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MOVING IN TO THEIR “FOREVER HOMES”. Ormoc City and NHA officials pose with one of the families that were moving into a rowhouse at the Ormoc Highlands Village in Brgy. Gaas, a resettlement site for the July 6, 2017 earthquake victims. Mayor Gomez was pleased that the NHA housing only took a little more than two years to complete since the earthquake, after the LGU was able to purchase land for it. (L-R) Punong barangay Joel Capuyan, Councilors Tommy Serafica and Bennet Pongos, NHA Leyte project manager Marilyn Lauzon, Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr., Mayor Richard Gomez, Councilors Lalaine Marcos, Roiland Villasencio and Jasper Lucero with the family members. Meanwhile, inset photo shows the Ormoc Highlands Village recipients eagerly awaiting the raffle of the rowhouse units (at their back) during the moving in ceremony.

ORMOC CITY – 188 families who were victims of the 6.5-magnitude earthquake that hit this city in July 6, 2017 moved in the afternoon of October 23, 2019 to their new homes in Ormoc Highlands Village in Brgy. Gaas, this city.

A simple turnover rite was held at the site, attended by Mayor Richard Gomez, Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr. and city councilors, including National Housing Authority Leyte project manager Marilyn C. Lauzon.

Mayor Richard Gomez, in his speech, asked the recipients to take good care of their homes, which they will have the chance to own in 30 years. He added that together with his wife, Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, they will write NHA to give the houses for free to the recipients.

The mayor also said that the houses were bigger than the usual resettlement model, because it was LGU-Ormoc that bought the land, and the savings generated on the part of the NHA developer was added to make the houses bigger.

Each unit of the rowhouses is 33 square meters with an 11 square meter loft, on a 50 square meter lot.

Since the property is owned by the LGU, Mayor Gomez also requested that the main roads are at least 8 meters wide, and 6 meters wide on secondary roads. He explained to the recipients that this is to ensure that in case there is fire, that fire trucks can easily

get in the village.NHA, on the other hand, will

only cement 6 meters of the road as it is what is in their develop-ment plan. Mayor Gomez, on the other hand, said the LGU will cement the remaining two meters.

He also said that the rowhouses have ample parking spaces, because he believes that sometime in the fu-ture, they might be able to own cars. However, he cautioned the recipi-ents that they should only use the 50 square meters and not encroach on the sidewalks and the road.

Vice Mayor Locsin, while inspecting a unit, also noted that the recipients can even modify the loft for more upper space.

On the other hand, Barangay councilor Rosalia Magno, a recipient who made the acceptance speech, cried as she recalled the earthquake that rocked their house in Sitio Maglahug, Brgy. Gaas.

She described their life then as “pobre pero haruray” (poor but comfortable), but it shattered in July 6, 2017 when the earthquake struck at around 4:00 PM. She re-calls running outside their house and watched it as it crumbled.

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come from various socio-economic backgrounds; but they are bound by the desire to provide support to one another, to their own fami-lies and to their community. This vehicle seems to be out of place on the Australian road, as there is

already a designated transport system in Australia that can transport the same passengers towards the same destination.

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Ormoc police undergoes SWAT training

Ormoc’s punong barangay hold dialogue with court officials

Ormoc City Police Office’s future SWAT undergoes skills training under the NCRPO SWAT Mobile Training Team led by PCPT Marlon Banania.

ORMOC CITY – The Ormoc City Police Office (OCPO), with the full support of the Local Government Unit of Ormoc (LGU-Ormoc) headed by Mayor Richard I. Gomez, is now strength-ening its force through a S.W.A.T (Special Weapons and Tactics) Course.

The SWAT Course, ac-cording to Police Lt. Col. Joel R. Camacho (Deputy City Director for Admin-istration, OCPO), aims to provide rapidly-integrating unit functions and opera-tions, thereby, ensuring a highly professional, cred-ible, capable, and effective personnel with enhanced skills needed in the actual performance of duty.

Col. Camacho then ex-pressed his gratitude to the mayor for his “unwaver-ing” support given to the men and women of OCPO. “Never for once that he de-nies support to our office. It’s not surprising that un-der his leadership, Ormoc City becomes what it is

today,” said Col. Camacho.Now that OCPO contin-

ues to push its fight against drugs and terrorism, it is just high time for them to strengthen their force through the SWAT course, added Col. Camacho.

Accordingly, 50 police officers composed of two

police commissioned of-ficers and 48 police non-commissioned officers are now under the 65-day training of the said course, with NCRPO SWAT Mobile Training Team led by PCPT Marlon Banania. All the chosen participants, said Col. Camacho, had to un-

dergo, first, the qualifying exam, then the neuro-psy-chiatric exam, and finally, the physical fitness exam/agility test to be able to undergo the SWAT training course. When these officers graduate in the said train-

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T A C L O B A N C I T Y – The Provincial Board of Leyte has approved a Php 3.1-billion annual budget for next year, covering the province’s various opera-tional expenditures.

Vice-governor Carlo Lo-reto said the appropriation ordinance has been approved Monday (October 28), which is about Php 100 million higher than the previous year.

“It’s a very conserva-tive budget. The savings of the province are very liquid. We have efficient collections that go to the province’s cof-fers,” he shared.

He noted that the bud-get will enable the province to save and adjust for un-foreseen expenses.

“This is how we manage our finances conservatively so that the free amounts can be appropriated for some other projects or may be uti-lized in case of calamities,”

Loreto explained. Loreto said they have

started the system as early as 2004, that is why they were able to use the sav-ings when Supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan) struck the province in 2013.

He cited that the good thing about having an ap-proved budget is not having the need to reappropriate the previous year’s budget that will not allow them to implement other projects.

He added that a big chunk of the budget pie would be allocated for the construction of the new Php 500-million worth Provincial Capitol Building in the Gov-ernment Center in Palo, Leyte.

According to the of-ficial, they have already started the bidding process in September and may start the construction of said project next year. By Marie Tonette Marticio

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ORMOC CITY – The Su-preme Court of the Phil-ippines through its court officials together with the Philippine Judicial Acad-emy (PHILJA) and Com-mittee on Enhanced Justice On Wheels and this city’s punong barangays held a friendly dialogue last October 30, 2019, during their regular assembly at the multipurpose hall.

The punong barangays met with Tanauan City, Batan-gas former presiding judge (now lecturer in PHILJA) Prof. Marjorie Nolasco and Tagkawayan, Quezon Pre-siding Judge Janice Udarbe to discuss specific cases that should and could be catered in the barangay level.

City Administrator Vince Emnas said to the PBs, “the problem should be settled in you [your juris-

Photo shows the court official-guests of the Punong Barangay Gener-al Assembly last October 30, 2019, from left to right, Prof. Marjorie Uyengco-Nolasco and Hon. Janice Andrade-Udarbe.

diction] … usa pa moabot sa supreme court. We should also know the law.”

The two speakers talk-ed about Mediation Skills, Barangay Protection Order (BPO), and how to find an alternative way of dealing with children in conflict with law (R.A. No. 9344). “You need to gather in-

formation and encourage people to talk. Every prob-lem has a solution, pero dapat win-win situation tayo,” Prof. Nolasco said as many concerns were raised on how to properly handle family feuds and turbulent actions of young people, as a mediator in the barangay.

Nolasco also encour-

aged President of the Pu-nong Parangay, Esteban Laurent, to spread and share documents on BPO to all PBs in case they need it. Accordingly, the Baran-gay Protection Order lasts for 15 days, as required by law, to protect the victim, survivor, and/or family. (PR / Devon Nerza)

PRC denies 5 WLC midwifery graduates from taking November board examORMOC CITY – Five graduates of the Midwifery course in Western Leyte College (WLC) were denied by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to take the Board Exam scheduled on No-vember 2 and 3, 2019.

These five are Irene Man-agbanag, Faith Asher Agpalo, Lorraine Alexis Masias, Jeremiah Tapangan, and Juliet Pingos.

They graduated from the course last April this year and took right away the 2-month review. Irene and Lorraine took the review in Tacloban, while Faith, Jeremiah, and Juliet took the review in Cebu.

On October 30, just two days before the exam, they received a call from the PRC, informing them that their applications for the Board Exam have been denied due to a “lacking requirement”, saying that the Clinical Instructor of WLC did not have this specific requirement.

In an interview, Irene burst into tears saying, “Naluya gyud ko pag-kadawat sa tawag gikan sa PRC nga nag-inform nga denied ang pag-take sa exam. Grabe na kaayo ang effort, magtuon, momata og sayo. Nag-expect na ka, nag-prepare na ka unya ingnon lang ka nga denied ang imong paper kay ang certificate dili mao.”

Irene also shared that the first time they were informed by the PRC that they have a lacking requirement was on October 25. They had to go back to Ormoc from Tacloban to get the needed requirement. But then, PRC again told them that the docu-ments they passed are not sufficient, so they had to go back to Ormoc again this week to settle it. The review was still ongoing during the days that they were also settling their requirements. Until such time that they received a call from PRC that their applications for Board Exam have been denied.

Irene was a working student from Caridad while studying Mid-

wifery. She shared that it has been her dream to work abroad as a reg-istered midwife to be able to help her family. Registered midwives abroad are earning at least Php 80,000.00 per month. Her guard-ian, Mayette Charlotte Paredes, has also promised to help her work abroad since she has connections there. “Sakit kaayo nga wala na mi mabuhat kay sa school na man na siya, dili man na sa amo person-ally. Nag-expect na ako parents na mo-take na ko ron. And then makadawat lang ka’g tawag nga

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ORMOC CITY – A 14-man team from the LGU-Ormoc is expected to arrive in earthquake-stricken Makilala, Cotabato on the afternoon of Sunday, No-vember 3, after they were deployed by Mayor Rich-ard I. Gomez to help in the relief efforts there.

This is on top of the Php 1-million that the Mayor said the LGU will donate to the earthquake relief and rehabilitation fund of Mindanao. Mayor Gomez said that it was only right for Ormoc to help quake-hit Mindanao because they also helped Ormoc in the past.

To recall, Ormoc has been a victim of many natural calami-ties; the latest was a 6.5-magni-tude earthquake in 2017.

T h e 1 4 - m a n t e a m brings with them relief and equipment to help in the debris clearing in Makilala. These consist of one ambulance, a boom truck with lifter, and a van. They will also bring battery operated jackhammers, bolt cutters, expanders, a generator set, crowbars, shovels, hydraulic cutters, ropes and some first-aid medical equipment. They also have 200 pieces of 20-feet long blue tarps and 100 hygiene kits consisting of a plastic pail and dipper, shampoo and soap.

The team will also in-clude a stress debriefing con-tingent who were trained in mental health, to help relieve victims of their trauma.

No. 2 nga ‘Most Wanted’ sa Ormoc Police nadakpan kay niuli sa siyudad

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‘Wanted’ dakpan human gitudlo sa impormante

Pusil nakubkoban sa may construction site

Seguridad sa pantalan mas gipahugtan; mga barko ‘fully-booked’ na

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ORMOC CITY – Ang Num-ber 2 nga ‘Most Wanted’ sa Ormoc City Police Office (OCPO) ang nasikop hu-man sa dose kapin katuig nga pagtagotago didto sa Mindanao. Ang iyang kaso Robbery with Homicide ug way piyansa nga gitugot ang korte alang sa iyang temporaryung kagawasan.

Ang anaa karon sa lock-up cell sa Police Station 2 (PS2) mao si Arnie Mana-tad y Abelano, 39 anyus, minyu, ug taga Sityu Songa-hid, San Jose ning siyudad. Panahun nga nahitabo ang kremin nag edad pa siya ug 27. Ang warrant of arrest giluwatan ni RTC Judge Gerlie Borrel-Yu sa branch

35. Alas sais diyes sa gabii niadtong Oktubre 29 siya nadakop sa hiniusang pu-wersa sa OCPO.

Si OCPO Director Col. Armel Gongona nimando sa tanang hepe sa tulo ka estasyun apil na ang City Mobile Force Company nga paspasan ang pagpangita sa mga wanted persons ug

kabahin kini sa kampanya sa PNP: Manhunt Charlie.

