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“All are welcome to the Papal Mass” - Archbishop Du

Photograb of the cover of the Liturgical Booklet on the Papal Visit to the Philippines entitled “Living with Christ”.

Taclobana composes “Mercy”, official song of Papal’s PH visit

Tacloban-born Cherrie Anderson is the frontwoman of Ooberfuse, an internationally known electro-pop band. They also performed the theme song of the World Youth Day in Brazin in 2013.

PALO, LEYTE – “Mercy”, the official theme song of Pope Francis’ upcoming “Mercy and Compassion” themed Apostolic visit to the Philippines is composed by Cherrie Anderson, the Tacloban-born frontwoman of the international electro-pop band Ooberfuse.

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Archbishop Du asks PNP for leniency, especially with unregistered pilgrims, well-wishers

PALO, LEYTE – Msgr. John F. Du, Archbishop of Palo, has asked the Philippine National Police to show some “leniency” for the Pope’s well-wishers, saying they don’t want the Catholic Vicar to be alienated from the very people he had come to make a special visit.

Pope Francis will be in Leyte on January 17 (Saturday), if his travel plans push through. A brewing LPA (low pressure area), however, is threatening to interrupt it. As of this report (Sunday, January 11), an LPA (low pressure area) was spotted Southeast of Mindanao and expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) by January 15. It is expected to bring rains to Eastern Visayas and the Bicol Region, and if it becomes a typhoon, will be named “Amang.”

Du said that while they understand that strict security measures have to be accorded to Pope

Francis, being a head of state, but they don’t also want the Pope to be alienated from Leyteños and Samareños whom he has specially made a point to visit. “He is also the Holy Father and he wants to be with his flock,” Du said.

The monsignor is referring to the Pope’s “well-wishers”, who are expected to come, but did not bother to go through the official registration process with the Diocese’s various parishes.

Those who are officially registered are called “pilgrims”, while those who are coming on their own are dubbed “well-wishers”.

The pilgrims are assured a seat during the Papal Mass, but the well-wishers can try their luck.

However, they can line the roads to get a glimpse of the Pope.

The monsignor made this appeal to Ch. Supt. Cedrick Train, PNP regional director for administration, during a press conference on Monday, January 5.

Ch. Supt. Train, on the other hand, gave his assurance that everybody was welcome, even those who were not officially registered, but they must follow some simple rules like bringing caps instead of umbrellas, and carrying their things in transparent bags. (The guideline for well-wishers in infographic is printed herewith below.)

The Pope’s official itinerary Pope Francis is expected to arrive at the DZR Memorial Airport in Tacloban City at around 9:00.

There will be arrival honors for him, to be led by Mayor Alfred Romualdez and other city officials.

Then, he officiates a Papal Mass within a secured perimeter which can accommodate 120,000 pilgrims. The pilgrims from various parishes will be comfortably seated in pre-designated areas, while well-wishers will be allowed into the secured perimeter see

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Leyte Province, Tacloban on holiday mode for Pope’s visit ORMOC CITY – The Province of Leyte will be on “special non-working holiday” mode from January 15 to 17, to allow residents to prepare to see Pope Francis in Tacloban City or Palo, Leyte, during his visit on January 17.

Leyte vice governor Carlo Loreto, however, said their resolution is limited to the towns within the political territory of Leyte, to exclude the cities of Tacloban and Ormoc. It also only covers public schools and government offices.

Meanwhile, Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez, on January 7, signed his first executive order for the year on January 7, declaring the suspension of classes and work in all government institutions from January 14 to 16, “except those involved in the maintenance of peace and order, disaster risk management, health and sanitation, and traffic management.

However, the suspension of work in private establishments, Mayor Romualdez added, “will be under the discretion of the employers or head of such institutions/entities.”

There is no similar declaration from Mayor Edward Codilla of Ormoc City, though, said Benedicto Lambonao, the mayor’s executive assistant I. Tacloban and Ormoc City are chartered independent and component cities, and is not under the jurisdiction of Leyte Governor Dominic Petilla. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

Calamity Loans now available at Pag-IBIG TACLOBAN CITY - T he Pag-Ibig Fund here branch has announced through the Philippine Information Agency that it is now accepting calamity loan applications for members situated in areas which were declared under state of calamity due to typhoon Ruby.

The LGUs that submitted resolutions declaring their places under State of Calamity are Tacloban, Calbayog, Leyte, E. Samar and N. Samar. Acceptance of loan applications started last December 6, 2014 and will end on March 5, 2015.

There is no similar declaration for Ormoc City, though.

Mayor Edward Codilla has not proposed to put Ormoc under a state of calamity, hence the Sangguniang Panlungsod cannot act on it.

5-year old peso bills demonetized TACLOBAN CITY -The Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP) has announced the start of demonetization process of old banknotes beginning January 1, 2015 (New Design Series, NDS) with new generation currency banknotes.

Deputy Director Joseph Norbert S. David, head of BSP Tacloban Branch said, the public may continue to use the NDS Banknotes until December 31, 2015 in paying and buying of goods and services and other business or financial transactions requiring the use of cash.

Furthermore, government institutions holding in trust old banknotes which could not be exchanged within the prescribed period, such as banknotes used as evidence in a litiSHOWING @ gation case will have to request the BSP Cash Department in writing, within up to January 14, 2015 the period of exchange, for a special exchange arrangement.

David also said from January 1, 2015 until December 31 2016, the public may exchange with authorized financial institutions their NDS banknotes with the New Generation Currency (NGC) Series at full face value, without charge. Within this period, the public may also opt to exchange NDS banknotes with the BSP or any of its regional offices/branches around the country.

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DPWH targets to make two destroyed bridges in Ormoc-Tacloban route passable before Pope’s visit

By Mel Caspe TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Public Work and Highways (DPWH) is targeting to make the two destroyed bridges along the Ormoc – Tacloban route passable, even just for light vehicles, in time for the Pope’s visit to Leyte on January 17.

This was the reply of Engr.

Au Lago, to a query from this reporter. In fact, the Dapdap bridge in Alang-alang is already passable, with a temporary steel bridge constructed over the destroyed approach.

They are now concentrating on making the Hiagsam Bridge in Jaro passable before the Pope’s visit, she added.

Currently, one can already take the Tacloban to Alangalang route for Ormoc, but has to take a right to San Miguel to exit at Carigara upon crossing Dapdap Bridge. If the Hiagsam Bridge is made passable, then it will now be the usual route for commuters, as in the past.

The two bridges were damaged by “Seniang”, which did not directly hit Leyte and

Hiagsam Bridge in Jaro, a day after Seniang struck. Photo by Atty. Beulah Coeli Fiel Samar, but wreaked more damage to government infrastructure than the previous Ruby, even Yolanda, with its heavy rains. Seniang also took 35 lives, mostly in landslides that happened in Catbalogan, Mahaplag, Tanauan and Baybay City.

Right now, people from Ormoc City and Southern Leyte, in going to Tacloban, has to pass by Baybay City,

down to Mahaplag, then Abuyog to Mayorga.

At Mayorga, the traffic is rerouted to pass through La Paz, Dagami and Burauen, to exit at Tanauan before proceeding to Palo, then Tacloban.

The long route has lengthened travel time by one hour.

Ormocanons can also pass through the Babatngon – San Miguel route, which is exits or enters at a detour in Carigara.

The route is shorter and the road already concrete, except for a still unpaved portion of the coastal road which is tricky to manage, both for small vehicles or big trucks.

(For updates on the Ormoc-Tacloban road situation, please like the Eastern Visayas Mail - EV Mail News community page on Facebook. - Editor)

Fiscal indicts two cops in Tambulilid fiasco

By Lalaine M. Jimenea ORMOC CITY – The city prosecutor here has found probable cause to indict two policemen, out of 13, for homicide and frustrated homicide, in a buy-bust operation that went wrong last April 8, 2013, resulting in three civilian deaths and the wounding of five others.

Facing a complaint of frustrated homicide is SPO1 Renato Singcol, while PO1 Joseph Pilapil faces homicide.

City prosecutor Marcelo Oñate, in a “Consolidated Resolution” to resolve six complaints and countersuits that the aggrieved parties and the police filed against each other, said evidence pointed at PO1 Pilapil as the one who shot dentist Dr. Jay Movilla on the head, albeit unintentionally.

On the part of SPO1 Renato Singcol, while the slugs taken out from the complainant did not match his governmentissued firearm, complainant Rodolfo Villar was firm in his testimony pinpointing him as the policeman who fired his gun in his direction, hitting him.

To recall, the incident happened at around 4:30 PM at an illegal cockpit operating in Brgy. Tambulilid, this city, one of Ormoc’s most populous barangay.

In their testimonies, the policemen claimed they were doing a buy-bust operation when their subject, Sim Serrano, ran into the cockpit and started firing at them. His cohorts, one of who was named Ricky Malinao, also joined in, forcing them to fire back.

Photo above shows the illegal cockpit in Tambulilid that was not visible to the barangay officials, yet people from as far as Isabel came to bet. Right, the subject Sim Serrano. File photos Fatally hit were dentist Jay Movilla, with a gunshot to his head; Wilfredo Alberto, a member of the city’s civil security unit; and the subject himself, Sim Serrano.

Five other civilians were wounded, one of who was Rodolfo Villar, who filed the complaint against Singcol.

Villar told the prosecutor that he saw Singcol fire his gun straight at him, while he was preparing to release his fighting cock for a round against that of the promoter’s. He was hit on the chest, with the slugs splitting up inside his body, causing his near death.

Prosecutor Oñate, in his findings, said that the buy-bust operation was legitimately planned and launched. However, he also found reason to believe that the buy-bust

was not consummated, and evidences alleging that it was, were tainted.

PO1 Pilapil admits to shooting the subject Serrano, claiming “it was made to defend himself.” However, the Scene of the Crime (SOCO) report contradicts Pilapil’s claim. The subject Serrano had two gunshot wounds on his back which “means that he was on flight mode when the fatal shots were inflicted.”

The prosecutor believes that in the process of shooting Serrano, who was already escaping, Pilapil shot Dr. Movilla. “One of the shots fired

by PO1 Pilapil and intended

for Serrano missed him and instead hit Dr. Movilla, causing the latter’s death.”

The prosecutor added that in the case of SPO1 Singcol, “this Office is also inclined to believe that the aim of SPO1 Singcol was against Sim Serrano but the bullet missed the target and instead hit Villar.”

Since both shootings were not intentional, he downgraded the charges of murder and frustrated murder to homicide and frustrated homicide, respectively.

For their part, the police also filed a countersuit against see

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‘Salvage’ ug patay, misiaw na sab Ni Paul Libres ORMOC CITY – Tulo ka tawo ang biktima sa pagpatay dinhi sa dakbayan.

Usa ang gi-salvage, usa ang gibunalan samtang padung sa trabaho ug ang pinakabag-ong insidente mao ang patay-pusil sa may Cogon.

Niadtong buntag sa Enero 7, naukay ang mga nanimuyo sa purok 2 sa barangay Donghol dihang nakit-an ang lawas sa usa ka tawo nga patay ug giputos sa sako ang nawong niini.

Matud ni barangay chairman Leoncio Perez, nakit-an ang lawas ni Juny Flores nga mao ang nagpahibalo kaniya

hapit na alas sais sa buntag bahin sa iyang napalgan ug nipahibalo dayun ang kapitan sa mga pulis sa station I. Si SPOI Reynaldo Elcarte, ang officerof-the-day daling nangayog ayuda sa PNP-SOCO aron makaabag sa inbistigasyun.

Ang biktima wala dayon mailhi apan niadtong Enero 8, duha ka adlaw milabay human nakita ang patay’ng lawas, usa ka Daniel Cayanong, 26, taga-Cambalading, Albuera ang miila sa biktima nga iyaha maguwang na si Geno Cayanong, 28.

Nagtahap si Daniel na ang gisibyang patay ang iyahang

maguwang tungod sa mga tattoo niini.

Ang PNP-SOCO nakakuhag mga kabhang sa kalibre .45 duol sa patayng lawas sa biktima. Duda sa mga pulis buhi pa ang biktima ug didto na kini patya sa Donghol.

Dugang sa mga police, na adunay record ang kabahin og mga kawat.

Si PO3 Dindo Tuando, ang inbistigador sa kaso, nag-ingon na base sa iyang inbistigasyun, hapit na alas dose sa tungang gabii, may nakadungog og mga sunodsunod nga buto sa see

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Coast Guard, nangandam sa pagdagsa sa pasahero ORMOC CITY – Nangandam karon ang Philippine Coast Guard sa pagdagsa sa mga pasahero tungod sa pagbisita ni Pope Francis dinhi sa Leyte.

Matud sa mga kawani sa Coast Guard-Ormoc, dili hasol alang kanila ang pag-abot sa mga pasahero kun di sa ila na unya pagpauli sa ilang dapit motabok via Cebu.

Apan gilauman nga magdugang og biyahe ang mga shipping lines aron makarga ang mga pasahero.

Sa samang higayun, ang mga patrol boat sa Coast Guard ang gipadala na sa Tacloban kay sila ang magbantay sa

kadagatan atol unya sa pagduaw sa Santo Papa dinhi sa Leyte. Kaabag nila ang Philippine Navy. Sa kasaligan nga impormasyun nahipos sa EV Mail, may mga patrol boat sad atoa na karon sa Tacloban ug gikan kini sila sa Coast Guard sa Northern Mindanao, Central Visayas ug Cebu District Command. May mga special unit sad mangabot gikan sa National Headquarters.

Sa laing bahin, ang Ormoc City Police Office naghimo karon og Backround Investigation sa mga aplikante aron makakuhag accreditation aron sila mahatagan ug gate pass para makasugat kang Pope

Francis sa Enero 17. Apan tungod sa kadaghan, dili maato sa mga kawani sa intelligence division sa OCPO ug station I. Ang mga aplikasyun gikan sa ubang parokya giduso ngadto sa mga estasyun sa pulis ug ang PS2 sa Valencia ug PS3 sa Linao mohandos sad sa mga aplikasyun anha sa PSI sanglit nisamot kadaghan.

Polong sa mga pulis, ilang gipalabi ang mga batan-on kay ang mga tiguwang tingale dili na makaagwanta sa kapis-ot.

Gidamhan liboan katawo ang moadto sa Tacloban og Palo aron sila makakita sa Santo Papa og mapiskan sa iyang bendisyun. Ni Paul Libres

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Plete sa traysikol, gitinguhang paubsan sa konseho

Isang grupo mula sa Leyte Normal University ang sasayaw ng Curacha pagdating ni Papa Francisco.

Ni Mel Caspe

Babae, patay sa pambubugbog ng kasintahan TACLOBAN CITY - Pinaghahanap ngayon ng mga otoridad ang isang empleyado ng isang Hotel dito matapos mapatay nito ang kasintahan sa pamamagitan ng pambubugbog noong Biernes, Enero 9.

Kinilala ni City PNP Director Sr. Supt. Domingo Cabillan, Chief of Police ng Tacloban, ang biktima na si Rechie Gatela y Margallo, 24, isang staff ng Q Kitchen at residente ng Barangay Lima, Pastrana, Leyte.

Ang suspect ay si Jealson Edloy Y Abarracoso, 25, isang purchaser ng XYZ Hotel at residente rin ng Barangay Lima, Pastrana, Leyte. Patuloy itong nagtatago at pinaghahanap ngayon ng mga kapolisan.

Ayon sa nag-iisang testigo na si Gilbert Naldoza, Chef ng Q Kitchen Restaurant sa may Zamora Street dito, nakarinig siya ng malakas na kalabog at sigawan sa likod mismo ng kanyang pinaglulutuan at ng tingnan niya, nakita niyang nagsusuntukan ang dalawa at agad na bumagsak ang biktima at nawalan na ito ng malay. Agad naman niyang inawat ang lalaki at dinala ang biktima sa hospital, subalit idineklara ito ng mga doctor na dead-on-arrival.

