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C A R IG A R A , L e y t e -Nearly 5, 000 dancers clad in colorful ‘kimona’ and ‘camisa de chino’ filled the streets of this town on July 14 as they attempted

Teachers Myda Ibañez and Leandro Presbitero of Carigara, Leyte are just two of the nearly 5,000 dancers who participated in a folk dance show on Saturday, July 14, as their town attempted to make it to the Guinness World Records for the “Largest Numbers of Philippine Folk Dancers (Kuratsa Dance).” (Photo courtesy of Myda Ibañez)

From its P7.9B original budget

Tide embankment project to balloon

SPIKE OF PROJECT COST. The cost of construction of the Leyte tide embankment project will in-crease from its original cost of P7.9 billion with the additional cost to be paid to lot owners who refuse to provide access road leading to the construction sites. The massive project is originally to be completed by 2020 but could be delayed due to this problem. (JOEY A. GABIETA)

JOEY A. GABIETAGOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO, Leyte-

The cost of work of the Leyte tide embankment project is expected to balloon from its original cost of P7.9 billion.

This was disclosed by Engr. Serafin Lago, Jr., road heightening on tide embankment project man-ager, who said that the in-crease of the project cost is intended to pay lot own-ers who refuses to provide temporary access road leading to the construction sites.

According to Lago, the refusal of these owners to give them access road may pose a problem for the completion of the project by 2020.

“Because of the de-mand of the lot owners in

providing us access road, we will now include it in our budget which will result to the increase of the pro-ject cost,” Lago said.

He, however, could not say how much the projected increase would be.

The tide embankment project involves more than 50 barangays from the towns of Palo and Tanauan and Tacloban City.

And since the project started January of last year, they have about 23 to 25 percent accomplishment, Lago said.

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Close to 5,000 Leyte folks dance their way of kuratsa in an attempt to make it to Guinness record

to make into the Guin-ness World Records for the “Largest Numbers of Philip-pine Folk Dancers (kuratsa dance).”

The event, which was

part of the town’s 423rd fi-esta celebration on July 16, brought pride and excite-ment to the locals, saying it

TACLOBAN CITY-The stranded baby dolphin in-jured by blast fishing died early Wednesday morning while being treated by lo-cal fishery officials in Or-moc City, said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).

BFAR Regional Direc-tor Juan Albaladejo said the dolphin calf died two days after it was rescued.

“The male dolphin had abrasions on his body. The stranding was due to acous-tic trauma caused by blast fishing since the inner ear drum was damaged,” Al-baladejo said in a mobile phone interview.

Acoustic trauma is an injury to the inner ear that’s often caused by exposure to a very loud noise such as ex-

Blast fishing kills baby dolphin in Ormoc City

The stranded dolphin rescued by a fisherman in Ormoc City on Monday died early Wednesday morning (July 18, 2018). (Photo courtesy of BFAR)

plosives.“Since its rescue last

Monday, there has been a clear manifestation that the baby dolphin is unsta-ble and not due for release anytime soon,” the BFAR official said.

A fishermen rescued the 131-centimeter baby dol-phin on the shallow part of

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2 Leyte Samar Daily Express Saturday, July 21, 2018NEWS

TACLOBAN CITY- The recent arrest of an alleged top leader of the communist’ armed group operating in Northern Samar was considered as a big blow by the govern-ment forces to the rebel movement in the prov-ince.

On July 13, Marieta Bartolo,46, identified to be the front secretary of Metro 1, SRC Empo-rium, said to be a unit of the New People’s Army operating in the towns of Pambujan, San Roque, Silvino Lubos, Las Navas, Mondragon, and Catar-man, the provincial capi-tal of Northern Samar by combined elements of the 803rd Infantry Bri-gade and the provincial police personnel.

The arrest of Bar-tolo came at a time that the peace negotiations between the national government and the Communist Party of the Philippines- Na-tional Democratic Front (CPP-NDF) have bogged down.

Northern Samar re-mains to have strong presence of NPA mem-bers.

Captain Ryann Velez, civil-military operations officer of the 803rd IB based in Catarman, said that the arrest of Bar-tolo was a big blow to the armed movement considering that she is considered to be a high-ranking official.

“Her arrest is a victo-ry to us. But at the same time, we are not tak-ing the sole credit of her eventual arrest as we re-ceived help from the po-lice and the people in the community that led to her and her companions’ arrests,” Velez, in a phone interview, said.

Velez said that Barto-lo was arrested on board a vehicle owned by Ruth Figueroa, former ABC (association of barangay chairmen) president of Catarman in Barangay Bankerojan of said town at about 4:30 pm.

Figueroa, who is the incumbent chairwoman of UEP Zone 3, was also identified by government forces as the provincial

The alleged high-ranking official of the New Peo-ple’s Army operating in various towns of Northern Samar being taken her mug shots before the pro-vincial headquarters of the PNP. Marieta Bartolo is facing several counts of murder, double murder and frustrated murder. (PNP-Northern Samar)

Arrest of a top NPA leader a big blow to the movement in N. Samar, says Army official

leader of Bayan-Muna, tagged by Armed Forces as a front of the commu-nist group.

Also arrested were Danny Basiloy,36, and a resident of UEP Zone 3; Emboy Loberiano, 21, a a resident of Brgy. Cal-igang, Catarman; and Gil Mijares, 45 of Brgy. Ipil-Ipil, Catarman and said to be the driver of the vehi-cle.

“They were from the house of Figueroa and were on their way to the Catarman proper when they were arrested,” Velez said.

“We cannot say yet what their relationship to each other as they refused to answer questions dur-ing their interrogation by the police. But con-sidering that Bartolo is a high-ranking leader of the movement, we can just guess that they knew each other and probably belong to the same movement,” he added.

Seized from the sus-pects were six units of dif-ferent firearms and cash worth P330,000, among others.

A complaint of illegal possession of firearms were filed against all four

suspects before the Pro-vincial Prosecutors’ Office hours after they were ar-rested.

A complaint of ob-struction of justice was also filed against Figueroa and their three male com-panions.

At the time of the inci-dent, the government forc-es were tailing the vehicle where the suspects were on board to serve warrants for murder, double mur-der, and frustrated mur-der, among others, against the alleged NPA leader. An informant provided a tip that Bartolo was on board of the said vehicle.

However, instead of stopping the vehicle, the suspects continued to sped off which resulted for the authorities to hit the tires of the vehicle which led to the arrest of the suspects.

Except for Figueroa who is now confined at the Northern Samar Pro-vincial Hospital after suf-fering a mild stroke while undergoing mug shots, Bartolo and the three male companions are de-tained at the lock-up facil-ity of the Northern Samar Provincial headquarters. (JOEY A. GABIETA)

TACLOBAN CITY – Some 1,616 participants took part in the Nationwide Hands-only CPR (Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation) Awareness Campaign at the Tacloban City Conven-tion on July 16, organized by the city government of Tacloban through Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez and the Philippine Heart As-sociation, Inc. (PHA) com-posed of cardiologists in the region.

City government work-ers and barangay residents attended the half-day event which imparted life-saving techniques.

Present during the activ-ity to impart their expertise were the staff of the Office of Civil Defense, Tacloban City Rescue Unit (TACRU) and other volunteer medi-cal groups.

PHA Eastern Visayas chapter president Dr. Ma. Belen Balagapo said the event is part of the advoca-cy to teach basic life support

The city government of Tacloban under Mayor Cristina Romualdez initiated a mass hands-only CPR campaign on July 16 held at the Tacloban convention center.(MICHAEL ESPINA/CIO)

Hands-only CPR awareness campaign, demo held in

Tacloban Cityskills to lay people.

“CPR is no longer lim-ited to medical practition-ers…because 70% of cardiac arrests happen at home and usually, the first responders are relatives or bystander,” said Balagapo.

A quick lecture and demo on “hands-only” CPR and the use of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) for heart attack vic-tims highlighted the aware-ness campaign.

Hands-only or modified CPR do not involve mouth to mouth breathing but re-quires doing proper and effective cardiac compres-sion–basic skills needed to save a life.

PHA is also advocating the use in public places and business establishments of AEDs - an electronic device which can diagnose irregu-lar heartbeat.

AED is an essential part of the CPR Chain and can increase survival of heart attack victims

The local government of Tacloban has also al-ready made AEDs available at the Tacloban City Res-cue Unit and the Tacloban City Hall. It is currently in the process of securing ad-ditional units for other ar-eas in the city.

Meantime, the mass CPR campaign is rooted in Republic Act 10781 or “The Basic Life Support Training in Schools Act” which mandates the teach-ing of CPR in schools and the grassroots level.

Special projects for health head, Dr. Gloria Fabrigas said that free mass CPR training is done year-ly in Tacloban in partner-ship with PHA to reach as many Taclobanons as pos-sible and help save lives.

In a similar activity last year the PHA in partner-ship with the City Gov-ernment trained 1,270 in Tacloban.

(HENRY JAMES ROCA/CIO)

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that Catalina A. Manjeron and Wilma Manjeron-Lancanan, heirs of the late Wenceslao J. Manjeron was a Human Rights Victims Claims Board (HRVCB) beneficiary and such was given a monetary repa-ration, extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a check issued through the Land-bank Quezon City Circle Branch, PCA Bldg. Commonwealth Av-enue, Diliman, Quezon city, as Check No. 0001611800 dated May 11, 2018 in the amount of P176,779.00; per Doc. No. 410, Page No. 70, Book No. II, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Filotea M. Estorninos. LSDE: July 21, 28 & August 4, 2018

3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressSaturday, July 21, 2018 NEWS

TACLOBAN CITY- The annual Inflation Rate (IR) of Eastern Visayas rose to a record high of 6.3 percent in June, posting the highest since January 2018. This IR was 0.5 per-centage point higher com-pared with the 5.8 percent IR a month ago, and 3.0 percentage points higher than the recorded 3.3 per-cent IR in the same period last year. The regional in-flation rate was 1.1 per-centage points higher than the 5.2 percent national average in June.

All provinces in the re-gion registered higher in-flation rates in June com-pared with their figures in the previous month, except for Biliran, the only province that has regis-tered a decrease of 1.1 percentage points, from 6.0 percent in May to 4.9 percent in June.

Northern Samar post-ed the highest increase of 2.3 percentage points, from 5.5 percent in May to 7.8 percent in June. The rest of the provinces re-corded increases ranging from 0.2 percentage point to 0.9 percentage point.

Northern Samar had the highest IR at 7.8 per-cent, while Southern Leyte posted the lowest at 1.4 percent.

By major commodity groups, Transport record-

LEYTE. Shock and grief poured over the death of 21-year-old grade school teacher Emylou Malate of La Paz, Leyte on July 12, 2018. Malate’s par-ents cited “depression” as the reason why their daughter killed herself. (Photo grabbed from Emylou Malate’s Face-book account)

TACLOBAN CITY-The Department of Education (DepEd) Leyte division has extended its “deep sympa-thies” to the bereaved fam-ily of a 21-year-old grade school teacher who killed herself on July 12.

“The schools division of Leyte personally ex-tended condolences and deep sympathies to the bereaved family of teacher Emylou Malate. We are saddened and in pain over this incident,” it said in a statement.

Malate, single, started her teaching job in a mul-ti-grade class at Bagacay West Primary School, an upland school in La Paz town, just last June 21 of this year.

Senior Inspector Ernie Rocha, officer-in-charge of La Paz Police Station, said that Malate committed su-icide by hanging herself as relayed by Malate’s father, Rodulfo.

Based on the police in-terview conducted with the victim’s father, it was revealed that Malate com-mitted suicide due to de-pression.

Three suicide notes ad-dressed to her mother and alleged boyfriend were re-covered at the scene.

In her suicide letters, Malate mentioned the word “weak” three times.

Malate’s parents also

DepEd mourns teacher who killed self

confirmed that the signa-ture in the suicide notes was that of their daughter.

“May the death of teacher Emylou be not in vain, but be an opportu-nity for everyone to real-

ize that in our every-day engagement with teachers we will con-sider the fact that each one has different emo-tional stability,” Edgar Tenasas, the assistant schools division super-intendent, said.

Tenasas and other division officials per-sonally visited the fam-ily of Malate to convey their condolences and inquire about the inci-dent.

Amid the death of Malate, Tenasas also urged school adminis-trators to consider in their yearly crafting of annual improvement plan (AIP) the regular conduct of team build-ing and other activities that will lead to the personal development of teachers.

Meanwhile, DepEd Regional Director Ramir Uytico said that it’s “still too early to judge” that Malate’s work as a teacher was the reason why she committed suicide.

“Ang teacher talaga has to do his or her

part. Pag mag-apply ka sa DepEd, alam mo na ang mga challenges ng DepEd,” Uytico said over a radio interview.

(RONALD O. REYES)

Eastern Visayas inflation rate hits record high in June at 6.3%

ed the highest increase of a hefty 6.0 percentage points, from 2.0 percent in May to 8.0 percent in June. Food and Non-Alcoholic Bever-ages followed at 0.6 per-centage point.

Annual price changes in Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco decreased by 2.1 percentage points, but still recorded a double digit inflation rate of 22.0 per-cent, the highest among all commodities. Clothing and Footwear and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels likewise shed off by 0.4 percentage point and 0.2 percentage point, settling at 0.9 percent and 5.6 percent, respectively.

