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opinion page 4ACTION MAN -- House Assistant Minority Leader and Leyte (1st dist) Rep. Ferdinand Martin FM Romual-

dez started the new year 2013 by distributing more financial assistance to more than 600 beneficiaries com-

ing from the different municipalities of the 1st district in need of hospitalization,medicines,educational,tr

ansportation and burial.The distribution was held at Rep. FMs congressional sub-district office, Real St.

Tacloban City. Photo by VER S. NOVENO

CAMP KANGLE-ON, Palo, Leyte - Inyet another eort toensure that the con-duct of elections inthe province of Sa-mar, considered tobe among the con-cerned areas in thecountry, a peace cov-enant is tentativelyset on January 13,the start of the elec-tions period.

Chie SuperintendentElmer Soria, police re-gional director, said thatthe signing o the peacecovenant is one o themeasures that they wouldinstitute to achieve theirgoal o an orderly andpeaceul in Samar, soar the lone province in

ACLOBAN CIYMayor AnnalizaGonzales-Kwan o Guiuan, Eastern Sa-mar has expressed dismay on newspaperreports accusing her o violating environ-mental laws or illegally cutting and de-stroying mangroves in her town.

Te local government unit o Guiuanhas nothing to do with it. Its a project that

involves the National Housing Author-ity (NHA). I was not even the mayor yetwhen the NHA was given the go-signal to

mission (NSWMC) dis-closed that only 20% olocal government units inthe country have estab-lished sanitary landllsand a big majority is stillstruggling to close exist-ing dumpsites.

NSWMC Secretariat

Executive Director Emel-ita Aguinaldo said that

Samars elections peace

covenant slated on Jan. 13BY JOEY A. GABIETA

Staff Writer

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ACLOBAN CIY Financing and politi-cal situations have beenidentied as major stum-bling block why majorityo local government unitsailed to comply RepublicAct 9003 or the EcologicalSolid Waste Management

Act o 2000.Te National Solid

Waste Management Com-

Financing, politics blamedfor RA 9003 non-compliance

proceed with that housing project, MayorKwan said in reaction to national newspa-per reports on Sunday alleging that the lo-cal government allowed the cutting o man-grove trees without the necessary permits.

National papers on Sunday reportedthat barangay o cials o Campoyong inGuiuan had led a case against Kwan and

contractor Cosme iu Sonco, owner o AlsEnterprise and Construction, or purport-

Mayor Kwan: LGU-Guiuannot involved in housing project

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No EV cop

red gun dur-

ing New Year

- Soria

Use of person-

ally-controlled

health records

to start this

year

17 police sta-tions in EV

provided with

motorcycles

Proliferation

of mobiles

Yaokasin

family donates

another school

building

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Police Chief Superintendent Elmer R. Soria, regional di-

rector of Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8), presiding in the

untaping of gun muzzles of PRO8 personnel yesterday at

the PRO8 grounds.

CAMP KANGLEON,Palo, Leyte Nobodyamong the policemen inEastern Visayas indiscrim-inately red their guns onNew Year.

Tis was the result othe gun inspection con-ducted Monday morningduring the untaping omuzzles o service rearmsamong Police Regional O-ce 8 (PRO8) personnelwherein none o the tapedmuzzles showed signs obeing tampered.

Police Regional O ce8 (PRO8) director Po-lice Chie SuperintendentElmer Ragadio Soria pre-sided over the activity atthe regional headquarters

and he expressed satisac-tion over the complianceo his men on the directiveo the Philippine NationalPolice (PNP) regarding theuse o guns on New Year.

A broken tape oundupon inspection could bean indication that the re-arm was used during theholiday revelry. Tis onlyindicates that none o therearm holders indiscrim-inately red their guns inwelcoming year 2013, So-ria said.

Te regional direc-tor earlier led his men inthe annual sealing o gunmuzzles last December 29,2012.

Te 100% compli-ance to our directive onlyshowed the honesty andproessionalism o ourpolicemen, the top policeo cial said, adding thatsimilar inspection was

also conducted in city andprovincial police o cesregionwide.

Soria earlier warnedthat policemen who willre their guns inappro-

priately will ace bothcriminal and administra-tive charges and can bedismissed rom service iound to had violated thegun policy.

Meanwhile, Soria or-dered a thorough investi-gation on the indiscrimi-nate ring inside the V &G Subdivision in aclobanCity during New Year cel-ebration wherein straybullet pierced through theroo o one Elvira Cosca.

Cosca reported to thepolice that while her ami-ly was welcoming the NewYear, they heard a loudnoise rom the roo andupon checking, they no-ticed a hole on their ceil-

ing and recovered a slugo unknown caliber undertheir sala set.

Soria assured that aninvestigation is on-goingon the matter as the re-

covered slug was alreadybrought to the RegionalCrime Laboratory or bal-listic examination.

Te regional directorearlier disclosed that no

victim o stray bullet wasreported to his o ce as aresult o New Year revelry.

