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Kag. Rama uncovers P 2.89-M arrears in Superdome rentals

DTI launches community-based coco-coir production at Maybog in Baybay City

see SUPERDOME p. 10

Those with huge delinquen-c i e s b u t were still at the Su-perdome when Rama did his fact-finding meetings are Mani-na’s Food Center owned by Mabel Bigol-Española with P 1,177,901.24 in de-linquent rentals; Hair and Make-up by Jing Oliva with P 937,019.96; Hub Con-cepts Internet owned by Leilani Tan-Rivilla with P 525,917.72 and Arman’s En-terprises owned by Ma. Luz Largosa with P 249,930.92.

Those who already va-cated the Superdome but left balances were Dadaz Fudz under the name of Mary Rose S. Quijada, the sister of the ex-mayor’s son-in-law Junjun Sia.

Dadaz Fudz posted P 213,716.08 as of a “final demand letter” sent by OIC city administrator Atty. Irene Resurreccion dat-ed July 11. Resurreccion’s term as a city administrator,

ORMOC CITY – City Councilor Vincent Rama, chairman of the committee on enterprises, has finally shed light on reports that some Superdome tenants have been allowed to stay on the government facility for long, despite huge delinquencies.

In a committee report before the Sanggunian Pan-glunsod on Thursday during their regular session, Rama confirmed the reports, enumerating at least four stallhold-ers with a combined P 2.89-million in delinquencies. Three others have vacated the premises but left their accounts “unsettled”, he said.

however, was short-lived.

A s per record o b t a i n e d by coun-

cilor Rama, Dadaz Fudz, as of September 26, have already made a payment of P 9,116.12.

G&M Design-Build of Arch. Marichu Aligway is listed with P 155,009.76 with the marginal note “vacated with unsettled account”. The same with Danztone Club by Alice Sacay with 25,495.00 and surpris-ingly, the Department of Trade and Industry with P 1,044.40. All received “final demand” letters.

There were others with less than P 50,000 in delin-quencies but records show they have already paid siz-able sums to close the gap.

Occupants air side

The DTI’s stay at the Ormoc Superdome is sup-posed to be gratis, as con-firmed by Leyte Provincial

Photo above shows DTI prov’l director Belas and MAFA pres ident Nol i Almaden (both seated) as they sign the MOA. Standing on Belas’s left is Vice Mayor Michael Cari while at the right is DTI director Cynthia Nierras. Around them are the varous stakeholders.

see BAYBAY p. 6

BAYBAY CITY– The re-gional Department of Trade and Industry and its Leyte provincial office, in partnership with the City Government here, its agriculture services office, the Philippine Coconut Authority, Department of Public Work and High-ways, and the cooperative AFFIRE, launched on Fri-day, October 4, a “Shared Service Facility” which is aimed at increasing the income of coconut farm-ers in Brgy. Maybog and Caridad by producing coco-twine and geo-nets at household levels.

The launching was attended by DTI regional director Cynthia Nierras, who is also the national coco-coir coordinator, DTI provincial director De-siderio Belas, Jr., city vice mayor Michael L. Cari, and representatives from the PCA, DPWH and AF-FIRE.

DTI delivered on site 24 wheels to produce coco-twine and six handlooms to produce geo-nets.

Noli Almaden, presi-dent of the Maybog Farm-ers Association (MAFA), received the equipments. Some 60 members of the

association were already trained in producing the twine and nets.

Almaden said that they still have to determine how the machines will be distrib-uted among the members but in the meantime, it would remain at the baran-gay gym where the mem-bers would master their craft.

Nierras, in an inter-

view, said that she is con-fident that the livelihood project in Maybog and other areas would succeed. It is the second such facility that was launched in the province, the first one was in Javier, Leyte, a few weeks ago. Another one would be launched in Abuyog, she added, aside from other areas.

She pointed out that aside from a huge de-mand abroad for coco-twines and geo-nets, it had a ready local market which had yet to be filled up. “The community based endeavors will fill up the local market, while the big producers would prefer the export market”, she said.

see sHOOTinG p. 6

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The late 1st councilor and former vice mayor Nepomuceno P. Aparis I

ORMOC CITY – First councilor Nepomuceno P. Aparis I of this city, a lawyer by profession and a three-term vice mayor from 2004 to 2013, succumbed to cancer of the liver on Monday, September 30, at a hospital in Cebu. He was 64 years old.

His remains arrived at the city afternoon of Octo-ber 1, (Tuesday) which now lies in wake at their house at Arradaza Street, just nearby the Ormoc City Central School. His wife, Thelma, said internment would be on October 12, Saturday.

His body was met by colleagues in the city coun-cil led by Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr. Also present to welcome home his body were SP employees who worked with Aparis for the past nine years, fam-ily, friends and supporters.

The Aparis family also informed the Vice Mayor that before he died, that one of his express wishes was to skip the traditional wake at the Sanggunian

Hall. Traditionally, people who have served Ormoc in various elective posts are accorded the courtesy of having a wake at the City Hall, but the former vice mayor wanted to have none of this.

Aparis was a well-loved and respected politi-cian in this city. He was also active in socio-civic affairs and was a charter member of the Ormoc Supreme Li-ons Club. He was the club’s 4th president and named Outstanding Lions Club President of the district dur-ing his term.

He was also an active member of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity; the Ormoc Rainbow Club, a homegrown civic orga-nization; and was a Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus.

Before his demise, he was president of the board of the Sto. Niño College, the only school that offers BS Criminology in the western part of Leyte and which has already produced a

topnotcher. The vice-

mayor ’s first b r u s h w i t h politics was in 1986 when he was appoint-ed OIC vice mayor to the late Emeterio Larrazabal Sr. He was then elected vice mayor in 1989, together with Mayor Ma. Vic-toria Locsin, the mother of the incumbent vice mayor.

He did not seek re-election in 1991 and 1995. In 1998, he ran for council, this time against the Loc-sins, and won. He was re-elected councilor in 2001. In 2004, he was drafted as vice-mayor and was unde-feated until his term expired on 2013. He then ran in the recent elections for coun-cilor and won the first seat with a lead of 2,712 over the

second councilor. Before his entry into

politics, Aparis was provin-cial prosecutor. A handsome man with sand-and-pepper mestizo features, the vice mayor captured the heart of Thelma Omega, a Bb. Or-moc titleholder. They have four children: Chiqui, Lady, Apple, Karen and his junior, Nepomuceno P. Aparis II. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

... while Vice Mayor Toto Locsin Jr. said it was too early to discuss who would replace Aparis in the council

VICE MAYOR Leo Car-melo “Toto” Locsin Jr. of the majority Liberal Party in the city council here said it was too early to discuss who would replace first councilor Nepomuceno P. Aparis I, adding the party wants to observe the pe-riod of bereavement before

Ormoc Vice Mayor Toto Locsin Jr.

taking up political matters. Locsin Jr. said that

Aparis may not been an LP member but he had high respect for the man who was vice-mayor of Ormoc for three terms. “He was helpful to me when I came in”, he said. Locsin Jr., upon hearing of Aparis’s demise, immediately cancelled a “Family Day” scheduled this Saturday, saying it was inappropriate to continue the team-building and fun activity when a member of the SP family had just passed away.

Aparis was once allied with the Locsins but parted ways with them after one term, for unclear reasons.

Other LP councilors were of equal opinion. Vince Rama, brother-in-law of Cong. Lucy Torres-Gomez echoed Locsin Jr., saying there was no hurry to fill up the vacancy in the

council. The issue of appointing

a replacement for Aparis is quite ticklish, considering he was an “independent” councilor. Initially, Mayor Edward Codilla, Aparis and mayor and nine other candidates for councilors ran under the Lakas ban-ner but the Commission on Elections declared them “independent” candidates after “sample signatures” of those authorized to nomi-nate them were not submit-ted on time.

Only former mayor Eric Codilla, who ran for con-gress and lost, was declared the official Lakas bet of the slate.

Other winning council-ors who filed as Lakas but were later declared “inde-pendents” on the ballot by the Comelec are 5th coun-cilor Ruben Capahi, 7th councilor Antonio Codilla,

and 8th councilor Godie Ebcas. Six LP candidates, on the other hand, made it plus Vice Mayor Toto Locsin Jr.

Under the rules on suc-cession, in case the seat of an independent city coun-cilor is permanently va-cated, it is the Sanggunian Panlungsod that recom-mends his replacement, to be submitted to the Presi-dent for his approval. In a game of numbers, the LP’s choice as the majority party, is expected to prevail.

The LP’s majority in the city council will also rise after the October 28 baran-gay polls. The SK elections have been postponed and SK Federation president Corinne Corro will have to vacate her seat since there would be no “holdovers”. The watch is now is on who would be Liga ng Barangay president. By LMJ

ORMOC CITY – Despite the Comelec Gun Ban in effect since September 28, at least six people in this city were shooting victims since that day, including a young lady who has been harrassed by her ex-boyfriend to win her back.

The young lady was identified as one Daylin Catayoc, a resident of Brgy. Luna. Barangay chairwoman Norma Lord reported to the police that the young woman’s ex-boyfriend has been coming around their house and would fire shots into the air. He wants to scare her back to him.

Police investigators identified the man as Tonypet Zaldivar, a scion of the prominent Zaldivar clan in Albuera, Leyte. He has been to the lady’s place on September 30, October 1 and 2 every night on his car with plate number GDN-135.

Meanwhile, a coordinator of Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez was shot by two men riding in tandem while passing through the same barangay on October 4, Friday.

The victim was identified as Lyndo Merced, 54, who was hit on the left side of his body after two men on a motorcycle overtook him along the highway of Luna, while on his way to Lucy’s office.

The victim, an ex-CAFGU, survived the attack. He suspects the two were sent to kill him because he was being suspected as an informant on the continu-ing illegal logging activities at Brgy. Gaas. Last September, he added, the 19th IB was able to confiscate illegally cut lumber in the same barangay and he was eyed as the informant. Since then, he said, he has heard rumors that an order to kill him has been issued by well-connected illegal loggers.

On Wednesday, October 2, a businessman who is into lending was also shot by two men on a motorcycle. The victim, Romeo Ty, 54, a resident of Brgy. Libertad, was on his Pajero with his two daughters when two men on a motor-

cycle overtook his vehicle at the highway and shot him on the back.

However, Ty was not fa-tally injured and was able to turn his car back, drove home to ensure his daughters’ safety. From there, he was brought to the hospital. The police suspect that the victim’s lend-ing business had something to do with his shooting. It was learned that he had filed many cases against people who’ve failed to pay their debts.

Other shooting incidents include the combined hacking and shooting of two brothers at Brgy. Sto. Niño early morning of September 29. The victims were identified as Reynaldo and Rolando Dayang.

The brothers told police that early morning that day, while Reynaldo was relaxing on their yard, the suspect Primitivo Quisugan, 46, sud-denly attacked and hacked him with a long bolo.

His brother Rolando came

Pupils of Libertad and Bilwang Elementary Schools in Isabel, Leyte line up to get their share in a 120-day feeding program launched by PASAR Fdn. and Toyota Tacloban, together with other sponsors.

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TACLOBAN CITY - The full rehabilitation of the Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Air-port in Tacloban may take beyond the term of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III after P718 million of its funds was realigned to the now controversial Disburse-ment Acceleration Program (DAP).

Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya of the Department of Transportation and Com-munications, in a letter dated September 20, 2013 addressed to Leyte 1st District Rep. Fer-dinand Martin Romualdez, admitted that out of the P 1-Billion funding earmarked for the project, P718.752 was withdrawn by the Department of Budget and Management.

