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Jampacked in attendance during the International Anti-Corruption Day celebration

held at the Tacloban City Convention Center on December 9, 2012.

Delivering the welcome remarks, Atty. Edwin B. Tabaranza,

OIC (OMB RO8); From to left to right : Mngr. Paulino Talacay

(HDMF), RD Rodulfo J. Ariesga (COA), Dir. Marilyn E. Taldo(CSC), RD Samuel Young (NTC), RD Imelda C. Laceras (DBM

& President, REAL)

ACLOBAN CIY- Te Commission on

Elections(Comelec) offi ce o this city hasrevealed that more than 109,000 voters o

acloban are to cast their votes in the 2013

midterm elections.

Last December 9, 2012 (Sunday), theO ce o the Ombudsman Regional O ceNo. VIIIin partnership with the Civil Ser-vice Commission, Region Eight Adminis-trators League, Inc. (REAL) and the Asso-ciation o Resident Ombudsmen o RegionVIII (ARO 8) joined the entire country in

celebrating the International Anti-Cor-ruption Day. Te activity was kicked oby the Integrity Parade hailed as March

ACLOBAN CIY TeOrmoc city government will or-mally launch tomorrow its sani-tary landll, one o the ew a-cilities in the country establishedto comply the Ecological SolidWaste Management (SWM) Act.

Located within the 32-hec-

tare Ormoc City Eco-wasteCenter (CEC), the locally-und-

Lawyer RosemariePolistico, city elections o-cer, said that based ontheir nal list o registrants,acloban now has 109,027voters, making it as thevote-rich area in all o East-ern Visayas.

acloban happens to bethe regional capital o EasternVisayas, which comprises theprovinces o Leyte, SouthernLeyte, Biliran, Samar, NorthernSamar and Eastern Samar.

Te regional o ce o the pollbody has yet to come up with anal registered list o voters. Butduring the 2010 elections,Eastern

Visayas had 2.4 million reg-istered voters.

As a highly-urbanizedcity, registered voters oacloban only cast theirvotes or those seeking cityposts like or mayor and vicemayor and congressmancovering Leytes rst district,

Tacloban City has now over

109,000 registered votersBY JOEY A. GABIETA, Saff Writer

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ed 1.8 hectare SLF is beingeyed as a model project.

Te experience o Or-moc City in SLF construc-tion could be a showcaseor other LGUs to learnhow to best prepare andconstruct their own clay

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Ormoc City to launch itsP12.9 M sanitary landfll

Offi ce of the Ombudsman spearheads

Intl Anti-corruption Day celebrationto Righteousness. It was participatedby all anti-corruption partners andcrusaders rom both the public andprivate sectors in acloban City. Lo-cal Government Units which were inattendance were anauan and olosa,Leyte. Te Integrity Parade started at

exactly 6:00AM passing through RealStreet,and ended at the 4acloban City

DOLE-8 keeps

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status

Govt troops to

secure vitalinstallations in

Leyte

NSSDEO sup-

ports VAWC

campaign

City govt

reaps many

awards

Lessandraseries o CamellaHomes newest

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unveiled in Palo

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lution No. 1201529 prom-ulgated on September 27,2012 under the Programto Institutionalize Meritoc-racy and Excellence in Hu-man Resource Management(PRIME-HRM).

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ACLOBAN CIYHuman rights groups inEastern Visayas yesterdayclaimed that the Aquino

administration which hasoered itsel an alternativeto the Arryo regime provesno dierence but rather, aso ar worse record on vio-lations o human rights.

Rev. Irma Mepico, re-gional coordinator o Ka-tungod-Sinirangan Bisayas,said Aquino and his lap-dogs in the Armed Forceso the Philippines (AFP) areattempting to mask them-selves as sincere rights pro-tector through hiring pop

that kept said accreditationstatus in the region, the oth-er nine agencies being localgovernment units.

Te certicate o re-validation was ormallypresented by CSC ActingRegional Director Marilyn

aldo to DOLE RegionalDirector Exequiel R. Sar-cauga on December 7, 2012at Patio Victoria Resort,acloban City during theDOLEs 79th AnniversaryCelebration.

PRIME-HRM is a pro-gram o the CSC to contin-

uously capacitate agenciesin the perormance o theirhuman resource manage-ment unctions, recognizebest practices in the variousareas o HRM, and serve asa venue or exchange anddevelopment o expertise

in HRM in the Philippinepublic service.

We are happy and grate-ul to the CSC or the trustbestowed upon us. Tisrecognition is also a call toaction or all o us in theDOLE to continue to deliv-er prompt services not only

in the area o HRM, but inall our programs. We mustwork together to maintaini not to elevate our statusto Level III Accreditation,Sarcauga explained.

Te commitment build-ing ceremony was capped

with the signing o theMemorandum o Commit-ment expressing the DOLEand CSC commitmentand covenant to upholdCSC rules and regulationsthrough the PRIME-HRMProgram. (VIRGILIO A. DOR-OJA JR./PR)

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stars, photo-ops, and thelikes, while behind the me-dia mileage they are spread-ing terror.

KatungodSiniranganBisayas yesterday led theculmination o the week-long celebration o the 64thUniversal Declaration oHuman Rights (UDHR)with a mass action andmarch rally in this city.

