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website: leytesamardaily.net VOL. XXV NO. 156 http://www.scribd.com/lsde_scribd e-mail: Editorial - lsdaily2@yahoo.com SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 P10.00 IN TACLOBAN
BY REYAN ARINTO

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Police retirees ask DBM to release pension differential

months, three from last year and another three this year. That means we still have about 32 to 35 months of pension differential, Sydiongco, a former director of the Leyte police provincial office, said. to page 2

TACLOBAN CITYHundreds of police retirees in the region have called on the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Friday to release their 35 months pension differentials, which has been released for about two years already.
Retired Police Supt. Jody Sydiongco said members of the Police Retirees Association, Inc. are demanding the DBM to allocate funds for their delayed pension differentials. We only received an equivalent of six

Tomeco to implement helmet ordinance

TACLOBAN CITY -- Retired Col. Salvador Buddy Estudillo, head of the Traffic Operations,Management Enforcement and Control Office(Tomeco)said that they strictly enforce anew the wearing of helmet among motorcycle riders. He said they have legal basis for the implementation - one is a city ordinance and the national law on wearing a helmet. With those legal bases, Tomeco enforcers need not be deputized by the Land Transportation Office in the implementation of the law, said Estudillo. Estudillo admitted that while they want to implement all their plans and programs, the city government has also limitations on its resources. For example, he said, Tomeco needs P3 million for every three months for markings of the pedestrian lanes around the city alone - but with the unavailability of the needed amount - they have to operate within their available resources. On personnel, according to Estudillo, his office would need 1,700

DTI SSF Project in Calbayog. Mayor Ronald Aquino (l) is shown with DTI-8 Director Cynthia Nierras and DTI-Samar director Meilu Macabare. They were guests during the presscon which followed the launching and turn over of seaweed and sardines processing equipment under the DTI Shared Service Facilities to the Samahan ng Mangingisda sa Binaliw (SMB). SMBs production center in Brgy. Binaliw has been producing bottled sardines and pickled guso for a year now with seed capital provided by the LGU under the Office of Mayor Aquino. The equipment turned over by the DTI amounted to P310,304.00 (CTIO/Ronald Ricafort)

Pamana livelihood program seeks to reduce poverty incidence,, says DSWD

peace by reducing poverty and improving the quality of life of the poor, said DSWD assistant regional director for operation Nestor Ramos. The Pamanaassisted livelihood and capacity building project is simply enforcers to man every a development program corner of the city streets by which community and national highways folks themselves will around the city to en- identify the projects and force traffic laws strictly sustain its implementa. At present they are pri- tion. The basic concept of oritizing congested areas the PamanaSLP venin manning the traffic. ture is an over-all peace(FRED PADERNOS) building program that TACLOBAN CITY-The Department of Social Welfare and Developments (DSWD) implementation of the Pamana Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) seeks to contribute to lasting is to be implemented in conflict affected and conflict vulnerable areas. This will also will provide a community cash grant of P300,000 to the duly selected peoples organization within a particular conflict-affected,/ vulnerable barangay for a period of three years, he said. After a memorandum signing by some 28 barangay captains of San Jorge in Samar, the municipality is now set to lay the groundwork for the implementation of the program. Ramos said the role of the DSWD is to provide technical assistance to implementing peoples organizations, sees that there is harmonious implementation of the program and ensure the wise use of funds, among others. Meanwhile, DSWD is endlessly coming up with various programs that aim to lift them up from poverty. (PRINCESS ALEXIS B. SIGUAN/ LNU-AbCom Intern)

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TACLOBAN CITY -- Security measures have been intensified in the city of Tacloban and the number of police forces has been increased. This after tension has intensified in Zamboanga since last week between the military and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front(MILF). S/Supt. Domingo Cabillan, Tacloban police director, told Leyte Samar Daily Express that may ada direktiba an regional office

Security measures in Tacloban intensified due to Zambo incident

na bangin magkaada hin spill over adton insidente ha Zamboanga nganhi ha Eastern Visayas. Amo nga diri kami pwede mag relax, however there is no need for us to panic, Cabillan added. According to Cabillan, there is a close coordination between the police and the Army, highlighting traffic checkpoints on some strategic areas in the city, intensifying security measures at the entrance and exits of the DZR airports, port areas and the roads leading to it to confront any attempt to penetrate it and may compromise the security and safety of passengers and facilities. On the other hand, Muslim communities in the city expressed their contempt over the movements of MILF group in Zamboanga city. According to them, they are peace- loving citizens and they should not be linked to any of the extremists activities. Cabillan said waray man namon na momonitor ha mga Muslim brothers naton.at least we are aware that they are all on a business here in the city. Meanwhile, B/Gen. Jet Velarmino, newly installed division commander of the 8th Infantry Division based in Catbalogan City, told Express that as of press time, no orders yet from the general headquarters of the Philippine Army to deploy troops coming from Eastern Visayas to reinforce troops in Zamboanga City. (JAZ-

