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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2013

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NEWS
Crising cause landslide in Eastern Samar town
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Salas admits demand on permit-to-campaign,win fees

By SARWELL Q.MENIANO, Correspondent

P148-M in SSS educational loans granted to 12,000 students

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PhilHealths Z benefit package includes various illness coverage

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TAC L O BA N CITY The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) based here in the region maintained that politicians should seek permission for electoral access.
But while the political front of the Communist Party of the Philippines is admitting that they indeed demand the socalled permit- to- campaign and permit-win fees, the amount earlier mentioned by military officials were only invented by the latter. The allegation about the revolutionary movements permit to campaign/permit to win fees is a long-running atto page 7

BIR urge taxpayers to le taxes before deadline

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Sexual abuse among kids remain high, says ofcials

news page 8 Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez distributed food packs and drinking water to residents of Barangay 103-A Paglaum on February 19, 2013. Several residents of the village were downed by diarrhea due to a contaminated drinking water. The city government made a quick response on this problem by conducting a medical mission in Paglaum.
(Photo By Joseph Morante/ Text: EDEN BENUSA-REYES)

DTI urges businesses to take part in customer satisfaction survey

Mixed clouds and sun with scattered thunderstorms. High 86F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%. WEATHER

More than 4, 000 city residents availed of the Cristinas Livelihood Skills Training Program
TACLOBAN CITYMore than 4, 000 residents of Tacloban have acquired skills from the Comprehensive Livelihood and Entrepreneurial Program (CLEP) of the city government of Tacloban. CLEP is a livelihood skills training program conceptualized by Councilor Cristina G. Romualdez since 2007 which aims to empower women and augment family income in the process. to page 3

TACLOBAN CITYThe Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Eastern Visayas has encouraged owners of business establishments to take part in the online customer satisfaction survey on local government units that have streamlined their business permits and licensing systems (BPLS). Cynthia Nierras, DTI-8 regional di-

rector said the survey seeks to elicit feedback on the quality of service the business owners received during the renewal of their business permits this year. From the survey, we will determine if there was an improvement in the service delivery of local governto page 2

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NEWS

Friday, 22 February 2013

BORONGAN CITY Due to incessant rains experienced in Eastern Samar due to tropical depression Crising, a major landslide hit Barangay Del Remedio in Sulat town which stranded hundreds of passengers and vehicles. In a live interview by local radio station DyES, district engineer Ricardo Odita said that the volume of mud including uprooted coconut trees has blocked the national highway

Crising cause landslide in Eastern Samar town

last Feb.20. Odita added that based on his estimate, the volume of mud could reached from 3,000 to 5,000 cubic meters and it could take them four to five days to clear the highway. Immediately crews from the Millennium Challenge Corp. and from the Promeda Construction arrived to help the DPWH- Eastern Samar Engineering District to clear the area. But the road remain impassable as of press time due to the felled coconut trees that strewn along the road reason they are seeking help from those who have chainsaws to help them clear the road. Barangay chair Santo Tapalla of Del Remegio, the incident happened at 10:30 in the evening, last February 20. He said that the incident did not cause any damage or cause injury among residents of the village. As this developed, Odita advised commuters

from Tacloban and Samar using the Wright-Taft route going to Borongan City, to use instead the South Coastal Road via Lawa-an because they will be stranded in Del Remedio. Meanwhile, hundreds of stranded commuters from northern municipalities going to Borongan City and Southern towns have to walk over tons of mud to the other side to take rides going to this city and vice versa.
(PIO L.CALVO)

Fun run winners bared

TACLOBAN CITY- Winners of the recently held fun run initiated by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) said that they joined the activity not just for fun but also to serve as inspiration to others. The fun run, held last Feb.17, was divided into four categories: 18 kilometers; 10 kilometers; 5 kilometers and 3 kilometers. For the 18 k, the winner was Francis Kakui, 28 years old and a resident of Talamban, Cebu. He received P10, 000 cash prize and a gold medal. Jordan Bacong, 26 yrs old from Carigara, Leyte, was adjudged as the winner in the 10 k. He received P8, 000 and a gold medal as part of his prizes. Bacong started his career when he was just 20 yrs old citing his constant training and discipline as the attributes for his winning his category. Meantime, Vicente Bajardo Jr., 24 yrs old from Guiuan, Eastern

Samar, was the winner in the 5 k, winning P5,000 and a gold medal. Francis Nhel Acedillo, 16 yrs old from Calubian, Leyte, was the winner in the 3 k category. He received P3,000 and a gold medal for his winning. Acedillo is a fourth year high school Student at the Leyte Sports Acad- DY- EVSU Intern) emy as he revealed that

his idol is David Rudisha, former world record holder of the 800 meters. John Paul Pagatpat, 11 yrs old from Sulangan Guiuan, Eastern Samar, won the gold medal and received P3, 000 cash prize for the 3k kiddie race category. The young winner was once a part of his provinces delegation of the Palarong Pambansa. (STAN MICHAEL VINCENT