Te local week-longcommemoration o the In-ternational Human Rightsweek which was started lastTursday at the Universityo the Philippines aclobancampus with a variety o

photo exhibit, educationaldiscussion and lm view-ing was capped with an ecu-menical mass at the Multi-Purpose Building (MPB) oUP acloban.

It can be rememberedthat President Aquino whilehe was campaigning orPresidency and on the rstday o his oce, pledgedswi delivery o justice tothose victims o rights vio-lations and the end o such.Similarly, on the occasiono the 62nd anniversaryrites o the UDHR, Presi-dent Aquino reiterated hiscommitment on the issue.

HR groups slam Aquino or worse record on violations o humanHowever, cases o extra-ju-dicial killings, abductions,illegal arrests, and otherorms o rights violationsare still witnessed based onreports o Katungod andeven the New York-basedrights group, Human RightsWatch, Mepico said.

As part o the com-memoration, Katungod,along with the End Impu-nity Alliance, a networko rights advocates in thecity held its annual culturalcamp dubbed Desode atthe University o the Phil-ippines Visayas aclobanCollege (UPVC) Oblationgrounds.(REYAN L. ARINTO)

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as well as or those seekingnational positions and orpartylist representation.

Incidentally, aclobanis still considered to be thebailiwick o the Romual-dezes. Its present mayor,Alred Romualdez, is seek-ing or a possible third termagainst outgoing An Warayparty-list Rep. FlorencioNoel.

Romualdez cousin, Fer-dinand Martin, is assuredo his third and last term ascongressman, being unop-posed.

According to Polistico,the number o registeredvoters or acloban couldbe higher i all those whowent to their oce to regis-ter were able to do so.

Tat number couldbe higher. I was expectingthe nal list at more than120,000, Polistico said.

Te city elections ocersaid that there were stillthousands o potential andqualied voters who ailedto register last October 31,the last day o registrationor the May,2013 elections.

On the last day o regis-tration, Polistico said, about

a 1,000 persons were notable to do so.

It was learned rom thecity elections ocer thatthe 109,027 nal list o reg-istered voters or aclobanwas higher compared to the2010 registered o voters.

For that period,acloban has only 93,472registered voters.

Meantime, Polistico saidthat o the 109,027 regis-tered voters o acloban,about 39,000 o them haveyet to revalidate their regis-tration.

Tis means, she said,they have yet to have their

biometrics beore their o-

ce.But they can still vote

in the May, 2013 elections.Te reason or taking theirbiometrics is to expeditethe process during the elec-tions, Polistico said.

She added that with thepictures o the voters, itwould now be easy or theteachers who are acting asboard o elections inspec-tors to easily identiy thevoters.

And this will do awayso-called fying voters orsubsitution o voters, Polis-tico said.

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ACLOBAN CIY Les-sandra series, one o CamellaHomes newest masterpiece,was ormally unveiled Sat-urday night, giving Region8 proessionals and start upamilies, the chance to enjoya liestyle o convenience atthe very aordable rate.

A amily can own one othe new home series that willrise in the newly launchedCamella Palo or only P5,000

reservation ee, and a downpayment o only P8,000monthly in the next threemonths.

Camella Leyte GeneralManager Geraldine Gascon-Garcia said the most recenthome additions sell romP1.1 million to P1.4 million,with the lowest amortizationrate o P8,000 per month(through In-house or banknancing).

Tis new project iswithin the nancial reach othe working class o Eastern

ORMOC CIY Gov-ernment troops will ensurethat vital installations in theprovince o Leyte will be se-cured to ensure saety o itspersonnel and continue pro-viding its services to the peo-ple, just like the geothermalplant located in the town oKananga and the city o Or-moc.

Captain Dranreb Can-to, 802nd Inantry Brigade

public inormation ocer,assured this aer a serieso rebel attacks that hit theprovince o Leyte last weekthat claimed the lives o sev-eral military personnel.

wo separate attacks wereinitiated by rebel groups inthe towns o Jaro and Albuerajust this month. Tese townsare known to be areas underinfuence o red groups. Teattacks caused the death oour government troops andwounding a civilian.

About 10 lawless armedelements harassed the baseo Alpha Company o 78th

Inantry Battalion in Ba-rangay Antipolo, Albueratown, at around 7:50 p.m. oDecember 6, wounding Ed-gar Borinaga, a resident othe said barangay.

In a separate incident,some 10 NPAs attackedtroops who were provid-ing security to members o

a Bayanihan eam o 19thInantry Battalion conduct-ing peace and developmentactivities in Barangay Rubas,Jaro town at around 8 p.m.resulting to the death o twosoldiers and wounding othree others.

Last November 30, onesoldier was killed and twoothers were wounded whenelements o the 78th InantryBattalion were ambushed by

more or less 10 NPAs at SitioCalingatnan, Barangay SanPedro, Albuera, Leyte.

We (military) are con-sidering all vital installa-tion as so target o attacks,Canto said.

A troop under the 802ndIB is stationed inside the ge-othermal complex, accord-ing to Canto, to ensure thesaety o its personnel andall its structures consideringthat the geothermal plantsupplies electricity not justin the province o Leyte butor the entire region and itsneighboring regions to in-

clude Luzon.Aside rom the AFP, thePhilippine National Policealso has troops stationedinside the geothermal com-plex.