Communication re-corded zero inflation rate

TACLOBAN CITY-Anti-drug elements of the Philippine Drug En-forcement Agency (PDEA 8)-Tacloban City Office, TCPO PS2 and CIB arrest-ed another newly-identified drug personality during the conduct of a buy-bust op-eration in Barangay 86, San Jose, this city, on July 13, 2018 at around 4:30 pm.

In a report submitted to PDEA Director General Aaron N. Aquino, elements of PDEA RO8-Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY-To advance the city govern-ment’s waste management initiatives, Mayor Cris-tina G. Romualdez has instructed the different city government offices to practice waste segregation and recycling.

In a memorandum dat-ed July 4, 2018, the chief executive mandated the ef-fective use of garbage bins assigned to each office and those placed in strategic locations inside the City Hall building and its prem-ises.

The mayor likewise, enjoined the offices to sup-port the Clean Green and Resilient City Program and the “Basura Mo, Paka-buhi Ko” livelihood initia-tive which benefits the in-mates at the Tacloban City Jail by collecting residual waste (e.g. junkfood/cof-

Mayor Romualdez issues order for City Hall employees to observe waste segregation,

recycling at their work stations

Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez

fee wrappers, newspapers, magazines, etc.) and recy-clable materials (e.g. plas-tic bottles, plastic utensils, used bond paper, etc.).

On June 11,adminis-trative officers from the different city government offices attended an orienta-tion on waste management and recycling organized by the City Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENRO).

Special-ized carton boxes that will be uti-lized to col-lect useful segregated m a t e r i a l s were also distributed during the orientation. The col-lected ma-

terials are made into sale-able handicrafts by the jail inmates.

Ordinance No. 2017-13-37 or “An Ordinance providing for an Integrat-ed Ecological Solid Waste Management for Tacloban City” provides for the segre-gation of garbage at source as one of the effective solid waste management initia-tives. (CITY INFORMATION OFFICE)

Man nabbed in possession of shabu worth P170,000

market value of P170,000 and various drug parapher-nalia.

Lavinia will be facing charges for violations of Section 5 (Sale of Danger-ous Drugs), Section 11 (Possession of Danger-ous Drugs) and Section 12 (Possession of Drug Para-phernalia), Article II of RA 9165.

The suspect is now temporarily detained at Tacloban Police station 2 lock-up facility. (PR)

Lago also said that the project, considered as among the infrastructure projects under the Build Build Build program of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, is project-ed to be completed by 2020.

But with the demand of several lot owners, the completion may be pushed back.

The project aims to protect the covered areas from possible occurrence of storm surge as what hap-pened when super typhoon ‘ Yolanda’ pummeled Leyte and the rest of the region on November 8,2013.

The project cost of the P7.9 billion is being sourced from the General Appropriations Act.

Lago also said that the tide embankment pro-ject is expected to provide 3,000 employment among the locals.

“We actually obliged the contractors to hire 60 percent of their workforce from the villages. And we estimate of about 3,000 job generation until the project is finished,” he said.

Lago, however, admit-ted that once the project is finished, these workers would lose their work.

“They are co-terminus with the project,” he said.

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during the month in re-view, while Recreation and Culture, Education, and Restaurants and Miscella-neous Goods and Services retained their previous month’s rates of 0.9 percent, 3.5 percent, and 1.6 per-cent, respectively.

The Purchasing Power of Peso (PPP) of the region remained at P 0.81 in June 2018. This PPP implies that goods and services worth 100 pesos in June 2018 only costs 81 pesos in 2012.

Eastern Samar, Northern Samar and Southern Leyte registered a 0.01 centavo de-crease in the PPP compared with their figures in May. Whereas, Biliran recorded a 0.01 centavo increase in PPP, while the rest of the

provinces had sustained their PPP from last month.

Leyte recorded the strongest PPP at P0.84. Southern Leyte ranked sec-ond at P0.83, followed by Biliran at P0.82 and Eastern Samar at P0.79. Northern Samar and Samar, mean-while, posted the weakest PPP at P0.76. (PR)

City Office under Director Edgar T. Jubay, TCPO PS2 and CIB identified the sus-pect as Renato Lavinia, alias “Jun”, 43, married, driver, and a resident of Brgy. 86 San Jose, this city.

Purchased and confis-cated during the said op-eration were seven pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu weighing more or less 25.0 grams with an estimated

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4 Leyte Samar Daily Express OPINION Saturday, July 21, 2018

Pulse Asia’s latest sur-vey, on the acceptability of our people on the is-sue of Charter Change from our present system of government to feder-alism revealed, that they are against Cha-Cha backed up with 64% of respondents, and only 18% in-favour, with 14%

Speaker loves to hear his own voice only!!!

undecided.Even with this authen-

ticated survey findings, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is still upbeat in his desired dream to work for Charter Change. So strong in his conviction that we should become a federal state. To this purpose he proposes that there will be no elec-

tions in 2019 to give law-makers enough time to finalize Charter Change. When told that “no-el” is a violation of the Constitu-tion, he gave a ready albeit stupid proposal – a peo-ple’s initiative. How he will do it; we know but it is not acceptable.

-oOo-It seems that Speaker

Alvarez is so self-cen-tered; unbelievably un-knowing or is he just try-ing to fake unawareness of people’s opinions and beliefs in the issue? He only listens to himself. In that survey of Pulse Asia the Filipino people gave their stand about Charter Change. It’s a NO!!

Who then are the people he is going to tap for his people’s initia-tive, to come up with no

2019 election scenario? C’mon Panta’-Leon!!!

-oOo-Once more I express

my doubts, my fears, my hopelessness for a better Philippines under Presi-dent Duterte. It appears that the administration is so keen at changing our Constitution to pave the way to Federalism. Why are they in a hurry?

-oOo-What should be done

first is for Alvarez and his gang should con-duct a massive informa-tion-educational drive on what Federalism is. And they should intel-ligently, truthfully and convincingly justify that our present set-up of governance is already passe’(?), so Federal-

Okey, change topic!!

F or the past weeks loud discus-sions, albeit only done by those in the higher echelon of our society and government estab-lishment, on Charter Change towards Federalism may soon

be side-lined if not totally abandoned like what happened during the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo presidency.

In the Pulse Asia survey, people-respondents expressed their open unacceptance and disap-proval of Charter Change to be done according to the administration’s time table.

Social media, local and national press and a good number of opinion makers nation-wide have expressly revealed same disapproval of the project.

This got worse when Speaker Pantaleon Alva-rez proposed cancellation of the 2019 mid-term elections. It is self-serving to him and some of his fellow elected public officials, especially

in the House of Representatives or the aptly named – the Lower House.

It is by any standard unpopular to the peo-ple. Now the majority of our Senators thumbed down Charter Change. They will also fight peo-ple’s initiatives as the move of Alvarez to cancel the 2919 mid-term elections.

The government therefore should abandon this plan of Charter Change now. It is creating serious divisiveness among our people-even of-ficials in government. There never was a clam-our from our people anyway to change our style of governance.

The administration should just focus on the good projects it is undertaking especially the Build-Build-Build program. It should continue to feed the hungry, go on its successes in pro-viding jobs and the commendable education policies. So, change the topic Speaker Alvarez. Concentrate in law making.

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Saturday, July 21, 2018 Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINION 5

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DOMS PAGLIAWAN

God, our Father, you guide everything in wisdom and love. Accept the prayers we offer for our nation, by the wisdom of our leaders and integrity of our citizens, may harmony and justice be secured and may there be lasting prosperity and peace.

Almighty and eternal God, You know the longings of our hearts and You protect our rights in your goodness, watch over those in authority, so that people everywhere may en-joy freedom, security and peace.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen. (Courtesy of Daughters of St. Paul)

Pray the Holy Rosary daily for world peace and conversion of sinners

(The family that prays together stays together)

Prayer for the Nation and for Those who Serve in

Public Office

THIS is quite a tough job. To guide souls is in-deed a very delicate job. It requires nothing less than entering into the inner life of a person with the intention of helping and of eventually leading that person to God. But how can this be?

Priests are supposed to be sacramentally con-figured to Christ as head of the Church and there-fore as the ultimate guide of souls, the redeemer of mankind. They are sup-posed to have the very mind and sentiments of Christ. And if they are truly vitally identified with Christ, they will also share in the power of Christ.

But is this possible at all? If we have faith, the an-swer is yes. The sacrament of Holy Orders configures one to Christ with an effec-tivity that is called in Latin as “ex opere operato.”

It means that by the mere reception of the sac-

Guiding soulsrament and as long as there is no formal impediment to such reception, that sac-ramental configuration is achieved, not so much by the qualities and disposi-tions of the recipient as by the power of Christ himself.

Would we think that the apostles had the qualities and dispositions of becom-ing the first bishops in the Church? If we are to go by our human standards, we would have serious doubts about that. But Christ made them our first bishops, and bishops they were.

The priestly ideal of be-ing another Christ as head of the Church will certainly demand everything from them. But given that priests are men, with their own share of weaknesses and all that, that ideal will be pur-sued in stages at best, with its own ups and downs, its twists and turns, its drama.

We, priests, should do our part of resembling more and more like Christ

with our daily effort to be faithful to our identity and ministry. This can never be overemphasized. And eve-rything should be done so that at least its approxima-tion can be gained.

As guide of souls, we should learn how to deal with all kinds of souls with their respective conscienc-es. There are those with a certain and delicate con-science, those with errone-ous, doubtful, lax or scru-pulous conscience, etc. Of course, these consciences bring with their own life-style. We have to learn how to deal with each one as he is and help him in the way that is proper to him.

Nowadays, we have to deal with people who, on the one hand, are over-pi-ous as to be self-righteous, and those, on the other, who are hostile to God and religion, those in irregular marital and family situa-tions, those affected by all sorts of addictions and ide-ologies. The priest as guide of souls has to be prepared to handle each case.

Indeed, the priest should strive with God’s grace and his effort to be all things to all men, as St. Paul once said, in order to save all. This will require of him to forget himself and just try his best to have the very mind and heart of Christ whose love for us is univer-sal and for always. He really

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If we will try to trace the normal causes of acci-dents, we will notice that they usually result from false moves and stupid acts done oftentimes at the height of our emotions. These tragedies could be in any form—car accidents, falls from high altitudes, clashes with ferocious beasts, and many more. Seldom do we hear of such scenarios from calculated, smart moves.

All of us are prone to making such mistakes, no matter how brilliant we may be. Said errors are ag-gravated when events are

Stupid moveshappening very fast and we have no choice but to rely on our instincts to do things. Even if we have all the time in the world to re-flect on our actions, we still make false moves that result in catastrophes.

Just last Monday after-noon, I fell into this trap of acting foolishly that result-ed in tragedy. I drove safely home late in the afternoon from the downtown area. Before I could park at the side of the road fronting our house, two male neighbour-hood dogs were again fight-ing each other fiercely in front of my car. I could not

run them over, of course, as both of them are my friends.

Thinking that I would just be honking the horn to no avail—they are bit-ter rivals and had been fighting each other repeat-edly, almost to the death, and would not part from each other though they are splashed with water, like I did the last time they fought real hard—I decided to get out of the car to drive them away. And so I did failing, however, to put the car on a “park” or neutral gear, overwhelmed as I was with anger and bad emotions since I just want them to be friends, not bitter enemies.

Having gone out quickly, I unknowingly released the brake while the car was yet on drive 1. At my furious presence, the fighting dogs went away at last. I even chased them a little bit. My one daughter who also got off the car, however, shout-ed out warnings behind me. The car, she said, was run-ning. True enough, when I looked back, the car was al-ready running to my direc-

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ism should take its place. This will take quite a long time, but the May 2019 election MUST push through.

-oOo-A no election scenario

will become a source of frustration to our Filipino voters, especially to those incumbent elected offi-cials who is being targeted by electorates to be booted out of power because of poor performance or of their unabated corruption.

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prerogative, however, to verify the veracity of such commentaries

before publication.

Sen. Manny Pac-quiao is on top of the world again. He cruised to his 60th victory of his checkered boxing career via a 7th round technical knockout of Argentinian Lucas Matthysse last Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Ma-laysia.

He is now the new WBA World Welter-weight Champion. Many witnessed a vin-tage Pacquiao display-ing his usual skills that would force his oppo-nents into submission. He has already etched a name in the world of boxing. In fact, he is now a member of the elite “Hall of Fame” in boxing world in the

Pacquiao has to retire

cast of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Joe Louis and Roberto Du-ran.

However, at 39, the greatest Asian boxer is no longer the same old fighter who used to knockout opponents. His desire to fight against elite young fighters like Crawford and Lomechenko could be a very dangerous decision. He still has the skills but for how long? He will be 40 on December 17, how long can he sustain his competitive form? It’s better to stop while you are at the top than to stop a losing fighter. He has nothing more to prove. He has fought

the best fighters of his time like Mayweather, De la Hoya, Marquez, Morales and Barrera. There will be no more Pacquiao again. There is only one Manny Pacquiao in our life-time.

President Duterte and some fellow Sena-tors were right in call-ing for Pacquiao to retire. Pacquiao has nothing more to prove in his colorful career. He is already a boxing legend, a self-made man who became a bil-lionaire and politician whose boxing skills captivated millions around the world.

His former Coach Freddie Roach was right when he told Manny “You should choose only one, a boxer or a politician you cannot have both”. Indeed, he has every-thing. Time to hang up his gloves. You are already enshrined as the greatest Filipino boxer with 8 world ti-tles no boxer has ever achieved.

Remember Mu-hammad Ali. He never learned to retire at the right time.