The withdrawal of the funds was said to be in line with the government’s Dis-bursement Acceleration Pro-gram.

Secretary Abaya further stated that last year, the amount of P1-billion was released to DOTC for the airport’s re-hab. But with the withdrawal of P 718.752 million, only P281.274 million remains for the project.

Nonetheless, Abaya said that he is hoping the land works would be finished by December 2016, acknowledg-ing that he is aware of the im-portance of the project and will

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exert effort so that whatever can be done with the reduced budget would be executed without further delay.Increased terminal fees was to recover previous losses

The Civil Aviation Author-ity of the Philippines (CAAP) under the DOTC has been receiving a lot of flak from airline passengers and the pub-lic for failing to improve the services at the airport through the years.

On peak hours, the de-parture passenger, which has poor air-conditioning facili-ties, lounge is full that many passengers just have to stand up while waiting for their flights. There are no separate departure bays for the various aircrafts.

This, despite the airport being the #7 busiest in the country, with 16 flights daily on peak months and over one million passengers coming in and out annually.

This year, CAAP increased the passenger terminal fee to P75 from P30 amid protests from the public. After another year, it will increase to P100 and on 2015, the full P150 per passenger fee will be imple-mented.

Then outgoing CAAP Manager Antonio Alfonso justified the increase saying that with or without improve-ments, CAAP will increase

collection of terminal fees to recover previous losses.

The proposed redevelop-ment of the airport

The National Econom-ic Development Authority (NEDA) has approved the re-habilitation of the airport in the amount of P2.12-billion in a span of 4 years to be sourced from the General Appropria-tions Account (GAA).

This is the reason why government released an initial amount of P1-billion to DOTC last year.

The Phase-I of the Taclo-ban Airport Rehabilitation Pro-gram includes the one-storey Passengers Terminal Building (PTB) with no provisions for “tubes” or aerobridges.

The planned Phase-II of the program, according to Abaya in his letter, includes the additional second floor of the PTB if the passenger traffic doubles, with the provisions for aerobridges.

Last April 25, 2013, the taxiway and apron construc-tion started at a cost of P180 million. It is expected to be finished within 360 days.

In August, another bid-ding for the semi-permanent terminal building was done. The semi-permanent structures will be made of steel frames, pre-insulated roofing and wall panels. The project is expected to cost P18.78 million, al-though one company submitted a bid for P13.6 million.

It will start as soon as a Notice to Proceed is given to the winning contrac-tor. Engr. Dante Lulu said the project has a time frame of 90 days.

Relegated to the backburn-er once more?

As early as 1994, a P4.9-B appropriation was proposed for the complete redevelop-ment of the DZR Tacloban Airport to be funded through a loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

No less than President Ar-royo was present during the groundbreaking of the pro-posed project in 2009 but after that, no movement was seen.

Sources who asked not to be named said the project didn’t push through because the money was said to have been used by Arroyo to buy several sea crafts from Aus-tralia. However, other sources said that the money was di-verted for the redevelopment of the Iloilo airport which is now an international airport, per endorsement of Senator Drilon who is from Iloilo.

Now, the fate of the DZR airport lies in limbo. In P-Noy’s State of the Nation Ad-dress this year, he mentioned that he will finish DZR’s re-habilitation before his term ends. With the withdrawal of the funds, however, fears that its redevelopment has once more been relegated to the backburner have been raised.

CENRO arrests ‘charcoal’ businessman who easily posts

P56,000 bail in cash

Forester Benjamin G. Gonzales and Elviro Reyes pose with the apprehended Lawa-an lumber.

ALBUERA, LEYTE – A joint posse of the police here and foresters of the Com-munity Environment and Resources Office (CENRO), also based in this town, ar-rested a businessman trans-porting illegally cut lumber concealed under sacks of coconut charcoal on Sunday, September 30, last week.

Arrested was Rodney Es-casinas, a “charcoal” busi-nessmen but who was able to post a P 56,000.00 cash bond on October 2, facilitating his temporary liberty. His “bonds-man” is Randy Alao whose family is well-known in town.

In their affidavit, CENRO Mario Tubania and the forest-ers said they received a text informing them of the alleged illegal lumber loaded on a Fuzo truck with plate number

GDU-410. Together with some members of the Albuera PNP, they went to Brgy. San Pedro, just along the highway, where the truck was sighted. They chanced on it as some charcoal were being loaded.

The team said they po-litely asked Escasinas if his truck had illegally cut lumber loaded, which he vehemently denied. However, noting that the truck’s tires were almost flat, indicating that there was a heavier load on it than char-coal, they invited the business-man to their office.

When the charcoal was unloaded, they found 1,668 board feet of Lawa-an lumber concealed beneath, with a commercial value of around P 116,000.00. By Lalaine M. Jimenea and Paul Libres

ISABEL, LEYTE - PAS-AR Foundation, Inc. (PFI) recently partnered with Toyota Tacloban Leyte Inc. to launch a 120-day Supplementary Feeding Program for two elemen-tary schools in the town – the Libertad ES and the Bilwang ES. The program is in consonance with the nutrition and feeding pro-gram of the Department of Education and continues up to press time.

Toyota Tacloban Leyte Inc. contributed P125,000 for the program. The other sponsors that gave money in various amounts include the Simba Logistics/Ben-line Agencies and the PAS-AR Employees Multi-Pur-pose Cooperative (PEMC).

The formal launching of the program was held last July 24, 2013 yet in the recipi-ent schools, where a turnover ceremony of the financial assistance to the two schools was done.

PFI and its partners gave a “cash gift” of P15.00/meal/day/children for 120 days to the recipient schools, with Libertad Elementary School getting P 126,000.00 for 70 pupils and Bilwang Elementary School getting P 201,000.00 for 112 pupils, or a total of 182 pupils. The Parent-Teachers’ Association, on the other hand, does the marketing and cooking for the kids.

PFI is the foundation arm of PASAR or Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation, the coun-

PASAR Fdn., Toyota-Tacloban partners for a 120-day feeding program in two elementary schools at Isabel

try’s only copper smelter and refinery, which is into the processing of copper concentrates and exportation of copper cathodes, dore metal and sulfuric acid (www.pasar.com.ph). It is one of the copper assets of GlencoreXstrata (www.glencorexstrata.com), one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies that has a global network comprising more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries, plus over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, offshore oil production assets, farms and agricultural facilities, employing approximately 190,000 people. PR

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Our water, the rates and the

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Martial Law better than the present administration?

IT DOESN’T DO us harm if from time to time we remind ourselves of certain basic du-ties. Given the rapid flow of events nowadays, chances are high that even the most funda-mental responsibilities are taken for granted.

Among these duties are those of parents toward their children. Truth is a number of prob-lems are sprouting nowadays whose causes can be traced to a certain extent to parental neglect.

These problems, of course, vary according to the circumstances of the families and parents. I have seen “habal-habal” and jeepney drivers, for example, bringing little children and even infants in their vehicles. I imagine it’s because the poor fellows do not have anyone else to leave their little children in the house when they do their work.

Among middle-class families, I have also seen cases where the parents are out of the house the whole day, presumably working hard for the family, but without spending time with the children. As a result, many of these children grow unsupervised and likely end up wayward.

As to the well-to-do families, there is a tendency to spoil the children who are given practically everything to satisfy their most ri-diculous whims and caprices. The poor kids end up being soft and yet burning with inordinate desires and ambitions.

The problems are many indeed. So we just have to remind ourselves of basic truths that actually are very beautiful to consider and are also practicable, if only to more effectively ad-dress these problems.

Parents, to be sure, have to be keenly aware that they are the first and direct link between God and their children. It’s through them that a human person, a child of God is brought into existence.

As such, they have to be always conscious of their God-given mission as parents. They cannot constrict the understanding of their parenthood by restricting it to its merely natural basis, which in the last analysis would always point to God as the creator and lawgiver of the nature of parenthood.

They have to have the mind of God always when dealing with their children. We have to remember that God always intervenes in the lives of everyone, and he uses us as human instruments in that abiding divine intervention in our life. And parents are one of these human instruments he uses to reach out to children.

Parents, of course, take care of their children in their basic needs—physical, emotional, edu-cational, social, etc. More than these, they are the first educators of their children, since parent-hood is not simply a matter of begetting children but also a duty of bringing up their children to be mature persons and children of God.

They instill in their children not only the human values and virtues but also nurture the spiritual life, the piety, life of prayer, faith, charity, etc. of their children. In the hierarchy of parental duties, these that refer more to the spiritual and moral life of the children possess greater importance.

For this, parents should deal with their children with a lot of affection and understand-ing, but without compromising the need for discipline which children are always in need

WE SHOULD now be in a much better posi-tion to make our conclusion about the bad judgment- or the good- of what Marcos did when he declared martial law in 1972 – 41 years ago.

It was the first and hopefully the last (?) one. At any rate, there can never be another adventurer like Marcos in the future because the present Constitution has a provision, a “safety net”, so that it will not happen again. One such feature in the Constitution is that it will require a Congressional approval, both the Senate and the House of Representatives, to make such a declaration legal. Never again? Hold it, maybe there is a sense of a pervading whisper or “esp” (extra-sensory perception) sense that may lead to another such intrusion. For it to happen again, he must be more brilliant than Marcos in all respects. He must have made a lot of research throughout the world so he can justify it with the passage of time.

There is a little bird that seems to bother this corner. How about the thought that P-Noy knew Napoles was going to turn herself in to him; that there should have been no need for him

to announce a bounty for her head in the sum of P10M because she was already in the safety of the Palace? As it was, it appears we saved P10M because nobody could squeal on her for the simple reason she was in the Palace. Why did she ask to be in the hands of P-Noy and P-Noy left the Palace at about 10pm to get her, to escort her? You cannot ask the President of the land to do such a menial task of putting her in his custody when he could just ask his lieuten-ants to do it for him. Somehow, something is wrong somewhere; something fishy that keeps pestering this corner. Definitely something is amiss when such a lowly chore as transporting a fugitive is handled by a top honcho, a President no less. For P-Noy to agree makes it doubly worth looking into with a fine toothcomb, a big magnifying glass like the one used by Sherlock Holmes, that irrepressible detective who always carried a magnifying glass in his sleuthing with a curved pipe between his upper and lower teeth

AT 9:53 this morning (Sunday, October 6, 2013), I texted Engr. Gerry Germano of ORWASA to tell him “Hinay water diri Mal-basag. Di makasaka sa second floor”.

I furnished the text to Councilor Vincent Rama who, in his committee report on Thurs-day, raised the issue that in probing into issues besetting our “economic enterprise”, among them the water district, he was told there was a need to increase our water rates so that the City will not subsidize its operations anymore.

The reason why I furnished councilor Rama the text was to inform him that everything was not dandy with the water service in the city. And if ain’t working dandy and fine, then the problem of justifying a rate increase would be ticklish.

Then I followed up with a text to councilor Rama, which I also furnished Gerry Germano for him to be aware of, saying: “The issue of increasing water rates is contentious. Bad ser-vice after P 500 million has been spent and (the City) still spending. Included ang P 50 million sa electric subsidies which COA declared was irregular. There are more (registered) electric consumers than water concessionaires and gidawdaw sa syudad kwarta nila (the electric consumer).”