DTI...

ment units which have simplified their business permitting system in accordance with the national BPLS standards, Nierras said. Dubbed Business Permits and Licensing System: Customer Satisfaction Survey on Mayors Permit 2013, the project is spearheaded by the National Competi-

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tiveness Council (NCC) which also implemented the same activity last year covering 838 establishments in 178 local government units. For this year, NCC seeks for more responses from businessmen by using an online survey questionnaire enhanced by the UP School of Statistics to make the tool more relevant, faster and respondent friendly. We are calling on the different business chambers to encourage business establishment owners to join the survey because the more responses we get across the country, the more reliable database we will have for evaluating and improving these services, Nierras said. Such survey will enable the Business Permits and Licensing System of the National Competitiveness Council of the

Philippines to evaluate the satisfaction level of businessmen in regard to the renewal process for Business Permit in cities and municipalities nationwide. The survey results will be bases for local governments to improve their services in various localities, Nierras added. Eastern Visayas was given about 724 quota sample for the survey and distributed to the regions provincesLeyte with 424 respondents; Northern Samar, 95 respondents; Samar, 50; Southern Leyte, 86; Eastern Samar, 60; and Biliran, 101. The online survey will just take a few minutes to answer and respondents are encouraged to log on to www.competitiveness.org.ph and click the Online Survey. (REYAN L.
ARINTO)

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NEWS

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P148-M in SSS educational loans PhilHealths Z benefit package granted to 12,000 students includes various illness coverage
More than 12,000 college and vocationaltechnical (voc-tech) students across the country have so far benefitted from the Social Security Systems (SSS) educational loan facility that released a total of P148.64 million in 2012. SSS Assistant Vice President for Lending and Asset Management Ma. Luz C. Generoso said the SSS expects more members to borrow this year under the SSS Educational Assistance Loan (EducAssist) Program, which has nearly P7 billion in funds still waiting to be tapped. The billions of pesos alloted for the program reflect the governments firm commitment to bring education within reach of present and future workers. To a wider extent, the Educ-Assist program helps boost national economic growth through increased worker productivity, she noted. The pension fund earmarked a total of P3.5 billion for the SSS EducAssist program, which was launched during the Labor Day celebration last year. The national government chipped in P3.5 billion more as counterpart funding, for a total Educ-Assist allotment of P7 billion. Generoso said EducAssist loan disbursements last year for 11,790 college enrollees totaled P145.84 million, while another P2.8 million was released for 398 students taking up voc-tech programs. Recent adjustments in Educ-Assist guidelines have widened the field of eligible borrowers, although the loan program remains intended for those earning low or minimum wages. Initially, only active SSS members with a monthly income of P10,000 or below may borrow. Now, members earning up to P15,000 per month may qualify for SSS Educ-Assist loans, as long as they have up-todate payments to other SSS loans and at least 36 monthly contributions, three of which must be posted within the 12-month period prior to application date, Generoso said. Beneficiaries of EducAssist loans may be the printing. Aside from acquiring skills, they were also being taught on values formation. Any interested applicants can visit Councilor Romualdez Office located at the Balyuan Executive Building, Magsaysay Boulevard, this City and SSS members themselves, their legal spouse or dependent children, while unmarried members can designate their siblings, including half-brothers or half-sisters, as beneficiaries of the loan program. However, only one beneficiary is allowed per SSS member. The beauty of the Educ-Assist program is the sustained financial support given to the student. This is not a onetime loan release, but a series of fund disbursements until the student graduates from college or completes his or her voctech training course, she added. Maximum loan releases every semester or trimester are pegged at P15,000 for college degree programs and P7,500 for voc-tech courses. Similar to a Study Now-Pay Later scheme, loan payment will only start one year after graduation or from the date of the last loan release, at an interest rate of about three percent per annum. Members will repay the loan within five years for college courses and three years for voctech programs. (PR) look for Estela or Lily, call or text 09287993209. Graduates received starter kits during the closing rites and are entitled to the City Coops technical assistance and loan assistance from the City Government thru Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez.(EDEN B.REYES/KIMRO) TACLOBAN CITY The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is expanding its serious illnesses coverage under its Z benefit package. Walter Bacareza, PhilHealth-8 regional vice-president, said the expanded Z benefit package will cover five catastrophic diseases that will give substantial financial risk protection and total care for the treatment of members and qualified dependents. Bacareza added the expanded Z benefit package include coronary artery bypass graft surgery (standard risk), 550,000; surgery of tetralogy of fallot (congenital heart disease characterized by low oxygen level in the blood) in children, 320,000; surgery for ventricular septal defect (one or more holes in the wall separating the right and left ventricles of the heart) in children, 250,000;cervical cancer, 120,000 (early stage) and 175,000 (late stage); and external lower limb prostheses, 15,000. The Z benefit package, launched last year, initially covered the following: breast cancer, 100,000; standard risk childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia, 210,000; prostate cancer, 100,000; and renal transplantation, 600,000. Diseases under the Z benefit package are described as life or limbthreatening and require prolonged hospitalization and extremely expensive therapies, Bacareza said. It was learned that funding for the additional benefits will come from the premium payments of all members. Higher contributions to the insurance fund starting last month have allowed PhilHealth to expand the benefits to its members. PhilHealth also expects additional funding from the proceeds of the Sin Tax Law, Bacareza added. Workers earning 35,000 are now contributing 437.50 per month, from 375/ month, while the minimum monthly contribution for self-employed workers has been raised to 150 from 100. Self-employed professionals with an average monthly income of more than 25,000 will now pay an annual premium contribution of 3,600 under the new rates. Meanwhile, those earning 8,000 and below will pay 87.50 from 50. Members whose salaries range from 8,001 to 34,999 are paying the same contribution rate of 1.25% of their respective salaries. (REYAN
L. ARINTO)