Although several attackswere already made by rebelgroups in some areas in theprovince o Leyte, the mili-

tary have not yet monitoredany possible attacks thatwould be made by red groupsin the vital installation underthe territorial jurisdiction oLeyte.

We havent monitoredor receive inormation thatthey will attack our vital in-stallations but we will notlay down our guard, Cantostressed. (ROEL AMAZONA)

Govt troops to secure vitalinstallations in Leyte

Visayas. We are opening thisopportunity or those ami-lies who want to own a homeat Camella, Garcia said.

Lessandra has its own seto two-story, two-bedroomhome series made availablethrough Rina, Marga, Reana,and Margarita, house-and-lot packages.

During Saturday grandlaunch o Camella Palo,Mayor Remedios Petilla

thanked Vista Land or pick-ing their town as the site otheir rst and third Camellaproject in Leyte Island.

We just saw the utureCamella Palo and its beau-tiul. Palo is very lucky thatCamella is there. Its reallysomething that we can beproud o, the lady mayorsaid.

Joyous mode lled theLeyte Park Hotel ConventionCenter during Camella Palosgrand launching attended byhundreds o ocials, home

buyers, and the sales team.Hiphop group G-Cle danc-ers entertained the crowdwith breathtaking dancemoves.

Lessandra series replicahomes were displayed duringthe event or home buyers tosee the uture development.

Michael Mayoga, gen-eral manager o CamellaBacolod, who was one o theguests, led the toast as a sign

o cheers or the good lie oCamella Palo.

I was able to see that Palois a booming municipality.Camella developments havebecome a mark o progressacross the country. Camelladevelopments oen portentmovement into the town,city or province they cometo they portent growth andexpansion, Mayoga said.

Camella has been build-ing 250,000 homes in 15 re-gions, 31 provinces, and 63cities and municipalities.(SARWELL Q. MENIANO)

Lessandra series o Camella Homesnewest masterpiece unveiled in Palo

S. Apostol who challenge eve-ryone to be united against thewar against corruption.

Unlike other governmentcrusades, the activity was par-ticipated by the private sector,whom the OMB encouragedtotake active part in the eradica-tion o corruption. (PR)

tives o the private sectors con-

sisting o the business, energysector, media, academe as wellas representatives rom theJunior Gra Watch Unit (JGU)and Corruption PreventionUnit (CPU).

Te activity was highlight-ed by the video message givenby the Deputy Ombudsmanhimsel, the Honorable Pelagio

ity was the recitation o the

Pledge o Commitment led byAtty. Marilyn E. aldo, ActingDirector o the Civil ServiceCommission. Tereaer, itwas ollowed by the ceremo-nial signing o the Pledge oCommitment byRegional Di-rectors, Managers, and oc-ers rom various governmentagencies including representa-

Astrodome where a short pro-gram was held.

Te object o the IntegrityParade was to remind the citi-zenry and all civil servants othe seriousness o the govern-ments campaign against cor-ruption.

Te Program at the As-trodome carried the themeKatiwalianWakasan! uloy-ang Laban!It was ociallyopened with a warm welcomeby Atty. Edwin B. abaranza,Ocer-in-Charge o the Oce

o the Ombudsman, RegionalOce No. VIII. Other keynotespeakers were Regional Direc-tor Rodulo J. Ariesga o theCommission on Audit (COA),Regional Oce No. VIII andMdm. Imelda C. Laceras, Re-gional Director, DBM andPresident o REAL Inc. Oneo the highlights o the activ-

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EDITORIAL

Pacquiao is past his prime

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Why blame God?

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Things To

Minddoms pagliawan

oxing legends come and go. They rise to

prominence, but they dont stay on top for

life. There always comes a time when, de-spite their greatness, they have to make an exit, ei-

ther on account of defeat, or for reasons of ageing.

Manny Pacquiao is one such legend. He started

boxing as a kid, moved up from one division to the

next, made it to fame and affluence, and raked infor himself millions of dollars in his mega-fights,

ending up on top of the sport as the no. 1 pound-

for-pound boxer and the first and only eight-divi-

sion champion of the world.

Ferocious in the ring, Pacquiao was revered and

feared even by the bigger guys in heavier divisions.

Most of them fell at his hands till he seemed to have

run out of worthy opponents. Numerous awards

then came his way as a result, in recognition of

his greatness. He was eventually regarded as

a national treasure, a living hero who inspired

the Filipino spirit and hoisted our national

pride in the global arena.

But his ascent to greatness has an end. His

stay on top of the sport is obviously over. Like

the rest, he could not stay there forever; andalthough he made it there once, his time is

done, which means that, try as he does, some-

body or some circumstances will always stand

in the way to deny him a perpetual place on

top. Against that fate, he just could not make

any headway.

Simply put, Pacquiao as of now is already

past his prime.

People have the tendency topresume that when devastatingcalamities strike resulting in mas-sive deaths, like the recent disas-ter in Mindanao brought aboutby yphoon Pablo, God is alwaysto blame, as i it were His ault, orHis obligation, to prevent suchcatastrophes rom happening.

Tey are then quick to ask:Where is God? What is he do-ing? Well, these are but some otheir questions asked mockinglyin the ace o overwhelming de-struction, suering, and loss o

lives. Tey grimace in disbelie, indeance, in anger. O all people,things, and beings, God gets thegreatest blame, even singled outat times.

