VOL. 14 NO.

31

ORMOC CITY

P 15.00 at the newsstands

AUGUST 26-SEPT. 1, 2013

Website address: www.evmailnews.com

Salvage victim found in Ormoc shore

Ormoc City- A corpse was bumped and tagged from the sea to the shore in Alegria by a fisherman who was fishing at the Ormoc Bay in the afternoon of August 27. The victim, with a heightbetween 5 6 or 57, has been dead for at least 48 hours when it was found in the sea with gunshot wounds. The body was already bloated and was in thedecomposition stage, making it difficult to identify the victim. The corpse was brought to the City Health Office morgue for autopsy. According to Dr. Sarah Hermoso, Medical Health Officer III, the body has gunshot wounds on his right and left arms. However, the gunshots were not the cause of the death since these were serious injuries. The victims official cause of death was by drowning,according to Hermoso, because of the victims gunshots in his arms he possibly found it hard to swim thereby causing him
see

For feedback/inquiries: e-mail ormocnews22@yahoo.com.ph

By Paul libres

Sangguniang Panlungsod to hold forum on traffic decongestion

Ormoc City-On September 4, Wednesday, a public hearing will be held on the proposed ordinance imposing an indefinite suspension on the release of the city identification numbers (CINs) to tricycle operatorsat 1 oclock in the afternoon at the multi-purpose hall, Ormoc City Hall Building. This is mandated by City Councilor Gerardo Penserga, Committee Chairman of Transportation and Communication. The said ordinance proposes to limit the CINs to 2,000 only. As manifested by Penserga, the number of CINs at present is 265% higher compared to the year 2005. With this dramatic increase, traffic has become more congested especially during rush hours in the city proper. Illegal terminals around the city have also emerged due to this problem.
see

see

ICU

p.

SALVAGE

p.

Members of the Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay poses with Rotarian from Tsouraoka, Japan during a discussion for a project. From left are Atty. Lito Solibaga, Judge Marcelino Malate Jr., Japanese journalist Chieko Takame, Koti Abe, Warren Del Valle, Atty. Luz Escalon, Bjorn Riediger, Yuzo Sato, Clem and Ivy Van Den Bersselaar, Kiko Larrazabal, Rhodette Arevalo, Jonelyne Socrates and Atty. Ever Escalon (See story on page 2)

New EVSU-OCC director bares ongoing, future projects

Ormoc City The new campus director of the East ern Visayas State University Ormoc City Campus (EVSU-OCC), Dr. Rolando Musca, divulged his future plans and on-going projects to the press last Tuesday, August 27, at the EVSU-Ormoc Campus. We have a lot of project to realize. Projects that are intended for the students welfare and development said Dr. Musca, who was designated just last June 13. Projects that are now on progress include: the renovations of the campus stage, food court and school pathways; construction of the new basketball court, medical-dental building; and repairs of the school drainage system. Dr. Musca made it clear that with or without the EVSUlympics, I still have to come up with these projects particularly the basketball court because they have PE classes and renovate the stage because of the students activities. He added that they will soon, be having a new volleyball court just beside the new basketball court while the old volleyball court will be converted into tennis court or sepak takraw court. The student center will soon be converted into a state-of-the-art audiovisual room where students activities like seminars, symposia, conferences and others will be held. The school is also planning to purchase a school bus for students in the Luna Campus by next year to make their transportation from City proper to Luna more convenient. Students will be charged with a school bus fee amounting to 600 pesos for one semester. Moreover, Musca is hopeful that Senator Antonio Trillanes, as promised, will donate a two-storey building for the Technology department. Meanwhile, Mr. Rustico Badilla, EVSU-OCC Administrative Aide, thanked the graduates of Batch 20112012 and the contribution of the PTA of Technology and Education departments for generating funds amounting to
see

TRAFFIC FORUM

p.

see

KILLED

p.

EVSU

p.

Newly constucted stage at EVSU-Ormoc City Campus

2
Another man shot dead
Albuera, Leyte- A mechanical worker was shot dead in his mechanical shop near the municipal hall of Albuera at around 10 oclock in the morning of August 24, Saturday. The victim was Emerson Piano y Rabal, 54, a resident of Poblacion, Albuera.Two suspects who were riding on a motorcycle immediately left the place where the shooting happened. Last August 27, EV Mail inquired about the incident to the Albuera Police. According to PO3 Jefferson Generale they are already looking into angles as to what the motive of the killing was. One angle they are looking is the possibility of the shooting being drug-related. EV Mail tried to reach SINSP. Jonathan Camacho for further details but failed as he was at the Leyte Provincial Police attending a court hearing. Some residents in Albuera conveyed that criminals nowadays are quite bold, even killing someone near the premises of the local government unit (LGU). From January to August there are already 20 recorded killings. Three members of TBS gang were killed in January. Other corpses were found in Tambulilid; Caridad, Baybay; Hilapnitan, Baybay; Antipolo, Albuera; Liloan, Ormoc; Matag-ob; Villaba; Merida. By Paul Libres

NEWS
CNVS, ATOMCo, IRB Enterprise celebrate for 64 graduates
Ormoc City Sixty four scholars from two certificate programs walked onto the stage at IRB Enterprises Shop as students and left as graduates equipped with the knowledge to create a better world during the Calubian National Vocational School (CNVS) - Ormoc Satellite Campus 2nd Commencement Exercises last August 30, 2013. The keynote address by Dr. Emiliano Saceda II, MD, KEITECH Administrator challenged the new graduates to not limit themselves in their comfort zones. Graduation is just a beginning of a new chapter. Do not hesitate to explore the world. This is the start of becoming productive citizens of our cpuntry. Help Ormoc, help our country. , Dr. Saceda said. Moreover, Isagani R. Baez, Project Coordinator and Allied Tongonan Ormoc Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ATOMCo) Proprietor, expressed his delight to see the graduates wearing their caps and togas. You have every reason to be thankful as well as to rejoice for today is the first day of the rest of your life. Take the journey, then, and move forward and upward. For the best is yet to come, he said. Baez is also thankful to everyone who helped, in one way or another, in realizing one of his greatest dreams, to help alleviate the

August 26 - Sept. 1 , 2013

The graduates wearing big smiles on their faces while singing their The Man behind this sucessful program, Mr. graduation song entitled Next in line ,popularized by After Image Isagani Baez, giving his inspiring message to the graduates. He also thanked everyone who lives of our less fortunate countrymen. Dugay helped realize one of his dreams: to help others.

na gyud ni nako nga damgo ang makatabang sa ubang tawo. I want to make a contribution to society. I want to affect peoples lives in a positive way. I am willing to serve people until my last breath, he further said. To recall, it was also Isagani Baez who donated his own lot where the Pedro Baez Memorial National High School in Barangay Tongonan is situated. Other speakers included Engr. Manuel Paete, Vice Pressident for Steam Field Operation of Leyte Geothermal Field, Barangay Tongonan Chairman Periander Baez and Miss Daisy Lagaday of CNVS Main Campus.

The graduates received certificates in Housekeeping and Shielded Metal Art Welding. Moreover, they will be automatically hired as manpower of ATOMCo for five consecutive years. Other personalities who graced the event were 19th Infantry Commander Nedy Espulgar, together with 1st Lieutenant, Rain Odchimar, PFC Jasper Buenaventura., Leonardo M. Abadilla Jr., ATOMCo Chairman, Dr. Jesus Castro, Mrs. Rosalinda Betuin of DOLE, Ms. Cherry Francisco Geraldo and Ms. Elizabeth Juntilla Morpe of ATOMCo.

65 pass Philippine Coastguard exam

Ormoc City - Out of 300 examinees, only 65 have passed the Philippine Coastguard examination last June 29, held at Tacloban City, Leyte. Ormoc Coastguard Acting Station Commander Jose Arnel Conopio said that all passers have already been notified that they have passed the said examination. He added that only six out of 65 are commissionship passers or qualified for high positions. They are: Alfred Erick Doncillo, Adrian Rey Madrid, Cherry Rose Manaay, Alfie Millado, Lean Adrew Ostrea and Aaron Reyes. In addition, Regulos Racho, daughter of Chief Inspector Marcelo Racho and Clarita Racho, was the only passer who came from Ormoc City. All passers will undergo a series of examinations and trainings at the Philippine Coastguard Training Center such as physical fitness test, dental, neuro and laboratory examinations. After these examinations, a final deliberation will be held in Manila. By Paul Libres SALVAGE ... from P. 1 to drown. Police are currently investigating the victims identity. Earlier, before the body was confirmed to be a salvage victim, speculations swirled that the corpse might have been one of the missing passengers of St. Thomas 2GO ship, which sank due to a clash with a Sulpicio cargo ship nearly two weeks ago in Cebu.

RCOB partners with Rotarians from Japan

Ormoc City- The Rotary Club of Tsurouka, Japan and the Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay (RCOB) forged a partnership last August 27 at the Don Felipe Hotel when former presidents of the Japan club, Yuzo Sato and Koti Abe reached out to RCOB to donate funds for the construction of a multipurpose building for the Leyte Carabao Family in Brgy. Libongao, Kananga. organization when they saw that farmers convene their meetings in a small nipa hut. This contribution from the Rotary International, a total of $30,000, will help the farmers in conducting seminars and trainings more effectively once the building is finished. Judge Marcelino Malate Jr., the one who facilitated the communication between the two clubs,was grateful for the aid extended by the Rotarians as this is a great help to the farmers. Two two Japanese were accompanied RCOB responded positively to the request by Japanese journalist Chieko Takemi when of the Japanese Rotarians. On September 2, 2013, they discussed the project with RCOB president there will be a memorandum of agreement signing Atty. Luz Escalon and other members of the club. at the Don Felipe Hotel to formalize the partnership Sato and Abe said that they decided to help the and the donation. *************************************************************************************** they still need more funds for the completion of the stage. TRAFFIC FORUM ... from P. 1 In addition, the fund for the construction of the new bas It is also observed that motorcab drivers ketball court came from the students fund while a budget now experience the difficulty of the business, of P995,000 was allotted for the medical-dental building. because of the increase number of tricycles, they The project was approved three years ago but was only no longer getdecent incomes.The drivers find it realized this year. When asked about their plans on the unutilized campus hard to meet the boundary set by their operators. Expected to attend during the public in Patag, Musca said that they plan to put up other Physical hearing are other members of the city council, Education facilities like a football field or a swimming pool. tricycle operators, tricycles drivers and ordinary Musca is also seeking the help of the local officials to donate something for the improvement of the school. I citizens concerns. By Jessica Cordero would like to find ways and means to improve this univerEVSU ... from P. 1 sity. With the help of my co-teachers and students, I would like to see a lot of improvements here before my two-year a total of P532,000 which were used to help the renovaadministration will end. These improvements are intended tions of the stage. However, the amount we got from for the betterment of the EVSU-Ormoc City campus, he them are not enough, said Badilla pointing out that further said. By John David Agpalo

SHOWING ON AUG. 28-SEPT. 3, 2013

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

*Showings could change without prior notice.

Next showing is:

CALL TEL NOS. 561-6445; 255-3273

Befriend STAR THEATER ORMOC for updates and screening schedules!

FOR INQUIRIES:

(A-MALL) on FaceBooK

August 26-Sept. 1, 2013

GREETINGS

Dr. Maria Carlyn Rodriguez-De Vera

for passing the Physicians Licensure Exam and to the Cebu Institute of Medicine (CIM) Batch 2012 for having 100% passing rate

CONGRATULATIONS!