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Demo on rice combine harvester operation held

TACLOBAN CITY- In its effort to encourage farmers and peoples organizations to use rice combine harvester for efficient farm operation, the Department of Agriculture-8 (DA-8) in coordination with the Regional Agricultural Engineering Division (RAED) recently conducted a demonstration on the operation of the combine harvester. The said activity was held in Abuyog, Leyte and was participated in by farmers of said town and by the members of the Leyte Seed Multipurpose Cooperative. Combine harvester is a machine that merges post-harvest activities such as gathering, harvesting, threshing, cleantials while the survivors of these retirees expect P2,500 each depending on the retirement ranks and years of active service but not less than 20 years. Per estimate, the government owes police pensioners a total of 3235 months of pension differentials under the ing and bagging of rice in just one field operation. This equipment offers a faster and more efficient way of postharvest activities. Moreover, this limits the labor force requirement since only three people are needed to operate. The distribution of combine harvesters and other machinery is one of DAs interventions for the 3rd Salary Standardization Law (SSL3) signed by the former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. It was only in July 2010 that the retired policemen received their first tranche of the differential due to delayed accounting . According to DBM,

farmers in the country. The government shoulders 85% of the cost of farm machinery while the remaining 15% is the recipients equity. As of press time, four combine harvesters were already distributed. Eastern Samar and Northern Samar acquired one while Samar got two. (PRINCESS

City vet assures that meat sold in public markets, meat shops are safe to eat

Police....

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Sydiongco added the peaceful protest rally was held because their request has yielded no positive result from the DBM. On the average, the police retirees expect to get at least P3,500 in monthly differen-

TACLOBAN CITY -Dr. Eunice Alcantara, city veterinarian, assured the public that the meat available in the public markets and meat shops are safe to human consumption. She said her office regularly deploy meat inspectors to ensure the ALEXIS B. SIGUAN/LNU-Ab- quality and safety of meat com Intern) starting from ante-mortem (before slaughtering) and post-mortem due to the shortfall on (after slaughtering) at the their budget released last May 2013, the six- should be given to us. month differentials, Some of our police rewhich were sourced tirees are suffering from from the Pension Gra- various illnesses and tuity Fund (PGF), could releasing the long only support three in- overdue pension difstead of six-month dif- ferential payment ferential, Sydiongco would greatly help a added. lot, Sydiongco said. What is due to us

slaughterhouse, until it reaches the market. Included in their meat inspection are the lechons. But she warned the public to patronize the ones that passed the ante-mortem and post -mortem inspections at the slaughterhouse. She appealed to the consumers to report to her office at telephone 325-1830 and 325-2074 any irregularities on meat vending and likewise on fraudulent weighing scales so that immediate action can be done. (FRED PADERNOS)

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For those who only have small lots or backyards but are interested to venture into natural farming, Natfamco director Christopher Fadriga suggested that they do urban gardening. The method is similar, you only make use of the resources that is within your little farm, said Fadriga. He said this can be their entry to permaculture, which aims to redesign peoples way of life based on nature. To ensure that their produce are grown the natural way, Espina said directors of the cooperative conduct quality control among members. We ensure quality by policing each other, he said. Natfamco is currently raising pork and poultry products and selling these for P88 to 343 a kilo. Espina said members will eventually produce natural-grown vegetables within the year. The cooperative is now in negotiation with supermarket owners to make their products available in the market but at present their products can be bought at Mertos Restaurant on Juana Osmena St. The plans of the cooperative, according to Fadriga, is to convert their farms into learning sites so people can know about natural farming. They also plan to make their farms farm-tourism sites where local and foreign tourists can tend to farm animals, plant, harvest and process farm products. (SUNNEX)

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Coop promotes natural farming

