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3 men ‘salvaged’ on Friday

By Paul Libres ORMOC CITY – Three men are believed to be victims of more unsolved summary executions that have been happening hereabouts, and all of them were found Friday (February 20). One beheaded body was found here in Ormoc City, while two others were found in Kananga, Leyte.

At around 6:00 in the morning of Friday, SPO3 Leo Inalisan, investigator of the police station 2 at Brgy. Valencia, this city, received information that a decapitated body was found at an unpopulated portion of Brgy. Cabulihan, near the road going to Brgy. Hibunawon. The head of the body was found around 10 meters away.

Police estimate the victim to be around 5”2 in height, had a beard and around 30 years old.

When found, he was wearing a striped black and white pants.

They also noted the victim had long hair. He had not identification cards with him, and police said he must have irked his killers that he was beheaded.

Earlier, at around 5:00 AM of the same day, the bullet-riddled bodies of two people were found dead at Brgy. Naghalin, Kananga, Leyte.

SPO3 Frederick Cabaltera said that when found, the victims were hogtied with electrical wires.

One had maong pants and around 5”0’ in height, while the other hand dark blue pants with green and black shoes. Both had tattoos on their body.

As of press time, none of the three have yet been identified.

On the other hand, a certain Jonathan Apuya y Laurente, see

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Reg’l wage board to decide on wage increases by next week TACLOBAN CITY - The “final” public hearing on proposed wage increases for workers and employees in Eastern Visayas was conducted on February 17, 2015 (Monday) at the SMED Center here.

A f t e r Ty p h o o n Yo l a n d a scourged the region, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Region 8, motu propio or on its own, conducted public consultations on wages from October 8, 2014 to November 21, 2014. The consultations were held in Borongan City, Maasin City, Naval, and Ormoc City.

Regional director Elias A. Cayanong of the Department of

Labor and Employment, who is also chairman of the RTWPB, said that the wage board convened immediately, even though it did not receive any petition for increase in the daily minimum wage in the region, due to the increases in the prices of oil and fuel products, and other basic commodities following the onslaught of ST Yolanda.

“The purpose of this public hearing is to gather inputs and positions from labor and management, and all stakeholders that will help the Board set its decision on this wage issue. I believe the Board has gathered sufficient relsee

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Top photo shows the two men found ‘salvaged’ in Brgy. Naghalin, Kananga, Leyte. On the right, a SOCO examines the neck portion of the body found at Brgy. Cabulihan in Ormoc City, where the head was decapitated clean. The head was found around 10 meters away from the body.

Luxury ship includes Capul, Limasawa among its stops TACLOBAN CITY – Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes of the Department of Tourism here is beside herself after 75 foreign tourists and 12 escorts of the classy, 100-suite Caledonian Sky operated by Zegrahm Expeditions, set foot in historical and charming island of Capul in Northern Samar on February 18.

The same tourists, it was learned, will be landing on Limasawa Island on February 23, in what is a virgin cruise of the liner for “historical Philippine islands.”

Ms Tiopes described the tourists’ visit to Capul as a “success”, as locals came in full force to welcome their guests.

“They were warmly welcomed and enjoyed the fanfare,” Tiopes said. “The tourists were also game and dared to ride the

A male tourist amuses the women of Capul Island who were gathered at their public bath and washing area when he tried washing his clothes with his hands and using the “palo-palo”. What is a mundane task to Filipinos is obviously novel now to foreign tourists who grew up having washing machines. “habal-habal” for the first time”, for the island tour.

“The tourists were awed by the scenic view at the histori-

cal Faro de Capul (lighthouse); learned of the story of Capul, danced with the local cultural see

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NEWS

February 16-22, 2015

Town Mayor advises constituents not to rely on shelter assistance

Army, PNP declares Palompon “insurgency-free”

MACARTHUR, LEYTE (PNA) -- The mayor here advises town residents to not just rely on Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) from the national government to rebuild their houses damaged by super typhoon Yolanda in 2013.

In his visit to the upland village of San Vicente, Mayor Rene Leria said that it is better for people to work on their farm rather than wait for the cash aid since they are not yet sure when this will be released.

“When they will download it? We still don’t know but we already sent to the Department of Social Welfare and Development the list of beneficiaries and the amount needed for ESA,” Leria said.

The local government has proposed a Php128-million fund to help thousands of residents rebuild their homes.

Leria also cautioned people not to believe in rumors that the local government has already received the cash for ESA distribution.

“If we already have this money, we will distribute it immediately, but until now, we haven’t received it,” he added.

Leyte Vice Governor Carlo Loreto said that only three towns in Leyte province - Tolosa, Tanauan and Palompon have received ESA funds from the central government.

“This amount is small as compare to the actual damage of typhoon to properties, but this is a sincere help from the government for the people who suffered so much after typhoon Yolanda,” Loreto said.

The ESA is just one of the many forms of assistance that the national government had provided to the people since the relief and rehabilitation works had started, according to Loreto.

PALOMPON, LEYTE – The Armed Forces of the Philippines, together with the Philippine National Police, have declared this town “insurgency-free” on February 16, in a simple ceremony held after the LGU’s flag-raising ceremony.

Palompon is the third town in Leyte that has been declared insurgency-free. First was Matag-ob and the second, Merida, all in the 4th district of Leyte.

After the declaration was read, representatives of the AFP, PNP and the local government signed a pact to maintain the peace and order in the locality, and work together to keep it that way for years to come.

Mayor Ramon Oñate said he was happy with the declaration as it would further boost Palompon’s image as a tourism destination. Despite being ravaged by Yolanda in 2013, this coastal town, home to the beautiful Kalanggaman Island, has had a bumper year in 2014.

Palompon was cited as the “Most Tourism Friendly LGU in the Philippines” in 2014, and recently got a P 2-million incentive from the Department of Labor and Employment for its active involvement in

OWWA now accepts applications for scholarships TACLOBAN CITY – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration continues its mission to take care of the welfare of its membersOFWs and their families. OWWA make sure that its member gets due benefits from their membership, for themselves and their beneficiaries as well.

One of the leading programs that OWWA continues to offer to the beneficiaries of the its members-OFWs, is the ODSP or the OFW Dependents Scholarship Program wherein the qualified applicant will enjoy a monetary assistance of Php 20,000.00 per school year leading to any baccalaureate degree in a state college or university of their choice.

An interested applicant must meet the following qualifications to make him/her eligible to the scholarship program. One must be a child of a married OWWA member or brother/sister of an unmarried OWWA member who must have a monthly salary of not more than 400 USD, must be below 21 years old, must be in good health and good moral character, must belong to upper 20% of High School graduating class, must have not earned units in post secondary or undergraduate course, and must not a recipient of any scholarship award.

OWWA-Regional Welfare Office VIII is more than glad to encourage all graduating high school students who are beneficiaries of an OWWA member-OFW to take the chance and avail the program.

Forms are downloadable at www.owwa.gov.ph or you may visit OWWA-Regional Welfare Office VIII located at DOLE Compound, Trece Martires St., Tacloban City.

For more details regarding this scholarship program, feel free to call 321-6235/321-4376 or text/call OWWA-RWO 8 Hotline number 0916-594-5715.

Sen. Bongbong Marcos talks to MILF SENATOR FERDINAND “Bongbong” Marcos this week talked with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief negotiator Mohaqer Iqbal and asked the Muslim leader to convince his men to bring back the arms they took during the clash between the rebel group and the Special Action Force (SAF) troopers in Mamasapano, SHOWING @ Maguindanao.

Marcos likewise urged Iqbal starting FEBRUARY 26, 2015 to explain the current relationship of the MILF with the BIFF, and the possibility of the MILF helping in current efforts to locate and arrest Basit Usman, one of two terrorists believed still hiding in the hinterlands of Mindanao.

The Senator from the Ilocos Norte said his intention in talking with Iqbal is his personal desire to seek the truth behind the Mamasapano carnage.

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Ch. Insp. Hipolito Delima, chief of police of Palompon town; 802nd commander Col. Dinoh Dolina; Mayor Ramon Oñate; 19th IB commander Lt. Col. Nedy Espulgar and first councilor Burt Mari M. Bregaudit sign the declaration, vowing to cooperate to maintain it that way. initiating livelihood schemes for its constituents. It was also the first LGU in Leyte this 2015 to release the Emergency Shelter Assistance to needy constituents, whose homes were destroyed by Yolanda.

Signatories to the declaration was Mayor Oñate; Ch. Insp. Hipolito Delima, the town’s chief of police; 19th IB commander Lt. Col. Nedy Espulgar; and, first councilor Burt Mari M. Bregaudit, representing the town council.