6 Leyte Samar Daily Express Saturday, July 21, 2018NOTICES

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Pelagio O. Tecson extrajudicially set-

tled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of residential land situated at Brgy. Sto. Niño, Tanauan, Leyte, containing an area of 245 square meters, under Tax Dec. No. 00539-R9, covered by T.C.T. No. T-8301, Cad. Lot No. 1439-J, with market value of P40,425.00. AD eed of Sale was executed in faovr of Sps. Gloria A. Magno and Ariestoteles C. Magno as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 1445, Page No. 121, Book No. IV, Series of 2000. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS NOTICE is hereby given that Antonia S. Corcilles Secretary of Rosemarie Marie T.

Ang, the vendee of two parcels of land situated in Brgy. Sabang, Palompon, Leyte and Brgy. Guiwan I, Palompon, Leyte, covered by Katibayan ng Original na Titulo Blg. P-46255 and O.C.T. No. P-01066, executed an affidavit of Loss of owner’s duplicate copies of Katibayan ng Orignal na Titulo Blg. P-46255 and OCT No. P-01066 in the name of Maxima B. Ibarra. That owner’s duplicate copies of Title were lost in my possession and were never be found and therefore considered lost; per Doc. No. 499, Page No. 103, Book No. IX, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Mario Lydinno R. Opeña. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that Philindi D. Tamayo heir of the late Victoria D. Tamayo,

executed an affidavit of Self-Adjudication over a Sum of Money, a bank deposit with Metro Bank Palo, Palo, Leyte with Account No. 756-3-73336227-9; per Doc. No. 376, Page No. 76, Book No. 326, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Edwin Y. Chua. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Candida Gesultura extrajudicially set-

tled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land, situated at Brgy. Tinago, Bato, Leyte under Tax Dec. No. 06000500210, with Cad. Lot No. 1156-A1, containing an area of 4,336 square meters; and hereby adjudicated and settled portions of the aforesaid land containing an area of 836 square meters in favor of OSCAR RUALES, married to Emerita Ruales and a portion containing an area of 836 square meters in favor of Maxima G. Villareal married to Jerry Villareal; per Doc. No. 678, Page No. 136, Book No. 29, Series of 2014 of Notary Public Atty. Rico E. Aureo. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Fermina Tablo extrajudicially settled,

partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Alejos, Bato, Leyte under Tax Dec. No. 060000700438 with Cad Lot No. 2117 containing an area of 356 square me-ters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Arjay Daan Concepcion and Bernadette Gomez Concepcion as vendee for a portion of 206 square meters from the above-described property; per Doc. No. 353, Page No. 77, Book No. 39, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Rico E. Aureo. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that Rosalia C. Bisnar and Cecilia C. Lopez are heirs of the

late Gregorio Callera, extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land situated at Brgy. Taon-taon, Inopacan, Leyte under Tax Dec. No. 0816019 00105 with Cad. Lot No. 61 GSS, containing an area of 2.1180 has.; A Deed of Sale was executed a portion of 1,000 square meters from the above-described property in favor of Sps. Sanders C. Lumarda and Lorelie S. Lumarda as vendees; per Doc. No. 419, Page No. 84, Book No. 36, Series of 2016 of Notary Public Atty. Rico E. Aureo.LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Isabel Bondoc extrajudicially settled,

partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Dolho, Bato, Leyte under Tax Dec. No. 06001500018 with Cad Lot No. 1260, containing an area of .903 has. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of LANI S. GULA as vendee for the above-described prop-erty; per Doc. No. 109, Page No. 22, Book No. 40, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Rico E. Aureo. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Bienvenido Peñero and

Fortunata V. Peñero extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over 4 parcels of land, describe as: 1) A parcel of land (Lot 2284 Case 10 Cad. 495-D) situated in Brgy. San Roque, Sta. Fe, Leyte, with an area of 19,274 square meters, with Tax Dec. No. 08-35-0018-00655, Original Certificate of Title P-70216; 2) A parcel of land (Lot 1360 Case 10 Cad 495-D) situated in Brgy. San Roque, Sta. Fe, Leyte with an area of 3,853 square meters, with Tax Dec. No. 08-35-0018-00653, Original Certificate of Title P-70219; 3) A parcel of land (Lot 1328 Case 10 Cad 495-D) situated in Brgy. San Roque, Sta. Fe, Leyte with an area of 5,460 square meters with Tax Dec. No. 08-35-0018-00656, Original Certificate of Title P-70220; A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Victoriano C. Gaut Jr. as vendee for the above-described properties; per Doc. No. 893, Page No. 179, Book No. VII, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Rene Allan G. Jervoso. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Hilario Villarmino Nayra ex-

trajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land, located at Brgy. Marvel, Isabel, Leyte, designated as Survey No. 881-P, with total area of 9,527 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Saturnino Sarcaoga Delicana and Emegdia Helen Ayensa Delicana as vendees for a portion of 200 square meters from the above-described property; per Doc. No. 447, Page No. 70, Book No. 151, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Melinda C. Domael-Quiambao. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province of LeyteMunicipality of Babatngon

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with section of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that LIBERATO JR. C. ALTEJAR has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “LEVIRATO” to “LIBERATO JR.” in the birth certificate of LEVIRATO CABARDO ALTEJAR who was born on DECEMBER 8, 1975 at BA-BATNGON, LEYTE and whose parents are LEVIRATO BALBOA ALTEJAR and AMERENCIANA ROMANO CABARDO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file written opposition with this Office not later than JULY 26, 2018.

(Sgd.) NILO C. CAÑETE, JR. Municipal Civil RegistrarLSDE: July 14 & 21, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Northern Samar

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICPETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR

ON SEX IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

In compliance with the publication requirement and in compliance and Pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-01 “Guidelines on the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. No. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that CHRISTIANCAPALES TABIO has filed with this Office for correc-tion of clerical error from: “FEMALE” to “MALE” of CHRISTIAN CAPALES TABIO born on JULY 1, 1985 at Brgy. Magsaysay, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar and whose parents are CHRISTOPHER PELO TABIO and CONSTANCIA CAPALES TABIO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than Ten (10) Days after its publication. (Sgd.) THELMA D. GAMAY Municipal Civil RegistrarLSDE: July 14 & 21, 2018

RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province of LeyteMunicipality of Dulag

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that ROWENA PABRO DIMAS

has filed with this office a petition for Correction of dateof birth from 4 January 1996 to 14 January 1996 in

the birth of certificate of KARLA VIRNADETH D. VACAL

who was born on 4 January 1996 at Dulag, Leyte and whose parents are Virgileo Vacal and Rowena P. Dimas.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 23 July 2018. (Sgd.) JESUSA R. DE PAZ Municipal Civil Registrar

(Complete name of petitioner)

(Date of birth to be changed)

(name of father)

LSDE: July 14 & 21, 2018

(New date of birth to be adopted)

(complete name of document owner)

(name of mother)

Republic of the PhilippinesPROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR

Municipality of Biri

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVL REGISTRAR

PETITION FOR CHANGE OF FIRSTNAME(R.A. 9048)

(MIGRANT PETITION)In compliance with the publication requirement and

in compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, pursuant to OCRG Memorandum circular No. 2013-1 “Guidelines on the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2001 Notice ishereby served to the public that DAISY LUSTICO TAGAPUEN has filed with this Office for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from LEONOR to DAISY born on November 10, 1958 at Sitio Palhugan, Biri (formerly a barrio of Bobon) Bobon, Northern Samar and whose parents are MATILDE DELOS REYES and

FERMIN TUBELLEZA LUSTICO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this OFFICE not later than Ten (10) Days after its publication.

MA. RODESA S. SERVANO Local Civil RegistrarLSDE: July 14 & 21, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Tacloban City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance to Section 5, of R.A. 9048, a notice is here-by served to the public that APOLINARIO CUSTODIO CORREGIDOR JR. has filed with

this office a petition for change of first name from IRENEO to APOLINARIO JR. in the Birth Certificate

of IRENEO CORREGIDOR who was born on MAY 23, 1963 at Tacloban City and whose parents are BEATRIZ CUSTODIO and APOLINARIO CORREGIDOR.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than July 25, 2018

(Sgd.) IMELDA A. ROA City Civil RegistrarLSDE: July 14 & 21, 2018

(Complete name of petitioner)

(First name to be adopted)(First name to be adopted)

SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY NOTICE is hereby given that Ana Rose O. Simbajon do hereby NAME, AP-

POINT and CONSTITUTE my husband EUFROCINO R. SIMBAJON of Brgy. Bangkal, Villaba, Leyte to be true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact for me and in my name, place and stead to do and perform; To Sell, Transfer and convey absolutely and un-conditionally undivided share of a parcel of land, situated at Brgy. Bangkal, Villaba, Leyte and to RECEIVED the proceeds hereof under Tax Dec. No. 08-41005-00170 R13; Survey No.: 8091 Case-21, CAD. 964-D, area of .0341 hectare; Hereby Giving and Granting unto said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act necessary to carry into full force and effect the foregoing authority; per Doc. No. 323, Page No. 62, Book No. 19, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Nowyn Hope A. Jangad, CPA. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Simeon P. Simbajon extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a Parcel 1) parcel of agricultural land situated at Brgy. Bangkal, Villaba, Leyte, known and identified as Lot No. 8059, Case 21, Cad. 964-D, containing an area of 1,444 square meters, covered by Katibayan Ng Original na Titulo (O.C.T.) Blg. P-99898, under Tax Dec. No. 08-41005-00101 R13; Parcel 11) A parcel of Agricultural land situated at Brgy. Bangkal, Villaba, Leyte, known and identified as Lot No. 8041, Case No. 21, Cad. 964-D, containing an area of 18,850 square meters; per Doc. No. 373, Page No. 76, Book No. 54, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AND PARTITION NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Liza Pacaldo Eloja extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated over 8 parcels of land, described as: 1) A Residential Land, covered by Tax Dec. No. 17-0016-02002 R13, located at Brgy. Matlang, Isabel, Leyte, Survey No. 2363-P, with a total area of 210 square meters, more or less; 2) A Con-crete Residential House, covered by Tax Dec. No. 17-0016-02259 R13, with market value of P501,230.00, located at Brgy. Matlang, Isabel, Leyte, standing on a parcel of land cov-ered by Tax Dec. No. 17-0016-02002 R13, known as Survey No. 2363-P; 3) Residential Land, covered by Tax Dec. No. 17-0007-01164 R13 and Transfer Certificate of Title No. 115-2013000068, located at Brgy. Bilwang, Isabel, Leyte known as Survey No. 3042, with a total area of 188 square meters, more or less, parcel is referred to as Lot 5, Block 6, Psd-08-002499; 4) Concrete Residential House, having a floor area of 48 square meters, more or less, with a Market Value of P145,920.00, covered by Tax Dec. No. 17-0007-01165 R13, located at Brgy. Bilwang, Isabel, Leyte, covered by Tax Dec. No. 17-0007-01164 R13 and Transfer Certificate of Title No. 115-2013000068, known as Survey No. 3042; 5) Residen-tial Land, covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-30-0005-00140/Original Certificate of Title No. P-38325, located at St. Michael, Palo, Leyte, designated as Cad. Lot No. 922, with a total area of 158 square meters, more or less; 6) Agricultural land covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-30-0020-00213, located at Castilla, Palo, Leyte, designated as Cad. Lot No. 6243, with a total area 18,799 square meters, more or less; 7) An Agricultural Land covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-30-0020-00214, located at Castilla, Palo, Leyte, designated as Cad. Lot No. 6238, with a total area of 5,120 square meters, more or less and; 8) A parcel of Agricultural Land covered by Tax Dec. no. 08-32008-0070/Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-54038, located at Cabaohan, Pastrana, Leyte, designated as Cad. Lot No. 2072, with a total area of 16,981 square meters, more or less; per Doc. No. 80, Page No. 16, Book No. 114, Series of 2016 of Notary Public Atty. Melinda C. Domael-Quiambao.LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Northern Samar

MUNICIPALITY OF MAPANASOFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Publication NoticeR.A. 9048/10172