Daughter of Dr. Vicente Bingcol Rodriguez and Dr. Judeia Liza Rodriguez
From: Tito Mayong and Tita Jenet Rodriguez Tito Lito and Emily Rodriguez Tito Perok and Tita Rina Rodriguez and Mamita Carmen Mameng Rodriguez

August 26-Sept. 1, 2013

The Pork
TOGETHER WITH 16 other Filipinos, mostly devotees of Sto. Pio of Petrielcina, weve been crisscrossing Europe. Now, we are on the way to Lisbon and will soon board our flight home. During our dinners at the hotels where we were billeted, at most for only a night, the conversation would turn to what was happening on the home front. Some made sure to watch Filipino channels while I limited myself to the internet. The biggest news home, it seems, is still about Janet Napoles-Lim and the pork. Once in a while, I would also check Facebook and post a few status updates. In the process, I read some posts and reposts of friends about the issue. From what I gathered, there was a spontaneous rally to scrap the pork last August 26. Netizens were able to show might and gathered an estimated 1-million people in the rally. One of the interesting side stories was when former Chief Justice Renato Corona showed up to join the rally. He was booed and realizing that it was not his crowd, went away in a huff. Good for him. Leftist or the so-called progressive organizations under the Makabayan umbrella also reportedly joined but did not run the show because they did not come with clean hands. Their party-list congressmen apparently enjoyed the pork also that they have even in the forefront in the past to defend it, saying that if put to good use, pork can be good. I remember that before they had a congressman in power, these were the same groups that were against the pork. Now, the call is renewed to scrap it after somebody blows the whistle on Janet NapolesLim. It is sad to see that three EDSA peoples revolt after, we still havent matured as political animals. We still tend to use palliative measures rather than get to the root. The call to scrap the pork is just like cutting cogon grass, but leaving the roots be, to grow again on favorable circumstances. To really solve this issue once and for all, we have to dig for its root, and uproot it. In the case of the pork, we need to know the past, and who the players were, what were the rules of the game and how it was played. Stories of the pork getting squandered are not new to us. There is the fertilizer scam. These were largely ghost purchases using the pork. But even as we still have to put a closure to this issue, we now open another one, and I would not be surprised to see that this also ends up half-baked. I also found it interesting to see that some of the avid commenters on Facebook were people associated with the Arroyo regime. They seem to forget that Janet Napoles-Lim made her killing during Arroyos time. I know this personally because as a publisher of a local newspaper, I am perceived to be influential with some powers that be. In the mid-2000s, a friend was catapulted to power during Arroyos presidency and I received a lot of call from these fixers asking to arrange meetings with the friend. I have always refused, saying they go directly and not use me as a middleman. If ever they got to close their deals, I dont know and I dont want to know.
see

Directory for priests

IM happy to know that the Vatican issued early this year a new edition of the Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests. The first edition came in 1994, under Blessed John Paul IIs watch, after an extensive review of all pertinent documents and reports on priesthood that came from different places.It was a very rich document. This new edition is one of the last documents that Pope Benedict XVI approved before he resigned in February. It puts in more data as to the new challenges priests today face. Lets hope that this directory gets to reach all the clergy, from bishops to priests and even to those studying for the priesthood, since it truly gives a global picture of who the priest is and how he should be. Now with all the communication technologies we have, that concern should be no problem at all. Still, priests need to be encouraged to study and assimilate this manual. Thus, I encourage even our lay faithful, especially those who occupy some positions of prominence in society, to be familiar with its content. The laity can do a lot in helping the clergy, just as clergy can also do a lot in helping the laity. This, I believe, is part of what is called as organic mutual relation between clergy and laity that is highly valued in the Church. Next time you see priest, I suggest that you ask him if he has read the document. I dont think that would be an impertinent intrusion into his privacy. With the proper words, tone and timing, it can only mean genuine care for him, and I am sure the priest would be thankful for the gesture. Truth is with all the complicating elements aroundunfavourable bishops/priests, clergy/laity ratios, inadequacies in seminary training, increasingly secularized world, etc.its important that priests be adequately equipped to face the formidable challenges. At this time, so sensitive and delicate, its indispensable that we, priests, really know who we are and how we are supposed to behave. In fact, as much as possible, everybody should know this, so everyone can help promote, protect and defend the true identity of priests. We cannot deny that in many occasions, the identity of priests has been blurred and distorted, and cases of anomalies in priestly ministry and lifestyles have multiplied. Thats why we have been having scandals right and left in the recent past, and they are still evolving. Obviously, we cannot expect that all problems, irregularities and anomalies regarding priestly life and ministry will disappear, but hopefully they can be minimized and reduced to what we may call as tolerable levels. The directory has three main parts. The first one is on priestly identity that traces the basis in concentric levels of who a priest is. Theres the Trinitarian level, the Christological level and the Pneumatic (Spirit) level. Lets hope these roots of the priestly identity cease to remain mere abstract ideas. Then the second part is on priestly spirituality, which is very important, since that is how a priest corresponds to his identity and mission. Without this spirituality, or with a spirituality that is not suited to his status, we will just do things badly. No doubt about that. Yes, there are priests who do not pray, who just act like performers when administering the sacraments, etc.why deny itand these simply have to be corrected, obviously also in an
see

Remembering the great Ninoy Aquino whose presidency the Philippines never had
Considering that Ninoy (Benigno Aquino) was shot by an asassins bullet thirty years ago (in 21 Aug 1983), this corner had been badly devastated much more than some because he was never allowed to show his brand of leadership to the Filipino nation. Why did it happen? What was so fearsome or starting for a dictator of the likes of Ferdinand Marcos to cower with such a dread as if his life depended on it? To be like a god who can dictate what is the destiny of a man or any man was what happened to Marcos. Considering that such a man as Ninoy, who was like any ordinary mortal, who had no army and no arsenal to lean on, and yet being of such a stature as to make a dictator cower in dread, is perhaps to acknowledge a reversal of roles and make Marcos the ordinary man and, in the same breath, make Ninoy the dictator. Ninoy was incarcerated not by a judge but

by the trembling hand of a Marcos who saw to it that our 1934 Constitution was torn into pieces and for Marcos to rule by declaring martial law. It was the only way he cannot be replaced as President. The 1934 Constitution only allowed one re-election. What was so dreadful about it. The only plausible reason this corner agrees with what it heard from the grapevine, is the dread of the FL for her to be an ex-FL. History had made it happen. It became smooth sailing because all opposition was behind bars. But when Ninoy came into the big picture, it became another story. The conjugal dictatorship did their level best to make Ninoy forget his plan to run for president, but when nothing could deter him, the die was cast. So many things have been looked into. He was even given the VIP treatment of leaving
see

POTPOURRI

p.

Inside >< outside

One Apostolic Father, known as Shepherd of Hermas, active ca 160, had comments on Old and New Testaments. He had revelations and symbolized the pre-existent Logos!! as a rock/ tower. Christ acts as the door to the tower. His revelations are understandable and acceptable even for us. Still there is one conclusion that leads to wondering and repulsions from churches from time to time: there is no salvation outside the Church, Extra Ecclesiam. The texts are available in papyri with mistakes by writers and late copies, some of which are forged. As a result the result is probably far from good. We must trust our own amendments. Hermas is an apocalypse in form. It consists of revelations made to him by the Church, who appears in the form of a woman, first old, and afterwards younger. The revelation covers explanation and it gets clear that the book has a double object: practical and ethical. My wondering concerns his exclusion of atheists from the possibility of a life as a convertite. And why is he against second marriages? He asked: If a

wife, or on the other hand a husband die, and the survivor marry, does the one who marries commit a sin? The angel answered: He does not sin but if he remain single he gains ((?)) for himself more exceeding honour and great glory with the LORD, but even if he marry he does not sin. Preserve therefore purity and holiness, and you shall live to God. Could never a second marriage be an improvement for the children in the first marriage? Christs Mother married twice! An ordinarily good society cares for ALL subjects. If you have more viewpoints, share with us. If wanted, more can be published from Hermas. If Internet/ email has some of this and more, tell me. Now let us turn to more controllable and gladdening assets. The capacity of People With Disability is taken care of in New Ormoc City National High School. See EV Mail 7/15-21, 2013, page 3.There are now more
see

VIEW FROM ORMOC

p.

11

FOREIGN EYE

p.

FR. ROY

p.

The EASTERN VISAYAS MAIL is published weekly with Editorial and Business Offices at 111 Real Street (Manolo Compound), Ormoc City, Leyte Telefax Nos: 561-8580; 255-5746; e-mail: ormocnews22@yahoo.com.ph
Website address:

LALAINE MARCOS-JIMENEA Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

JOSE SANRO C. JIMENEA Business Manager

ENTERED AS 2ND CLASS MAIL MATTER AT THE ORMOC CITY POST OFFICE ON 14 MAY 2003

Cartoonist: HARRY TERO Marketing Assistants: VICKY ARNAIZ, TED MARCOS

Marketing Representative in Manila: RURAL PRESS COMMUNICATORS REP. INC. 3055 Tolentino St., cor. Balabac St., Pinagkaisahan, Makati City Telephone Numbers: (02)8823978 / (02)8823205 Fax No. (02)8823223 Email Address: ruralpresscomm@yahoo.com; ruralpress@yahoo.com

Administrative Assistants ELVIRA MARTINITO & ROSENDA CELIZ (Ormoc Office) Authorized Representatives: ARSENIA BENDO (Calbayog City) EMILY ABAD/AIREEN ARONDAIN (Biliran) KAREN ANN H. SABIO (Balangiga, E. Samar) MARITESS MASENDO (Hilongos) NILO BORDIOS (Borongan, E. Samar) CHARISA ECHAUZ (Guiuan, E. Samar)

http://www.evmailnews.com email: ormocnews@yahoo.com and/or lalainej@gmail.com

TACLOBAN BRANCH: P. ZAMORA ST. (in front of DBP) 523-8033 Other contact numbers: (053) 500-9389 (Biliran); (055) 560-9670 (Borongan)

a member of PHIL. PRESS INSTITUTE

Correspondents/ Columnists: PAUL LIBRES, JESSICA CORDERO, JOHN DAVID AGPALO, MUTYA COLLANDER, MARICAR SAMSON, TED MARCOS, IVY CONGSON, DR. MANUEL K. PALOMAR, Ph.D., VICKY C. ARNAIZ, JT DELOS ANGELES, ATTY. BEULAH COELI FIEL, RICARDO MARTINEZ, JR., FR. ROY CIMAGALA, JAN COLLANDER, ENGR. GORGONIO CAING, ATTY. CARLO LORETO, ATTY. EMMANUEL GOLO, ADELINA CARRENO, IIGO LARRAZABAL, YONG ROM,, PROF. EDITHA CAGASAN

KEN ENECIO Section Editor with MAI-MAI T. VELASQUEZ, GILBERT ABAO, EMIE CHU, DR. GERRY PENSERGA, NIKKI TABUCANON SIA

EV Mail Contributors: MAY APRIL M. JIMENEA, JIMA ZANDRA J. VERGARA, JEDI M. JIMENEA Financial Consultant: JILA J. BARING

August 26-Sept. 1, 2013

Operation Red Plate

ALLOW ME to continue about the balete or nonok tree from my past Echoes Column. Unlike the lawa-an, toog tree that have huge big trunk that grew straight upwards towering over virgin forest. Lawa-an are best used as sawed lumber for buildings to-og were used for wide spans of roofing for most Roman Catholic Cathedrals. These centuries old to-og roof trusses structure are not weakened by wood borers but became like steel structures and more better since steel are subjected to rust. When we built our ancestral house in Hilongos, the main two strong building, 7 x 9 meters, as instructed by me all main structures, trusses, girt, girder, floor joists were from to-og lumber and no need for joints. Window sills, doors and Window frames from molave Since it was completed in 1950 until now the sliding windows, 1st floor and all doors have never been out of alignments, inspite of so many typhoons that passed three the area. Back to the nonok or balete tree that grew like a giant shrub only as tall as 6 to 10 meters tall but with wide spreading branches. The lower branches could spread as wide as 10 or more meters. I assumed that the young balete or Nonok, their lowest branches dropped roots, surely to suck up more nutrients to the shrubtype tree. However centuries- old nonok trees, these roots have became arm-sizes. The centuries-old balete tree already have a main trunk of about 2 meters but surrounded by the roots from the lower branches already of arm sizes. To attempt to cut the balete or nonok tree, one had to cut through the many arm-sizes roots from the lower branches, surrounding the main trunk. The Sangkay Siao balete or nonok Trees was blocking the approach to the 200 meters rock cliff of our truck air compressor to be able to drill holes into the rock cliff needed its blast a 700 mts wide roadway. After the tradition of calling a local tambalanan who killed a white chicken, sprinkled its blood at the nonok tree base and murmured his incantations my Foreman, who was a survivor of the Death March of our Army from Bataan to Capas Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija, before I left back to Tacloban told me to buy 10 of the biggest axes sold in Tacloban hardware Stores. He guaranteed his 12 construction gong will cut the nonok trees. However, Mr. Navarosa, my Dynamite Technician. Suggested to blast the huge nonok tree which was actually only a few meters from the edge of the Cliff I approved his plan to dug three deep holes about 6 ft deep around the nonok since we have plenty of boxes of dynamite and blasting caps, Mr. Navarosa assured me Sangkai Siab nonok huge tree will just tumble down the cliff down to the seashore, half kilometer vertically below. My only request that the blasting be done when I am buck to my home in Tacloban. The tambalanan insisted before lighting the dynamite to shout the name of who ordered the blasting. I approved Mr. Navarosa request to shout my name Sugs ini ni Engr. Caing. On condition I am already safe in Tacloban City. However, very strange things happen in my home when they finally blasted the Sangkai Siao nonok tree that finally topped down the cliff to the sea shore half a kilometer below ( to be cont). End.