4,000 Nula-Tula residents avail barangayan services

TACLOBAN CITYDespite of the bad weather, about 4,000 people coming from Barangays 72 and 74, both in Nula-Tula, attended the barangayan, a regular activity of the administration of Mayor Alfred Romualdez. This was revealed by Camilo Romo, barangayan program coordinator, who said that the residents of the two barangays were able to avail of the various free services offered during the whole-day activity held last Tuesday. Major departments and offices of the City Hall are involved on this activity. These includes the City Health Office, which offered free medical consultation, dental services, dispensing of medicines and gave reading eyeglasses; the City Social Welfare Development Office which distributed Phil Health cards and issuance of application forms for senior citizens and certificate of indigency to solo parent; the City Veterinary Office which administered an antirabies and cholera vaccination, cat and dog castration and registration of livestock animals and deworming. Also, the City Agricultures Office distributed seeds and seedlings as the Civil Registrars Office offered free late registration of birth, death and marriage and mass weeding.(AIZA
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More than...
Today, CLEP is open to women, men and youth from the marginalized sector. Courses offered include haircutting, reflexology, cosmetology, food processing and cooking, baking and T-shirt
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OPINION

Friday, 22 February 2013

EDITORIAL

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set aside a serious issue such as the Sabbah claim that had long been raised before in international for a. The claimants are asserting their claim of ownership over the territory and that their claim is recognized by the Malaysian occupants who entered into a lease and had paid rentals for their occupation. The claim may serve as an impetus for the Philippine government to pursue its sovereignty over the territory. The need to look at the documents supporting the claim and to revisit he deliberations of the constitutional commissions that wrote the provisions on national territory may be in order. We cannot aord to ignore our right over the territory by dismissing the claim being raised by our Muslim brothers who have raised valid grounds to support their sojourn in that territory which they call as part of Philippine territory and is for all intents and purposes, their home

Urgency in resolving the stando in Sabbah must be aorded utmost attention by the Philippine government in order to prevent undue escalation of the conflict. The assertion by Filipinos living in that territory deserve the protection of government. We cannot aord the stando to go offhand as it would put the lives of our countrymen in danger. The issue aecting Sabbah had caught attention in the international community mainly because the occupants from the sultanate of Sulu had been reported as armed. The sojourners in that territory are asserting their claim that the territory is part of the Philippines by legal and historic title. The claimants are in possession of documents showing that rentals had been paid by Malaysians occupying the territory. While there are opinions being raised that the stando unduly aected the peace process, there still is a need to take the issues with serious concern from the Philippine government. We cannot

Judicial Afdavit Rule

The court is to be decongested with the new rule. It will hasten the trial all parties welcome.

The new rule may not be easy at first for counsels and litigants like in some situations the onset always encounter problems. The fact that the Prosecutors League of the Philippines was able to secure the deferment for the implementation of the rule manifest it is not easy to switch to new procedures. The requirement for question and answer affidavit may be additional work for lawyers, but it will be beneficial for judges. It is better than the direct and cross examination of witnesses in the witness stand. Why?

It will not need for a stenographer to take note and sometimes the transcription contains mistakes. With Judicial Affidavit, the judge needs only to read it to come into conclusion the weight of facts presented and the conclusion of

law. It will save time for the judge to preside and hear the arguments between counsels and/or litigants. It will also save the judge from misjudging the case, because it is in black and white. However, the prepara-

tion of the question and answer affidavit will give extra work for the counsels. The preparation needed good research because the supporting documents are already attached as Exhibits. Even Justice Secretary Leila de Lima admitted that prosecutors needed extensive training first on the Judicial Affidavit Rule. Lawyers who are not well verse in touch typing system will face difficulty in the preparation of the judicial affidavit. As the rules requires the to page 5

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swer affidavit during investigations. A week ago, a lawyerfriend did a judicial affidavit in a civil case he is handling. However, when he filed the affidavit in court, it goes back and forth, because the format has to be change to suit the requirement. That could have been avoided have the Supreme Court prepared the format and circulated to all legal practitioners at least even in newspapers or online in the internet. That is one problem when a rule is adapted without definite instruction on how to do it. Just imagine an inventor was able to make