Sadly, the two can’t be separated, the water and the electric subsidies. In fact, the word “con-tentious” I borrow from Atty. Mariano Corro, who as legislative consultant then, said they had to freeze the proposal to increase rates because o the issue was “contentious”. Corro, along with three other lawyers, was also a member of the city council (2007-2010) then that gave their imprimatur to the measure diverting the P 50-million electric subsidies to fund the water project. Their justification? So that people with electric pumps can save up on their electricity bill. I am not a lawyer but please tell me that it ain’t hogwash.

Valiantly, our chamber president then, Atty. Roy Bernard Fiel, tried to talk sense to the council and the City Development Council about the propriety of using the money for the water project. But his voice fell on deaf ears.

Fast forward to about three weeks ago, we ran the headline story that no less than COA found spending P 50-million of OUR electric subsidies on the Codilla-version of the Compre-hensive Waterworks Project “not in compliance with law”. This was a COA finding in 2011 yet, but despite that, the “management” which means then Mayor Eric Codilla and the council (all of which were political allies) did not do anything to correct this.

Now, the matter of rectifying the misuse of the funds is left on the hands of Mayor Edward Codilla and the current city council. A rate increase crafted by the current administration is like sharing the blood on the hands of those who came before them.

What has it do to increasing the water rates, you may ask? Plentiful, I would say. First, the ORWASA is not solely owned by the City Gov-ernment of Ormoc City anymore.

MALACANANG PALACE or the Execu-tive Branch of government appears to be the lucky winner coming out of the scandal on the misuse and theft of the congressional pork barrel funds and from the consequent mass protest rallies for the total abolition of the pork barrel funds and all types of lump sum discretionary funds, including that of Malacanang or the Office of the President.

The more than P27-Billion PDAF or pork barrel of Congress for the 2014 national bud-get was only realigned, but not abolished, to the budgets of the six executive agencies to implement projects, with the DPWH getting the largest share of the PDAF senators and con-gressmen. What was only banned was the prior pork barrel disbursement system of releasing it to pinpointed NGOs selected by the lawmakers to implement directly their supposed but mostly ghost projects. But the members of Congress are

still allowed to recommend their pet projects in their districts to the six executive departments that will implement their PDAF funded projects, as previously done before, but this system or practice was also usually tainted with graft and the grant of kickbacks or commissions to the representatives and senators.

But the Office of the President retains its P451-Billion discretionary funds named Special Purpose Fund plus the President’s social fund in the 2014 annual budget to be spent at the sole discretion of President Aquino without any restrictions or conditions imposed by Congress. This double standard of granting huge discre-tionary funds in the budget to the President, but disallowing the same practice to members of

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Rule-hobbled mercy Brain exercise

NI ATTY. MANING GOLO

Mora’g senador

5Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2013

The Gospel on Sunday

OCTOBER 13, 201328th Sunday in Ordinary Time

see MERCADO p. 8

Of soft and hard pork

POPE FRANCIS’ call to reach beyond small-minded rules and minister to “the lapsed, wounded and banished is “more important than an encyclical,” a Philippine Daily Inquirer editorial said. Half a world away, the Washington Post asserted that Francis call “amounted to a sort of extemporaneous encyclical.”

“Heal the wounds and seek those fallen away”, the 265th successor to Peter the Fisher-man stressed in a La Civica Cattolica interview. Or the church’s moral structure will lose the “ Gospel’s fragrance...and fall like a house of cards”.

Time magazine distills it into four themes. (a) The church must have a pastor’s heart. (b) Faith puts people over issues (c) Stop constrict-ing Christ’s message to abortion, gays and con-traception. The Gospel is not to be “reduced to aspects that, although relevant.. do not show the heart of Christ’s message”, and (d) “Develop a profound theology of women”.

“This pope is not shattering traditional doc-trine”, Vatican correspondent John Allen writes. He quotes Francis: The “teaching of the church … is clear and I am a son of the church...But it is not necessary to talk about gays, contracep-tives, abortions all the time. It is not possible”.

”Instead, this pope is trying shift emphasis away from condemnation to mercy and craft the church “as a force for tolerance”. Benedict XVI called for a smaller church of orthodox followers. Francis says the 1.2 billion-member church should be “home for all.”

“Leave reconciling the views of bishops and the pope to them,” emailed “Mang Te-ban”. “It is natural for disagreements to occur in organizations. What you are doing is to agitate Catholics”.” Benedict XVI wrote of the Church’s mission of gathering the people of God, “Francis XIII emailed.. And Francis echoed that when he said: If we let ourselves be drawn into these discussions of ...prohibitions...we (become) moralists with a few antiquated convictions, it essential to highlight the true greatness of the faith.”

Eduardo Roa wrote: “Instead of extending God’s mercy to everyone, Archbishop Ramon

Arguelles creates limits as to who God should save. This is precisely what Pope Francis re-proaches as a church all wrapped up in itself.” There is a danger in pitting the Pope against a tradition of Church ordinary teaching BgCorg cautioned. Taken out of context, atheists, ho-mosexuals, divorcees, extreme feminists can feast on skeletons! Francis was speaking about pastoral orientation to convey the Church’s and compassion, rather than doctrinal guidelines ... Indeed, “many casual observers (forget that) Christianity was founded by a subversive, troublemaking critic of ecclesiastical moral-ism, the Washinton Post said. During three years of wandering, Jesus offended just about every cleric. He called them “blind guides,” “whitewashed tombs” and “brood of vipers.”

True religion, Christ said, is not found in obedience to letter of the law; it is an affair of the heart. And this friendship with God often comes easier to the simple, powerless and outcast — children, sinners, women, Gentiles and the poor. It was a message calculated to offend legalists in every generation. Ethical religion without love is arid and misleading. Relationships — with God and your neighbor — come first. Ethics arise from a grateful and transformed heart.

Over the millennia, this strain of impatience with legalism has provided Christianity with an advantage. When the church becomes ossified, legalistic and hypocritical — as all institutions periodically do — it is the radical reformers who carry on its most authentic tradition.

This was true of the original Francis. The friar, from Assisi town, knew the power of a dramatic gesture (He once stripped naked, in the public square, to shame his materialistic father and then began a life of poverty). “In his recent interview, Pope Francis was more modest but no less ambitious. Every time he speaks, you wonder what uncomfortable truth is about to be exposed.”

Francis prioritizes the Church’s mission. “When someone injured arrives in “a field hos-

THE “PORk Barrel Fund” officially named as PDAF or “Priority Development Assis-tance Fund is the annual “lump sum” al-location provided by our laws to each of the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

In a simple comparison, consider the “pork barrel”as “pabaon” in their visits of the various communities in their political jurisdictions. They will usually encounter needs cited by the towns or Barangays they are visiting for “hard” projects or infrastructure projects like roads and bridges, additional classrooms and school buildings. The “soft” requests are for medicines or scholarship programs for deserving youth.

I now remember I wrote a long past ECHOES column about the fertilizer scam using the Pork Barrel Funds of Members of Congress in their own Congressional Districts, sadly just fake purchases of fertilizers for rice or palay. Only in rice culture can one have to apply large amount or bags of fertilizers, that is why rice farmers are the favored recipients of such “fertilizer distributions”, some only in paper. Fertilizer needs for corn or to fruit trees just need a few bags. In fact, the largest area in our country are coconut trees but their fertilizer needs are mostly plain salt. Note coconut trees near seashores are healthy and have high yields of coconuts.

Sorry for the slight detour of my thoughts. Now back to Pork Barrel Funds used by

Congress members for fake purchases of fer-tilizers for rice farmers. I stated in that past

ECHOES column about Representatives in Metro Manila using their Pork for fertilizers to be distributed to rice farmers. Are the big pot-holes in Metro Manila city streets being planted to rice? To muddle the trail, it is much faster and easier to place the Pork into fake NGO’s, some set up by Ms. Napoles, to come up with the supposed lists of fake rice farmers.

Let us stop this “paligoy-ligoy” news items about Malacañang practically having to kid-nap Ms. Napoles to get firsthand the list of the congresspersons and senators who were able to cash-in their “Pork Barrel Funds” through the fake NGOs.

In this nation, history shows tragic events of graft and corruption repeat itself. More tragic is no one will be convicted, particularly members of Congress and the Senate involved. This was reportedly the primary reason of P-Noy to get the list from Ms. Napoles in order to give the “UP YOURS” sign to the Senators and Con-gresspersons whom he considered his political opponents and a “pat on their heads to those who are his political ALLIES”, softly promising “Do not worry, Malacañang will protect you.”

Lastly, my “tambag-balibag” advice to Ms. Napoles regarding her security is that she should not trust the sumptuous meals rationed to her by Malacañang. She should only eat meals brought in by close family.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! The countdown has already began to Christmas Day.

OUR MUSCLE needs exercise, that’s a fact, but neuroscientists are increasingly show-ing that the brain needs exercise also and the right mental workouts can significantly improve our basic cognitive functions.

Thinking is essentially a process of mak-ing neural connections in the brain. However, because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intel-ligence can expand and fluctuate according to mental effort.

A Web-based company has developed the first “brain training program” designed to actu-ally help people improve and regain their mental sharpness. Called Lumosity, it was designed to exercise your mental skills and allows you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps track of your progress and provides detailed feedback on your performance and improvement. Most importantly, it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing.

In controlled clinical trials, Lumosity was shown to significantly improve basic cognitive functions. One study showed students improved their scores on math tests by 34 percent after using Lumosity.

The company says its users have reported clearer and quicker thinking, improved memory for names, numbers, directions, increased alert-ness and awareness, elevated mood, and better concentration at work or while driving.

But for many of us who hate complicated training schedules, it will be easier to get those brain cells going by doing the following:

1. Challenge your brain to learn new and novel tasks. Examples include salsa or zumba

dancing, chess, candy crush, yoga, or painting. Working with modeling clay is an especially good way for children to grow new connec-tions. It helps develop agility and hand-brain coordination, (like controlling the computer mouse with your opposite hand).

2. Travel is another good way to stimulate your brain. You can start by becoming a local tourist and then moving up to fun destinations abroad, depending upon your budget.

3. Try neurobic exercises such as getting dressed with your eyes closed or washing your hair with your eyes closed. Or you can combine two senses such as listening to music and tap-ping your fingers. Or break routines by going to work on a new route, eating with your opposite hand and shopping at another store.

4. Read, read, read. Do crossword puzzles. Play Scrabble. Start a new hobby or learn to speak a foreign language. Those are some of the activities which stimulate the brain to think. Also, avoid teleseryes because your brain, they say, goes numb (or dumb?) by watching them!

5. Walking is especially good for your brain because as you walk, you effectively oxygenate your brain. Studies of senior citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills compared to sedentary elderly people. Walking also improved their learning ability, concentration, and abstract reasoning. Stroke risk was cut by 57% in people who walked as little as 20 minutes a day.

As a final word, we must bear in mind an evolutionary adage that if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it. And naturally the immediate effect of becoming dumb and dumber.

Luke 17: 11 - 19On the way to Jerusalem he was pass-

ing along between Sama’ria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”

When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.

Then said Jesus, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”

Dear Atty. Golo,Nagool ko kay mawagtang ang SK. Ang

akong anak maoy SK Chairman sa among lungsod. Maglisod jud ko ani panggastos. Hayahay man unta sa SK kay dako ang swel-do. Wa’y problema bisan sige’g “absent” kay wiktan lang ang tresorero, kobra lagi deretso. Ang “pork barrel” maoy angay wagtangon. Unya, naa man kono’y DAP, unsa man na? Lain pod tong PDAF? Tag 50 milyon man kaha sa DAP ang gihatag sa mga senador nga me “impeach” ni Corona. Pakauwaw lang ning Senado. Maayo pa ang Senate ang e “abolish”. Ang SK wa man mangawat. Ang mga senador, minilyon ang nakawat! Maayo unta makahuman og eskwela ang akong bata. “Bright” ra ba siya liwat nako. Pilay pad pohon-pohon mahimo siyang senador.