In other parts o thecountry, various sectorsare calling or tougherlaws and stricter gun con-trol ollowing the deatho 7-year old StephanieNicole Ella owing to astray bullet rom a cel-ebratory gunire duringthe New Year revelry inCaloocan City and thedeath o seven peopleand wounding o 6 others

in a shooting rampageby drug-crazed gunmanRonald Bae in Kawit,

Cavite on Friday. (PINSPROMUEL A NACAR)

No EV cop red gun during New Year - Soria

derly conduct o elections.She is acing the daugh-

ter o her political rival, Cal-bayog slain Mayor ReynaldoUy, Rosa Jessica Uy-Delga-do.

Te regional policeheadquarter is also set to

deploy close to 100 policepersonnel in the provinceunder the Regional SpecialOperations ask Force Sa-mar under the leadership oSenior Supt. Edgar Basbas.

Samar has a voting pop-ulation o 481,275 spreadrom its two cities o Cal-bayog and Catbalogan and24 towns. It is the second

vote-rich province in East-ern Visayas, next to Leytesmore than one million vot-ers.

Aside rom the signingo peace covenant, peacerallies and voters educationare also to be held in dier-ent parts o the province, headded.

Samars past elections-related violence and the

presence o private armedgroups as well as that o therebel group, the New Peo-ples Army, were among thereasons cited why the prov-ince was placed under suchclassication.

Earlier, Samar Gover-nor Sharee Ann an, whois seeking or a possiblesecond term, has expressedher agreement on declaringthe province as concernedarea, saying it would helpachieve a peaceul and or-

Te signing o peacecovenant is to be held inCalbayog City, the policeregional director said, add-ing that it is with the coor-dination o the diocese oCalbayog headed by BishopIsabelo Abarquez.

Samar has been iden-tied as a priority area andone o our ocus o activitiesis to have such an activity,Soria said,reerring to thepeace covenant.

Soria also asked all hispolicemen, to include in Sa-mar, not to avor any candi-dates and carry their dutiesduring the conduct o theelections without ear.

Tis way, the conduct oelections would be peaceuland credible.

the entire Eastern Visayasidentied as a potentialconcerned area or hotspot area.

All major candidates,

Soria said, would be in-vited to sign the peacecovenant or them to shunany use o violence duringthe May 13, 2013 midtermelections.

Expected to sign thepeace covenant are thoserunning or governor,congressmen o Samarstwo congressional dis-tricts, vice governor andthose seeking or mayor othe provinces two cities oCalbayog and Catbalogan.

Samar..from page 1

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units are among the biggesttowns in Eastern Samar.

Soria said that he expectthat the local police wherethese equipment were givenwould become more com-petent in dealing with theirwork as peace o cers.

Te police regional di-rector stressed to his po-licemen to always adhere tothe principle set by the newPNP chie, Director Gen-eral Alan Purisima.

Tese include o beingcompetent,discipline, ex-cellent and proessional.

According to Soria,i allthese principles would bestrictly adhere by all police-men, they could perormtheir duties expected romthem.

Tis will lead to ser-bisyong makatotohanan(honest service), he said.

Also distributed by

Soria were reloading

machines,bandoliers and

raincoats to various local

police stations and support

units of the PNP-8.(JOEY A.

GABIETA)

ACLOBAN CIYStarting this year, the Phil-ippine Health InsuranceCorp. (PhilHealth) willrelease specication or

a personally-controlledhealth record (PCHR) thatwill allow the sponsoredmembers to manage theirown health inormation.

Miramar Zabala, Phil-Health-8 inormationo cer, said this shif inhealth data managementis expected to create a re-ocus on the patient as thecenter o care and likewisestimulate a whole newbusiness sector on healthdata stewardship.

A personally-con-trolled health record isowned by the patients

and is co-managed withtheir health providers. TePCHR will empower pa-tients to take care o their

ter District.Te very limited school

site i shared by anotheragency is tantamount tomaking our resources muchlesser. We see these acili-ties as hazardous to learnersand teachers. We stand onour decision because we are

afer the learning environ-ment, Ragrag said.It was learned that the

NGCP committed to buildnew classroom since theycant move transmissionlines away rom school sites.

Te DepEd is propos-ing to switch nearby lots orcompletely remove waterreservoir out o school vi-cinity to ensure that there is

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Members of the ABCs for Global Health Foundation says they are just glad to have their

medical and dental mission here in Tacloban and towns of Leytes first district. The mis-

sion is to be held at the Tacloban City Hospital and at the Mother of Mercy Hospital. LITO

own health data and use itor decision making, Za-bala said.

Zabala added the PCHRwill also be designed as a

secure repository or healthinormation or individu-als and their amilies -- animportant compliance re-quirement o the recentlypassed Data Privacy Act o2012.

PhilHealth has launchedits PCB rst or its spon-sored program members,organized groups, and over-seas workers in April 2012.Te health insurance pro-vider said it will eventuallybe rolled out or all types omembers.

Te PCB is currentlyprovided in government

health centers, rural healthunits and outpatient de-partments o governmenthospitals PCB providers,

but private health care pro-viders will be brought in asthe PCB is expanded to allmember types, Zabala said.

She added PhilHealth

wishes to empower theirmembers to take charge otheir amilys health andmake inormed decisionsthrough proper data man-agement.