Napag-alaman ng mga imbistigador na matinding selos ang nag-udyok sa lalaki na saktan ang kanyang kasintahan, dahil diumano’y may nakita sa text na mayroon itong manliligaw at gustong makipagkita ng personal sa araw na iyon. Matapos ang insedente agad naman na tumakas ang suspek. Ni Mel Caspe

PATAY ... from P. 3 pusil. Unya may kusog kaayong dahunog sa sakyanan nagpalayo sa lugar. Awa-aw ang dapit nga gilabayan sa biktima.

Niadtong Enero 8 usab, usa ka patay ang nakit-an sa katubhan sa Brgy. Catmon, ning dakbayan. Ang biktima nailhan na si Jomilo Ibañez, 29, usa ka chainsaw operator ug nagpuyo sa Brgy. Cabulihan.

Gibunal-bunalan ang biktima na hinungdan sa kamatayon ini. Wa pa masabti ang motibo sa krimen ug giingong padung kini sa iyang amo dihang nahitabo ang insidente.

Ang pinakabag-ong insidente nahitabo kadlawon sa Enero 10. Usa ka wa pa mailhing biktima ang gipusilpatay sa may Fatima, sa Brgy.

Cogon.

Napalgan nila ni SP02 Kenneth Valley, SPO1 Reynaldo Elcarte ug PO2 Joselito Sibi ang biktima nga nagkadugo pa, apan patay na. May pinusilan kini sa liog ug ulo. Ang timailhan lamang sa biktima sa pagkakaron ang gisuot nga itom nga T-shirt ug outdoor pants na adunay kombinasyun nga itom ug gray.

Matud ni SPO2 Kenneth Valley, may pinusilan ang biktima sa iyang ulo ug liog. Basi sa nakuhang kabhang, 9 mm ang gigamit pagpusil sa mamumuno sa biktima. Nakuha sad sa lawas sa biktima ang usa ka 22 nga kalibre nga rebolber.

May nakuha sab nga aluminum foil ug nagduda ang mga pulis nga may kalabutan sa drugas ning maong panghitabo.

COPS ... from P. 2 Villar and his gambling friends for violation of PD 1602 or the Anti-Gambling Law. The prosecutor, however, dismissed the complaint, noting that apparently the illegal cockpit had been operating there for a time already, with the complicity of the barangay officials and the police themselves. This gave it an aura of legitimacy, and it was not the fault of cockfighting aficionados if they thought it was not illegal.

In the resolution, Oñate also chided barangay chairman Max Jaballa and councilor Rodrigo Sasing, who witnessed for the police, for claiming not to know that an illegal cockpit was operating in their barangay.

He noted that no less than the police chief, Ch. Insp.

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Edgardo Encina himself came in the morning of April 8 to inquire with barangay chairman Jaballa and councilor-incharge for that day, radio announcer Magdalino Estremos, if the cockfighting that day had a permit. The chairman said no, but even so, they did nothing to stop it.

He said Villar and the others who joined the gambling that day were not aware that the gambling was not legal.

“The ordinary cockfighting aficionados like Villar has the point to assume that a permit was lawfully issued to the promoters or officials because the said activity is done publicly and not in a secretive matter. It was done in the presence of police officers. It was done in an intentionally built-makeshift publicly visible cockpit.”

ORMOC CITY – Tungod sa pagkunhod sa presyo sa gasoline, gilauman nga paubsan sad ang pletehan sa traysikol.

Imbis ang minimum karon P 7.00, kon maaprubahan ang gihaun nga ordinansa sa first reading karong semanaha, himuon na lang kini og P 6.00.

Sa regular nga sesyon sa konseho niadtong Enero 8, si Konsehal Eusebio “Gerry” Penserga, tsirman sa Committee on Transportation, nipaabot sa iyang mga kaubanan nga ang yangongo iyang nadawat gikan mismo sa mga sumasakay.

Sa pikas nga bahin, ang presidente sa Ormoc Motorcab Driver and Operator Association (OMTODA) na si Benky Lambonao, sa us aka telephone interview sa EV Mail, niingon nga wala kini problema sa ila kay ang gipasalig sa OMTODA kaniadto pa nga kon mokunhod gani ang presyo sa gasoline, sila mismo ang moadto sa Sangguniang Panlungsud aron personal ipasabot sa konseho nga magpaubos sila sa plete. Pero kon ang presyo

gani sa gasolina motungtong na sa P50.00 ang litro, mobalik na sad sila sa konseho aron mangayo og umento. Ang matag litro sa gasolina karon tag P47.00 dinhi sa Ormoc, apan sa mga gawas nga lungsod, ubos pa gayod kini sama sa Hilongos nga tag- P45.00 nalang ang litro.

Ang gihaun nga ordinansa ni Hon. Perserga anaa pa sa unang pagbasa. Sa sunod nga regular session, kon matuki unya ang pagkunhod sa pletehan sa traysikol, masud na kini sa second reading, sunod ang third and final reading ug isumite sa Sangguniang Panlungsod ngadto sa opisina ni City Mayor Edward Codilla aron aprubaran. Kon mapirmahan na sa mayor, maghuwat og napulo ka adlaw alang sa implementasyun niini.

Ang mga drayber nga nakasabot sa katuyoan niingon na angay sad us-osan ang plete.

Pabor labaw sa tanan ang mga sumasakay, bisan piso lamang ang kunhod sa plete kay makaminus na kini, labi pa sa mga estudyante nga igo-igo lang ang bawun. Ni Paul Libres

Ang presyo sa krudo, gasolina, ug ‘espesyal’ sa lungsod sa Hilongos, Leyte adtong Enero 8, 2015. Sa ubos nga litrato makita ang presyo sa gasolina og crudo sa Tacloban niadtong Disyembre 19.

Bangkay ng nawawalang pulis, nakita sa palayan MACARTHUR, LEYTE – Natagpuan na ng mga kapulisan sa MacArthur, Leyte ang malamig na bangkay ng kanilang kasamahan sa isang palayan na naiulat na nawawala noong nakaraang kapaskuhan.

Kinilala ni Sr. Supt. Carlo Centenaje ang biktima na si Police Officer 1 Hubert Bitas.

Ayon kay Centenaje, Chief of Police ng Police Community Relations sa PNP regional office, ang katawan ni Bitas ay nakita sa isang palayan sa Barangay Guinmaranat sa

nasabing bayan, at pinaniniwalaang nalunod dahil sa malakas na ulan at pagbaha na dala ni Bagyong Seniang.

Ayon naman sa mga kamag-anak ng biktima, kanilang ipina-autopsy ang bangkay para malaman kung ano ba ang totoong nangyari sa biktima.

Dagdag pa ni Centenaje, walang nakitang foul play sa pagkamatay ng naturang pulis.

Napag-alaman na si PO1 Bitas ay nahaharap sa kasong AWOL at administrative charges. Ni Mel Caspe

Nabubulok na bigas sa BOC, nadiskubre TACLOBAN CITY – Pinabulaanan ngayon ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) na ang mahigit 100 sako na bigas na nabulok ay hinde mga donasyon galing sa international at local non-government organizations para sa mga biktima ng bagyong Yolanda noong taong 2013.

Ayon kay BOC Port Operations Chief Paulino Cabello Jr., ito ay mga smuggled rice at mayroon ng warrant of seizure and detention sa isang kaso na patuloy pang nililitis.

Dagdag pa nito, nasa kanilang opisina na ang mga bigas bago pa man ang pananalasa ng bagyong Yolanda, partikular na sa Tacloban.

Kuwento ni Cabello, naapektuhan ang mga sako ng bigas noong storm surge at sila ay humingi na ng permiso sa Customs Commissioner sa Manila para ibaon ang mga nabubulok na bigas.

Nakakasulasok na kasi ang amoy at maaaring makaapekto sa sino mang makakalanghap,

Isang tambak ng nabubulok na bigas ang nadiskubre ng media sa compound ng Bureau of Customs. lalo na’t may mga katabi pa itong opisina.

Inaprubahan naman ito ng Commissioner, ang problema lang ay wala pang sagot ang City Environment and Natural Resources Office kung saan

pwedeng mailibing ang mga nabulok na bigas.

Kinumpirma naman ni Cabello na ang mga bigas ay commercial rice at hindi galing sa National Food Authority.

Sa katunayan, ang opisina

ng Bureau of Customs ngayon ay abandonado na dahil nagkasira-sira ito noong dumaan ang Super-typhoon Yolanda at pansamantalang umuupa sa isang building sa siyudad ng Tacloban. Ni Mel Caspe

People, Places & Happenings NGCP holds ceremonial turnover of seven 3-classroom buildings in Palo

THE CHRISTENING OF URSULA BACHO! The unica hija of Tata Bacho (hairdresser par excellence, most sought makeup artist, wedding and event organizer, dance instructor, and all-around businessman) and wife Maricel was christened on January 7 by Fr. Gilbert Urbina. A sumptous dinner followed at Big Roy’s Restaurant.

Leyte governor Mic Petilla and representatives of 7 beneficiary schools receive the symblic key from Nelson Cabangon of NGCP. Below, the teachers, parents and students give a thumbs up sign to show how pleased they are with the new schoolbuilding.

By Henry Gadaingan POWER GRID operator and transmission services provider National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) completed ten of 21 school buildings it committed to build in Leyte.

Three schools were turned over to beneficiaries in November 2014 and seven newly completed three-classroom school buildings were turned over on January 9, 2015.

The 21 beneficiary schools are spread out in nine LGU’s of Leyte namely: Palo, Tolosa, Ormoc City, Tan-auan, Sta. Fe, Alang-alang, Barugo, Carigara, and Capoocan.

Beneficiaries of the seven newly completed three-classroom school buildings are Gacao Elementary School, Caloogan Elementary School, and Palo 1 Central School in Palo; Sta. Fe Central School and Tibak Elementary School, both in Sta. Fe; Dolores El-

ementary School in Ormoc; and Sta. Rosa Elementary School in Barugo.

The ceremonial turnover, blessing and ribbon cutting of the 7 classrooms was conducted at Palo I SPED center and was attended by Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla, Sta. Fe Mayor Oscar Monteza, NGCP Corporate Affairs Division head Nelson Cabangon, principals of the beneficiary schools, parents and pupils.

In his speech, Gov. Petilla expressed his heartfelt thanks to NGCP for putting up the schools in Leyte. He said NGCP did not only put up classrooms, but built “monuments of resiliency and cooperation of the Leyteños.”

N G C P ’s 3 - c l a s s r o o m buildings have been built to “build-back-better” standards.

Cabangon said they are “sturdier and can withstand wind

Cebu Pac now has IOS app for check-in CEBU PACIFIC Air (PSE:CEB) rolled out its mobile check-in option recently, just in time for the holidays. Mobile check-in joins web check-in, self check-in kiosks at the airport, and Agent Xpress (roving airport agents equipped with tablets) as alternate forms of check-in for CEB flights. “… CEB introduces more check-in options, so guests will be empowered to manage their trips. With check-in counter space limitations in airports such as Manila or Kalibo, we encourage more guests to check-in online to avoid the line,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

Its official Cebu Pacific mobile app is now available on the App Store, so guests can check-in using their mobile devices and book their flights on the go.

While initially available for iOS devices, CEB is scheduled to roll out a version for Android devices soon.

Mobile check-in is available from 72 hours up to four hours for international flights, and up to two hours for domestic flights. Seats will be automatically be assigned for those with no pre-purchased seat assignments. Boarding passes can be emailed, saved as an image, sent as an MMS or printed straight from the iPhone.

Guests can do mobile check-in for up to 14 passengers. It will be initially available for those with web or mobile bookings only.

The mobile check-in service is not available for guests with infants, interline or check-through flights, or those requiring special handling, as they have to go through the usual check-in process.

Those who also wish to book flights can do so using the Cebu Pacific mobile app. CEB and Tigerair Philippines flights, prepaid baggage allowance and seat selection may be booked for up to 14 guests. Only credit cards are accepted for mobile app flight bookings.

“We also remind guests to be at the airport at least three hours before their flights, and prepare for possible high volume of traffic during this time,” Iyog added.

CEB’s full list of travel reminders may be found here: bit.ly/CEBholidaypeak For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www.cebupacificair.com, or call the reservation hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter (@CebuPacificAir) and Facebook pages. PR

velocities of up to 250 kilometers per hour,” which is the standard of the Department of Public Works and Highways under BBB. The classroom’s roofing is reinforced using a new engineering method of connecting the galvanized iron sheet to the trestle. The walls are thicker, almost double the width of the old classrooms’ walls.

Moreover, the facilities have movable dividers and can be used as evacuation centers during calamities or other indoor school activities.

The project was initiated and completed in line with NGCP’s corporate social responsibility program which aims to contribute to the development of education in the country.

“This project is one very close to our hearts. After seeing the devastation brought by Yolanda, and taking a direct part in restoration and rebuilding, we felt it necessary to carry over these efforts beyond transmission facilities.

The school is said to be the second home of children, and for them to see their school rise from ruins of the typhoon will empower them,” Nelson F. Cabangon said.

NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid. It transmits high-voltage electricity through “power superhighways” that include the interconnected system of transmission lines, towers, substations, and related assets.

The consortium holds the 25year concession to operate the country’s power transmission network and is comprised of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp., led by Henry Sy, Jr., Calaca High Power Corporation, led by Robert Coyiuto, Jr., and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) as technical partner.

FORMER REGIONAL TRIAL COURT JUDGE CELSO MANTUA TURNED 77 ON JANUARY 8. The former judge (extreme right) is seen here with Hilongos Mayor Alberto “Bentong” Villahermosa, Vice Mayor Gabisan (end of table on the left side), BM Edgar Faller, some councilors and the town’s police chief. He held his b-day party at the Villa La Cocina owned by VM Gabisan.

Cancer Awareness MANY PEOPLE fear the word cancer, but many people succumb to cancer, whether they like it or not. We celebrate National Cancer Consciousness Week this 3rd week of January.

Cancer develops when cells (the basic unit of our body) undergo an abnormal change and begins to grow and spread within the body.

These abnormal cells then grow into tumors that can be benign or malignant. Cancers can occur at any age. About 75% of cancer patients in the Philippines are 50 years old and above, while 3.2% belong to the pediatric age bracket (0 to 14 years).

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that the number of cancer deaths worldwide would increase from 7.6 million to 17 million deaths in 2030. 30% of cancers can be prevented by avoiding smoking, having regular exercise, and eating the right diet.

Unfortunately, cancer still ranked third in the list of leading causes of death in our country in 2010. Meanwhile, listed below are the top 3 causes of cancer deaths in the country for 2010: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the country with 16% of a total of 50,000 cases resulting in death. The disease has also become the leading cause of cancer for Filipino women. We therefore advise women to do self-breast examination (especially during taking a bath), to detect abnormal growth in the breasts so that the cancer can be treated during its early stages. Breast cancer could be detected by mammography and the gold standard is fine needle aspiration or excision biopsy. Education campaigns should be continuously done to help more Filipinas in combating the disease.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer

for Filipino men. It was the leading cause of cancer deaths in the country before it was replaced by breast cancer. Meanwhile, the Philippine Cancer Society expressed concern over the rise in lung cancer incidence among Filipino women. This is because there is an increasing number of Filipino women who are smoking, and cigarette smoking is the primary cause of lung cancer. We strongly advise the public to refrain from cigarette smoking, as nine out of ten smokers die from lung cancer. Non-smokers also become prone to lung cancer through secondhand and thirdhand smoke.

Liver cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the world. However, it appears that the disease is more common in the Philippines, compared to the lesser number of incidences in the United States. It is attributed to the fact that chronic Hepatitis B affects 10 to 12 percent of all Filipinos. Chronic Hepatitis B causes cirrhosis of the liver which is a major risk factor of liver cancer.

I will be discussing the remaining cancers in my next article.

For the meantime, those who would be attending the Holy Mass of Pope Francis, kindly bring with you your medicines – both maintenance and emergency. This is a rare opportunity to see the Holy Father visiting us; in as much as we have to spiritually prepare to meet him, we also have to be healthy and physically prepared to meet him – be it in the Holy Mass or the motorcade. Let us bring water and first aid kits.