By Lalaine M. Jimenea and Paul Libres

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Employers discuss the proposals on wage increases. evant data from the results of all public consultations to finally make the decision,” said the regional chief.

The director added that the Regional Wage Board, which is composed of the representatives from labor, employer, and government sectors, will consider, among other factors: the needs of the employees and their families; the employers’ capacity to pay; and the effect of the wage increase to the inclusive economic and social development of the country, in determining whether or not a new wage order will be issued.

RTWPB Board Secretary Florencio Aguilos revealed that two categories under Region VIII’s Minimum Wage Rates are below the poverty threshold.

The daily Wage Rate in Retail/Service employing 10 workers and below is P229 compared to the Daily Poverty Threshold of P235, while the Daily Wage Rate in the Sugar Industry Non-Plantation is at P220.50 compared to the Daily Poverty Threshold of P235.

Currently, the region’s minimum daily wage is pegged at P260 for Non-

agriculture; P238 for Cottage and Handicraft; P229 for Retail/Service employing 10 workers and below; P241 for Agriculture (Nonsugar); and for the Sugar Industry, P 262 (Mills); P235 (Plantation); and P220.50 (Non-Plantation). The last time the regional wage board implemented an increase was on October 12, 2012.

Director Cayanong said the Board is set to make its decision soon, after deliberating the results of the public consultations and final public hearing on the wage issue in the region.

On the other hand, representatives from the management sector pushed for a “status quo” on the prevailing wages since the region is still reeling from super typhoon Yolanda in 2013 and typhoon Ruby in 2014.

A formal position paper on this issue was submitted by the Samar Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Meanwhile, on the labor side, there were proposals to increase the minimum wage by Php120 per day, while some proposed for Php1,600 monthly salary hike. With a press release

“YolanDAR casualties” troop to Manila to air grievances TACLOBAN CITY - More than 40 farmer-leaders of KATARUNGAN Eastern Visayas are heading to the Central Office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Manila to demand resolution to their land problems.

“Matapos ang Yolanda, mas mabigat ang hinaharap namin ngayon, ang Yolan-DAR! Mas marami kaming mga casualties dito,” said Manuel Cayubit, farmer leader from Barugo comparing the slow or lack of response from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on their land issues to the devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda (International Name: Haiyan) to the Leyte Province in 2013.

In 2008, DAR Region 8 has reported as having accomplished the distribution of more than 11,000 CLOAs to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in the municipalities of Alangalang, Barugo, Jaro and Ormoc, when only a few hundreds have actually been awarded.

Meanwhile in Ormoc, more than 1,000 farmers who are in possession of their CLOAs remained uninstalled a decade after they have been declared as beneficiaries. “Ang Repormang Agraryo sa panahon ni PNoy, sadyang ‘di umaanDAR,” observed Villamor ‘Bro’ Ureña, farmer leader in Alangalang who observed the

slow resolution of problems in title reconstitution, distribution of CLOAs in lands covered under Leyte Sab-A Basin Development Authority (LSBDA).

KATARUNGAN Eastern Visayas, a federation of farmers and fisherfolks with 1,800 members across Leyte, Tacloban and Ormoc Cities, and Eastern Samar stressed that the lack of tenurial evidence as a result of the DAR’s slow or lack of response to their land issues have caused delay in securing support services from agencies and international and national organizations involved in the rehabilitation programs in the Region after Yolanda hit Eastern Visayas the hardest in 2013.

The farmer-leaders are hoping that DAR Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes will accede to their request for a dialogue on the 24th of February so that they may be able to seek direct asnwers to their issues. “Sa totoo lang, ang mga biktima ng Yolan-DAR ay pananagutan ni PNoy,” confides Rosenda Apay, one of the thousands of uninstalled farmer beneficiaries in Ormoc,” pero gusto muna naming harapin kami ni Secretary delos Reyes para maitanong namin bakit nabigo ang proseso ng Repormang Agraryo sa Eastern Visayas at kung may inaasahan pa ba kami.”

SALVAGE ... from P. 1 of Brgy. Mas-in, this city, was killed in an alleged shootout with the police at around 10:00 in the evening of February 19, at Lopez Jaena St. at the back of St. Peter’s College.

PO3 Dindo Tuando, an investigator at the police station 1, said a few minutes before the shootout, a police team led by Insp.

Jose Alcera that had setup a checkpoint at Canadieng noticed a black motorcycle coming their way from downtown area. However, when the driver, who was wearing a full face helmet, saw the checkpoint, it turned around and went back through Agua Dulce.

Noting the suspicious manner of the driver, the

police reported this to a mobile patrol just nearby, which was led by Supt.

Ibrahim Jambiran himself.

The police car gave chase to the man on the motorcycle, who allegedly fired at the pursuing policemen, causing them to shoot back.

The motorcycle rider was killed by the police.

Reportedly recovered from Apuya’s possession were a cal. 45 with an empty magazine and 12 small sachets of suspected shabu. The body of Apuya was claimed by his father, Florencio.

It was also learned that the motorcycle he was using was stolen from Nailyn Nuñez of Brgy. Tambulilid on February 13, yet, at the the public market here.

February 16-22, 2015

Swimming pool sa syudad gi-inagurahan

Gi-inagurahan na ang P 21-milyones na swimming pool sa syudad sud sa may Ormoc City National High School karong semanaha. Ang mitambog sa inagurasyon mao si Mayor Edward Codilla, inubanan sa iyang manghud na si kanhi Mayor Eric Codilla sa ka kinsang termino kini gisugdan paghimo.

Mrs. Dilao, udtong tutok gi-hold up, laing babaye gikuotan ORMOC CITY – Duha ka babaye ang biktima sa kawat, usa ang gihold-up ug lain ang gikuotan niadtong Pebrero 16, apan managlahi nga oras ug dapit.

Ang unang biktima mao si Myrna Dilao, 64, retiradong empleyada sa kanhi PNOC ug karon EDC na ug asawa usab ni Menelo Dilao, kanhi manager sa PNOC. Ang sunod nga biktima mao si Elizabeth Padayao, 55, taga Camella Homes sa Tambulilid.

Si Dilao nitug-an nga nakuha gikan kaniya ang iyang wedding ring balor P35,000, pulseras, ug kuwentas. May kuarta siya kay gikan siya sa banko nag-withdraw pero way kuartang nakuha gikan kaniya.

Sa inbistigasyun ni PO3 Dindo Tuando, nasayran na naglakaw si Mrs. Dilao dapit sa Real –Lopez Jaena Sts. alas onse sa buntag ug may usa ka tawo nidip-ig kaniya ug ni anunsiyo’g hold –up. Wala makalihuk ang ginang, wala sad kini mosinggit kay nahadlok nga tingaleg duslakon siya sa kutsilyo

nga giti-on dapit sa iyang tuong kilid. Daghan tawo ang lugar apan way nakamatikud kay wala siya makatingog. Human nakuha ang iyang mga alahas, daling nisibat ang suspek agi sa dalan Rizal. Ang pangidaron sa suspek bana-bana 35 ngadto sa 40 anyus, mga 5”6’ ang gitas-on.

Polong sa pulis, hayan wala magka interes ang tulisan sa kuarta sa ginang kay nahadlok malangan ug masabtan hinuon siya sa gihimong kremin.

Sa bahin ni Elizabeth Padayao, tug-an niya sa mga pulis nga alas sais na sa gabii samtang diha siya siyudad nagpalit og sud-an, usa ka tawo ang nikuot sa iyang pitaka nga may sud dol-an P7,000. Ang pitaka didto sud sa bitbit niyang bag dihang nitupad kaniya ang usa ka lalake, bana-bana anaa sa 20 ngadto sa 30 anyus. Nahibulong ang ginang kay nagdali man og biya ang lalake sa iyang tupad, pagsusi pa niya sa iyang bag, abli na ug wala na ang pitaka. Ni Paul Libres

Patay ang 1 na namang sundalo sa engkwentro sa Basey SAMAR- KUMPIRMADONG patay ang isang sundalo matapos makasagupa ng militar ang mga pinaghihinalaang myembro ng New Peoples Army (NPA) sa Sitio Burabod, Barangay Mabini, Basey, Samar noong Pebrero 17, Lunes.

Ayon sa report ng militar na nakabase sa Hinabangan 801st IB sa pamumuno ni Col. Leoncio A. Cirunay Jr., nagkakaroon ng combat operation ang kanyang mga tauhan sa ilalim ng 82nd Division Reconnaissance Company ng makasagupa nila ang ilang mga rebeldeng komunista sa nasabing kabundokan at nagkaroon ng palitan ng putok ang magkabilang grupo, nagresulta sa pagkamatay ni Pfc. Ryan Adolfo.