Early last year, Phil-Health partnered with theacademe to quickly imple-ment a ree and open sourcereporting system that re-ceives reports rom the PCBproviders.

Te PCB eReport-ing system is PhilHealthsresponse to the AquinoHealth Agendas mandate touse inormation and com-

munications technologyto make the health sectormore e cient. (REYAN L.

ARINTO)

Use of personally-controlledhealth records to start this year

Our legal departmenthas been taking measuresto negotiate with concernedentities. School campusshould be exclusive to edu-cational activities, saidDepEd Assistant RegionalDirector Rebecca Ragrag.

Tese schools are Guin-

tigui-an Elementary Schoolin Babatngon, Leyte withtransmission lines o theNational Grid Corporationo the Philippines; SulanganNational High School inGuiuan, Eastern with wa-ter reservoir by the GuiuanWater District; and B.V.Closa Elementary School inAbuyog, Leyte with waterstorage by the Abuyog Wa-

PALO, Leyte Te De-partment o Education(DepEd) has been in a legalbattle with our agencies, asit moves to relocate struc-tures built within schoolpremises, which was seen ashazardous to students anddisruptive to learning envi-

ronment.Aside rom the seismicstation o the PhilippineVolcanology and Seismol-ogy (Phivolcs) establishedinside the school groundo the Arado ElementarySchool in this town, theeducation department alsoseeks to remove transmis-sion lines and water storageacilities in public schools.

DepEd in legal tussle with 4 agencies

17 police stations in EVprovided with motorcycles

Tis is part o the ca-pability enhancement andpart o the strategic ocuso the new PNP (Philip-

pine National Police) chie,the police regional directorsaid.

Te 17 police stationswhich were given the mo-torcycle units were Al-buera, abango, Pastranaand Leyte-Leyte, all inLeyte; Bontoc in SouthernLeyte; Dolores, Oras andSulat, all in Eastern Samar;Biri,Bobon,Victoria andPalapag, all in NorthernSamar and the Marasbaraspolice station in aclobanCity.

Senior SuperintendentBrigido Unay, o cer-in-charge police provincialdirector or Eastern Samar,said that the giving o themotorcycle units wouldboost on their police work.

Te three police stationsunder his jurisdiction thatwere giving the motorcyle

CAMP KANGLEON,Palo, Leyte - About 17 po-lice stations across the re-gion were provided with

their own motorcycle unitsand other equipment.

Chie SuperintendentElmer Soria, police regionaldirector, said that the givingo the motorcycle units tothe dierent police stations,would bolster the capabilityo these police stations.

still enough area or class-room expansion.

Tese acilities were setup beore a DepEd memo-randum came out that cam-puses should be exclusiveor learning, she added.

Earlier, the Phivolcs el-evated its plea to the DepEdmain o ce, seeking orexemption rom the rule.I they wont be granted,the service institute will beorce to relocate their sta-tion to Quezon City. (SAR-WELL Q. MENIANO)

our active participationthus we provided the lot ordevelopment, Kwan said.

I the contractor ex-ceeded the area or cut-

ting o mangrove trees andwithout the permit, then itis not already my concern.Te appropriate agency isthe NHA, which directlyhandles the project, Kwanadded.

I rmly believe thereis a politician behind thisissue. For obvious reasons,he is doing this because hewants to besmirch my repu-tation. But my conscience isclear. It is just disappoint-ing because my side was notasked beore reporting on

the issue, Kwan said.Kwan, a three-term may-or o the southernmost towno Guiuan in Eastern Samaris challenging the provinceslone district Rep. Ben Evar-done this May elections.(REYAN L. ARINTO)

other DENR permits.Mayor Kwan, mean-

while, conrmed the NHAis currently undergoing aresettlement project in Ba-

rangay Campoyong butclaried it had received agreen light rom the De-partment o Environmentand Natural Resources(DENR) in Eastern Visayasand the area was declaredt or a housing project.

Kwan said the localgovernment unit has pre-viously identied a our-hectare area in BarangayCampoyong or site devel-opment by the NHA but lat-ter had the overall responsi-bility o implementing the

housing project.Te site has been de-clared by then President[Gloria] Arroyo by way o apresidential proclamation.But it is the NHA that ismandated to undertake so-cialized housing and in pur-suance o its mandate, seeks

edly conspiring to cut anddestroy mangroves orest in

their barangay last July evenwithout the go-signal romthe Department o Environ-ment and Natural Resourc-es (DENR).

Te mangroves, whichwere supposedly used orthe construction o a jointNational Housing Author-ity-LGU resettlement pro-ject, are protected by theGuiuan Marine ReserveProtected Landscape andSeascape (GMRPLS).

Tey said their mayorand iu Sonco should be

criminally liable or alleg-edly conspiring to violatethe Anti-graf law, Section 3(e), Section 3 (), RA 3019,the Forestry Code (PD705), RA 7586 or under-taking the resettlement pro-ject without environmentalclearance certificate, and

Mayor..from page 1

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EDITORIAL

Tax-funded projects

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Leyte Samar

Proliferation of mobiles

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or President Benigno Aquino III to refuse

to have projects under his administration

named after him is commendable indeed. As

Things To

Minddoms pagliawan

much as possible, he prohibits government officials

from attaching their names to projects that are

funded by the taxpayers money.