The Research Sun is Up

what the problem is all about read, read, and read. This way, you are enlightened on the scope and limitation of the problem. The use of note cards to write down quotes and other sources is helpful. Three by five index cards will be easier to shuffle, sort and shortlist. On the body of the investigation, a paper should not be more than word-forword sources. This is a boring format. As reviewer, the bibliography is an integrity indicator. Lately, I leafed through fifteen pages of references and had my doubts. With an open mind, the researcher owned having copied the entire thing from a similar study. This fairy-tale research syndrome is not funny. I would rather coach a mediocre proposal than

For the academe, the research season is up. Students scamper for a research problem and end up recommending conundra - recurring problems without solutions. Read two research proposals during the weekend, only to find out gross research boboos , and I stopped and marveled what occurred in the research class, or should I articulate, what has become of the research culture in the academe. It is astonishing to note how

researchers ignore the research roadmap. An organized paper flows so that the research thesis is evidence-based. To mitigate research bloopers, here are common slips which can be avoided. First, the subject of the paper is unclear. Identification of variables is foremost. At a glance of the research title, I can already detect the writers dilemma what to talk about. Can you imagine a social science research (SSR) title without variables? Confused on

lawyer should be the one to conduct the question and the client to answer as if both are in a court hearing of the case. I recall my former chief of police in Los Baos, Laguna who uses only the forefingers of both hands in typing. That was in the 1950s. It took him sometime before he could finish a simple question and ana full blown research copied and pasted from nowhere. Then, remember when concluding - be sure and wrap it up by re-stating the thesis. Give a final clincher that will leave the last supporting ideas in the readers mind. Another disbelief! Most recommendations are stand alones. Such should be tied up to the findings of the investigation. Follow me for sunny research tips, nilafilam@ yahoo.com. It was a simple passage from a book by Hermann Huber, entitled Celebrate your life that prompted these insight and realization. Huber said that the whole world is an illusion and only God is reality. Challenge was hurled by Huber to drop all those pointless unnecessary superfluities that we have in this life and that we must only hold on to the most important and of the essence stuffs. And surprisingly this insight also dictates that there is no security in this world. And since only God is real, we might as well be thankful that He had opted to lease us life that we can share and play a part and cultivate other life from. For God, who is our Sponsor is kind and is filled with boundless, unlimited and enormous love. And we should, we must thank the real Sponsor that we all have regardless of the role that we play on this day. And, yes, those were the words for our Sponsor, we must not forget to remember that we are but a speck in these immense cosmos.Only God is real, the world is an illusion.

good equipment without detailed instructions to follow. What do you think will happen? If the equipment is for the use of medical practitioners in surgery, could it be used the right way? Well the Judicial Affidavit as for me is good, provided, instructions how to do it will be disseminated to avoid being placed in default. There are several lawyers who relied upon the default tactics, because they are not really good lawyers. The Judicial Affidavit Rule hopefully will really solve the delayed justice in our system. (Feedback welcome, g_duna@yahoo.com)

The Sower
Friday FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23; Mt 16:13-19

PETERS CONFESSION ABOUT JESUS

When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, Who do people say that the Son of Man is? They replied, Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets. He said to them, But who do you say that I am? Simon Peter said in reply, You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus said to him in reply, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

The world is an illusion

ent parts. Luminaries of Atomic and Chemical Fields of science had been dauntlessly on quest of whats inside. And appalling of all, was the reality that what is inside these infinitesimal minute structure was the balls of energy that it contain, and although when you split it up, annihilation will occur, but still the same whats inside are energy. And that money bills, desk, CPUs, Soil, land, plastics, wood, clothes, and all these worldly fixtures we are clinging unto are merely balls of energy, heat that at the deepest probe are nothing but nothing. The power generation and the marginalized sectors, even those who supposedly are fighting, killing and dying for nothing but these worthless balls of energy, heat and void notions and manifestations. We are very passionate in calling this and that land, thing or even other persons as ours, mine when we really do not own a thing, not even a thing of those.

THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER, APOSTLE

Today we celebrate the Chair of St. Peter. Chair means office. We, then, celebrate Peters office. Today we call to mind Peters pre-eminent position in the Church. Today we praise God for having given us the Apostle Peter as the teacher and guide of our Christian faith, and for having made him the center of unity. In the New Testament, Peter appears as the first of the Apostles. Peter was given authority to rule as a representative of the Master. The metaphor of binding and loosing means to exclude someone from the community and to re-admit, also to impose an obligation and to release from it, to declare something lawful or prohibit something. Christ gave him the care of the whole flock. Among the Apostles, Peter appears as the head of the young Church, conscious of his responsibility and full of the power of the Holy Spirit. Down the ages, the Popes have been Peters successors playing his role. The Pope is the symbol of the unity of the Church throughout the world, and it is his call and duty to be an effective principle of unity for everyone. In the history of the Church, this unity has been broken, and for many people the Pope is a stumbling block to unity. Yet Jesus gave clear instructions to his Disciples that his Church should have leaders, and that among them one should be foremost as the center of unity for all. (His Word is Life by Vema Dasan, S.J., Published by Paulines. Visit us at www.paulines.ph or at Paulines Media Center, Real St., Tacloban City, Tel #321-3195. Visit us at www.paulines.ph) Sowers thought: To live in union of mind, heart and will with the Pope means sharing in the universality if his concerns: to suffer with those who suffer, to be happy with those who are happy; especially to suffer when the Church suffers, to be happy when it is happy. Blessed James Alberione, founder of the Pauline Family