Bahin sa pagdakop kang Manatad, nasayran nga osa ka impormante nakatug-an bahin sa presen-siya sa akusado nga anaa sa lugar. Didto na gilusad ang hiniusang puwersa sa

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ORMOC CITY – Sa nila-bay nga semana giplastar sa PPA ug sa Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ang se-guridad sa pantalan, apan nianang Oktubre 28, mas gipalig-on pa kini tungod sa bul-og sa pasahero nga mangabot ug mogikan dinhi sa Ormoc. Mga barko fully-booked na.

Ang PCG nakadawat ug mando gikan sa ilang bag-ong commandant Vice Admiral Joel Garcia nga kinahanglan doblehon ang seguridad sa pantalan, ug ipatuman ang “Heightened Alert Status” lukop nasud. Ang kalihukan sugdan sa

Oktubre 24 hangtud sa No-biyembre 2.

Si LTJG Salby Habdulla, deputy station commander sa Coat Guard Station West-ern Leyte ug information officer sa CGDEV, nga na-hinabi sa EV Mail niin-gon ila nang gipahibawo ang tanang mga station ug sub station commanders sa Sidlakang Kabisayaan aron maplastar nila ang kinahanglang seguridad. Magdasok ang mga pasa-hero karon kay daghan ang manguli. May posibilidad nga pahimuslan kining higayuna sa mga daoatang elemento. Kini ang giban-

tayan sa mga awtoridad.Matud ni LTJG Hab-

dulla, ang PPA mao ang nag-unang ahensiya sa

“Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Undas 2019”, abag dinhi

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ORMOC CITY – Pila ka buwan nga nagtago ang akusado sa frustrated mur-der, pero nadakpan gi-hapon tungod sa ayuda sa osa ka impormante.

Ang target sa Manhunt Charlie mao si Joselito Cor-dero y Apuya, 41 anyus, way asawa, ug taga barangay Esperanza ning siyudad. Didto siya masikop sa mga operatiba sa Police Station 3 (PS3) gipangulohan ni P/SSgt. Eucledes Nasayao ug P/Cpl. Filmore Marquez sa

sitio Pikas, San Jose niadtong Oktubre 27 sa buntag.

Matud ni P/MSgt. Jer-son Agcang, ang desk of-ficer, human nahitabo ang kremin pila ka buwan na ang nilabay, nisibat si Cor-dero sa ilang dapit ug way nasayud hain paingon.

Human masayri nga anaa kini mga kaanak didto sa sitio Pikas, San Jose, gipanid-an sa mga awto-ridad. Sa abag sa osa ka

ORMOC CITY – Pusil na-kubkoban dapit sa osa ka construction site diha sa barangay Cogon Oktubre 30 sa buntag.

Nagkubkob ug yuta ang backhoe apil naugkat ang gituhoang kalibre .380. Ang nakakita niini mao ang ginganlan ug Ryan Agustin, osa sa mga trabahante sa kontrusksiyun sa China Construction nga taga ba-rangay Can-adieng.

Oktubre 30 sa hapon iyang gitunol ang maong pusil sa mga pulis sakop sa Ormoc City Mobile

Force Company nga na-masilong sa gymnasium sa Can-adieng kay nag-bun-ok ang uwan adtong higayuna. Si Pat. Winston Jordias ug mga kauban nidala sa pusil didto sa Police Station 1 (PS1).

Si P/SSgt. Reagan De-gillo, ang duty investigator, ang nidawat sa nahisgotan nga armas, pero dili na kini magamit kay nabulit na sa taya ug dili na maklaro ang mga marka, lakip ang se-rial number niini. Gipakita

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Why Do Some People Need Less Sleep Than Others?

WE ALL WISH we could get by on less sleep, but one father and son actually can—without suffering any health consequences and while actually performing on memory tests as well as, or better than, most people.

To understand this rare ability, re-searchers at the University of California, San Francisco, first identified a genetic mutation—in both individuals—that they thought might deserve the credit. Then the scientists intentionally made the same small genetic spelling mistake in mice. The mice also needed less sleep, remembered better and suffered no other ill effects, ac-cording to a study published October 16 in Science Translational Medicine.

Although a medication with the same benefits will not be available anytime soon—and might never materialize—the idea is incredibly appealing: take a pill that replicates whatever the father and son’s body does and sleep less, with no negative repercussions.

“I find the concept of a gene product that might potentially provide protection against comorbid disorders of restricted sleep tantalizing,” says Patrick Fuller, an associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deacon-ess Medical Center in Boston, who was not involved with the work. “If true, this would indeed have ‘potential therapeutic implications’, as well as provide another point of entry for exploring and answering the question ‘Why do we sleep?’ which remains [one] of the greatest mysteries in neuroscience,” said Fuller.

But as Jamie Zeitzer, an associate pro-fessor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, notes, “There often are trade-offs.” Zeitzer says he worries that even if a drug like this could be produced without causing signifi-cant side effects, it would still have social consequences. Some individuals might be forced or pressured to take medication so they could work more hours. Even if people will not need as much sleep, they will still need downtime, he insists.

The study’s senior author, Ying-Hui Fu, a professor of neurology at U.C.S.F., says it is far too early for such fantasies. Instead she is interested in better understanding the mechanisms of healthy sleep to help prevent diseases ranging from cancer to Alzheimer’s.

“These people sleep more efficiently,” she says of the father-son pair. “Whatever function sleep is doing for us, it takes us eight [hours to feel rested], but it takes them six or four hours. If we can figure out why they are more efficient, we can use that knowledge to help everybody to be more efficient,” she said.

The subjects, who live on the East Coast, reached out to Fu’s team after hearing about a previous publication of

THE PHILIPPINES is commemorat-ing national ADHD Awareness week every 3rd week of October. This is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 472 declaring every 3rd week if October as National Attention Defi-cit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Awareness Week.

ADHD is a condition, which could spell the difference between a suc-cessful future for an individual or a less productive one. Multi-awarded Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps of the United States is known to have ADHD but yet, he was able to succeed in being one of the most decorated swimmers of America holding several national and world / Olympic records during his time. This just means that ADHD is not a hindrance to reaching one’s success both in personal life or in one’s career.

This year ’s commemoration adopts the theme “ADHD Kasama ang Ko-munidad Tungo sa Pag-unlad”, which emphasizes the significant role of ev-ery person with ADHD to have greater chances towards self-regulation and self-improvement in the community and in their home; and by partnering with the community.

The National Council on Disability Affairs, being the forefront of the gov-ernment on all disability matters have organized a Technical Working Group composed of national government agencies, Local Government Units and their Persons with Disability Affairs Office headed by the ADHD Society of the Philippines to discuss the various activities to mark the said observance. These activities are mainly done in Manila , which is composed of (1) “Kuwentuhang ADHD”, a Consulta-tive Meeting specifically for teenagers and young adults with ADHD, which served as their platform to discuss their issues and concerns and also for policymakers to include in their agenda the concerns of children and

teenagers with ADHD. There was also (2) ADHD Society of the Philippines’ “Kapihan para sa ADHD”, which is a literacy training focusing on ADHD for parents, teachers, therapists, and tu-tors of learners with ADHD and many other ADHD Awareness Seminars in various parts of the Philippines.

ADHD or Attention Deficit / Hyper-activity Disorder is a disorder involving the development of “Executive Func-tions” or EF. Impairment of the executive functions is the underlying cause of the symptoms of ADHD and the symptoms vary from person to person.

ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is a medical condition. A person with ADHD has differences in brain development and brain activity that affect attention, the ability to sit still, and self-control. ADHD can affect a child at school, at home, and in friendships. It is a medi-cal condition. A person with ADHD has differences in brain development and brain activity that affect attention, the ability to sit still, and self-control. ADHD can affect a child at school, at home, and in friendships.

ADHD is highly responsive to treatment. Treatment usually consists of occupational therapy for very young children, supportive counsel ing / psychotherapy, and almost invariably medication. The medicines used for ADHD do a simple job by normaliz-ing the levels of neurotransmitters to effectively connect the different parts of the brain that regulate attention, memory, inhibition of inappropriate behavior, and inappropriate emotions.

To learn more about what ADHD is, visit your Pediatrician or visit their FB Page: ADHD SOCIETY OF THE PHILIPPINES and their website, www.adhdsocphils.org.

Dr. Doydora is a visiting internist-pulmonologist of OSPA, Gatchalian and Ormoc Doctors’ Hospitals.

YES, WE HAVE to be watchful with our tongue. It many times can be like a loose cannon, spewing all of kinds of inconsid-erate and reckless comments. We have to have a good grip on it because it tends to be simply guided by emotions and pas-sions and to be largely beholden to external factors and conditionings with hardly any consideration to the real score of things. In other words, we can be very tactless!

Christ somehow referred to this when he lamented over the misjudgments of some people of his time: “John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners.’” (Lk 7,33-34)

This is, of course, a common phenom-enon, now getting very serious in some places where the means of communication are well developed but the commentators are not as developed. There is so much bashing, slamming and bullying, fault-finding and inane, frivolous talk.

Especially in the area of politics, a lot of negativity is created and we cannot deny that we now have a thick smog of contaminating views and opinions that are so biased and subjective that even the basic requirement of fact-checking is thrown out of the window. Sometimes, commentators are caught merely inventing things, and they do not seem to mind even if they are caught with their pants down.

Perhaps, it is not so much in our coun-try, thank God, as in other countries, like the more developed ones like the US and Eu-rope where the media is powerful and the people are getting more and more articulate and expressive, albeit very biased, creating a perfect formula for toxic contentiousness.

We really have to be watchful with our tongue. Let’s remember what St. James said about it:

“A small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.” (3,4-6)

We should be very concerned about disciplining and taming our tongue, put-ting it strictly at the service of prudent reasoning that is inspired by faith, hope and charity. There is no other way to tame our tongue. Otherwise, it would just be at the mercy of instincts, emotions, passions, biases, and all sorts of conditionings.

With such discipline, we would know when and how to talk and when to keep quiet. We would know that in spite of our unavoidable differences and conflicts, we are all brothers and sisters, children of God,

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TYPHOON URING was supposed to be mild because it was only packing winds of 75 kph. It seemed it was misleading because it was in the volume of water that it disgorged that did plenty of damage. It was as if the sky opened up to disgorge water in the Tungonan area and this vol-ume came running down on our highways and bringing with it all objects it passed.

The livestock, the boulders, the vehi-cles, people, trunks, logs, heavy equipment, uprooted houses and all sorts of debris and all of these ended up in the river Anilao. It is within living memory that we remember vividly what happened to us 28 years ago. So many of our friends and associates per-ished by what was supposed to be a mild storm, nay tame storm that led to the death of more than 9,000 lives.

It was not so much the wind but it was the volume of water that was disgorged on us that caused so much pain and anguish. When the sky was opened up to rain down on us in the vicinity of Tungonan, which is located upland that pushed so much water through our highways that also pushed so much debris. All forms of objects were carried away such as livestock, boulders, trunks, logs, vehicles, container vans, houses and heavy equipment. All of these went down to our river, Anilao and easily overflowed the river.

Even stragglers on the river banks were plucked one by one. The debris got stuck on the footings of the bridge and turned into a dam to make the water rise up to about 20 feet until the bridge broke up in two. The short time that it was high, the city was inundated. Dead bodies were scattered all over. They even found dead bodies inside a

swimming pool. The floating container vans acted as battering rams to destroy houses along the way. Passengers from arriving ships had to tiptoe along the way in the dark because all lines of electricity were cut off.