Why, government officials do not have the right

to claim those projects as their own, as though fund-

ed from their own pockets, because that is part andparcel of their jobto create projects that would

improve the peoples lives. Thats what they have

been elected for. They should not demand credit

and recognition for things that they are expected

to do.

Especially that said projects are funded by the

peoples taxes. If, however, an official comes up with

projects funded by his own pocket, then perhaps he

earns the right to attach his name to those. Stream-

ers and billboards will do. But if his role in certain

projects is only that of an initiator, or facilitator,

then he should not claim the glory for such

projectsthats an insult to the real owners.

Why claim something that is not yours?

Naming projects after the politicians con-

cerned had been rampantly done. As a result,

people are kind of indebted to the politico they

seem obliged to render to him any favor in ex-

change for his graces. Items for applicants, for

instance, are given by the recruiting agency tothe politico so he can distribute the same to

his own people even if it means ignoring the

existing ranking system.

The fear that they might not be given pro-

jects by the official anymore is what grips the

people and concerned agencies into blind sub-

mission. Its time the names of politicians be

removed from tax-funded projects. They dont

deserve commendations for their basic func-

tion. The president, being strongly against it,

ought to be supported for this.

Cell phones have indeed meta-

morphosed from being a com-

modity of the rich to something

that even the most hard up people

could own. They used to be con-

sidered a luxury, owned only by

people who are in great demand

in society like doctors, company

ofcials, businessmen, etc. Now,

almost everybody has one.

The cell phone of today is re-

garded as a necessity by a growing

number of Filipinos, the residen-tial phone having become option-

al. The trend, according surveys,

is slowly expanding to include

all age and income groups. Many

households across the nation have

abandoned residential phones

and rely solely on cell phones for

communication.

The popularity of thevenerable landline peaked

in 2000. Since that time, the

number of phone customers

has steadily decreased. At

the same time, cell-phone

use has surged.

Young people have been

part of the migration of users

away from landlines. Theyhave given up landlines for

good after having had their

cell phones. This works best

when they are working for

long hours and are moving

from place to place.

At rst, cell phone threat-

ened to complicate life, but

moving around and working

more and more, users real-

ized it does not. The ability

to keep in touch with fam-

ily, business associates, and

access to email are only a

few of the reasons for the

increasing importance of the

gadget.

Bulky, expensive, and

required a base unit that

had to be transported along

with the phonethese werethe qualities of the rst cell

phone units. Good reception

was a major problem and in

general, early cell phones

could only be used in certain

locations where the signal

was particularly strong. As

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Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINIONTuesday, 08 January 2013

Prayer for the Nation and

for Those who Serve inPublic Office

God, our Father, you guide every thingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers we

offer for our nation; by the wisdom of ourleaders and integrity of our citizens, 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 ourrights. In your goodness, watch over those

in authority, so that people everywhere mayenjoy freedom, security and peace.

We ask this through our Lord JesusChrist, your Son, who lives and reigns withyou and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever

and ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughtersof St. Paul)

Pray the Holy Rosary daily for

world peace and conversion of sinners(The family that prays together stays together)

Tuesday after Epiphany1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72; Mk 6:34-44

THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND

When [Jesus] disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart wasmoved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd;and he began to teach them many things. By now it was already late andhis disciples approached him and said, This is a deserted place and itis already very late. Dismiss them so that they can go to the surround-ing farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat. He saidto them in reply, Give them some food yourselves. But they said tohim, Are we to buy two hundred days wages worth of food and giveit to them to eat? He asked them, How many loaves do you have? Goand see. And when they had found out they said, Five loaves and twosh. So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the greengrass. The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fties.Then taking the ve loaves and the two sh and looking up to heaven,he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to [his] disciplesto set before the people; he also divided the two sh among them all.They ate and were satised. And they picked up twelve wicker basketsfull of fragments and what was left of the sh. Those who ate [of theloaves] were ve thousand men.

ALL-EMBRACING LOVE

God loves us, wrote C. S. Lewis, not because we are loveable,but because he is love; not because he needs to receive, but becausehe delights to give. Therefore, we are not surprised that Christ, Godmade esh, had compassion on the great crowds because they werelike sheep without a shepherd (Mk 6:34), and fed them for they werehungry, multiplying few loaves into thousands (cf. vv 41-2). St. John,calling on us to love one another, adds, Whoever fails to love, doesnot know God, because God is love (1 Jn 4:8). We are urged to loveall people since God loves everyone. Love is genuine only when itembraces all. We must endeavour to love him or her whom once wedid not love, whom we have condemned, or who may have done us aninjury. To love all human beings is difcult but it can be learned, if weclosely consider the benets of loving all people. One benet surelyis that it unites people. Modern technology, may be useful for unitingpeople; however, without love, machines can easily separate people.Another benet of love is that it makes the one who loves, very happy.If you hate even one person, all the joys will leave your heart. Godwanted us to be happy, but happy in our be longing, and hence endowedus with a longing for love. Hence we will be happy only when we alllove one another. We are like stones joined in an arch and are bound tocollapse unless we support one another with love. To be in love withall people is the greatest good and hence the greatest happiness. . (HisWord is Life by Vima Dasan, S.J. published by Paulines. Visit us atwww.paulines.ph or at Paulines Media Center, Real St., Tacloban City.Tel. #321-3195)