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Papa Iko is coming!

WHEN I first learned that Pope Francis was coming to Leyte, I was very happy. I would often joke to friends that he was coming over to see me, because during the time we were in Rome, he was not around. It was August, and it was supposed to be the summer months there, and Rome can get oppressively hot there during that month. Hence, the Pope and other Cardinals usually go to Castel Gandolfo to cool off. As I reviewed the news, it was also a historical summer outing for the new Pope. He was with retired Pope Benedict the XVI there, and according to the news, Pope Francis shared the front pew with him, which was a novelty because until that time, only the incumbent Pope could use that place for his prayers.

I really admire this Pope. I admire him for reminding the hierarchy that the Church was a congregation of people, not edifices. That priests were the manifestations of Christ, and not their pompous emperors.

I am happy that I would get to see a Pope as simple as “Papa Iko” (he-he) in my lifetime.

He preaches solidarity and tolerance. He has initiated dialog with other churches and do not pass judgment on other people’s beliefs.

I think you have read enough about Pope Francis that I would not bore you with rehash of what I have read.

I usually dread covering important people. I hate the hassle of going through security checks and the protocol, but in Papa Iko’s case, I will be there ready to cover him, no matter the hassle. rrr

Just as I was closing this paper, I received news that a cousin of my husband, Rudith CelizCruz, passed away in the US. We fondly called her “Bebing” here. She is also one of my kids’ favorite aunt.

She just arrived there last December 5, and after years of not seeing her eldest son, was able to spend time with him and his brothers. I suspect that she knew all the while that her cancer was spreading, but rather than risk not being allowed entry to the US, she kept it to herself and held on until the pain was too much to bear.

It was a short, bittersweet reunion with her husband and kids. Her son “Isoy” sent me a private message that she died in her sleep.

When I learned of her relapse on Saturday afternoon, I prayed that she passes away painlessly.

My mom was a cancer patient herself. 30 years ago, the strongest painkiller then was only Mefenamic Acid 500 mg. That is what we use now for a simple headache.

Seeing a loved one in so much pain and dying can scar a person for life. That is why I dread visiting cancer patients.

I still remember vividly, until this day, the sight of my mom in pain. I would often pray and cry that God take her away asap, but it was not yet her time.

She died on November 1, three days shy of my 15th birthday. I could not cry on her funeral.

Deep inside me, I was thankful that God took her away already.

I know pain management has made so much advances since then, already. But it was and will never be easy for me. That is why, whenever I hear or see a cancer patient on their terminal stage, I always pray that they slip away painlessly.

Rest in peace, Bebing … and all the other people I know who have succumb to death recently.

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First break EARLY JANUARY, 14,000 parched Metro Cebu water consumers started getting an additional 18,000 cubic meters. That surface water is piped in from Luyang town 40 kilometers away. It is the first ever breakaway from crumbling underground aquifers, over extracted by over half its recharging capacity.

“Did Cebu miss by the proverbial inch, the fate of Yemen’s cities?,” it was asked then. “In Sana, the price of water bolted tenfold in some areas,” the New York Times reports. “[It] could become the first capital ever to run out of water.”

Wedged between Mexico and Guatemala, Mayan cities crumbled between 800 and 950 AD. Food systems collapsed and epidemics erupted when rainfall dwindled to less than half of normal, Science 2012 states.

Twelve miles east of the Taj Mahal, the ghost city of Fathiphurshkari molders. Your footsteps echo in empty palace halls. Cawing crows swoop over deserted balconies. The city

died when water cisterns ran dry.

Saudi Arabia pumped its fossil (no-replenishment) aquifers dry, Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute notes. Riyadh harvested two years back its last wheat crop. Starting 2012, some 30 million Saudis - equivalent of Canada - will swap oil for imported grain.

There is no substitute for water. “Twenty liters per person each day is the threshold requirement to meet basic human needs,” UN’s Human Development Report states. Here, about 72 percent of water, from rivers or ponds, is unfit for human use.

The Philippines is second to China in diarrhea-related deaths among children below five. Just washing hands can save lives.

But first, you must have water. Hand-washsee

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POLEYTECAL Tidbits and Beyond

By Rammel B. Cagulada, CPA

Of appointing, anointing & anything LATE LAST year, BIR Commissioner Kim Jacinto Henares was appointed by the United Nations thru Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, to a post as a tax expert. A staunch advocate on effective and efficient collection of the government’s fair share from the taxpayers’ income, Henares is a good addition to a battery of experts on international tax matters.

She will serve among the 25 members of the United Nations Committee Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters. When informed of her selection, she stressed that her appointment to the international body was an opportunity to advance the interest of developing countries, especially the Philippines, in the formulation of tax treaty commentaries and recommendations to various tax issues brought about by increasing globalization and integration of economies. Kudos to the BIR’s chief collector for such appointment will add credibility to the Aquino administration in the international community!

priests are anointed by God, as far as the Roman Catholic pontiff is to be believed. According to Pope Francis, as quoted by the Catholic News Agency during a regular daily mass in Vatican sometime last year, “bishops and priests are anointed ones, thus, in effect were chosen by the Lord.” “They have the anointing and the Spirit of the Lord is with them,” the pontiff noted, and emphasized that “all the bishops and priests are sinners, every one;” but “still, we are anointed.” “We all want to be more holy every day, more faithful to this anointing,” the Pope continued, adding that “the person of the bishop is the thing that (constitutes) a Church (as such), in the name of Jesus Christ – because he is anointed, not because he was voted by the majority.” Even Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom Nation of Jesus Christ claimed that he, too, is an anointed and appointed son of God. rrr

Presently, the Commission on Appointments of the Republic of the Philippines is chaired concurrently by Senate President Franklin M.

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Whether we like it or not, bishops and

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I, of course, find this topic a bit funny. I thought the relevance of Christ in our life and in everything in it is beyond question. But I’m meeting more and more people raising that question up, or at least admitting that they in theory believe in Christ’s relevance but could not find the concrete way to feel it.

Obviously, the relevance of Christ is not a matter of feelings but of faith, which in turn depends more on our will than again on our feelings. Feelings of God’s presence in our life come only as a consequence of our will to believe in him which is also a result of God’s grace that is given to us abundantly.

If we find that reasoning circular - what we call, begging the question—we need to be clear about one basic point. And that is, everything starts with God. He takes the initiative in everything.

He created us. He endowed us with the best faculties and powers that would qualify us to be his image and likeness, and his children. He started everything with us and will always be with us.

When we start with ourselves, especially with our senses and feelings, and remain there, then we would be understanding things with a grave handicap. Chronologically, we of course start with our senses and feelings, but when we start to use our reason, and let it run its course as fully as possible, then we would realize that everything, in fact, starts with God, not with us.

In fact, we rectify ourselves as often as we realize that our initial understanding of things based on our senses and emotions has not been that correct. We have to be wary of our tendency to be too dependent on our senses and feelings, since these faculties of ours, no matter how powerful and necessary to us, can only do so much.

They can capture only the sensible reality, not the intelligible, much less, the spiritual and supernatural realities.

While we start our process of knowing with them, we have to understand that they only serve as starters, not as completers or perfecters of our knowing. Our knowledge of things takes place in our mind and heart, which in turn derive their capacity to know and love from God and always with God, their creator and lawgiver.

Having said all that, we can say that we have to train ourselves to think properly, that is to say, to acknowledge the indispensable role of God in everything in our life. He will always be relevant.

Being the Son and Word of God who became man, Christ is the very pattern of the whole of creation, and especially of man who is God’s image and likeness. This means that everything that exists has its nature and law written, so to speak, and originating in Christ.

What we know and discover and invent in this world has Christ in the center of it all. He is at least the reference point of our knowledge that can differ from how things ought to be as designed by God. He is the ultimate arbiter of what is right and wrong, good and evil in our life here on earth.

By becoming man, Christ offers us the way

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The fall of crude oil prices worldwide SPENDING THE Christmas holidays in America is fun for a non-skier like me. I am staying in Texas, a relatively warm state for most part of winter. Mornings are chilly while evenings can be cold but there is no ice and snow unlike what Northern, the Rockies and Mountain states residents have to endure on the roads.

Cheaper home heating and transportation costs are definitely making many consumers smile this winter because of the significant fall in energy prices. US West Texas Intermediate crude oil price dipped below $50 per barrel today, for the first time in more than five years, owing to the strong dollar and news of surging inventory of the commodity. The European benchmark Brent oil also fell to $53.11 for delivery in February.

For countries that are too dependent on oil revenues to survive, the downward spiral of crude prices is very alarming. With social programs by these countries cut significantly due to revenue shortfalls, chaos and turmoil are likely to be seen. This is already happening in Venezuela, where fuel and food shortages have been reported. Those with weakened currencies will have more fiscal pressures to deal with especially if their current account balances are thin. Russia is dealing a double whammy because the value of its currency, the ruble, depreciated largely over the last part of 2014 due to a combination of economic sanctions by the West and capital flight. These events were tied up with developments in Ukraine and Crimea that Putin annexed to become part of the Russian territory.

OPEC member countries continue to pump oil at unprecedented levels with no likelihood of cutback. This is counterintuitive, as in the past, the group had been the moderating force in crude pricing movement. Led by its biggest producer Saudi Arabia, OPEC has the power to influence crude price adjustments; maintaining a certain threshold to avoid a price war among producers and maximize revenues for the benefit of both the producers and the consumers.

Towards memory failure A lot of observers are questioning the group’s intent to maintain production despite an obvious glut in the market. Are they conspiring with the West to hurt Russia or is it a producers’ free for all to increase their respective revenues?

One interesting analysis points to Saudi Arabia’s oil minister Ali al-Naimi who told fellow OPEC members on November 27, 2013 in Vienna, as reported by Reuters, that they must combat the U.S. shale oil boom, arguing against cutting crude output in order to depress prices and undermine the profitability of North American producers. OPEC now regards the US as a competitor because of its increase in shale production. The Reuter report further stated, “Ali al-Naimi won the argument during that meeting, against the wishes of ministers from OPEC’s poorer members such as Venezuela, Iran and Algeria which had wanted to cut production to reverse a rapid fall in oil prices. They were not prepared to offer big cuts themselves, and, choosing not to clash with the Saudis and their rich Gulf allies, ultimately yielded to Naimi’s pressure. Naimi spoke about market share rivalry with the United States. And those who wanted a cut understood that there was no option to achieve it because the Saudis want a market share battle.”

This analysis suggests a looming ‘economic war’ between OPEC and the US by lowering crude prices to ultimately bring down the American shale industry. Whether this is effective for OPEC or it will backfire and hurt OPEC members, time will tell.  Meanwhile, countries with small or no oil production like the Philippines will continue to enjoy cheap energy prices in the world market.

It is time to take advantage of this lull by channeling resources to finding new deposits in known potential areas in Palawan, the Visayas and Mindanao.

Mr. Tordillo can be reached at jackman132001@yahoo.com for comments.

JANUARY 18, 2015 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Lotto

Dear Atty. Golo,

and countless others that are found in any Bible.

It is therefore such a big privilege -- a privilege of a lifetime -- to “see” Christ. The Bible is replete with such encounters. During the lifetime (thirty three years) of Jesus here on our earth, this was mind-boggling because the very idea for God to assume a human body to save Mankind is awesome! God loved us from the beginning. This is the only reason He came down to earth to REDEEM us and give us salvation from the clutches of the Evil One. But what did man do in return? We continue to commit sin in wild abandon. Msgr. Jimmy Villanueva, formerly the Parish Priest of Sts. Peter and Paul here in Ormoc City, once said that it may be easier not to commit mortal sin but it is venial sin that is the hardest of all. It cannot be denied that we easily commit such sins as anger, cheating, promises broken, jealousy, envy, showing off, seeing x-rated movies, and others.

Speaking of Ms Henrietta “Tita” de Villa, the name is very familiar being the Chairperson of PPCRV, the citizens’ election watchdog that replaced the (in)famous NAMFREL which figured well during the Marcos years. This corner was City Chair for three elections and District Chair for one election. At that time, Marcos considered Namfrel as an Opposition just because it thwarted his bid to win at all cost.

The seeming halo that goes with the papacy is always there; the same halo if we were to be in front of God. We were therefore lucky that see

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Exercising, keeping mentally active, sleeping well, socializing, refraining from alcohol and drugs and keeping blood pressure under control all reduce the risk of cognitive decline, experts say.

It is too early to say if there is a way to hold back dementia after subjective memory complaints have occurred, but some clinical trials are being conducted to answer that concern.

In a related research, neuroscientists found that going on a diet can halt the normal rise and fall of over 900 different genes related to aging and memory formation in the brain.

Their findings, based on experiments with mice, could explain how fewer calories from carbohydrates inhibit some aspects of aging and chronic diseases in humans.

While the study adds evidence to the role of diet in aging and in curbing age-related disease, it does not mean that calorie restriction is the path that leads to being forever young.

However, the findings covered the dietary impact on over 10,000 genes, whereas previous research has examined one or two genes at a time. In the study, dementia-prone female mice were fed pellets that represented a 30 percent reduction in calories by comparison with their regular diet.

Tissue analysis of the hippocampus was performed as the mice reached middle to late adulthood, revealing the positive effects on memory.

Perhaps, those who are now experiencing memory problems (and a bit overweight) should consider dieting as part of their New Year resolution!

The Gospel on Sunday

NI ATTY. MANING GOLO

Papal Visit: An encounter with Jesus Christ?

THIS CORNER is very much amused with the seeming national effort to usher in the fervor brought about with the coming visit of Pope Francis I next week. Also a head of state just like P-Noy, they are making a lot of preparation to welcome the Pope.

There was a program on Channel 9, hosted

by Ms Pia Hontiveros, on what it was to have a Pope visit us. This corner agrees with the view of former Ambassador to the Vatican, Ms Tita de Villa. She was relating what it was to see the Pope (Pope St. John Paul II, now a saint) for the first time. She said that she reacted like it was seeing Jesus Christ, God, and that it made her burst into tears. She had the privilege of seeing the Pope more than once because of her official functions as Ambassador.

She was once asked to organize a group of twelve people of her choice to have an audience with Pope John Paul II when he came to Manila in 1995. One of them was preparing what questions to ask but upon seeing the Pope, he forgot his preparations and even ended up bursting into tears just because he felt he was not fit to “put Christ to the test.” He was profuse with words for having seen God. This was how he felt: like seeing Christ in person. After all, the Pope is the Vicar of Christ. His coming was as if Christ was here to pay us a visit. As if Christ himself came to see His people. In all the places where Jesus made miracles; when He gave back the life of Lazarus after being buried four days in his tomb; when He healed the paralyzed man; when He healed some nine people who had leprosy but only one came back to Him to give his thanks;

MANY PEOPLE in our age group (over age 60 and counting) complain of memory changes, and those who do are more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia about nine to 12 years later, according to research.

Researchers studied 531 people, all over age 60, who enrolled in a study when they were mentally healthy. Each year, they asked the participants if they perceived a change in their memories over the past year and also tested for mild cognitive impairment (the first clinical diagnosis of age-related brain deterioration) and for dementia.

Almost 56 percent of the participants noted changes in memory and they were between two and three times more likely to be diagnosed with cognitive impairment, which happened an average of nine years later.

A dementia diagnosis came about twelve years after a subjective memory complaint. Of those who died without a diagnosis of impairment or dementia, the plaques associated with Alzheimer’s were more common in the brains of people who had complained of memory changes.

This supports accumulating evidence that people’s concern about their memory is related to cognitive decline, which is related to Alzheimer’s disease.

Many people may notice decline in memory, but it might be over several years, rather than over one year.

If you have this problem, letting your doctor know and getting your memory checked can be helpful. Even if you are still cognitively healthy, it will give your doctors a baseline to measure changes against years later.