Matinahuron, Mrs. Dawat

Dear Mrs. Dawat,Ang PDAF (Priority Development As-

sistance Fund) kon “pork barrel” tag P 200 milyon ang matag senador kada tuig. Ang DAP mao ang Disbursement Accelaration Program, tag P 50 milyon ang gihatag sa matag senador nidtong 2012, gawas sa wa moboto pag “convict” ni Chief Justice Co-rona (inquirer, 9-29-2013). Ang SK sayon wagtangon kay balaod man lang kini. Ang senado lisod tangtangon kay “constitu-tion” ang nagmugna niini (Art. VI, Sec. 1, Constitution). Ang pagdawat og kwarta nga wala servisyohi, mahog gihapon og kawat. Ayaw kagool nga ang imong anak dili na makadawat og kwarta nga kinawat. Maka-human siya nga taas ang agtang di pareha sa mga senador nga korakot, ang nawong kanunay nagmog-ot.

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

People, Places & Happenings6

Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Fdn. cites VSU for conservation programs

In the case of Maybog, it will be AFFIRE that will buy the produce from the farmers, which will in turn be sold to the DPWH. That is why the DPWH was also represented, Nierras said, to show the commitment of the agency to buy the organic materials from the grassroots source.

Pres. Benigno Aquino III recently issued an ex-ecutive order for DPWH to use geo-nets and coco-coir for anti-erosion measures along highways and critical slopes. Then, peanut grass would be planted on top to provide a living carpet which would further help stem erosion.

Nierras also urged the farmer-cooperators to have patience in twining. She said that their first produce would not be plentiful but as they master their craft, it would become easier.

“Learn strategies how to increase your output”, she said, adding that there is a family in Eastern Samar where four kids go to school during the day, while their father tends to the farm. When they come home, they twine together and earn P 6,000.00 a month “additional income” for the family.

Nierras added that if the output of MAFA would be good, that the agency will look into the possibility of giving them more twin-ing wheels and looms.

Meanwhile, vice mayor Michael L. Cari, in welcom-ing the important guests to Baybay City and the good tidings they brought, said they are happy that coco-nut is finally getting the attention of government agencies. For a long time already, he said, they have focused on promoting coco-nut, because it was plentiful in their city.

In fact, he said, during the time of his brother, Rep. Jose Carlos L. Cari, when he was still mayor, two coco-nut oil mills located at Bay-bay. Now, he pointed out, even the husk is already being processed.

Just nearby, he added, will open a coco-coir plant which will solely export their coir and peat to Main-land China. However, as a safety net for the farm-ers who are into twining and geo-net making, they have made the plant owner commit to retain a certain percentage of their husks to supply the local people for twine and geo-net pro-cessing.

During the program, the various agencies voiced their commitments. PCA said it would beef up their programs to increase yield as more nuts would mean more husks for the farm-ers; AFFIRE to buy the twine and nets from MAFA; DPWH to continue buying the nets from AFFIRE. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

BAYBAY ... from P. 1

to help him but even before he could come near, Quisugan shoots the second brother on the arm and leg. Police said an old grudge between the parties was the motive of the crime.

Lastly, one Dave Lequin, 19, was shot dead by the owner of a vulcaniz-ing shop at Apo Street, this city, just near the city hall. The incident hap-pened early morning of September 29, Sunday.

The perpetrator, Rey Sotto, sur-rendered to the police after the inci-dent but did not give up his firearm, claiming he threw it away and could not find it.

The victim was allegedly a petty thief in the area and had already been warned by the suspect not to come near his shop. However, that early morning, the victim was seen loitering near the vulcanizing shop. An argu-ment erupted between the two and ended up with the victim’s shooting.

The victim’s guardian, one Sal-vador Mauring, told police the young man may not have a very savory record but killing him just because he was loitering around the area was inhumane. With a report from Paul Libres

SHOOTING ... from P. 2

Republic of the Philippines Province of Samar

Municipality of Sto. Nino OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR Publication Notice

R.A. 10172NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Date: October 2, 2013 In compliance with Section 7 of R.A.

10172, notice is hereby served to the public that KEYMEE EBARDONE CABEL-ING was filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of KEYMEE EBARDONE CABELING, who was born on December 29, 1985, at Brgy. Tahit, Sto. Nino, Samar and whose parents are Ermito Cabeling and Juana Ebardone.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later that______.

(SGD.) SIMEON N. PARINGIT, JR. Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, & 7-13, 2013rrr

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR Municipality of ALMAGRO, SAMAR

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with the publication re-

quirement 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) / Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that DALVI DIESPE DAANG has filed with this Office a petition for CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN SEX from MALE to FEMALE in the Certificate of Live Birth of DALVI DIESPE DAANG born on November 18, 1975 at the Municipality of ALMAGRO, Samar and whose parents are DALMACIO DAANG and VICTORIA DIESPE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition my file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than two weeks.

(Sgd.) NELIDA C. BERNALES Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, & 7-13, 2013rrr

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late REMEDIOS BE-SOTANEO re a parcel of land designated as Lot 5329, Cad 817-D, situated at Brgy. Malajog, Tinambacan Dist., Calbayog City, covered by TD No. 99-03006-01008 was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of MARIA LOURDES Y. TAYAB per Doc. No. 222153334; Book No. XL; Series of 2011 of Notary Public Noel E. Masecampo. EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14-20, 2013

Dr. Renezita S. Come, Dean of VSU’s College of Forestry and Environmental Science, receiving the Certificate of Recognition from Dr. Paciencia P. Milan, Chairperson of PTFCF. Photo courtesy of PTFCF.

BAYBAY CITY - The Phil-ippine Tropical Forest Con-servation Foundation, Inc. (PTFCF) recognized its part-nership with the Visayas State University (VSU) in their in forestry conservation projects nationwide.

PTFCF presented a Cer-tificate of Recognition to VSU recently “for developing forest conservation approaches that restore forests and benefit forest-dependent communi-ties” during the 10th Anni-versary of the Tropical Forest Conservation Fund (TFCF) in the Philippines Fellowship and Recognition Night held recently at the Diamond Hotel in Manila.

Dr. Renezita S. Come, Dean of the College of For-estry and Environmental Sci-ence, received the certificate in behalf of VSU President Jose L. Bacusmo.

The occasion was graced by the United States Ambassa-dor to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas, Jr., keynote speaker and Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resourc-es (DENR) Undersecretary Demetrio Ignacio, Jr.

The PTFCF, under the chairmanship of Dr. Paciencia P. Milan, former president of VSU, was established under two bilateral “debt-for-nature swap” agreements between the governments of the Republic of the Philippines and the

United States of America, au-thorized under the U.S. Tropi-cal Forest Conservation Act. These agreements, signed on September 19, 2002, leveraged $41.5 million in Philippine-U.S. debt, diverting $8.25 million in peso-denominated interest payments over 14 years to a fund dedicated to forest conservation. These agreements also established the PTFCF to implement the fund, working with civil soci-ety organizations to improve the status of Philippine forests.

Other key partners from various civil society organiza-

tions, government agencies, and the private sectors that were also recognized for their contributions to forest conservation in the country included: Xavier Agricultural Extension Services (XAES), Former Isabela Governor/Comelec Commissioner Grace Padaca, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Palawan NGO Network, Inc. (PNNI), Rain Forest Res-toration Initiative (RFRI), Concepcion Durables, Inc., and Energy Development Corporation (EDC). By Je-sus Freddy Baldos

PALO, LEYTE – The Or-moc City Police Office here received 40 brand new Glock 17 9mm pistols, all made in Austria, on Monday (Sep-tember 30) in a distribution led PNP regional director Ch. Supt. Elmer Soria and police director for logistics Gil J. Hitosis held at the Matapat Hall at Camp Ru-perto kangleon, this town.

Present to receive Ormoc’s share was City councilor Vin-cent Rama, chairman of the peace and order committee and brother-in-law of Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez of the 4th district of Leyte, and police city director Sr. Supt. Elizar Egloso.

Rama, in a text message, said the OCPO was lucky to get 40 Glocks, the biggest share of 72 Glocks distributed that day. Aside from the guns, the OCPO also received 150 pairs of spanking, brand new police shoes.

Baybay City, on the other hand, got 10. Baybay City Mayor Carmen L. Cari re-ceived the handguns in behalf of her city.

Soria, in his speech, said that policemen with the ranks of PO1 to P03 who passed the firearms proficiency and maintenance tests conducted by the PNP Training Service in the region, were the prior-ity recipients of the handguns.

The PNP regional office actually received 595 brand new pistols under the PNP’s Capability Enhancement Pro-gram (CEP). 55 were used

Ormoc, Baybay receive handguns, shoes for its cops

Ormoc councilor Vince Rama (in white) pose with Ormoc cops led by Sr. Supt. Elizar Egloso during the distribution rites.

as training pistols while the remaining pistols were dis-tributed to other parts of the region.

The Glocks are part of some 74,879 handguns pur-chased by the Aquino admin-istration to equip the country’s police. In the past, some cops have to buy their own hand-guns just to have one.

Police director for logistics Hitosis explained that under his watch, they bought the handguns for only P 16,569.94 each, a far cry from a previ-ous planned purchase of the same guns for the P 40,940.00 each. He said that by making sure the purchase price was the lowest, the PNP saved P 200,082,854.24 from the arms deal alone. By LMJ

Baybay mayor Carmen L. Cari with Ormoc councilor Vince Rama as the waited for the distribution ceremonies to start.

ONE OF Ormoc’s most eligible bachelor is no more. He is very much married and got hitched at an en grande wedding at the Cebu Cathedral, followed by a sumptu-

The day Ormoc lost one of its most eligible bachelors

ous reception at the Radisson Blu. He is “Lloyd” Lawrence Chu, 34, whose business acu-

men is legendary among friends. He apparently gets it from his dad, Loreto or “Loloy”, and mom Lina, who are into various business concerns. The lady who caught his heart is Michelle Go, 32, an accountant. She is the daughter of Jackson and Segundina Go.

Lloyd’s cousin Wendell Chu played Cupid for the two, introducing them around two years ago.

Finally, after dating for two years, Lloyd and Michelle decided to tie the knot on September 15 in a wedding officiated by Msgr. John Du, archbishop of Palo and

A BIG FILIPINO-CHINESE CATHOLIC WEDDING. Photos on top show the groom kissing the bride tenderly. Beside was the traditional dinner between both families during the engagement. Last on the right are the maids of honor and bridesmaids. Below, Lloyd with Mom Lina and Sis Leslie Ann. Middle, Michelle had to walk backwards the stairs during the traditional Chinese gift-giving party. She is assisted by her Mom Segundina. Last on the right is Lloyd posing before the gifts he received from the bride’s family.

Due to lack of space, the continuation of the coverage of the Sto. Pio Exposition Pilgrimage is moved to next week. Watch out also for a special feature on OT. - LMJ

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Ina’s Household Tips

By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez

Steps in Organizing your

DrawerWHilE BROWsiNg, my hubby chanced upon this and showed it to me. Hmm, nice way of telling me that it’s about time I fix my drawer. Hope you find this helpful as I did.

Dump out the drawer. Find a big, open surface – either a floor or a big table where you can dump ev-erything out and sort it into piles. Make the piles into “like” items, where the tools go together and all of the craft items have their own pile. Separate miscellaneous items so you don’t end up with another junk pile.