Sowers Seeds: The whole of holiness consists in understandingGods wisdom and in pledging him our unceasing at. Trust God! Heis always our Father! This is the word Jesus used, even at the height ofhis suffering: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. +BlessedJames Alberione, Founder of the Pauline Family

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The Sower

Blessings of a Believer

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Neglected road

People know too well as

they are familiar with gov-

ernment projects dubbed as

farm to market roads. These

roads were established with

the end of providing access

for farm products emanat-

ing from the farm all the wayto the market. It is a facility

that people need, both on the

part of the farmer who had

long been suffering from

serious losses mainly due to

the absence of access roads

that will allow their prod-

ucts to nd its way to the

market. Many of these roads

are originally established by

those holding the power of

the purse as they are the of-

cials with huge allocations

in the form of pork barrel.

Such allocations are pre-

cisely intended to answer for

the needs of the constituents

that these ofcials represent.

Unfortunately, the alloca-

tions are spent in the whim-

sical and capricious ways of

the ofcials, setting aside the

needs of the people.

There is a road in the

province of Samar that looks

like a ploughed agricultural

piece of land than a road. It

is a classic picture of neglect

by government ofcials at

all levels. The macadam-

ized road that connects the

barangays of San Antonio,

Amandayehan, Cambayanand Tinaogan, all of the old

town of Basey, from the

highway leading towards the

southern tip of Samar and

unto the eastern part and the

rest of the country as well, is

akin to a farm land with deep

furrows and potholes. That

road had brought misery to

the people passing through

it due to the huge potholes

and deep furrows along the

stretch of that road. Four

wheeled vehicles can hardly

pass through that portion

that looks like ploughed with

deep furrows. A mistake bythe driver could result in de-

struction to the vehicle and

passengers alike.

That road is classied

as a provincial road, It had

become a pilgrim piece for

politicians during elections,

promising to concretize the

macadamized provincial

road. But nothing had ever

been done to improve said

road over the years, worse,

the road is not in a bad state

and no elective ofcial is lift-

ing a nger to even restore it

to its previous condition. The

provincial road is the gate-

way to the local port of Ba-

rangay Amandayehan which

served as the main connect-

ing point between Leyte and

Samar prior to the erection of

San Juanico Bridge and was

the alternative route when

the bridge was closed for re-

pair. The road is the access

to the ourishing sh cage

projects in the Barangays of

Cambayan and Tinaogan and

the Simeon Ocdol National

High School and the beach

resorts in Barangay San An-

tonio. Such is the impor-

tance of the road that is not

being given importance by

ofcials who promised and

swore to improve the same.

What is appalling is the

Of Cabbages

& Kings...dr. nila l. filamor

Two weeks or so after it

was signed by Pres. Noynoy

Aquino, the contentious Re-

productive Health Law is

now a matter in controversy

before the Supreme Court of

the Philippines. Concerned

citizens who obviously havequalms over the benets of

the law wanted the High

Court to declare the law null

and void being basically un-

constitutional. Couple law-

yers James and Lovely Ann

Imbong in their petition for

certiorari and prohibition

with prayer for temporary

restraining order tagged the

RH Law as one which vio-

lates the Constitutional ideal

of unconditional respect

for life and establishment

of policies that create op-

portunities to harness the

economic potential of every

Filipino.

While it is publicly

known that the ght on the

sensational legislation was

beyond principle but on what

sways one to think on cer-

tain issues, there are sectors

that could not help but won-

I voiced my vexation at

the endless talk of my ofce

mates over Catholic priests

and their seeming breach

of their vows. One says her

parish priest is a irt but

uses uncouth language, the

other says that her parish

priest drives a Fortuner, one

sports Levis jeans and just

one more, a house has justbeen donated to their priest.

Another friend is a be-

liever, and her logic that

only faith in God is the

only consolation for those

devastated by gun-related

murders, is equally perplex-

ing. But Aldo, my teammate

nds solace in the idea that

the dead especially children

are now angels in heaven.

This only shows how some

Roman Catholics believes

and disbelieves. For a non-

believer, all these beliefs

over man-made disasters has

nothing to offer when people

are suffering.Quite right. In my own

community, my dear Lily

took a leave and our men-

tors found this phenomenon

funny, and said, One cannot

just a take a leave from ones

religion. After a years ab-

sence, we were disbanded

because we refused to grow,

and again, the widespread

misapprehension about our

Catholic church. Although

we have the number - being

almost 85% Roman Catho-lics, yet the RH Bill home-

based. Our number did not

wield commensurate public

inuence.

Indeed, is it not a posi-

tive blessing, not a negation

of belief, to be free of what

is known as the theodicy

problem? Our free will

answers to the question of

why God does not use his

power to prevent the carnage

of innocents, and many peo-

ple throughout history, like

Hitlers annihilation of the

Jews have not been able to

let God off the hook in that

fashion.