It seems that we, pen scribblers, keyboard beaters and the species who considers themselves as writers and who has the littlest and tremendous influence to the sundry has at most times forgot to say thank you, to the Sponsor. At these ultra- advanced age at the standards of the power generation that we have right now , the power generation refers to the age bracket of persons who has considerable influence to the mainstream governance , planning job generation and all those essential tasks for our lives to continue, according to unofficial sources its about 45 to 65 years.

In an era where material possessiveness is only equaled by the primal desires of men, and money becomes an end all, to amass, to die for, havent we overlooked one thing, our Sponsor. Now let us , dissect these . Scientifically all of us are made up atoms. John Dalton an English teacher and the man whose credit of the Atomic theory is given, was repeating the ideas of mystics and Philosophers of long ago, when he said that Atom (Greek atomos) was the basic component of all matter, man included. And that because it is so, many scientists in various fields had tried to catch a glimpse of what is inside these million constitu-

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NEWS/NOTICES

Friday, 22 February 2013

PRO8 scores against wanted men, loose weapons in Samar

CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, PALO, LeyteThe Special Operations Task Group Samar (SOTG - Samar) Tracker Team of the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) arrested four persons and confiscated assorted weapons in an almost weeklong police operations in the hinterlands of the first district of Samar recently. The SOTG-Samar was activated to initiate focused police operations targeting wanted persons, accounting of loose firearms and dismantling private armed groups in Samar, said Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Ragadio Soria, Eastern Visayas police regional director. He added that the arrested wanted persons could be tapped by unscrupulous politicians to advance their political interests in the coming polls while the confiscated weapons could be used in terroristic and other criminal activities. Soria disclosed that from February 16 to 20, the combined elements of RSOTGSamar Tracker Team led by Police Senior Inspector Jovie Espenido, 2nd Regional Public Safety Management Company of the 8th Regional Public Safety Battalion (8th RPSB) led by Police Senior Inspector Shyrile Tan and Samar Provincial Public Safety Company (Samar PPSC) conducted manhunt

Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez with wife City Councilor Cristina Romualdez shares a light moment with DOH Director Jaime Bernadas and Philhealth Regional Vice President Walter Bacareza before the start of the 3K category during the very successful Philhealth Fun Run 2013 last February 17, 2013 at the Balyuan. (VICKY C. ARNAIZ)

operations at the hinterlands of Calbayog City and Sta. Margarita, all of Samar province, which resulted to the arrest of four persons, three of them charged for heinous crimes, and confiscation of high-powered and low-powered firearms. At around 4:00 oclock Tuesday afternoon at the hinterlands of Brgy. San Antonio in Calbayog City, five personalities identified as Bonifacio Caber, Ricardo Vicentino, Jay-ar Yregon, Johnny Vicentino and Loreto Casaljay voluntarily surrendered to the police team eight homemade shotguns, now under the custody of SOTG-Samar based in Camp Lukban, Catbalogan City. An hour later, a manhunt operation at the vicinity of Brgy. Camperito, Sta. Margarita, Samar, resulted in the arrest of one Floro Diaz with pending cases for three counts of murder and three counts for frustrated murder. The SOTG was also able to confiscate from Diaz one Elisco M16 rifle with defaced serial number, one Colt .45 caliber bearing serial number 188765, five short and one long magazines for M16 rifle with a total of 129 rounds of live ammunitions for M16, one black

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eight-pocket bandoleer, 2 magazine assembly for .45 caliber pistol, 7 rounds live ammunitions for .45 caliber and two fragmentation hand grenades. In early Thursday morning, manhunt operations conducted by the same team at the vicinity of Brgy. San Jose in Calbayog City resulted in the arrest of Marcial Jalayajay and Zaldy Cagomoc by virtue of a warrant of arrest docketed under Criminal Case No. 6487 for complex crime of murder with frustrated murder. Meanwhile, one Junlex Cagomoc was also arrested by the police team for obstruction of justice during the service of arrest warrant against Jalayajay and Cagomoc. Apprehended and surrendered persons together with the confiscated items were brought to SOTG-Samar office for documentation, further investigation and proper disposition. Soria is confident that the recent accomplishments would help ensure the conduct of secure and fair elections in Samar province which was earlier included in the list of priority areas by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).(PINSP ROMUEL NA-