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION June 18, 2018CCE-0004-2018-RA 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Administrative Order No. 1 series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that APRIL JAY LAODENIO TEJANO has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Entry in the spelling of his First Name from “APRIL GAY” to “APRIL JAY” and to include the entry of his Sex/Gender from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) bear-ing Registry Number 65 (85) registered on 29 July 1985 in the Municipality of Mapanas, Northern Samar.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file their written opposition with this Office not later than July 25, 2018. (Sgd.) ADRIANO L. ORIO Municipal Civil RegistrarLSDE: July 14 & 21, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AND ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Reynaldo S. Borja extrajudicially set-

tled, partitioned and adjudicated over 5 real properties described as: 1) A parcel of land (Lot No. 213 of the Cadastral Survey of Catbalogan, with the improvements thereon, situated in the Poblacion, Municipality of Catbalogan, containing an area of 667 square meters, more or less and covered by TCT No. T-14935; 2) A parcel of land (Lot No. 132 of the Cadastral Survey of Catbalogan), with the improvements thereon, situated in the Poblacion, Municipality of Catbalogan, containing an area of 236 square meters, more or less, covered by T.C.T. No. T-14764; 3) A parcel of land (Lot No. 500 of the Cadastral Survey of Catba-logan), with the improvements thereon, situated in the Barrio of Mercedes, Municipality of Catbalogan, containing an area of 2,981 squar meters, more or less and covered by T.C.T. No. T-14488; 4) Lot No. 207,CAD-444-D, Case-1, containing an area of 6,704 square me-ters, more or less and covered by T.C.T. No. T-14938; 5) A Residential Building, TD/ARP No. 01-0005-00079, PIN 229-01-0005-02-014-1001, with an area of 95.40 square meters, located at Lot 132, Cad. 255, Brgy. 05, Pob. Catbalogan City, market value of P421,286.40, assessed value of P84,260.00; per Doc. No. 136, Page No. 037, Book No. 376, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Medino L. Acuba. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Gilda Elenita Romero Aragon extraju-

dicially settled, partitioned and adjudicatd over 5 parcels of land situated in Villaba, Leyte, described as: 1) A parcel of land, covered by O.C.T. No. P-93361, containing an area of 1,995 square meters, more or less, covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-41019-00010 R13 as-sessed at P2,270.00; 2) A parcel of land, Lot No. 4125, Case 5, under O.C.T. No. P-99348, containing an area of 176 square meters, more or less, covered by Tax Dec. no. 08-41019-00997 R13, assessed at P7,300.00; 3) Lot 2970, Case 8, covered by O.C.T. No. P-58076, Tabango Cadastre, containing an area of 3,314 square meters, more or less, under Tax Dec. No. 00221 R13, assessed value of P1,820.00; 4) Lot 2988, Case 8, covered by OCT No. P-64411, Tabango Cadastre, containing an area of 6,981 square meters, more or less, under Tax Dec. No. 00220 R13, assessed value of P3,710.00; 5) Lot No. 3031, Case 8, covered by O.C.T. No. T-59468, containing an area of 6,724 square meters, more or less, covered by O.C.T. No. P-59468, under Tax Dec. no. 00222R13 assessed value of P3,680.00; per Doc. No. 161, Page No. 33, Book No. V, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Chelissa Mae N. Rojas, CPA. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ADJUDICATION AND ABSOLUTE SALE (A PORTION)

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Esperidion Esquibel Costelo and Juanita Visto and other siblings Oscar V. Costelo extrajudicially settled, parti-tioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land Lot No. 1060, Cad. 667, Tunga Cadastre, situated at Brgy. San Pedro, Tunga, Leyte, containing an area of 2,680 square meters, more or less and covered by O.C.T. OC-11801. A Deed of Sale was executed a portion of 1,408 from the above-described property in favor of Emilio B. Laus, Jr. married to Beatriz Oyzon as vendee; per Doc. No. 164, Page No. 33, Book No. XIX, Series of 2017of Notary Public Atty. Ulpiano U. Arpon, Jr. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

7Leyte Samar Daily ExpressSaturday, July 21, 2018 NEWS

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Froilan C. Millanar extrajudicial-

ly settled, partitioned and adjudicated a conjugal property over a parcels of land, Lot 4-A, Psd-08-001174, situated at the Brgy. San Jose, Tacloban City, Leyte, contain-ing an area of 356 square meters, more or less and covered by T.C.T. No. T-19090. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Don Carlos L. Matriano, John James N. Matriano, Ramon Paul N. Matriano and Carlos Raul N. Matriano as vendee, the above-described conjugal parcel of land; per Doc. No. 64, Page No. 14, Book No. LXI, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Cesar E. Lee. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Felimon Escala extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, Lot No. 12460, situated at Brgy. Plaridel, Baybay, Leyte, under Tax Dec. No. 07-0080-01987, containing an area of 312 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Paterna Escala as vendee for two portions Lot 12460-A with an area of 74 square meters, more or less and Lot 12460-C, with an area of 169 square meters, more or less; per Doc. No. 105, Page No. 94, Book No. XXVI, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Hugo B. Kudera. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Cresenciana B. Botin and Gabriel

Botin, Sr. extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over 3 parcels of land, all situated at Brgy. Bunga, Abuyog, Leyte, described as: 1) A parcel of land designated as Lot No. 2066, under Tax Dec. No. 08-01-0022-00334, covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-01-0022-00334, containing an area of 315 square meters, assessed value of P9,960.00; 2) Lot No. 2067, Pls 645, Case 2, under Tax Dec. No. 08-01-0022-00337, containing an area of 767 square meters, assessed value of P19,910.00; 3) Lot No. 1754, Pls 645, Case 2, under Tax Dec. no. 08-01-0022-00332 and Tax Dec. No. 08-01-0022-00386, containing an area of 490 square meters, assessed value of P19,240.00 and parties have agreed and caused the above property to be consolidated and subdivided and designated into Lot No. 1, Lot No. 2 and Lot No. 3. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor Sps. Ma. Luz M. Merilo and Eduardo A. Merilo as vendee for a parcel of land, designated as Lot 1, by Gabriel B. Botin, Jr. as vendor; per Doc. No. 462, Page No. 93, Book No. XVII, Series of 2016 of Notary Public Atty. Joy Estolano-Cerro CPA. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

CARIGARA, Leyte-The Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) - Leyte Second District Engineering Of-fice will implement a total amount of P39.4 million road rehabilitation projects funded under Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) Program.

According to District Engineer Carlos G. Velo-so, the Pamana program is being implemented by the government to reduce vulnerabilities, improve governance, and empower fragile communities.

“This involves socio-economic interventions to isolated and conflict-affect-ed areas not only to foster sustainable development but also to avoid recurrence of sources of conflict,” add-ed Veloso.

Among the three Pa-mana projects, two were al-ready bid out, the rehabili-tation of a farm-to-market road in Barangay Lanawan in MacArthur, Leyte in the amount of P19.7 million and the rehabilitation of the same project in Baran-gay Patag, Burauen, also in Leyte, worth P9.85 million.

Leyte’s second engineering district to implement farm-to-market road projects worth P39.4 million funded by Pamana

Brgy.Lanawan is an up-land community with it’s mostly farmer residents are growing corn, coconut and root crops (cassava, gabi, camote) and banana.

The farmers of the vil-lage formed into a group who bought two hectares of land and developed it into an organic farm supplying high value vegetables in Tacloban City.

An organic piggery of 75 heads, a corn mill and a farm to market road was ac-cessed by the association.

The rehabilitation of the farm-to-market will greatly help the farmers bringing their farm produce to the main city.

Meantime, the rehabili-tation of Conzoilo farm-to-market road in Jaro, Leyte worth P9.85 million is awaiting for modification.

Villa Conzoilo is an upland village seven kilo-meters from the pobla-cion of Jaro, is a budding farm-tourism destination in Leyte that has attracted both foreign and local visi-tors since it opened in May last year.

Villa Conzoilo, the farthest village of Jaro at the foot of Mount Aman-daweng, was once a hotbed of insurgency like all its neighboring communities.

Pamana programs en-visions to improve gov-ernance through partner-ships with national and local institutions, building capacities or governance, and enhancement of trans-parency and accountability mechanisms.

It also into reducing poverty and vulnerability in conflict-affected areas through sustainable rural development, community infrastructure and focused delivery of social services.

As well as empower-ing communities and strengthen their capacity to address issues of conflict and peace through activi-ties that promote social co-hesion.

Veloso said that the road rehabilitation will not help reduce conflict in the area but help uplift the poor living conditions of the families. (LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

Edgar Tenasas, assistant schools divi-sion superintendent in Leyte, answers media inquiries over the death of Emylou Malate, a newly-hired teacher in the upland village school in La Paz, Leyte. Malate killed herself on July 12 allegedly due to depression. (Ronald O. Reyes)

should be humble so that he can always be open to new possibilities rather than put limits because of his subjec-tive standards.

Obviously, he has to study and go deep into the sciences that deal with the care of souls. Hopefully, he can see even the subtle dis-tinctions between what is true holiness and the many

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G O V E R N M E N T CENTER, PALO, Leyte- An education official here in Leyte has encouraged teach-ers to have a support

Amid suicide of teachers due to depression

DepEd official encourages support system among teachers

system among them-selves.

This call of Ed-gar Tenasas, assistant schools division su-perintendent in Leyte,

came in the wake of a reported suicide of a teacher in La Paz town.

On July 12, Emylou Malate, a teacher of Bagacay West Primary

School, repor t-e d l y commit-ted sui-cide due to de-pression i n s i d e t h e i r house.

T h e 21-year old vic-tim just s t a r t -ed her teaching job this s c h o o l year.

L a s t M a r c h 4 of this year, a teacher of the L e y t e

National High School, this city, Romela Sega-dor, 23, also committed suicide by hanging her-self outside her class-room. She was said to

be suffering from de-pression too.

Tenasas said that support system among teachers is important for them to unload themselves due to heavy paper works that comes with teaching job.

“We will assure the public that this incident will reach to the divi-sion executive meet-ing so we can deliber-ate on how to eliminate the burdensome work of the teachers. This is worth to be elevated to the national. Whether they listen or not, we will be pushing it to the top. This is a national concern,” he said.

Tenasas appealed to the school principals and administrators “to be extra considerate to our teachers.”

“They report to the school with different emotional ability. There is a need for us to be more caring, under-standing, and tolerant,” he said.

Tenasas also encour-ages teachers to air complaints if they feel they are aggrieved.

(RONALD O. REYES) tion, with my youngest daugh-ter still sleeping inside it.

Fortunately, I was able to avoid the car’s path. When it passed by, I ran alongside, and opened the driver’s door so I could get inside. But as I was entering the car, the open, swinging door hit an elec-tric post and ejected me off, violently hitting my left head, including my chest and left shoulder. The car proceeded ahead and stopped at the side of a neighbour’s concrete fence, its engine still working.

No one ever saw what hap-pened to me exactly. Luckily, I was able to manage in to ma-neuver the car to its parking spot. There, while yet inside, I started to feel the terrible pain on my head, chest, left shoul-der, and back. I could not lift my left arm anymore, my head feeling dizzy. When my neigh-bors came to the scene, I could not even tell them exactly what happened as I was catching my breath, my face grimaced in pain.

What a stupid mistake on my part. And what an accident. Good thing a neighbour with a car brought me to the hospital. I needed to have some x-rays, besides a necessary confine-ment, to determine if I had fractures on the skull and ribs. Thank God I only got bruises, muscle sprain, and torn liga-ments. What a lesson to learn from.

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Carlos Bron extrajudicially set-

tled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of rice land situated in Brgy. Rawis, Calbayog City, containing an area of 1,434 square meters (rice land) and residential land containing an area of 1,284 square meters, with assessed value of P95,000.00, under ARP No. 99 01005-00011. A Deed of Sale was executed a portion of 200 square meters, designated as Lot No. 3530-P-3 Subdivision Plan, from the above-described property in favor of Pastor G. Borja as vendee; per Doc. No. 325, Page No. 67, Book No. XIX, Series of 2016 of Notary Public Atty. Alex Gelera.LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

forms of fake sanctity and give guidance accordingly.

That is why the forma-tion of priests will always be ongoing, and especial-ly these days when with so many developments around, there are also many new things to learn and to tackle.

It also pays that the priest is always willing to go to where the Spirit leads him as he guides souls.MAASIN CITY –

The Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) field office here has started install-ing a new batch of rain-water collection systems in 16 schools in South-ern Leyte aimed at curb-ing water shortage and promoting water con-servation in the prov-ince.

Recipients of the pro-ject are national high schools (NHS) in Libhu, San Rafael, Asuncion, Ibarra, Guadalupe, Don-gon, and Maasin City National High School in Maasin City; Ichon and Villa Jacinta in Macro-hon town; Lungsodaan in Hinundayan town; Hinunangan in Hinu-nangan town, Liloan in Liloan town, Himban-gan in St. Bernard

Elementary school

16 schools in S. Leyte get rainwater collectors

(ES) recipients are in Padre Burgos town and Asuncion Integrated School in Maasin City.

The P3.4 million pro-ject is part of the climate change adaptation of the administration to curb water shortage by maxi-mizing the use of rainwa-ter.

“With this kind of in-novative initiative, we hope that in the future, the growing concern of diminishing water sup-ply for sanitation in par-ticular places will be fully addressed,” said DPWH Southern Leyte chief Ma. Margarita Junia.

Rainwater collector system harvests, collects, and stores rainwater from the roof, groundwater catchment or multipur-pose pavement to store it in tanks with capacity of 4, 000 liters.

Accumulated rain-water is distributed to toilets, wash rooms, and other utilities through pipes or faucets attached to the system. In 2016, the DPWH installed 15 rainwater collection sys-tems in Southern Leyte province.

The project aims to answer the perennial concern in water short-age in Southern Leyte due to over extraction of groundwater, water pol-lution, illegal connec-tions, water pipe leak-ages, faulty water meters, and climate change. (PR)

8 Leyte Samar Daily Express Saturday, July 21, 2018NEWS

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Leyte

MUNICIPALITY OF CAPOOCANOFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Publication NoticeR.A. No. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC July 17, 2018

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. No. 10172) No-tice is hereby served to the public that CRISTINA COLASITO QUILAY has filed with this Office, a petition for Correction of Entry in Sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of CRISTINA COLASITO QUILAY who was born on 22 MARCH 1955 at Capoo-can, Leyte and whose parents are PEDRO QUILAY and CONSTANCIA COLASITO

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than August 3, 2018. (Sgd.) JESALIE I. LOTEYRO Municipal Civil RegistrarLSDE: July 21 & 28, 2018

TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Region 8 has released a new wage order for Eastern Visayas effective June 25, 2018.

Wage Order No. RB VIII-20 entitled “Prescrib-ing a New Minimum Wage Rates for Eastern Visayas” specified reclassification of the industries and sectors as well as increases in basic wage and the integration of the Cost of Living Allow-ance (COLA) to the new basic wage.