Once your junk drawer is completely empty, give the drawer a quick wipe down with a moist paper towel. Try using a multi-purpose cleaner and spray the inside of the drawer a few times.

Take all of the pens you find in the junk drawer and test them out on a scratch piece of paper. There’s no need to keep pens that are out of ink, so immediately throw them out. Pens rarely hold sentimental value, so no excuses for keeping them!

Another common item for junk drawers is take-out menus. Go through them and pile them together before placing them in a simple manila folder so they won’t move around in the drawer.

Purchase drawer organizers. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes so you can choose the best one to fit the size of your drawer. Go to any home goods store or organizational store to purchase the organiz-ers. The organizers come in plastic, bamboo, silver, and many other styles and colors to match your decor. The organizers are also stackable so you can oftentimes slide the organizers or move them around on top of one another.

Take all of your tools and place them back into your purchased organizers by the type of item. Put all of the larger items (tools, etc.) in the larger compartments and place the smaller ones (pens, etc.) in a smaller one.

For all of the tiny items that are hard to compart-mentalize (tacks, paperclips, batteries) place them in Ziploc bags by type. Alternatively, use small boxes like little butter tubs. Test out the batteries and recycle any out that no longer work.

Put all of the loose change in a piggy bank. It’s OK to have a lot of pennies and dimes, just as long as they’re grouped together and have their own space. When the piggy bank gets too full you can go to a coin machine at your local supermarket (try Coinstar or, better yet, take your coins to your bank where their machine can count them for free) and change it to bills.

Enjoy your tidy new drawer. From this point on, it’s essential to return everything to its place. If it doesn’t have a place, think twice about dumping it in – per-haps disposal, recycling, or a different storage space are better options

source: www.wikihow.comFor more tips, you can watch Ina’s Household Tips

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.

  Robinsons MUSIC SCENE

YEAR 3!THEY sAY that music is one number one av-enue of expressing one’s self. That is the rea-son why Robinsons Place Tacloban continues to look for local talents who have the passion and the talent for music.

Now on its third installment, Robinsons Music Scene is here once again to cater Taclobanon local musicians’ hunger for self expression and to de-termine who among these local artists have what it takes to win the Robinsons Music Scene Grand Winner title!

Calling to all music enthusiasts out there, now is your time to show the world your great power when it comes to singing and playing music, the acoustic way!

This contest is open to all musicians, ages 16-24 years old. Just form an acoustic band of 3-6 members and fill-out the application form available at the Marketing Communications Department at Level 2, Robinsons Place Tacloban. First elimination round will kick-off on October 27 at the Annex Area!

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The day Ormoc lost one of its most eligible bachelors

ous reception at the Radisson Blu. He is “Lloyd” Lawrence Chu, 34, whose business acu-

men is legendary among friends. He apparently gets it from his dad, Loreto or “Loloy”, and mom Lina, who are into various business concerns. The lady who caught his heart is Michelle Go, 32, an accountant. She is the daughter of Jackson and Segundina Go.

Lloyd’s cousin Wendell Chu played Cupid for the two, introducing them around two years ago.

Finally, after dating for two years, Lloyd and Michelle decided to tie the knot on September 15 in a wedding officiated by Msgr. John Du, archbishop of Palo and

three other priests. Visitors from Ormoc who attended the wedding and

reception raved how the bride was radiant and glowing in her Philip Rodriguez gown. Mommy Lina Chu said the whole ensemble for the ladies were designed by Rodriguez as well. Philip Rodriguez is one of Cebu’s leading designers.

The reception, meanwhile, was impressive. Mrs. Julie Martinez-Torres, Lina Chu’s best friend and mom of Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez said they thoroughly enjoyed the reception. “There was never a dull moment”, she said.

To Lloyd and Michelle, cheers!!!

A BIG FILIPINO-CHINESE CATHOLIC WEDDING. Photos on top show the groom kissing the bride tenderly. Beside was the traditional dinner between both families during the engagement. Last on the right are the maids of honor and bridesmaids. Below, Lloyd with Mom Lina and Sis Leslie Ann. Middle, Michelle had to walk backwards the stairs during the traditional Chinese gift-giving party. She is assisted by her Mom Segundina. Last on the right is Lloyd posing before the gifts he received from the bride’s family.

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VIEW FROM ORMOC ... from P. 4

POTPOURRI ... from P. 4

MARCOS ... from P. 4

With P 50-million plunked down on its operations coming from around 30,000 registered electric consumers, the need to have the consent of every one of us who has a stake with the P 50-million is imperative. We have gone from being mere taxpay-ers to “owners” of ORWASA.

Second, the last time I checked, ORWASA posted an income of P 27-million in 2011 and P 23.4-million in 2010 (these are from the COA annual audit report, too). That’s around P 2-million a month. Do we really spend that much to maintain our water district or are some of the income being used to payroll people who are not even working at the water district – like political coordinators, or those crowding a single table 4 is to 1?

It should naturally follow that after spending half-a-billion pesos, including OUR P 50-million, we should have more or less an efficient water system and that we should not be spending much on it already, including on human resource.

Anyway, let’s just go back to the original premise. Even if it may be argued that we HAVE TO increase our water rates already because it is the cheapest in the whole world (sounds like gaya-gaya, puto-maya to me though), it is my stand as a part-owner of ORWASA that the matter of OUR P 50-million electric subsidies has to be set right first before we can move on to that issue. Nothing more, nothing less. ☺

while musing a case or analyzing a situation. This corner knew how Sen. Jinggoy came into view for being

the son of Erap, the President that was deposed after an aborted impeachment. Jinggoy became Mayor of San Juan City for three terms. He was elevated to the Senate due largely to his mesmer-izing father, Erap. This corner moaned at first when Jinggoy be-came Senator. He is now on his second term but his performance was lackluster, to say the least. It was when he recently made a privileged speech that may have marked him as a statesman worth his salt. He must have been impelled with some degree of patriotism when he practically “spilled the beans” on his fellow Senators. For sure, there will be plenty of developments from the other Senators who felt alluded to. Henceforth, there will be sleepless nights for the whole brood of them.

The same applies to the Lower House because the whole caboodle received “pork barrel.” It seems it was not a good idea in the first place. This corner agrees with the view of some oth-ers to make all our Legislators concentrate in making laws. Let the government take care of development. We seem to have a penchant of making shortcuts and lose sight of the original intent.

It was nice while it lasted: the matter of pork barrel. Let those who misplaced their allocations be made to answer for them. This is wholesale theft of the highest order. Let the COA (Commission on Audit) put the goods on them who took part in this grand larceny. They have no place in our society. The secret of Mao Tse Tung of China when asked how Communism succeeded there was to ‘make the people poor.’

Are the Legislators involved in the pork barrel scam copy-ing Chairman Mao by making us all poor? Pity Juan de la Cruz. Pity the rank and file Pinoy. Must we have to be paupers and impoverished without end. For my part, let me enjoy the fruits of my labor without a dirty hand making magic. Must the Filipino be made to carry a much heavier burden than he can take? Let us not wait for what happened to France when they could no longer carry on.

pital after battle, you don’t treat his high cholesterol. You heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.” There is a Catholic theological term for this: the “hierarchy of truths.” Not every truth has equal weight or urgency.

This Pope’s insight on the priority of the person is among the most radical implications of Christian faith. To God, human beings are equal and completely loved. They can’t be reduced to ethical object lessons. Their dignity runs deeper than their failures.

So Francis observed: “Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person? We must always consider the person.”

This teaching — to always consider the person — was disorienting from the beginning. The outsiders get invited to the party. The prodigal is given the place of honor. The pious complain about their shocking treatment. The gatekeepers find the gate shut to them.

It is subversive to all respectable religious order --- which is precisely the point. With Francis, the argument gains a new hearing.

MERCADO ... from P. 5

Congress, was defended by Palace officials by pointing out that the President has not been reported to have misused his discre-tionary and social funds and he is not involved in any anomalous activities in the disbursement of his funds. So it may be okay with this president to be given the privilege and leeway in using these special funds since it is pointed out that he is observed to follow a narrow and straight path in his governance up to now. But how about the future incoming presidents in the future after his term, will they follow the same strict and straight standards? What if the next president has the same abusive power-tripping attitude and low moral standards as the previous one? Also, can Pres. Aquino assure the people that his subordinates and mem-bers of his executive team will follow also the same strict and straight path he has set for his administration in implementing his programs using the large discretionary funds allocated to his Office? These issues should be resolved soon by Congress and the executive department.

These special discretionary funds of Malacañang are even augmented by another P72-Billion fund invented and created by DBM Secretary Butch Abad called the Disbursement Ac-celeration Program (DAP) and it was used by the Office of the President and DBM to augment funds for some projects/programs and even to augment the funds of members of the Senate and the House. This DAP fund from supposed savings was used to give additional P50-Million to P100-M each to the pork barrel of Senators and P15-M each to the congressmen released after the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Senator Miriam Santiago said that the creation of the DAP fund by Sec. Abad is unconstitutional since it did not pass thru and approved by Congress which only has the sole power to pass appropriations measures and to authorize items of expenditure in the budget. She also analyzed being a former trial judge that the act of giving the additional P50-M pork barrel fund to Senators and P15-M to congressmen after the impeachment of Chief Justice Corona is bribery under the terms of the Revised Penal Code. Even if the additional disbursements were not done before the impeachment or immediately afterwards, even just a promise of a reward and done much later is also bribery said Sen. Santiago. But she added how can an impeachment against Pres. Aquino can now prosper since he controls both houses and after the pro-impeachment senators received their additional “gifts” from DBM. Santiago however asked for the resignation of Sec. Abad from his post for this act.

This issue and debate on the pork barrel funds of Congress and the President shall continue to boil and explode until the next national election in 2016 and the term of the President ends since these pork barrel funds in the government are also very sensitive political funds to fuel the election bids of both the allies and opponents of this administration.

Director Ed Belas, who said he had already ordered his staff to look into the matter. He added the amount could be an “electric bill”.

For their part, Jing Oli-va when reached through his cellphone, said he had already vacated the Super-dome. He is already renting the salon of Imelda Heaven Spa and Salon.

He added that he has no intention of turning his back on his obligation to the City, but added he had to vacate the premises so that the penalty charges would stop. “The interest (penalty charge) is even bigger than the monthly rent”, he said, that is why his delinquency ballooned to so much. He added he tried haggling with the City Treasurer’s office to give them a re-prieve but was told it was a system-generated bill and they cannot condone the interest without legal basis. Oliva said that his rental rate at the Superdome was P 5,000.00 a month.

The same was appar-ently Mabel Española’s problem, too. In text mes-sages to the EV Mail, she said that her problems with the rent started after her husband, Niño, was shot as they were closing their store a few years back. He would be hospitalized for a few days before expiring, and ran a huge bill in the process.

Mabel admits that she practically neglected her business at that time be-cause of depression. Then, she and her daughter would get sick one after the other.

She tried coping up with their delinquencies

but said it was almost im-possible “because of the 3 percent interest. All my payments tua ra sa interest mabayad. The only way ma stop ang interest kun mag close ko”, she said.

She added she will close shop on November 7 and is still in a quandary where to relocate.

Fact-finding, not fault-finding

Councilor Vince Rama, in his committee report, emphasized that what his committee was doing was a “fact-finding” and not “fault-finding”.

His committee met with the responsible personnel or managers of the City’s four ‘economic enterprises’ twice, on September 3 and 18. They also based some of their data on the demand letters sent by Atty. Irene Resurreccion to delinquent stallholders dated July 11.