PALO, Leyte- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here in the region urged all taxpayers to file their income tax returns ahead of the deadline. Hilda Tecson, head of the BIR-8 Tax Payers Assistance Unit (TPAU), said that taxpayers are required to file their income tax on or before the deadline set on April 15, 2013. Those who would fail to pay their taxes after the deadline will be considered as tax evaders and risk the possibility of being charged

BIR urge taxpayers to le taxes before deadline

under their Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) campaign, Tecson said. She, however, stressed that they are giving due process to those who filed their income tax after the deadline saying that they are giving due course on the reason of the affected taxpayers. Tecson said that all taxpayers should at all times be aware of their obligation to the government by filing their income tax before the deadline.
(JANINE P.MARTEJA-EVSU Intern)

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NEWS
Captain Gene Orense, spokesperson of the 8th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army based in Catbalogan City, said that the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee and its armed group the New Peoples Army are currently intensifying their extortion activities not only to ordinary businessmen, farmers but also to candidates for elective positions. Based on a NPA documents reportedly recovered by the military troops, the NPA in the region is allegedly collecting PTC fees ranging from P50, 000 to P5 million, depending on the post a candidate is seeking in this years midterm elections. A candidate for congressman is asked P500,000; while governor and vice governor are supposed to pay P5 million and P500,000, respectively. A board member and a mayoralty aspirant is asked P100,000; vice mayor, P75,000; and councilor, P50,000. The 8th ID is maliciously trying to reduce into a mere financial transaction the otherwise highly significant reality of reactionary politicians negotiating with the Peoples Democratic Government, Salas said. The reactionary politicians recognize that there are two governments in the country today, and in negotiating for electoral access, they thereby accept the authority, territory, and the laws and policies of the Peoples Democratic Government, he added. Salas stressed that all candidates in the 2013

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elections must have permission for electoral access from the NDF. Among the conditions set by the rebels for candidates are no to vote buying; not bring excessive armed security, or the military and police, in their campaign sorties; and contribute to the well-being of the people. Those who violate the terms of their electoral access are subject to punishment like the disarming of their armed minions, confiscation of bribe money, and other such measures deemed necessary

Salas...
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tempt of the reactionary government and the military to deny and discredit the Peoples Democratic Government, Father Santiago Salas, NDF-EV
Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation & Communications Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board Regional Office No. 8 Tacloban City LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2013-0122 Ref. No. VIII-2011-0190 Application for Sale & Transfer of a CPC operate a FILCAB service with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name. ALFREDO BAGUE, JR.-VENDOR LEONORA PAGLI-AWAN-VENDEE Applicant/s/Petitioner x.............................x NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY FOR THE APPROVAL OF SALE MADE BY ALFREDO BAGUE, JR.-VENDOR IN FAVOR OF LEONORA PAGLI-AWANVENDEE OF A CPC FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN CITY-ST. PAULS-CAMPETIC & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT A FILCAB SERVICE WHICH CERTIFICATE IS STILL VALID AND SUBSISTING WITH PRAYER TO ADOPT TRADE NAME AS GELRI TRANSPORT SERVICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BY THIS BOARD ON MARCH 4, 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 18th day of February 2013. (Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTO Clerk of Board

spokesperson said in a statement posted in on their website. Salas, however, did not mentioned as to how much their group is demanding from the candidates of the permit-to-campaign and permit-to-win fees.
Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation & Communications Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board Regional Office No. 8 Tacloban City LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2013-0125 Ref. No. VIII-2003-1776 Application for Sale & Transfer of a CPC operate a FILCAB service with Extension of Validity & with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name. IMELDA GOLES-VENDOR ARNULFO CINCO-VENDEE Applicant/s/Petitioner x.............................x NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY FOR THE APPROVAL OF SALE MADE BY IMELDA GOLES IN FAVOR OF ARNULFO CINCO OF A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN CITY-ST. PAULS-CAMPETIC & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1)UNIT A FILCAB SERVICE WHICH CERTIFICATE IS STILL VALID AND SUBSISTING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BY THIS BOARD ON MARCH 6, 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 20th day of February 2013. (Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTO Clerk of Board

by the revolutionary authorities, he warned. The Philippine Army has called on politicians to refuse any offer of PTC and PTW fees by the rebels. Instead let us work together through the spirit of Bayanihan in ensuring a secured and fair election, Orense said. The region has about 120 barangays under rebel threat but the level of influence has been manageable with the ongoing development projects in these areas, according to the Philippine Army.