Bago mangyari ang bakbakan, nakatanggap muna ng impormasyon ang mga militar na may mga miyembro ng NPA sa lugar saan pinangyarihan ang bakbakan, at bago paman nakarating ang militar sa Sitio Burabod ay nagkapalitan na ng mga putok and dalawang pwersa.

Pagkatapos sa bakbakan, nakitang sugatan si Pfc Ryan Adolfo and nadala pa ito sa pinakamalapit na hospital, bago ito binawian ng buhay. Hinihinalaan ring may tatlong patay sa panig nga mga NPA and maraming sugatan.

Kasalukuyang nagkakaroon ng pagtugis hanggang ngayon ang militar sa mga rebelding

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Nagkaroon din ng sagupaan sa parehong lugar ang militar at mga rebeldeng NPA noong Valentine’s Day kung saan naiulat na maraming namatay sa panig naman ng mga NPA. Nagpaabot naman ng pakikiramay si Col. Cirunay sa pamilya ng nasawing sundalo. Ni Mel Caspe

Coast Guard, makapatukod nag usab og regional office ORMOC CITY – Gikalipay ni Capt. Pedro Tinampay, district commander sa Coast Guard-Eastern Visayas nga nitugot ang DENR sa iyang hanyu nga mangayu og luna aron matukoran ug headquarters.

Mismo si DENR Undersecretary for Administration and Information System Ernesto Adobo Jr. ang nikompirmar niini atol sa iyang pagbisita dinhi sa Ormoc buntag sa Pebrero 14. Nisugat sa ilang bisita diha sa buhatan sa Coast Guard Ormoc si DENR Regional Director Leonardo Sibalucca, Assistant Regional Director for Technical Services Carlito Tuballa ug mga kawani sa DENR-CENRO sa Albuera.

Sa pakighinabi sa media kang Usec. Adobo Jr., siya niingon dili langan ang paghikay sa Special Land Use Permit

Si kongresista Lucy Torres-Gomez inubanan sa mga kawani sa Coast Guard nga gipangulohan ni Capt. Pedro Tinampay (ikaduha gikan sa tuo). aron matukod dayun ang building sa Coast Guard Eastern Visayas. Ang lugar nga gihatag sa DENR anha duol sa PNP Regional Office 8 sa Palo.

Nalipay sad ang mga kawani sa Coastguard Eastern Visayas sa kasayuran aron

BFP, nangandam na para sa pagobserbar sa Fire Prevention Month ORMOC CITY – Nangandam na ang Bureau of Fire Protection alang sa sunod buwan nga kalihukan ang Fire Prevention Month.

Si City Fire Marshal Romeo Jaca, sa interbiyu sa EV Mail, nipasabot nga sugod sa Marso 1, Domingo, ang tema karong tuiga mao ang “Kaligtasan sa Sunog, Gawin at Isabuhay Natin” (Let’s Observe Fire Prevention and Make it a Habit). Dugang ni Sr. Insp. Jaca na sa tema pa lamang, malantaw nga ang tanan kinahanglan mag amping aron malikayan ang sunog kay makadaut kini sa kabtangan ug maka pilde sab kini og kinabuhi.

Osa sa gilinya nilang kalihukan mao ang kampanya diin balay-balayon sa mga bombero pagbisita ang katawhan, labi pa sa gitawag og Fire Prone Area, aron ipasabot ang angayan himuon pananglit simbako mosilaob ang sunog. Ilang

tudloan ang mga Barangay Tanod ug mga opisyal bahin sa paggamit sa mga kagamitan pangontra sa sunog. Labaw sa tanan, susihon nila ang mga lugar aron masayud sila hain ang agianan ug asa lusot, kay peligro man ang mga bombero nga magpataka lang og sud sa lugar nga dili suhito.

Tibuok buwan sa Marso, abli ang ilang opisina para sa mga estudyante nga gustong molantaw sa mga ekepo naa sa ilang buhatan. Ning pagsuwat, Pebrero 19, ang mga bombero subsob ang inspeksiyun sa mga tindahan, mga hotels, ug uban pang establisamento kon nagtuman ba sila sa fire safety codes.

Gipangutana si Sr. Insp.

Jaca unsa ba kadaghan ang fire prone areas ang Ormoc, tubag niya nga daghan gyod kay daghan ang mga lugar diin ang mga kabalayan gip-ot ug dili mga lig-on. Ni Paul Libres

Fire fighting is one of the most essential services of an organized society.

makabalhin na unya sila sa ilang gi-istaran karon diha sa Coast Guard Ormoc nga gipot kaayo.

Si Capt. Tinampay, sa iyang bahin, niingon kon mahuman na unya og hikay sa mga papeles, mahimong masugdan na og trabaho ang building, labi pa nga anaa nay gahin nga pondo nga P40 milyon ka pesos. Tulo ka andana nga building ang gidesenyo sa Coastguard National Headquarters. “Napulo ka ektarya akong gihanyu nga yuta kay magsilbi kining training center, anaa na sad ang opisina sa Anti-Terrorist Division, K-9 unit, ug tugpahanan sa helicopter.”

Giklaro ni Capt. Tinampay nga unahon pagtukod ang building, mosunod na unya ang obang kagamitan. Malaumon siya nga masugdan ning tuiga ang proyekto.

Ang mohikay sa mga papeles mao ang departamento ni ARD Tuballa. Sa pagbisita ni Usec. Adobo Jr. sa Ormoc, didto sad si City Edward

Codilla, Commodore Jaime Elazegui sa PCGA, ug Sr. Supt. Jose Macanas sa OCPO. Ang headquarters kanhi sa Coast Guard Eastern Visayas didto sa San Jose, duol sa Leyte Provincial Police Office, apan naguba kini sa bagyong Yolanda ug dili na buot ang national headquarters nga aydon pa ang building kay peligro na ang lugar ug kinahanglan mangita ug laing dapit nga katukoran. Sanglit gitahasan si Capt. Tinampay nga mangita og lugar.

Hinapos niadtong Enero, nakigkita si Capt. Tinampay sa mga kawani sa DENR regional office ug kang Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominic Petilla, ug kini na ang resulta, ang DENR mohatag nag yuta alang sa maong proyekto.

Human sa programa, may mangrove planting didto sa Naungan. Mga taga DENRCENRO, Coast Guard ang nagtanum, apil si Usec. Adobo Jr. ug Capt. Tinampay. Ni Paul Libres

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February 16-22, 2015

Nabiyaan sa last trip WE WILL have to miss columnists Dr. Niño Doydora and CPA Rammel Cagulada this week. Dr. Niño has had an appendectomy and maybe, it would be a while before he resumes writing. It was just as well because I have decided to cut down again the number of pages.

We just came in from a four-day travel to Western Visayas. We attended a seminar on Civic Journalism in Iloilo, and instead of flying there directly, opted to fly to Caticlan instead for a one-day side trip to Boracay.

I cannot help but admire how dynamic the leaderships of Western Visayas LGUs are. You make call them tikalon all you like, but these LGUs seem to be on a contest against each other to make their places better than the next one.

I was pleased to see how things have improved in Boracay after my first visit there. Last time, a companion fell into the sea at the port of Caticlan because the waters were rough and the planks leading to the pumpboats were not “tourist-friendly”. Now, all the planks are of steel plates and have sturdy steel handles on the side, and unless one is drunk or really clumsy, I cannot imagine somebody falling off again.

Boracay, itself, was a marvel. We stayed at the same inn we had last time, and it’s in Station 2. We walked to Station 3 and saw that the “less expensive” area in Boracay has already given way to new hotels and classy restos. We never finished our hike to the end of Station 1 because our legs were already aching and the clear, blue waters were just inviting. We also had our fun bikini oogling and girls and women this time were prettier and sexier.

By chance, too, our visit there was on the day before Chinese New Year. Beach parties were from end to end. I could not help drool with envy with the people walking to and fro. I was thinking that if only a fourth of the crowd came to Ormoc, our tourism industry here is made. But what would they come here to?

There’s the rub.

The next day, we took the 5-hour van trip to Iloilo. At this point, may I insert a tip for local tourists. If you are on a budget, do it our way.

Fly in to Caticlan because the airfare going there is inexpensive, but fly out from the Iloilo airport. Yes, there’s that 5-hour travel at P 400 per pax, but you can save thousands because flying out of Caticlan is very expensive. Maybe it is a marketing strategy of airliners, but that is the truth.

