MUNICIPALITY OF ALBUERA OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1. Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Adminis-trative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048). Notice is hereby served to the public that ERNEL REVILLE VEGA has filed with this Office, a petition for CORRECTION OF CLERI-

REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOC EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SES-SION OF THE THIRTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNG-

SOD NG ORMOC HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL,

ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING ON AUGUST 29, 2013

PRESENT: Hon. Leo Cramelo L. Locsin, Jr. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer Hon. Rolando M. Villasencio, City Councilor, Majority Floor Leader Hon. Tomas R. Serafica, City Councilor, Asst. Majority Floor Leader Hon. Mario M. Rodriguez, City Councilor, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore” Hon. Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., City Councilor Hon. Antonio M. Codilla, City Councilor Hon. Vincent L. Rama, City Councilor Hon. Pedro Godiardo P. Ebcas, City Councilor Hon. Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, City Councilor Hon. Corinne M. Corro, Ex-Officio City Councilor, SK Federation President ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Hon. Marina T. Placido, (O.B.-Manila ), Ex-Officio City Councilor Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng Ormoc ON LEAVE: Hon. Nepomuceno P. Aparis I City Councilor, Minority Floor Leader Hon. Ruben R. Capahi, City Councilor, Asst. Minority Floor Leader

PREFATORY STATEMENT PRESENTED to the 13th Sangguniang Panlungsod ng

Ormoc for consideration is an Endorsement dated July 31, 2013 from the Office of the City Mayor, Edward D. Codilla, in relation to the request of Ms. Marietta S. Legaspi, City Social Welfare & Development Officer, for a supplemental appropria-tion in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (240,000.00), as Additional Allowance of the Day Care Workers in the city;

The City Budget Officer issued a Certification dated July 30, 2013 stating therein that the sum of TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P240,000.00) is available from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of Year 2012, as supplemental appropriation for the account Aid to Day Case Workers under the City Social Welfare & Development Office;

The City Treasurer, through a Certificate of Availability of Funds dated July 30, 2013, certified that the aforementioned

request is available from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of Year 2012, which amount may be used to supplement the appropriation for the account Aid to Day Care Workers under the same office;

FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on motion of the City Councilor Mario M. Rodriguez, Chairman, Commit-tee on Finance and Appropriation, severally seconded by City Councilors Pedro Godiardo P. Ebas, Tomas R. Serafica and Corinne M. Corro; be it

RESOLVED, to enact: APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE No. 2013-001

(General Fund) AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT

OF TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (p240,000.00), TO BE TAKEN FROM THE UNAPPRO-

PRIATED SURPLUS, END OF YEAR 2012, TO SUPPLE-MENT THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE ACCOUNT AID TO DAY CARE WORKERS UNDER THE CITY

SOCIAL WELFARE & DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. BE IT ENACTED, by the Thirteenth Sangguniang pan-

lungsod ng Ormoc, That: SECTION 1. 2013 GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL

BUDGET. The sum of TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P240,000.00), of the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City is hereby appropriated for the above- mentioned request of the City Social Welfare & Development Office to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of Year 2012.

SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. This Appropriation Ordi-nance shall take effect immediately upon its approval subject however, to the compliance of the posting and publication re-quirements as provided in the Local Government Code of 1991.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that sufficient copies of this Appropriation Ordinance together with all supporting docu-ments be submitted to the Honorable Secretary, Department of Budget & Management, Manila, through the City Budget Officer, to the Regional Director, Department of Budget & Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes;

ENACTED, August 29, 2013. RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish copies of this

Appropriation Ordinance, one each to his Honor, the City Mayor, Edward C. Codilla, the City Administrator, the City Treasurer, the City Budget Officer, the City Accountant, the City Auditor, the City Social Welfare & Development Officer, Ms. Marietta S. Legaspi and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appropriation

Ordinance No. 2013-001 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2013 was duly enacted by the Thirteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in its regular session.

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CAL ERROR OF child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” and in CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from “TRINIDAD” to “ERNEL” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ERNEL REVILLE VEGA born on May 21, 1978 at Albuera, Leyte and whose parents are FELIX VEGA and VICENTA REVILLE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than August 29, 2013.

(Sgd.) MArIA LUISA V. GrANADA Municipal Civil Registrar

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rrrRepublic of the Philippines

PROVINCE OF LEYTE MUNICIPALITY OF ALBUERA

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with the publication

requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1. Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Adminis-trative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048). Notice is hereby served to the public that DOLORES ESPINA CASTAÑARES has filed

with this Office, a petition for CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR OF child’s DAY of the date of birth from “JULY 14, 1967” to “JULY 13, 1967” and the father’s last name from “POLANGCUS” to “POLANGCOS” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CRESENCIO SALAS POLANGCOS born on July 14, 1967 at Albuera, Leyte and whose parents are TEMOTEO POLANGCUS and LORENZA SALAS.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than 04 September, 2013.