The committee met with Ormoc Superdome manager Alvin Racaza, Or-moc water district manager Engr. Gervacio Germano, Ormoc Public Market ad-ministrator Gabriel Ray-

mundo and Ormoc Slaugh-terhouse Dr. Jose Arnel Corong.

He said the purpose was to give “Ormocanons a bird’s eye view of the Local Government, its dynamics and the reality at hand”. He added that in the process, they “opened a Pandora’s boz of problems that the City has had and will need to solve head-on if the City wants to be consistent” in giving Ormocanons better public service. All economic enterprises

“losing” Rama said the commit-

tee observed that the “most common problem” of the so-called economic enter-prises were they all seemed to be “losing and not mak-ing money anymore. In fact, the City has to subsidize at some point.”

Secondly, he said, there seemed to be a “confu-sion” as to the roles of the responsible personnel. It was learned that during the committee hearings, the involved personnel pointed fingers at somebody else, even if their job descriptions stipulated their functions.

Specific recommendationsCouncilor Rama said

that after getting to the bottom of the problems, he is recommending that for the Ormoc Superdome, that the provisions on its lease contracts are revis-ited to include discounts and creation of permanent positions for plumber and carpenter to do regular maintenance jobs.

Currently, the MP Ban-tasan Construction and Allied Services has been awarded two contracts to repair the ground floor comfort rooms. One con-tract of P 2,086,724.50 was awarded on Feb. 21, 2013. Another P 1,058,097.60 for the “supply and installation of Phenolic Board Toilet and Urinal Partitions” was awarded on June 25, 2013, just as the old administra-tion was about to exit. All in all, the repair of the ground floor comfort rooms cost the city P 3.144-million, with the former already delayed by 50 days as of June 31, 2013, per interim report submitted by the Commis-sion on Audit to new mayor Edward Codilla.

Rama also made some recommendations to im-prove the performance of the other economic enter-prises.

SUPERDOME ... from P. 1

Mister: Hon. Asa man tong cheese nga gipapalit nako nimo?

Misis: Naa sa lamesa. Mister: Floorwax man lagi ni?!Misis: Cheese na oi. Ako lang gisuwatan ug ‘Floor

wax’ para dili kitkiton sa ilaga. Wais no?

9Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2013 NOTICESRepublic 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

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the property of the late VICTORIA F. FEDEL-RABE re a Lot 50-remaining 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

Extra-Judicial Partition and Quitclaim NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

property of the late EMIELIA QUILANTANG-MERALLES re a parcel of land designated as Lot 5, Block 1, Psd-08-009686-D, being a portion of Lot 5293-C-2-B-4, Psd-08-001842, situated in Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City, containing an area of 139 sq. m. covered by TCT NO. 32159 was partitioned among her heirs and waived in favor of LILY CELERINA MIRALLES – ANGALA per Doc. No. 36; Page No. 08; Book No. XXXVI; Series of 2011 of Notary Public Faustino Tumamak, Jr. EV Mail Sept. 23-29, 30 – Oct. 6, & 7-13, 2013

Extra-Judicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

property of the late SPS. JUAN S. YMAS and ROSITA A. YMAS re a parcel of land, denomi-nated as Lot No. 5, Psd-08-000549-D, situated in Brgy. Sto. Niño, Ormoc City, containing an area of 5,859 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 33841 was partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 655; Page No. 127; Book No. LXXVI; Serial of 2013 of Notary Public Ruben R. Capahi. EV Mail Sept. 23-29, 30- Oct. 6, & 7- 13, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

properties of the late SPS. SIMFROSO T. ALONZO and JUANA P. ALONZO re portion of 132.50 sq. m. of a parcel of land Lot 1764-C-2, situated in Barrio Ipail, Ormoc City, containing an area of 265 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 12357 ; Lot 2 situated in Barrio San Antonio, Ormoc City, containing an area of 21,258 sq. m., covered by TCT No. 9166; Lot 1776-A, containing an area of 7,364 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6243 ; land designated as Lot 7, Block 5, containing an area of 109 sq. m., covered by 51910 were settled and partitioned among their heirs per Doc. 443; Page No. 89; Book No. CCCXXXIX; Series of 2012. EV Mail Sept. 23-29, 30- Oct. 6, & 7- 13, 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 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.

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 Degonio-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”)

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-------------xORDER

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 rendered 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 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, TaclobanCity. 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 East-ern 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, and the Social Worker of this court, Norie Villero 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 petitioner and his 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 19th day of August 2013 at Bulwagan Ng

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

Assisting Judge YUD: moc

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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 Degonio-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

Executive Judge EV Mail Sept. 16-22, 23-29, & 30- Oct. 6, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Branch 10 Eighth Judicial Region

Abuyog, Leyte CIVIL CASE No. 623

FOR: QUIETING OF TITLE REYCONVEYANCE OF OWN-ERSHIP, ETC.

HEIRS OF MANUEL TABADA, SR. Namely: LEONARDO A. TABADA, ANACORITA TABADA –FORTICH

RODRIGO TABADA, MANUEL TABADA JR. and

JUDITO TABADA, Plaintiffs, -versus-

HEIRS OF NICOMEDES FLORENDO and CORAZON FLORENDO

Namely: NYMPHA D. FLORENDO, JENNY LYNN FLO-RENDO and NIFLEDA D. FLORENDO

Defendants, x-----------------x

SUMMONS (By Publication)

To: JENNY LYNN FLORENDO135 S. Drillion Street, Los Angeles, California, CA 90057 USA NIFLEDA D. FLORENDOPathology Department, Western Visayas Medical Center, Manduriao, Iloilo City GREETINGS:

You are hereby required within Sixty (60) days after service of this summons upon you to file with this Court and serve on plaintiffs your answer to the Amended Complaint, copy of which is hereto attached with annexes.

You are 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 defense in the answer. If you fail to answer within the time fixed, the Amended Complaint will take judgment by default and may be granted the relief applied for in the Amended Complaint.

WITNESS my hand under the seal of this Court this 5th day of September 2013, at Abuyog, Leyte.

(Sgd.) Isagani S. Espada Clerk of Court VI

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Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In Compliance with the publication re-

quirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implemen-tation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) / Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that LILA BOCA MAGAN SALES has filed with this Office, a petition for CORRECTION OF A CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN SEX from MALE to FEMALE in the Certificate of live birth of LILA BOCA MAGAN at Calbayog City, Samar and whose parents are ZOSIMO C. MAGAN and MARINA S. BOCA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than July 25, 2013.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar

Name of Newspaper : Eastern Visayas Mail Place of Publication : Calbayog City, Samar Date of Publication: EV Mail Sept. 23-29, & 30- Oct. 6, 2013

rrrRepublic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

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

Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ALBERT JOHN OSTAYA PLATITAS petitioner, has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from ALVIN to ALBERT JOHN in the Certificate of Live Birth of ALVIN OSTAYA PLATITAS who was born on De-cember 06, 1989 at CALBAYOG CITY, SAMAR and whose parents are ALLAN R. PLATITAS and JOSEPHINE M. OSTAYA bearing registry number 89-01001.

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

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar

EV Mail Sept. 23-29, & 30- Oct. 6, 2013rrr

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

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

Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that FLOYD JOSE ALIMAN ROSALES, petitioner, has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from FLOYD to FLOYD JOSE in the Certificate of Live Birth of FLOYD ALIMAN ROSALES who was born on August 12, 1971 at ACEDILLO ST., CAL-BAYOG CITY, SAMAR and whose parents are CLEMENTE ROSALES and BASILISA ALIMAN bearing registry under 311.

Any person adversely affected by said petition my file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than September 30, 2013.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar

EV Mail Sept. 23-29, & 30- Oct. 6, 2013rrr

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the

properties of the late IGNACIO YBALAN re a parcel of land located at Magsaysay Blvd., Central, Calbayog city, covered by TD No. 99-01007-00872, containing an area of 92.25 sq. m.; and one storey Building, covered by TD No. 99-01007-00889, containing an area of 29.52 sq. m. were settled among his heirs and sold in favor of CHRISTIAN F. TAN married to HONEY M. TAN per Doc. No. 104; Page No. 21; Book No. XXXI; Series 2013 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Sept. 23-29, 30- Oct. 6, & 7-13, 2013

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 SUPREME COURT

Eight Judicial Region Regional Trial Court

Branch 17 Palompon, Leyte

SP. PROC.CASE NO. R-PAL -13-0395-SP

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR KAITLYN ALESSA YAON

SPOUSES LOUIS AUGUST LAURENT JR. and ERWINA ARAZA YAON-LAURENT

Petitioner./---------------/

ORDER A verified petition for Adoption of minor Kaitlyn Alessa

Yaon has been filed with this Court by the petitioners Spouses Louis August Laurent Jr. and Erwina Araza Yaon-Laurent, through their counsel, Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo, pray-ing that after due publication, notice and hearing, judgement be rendered granting the instant Petition for Adoption and that KAITLYN ALESSA YAON be considered as an adoptee of the petitioners, her name be changed to KAITLYN ALESSA Y. LAURENT and to issue an Order in accordance with Section 16 of the Rule on Adoption (A.M. No. 02-6-02-SC).

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 the Petition and of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 8, Tacloban, City which is hereby ordered to conduct and submit a case study of the child to be adopted, the natural parents and the adopting parents. Furnish also a copy of this Order to the Office of the City Civil Registrar of Ormoc City, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Palompon, Leyte, Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, Atty. Elroy Raymund Bertulfo and the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Given in Chambers this 24th day of September, 2013 at

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

Presiding Judge Copy furnished: 1. Atty. Elroy Raymund Bertulfo – Torres Bugallon, Pob. Del Sur, Villaba, Leyte 2. The Office of the Solicitor General 3. Office of the Provincial Prosecutor 4. The Chief, DSWD, Region 8, Tacloban City 5. The Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Palompon, Leyte 6. Sps. Louis August Laurent, Jr. and Erwina Araza Yaon- Laurent- Palompon, Leyte 7. The Office of the City Civil Registrar of Ormoc City 8. EV Mail- Ormoc EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013

Deed of Extra-Judicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the

property of the late FORTUNATA SERDEÑA, and AGRIPINO SERDEÑA re a parcel of land, desig-nated as Lot No. 4231, C-11, Cad 638-D, located at Anahaw, Hindang, Leyte, covered by OCT No. P-57214, and TD No. 08-15003-00519, containing an area of 1,501 sq. m. was settled among their heirs and sold in favor of MARISSA D. DOLOROSA per Doc. No. 35; Page No. 8; Book No. XXI; Series of 2011 of Notary Public. Efren B. Mendoza. EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication with Deed of Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SPS. ANTONIO D. LAURENTE and ROSITA M. LAURENTE re a parcel of land Located at Lake Danao, Ormoc City, containing an area of 6.0000 hectares under TD No. 00022-00031, Cadastral Lot No. 10851 was adjudicated unto himself by ROBERTO M. LAURENTE and sold in favor of EDGAR P. CATINGUB per Doc. No. 90; Page No. 18; Book No. XXIII; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Ari g. Larrazabal. EV Mail Sept.