Under Section 2 of the new wage order, there shall be an increase in the basic wage, as follows: P20 per day for non-agriculture; P30 per day for retail/ser-vice employing 11 up to 30 workers (now merged to non-agriculture); P22 per day for cottage/handicraft; P30 per day for retail/ser-vice employing 10 workers and below; P24 per day for

Eastern Visayas has a new minimum wage order

non-sugar farm agriculture (now collapsed under ag-riculture); and P30 per day for sugar farm agriculture (now collapsed under agri-culture).

With above increases made, new minimum wage rates are as follows: P305 for non-agriculture includ-ing retail/service employing 11 up to 30 workers; P275 for cottage/handicraft; P275 for retail/service employing 10 workers and below; and P275 for agriculture.

Section 3 of the new wage order emphasized that the said wage increase pre-scribed shall be for the nor-mal working hours, which shall not exceed eight (8) hours a day.

RTWPB VIII Board Sec-retary Reynaldo Soliveres said that the issuance of the new wage order was a result of different sectoral wage consultations conducted by the Board in Catarman, Northern Samar on March

14, 2018; Catbalogan, Sa-mar on March 15, 2018; Borongan, Eastern Samar on March 16, 2018; Ormoc City on March 21, 2018 and Maasin City on March 22, 2018.

“The series of consulta-tions and public hearing conducted in the region re-vealed that there is really a need to increase our mini-mum wage. Of course, we also took into consideration the viability of businesses in the region”, said Board Sec-retary Soliveres.

Wage Order No. RB VIII-20 was approved last May 7, 2018 by Orlando C. Uy (employers’ repre-sentative), Miguel T. Te-zon and Efren M. Gabriola (workers’ representatives), NEDA Regional Direc-tor Bonifacio G. Uy (vice chair), DTI Regional Di-rector Cynthia R. Nierras (vice chair) and DOLE Regional Director Cyril L. Ticao (chairman). (PR)

TACLOBAN CITY- Anti-Drug elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-8)-Leyte Provin-cial Office and Baybay City police station ar-rested drug personalities during the conduct of a buy-bust operation at Ba-rangay Guadalupe, Bay-bay City on July 18, 2018 at around 10:15 pm.

In a report submitted to PDEA Director Gen-eral Aaron N. Aquino,

6 men, one of them an SK chairman, arrested in a by-bust operation in Baybay City, shabu

worth P24,400 seized from the suspectselements of PDEA RO8- Leyte Provincial Office under Director Edgar T. Jubay, and Baybay City PS identified the suspects as Jomar Jose Polo, 22, sin-gle, fisherman, resident of Brgy. Himoaw, Hilongos Leyte; John Paul Navales, 24, single, businessman, resident of Brgy. Santa Cruz, Hilongos; Jester James Lora, 22, single, jobless, resident of Brgy. Campina, Hilongos; Ep-heren Son Flores, 30, sin-

gle, waiter, resident of Brgy. Santa Cruz, Baybay City; Edison Flores, 31, single, singer, resident of Brgy. Santa Cruz, Bay-bay City; Doni Francis Pascua, Sangguniang Ka-bataan chairman, 21,sin-gle, resident of Poblacion Inopacan, Leyte.

One John Zarate man-aged to elude the arrest.

Purchased and confis-cated during the said op-eration were five pieces heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet contain-ing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu weighing more or less 3 grams with an estimated market value of P24,400 and various drug paraphernalia.

Polo will be facing charges for violations of Section 5 (Sale of Dan-gerous Drugs), Section 11 (Possession of Dan-gerous Drugs) and Sec-tion 12 (Possession of Drug Paraphernalia), Article II of RA 9165, while the rest will be fac-ing charges for violations of Section 7 (Employees/Visitors of Drug Den) and Section 12.

The suspects are now temporarily detained at PDEA RO8 detention fa-cility. (PR)

helped boost their tourism and economic activities.

“We practiced for two hours since June 27. We, the teachers handling Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health (MAPEH) sub-ject, were tapped to train students and residents in the barangays,” said Myda Ibañez, a teacher.

“This is the first in the history of Carigara. All agencies participated,” Ve-ronica Loreño, also a teach-er, said.

“Even husbands of teachers participated in the dance. We shortened our classes for our daily prac-tice,” she added, following an order from their local government unit.

Since her husband was

busy with his job, Loreño said she had her 15-year-old son as the dance partner.

Majority of the 4,821 dancers who joined were students and teachers from the two school districts in Carigara, Jugaban National High School, Carigara Na-tional Vocational School, Carigara National High School, Eastern Visayas State University-Carigara campus, Holy Cross Col-lege of Carigara, municipal workers, the private sector, and ordinary residents.

Kuratsa or curacha is a traditional dance of court-ship where the male ap-proaches and courts a lady in a form of a dance and is very popular in different parts of the Philippines, par-ticularly among the Waray people in the Visayas.

(RONALD O. REYES)

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the sea Monday afternoon in Macabug village.

Experts administered antibiotics and use plastic containers as floating de-vice to help the dolphin re-gain its buoyancy.

Albaladejo said they expected more sightings of marine mammals, espe-cially in Leyte Gulf and So-god Bay in Southern Leyte due to climate change. The mammals are sighted in Eastern Visayas region, which faces the Pacific Ocean.

A stranded marine mammal refers to one that has beached or run aground and is helpless or has lost the capability to return to its natural habitat. (SARWELL Q. MENIANO/PNA)

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Republic of the PhilippinesMUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN

Province of Northern Samar-ooOoo-

BIDS & AWARDS COMMITTEE

INVITATION TO BID

The Local Government of Catarman, Northern Samar invites interested parties/contractors to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid for the hereunder contract/projects to wit:

Solicitation Number : 2018-33Project Name : Supply and Delivery of Medicines for MHOABC : P3,349,880.47Location : Catarman, N. SamarSource of Fund : LGU SPADelivery Period : 30 CD

Solicitation Number : 2018-34Project Name : Supply and Delivery of Black Rice Seeds for Production PurposesABC : P150,000.00Location : MAO,Catarman, N. SamarSource of Fund : SPADelivery Period : 30 days

ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE

• Start of submission of LOI and Issuance of Eligibility/ July 20, 2018 Pre-qualification Forms/Bidding Documents• Pre-bid Conference July 30, 2018, 2:00p.m, Office of the Mayor Conference Hall1• Dropping of Bid Closing Date & Time of Aug. 10, 2018, 2:00p.m, Office of the Opening of Bids Mayor Conference Hall1

Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Bids should be in Philippines PESO Currency. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding, Documents, particularly in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non –discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act.”

Eligibility/Pre-qualification Forms and Bid Documents maybe purchased by interested bidders at the Municipal En-gineering Office, 2nd Floor, Catarman Municipal Hall on the dates shown above and upon payment of non-refundable amount of P 5,000.00 & P 500.00 respectively.

The Local Government of Catarman, Northern Samar, reserves the right to reject any bids, waive any minor defect therein, and accept the offer most advantageous to the Local Government Unit.

The Local Government of Catarman, Northern Samar assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify the bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid.

For further information, please refer to:

ATTY. HAROLD M. HORCASITAS Municipal Administrator/BAC Chairman Telefax: (055) 500-9215

ENGR. CARLITO O. DANQUE Municipal Engineer/BAC Vice-Chairman Tel. No. (055) 500-9255 2nd Floor, Catarman Municipal Hall Catarman, N. Samar ATTY. HAROLD M. HORCASITAS Municipal Administrator/ BAC Chairman

Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla, joined by Tanauan Mayor Pelagio Tecson,Jr. and his vice mayor Ronald Flores with other vice mayors of Leyte during their provincial summit held on July 6 in Tanauan. The vice mayors league in Leyte is headed by Vice Mayor Georgina Arevalo of Palompon. (GINA P.GEREZ)

9Leyte Samar Daily ExpressSaturday, July 21, 2018 NOTICES

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that Manuel C. Polenio heir of the late Aquilina C. Polenio

and stepfather Arturo Topacion executed an affidavit of Self-Adjudication over a parcels of land, 1) Lot 262-A-2, Psd-08-002481, situated in the Barrios of Sta. Elena, America and Poblacion Municipality of La Paz, Leyte, covered by TCT No. T-21091, containing ana rea of 1,316 square meters, more or less; 2) Lot 239, Cad 104-D, covered by O.C.T. No. P-36966, containing an area of 11,773 square meters; per Doc. No. 94, Pag No. 20, Book No. II, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Catherine Jane L. Vanilla. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Antonio and Hermogina Songalia

extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, designated in Brgy. San Roque, Tanauan, Leyte, with total area of 583 square meters, more or less and covered by Tax Dec. No. 00450-R13. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Saturnino S. Ang as vendee for a portion of 116 square meters from the above-described property; per Doc. No. 166, Page No. 38, Book No. XXII, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Sylwyn Mendoza.LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Tacloban City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance to Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that JOEL MARTIN TAN LUBANG has filed with this

office a petition for change of first name from JOEL MARTIN JR. to JOEL MARTIN in the Birth

of Certificate of JOEL MARTIN TAN LUBANG JR. born on DECEMBER 28, 1994 at Tacloban City, and whose parents are FELICIDAD CLARISSA C. TAN and JOEL B. LUBANG SR.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than August 1, 2018. (Sgd.) IMELDA A. ROA City Civil Registrar

(Complete name of petitioner)

(First name to be changed) (New first name to be adopted)

LSDE: July 21 & 28, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Maydolong, Eastern Samar

Publication NoticeR.A. No. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administra-tive Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. No. 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that BUTCH JR. NADORES ARMA has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from Female to Male in the Certificate of Live Birth of Buth jr. Nadores Arma at Maydolong, Eastern Samar and whose parents is Butch Alura Arma and Josefa Pomarejos Nadores.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than July 30, 2018.

(Sgd.) ENGR. SUSANA D. ABERIA MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRARLSDE: July 21 & 28, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that Ma. Chanda Paz Nacional heir of the late Perfecto P.

Nacional extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, with a house built thereon, sitauted at 4th Transversal, Brgy. 4, Calbiga, Samar designated as Lot No. 1464, CAD 918-D, covered by Tax Dec. No. 04004-00056, with a total assessed value of P9,260.00, containing an area of 144.70 square meters; per Doc. No. 16, Page No. 004, Book No. IV, Series of 2016 of Notary Public Atty. Enerio M. Sabulao.LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Adriano Balotol extrajudicially settled,

partitioned and adjudicated over a portion of a parcel of land, located in Brgy. Camayse, Sta. Rita, Samar, containing an area of 13,573 square meters, covered by O.C.T. No. 12013, denominated as Lot No. 479, Pls-415-D. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Jowie N. Amistoso and Vilma P. Amistoso as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 87, Page No. 19, Book No. XX, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Jeffrey A. Didulo. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Alfonso Magallanes and Leoncia Ca-

mas extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land Lot No. 1113, with improvements thereon situated in the Barrio of Buri, Municipality of Catbalogan (now Catbalogan City) containing an area of 387 square meters, more or less, covered by OCT No. 1648 and heir Rosario T. Magallanes on her part, do hereby WAIVE, forever Renounce and Quitclaim all rights, interest and participation over the above-described parcel of land in favor of co-heir, LILIA MAGALLANES BALASBAS; per Doc. No. 448, Page No. 91, Book No. XXX, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Gerardo Teves.LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that Ma. heirs of the late Sps. Loreto B. Balleta and Carmelita

Gabon extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land, located at Brgy. Silanga, Catbalogan City, designated as Lot No. 1455-F, covered by T.C.T. No. CARP 2018000432, containing an area of 29,999 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of MARICRIS C. GONZALES as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 138, Page No. 29, Book No. 44, Series of 2018 of Edilberto Morales. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Leonilo B. Solayao extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, situated at Brgy. Silanga, City of Catbalogan, designated as Lot No. 1455-E, Cad 255, Psd 08-009983-D (AR), covered by T.C.T. No. CARP 2018 000431, containing an area of 30,000 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of MARICRIS C. GONZALES as vendee for the above-described property together with all the improvements found therein; per Doc. No. 104, Page No. 22, Book No. 44, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Edilberto Morales.LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

ADJUDICATION WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that Trifona Macapanas heir of the late Margarita Anacta

executed an affidavit of Adjudication over a parcel of agricultural land, situated at Brgy. Songco, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, covered by O.C.T. No. 226, Lot No. 1045, Case 2, Cad 434-D, covered by O.C.T. No. 226, containing an area of 1,759 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Samuel C. Pormida and Ma. Rosario G. Pormida as vendee for the above-described property including the improvements thereon; per Doc. No. 273, Page No. 56, Book No. III, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Charles B. Culo, CPA. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Joseph Demetrio B. Uyvico extrajudi-

cially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a real properties with shares with TCT No. T-6247, described as: 1) One sixth portion of a parcel of land, Lot 2789, situated in the Barrio of Utap, Municipality of Tacloban (now Tacloban City) containing an area of 12,253 square meters; 2) One sixth (1/6) portion of a parcel of land, Lot No. 2790, situated in the Barrio of Utap, Municipality of Tacloban (now Tacloban City) containing an area of 13,086 square meters; 3) One sixth (1/6) portion of a parcel of land, Lot No. 4999, situated in the Bo. of Utap, Municipality of Tacloban, containing an area of 4,305 square meters; 4) One sixth (1/6) portion of a parcel of land, Lot no. 3740 of the Cadastral Survey of Tacloban, situated in the Bo. of Utap, Municipality of Tacloban, containing an area of 6,405 square meters and above-mentioned properties divided equally among themselves; per Doc. No. 143, Page No. 29, Book No. 1, Series of 2016 of Notary Public Atty. Von Kaiser P. Soro.LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that Samuel Martinez-Dumaguing heir of the late Rosario