There is even a dramatic story about a family that won in the lotto more than a month earlier and after buying a multi-cab had to transfer residence to Linao where they can place their vehicle nearby. The very day after they transferred, the ty-phoon hit them one day after. They were spared from sudden death because of Isla Verde, the river delta that had about 2,000 residents who perished. If not because of the jackpot, they would habe been in-cluded in the statistics of the dead. Some people are very very lucky.

It is my case that I bewail the most when I lost my prized treasure of two al-bums of my collection of stamps. It was an endeavor of over 23 years and I loved them very much. Somebody already offerred me Php20 grand, which I scoffed. It had an is-sue of an American stamp dating back to the time of Pres. George Washington. My Philippine stamps had been issued during the Spanish times and up to the Japanese Occupation and the Liberation.

By the way, I consider the Liberation as the best year of my life. Foreign corre-spondents from the BBC and the Voice of America came to see for themselves how vast was the devastation. Some unscrupu-lous people took advantage of the situation by exchanging imported canned goods with the local variety.

Needless to say, some of those who had relatives that died are perhaps still around.

IF HUMANS ARE still evolving, where will evolution take us in 1,000 years? Chances are we will be taller especially since there has been a significant increase in height over the last 100 years. As a case in point, my father is a lot shorter than my brothers and I while my children are taller than me.

We may also merge with machines that can improve our hearing, eyesight and health. Like a bionic man, I suppose. Right now, there are hearing aids that let you record sounds and even come with a built-in phone.

Scientists are also developing robotic eyes that help the blind to see. And it is not impossible to imagine that this technology could become a tool for seeing what we cur-rently consider invisible, like different ener-gies of light such as infrared and x-rays.

It’s not just our outside appearance that will change but our genes will also evolve on microscopic levels to aid our survival. For example, researchers discovered a group of HIV-infected children in South Africa living healthy lives. It turns out that they have a built-in defense against HIV that prevents the virus from advancing to AIDS.

And with gene-editing tools like CRISPR, we may eventually control our genes and DNA to the point where we make ourselves immune to disease and even reverse the effects of aging.

Another way to jump-start the human evolution on a different path is to move to Mars. Mars receives 66% less sunlight than Earth. This could mean humans on Mars

will evolve larger pupils that can absorb more light in order to see. And since Mars’ gravitational pull is only 38% of Earth’s, people born on Mars might actually be taller than anyone on Earth. In space, the fluid that separates our vertebrae expands such that Mars’ low gravity could allow the human spine to elongate enough to add a few extra inches to our height.

Not even a move to Mars could spark the biggest change in human evolution that we may have coming in the next 1,000 years, which is immortality. The path to immortality will likely require humans to download their consciousness into a machine. Right now, sci-entists are trying to determine if you can trans-fer consciousness from one body to another.

Whatever happens in the next 1,000 years, whether we merge with machines or become them, one thing is certain. The human race is always changing and the faster we change and branch out from Earth, the bet-ter chance we have of outrunning extinction.

Besides, there has been massive prog-ress in medical experiments that would have seemed impossible before. A recent study has transplanted the head of a small-er rat onto a larger one and there are plans to transplant the first human head soon.

Not everybody agrees to that plan. Bioethicists object to the Dr. Frankenstein-like operation, thinking that it is absurd. Of course, not everyone agreed that the Earth was round a few centuries ago.

Dear Atty. Golo,Insakto jud ang gitudlo sa among

Pari nga inig kalag-kalag ang angay isul-ot ang mga “costume” sa mga Santos, dili ang sa demonyo. Kon may bata pa ko karon, akong sul-utan og senena parehas ni Sto. Niño. Gani kay ang akong mga anak minyo na toa sa sa laing lugar. Ang ako lang bana, ako siyang pabahagon pareha ni Lapu-Lapu kay “hero” man, pwede ba? Naguol ko sa akong bana kay sige pamalikas. Usahay tawgon ko niya’g bakukang. Ako jud “wish” nga di na siya mosulti og mga pait nga pulong. Maayo pa iyang ihi kay giutitud, tam-is tingali. Sige jud kong “pray” sa “rosary” aron mausab ang akong bana. Mada pa kaha na siya og ampo?

Imong friend, Helen

Dear Helen,Gipaningkamotan sa simbahan ang

pag-undang sa mga sayop nga binu-hatan og maoy sundon ang insakto og matarong. Ang adlaw sa mga Santos og mga kalag dapat saulogon sa kabalaan. Ang pagbeste sama sa mga Santos maka “remind” nato kanila og maka “inspire” pagsunod sa ilang dalaygong binuhatan. Si Lapu-Lapu dili santo. Pwede magba-hag imong bana peru adto sud sa inyong kwarto aron ikaw ray makakita. Ayaw pagduha-duha nga dili mada og ampo ang imong bana kay way imposible sa Guinoo (Luke 1:37). Sa madugay o sa madali, makabati ra ka og mga pulong sa imong bana nga puno sa pagmahal og mas tam-is pa sa iya ihi.

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo

THE SERIES of quakes and tremors that hit Cotabato and parts of Central Mindanao that have occurred over this past week came as the nation is in the wake of observing All Saints Day on November 1 and following it, All Souls Day on November 2.

Last Tuesday’s quake jolted the area, leaving at initial count seven people dead and many wounded, and several buildings and establishments destroyed or damaged.

The Department of Education has re-ported 200 schoolbuildings that suffered major and minor damages. The DepEd said further that 185 classrooms were destroyed and 1,066 classrooms had major or minor damages. Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the schools and classrooms would cost about Php 363 million, Education Under-secretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla said. The DepEd’s quick response fund, which is earmarked for the repair and replacement of classrooms destroyed or damaged by calamities, would need to be touched then.

Due to these earthquakes that continue

to shake the earth of the country, some reli-gious critics of the Php 18.7 billion Kaliwa Dam have asked President Duterte and the dam sponsors to stop the project.

Fr. Pete Montallana, Chairman of the Save Sierra Madre Network Alliance Inc. (SSMNA), said the quakes were Mother Earth’s means of warning people about activities that harm the environment and put human lives at great risk.

The critics and religious opponents then would be in direct conflict with President Duterte’s aim to proceed with the Kaliwa Dam project to provide safe water for the consumption of people in Metro Manila area, which has recently occurred as a water deficit area due to its increasing population. The Kaliwa Dam project will also provide water for future use of other residents of nearby cities, which are also growing in population.

The Kaliwa Dam project is going to

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Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 10, 2019

Luke 20:27-38Some Sadducees, those who deny that

there is a resurrection, came forward and

put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descen-dants for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died.

Now at the resurrection whose wife will

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Torres also made men-tion of Solid Waste Manage-ment and Sanitation. To this, he shared that Kananga has closed its open dumpsite as mandated by the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Act. He added that the Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB) and the Environ-mental Management Bu-reau (EMB) have already conducted geological and environmental assessments in the proposed sites for the sanitary landfill.

Torres shared he has also directed the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) to implement all environ-mental laws particularly the Philippine Mining Act. This resulted, accordingly, to the apprehension of some small and big illegal sand and gravel extraction operations.

He also showed the proposed plan for the new government center, which is going to house all the de-partments, national offices, as well as the gymnasium, plaza and park, and the new terminal, saying that it is going to be a “one-stop-shop” for its constituents, thus, promoting “trans-parency and ease in doing business”. The government center will soon rise in the junction of Brgy. Libongao, which is, accordingly, a stra-tegic meeting point from the nearby municipalities.

Torres also excitedly shared the municipality’s im-proved emergency response facilities and services.

Recently, the munici-pality received a brand new ambulance. The Kananga Municipal Hospital is also operational 24/7. Eight rooms of which are newly-renovated, with new hospi-tal beds and AED, he added.

In the aspect of education and manpower, Kananga has excelled in both academic and sports, Torres said.

He shared that they plan to improve the local sports facilities for easy and free access to the athletes and sports enthusiasts alike. One of which is the plan for a new rubberized track and field at Kananga Central School.

There is also a plan, he continued, to widen the

educational assistance and scholarship programs most especially to college students. This is to continue supporting deserving students for them to finish their studies.

In the tourism aspect, Torres believes that now is the perfect time to establish a distinguished and perma-nent festival for Kananga that would embody the local history and culture to create a unique identity of the locals.

There is also a plan to create a Municipal Tour-ism Office that would strengthen the local tour-ism since the municipality also has a lot to offer when it comes to tourism.

In terms of good gover-nance, Torres shared, start-ing 2020, the municipality will be bringing its basic services closer to its constit-uents through the Munici-pal Hall on Wheels. Basic services would include, but not limited to, free legal and medical services.

He also announced that on December, they would be giving bonuses to the Barangay Health Work-ers, Barangay Tanods, and teachers in the municipality.

Towards the end of his speech, Torres said, “I con-sider my victory in the last election a gift from the people of Kananga and an indica-tion that you are tired of the status quo. The people need change. And since July 1, we are bringing good changes. I am ready and committed to finish what I have started. Onwards and upwards.”

Before ending his speech, he shared the new adminis-tration’s vision, saying, “In 2030, Kananga is the geother-mal capital and agri-indus-trial town of the Philippines with proactive governance: God-loving, resilient, and empowered citizenry living in a peaceful, economically-progressive, developed, and sustainable environment.”

Mayor Torres ended his speech by saying “thank you” to his parents and his whole family. He also thanked everyone who graced and attended his SOMA, most especially those who have helped him and contributed to the achievements he has ac-complished in his 100 days in office as the municipal mayor. By Dailyn Cabarse

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na ang dapat gawin, resolves the issues on the ground,” Esperon said in his message during the convergence of all agencies from the National Government down to the Local Government Units.

While on his part, Hon. Eduardo D. Del Rosario, HUDCC Chairman and Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security in Eastern Visayas, called for peace and development with strong conviction to finally end insurgency in 2022. He also called on the people to indoctrinate the students not to be recruited by the CPP-NPA so that they will not experience what happened to those being killed by their own comrades. Furthermore, he acknowledged Leyte government leaders’ poverty reduction programs as a model for having a significant decrease in poverty as much as 26% (from 39%-13%). He is also confident that Leyte will soar high in development.

Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominic Petilla, on the one hand, said that the key to success is the unity between the

people and the government, because the people themselves welcome government initiatives geared towards uplifting their lives from poverty. He also announced road projects such as the Php 20M in Brgy. Monterico to Brgy. Siabo, and the Php 10M road project connecting Brgy. Kaulisihan-Brgy. Monterico, Baybay City; and soon in Brgy. San Juan, Mahaplag Leyte.

While Congressman Carl Nicolas Cari of the 5th District believes that insurgency ends when a road begins, adding that the road construction project passing the remote baran-gays in the Municipality of Mahaplag to Hilongos is a great contribution to end the problem in the district. Through these infrastructure projects, he shared, delivery of basic and social services will also be accessible and farmers’ produce will be easily and freshly brought to the market.

On his part, Mayor Jose Carlos Cari shared the sentiments of the families affected by the Mass Purging who, accordingly, would already want to forget that tragic incident that hap-pened, that is why, he said, the City Government of Baybay is doing its best to help them by giving them assistance. The surviving families, he added, were organized into four associa-tions where they were given Php 100,000 worth of assistance for their Sustainable Livelihood Project. Three associations went for Rice Retailing and One for Swine Production.

On the issuance of ‘persona non grata’ against the NPAs, both Governor Petilla and Mayor Cari said there is no need to do so because these rebels are not welcome and ever since they are not recognized as residents of the community in Baybay.

Meanwhile, Director Artemio Caneja Jr., DILG-EV and Chairman of TWG-RTF-ELCAC, explained that the convergence held, through EO 70, is an answer to the ques-tions why former rebels are given assistance. He said that it is the government’s way of showing the sincerity to end insurgency and now the time has come for the victims to be given the assistance they need as well.