Going back to Iloilo, it was the first time we have been there and I was amazed at the six lane highways they had, excluding the parking spaces which technically made it 8-lanes.

There is also a construction boom everywhere.

Condominiums and call centers are sprouting, hence the city has a very active nightlife.

We spent our first night at “Smallville”, which is a party strip. Second night, we were brought to “Plazuela”, another party strip which looked like a palace from Venice with its columns, but we went back to “Smallville” as we found it just too chic.

While downing our beers, I was wondering if the 800-seater call center that wanted to locate here in Ormoc was given a chance, if we would be seeing more economic activity here. We’ve have had so many opportunities lost. The postYolanda atmosphere here in Ormoc was another opportunity lost. Had the City Government put more muscle in restoring the infrastructures like they did in Palompon, we could have held on the the iNGOs that first located here. Instead, they’ve relocated to Tacloban City, which is bouncing back with a vengeance. Nabiyaan na pud ta sa last trip.

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Lent and its implications

The View from MINDANOW

By Atty. Jesus Dureza

Mamasapano and Rio Tuba ONE MONTH has passed since Mamasapano. Up to now, we are wasting precious time and missing opportunities. And we have already squandered precious gains.

Yet we are not moving forward. Instead, bitterness, anger, grief, disbelief, divisiveness, hatred, blame, revenge still rule our hearts.

And we are witnessing more polarization of our people. Worse, we hear the drums of war. I’m sad. rrr

RIO TUBA --- That reminds me. When Mamasapano happened on January 25, I was in Rio Tuba, Palawan. I headed a delegation from the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) to take a look at what a mine site looked like and how the community coped. Nickel Mining Corporation’s “JB” BAYLON and his team arranged the visit.

It’s a barangay of Bataraza town, about 5 hours of land trip going south of Puerto Princesa. By the way, in the opposite direction going north, are the famed resorts and havens Palawan is known for worldwide. The southern part hosts mining companies. Rio Tuba is home to Nickel Mining Corporation, owned and operated by the company of mining tycoon Manuel Zamora and Japan’s Sumitomo. The PPI officials wanted to see for themselves how nickel mining is done and how the operations of a “responsible” mining company impact on the environment, given the issues and concerns that are usually brought to the attention of the press. What we saw was impressive. Nickel, by the way, is a mineral that is used to make stainless materials that don’t rust. For instance, nickel is used for airplanes, engines, utensils or cellphones etc..

COMING TO PARADISE -- Before we arrived at the mine site, many of us journalists were bracing ourselves to see wastelands and mined out landscapes considering that Nickel Mining Corp. (US1.5 billion project) had been on the ground extracting for about 38 years since 1977. But we had a pleasant surprise.

Instead of disturbed environments, we saw forests. I remember saying aloud: “I came to visit a mine site. Instead I came to “paradise.”

Indeed, instead of gaping mine pits, we saw lush green vegetation and plants and trees and flowers on rehabilitated grounds. Nickel mining does not create kilometer wide craters and bottomless pits, as we usually see in gold and copper mines. They scrape the topsoil and go only as deep as 20 meters down to extract the precious ore and then refill and re-contour the

ground, and restore the green cover with trees and vegetation.

CITY-LIKE AMENITIES -- Life is a breeze in such remote far-away place. Bataraza is almost the last frontier near Balabac Island at the tip of elongated Palawan where on a clear night, a promenader can see the shore lights of Malaysia from across the sea. The 15,000 or so Rio Tuba residents are living in city-like amenities in the middle of nowhere. Families of mine employees enjoy free electricity and free water.

And who would think a De La Salle-supervised school operates in such far way place? Named after the late Leonides Virata, 1,300 pupils are taken cared of by about 56 faculty members.

And guess how much each student pays for one whole year: a measly P300! Every classroom, by the way, has hi-tech LCD screens, IPAD enabled.

FREE HOSPITAL -- When I walked into the mine hospital, I saw on the bed a fisherman from Balabac Island getting an intravenous antibiotic injection for an infected swollen foot wounded by a sea urchin days before. The level 1 hospital is manned by nine doctors, 33 nurses and gives free medical services, including medicines and treatment to all, including the IPs, with an annual budget of about P90 million. It has 100-bed capacity and has ultrasound facilities and can do surgeries. In serious cases, it can airlift patients to Puerto Princesa with the company’s air assets docked in a private airstrip nearby.

Who would also imagine that about P1.1 billion (yes, billion) of social development projects for a 5-year period are enjoyed by 11 impact barangays and 22 other neighboring barangays in the province? Another P50 million annual royalties are also given to the IPs, the area being a part of the ancestral domain.

ENVIRONMENT -- Of the total mining tenement area of 5,265 hectares, only about 600 plus hectares had been “disturbed” by actual extraction for a period of 38 years of mining operations, and 280 hectares have been rehabilitated and now turning into mini forests. Its tailings storage facility or tailings pond where the waste is deposited has an area of 90 hectares. The feared acid emissions are addressed by massive limestone applications. We personally inspected the filtering and monitoring sites where mine wastewater are recycled and tested

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WE ARE once again in the season of Lent.

It’s a period of preparation for the greatest event in the history of mankind—the passion, death and resurrection of Christ—which we will celebrate within the Holy Week, from the evening of Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday.

It’s a period meant to purify ourselves, with the aim of strengthening us spiritually and morally, and with the view of making ourselves more and more identified with Christ, who is the very pattern of our life, “the way, the truth and the life” for us.

We cannot deny that we need some purification because in spite of our best efforts, we cannot help but get dirtied somehow with the many and multiplying things we have to handle in the world today.

There are many new things coming up, and our curiosity gets aroused. We also know that our learning process to grapple with these new developments will always involve some falls, some mistakes which can either be small or big.

We need to pause and reflect on the significance of this period because with all the activities, concerns, not to mention the challenges and trials of our life, we tend to take Lent for granted and content ourselves with going through the motions of some sacrifices just to get by.

Lent is actually a very happy occasion, because in spite of the fasting and abstinence asked of us on certain days and the prodding to be generous with all kinds of self-denial and works of mercy, we are slowly being molded into another Christ, our sole Redeemer, with whom we also have to redeem ourselves.

Let’s remember that each of us is expected to be a co-redeemer with Christ. No matter how much Christ wants to save us, even to the extent of offering his life on the cross, if we do not correspond to his redeeming will and ways, we will not be saved.

St. Augustine once said: “God made us without us, but he cannot save us without us.”

We have to understand that Lent is a very good occasion to go through another conversion, another renewal, another reaffirmation of our commitment to follow Christ faithfully, so that our redemption becomes a joint effort between Christ and us as it ought to be.

We should then realize that all those fasting and abstinence, those acts of self-denial and works of mercy, should leave us with a growing sensation that we are becoming more and more like Christ,, thinking, choosing, doing things like him and with him.

Otherwise, all these acts would lose their purpose. They would just become mechanical, soulless acts, a routine just to pass the time.

We have to make sure that with God’s grace that would always require of us humility and simplicity and all the virtues, we get the sensation that we are another Christ.

And we should not be afraid to be so. We should disabuse ourselves from the fear that by aiming to be another Christ, we would become proud and vain, feeling superior over others, and falling into a psychological disorder called messianic complex.

Obviously, all these can happen if we are not

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February 16-22, 2015

Always forgetting things

Is there a rift between the AFP & the PNP? THE FALLEN 44 SAF Commandos may have been victims of the biggest blunder -- the mother of blunders -- of them all: incompetence. They were like laboratory guinea pigs, nay, sitting ducks, as if they had no common sense or brain at all.

This corner was at one time very much interested to join the military. I felt as if I was made for it. During my ROTC days back in my College days, I was cited as a “Star Cadet.” I had a working knowledge of map reading, dismantling of such weapons as Colt 45 Automatic, Carbine, Garand, air-cooled cal. 30 machine gun, water-cooled 30 cal machine gun among others, even with eyes blindfolded. Map reading involves how to gauge the various elevations of hills and mountains that help make decisions about the lair of the “enemy.” When this corner took up Engineering, surveying was part of the course. It became an asset in map reading.

The revelations unearthed during the Committee hearings, covered on TV and the same Chaired by neophyte Sen. Grace Poe Llamanzares, showed the calibre of our Military. It is very evident that there is a wide misunderstanding between the police and the Army. Can it be because the police is not a “mistah?”After all, the police have never enrolled in the PMA. How can there be an understanding when there is a difference between the two services?