Kinsa gani ang nakadaog sa lotto nga wa kakobra kay giutaw ang ticket? “Unfair” kaayo! Giutaw na hinoon di pakobrahon.

Unsa may ilang gusto, ticket nga gom-ok.

Looy jud ko niya kay sige pod kong palit og lotto. Ako gyong palup-itan sa Bible ang akong ticket aron kaloy-an ko sa Guinoo.

Gibadlong ko sa akong asawa kay sugal kono. Dili man sugal ang lotto, lingawlingaw man. Di ba governo man ang nagda sa lotto? Naa silay policy nga “No ticket, No pay.” Peru ang among mga konsehal sige lang absent sa session, sige man sweldo.

“No Work Always Pay” man lagi.

Matinahuron, Mr. Manoloto

Dear Mr. Manoloto, Si Antonio F, Mendoza nga taga Calaca, Batangas mao kono ang nakapalit sa ticket sa lotto nga dunay P 12 milyones nga premyo. Wa siya makakobra kay nasunog ang katunga sa ticket dihang giutaw sa iyang anak. Ang lotto gitugutan sa atong governo (RA 1169. ) Estrikto ang pag kobra sa daog sa lotto aron ang kwarta dili mapunta sa ngil-ad nga bulsa. Lahi ang pagkobra sa sweldo sa inyong konsehal kay duna silay “leave credits” nga adto ihapak ang mga “absences.” Kon gusto ka nga ang inyong mga konsehal dili na ma absenero, karong 2016 ayaw na sila iboto.

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo e.g.gololaw@gmail.com 09155595449 09333545198

John 1:35-42 John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?”

They said to him, “Rabbi” — which translated means Teacher —, “where are you staying?”

He said to them, “Come, and you will see.”

So they went and saw where Jesus was staying, and they stayed with him that day.

It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him,“We have found the Messiah” — which is translated Christ —.Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas” — which is translated Peter.

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People, Places EVSU-Ormoc holds first ever festival

By Jhay Gaspar

Eastern Visayas State University-Ormoc City Campus, the biggest university in Ormoc with over 4,000 students, marked its first month of the year with flying colors as they successfully held on January 9 the first ever “SPO Festival” organized by The Observer, the Student Publications Office of EVSU-Ormoc, in line with the 11th year anniversary of their existence.

Apart from providing quality publications, EVSU-Ormoc’s official tertiary publication would like to reach out to its publishers: the students, hence, a breakthrough event that will formally introduce the people behind the publication to its readers.

The university-wide event themed “Upholding the students’ welfare by defending the truth: 11 years and beyond” featured various contests, activities, exhibits, and fanfare.

It was a whole day “no-classes” event that started with giving away limited edition school festival lanyards to the first 100 comers. There were simultaneous activities in the ground such as the “larong lahi” games. Students relished as they play childhood games such as Patintero, Pokpok palayok, and kadang-kadang, with their schoolmates.

There were booths and exhibits by the school organizations that complimented the colorful bandaritas. Each booth has activities of its own where students flock to either see or compete. There were cinemas, exhibit of preserved animals and insects, sing-along, trivia, and mini-games, among others.

One of the most flocked booth was the Ormoc Cosplayers Club’s where rare anime action figures were displayed and “kawai” items were sold. The visiting cosplayers, led by Founder Jennylyn Chu, were dressed up as anime characters which added up to the festivity.

Simultaneously held were contests such as the Best Selfie and Best Groufie where Evsuans uploaded their entries on The Observer fan page with hashtags #SPOFestivalSelfie and #SPOFestivalGroufie to gather “Likes” as one of the criteria.

Meanwhile, academically-inclined Evsuans participated in essay writing contest, poster making contest, and slogan

writing contest where they were given training prior to the competition. Entries in Poster making and Slogan writing were posted in the student center for students to vote for their desired entries.

Students, faculty, and visitors-alike scribbled their hearts out in the provided freedom walls and wandered around taking pictures with their face paint on. It was also the third day of the SPO Books Garage Sale where everyone can buy pre-owned books from student journalists and faculty for as low as P10 to P80.

During the awarding in the afternoon, Young Samaritans Guild was awarded with Best Booth and Best Activities followed by the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers and Hoteliers Restaurateurs Association of the Philippines.

Pronounced “most vain” was Izzy Pilapil in his selfie, while Best Groufie goes to 3rd year Civil Engineering buddies. Best poster was illustrated by Wenna Marie Francis Romo while Best Slogan was made by Shena Marie June Manalo.

In the Essay writing, BSED-BIO Jannen Casas outwitted 15 other participants. Her winning piece, along with the Best Selfie and Best Groufie photo, will be published in IMAGINARIUM, the official literary folio of EVSU-Ormoc.

Prizes were not limited to participants only. 20 lucky students who voted for poster making and slogan writing were drawn and were given freebies each aside from the random freebies given during the program’s on the spot Q & A. The program in the morning began with a thanksgiving mass celebrated by Rev. Dennis Winston Soon who, in the homily, remarked the strength of the publication for reaching over a decade of “defending the truth.”

In his welcome remarks during the program proper, Campus Director Rolando Musca emphasized the SPO Festival as one of the many firsts in EVSU. On 2013, EVSU-Ormoc held a press conference with local media men from all media outlets in Ormoc as they hosted the EVSU inter-campus intramurals. “The press conference was also led by the Student Publications Office,” he recalled.

SPO Adviser Dr. Cecilia Avellana, also Dean of the Education department, discussed the importance of campus journalism and its vast contribution in the process of developing a university. She iterated how The Observer strived to produce quality publications and bravely surfaced critical issues concerning both the students and the administration.

Afterwards, the SPO Editor in Chief discussed the power of Social Media and its responsible use. He emphasized the social media mistakes that should be avoided, how to make posts more engaging and shared basic posting tips.

The event also served as the launching of the #TheObservation where the The Observer’s official fan page, the second best social networking site in the Region 8 during the RTSPC 2014, will be open for public posting. ”Social Media are excellent tools when handled correctly,” said the Chief

Editor.

It was followed by a brief orientation of contests mechanics before the students savored and enjoyed the funfilled contests and activities. “It gave not only recreation but also an opportunity to learn more about the school publication beyond its published works. I am looking forward for next year’s SPO festival,” remarked one of the students.

Above: The Observer encourage students to read more by selling low-priced books; Participants of the Essay writing contest with their trainer.

Right: Caren Domingo, BSCE students, face-paints fellow Evsuans; the booth of the Young Samaritan Guild.

Below: During the awarding, YSG and IIEE are some of the winners of the Best booth and Best activities.

Ormoc Cosplayers Club with SPO Festival Chairman

Children once more. Teens once again get the chance to play Larong Lahi games such as Pokpok Palayok, Kadang-kadang, and Patintero.

Photos by Christian Jarito

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The Paulinian Pride & Passion By: Leo Karlo Macabeo & MaiMai Velasquez-Franco

Batch 2012 take wire-to-wire win over Batch 1999 to clinch 2014 Paulinian Batch League crown For Batch 2012, the burn of a playoff ouster two years ago to Batch 1999 had not been soothed. They made sure history doesn’t repeat itself this time around.

Paolo Capahi and his teammates have proven their mettle, instigating an epic fourth quarter rally to lift the 2014 Paulinian Batch League crown over the defending champions Batch 1999, 69-67.

Batch 2012 was down by three points, 67-64, with 13 seconds left after a botched potential game-clinching play by Batch 1999. In the ensuing possession, Capahi drained a cold-blooded three pointer to tie the game with 7 seconds left. A costly turnover by the seemingly weary Batch 1999 gave the final possession PAULINIAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECOM to batch 2012 which then called for a timeout with 4 seconds remaining in the game (L-R): Tingtong Rodriguez, Akoi Villarante, Titing Larrazabal, Ken de Paz, Juan Sacay, Leo Macabeo, Carlo Baltonado, Wingwing Parrilla, Elvin Bensig, Ivo Enecio, MaiMai Franco, Jean Catingub, Mel Perez, Nikka Matuguina, Rico Sanchez, and Michael Franco clock. And with the tournament on the line, Finals Most Valuable Player Vince Aviles received the inbound pass, isolated against his defender, and came up short on his Nil Sine Numine and The 5th E.V.E.R. Paulinian Alumni Homepull-up three-point attempt. But Denmark de Jesus found himself in the right place coming Party at the right time, swooped in under the basket, and got the put-back winning shot as time expired, giving Batch 2012 a dramatic win, and bringing the raucous crowd at The Paulinian Alumni Association was first formed when a group of St. Paul’s School the WLC gym to their feet. high school graduates came together headed by Vicente Anton “Tingtong” Rodriguez where a plan to hold an annual homecoming party to be participated by the Capahi led all scorers with 28 points, while Aviles added 19 points give Batch 2012 alumni of SPS. Since 2010, the yearly Paulinian basketball batch league was held their first championship. to promote camaraderie and teamwork, as well as reunite old friends and meet the younger Paulinian alumni in addition to showing support to the players. The awarding Elvin Bensig top-scored with 31 points to lead Batch 1999’s effort, Kit Sanchez ceremony would take place during the Homecoming Party where all Paulinian alumtossed in 14 points, while Sammy Loayon, playing in his first game of the tournani who are in town and those who are home for the Christmas break would attend ment, added 10. to celebrate. Currently, there are a total of 18 batches already that have completed their secondary education from St. Paul’s School in Ormoc City, which is a total of The Scores: 967 students.

Batch 2012 –Capahi 28, Aviles 19, de Jesus 7, LarWhat sets the homecoming party apart from most high school reunions is that since razabal A. 5, Martinez 4, its inception, it has always been an open bar party where everyone can drink all they Pasturan Lumanta 4, Sarsocan for a certain amount of contribution. Since most of the alumni are still in their nas 2, Zabala 0, Gantuangco 20s and early 30s, many are more than willing to take part in the festivities, provid0, Kierulf 0, Larrazabal C., 0. ed of course that they drink moderately and responsibly. The party encourages all Batch 1999 – Bensig 31, alumni from different batches to get to know each other and build connections.

Sanchez 14, Loayon 10, Rae 6, Madeja 4, Franco 2, The Alumni have an existing closed group in Facebook with 695 members as of Waffer 1, Sacay E. 0, Sacay writing this under the group, NIL SINE NUMINE. The name is actually the St. Paul’s R. 0, Macabeo 0, Fiel 0.

School motto in Latin which means “Nothing Without God’s Providence”. The FaceQuarterscores: 12-20, 29book group is where announcements and photos are posted for those who wish to 34, 49-48, 69-68. join homecoming activities that are planned and carried out by a group of dynamic Paulinians collectively known as the Paulinian Alumni Association Executive Com2003 defeats 2005 to win third place mittee plus representatives of each batch. Just recently a new set of leaders from Batch 2005 were elected to prepare for the upcoming 6th E.V.E.R. Paulinian Alumni Batch 2003 secured the bronze medal at the 2014 Paulinian Batch League after narHomecoming and they are John Peter “Titing” Larrazabal, Federico “Fedz” Sanchez, rowly beating Batch 2005, 65-63, in the third place play-off match last December 28, Kenneth “Ken” De Paz, and John Ray “Juan” Sacay.

2014 at the Western Leyte College gymnasium.

Three-time runners up Batch 2003, who lost to Batch 2012 in the semi-final, had to hold off a torrid second half offensive assault by the team known as the Razkals after Batch 2003 had led 40-32 after two quarters.

Dean Junber Escalon led all scorers with 24 points, while Celes Peteros had 19 and Ivo Enecio and Levi Aguipo chipped in 18 and 15 points respectively.

Ricardo Peteros had 23 points, Celes Peteros added 22, and Kenneth de Paz contributed 16 in a losing effort for Batch 2005, who won their first six games in the group stage only to falter and lose two games in the playoffs.

The Scores: Batch 2003 – Escalon 24, Peteros 19, Enecio 18, Aguipo 15, Rodriguez 6, Bilbao 0.

Batch 2005 – Peteros R. 23, Peteros C. 22, de Paz 16, Torrevillas 12, Sacay 6, Villarante 2, Larrazabal0, Yu 0, Sanares 0.

Quarterscores: 14-16, 40-32, 61-56, 82-81.

Hundreds attend the First EVER Paulinian Color Run

Project Paulinian: Disaster Preparedness Workshop

About 268 participants had brightly colored powder thrown at them as they ran, jogged, and walked during the First EVER Paulinian Color Run held at the Ormoc City stage last December 14, 2014.

In the light of the recent catastrophes that hit Ormoc City, from Typhoon Yolanda to the threat of Typhoon Ruby, the Paulinian Color Run was essentially a fundraising activity in which proceeds were used to conduct a Disaster Preparedness Workshop that was participated by 120 elementary schoolchildren from Can-Adieng, Camp Downes, Bantigue, and Ipil public schools. It took place on January 7th of this year at the Can-Adieng Covered Court from 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Runners participating in the event were met with a cloud of colored powder at the starting line, different checkpoints throughout the five and ten kilometer routes, and at the finish line.

In the 10K male category, seasoned runner Jordan Bacong beat his fiercest rivals, relegating Lemuel Flores, Henry Perez, Diomel Mercader, and Mark Teves to second, third, fourth, and fifth place, respectively. In the women’s category, Michelle Arpon came out on top, followed

by Rodith Ollave in second place, Janesa Suplico in third place, Magnolia Cabuyao in fourth place, and Maricor Eamiguel in fifth place.

In the 5K male category, Dionesio Belmonte led the pack. Raymund Malinao followed close behind, Aldo Bacarisas placed third, Paul Vincent Palapo took fourth place, and Ronnie Celeterio secured fifth place. In the distaff side, Angela Ruiz placed first. Rivals Regina Tumampo, Mary Angeli Padua, Jimenine Anne Parrilla, and Allison Prather placed second, third, fourth, and fifth respectively.

Like with all other races, the First EVER Paulinian Color Run raised money for a good cause. The event was held for the benefit of the disaster preparedness program of the Paulinian Alumni Association dubbed as Project Paulinian which aims to provide comprehensive disaster-preparedness workshop to schoolchildren from Barangays Ipil, Bantigue, Camp Downes, and Can-Adieng.

The workshop was led by Joenel Lou Tagalog, a Paulinian alumni from Batch ‘99, who works as the Disaster Risk Reduction program officer of Mercy Malaysia. The Paulinian Alumni ExeCom and batch representatives helped facilitate the workshop which consisted of an art activity highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of water, fire, earth, and air elements in order to identify the various risks and their corresponding means of prevention. It was very enlightening and the participation of the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students was overwhelming.

An activity wherein students created their own customized disaster kits and what to do when calamity strikes followed. The participants were also given grab bags which consisted of school materials, hygiene kits, and torch lights. A feeding program also ensued with meatbread, arroz caldo with egg, and orange juice served as snacks at the end of the half-day workshop.

Anna Abanes Bumagat, school directress of St. Paul’s School, and husband, Troy Bumagat, gave their full support and applauded the efforts of the Paulinian Alumni Execom for the success of all the Homecoming Activities from December 2014 to January 2015 to which the Paulinian Alumni Execom finance officer, Maria Cecilia “MaiMai” Velasquez Franco of Batch ‘99 who are celebrating their 15th year since graduating from St. Paul’s School, expressed gratitude to all the runners and sponsors of the Paulinian Color Run especially to their classmates abroad who sent financial support that helped make this outreach program, Project Paulinian, possible. She also stated, “There’s more to just feeding kids and giving them gifts. We believe in educating them to be survivors and becoming the cream of the crop. Like I always say, instead of leaving a better planet for our kids, why not leave better kids to our planet?”