Also, during the ceremony, aside from the cash as-sistance from the DSWD, scholarships were also granted to include that of the children of recently ambushed and killed barangay captain Virgilio Loquias of Hilongos, Leyte, as received by surviving spouse Juana Loquias.

Among the important guests during the convergence included Director Loreta Banario of TESDA-Leyte, Dir. Bonifacio Cebrian Jr. NICA-R8, PGen Ferdinand Divina (Director PRO-8), MGen Pio Diñoso (Commanding Gen-eral, 8ID, PA), Mayor Azucena Mirambel of Inopacan and Mayor Daisy Lleve of Mahaplag. By Josephine Serseña

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In the evening, together with neighbors, they were evacuated to the barangay po-blacion where they slept on the cold road with a tarp for their floor under a hastily made tent. She thought they would never be able to recover.

However, she said, with the help of the LGU, the NHA

and kind-hearted people who gave them relief when they needed it, they were able to recover. Now, she said, they had a “forever home”.

The cost of development of the Ormoc Highlands Vil-lage is Php 61-million, while another 699 houses are be-ing constructed in Brgy.

Dolores, for the relocation of earthquake victims from the villages of Lake Danao, Tongonan, and Milagro. The Dolores development is Php 196-million. The LGU is also the one that purchased the land in Dolores.

To recall, the Ormoc Highlands is the same NHA

housing project that became controversial after Mayor Richard Gomez scolded the developer for using low qual-ity hollow blocks. The situa-tion was remedied, and the LGU’s engineering team was allowed to monitor the con-struction since Ormoc also has a stake in the village.

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Jeepney may not look like it makes sense, as it is made for a different road condition, and demographic. But what makes sense is that it adds value to the overall scheme of things by taking the pas-sengers through a journey of growth and self-discovery. It is as if two governing bodies in different countries, such as the Land Transportation Office of the Philippines (LTO) and VicRoads, har-moniously combined the work of two jurisdictions to create a new synergy that will mark history.

The vehicle that I am referring to is Freemasonry: the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Freemasons Vic-toria. Keith Murray de-scribes Freemasonry as the original “Self-Development Movement” for men. Free-masonry has its roots dating back centuries and upholds the tenets of Faith, Charity and Brotherly Love.

Simply put, Freema-sonry is a unique system of morality, explained through allegory and symbols. As much as it is about develop-ing the individual, Freema-sonry was instrumental in the fight for the individual sovereignty of the Philip-pines. It was the foresight and passion to be indepen-

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dent that fuelled great men like Dr. Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Mariano Ponce, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Gener-al Antonio Luna and other Freemasons to sacrifice for the greater good.

The consecration of Pla-ridel Lodge No. 1893 on 18th September 2019 is a world first – a Victorian lodge per-mitted to work the Ritual of the Grand Lodge of the Phil-ippines. The name “Plaridel” was the pen name of Filipino Bro. Marcelo Hilario Del Pi-lar, who is recognised as the “Father of Philippine Free-masonry”. The number of the lodge, 1893, was the year Bro. Del Pilar organised the first National Organisation of Masons in the Philippines.

The 70 petitioners of Plaridel Lodge became its

foundation members at its consecration. Many of these men, who already belong to other lodges in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and the Philippines, travelled to Melbourne to be a part of the historical event.

In recognition of their tireless contribution and de-termined effort to establish the unique Lodge, The Grand Master of Victoria, Bro. Keith Murray and the Grand Mas-ter of the Philippines, Bro. Agapito Suan Jr. became the first honorary and associate members of Plaridel Lodge 1893, and they were both presented with their own, one-of-a-kind Plaridel Ma-sonic Apron.

Setting up a new lodge requires patience, planning, intestinal fortitude and a lot

of open communication. The First Master of Plaridel Lodge, Bro. Greg Todio, and the Philippine Honor-ary Consul in Melbourne, Bro. Felix Pintado, worked diligently and collabora-tively with other passionate and dedicated Freemasons, to take the initial single step that made Plaridel Lodge 1893 possible, and so the journey of ‘a thousand miles’ has commenced.

Plaridel Lodge 1893 welcomes Filipino and non-Filipino Masons, as well as any man interested in Free-masonry to join in the won-derful journey of self-dis-covery and growth. Sakay na! For further inquiries please email info@plaridel-lodge1893.com. (Contrib-uted by Thad Mangalino)

ing, Col. Camacho added, they would become the pioneering members of the Ormoc City SWAT.

“It is very important to ca-pacitate our police officers and other forces for that matter. We need them to be at their very best all the time. Dili ta ma-ghuwat nga naa pa mahitabo diri sa atong siyudad before nato sila hatagan og maayong training. Dapat handa lahat.

SWAT ... from P. 2That’s the way we should think all the time,” said Mayor Gomez in his speech.

About Php 40-million was allocated for the SWAT program, Php 30-million of which was used to purchase weapons, including snipers and other high-powered firearms, all from Israel.

He also shared that with-in the first quarter of 2020, another PNP program, the

SURESHOCK is set to be im-plemented. In this program, not only the police officers of Ormoc will benefit but also the Philippine Army and the police officers in the whole Leyte Fourth District. “Sila [other municipalities in the 4th District], they’re not fully capable of funding a program. So kailangan talaga tulungan din natin sila para din ma-preserve ang ating peace and

order situation in Ormoc,” shared Mayor Gomez.

Mayor Gomez pointed out that the soon-to-be SWAT Team of Ormoc can respond to other places if needed. The SWAT Team also signed a contract with the PNP to remain in the city for three years from day 1 of the train-ing before being transferred to another area of assign-ment. By Dailyn Cabarse

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ingon ato. Lain kaayo nga lack sa school ang problema, dili sa amoa. Makawala og gana na mo-take pa ka,” added Irene.

Mayette, meanwhile, after learn-ing that Irene’s and the other four takers’ applications have been denied, immediately called up the PRC. She was told that the deans of the schools were informed of the “issue” ahead of time. So, she called up Dean Lisa Ramirez of WLC, who could only ask for an apology, adding that they did not expect such a thing to happen to their graduates.

“It’s not like gidaot nako ang Western, I just want transparent nga rason ngano. Kay para kami nga nang-gastos, makasabot. As a guardian, it’s really frustrating for me. That’s not fair. It’s not only a loss of money but time and effort. Obligado pud sila moinform sa public kung unsay nahitabo kay kum-baga ba entry na sa Ormoc City na mga estudyante who will take the exam. They have to explain to the parents. We also want to hear the side sa PRC because in this issue, these two gyud dapat ang managot,” said Mayette.

“This is not a small issue. This is a very big issue. Aside sa ako as a guard-ian, naa sab ni mga ginikanan, gahulat pud nga maka-take ug makapasa sila. Mangayo pud gyud nah sila og explana-tion,” added Mayette.

In an interview, Dean Ramirez shared that the Midwifery Board Exam happens twice a year, April and Novem-ber. Requirements upon taking the exam include certain certificates of training: the graduate must have 20 handled delivery, five intravenues (IV), and five sutures. All these can be acquired within the two years duration of the midwifery course. Attached to these certificates is the certificate of their Clinical Instructor (CI).

This certificate must be the “RA 7392 (Philippine Midwifery Act of 1992) Expanded Function Certificate” from the Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines (IMAP). In the case of WLC, the certificate their CI has is only the Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC).

According to Dean Ramirez, they thought that the document attached to

PRC ... from P. 2their graduates’ requirements is suf-ficient enough since they have been using the same certificate ever since 2016 to April 2019, and there had been no problem with it, until now.

Dean Ramirez also shared that right after learning PRC’s denial, she called up the Chairman of the Board of Midwifery, and had to ask for a favor to let the students take the exam. But the decision, accordingly, is already final.

“This is beyond our control kay wala ko nag-expect nga dili maka-take. We feel for the parents and for those who sent them to reviews,” said Dean Ramirez.

She shared that they will be doing corrective measures. She shared that WLC already has a slot in the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital for the CI training on November 12 to 22 this year. They will be sending their instructors there so that their CIs will be given the needed certificate.

“Baka nakita ng assessor na hindi talaga pwede ang BEmONC. So I stand corrected, we stand corrected,” said Dean Ramirez. She also shared that this is not an isolated case and that this happens every midwifery board exam. But this is the first time for WLC to be denied in the said exam.

Emmanuel Fiel, WLC President, also shared his thoughts on the issue, saying, “It’s unfair para sa among side. We’re doing our best to comply every-thing. But this one, it’s beyond our control. Besides, we’re not the only school na nag-problema ani. Daghan kaayo. This is not a new issue. Pero kaning issue about sa certificate karon lang ni. This is really beyond our control kay since 1996 to present, karon lang ni nahitabo.”

On October 31, Irene, Faith, and Lor-raine, together with their parents and guard-ian, called EV Mail to air their sentiments, concerns and plans regarding the issue.

It was learned that the names of Cebu takers, namely, Faith, Jeremiah, and Juliet are included in the official list of takers for the midwifery board exam. But, all three of them, just like Irene and Lorraine, have received a call from PRC informing them that their applications for board exam have been denied.

Faith said that she is not going to take the risk of taking the exam because

PRC already called and informed her that she cannot take the exam.

After over an hour of discussion and sentiment-sharing, the parents and guardian came up with a decision, that is, to have a dialogue with everyone involved to include WLC, PRC, students, and them parents and guardians, the soonest possible time.

At around three in the afternoon, EV Mail received a call from Dean Ramirez, saying that she had a meet-ing with Faith, Juliet, and Lorraine, at around 2 in the afternoon, saying that they discussed the case of the Cebu takers whose names are on the list of the official board takers. “Kung sa ako, go ko for take, kung dili sila mo-take bisan naa ila names adto, that would mean no show is good as failure. So next time na moapply sila, repeater na sila. It will mark sa school hinoon nga naay failures,” said Dean Ramirez over the phone. “Again, this is really beyond our control. Wala gyud mi nag-expect nga ingon ani ang mahitabo kay this is the first time since 2016,” added Dean Ramirez.

However, she said she leaves it up to the Cebu takers whether or not to take the exam since they have a Notice of Admission as well as Seat and Room Numbers. “We’ll wait kung mo-take and maka-take ba ang Cebu takers on Saturday and Sunday. Kay kung maka-take gyud sila, we’ll wonder na pud kung nganong gipa-take sila,” further said Ramirez.

In the case of the Tacloban takers, if the Cebu takers are really allowed to take the exam, Dean Ramirez is offering full assistance for them to comply the needed requirements. The school will also shoulder the accommodation and all the expenses when they take the exam on April.

She also said that these denied takers can reapply for board exam in April without having to pay any fee, and they will still be considered first-time takers. Accord-ingly, reapplying would mean filling out new forms, thus, by that time, the school could already comply the needed certificate the PRC is looking for from its applicants for the board exam. She also said that she is open for the dialogue that the parents and students want. By Dailyn Cabarse

ORMOC TANODS RECEIVE ROVING EQUIPMENT. As promised, the City Govern-ment of Ormoc headed by City Mayor Richard I. Gomez provided all the tanods from the 110 barangays of Ormoc A complete set of equipment that they can use when roving.

Last March this year, the Ormoc City Police Office under the leadership of PCol. Armel Gongona, in coordination with the Local Government Unit of Ormoc thru the Liga ng mga Barangay headed by President Engr. Esteban Laurente, conducted a series of tanod trainings. City Mayor Richard I. Gomez then promised that he would give equipment to all the barangay tanods in support of the “Barangay at Pulisya Laban sa Krimen” Program.