The SAF wanted to coordinate with the Army Artillery, but the latter would not hear of it. They were given the grid coordinates of the “rebels” but there was no response in fire power, for the simple reason that the heavy weapons department did not know where the friendly force was located. They claim that they might commit a mistake and hit the friendly force. Foolish!

The best way to hit a target is to know the grid coordinates; more so now that they have the GPS to help them in “zeroing in” the target. In matters like these, there can be no room for error. They were furnished five (5) such grids. If only they opened fire, it would have neutralized the rebels. It would have lessened the collateral damage. Think of the collective uproar that followed -- and continue to hound the people.

There was even a brisk sale of DVD’s showing how the MILF or perhaps the BIFF finishing off the wounded SAF commandos.

There were two fatal mistakes that the SAF committed: 01) They failed to make a serious effort to coordinate with the AFP. By so doing, they

closed the door for possible reinforcement or additional fire power. Moreover, the Army is more exposed to battle conditions; 02) They made the most fatal mistake of not being in the target area at the appointed time of 0230HRS (2:30 AM). As it was, they reached the Mamasapano area at 0430HRS (4:30AM). This was definitely a NO-NO situation. It seemed they were not familiar with the terrain. This was the reason for their unfamiliarity of the terrain. Somebody did not do his homework. At 4:30AM, some of the “rebels” were slowly waking up for their daily prayers.

Since they did not know what was happening, they must have easily thought it was a raid. The raid leader will have to take full responsibility for this oversight. Who was the leader? Not General Napeñas. There were three who knew about the raid since October 2014: P-Noy, Gen. Purisima and Gen. Napeñas. Were they after a coup? Were they after the bounty of the heads of Marwan and Usman? Marwan had a bounty of $5 million and Usman $3 million. That is a lot of moolah: P225 million for the former and P135 million for the latter when converted at P45 to the Dollar.

What happens now? Unseat the President?

After all, there is command responsibility here.

The suspended Gen. Purisima is also to blame?

To make matters worse, there is also the matter of the grenade launchers that were with the SAF Commandos had dud grenades. Wow! It is just like a soldier going to a battle without arms. This is inexcusable. With so many factors against the raid, how could the raiders succeed?

This is equivalent to tying their hands behind their backs. No doubt about it, they became like sitting ducks. This corner can only lament their plight.

If it is true that P-Noy is requesting Congress to terminate the investigation to this incident, something is fishy. Is he afraid that accusing fingers, including that of Generals Purisima and Napeñas, will be pointed to him? This corner can only speculate that he has some involvement in this incident that he does not want anybody to know. Can it be because of the money? Impossible! He comes from a moneyed family (Cojuangco). They are wallowing in oodles of moolah. He does not have a family of his own. A little bird told me that he has his nephew Joshua (the love child of his sister Kris) as his playmate.

IF YOU get irritated because you keep on losing things, do not worry. We are a forgetful people and the average person misplaces up to nine items a day. I must fall way below the average then because I lose only about five items per week!

One-third of respondents in an online survey said they spend an average of 15 minutes each day searching for cellphones, keys and paperwork.

Everyday forgetfulness is not a sign of a more serious medical condition like Alzheimer’s. And while it can worsen with age, minor memory lapses are the norm for all ages, researchers say.

Our genes are at least partially to blame, experts say. Stress and fatigue can worsen our tendency to make such errors. Such lapses can also be linked to more serious conditions like depression and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders.

The breakdown at the border of attention and memory can occur when we fail to activate our memory and encode what we are doing or when we try to retrieve the memory. When you encode a memory, the hippocampus, a central part of the brain involved in memory function, takes a snapshot which is preserved in a set of neurons, say researchers. Those neurons can be activated later with a reminder or cue.

It is important to pay attention when you put down an item, or during encoding. If your state of mind at retrieval is different than it was during encoding, that could pose a problem. For example, you were starving when you walked into the house and deposited your keys. When you then go to look for them later, you are no longer hungry so the memory may be harder

to access.

The act of physically and mentally retracing your steps when looking for lost objects can work. Think back to your state of mind when you walked into the house. The more you can make your brain at retrieval like the way it was when you lay down that original memory trace, the more successful you will be.

In a recent study, researchers found that the majority of people surveyed about forgetfulness and distraction had a variation in the so-called dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2), leading to a higher incidence of forgetfulness. According to the study, 75% of people carry a variation that makes them more prone to forgetfulness.

The best way to remember where you put something may be the most obvious. Find a regular spot for it and somewhere that makes sense, experts say. If it is reading glasses, leave them by the bedside. Charge your phone in the same place. Keep a container near the door for keys or a specific pocket in your bag.

Visualize a future task by associating it with the environmental cues that you expect will be present, he says. For example, if you want to remember to buy chicken, fruits and cucumber at the grocery store, imagine the produce and meat departments and those items.

The brain shrinks as we age so things like multitasking and memory retrieval may take longer. An increase in minor memory lapses can be related to other conditions such as stress, depression or conditions like sleep apnea, which results in fatigue. Medications can also have an effect on memory.

The Gospel on Sunday MARCH 1, 2015 2nd Sunday of Lent Mark 9:2-10 And after six days, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them, and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Eli’jah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.

And Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths,

one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli’jah.” For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid. And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.

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NI ATTY. MANING GOLO

People Power Dear Atty. Golo,

Dear Mart,

Tinood naay laing “people power”?

Nindot unta iapil peru wa koy “time” kay “busy” ko sa akong away sa akong ugangan. Nasuko siya kay akong giingnan nga morag tabanog kay gwapa sa layo apan kon duol, maayo paluparon.

Sama ra kono nga ako siyang gitawag og wakwak. Ngil-ad diay nang tabanog?

Ang iyang bana maoy iyang ikiha kay kakita jud ko nga gipatuwad siya. Ang ako, estorya lang, samtang ang iyang bana gibuhat jud. Kon gipatuwad siya, mora siya’g sigben. Gikiha lagi ko niya’g pakauwaw! Lagot ko aning akong ugangan nga himantayon.

Ang imong problema dili “people power” kon dili “word power”. Tungod sa estorya nag-away mo. “Slander” ang kaso sa pakauwaw pinaagi sa pulong.

(Art. 358, Revised Penal Code). Para nimo, dili pakauwaw ang molopad.

Lahi ka og “taste” sa imong ugangan.

Respetohi siya. Sunod gani, ayaw na kagamit sa mga pulong nga makapasuko. Maoy gamita ang pulong nga “exciting”. Pareha sa tabanog, alisdi og “helicopter.” Imbis sigben, tawga og “submarine.” Ug ang kahimantayon sa imong ugangan, hunahunaa nga siya “concern” sa imong kaayuhan.

Matinahuron, Marton

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo e.g.gololaw@gmail.com 09155595449

before they are released to the waterways.

I recalled how Ms. GINA LOPEZ, a strong anti-mining advocate came swinging hard against Rio Tuba mine by showing an aerial video of the mining tenement that had wide reddish-colored spots from the skies several years ago. I wished she would come back and take another shot from the air today. I’ll bet, the color would be greenish this time, with the ground rehabilitation work as a result.

We were brought to a big pond where fishes were raised from mine waters, recycled and

cleared of harmful toxicity. The group enjoyed hauling in some fish catch with their bamboo poles with hooks. In my case, I did not catch any fish as I was angling for a sexy mermaid that I was told lived in the depths. She did not bite my bait. So, I had to content myself later looking at two-legged mermaids on dry land instead.

The Rio Tuba visit was pleasant and enjoyable and instructive. I did not know that at that precise same time, that same day, a tragedy was happening in Mamasapano.

FR. ROY ... from P. 4 careful. But if we make the effort to correspond to God’s grace always, then we can be and we can do what Christ was and did. He was humble and simple, merciful and compassionate. He lived the true spirit of poverty.

He also said that his food was to do the will of his Father, that he came not to condemn but to save the world. These would also be the mind that we would have if we grow to become another Christ.

Like Christ, we would not to be afraid to suffer. We would be willing to bear the burden of the others. As commanded by Christ and lived by him, we would know how to love everyone, including those who consider themselves as

our enemies.

We have to see to it that these traits and qualities of Christ are slowly taking root in our lives. We should feel the need to pray, like what Christ did also, even waking up early before sunrise to go a certain place to pray. We should be able to have intimate conversations with our Father God. Like Christ, we should do our work well to such an extent that we can gain that reputation that Christ himself had: “bene omniafecit,” he did all things well.

We have to understand Lent as a period of sculpting the image of the living Christ in us.