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Remedios B. Gatil extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a bank deposit at Metrobank, Catbalogan Branch, Catbalogan City with Bank Account No. 116-111602063-5 and heirs hereby waived unto their father Avelino B. Gatil all their rights and interest to withdraw the subject deposit; per Doc. no. 676, Page No. 126, Book No. XXI, Series of 2013 of Notary Public Atty. Alfredo Delector. LSDE: February 22, March 1 & 8, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLENET OF BANK DEPOSITS WITH WAIVER

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

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Branch 7 Eighth Judicial Region BULWAGAN NG KATARUNGAN Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), Tacloban City, rep. by Paulino C. Talacay, Mortgagee, -versusELENITA A. BASILAN, Mortgagor EJF NO. 3587 EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 AND PD 385 x- - - - - - - - - -- x SHERIFFS NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE UNDER ACT 3135, AMENDED

Amended filed by the HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND with office address at corner MH Del Pilar and Lopez Jaena Streets, Tacloban City, represented by Paulino C. Talacay against the ELENITA A. BASILAN, of legal age, Filipino, married with postal address at PCS 258 L2 ORBIT CIRCLE P2B V&G SUBD., TACLOBAN CITY, to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of DECEMBER 7, 2012, Amounted to TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN PESOS & 92/100 (Php 2,148,977.92) Philippine Currency, excluding Penalties, Charges, Attorneys Fees, expenses of the Foreclosure, Sheriffs Lawful Fees, and expenses for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION on MARCH 20, 2013, at 9:00 in the morning or soon thereafter, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Magsaysay 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 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-54718 A parcel of land (Lot 1063-D of the subdivision plan, Psd-08-002616), being a portion of Lot 1063 of Tacloban Cadastre), situated in the Barrio of Calanipawan, City of Tacloban, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the: N. points 4-1 by Lot 1062,

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sergio Dalman extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, situated in Brgy. San Miguel, Palompon, Leyte covered under Tax Dec. No. 08-31040-00121 Tacloban Cadastre 220; on the R13, containing an area of .4909 hectare, more or less, with an E. points 1-2 by Lot 1065, assessed value of P2,750.00. A Deed of Sale was executed in Tacloban Cadastre 220; on the favor of Sps. Joshue C. Suan and Almabella E. Suan as vendee S. points 2-3 by Lot 1063- for the above-described property; per Doc. No. 1423, Page No. F (Road Lot) of the subdivi- 3, Book No. LI, Series of 2011 of Notary Public Camilo P. EsLSDE: February 22, March 1 & 8, 2013 sion plan, Psd-08-002616; mero. and on the W. points 3-4 by Lot EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DONATION 1063-E of the subdivision NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Jesus R. Torplan. res extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over one Containing an area of hald (1/2) conjugal share of a parcel of land and house thereon, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY Lot No. 32, Block 9, situated at Brgy. Caibaan, Tacloban City, (250) SQUARE METERS, containing an area of 180 square meters, more or less, covered more or less. Registered in the by T.C.T. No. T-38048. That heir hereby presents, cede, transfer name of ELENITA A. BASI- and convey by way of Donation unto said Jennylind B. Torres LAN, of legal age, Filipino, will now own the entire property of the above-described propmarried to ANTONIO BASI- erty; per Doc. No. 49, Page No. 11, Book No. 1, Series of 2013 LAN. of Notary Public Atty. Eric T. de Veyra. PROSPECTIVE BID- LSDE: February 22, March 1 & 8, 2013 DERS AND BUYERS MAY INVESTIGATE FOR THEMDEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SELVES THE TITLE AND SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLE ENCUMBRANCES, HERENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sofronio IN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTIES IF ANY Lagutap, Jr. the only child of late Amparo Lagutap extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a motor vehicle THERE BE. All sealed bids must be described as: 1) Make: Fuso; Engine No.: 706021; Chassis No.: submitted to the undersigned LTC-LT-0511-C; Plate No.: HVB-636; 2) Make: Fuso; Engine on the above-stated time and No.: 4DR5-707721; Chassis No.: LTC-MAR-115459; Plate No.: HVB-524; 3) Make: Fuso; Engine No.: 4DR5-755490; Chassis date. In the event the public No.: LTC-0560C; Plate No.: HVB-563; 4) Make: Fuso; Engine auction should not take place No.: 47831; Chassis No.: LTC-01726; Plate No.: HVB-474; A on the said date, it shall be Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Gilbert Navarra as vendee held on MAR. 27, 2013, on for the above-described motor-vehicle; per Doc. No. 186, Page the same time and place with- No. 39, Book No. X, Series of 2013 of Notary Public Atty. Asterio A. Villero. LSDE: February 8, 15 & 22, 2013 out further notice. TACLOBAN CITY, JANEXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH SALE A PORTION UARY 9, 2013. NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Dominador FOR THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO Doble extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, situated in Brgy. Calawan-an, Daram, Samar, SHERIFF: covered by T.C.T. No. 13594, Lot No. 631, Pls-1067-D, contain(Sgd.) ELIAS N. ing an area of 225 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale ACOSTA was executed in favor of Argelyn Z. Yangzon as vendee for a Sheriff IV portion of 100 square meters from the above described property; LSDE: February 8, 15 & 22, per Doc. No. 189, Page No. 13, Book No. 7, Series of 2013 of 2013 Notary Public Atty. Pedro Labid. LSDE: February 8, 15 & 22, 2013