I fear of seeming to pros-

elytize. When I gave my view

to my friends, I avoid per-

sonal discussions of my RC

religion. But over the years,

I have changed my mind that

evangelization has its rea-

sons, and I do not know what

they could be. One of my

students conded why God

allows massacres. One of the

most helpful things I could

do was to provide a willing

ear for a doubter even if

the doubter remains a reli-gious believer.

Bottomline. We love

God. God is love. And love

is the greatest. All religions

are good but sometimes peo-

ple, who are not good, use

religion to bring about evil

and suffering. Religion is the

great catalyzer that can push

us to do things that experi-

ence alone would have led us

to believe to be impossible.

Questioned RH Law:

An afterthought

der how the war was lost in

the battle where only a few

could make it win. The Ro-

man Catholic Church of the

Philippines, backed by vari-

ous issue-based groups, has

been at the forefront in the

battleeld waving the bannerof antagonism on what was

dubbed the anti-life bill.

The Catholic Bishops

Conference of the Philip-

pines along with their sup-

port groups have taken

the last ditch effort to stop

the bill from rushing to

Malacaang Palace for the

Presidents precious signa-

ture. The presence of the

bishops in the gallery of the

House of Representatives

and Senate, especially during

the third and nal reading of

the bill in both Chambers of

Congress did not thwart the

event from happening. RH

bill should be a law, as the

President wanted.

In no soon time, amidst

the strong resistance from

the church and the self-pro-

fessed pro-life advocates

the bill became Republic Act

(RA) 10354 or the Act Pro-

viding for a National Policy

on Responsible Parenthood

and Reproductive Health(RH Law). There are quar-

ters which contended that the

Catholic Church is gradually

loosening its grip on the po-

litical leaders of the country.

Maybe not so on the people

especially the frequent com-

municants, but on those who

were to vote for or against

the controversial law. An-

other blame slapped on those

against the RH Law was that

the Church has no economic

program to continue her in-

uence on the people, par-

ticularly the poor denizens.

Right in the middle of a

church service, a local mem-

ber of the church has articu-

lated this particular analysis

which he called the fault

of the church. This criticism

necessitates enlightenment

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6 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Tuesday, 08 January 2013

waste of government re-

sources being expended inthe supposed maintenance

of that road through provin-

cial paid workers that work

merely on clearing the road

sides from grasses. The ac-

tivity is a perennial repetitive

cycle as workers barely com-

plete the clearing from one

point to the other end and

grasses are back again. The

furrows akin to deep ditches

are too risky for motorists

that it could result to un-

wanted accidents at the light-

est error. The potholes had

likewise became larger and

deeper and more that travel-ling is inconveniently luk-

soryos a term coined from

the root vernacular lukso

as motorists keep on a jump-

ing motion on that bumpy

road. Oddly, a project was

implemented recently with

the construction of shoulder

Neglected...from page 5

project which is not as ur-

gent as concreting the main

road instead.

It is hoped that concern

will be given to improve the

road for the safety travel of

people and in order to pre-

vent undue accidents. Peo-

ple are keeping their ngers

crossed that barangay of-

cials in the affected areas

as well as municipal and

provincial ofcials will act

on the matter with urgency.

Already, one private individ-

ual has taken the cudgels of

spending her own resources

to patch deep portions of fur-

rows and such act is anoma-

lous and insulting to all elec-

tive ofcials who obstinately

sleep on their sworn duty.

Will our elected ofcials,from the congresswoman,

governor, vice-governor,

board members continue to

shamelessly sleep on this

concern or will they act ur-

gently for the welfare of the

people?

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vanced, the difculty in us-

ing them became less of a

problem.

The importance of cell

phones goes way beyond

personal safety. Moderncell phones are capable of

internet access, sending and

receiving photos and les,

and are equipped with GPS

technology, allowing for use

in most locations around

the world and allowing the

cell phone to be found or

the user located in the event

of loss or emergency. Cell

phone users can instantly

send data to the home or

ofce, check for important

email, use their cell phone as

a PDA or calendar, and store

photos which can be easilytransferred to a PC or laptop

computer.

Unlike before, recep-

tion now has become reli-

able and of high quality too

due to advances in wireless

technology. Wireless service

providers offer excellent

packages and promotions

for cell phone users. Finding

a dependable service provid-

er is no longer an issue for

cell phone users. The expan-

sion of the wireless service

provider industry gives cell

phone users a choice and the

increased competition has

caused a drop in prices of

wireless cell phone service.

Apparently, cell phone

makers continue to produce

a wide range of cell phones,

which sell for prices that

range from very inexpensive

to costly ones. The avail-

able options give users the

choice of purchasing a basic

cell phone to use simply for

making calls, or choosing

a complex, technologically

advanced cell phone that can

perform as many or even

more tasks than a home com-

puter.In recent years, the in-

creasing importance of cell

phones has made them a

great necessity for most peo-

ple. They have become a

status symbol in addition to

the convenience and secu-

rity that comes from owning

them.

of the nave and the faithful,

at least. Rev. Fr. Amadeo

Corpuz Alvero, Social Com-

munications director of the

Archdiocese of Palo, texted

his reaction to the charge

that the Church has no clear-

cut economic program for

the poor that is why she has

lost her inuence over her

constituents on the passage

of the RH bill, said to be en-

acted for the benet of the

poor.