Looking younger
AMERICANS, EUROPEANS and other Caucasians seem to look much older than Filipinos and other Asians. It is not really because of their body build or receding hairline because some Pinoys can also be like that yet they manage to be youthful. For starters, westerners love to sun-bathe but they lack melanin. The suns rays break down collagen and elastin in the skin, causing wrinkles. Other well-documented culprits include sleep deprivation, which robs the complexion of adequate time for cell turnover and regeneration. Less-known lifestyle sins that may speed up the aging clock include poor nutrition. A diet lacking in healthy fats, vitamins, and hydration can turn skin scrawny. Stress can have a similar affect. A study has shown that chronic stress can actually accelerate cellular aging, leading to wrinkles. To keep the skin wrinkle-free, some stress-busting techniques such as meditation, exercise or yoga can be helpful. Rest and relaxation are obvious stress fighters. Sleep is one of the most beneficial things that can be done for the skin but making it a habit to always lie on your side or directly on your face can be detrimental. Sleep wrinkles can form if you rest your head in the same position every night for years. No matter what steps you take, however, you cant ward off fine lines and wrinkles permanently. Among the chief giveaways of older age is dull and unevenly pigmented skin. Other signs are a slackened jawline, thinning lips and skin, drained color, an eroded brow bone, hooded eyelids, a droopy nose, and sparse brows. As you age, the outer half of your eyebrow loses its shape and definition. Not all tricks require an appointment with a dermatologist. Through lifestyle choices and using the right nonprescription skincare products, you can impact aging by 10 years in either direction. For women who want a healthier glow, experts say that using a brighter blush and going for face products with ginseng and mint work. According to studies, men are becoming more conscious about maintaining a youthful appearance and no longer hesitate to express their vanity. But men should not use the same skincare products as women. Men tend to have thicker, more dense, oiler skin due to the fact that their skin produces more sebum. This means they sweat more, leading to over-cleansing and drying skin out or stripping the skin. To maintain a more youthful complexion, men are encouraged to buy a good cleanser, use a moisturizer with SPF and get a facial, at least once in a while, based on dermatological studies. And if you want to look and feel younger, adopting a positive mindset can make all the difference. Not only does positive thinking cut stress but when elderly participants were treated as physically capable and encouraged to think of themselves in this way, their bodies actually followed suit. Tests showed that the men showed remarkable improvement in many areas, including dexterity, speed of movement, memory, arthritis and blood pressure, and they
see

R&d

p.

11

Pork barrel system in govt- aside from being a disease is also a major cause of political illnesses
The on-line petition to probe and prosecute all those involved, including senators and congressmen, who participated and shared the poisoned fruit of the P10-Billion pork barrel scam plotted by Janet Lim-Napoles and her cohorts, may have also contributed to the initiation of Mondays Million People March to scrap the pork barrel. The People March may have not gathered a million people in Rizal Park and in other urban centers nationwide, but the protest action started a spontaneous peoples movement questioning not only the pork barrel system but also other types of accepted political practices in governance that promote and encourage graft and corrupt practices. The protest movement has even pressured President Aquino and other Malacanang officials to justify and defend the Presidents use of the presidential social fund, which is actually another form of pork barrel for the executive branch, just like the pork funds for Congress members. Defenders of Malacanangs social fund justified its continued appropriation by saying that there is no reported misuse of the fund by the President, and that the social fund is being spent to assist meritorious projects and to financially help slain soldiers and policemens families who died in the performance of their duties. Nevertheless, the presidential social fund is a lump-sum appropriation by Congress in the yearly budget to be spent by the President at his sole discretion and say. And the social fund, aside from the appropriation by Congress is continually augmented and replenished from the share of earnings from PAGCOR, PCSOs lotteries (lotto), governments share from the Malampaya gas & oil well production by

NI ATTY. MANING GOLO

eleksyon kay wa may pinalitay. Matinahuron, KC Dear KC, Ang barangay og SK eleksyon pagahimoon karong Oct. 28 pohon, o sa ikaupat nga lunes sa bulan sa Ockobre, matag tulo ka tuig (RA 9164, Sec. 1). Kon tinood nga moalagad, mahimong modagan pagka kapitan nga di kinahanglang mamalit og boto. Ang pagpili og mga politico magagikan sa puso. Nakatan-aw ka sa FIBA dihang midaog ang RP basketball team batok sa Korea? Mao toy lami nga kadaugan kay gikan sa puso. Nanghilak gud ang mga players apil na ang coach. Dili tinood nga way lami ang eleksyon kon way kwarta. Mas lami ang eleksyon kon makadaog tungod sa gugma. Ang imong huna-huna maoy way lami. Imong amigo, Maning G. Golo e.g.gololaw@gmail.com 09155595449

HUWAG KA LANG MAWAWALA

the Shell company, and from the dividends/ income of government operated & controlled corporations (GOCCs). So the total social fund for Malacanang is almost unlimited, and the temptation for its misuse and misappropriation by an unscrupulous and morally weak president, like the previous occupant before, is unbearable and almost limitless. The pork barrel system in government, aside from symbolizing graft and special privilege for our elected officials down to the barangay level, also spawns other kinds of serious maladies and social ills in our democratic system of govt, such as political patronage, political dynasties, padrino system in the bureaucracy, election offenses/frauds like vote-buying & vote-rigging, and graft in the award and implementation of public works projects. So with the peoples outrage over the shameless pillage and large-scale theft of the peoples money by unscrupulous politicians and members of Congress, Pres. Aquino was forced, in a public address, to announce that it is just right and time to abolish the pork barrel funds (PDAF). But it was some kind of double speak in a sense, since the PDAF of P27-Billion for Congress stays in the 2014 proposed budget, and only a new mechanism and control system for the expenditure of the PDAF funds are being proposed by the President for implementation. If the plan is to abolish entirely the pork barrel funds but the extra and discretionary funds for the Office of the President and Malacanang stay and retained, then you just centralize the benefits and graft involved in their expenditure in Imperial Manila instead of decentralizing them. FR. ROY ... from P. 4 appropriate way. No forcing, of course, and as much as possible, no scolding, but yes, a lot of reminders, sugge tions and even paternal or fraternal corrections. Dear Atty. Golo, Pagka tapos sa Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala, mao poy pag announce ni Pinoy nga wad-on ang pork barrel. Sayang. Wa nay kwinartahay ang eleksyon kay wa na may PDAF ang mga congressman. Mao man nay ilang gatasan. Nus-a gani ang eleksyon sa barangay? Modagan ko kay gisaaran ko sa among mayor nga hatagan og funding kay sikit man siya ni congressman. Kon may budget nga tag P 500.00 ang botante, daog jud ko kaayo. Maupay unta kon ibalik ang pork barrel unya adto na wagtanga inig human sa barangay election. Kon way pork barrel way lami ang

The Gospel on Sunday

SEPTEMBER 8,2013 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 14:25-33. Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. W h o e v e r d o e s n o t c a r r y h i s o w n c ro s s and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him a n d s a y, T h i s o n e b e g a n t o b u i l d b u t did not have the resources to finish. Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

god is too faithful to fail. things may not always go our way but rest assured god will make everything okay in the end. (@ihatequotes | twitter) Then the third part is on priestly formation, which should always be ongoing. Its something that never stops, and in fact, it has to go to more subtle points and ways the older and the more exposed to the world we, priests, become. Woe to us when we feel we already have enough of formation! This is a big and endless challenge, and the appropriate attitudes, practices and structures have to be put in place. Truth is at the
see

FR. ROY

p.

The Conjuring:
SPIRITS. Wherever you go, people across cultures and time spans always have a concept as to how they look like or what they can do. They are the white ladies, the tikbalangs, the chaka dolls, the confused souls among others who haunt the living for whatever purpose they liketo seek justice or simply to haunt the living. I am not really a believer of spirits. Though the smell of candles on a lonely night (a forecast of a dead loved ones visit) or the sound of falling things at midnight makes my earlobes twitch, my eyes have never met even the slightest paranormal stimulus that can prove that an agta indeed resides in our tambis tree or a white lady, sometimes, saunters in our living room at night. One Tuesday night (before the Ninoy Aquino holiday) to break away from this usual work-home routine, these thoughts have triggered me to see spirits - in a movie, of course. People have been talking about The Conjuring on facebook and thus, I decided to check it out. Thanks to this online streaming technology, I started watching the first few 20 minutes in Viooz.com while in school and finished it at home. Watching the movie in the wee hours after midnight gives me no pressure at all considering that the next day would be a holiday. I could extend my sleeping time in the morning! The word conjuring, as defined, is the act of summoning evil spirits. In the movie, Ed and Lorraine helped a family recover from being haunted by malevolent spirits who are past dwellers in a house. Together with Eds crew and Lorraines gift of seeing visions, Carolyn and her daughters, the haunted new owners, were finally set free from very powerful spirits who tried to take away their lives. The plot is actually that simple and there is much effort in making the sound effects and the lighting to stupefy the audience. I, for one, cannot suppress a scream with the hide and clap scene with Carolyn and her kid. The classic, scary doll had also created a sense of foreboding that evil spirits are surely going to trouble the family in the middle part. I also like the sindak effect when a spirit tries to take away Carolyns soul while she was in her sleep. Meanwhile, this feeling of dissatisfaction lurks within me after watching it. As if, I am wasting my time at night watching a stereotypical horror movie. A part of me felt regretful and wished that I shouldve slept earlier or read a book, instead. This feeling leads me to think of these questions then, What should horror movies be? Are they solely created to stupefy the audience? And how can a horror movie

MOVIE BREAK

People, Places

is it really enduring?
dog died mysteriously? Why didnt they have a short research about that place before buying it? And how about Ed and Lorraine? Are these some events, some injustice, maybe that made them help

take advantage of the horror archetypes that every person in the world knew by heart? We, actually, dont need to become movie critics or connoisseurs to answer these questions. It just takes a little common sense, some participation while watching the movie. I believe in this classic idea that every detail in the movie counts and every detail should take part in the development of the story. For example, there were fade-out shots of the words miss me? and the image of Chuckies bride (chakadoll) in that special room where haunted artifacts are kept but they never held bearing to the misfortunes and the climax of the story. The chakadoll may have nearly killed Ed and Lorraines kid and so what? The kid is not one of the main characters in the movie, Carolyns family is. Also, I feel that the directors should have made the characters more dynamic. Characters, like real people, should have their inner conflicts, decisions, biases and preferences that can make them more believable. They shouldnt be merely passive creatures waiting for the next spirit attack. I never felt a certain closeness or sympathy towards Carolyns family. Why should I pity them? Why cant they just stay away from that place the day when they saw their

others who are haunted by spirits? And oh, Lorraines facial expressions remind me a lot of Melinda Gordon, a character, in a series Ghost Whisperer. Horror movies should at least have some common sense in them. Though, they are made to scare audiences, but they should not neglect the idea that movies, at one point, should reflect the complexities of human nature and their decisions. If this is considered, the effects would be more meaningful and would have more scary impact on the audience. The moviemakers should also have the responsibility to make the classic horror characters like the chakadolls and the witches to look new. And this new-ness cannot be found in the movie. I am not thrilled with the appearance of these enemies, not a bit. To date, netizens are still talking about it but I just hide their shoutouts then. It was enough for me that a cousin, in his teens, had the

same idea that the movie is simply, crap. But if you are looking for some diversion to freshen up your thoughts from a bad break up or a scolding session with a boss, then, this movie could help. Just make sure to have the TV on, as well, to have some variety when the boring part comes in. The silence around the house shocked me a bit the moment I turned off my computer screen. My mind was directed to this question, What if, what if spirits really exist? And then, I looked at my dog quietly snoring in a corner not having a care about the world. I patted it and it reminds me that sleep beacons and tomorrow is a holiday that I shouldnt miss.

s & Happenings Mr. and Ms. EVSUlympics 2013

CEB launches direct flights to Phuket

The Philippines largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) pioneered direct flights between the Philippines and Phuket, Thailands largest island, last August 16, 2013. Phuket is CEBs 21st international destination. We are proud to be the first airline to offer direct services between Manila and Phuket, so more travelers can visit Phukets world-famous beaches. Similarly, foreign tourists now have the option to add Manila to their itinerary, after they visit Phuket. With CEBs trademark lowest fares, this route can contribute to tourist arrivals to both Thailand and the Philippines, said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog. CEBs Manila-Phuket thrice weekly service will be every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The maiden flight departed Manila at 8pm and arrived in Phuket at 11pm. The return flight departed Phuket the next day at 12am and arrived in Manila at 5:35am. Phuket is CEBs 2nd destination in Thailand, aside from Bangkok where CEB operates 14 times weekly from Manila, Clark and Cebu. Lowest year-round fares to Phuket start at PHP3,499. Sending off CEBs first passengers to Phuket were His Excellency Prasas Prasasvinitchai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand, and Hon. Carmelo Arcilla, executive director of the Civil Aeronautics Board. I commend Cebu Pacific for their efforts to promote air linkage within the ASEAN region. Last year, Filipino travel to Thailand had increased by 8.25%. I do believe that Cebu Pacific has played an important part in that figure. This new route will bring even more visitors to Phuket, said Ambassador Prasasvinitchai during the send-off program. I n the 1st half of 2013, CEB passengers to and from Thailand grew by 13.6%. It launched its direct twice weekly Cebu-Bangkok flights last December 9, 2012. Hon. Arcilla said in his remarks, I realize that Cebu Pacific now strikes fear in the heart of competition. They are now in the aviation map of the world, largely in part because of Cebu Pacific being a significant regional carrier. In the Philippines, CEB offers the most extensive network of 34 destinations and 62 routes. Aside from Phuket, it offers 21 other international destinations, including Dubai, Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul.