Tis is nothing new; suchan attitude has been there sincetime immemorial. I some peoplecould aord to blame God even

just or the death o a lovedone, how much more i thepathetic victims amountto hundreds and hundredso thousands. Tis, to the

critical minds, makes Godso cruel, irresponsible, in-utile, and heartless or al-lowing those tragic deathsto occur.

Considering the painthat the victims and theirloved ones experience, we

might indeed think thisattitude toward God is un-derstandable, even justi-able. Tese people are justbeing concerned with oth-

ers so to say. Whoever isresponsible or their saetyand ails to attend to thatduty would draw uponhimsel their judgmentalindignation, even i itsGod who will have to reaptheir animosity.

Viewed rom the bibli-cal standpoint, however,we will nd this attituderather selsh, inappro-priate, and blasphemous.Why blame God or peo-ples eventual deaths whenthat phenomenon is butpart o our existence, ando Gods design? WhenGod created the angels,He designed them as spiritbeings destined to live oreternity. Similarly, we hu-mans are also eternal be-

ings; we will likewise liveorever. Unlike angels,though, we were given atwo-old existenceoneis physical, and the other,spiritual. Physical exist-ence is short-lived, but thesecond one is without end.

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Prayer for the Nation and

for Those who Serve inPublic Ofce

God, our Father, you guide every thingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers weoffer for our nation; by the wisdom of our

leaders and integrity of our citizens, may

harmony and justice be secured and maythere be lasting prosperity and peace.

Almighty and eternal God, You know thelongings of our hearts and You protect our

rights. In your goodness, watch over thosein authority, so that people everywhere may

enjoy freedom, security and peace.We ask this through our Lord Jesus

Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with

you and the Holy Spirit, one God, foreverand ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughters

of St. Paul)

Pray the Holy Rosary daily for

world peace and conversion of sinners

(The family that prays together stays together)

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Tuesday of the 2nd Week of AdventIs 40:1-11; Ps 96; Mt 18:12-14

THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP

Jesus said to his disciples, What is your opinion? If a man has ahundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go search of the astray? And if he nds it, amen, Isay to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that didnot stray. In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Fatherthat one of these little ones be lost.

THE QUESTION

Jesus asked his disciples for their opinion but he began to tell themhis own idea about it rst: what would a man do if one of his sheepstrays away? If he values each of his sheep, he would go and look forit. That sheep represents money, equal to several days wages. The mancould not afford to lose the sheep. He will not say to himself Let it go,I still have many more. Even that one is too precious to him to let go

so easily. Do I reect that when Jesus spoke of that one lost sheep, hecould have been speaking of me? I am precious to Jesus. He knows thevalue of my soul. How do I value this soul of mine that was breathedinto me by the breath of God? (Daily Gospel Now, R. Sullivan, OMI,published by Paulines, visit us at www.paulines.ph or at Paulines MediaCenter, Real St., Tacloban City, Tel. 321-31-95)

Sowers Seeds: Strive so that in every family the Gospel may beput in a place of honor, may be read by the head of the house to thewhole gathered family, and explained in a convenient manner aided bya good and approved comments. -Blessed James Alberione, Founderof the Pauline Family

The Sower

Lucky for now

Few days after superty-

phoon Pablo (international

name, Bopha) ravaged the

southern part of the Philip-

pines, His Holiness Pope

Benedict XVI, by message

sent Vatican Secretary of

State Cardinal Tarcisio

Bertone to Papal Nuncio in

the Philippines Archbishop

Giuseppe Pinto addressed

to the Catholic Bishops

Conference of Philippines

president and Cebu Arch-

ishop Jose Palma, ex-

pressed his heartfelt con-

dolences to the families of

all who mourn, assuring

those in distress of his

spiritual closeness and con-

cern. Bertone added that

the Pope offers fervent

prayers for the deceased

and for all those who are

working to rescue missing

persons and to assist the

trapped and injured. Fur-

ther he stated, Upon the

beloved people of the Phil-

ippines, as a pledge of con-

solation, hope, and solidar-

ity, His Holiness invokes

Gods abundant blessings,

he added.

As of December 8 tally

of the National Disaster

Risk Reduction and Man-

agement Council (NDR-

RMC) the death toll has al-

ready reached 540 with 827

others missing and 1,088

people injured. The num-

ber of deaths largely was

accounted in Compostela

Valley and Davao Oriental,

according to the council. In

the national news, NDR-

RMC executive director

and Ofce of Civil Defense

administrator Benito Ra-

mos informed that, as of

this writing, 1.09 million

families or 5.40 million

persons were affected, in-

clusive of 77,192 families

or 368,672 persons that are

temporarily housed in 173

evacuation centers, while

damage to agriculture, in-

frastructure and private

properties is now pegged at

P6.08 billion.The damage and deaths

caused by typhoon Pablo

were so gripping that the

residents in areas that could

have been affected by it

were so grateful to have

escaped such destruction.

One of these areas gra-

ciously spared was Eastern

Visayas, except Southern

Leyte as it was at the skirts

of typhoon Pablos path.