In a text message, he re-

plied, The Church is always

for the poor. She serves the

poor, especially the poorest

of the poor. The creation of

the Basic Ecclesial Com-

munities is one of those pro-

grams of the Church to cater

to the integral needs of the

total person. The Catholic

Caritas is also one. The dif-ferent apostolates of the Re-

ligious, like the Missionaries

of Charity, are also for the

poor. The Schools for poor-

est of the poor by the Sisters

of Mary in Manila and in

Cebu are also programs of

the poor.

He added, There are

many other programs and

apostolates of our Church

for our poor in our coun-

try but are not advertised,

stressing further, Because

the Church just works si-

lently for all, especially the

poor, without announcing or

Questioned...from page 5

advertising it. Let us not be

deceived the reason why the

RH was passed. Fr. Alvero

opined, the RH Law was

passed because of our Presi-

dent, who wanted it since the

beginning. What he wants he

gets using all the resources

of our government, including

the Pork Barrel for our leg-

islators. This he said is the

truth about this failure of theChurch to impede the birth

of what others call the anti-

life law.

In that case, passing

the blame on the Church is

grossly unfair. How the bill

became a law is purely a po-

litical event and the Church

is not to be faulted on it. But

what if there is something

more enormous that pro-

pelled the enactment of the

RH Law than what meets

the eye? What if there is a

power greater or a reason

more compelling that pure

religious conviction? Thereis a new bill that the Church

claims is posing another at-

tack on the moral ber of the

Filipino family culture the

divorce bill. Some priests ad-

vance the fear that the abor-

tion bill will follow.

Voting on any bill is noth-

ing more than a numbers

game. Getting the least num-

ber is easy win-it with all the

resources available. The vot-

ers are politicians, largely

traditional ones and are eas-

ily swayed by what they need

most nancial resources byway of the priority develop-

ment assistance fund or sim-

ple the pork barrel. Do we

expect the same when the

time comes for the national

legislators to vote on the di-

vorce bill? Unless it is certi-

ed urgent and Malacaang

Palace makes gestures

to have this bill approved

as soon as possible, time is

young to be weary and help-

less. Who knows the next

Congress might be more

God-fearing than pragmatic.

Meantime, mentioning

about the BECs, Fr. Alvero

informed that little by little

we are establishing these

BECs in our Archdiocese

and in our neighboring dio-

ceses. In some parishes,

they are now fully function-

ing, like in Ipil (Ormoc) and

in Barugo. In our parish of

Santo Nio we are still on its

orientation stage but there

are already families in our

districts who group them-selves for their prayer and

bible studies. He added

that in Mindanao almost all

the churches there are into

BECS already because they

have started it a long time

ago. This only proved that

the Church really cares for

her people.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of the late Raymundo Cahinde

extrajudicially settled, partitioned

and adjudicated over a portion of

a parcel of land, containing an area

of 91 square meters, situated at atImberio St., Brgy. Licod, Tanauan,

Leyte, designated as Lot No. 260-

A, covered by Tax Dec. no. 38003

00112-R13; A Deed of Sale was

executed in favor of Jed Malquisto

Yucamco, as vendee for the above-

described property; per Doc. No.

324, Page No. 66, Book No. IX, Se-

ries of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.

Asterio A. Villero.

LSDE: January 8, 15 & 22, 2013

NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY given

that Heirs of MARINA IRINCO,

namely: Zosimo I. Kam, Lucina K.Infante, Florentina K. Luto, Juan

I. Kam, Pablito I. Kam, Roberto I.

Kam and Corazon K. Bartolome

have entered into an Extra-judicial

Settlement of Estate of MARINA

IRINCO, with Sale, Quitclaim and

Waiver, per Doc. No. 2369; Page

75; Book V; Series of 2012, dated

10 December 2012 of the notarial

register of Atty. Felipe R. Espia.

LSDE: January 8, 15 & 22, 2013

because they dont knowhow to really comply thelaw, Ms. Aguinaldo said.

Te change o leader-ship in many LGUs thiscoming 2013 elections willalso aect the momentumo the SWM enorcement.

In Eastern Visayas,

there are only two citiesthat established their ownlandll Calbayog City inSamar and Ormoc City inLeyte.

pliance Certicate (ECC)or the proposed establish-ment o sanitary landllso 60 LGUs. Te NSWMCnotes dierent stages odevelopment.

Te period betweenECC approval and actualconstruction mainly de-pend on nancing andpolitical situation. Tereare so many criteria thatshould be considered inestablishing a sanitary landll. We have to capacitatelocal government ocial

trolled dumpsites shouldbe closed by 2006. Its beenpast due but we cannotsanction them because wehave to understand thatmany LGUs are not ca-pable. In act, some 600LGUs have not done any-thing to comply the law,Aguinaldo said in a recentinterview.

Te ocial reportedthat 45 LGUs in the coun-try have their own landll.One landll can accom-modate waste o nearbytowns and cities throughclustering.