(Sgd.) MARIA LUISA V. GRANADA Municipal Civil Registrar

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ERRATUM

In the April 29 – May 5, 2013 Issue of the EASTERN VISAYAS MAIL (EV MAIL), the undocketed Application of the Leyte V Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO V) entitled “In The Matter of the Application for Approval of Adjustment in Rates Pursuant to the Tariff Glide Path Rules, with Prayer for Provisional Authority, Leyte V Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO V), Applicant” was published.

In the published Application, the data contained in the column on

TGP A in the Table on Paragraph 9 were erroneously written. To rectify the publication, the full text of the corrected Paragraph 9 of the Application is hereby published, to read as follows:

10. Applying the methodology embodied in the TGP Rules, LEYECO V calculated the values of the “I”, “X” and “S” and came up with the following results, to wit:

"I" "X" "S" TGP A

TGP A (Excluding

“S”)

Year 2010 0.00% 0.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.00% Year 2011 0.00% 0.00% 0.70% 0.70% 0.00%

Year 2012 0.00% 0.00% 0.30% 0.30% 0.00% Net Results 1.50% 0.00%

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14 September 16-22, 2013NEWS

NSAC ok’s P 411-million worth of projects in first meeting ever held out of Metro Manila

HIMSOG - 8 strengthens organization, embarks on activities with NNC

(Clockwise from the top) NNC regional nutrition program coordinator Segundina Devota-Dilao as she urges the audience to eat right and adopt healthy lifestyles; a group picture for posterity with key health and nutrition people in the region; mothers and children join a nutria-quiz and HIMSOG director Evelyn Nacional Baccol as she explains the role of the media group.

MARABUT, SAMAR – Organizational strength-ening was what the mem-bers of HIMSOG-8 did in celebration of its third anniversary.

HIMSOG stands for Harmonized Initiatives of Media for the Spread of Good Nutrition in Region 8.

On its first year, it was known as Region 8 Anti-Hunger and Pro-Nutrition Media Group.

The activity had the full support of Segundina De-vota-Dilao, OIC Regional Nutrition Program Coor-dinator and was facilitated by Professor Faustito Aure, member of the NNC - Tech-nical Working Committee.

Dilao recognizes the important role of media in effective information dissemination of NNC pro-grams, activities, good prac-tices of communities and local government units in the promotion not just of good but of better nutrition.

Dilao also said that the media has a strong influence in shaping the public’s opin-ion in their choices of food and nutrition as evidenced in the NNC Cooks aired over An Aton Channel (AAC) at the Leyte Cable.

Cook show gets more air time

The cook show is in co-

operation with the Hotel and Resource Technology College of the Eastern Visayas State University-Tacloban Main Campus. The school provided the host, chefs and resource persons for the show.

Evelyn Nacional Baccol, President and General of AAC said that in support of the NNC Cooks, its airtime was extend-ed to 45-minutes instead of 30.

Nutritious meals were re-cently featured like the Ka-labasa Puto (squash puto), Malunggay Munchkins, Kala-basa and Malunggay Siomai (squash mixed with moringa) and many more meals that are easy to cook, appealing, inex-pensive and more importantly, nutritious.

The other directors of HIMSOG who were present likewise committed to make their NNC-related shows more fun and appealing to the pub-lic like the show in DYOG-Calbayog City, anchored by it station manager Antonio Pueblos.

The writers in the group committed to aggressively write more nutrition-related articles for newspapers and the social media. The media members are integral force in educating the people and the success of its advocacy programs, said Dilao.

As part of the organiza-tional strengthening was a

team-building activity together with staff of NNC, some Pro-vincial Nutrition Action Of-ficers including Lydia Nuñez, president of Eastern Visayas Association of Barangay Nu-trition Scholars.

Media Caravan in BaseyAfter Marabut, Samar,

the HIMSOG-8 members and NNC staff concluded their an-niversary activity with a Media Caravan in Basey, Samar, in cooperation with the Basey Nutrition Council headed by Mayor Igmedio “Junjie” Pon-ferrada.

In Basey, the group had a feeding activity with a hundred children, parlor games, nutri-tion quiz and film showing. Dilao appealed to the mothers to support the nutrition pro-gram of the municipality by cooperating during Operation Timbang and to breastfeed their children aged 0-6 months, eat vegetables, and use iodized salt, among others.