Two deaths were reported

in the region according to

OCD regional director Rey

Gozon. There is yet, how-

ever, no ofcial tally of the

extent of damage to agri-

culture and infrastructure as

reports from affected towns

are yet to be retrieved. The

Public Works regional of-

ce declared that damage

to infra is not signicant, in

fact roads remained pass-

able.

Again, Eastern Visayas

was fortunate that it was not

among the turfs hit by tropi-

cal storm Pablo. However,

such event is not enough

reason to sit back and relax

considering that, as PAG-

ASA predicted, there will

still be six more typhoons

to visit the Philippine area

of responsibility before the2012 calendar closes. As

to where these cyclones

will fall is a chilling guess-

work. For now, the region is

lucky, too blessed especial-

ly that it was just slammed

by a typhoon Ofel. In fact,

Tacloban City was declared

under state of calamity for

the extent of damage that it

wrought. Surely, calamity

When our earthly livesend, death eventually oc-

curs. But its just a gatewayor us to enter into the sec-ond phase o our existence,which is spiritual. No mat-ter how one dies, tragic ormild, the same thing hap-pensthe body becomeslieless and will soon turnto dust o which it is made.But, again, this doesntmean cessation o ones ex-istence as it is merely part othe creators design.

Should we blame Godor this design? Should weaccuse Him o cruelty, ir-

responsibility, negligence,etc. just because a lovedone proceeded to the sec-ond phase o his existenceto join the so-called spiritworld? Does it make Godso inutile just because hun-dreds o thousands perished(physically) in a devastatingdisaster? Does He becomeless o a God just becauseHis design remTis is some-thing to ponder on.

Why blame...from page 4

funds have been utilized to

assist the victims and this

fund is now depleted. Some

people toyed in their mind

the question: had Eastern

Visayas been hit by Pablo,

would there be enough ca-

lamity funds to use for the

Pablo onslaught?

There is no doubt that

local government units in

the region are prepared for

eventualities made by na-

ture with doable disaster

risk reduction and manage-

ment plans in place. From

prevention and mitigation

to preparedness to disaster

response on to recovery

and rehabilitation, disaster

risk reduction and manage-

ment councils have thei

bags full ready to face the

challenge when calamitie

strike. Notwithstanding thi

state of readiness, getting

cue or simply a lesson fro

the recent Compostela Val

ley incident, the evacuatio

centers should be safe fro

unexpected assault of na

ture. The affected resident

should also be sensitive

to the natures actuation

and heed the danger warn

ings to avoid mishap. Be

ing able to escape harm o

death is luck to some, but t

those who have strong fait

in the One True God, it i

grace and blessing that the

should be ever grateful for.

Placing the blame onparents or their supposedinability to support theneeds and aspirations othe amily is simply un-just. Every man has thataspiration to support theneeds o the amily butthe lack o economic op-portunities disables hiscapacity to do so. Te co-lonial tag that Filipinosare lazy had been unjustly

perpetuated in the publicconsciousness by our or-eign invaders.

Such label was madeupon our orebears whoresisted hard labor beingimposed by our coloniz-ers. Te unwillingness torender orced labor causedcolonizers to brand ourorebears with unpleasanttags, mainly that o beinglazy. Such sweeping de-scription had been etcheddown generations that

someway became an ac-cepted belie to some sec-tors without veriying theroots o such unjust tag.

It is the exploits oour overseas workers thatgradually changed the tagthat had been sustained in

Conceptions misconceptionsSecond of a series

the public consciousnessor generations. With Fili-

pinos earning the admira-tion o oreign employersor their industry, peoplechanged their belie thatthey are lazy. It is that traito being industrious andhardworking that makesFilipino workers in de-mand by oreign employ-ers. Our country had sup-plied so much manpowerto the global communityand we have maintainedthat reputation o beingindustrious in the eld o

work.Tis trait o Filipino

workers is a clear manies-tation o our desire to earnin order to support ouramily. Tere is no doubtwe possess that will andability to provide or the

sustenance o our amily.It is the lack o opportu-

nities or gainul employ-ment and or productiveeconomic activities thatcause us to alter in ourcommitment to supportthe amily. Our workersin the domestic arena areinto varied orms o ex-ploitation, chie o thembeing underemployed,overworked and under-paid.

We cannot pretend tobe blind rom the realitiesin society where our work-

ers are toiling beyond reg-ular working hours underinconvenient workingconditions or a pay thatcould hardly support theamily. People renderinglabor with utmost dedica-tion and industry but are

paid unjust compensationthat are way below mini-mum standards. Tereare laws that purports toprotect labor, requiringemployers to compensatetheir workers or their la-bor. Workers only earn somuch less than what theneeds o their amilies,causing deprivation thatis depicted as ault by theworker than o the unjust

social order.People are being duped

to believe that the pov-erty that the amily suersis caused by the lack ocommitment and will andability o the head o theamily, or the parents, tosupport the amily. Suchbelie is not unlike the tago us Filipinos being a lazypeople that had been per-petuated by our colonizersdown several generations.It is one great conception

that is actually a miscon-ception or in truth it isnot the lack o will or abil-ity or commitment to sup-port the amily that causepoverty and hardship.

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6 Tuesday, 11 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS/NOTICES

NSSDEO supportsVAWC campaign

The Department of Pub-

lic Works and Highways

(DPWH) Northern Samar2nd District Engineering

Ofce lend active support

to the 18-day campaign

to stop violence against

women and their children

(VAWC) in the province.