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Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Samar City of Calbayog NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 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)/ Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that LALAINE RAYPAN ALLERO has filed with this Office, a petition for CHANGE OF SEX CHILD’S GENDER from MALE to FEMALE in the Certificate of live birth of CHRISTINE MAY RAYPAN ALLERO at Calbayog City, Samar and whose parents are ALLAN ALLERO and LALAINE RAYPAN bearing registry number 2004-2506.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than February 06, 2015.

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City of Calbayog NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 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)/ Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that JELITA LUSARA VILLAMOR has filed with this Office, a petition for CHANGE OF SEX FEMALE from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of live birth of PEGIE BANGCALE LUSARA at Calbayog City, Samar and whose parents are PASCUAL D. VILLAMOR and JELITA B. LUSARA bearing registry number 2000-732.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written, opposition with this Office not later than January 30, 2015.

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Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Samar City of Calbayog NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 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) / Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that MILYN PROBADORA PELENIO has filed with this Office, a petition for CHANGE OF SEX CHANGE OF SEX from MALE to FEMALE in the Certificate of live birth of MYLEN PROBADORA PELENIO at Calbayog City, Samar and whose parents are PEPETO PELENIO and GELLERMA PROBADORA bearing registry number 86-00026.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/ written, opposition with this Office not later than February 02, 2015.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar EV Mail Feb. 16-22, & 23- March 1, 2015

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CFN CCE-007-2015 RA 10172 DATE: February 14,2015 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 CLARITA PINOTE CABAÑEZ has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in the child’s Sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” and the child’s, father’s and informant’s last names from “CABANEZ” to “CABAÑEZ” in the certificate of live birth of Clarita Pinote Cabanez at Palompon Leyte and whose parents are Joselito S. Cabanez and Amelita F. Pinote.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later that February 23, 2015.

(Sgd.) CARMELITA G. LODOVICA MCR Name of Newspaper: EV Mail Place of Publication: Eastern Visayas Date of Publication: EV Mail Feb. 15-22, & 23- March 1, 2015

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CFN-0001-2015 CCE-0006-2015 R.A. 10172 DATE: February 14, 2015 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 YOLANDA DECLAROS DOROG has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from “PEREGRINA” to “YOLANDA” and correction of entry in the child’s date of birth from “MAY 16, 1963” to “MAY 10, 1963” in the certificate of live birth of PEREGRINA LICARDO DECLAROS at Palompon Leyte and whose parents are Rufino Declaros and Clarita Licardo.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later that February 23, 2015.

(Sgd.) CARMELITA G. LODOVICA EV Mail Feb. 15-22, & 23- March 1, 2015

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branches 6,7,8,9, 34, 43 & 44 Bulwagan ng Katarungan Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban city -o0oOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF LEYTE EJF No. 3724 EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL PROPERTY MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 AND PD385 RURAL BANK OF DULAG (LEYTE), INC. Mortgagee -versusSPS. JERELYN J. CRUZ AND HANZ P. CRUZ Mortgagors NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by RURAL BANK OF DUOLAG (LEYTE), INC., a banking institution duly organized and existing under the banking laws of the Philippines with Office Address at Dulag, Leyte , duly represented by ELVIRA H. YU of legal age ,Filipino and a resident of Brgy Highway, Dulag, Leyte, against SPS. JERELYN J. CRUZ and HANZ P. CRUZ, of legal ages, and with office/postal address at Brgy. Luan, Dulag, Leyte to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 14, 2014 amounts to TWO HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO PESO & 81/100 (p297,962.81), which amount is inclusive of interest thereon, plus daily interests, other charges and further plus 10% attorney’s fees and sheriff’s fee, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on MARCH 10, 2015, 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. TP-22388 A parce of land designated as Lot 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan Pcs-08-0001047-D, being a consolidation of Lots 6334-A, B, and C, Psd-08019659-D, situated in barangay San Jose, Municipality of Dulag, Province of Leyte, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the East along line 1-2 by Leyte Gulf (with 20.00m wide, Salavage Zone); on the South along line 2-3 by Lot 6335, Pls-788; and on the West along line 3-4 by National Highway; on the North along line 4-1 by Lot 1 of this subdivision.

Containing an area of TWO THOUSAND THREE HUDRED EIGHT (2,308 mts.) SQUARE METERS. 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 MARCH 16, 2015 on the same time and place without further notice Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines.

December 3, 2014.

(Sgd.) LEONARDO G. AGUILAR Sheriff IV OCC-RTC-Tacloban Copy furnished: Rural Bank of Dulag, (Leyte), Inc. Dulag, Leyte JERELYN J. CRUZ and HANZ P. CRUZ Brgy. Luan Dulag, Leyte EV Mail Feb. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2015 Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region BRANCH 15 Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte Special Proceedings No. 15-02-199 IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MARIBEL M. OCTA, MARIBEL OCTA NARCA Petitioner, -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BURAUEN, LEYTE Respondent, x--------------------x ORDER A verified petition had been filed by the petitioner, through counsel, praying that after due publication, notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Burauen, Leyte to correct the corresponding entry with regards to her first name of the petitioner from “Mariebelle” to “Maribel” and the entry regarding her date of birth from “November 16, 1974” to “November 16, 1975”.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance it is hereby ordered that the said petition be set for initial hearing on March 19, 2015 in the morning session of this Court at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Burauen, Leyte, at which date, time and place, all persons may appear and show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be made at least one week prior to the date of initial hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order and petition to the Office of the Solicitor General, Municipal Civil Registrar of Burauen, Leyte, Office of the Province

February 16-22, 2015

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte -o0oSP. PROC. NO. H-538 IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF ANNALIZA AGUILAR- SORIANO, SANDRA S. ABEDEHOS, Petitioner, -versusNATIONAL STATISTIC OFFICE (NSO), Respondent. x---------------------x ORDER Petitioner, through counsel, filed a Petition for Correction of Entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of Annaliza Aguilar-Soriano registered with the Local Civil Registrar of Hindang, Leyte particularly on the entry of her first name from “ANALIZA” to “ANNALIZA”.

In support of the petition, the petitioner aver, THAT: she is of legal age, Filipino, single and residents of Brgy. Poblacion I, Hindang, Leyte; she was given Special Power of Attorney of Annaliza A. Soriano to appear and prosecute the instant petition; the first name of Annaliza A. Soriano was erroneously entered as Analiza in the Certificate of Live Birth issued from the National Statistic Office, hence, prayed for the correction of the same by canceling or correcting the first name of the subject person from “ANALIZA” to “ANNALIZA”.

WHEREFORE, finding the Petition to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE, the same is set for initial hearing on March 16, 2015 8:30 morning at which date, time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by the approval of the instant Petition may come to court in this first opportunity.

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

Furnished copy of this Order to the Petitioner and her counsel at the given addresses for them to be present at the scheduled initial hearing.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS, this 12th day of February, 2015, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO Executive Judge ESA/csv Feb. 9-15, 16-22, 23- March 1, 2015 Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the heirs of the late RUFINO YAP-CONUI have settled and partitioned among themselves their properties consisting of the following: (16) parcels of land, the first four (4) parcels of land as described below were exclusively and absolutely owned by the deceased, while he co-owned the remaining twelve (12) parcels of land; Parcels of land under exclusive ownership by the deceased: 1.)

L o t 11 7 6 8 - P, P s d 083738-007604-D,situated in the Barangay Cogon-Combado, Ormoc City, containing an area of 32 sq. m. covered

by TCT No. 27202, 2.)

Lot 10-E, Psd-083738007425-D, situated the Brgy. Ipil, Ormoc City, containing an area of 4,130 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 26769; 3.)

Lot 23, Psd-08-000542-D, situated in Barangay CogonCombado , Ormoc City, containing an area of 4,490 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 31854; 4.)

Lot 5, PSD-08000542-D , containing an area of 1,093 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 1212011000322; Parcels of land which the deceased had a 1/12 share: 5.)

Lot No. 382, situated in Poblacion , Municipality of Ormoc, containing an area of 47 sq. m. covered

by TCT No. 15881; 6.)

Lot No. 9008 Cad. No. 29, LRC Cad. Rec. NO. 1750, situated in Ormoc City, containing an area of 675 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 15969; 7.)

Lot 2992-A, Psd-08-

001373, situated in Brgy. Cogon –Combado, Ormoc City, containing an area of 10, 444 sq. m. covered by TCT No. TP 462; 8.)

Lot 16, Psd-08-000542-D, containing an area of 5,563 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 31848; 9.)