10 Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF LEYTE City of Baybay -ooo0oooOffice of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Excerpt from the MINUTES OF THE 40TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE HELD ON NOVEMBER 24, 2014 AT THE SP SESSION HALL, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING. CITY ORDINANCE NO. 07 Series 2014 AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CITY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (CMIS) OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF BAYBAY, LEYTE AND REQUIRING THE CREATION OF BARANGAY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (BMIS) IN ALL THE NINETY-TWO (92) BARANGAYS OF BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE Sponsored by: Honorable Dominador K. Murillo & Honorable Eden C. Butawan WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the “Local Government Code of 1991”, local government units were vested with powers and assigned functions for the delivery of basic services to the local communities; WHEREAS, the generation, collection and analysis of reliable, credible and comparable data have significant bearing in the policy and decision-making processes of the local government unit and ultimately, in the delivery of the basic services to the constituents; WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 135 provides for the establishment of a wellcoordinated local level statistical system at the local level that is: (1) responsive to planning and monitoring requirements at the local level; and (2) capable of producing statistics that can be integrated and harmonized with statistics being produced at the national level.

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 135 mandated the build-up of the statistical capability of the local government units, including, among others, the implementation of a statistical manpower development program for the local government units by the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee (RSCC).

WHEREAS, the City Government has manifested its desire to formally create a City Management Information System (CMIS) to be supported by the Barangay Management Information System of all the ninety-two (92) barangays of the City Government of Baybay, Leyte.

NOW THEREFORE on motion of Honorable Dominador K. Murillo duly seconded

by Honorable Edgardo R. Ompoy and Honorable Alan D. Fernandez the City Council of Baybay City, Leyte hereby ordains the enactment of the following ordinance during the regular assembly of the body: AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CITY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (CMIS) OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF BAYBAY, LEYTE AND REQUIRING THE CREATION OF BARANGAY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (BMIS) IN ALL THE NINETY-TWO (92) BARANGAYS OF BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE SECTION 1.

Title. — This Ordinance shall be known as “An Ordinance Creating the City Management Information System (CMIS) of the City Government of Baybay, Leyte and Requiring the Creation of Barangay Management Information System (BMIS) in all the Ninety-Two (92) Barangays of Baybay City, Leyte”.

SECTION 2.

Overall Coordination of Statistical Matters.— (a) The City Information Office (CIO) shall regularly consult with the CMIS Council for consultation and advice regarding its proposed statistical policies and programs. The CMIS Council was created by virtue of Executive Order No. 21, S. 2014 of Baybay City Mayor Carmen L. Cari is the central policy-making body on all statistical and other related matters. It is composed of the following members: Team Coordinator : City Planning and Development Officer Asst. Team Coordinator: City Administrator Members : Two (2) Members of the City Council

Representative, city Legal Office

Representative, City Health Office

Representative, CPDO

Representative, City Social Welfare and Development Office

Representative Baybay Tourism and Investment Promotion Office

Representative, City Information Office

Officers of the Liga ng mga Barangay (b) The City Information Office (CIO) shall implement all statistical policies formulated by CMIS Council. (c) In each barangay, there shall be created a BMIS, which will be headed by either the incumbent Barangay Chairperson or the duly appointed Barangay Secretary.

The BMIS shall be under the Liga ng mga Barangay, which shall serve as the link between the CMIS and the BMIS on statistical matters. All statistical activities of the LGUs shall planned and implemented in coordination with the Liga ng mga Barangay. (d) The BMIS in each barangay shall act on statistical matters concerning the barangay upon express authority of the Punong Barangay. Concerns involving statistical matters affecting the other barangays shall be forwarded to the Liga ng mga Barangay for further resolution. (e) The following statistical mechanisms shall be implemented by the CIO in the ninety-two (92) barangays.

(1) Preparation and Review of Statistical Calendar. Starting CY 2015, the barangays shall submit to CIO through the Liga ng mga Barangay for review and approval a Two-Year Statistical Calendar indicating therein the statistical activities, objectives, data to be generated, and the expected time lag.

(2) Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System. Statistical survey to be conducted by the BMIS. For said purpose, it shall submit the survey design and forms/questionnaires to the CIO at least thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the field operations.

The CIO shall review technical aspects of the statistical survey and shall issue a clearance number if the same is found to be within the standard. The survey questionnaires shall bear the clearance control number, which may be renewed every time changes or revisions are made in the survey design or questionnaire.

(3) Review of Data Quality. The data generated by the BMIS shall be regularly reviewed by the CIO in terms of their accuracy, consistency, relevancy and timeliness as basis for recommending statistical improvements or solutions at the barangay level.

SECTION 3.

Production of Barangay-Level Statistics. (a) The CIO shall serve as the general purpose statistics producing office`.

It shall provide, when feasible and when budget and the applicable laws permit, the statistics required for city-level and barangay-level planning. (b) If the specific data requested could not be made available from existing statistical activities of the City Government, the generation of such statistics shall be done by the barangays in coordination with the BMIS/BMISs concerned.

SECTION 4.

Consolidation of Data Produced by Barangays. (a) To ensure accuracy, consistency and comparability of statistics among the barangays, statistical concepts, definitions, techniques and methodologies shall be formulated by the CIO with due recognition of the conditions and needs at the local levels. (b) Barangay data, which can be produced by the BMISs to arrive at barangay or city figures as may be determined by the CIO, shall be consolidated by the authorized staff of the CIO and to be incorporated into an official data base. (c) All barangays can have access to said data base, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in any of the implementing rules and regulations and/or policies issued by the CMIS Council.

SECTION 5.

Provision of Technical Assistance. (a) The CIO may, upon request of the barangays and with the approval of the CMIS Council and the Liga ng mga Barangay, deputize statistical personnel from its own personnel or of other departments and/or sections of the City Government to render technical assistance in the statistical operations of the barangay. The barangays shall, however, undertake the payment of necessary expenses incurred by the deputized personnel of the City government subject to existing government rules and regulations. (b) The barangays may also be requested to provide assistance to the offices and/or sections of the City Government in gathering data of city concern. The City Government shall likewise provide additional emoluments to the barangay personnel utilized for its statistical activities, subject to existing rules and regulations of the government, including those of the Commission on Audit (COA).

NOTICES (c) In order to build up the statistical capability of the barangays, the CIO, CMIS Council and the other concerned offices and/or sections of the City Government shall prepare and implement a statistical manpower development program for the barangays upon approval of the CMIS Council.

SECTION 6.

Budget Allocation of BMIS and CIO. (a) The CIO shall include in its Annual Budget an allocation to support the conduct of statistical activities in the city. (b) The barangays shall include in their Annual Budget an allocation to support the conduct of statistical activities in their respective barangays. The head of the BMIS shall ensure that the barangay has all the facilities and equipment essential for the data gathering and processing, including, among others, computer units with the necessary software and/or program.

SECTION 7.

Guidelines on the Issuance of Certification and Data. (a) Each BMIS shall issue certification on data that it has collected and processed as well as on statistics that it has estimated. (b) The release of the stored dated by the BMIS or CIO to any person or entity shall strictly in accordance with prescribed guidelines set forth by the CMIS Council SECTION 8.

Transitory Provisions. — The concerned offices and/or sections of the City Government shall continue to administer the collection and processing of the necessary local statistics on the basic services devolved to the local government unit, until the end of 2014. Thereafter, the generation of statistics shall be made by the BMIS and the CIO in accordance with Section 2 hereof.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the foregoing provisions, the CMIS Council and the Liga ng mga Barangay shall conduct the necessary orientation trainings and/or seminars for the barangays.

SECTION 9.

Implementation of the Provisions of this Ordinance. — The CIO shall ensure that the foregoing provisions are adequately and efficiently carried out both at the city level and at the barangay level.

SECTION 10.

Separability Clause.— If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional, illegal or invalid the other parts or provisions hereof which are not dependent upon or affected by such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid provision shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 11.

Effectivity Clause. — This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval and adoption by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

ENACTED, November 24, 2014.

RESOLVED FURTHER, to let certified copies of this ordinance be furnished to the Honorable Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Leyte for their information and appropriate action.

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance which was duly adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session held on November 24, 2014.

(Sgd.) DIVINA C. CAINTIC

Acting SP Secretary Attested and Certified to be duly Adopted: (Sgd.) ATTY. EDEN C. BUTAWAN SP Member & Presiding Officer Approved by His Honor: (Sgd.) MICHAEL L. CARI Acting City Mayor EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, 2015 Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF LEYTE City of Baybay -ooo0oooOffice of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Excerpt from the MINUTES OF THE 40TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE HELD ON NOVEMBER 24, 2014 AT THE SP SESSION HALL, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING. CITY ORDINANCE NO. 08 SERIES 2014 AN ORDINANCE MANDATING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF BAYBAY CITY TO INSTALL A CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) SYSTEM AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF. Sponsored and Introduced by: Hon. Rodulfo S. Palma, Jr. WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Local Government Code of 1991 or Republic Act No. 7160, also known as the General Welfare Clause provides in part that every local government unit shall exercise powers necessary for its efficient and effective governance and those which are essential to the promotion of general welfare: WHEREAS, Section 447 and 458 of the said Republic Act 7160 provide in part, that the Sannguniang Panlungsod shall enact ordinances for the general welfare of the city and its inhabitants pursuant to the abovementioned Section 16 of said law, and in this regard, enact and approve ordinances relative to the (i) maintenance of peace and order in the city, (ii) suppression of lawlessness therein, and (iii) authorization of the issuance of permits or licenses upon conditions and for such purposes intended to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the examination within the city and the conditions under the license for said business may be issued or revoked.

WHEREAS, law enforcement agencies in the country have already proven that Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) are among the most effective tools in crime deterrence, prevention, detection and solution since there is a video recording which can be used in addition to the testimonies of witnesses; WHEREAS, in order to intensify the city’s drive to deter, prevent, detect, and solve criminality, and to preserve video recording as evidence, this August Body deems it proper to require the use of CCTV systems in business establishments within Baybay City.

WHEREAS, the Department of Interior and Local Government, through the Philippine National Police Directorate for Research and Development, and in consultation with the Department of Science and Technology, has conducted a study as to minimum technical specifications to be required of CCTVs to be installed pursuant to this ordinance.

NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF BAYBAY CITY IN REGULAR SESSION ASSEMBLED. SECTION 1. TITLE OF ORDINANCE - This ordinance shall be known as AN ORDINANCE MANDATING COMMERCIAL OR SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, WHETHER PRIVATE OR PUBLIC, OPERATING WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF BAYBAY CITY TO INSTALL CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) CAMERAS AND OTHER VIDEO MONITORING DEVICES OR SIMILAR EQUIPMENT, AND PRESCRIBING PANALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF. This is also known as CCTV Ordinance of Baybay City.

SECTION 2. SCOPE AND APPLICATION - The following establishments are required to install CCTVs. A. BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS WITH CAPITALIZATION OF NOT LESS THAN PHP. 200,000.00 WHICH ARE ENUMERATED HEREUNDER: a. Banks, financial institutions, pawnshop, money lenders, money remittance services, money changers, and the like; b. Business establishments that are part of a national chain or have several branches in other parts of the country, such as restaurants/fast food chains, 24-hour convenience stores, drug stores and the like; c. Shopping malls, shopping centers, supermarkets, movie houses, theatres, hospital and medical facilities, ports/airports/public transport terminals, places of entertainment, and the like which draw a considerable number of customers/patrons; d. Car dealerships, gasoline/fuel refilling/service stations; and e. Other business establishments with a capitalization below Php. 200,000.00 which the OPOS deems proper considering the type of business and potential risks in their respective areas.

B. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION – Any public offices serving the general public owned or operated by the national or local government, government owned or controlled corporations, and other government agencies and instrumentalities thereof.

The CCTV shall be maintained in proper working order at all times, shall be in

January 5-11, 2015 continuous operation, and shall meet the minimum technical specifications set by this ordinance.

SECTION 3. PRESERVATION OF VIDEO RECORDINGS – The owner(s) of the business establishments shall preserve the camera recording for at least seventy two (72) hours, or such period as the LGU deems proper.

SECTION 4. MINIMUM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS – The CCTV system to be installed must meet the following minimum specification: Camera: • Minimum of 600 TVL Camera Resolution; • Must be able to capture video footages at 0.1 Lux Illumination; • Should have auto-iris (either fixed or vary-focal); • Should have Infrared LEDs enough to reach a distance of at least 20 meters for clear recording a 0 Lux (for areas where there is no continued sufficient lighting); • Must have at least 70 degrees Lens Angle; • The outdoor Camera must be vandal-proof or IP 66 Weatherproof Casing.

Video Recorder: • Minimum of four (4) camera input; • Minimum of 640 x 480 video resolution; • 30 frames per second (FPS) recording per camera; • Should have Hard Disk Drive/s enough to store video recording for all cameras for at least 1 month; • Must have Time Stamping Feature; • Must have an interface for storage back-up.

Other Components: • At least four (4) cameras covering the areas of transaction and risk; Provided that, at least one camera must facing the street from the entrance (when applicable), with the actual number of cameras to depend on the size of the establishment and nature of business, as determined by the LGU concerned; • Should have centralized power supply for the DVR and cameras; • Should have appropriate Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to provide standard and reasonable back-up power to the Video Recorder and its cameras.

SECTION 5. INSTALLATION GUIDE - The following Installation Guide is recommended to be followed: Installation Guide: • Cameras must be installed at a secured location with maximum area of coverage; • The Video Recorder must be mounted on a secured/ concealed location to protect the video footages from theft and/or deliberate destruction; • Whenever possible, a back-up file stored in the DVD disk (on-site or remotely) shall be recorded for archiving purposes; • Whenever possible, a dummy CCTV camera shall be installed in a conspicuous area in order to deter possible criminal acts and to protect the camera and the video footages.

SECTION 6. MINIMUM COVERAGE - All the establishments mentioned under Section 2 hereof shall be required to install CCTVs as to afford a full coverage of the following: a. From the interior of the establishment; (ii). the center of business activity in the establishment (including the tellers cashiers, cash registrars, sales counters, or areas leading to the vault/safe) according to the nature of business/operations of the establishment. b. From the exterior of the establishment (when the establishment is not located inside a mall or building which has its own exterior cameras); (i) All entrances/exits; (ii) From the entrance/exits, a clear view of the area to and from the street(s) abutting the establishment, including frontage thereof, taking into particular consideration the clarity of shots in relation to the angles thereof; (iii) Parking lots and drive-through lanes (when applicable).

SECTION 7. IMPLEMENTING OFFICES - The City Office of Public Order and Safety (OPOS) (or its equivalent), shall responsible for the verification and determination of the relevant establishments’ compliance with the directives of this Ordinance. The OPOS shall specify when compulsory inspection of the installed CCTVs shall be conducted before the necessary clearance or certification therefor may be issued, which clearance or certification shall be mandatory requirement for the issuance renewal by the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) of a business permit license. The OPOS may thereafter conduct inspection during reasonable business hours, to determine continued compliance with this Ordinance post-issuance or renewal of such establishments’ business permit or license by the BPLO. For all these purposes, the OPOS shall seek the advice and assistance of the Local Chief of Police or his duly authorized representative.

The Office of Public Order and Safety (OPOS) shall be created by virtue of an executive order to be issued by the Local Chief Executive comprising of the following: • PNP Chief • SP Chairman, Peace and Order Committee • City Treasurer Office • Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) • Chamber of Commerce and Industry • City Information Officer • City Planning Office • General Services Office (GSO) SECTION 8. ACCESS TO RECORDINGS – If a crime has been committed or the operator, employee, or owner of the establishment has reason to believe that a crime has been committed and the same has been recorded by the CCTV, the operator, employee, or owner of the establishment shall immediately contact the nearest police station, and shall provide access to the recordings thereof.

The operator, employee or owner of the business establishment shall readily make available the camera recordings to the law enforcement authorities engaged in criminal investigation upon written request of the authorized or designated officer thereof with the particular time and day covered by the request therein specified.

The captured video footage or images may be used at any time to satisfy the written order or subpoena of any court or body with competent jurisdiction.

SECTION 9. PROHIBITION – The viewing of recorded or captured video footage or images shall be made with due respect to the privacy of individuals.

It shall be unlawful to any person to allow the unauthorized or unofficial use or public viewing of any save video-recordings from the CCTV relating to any incidents.