Mr. Joel Badion of EVSU-Tacloban and Ms. Theresa Maquiza of EVSU-Ormoc were hailed as the Mr. and Ms. EVSUlympics 2013 last August 29 at the Ormoc City Superdome. Other winners were Bernard Noel Collepa (EVSU-Tacloban) and Korina Panique (EVSU-Ormoc) were the first runners-up, followed by Ralph Anthony Acedillo (EVSU-Burauen) and Shiela Mae Coral (EVSU-Burauen) second runners-up; Bhrian Kelly Barquez (EVSU-Ormoc) Dhapnie Mae Tuando (EVSU- Carigara) thierd runners-up; fouth runners up were Joseph Sabellano (EVSU-Ormoc) and Milbren Gallem (EVSU-Tacloban)

Arcilla added, I ask Cebu Pacific to keep up the good work, of being a catalyst not only to the aviation industry but also to the economy at large. Because you and I know that air travel is a vital enabler of economic activity. Theres no doubt in my mind that the growth that were experiencing in our economy is due in part to the growth of Cebu Pacific in bringing people and goods across and providing convenience to the riding public. I look forward to more destinations to be operated by Cebu Pacific, and rest assured of the support of the government in this endeavor, he added. (PR)

Exemplary children in Region 8 recognized

Regional Exemplary Children 2013 Christian Jay Asuero (4th from right) posed with (l-r) DSWD 8 4Ps regional program coordinator Marichu Bustillos, PIA 8 regional director Olive Tiu, professor Zenia Dulce Mariveles of UP Tacloban, Northern Samar provincial exemplary children representative Melody Jabulin, Joshua Luciano of Biliran, Francis Jay Rubas of Sta. Rita Samar, Jake Dianalan of Southern Leyte, Jalyn Goden of Oras E. Samar and 4Ps program information officer Michille Calzado during the 2013 Regional Childrens Congress held at the Leyte Park Hotel Tacloban City, August 27. (Raul S. Tiozon/PIA8)

PSME-OKC Fun Run 2013. The Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Ormoc-Kananga Chapter (PSME-OKC) held its first Fun Run activity last August 25, 2013. Runs were categorized into three, those were 3-kilometer, 7- kilometer, and 21 kilometer runs. There were 639 runners who joined the 3km run, 206 for the 7km run, and 26 for the 21km run. Fund raised of the dubbed Run for PSME Scholars will be used for the education of the ten deserving PSME scholars currently enrolled at Eastern Visayas State University-Ormoc City Campus (EVSU-OCC). Part of the fund raised will also be given to the EVSU Junior PSME organization for the construction EVSULuna Campus Library. Organizers of the event were Engineers Romeo Villaver, Estanislao Pialago, and Adrian Rey Apas.

Head officers of the Alpha Insurance & Surety Co., Inc., visited the Alpha Ormoc Branch Office last August 8 to 10, 2013. (LR) Ms. Jennie P. Torres Ormoc Branch Cashier; Mr. Armando M. Go - Ormoc Branch Manager; Mrs. Diana L. Remo - Branch Manager Alpha Insurance Head Office; Mrs. Ruby P. Aranas - AVP Claims Head Office; Ms. Susa Lim Claims Supervisor Head Office & Mr. Hami Galoso Claims Examiner Head Office.

8
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Ormoc City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT EJF CASE NO. R-ORM-13-00007-FC FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY 4118 HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG) TACLOBAN, Mortgagee, -versusEDWARD PRAX VINCENT BINUEZA and VENUS IRISH A. BINUEZA, Mortgagors, x---------------x NEW NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by 4118 filed by HDMF (PAG-IBIG FUND) TACLOBAN, mortgagee, against EDWARD PRAX VINCENT BINUEZA and VENUS IRISH A. BINUEZA, mortgagor, of Purok II, Brgy. Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, alleging violation on the LOAN and MORTGAGE AGREEMENT which was registered at the Registry of Deeds of Ormoc City on June 3, 2009 On June 10, 2013 mortgagee filed a postponement of the auction sale and on August 06, 2013, mortgagee filed a reschedule of auction sale and proceed the proceedings of Act 3135. To satisfy the mortgage of indebtedness which as of February 05, 2013 amounts to ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR PESOS & 87/100 (P1,163,364.87) inclusive of interest and penalty charges, the undersigned Sheriff under the direct supervision of the Clerk of Court and ExOfficio Sheriff of the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Ormoc City will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION on September 18, 2013at 10:00 oclock in the morning until 4:00 oclock in the afternoon at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 12, Hall of Justice, Ormoc City to the highest bidder, for CASH or MANAGERS CHECK AND IN PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, the following real estate property, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. 32122 Registry of Deeds of Ormoc City A parcel of land designated as Lot 17, Block 2 of the subdivision, of Psd-08-009686-D,being a portion of Lot 5293-C-2-B-4, Psd-08-001842, situated in the Barangay of San Isidro, City of Ormoc, Province of Leyte, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the SE., along line 1-2 by Lot 15 Block 2; on the SW., along line 2-3 by Road lot (10.00 m. wide ); on the NW., along line 3-4 by Lot 19 Block 2; and on the NE., along line 4-1 by Lot 18, Block 2 all of this subdivision. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan, being N. 54 deg. 32E, 618.64 m. from BLLM No. 41, Cad. 256; thence S. 52 deg. 29W., 14.78 m. to point 2; thence N. 41 deg. 04W., 9.70 m. to point 3; thence N. 51 deg.00E., 51.21 m. to point 4; thence S. 38 deg. 32E., 10.03 m. to point of beginning; containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT (148) SQUARE METERS more or less. Registered in the name of Spouses VICTORINO BENUEZA and MERCEDITA ARCAYAN. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 26, 2013 without further notice. Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title and other pertinent documents of the herein above described property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be, at the Registry of Deeds of Ormoc City or at HDMF (PAG-IBIG FUND) TACLOBAN. Ormoc City, Philippines, August 08, 2013. For the Ex-Officio Sheriff: (Sgd.) JOSE G. SUFICIENCIA, JR. Sheriff IV Copy furnished: EDWARD PRAX-VINCENT BINUEZA and VENUS IRISH A. BINUEZA Purok II, Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City PAULINO C. TALACAY Department Manager II c/o HDMF (PAG-IBIG FUND) TACLOBAN Branch Office Cor. Del Pilar and L. Jaena Sts., Tacloban City ATTY. JOSE N. MAZO, JR. c/o HDMF (PAG-IBIG FUND) TACLOBAN Branch Office Cor. Del Pilar and L. Jaena Sts. , Tacloban city SPS. VICTORINO AND MERCEDITA A. BENUEZA Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013 Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Leyte Municipality of Hilongos NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with Sec. 5, R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that CALBERT CAVITE, has filed with this office a Petition for Change of gender from MALE to FEMALE in the birth certificate of HANNAH CLAIRE V. CAVITE who was born on June 13, 1999 at Hilongos, Leyte and whose parents are CALBERT CAVITE and MILDRED N. VILLAFANE Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than fifteen (15) days after publication. (Sgd.) ERNESTO MA. FULACHE Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail Aug. 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition with Waiver NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that the properties of the late DEMETRIO M. CORPUZ a.k.a DEMETRIO M. CORPUS re a portion of 383 sq. m. of land Lot 5760-G-2-B-3, situated in Brgy Salvacion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 421 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 37457 ; a portion of 668 sq. m. , containing an area of 1,273 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 15604 ; and one unit residential house covered by TD No. 88065 were settled among his heirs and the share of NICOLASA AIJA CORPUZ waived in favor of her children per Doc. No. 33; page No. 7; Book No. CCCI; Series 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S. Maglasang. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SOTERO BONGOYAN re a parcel of an agricultural land, situated at Brgy. Gadgaran, Calbayog City, with Lot No. 5662, with an area of 6,760 sq. m. under TD No. 99-01018-00239 was settled among his heirs and 1,593 sq. m. sold in favor of RONILO M. TAN per Doc. No. 132; Page No. 27; Book No. XXX; Series 2013 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1,& 2-8, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late CANDIDO BOCA re an agricultural land situated in Brgy. Tamarindo, Almeria, Biliran denominated as cadastral Lot No. 3283 and Lot No. 30, under TD No. 00071 with an area of 0.277649 has. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of ROMULO V. BERNARDES and MA. MARGARITA C. JUNIA per Doc. No. 64; Page No. 13; Book No. 44; Series 2011of

NOTICES
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region, BRANCH 15 Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte EJF No. 13-07-37 For: Extra-judicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage RURAL BANK OF DULAG represented by ELVIRA H. YU, Manager- I Mortgagee, -versusRUSTICO B. BALDERIAN, Mortgagors, x-------------x NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act. No. 3135/1508 filed by RURAL BANK OF DULAG, Represented by ELVIRA H. YU, Dulag, Leyte, received by this Court on July 31, 2013 against RUSTICO B. BALDERIAN, a resident of #2T Sto. Nio St., Brgy. Quezon, Tabontabon, Leyte, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 12, 2013 amounts to ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN PESOS ONLY (Php. 1,909,115.00) excluding penalties, charges, attorneys fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on OCTOBER 03, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial court, Branch 15, Burauen, Leyte to the highest bidder, for cash or managers check and in Philippine currency, the following properties with all its improvements, to wit: An Agricultural Land Tax Declaration No. 05-37003-00245 Cadastral Lot No. 33 An Agricultural land situated at Quezon, Tabon-tabon, Leyte. An area of 1.2909.17. bounded are as follows: on the North., Sec. 04 of Brgy. Mering: on the East., Sec. 02: on the South., Sec. 02 Brgy. road: and on the West., Sec. 04 of Brgy. Mering. The market Value of Php. 38,608.18 and assessed Value of Php. 15.440.00 including improvements thereon. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on DECEMBER 10, 2013 without further notice. Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte, August 02, 2012. FOR THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF. (Sgd.) LICERIO M. MARTINADA III Sheriff IV EV Mail Aug. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 8th Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Branch 13 Carigara, Leyte CASE NO. RTC-2013-059-CV FOR: JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION OF SALE ON LOT 1473 WILFREDO CO, Petitioner, -versus- HEIRS OF LUISITA VILLAUNA and REGISTRY OF DEEDS, Respondents, x------------------x ORDER Filed with the Court on July 5, 2013 by Wilfredo Co, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of 615 Real St., San Miguel, Leyte, is a Verified Petition for Confirmation of Sale on Lot 1473 for the purpose of complying with the registration requirement of the Deed of Sale in favor of the petitioner involving OCT No. P-23622. Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course. Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that said Petition be set for hearing on September 30, 2013 at 8:30 oclock in the morning at the session hall of Regional Trial Court, Branch 13, Carigara, Leyte where all interested parties may appear in Court and show cause why the Petition should not be granted. Let this Order be published at the expense of Petitioner in a local newspaper of general circulation in the Provinces of Leyte, Samar and Biliran once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. Moreover, let this Order, together with the petition, be posted at the bulletin boards of this court, the Municipal Hal of San Miguel, Leyte and Barangay Hall of Brgy. Lukay, San Miguel, Leyte. The publication and posting should be done at least thirty (30) days before the hearing. Furnish copy of this Order to the Land Registration Authority, East Avenue, Quezon City, the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Register of Deeds for the Province of Leyte, the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, the petitioner and his counsel. SO ORDERED. DONE IN CHAMBERS this 15th day of August 2013 at the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Carigara, Leyte. (Sgd.) EMELINDA R. MAQUILAN Presiding Judge EV Mail Aug. 26- Sept. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2013
Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013 Affidavit of Loss NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that EUFEMIA P. GULAY, Filipino, of legal age, married, and a resident of Puntaville Homes Onwers Association Inc. Brgy. Tambulilid, Ormoc City, Philippines, bonafide member with the LOYOLA PLANS CONSOLIDATED, INC. for the Educational Plan of her son Glen P. Gulay, a holder of Certificate of Full Payment issued by the said plans, re CFP#21070602 was lost in her possession. She looked for the aforementioned, but her efforts remained futile. She request the LOYOLA PLANS CONSOLIDATED, INC. to issue another Certificate of Full Payment in lieu of the lost one, affidavit was subscribed per Doc. No. 281; Page No. 57; Book No. XXXIV; Series of 2013 before Atty. Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CFN-0027-2012 CCE-0083-2012 Date: August 26, 2013 In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that MARLE MESINA LIBORES Has filed with this Office a correction of entry in sex from FEMALE to MALE the certificate of live birth of MARLE MESINA LIBORES at Apale, Isabel, Leyte and whose parents are Lemar G. Libores and MA. OLIVIA O. MESINA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than September 10, 2013. (Sgd.) VENUS B. TAN Municipal Civil Registrar Name of Newspaper: _____ Place of Publication:______ Date of Publication: ______ EV Mail Aug. 26 Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013 Extra-judicial Settlement and Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late NARCISO O. YCOY re parcels of land Lot 3061, situated in Barrio Magaswi, Ormoc City, containing an area of 3,583 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 15448; Lot No. 2197-C-1-B, situated in District Cogon, Ormoc City, containing an area of 458 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 12147; One (1) unit residential house erected on Lot No. 2197-C-1-B were settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 328; Page No. 66; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail Aug. 26- Sept. 1, 2-8, 9-15, 2013