“We should always continue to work on developing and sustaining our peace and order situation in Ormoc City. By doing so, this should start in the barangay. There are no other people except the barangay tanods ang may malaking role dito kasi sila talaga ‘yong on the ground. Sila ang andun sa barangay. So kailangan din bigyan natin sila ng equipment na magagamit nila in doing their job,” said Mayor Gomez.

He also shared that he and the Fifteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc have had discussions on giving the tanods insurance, soon. (By Dailyn Cabarse & Photo grabbed from John Kevin Decio Pilapil’s Facebook post)

LOOKING FOR the ulti-mate cooking workshop? Want to learn an authentic Spanish cuisine?

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There is the November 9 (Saturday) Cook, Dine & Wine with Chef Pablo Escu-dero Pardo and Dorina M. Ott, a certified wine educa-tor. The workshop starts at 3:00 P.M. at the Vanilla Room Test Kitchen along Bonifacio Street. Class fee is at Php 1,000.00 only for lessons on appetizer, main course, dessert and wine.

Then there is the No-vember 10 (Sunday) “Span-ish Cuisine” Workshop still with Chef Pablo. The venue will still be at the Vanilla Room Test Kitchen along Bonifacio Street. Look for

the red building but this time, it will be a whole day workshop that starts at 9am.

In this cooking work-shop, one will learn such recipes as Monyaditos, Pa-ellas, Churros Con Choco-late and many more. Class fee, meanwhile, is set at Php 2,000.00, which already include the supplies needed for the workshop as well as one’s lunch.

To register for both workshops, interested par-ticipants are encouraged to send the Doreen Chef Cor-ner FB page a message; or contact them at 0921-4711333 and/or 053-5610475. One can also drop by the Do-reen Chef Corner store for more information on the two cooking workshops.

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8 OCT. 28-NOV. 3, 2019

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement/ Partition with Waiver NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ANECITO D. BASCO re a parcel of land designated as Lot 3563, Case 9, Cad-638-D, containing an area of 1,319 sq. m. situated at Brgy. Bulacan, Hindang, Leyte, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-72360, under TD No. 03-15007-00115 was settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 179; Page No. 37; Book No. L; Series of 2017 Notary Public Buenaventura C. Vilbar. EV Mail Oct. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Nov. 3, 2019Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement and

Partition with Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late FALCONERI CORCELLES GONTIÑAS re a parcel of an agricultural land, located at Brgy. Monte Alegre, Isabel, Leyte, Survey No. 6224, TD No. 17-0017-00135 R13, with a total area of 7,160 sq. m. was settled and partitioned among his heirs sold in favor of SPS. ROMEO (alias “FONI”) CORCELLES GONTIÑAS and PRE-SENTACION BALBERO GONTIÑAS per Doc. No. 91; Page No. 19; Book No. 172; Series of 2019 Notary Public Melinda C. Domael – Quiambao. EV Mail Oct. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Nov. 3, 2019

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late FELIX N. LUMANSOC re a parcel of land Lot 5290-B, TCT No. 29310, situated in Brgy. Dayhagan (now San Isidro) Ormoc City, containing an area of 1,424 sq. m. TCT No. 29310; and Lot 5290-C, containing an area of 1,423 sq. m., TCT No. 29312 were adjudicated unto herself by HER-MENEGILDA QUIAPO LUMANSOC and sold in favor of JUDITHA Q. ALTPETER per Doc. No. 86; Page No. 86; Page No. 18; Book No. LII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. . EV Mail Oct. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Nov. 3, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SPS. ANIANO MONDALA and ENCARNA-CION CABILING re parcels of land Lot No. 5412, C-12, Cad, 655, situated in Brgy. Antipolo, Albuera, Leyte, contain-ing an area of 32,402 sq. m. covered by OCT No. P-44648; Cad Lot No. 4392, situated at Brgy. Damulaan, Albuera, Leyte, containing an area of 168 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00139; Cad Lot No. 4797, containing an area of 617 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00140 were settled and partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 5; Page No. 1; Book NO. XLVII; Series of 2014 Notary Public Adelito M. Solibaga Jr. EV Mail Oct. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Nov. 3, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late SPS. ELPEDIO SANORIA and PRECIOSA ENCARNACION re parcels of land Lot 1, Psu-08-002867, located at Mansahaon, Matag-ob, Leyte, containing an area of 14,322 sq. m., covered by OCT No. P-29867; Lot 4, Psu-08-002867, contain-ing an area of 7,775 sq. m. covered by OCT No. P-29868; Lot 5, Psu-08-002867, containing an area of 38,078 sq. m. covered by OCT No. P-29864; Lot 2, Psu-08-002867,containing an area of 1,478 sq. m. covered by OCT No. P-29866; Lot 3, Psu-08-002867, containing an area of 324 sq. m. covered by OCT No. P-29865; Lot 6597, located at Tabgas, Casilion, Villaba, Leyte, containing an area of 15,500 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-41015-00247; cocoland located in Mansahaon, Matag-ob, Leyte, containing an area of 10,915 sq. m., covered by TD No. 2837; Lot 171, containing an area of 166 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-26001-0123; and Lot 221 , containing an area of 200 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-26001-0122; Lot 1910 , TD No. 08-26001-00205 were partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 296; Page No. 60; Book No. 44; Series of 2017 Notary Public Jasper Lucero. EV Mail Oct. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Nov. 3, 2019Deed of Self Adjudication with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late NATALIA FRANCO re a parcel of land Lot No. 3691, Cad 422, located at Brgy. Bagacay, Calbayog City, containing an area of 7,796 sq. m. under T.D. No. 99-01004-00044 was adjudicated unto herself by WILFREDA F. DELGADO and sold in favor of MA. LOURDES V. DELMONTE per Doc. No. 4392; Page No. 884; Book No. IX; Series of 2014 Notary Public Maricar P. Lucero. EV Mail Oct. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Nov. 3, 2019Extrajudicial Settlement with a Deed

of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late VICENTE Z. BALAGA re a parcel of land lot No. 14958 Case 41, Cad. 566-D, located at Barangay San Roque Hilongos, Leyte and covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. 083719-31224 containing an area of 1,118 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of JOHN KUMFIELD C. GO, MARIE HIL-ARY C. GO and WINDEL LOU C. GO per Doc. No. 23; Page No. 6; Book No. XLVII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ELVEN REY CABILING re a parcel of land Lot 8567-D-1-F, situated in Brgy. San Jose, Ormoc City, containing an area of 305 sq. m., TCT No. 48199 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 284; Page No. 57; Book No. XL; Series of 2019 Notary Public Randolph P. Baquiano. EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late EXALTACION E. LAMBERTE re a parcel of land Lot 650, CASE 4, CAD. 566-D HILONGOS CADASTRE with an area of 5,037 sq. m. TCT No. 115-2014000016 was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 62; Page No. 14; Book No. I; Series of 2018 Notary Public Jose Alfonso M. Gomos. EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019 Extrajudicial Adjudication with Deed

of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ARTEMIO LARION re a parcel of residential land covered by TD No. 18238, situated at Brgy. San Antonio, Basey, Samar, contains an area of 238.00 sq. m. was adjudicated unto themselves and 84.0 sq.m. sold in favor of MARIA FE YBAÑEZ PALAD per Doc. No. 324; Page No. 65; Book No. IX; Series of 2019 Notary Public Rogelio P. Gula. . EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

Affidavit of Self Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ROMUALDO LIM re a parcel of land located at Brgy. Sabang Bao, Ormoc City Lot 6570-A-2-B, Psd-08-030652-D Portion of TCT No. T-52439, containing an area of 26,143 sq. m. was adjudicated unto herself by CONCHITA CORTES per Doc. No. 30; Page No. 06; Book No. XLII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Randolph P. Baquiano. EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late GERONIMO PIAMONTE re a parcel of land Lot No. 7106, situated at Barangay Gabas, Bay-bay, Leyte, containing an area of 2,971 sq. m. covered by TD No.11894 R3 was adjudicated unto herself by JEANNE M. PIAMONTE and sold in favor of ANESSA ANONUEVO per Doc. No. `106; Page No. 22; Book No. LVII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Rene Allan G. Jervoso. EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ANTONIO CABAHUG SR. re a parcel of land Lot 10203-C-6-C, Psd-08-014046-D, situated in Brgy. Tugbong, Kananga, Leyte, containing an area of 3,267 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-31142 was partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 460; Page No. 72; Book No. 41; Series of 2015 Notary Public Jasper M. Lucero. EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SPS. MAM-ERTO C. MALAZARTE and LIBRADA S. MONSANTO-MALAZARTE re parcels of land Lot No. 6084-A-1, situated in Brgy. Airport, Ormoc City, TCT No. 26336 un-der TD No. 00083-00119-R-10, contain-ing an area of 4,717 sq. m. ; residential house erected in Lot No. 6084-A, under TD No. 12768; Lot No. 5995-A, situated in Brgy. Lilo-an, Ormoc City, containing an area of 3,461 sq. m. , TCT No. 15888 under TD No. 00047-00300-R-10; Lot No. 6060, situated in Brgy. Airport, Ormoc City, TCT No. 22849 under TD No. 00083-00121-R-10, containing an area of 23,637 sq. m. ; Lot No. 6491-D, situated in Brgy. Domonar, Ormoc City, TCT No. 9485 under TD No. 00027-00066, with an area of 14,312 sq. m. ; Lot No. 6096-A-7, situated in Brgy. Lilo-an, Ormoc City, TCT No. 15777 under TD No. 00047-00388 with an area of 2,488 sq. m. were settled and partitioned among their heirs and per Doc. No. 31; Page No. 7; Book No. LXVIII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ANTONIA PARILLA re a parcel of land Lot No. 5386-B with an area of 7,918, covered by TCT No. 26365, situated at Brgy. Libertad, Ormoc City was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 199; Page No. 40; Book No. XXVIII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Eusebio I. Otadoy, Jr. EV Mail Oct. 21-27, 28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Parti-tion with Sale

NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late FELISA GOR-GONIO CELEDONIO re consisting ONE HALF (1/2) SHARE of a parcel of land Lot 4509-Part, situated at Brgy. Paz/sto Rosa, Poro, Cebu, containing an area of 3,920 sq. m. covered by TD No. 34-0013-09832 was settled and partitioned among her heirs and sold in favor of SPS. VICENTE C. ROSALES and TEODORA T. ROSALES per Doc. No.395; Page No. 79; Book No. CBX; Series of 2016 Notary Public Nicolas S. Maglasang. EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11-18, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late CIPRIANO GOMEZ re a parcel of land Lot NO. 6153-C, situated at Brgy. Lao, Ormoc City, Leyte, containing an area of 13,960 sq. m. was partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 158; Page No. 32; Book NO. LIX; Series of 2018 Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11-18, 2019

Deed of Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS. SAL-VADOR S. LONDON and NILDA S. LONDON re a parcel of land Lot 429, with an area of 35,341 sq. m. covered under OCT No. OC-23096, TD No. 08-260018-00172 was settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 309; Page No. 63; Book No. 51; Series of 2019 Notary Public Dante Luz N. Viacrucis. EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11-18, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte SP. PROC. NO. H-635 IN THE MATTER OF

THE CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CIVIL

REGISTRY OF EUGENIO B. OCON

JR. Petitioner -versus-

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, Matalom, Leyte and PHILIPPINE

STATISTICS AUTHORITY QUEZON

CITY Respondents,

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

PETITIONER, EU-GENIO B. OCON JR., by

through counsel filed a petition for correction of entry in the Civil Regis-try of Eugenio B. Ocon Jr.,

In support of his petition the petitioner avers: THAT petitioner is of legal age filipino citizen and resident of Brgy. Poblacion, Mata-lom, Leyte, that the pe-titioner was born On June 3, 1959 at Matalom, Leyte to Spouses Eugenio Ocon and Rosario Balani; that a clerical error were committed in the record of birth of the petitioner the birth year of the pe-titioner as indicated was 1957 when the true and correct was 1959 and the name of his father was Eugenio Ocon Jr, as in-dicated but the true and correct name of his father is Eugenio Ocon without

Jr. that to avoid confusion the errors must be cor-rected to straighten the record of the petitioner; the petitioner prayed that an order be issued for correcting the birth year of the petitioner from 1957 to 1959 and to delete the word JR. in the name of his father in the record of civil registry and petitioner prayed of other relief just and equitable.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the verified peti-tion to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initial hearing on November 18, 2019 at 8:30 in the morning time and place anyone that may be prej-udiced by the approval of the instant petition may come to court in this first

opportunity. Published this Or-

der in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

Furnished copy of this Order to the peti-tioner and his counsel at the given address for them to be present dur-ing the scheduled initial hearing.

ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

19th day of September 2019, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge EV Mail Oct. 14-20,

21-27, 28- Nov.3, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Villaba Office of the Municipal Civil

Registrar NOTICE

FOR PUBLICATION CFN-11-2019 In compliance with

Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that TERESA M. ECOLING has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “TERE-SITA” to “TERESA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of TERESITA M. MONTERDE who was born on May 03, 1966 at Villaba, Leyte and whose parents are GRE-GORIO MONTERDE and MARIA MONARES.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than October 23, 2019. (Sgd.) ENGR. MEDALLO

V. PUNONG Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Oct. 21-27, & 28- Nov. 3, 2019

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0197-2019 R A 10172 Date: OCTOBER 14, 2019

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Ad-ministrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that CLINT JAY SOLANO FIEL has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of Gender from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of CLINT JAY SOLANO FIEL at BAYBAY, LEYTE and whose parents are JUNZE M. FIEL and MERLY B. SOLANO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than OCTOBER 14, 2019.

(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG

City Civil Registrar EV Mail Oct. 21-27, &

28- Nov. 3, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte City of Baybay

Republic of the Philippine)Province of Leyte) SS

Petition No. CFN-0020-2019 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF

FIRST NAME I, LEOCADIA L. ILIDAN,

of legal age, FILIPINO, and a resident of B-C9 L12 BRGY. SAN LUIZ I, DASMARIÑAS, CAVITE, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seeking the change of first name in:

b) the Certificate of Live Birth of JOEL L. ILIDAN who is my SON

2) He Born on Sept. 24, 1978 at Baybay, Leyte, Philippines,

3) The birth was re-corded under registry number 2003-1336,

4) The first name to be changed is from JOE to JOEL,

5) The grounds for filing this petition are the following:

b) He has habitually and continuously used JOEL and he is publicly known in the community with that first name;

f) All my records shows “JOEL” as my first name.

6) I submit the follow-ing documents to support this petition:

a) COLB (PSA COPY) B) LCR FORM 1A c ) BRGY. POLICE,

COURT AND NBI CLEARANCE d) AFFIDAVIT OF UN-

EMPLOYMENT e) AFFIDAVIT (VOT-

ER’S CERTIFICATE) f) COLLEGE DIPLOMA g) BAPTISMAL CER-

TIFICATE h) VALID ID’s i) CERTIFICATE 7) I have not filed any

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

8) I am filing this petition at the LCRO of BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE in accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations. (Sgd.) LEOCADIA L. ILIDAN

Petitioner VERIFICATION

I, LEOCADIA L. ILIDAN, the petitioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Sgd.) LEOCADIA L. ILIDAN

Petitioner SUBSCRIBED AND

SWORN to before me this 7th day of October, 2019 in the city/municipality of __, petitioner ex-hibiting his/her Community Tax Certificate No. 22369148 issued at DASMARIÑAS, CAVITE on SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG

Administering officer EV Mail Oct. 21-27, &

28- Nov. 3, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Northern Samar Municipality of San Isidro

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Date: 16 October 2019

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memoran-dum Circular No. 2013-1 Guide-lines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that JOYCE E. REYES has filed with this office,

a petition for correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of JOYCE ECO REYES at SAN ISIDRO, NORTHERN SAMAR and whose parents are GLORIA ECO and DOMINGO D. REYES.

Any person adversely af-fected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than November 5, 2019.

(Sgd.) EULALIO O. SOLA Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Oct. 21-27, & 28- Nov. 3, 2019, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 47, Ormoc City SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-ORM-19-00065-SP IN THE MATTER OF

THE CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE

RECORDS OF BIRTH OF ALADIA ROSE

TITO SUGUE, PARTICULARLY IN

THE ENTRIES UNDER MARRIAGE

OF PARENTS TO “NOT MARRIED” and NAME

UNDER CERTIFICATION OF INFORMANT FROM

“LYDIA T. SUGUE” TO “LYDIA T. TITO”. LYDIA T. TITO,

Petitioner, -versus –

CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ORMOC CITY, PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

AUTHORITY, AND ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE AFFECTED

THEREBY, Respondents.

x-----------------------x

ORDER Filed is a verified

Petition for the Correc-tion of Entry in the Re-cords of Birth of minor Aladia Rose Tito Sugue particularly in the en-tries under marriage of parents to “Not Married” and the name thereon under Certification of Informant from “Lydia T. Sugue” to “Lydia T. Tito”, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing in accor-dance with the Rules of Court, a Judgment be rendered ordering the Local Civil Registrar of the Ormoc City, Leyte and the Philippine Statis-tics Authority to correct the above-said entries in Aladia’s record of birth.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the hearing thereof on Feb-ruary 12, 2020 at 1:30 in the afternoon before this Court, at which date, time and place, any interested party may appear and show cause if any, why the petition should not be granted. Accordingly,

let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of petitioner once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte quali-fied to publish judicial notices and be posted at the bulletin boards of the Provincial Capitol of Tacloban City; of the Mu-nicipal Hall of Kananga, Leyte; and of this Court before the scheduled date of hearing.

Further, let a copy thereof be furnished the Local Civil Registrar of Ormoc City, Leyte, the Civil Registrar General in the Philippine Statistics Authority, Sta. Mesa, Manila, the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City; Office of the City Prosecutor, Ormoc City for their information and appropriate action.

SO ORDERED. In Chambers, 11th

of October 2019 at the Hall of Justice, Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) MARIA CORAZON S.

VERGARA-NARAJA

Presiding Judge Copy furnished: Atty. Oliver Nor-

man P. Yee Public Attorneys

Office Hall of Justice, Or-

moc City Office of the City

Prosecutor Hall of Justice, Or-

moc City Office of the Solici-

tor General 134 Amor-solo St., Legazpi Village

Makati City Office of the Local

Civil Registrar New Ormco City

Hall, Ormoc City, Leyte Civil Registrar Gen-

eral Philippine Statistics

Authority Solicarel Bldg., Ra-

mon Magsaysay Blvd., Sta. Messa, Manila RTC-OCC, Ormoc

City Hall of Justice, Or-

moc City Lydia T. Tito Sitio Santol 2, Brgy.

Aguiting Kananga, Leyte EV Mail Oct. 21-27,

28- Nov. 3, & 4-10, 2019

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0201-2019 R A 10172Date: OCTOBER 21, 2019

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementa-tion of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that HAIDE C. CAINTIC has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of Gender from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of

live birth of HAIDE C. CAIN-TIC at BAYBAY, LEYTE and whose parents are ERIBERTO ROMERO CAINTIC and FE VILLOCINO CERNA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than OCTOBER 21, 2019.

(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG

City Civil Registrar EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3,

& 4-10, 2019

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC PETITION NO. CCE-0200-

2019Date: OCTOBER 21, 2019

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementa-tion of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that RU-FINA S. MANAGBANAG has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of Day and Month of Birth from “MARCH 1, 1954”

to “FEBRUARY 20, 1954” in the certificate of live birth of GAVINA SANCHEZ at BAYBAY, LEYTE and whose Parents are RAMON SANCHEZ and TEODORICA LATRAS.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than OCTOBER 21, 2019.

(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG

City Civil Registrar EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3,

& 4-10, 2019

Partial Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late PANFILO B. CADELIÑA, SR

had left the following bank deposits:

were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 486; Page No. 98; Book NO. XXXIX; Series of 2019 Notary Public Evergisto S. Escalon. EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11-18, 2019

its work. She would not reveal any more information about them to protect their privacy, except that they are fully rested after four to six hours of sleep instead of the more typical seven to nine. Also, Fu says, the duo and others with similar mutations are more optimistic, more active and better at multitasking than the average person. “They like to keep busy. They don’t sit around wasting time,” she says.

If most people sleep less than their body needs, that deficit that will affect memory and performance, in addition to measures of health, Fu notes. Many think they can get away with five hours of sleep on weeknights and compensate for the loss on weekends—but few actually can. “Your perception is skewed, so you don’t really know your per-formance is not as good,” she says. “That’s why people think [adequate sleep] doesn’t matter. But actually, it does. If you test them, it’s obvious,” she added.

Joking about her own academic ex-perience, Fu adds, “All those nights that I stayed up to study, it would have been better to go to sleep.” That’s not true of the father and son, who genuinely needed just 5.5 and 4.3 hours of sleep each night, respectively, the new paper showed.

Stanford’s Zeitzer praises the study’s design, saying, “Starting with humans and going to rodents and then back is great.” Mice, he adds, are not ideal role models because they regulate sleep differently than humans. And many individuals believe they are short sleepers but, when put in a lab, turn out to slumber the typical seven to nine hours.

People are naturally short sleepers if they rest a relatively brief time even when given the chance to sleep in on weekends or vacations. “If you get extra sleep when

SLEEP ... from P. 4you have the opportunity, it’s generally a good sign that you need more sleep,” Zeitzer says.

Jerome Siegel, a professor of psy-chiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Sleep Research, says he is comfortable with Fu’s group’s main finding: that the neuropeptide S receptor 1 (NPSR1) gene is important in regulating sleep. But it is likely only one small piece in a very complex process, he adds. And he is not convinced by the connection between sleep and memory the group claims. Sleep may have many functions, but there is no indication, he says, that needing less of it somehow boosts memory or cognition. “We consolidate memory while we sleep and while we’re awake, even when we’re anesthetized,” he says. “It’s not something that just occurs during sleep,” added Siegel.

The mechanism of action of the newly discovered mutation is not entirely clear. Fu and her team used a molecular probe to explore how the protein made by the father and son’s mutant NPSR1 gene differs from that made by a normal gene. The mutation, they found, makes the receptor more sensi-tive and active. The specifics of that process, Fu says, still have to be worked out.

Fu and her collaborators previously discovered two other genes involved in sleep. They are continuing to explore the mechanisms behind these genes, she says, adding that the speed of their work would be faster if they had more financial support.

Fu says once she and her colleagues can find about 10 pieces of the genetic puzzle, “each piece can serve as a point to build upon. And hopefully, someday we can know the whole picture.” (Source: www.livescience.com)

proceed as President Duterte has warned that he is going to use his provided police power to start the project. The Kaliwa Dam project is going to be funded by a loan from China.

So let us wait and see who will pre-vail in this situation. Will the project be scrapped as opposed by the group of Fr. Montallana due to an earthquake warning, or this administration wanting to provide water for future use of people.