SECTION 10. PENALTIES - No business permit or permit to operate shall be issued to or renewed for the business establishment mentioned in Section 2 hereof unless the CCTVs herein specified are installed and fully operational.

1st Offense – Warning with the condition that the establishments shall install CCTV within 30 days from notice upon receipt.

2nd Offense – Fine of Php.2,000.00 with the condition that the establishment shall install CCTV within 15 days from expiration of 30 days and with the warning for the cancellation of the business permit 3rd Offense – Fine of Php. 4,000.00 and cancellation of the Business Permit SECTION 11. APPEAL PROCESS – Any establishment found to be in violation of this Ordinance by the OPOS may appeal the findings thereof to the Office of the City Mayor within five (5) working days from being notified of its violation by the OPOS, furnishing a copy of the appeal to the OPOS prior to the filing thereof with the Office of the City Mayor. Within five (5) working days from receipt of the copy of the appeal, the OPOS shall submit its answer to the Office of the City Mayor, furnishing the business establishment a copy of the same on even date. Should the OPOS fail to file its answer to the appeal within the given period, it shall be deemed to have opposed the appeal on all its material points. The Office of the Mayor shall decide on the matter within five (5) working days lapsed, giving due notice to the parties involved. The decision of the City Mayor shall be final, and no motion for reconsideration shall be entertained thereafter, subject to such remedial measures as may be then available under the law or Rules of Court.

SECTION 12. COMPLIANCE - Business covered by the scope of this Ordi-

January 5-11, 2015 MERCY ... from P. 1

WELCOME ... from P. 1

behind Pope Francis’ upcoming state and pastoral visit. Palo, Leyte was one of the most devastated areas during Typhoon Yolanda last November 2013.

“I vividly remember the night Typhoon Yolanda hit,” Anderson shared. She is currently based in England and tours frequently.

“I sat up all night frantically ringing members of my family to make sure they were ok. I could not contact my family directly for days and relied exclusively on media reports for news.”

She feels gratitude for the Pope’s decision to visit the place she was born. “The lives of ordinary Filipinos bear the scars and emotional wounds of Yolanda. It is a measure of Pope Francis’ deep humanity and real concern for the poorest of the poor that he has chosen to offer direct consolation by visiting the thousands of families devastated by the worst typhoon ever to hit the Philippines,” she said.

Pope Francis will be in the Philippines from January 15 – 19, 2015. He will visit Manila, and then arrive in Tacloban on January 17, where he will have a Holy Mass at the Tacloban airport. Afterwards, he will have lunch with survivors of natural calamities and the poor at the residence of the Archbishop of Palo in Leyte.

if there are still vacant seats.

As of the time of the press conference, the Archbishop cannot give an exact figure of how many has registered already, but expressed confidence the Pope will have a full crowd waiting for him.

After the mass, the Pope then proceeds to the Gonzagahaus in Palo, Leyte, some 20 kilometers away, to have lunch with 30 Yolanda and Bohol earthquake calamity victims.

After lunch, he will bless the Vatican-funded Pope Francis Center for the Poor, which will be a hospice for neglected old people, troubled women and youth.

By 3:00 PM, he will be at the Palo Cathedral to meet with religious men and women and the laity.

He is also expected to visit the mass grave near the Cathedral.

There are hints, however, that the Pope might take an unannounced sidetrip to a place of interest.

The media has been on a guessing game on where it would be, if this happens.

Lunch with the poor The Pope is known to have a heart for the poor.

During his last birthday, he invited three homeless men to share a simple meal with him.

In his Leyte visit, the Pope reportedly requested

Aside from ‘Mercy’, the Palo Archdiocese will carry two other theme songs for the Papal visit – ‘We Are All God’s Children’ by Jamie Rivera, and ‘Shepherd’s Love’, composed by Fr. Kim Margallo, a priest at the archdiocese.

The lyrics of ‘Mercy’ highlight the love of God, and usher in a season of restoration and grace. The band has also done an acoustic Filipino version of the song, as well as a remix.

Both are available on their website.

“Pope Francis’ visit to the victims and their families will help keep the plight of those who have lost everything, like some members of Cherrie’s family, in the public eye. ‘Mercy’ tries to emphasize that in spite of the worst tragedies, God’s eternal mercy and compassion will sustain us through the darkest hour,” said Hal St. John, another member of Ooberfuse.

Ooberfuse is composed of Cherrie Anderson, Hal St. John and producer Roland Faber. The band also performed the official theme song for the World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

For more information, photos and videos about Ooberfuse, see the Official Ooberfuse PH Visit 2015 Website: http://ooberfuseph.com/home. PR

nance shall have a period of ninety (90) days from the effectivity of the same within which to comply with the directives hereof.

SECTION 13. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE - If for any reason, any section of this Ordinance shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, other sections which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 14. REPEALING CLAUSE - All ordinances, rules and regulations or parts thereof in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided that the rights that are upon effectivity of this Ordinance shall not be impaired.

SECTION 15. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE - This ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

ENACTED, November 24, 2014.

RESOLVED FURTHER, to let certified copies of this ordinance be furnished to the Honorable Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Leyte for their information and appropriate action.

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance which was duly adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session held on November 24, 2014.

(Sgd) DIVINA C. CAINTIC

Acting SP Secretary Attested and Certified to be duly Adopted: (Sgd.) ATTY. EDEN C. BUTAWAN SP Member & Presiding Officer Approved by Her Honor: (Sgd.) MICHAEL L. CARI Acting City Mayor EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, 2015 Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF LEYTE City of Baybay -ooo0oooOffice of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Excerpt from the MINUTES OF THE 41ST REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF BAYBAY, HELD ON DECEMBER 1, 2014 AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, BAYBAY CITY. ORDINANCE NO. 09 Series of 2014 AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING THE MATERNAL CARE INCENTIVE PROGRAM (MCIP) AND ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. Authored by Honorable Teresita J. Veloso & Honorable Arturo Elisa O. Astorga Be it by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Baybay City, in session assembled, that: SECTION I. TITLE. “AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING THE MATERNAL CARE INCENTIVE PROGRAM (MCIP) AND ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS”.

SECTION II. AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE. As provided for in Article II, Section 15 of the Philippine Constitution, it states that the “State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and to instill health consciousness among them”, and Article XIII, Section II further states that the state shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development which shall endeavour to make essential goods, health, and other social services available to all the people at affordable cost.

There shall be priority for the needs of the underprivileged, sick, disabled, women, and children. Further to carry out the objectives of RA 9710 otherwise known as the “Magna Carta of Women” and to fully support the millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

SECTION III. SCOPE AND APPLICATION. This Ordinance shall be adopted by the city in the implementation of the Maternal Care Incentive Program (MCIP).

SECTION IV. UNDERTAKINGS OF THE CITY

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that the lunch be “simple.”

Msgr. Du, however, said this was close to impossible because Warays are known to be very hospitable and the caterers who have volunteered their services want to offer the best they can. Du, however, is recommending a “native” variety of dishes to include lechon, adobo, a malunggay dish and tropical fruits.

The Pope will have lunch with the 30 calamity survivors inside a 50-square meter dining room at the Archbishop’s Residence. He will be seated in a 14-seater table, which is more than 50 years old, and other tables will be set up to accommodate the other guests.

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle and Du are the only Church officials who will eat with the Pope, it was further learned. They will also serve as interpreters of the Pope in his dialog with the survivors.

4.1 The Local Government Unit shall ensure the prioritization and enrolment of all pregnant mothers to PhilHealth; 4.2 The Local Government Unit shall set up a revolving fund for the MCIP incentive scheme in the amount of Php100,000.00, and it shall be administered by the City Health Officer. The fund shall be replenished at seventy-five percent (75%) utilization, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulation; 4.3 The Local Government Unit shall continuously appropriate the needed fund for the cash incentive from the Operating Cost of the PhilHealth Maternity Care Package Receipts to wit: a) A mother shall receive total cash incentive of P1,500.00 upon availment of four prenatal visits, delivery, and post-partum care from Philhealth accredited Rural Health Unit/LGU MCP/Birthing Facility. It shall be released in every facility visit to cover all pregnancy related expenses such as transportation, communication, supply, and food during facility stay, according to the following distribution: Maternal Care Services Payment Expenses paid for 1st ANC 300.00 Transportation, Communication, and food 2nd ANC 200.00 Transportation, Communication, and food 3RD ANC 200.00 Transportation, Communication, and food 4th ANC 200.00 Transportation, Communication, and food Delivery 400.00 Transportation, Communication, food and

delivery Kit to include thermometer,

baby clothes, and sanitary napkins for mother.

Postpartum care 200.00 Transportation, Communication, and food TOTAL P1,500.00 b) A Health Worker Volunteer (HWV) shall receive a cash incentive of P525 for every pregnant mother referred to the health facility. It shall be released to the HWV in every facility visit of the mother according to the following distribution: Maternal Care Services Payment Expenses paid for 1st ANC 100.00 Transportation, Communication, and food 2nd ANC 50.00 Transportation, Communication 3RD ANC 50.00 Transportation, Communication 4th ANC 50.00 Transportation, Communication Delivery 200.00 Transportation, Communication, and food Postpartum care 75.00 Transportation, Communication, and food TOTAL P525.00 SECTION V. CITY HEALTH OFFICE TRUST FUND. A Trust fund is hereby created and established for any receipts accruing to the City from Philhealth Benefit Payments for health related services rendered by the City Birthing Facility/s.

SECTION VI. ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. The City Health Office, Sangguniang Panlungsod, City Treasurer’s Office.

SECTION VIII. REPEALING CLAUSE. Any ordinance found inconsistent with this Ordinance is hereby modified or repealed.

SECTION IX. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE. This Ordinance shall take effect after furnishing a copy of this Ordinance to the President of the Philippines, HIS EXCELLENCY, BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANCO AQUINO III and Philhealth Regional Office *, and other concerned agencies.

ENACTED, December 1, 2014.

RESOLVED FURTHER, to let certified copies of this ordinance be furnished to the Honorable Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Leyte.

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance which was duly adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session held on December 1, 2014.

(Sgd.) DIVINA C. CAINTIC

Acting SP Secretary Attested and Certified to be duly Adopted: (Sgd.) ATTY. EDEN C. BUTAWAN SP Member & Presiding Officer Approved by Her Honor: (Sgd.) CARMEN L. CARI City Mayor EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, 2015

Media, Fr. Chris Militante said, is not allowed to cover the lunch but added big international and national outlets are lobbying against it.

Msgr. Du also clarified that the food are “donations from four caterers based in Tacloban City and Palo.”

He said native delicacies will also be displayed, to give the Pope a taste of our native food.

“The lunch is only about 30 minutes because the Pope wants more time to talk to survivors. He loves to hear stories of people who are suffering and comfort them,” Du said.

However, he said the names of the 30 cannot yet be divulged and that background checks have been done on them. Of the 30, 5 are from Bohol; 5 from Eastern Samar; 5 from Samar Province and 15 from Tacloban City, and nearby towns of Palo, Tolosa and Tanauan in Leyte.

Interest to see the Pope will be an ‘indulgence’ During the press con, Msgr. Du said that the security measures should not be a reason for people not to see the Pope.

“The presence of the Holy father is the presence of Jesus,” he said, and “mere interest” in seeing him already earns an “indulgence.”

In Catholic dogma, an indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven. However, contrary to some beliefs, an “indulgence” cannot be bought or purchased to secure the buyer’s salvation or release a soul of another from Purgatory.

Open your hearts... open your doors

Meanwhile, Msgr. Du also encouraged people living in Tacloban City and Palo, Leyte to “not only open your hearts” but “also your homes” to the millions of visitors. He said giving well-wishers a glass of water or allowing the use of their CR’s will also earn God’s indulgence.

He asked businessminded people not to be opportunistic but instead, take the Pope’s visit as a chance to show their generosity and thanksgiving for surviving Yolanda, Ruby and Seniang.

As for souvenir items, he encouraged the faithful to acquire theirs from the various churches, saying its proceeds will go to pay for the Papal visit.

He said that while the Pope has instructed to keep preparations for his visit simple, expenses cannot be avoided.

Fr. Amadeus Alvero, social action center head of the Archdiocese, said that in his parish at MacArthur, Leyte, they tried to keep the expenses low. Registered parishioners were only made to pay P 100.00 for three meals of puso and fried chicken, while donations from well-off parishioners were to pay for other expenses like bussing the delegates in and out of Tacloban.

Registered parishioners from the various parishes will arrive at Tacloban City Airport by late afternoon of January 16, yet. The three meals, said Fr. Alvero, will be for their dinner when they arrive at the airport, breakfast on the next morning and lunch. The registered parishioners will move out of the airport after the Pope flies out at around 5:00 PM. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

FR. ROY ... from P. 4 to return to God after we have fallen away from him through our sins. He shows us how to handle our spiritual powers of knowing and loving. But he presents all this to us as an option. He does not force us to accept it. He respects our freedom. We are also free to accept it or not.

We can then understand that no one and nothing can actually be more relevant to us than Christ himself. He is actually everything to us. While he presents himself to us as an option, we have to understand that he is not optional, but rather a necessity to us.

We need to process this truth of our faith slowly and thoroughly because many are the factors that can undermine our free acceptance and belief in it. We often do not like to bother ourselves to go beyond what is physical or material, social or political, historical or cultural.

We rely too much on our senses and feelings. If we use our intelligence, we base its operation more on what we see, touch and feel, rather than on what our faith, whose fullness is given to us by Christ, tells us.

We have to acknowledge the primacy of faith in our pursuit of knowledge so we can see Christ’s continuing relevance in our life.

12 Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES 8th Judicial Region Ormoc City CIVIL CASE NO. M-ORM-14-00010-CV For: QUIETING OF TITLE, CANCELLATION OF REAL STATE MORTGAGE AND ENTRY NO. 107433,DAMAGES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES ELY MAGDADARO OMEGA, MA. LANILYN O. AGOT, ET, AL., Rep. by their Attorney-in-fact CELSO CARL CABALLERO, Plaintiffs, -versusAURELIA MAGDADARO –PADILLA, NIEVES P. SANCHEZ, ET. AL., Defendants. x----------------------------/ ORDER A Motion to Amend the Complaint (with prayer to admit attached amended complaint) and Motion for Publication of Summons was filed by plaintiff through counsel Atty. Jasper M. Lucero being meritorious the same is hereby granted.

Let the amended complaint filed by the plaintiff be admitted. Let the same be reflected in the records of this case. Likewise, the Court of Court is directed to issue summons requiring the defendants to file their respective answers within sixty (60 days).The Clerk of Court is further directed to cause the service of the said summons through publication wherein the summons together with a copy of the amended complaint shall be published once in newspaper of general circulation in the province of Leyte. The sixtyday period as fixed by the court and as indicated in the summons shall commence to run after the completion of the publication. The Clerk of Court is also directed to furnish a copy of this order and a copy of the summons to the last known address of the defendants in the Philippines.

To effect the publication of the aforestated matters, the Clerk of Court is directed to coordinate with the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Ormoc City and to indorse a copy of the amended complaint and a copy of the summons to the said office.

SO ORDERED. Ormoc City, Philippines,December 22,2014.