In November 26 during

the nationwide simultane-

ous ag raising ceremony

in government institutions,

the NSSDEO employees

wear pink t-shirts printed

with the theme, VAW-

Free Society In Times of

Peace, Conict and Calam-

ity and Stop ViolenceAgainst Women and bears

the logo of the Violence

Against Women Coordinat-

ing Committee (VAWCC).

A streamer about the ob-

servance is hanged inside

the district compound A

streamer about the obser-

vance is also hanged inside

the district compound and at

the front gate to stir public

awareness. Read in the ag

ceremony was the Prayer

and the Joint IACVAWC-

IACAT-VAWCC Message

for the 18-Day NationwideCampaign to End Violence

Against Women. The led

agencies of IACVAWC,

IACAT and VAWCC are

the Department of Social

Welfare and Development,

Department of Justice and

National Commission on

the Role of Women.

November 25, the Inter-

national Day Against VAW

was the start of the coun-

trys 18-day campaign to

end violence against wom-

en. It runs until December

12, the date of the signing

in Palermo, Italy of the

United Nations Conven-

tion of Transnational and

Organized Crimes, which

includes the Protocol to

prevent and punish trafck-

ing in persons, especially

women and children. It also

includes December 10, the

International Human Rights

Day showing that VAW

and trafcking in persons

are forms of human rights

violations. The message

further said that the coun-

try started its awareness

campaign on issues against

women and children when

it participated in the world-

wide crusade to eliminate

VAW in 2002. Since then,

the advocacy led to the

passage of two landmark

legislations; Republic Act

9208 (Anti-Trafcking in

Persons Act and RA 9262

otherwise known as the An-

ti-Violence Against Women

and their Children Act of

2004. It also emphasized

that in succeeding years,

the focused was on the pop-

ularization of the said laws

strengthening their imple-

mentation at the national

and local government lev-

els and building a network

of male advocates workingto stop violence against

women.

Below reads in part the

IACVAWC-IACAT-VAW-

CC Joint Message. With

the theme VAW-Free So-

ciety In Times of Peace,

Con ict and Calamit , this

years 18-Day Campaign

shall highlight the need

to raise awareness about

Gender Based Violence

(GBV) in crisis situationsfor national government

agencies (NGAs), Local

Government Units (LGUs)

and the general public,

increase support mecha-

nisms and make it more

accessible to VAW victim-

survivors during disaster

and crisis situation; and to

forge partnerships among

stakeholders in addressing

GBV in crisis situations.

And this can only be possi-

ble through the coordinated

efforts of government and

civil society. We acknowl-

edge mens important role

in ending VAW and encour-

age the expansion of the

movement that was formed

in preceding years 18-Day

Campaign the MOVE or

Men Opposed to VAW Eve-

rywhere which is com-

posed of males who actively

advocate and work against

VAW. We call on every male

member of our society to

never commit, condone,

nor remain silent on VAW.

We call on our fellow gov-

ernment leaders and work-

ers from the national gov-

ernment agencies and the

local government units totake the lead in ensuring

that VAW victims-survivors

are able to access the much

needed services for them to

heal, regain their dignity,

and continue to become

productive members of so-

ciet .(REY ORSUA)

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Remedios A. Quisumbing, Jose, Manuel Reynaldo, Oscar, Raul

and Francisco all surnamed Abesamis extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, Lot

No. 264-B, Psd-20355, Cad. Survey of Tacloban with the improvements thereon, situated in the Municipality of

Tacloban now Tacloban City, containing an area of 322.50 square meters, more or less, that property in the name

of Mercedes A. Torres et.al for Taxation purposes; per Doc. No. 218, Page No. 44, Book No. 1, Series of 2010 of

Notary Public Atty. Leticia M. Amon. LSDE: Nov. 27, Dec . 4 & 11, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVERNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Jose Macawile extrajudi-

cially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over parcels of land situated at

Guiuan, Eastern Samar described as: Parcel 1, located at Guimbaolibot Ave.

Brgy. 09-A, Guiuan, E. Samar, with an area of 2,475 square meters, under

ARP No. 05-09011-00013; 2) Residential building located at Guimbaolibot

Ave., Brgy. 09-A, under A.R.P. No. 05-09011-00014; 3) Commercial Build-ing located at Brgy. 09-A, Guimbaolibot Ave., under ARP No. 05-09011-

00216; 4) located at U.S. Navy Road, Brgy. Lupok, Guiuan, E. Samar,

with an area of 30-89 sq. meters, under ARP No. 05-09040-00479. That

heirs hereby waive their rights, interest in favor of their mother Theresa

Macawile; per Doc. No. 438, Page No. 881, Book No. VIII, Series of 2011

of Atty. Dennis C. Boco. LSDE: Nov. 27, Dec. 4 & 11, 2012

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF A PARCEL OF LAND WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late GAVINO CABALIN who died on February 20, 1957 in Brgy.