Martinez executed an affidavit of Self-Adjudication over a parcel of land, Lot No. 4066, sitauted in Brgy. Candadam, Municipality of Baybay, Province of Leyte, containing an area of 6,182 square meters, more or less, with Tax Dec. No. 07-0037-01234 R13; per Doc. No. 291, Page No. 21, Book No. XI, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Vivian C. Enario-Vidallon. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Lorenzo D. Garcia, Sr. extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, located at Brgy. Esperanza, In-opacan, Leyte, covered by O.C.T. No. P-33881, Lot No. 226, under Tax Dec. No. 08-16-0008-00269 R13 containing an area of 11,019 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Mariano B. Cuizon and Lolita G. Cuizon as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 50, Page No. 10, Book No. XXIV, Series of 2016 of Notary Public Atty. Josenilo Marquez Reoma. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-PJ-2018-07-20140439Case No. VIII-2014-0439

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a PUJ service

NENITA E. LIM Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: CATARMAN-LOPE DE VEGA & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until JUNE 13, 2019.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 12th

day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-FC-2018-07-20140552Case No. VIII-2014-0552

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a FILCAB service

MA. OLIVIA C. EREDEROS Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a FILCAB service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: ORMOC CITY-ALBUERA & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until APRIL 12, 2019.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 16th day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-PJ-2018-07-20140628Case No. VIII-2014-0628

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a PUJ service

HERMINIA D. BRAZIL Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: TACLOBAN CITY-SAN MIGUEL & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until JULY 26, 2019.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 16th day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-PJ-2018-07-20141315Case No. VIII-2014-1315

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a PUJ service

RONALDO P. FLORITO Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: ORMOC CITY-MERIDA & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until JULY 16, 2019.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 12th day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-UV-2018-07-20140381Case No. VIII-2014-0381

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a UVE service

ROLANDO A. PACHECO Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a UVE service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: MAASIN CITY-ORMOC CITY & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until MARCH 19, 2019.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 13th day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-FC-2018-07-20141836Case No. VIII-2014-1836

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a FILCAB service

BALTAZAR A. DE GUZMAN Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a FILCAB service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: TACLOBAN CITY-ST. PAUL’S-CAMPETIC & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until JULY 10, 2019.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 13th day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-UV-2018-07-20143072Case No. VIII-2014-3072

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a UV EXPRESS service

MARIA DELFA C. MAYOL Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a UV EXPRESS service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: ISABEL-ORMOC CITY-MAASIN CITY VIA BAYBAY & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until SEPTEMBER 13, 2018.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 17th

day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-FC-2018-07-20141030Case No. VIII-2014-1030

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a FILCAB service

ANNABELLE SIRIKIT T. DEMEGILLO Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a FILCAB service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: TACLOBAN CITY-DIIT & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until JULY 3, 2019.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 12th

day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-EV-PB-2018-07-20143311Case No. VIII-2014-3311

Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Convenienceto operate a PUB service

BONIFACIO C. JUNTILLA, JR. Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Reconstituted

Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUB service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: TACLOBAN CITY-NAVAL-CABUCGAYAN-CAIBIRAN & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until NOVEMBER 7, 2018.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 16th

day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

R8-RC/EV/DS-PJ-2018-07-0055Case No. VIII-2018-0055

REF. CASE NO. VIII-2002-1262Application for Reconstitution of Recordswith Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJservice with prayer to adopt trade nameand with Dropping and Substitution of Unit

EUGENIA S. FUNCION Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Certificate of

Public Convenience to operate a PUJ service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: TACLOBAN CITY-BASEY & VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is valid and subsisting until JUNE 10, 2018.

In the present application, applicant request authority for reconstitution of records with extension of validity and with dropping and substitution of unit of the same certificate using the same number of unit/s along the same route: TACLOBAN CITY-BASEY & VICE VERSA

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable RENWICK K. RUTAQUIO, Regional Director, this 17th

day of JULY, 2018.

(Sgd.) RENWICK K. RUTAQUIORegional Director

10 Leyte Samar Daily Express Saturday, July 21, 2018NOTICES

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH QUITCLAIM, ADJUDICATION AND SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Patrocinio Conge extrajudicially set-tled, partitioned over a conjugal one-half share of a parcel of land, designated as Lot 5, Block 10, Pcs 08-000067, situated in the Brgy. of Calanipawan, Caibaan & Marasbaras, City of Tacloban City covered by T.C.T. No. 122-2017002040, containing an area of 180 square meters and heirs hereby WAIVE, RENOUNCE and QUITCLAIM all their rights and interest on the one-half (1/2) portion of conjugal lot, including the improvements found thereon in favor of Presa Alia Conge, adjudicate herself the one-half conjugal share. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Presa Alia Conge as vendee; for the whole of the above-described property; per Doc. No. 128, Page No. 27, Book No. 1, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Alert B. Alocilja. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that Wilfredo Varona heir of the late Felicidad M. Varona

executed an affidavit of Self-Adjudication over parcels of land described as: 1) Real Prop-erty located at Malaguicay, Tanauan, Leyte under Tax Dec. No. 00417-R12 containing an area of 4516 ha. with assessed value of P24,370.00 and 2) Real property located at San Miguel, Tanauan, Leyte, under Tax Dec. No. 00405-R12, containing an area of 431 square meters with an assessed value of P20,630.00; per Doc. No. 441, Page No. 90, Book No. 25, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Joseph N. Escalona.LSDE: June 30 & July 7 & 14, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Edwin U. Astorga extrajudicially set-

tled, partitioned and adjudicated over real properties described as: 1) A parcel of land (Lot 6110-A of the sub plan (LRC) Psd-130228, situated in the Barrio of Sagcahan, City of Tacloban, Island of Leyte, containing an area of 600 square meters, more or less covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 3941; 2) One-third (1/3) portion as his co-ownership of that Two-Storey Commercial Building (with Mezzanine) erected on Lot 6110 with a floor area 411,9 square meters, covered by Tax Dec. No. 02804694; 3) A parcel of land (877-A-4-B-1 of the sub. plan (LRC) Psd-81145, situated in the Bo. of Sagcahan, City of Tacloban, Island of Leyte, containing an area of 96 square meters, more or less, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-3940; 4) A residential building erected on Lot 877-A-4-B-1, with a floor area of 57,0000 square meters, covered by Tax Declaration No. 02803647; and conjugal properties: 5) One-Half (1/2) Undivided Portion of that parcel of land designated as Lot 4816-B-2, Psd-08-009938-D, and all improvements thereon situated in Barangay Utap, City of Tacloban, Province of Leyte, Island of Leyte, containing an area of 1,093 square meters, more or less covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 122-2010000395; 6) One-half (1/2) Undivided portion of that parcel of land designated as lot 2712-1-A Psd-083747-006999-D and all improvements thereon situated in the Barangay Sagkah, City of Tacloban, Province of Leyte, containing an area of 562 square meters, more or less, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-36713; per Doc. No. 270, Page No. 58, Book No. 1, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Eric T. De Veyra. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Maxima Co-

bacha extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land Lot No. 24, DAR-ADB-ARC, Brgy. Module 1, situated in the Brgy. Tingib, Basey, Samar, containing an area of 9,524 square meters, covered by Katibayan ng Original na Titulo Blg. 24330. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Bernadette D. Traud as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 442, Page No. 90, Book No. 8, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Vicente Cañas. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Maurecio Llemos and Bibiana Llemos extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, located at Brgy. Tingib, Basey, Samar, with an area of 182 square meters, more or less, covered by ARP No. 21794. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Jesusita M. De la Peña married to Benjamin de la Peña as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 357, Page No. 73, Book No. 1, Series of 2002 of Notary Public Atty. Eric T. De Veyra. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Joaquina

Cervantes Lee extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicat-ed over a parcel of land, located at Brgy. Diaz, Western Samar (formerly Barrio Ngoso, Gandara, Western Samar) covered by O.C.T. No. 17925 under Free Patent No. 582474, Lot No. 5671, Cad-444-D, containing an area of 1,054 square meters; per Doc. No. 164, Page No. 34, Book No. XXIX, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Rommel N. Cariño.LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS NOTICE is hereby given that Ireneo Lee Mañozo, Adela

Lee M. Cabalda and Romeo Lee Mañoso are heirs of the late Joaquina C. Lee executed an affidavit of Loss of Original Ti-tle (owner’s duplicate copy) situated at Barrio of Ngoso (now Brgy. Diaz) Municipality of Gandara, Prov. of Western Samar covered by O.C.T. No. 17925 and heirs entrusted the original title (owner’s duplicate copy) to Romeo their brother who lives in Manila and sometimes in October 13, 2017, Romeo bring to Samar and brought all the documents to facilitate it in DAR of-fice Catbalogan, Samar as the said property was already in the government land reform program and this was stolen by a theft and all documents paper of his personal belongings including the said title and make diligent efforts to recover the said title were made futile; per Doc. No. 206, Page No. 43, Book No. XXI, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Rommel N. Cariño. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

DEED OF ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that Natividad Pajenar-Roldan executed a Deed of Ad-

judication over parcels of land, described as: 1) Parcel of land situated in Brgy. Atipolo Biliran, Survey No. 1469, and Lot No. 014, under ARP No. 00629, containing an area of 0.0235 has., assessed value of P630.00; 2) Agricultural land situated in Anas Brgy. Atipolo, Biliran, Survey No. 1373 and Lot No. 008 under ARP No. 00541, containing an area of 0.2166 has., assesed at P6,420.00; 3) Agricultural land, situated in Brgy. Atipolo, Biliran Survey No. 1547 and Lot No. 048 under ARP No. 00539, containing an area of 0.1593 has., assessed at P1,260.00; per Doc. No. 104, Page No. 21, Book No. 40, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE AND QUITCLAIM

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Bernardo Velasco extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a motor vehicle described as: Make: ___; Fuel: Die-sel; Type of Body: Truck-Bus; Engine: 6D16689850; Chas-sis No.: TA3H4P006730; Plate No.: HVD510; File No.: 1328000000071490. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of EDEN S. APOLINAR, and heirs hereby freely and voluntary sell and waive their rights, participation over the above-mentioned motor vehicle in favor of the vendee Eden S. Apolinar; per Doc. No. 1368, Page No. 323, Book No. VI, Series of 2014 of Notary Public Atty. Mario Lydinno R. Opeña. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that Valeriano Lay Gonzales, Jr.

only heir of the late Valeriano Gonzales and Rosie Lay Gonzales executed a personal properties consisting of a number of shares of stocks described as: 1) (ALI) Ayala Land, Incorporated No. of Shares: 6,000; 2) (ARA) Araneta Properties, Inc.; No. of Shares: 50,000; 3) (AT) Atlas Cons. Mng. & Dev. Corp.; No. of Shares: 10,000; 4) (BSC) Basic Energy Corporation; No. of Shares: 50,000; 5) (EEI) EEI Corporation; No. of Shares: 244; 6) (FPH) First Phil. Holdings Corp.; No. of Shares: 75; 7) (IMP) Imperial Resources Inc. “A”; No. of Shares: 400; 8) (PXP) PXP Energy Corporation; No. of Shares: 15,425; 9) (SFI) Swift Foods, Inc.; No. of Shares: 756,222; 10) (SMC) San Miguel Corporation; No. of Shares: 23; 11) (SPM) Seafront Resources Corporation; No. of Shares: 4,467; 12) (TFHI) Top Frontier Investment Hldgs. Inc.; No. of Shares: 2; 13) (VMC) Victorias Milling Company, Inc; No. of Shares: 17,460; per Doc. No. 134, Page No. 28, Book No. VI, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Jerry S. Uy. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Simpli-

cio Sang-an Gabas and Emperatrez Alvarez Gabas extrajudicial-ly settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, Lot 5401, Cad 519-D, situated at Brgy. San Joaquin, Municipalityof Palompon, Leyte, containing an area of 7,936 square meters, more or less covered by O.C.T. No. OC-8164 and Tax Dec. No. 08-31038-00003 R13. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Mary Dominique A. Oñate as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 256, Page No. 53, Book No. LXV, Series of 2018 of NotaryPublic Atty. Gerentstein T. Banzon. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Aristotiles

C. Magno extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of residential land, situated at Brgy. Sto. Niño, Tanauan, Leyte, designated as Lot No. 1439-J, containing an area of 245 square meters, more or less covered by Tax Dec. No. 38050-00633 and Title No. T-8301. A Deed of Sale was ex-ecuted in favor of LORNA A. SALUDARES married to Jaime de Jesus Saludares as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 179, Page No. 37, Book No. 18, Series of 2018 of Noary Public Atty. Ma. Elena R. Saludes and Notary Public Atty. Edwin B. Jomadiao; per Doc. No. 57, Page No. 13, Book No. LXXI, Series of 2018 and Doc. No. 399, Page No. 80, Book No. LXVII, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Esteban A. Somngi. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS NOTICE is hereby given that Milagros B. Saldo a Custodi-

an Certificate of Title executed an affidavit of Loss of O.C.T. No. 14808 involving a certain agricultural land, situated at Brgy. San Miguel, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar, registered in the name of Edith Moore. That OCT was lost/misplaced and is now be-yond recovery and considered lost; per Doc. No. 178, Page No. 37, Book No. XXXVIII, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Rached Piamonte Rondina. LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

SALE(EJF NO. 4067)

Upon extra-judicial peti-tion for sale uinder act 3135, as amended, filed on June 11, 2018, by HOME DE-VELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, petitioner/mortgagee, with principal and office ad-dress at Room 3520 35th Flr., Petron Mega Plaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, against CHONA A. LAC-ERAS, single, of legal age, Filipino, respondent/mort-gagor, of Lot 3582-D-7, San Jose, Tacloban City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 16, 2018, amounts to PHP 425,151.61, Philippine Currency, inclu-sive of interest and penalty charges, the Ex-Officio Sher-iff of Leyte, Regional Trial Court, Tacloban City, by and thru the undersigned will sell at public auction on August 28, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Office of Br. 34, Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan Ng Katarun-

gan, Tacloban City, to the Highest Bidder, for CASH, MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements, as stipulated in the said mortgage, to wit:

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

TCT No.: T-37271LOT NO.: 3582-D-7,

Psd-083747-007061-DLOCATION: BRGY.