(Sgd.) RENE D. ROMERO, JR. Presiding Judge Copy furnished: Atty. Jasper M. Lucero, Ormoc City Aurelisa Magdadaro-Padilla, Fr. Ismael Cataag St., Ormoc City Nieves P. Sanchez, Fr. Ismael Cataag St., Ormoc City Sernura P. Nadres, Fr. Ismael Cataag St., Ormoc City Evillo Padilla, Fr. Ismael Cataag St., Ormoc City Lydia M. Padilla, Fr. Ismael Cataag St., Ormoc City Rhonda M. Padilla, Fr. Ismael Cataag St., Ormoc City Marites P. Mabitag, Fr. Ismael Cataag St., Ormoc City The Clerk of Court, MTCC, Ormoc City The Clerk of Court, OCC-RTC, Ormoc City RDRJ/gcpm/eme Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES 8th Judicial Region Ormoc City CIVIL CASE NO. M-ORM-14-00010-CV For: QUIETING OF TITLE, CANCELLATION OF REAL STATE MORTGAGE AND ENTRY NO. 107433,DAMAGES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES ELY MAGDADARO OMEGA, MA. LANILYN O. AGOT, ET, ARLEEN O. VILLAREAL, RONALD OMEGA, MYRA TRASH AND ROLANDO OMEGA, Rep. by their Attorney-in-fact CELSO CARL CABALLERO, Plaintiffs, -versusHEIRS OF BERNARDO AND AURELIA MAGDADARO Namely: NIEVES P. SANCHEZ SERNURA P. NADRES, AVILLO PADILLA, LYDIA PADILLA, RHONDA M. PADILLA AND MARITES P. MATIBAG, Defendants. x----------------------------/ SUMMONS TO: Lydia M. Padilla – Finland Rhonda M. Padilla – Finland Evillo Padilla – Finland Marites P. Matibag – Paco, Manila Nieves P. Sanchez – Paco, Manila Sernura P. Nadres – United States of America GREETINGS: You are hereby required, within sixty (60) days upon publication of this summons, to file with this Court and serve on the plaintiff your answer to the complaint, copy of which is attached, together with the annexes. You are reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer. If you fail to answer within the time fixed, the plaintiff will take judgment by default and may be granted the relief applied for in the complaint.

WITNESS my hand under the seal of the Court, this 6th day of January, 2015 at Ormoc City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) GARCIANA CONSUELO P. MIÑOZA Clerk of Court IV Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES

NOTICES 8th Judicial Region Ormoc City CIVIL CASE NO. M-ORM-14-00010-CV For: QUIETING OF TITLE, CANCELLATION OF REAL STATE MORTGAGE \ AND ENTRY NO. 107433; DAMAGES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES ELY MAGDADARO OMEGA, MA. LANILYN O. AGOT, ARLEEN O. VILLAREAL, RONALD OMEGA, MYRA TRASH AND ROLANDO OMEGA, Rep. by their Attorney-in-fact CELSO CARL CABALLERO, Plaintiffs, -versusHEIRS OF BERNARDO ANDAURELIA MAGDADARO Namely: NIEVES P. SANCHEZ SERNURA P. NADRES, AVILLO PADILLA, LYDIA PADILLA, RHONDA M. PADILLA AND MARITES P. MATIBAG, Defendants.

X-----------------------------X AMENDED COMPLAINT COMES NOW, the plaintiff, through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court most respectfully avers THAT: Jurisdiction The action involves title or possession of a real property. The parcel of land subject of the above entitled case has an assessed value of Eighteen Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Pesos (P18,630.00) therefore the case is within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court.

A copy of the tax declaration is hereto attached as annex “A”.

Allegations common to all causes of action 1. Plaintiffs are residents of U.S.A. and is represented by their attorney-in-fact Celso Carl Caballero, Filipino, of legal age, married and a resident of Brgy. Bagong Buhay while Defendants Lydia, Rhonda and Evillo are residents of Finland while defendants Marites and Nieves are residents of Paco, Manila, where they maybe served with summons and other court processes.

Plaintiffs and defendants have the capacity to sue and be sued.

2. Plaintiff Ely Omega and her deceased husband Rolando E. Omega are registered and absolute owners of a parcel of land known as Lot 2314-D-4 of the subdivision plan Psd-72154, situated in Brgy.

Alegria, Ormoc City, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SEVEN (207) SQ. M. and is covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 16787. A copy of the title is hereto attached as annex “B”.

3. Plaintiffs Ma. Lanilyn, Ronald, Rolando Jr., Arleen & Myra are representing their deceased father Rolando Omega Sr. 4. Plaintiff Ely and her deceased husband obtained a loan from Aurelia Padilla and Bernardo Padilla in 1982 in the amount of P20,000.00. As collateral, they executed a Real Estate Mortgage over the aforesaid parcel of land on June 28, 1982. Both Aurelia and Bernardo are now deceased and whose interest are succeeded by their children the defendants herein.

A copy of the Real Estate Mortgage is hereto attached as annex “C”.

5. In the real estate mortgage they agreed that while the loan is not paid, the creditor mortgagees will use the mortgaged property, without rentals but wit the obligation to make the necessary repairs and the term of the mortgage is only five (5) years.

6. Plaintiff Ely and her husband were not able to pay within the aforesaid time but Aurelia and Bernardo did not institute Foreclosure of the Mortgage for thirty (30) years. They however continued to use the mortgaged property and appropriate the rentals through their caretaker Spouses Eddie and Lorna Blancia, without the consent of the plaintiff for twenty (24) years.

7. Despite the lapse of the period to foreclose, Plaintiffs still decided to pay the loan, but they could not find the creditor-mortgagees. They asked the tenants of the defendants on the mortgaged property but even their caretaker would not tell them the address, therefore the tender of payment is excused.

8. Plaintiff sent a notice of consignation through a letter to the creditor mortgagees to their last known address and was forced to consign the payment of the loan in court. A copy of the consignation letter & consignation receipt for the amount of P20,000.00 is hereto attached as annex “D” and series.

9. The consignment of the payment of the loan serves as payment thereof and releases the plaintiff of their obligation under the Real Estate Mortgage.

The real estate mortgage therefore must be cancelled because first, the loan in which it is based is already extinguished or paid.

10. Second, under the Real Estate Mortgage, the debtor-mortgagor only allows the creditor mortgagee to use the property within five (5) years but the creditor mortgagee continued to use and receive the civil fruits of the property for eighteen (18) years thereafter in an approximate amount of P648,000.00. This is clearly an unjust enrichment and they are obligated to return the same to the debtor- mortgagee.

11. Applying the law on compensation (Art. 1278), creditor mortgagees which in this case are the defendants have still the obligation to return the amount of P628,000.00, after applying the loan amount of P20,000.00.

12. Third, the right of the creditor-mortgagee or the defendants in this case under the Real Estate Mortgage dated June 28,1982 has already prescribed.

13. Yet, when defendants all come to Ormoc in 2009 they agreed with the attorney-in-fact of the plaintiff to have their problem settled amicably. Plaintiff agreed to pay an additional amount of Php100,000.00 on top of the Php20,000.00 that was consigned and in

return defendants will execute a Release of Mortgage.

The money was ready but defendants for no reason did not execute a Release of Mortgage as they are asking for more.

14. Defendant ulterior motive came out in the open when they sent a letter of demand through their counsel asking for the amount of Php350,000.00 already. A copy of the letter is hereto attached as annex “E”.

First cause of action The plea for quieting of title, cancellation of real estate mortgage and entry no. 107433 Plaintiff hereby re-plead and incorporate all the allegations in the foregoing paragraphs in support of their third cause of action and further allege THAT: 15. The registration of the Real Estate Mortgage in 1997 and the continued annotation thereof cast cloud on the title of the plaintiff over the subject land.

16. The loan obligation of the plaintiff has already been paid by consignment therefore it must be released. The right of the defendants on the mortgage has already prescribed therefore the Real Estate Mortgage must be cancelled as well as its annotation at the back of the title as Entry no. 107433.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION The plea for Damages and Attorney’s fee Plaintiffs hereby re-plead and incorporate all the allegations in the foregoing paragraphs in support of their third cause of action and further allege THAT: 17. For the account of unjust enrichment on the part of defendants of taking the fruits of the property for their own benefit and gain, defendants must render in accounting on the civil fruits for twenty four years.

18. Because of the malicious acts of defendants, plaintiffs suffered many sleepless nights, wounded feelings, besmirched reputation , and mental anguish that if compensated would amount to P100,000.00 19. In order to deter others from what defendants did which was wanton and malicious, they must be ordered to pay exemplary damages in the amount of Php50,000.00 20. Article 2208 of the Civil Code provides: In the absence of stipulation, attorney’s fee and expenses of litigation, other than Judicial costs, cannot be recovered, except: a. When the defendant’s act or omission has compelled the plaintiff to litigate with third persons or to incur expenses to protect his interest; b. Where the defendant acted in gross and evident bad faith in refusing to satisfy the plaintiff’s plainly valid, just and demandable claim; 21. Due to the unfair acts of defendants the plaintiff are compelled to file the instant complaint and as a necessary consequence, plaintiffs had to incur necessary expenses amounting to FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (Php50,000,000) as attorney’s fees and ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (Php1,500.00) per court appearance of counsel, which expenses could have been avoided had the defendant did not enter and had stopped the construction of their house; 22. The plaintiffs would likewise be constrained to spend litigation expenses by reason of the filling of this action which is estimated to be not less than TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000.00).

Again, this particular kind of expense could have been avoided had the defendant respected the rights of the plaintiffs.

PRAYERS WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, it is respectfully prayed unto this Honorable Court, THAT: 1. After trial judgment be rendered declaring the plaintiff as the absolute owner of 2314-D-4, free from any liens or liabilities, canceling the Real Estate Mortgage dated June 28, 1982, and its annotation as Entry no. 107433 at the back of TCT No. 16787, ordering defendants to render an accounting on the civil fruits for 24 years and deliver the same to the plaintiff and to pay the plaintiffs the following: 3.a.Moral Damages P100,000.00 3.b.Exemplary Damages P50,000.00 3.c. Litigation Expenses P20,000.00 3. d Attorney’s fees P50,000.00 3.e. Appearance Fees P1,500.00 per appearance Other remedies just and equitable within the premises are also prayed for.

Ormoc City, Philippines, Oct. 23, 2014.

(Sgd.) JASPER M. LUCERO Counsel for the Plaintiff Can-adieng, Ormoc City Contact details: 0917-3224002/ email: jasperlucero@ymail.com PTR No. 4153744, Ormoc City, 1-08-2014 IBP No.955353, Leyte, 1-2-2014 Roll No. 45394, May 08, 2000 MCLE Certificate of Complaint No. IV0005499 April 19, 2012 VERIFICATION/ CERTIFICATION I, CELSO CARL M. CABALLERO, Filipino, of legal age, married and resident of Brgy. Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, after being sworn in accordance with law hereby depose and say: 1. I am the attorney-in-fact of the plaintiff of the above-entitled case and I am duly authorized to represent the plaintiff; 2. I have cause the preparation of the foregoing complaint; 3. I have read the allegations therein and the same is true in my own personal knowledge and belief and is based on authentic records; 4. There is no other action filed or pending in any other court or tribunal involving the same issues and parties and if I shall learn of any other action filed or pending before any other court or tribunal, I shall immediately inform this Honorable Court with the period prescribed by law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ___ day of Oct 15, 2014 at Ormoc City, Philippines.

CELSO CARL M. CABALLERO

January 5-11, 2015 Affiant SUBSCRIBE AND SWORN TO before me this ___ day of Oct. 15, 2014 at Ormoc City, Philippines, Affiants exhibited to me his Competent Identification bearing his photograph and signature to wit: Prof: Or Lic. # H03-92-015241.

(Sgd.) JASPER M. LUCERO Notary Public for the City of Ormoc Municipalities of Kananga, Matag-ob, Merida & Isabel, Leyte under NC No. ORM -12-12-013 My Commission Expires on December 31, 2015 PTR No. 4153744/Ormoc City/01-08-2014 IBP No. 955353/ Ormoc City/01-02-2014 Roll No. 45394, May 08, 2000 TIN # 917-641-378 Doc. No. 140 Page No. 28 Book No. 39 Series of 2014 Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES 8th Judicial Region Ormoc City CIVIL CASE NO. M-ORM-14-00010-CV For: QUIETING OF TITLE, CANCELLATION OF REAL STATE MORTGAGE \ AND ENTRY NO. 107433; DAMAGES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES ELY MAGDADARO OMEGA, MA. LANILYN O. AGOT, ARLEEN O. VILLAREAL, RONALD OMEGA, MYRA TRASH AND ROLANDO OMEGA, Rep. by their Attorney-in-fact CELSO CARL CABALLERO, Plaintiffs, -versusHEIRS OF BERNARDO ANDAURELIA MAGDADARO Namely: NIEVES P. SANCHEZ SERNURA P. NADRES, AVILLO PADILLA, LYDIA PADILLA, RHONDA M. PADILLA AND MARITES P. MATIBAG, Defendants.

X-----------------------------X MOTION TO ADMIT SUPPLEMENTAL AMENDED COMPLAINT COMES NOW, the plaintiffs, through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully states and avers THAT : 1. The amended complaint was filed but it did not state the address of defendant Sernura P. Nadres.

2. In order to correct the inadvertent mistake, the same must be corrected by way of supplemental amended complaint.

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, and in the higher interest to justice, it is respectfully prayed unto this Honorable Court that the supplemental amended complaint hereto attached be admitted.

Other relief’s just and equitable within the premises are also prayed for.

Ormoc City, Philippines, January 6, 2015.

(Sgd.) JASPER M. LUCERO Counsel for the Plaintiff Can-adieng, Ormoc City Contact details: 0917-3224002/ email: jasperlucero@ymail.com PTR No. 4153744, Ormoc City, 1-08-2014 IBP No.955353, Leyte, 1-2-2014 Roll No. 45394, May 08, 2000 MCLE Certificate of Complaint No. IV0005499 April 19, 2012 NOTICE OF HEARING THE CLERK OF COURT MTCC, Ormoc City Greetings: Please take notice that the undersigned counsel will ask the Honorable Court for Approval of the foregoing motion on January ___, 2015 or as soon as counsel maybe heard.

Thank you.

(Sgd.) JASPER M. LUCERO Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES 8th Judicial Region Ormoc City CIVIL CASE NO. M-ORM-14-00010-CV For: QUIETING OF TITLE, CANCELLATION OF REAL STATE MORTGAGE \ AND ENTRY NO. 107433; DAMAGES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES ELY MAGDADARO OMEGA, MA. LANILYN O. AGOT, ARLEEN O. VILLAREAL, RONALD OMEGA, MYRA TRASH AND ROLANDO OMEGA, Rep. by their Attorney-in-fact CELSO CARL CABALLERO, Plaintiffs, -versusHEIRS OF BERNARDO ANDAURELIA MAGDADARO Namely: NIEVES P. SANCHEZ SERNURA P. NADRES, AVILLO PADILLA, LYDIA PADILLA, RHONDA M. PADILLA AND MARITES P. MATIBAG, Defendants.

X-----------------------------X SUPPLEMENTAL AMENDED COMPLAINT COMES NOW, the plaintiff, through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court most respectfully submit this supplemental amended complaint and avers that: 1. All the allegations, statements and all attachments in the Amended Complaint is hereto adopted.

2. In addition to the allegations stated in the

January 5-11, 2015 amended complaint, is hereby alleged that defendant Sernura P. Nadres is residing in United States of America but with no particular address.

Respectfully submitted this __ day of January 2015 in Ormoc City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) JASPER M. LUCERO Counsel for the Plaintiff Can-adieng, Ormoc City PTR No. 4153744, Ormoc City, 1-08-2014 IBP No.955353, Leyte, 1-2-2014 Roll No. 45394, May 08, 2000 Certificate of Complaint No. IV0005499 April 19, 2012 Contact details: 255-8176/ jasperlucero@ymail. com CERTIFICATION/VERIFICATION I, CELSO CARL CABALLERO, Filipino, of legal age, married and a resident of Brgy. Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, after being sworn in accordance with law hereby depose and say THAT: 1. I am the attorney-in-fact of the plaintiff of the above entitled case.

2. I cause the preparation of the foregoing supplemental amended complaint.

3. I have read the allegations therein and the same is true in personal belief.

4. There is not other case filed or pending before any other court or tribunal between the same parties, involving the same issues and if there is, I would inform the court within the period prescribe by law.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 6th day of January 2015 in Ormoc City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) CELSO CARL CABALLERO Affiant SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 6th day of January 2015 in Ormoc City, Philippines.