Barayong, Abuyog, Leyte extrajudicially sttled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land situat-

ed at Brgy. Barayong, Abuyog, Leyte, covered with OCT No. P8101 and Tax Decl. No. 08-01-0017-00106 all in the

name heirs of Gavino Cabalin containing an area of Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty Three square meters

(13,953 sq.m.). A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Jennifer C. Oros, of legal age, Filipino Citizen, single and

resident of Brgy. Balocawe, Abuyog, Leyte, heirs hereby SELL, CEDE, CONVEY and Transfers by way of absolute

sale, per Doc. No. 447, Page No. 14, Book No. 62, Series of 2012 of Notaray Public Atty. Vicente G. Rudas.

LSDE: Nov. 27, Dec. 4 & 11, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION

AND SETTLEMENT AMONG

HEIRSNOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of CIPRIANA NOVEDA

who died intestate extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated

over a parcel of land, designated as

Cad. Lot No. 2060, situated at Brgy.

Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte contain-

ing a total area of 3,075 square

meters, declared in the name of the

Heirs of Cipriana Noveda, per Doc.

No. 185, Page No. 38, Book No.

XI, Series of 2012 of Notary Public

Atty. Ronnan Christian M. Reposar.

LSDE: Nov. 27, Dec. 4 & 11, 2012

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION WITH ABSOLUTE WAIVER OF RIGHTSNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Spouses Daniel Muldera and Eugenia Tiozon Vivero-Muldera

ho died on March 29, 1978 and January 12, 1945 re spectively at Javier, Leyte, extrajudicially settled, partitioned

and adjudicated over two parcel of land more particularly described as follows: Parcel 1, Lot No. 240, Pls-645 lo-

cated at Sitio Mapula, Zone II, Poblacion, Javier, Leyte containing an area of Forty Six Thousand and Seventy Four(46,074) square meters. Parcel II, Lot No. 1110, Pls-645, a parcel of residential land situated at Poblacion Zone 2,

Javier, Leyte, having an area of 690 square meters, under Lot No. 1110 under TD No. 09-1900275 still in the name

of Daniel Muldera, per Doc. No. 710, Page No. 142, Book No. 12, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Joseph N.

Escalona. LSDE: Nov. 27, Dec. 4 & 11, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

AND PARTITION OF THE

ESTATE OF DECEASED

PERSONNOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of the late Sergio Obera who

died on January 15, 1975 at Alang-

alang, Leyte, extrajudicially settled,

partitioned and adjudicated over a

certain property designated as Lot

No. 2 (equivalent to Lot No. 1961),

Lot Plan Psu-34093 located in Bar-

rio Aslum (Pepita), Alang-alang,

Leyte and covered by Original Cer-

ticate of Title No. O.C.T. No. 514

and Tax Declaration No. 08-02-041-

00054, containing an area of Twenty

Five Thousand Five Hundred Fifty

Two (25,552) square meters, more

or less, per Doc. No. 243, Page No.

88, Book No. XXV, Series of 2012

of Notary Public Atty. Rolando V.

Tomandao.

LSDE: Nov. 27, Dec. 4 & 11, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Apolinario Cozo, Candida

Cozo, Emeliano Cozo, Regina Cozo, Aurea Cozo, Vicente Cozo, Fausta

Cozo, Maximina Cozo, Concpcion Cozo, Gregoria Cozo and Aurelia Cozo

extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, Lot

No. 12572, with improvements thereon, situated in Brgy. Plaridel, Munici-

pality of Baybay, Leyte, containing an area of 792 square meters, more or

less, covered and embraced Tax Dec. No. 07080-00307. A Deed of Sale was

executed them all in favor of Adriano C. Dacera as vendee for the above-

described property; per Doc. No. 20, Page No. 04, Book No. XXXVIII,

Series of 2012 of Notary Public Ernesto M. Butawan.

LSDE: Dec. 4, 11 & 18, 2012

ERRATAIn LTFRB Case No. VIII-2012-0672 the correct family name of

applicant is DOYON not Doyo as published on Dec. 9, 2012 issue.* * * * * * *

In LTFRB Case No. VIII-2012-0657 the Applicant name shouldbe read as ISAIAS O. MAYOL, JR. not MAYOR as published on Nov.29, 2012.

We regret the errors. ED

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Mauro Merin extrajudi-

cially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land situated in

Brgy. Himarco, Palompon, Leyte, under Tax Dec.No. 08-31024-00444 R13,

Cad. Lot No. 3610, containing an area of 1.3611 hectares, more or less. A

Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Nicomedes E. Tolero and NormaA. Tolero as vendees for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 1810,

Page No. 91, Book No. LV, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Camilo P. Es-

ero. LSDE: Dec. 11, 18 & 25, 2012

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7Leyte Samar Daily ExpressNATIONAL NEWSTuesday, 11 December 2012

Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) partners with the Student Council Al-

liance of the Philippines (SCAP), InterAksyon , and TV5 for the First Time

Voters Project with the theme, Now Trending: #YouthVote2013. This project

aims to educate and empower young voters as well as to promote clean and

fair 2013 elections. Starting this December towards election next year, a series

of forums will be held in Manila which will be streamed live in Cebu, Davao,

and Cagayan de Oro. Smart will be providing the connectivity for the events

and will also campaign the project through journ.ph, its online campus jour-

nalism program. On photo (from left to right): Ramon Isberto, head of Smart

Public Affairs, Raymond Angelo Gonzales, SCAP member and vice president

of the Central Student Council of the University of Sto. Tomas, Mary Renrose-

Galang, also a member of SCAP from PamantansangLungsodngMaynila, and

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given tha t heirs of the late Antonio Calzado ex-

trajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land,

located at Sitio Anilao Canderama, Brgy. Antipolo, No. 013, Llorente,

Eastern Samar, under O.C.T./OCT No. P-12383, covered by Tax Dec.