SAN JOSE, TACLOBAN CITY

AREA: 200 SQ.MTS.REGISTERED OWN-

ER: CHONA A. LACERASAll sealed bids must be

submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on SEPTEMBER 11, 2018, on the same time and place without further notice.

(Sgd.) RUBEN N. VILLACARILLO

(7/2/18)Sheriff IV

LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

Republic of thePhilippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial RegionBranches 6, 7, 8, 9, 34,

43 & 44Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Tacloban CityOFFICE OF THE

CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

OF LEYTEHOME DEVELOP-MENT MUTUAL

FUND,Mortgagee,

-versus-TRINIDAD H.

PASUCAL,Mortgagor

EJF No. 4065For: EXTRA JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE/PER-SONAL PROPERTY

MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135

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

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial peti-tion for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, with office address at Room 3520, 35th Floor, Petron Mega Plaza Building, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City against TRINI-DAD H. PASUCAL with postal address at Lot 26, Block 54, Abucay, Tacloban City, Leyte, to satisfy the mortgage

indebtedness which as of April 16, 2018 amounts to ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN PESOS & 25/100 (P1,576,187.25) in Philippine Currency, including inter-est and penalty charges, but excluding additional interest and penalty charges until fully paid, expenses of collection, 10% of the total indebtedness as Attorney’s Fees, plus ex-pense of the Foreclosure, Sher-iff’s Lawful fees, and Expens-es for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof, the UNDERSIGNED EXECUT-ING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION on August 10, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 4:00PM at Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan ng Ka-tarungan, Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for cash and in Philip-pine Currency, the following properties with all its im-provements, if any to wit:

TCT No. T-53511A PARCEL OF LAND

DESIGNATED AS LOT 26, BLOCK 54 OF THE CON-SOLIDATION-SUBDIVI-SION OF PCS-08-000527-D, BEING A PORTION OF LOTS 4997, CAD. 220, LOT 4311-B, PSD-08-001588, LOT 4313-I-1, PSD-08-002329 AND LOTS 1 & 2 & 3, PCS-08-000517-D, SITU-ATED IN THE BARANGAY OF ABUCAY, CITY OF TACLOBAN, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, ISLAND OF LEYTE. BOUNDED ON THE:

NW., ALONG LINE 1-2 BY LOT 25, BLOCK 54; ON

THE NE., ALONG LINE 2-3

BY ROAD LOT 22 (6.50M. WIDE); ON THE

SE., ALONG LINE 3-4 BY LOT 27, BLOCK 54; AND ON THE

SW., ALONG LINE 4-1 BY BARANGAY ROAD LOT 24 OF THIS SUBDIVI-SION

CONTAINING AN AREA OF THIRTY FIVE (35) SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS...

“Including the house/building(s) and other im-provements now erected or hereafter maybe erected upon.”

PROSPECTIVE BID-DERS AND BUYERS MAY INVESTIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUMBRANCES, HEREIN ABOVE-DE-SCRIBED 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 August 17, 2018.

Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, Leyte, Philip-pines.

July 05, 2018.FOR THE CLERK OF

COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

(Sgd.) NEIL FLORO J. LOPEGA

Sheriff IVRTC-OCC, Tacloban

CityLSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH

ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of the late Ariston Bibera and Quintina Regis extrajudicially set-tled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land under Tax Dec. No. 08-06-0030-00677, designated as Lot No. 1714-Part, situated at Brgy. Tabunok, Bato, Leyte, with an area of 233,011 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Joemar Vega Estoque Jr. and Elsa Cabudbud as vendee for a por-tion of Lot 1714-Part, with an area of 200 square meters from the above-described propety; per Doc. No. 485, Page No. 97, Book No. XIX, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Jose-nilo Marquez-Reoma.LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS NOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of the late Marilou C. Dy-coco executed an affidavit of Loss of Original Certificate of Title No. P-23719 for a parcel of land, desig-nated as Lot No. 1605, Case 2, Pls-810, situated in Brgy. Hiluctogan, Mahaplag, Leyte with an area of 37,859 square meters, more or less, that original copy of the said Origi-nal Certificate of Title No. P-23719 was in her files at their residence and upon recent inspection of her files to look for said original copy of Title and said documents proved futile and nowhere to be found and consid-ered it lost; per Doc. No. 197, Page No. 40, Book No. XII, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Jason Alonzo.LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Jose R. Dycoco extraju-

dicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land identified as Lot No. 1605, Case 2, Pls-810, located at Brgy. Hiluctogan, Mahaplag, Leyte, containing an area of 37,857 square meters, more or less and covered by O.C.T. No. P-23719 and Tax Dec. No. 08-25004-00217; per Doc. No. 325, Page No. 65, Book No. VIII, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Aluino O. Ala, CPA. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Mercurio A. Ador

extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land located at Brgy. Pangudtan, Oras, Eastern Samar, covered by Katibayan ng Original na Titulo Blg. CARP2015000172, designated as Lot No. 1288 Cad 515-D, CMSP No. 1, containing an area of 282 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of EVA M. VILLA-LON married to Roland N. Villalon as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 407, Page No. 83, Book No. IV, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Charles B. Culo, CPA.LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH PARTITION WITH DEED

OF ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of the late Antonio Ybañez ex-trajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, identified as Cad. Lot No. 704, lo-cated at Brgy. Poblacion I, Hindang, Leyte under Tax Dec. No. 08 15001-00877 with a total area of 463.92 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Carlosito T. Ybañez and Divina Gracia Y. Gener-al as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 209, Page No. 42, Book No. XXXIX, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Rosalia Peteros-Phua.LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS NOTICE is hereby given that John Rey G. Montareal of Brgy. Palale,

MacArthur, Leyte and is the CI Collector/Custodian of Du Ek Sam with office address at Brgy. Buntay, Abuyog, Leyte; executed an Affidavit of Loss of the yellow copy of Collection receipt with number 027951-027955, Collection receipt number 027956-028000 pull out letter and area 4 ledger of the Du Ek Sam and this documents was put in a bag that stolen sometimes on June 06, 2018 somewhere in Tacloban City and despite earnest and diligent effort to find, retrieve, recover and find the same, it still prove futile and of no avail; per Doc. No. 252, Page No. 51, Book No. 26, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Erwin V. Belleza. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Felix Basibas Sr., and Damiana Basibas

extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land Lot No. 7431, OCT No. P-97983, situated in Brgy. Malaguicay, Municipality of Tanauan, Leyte, containing an area of 1,579 square meters, more or less and heir Carlos Neil hereby renounce, waive and quitclaim all rights, ownership and interests of the above-described property in favor of co-heir CARLOS NEIL; per Doc. No. 403, Page No. 81, Book No. VII, Series of 2015 of Notary Public Atty. Sylwynabor V. Mendoza. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Aniceto A. Macarandan extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, together with the building and other improvements existing thereon, situated at Block 13, Lot 13, Phase 3, Area 7, V&G Subdivision, Brgy. 109-A, Tacloban City, containing an area of 70 square meters; per Doc. No. 359, Page No. 072, Book No. III, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Wilfredo T. Pascua. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER OF SHARE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Pacita P. Montejo extrajudicially set-

tled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Salvacion, Palo, Leyte, designated as Cad. Lot No. 1535-Part, containing an area of 1,407 square meters, and heirs do hereby forever and WAIVE, RELINQUISH and RENOUNCES their rights, interests and shares in the above-described real property in favor of their co-heir, Ederlina P. Montejo; per Doc. No. 373, Page No. 76, Book No. LX, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Ronnan Christian M. Reposar. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that Serafin Recamara executed a Deed of Absolute Sale

over a parcel of coconut land, covered by OCT No. 11657 Lot No. 1093, Pls-833-D, con-taining an area of 11,424 square meters, more or less, under OCT No. 11657, Free Patent No. 389867, in favor of Imelda Recamara Delivios married to Alejandro Mara Delivios as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 6477, Page No. 96, Book No. XIII, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Anthony U. Singzon. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Romulo Cabi-oc Sr., extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a one-half (1/2) conjugal share of a parcel of land, designated as Lot 2859, Case 30, Cad 503-D, situated at Brgy. Hinulugan, Dagami, Leyte, containing an area of 450 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Pep-ito P. Talavera and Ester T. Talavera as vendee for the above-described property including the other one-half (1/2) conjugal share; per Doc. No. 490, Page No. 98, Book No. XI, Series of 2013 of Notary Public Atty. Belinda Cinco Alcober. LSDE: July 7, 14 & 21, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Julita Fernandez extrajudicially settled,

partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land designated as Lot No. 3782, covered by Tax Dec. No. 2005-07064-00221 R12, under TCT No. 14308, situated in Brgy. Maganhan, Baybay City, Leyte, containing an area of 2,605 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Elizabeth Aragon as vendee for a portion of 111 square meters, more or less from the above-described parcel and another sale in favor of Francisco Avel-lana as vendee for a portion of 222 square meters, more or less of the aforementioned parcel of land; per Doc. No. 244, Page No. 49, Book No. LXV, Series of 2015 of Atty. Joseph Carnel M. Bandalan. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Cayetano Mabilangan extraju-dicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of real property located at Brgy. Lawa-an, Paranas, Samar, consisting of 189,831 square meters, more or less, covered by O.C.T. No. 9599, designated as Lot No. 1616, Pls-658-D and parties do hereby appoint, name and constituted their co-heirs Rosario Mabilangan-Mabini, Ma. Jenifer Hek Go, Nestor Rivera Mabilangan, Juanito Libreja Mabilangan and Gina Hek Cabanoang, as their true and legal representative to act for and in their names and stead and to negotiate, transact, sell and enter into a contract/agreement the real property above-desribed, and to sign, executed and to sign, execute and ac-knowledge all necessary papers and related thereto and hereby giving and grant-ing unto said attorney-in-fact full power and whatsoever requisite, necessary for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 221, Page No. 46, Book No. 44, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Edilberto G. Morales. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE(PORTION)

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Crestuta Pobadora extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land known and identified as Cad. Lot No. 1014-Part, situated at Brgy. Fatima, Villaba, Leyte, under Tax Dec. No. 08-41017-00385 R13, containing an area of 0.3431.85 hectares, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed a portion of 120 square meters, more or less from the above-described property in favor of Rebecca Pobadora Alayon as vendee; per Doc. No. 328, Page No. 67, Book No. 54, Series of 2018 of Notary Public Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Buenaventura Almoroto extra-

judicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, Lot No. 5063, C-24, Cad 661-D, situated at San Francisco, Isabel, Leyte, containing an area of 27,731 square meters, more or less, covered by O.C.T. No. P-42955 and adjudicated one-sixth (1/6) of the same property to each of them; per Doc. No. 85, Page No. 17, Book No. 1, Series of 2002 of Notary Public Atty. Francisco H. Escaño, Jr. LSDE: July 14, 21 & 28, 2018

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. William U. Cano and Gleceria Balaga-Cano extrajudicially settled, par-titioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land, situ-ated in Brgy. Balocawe, Abuyog, Leyte, covered with TCT No. TP-13331 and Tax Dec. No. 96-01015-00534, containing an area of 8,936 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Jimmy Orias married to Marissa Villamor-Orias as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 713, Page No. 42, Book No. 68, Series of 2013 of Atty. Vicente Rudas.LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Antonio

Faller and Virginia F. Faller extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, described as Lot No. 2159-D-7, Psd-083719-007382-D, located at Brgy. Lamak, Hilongos, Leyte, covered by TCT No. T-26423, covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-14-0021-000970, containing an area of 12,545 square meters and parties hereto adjudicate the entire property above-men-tioned in favor of AGNES F. FALLER CRUZ; A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Blue Sapphire Aggregates Construc-tion and Supply, Inc. represented by Manuel R. Villahermosa as vendees for the aforementioned properties without improve-ments; per Doc. No. 75, Page No. 16, Book No. XXXI, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar.LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PORTION NOTICE is hereby given that De-

lia A. Algo executed a Deed of Absolute Sale over a portion of a parcel of land, situated at Brgy. Campesao, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, covered by T.C.T. No. T-164, situated at Brgy. Campesao, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, contain-ing an area of 371 square meters and subject to sell is a portion of 185 square meters from the above-described prop-erty located on the southern portion in favor of GINA LABIDE ANDALIZA as vendee; per Doc. No. 132, Page No. 30, Book No.XVXIV, Series of 2016 of Notary Public Atty. Celestino A. Cabato.LSDE: July 21, 28 & Aug. 4, 2018

11Leyte Samar Daily ExpressSaturday, July 21, 2018 NEWS

BURAUEN, Leyte – Public school teachers serving in upland com-munities here shared sto-ries on how they stayed strong despite financial, family and work-related struggles.