A GROUP of professionals and entrepreneurs in Cebu has organized a cooperative that promotes natural farming, the Natural Farming and Multi-purpose Cooperative (Natfamco). Natfamco director Dr. Shawn Espina said there is money in agriculture. Espina, who is a practicing surgeon, got into natural farming because of the growing health and wellness sector. He noted that doctors like him are constantly looking for healthy alternative that they can promote to the community to counter the rise of deadly illnesses like cancer. Times have changed. Back then, most of the patients diagnosed with cancer were in their late 40s but now the youngest cancer patient I handled is 23 years old. Cancer patients now are really getting younger, said Espina. He said diet and lifestyle are among the common factors that cause cancer. Espina said what Natfamco is promoting is a healthier lifestyle by eating vegetables and meat that is grown and raised the natural way. The establishment of this organization is more of an advocacy than a business, said Espina. Natfamco was established in July this year as a Cebu-based chapter of the Philippines for Natural Farming Inc. a non-profit organization registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in March 2011. Natfamco has 15 directors and 13 active members. The organization said it is open for membership across the country. Natfamco has adopted the Korean natural farming system founded by Dr. Cho Han Kyu in the 1960s. According to Espina, Dr. Cho introduced an alternative way of farming that assures both high yield and good quality that are chemical-free. Davaobased Andry Lim, who was trained by Dr. Cho, shared that knowledge with thousands of farmers across the country. Dr. Chos natural farming method is practiced in underdeveloped countries and communities as livelihood to improve their living. Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Mongolia, Congo, and Tanzania are some of the active countries that practice natural farming. Espina said they hope to attract more landowners in Cebu to engage in natural farming because agri-business is a lucrative venture. He said the reason naturalgrown products are expensive than those that are commercially grown is because only a few players are serving the huge market. Supply is quite limited because not all players have shifted to this industry. But there is a huge market out there that remains untapped, said Espina.

Express It At The Park chairman Dalmacio Massey Grafil led the meeting of the members of group on the planned Kalamgaman media tour in Palompon, Leyte.
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City finance committee proposes ordinances aimed to generate revenues

TACLOBAN CITY-- The committee on finance chaired by Councilor Cristina G. Romualdez is now proposing ordinances to generate revenues for development projects of the city government. In a series of public hearings conducted at the Balyuan Convention Center, the committee presented the following proposed ordinances: socialized housing tax; ordinance levying additional ad valorem tax on idle lands in the city ; an ordinance amending section 1-H of Ordinance No. 2005-9-63 and section 95 of the 1999 Revenue Code of Tacloban, referring to garbage fees. Jack Uy, president of the Tacloban Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Inc., who represented the business sector, made a counter proposal of 0.5 percent tax on idle land instead of the proposed 5 percent. The committee agreed to a 1% tax increase. (FRED
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NSO announces poster making contest winners

TACLOBAN CITY -- In line with the month-long anniversary celebration of the National Statistics Office (NSO) 8, an on-the-spot poster making vontest was conducted here in the city.. Said celebration revolves round the theme Handog ng NSO: 73 Taong TaosPusong Serbisyo sa Mundo. Sixteen high school students from various schools in the city participated in the visual interpretation of this years theme. Neptune Pilapil from Sagkahan National High School bagged the first prize and Anthony Dacutanan, also from Sagkahan National High School, emerged as second while Alyka Sumapig of Sacred heart School landed third place. The three winners received P1,000, P700 and P500, respectively. The chairperson of the board of judges, Rodolfo R. Novillo, statistical coordination officer of NSO Leyte, judged the competition along with his fellow judges namely, Engineer Felimon Garcia Jr., SCO II, and Concepcion Superada, administrative officer V of NSO 8. The posters were judged based on creat iv it y / pre s e nt at i on (50%), originality (30%) and relevance to the theme (20%).
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Abolishing the SK

ast week, the House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms voted 11-1 to postpone the SK elections to the last Monday of October 2016. Also, the Senate passed on second reading Senate Bill 1186 that seeks to move the SK polls to next year. In both measures, incumbent SK ofcials wont be mandated to stay in their positions on holdover capacity. The problem with this initiative is that only a few weeks are left before the October 28 synchronized barangay and SK polls, so there is a need to churn the legislative mill a bit faster. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has therefore urged President Aquino to certify the SK polls postponement measures as urgent. Its still not known what the Presidents stand is on this one. PNoy has earlier opposed calls to postpone the synchronized barangay and SK elections. But what the lawmakers

want postponed is only the SK polls. If the President certify the SK polls postponement measures as urgent and Congress is able to pass a reconciled version of these on time, then consider the SK as good as abolished. With the SK polls postponement, the various sanggunians wont have a youth representation for three years. This, if moving the SK polls to 2016 would be agreed. If it is postponed, we already can see whether the barangay can function without the SK. If it can function smoothly without the SK, we can dispense with the SK and we dont have really to hold any further elections. Of course, things are not that easy, as there will surely be opposition to the SKs abolition. Still, three years would be a long enough time to settle the debate on whether to abolish the SK or not.