Lot No. 10038 , situated in Barrio Valencia, Ormoc City, containing an area of 85,377 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 24844; 10.) Lot No. 10040, containing an area of 10,097, covered by TCT No. 24843; 11.) Lot 11768-M, Psd083738-007609-D situated in Barangay Cogon-Combado Ormoc City, containing an area of 1,941 sq. m. covered by 27199; 12.) Lot 17768-V, Psd083738-007604-D, containing an area of 1,689 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 27208; 13.) Lot No. 381 situated in Poblacion Ormoc City, containing an area of 588 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 15880; 14.) Lot 10031-A, Psd60974, situated in Barrio Matica-a Ormoc City, containing an area of 128,690 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 15884; 15.) Lot 383-B, Psd-76328 situated in Poblacion Ormoc City, containing an area of 47 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 16144; and 16.) Lot 2 of the consolidation & subdivision plan Pcs-5973, containing an area of 208 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 24855 per Doc. No. 268; Page No. 54; Book No. LIII; Series of 2015 of Notary Adelito M. Solibaga, Jr. EV Mail Feb. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2015

Prosecutor, the petitioner and her counsel.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS, Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte, February 12, 2015.

(Sgd.) YOLANDA U. DAGANDAN Presiding Judge Feb. 9-15, 16-22, 23- March 1, 2015 Affidavit of Self-Adjudication Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the real property of the late DANIEL ZAMORA re a parcel of land Lot No. 7364; TD No. 1400700263 R-13, located at Brgy. Bagumbayan, Hilongos, Leyte, with an area of 465.83 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of ADELA ANISCAL URGEL per Doc. No. 406; Page No. 82; Book No. VII; Series of 2014 of Notary Public Josenilo Marquez Reoma. EV Mail Jan. 26- Feb. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2015 Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the real property of the late JOSE SY VELASQUEZ re a parcel of land Lot No. 1207 of the Cadastral Survey of Ormoc, situated in Poblacion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 245 sq. m. was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 357; Page No. 72; Book No. LXXXV; Series of 2014 of Notary Public Ruben R. Capahi. EV Mail Jan. 26- Feb. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2015 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late MORENO GAVIOLA re a residential land situated in Brgy. Talahid, Almeria, Biliran denominated as survey No. 2242 –P and Lot No. 18 under TD No. 00225, with an area of 90 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of KRISTINE S. GAVIOLA per Doc. No. 283; Page No. 57; Book No. 47; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Jan. 26- Feb. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2015 Affidavit of Loss NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE C. ALIMA, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy. Liloan, Ormoc City, sister of GINA M. ALIMA, who bought a LOT -01 EJP

B-01 in Memorial Garden with Contract to Buy No. 537 and was issued a CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP No. 367, recently that the said CERTIFICATE was lost, as it was no longer possible. She executing this affidavit in order to attest to the truth of the foregoing facts and to declare the lost of the said CERTIFICATE OF ONWERSHIP; affidavit was subscribed

by Atty. Marcelo C. Oñate- City Prosecutor, on February 3, 2015 at Ormoc City. EV Mail Feb. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2015 Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SEBASTIANA BERNANDINO re a parcel of agricultural land planted with coconut, situated at Barangay Poblacion Albuera, Leyte, covered by OCT No. P52925 with CAD/Survey Lot No. 7099, under TD No. 08-03-0001-03266 with PIN-044-03-001-06048, containing an area of 6,922 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of VERONICA B. SABANDO per Doc. No. 776; Page No. 156; Book No. XXVII; Series of 2012 of Notary Public Rene Allan G. Jervoso. EV Mail Feb. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2015 Extra-Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late EDUARDO V. LARRAZABAL re parcels of land Lot 5365-C-6, Psd-08-001156, situated in Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City, containing an area of 12,426 sq. m. under TCT No. 16854; Lot 479-A, Psd-76409, situated in Poblacion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 141 sq. m. under TCT No. 15844; and Lot 478-A, Psd-76409, containing an area of 36 sq. m. under TCT No. 15843 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 242; Page No. 49; Book No. XXXIII; Series of 2014 of Notary Public Ari Larrazabal. EV Mail Jan. 26- Feb. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2015

Deed of Self Adjudication with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SEVERINO MEJARES and TEOFILA V. MEJARES re parcels of land, Lot No. 7719-A, containing an area of 152,543 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 7641; Cad. Lot No. 8819-Part, containing an area of 15,400 sq. m. covered by TD No. 9456; Residential House One (1) unit residential house erected on Lot 7719A all situated in Barangay Manlilinao, Ormoc City were settled among their heirs and Parcel II- Lot 8819-Part sold in favor of REMEGIAS A.VILLARMINO and MARIA S. VILLARMINO per Doc. No. 397; Page No. 80; Book No. CCLII; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S. Maglasang. EV Mail Feb. 9-15, 16-22, & 23- March 1, 2015

Extrajudicial Partition with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SEBASTIANA BERNANDINO re a parcel of agricultural land planted with rice, situated at Brgy. Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte, declared in the name of Sabando Senon, Sr & Bernandino Sebastiana, covered by OCT No. P-43275, with Cad/survey Lot No. 7074, TD No. 08-03-0001-03265 and PIN-044-03-001-05-002, with an area of 10,895 sq. m. ; agricultural land planted with rice, declared in the name of Sabando Sezon Sr. & Bernandino Sebastiana, covered

by OCT No. P-43274 with Cad/survey Lot No. 7073, TD No. 08-03-0001-01427 with PIN-044-03-001-05-003, with an area of 0.4220 sq. m. were settled/ partitioned among her heirs and sold in favor of SPS. SENON BERNANDINO SABANDO, JR, and CERILA ROSARIO SABANDO per Doc. No. 771; Page No. 155; Book No. XXVII; Series of 2012 of Notary Public Rene Allan G. Jervoso.

EV Mail Feb. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2015

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte -o0oSp. Proc. No. H-537 For: Probate of Will IN THE MATTER OF PETITION TO APPROVE THE WILL OF LETECIA A. SALTALAMACCHIA, Deceased, GUMERSINDO S. PAZ, as Executor, Petitioner, x----------------x ORDER Petitioner, through Atty. Josenilo Marquez Reoma, filed a Petition for Probate of Will of deceased Leticia A. Saltalamacchia.

In support of his petition, the petitioner avers, among others, THAT: he is of legal age, Filipino, widower and a resident of Matalom Leyte; he is the executor named in the last will and testament of deceased Letecia A. Saltamacchia and he is legally qualified to act as such and hereby agrees to accept said trust, hence, prayed that upon due notice and hearing, the above-mentioned will of the deceased Letecia A. Saltalamacchia be approve and allowed; that letters testamentary be issued to herein petitioner, without bond and such other relief be granted as shall be deemed just and equitable under the circumstances.

WHEREFORE, finding the Petition to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE, the same is set for initial hearing on March 16, 2015 at 8:30 in the morning at which date, time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by the approval of the instant Petition may come to court in this first opportunity.

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

Furnished copy of this Order to the Petitioner, his counsel and the named devisees of the deceased, namely: Raul A. Ocampo of Hindang, Leyte and Arnulfo A. Ocampo of Abuyog, Leyte at the given addresses for them to be present during the scheduled initial hearing.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS, this 12th day of February, 2015, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO Executive Judge ESA/csv EV Mail Feb. 9-15, 16-22, & 23- March 1, 2015 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte -o0oSp. Proc. No. H-536 IN THE MATTER OF CANCELLATION OF THE RECORD OF BIRTH IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF SHANE ABOYME SERUT,

BY ANALIZA A. SERUT, Petitioner, -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF Hindang, Leyte, Spouses REYNALDO & CYNTHIA SAAVEDRA Respondents. x---------------------x ORDER Petitioner, through counsel, filed the Instant Petition for Cancellation of Record of Birth of Shane Aboyme Serut registered with the Local Civil Registrar of Hindang, Leyte.

In support of their petition, the petitioner avers, THAT: she is of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy. Doos del Norte, Hindang, Leyte; she is the mother of Shane Aboyme Serut; for the reason of substantial mistakes prayed that the records must be canceled for integrity, avoid confusion and to pave the way for new registration.

WHEREFORE, finding the Petition to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE, the same is set for initial hearing on March 16, 2015 at 8:30 in the morning at which date, time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by the approval of the instant Petition may come to court in this first opportunity.

Published this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

Furnished copy of this Order to the Petitioners and their counsel at the given addresses for them to be present at the scheduled initial hearing.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS, this 5th day of January, 2015, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO Executive Judge ESA/csv EV Mail Feb. 9-15, 16-22, & 23- March 1, 2015

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CAPUL ... from P. 1 performers, were serenaded with local songs at the fortress church”, she said.