August 26-Sept. 1, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branch 34 Bulwagan ng Katarungan Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City SP. PROC. CASE NO. 2012-08-51 IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF BIRTH DATE IN LIVE BIRTH AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, DELIA JUSTIMBASTE ABARQUEZ, Petitioner, -versusWADSWORTH P. EUSORES IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ALANGALANG, LEYTE, AND LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR ANGELITA B. DAVANTES OF HINABANGAN, SAMAR IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, Respondents. x-------------------------x ORDER This is a Verified Petition filed by DELIA JUSTIMBASTE ABARQUEZ seeking for: (1) the correction of entry in her Certificate of Live Birth particularly the entry on her date of birth from October 5, 1948 to October 5, 1949 by the Office of the Local Civil Registry of Alangalang, Leyte; and (2) the correction of entry in her Marriage Certificate also in the entry on her date of birth from October 5, 1948 to October 5, 1949 by the Office of the Local Civil Registry of Hinabangan Samar. At the outset, the Court notes that the correction of entry on petitioners date of birth in her Marriage Contract by the Office of the Local Civil Registry of Hinabangan Samar should have been filed with the RTC of the province where the corresponding civil registry is located as required under Sec. 1 of Rule 108 of the Rules of Court. At any rate, considering that the laying of venue is procedural rather than substantive, the Court deems it more prudent to give due course to the Petition and allow the same to take its proper course before this Court. Foregoing considered, the Court, finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course. WHEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the aboveentitled petition is set for hearing on October 25, 2013 at 8:30 oclock in the morning before this Court sitting at the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Tacloban City. Any interested person may appear on said time and date, and then and there file his/her opposition thereto and to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Furnish, let a copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte and the City of Tacloban for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. Withal, let a copy of this Order and the Petition with its annexes be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Office of the Local Civil Registry of Alangalang, Leyte and the Office of the Local Civil Registry of Hinabangan Samar. Likewise, furnish a copy of this Order to the petitioner and his counsel. SO ORDERED. GIVEN this 26th day of July, 2013 at the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Tacloban City. (Sgd.) MARIO O. QUINIT Assisting Judge MOQ/gcb EV Mail Aug. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Branch 10 Eight Judicial Region Abuyog, Leyte SP. PROC. NO. 241 IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE DATE OF MARRIAGE OF THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF ROSELA B. NARCA & DENNIS ERIC EGGENBURG, ROSELA B. NARCA, Petitioner, -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR MACARTHUR. LEYTE, Respondent x-----------------x ORDER A verified PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE DATE OF MARRIAGE OF THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF ROSELA B. NARCA & DENNIS ERIC EGGENBURG, having been filed through counsel, al leges: That, Petitioner is of legal age married to Dennis Eric Eggenburg, Filipino and a resident of Brgy. Binulho, Javier, Leyte; That both parties have the capacities to sue ad be sued; That petitioner was married to Dennis Eric Eggenburg before a civil marriage solemnized by Mayor Rene Leria at Macarthur, Leyte on February 17, 2013; That unfortunately in the marriage certificate of the petitioner with her husband Dennis Eric Eggenburg, there was a wrongful entry regarding the date of their marriage for it was incorrectly entered therein as February 13, 2013 instead of February 17, 2013; That such wrongful entry was merely a clerical and typographical error only and may had been caused due to mere inadvertence or oversight and a such correction of the same is in order and proper under the circum stances; That petitioner filed this present petition in order that the date of marriage in her marriage certificate maybe corrected from February 13, 2013 to February 17, 2013; That the petitioner respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court that judgment be rendered ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Macarthur, Leyte, to cause the correction of the entry of petitioners marriage certificate regarding her date of marriage from February 13, 2013 to February 17, 2013 and for such other relief deem just and equitable under the circumstances; Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let the hearing of this case be set for September 12, 2013 at 8:30 oclock in the morning, before this Court. Let copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a local newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte. It is further ordered that the same together with the petition, be posted in three (3) conspicuous public places in the Municipality of Macarthur, Leyte all at the expense of herein petitioner. The Clerk of court is directed to furnish copy of this Order and Petition to the Office of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branch 12, Ormoc City SP. PROC. NO. 4272-0 LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE MATTER OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF MARIANO F. TAN-PETITION FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, JOSE LUIS D. TAN, Petitioner x-----------------x NOTICE TO CREDITORS Letters of Administration having been issued in the above-entitled case in favor of Mariano F. Tan: IT IS HEREBY OR DERED that notice be and the same is hereby, given to all persons having claims for money against the decedent, Mariano F. Tan, arising from contracts, express or implied, whether the same be due, not due, not due, or contingent for funeral expenses and expenses of the last sickness of the said decedent, and judgment for money against her, requiring them to file their claims with this Court at the RTC-OCC within a period of 200 days from the date of the first publication of this Notice. SO ORDERED. Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines, July 23, 2012. (Sgd.) CARL A. MAGSOLING Branch Clerk of Court Rule 86 EV Mail Aug. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 to the National Statistics Office, Manila, the Local Civil Registrar of Abuyog, Leyte; and the petitioner through counsel. SO ORDERED. Abuyog Leyte, June 10, 2013. (Sgd.) BUENAVENTURA A. PAJARON Judge BAP/cvr Copy furnished: -Office of the Solicitor General 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village Makati City -National Statistics Office Manila -Local Civil Registrar of Abuyog, Leyte -Atty. Erwin V. Belleza Petitioners counsel Abuyog, Leyte EV Mail Aug. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013
Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Leyte City/Municipality: Palompon Republic of the Philippines) Palompon, Leyte)SS Petition No. CFN-0008-2013 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF FIRST NAME I, ANECITA ESNALDO LEQUIN, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy. Rizal, Palompon, Leyte, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that: 1) I am the petitioner seeking the change of first name in: b) The Certificate of Live Birth of Elma Esnaldo Lequin who is my daughter 2) She was born on February 7, 1969 at Palompon, Leyte, Philippines, 3) The birth was recorded under registry number 122, 4) The first name to be changed is from ELMA to THELMA 5 ) T h e g ro u n d s f o r f i l i n g t h i s petition re the following: b) She has habitually and continuously used THELMA and she is publicly known in the community with that first name; 6) I submit the following documents to support this petition: a) Certificate of Live Birth ( S E C PA ) / C e r t . o f B a p t i s m b ) D e p E d F o r m 1 3 7 - E / Vo t e r s Affidavit / Postal I.D. Card c) Police Clearance Cert./ NBI Clearance/Affidavit of d) Unemployment / Marriage Contract/ Cert. of Live Birth of my grandchildren, Jonathan, Jessica & Jane Rose 7) I have not filed any similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate. 8) I have no pending criminal, civil or administrative case in any court or any quasi-judicial body. 9) I am filing this petition at the LCRO of Palompon, Leyte in accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations. (Sgd.) ANECITA E. LEQUIN Petitioner SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 16th day of August, 2013 in the city/municipality of Palompon, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting his Community Tax Certificate No. 24091476 issued at Palompon, Leyte on August 12, 2013. (Sgd.) CARMELITA G. LODOVICA Municipal Civil REgsitrar Administering Officer EV Mail Aug. 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013

August 26-Sept. 1, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branches 6,7,8,9, & 34 Bulwagan ng Katarungan Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF LEYTE EJF No. 3657 EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE/ PERSONAL PROPERTY MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 AND PD 385 PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE (PHCCI) rep. by its Manager CACARIAS M. MATE Mortgagee versus- MA. ADELIZA M. DIEGO, Mortgagor NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE (PHCCI), a credit cooperative duly organized and existing under the banking laws of the Philippines with Office Address at Real St. Tacloban City, duly represented by ZACARIAS M. MATE of legal age, single, Filipino and a resident of Tacloban City, against MA. ADELIZA M. DIEGO, of legal ages, Filipino and resident of Brgy. 84 Manlurip, Tacloban City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 22, 2013 amounts to ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY NINE PESOS & 77/100 (P126,269.77), Philippine Currency, excluding interest and penalties, charges until fully paid, expenses of collection, 10% of the total outstanding obligation as Attorneys Fees, expenses of the Foreclosure, Sheriffs Lawful fees, and Expenses for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof, the UNDERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION on September 23, 2013, at 10:00 .A.M. or soon thereafter at Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following properties with all its improvements, if any to wit: TCT NO. T-69023 A parcel of land designated as Lot 3522-E-2, Psd-08-023508-D, being a portion of Lot 3522-E, Psd-08-0026290, situated in Barangay San Jose, City of Tacloban, Province of Leyte, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the: NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 3522-E-4 (Pathwalk) of this subdivision; on the SE., along line 2-3 by Lot 3522-E -1 of this subdivision; on the SW., along line 3-4 by Lot 3522-F, Psd-08-006290; on the NW., along line 4-1 by Lot 3522-E-3 of this subdivision; Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SIX (106) sq. m. more or less registered in the name of ADELINA S. MABANSAG, of legal age, Filipino, single. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVESTIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUMBRANCES, HEREIN ABOVE- DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTIES IS ANY THEREBE. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date. In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on September 27, 2013 on the same time and place without further notice Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines. August 12, 2013. FOR THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF (Sgd.) LEONARDO G. AGUILAR Sheriff IV OCC-RTC- Tacloban Copy furnished: The Manager PHCCI, Real St. Tacloban City MA. ADELIZA M. DIEGO Brgy. 84 Manlurip Tacloban City EV Mail Aug. 26- Sept. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2013
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CFN-0013-2013 R.A 10172 Date: AUGUST 08, 2013 In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that FARRAH JUANITA L. EUSTAQUIO has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from FARRA JUANITA to FARRAH JUANITA and correction entry in the date of birth from MARCH 25, 1960 to MARCH 26, 1960 in the certificate of live birth of FARRAH JUANITA L. EUSTAQUIO at BAYBAY, LEYTE and whose parents are ERIBERTO V. LORETO and AIDA B. LOPEZ. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than AUGUST 19, 2013. (Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG City Civil Registrar EV Mail Aug. 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Leyte Municipality of Baybay Republic of the Philippine ) Province of Leyte)SS Petition No. CFN-0012-2013 PETITION OF CHANGE OF FIRST NAME I, GWENDOLYN M. PAQUINGAN, of legal age, FILIPINO, and a resident of POBLACION, ALBUERA, LEYTE, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that: 1) I am the petitioner seeking the change of first name in: b) the certificate of Live Birth of CATHERINE MAYOR PAQUINGAN who is my SISTER, 2) I/He/She Born on SEPT.08,1972 at BAYBAY, LEYTE, PHILIPPINES, 3. The birth was recorded under registry number 92-2495, 4 The first name to be changed is from MA. CATHERINE to CATHERINE, 5. The grounds for filing this petition are the following: b) She has habitually and continuously used CATHERINE and she is publicly known in the community wit that first name; f) All her other records shows CATHERINE as her First Name. 6) I submit the following documents to support this petition: a) COLB OCRG COPY b.) SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY c) COM OCRG COPY d) COLB OCRG COPY OF CHILDREN e) BRGY. POLICE, COURT & NBI CLEARANCE f) AFFIDAVIT OF UN-EMPLOYMENT g) DECS FORM 137 A h) TOR 7) I have not filed any similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate. 8) I am filing this petition at the LCRO of BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE in accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations. (Sgd.) GWENDOLYN M. PAQUINGAN Petitioner VERIFICATION I, GWENDOLYN M. PAQUINGAN, the petitioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Sgd.) GWENDOLYN M. PAQUINGAN Petitioner SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 26th day of JUNE, 2013 in the city/municipality of Baybay, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting his/her Community Tax Certificate No. 11445644 issued at BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE on June 26, 2013. (Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG Administering Officer EV Mail Aug. 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late TOMAS L A M A D O R A re a p a rc e l o f a n agricultural land designated as Lot 2285 under TD No. 14021-00512 covered by OCT No. P-46589 with an area of .5191 hectares; and an agricultural land Lot 2281 under TD No. 14021-00542 R13 titled under OCT No. P-29279 with an area of .4390 hectares were settled among his heirs and sold in favor of NOEL F. UMAPAS per Doc. No. 253; Page No. 52; Book No. XXI; Series of 2011 of Notary Margarita A. Bantug. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013 Affidavit of Self-Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late MELCHOR ESPINOSA had left a joint account with Metrobank Naval Branch was adjudicated unto herself by JULIET CANUMAY FAJARDO per Doc. No. 478; Page No. 48; Book No. II; Series 2013 of Notary Public Lolita G. Casas-Nueve. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013