PULSE ... from P. 5

9OCT. 28-NOV. 3, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Branch 7

Eight Judicial Region BULWAGAN NG KATARUNGAN Magsaysay Blvd.,

Tacloban City OFFICE OF THE

CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. 4240 EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS

AMENDED BY ACT 4118 AND PD 385

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND

(HDMF), Tacloban City, rep. by WILMER

B. LIRAZAN, Mortgagee,

-versus – MA. CRISELDA

TEJERO LLANETA, Mortgagor,

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SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE

UNDER ACT 3135, AMENDED

Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135, as Amended filed by the HOME DE-VELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND with office ad-dress at 3rd Floor, WT Corporate Tower, Min-danao Ave., Cebu Busi-ness Park, Cebu City, represented by Wilmer B. Lirazan, MORTGAGEE, against MA. CRISELDA TEJERO LLANETA, of legal age, Filipino, married to Ronald Baoy

Llaneta, with postal ad-dress at LOT 6, BLOCK 3, LOLITA HOME’S BRGY. SAGKAHAN, TA C L O B A N C I T Y, LEYTE, MORTGAGOR, to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of AUGUST 1, 2019, Amounted to THREE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND S E V E N H U N D R E D TWO PESOS & 66/100 (Php398,702.66) Philip-pine Currency, excluding Penalties, Charges, At-torney’s Fees, expenses of the Foreclosure, Sher-iff ’s Lawful Fees, and expenses for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION on NOV. 20, 2019 at 9:00 in the morning or soon thereafter, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Magsay-say Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following Real Properties/Personal Properties, with all the improvements thereon, to wit;

TRANSFER CER-TIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 115-2017000498

I T I S H E R E B Y CERTIFIED that certain land situated in Brgy. Guindaponan, Munic-ipality of Palo, Prov-ince of Leyte, Island of Leyte, more particularly bounded and described as follows:

LOT NO:6B L O C K N O : 3

PLAN NO: PCS-08-001479-D

LOCATION: BRGY. GINDAPONAN, MU-NICIPALITY OF PALO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE,

ISLAND OF LEYTE. TECHNICAL DE-

SCRIPTION/BOUND-ARIES:

A R E A : F O RT Y-FIVE SQUARE METERS (45), MORE OR LESS.

O W N E R : M A . CRISELDA TEJERO LLANETA, OF LEGAL AGE, FILIPINO, MAR-RIED TO RONALD BAOY LLANETA.

P R O S P E C T I V E BIDDERS ANDBUYERS MAY INVESTIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES, HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTIES IF ANY THERE BE.

LINE DIRECTION ADJOINING LOT (S)1-2 NE LOT 17, BLOCK 3, PCS-08-001479-D 2-3 SE LOT 5, BLOCK 3, PCS-08-001479-D 3-4 SW ROAD LOT 5 (6.50 M. WIDE), PCS-08-001479-D 4-1 NW LOT 7, BLOCK 3, PCS-08-001479-D

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be on NOV. 27, 2019. On the same time and place without further notice.

TACLOBAN CITY, September 24, 2019.

FORE THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFI-CIO SHERIFF:

(Sgd.) ELIAS N. ACOSTA Sheriff IV

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Branch 7

Eight Judicial Region BULWAGAN NG KATARUNGAN Magsaysay Blvd.,

Tacloban City 000

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. 4241 EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORT-GAGE UNDER ACT

3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 AND PD 385

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND

(HDMF), Tacloban City, rep. by WILMER B.

LIRAZAN, Mortgagee,

-versus – CIPRIANO Z. IGNACIO, JR.,

Mortgagor, x-----------------------xSHERIFF’S NOTICE

OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE

UNDER ACT 3135, AMENDED

Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135, as Amended filed

by the HOME DEVELOP-MENT MUTUAL FUND with office address at 3rd Floor, WT Corporate Tower, Mindanao Ave., Cebu Business Park, Cebu City, represented by Wilmer B. Lirazan, MORTGAGEE, against CIPRIANO Z. IGNACIO, JR., of legal age, Filipino, single, with postal ad-dress at LOT 2, HERNIT SUB., BRGY. PAWINGS, PALO, LEYTE, MORT-GAGOR, to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of AUGUST 1, 2019, Amounted to NINETY FOUR THOU-S A N D F I V E H U N -DRED THIRTY PESOS & 73/100(Php94,530.73) Philippine Currency, ex-cluding Penalties, Charg-es, Attorney’s Fees, ex-penses of the Foreclosure, Sheriff’s Lawful Fees, and expenses for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION on NOV. 20, 2019 at 9:00 in the morning or soon thereafter, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Magsay-say Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following Real Properties/ Per-sonal Properties, with all the improvements thereon, to wit;

TRANSFER CER-TIFICATE OF TITLE NO. TP-12212

Lot 2, Block 2, Psd-08-008128-D

A parcel of land des-ignated as lot 2, Block 2, of the subdivision plan, Psd-08-008128-D, being a portion of lot 13-C, Csd-

08-001009, (LRC Rec. NO. _) situated in the Brgy. of Pawing, Mun. of Palo, Province of Leyte. Island of Leyte. Bounded on the SE., along line 1-2 by lot 4, Block 2; on the NW., & SW., along lines 2-3-4-5 by Road lot (6.00 wide); on the NE., along line 5-1 by lot 1, Block 2, all of this subdivision. Containing an area of ONE HUN-DRED TWENTY-FIVE (125) SQUARE METERS, more or less. Registered in the name of CIPRIA-NO Z. IGNACIO JR., of legal age, Filipino, single.

P R O S P E C T I V E BIDDERS AND BUY-ERS MAY INVESTIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES, HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROERTIES 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 on NOV. 27, 2019.

On the same time and place without fur-ther notice.

TACLOBAN CITY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

FOR THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFI-CIO SHERIFF:

(Sgd.) ELIAS N. ACOSTA Sheriff IV

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Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Leyte

MUNICIPALITY OF PALOMPON

-oOo-OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL

CIVIL REGISTRARPetition No. : CFN-0010-2019 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF

FIRST NAMEIN THE CERTIFICATE OF

LIVE BIRTHI, NESTOR OLIVER NA-

VARRO DIEGOR, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of 46-D Sanciangko St., Pari-an, Cebu City after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seeking the CHANGE OF FIRST NAME in:

a. my Certificate of Live Birth

2) I was born on Oct. 27, 1960 at Palompon, Leyte, Philippines

3) The birth was record-ed under registry number 293

4) The first name to be changed is from NESTOR to NESTOR OLIVER

5) The grounds/facts for filing this petition is that I ha-bitually and continuously used NESTOR OLIVER and I am publicly known in the community with that first name

6) I submit the follow-ing documents to support this petition:

a) Certificate of Live Birth (SECPA & CRF No. 1A)

b ) C e r t i f i c a t e o f B a p t i s m , D e p E d F o r m 137-E,TESDA Nat’l. Certificate & Voter’s Certification

c) College Diploma, BIR Form No. 2316, Police & NBI Clearances & Valid ID’s

d) Certificate of Merit, Affidavit of Non-employment & Certificate of Marriage

7) I have not filed any similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate.

8) I have no pending criminal, civil or administrative case in any court or any quasi-judicial body.

9) I am filing this petition at the Local Civil Registrar of Palompon, Leyte in accordance with R.A. 9048 and its imple-menting rules and regulations.

(SGD.) NESTOR OLIVER NAVARRO DIEGOR

PetitionerVERIFICATION

I, NESTOR OLIVER NAVARRO DIEGOR, the pe-titioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(SGD.) NESTOR OLIVER NAVARRO DIEGOR

PetitionerS U B S C R I E D A N D

SWORN to before me this 25th day of October 2019 in the mu-nicipality of Palompon, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting his Voter’s ID No. VIN: 2217-0075A-J2760NND10000 issued at COMELEC, Cebu City.

(SGD.) ANNABELLE P. MARQUEZ

Municipal Civil RegistrarEV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3,

& 4-10, 2019

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION EXQUISITE PAWNSHOP

& JEWELRY, INC. Ormoc Main: Rizal St., Ormoc City Tel #

5610775Ormoc II Branch: Norkis Bldg., Burgos St.,

Ormoc City Tel # 5611398Baybay Branch: R. Magsaysay Ave., Bay-

bay City, Leyte Tel # 5639171Maasin Branch: T. Oppus St., Maasin City

Telephone # 570-9188Will conduct a public auction on November

18, 2019 at 8:00 am to 6.00 pm for all unredeemed articles pawned in this establishment for the month of June, 2019, Patrons are requested to verify their receipts.

MANAGEMENTPAHIBALO

Kining maong ahensiya magahimo ug subasta sa alas 8:00 am hangtud 6:00 pm sa NobIyembre 18, 2019 sa mga pinerenda nga wala malukat sa buwan sa Hunyo, 2019. Gihangyo ang mga suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo.

TAGDUMALA EV Mail October 28- Nov. 3, 2019

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE ON REMATADOS OF

M. LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION, ORMOC 1,2

& 3, NAVAL, PALOMPON, CARIGARA, ISABEL, KANAN-GA, VILLABA, SAN ISIDRO, TABANGO, ALBUERA, LEYTE, BILIRAN, MATAG-OB, CALUBIAN, TACLOBAN BRANCHES 1,2,3,4, & 5, PALO, CALANIPAWAN (V&G) TANAUAN, ALANG-ALANG, JARO, DAGAMI, DULAG, BURAUEN, MARASBARAS, ROBINSON, BAYBAY, 1, & 3, INOPACAN, HILONGOS, ABUYOG, MAASIN 1 & 2, BATO, SOGOD 1 & 2; MACARTHUR, SAN JUAN (CABALIAN), LILOAN, HINDANG, HINUNANGAN, PINTUYAN, MALITBOG, & ST. BERNARD.

Commencing November 15, 2019 at 9:00 am the above-mentioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overdue pledges left in the same up to June 30, 2018, Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.

Sa Nobiyembre 15, 2019, sa alas 9:00 and takna sa buntag isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tag-sa-tagsa ka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas. Tanang butang pinerenda nga wala makukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30, 2018 maapil sa subasta. Gi-awhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo.

TAGDUMALA EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 2019

bound to love one another.We should therefore be very delicate

in our speech. This does not take away the forcefulness we would like to have in expressing our views. Forcefulness should not be seen as an excuse for bad manners.

We have to avoid gossiping. If we have to talk about somebody else, we should focus on the positive side rather than on the negative, even if a person has clearly made a mistake, and even a terrible one at that.

We have to be ready always with good and edifying stories, anecdotes and jokes if only to spice up our commentaries. That is why it is always good to make it a habit to collect good stories and anecdotes, and to be always prepared to speak well, avoiding as much as possible speaking off the cuff.

PASSERBY ... from P. 4

that woman be? For all seven had been married to her.”

Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead

neither marry nor are given in marriage. They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise. That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush,

when he called out, Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

GOSPEL ... from P. 5kapulisan bitbit ang warrant of arrest nga giisyu sa korte.

Gikuhaan ug habig si Manatad, gi-pangutana kun may kauban o mga kauban ba siya atol sa paghimo sa kremin, tubag niya nga nag-inusara ra siya. Ang osa sa anak sa biktima nga si Rene delos Reyes nga nakuhaan sa iyang komento niingon, niining pagkadakop kang Manatad nag-sagol ang iyang gibati. Una, nagpasalamat siya sa mga pulis sa way hunong pagpan-gita sa kreminal; ikaduha, mao ang gibating kapungot ngadto sa akusado tungod sa iyang pagpatay sa ilang amahan.

Abril 17, 2007 sa alas siete sa gabii nahitabo ang kremin sulod sa pinoy-anan ni Ernesto delos Reyes diha sa Cogon. Ang inbistigador niini mao ang nataliwan na nga si SPO4 Rodrigo Sano ug nag-inbistigar sab ang National Bureau of Investigation. May duda ang mga awtoridad ug ang pamilya sa biktima nga wala mag-inusara si Manatad adtong higayuna pagkahitabo sa kremin, pero kun ang akusado ang pangutan-on, nag-inusara lang daw siya.