30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013 Extra-Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

property of the late CONRADO MENDOZA, JR. re a parcel of land designated as Lot 2373-B-56, contain-ing an area of 157 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 30440 and TD No. 00048-01790, situated in Brgy. Linao, Ormoc City was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 406; Page No. 82; Book No. III; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Maria Kim O. Marquez- Juban. EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013

10 Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2013NOTICESRepublic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region

Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte CASE NO. R-PAL-13-002-EJF

FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE

RURAL BANK OF MATAG-OB(LEYTE) INC., represented by its Manager MR. REYNALDO D. CAPANGPANGAN

Mortgagee-Petitioner, -versus-

SPS. CELSO ELORDE JR. AND ROSALINDA ELORDE Mortgagor- Respondent.

x--------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE AND

SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135,

as amended, which was filed by Mortgagee/ Petitioner Rural Bank of Matag-ob (Leyte) Inc. represented by its Manager Mr. Reynaldo D. Capangpangan, with residence at Matag-ob, Leyte against Mortgagor/Respondent SPS. CELSO ELORDE JR. AND ROSALINDA ELORDE with postal address at Brgy. Abijao, Villaba, Leyte, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness in the amount of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P400,000.00), Philippine Currency, exclusive of penalties, expenses charges, Attorney’s Fees, expenses of the Foreclosure, Sheriff’s Lawful Fees and expenses for conducting PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, the undersigned Sheriff under the supervi-sion of the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff of the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte will sell at public auction on October 25, 2013 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning soon thereafter at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte to the highest bidder, for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following properties with all its improvements thereon, to wit:

PARCEL 1: “A parcel of residential land together with all improve-

ments thereon, situated at Brgy. Abijao, Municipality of Villaba, Leyte. Bounded on the N., byAss. Lot No. 009, Cad. Lot No. 2129; on the S., by Ass. Lot No. 021 Cad. Lot No. 2134;, on E., by Lot No. 019 Cad. Lot No. 2131; on the W. by Brgy. Road; containing an area of Eighty Two (82) Square meters, more or less, covered under Tax Declaration No. 02-41003-00740 with an assessed value of P2,810.00.”

PARCEL 2: “A parcel of residential land together with all improve-

ments thereon situated at Brgy. Abijao, Municipality of Villaba, Leyte. Bounded on the N., by Ass. Lot No. 010, Cad. Lot No. 2129; on the S., by Ass. Lot No. 018 Cad. Lot No. 2132; on the E., by Ass. Lot No. 0250, Cad. Lot No. 2133; On the West by Ass. Lot No. 009,020,021, Cad. Lot No. 2134, 2130, 2129…, containing an area of Sixty Two (62) square meters, more or less covered under Tax Declaration No. 02-41003-00741 with an assessed value of P2,130.00.”

RESIDENTIAL HOUSE: Tax Declaration Nos. 02-41003-00735, 02-41303-00740 and 02-41003-007 under the names of the Spouses Celso Jr and Rosalinda Elorde.

“A Two (2) storey residential building with three (3) bed-rooms, balcony and garage, erected on the under Tax Declara-tion No. 02-41003-00735, situated in Brgy. Abijao, Municipality of Villaba, Leyte, constructed of concrete walling with a total floor area of 169.50 square meters, (for the 1st floor 120.27 sq. m. and the 2nd floor with a floor area of 49.23 sq. meter), with an assessed value of P440,070.00.”

PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTIES IF ANY THERE BE.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on November 8, 2013 without further notice.

Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte, Philippines, September 27, 2013.

(Sgd.) JIPSON L. ABAYON Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: Rural Bank of Matag-ob(Leyte) Inc. Brgy. Abijao, Villaba, Leyte Sps. Celso Elorde Jr. and Rosalind Elorde Rep. By: Reynaldo D. Capangpangn Matag-ob, Leyte

WARNING IT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED TO REMOVE, DEFACE,

OR DESTROY THIS NOTICE OF SALE ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF SALE.

EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court

Eight Judicial Branch 17

Palompon, Leyte SP. PROC. CASE NO.

R-PAL-13-0396-SP NC NO. PAL-13-09-002

IN RE: APPLICATION FOR NOTARIAL COMMISSION IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE

JUDGE DANTE LUZ VIACRUCIS (Ret.) Petitioner.

x-----------------------xNOTICE OF HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a summary hearing on the petition for notarial commission of ATTY. DANTE LUZ VIA-CRUCIS shall be held on October 29, 2013 at the Regional Trial Court Branch 17, Hall of Justice Palompon, Leyte at 8:30 in the morning. Any person who has any cause or reason to object to the grant of the petition may file a verified written opposition thereto, received by the undersigned before the date of the summary hearing.

September 30, 2013, Palompon, Leyte . (Sgd.) MARIO O. QUINIT

Executive Judge Copy furnished;

1. Atty. Dante Luz Viacrucis – Palompon, Leyte 2. EV Mail Ormoc City 3. File EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE 8th Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT Tacloban City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHER-IFF OF LEYTE EJF No. 3675

IN RE: Petition for Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real State Mortgage under Act No. 3135, As amended

METRO ORMOC COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE (OCCI) Mortgagee,

-versus- SPS. MA. SUZIE PASAGUI AND REYNALDO PASAGUI

Mortgagor x-------------x

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE UNDER ACT 3135, AS AMENDED

Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135, as Amended filed by METRO ORMOC COMMUNITY COOP-ERATIVE (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch, against Sps. MA. SUZIE PASAGUI AND REYNALDO PASAGUI, both of legal age, Filipino, and residents of District II, Poblacion, Pastrana Leyte, Mortgagor, to SATISFY the Mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013, amounted to TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX PESOS AND 87/100 (Php2,319,586.87) Philip-pine Currency, excluding Penalties, Charges, Attorney’s Fees, expenses for the Foreclosure, and Sheriff’s Lawful Fees thereof, the UNDERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION on October 29, 2013 at 9:00 in the morning or soon thereafter, at the REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Magsay-say Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for Cash and in Philippine Currency, the following Real Properties/ Personal Properties, with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

LIST OF MORTGAGED PROPERTIES: 1. DECLARATION OF REAL PROPERTY A parcel of land located at Rizal St. District II Munici-

pality of Pastrana, Province of Leyte, described as follows: Bounded on the:

North Res. House erected on the South., Land of Rey-naldo Pasagui on the

East., Lot#418, Declared in the name of Reynaldo Pasagui, of Pastrana, Leyte

2. 1 UNIT RICE MILL MACHINERY Located in the same property.

PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES, HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on November 06, 2013 on the same time and place without further notice.

Tacloban City, September 04, 2013. FOR THE CLERK OF COURT

& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF (Sgd.) JOSE P. CABCABIN

Sheriff IV EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14-20, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-13-00015-FC For:

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUR OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE under Act 3135

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-IBIG Fund),

Mortgagee, -versus-

FRANCISCO P. TAN, JR., Mortgagor.x------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE Upon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135

filed by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund), Tacloban Regional Office, Tacloban City against Francisco P. Tan jr. to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 8, 2013 amounts to Two Million Five Hundred Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Two Two Pesos & 89/100 only (P2,508,332.89), including interest and penalties but excluding attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on October 31, 2013 at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Ormoc City to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements located thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 40870 Register of Deeds of Ormoc City

“A parcel of land (Lot 4-A-2 of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0168-68-D, being a portion of Lot 4-A, Psd-08-016716-D, LRC Rec. No. 1461 etc). Situated in the Barangay of San Antonio, City of Ormoc, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the NE., point 1-2 by Lot 4-A-1 of the subdivision plan, on the SE., points 2-3 by Lot 4-A-4, of the subdivision. Point 3-4 by Lot 4-A-3 of the subdivision plan on the NW point 4.1 by 4-B, Psd-08-016716-D. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan being N. 42 eg. 38’W., 148.14 m. from BBM No. 59. Cad-256, Ormoc Cad; thence S. 46 deg. 44’E., 24.73 m. to point 2; thence S. 42 deg. 03’W., 23.97 m. to point 3; thence N. 46 deg. 41’W., 25.37 m. to point 4; thence N. 43 deg. 35’E., 23.94 m. to point of beginning; containing an area of SIX HUNDRED (600) square meters, more or less. Registered in the name of Francisco P. Tan, Jr., married to ma. Adelfa R. Tan.”

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on November 6, 2013 without further notice.

(Sgd.) ZENEN B. PURAY, JR. Sheriff IV

EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14-20, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late SEGUNDINA FALLER and NACIANCINA FALLER had left a Time Deposits in First Interstate Bank, Inc. Hilongos Branch the following Account Numbers TD-DY5 17587; SDA 1001-12-00315; SDA 17553; TD-DY5 14991; and TD-DY5 16974; TD-DY5 14982; and a parcel of land located at Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Hilongos, Leyte, designated as Lot No. 1135, with an area of 1,535.98 sq. m. were settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 270; Page No. 54; Book No. XXX; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Josenilo Marquez Reoma. EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013

Extra-Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the late JULIA BACAN FERNANDEZ had left an account with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)- Ormoc Branch,

under Savings Account No. 0765-248532-160 was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 292; Page No. 59; Book No. IV; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Josephine A. Mejia Romero. EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013

rrrRepublic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte Municipality of Isabel

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC DATE: September 30, 2013

In compliance with section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that PATROCINIO POR-MENTERA ALBARICO has field with this Office a petition for change of first name from “CRISTITO” To “PATROCINIO” in the Certificate of Live Birth of PATROCINIO PORMENTERA ALBARICO who was born on December 9, 1951 at Isabel, Leyte and

whose parents are Ireneo Albarico and Perpetua Pormentera

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than October 15, 2013.

(Sgd.) VENUS B. TAN Municipal Civil Registrar

Name of Newspaper: EV MailPlace of Publication: Isabel, LeyteDate of Publication: EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, & 7-13, 2013

rrrRepublic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte Municipality of Hilongos

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with Sec. 5. R.A.

No. 9048/R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that PRAXEDES PAULO REYES, has filed with this office a Petition for Change of Gender from MALE to FEMALE in the birth certificate of PRAXEDES S. PAULO who was born on July 21, 1984 at Hilongos, Leyte and whose parents are ALBERTO V. PAULO and GLICERIA S. SANCHEZ.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than fifteen (15) days after publication.

(Sgd.) ERNESTO MA. FULACHE Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, & 7-13, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte Municipality of Baybay

Petition No. CFN-0014-2013PETITION FOR CHANGE OF FIRST NAME

I, FELICIDAD H. PARONABLE, of legal age, FILIPINO, and a resident of BRGY. CARIDAD, BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seeking the change of first name in: b) the Certificate of Live Birth of THERESA HUERTA-DE LEON who is my sister 2) She Born on APRIL 15, 1964 at Baybay , Leyte, Philippines ,3) The birth was recorded under registry number 91-1876, 4) The first name to be changed is from TERESITA to THERESA, 5) The grounds for filing this petition are the following: b) She has habitually and continuously used THERESA and she is publicly known in the

community wit that first name; f) All her other records shows “THERESA” as her First Name. 6) I submit the following documents to support this petition: a) COLB OCRG COPY b) BAPTISMAL CERT. c) MARRIAGE CERT. d) COLB OCRG COPY OF CHILDREN e) JOINT AFFIDAVIT OF TWO DISINTERESTED PERSONS f) ID g) AFFIDAVIT OF UN-EMPLOYMENT h.) SPA I,) BRGY. POLICE, COURT & NBI CLEARANCE 7) I have no filed any similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge, no other similar

petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate. 8) I am filing this petition at the LCRO of BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE in accordance with R.A.

No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations. (Sgd.) FELICIDAD H. PARONABLE

Petitioner VERIFICATION

I, FELICIDAD H. PARONABLE, the petitioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Sgd.) FELICIDAD H. PARONABLE Petitioner

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 11th day of SEPTEMBER, 2013 in the city/municipality of Baybay, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting his/her Community Tax Certificate No. 11332957 issued at Baybay City, Leyte on September 11, 2013.