NOTICES
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Branch 10 Eight Judicial Region Abuyog, Leyte SP. PROC. NO. 240 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF THE MINOR NASHREL VIEL POLIGRATES CHIO SPOUSES BENITO SY AND MICHELLE POLIGRATES SY, Petitioner, x-------------------x ORDER A verified PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF THE MINOR NASHAREL VIEL POLIGRATES CHIO, SPOUSES BENITO SY AND MICHELE POLIGRATES-SY petitioner, having been filed through counsel, alleges; That, the male petitioner is 55 years old, Filipino; while the female petitioner is also a Filipino, 27 years old, both are resident of Lot 4 Blk 4, Rufina Subd., Brgy. Guintagbucan, Abuyog, Leyte, where they may be served with summons and other processes of the Honorable Court; That the petitioner are husband and wife evidenced by their marriage contract: That the petitioners have the capacity to sue and be sued: That petitioners jointly desire to adopt the male child NASHREL VIEL POLIGRATES CHIO, 6 years old, who was born on 04 February 2007, and who is presently under the care and custody of the petitioners: That the child sough to be adopted is the illegitimate son the female petitioner and she desires to adopt the minor to raise his status from illegitimate to legitimate which the male petitioner have consented; That the male petitioner is the spouse of the childs mother and he has developed parental love to him, treat him as though he is of his own flesh and blood and would now want to be considered as his legitimate son by virtue of these proceedings; That the female petitioner have no other illegitimate children while the male petitioner has no illegitimate or legitimate children from previous relationship. However, both petitioners have one (1) legitimate child from their marriage, who is still an infant; That petitioners are emotionally and psychologically capable of caring for the mentioned minor; That petitioners are in possession of their full civil capacity and legal rights, of good moral character and have never been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude; That petitioners possess all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to adopt and the minors adoption will serve his best interest and well-being; That petitioners pray of this Honorable Court that after due notice, publication and hearing judgment be rendered adjudging that the minor NASHREL VIEL POLIGRATES CHIO be declared for all intent and purposes the child of the petitioners, entitled to use the surnamed of petitioners and hence forth the child be known as NASHREL VIEL POLIGRATES SY; Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let the hearing of this case be set for September 5, 2013 at 8:30 oclock in the morning, before this Court. Let copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a local newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte. It is further ordered that the same together with the petition, be posted in three (3) conspicuous public places in the Municipality of Abuyog, Leyte all at the expense of herein petitioner. The Clerk of Court is directed to furnish copy of this Order and Petition to the Office of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City; the National Statistics Office, Manila, the Local Civil Registrar of Abuyog, Leyte; and the petitioner through counsel. SO ORDERED. Abuyog, Leyte, June 10, 2013. (Sgd.) BUENAVENTURA A. PAJARON Judge BAP/cvr Copy furnished: - Office of the Solicitor General 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City -National Statistics Office, Manila -Local Civil Registrar of Abuyog, Leyte - Atty. Sionne V. Aujero-Gaspay petitioners counsel 2nd flr. Forunato Townhomes Bldg. Brgy. 71, Naga, Naga, Tacloban City EV Mail Aug. 19- 25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CFN-0011-2013 CCE-0107-2013 R.A. 10172 Date: JULY 23, 2013 In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that FLORA E. PANA has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from FLORA MIA to FLORA and correction entry in the date of birth from JUNE 10, 1945 to JULY 23, 1945 in the certificate of live birth of FLORA E. PANA at BAYBAY, LEYTE and whose parents are JESUS ESGUERRA and GENOVEVA NUNEZ. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than AUGUST 02, 2013. (Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG City Civil Registrar EV Mail Aug. 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Republic of the Philippines Local/Civil Registry Office Province of Leyte City of Baybay Republic of the Philippines) Baybay City, Leyte)SS Petition No. CCE- 0105 2013/RA 10172 PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH I, AIDA B. BELLO, of legal age, FILIPINO, and a resident of BRGY. MAHAYAHAY, MAHAPLAG, LEYTE, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that: 1) I am the petitioner seeking correction of the clerical error in: The certificate of live birth of KIMBERLY B. BELLO who is my SON, 2) He was born on November 11, 1999 at Baybay, Leyte, Philippines, 3) The birth was recorded under registry number 99-3112, 4) The clerical error(s) to be corrected is (are): Item No. Description From To 2 CHILDS GENDER FEMALE MALE 1 CHILDS MIDDLE NAME B. BAGOHIN 5) The facts/reasons for filing this petition are the following: Since childhood my son is publicly known as male. His physical features shows that he is a male. All his other records entry for sex is male & The Childs Middle Name from B. to BAGOHIN. Hence, this petition is hereby filed to correct all the erroneous entry in my Certificate of Live Birth. 6) I submit the following documents to support this petition: a) COLB OCRG COPY b) BRGY. CLEARANCE c) DECS FORM 137 d) BAPTISMAL CERT. e) MEDICAL CERT. f) ID g) JOINT AFFIDAVIT OF TWO DISINTERESTED PERSONS h) CERT. OF INDIGENCY FROM THE BRGY. CSWD & CITY ASSESSORS OFFICE 7) He has not filed any similar petition and that to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court of Philippine Consulate. 8) I am filing this petition at the LCRO of BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE in accordance with R.A. 9048/R.A 10172 and its implementing rules and regulation. (Sgd.) AIDA B. BELLO Petitioner VERIFICATION I, AIDA B. BELLO, the petitioner. Hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Affidavit of Self-Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the properties of the late EVELYN E. ENECIO re a 1/12 share of a parcels of land Lot No.5329 situated in Barrio Salvacion, Ormoc City, an area of 16,146 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 7646; Lot No. 5335, an area of 25,113 sq. m. , covered by TCT No. 6446; Lot No. 5331, an area of 11,688 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 8980; Lot No. 5528, an area of 39,729 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6445; Lot No. 5371, an area of 35,735 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6444; Lot No. 5373, an area of 33,301 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6447; Lot No. 11814, an area of 30,732 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 0-280; Lot No. 11815, an area of 43,577 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 0-280; Lot No. 2779 situated in Cebu City, an area of 376 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 129743; Lot No. 8865, situated in Barrio Monterico, Ormoc City, an area of 180,250 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 9201; Lot No. 5214-A, situated in Barrio Linao, Ormoc City, an area of 32,110 sq. m. covered by TCT No.TH-106; Lot No. 5251-B, an area of 43,019 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 26169; Lot No. 5274-B, an area of 20,795 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 26171; Lot No. 2265-I, an area of 356 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 11575; Lot No. 2265-I, an area of 356 sq. m. covered by TCT No.11576; Lot No. 2265-I, an area of 352 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 11577; Lot No. 2265-I, an area of 287 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 11578; Lot No. 2268-B-6, an area of 259 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 9589; Lot No. 498, an area of 226 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 402; Lot No. 931, situated in Barangay Benolho, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 17,610 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-3948; Lot No. 928, an area of 2,856 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-3948; Lot No. 569, situated in Barangay Seguinon, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 41,502 sq. m. covered by TCT No.T3580; Lot No.929 situated in Barangay Benolho, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 843 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-3299; Lot No. 930, an area of 17,388 q. m. covered by TCT No. T-3299; Lot No. 7 Block 10, situated in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City, an area of 249 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 62799; Lot No.471-B-2, situated in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue, City, an area of 297 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 57135; Lot 23 Pcs-073340-002675, an area of 300 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 57136 were adjudicated unto herself by ANATOLIA E. ENECIO per Doc. No. 404; Page No. 81; Book No. CCCLV; Series 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S. Maglasang EV Mail Aug. 12-18,19-25,&26-Sept.1,2013 Affidavit of Self-Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late CARMEN EAMIGUEL ENECIO re a 1/12 share of a parcel of land Lot No. 5329, situated in Salvacion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 16,146 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 7646; Lot No. 5335, an area of 25,113 sq. m., covered by TCT No. 6446; Lot N. 5331, an area of 11,688 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 8980; Lot No. 5528, an area of 39,729 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6445; Lot No. 5371, an area of 35,753 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6444; Lot No.5373, an area of 33,301 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 6447; Lot No. 11814, an area of 30,732 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 0-280; Lot No. 11815, an area of 43,577 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 0-280; Lot No. 2779, situated in Cebu City, an area of 376 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 129743; Lot No. 8865, situated in Monterico, Ormoc City, an area of 180,250 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 9201; Lot No. 5214-A, situated in Barrio Linao, Ormoc City, an area of 32,110 sq. m. covered by TCT No. TH-106; Lot No. 5251-B, situated in Barangay Linao, Ormoc City, an area of 43,019 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 26169; Lot No.5274-B, an area of 20,795 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 26171; Lot No. 2265-I, an area of 356 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 11576; Lot No. 2265-I, an area of 352 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 11577; Lot No. 2256-I, an area of 287 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 11578; Lot No. 2268-B-6, an area of 259 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 9589; Lot No. 498, an area of 226 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 402; Lot 931 situated in Barangay Benolho, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 17,610 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-3948; Lot No. 928, an area of 2,856 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-3948; Lot No. 569, situated in Barangay Seguinon, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 41,502 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-3580; Lot No. 929, situated in Barangay Benolho, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 843 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-3299; Lot No. 930, an area of 17,388 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-3299; Lot No. 7 Block 10, situated in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City, an area of 249 sq. m. covered by 249 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 62799; Lot 16, Block 7, situated in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City, an area of 509 sq. m. covered by TCT No. PT-15433 were adjudicated unto herself by ANATOLIA E. ENECIO per Doc. No. 405; Page No. 81; Book No. CCCCVI; Series 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S. Maglasang. EV Mail Aug. 12-18,19-25,&26-Sept.1,2013 (Sgd.) AIDA B. BELLO Petitioner SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 4th day of July, 2013 in the city/ municipality of BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, petitioner exhibits his Community Tax Certificate No. 24062926 issued at MAHAPLAG, LEYTE on January 14, 2013. (Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG Administering Officer EV Mail Aug. 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SPS. VICENTE CORPIN and SOFIA BACATANO re an agricultural land situated in Brgy. San Isidro, Biliran, Biliran denominated as survey no. 1312 Lot No. 16 under TD No. 00028, with an area of 0.349700 HAS. was settled among their heirs and sold in favor of SPS. ROMEO C. GARAMENDI and JEMARLYN D. GARAMENDI per Doc. No. 246; Page No. 50; Book No. 46; Series 2012 of Notary Public Redentor V. Villordon. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that property of the late CRESENCIO FABULAR re a coco land covered by OCT No. P-29279 063322, Bureau of lands, District Office No. VIII-1, Tacloban City, under Free Patent (VIII-1) 17719, TD No. 02666, Cad. Lot No. 2281 situated in Brgy. Lamak, Hilongos, Leyte consisting of .4390 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of TOMAS LAMADORA per Doc. No. 93; Page No. 19; Book No. V; Series 1999 of Notary Public Serafino B. Estilamada. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SPS. HILARIO DELA CRUZ and ELYDIA ROSALEJOS re a parcel of residential land situated in Brgy. San Isidro, BiliNOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CFN-0010-2013 CCE-0112-2013 R.A. 10172 Date : July 17, 2013 In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that ESTRELLA A. ROBLES has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from ESTELITA to ESTRELLA and correction entry in the date of birth from DECEMBER 12, 1951 to JUNE 12, 1951 in the certificate of live birth of ESTRELLA A. ROBLES at BAYBAY, LEYTE and whose parents are EMILIANO ANTIDO and MACARIA MATUGAS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than JULY 29, 2013. (Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG City Civil Registrar EV Mail Aug. 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE ON REMATADOS OF M. LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPS ALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION, ORMOC 1, 2 & 3, NAVAL, PALOMPON, CARIGARA, ISABEL, KANANGA, VILLABA, SAN ISIDRO, TABANGO, ALBUERA, LEYTE, BILIRAN, MATAG-OB, CALUBIAN, TACLOBAN BRANCHES 1,2,3,4, & 5, PALO, CALANIPAWAN (V & G) TANAUAN, ALANG-ALANG, JARO, DAGAMI, DULAG, BURAUEN, MARASBARAS, ROBINSON, BAYBAY, 1, & 3, INOPACAN, HILONGOS, ABUYOG, MAASIN 1 & 2, BATO, SOGOD 1 & 2; MACARTHUR, SAN JUAN (CABALIAN), LILOAN, HINDANG, HINUNANGAN, PINTUYAN, MALITBOG,& ST. BERNARD. Commencing September 15, 2013 at 9:00 am, the above mentioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overdue pledges left in the same up to April 30, 2012, Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts. MANAGEMENT Sa Septiyembre 15, 2013, 2013 sa alas 9:00 ang takna sa buntag isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsa ka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas. Tanang butang pinerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Abril 30, 2013 maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo. TAGDUMALA EV Mail Aug. 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Extra-Judicial settlement with Deed of Waiver NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SPS. SANTOS SORIA and ELENA R. SORIA and ELENA R. SORIA re a parcel of land Lot 1691-C-5-L, Psd-08-004999, situated in the Brgy. of Ipil, Ormoc City, containing an area of 200 was settled among their heirs and waived in favor of their brother EMMANUEL R. SORIA per Doc. No. 199; Page No. 34; Book No. L; Series of 2010 of Notary Public Ruben R. Capahi. EV Mail Aug. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late RODOLFO A. MATUGUINA re parcels of land Lot 5282-B-2, Psd-08-006430, situated in Barrio of San Isidro, Ormoc City, containing an area of 1,975 sq. m. under TCT No. 25253; Lot 5232-C-11, Psd-08-008450, situated in Barangay Dayhagan, Ormoc City, containing an area of 901 sq. m. under TCT No. 29092; and Lot 2213-D-4-D-5-A, Psd08-002585, situated in Brgy. Alegria and Dayhagan, Ormoc City, containing an area 300 sq. m. under TCT No. 21664 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 300; Page No. 60; Book No. II; Series of 2009 of Notary Public Jose Rommel A. Pearanda. EV Mail Aug. 12-18, 1925, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Affidavit of claim with Waiver of Rights NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late JULIANA T. LAYUG had left an account with Philippine Veterans Bank- Tacloban Branch under Savings Account No. 0025-339479-100 was waived in favor of MARIA CORAZON T. ARMSTRONG per Doc. No. 262; Page No. 53; Book No. X; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Gerry Val V. Baquilod. EV Mail Aug. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late IGNACIO EMPING re One-half (1/2) parcels of land Lot No. 6589-C, Psd- 152948, situated in Barrio Sn Vicente, Ormoc City, containing an area of 14,078 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 12311; Lot No. 6589-B, containing an area of 14,078 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 12311; Lot No. 3475-I-5 , situated in Barrio San Antonio, Ormoc City, containing an area of 320 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 12590; Lot No. 3480-E, situated in Barrio San Antonio, Ormoc City, containing an area of 609 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 10499;Lot No. 3477-B , containing an area of 2,296 sq. m. covered by TCT No. TH-197; Lot No. 3477-A-2, situated in Barrio San Antonio, Ormoc City, containing an area of 2,055 sq.m. covered by TCT No. TP-186; Lot No. 24, situated in Brgy. Liberty, Ormoc City, containing an area of 78,122 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00045-00014-R-10; Lot No. 788-B-4 , situated in Poblacion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 46 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 15065 ; Lot 1 , situated in Brgy. Poblacion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 18 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 54288; Lot No. 5282-A-2-A, situated in Barangay San Isidro, Containing an area of 1,835 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 34092; Residential House erected on Lot No. 3477-A-2; and Residential House erected on Lot No. 788 were settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 115; Page No. 23; Book No. CCCXXVI; Series 2011 of Notary Public Nicolas S. Maglasang. EV Mail Aug. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Sept. 1, 2013 ran, Biliran denominated as survey No. 1091, Lot No. 84 under TD No. 00233 with an area of 301.25 sq. m. was settled among their heirs and 181.25 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. DIOSDADO and FLORIAN ZUASULA per Doc. No. 247; Page No. 50; Book No. 46; Sereis 2012 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26- Sept. 1, & 2-8, 2013