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The Philippine Senate probe on the scams related to the pork barrel or priority development assistance fund has led to other interesting findings which, this early, may even lead further to other highly anomalous, concluded events in the Philippine bureaucracy and other branches of government, including constitutional bodies. Before the probe, whistleblowers had already hinted that some men and women in the Philippine Legislature had profited from PDAF releases via inexistent projects for which those funds were originally meant, or through negotiated shares of up to 50 per cent or just a little less than half the original full amount of a PDAF release, or through commissions, or through other enjoyments. The personal and eye-account testimonies of whistleblower Benhur Luy, close cousin and business assistant of Janet Lim Napoles, detailed

6,482 vacant jobs in COA unfilled, is this not anomalous?

how certain legislators and their chiefs of staffs obtained their shares of the government funds that Janet had been facilitating to be released. Consequent to Benhurs disclosures to the inquiring Senate committee, one chief of staff of one senator had been confirmed to have left the Philippines with uncertain intention of coming back. The departure is believed to be an early evasion from most probable involvement in the ongo-

ing investigation, even if names of senators and members of the House of Representatives had been concealed by Justice secretary Leila de Lima in connection with the filing tomorrow (September 16) of cases against legislators and others involved in the PDAF scams. Meanwhile, the Filipino nation should be seeing these unfolding revelations as concrete proofs that President Noynoy Aquinos tuwid na daan war

versus massive corruption in the country, and that the Presidents honest crusade is at work. In the next weeks, the nation will also most likely be seeing how the Napoles influence has been creeping into some salas and chambers of judges, and maybe even the whole Judiciary itself. It is fervently hoped, though, that the full-gear tuwid na daan investigations will keep on relentlessly. For, is it not that already many informed citizens are convinced that other than Janet herself, whom Benhur knew as the only mastermind of the PDAF scams, there could be another mastermind under whom Janet may only be one among several undertakers? For also, it is now strongly believed that the Napoles-associated scam is only a tip of the iceberg. Something else larger than that could be somewhere up there or elsewhere.

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OPINION

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Salary differences
Government salary is fixed by law. Wages of employees in private companies defend upon the mercy of the employer. Mayor Lino Balanquit is adverse to my observation. He stated: Unlike some municipal doctors, the mayor is on call 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Both of them, the municipal health officer and the mayor are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is the medical doctors responsibility to respond to calls anytime of the day or situation the difference in salnight the whole year round. The chagrin of Pambuary may not really to cause Whether a government emjan Municipal Mayor Lino dissatisfaction. The length ployed physician or private Balanquit over the P2,473 of service of the one receivmedical practitioner is ready salary difference between ing the Salary Grade 1 has to serve anytime. the municipal health officer already sacrifice for many It would be unfair for and him may have a semyears working at the lowest elected mayor who may have blance of inequality. As local level of Salary Grade. While been reelected to start all over chief executive he has more a newly appointed one with again at 1st Step. There are responsibilities than the muSalary Grade 2 has yet to do elected officials who served nicipal health officer. sacrifices in the government for three terms and every asThe disparity may cause service to reach 8th Step with sumption to duty the same dissatisfaction, however, the amount of salary is received. difference should be looked P2,223 payment. One to be considered the Mayor Balanquit is corupon the length of service of one who has reached the 8th rect to say that since the exthe municipal health officer Step will only have another isting rules on step implein comparison to his. increase in pay if the law is ments for elected officials is Example the lowest paid changed to adapt to the presilent there is a need to look employee in the government vailing economic situation. for remedy to close salary may receive a Salary Grade Until it happen an employee gaps between elected and ap1 with pay for the 1st Step may no longer received inpointed officials. is P2,000. For serving the The existing problem can government for a length of crease in pay until retirement. That is the incongruity of only be resolved by the legtime may have reached inworking in the government. It islators. I suggest the League creases in salary up to 8th is strange but the will to serve of Municipalities and the Step with P2,144 pay. A the people keeps a person to League of Cities to jointly newly employed person may remain in the government pass a resolution to be dishave been appointed to Salservice. tributed to their respective ary Grade 2 with pay for the The example of Salary representatives to Congress 1st Step is P2,073. The difGrade and the Step are from to formulate a law. ference in salary is P71 or Compensation and Position Meantime, there is no nathe employee with the lowClassification Act of 1989. tional law to allow them to inest Salary Grade 1 at 8th The article In Pambujan: crease their salaries they have Step has higher wage than a Municipal health officer has to contend to their present newly employed with Salary higher salary than mayor, predicament. (Feedback welGrade 2. I noticed the statement of come, g_duna@yahoo.com) By carefully studying the