“They were also engaged by the community in their short walk to the banadero (public bath), watched the local women as they did sang while doing laundry with one guest trying his hand at washing his shirt using the traditional “palopalo.”

After their banadero leg, the tourists were brought to a coconut farm where the the locals showed them why the coconut tree is called the “tree of life”. Tiopes said the guests saw how copra was made - from harvesting to drying and transport. “One guest, she said, tried to climb a coconut tree while another tried riding the “kangga” or carabao-drawn wooden sled.

The locals also demonstrated how broomsticks, baskets, roof shingles, and charcoal are made from coco materials, and watched how delicacies using cocomeat and cocomilk were cooked. “They couldn’t resist tasting the food and even bought some for take home,” Tiopes said.

While walking down the island’s narrow streets, they were welcomed by schoolchildren waving flaglets and singing Waray-waray and Abaknon songs.

To cap their tour, they had snacks of local delicacies, tasted lechon, and quenched their thirst with fresh buco juice, Tiopes said.

The tourists, on the other hand, told Tiopes they loved their Capul experience and was glad it was their first stopover, as it gave them good vibes that their cruise would be memorable.

Tiopes said that on February 23, the tourists will drop anchor off Limasawa in Southern Leyte and will have their shore excursion at 2:00 PM. A third of the group will go on a whaleshark interaction at Pintuyan-San Francisco area.

Others will go diving.

A common activity will be to watch a dance operetta about Rajah Kulambo and his 5 wives; learning to write in Baybayin and have henna tattoos with traditional pintado designs.

Why Capul?

Capul island has a rich history. Discovered by the Spanish in the 1590’s, it became an important trading center in Samar. It’s name Capul comes from its Spanish counterpart, Acapulco. It has one of the remaining stone churches in the country, which was declared a heritage church by the National Historical Institute just a few years back. In World War II, the Americans finished a lighthouse/watchtower that the Spaniards started, and it became an strategic area for the war. In their brief stay in the country, the Japanese Imperial forces also made their mark on the lighthouse.

Furthermore, the locals speak Inabaknon, a dialect

so different from that of the mainland that there is reason to believe that it is an old Malay language. Inabaknon has been considered by linguists as one of the country’s 8 rarest dialects.

Why Limasawa?

Limasawa, on the other hand, is known as the birthplace of Catholicism in the country. This was where Magellan and company landed and said the first mass on March 31, 1521, an Easter Sunday, and converted the locals to the religion. It is also where the first blood compact was held.

Cruise Tourism is “More Fun in EV” Regional director Tiopes said she is hopeful that “cruise tourism” is back on track in Eastern Visayas. Before Yolanda hit the region in late 2013, Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte has had at least two stops from German cruise ships.

Tiopes said that the idea was once more revived by Sec. Ramon Jimenez, in his visit to EV on March 2014.

On that trip, he brought with him several Manila-based cruise tour operators. Among them was Ms. Lourdes ‘Lou’ Banzon, president of the Sharp Travel Service (Phils), Inc. Sharp Travel, said Tiopes, is responsible for convincing Hapag-Lloyd of Germany to include Kalanggaman Island in Palompon in their cruise itinerary in the Philippines.

Tiopes recalls that Ms Banzon immediately committed to promote EV as their way of helping the region. “She asked me what other destinations would fit the needs of Zegrahm Expedition that would go on a 21-day cruise in the Philippines on 2015,” said Tiopes.

“Upon learning that the cruise guests were into nature, adventure, history and cultural immersion, I immediately pushed for Capul and Limasawa. Within thirty minutes, we were included in their proposed itinerary”, Tiopes added, “with only my word that we will package an itinerary they would like as guarantee.”

Tiopes said banking on Banzon’s word also, they began the tedious work of collaborating with the local governments in Capul and Northern Samar, and Limasawa and Southern Leyte.

“We conducted ocular visits, developed the activities, trained community members, mapped out up to the smallest detail the welcome reception, tour, activities and farewell.

Zegrahm and Sharp Travels came to do an ocular on November 2014 and except for a few room for improvement comments, Zegrahm said they were pleased and looking forward for the EV leg of their tour.”

Tiopes said that “after nine months of prep work, all the stakeholders were good and ready,” hence the successful Capul leg of the Caledonian Sky stopover.

February 16-22, 2015

2nd PhilHealth Run gathers 6,200 in Tacloban Tacloban City- PhilHealth Regional Office 8 once again proved that it is a force to reckon with when it comes to organizing running events, as it staged one of the largest run Eastern Visayas has ever seen last February 15, 2015 at the Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City. The 2nd nationwide run dubbed as PhilHealth: Ready TSeKaP Go! was one of the major activities in celebration of PhilHealth’s 20th anniversary and it was conducted simultaneously in 11 other cities to include Baguio, Dagupan, Subic, Tuguegarao, Naga, Lipa, Lucena, Iloilo, Cebu, Davao, and Koronadal.

PhilHealth President and CEO Atty. Alexander Padilla, who attended the PhilHealth anniversary celebration in Tacloban, formally declared the start of the race. PCEO Padilla also ran in the 5K category together with other PhilHealth officers. Officials who participated in the run include Mayor Alfred Romualdez of Tacloban City, Mayor Irvin Dy of Julita, Leyte, Mayor Melchor Nacario and Vice Mayor Miguel Abaigar of Calbiga, Samar, Lt. Col. Reynaldo Cruz, Chief of Hospital of Camp Lukban Station, and EVRMC Administrator Dr. Aileen Espina, among others.

The run had four categories of 20K, 10K, 5K and 3K. The proceeds will benefit local institutions catering to vulnerable sectors of society. In Tacloban, the beneficiaries are the 120 minors orphaned due to Typhoon Yolanda supported by the SOS Children’s Village Kinship Program.

The intermittent rain shower in the early hours of February 15 did not deter the

PhilHealth officers led by President and CEO Atty. Alexander Padilla (3rd from left), Regional Vice President Walter “Waway” Bacareza (extreme right), Senior Manager Renato Limsiaco, Jr. (2nd from left) and Jibson Hernandez Exec. Asst. of PCEO Padilla (2nd from right) joined the more than 6,200 runners in the 2nd simultaneous nationwide PhilHealth Run - Tacloban Leg. more than 6,000 runners from of registrants was in the 3K Regional Office 8 was able to give SOS Childrens’ Village participating in the run. The category at 3,500. program started at 3:30 a.m.

The Post run program was P1.3M from the proceeds with an energetic Zumba dance made interesting with raf- of the run. It is expected to routines which the crowd fle draws, performances and increase as PhilHealth NCR immensely enjoyed. PCEO awarding of special prizes for also pledged to donate a part Padilla’s formal declaration Mr. and Ms PhilHealth Run, of their run proceeds to said of the race start at 4:15 a.m. PhilHealth Run couple, group institution.

RVP Bacareza in his meswas highlighted with a colorful with the most number of runfireworks display. It was fol- ners, youngest and oldest run- sage said that the run is a show lowed with the gun start for the ners and most colorful runners of force and a testament of 20k category by Mayor Alfred among others. The Samari- PhilHealth’s resolve as well as Romualdez and the rest of the tan’s Purse who won as the that of the other stakeholders to run categories after every 15 biggest group contingent also make a difference in the health minutes. did a humorous performance care system in the region. He Paul James Zafico and advocating the merits of proper also thanked all the sponsors, Remabel Rosillo finished first hand washing. The group also participants and PCEO Padilla place respectively for the male donated their cash prize to the for his support to the people of Eastern Visayas. It can be and female categories in the run beneficiary.

20K run. While Lemuel Flores The wards of SOS Chil- remembered that it was under and Feiza Jane Lentan were dren’s Village presented a Atty. Padilla’s watch that the the fastest male and female fantastic dance number. The “all can avail policy” was isrunners for the 10K category. kids danced with so much sued after Typhoon Yolanda Mariano Masano and Len- passion and exuberance that struck allowing the people of lyn Sanita on the other hand, PhilHealth Regional Vice Pres- Region 8 including the nonbagged the top prize for the 5K ident Walter Bacareza cited it members to avail of PhilHealth category. The largest number as very inspiring. PhilHealth benefits. By Mar Zabala

Tourists (top photo) were given a warm welcome by the locals as they arrived. Below, a lady tourist tries riding a “kangga” or a carabao -drawn sled. On the left is the 40-foot lighthouse that was built by the Spaniards and finished by the Americans which stands 143 feet above sea level.