9
POTPOURRI ... from P. 4
for the United States for treatment of his heart. The trouble started when Ninoy decided to come back despite all odds-including the one where he was supposed to be a target for an assassination. and face his go-given destiny. How did he say it? Was it the Filipino is worth dying for? His life may have been snuffed out but it made him much greater than what he was destined to be. You see him now all over the archipelago: in streets, in the legal tender, in books, in statues and even by his widow and now by his only son. Who can believe that his wife Cory, who was only contented in being his wife, could make the nation toe the line when she called for civil disobedience and the whole nation responded with aplomb. Doy Laurel who was the logical choice to run for President gave way to Cory. Because of this gesture, she became the only choice. And she responded by carrying the cudgels for the opposition. Her decision was the decision of the nation. Her decision made her the first lady President which eventually made others follow suit. The nation now had two lady presidents. The date which the nation now observes as a holiday is the 21st of August. There was a movement that became an offshoot which this corner can never forget: ATOM. It stands for August Twenty One Movement. Too bad that they did not take pains in solving this crime of the century. Cory could have done it during her tenure. Their son, PNoy could do the same but there seems to be no effort. Of course no lie can be hid but we will be long gone. Maybe it will be the future generation who will know, even if the culprit or culprits will be known. Satisfaction is therefore theirs to enthrall and enjoy. Who was the assassin? Who ordered to shoot him? Was it Marcos? We are therefore like willing automatons every year when we celebrate his day of martyrdom. This corner can make a guess that it was not Marcos who gave the order because he was so sick to even think about it. Was it Gen. Ver? Their cousin Danding Cojuangco of the SMC? Indeed the mystery goes deeper. It even makes it intriguing.

FOREIGN EYE ... from P. 4

chances for deaf NOCNHS students to get jobs. On brilliant example of success is Harry Dejano. Reading about how he got his job at Pepsi-Ormoc touches our hearts. Success to Harry = progress for Ormoc. Email: collanderjan@yahoo.com

FR. ROY ... from P. 5

moment, though a lot of improvement has taken place in this respect, still a lot of things need to be done. We have to remember that the role of priests in the Church and the world is strategic, indispensable and irreplaceable. Everything has to be done to keep the priests as they should be according to the mind of Christ, for they are nothing less than other Christs as head of the Church. Where they are, thats where Christ is. P r i e s t h o o d is a tremendous reality!

Needed 2 to 5 Hectares Agri Land with Road Access For Long Term Lease For Piggery Contact# 09155323689 EV Mail Aug. 19-25, 26-Sept. 1, 2013

10

CLASSIFIEDS
S.A. LARRAZABAL
S & R L A R R A Z A B A L IN TACLOBAN at: P. Burgos St. CORP. Bonifacio St., Ormoc City (near Dahil Sa Iyo) 255-4783; 561-7953

August 26-Sept. 1, 2013

Queen Pineapples
Available at: CHITOS CHOW Ormoc Plaza 255-4144; 561-8144 IN CEBU at: No. 2 Wilson Street Lahug, Cebu City 253-0654

Sabins BEACH

For cottage reservations, call: Tel # 255-3737; 561-1895 Bantigue, Ormoc City RESORT

EV MAIL TRAVEL

Fastest RORO from Ormoc to Cebu!!!

Large format printing & Computers

Philippine Airlines Inc.

TACLOBAN BRANCH TACLOBAN CITY The following schedule is effective as of 01 June 2011 until further notice: PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUS 319 & 320 PR 191 MNL 5:40 AM TAC 6:55 AM DAILY PR 192 TAC 7:25 AM MNL 8:35 AM DAILY PR 391 MNL 9:20 AM PR 392 TAC 11:10 AM PR 393 MNL 4:00 PM PR 394 TAC 5:50 PM TAC 10:40 AM MNL 12:25 PM TAC MNL 5:20 PM 7:05 PM DAILY DAILY DAILY DAILY

M/V LITE FERRY 8

ORMOC-CEBU-ORMOC Daily except FRIDAYS Departs Ormoc Departs Cebu
For inquiries and bookings, contact Tel Nos. (053) 561-6036/ (053) 255-3821 or 0922-997-3088

10:00 PM

11:00 AM

AIR PHILS EXPRESS Q-300/Q-400 PR 234 CEB 4:10 P.M. TAC 4:50 P.M. DAILY PR 235 TAC 5:10 P.M. CEB 5:50 P.M. DAILY

Ormoc-Cebu 11:00 AM (Daily) Cebu-Ormoc 10:00 PM (Daily)

FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN VISIT OUR OFFICE AT DZR AIRPORT TACLOBAN OR CALL US AT 321-2212/3212213/325-7528 OR OUR AUTHORIZEDAGENTS: ALS TRAVELLERS SHOPPE 053-500-7803 AS DOMS & INTL TICKETING OFFICE 053-325-7000 EASTERN VISAYAS AIR TRAVEL 053-321-7771/321-8608 EMY TICKETING OFFICE, PALO, LEYTE 053-323-7404/523-8981 LEYTE GULF TRAVEL AND TOURS 053-321-7966/523-7966 LEYTE 1ST TRAVEL AGENCY PHILS., INC. 053-523-1313 NORTHSTAR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL 053-321-3974/523-1644 PASHADA TRAVEL , BORONGAN, SAMAR 055-560-9847 Y5A TICKET EXPRESS, MAASIN CITY 053-381-4433 ZJ CABLITAS TICKET EXPRESS, BAYBAY CITY 053-335-3464 ROPERL TRAVEL & TOURS, CATBALOGAN CITY 055-251-2076/251-6133 SUNSHINE TRAVEL AND TOUR 053-321-2246

Ad Space for travel sked available

AUTO SUPPLY & CAR CARE

Tel. No. 255-4191; 561-9754 Fax No. (053) 255-4573 Dealer of parts and accessories of TOYOTA, ISUZU, MITSUBISHI, VOLKSWAGEN, GMC (6X6), KIA CERES, NISSAN, MAZDA, JEEP, FORD FIERA

ESE AUTOPARTS ENTERPRISES

Main Office: REAL COR. C. TAN STS., ORMOC CITY Tel. No. (053) 255-2476; Fax Nos. (053) 255-4243 ISLA 561-8346 Cogon Branch: Tel. Nos. (053) 255-4733, 255-3439 ISLA 561-0263

EBR MARKETING CORPORATION

SPECIALIZED SERVICES OFFERED 4-Wheel Alignment Electronic tune-up Wheel balancing Precision tire mounting Oil change

Engine overhauling

OTHERS:

For FREE estimates, see or call us at our office:

255-9109, 255-3439 561-0263, 255-5835

installation Power lock & windows installation Aircon & electrical services Car detailing services Glass tinting & washing Radiator cleaning (Lavramon) Upholstery, etc.

Auto body repair & painting Car stereo & alarm

(Gas/Diesel)

Commercial rate * - P100.00 per col. cm. * Judicial Notices *- P 60.00 per col. cm * For inquiries: Call (053) 255-5746 & 561-8580 (Ormoc); 327-9433 & 523-8033 (Tacloban); 500-9389; 560-9670 * Exclusive of taxes/Black and White rate

August 26-Sept. 1, 2013

One-Step Project - convergence to improve the lives of the poor thru tourism
TA C L O B A N C I T Y, Leyte, The Department of Tourism has partnered with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the United States Agency for International Development to implement a convergence program called The One-Step Project which aims to improve the lives of the poor with more direct interventions through tourism activities. DOT Region 8 Director Karina Rosa Tiopes told the Philippine Information Agency that the One-Step Project is a big stride to include the poor at the start of the development process and integrate communities including but not limited to the beneficiaries of DSWDs Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in the tourism value chain. Director Tiopes quoted Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. who said Tourism has been identified as a major economic driver to spur job creation, income, and revenue generation, and more importantly to spread the benefits to the countryside. The convergence project would help achieve President Benigno S. Aquino IIIs vision of inclusive growth for the country by integrating the poor in the tourism value chain by improving their reach and power to access opportunities either as managers of tourism destinations or suppliers of goods or services to the growing tourism markets in the country, the DOT Secretary added. The convergence project which was sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement in the first week of August taps the potential of the 13 million poor Filipinos and the 2.1 million Pantawid households in nine priority tourism clusters. It aims to identify the poor households with greater propensity for success, particularly those living in the tourism clusters that host more than 21 million domestic and foreign tourists, and enroll them in tourism enterprises either as part of a destination community or a supplier community. Under this partnership, the DSWD, through its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), will help DOT translate the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) into a community-driven ecotourism development plan to ensure inclusive economic growth. The DSWD SLP provides opportunities to its underprivileged participants to be self-reliant by engaging in income-generating activities. With the financial support from the USAID Advancing Philippine Competitiveness (COMPETE) Project, a national technical working group (TWG) will provide the general framework of the project, including the identification of the major activities to be conducted and funded. The One-Step Project will be implemented with support from an organizational structure composed of national and regional TWGs, Director Tiopes said. The project will be initially pilot-tested in five key tourism destinations selected among the 78 tourism development areas identified under the DOTs National Tourism Development Plan (20122016). A national technical working group composed of representatives from both government agencies will be consulting with their respective regional and provincial officers for the identification of these select project areas, Tiopes added. (PIA 8) VIEW FROM ... from P. 4
I also know some of our local congress people got the fertilizer money and how one son withdrew it personally from LandBank in Tacloban together with a fixer around 5 days before the 2007 elections. Poor farmers were

NEWS

11

While some participants went barefoot in the planting activity, this group wore their colorful boots when planting mangroves in Cordova town, Cebu.