Te Department oEnvironment and NaturalResources has issued lastyear Environmental Com-

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about 900 out o 1,634cities and towns in thecountry are still operat-ing opened and closeddumpsites, which is pro-hibited under RepublicAct 9003 or the Ecological

Solid Waste Management(SWM) Act o 2000.Te law requires that

these opened and con-

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Tacloban Citys #1 Councilor Sambo Yaokasin was all

smiles after given the plaque of appreciation from the

Deped and San Fernando Central School. He remarked

that when inviting him was not the in-thing during my first

few years as city councilor it was San Fernando Central

School teachers who never failed to invite him on their

graduation and GPTAs affairs.

Cute school children wows the crowd with the globally fa-

mous Gangnan dance.

happynings

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Tacloban Fil-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Inc. President Go Tic Ching (center)

receives a plaque of appreciation from Deped and San Fernando Central School. With

him in photos are (L-R) DELTA Fire Volunteer Chief Mark Aquino, TFCCCI Director

Ely Mancera, Go Tic Ching, Dr. Ragrag and Dr.Mariza Magan.

Yaokasin family receives plaque of appreciation from DepEd USEC Rizalino D. Rive-

ra third from left.(L-R) Go Tic Ching, San Fernando Central Principal Imelda Gayas,

USEC Rivera, Carmen Yaokasin (wife of the late Jimmy Yaokasin), Councilor Sambo

Yaokasin (partly hidden), Jimjim Yaokasin and wife Annely. At back is Senator Er-

nesto Maceda, a good friend of the Yaokasins.

TACLOBAN CITY

The family hopes to con-

tinue donating one unit-

two classrooms schoolbuilding to a public school

Yaokasin family donates

another school buildingevery year, in honor of our

father the late Jimmy Ong

Yaokasin, Sr., said Jimjim

Tiu Yaokasin, Jr. in a tete-a-tete. Jimjim is eldest son

of the late Jimmy, Sr. and a

former Tacloban City Ad-

ministrator.

To commemorate therst death anniversary of

their father last November

2012, the family turned-overanother unit of school build-

ing at the San Fernando Cen-

tral School this city. We

are proud and happy that

the family of Tacloban City

Councilor Jerry Sambo

Yaokasin has already do-

nated six classrooms or

three units of school build-

ings in 2012, in memory of

their late father Jimmy, Sr.The other two units were

constructed in Matlang El-

ementary School, Isabel,

Leyte and at V&G Elemen-

tary School in Tacloban.

This is a good legacy of

their father, Go Tic Ching

said in an interview. Ch-

ing is the president of the

Tacloban Filipino-Chinese

Chamber of Commerce,

Inc. The school building

donation is under the Op-

eration Barrio Schools of

the Federation of Fil-Chi-

nese Chambers of Com-

merce and Industry, Inc.

The late Jimmy, Sr.

served as Philippine Jay-

cee Senate President in1986. During his term, the

Philippine Jaycee Senate

was adjudged as the Most

Outstanding National (Sen-

ate) Organization in the

Asia Pacic at the Jun-

ior Chamber International

(JCI) Senate Conference in

Pusan, Republic of Korea.

His son Jimjim also served

as Philippine JCI National

President in 2001.

Taclobans number

one city councilor Sambo

Yaokasin said that educa-tion is the priority of their

father who gave them the

best education they could

ever have. He said that we

want to share our blessings

and we want our father to

be remembered as someone

who gave education utmost

priority. We share this to the

school children in differ-

ent parts of Eastern Visayas

through school building do-

nation. Good friends of the

Yaokasins DepEds USEC

Rizalino Rivera and Sena-

tor Ernesto Maceda gracedthe turnover last November

along with ofcers of TFC-

CCI/FFCCCII, city and De-

pEdofcials.

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Ormoc City Mayor EricCodilla said that budgetconstraint is the major

stumbling block why a bigmajority o LGUs continueto operate dump sites.

Te problem o RA9003 is the absence ounding support. An LGUhas to invest a lot yet this isnot an income generatingproject, Codilla stressed.

Aguinaldo admittedthat there are many loop-holes o the law. Last year,the NSWMC embarkedon a consultation withexperts rom the German

International CooperationAgency (GIZ) study theSolid Waste ManagementAct.

We will provide acopy o the proposed re-visions to Congress. Wewant a law that suits to thecapability o LGUs, sheadded.

Te National SolidWaste Management Strat-egy, which is set or ormalapproval o NSWMC thisyear, has also tagged some

o the gaps in the SWMlaw enorcement.Te o cial reiterated

the need to implement theSWM law with the threatso climate change impact.Open dumping is veryunsanitary. Methane gen-erated contributes to glob-

al warming. Smell scattersall over and it is harborageo dierent disease carry-ing vectors.

According to study,e cient SWM program,

a city will only dump 4%o the waste since 60% to70% are biodegradable,while 35 %to 40% are re-cyclable.

Republic Act No. 9003provides the legal rame-work or the countrys sys-tematic, comprehensiveand ecological solid wastemanagement program thatshall ensure protection opublic health and the en-

vironment. (SARWELL Q.MENIANO)

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