ARP No. 02-13013-00076, Survey No. 4730, containing an area of

7,658 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor

of Pastor Ty Calzita married to Nilda Calzita as vendees for the above-

describedf property; per Doc. No. 505, Page No. 102, Book No. XIII,

Series of 2012 of Notary Public Enrique C. Dala.

LSDE: December 11, 18 & 25, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE

SALENOTICE is hereby given that he irs of the l ate Crispula Cadion ex-

trajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land,

located in Brgy. Lucsoon, Naval, Bili ran, Survey No. 3860-P, under Tax

Dec. No. 00091, with an area of 0.4136 has.; A Deed of Sale was ex-

ecuted in favor of Sps. Manuel and Judith Jamin, a s vendee for a portion

of 118 square meters from the above-described property; per Doc. No.

342, Page No. 69. Book No. 46, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.

Redentor C. Villordon.

LSDE: December 11, 18 & 25, 2012

However, based on thelatest waste analysis andcharacterization study con-

ducted, 48% o the totalwaste generated in the cityis categorized as biodegrad-able.

Composting o wastes inrural households and arm-lands has a high potential oron-site utilization o organichousehold and agriculturalwastes. In act, many arm-ers and arming groups havealready been trained on howto apply windrow and ver-micomposting. (SARWELL Q.MENIANO)

backlling, to orm the baseo the cell.

Te activity requiredconstant monitoring sincethe specic area had com-plex topography with a20-meter dierence be-tween its highest and deep-est points.

As in most big inra-

structure projects, challeng-es arise and the LGU hadto make adjustments alongthe way. Such experiencescould be incorporated intonational policy guidelineson how to construct prop-erly engineered landlls andto conduct more extensivehydro-geological site inves-tigations, Codilla said.

Te project is in part-nership with the Depart-ment o Environment andNatural ResourceEnviron-mental Management Bu-

reau, consultancy rm AHGroup AG, and DeutscheGesellscha r Interna-tionale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ).

As o 2010, OrmocCity is home to more than180,000 residents, whichgenerate more than 30,000tons o municipal solidwaste every year. Due toresource and geographicallimitations in the city, onlyhal o the households areserviced by city waste col-lection.

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ties, said Ormoc City May-or Eric Codilla in a state-ment.

Te P12.9 million con-struction o SLF is in com-pliance to the SWM Law o2000 mandating all LGUsto cease using dumpsites

as nal repository or solidwastes.Te new SLF site is lo-

cated in the western ba-rangays o Mas-in andGreen Valley. Te site waspicked rom two other po-tential sites since one wasprone to fooding while theother option was host todeep aquiers with strongree fow discharges, ac-cording to the city govern-ment brieer.

With the operation oSLF, Ormoc sees that only

25% to 30% o collectedtrash will be turned into re-sidual waste.

Prior to the citys sani-tary landll completion,hal o the 1.7 hectaresold dumpsite in BarangayMacabug has already beenclosed. Tis is the agreedsite or testing the use oeco-ecient soil cover.

Te city governmentsaid that landll construc-tion commenced withclearing and excavation othe site, including some

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ACLOBAN CIY-Te numerous accoladesand awards reaped by thecity government underhis administration wouldnot serve only as his in-spiration but even to therest o the people o theregion.

Tus said Mayor Al-red Romualdez, reer-ring to the numerousawards accorded to thecity government just thisyear, ranging rom good

program on healthy lie-style to practicing thepolicy o transparency.

We will just continuewhat we have been do-ing. We never expectthat we will receive theseawards. But this will notonly inspire us and theaclobanons but the en-tire Eastern Visayas aswell, Romualdez said.

For this year alone,the city goverment oacloban under Mayor

Romualdez recievedaround 16 nationalawards coming rom var-ious groups and organi-zations.

And what could beconsidered to be thehighest award garneredby the city governmentwas the Pamana ng Lahigiven by the Departmento Interior and LocalGovernment (DILG).

Te award given by

the DILG is one o theinnovations le behind

by ormer Secretary JesseRobredo, which is givento local government unitsthat upholds integrityand transparency in thelocal governance.

Among the otherawards received by thecity government were theGantimpala Agad Awardo the Eastern VisayasFirst Regional Congresso Lingkod Bayani givenby the Civil Service Com-mission; top perorming

LGU in healthy liestyleadvocacy by the Depart-ment o Health; top tax-payer award under thenational governmentagencies/LGUs category

by the Bureau o InternalRevenue and the mostoutstanding cooperativeor the region by the Co-operative DevelopmentAuthority(CDA).

Also, the city govern-ment also received thePNP service awards bestLGU by the PhilippineNational Police; ourthplace outstanding LGUin highly urbanizec cat-egory national literacyawards by the Depart-

ment o Education and acerticate o recognitionor generating the highestrevenue eciency collec-tion or 2010 by the BIR.(JOEY A. GABIETA)

City govt reapsmany awards