Airen Modina, 39, ad-mitted that she tries to be emotionally numb every time she notices that some of her pupils go to school barefoot, with empty stom-ach and only one notebook for eight subjects.

“Although I am mind-ful of their plight, I have my own burden to bear. My husband has been suf-fering kidney failure for three years now and the only way for him to sur-vive is through dialysis, which is very costly,” said the mother of two, who has been in the teaching profession for more than a decade.

Modina is a Grade 6 teacher of Catagbacan El-ementary School, a small campus in a farming com-munity nine kilometers upland from the town center.

The teacher and some family members chip in P23,400 every month for her husband’s monthly di-alysis. She only gets P6,900 monthly net salary, with P18,000 cut due to loan deductions.

Since she’s considered as better off than other sib-lings, she is obliged to pro-vide financial support to her parent and nieces.

“Yes, life is more bur-densome with so many work-related problems such as paper works, class-

Leyte upland teachers remain positive amid struggles

By: LIEZEL RECAMADAS

room maintenance, poor performing pupils, but I have to be strong to see my children live a better life in the future. I have been very prayerful and positive that the best is yet to come,” Modina shared.

Shirly Esquierdo, 33, a teacher for more than two years currently assigned at Anonang Elementary School in Barangay Anon-ang said occasionally hang-ing out with friends helped her a lot to cope up life’s countless stress.

For two years, she has been left alone to support her three young children af-ter her separation from her husband due to unsettled differences.

Esquierdo also recalled heart-breaking stories among her students from indigent families in Anon-ang, an upland barangay, 18 kilometers away from the town’s commercial hub.

“Some children just eat a little rice with boiled frogs as side dish for lunch while some just drink water to beat hunger pangs. Deep within, I want to help them all, but I am incapable,” she said.

Accumulated debts re-duced the young teacher’s monthly pay from over P20,000 to only P6,500. The meagre pay supports her three school-aged children and jobless mother.

“Personal problems and paper works are inevitable, but staying optimistic of what the future holds is the best choice to manage de-pression,” she added.

Every day, a teacher is required to prepare a 10-

page lesson plan and some instructional materials. On a regular basis, they have make oral reading reports of children, individual cards, and document all school-related activities as attachments to the bi-annual Individual Perfor-mance Commitment and Review Form for Teachers.

Department of Educa-tion Leyte assistant schools division superintendent Edgar Tenasas praised teachers for their determi-nation to face personal and work-related challenges.

“I salute these teachers who are relentless in their effort to educate our chil-dren even in remote com-munities despite all these problems. I believe that it all depends on emotional stability of a person,” Tena-sas added.

The education depart-ment reiterated its call for teachers to manage de-pression after reports cir-culated on social media that piles of paper work had prompted Emylou Malate, 21, a multi-grade teacher in La Paz, Leyte, to commit suicide inside their house in Limba vil-lage last July 14.

Malate, single, was as-signed to a multi-grade class at the Bagacay West Primary School, an upland school some 5 kms. from the town center. Her first day of work was last June 25.

(Note: The author is the school head of the Ano-nang Elementary School in Barangay Anonang, Burauen, Leyte)

BURAUEN, Leyte – The local government here has established a high school in an upland farming community in a bid to encourage more elementary graduates to proceed with secondary education.

School head Adolfo Raga said they have to start classes in make-shift classrooms at the Buraburon National High School this school year as 90 students have signified their interest to study in the new campus closer to their homes.

“Since we don’t have

Despite her physical disability, Vio-leta Milar manages to deal with the hardships beyond the limits of her abilities.

STA.FE, Leyte- Born with a physical disabil-ity, Violeta Milar of Sitio Pulak of Barangay San Isidro, this town, did not lose any hope in life.

Her condition did not stop her from sup-

Farmers with physical disabilities thrive in Leyte

porting her family. She worked as a canteen crew despite her condi-tion.

After super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ struck the province on Novem-ber 8, 2013, her family was one of the very first families to be relocated in Barangay San Isidro where she became the president of the These Abled Person Teirra Es-peranza Farmers’ Asso-ciation (TAPTEFA).

TAPTEFA is an as-sociation composed of farmers who have phys-ical disabilities.

As the president, Mi-lar knew she had to do something for the as-sociation. So together with the other members of TAPTEFA, they went

to Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla and asked for a livelihood as-sistance.

Immediately, their as-sociation underwent a four-month season-long training for high value

vegetables and fruit crops.

D e -spite the members’ p h y s i c a l d i s a b i l i -ties, they were able to grow quality ag-ricultural products. On Feb-ruary 22, 2018, they s t a r t e d their egg-

laying project given by the governor.

Through their hard work and determina-tion, the project became successful in just a span of time. The few number of chickens that they had before grew and has now reached around 1,400 heads.

These chickens pro-duce 45 to 45 to fifty trays of eggs every day and provide the associa-tion with enough income for each of its members.

They sell the eggs for P150 to P170 per tray depending on the size. Often times, they en-counter shortage of the egg supply because of the increasing demand of or-ders from the customers.

According to Miler,

cooperation has led to their success. Their so-called ‘rotation of duties’ where some members are assigned to clean the chicken cage, some to segregate the eggs in sizes, and others to feed the chickens hasten their work.

They feed the chick-ens three times a day and a total of 45 jags of water. They also use organic vi-tamins and apply natural methods in treating their chickens.

The joy that this egg-laying program has brought to all the mem-bers of TAPTEFA is more than enough for Miler to thank everyone who gave their trust and support to them.

“As a person with dis-ability and president of TAPTEFA, I am very happy that we (PWDs) are not being left behind in our society because Governor Petilla cares for us and helps us im-prove our lives,” she said.

“We may not all have the same situations and there may be differences among us in other as-pects of life, every one still has a role to play and nothing in this world can hinder us. As an associa-tion, TAPTEFA has en-deavored the challenges that’s why today, their story has proven that not even physical impair-ment can disable them from doing the best out of their abilities,” Miler added. (KATHLEEN MAE VALEN-CIA, Visayas State Univer-sity Intern)

New high school campus revives hope in upland Leyte communitiesMARY ANN MARTEJA

maintenance budget yet, we have to ask donations from our friends for learn-ing materials and gather extra furniture from other schools,” Raga shared.

Town Mayor Juanito Renomeron has pushed for the opening of a new school in Barangay Tagad-taran to serve 15 upland barangays, noting that

many children stopped go-ing to school after Grade 6. The campus is project-ing about 200 enrollees every year.

The local government had set aside P3.2 million for the site development and construction of a three-classroom building in Brgy. Tagadtaran, some 13 kilometers upland from the town center. Comple-tion of the new building is set early next month.

“The new high school will bring hope to hun-dreds of elementary grad-uates who have been dis-couraged by distance to continue learning,” Raga said. One of the student is

a 21-year-old father who graduated elementary nine years ago, according to the school official.

“Many of our enrollees have been out of school for years. We’re planning to come up with a way to help them catch up with classroom learning,” Raga added.

The farthest barangay covered by the new cam-pus is Villa Corazon where children have to spend P120 daily for transporta-tion to study in the nearest campus in town.

Christian Caca, 14, a Grade student from Tagadtaran said his family saved a lot after he trans-

ferred to the new campus.“Last year, I spent P60

daily for fare alone, but now P12 is just enough daily for my refreshment,” the aspiring professional basketball player said.

The Department of Education regional office in Palo, Leyte approved the school opening through a memorandum issued on May 17, 2018, but have not yet provided maintenance funds pend-ing some documentary requirements. (Note: The author is the school head of the Tagadtaran Elemen-tary School in Barangay Tagadtaran, Burauen, Leyte)

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12 Leyte Samar Daily Express Saturday, July 21, 2018NEWS

Students from the Eastern Samar State University in Borongan City pose for posterity with Leyte Samar Daily Express publisher Dalmacio ‘Massey’ Grafil and wife Alma, the paper’s business manager. The students just finished their internship with the paper.

TACLOBAN CITY- Due to rising number of dengue cases, the city gov-ernment of Baybay City is now under a state of health emergency, hastening the procurement of needed medicines and a fogging machine.

Dr. Norberto Oja, city health officer, said that as of Thursday (July 19), there were 193 confirmed dengue cases in Baybay covering from the start of the year.

Last year, there were more than 200 dengue fe-ver cases in Baybay with no death recorded.

But for this year, the mosquito-causing ailment has already killed one child each from the villages of Hipusngo, Zones 5 and 6.

Oja said that dengue fever cases were monitored

Due to high number of dengue fever cases

Baybay City under state of health emergency

to have detected in almost all of the city’s 92 barangays with the villages of Hipusn-go, Guadalupe, San Isidro, and Zone 5 having the high-est number of cases.

“We are addressing the problem with the help from the regional office of the De-partment of Health (DOH) as well as from the provin-cial health office,” Oja, in a phone interview, said.

According to Oja, May-or Carmen Cari, upon the recommendation of the City Health Office, declared a state of health emergency in the city on July 10.

The declaration would mean that the city govern-ment could now fast track in the procurement of needed medicines and equipment like a fogging machine to address the rising number of dengue fever cases.

Oja, however, could not say how much the city gov-ernment would allocate for this purpose.

The city government is to buy a fogging machine as of its two current fogging machines, one has bogged down. A fogging machine cost around P50,000, the health officer said.

It was learned from Oja, that they are now conduct-ing massive ‘search and destroy’ operations on breeding places of dengue-causing mosquitos as well as fogging operations.

Based on the monitor-ing of dengue fever cases in the region by the DOH-8, as of this week, 16 people have died and about 1,179 others were afflicted due to dengue fever. (JOEY A. GABIETA)

TACLOBAN CITY– The regional office of the De-partment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is targeting to complete the pay out of social pension-ers under the its uncondi-

DSWD start releasing pay out for UCT beneficiaries in the region

tional cash transfer (UCT) program by the end of this month.

The distribution of UCT to social pension ben-eficiaries is a government intervention after imple-menting the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or TRAIN Law that affects fuel prices triggering for the increase of prices of basic commodities.

Each social pensioners will be receiving addition-al P200 cash grant every month.

DSWD Regional Direc-tor Restituto Macuto said that the simultaneous pay-out started last Friday (July 20) and will end on July 31.

However, this target may be extended considering the large number of benefi-ciaries that are expected to receive the cash grant.

The request of local chief executives to bring the pay-out in their respective localities is also a problem considering that Landbank of the Philippines has only 15 branches in the region covering its seven cities and 136 municipalities.

Macuto said that lack of Land Bank outlets was the reason why they were

not able to meet the origi-nal deadline, which is this month, in the distribution of the UCT.

He added that bank personnel could not also handle the influx of benefi-ciaries going to their bank during banking hours.

Here in the city, a total of 4,902 social pension-ers are to receive the cash grant from the DSWD which will be divided into two batches, half of the to-tal beneficiaries will receive the cash grant that is to be distributed at Balyuan Park in the morning while the remaining half receive their share in the after-noon.

Macuto said they con-sider the conditions of the social pensioners who have delicate conditions and may not be able to with-stand severe weather and standing for hours reason why they have to do it at the Balyuan Park.

Macuto added that aside from the UCT for so-cial pensioners, beneficiar-ies of the Pantawid Pamily-ang Pilipino Program will also receive additional P200 a month. (ROEL T. AMAZONA)

TACLOBAN CITY- The committee on trans-portation and terminal administration of the Sangguniang Panlungsod here has endorsed a P9 fare hike for motorcycle-for-hire (MCH) during a public hearing conducted on Thursday (July 19).

The P9 fare agreed by the committee, which is chaired by Councilor Edward Frederick Chua, however, is lower by P1 compare to the demand of the Tacloban Federation of MCH Drivers and Opera-tors, Inc. (TAFEMADO).

The group, headed by

From the current P8

Tacloban council to approve P9 as MCH fareits president Joseph Tange-li, had earlier passed their position paper demanding that the current P8 MCH fare be increased to P10 covering within the city’s main streets.

The group cited the ris-ing cost of gasoline, the im-plementation of a rerouting scheme by the city govern-ment which is taking longer routes, and the enforce-ment of the TRAIN (Tax Reformation and Accelera-tion and Inclusion) Law as reasons why they were de-manding for a fare increase.

“Due to these circum-stances, we appeal to the

honorable Sangguniang Panlungsod (members) and the honorable Mayor Cristina Romualdez for fare increase to MCH from the current P7 for the two kilo-meters to P10 for the first one kilometer and addi-tional P1 for succeeding kil-ometer,” the group on their May 7 petition submitted to the city council said.

They also asked for a fare for a ‘special trip’ which means routes outside the main streets of the city.

The group, cited as an example, that a ride from downtown area to Abucay bus terminal would have a fare of P48.

They used the current fare of public utility jeeps at P8 multiplied by 3(seat-ing capacity) and multiply again by 2(round trip).

But during Thursday’s public hearing held at the Legislative Building, the Chua committee agreed with a proposal made by a commuter to just put the fare hike at P9, Councilor Jerry Uy, member of the committee, said.

Councilor Uy said that a P9 MCH fare within the city streets is ‘reasonable’ reason why the committee would endorse it to the entire city council for approval. (LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)