Darlene B. Wong, Basey’s Municipal Nutrition Action of-ficer said that with the support of LGU and the people, she hoped that their town would no longer be part of the top 20 LGU’s with low “Operation Timbang” average.

The parents, on the other hand, volunteered the informa-tion that the Pabasa sa Nutri-syon Program of NNC is very helpful to them. The Pabasa

sa Nutrisyon is a participative activity done with 10 to 12 mothers where health and nu-trition is informally discussed. It is done to empower women in reducing their families’ vul-nerability to malnutrition by adopting proper nutrition prac-tices and a healthy lifestyle.

In Eastern SamarLast July, HIMSOG had

a Media Caravan in the mu-nicipalities of Eastern Samar

with high malnutrition preva-lence and lowest Operation Timbang.

These are Oras, Dolores, Taft, Borongan and the geo-graphically isolated town of Jipapad which is considered one of the disadvantaged areas in the country. Jipapad is 3-4 hours boat ride from Oras.

LimasawaRecently NNC-8 published

a magazine “Limasawa”,

detailing the good nutri-tion practices of the local government of Limasawa in Southern Leyte under the leadership of Mayor Melchor Petracorta. All the articles were written by HIMSOG-8 members. Li-mawasa was conferred the Nutrition Honor Award in 2011, the highest nutrition award in the country. By Vicky C. Arnaiz

 

September Fever at your favorite Mall!

The month of September is now on its final week but your favorite Mall will never stop giving you exciting events and fun activities! So let’s end our first –ber month with a bang by witnessing these events at the Activity Area:

• Sept. 24, 3 PM – Search for Mr. and Ms. Tacloban

Institute of Electronics • Sept. 25 – KNORR Cookfest Season 3 • Sept. 26, 4 PM – The Battle Dance Showdown 5

(3rd Elimination) • Sept. 27, 4 PM – Miss Silka Tacloban 2013

Coronation Night with guest artist Kit Thompson

• Sept 28 and 29, 10 AM – 7th Derek Banks Open Chess Tournament

Indeed, fun never stops at your favorite Mall, Robinsons

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DAR Assistant Secretary Dennis Barrantes (second from left), chairman of the National Sub-project Approval Committee (NSAC) presides the deliberation of projects to be funded by Asian Development Bank under the second phase of the Agrarian Reform Communities Project held recently at the Leyte Park Hotel in Tacloban City. Others from left are DAR-8 Regional Director Eliasem Castillo, DAR Assistant Secretary Hermenia Fe San Juan and Assistant Regional Director Reynaldo Villas.

Tacloban City First Lady Cristina G. Romualdez shows Care 4 Philippines founder Bishop Jonel Milan the various priority programs of the City among them skills training & livelihood programs such as the Cristina Learn & Earn Program (CLEP) & SCALA. Milan was in the city for an Ecumenical Prayer Assembly .

TACLOBAN CITY – Around 19 more proposed irrigation and farm-to-market road projects were approved dur-ing the 33rd deliberation by the Agrarian Reform Com-munities Project’s (ARCP’s) National Sub-Project Ap-proval Committee (NSAC) held recently in this city.

For the first time, the NSAC held the deliberation of projects to be funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) outside Metro Manila.

These projects, according to Regional Director Eliasem Castillo of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), are for implementation in selected agrarian reform communities (ARCs) in Regions 4-B, 5, 8 and 9 under the second phase of the ARCP (ARCP-2).

Castillo, who hosted the event, proudly announced that of the 20 proposed projects deliberated, Region 8 has the most number with seven, and all were approved by the body.

Region 9 got six, five for Region 4B, while only one was approved for Region-5.

An aggregate total amount of P411.1-million is needed to finance the 19 approved proposed projects.

Eleven of these are ir-rigation projects, while eight

of them are farm-to-market roads. One proposed ware-house failed to meet the de-sign standard leading to the NSAC’s disapproving it.

Approved irrigation proj-ects for implementation in the region are: construction of Bunacan Communal Ir-rigation Project in San Isidro, Leyte; Construction of Cag-nocot Communal Irrigation Project in Villaba, Leyte; and the rehabilitation of Tabunok and the Tagbawto Communal

see NSAC p. 8

IT enthusiasts watch a mobot keenly make its way to the finish line during the Robotics & Web Programming festival held at Robinsons Place, Tacloban City, on September 11. Bon Andrei Carson (center) of Naval State University was proclaimed winner of the mobot contest. By Vino Cuayzon