(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG Administering Officer

EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, & 7-13, 2013

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE ON REMATADOS OF

M. LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPS

ALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION, OR-MOC 1, 2 & 3, NAVAL, PALOMPON, CARIGARA, ISABEL, KANANGA, VILLABA, SAN ISIDRO, TA-BANGO, ALBUERA, LEYTE, BILIRAN, MATAG-OB, CALUBIAN, TACLOBAN BRANCHES 1,2,3,4, & 5, PALO, CALANIPAWAN (V & G) TANAUAN, ALANG-ALANG, JARO, DAGAMI, DULAG, BURAUEN, MARASBARAS, ROBIN-SON, BAYBAY, 1, & 3, INOPACAN, HILONGOS, ABUYOG, MAASIN 1 & 2, BATO, SOGOD 1 & 2; MACARTHUR, SAN JUAN (CABALIAN), LILOAN, HINDANG, HINUNANGAN, PINTUYAN, MALIT-BOG,& ST. BERNARD.

Commencing October 15, 2013 at 9:00 am, the above mentioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overdue pledges left in the same up to May 31, 2012, Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.

MANAGEMENT Sa Oktubre 15, 2013, sa alas 9:00 ang takna

sa buntag isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsa ka buhatan sa gih-inganlan sa itaas. Tanang butang pinerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Mayo 31, 2013 maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo.

TAGDUMALA EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 2013

Deed of Extra Judicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

property the late GODOFREDO B. CASTILLO and SEMIONA P. CASTILLO re a parcel of and Lot 2-C, situated in Brgy. Bao, Ormoc City, containing an area of 100 sq. m. under TCT No. 37508 was settled among their heirs and sold in favor of SPS. GARY CORTES PEPITO and CATHERINE CASTILLO PEPITO per Doc. No. 79; Page No. 16; Book No. XXV; Series of 2012 of Notary Public Raymundo S. Senga. EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013

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Date & Time Found: October 25, 2012 @ 12:00nn Place Found: Lying on top of the table out-side a closed sari-sari store in the corner of Santa Barbara and Sto. Rosario Sts. of Brgy. Poblacion, Inopacan, Leyte. Said baby was wrapped in a blue receiving blanket layered with white cloth, wearing a diaper – navel was still clipped and with a bandage on the right heel.

Any interested parties or relatives may contact: Ma. Genevieve B. Rosales Social Worker, Hayag Receiving and Child Caring Home Contact #(053) 255-7762; 561-9190; 0921-571-6431 or

Mrs. Raquel B. Moralde SWO II, Department of Social Welfare & Development

Ormoc City Tel. # (053) 255-4484 or

Mrs. Alejandrina Flor Capangpangan Municipal Social Welfare & Develop-ment Officer, Inopacan, Leyte Contact # 0917-633-9860EV Mail Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 7-13, & 14- 20, 2013

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And without com-promising their parental authority over their chil-dren, but rather enhancing it, parents should know how to be friends to their children, always winning their trust. They should be able to enter into the minds and hearts of their children to help them in the more important aspect of the children’s inner spiritual growth.

They have to spend time with their children, and practices and tradi-tions should be created in the family that foster family togetherness and unity, as well as mutual care and concern for one another in the family.

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12 Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2013NEWS

Mayor Javier is LMP national president

Leyte governor Mic Petilla, Mayor Sandy Javier and wife Karen and Palo Mayor Remedios “Matin” Petilla during the time when Javier was elected LMP Leyte Chapter president. File photo

TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Leonardo “Sandy” Javier of Javier, Leyte was elected the new national president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines. He is also known as the man behind the successful Andok’s: Ang Pambansang Litson Manok chain in the country, aside from many other concerns.

Mayor Javier made history as the first mayor from Leyte and the entire Eastern Visayas Region to be elected as LMP national president.

Now serving his second term as mayor, Mayor Ja-vier was unopposed during the LMP National Directorate Meeting and Election of Of-ficers held at the New World Hotel in Makati on October 2.

He immediately took his oath of office before Secretary of Interior and Local Govern-ment Mar Roxas who was present during the activity, Ms. Li-an de Leon, executive director of LMP said.

Aside from Mayor Javier, the other officers of LMP for 2013-2016 are Mayor Rey-

naldo Navarro of Loak, Com-postela Valley as Executive Vice President for Operations; Mayor Hermilina Goulark of Cawayan, Ilocos Sur as EVP for Internal Affairs; and Mayor Joseph Bernos of La Paz, Abra as EVP for External Affairs.

Others are Mayor Ferdi-nand Abesamis of Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija as Luzon Clus-ter Vice President; Mayor Democrito Diamante of Tu-buran, Cebu as VP for Visayas Cluster; and Mayor Diosdado

Pallasigue of Isulat, Sultan Kudarat as VP for Mindanao Cluster.

Elected treasurer was Mayor Ace William Cerilles of Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur; Mayor Rodolfo Luna of Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental as auditor; Mayor Lampa Pandi of Puona Baya-baw, Lanao del Sur as Business Manager; Mayor Jonathan Tan of Pandan, Antique as PRO; and Mayor Ramon Orfanel of Catanauan, Quezon as General

Legal Counsel.Moreover, appointed as

Secretary General was Mayor Abraham Buraham of Hadji Panglimatahin, Sulo while appointed as EVP for Special Concerns was Mayor Dennis Norman Go of Gerona, Tarlac.

After the elections, the LMP officials immediately embarked on a team building effort and conducted their first meeting with the LMP staff at Tagaytay City. By Olive Tiu/PIA

... while Baybay City VM re-elected as regional chairman of vice-mayor’s league

Vice-mayor Michael L. Cari (left, speaking on the podium) welcomes guests to Baybay City during the launching of a coco-coir livelihood facility at the village of Maybog.

PALO, LEYTE – Vice mayor Michael L. Cari of Baybay City remains as regional chairman of the Vice Mayors League of the Philippines-Eastern Visayas Chapter, when he was re-elected in an organizational meeting and election of officers held at the Oriental Hotel on October 1, 2013.

In his acceptance speech, Vice Mayor Cari underscored the importance of crafting of the Executive Legislative Agenda (ELA) as a power-ful vehicle for effective local governance.

Department of Interior and Local Government Region 8 Director Pedro S. Noval Jr., who conducted the elections, said the elections was orderly with the Vice Mayors from the six provinces of Eastern Visayas in attendance.

Elected as Vice Chairman was Christian Emmanuel W. Uy of Catarman, Northern Sa-mar while Roderick B. Rances of Bato, Leyte was elected secretary-general.

Meanwhile, the League’s treasurer is Vice Mayor Pedro V. Fustanes of Bontoc, South-ern Leyte; auditor - Banjo G. Tolentino of Lawaan, Eastern Samar; and Irvic B. Cordeta of Cabugcayan, Biliran as PRO.

One from each of the six provinces of Region 8 were also elected as directors to the board. They are Macario V. Lumangtad of Kananga, Leyte; Gaudencio T. Espino, Jr. of Santa Rita, Samar; Ben C. Garrembalem of Palapag, Northern Samar; Elvero Al-fonso Asperin, Jr. of San Fran-cisco, Southern Leyte; Leslie G. Uyvico of Culaba, Biliran; and Rosula Manbulao of Qui-napondan, Eastern Samar. By Olive Tiu/PIA

NNC holds training for Nutrition Program Mngt.

The activity is a part of continuous capacity building and development for nutri-tion workers, sponsored by the National Nutrition Coun-cil (NNC). It was conducted simultaneous with the 5-day Training of Trainer’s on the Basic Course for Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) at the Vicmar Resort, Tacloban City on September 16-20, 2013.

NNC-8 Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Segun-dina Devota A. Dilao said the activity is an enabling mecha-nism on strengthening or pro-viding the participants CAFÉ, where C is Competence, A is Alignment, F is Focus, and E is Execution.

Competence is the knowl-edge, skills, attitude and traits that would help the nutrition workers become proficient in their work. Included with this is the hard and soft skills--where the hard skills are those learned like theories and ways, and the soft skills are the in-terpersonal relationships for example for a Nutrition Ac-tion Officer (NAO)—how to be able to convince the chief executive to support her/his programs;

Alignment means al l groups, agencies and, organi-zation aiming for one goal like the Millennium Development Goal, all objective of the stake holders should be aligned; Focus is the fine-tuning of priorities and attention towards attaining the goal; and Execu-tion is in the implementation of activity based on a plan where all the requisites are attained.

Participant of Nutrition Program Management Train-ing for five-day studied (again) the rudiments of NPM as well

ANOTHER 30 provincial, district, city and municipal nu-trition action officers (P/D/C/MNAO) of Eastern Visayas region underwent a 5-day Training on Nutrition Program Management (NPM).

the frame-work on nutrition, the Philippine Plan of Ac-tion on Nutrition. And each participant was provided with a Nutrition Program Manage-ment Manual, the bible of said profession.

The training initiated with Understanding Food and Nu-trition, then it moved on to Advancing Core Values and Nutrition Skills of Nutrition Workers—which touched on Enhancing Leadership Skills, to Improving Communication Skills, then Sharpening the Ad-vocacy Skills, to Documenta-tion and Report Writing Skills of Nutrition Workers.

Module 3 of the training tackled Integrating NMP in Local Governance and De-velopment System, which discussed among others Mobi-lizing Local Chief Executives to Prioritize Nutrition, and Revitalizing Local Nutrition Committees.

Module 4 advanced to Plan Preparation and Adop-tion, which also touched on Setting Goals and Objectives, Identifying and Prioritizing Interventions, Formulating the Work Plan, Designing a Moni-toring and Evaluation Plan, Financing and Packaging the Local Nutrition Action Plan (LNAP) among others.

Then on Module 5 the par-ticipants moved on to Trans-forming the LNAP into Action and to Characteristics the Good Practices in the Imple-mentation of the LNAP.

Then Module 6, 7 and 8 to Monitoring and Evaluation, Sustainability and Re-plan-ning, Preparation of Re-entry Plan, Post Test and Over all Training Evaluation. (NNC-8 website)

P E A C E I S P E A C E .SIBLE! Prayers and candles for peace culminates the PEACE month in Tacloban City in ceremonies led by Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez and Councilor Cristina G. Romualdez. LGU personnel, together with Archdiocese of Palo Communications Director Rev. Fr. Amadeo A l v e ro , A r m e d F o rc e s of the Philippines 802nd Infantry with Deputy Brigade Commander Col. Dinoh A. Dolina, Philippine National Police Tacloban City Office headed by S/Supt. Dominador Cabellin, media practitioners, officers and members of the SANGYAW Foundation Inc., Barangay Chairmen, BJMP, Leyte Normal University and Eastern Visayas State University students, the Department of Tourism, Rotary Club members, etc. and concerned citizens of Tacloban joined hands to pray and light individual candles to pray that PEACE may reign in the hearts and minds of residents and the country. Photos by Timothy Canes/Gay B. Gaspay-TISAT

Leyte Provincial convention of the Liga ng Barangay. Hon. Margarita Cari (second from left), ABC provincial federation president of Leyte recently convened the Province’s barangay chairmen. With her is Atty. Analuz B. Cristal, Secretary-General of the Legal Advocates for Women Network who was one of the speakers,Leyte governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla and husband, Congressman Jose Carlos L. Cari of the 5th District of Leyte. By Gina P. Gerez

The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang

enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country and the state’s greater interest ahead of their own personal partisan interest. That’s what we did in New Jersey

and that’s the model for America. - Chris Christie