When the whistle blows

You shall know the truth. And the truth shall make you mad. That sums up reaction of many to whistleblower Benhur Luys testimony, before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, on the most severe scandal to rock Congress since it opened in 1907. Clad in a bulletproof vest, and hedged in by three Witness Protection Program guards, the 31-year longhaired former medical technologist testified how legislators swapped their pork barrels for 50 percent kickbacks. Six senators and 24 congressmen, to date, have been tarred. More names will most likely surface. Ten others are singing on pork dealings of now detained Janet LimNapoles. The happiest whistleblower in Senate history is Benhur Luy, Senator Sonny Angara tweeted. Frequently giggling. He spoke without notes., Luy was engaged in a very serious matter, Inquirer noted. Possibly even deadly, Specially because he was credible. I think he is very believable, said Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, committee chair.There is basis to conclude malversation of public funds or plunder ( was ) committed by some legislators. Who? Pogi is the code name Napoles used for Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr, earlier reports said Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, 89, is dubbed Tanda
said the set up has been that way since COA was established. She said the agency tries to preserve the independence of its auditors and in fact when they have audit observations, we too conduct exit conference and discuss the issues one by one, but we understand that reality . Escudero said if COA has been self-auditing since its inception, it could look and adopt international auditing practices and standards to apply not only to themselves but to the government wide system as well. COA said they have been rolling out international standards in auditing system. Be that as it may, Congress may still find ways to improve their current system to remove any doubts and fears and to also maintain the check and balance between their auditor and themselves . *** News Feed from Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility: BRITISH JOURNALIST David Frost died of a heart attack last August 31. Frost was best known for his series of interviews with resigned US President Richard Nixon in 1977 in which the latter admitted his part in the Watergate scandal. The events were retold in a hit play, Frost/Nixon , which became a film in 2008 starring Michael Sheen as Frost and Frank Langella as Nixon.

6,482....

Now, heres one anomaly in the Commission on Audit, which actually had been going on for years. (Of course there are other anomalies involving some COA officials and auditors up to the residency level. Yes, even inside Capitols, as some quidnuncs had been saying several times in the past. That constitutional body, curiously, has all these years been crying that it is undermanned, that it lacks personnel, thats why it cannot readily complete its audit duty. Isnt it questionable why the COA cannot solve its own crisis? Then again, while it is undermanned, as it has been saying, it does not fill up its own vacant positions? What kind of thinking is that? That is not rational! That is insanity, if not mere stupidity! Of course, rural unemployed college graduates (many of them would have been teachers already and yet, it is also stupid of the Department of Education why it cannot fill up its own need for teachers, year after year!) had been getting the information in the past that vacant positions in any government office had to be purposely left vacant, perpetually, if possible, because such vacancies are reserved for savings - which office bosses can manipulate

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anytime during each year for which funds are stuffed into those vacancies, for their own use or machination or for political purposes. Last September 10, Senator Chiz Escudero has concluded that the COA is indeed undermanned although that constitutional commission has 40 per cent vacancy. Thus, Chizs office released the following statement on that same day which said in part that the COA is undermanned and their staff is overworked but the agency has a 42% unfilled position. At the agencys budget presentation today, Senator Chiz Escudero said the authorized COA staffing is 15, 219 but its filled rate is only 8,737. This leaves 6, 482 unfilled positions for 2013. Escudero, chairman of the senate committee on finance said this wide margin of vacancy is a cause for concern, which he said even COA itself is alarmed. The COA is doing its job. In fact the government has saved up a lot by what the COA does in terms of auditing services. With only 57% filled position, the senator asked the commission if it could have rendered more auditing services and could have detected the misuse of funds if it has more people to do their mandate. Heidi Mendoza, COA Commissioner who presented the

agency budget said they could have used more personnel to double their output than their current ones. COA cited difficulty in getting accountants to join the agency as the reason for vacant positions remaining unfilled. The agency has generated almost P2 billion of savings from these unfilled positions. Having been given a fiscal autonomy, the amount was already disbursed to them. When asked how it utilizes this lump sum amount, COA said this is being used to augment their maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE). Can you furnish us how this amount augments your operations? Where else does this go? Escudero directed COA. The senator also asked the agency who audits them. Forgive me if this maybe a unique question, but who audits COA maam? We have our own auditor and as I mentioned a while ago, our own auditor issues audit observation addressed to us Mendoza replied. Escudero said it is quite awkward that the agency is being audited by one of its own where the nature of check and balance might be put in question. But your auditor reports to you too? I mean, they are under you, where is the check and balance? Again this is no allegation, no accusation, just out of curiosity . Mendoza