Kun mogawas na unya ang commit-ment order gikan sa korte, ibalhin ang akusado ngadto sa city jail. Ni Paul Libres

NO. 2 ... from P. 3

ang MARINA ug ang PCGA. Pag sulod sa mga pasahero sa terminal area anaa ang lamisa sa Malasakit Center nga gidumala sa PCG ug ilang medical personnel, PPA, ug K9 unit. Pananglit naglain ang paminaw sa lawas sa osa ka pasahero, mahimong siyang magpacheck-up tingale ug nitaas ang iyang blood pressure kaha gihilantan. May mga tambal nga tagana naa sa Malasakit Center.

Ala una y medya sa hapon niadtong Oktubre 27, Domingo, giinspeksiyun nila LTJG Habdulla, ENS Marc Joseph Bani, ENS Jahzeel Abion, ENS Treckcy Khelly Filoteo, ENS Bryan Michael Tuyay, EV Mail ug mga kawani sa CGSWestern Leyte ang mga fast craft nga molarga paingon sa Cebu kun maayo ba ang kabutang sa mga pasahero; osa nila gilantaw ang mga life jackets kun sayun bang tultolon sa mga pasahero pana-hun sa emerhensiya, pasado matud sa PCG.

Puno ang Ocean Jet; matud ni AJ Caoc-toy sa ticketing department fully-booked na ang ilang barko hangtud sa Nobiyembre 2. Ang kapitan Capt. Bangalao niabi sa mga opisyal sa Coast Guard ug nagpasalamat sa ilang paghatag ug atensiyun hasta ang kapitan sa Supercat Capt. Teves.

May pahinumdum si LTJG Habdulla sa mga pasahero: kinahanglan mosayu ug anha sa pantalan sa gitakda nga eskedyul; dili mosakay sa barko nga hubog; dili

BARKO ... from P. 3

magdala ug hait nga butang ug ubang kontrabando. Gilibutan sa mga bantay ang tibuok pantalan, ug naay mga CCTV, ug ang mga bagahe moagi sa baggage x-ray machine. Ni Paul Libres

impormante, natultolan ang gipoy-an ni Cordero nga anaa nang-ipon sa osa sa ilang kabanay. Si P/Capt. Bryan Vicedo, ang hepe, dihang nasayud sa presensiya sa akusado sa lugar, nimando sa iyang mga operatiba pagdakop bitbit ang warrant of arrest batok kang Cordero nga giisyu ni RTC Judge Maria Corazon Vergara-Naraja sa branch 47. Oktubre 27 pasado alas onse sa buntag, nadakpan ang akusado ug anaa karon sa lock-up cell sa PS3. Ibalhin siya didto sa City Jail kun mogawas na unya ang order gikan sa korte. Ang piyansa sa tempo-raryo niyang kagawasan kay Php 200,000.

Sa Police Station 1 (PS1), nadakop sab ang mga operatiba ug osa katawong wanted sa kaso nga illegal logging. Siya si Basilio Tomada, 58 anyus ug taga baran-gay Mabini ning siyudad. Ang warrant of arrest batok kaniya giisyu ni RTC Judge Gerlie Borrel-Yu sa branch 35. Ang piyansa Php 40,000. Nianang hapon gikan sa iyang pagkadakop, gibuhian siya human nakapi-yansa sa iyang kaso. Ni Paul Libres

WANTED ... from P. 3

ni P/SSgt. Degillo sa EV Mail ang pusil, klaro nga dili na gyud kini mapuslan pero ang magazine anaa pa nakasuksok sa pusil. May duda nga ang maong pu-sil naanud ni adto pang bagyong Uring o dili ba kaha sa bagyong Yolanda ug natabunan sa yuta.

Sa laing bahin, nakaalerto karon ang tibuok puwersa sa kapulisan tungod sa kalag-kalag ug ning nagsingabot nga pasko. Kanunay magpatrolya ang mga

PUSIL ... from P. 3

pulis sa siyudad ug sa mga barangay aron maseguro nila ang seguridad sa katawhan. May pahinumdum ang mga awtoridad adtong mogamit sa social me-dia nga likayan nila pag post kun asa sila uban sa ilang pamilya kay dili kini maka-tabang, hinuon makahatag kinig giya sa mga daotang elemento nga nagtinguha sa ilang kalaotan. Ni Paul Libres

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Newbie Kananga Mayor Matt Torres delivers powerful, inspiring SOMA

DOH-8 notes decrease in dengue cases in Eastern Visayas

sEE SOMA p. 6

Newly bought PNP-Surigao patrol car ambushed in Samar

KANANGA, LEYTE – This town’s Mayor Manuel Vicente “Matt” M. Torres delivered on October 30, 2019 his first State of the Municipality Address (SOMA), after completing his first 100 days in public service.

“For the last 100 days, I have seen areas that need to be im-proved, good practices that need to be maintained and new projects that need to be executed. Now that I have reached my 100th day, I can say that we are on the right track in achieving these goals,” Mayor Torres said as he began his speech.

“It all started with a dream and followed by a plan. Within my 100 days of service, I have been guided by my Magic 10 where I have ten main goals to attain. So far, we have significantly achieved each area of my ten-point agen-da,” said Torres.

He then made mention of his top priority, that is, peace and order. He was proud to share that Kananga now has 11 drug-cleared barangays out of 23. Just last October 1 this year, he shared, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) officially declared 10 barangays to be drug-cleared. This significantly added to the only one declared drug-cleared barangay in the municipality since 2016, added Mayor Matt.

He then expressed his thanks and gratitude to the Kananga PNP, DILG, Municipal Health Office, and all the people behind this achievement.

“Isip amahan sa Kananga, paningkamutan nako nga sulod sa usa ka tuig sa akong termino, mahimo nga ang tibook Kananga ma-drug-cleared municipality. I will make sure that the remain-ing 12 barangays will be cleared from illegal drugs before this year ends,” said Torres, adding that the

Philippine government seeks foreign allies to arrest rebel leaders

Kananga Mayor Matt Torres as he delivers his first SOMA.

11 drug-cleared barangays will still be closely-monitored.

Accordingly, the Kananga LGU is now implementing the mandatory random drug-testing for its employees. Torres shared that none from the first batch of employees who have undergone the said testing were found posi-tive of illegal drugs.

He continued that through the Municipal Anti-Traffic Obstruction Task Force a.k.a. Task Force MATT, Kananga was able to respond to PRRD’s Order for all LGUs to clear roads from illegal structures within 60 calendar days. The municipality then got a rating of 90 percent out of 100 from the Department of the Inte-rior and Local Government (DILG).

Torres also shared that since August 5, Kananga has been strict-

ly enforcing its Helmet Ordinance.Another highlight of Torres’

SOMA was the water supply of the municipality. Torres assumed that of all the things included in his SOMA, the matter on water is the most anticipated from all his constituents. He shared he has been hearing from his constituents this concern with some telling him, “Mayor, bisan tubig lang, malipay na kaayo mi.” According to him, this reaffirmed that water is really a problem in Kananga that needs to be addressed immediately. He shared that they have already vis-ited the Leyte Metropolitan Water District facility in Pastrana, Leyte to gather pieces of information and suggestions from experts.

TACLOBAN CITY – The Depart-ment of Health Regional Office 8 (DOH-8) has noted the continuous reduction of dengue cases for the past 11 weeks in Eastern Visayas.

John Paul Roca, DOH informa-tion officer, said the cases of dengue in the region is now below the alert threshold, with an average of 23 percent decrease of cases per week.

He added that code blue alert was reduced to code white, which means that all quick response teams are still on standby just in case there is a need for response and possible deployment.

However, the official still cautioned the public that there is no guarantee that the trend will continue considering the recent weather that is conducive for mosquito breeding sites.

“Based on our data available, we are on track to decreasing cases but in terms of elimination or a total of zero cases, we cannot do it because dengue in the Philippines is endemic. What we can only do is to reduce the cases to almost zero,” he maintained.

He encouraged everyone concerned to continue their efforts on reducing mosquito density by doing the 4S strategy that involves searching and destroying mosqui-to breeding places; securing self-protection measures like wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts and daily use of mosquito repel-lent, seeking early consultation; and support fogging and spraying in hotspot areas.

“Campaign of health-seeking behavior should be intensified to avoid further death of the disease,” he said, adding that dengue fast lanes are still activated in all hospi-tals especially DOH hospitals.

A total of 23,929 dengue cases with 63 deaths were recorded this year in the region (0.26% of Case Fatality Rate), and 79 barangays were noted of the clustering of cases.

The top 3 areas with most cases are in Leyte (25%), Samar (16%) and Eastern Samar (13%).

Among the cities, Tacloban City remains on top with the high-est number of cases and deaths. By Marie Tonette Marticio

Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez inspects the ongoing construc-tion of the boxing gym inside the Ormoc City Sports Complex, after a day’s work at the City Hall. (Photo grabbed from the City Government of Ormoc FB page)

TACLOBAN CITY – Two pas-sengers survived when a Phil-ippine National Police (PNP) patrol vehicle of Surigao City was reportedly ambushed by alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) at about 12:30 midnight Tuesday, October 29, in Sta. Rita, Samar.

Reports reaching the regional police headquarters disclosed that Sta. Rita Municipal Police Station received a call from the 805th Re-gional Mobile Force Battalion based on the San Juanico Bridge, Samar side, regarding an ambush incident.

Authorities proceeded to Brgy. San Isidro, and noticed a Toyota Hi-Lux marked Surigao City, riddled with holes and found some metal fragments still at-tached in the holes of the vehicle.

The left side windows were all broken along with the front side, but the bullets were not able to penetrate the vehicle.

Based on the accounts of the drivers, they came from Toyota Bicutan, Taguig enroute to Surigao City to deliver the new vehicle ordered by the city government of Surigao.

Upon reaching Pinabacdao, Samar, they allegedly heard a sudden explosion, prompting the driver to speed up until they reached Brgy. San Isidro, Sta Rita, Samar, where they decided to leave the vehicle for fear of a blocking force ahead of them.

The victims, identified as Lau-ro Silesa III, 45 years old, driver from Pasig City and Rustom Pa-tagan, 42, marketing professional of Toyota Bicutan, rented a motor-cycle (habal-habal) to take them to San Juanico detachment were they reported the said incident.

The victims are now under the custody of Sta Rita Police for documentation and proper dispo-sition. By Marie Tonette Marticio

BAYBAY CITY – The Philippine Government through the Armed Forces have already begun its coordination activities with the International Police and other diplomat channels to open im-mediate extradition proceedings to effect the arrest of Joma Sison (Jose Maria Sison) and wife, Juliet; and bring them before a Philippine Court, Secretary Her-mogenes C. Esperon Jr. revealed during the Launching of Special Convergence Mission held at the Baybay City Gym on October 29.

The Sison couple along with 36 other members of the CPP-NPA’s Central Party Committee have standing Warrants of Arrest for murder cases lodged at the RTC-Manila, associated with the mid-80s’ Inopacan Massacre, where more or less 67 skeletal remains were discovered and exhumed in Sitio Sapang Dako, Inopacan, Leyte sometime in August 2006.

Esperon, who is now the Na-tional Security Adviser and Vice-Chairman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC),

A member of one of the Farmer Association beneficiaries during the award-ing of livelihood assistance; from left to right are Mayor Azucena Miram-bel, Congressman Carl Nicolas Cari, Secretary Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr., Mayor Jose Carlos Cari, Secretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario, Governor Dominic Petilla and Vice Governor Carlo Loreto.

was then the Chief of Staff of the AFP when he first came to Leyte during the exhumation of the skeletal remains of the victims of NPA’s Oplan Venereal Decease (Oplan VD), and further says he is willing to come again here when the time allows.

Accordingly, through EL-

CAC, different line agencies working together as partners in the whole of nation approach to poverty reduction is very much possible, where it is visibly seen in Leyte from 39 down to 13%. “Ang leaders dito sa Leyte ay ginawa

sEE REBEL p. 6