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Julian Ricalde extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, Lot No. 4533, Case No. 15, Cad 710-D, located at Brgy. Tayud, Villareal, Samar, containing an area of 6,034 square meters, more or less, covered by FPA No. 086021-716. A Deed of Sale was executed a portion of 3,247 square meters denominated as Lot 4533-B, from the above-described property in favor of Antonia H. Rodriguez as vendee; per Doc. No. 161, Page No. 34, Book No. 1, Series of 2012 of Atty. Catariva Castillo and Doc. No. 674, Page No. 51, Book No. 1, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Denis C. Macatangay and Notary Public Anna Marie Delgado Alfague of Guam, U.S.A. and State of Hawaii Notary Public Aaron Takeda. LSDE: February 22, March 1 & 8, 2013

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that Rufino Lagario and Magdalina Lagario heirs of late Sps. Pedro Lagario and Maria Montecina extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, Lot No. 7461, with Title No. N-1522, under Tax Dec. No. 7149, containing an area of 6,754 square meters, more or less, assessed at P290.00; and confirmed and affirmed the said sale. That hereby waived, quitclaimed and renounced their rights in favor of present owner Sps. Jesus Millan and Sonia C. Millan; per Doc. No. 445, Page No. 89, Book No. III, Series of 2006 of Notary Public Atty. Abraham Apostol. LSDE: February 8, 15 & 22, 2013

AFFIDAVIT OF CONFIRMATION OF EXTRAJUDICIAL ADJUDICATION WITH SALE

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Gregorio Lawsin extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, located at Brgy. Balire, Barugo, Leyte, identified as Lot No. 8852 with Tax Dec. No. 08-05-00008-00156 with an area of .4841 ha., A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Jerome S. Cabrera as vendee for the above-describe property; per Doc. No. 143, Page No. 29, Book No. 21, Series of 2011 of Notary Public Edgar J. Tonolete. LSDE: February 8, 15 & 22, 2013

NOTICE is hereby given that Isaac Olo heir of the late Adorada Pil Olo executed an affidavit of adjudication over her 1/2 conjugal share of a parcel of land, denominated as Lot No. 8918; covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-27018-00347, withy an area of .3515 has., per Doc. No. 191, Page No. 39, Book No. LII, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Emmanuel G. Golo. LSDE: February 8, 15 & 22, 2013

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION

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TACLOBAN CITYThe two social centers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD,the Home for Girls and the Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) said that child sexual abuse still ranks among the highest in the region. Alicia Bolante, officerin-charge of the Home for Girls, she said that there of the 43 cases of sexual abuse, 22 of them were rape victims, 13 were incest cases, 6 were cases of trafficking, 1 neglected and 1 child witness. The two centers serves as a halfway home for children who are abused, neglected, exploited, orphaned, surrendered and abandoned children aged 8-17 years old. They are provided with protective services while they are at the center and preparing for their eventual return to their families and communities to build a new life where they are safe in other environment. On the other hand, the officer- in-charge of the RSCC, Nida Jusay, reported that as of now, there is only one child sexual abuse case from among the 35 minors staying at the center. She also added that even three to five years old children are victimized by their own father, grandfather, uncle, stepfather or neighbor which is very alarming. The RSCC caters to children aged 7 years old and below, are surrendered, abused, exploited, orphaned, and neglected. Jusay said that these minors are ready for foster care or adoption because the family is still the best place for a child. Meanwhile, the DSWD Field Office Region 8 Director, Remia Tapispisan, calls on the local councils for the protection of children, down to the barangay level, to be vigilant of the children in their communities, especially child trafficking is becoming a social phenomenon in the country. BETHANY HOSPITAL
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TACLOBAN CITY Cases of diarrhea and other skin diseases were noted to have increase in Motiong, Samar with a contaminated water source as the possible cause. Municipal Health Officer Dr. Perlie Langi said that since February 1, they have monitored 22 cases of diarrhea with children among the most affected. She said that four barangays located in the town proper were among those with cases of water-borne disease.

Dirty water cause upsurge of diarrhea cases in Samar town

Langi said that last year, they only had 120 diarrhea cases. And the current number of persons affected by the ailment is already a cause for alarm to them, she said. The health official said that the burst water pipeline from their source could be attributed to the sudden surge of the water-borne disease on their town. She also revealed that some residents chose to get their drinking water from open wells and even from rains.

According to her, the water pipeline was damaged by a company working a road construction along Barangay Tenani and Lokilokon, both in Paranas town in Samar. The road project is part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Langi said that Mayor Francisco Langi had already talked with the contractor to repair the damage pipeline. Earlier, the contractor promised to repair the burst pipeline which he had to fulfil. The town health official said that she already

TACLOBAN CITYThe Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here in the region is now gearing up for next months fire prevention observance. The fire prevention month is by virtue of Presidential Proclamation Number 115. SFO 4 Fernando Mandian of the BFP-8 said that among the lined-up activities include the involvement of the different schools and fire volunteers. informed the Provincial Health Office of Samar and had sent a letter to the regional office of the Department of Health regarding surge of the diarrhea cases in Motiong.
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