or old man.. Kuya and Sexy are the handles for Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. An entry in one note says P20 million was allotted for Kuya and Sexy. Jinggoy Estrada, denied ever meeting Luy .Mamatay man ( Let me die if Im telling a lie), Estrada, told Inquirer. Wait. No need to lay down ones life for ones pork. All Estrada needs to remember the Dec. 14, 2000 hearing of the impeachment case against President Joseph Estrada. . Testitmony showed Jingoy hefted the name Jingle Bells then connection with jeuteng payoffs. Witness Emma Lim said shed brought P5 million money to Malacanang . Witness, Menchu Itchon. accompanied jueteng auditor Yolanda Ricaforte to President Estrada where setting up of a casino, called Fontainbleau, using jueteng money was discussed. Ricaforte has since fled the country. So did Senator Juan Ponce Enriles former chief of staff : Jessica Lucila Gigi Gonzales-Reyes two days after Whistleblower No 11 testified she received huge sums from Napoles. History repeats itself, , the noted lawyer Clarence Darrow once wrote. And thats one of the things thats wrong with history. Look at the track record of whistleblowers here. Banker Clarissa Ocampo testified that Joseph Estrada signed the notorious Jose Velarde accountwhich she refused to certify. Threats cascaded in. And she had to leave the country for while. She has now joined ABS/ CBN Auditor Heidi Mendoza testified on her documenta-

tion of a P510-million theft by the AFP Comptrollers Office. Gen. Carlos Garcia has been convicted. But a partisan Commission on Appointments refused to confirm President Aquinos appointment of Mendoza as Commission on Audit commissioner --- up to this day. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down, the Filipino axiom warns. Ensign Philip Pestao bucked in 1997 the misuse of Navy boats to haul illegal lumber and drugs. He was shot in his cabin. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales reinstituted murder charges stalled for decades. Marian School of Quezon City academic supervisor Antonio Calipjo Go exposed flawed textbooks. False charges were filed against him and some columnists smeared him. Education Secretary Bro. Ermin Luistro, FSC, visited Go to officially convey the Aquino administrations admiration for his whistle blowing. Yet, a Quezon City court, upon complaint of a giant publishing company raked profits from miseducating generations thru flawed textbooks, convicted for Antonio Calipjo Go for what? Light threats. After Land Banks Acsa Ramirez blew the whistle on tax scams, NBI agents shoved her into a police lineup which President Gloria Arroyo used for photo op. Shanghaied by government agents, Rodolfo Jun Lozada testified before the Senate how a ZTE broadband loan, for $132 million, ballooned to $329 million. The overrun authors of this scam remain scot-free. Still guarded by Catholic nuns today, Lozada

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NEWS/NOTICES

Sunday, 15 September 2013

No illegal logging in Tacloban -- Hijada GRANDPARENTS DAY @ To address this concern, CITY -- Barangays Salvacion and ROBINSONS PLACE TACLOBAN No TACLOBAN the City ENRO of Tacloban Illegal logging activity Sta. Elena.
TACLOBAN CITY-Grannies from all walks of life and from all over the city and the surrounding municipalities, along with their loved ones, came and celebrated a day of pampering, singing and whole lot of fun with Shoppers could not help but stop their activities and listen to the melodic voices of our grannies as they sing their hearts out in the grannyoke in exchange of our limited Robinsons umbrella. It was also very heartwarming to see adult people take a day off from their busy schedules to bring in their parents to enjoy this special day. These lucky Grannies were able to avail of the massage, osteoporosis screening, consultation and medicine, all for free courtesy of the Philippine Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine and their volunteers. Dr. Balverde, one of the coordinators of PARM stressed that, It is a good thing that Robinsons organizes this kind of event for our grandparents because simple gestures like this one, really means a lot to them. Indeed, these simple smiles and thank yous were more than enough reward for all the efforts that were exerted in organizing this event. And Of course, all these
Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation & Communications Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board Regional Office No. 8 Tacloban City LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2013-0600 Ref. No. VIII-2010-0633 Application for Sale & Transfer of a CPC to operate a FILCAB service with Extension of Validity and with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name. THELMA SABERON-VENDOR ROSEWELL GARCIA-VENDEE Applicant/s/Petitioner x.............................x NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPC TO OPERATE A FILCAB SERVICE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN CITY-DIITSCANDINAVIAN & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT WHICH CERTIFICATE IS STILL VALID AND SUBSISTING. IN THE PRESENT APPLICATION, APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY FOR SALE & TRANSER HEREIN REFERRED TO AS APPLICANT-VENDOR THELMA SABERON IN FAVOR OF ROSEWELL GARCIA HEREIN REFERRED TO AS APPLICANT-VENDEE OF A CPC USING THE SAME NO. OF ROUTE AND UNIT, WITH PRAYER TO ADOPT TRADE NAME, ROSEWELL TRANSPORT, WHICH CERTIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ON OCTOBER 21, 2013. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BY THIS BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 AT 9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS. At least TEN (10) days prior to the date, applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one (1) Daily newspaper of general circulation in Eastern Visayas. Parties opposed to the approval of the application must file verified written opposition supported by documentary evidences on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the applicant, and may if they so desire, appear on said date and time. This application shall be acted upon by the Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidences submitted by parties under the board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary or testimonial evidences. WITNESS THE HONORABLE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPUDIN, this 13th day of September 2013. (Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTO Clerk of Board