UPSCALING ... from P. 12

school administrators, nonteaching personnel, PTA, and other stakeholders involved in the NGP. Also, through a partnership with the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), RAFIs GREENIN Philippines has created more environmental arms in schools in regions outside the Visayas. CEAPs network of Catholic institutions provided the list of schools from which the Aboitiz Equity Ventures chose the best partner based on the location of a specific business unit. For the second time, Davao del Sur province participated in this years Run 2 Plant. Through collaboration with the Holy Cross of Bansalan in Davao del Sur, the provincial government has institutionalized the provinces participation in the event. St. Marys College of Tagum, Inc. in Davao del Norte also mobilized its students and faculty to plant in the Accretion Area of Tagum City. The planting site was located along the river banks of Hijo River, which traverse the municipalities of Mawab in Compostela Valley Province and exits the Libioganon River. Other participants in Mindanao include Nabunturan in Compostela Valley; St. Marys Academy in Tagum, Davao del Norte; and Sacred Heart High School. The partnerships have enabled

METROBANK ... from page

said Metrobank Foundation president Aniceto M. Sobrepea. This is the very essence why we launched the Search for JOY, expanding our recognition programs to journalists who have produced outstanding works and are role models for aspiring media practitioners and journalists and we take pride in discovering these gems in the media sector, he continued. JOY follows the same tradition of recognizing excellence among outstanding public servants such as the pioneering Metrobank Foundation Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT) as well as the Countrys Outstanding Police Officers in Service (COPS); The Outstanding Philippine Soldiers (TOPS); and the Metrobank Art & Design Excellence (MADE). Meanwhile, Probe Media Foundation founder and trustee Cecilia Cheche Lazaro expressed their commitment to train those so-inclined in the highest ideals of Journalism. When the Metrobank Foundation included journalists among its annual searches for excellence in unheralded fields, we enthusiastically agreed to collaborate. We recognized immediately their desire to reward journalists for contributing to positive social change was but a natural extension of our efforts to mold such journalists. I congratulate the winners for they serve as models to their peers and t o aspiring ones,

12
Lazaro said. The three (3) winners will each receive Php 300,000 cash prize and a special medallion during the formal awarding ceremony in October 2013. They will also be conferred the title Metrobank Foundation Fellows in Journalism where they will have the opportunity to share their expertise and experience through the conduct of lectures before identified audiences in Metro Manila and other regions of the country. This is the first year of the Search for JOY. It would be remembered that back in 2001, the Metrobank Foundation partnered with the Asian Institute for Journalism and Communication (AIJC) in the conduct of the Search for Outstanding Journalists (SOJ). Recipients then were Sheila S. Coronel (print), Jessica A. Soho (broadcast), and the late Armando J. Malay, Sr. (Distinguished Leadership in Journalism).

R & D ... from P. 5

even had better hearing and eyesight. Not only is exercise essential for good heart health but it also increases blood flow to the skin, which helps to nourish skin cells. It may not be necessary to go to the gym for exercise because ballroom dancing, running or swimming can also do the trick.

***********************

the RAFI program to roll out as well as upscale its approaches, thereby replicating best practices and instituting valuable lessons on environmental restoration in strategic parts throughout the country. Native trees nurseries are maintained as support mechanism of the program. GREENIN Philippines strongly advocates for the planting of native trees, as these species promote biodiversity restoration faster than exotic ones. This sets the RAFI GREENIN Philippines program apart from other environmental restoration approaches. The program also includes capacity and capability enhancement, maintenance of trees until these reach maturity through its The Tree that Binds component, and pooling of experts for mobilization. RAFI also does monthly nurturance activities with partners and volunteers to ensure the growth and survival of the seedlings. Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines is held annually every last Saturday of June in celebration of Environment Month. (Chrisley Ann Hinayas/ Aboitiz Foundation Inc.)

************************

made to sign an attendance sheet and given reimbursement for their transportation after attending a seminar. My source said the attendance sheet was used as attachment, claiming these people got the fertilizers when not

one sack arrived. In Arroyos time, SAROs were for sale. These fixers would approach congressmen to fix DBM and enable its release. Yes, there are advantages to scrapping the pork. However, it is more important to look into what happened in the past so that we can have a better look at the future. If not, then history will just repeat itself.

Jokes
Anak: Tay, unsa may kalainan sa SUPPER ug DINNER? Tatay: Nak, kung mo kaon ta sa gawas, Dinner na! Pero kung mo kaon ta dinhi sa ato blay sa luto ni mama mo, SUFFER na!! rrr Anak: Tays! Kakains nas tayos! Tatay: Hoy! Tigilan mo yang kalalagay mo ng S sa mga sinasabi mo ha! Ano ba ang ulam? Anak: BANGU na may KAMATI, ARDINA na may IBUYA! rrr Anak: Nay, sabi ng titser ko ang ina ay ILAW NG TAHANAN. Eh ano naman po ang tawag sa ama? INA: (aburido) Sabihin mo sa maam mo, ang AMA ang taga PUNDI NG ILAW!!!

12

NEWS

August 26-Sept. 1, 2013

Importance of trademark in business

identical or similar products provided by competitors. Consumers who are satisfied with a given product are likely to buy or use the product again in the future. For this, they need to be able to distinguish easily between identical or similar products. Registration, under the relevant trademark law, gives the company the exclusive right to prevent others from marketing identical or similar products under the same or a confusingly similar mark, Atty. Montes further said. Without trademark registration, investments in marketing a product may become wasteful as rival companies may use the same or a confusingly similar trademark for identical or similar products. If a competitor adopts a similar or identical trademark, customers could be misled into buying the competitors product thinking it is the companys product. This could not only decrease the companys profits and confuse the customers, but may also damage the reputation and image of the company, particularly if the rival product is of inferior quality. Trademark plays an important role in determining the success of a product in the marketplace, thus, it is critical to make sure that it is registered in the relevant market. Trademark may also be crucial in procuring an additional source of revenue for your company, or may be the basis for a franchising agreement. On occasion, a registered trademark with a good reputation among consumers may also be used to obtain funding from financial institutions that are increasingly aware of the importance of brands for business success. To summarize, Trademarks ensure that consumers can distinguish between products; enable companies to differentiate their products; are a marketing tool and the basis for building a brand image and reputation; may be licensed to provide a direct source of revenue through royalties; are a crucial component of franchising agreements; may be a valuable business asset; encourage companies to invest in maintaining or improving product quality; may be useful for obtaining financing. Those who are interested of registering their trademark may visit the nearest IP Office at the DTI offices in their areas. PIA

Upper: Leyte governor Leopoldo Dominico Mic L. Petilla attend the RDC-08 reorganizational meeting.With him is Palo Mayor Remedios Matin L. Petilla and Mayor Carmen L. Cari of Baybay City . Lower: RD Bonifacio Uy of NEDA-08,RD. Imelda Laceras of DBM.and ARD Ernesto Granada of DOST-08. held at the Neda Conference room.(Gina P. Gerez)

PAWING, Palo, Leyte - The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry that administers and implements the State policies declared in Republic Act (RA) 8293, known as the Intellectual Property (IP) Code of the Philippines. It protects and secure the exclusive rights of scientist, inventors, artist, and gifted citizens to their Intellectual Properties and creations, particularly when beneficial to the people. One of the services of IP Philippines is the granting of trademark, Atty. Lemuel Montes of the Department of Trade and Industry Region 8 said. A trademark can be a word, a logo, design, shape, numbers and modes of packaging or any combination of these that identifies a product or service and distinguishes it from the products and services of others, he added. Tr a d e m a r k i s i m p o r t a n t because of various reasons, Atty. Montes said. The main function of a trademark is to enable consumers to identify a product, whether goods or service, of a particular company so as to distinguish it from other

Upscaling of GREENIN initiatives

Without trees, life on earth would be i m p o s s i b l e . Tr e e s provide food and shelter to millions of species, including humans. They are the lungs of the planet. They breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. From the leaves to the roots, trees have an important role of our existence. The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) created and developed A group of friends spare their Saturday morning the GREENIN Philip- to help plant trees in the mountains of Barangay pines program in an Tuyan in Naga City. Cebu. effort to contribute to the countrys commitment to the the free running and planting achievement of Goal 7 of the event. RAFI still supports Millennium Development the event by providing plant Goals, which is to ensure coaches or marshals. Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN environmental sustainability Philippines is a component by reversing the loss of of the GREENIN Philippines environmental resources. program designed to promote GREENIN Philippines, healthy lifestyle by running which stands for Generation and environment conservation REdemption and Expansion of Natural resources INitiatives by planting native tree species in the Philippines, is one of that would become vibrant the programs under RAFIs forests in the future. It supports Integrated Development focus the ridge (Naga City) to reef area. It aims to replicate best (Cordova) perspective in practices in environmental biodiversity enhancement that protection, conservation, and takes into account enhancing rehabilitation to more places not only upland vegetation but in the country for a greener also that in coastal areas. Through Executive Order Philippines. (EO) No. 10 issued by the We a l r e a d y f e l t t h e Provincial Government of c a ta s tr o p h ic r ev en g e o f Cebu, 40 local government nature such as landslides and units throughout the province strong typhoons; the program organized the running and is designed as an effective planting segments of the mechanism in mitigating the program in their respective effects of climate change on biodiversity and the areas of jurisdiction on June 29. environment in general. The EO intends to forge Since the first Run 2 Plant local government commitment 4 GREENIN Philippines in in generating public awareness 2011, RAFIs partners in the for a greener and healthier public and private sectors environment. have become self-sufficient The City of Naga and that RAFI is able to pass on Cordova town anchored this the leadership of organizing years central events. The program has also resulted to more linkages with partners who share the same vision of rehabilitating and conserving the environment. In support of the National Greening Program (NGP) of President Benigno Aquino III under Executive Order No. 26 and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILGs) Memorandum Circular 21 on the Billion Trees Program, the Department of Education (DepEd) 7 Provincial office has scheduled a tree planting and greening day each month starting last June until March next year. Dr. Arden D. Monisit, Cebu Province schools division superintendent, has issued a memorandum requesting students, teachers, school administrators, non-teaching personnel, and parents to participate in the running and planting events. The schedule for the monthly tree planting and greening day are as follows: June 29, July 27, August 31, September 28, October 26, November 30, December 14, January 25, February 22, and March 29. According to Monisit, fruit/forest tree seedlings shall be prepared and taken care of in all school nurseries before the tree planting and greening day. For growth enhancement of the newly planted seedlings, organic fertilizer and loam soil shall be prepared. The use of tree guards to protect the seedlings from stray animals is strongly encouraged. Planting and monitoring of growing trees shall be done by all elementary and secondary school teachers, tree planting coordinators,

Metrobank foundation names journalists of the year (J.O.Y.)

Metrobank Foundation Journalists of the Year (from L-R): Jarius Y. Bondoc, Columnist, The Philippine Star; Maria Lourdes Malou C. Mangahas, Executive Director, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and Host, GMA News TV Investigative Documentaries; and Rodrigo Jiggy D. Manicad, Jr., news producer and anchor, GMA7 News & Public Affairs The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) announces this years winners of its first ever Search for Journalists of the Year (JOY) after several months of thorough selection process. In partnership with Probe Media Foundation, Inc. (PMFI), JOY recognizes excellence in Philippine journalism across all media platformstelevision, radio, print, and online. With the theme, Shaping the Nation through Powerful Storytelling, the Search honors Filipino journalists whose excellent storytelling has contributed to positive social change and in building the nation and have practice their career in influencing and developing their audiences towards constructive growth. The three (3) winners are: (1) Maria Lourdes Malou C. Mangahas, host of GMA News TV Channel 11 Investigative Documentaries and executive director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ); (2) Jarius Y. Bondoc, columnist (Gotcha) of The Philippine Star and host of DWIZs radio program Sapol ni Jarius Bondoc; and (3) Rodrigo Jiggy D. Manicad, Jr., news producer of GMA7 News & Public Affairs and anchor of GMA7s Reporters Notebook, 24 Oras Weekend, and GMA News TV Channel 11s Quick Response Team (QRT). JOY nominees have gone through the screening process by a Selection Committee wherein each submitted five (5) of their best works in the last 10 years and were judged based on the criteria of skills and craftsmanship, relevance of content to the community or target audience, and its contribution to positive social change. Six (6) finalists then have advanced in the Final Judging stage of the competition for a panel interview by the Final Board of Judges chaired by Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno with membersCommission on Higher Education (CHEd) chairperson Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan; University of Santo Tomas (UST) 96th rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy; University of the Philippines (UP) System former president Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman; Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation president Carmencita T. Abella; Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) president emeritus and senior adviser Dr. Florangel RosarioBraid; and UP Institute of Islamic Studies dean Prof. Julkipli M. Wadi. . Our recognition programs are aimed at strengthening and advancing strategic sectors of society considered as key pillars in nation-building,

SEE PG. 11

SEE PG. 11