would not be possible without our partners-- Philippine Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kopiko

and all participating Robinsons shops. Indeed, fun never stops at your favorite Mall! [PR]

is happening within the territorial jurisdiction of the city. This was made clear by forester Jonathan Bong Hijada, city environment and natural resources officer (ENRO) during the Kapihan Ha Balyuan amid reports that illegal logging continue to take place in

According to Hijada, what is happening in the two northern barangays is maybe a timber pouching or unregulated cutting of trees - and these are small time activity for home use and selling as firewood. But these are also not allowed, he said.

and CENRO office in Palo ,having territorial jurisdiction on forests, had an agreement to task the upland dwellers to serve as forest caretakers of the thick trees in those areas - and to make periodic reports. (FRED
PADERNOS)

TACLOBAN CITY -- There are more than 16,000 informal settlers in the entire city that the Grandparents Day 2013, which was held at the Annex of Robinsons Tacloban, was participated by a lot of Grannies city government is trying to help by providing from all over Tacloban. decent homes for them thru socialized housing. According to Mariya Lagman, consultant for housing projects, the proposed ordinance on the socialized housing tax is targeting a revenue of P10 million per year or

City govt provides decent homes to thousands of informal settlers

P50 million for 5 years to finance the housing projects for informal settlers prioritizing those who are presently living the danger zones in the city. To date, a total of 142 house units have been constructed by the city government in partnership with the Gawad Kalinga and other donors. These are located in Barangays Palanog and Cabalawan.

The Tacloban North Resettlement Projects plans to build 134 core houses. A community mortgage program ,which will provide lands for the landless, is now being implemented in Brgys. Palanog, Tigbao and Scandinavian.
(FRED PADERNOS)
Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation & Communications Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board Regional Office No. 8 Tacloban City LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2011-0543 Application for Extension of Validity of a CPC to operate a FILCAB service with Prayer to Adopt Business/Trade Name.

When the....

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Granny-oke, massage, osteoporosis screening and consultation are among the many fun activities our dear grandparents were able to experience.
Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation & Communications Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board Regional Office No. 8 Tacloban City LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2013-0598 Ref. No. VIII-2003-1306 Application for Sale & Transfer of a CPC to operate a FILCAB service with Extension of Validity and with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name. RAMIL BONIEL-VENDOR GRACIANO BACSAL-VENDEE Applicant/s/Petitioner x.............................x NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPC TO OPERATE A FILCAB SERVICE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN CITY-ST. PAULSCAMPETIC & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT WHICH CERTIFICATE IS STILL VALID AND SUBSISTING. IN THE PRESENT APPLICATION, APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY FOR SALE & TRANSER HEREIN REFERRED TO AS APPLICANT-VENDOR RAMIL BONIEL IN FAVOR OF GRACIANO BACSAL HEREIN REFERRED TO AS APPLICANT-VENDEE OF A CPC USING THE SAME NO. OF ROUTE AND UNIT, WITH PRAYER TO ADOPT TRADE NAME, MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP TRANSPORT SERVICE, WHICH CERTIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2013. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BY THIS BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 AT 9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS. At least TEN (10) days prior to the date, applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one (1) Daily newspaper of general circulation in Eastern Visayas. Parties opposed to the approval of the application must file verified written opposition supported by documentary evidences on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the applicant, and may if they so desire, appear on said date and time. This application shall be acted upon by the Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidences submitted by parties under the board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary or testimonial evidences. WITNESS THE HONORABLE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPUDIN, this 13th day of September 2013. (Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTO Clerk of Board

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation & Communications Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board Regional Office No. 8 Tacloban City LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2013-0599 Application for Issuance of a CPC to operate a FILCAB service with with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name. (COLORUM LEGALIZATION) MANUEL B. PEDRAGORDA, JR. Applicant/s/Petitioner x.............................x NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE TO OPERATE A FILCAB SERVICE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: CALBAYOG CITY-TARABUCAN & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT, WITH PRAYER TO ADOPT TRADE NAME, LILYWEL TRANSPORT SERVICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BY THIS BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 AT 9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS. At least TEN (10) days prior to the date, applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one (1) Daily newspaper of general circulation in Eastern Visayas. Parties opposed to the approval of the application must file verified written opposition supported by documentary evidences on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the applicant, and may if they so desire, appear on said date and time. This application shall be acted upon by the Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidences submitted by parties under the board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary or testimonial evidences. WITNESS THE HONORABLE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPUDIN, this 13th day of September 2013. (Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTO Clerk of Board

is harassed by charges. Primitivo Mijares was one of Ferdinand Marcos chief propagandists. He wrote the book Conjugal Dictatorship and testified against the dictatorship. Mijares disappeared in 1977 and his 15-year-old son was later found murdered. Not every whistle-blower is a candidate for beatification. Former police officer Cezar Mancao II, who offered to blow the whistle on the Bubby Dacer murder, bolted NBI custody when courts ordered his transfer to jail. Mancao is still on the lam. Tell that to the family of Bubby Dacer. The PR man never made his appointment to brief former President Fidel Ramos on scams involving government. He and driver Emmanuel Cor-

bito were intercepted by 22 military agents in Makati. Blindfolded, then strangled, their bodies were burned in Indang, Cavite. Thieves are lionized, not ostracized, here. Cash ushers them to first places at tables. Those in a position to adopt reforms are often the very persons whistles are blown at. Would Senators Ramon Bong Revilla, Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Gringo Honasan ever scrap the pork barrel? Though a crow bathes, it remains black. They should take a leave of absence pending formal investigation, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago urged. Inaction by those involved is buttressed by a culture of impunity. People bolt from those who rock the boat with harsh truths. Jerusalem crucified its Whistleblower.

RIC BELARMINO Applicant/s/Petitioner x.............................x NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPC TO OPERATE A FILCAB SERVICE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN CITY-ST. PAULSCAMPETIC & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT WHICH CERTIFICATE EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 14, 2013. IN THE PRESENT APPLICATION, APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY FOR EXTENSION OF VALIDITY OF A CPC USING THE SAME NO. OF UNIT AND ROUTE, WITH PRAYER TO ADOPT TRADE NAME, GABRIELA TRANSPORT SERVICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BY THIS BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 AT 9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS. At least TEN (10) days prior to the date, applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one (1) Daily newspaper of general circulation in Eastern Visayas. Parties opposed to the approval of the application must file verified written opposition supported by documentary evidences on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the applicant, and may if they so desire, appear on said date and time. This application shall be acted upon by the Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidences submitted by parties under the board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary or testimonial evidences. WITNESS THE HONORABLE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPUDIN, this 12th day of September 2013. (Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTO Clerk of Board

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GMA News and Public Aairs Special Report Sunday September 15, after Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho
cused of masterminding the controversial scam. Using connections in government, Napoles and her group allegedly gained billions from the Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF, more commonly known as pork barrel, through an elaborate kickback scheme. In GMA News and Public Affairs special report this Sunday hosted by veteran journalist Mike Enriquez, Bantay Kaban ng Bayan traces the anatomy of the scam. The Bantay Kaban Team goes on-groundfrom Luzon, Visayas and Mindanaoto physically inspect projects that were funded by the pork barrel and questioned by the Commission on Audit. In various provinces in Luzon, correspondent Joseph Morong and the team are met with ghost projects and overpriced packages given to beneficiaries. Marginalized farmers cry foul over the undelivered projects which were handled by the questionable NGOs being linked to Napoles. But among the 82 NGOs questioned by COA, only 8 are being linked to Napoles by her former employees. Bantay Kaban ng Bayan asks: who are behind the 74 other NGOs? The team uncovers at least 450 names behind these dubious NGOs and investigates the persons behind the top ten foundations that received billions in pork barrel. Aside from the dubious NGOs, the COA Special Audit Report for 20072009 also questioned infrastructure projects funded by the pork barrel. Region V (Bicol Region) was listed as having the highest amount of pork allocations questioned by COA. In Legazpi City, on-ground correspondent Maki Pulido investigates three road projects totalling more than 100 million pesos in cost. Instead of concrete infrastructure, she discovers dirt roads that appear unfinished and unused. And in Lanao del Sur, buildings worth millions of pesos are not buildings at allBantay Kaban arrives and sees only unfinished building posts. The much talked-about COA Special Audit Report only covers the period of 2007-2009. As more and more recordseven from recent yearsare examined, it appears that the misuse of pork did not stop in 2009. And while the congressional pork barrel already puts at least 25 billion a year in the hands of lawmakers, the fact is there are trillions worth of special and regular funds disbursed and possibly misused year after year. Weve only seen the tip of the iceberg. GMA News and Public Affairs Bantay Kaban ng

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