Affiant exhibited to me his competent identification to wit: Prof Or. Lic #H03-92-015291 (Sgd.) JASPER M. LUCERO NOTARY PUBLIC FOR THE CITY OF ORMOC Of THE MUNICIPALITIES of KANANGA, MATAG-OB MERIDA, & ISABEL, UNDER NC NO. ORM-1312-013

By COMMISSION EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2015 Counsel for the Plaintiff Can-adieng, Ormoc City Contact details: 0917-3224002/ email: jasperlucero@ymail.com PTR No. 4153744, Ormoc City, 1-08-2014 IBP No.955353, Leyte, 1-2-2014 Roll No. 45394, May 08, 2000 Doc. No. 315 Page No. 63; Book No. 39; Series of 2015

EV Mail January 5-11, 2015

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communication LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. VIII Palo, Leyte CASE NO. VIII- 2014-4718-A Application for Issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a UV EXPRESS service With prayer to adopt trade name AMOS S. CALDA Applicant x---------------------x NOTICE OF HEARING Applicant request authority for issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a UV EXPRESS for the transportation of passengers and freight on the line:

ORMOC – ISABEL & VICE VERSA, with the use of ONE (1) unit.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on JANUARY 21, 2015, at 9:00 a.m, at its office at the above address.

At least Ten (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to received additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable ARTHUR L. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this 28TH day of December, 2014.

(Sgd.) ATTY. PAUL FLORIAN P. DOLINA Clerk of Board Copy furnished; -Applicant/s: A. S. CALDA # 917 NATIONAL ROAD, BILWANG, LEYTE - Counsel for Applicant/s : Atty. A. ASTILLA; STO. NIÑO ST. TACLOBAN CITY

EV Mail January 5-11, 2015

NOTICES REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONALTRIAL COURT EIGHTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 35 ORMOC CITY Land Reg. Case No. R-ORM-12-00031-LR LRA Record No. E-ORD-2013000030 NOTICE OF INITIAL HEARING To the Hon. Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Director, Land Management Bureau, Escolta, Manila; the Regional Executive Director, Region VIIIDENR, Tacloban City, the Hon. Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila; the Director, Bureau of Mines, Pedro Gil St., Malate; The Director, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, PO Box 623, both in Manila, the Hon. Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform, PTA Bldg., Elliptical Road, Diliman, the Director, Forest Management Bureau Visayas Avenue, Diliman, both in Quezon City, Metro Manila; the Provincial Governor, the Provincial Prosecutor, the General Services Offices, the Provincial Engineer, the Public Works and Highways District Engineer, the CENR Officer, CENRO, Land Management Sector, all in the City Mayor, the City Council, the City Prosecutor, the City Treasurer, the City Engineer, Ormoc City, Catalino Matuguina- Brgy. Milagro Ormoc City, Leyte AND TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: An application having been filed in the above entitled case by ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION rep. by Lauriano L. Silagan – 38th flr., Corporate Centre Bldg. Julia Vargas cor. Meralco Ave. Ortigas Center Pasig City, Thru: Mejia – Romero & Peñaranda Law Office – 2F Citilane Bldg., Aviles St., Ormoc City, Leyte by Atty. Jose Rommel A. Peñaranda praying for the registration and confirmation of the title to the following described land with improvement thereon.

A parcel of land designated as SGS- 08-000667D, a segration plan of Lot 10851 (Portion). Cad. 256, Ormoc Cadastre situated in Brgy. Milagro, City of Ormoc, Province of Leyte, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the SW., along lines 1-2 – 3 by Bagtik Creek (Legal Easement, 20.00 m. wide); on the NW., & N., along lines 3-4-5-6 by Lot 10851 (Portion); on the NE., along lines 6-7-8 by Bao River (Legal Easement, 20.00 m. wide); and on the E., & SE., along lines 8-9-10-11-12-1

by Cabadiangan Creek (Legal Easement. 20.00 m. wide). Beginning of point marked “1” on plan being S. 80º-02’ E., 1,053.64 meters from B.L.L.M. No. 202.

CAD. 256. Ormoc Cadastre; Thence N 33 º - 13’ W., 135.86 m. to point 2; Thence N. 14 º- 01’ W., 369.30 m. to point 3; Thence N 10 º - 08’ E., 371.43 m. to point 4; Thence N 03 º - 28’ W., 198.00 m. to point 5; Thence S 53 º- 18’ E., 218.64 M. to point 6; Thence S 00 º-56’ E., 92.00 m to point 7; Thence N. 88 º- 16’ E . , 96.10m. to point 8; Thence S 22 º - 25’ E, 192.58 m. to point 9; Thence S 31 º- 29’ W., 231.14 m. to point 10; Thence S 12 º - 24’ E., 79.92 m. to point 11; Thence S 20 º- 37’ W., 100.90 m. to REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Eighth Judicial Region Branch 16 Naval, Biliran SP. PROC. No. P-433 IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR LYRA TORRES PERDUGAS AND CHANGE OF NAME TO LOREN SABILE CHRISTMAS, GUADALUPE SABILE CHRISTMAS, Petitioners. x---------------x ORDER A verified petition having been filed with the Court by petitioner, thru counsel, praying that after due notice, publication, and hearing the minor TYRA TORRES PERDUGAS, be adjudged as the adopted child of petitioners for all legal intents and purposes and that his name be changed to LOREN SABILE CHRISTMAS to conform with that of petitioner.

Finding the petition being sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing be set on March 12, 2015 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at which date and time all interested person may appear and show cause, if any they have, why this petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation duly authorized by this Court.

Furnish copies of this Order and the petition to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Provincial Prosecutor, Naval, Biliran Province, the Department of Social Development of Biliran Province and the petitioner and counsel as well.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this 27th day of November 2914 at Naval, Biliran, Philippines.

(Sgd.) BIENVENIDO M. MONTALLA Executive Judge Copy furnished: Atty. Redentor R. Villordon Prosecutors Office, Biliran, Province Solicitor General Guadalupe Sabile Christmas DSWD, Biliran Province EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015

point 12; Thence S. 19 º - 51’ W., 284.76 m. to point of, beginning, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY ONE (221,691) SQUARE METERS. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by PS. Cyl. Conc. Mons. 15 x 40 cm. in diameter. Bearings: TRUE, This Lot was Surveyed on October 4, 2004 by Geodeti; Engineer ROMULO M. HILVANO and was duly approved on March 15, 2005 by the Regional Technical Director, LMS, DENR, Region VIII, Tacloban City.

You are hereby served this notice to appear before this Court at its session to be held at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 35, Ormoc City, Philippines on the 5th day of February, 2015 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, then and there to present such claim as you may have to said land or any portion thereof, and to submit evidence in support of such claim and unless you appear at said Court at the time and place aforesaid, your default will be recorded and the little to the land will be adjudicated and determined in accordance with law and the evidence before the Court and thereafter you will forever be barred from contesting said application (or petition) or any decree entered thereon.

Witness: the HON. GIRLIE M. BORREL – YU, Presiding Judge, of said Court, the 5th day of September, 2014 Issued at Quezon City, Philippines, this 9th day of October, 2014

ATTEST:

EULALIO C. DIAZ III

Administrator

Land Registration Authority By: (Sgd.) JOEL MARI MARTIN M. BIDORNIA Chief, Docket Division CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: (Sgd.) ANNA E. CORTEZ Chief, Publication of Notice Section EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 2015 ERRATUM: THE NOTICE HEREWITH PUBLISHED UNDER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRINTED IN LAST WEEK’S ISSUE (DECEMBER 29, 2014-JANUARY 4, 2015 BUT WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED. IT IS THEREFORE BEING PRINTED IN THIS ISSUE TO MAKE UP FOR THE THIRD REQUIRED PUBLICATION. OUR APOLOGIES. -Editor Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Eighth Judicial Region Branch 14 Baybay City, Leyte SP. PROC. NO. B-14-11-09 IN THE MATTER SOLE CUSTODY OF MINORS: (A) BLUE CEANY L. RONTAL (B) FE DERYL L. RONTAL ( C) ASHLEY ANN L. RONTAL MA. ARACELI LIBREA – BRUNNER, Petitioner. x--------------x ORDER This is a verified petition for the sole custody of minors, namely Blue Ceany L. Rontal, Fe Deryl L. Rontal and Ashley Ann L. Rontal filed by petitioner – mother of the minors, thru counsel. Petitioner alleges among others that she of legal age married to Manfred Karl Maximillian Brunner and with address at Brgy.

Jaena, Baybay city; that she was formerly married to Bonifacio Rontal, Jr., Filipino and resident of Brgy.

Maganhan, Baybay City on September 20, 1997 which marriage was declared null and void on September 28, 2007 as evidenced by a Certification from the NSO (Annex “A”); that their marriage was blessed with three (3) children namely Blue Ceany L. Rontal, born on July 15, 1998, Fe Deryl L. Rontal, born on July 14, 2002 and Ashley Ann L. Rontal born on November 4, 2003 as evidenced by their respective Certificate of Live Births (Annexes “C”, “D” and “E”); that the parties, in accordance with the decision of the Court on the declaration of nullity of marriage between petitioner and her former husband, shall have joint custody of the above-named three children, that said three children had since been in the care and custody of the petitioner, the former husband occasionally visiting the children and giving them financial support; that petitioner’s former husband stopped seeing the children and giving them financial support sometime on July 2004; that in order to support her children, petitioner worked as private tutor for several school pupils at a Baptist School and sold vegetables with her father in Kananga, Leyte. At the same time, petitioner’s grandmother who was based in Australia and two of her aunts who are based in Belgium sent her monthly allowance for their food and education of the children; that on May 2008, knowing she could not solely rely on her meager income and financial aid from her family, petitioner decided to work as OFW in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as a tutor, that sometime in 2008, while petitioner was traveling to Dubai, she met very kind hearted retired German teacher Manfred Karl Maximillian Brunner, whom she fell in love and after several months decided to live together as husband and wife, together with petitioner’s kids; that Mr. Brunner helped petitioner in taking care on her children and had a house constructed for the family to live in Kananga, Leyte, wherein they all settled as family; that on November 8, 2013, typhoon “Yolanda” hit Kananga causing trauma and psychological effect on the children, as well as severe damage to the house, for which reason, petitioner and Mr. Brunner, transferred to Brgy. Jaena, Baybay City, Leyte, together with the children; on January 28, 2014, petitioner and Mr. Brunner got married, as evidenced by their marriage contract (Annex “F”); that petitioner is now financially capable of meeting the needs of the said children through the support of her husband Mr. Brunner, who treats the children as his own; petitioner now would

13 Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court 8th Judicial Region Branch 17 Palompon, Leyte -o0oEJF CASE NO. R-PAL-14-004 FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE RURAL BANK OF DULAG (LEYTE), INC., represented by its COO, ELVIRA H. YU, Mortgagee/Petitioner, -versusGAUDIOSA R. OCUBILLO Mortgagor/Respondent. x--------------------------x NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE AND SALE Upon EXTRA-JUDICIAL PETITION FOR SALE UNDER Act No. 3135, as amended and by Act No. 1508, which was filed by Mortgagee/Petitioner Rural Bank of Dulag (Leyte), Inc. Ormoc Branch, represented by its Chief Operating Officer Elvira H. Yu, with principal office address at Kempis St., Dulag, Leyte against Mortgagor/ Respondent Gaudiosa R. Ocubillo with postal address at Brgy. San Juan, Palompon, Leyte to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 10, 2014 the amount to PESOS: NINE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED ELEVEN PESOS and 10/100 CENTAVOS (P904,611.10) only, Philippine Currency, including interest thereon, plus daily interest, other charges and further plus 10% attorney’s fees, plus expenses of foreclosure proceedings, and the government commission due thereon, as required by under Rule 141, Sec. 9 (1) of the Rules of Court as amended, the undersigned Sheriff under the supervision of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte, will sell at public auction on February 2, 2015 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning soon thereafter at the office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte to the highest bidder, for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following properties with all its improvements, to wit: A Parcel Land Lot No. 10978-B Tax Declaration No. 08-31039-00325-R13 A parcel of land designated as Lot No. 10978-B of the cadastral Survey of Palompon, situated in San Juan, Palompon, Municipality of Palompon, Leyte, Bounded on the North., 10973, on the East. 1018; on the South. NATIONAL ROAD; and on the West., 10978-A, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED NINETY FOUR (294) square meters, including all 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 February 11, 2015 without further notice.

Prospective bidders/buyers may investigate real properties herein-above described the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte, Philippines, December 17, 2014.

(Sgd.) JIPSON L. ABAYON Sheriff IV Copy furnished: 1.

Rural Bank of Dulag (Leyte) Inc. Ormoc Branch, represented by its Chief Operating Officer ELVIRA H.YU, Kempis St., Dulag, Leyte 2.

Gaudiosa R. Ocubillo San Juan, Palompon, Leyte WARNING IT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED TO REMOVE, DEFACE, OR DESTROY THIS NOTICE OF SALE ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF SALE. EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 like to obtain a Court Order to have sole custody of the above named children for their possible relocation to Manila and continue their studies thereon; that it is the intention of the petitioner to move to Manila for the best interest, well-being and brighter future of her children, without prejudice to the visitorial right of the former husband, if ever he wishes to see his children; after a long time of absence from their lives, and as the court may deem appropriate and proper; that “The Convention on the Rights of the Child” provides that “in all actions concerning children whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies the best interest of the child shall be a primary consideration” The petition being sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that this petition is set for initial hearing on January 28, 2015 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the session hall of this Court. Any person who may have an interest in this petition may file an opposition and show cause why this 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. Likewise, let a copy of this order be posted in the bulletin boards of the City Hall, at the Post Office and of this Court, all of Baybay City, Leyte and at the Provincial Capitol, Tacloban City.

Furnish copy of this order to the Solicitor General the Referral Unit of the DSWD, Region VIII, Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, the father of the minors, the Acting City Prosecutor of Baybay City, the petitioner and counsel.

SO ORDERED. Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines, November 24, 2014.

(Sgd.) CARLOS O. ARGUELLES Judge COA: cag EV Mail |Dec. 15-21, 22-28, & 29- Jan. 4, 2014

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NEWS 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 January 15, 2015 at 9:00 am the above mentioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overdue pledges left in the same up to August 30, 2013, Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.

MANAGEMENT

Sa Enero 15, 2015, sa alas 9:00 and takna sa buntag isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tag-sa-tagsa ka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas. Tanang butang pinerenda nga wala makukat hangtud sa Agosto 30, 2013 maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo.

TAGDUMALA

EV Mail January 5-11, 2015 Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Absolute Sale that the property of the late BERNABELA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN SABONG re a parcel of agricultural land that the properties of the late SPS. TEOsituated in Brgy. Imelda, Naval, Biliran FILO PRESILDA and EFEPANIA ATOK re denominated as survey No. 4767-P, parcels of agricultural land denominated under TD No. 00216 in the name of as survey No. 3777 and assessor Lot No. CRISANTA BARRINA & Sister with an 6 under TD /ARP No. 00409 declared in area of 1.6227 has was settled among the name TEOFILO PRESILDA with an her heirs and sold in favor of LORENZO area of 0.525400 HAS. ; Agricultural/ resiP. MANGCO per Doc. No75; Page No.15; dential land denominated as Survey No. Book No. 50; Series of 2014 of Notary 3779 and assessor Lot No. 8 under TD/ Public Redentor C. Villordon. .. EV Mail ARP No. 00244 with an area of 0.700000 Jan. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 HAS. all situated in Balacson, Kawayan, Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale Biliran were settled among their heirs NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN and the 2 parcels sold in BALBINO R. that the property of the late SIMPLICIO PAGHUBASAN per Doc. No. 248; Page MATAGANAS and LOURDES MATANo. 50; Book No. 49; Series of 2014 of GANAS re a parcel of agricultural land Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. .EV located in Brgy. Matanggo Almeria, Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 Biliran denominated as survey No. 2521 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of lot No. 46 under TD No. 00292 declared Absolute Sale in the name of Simplicio Mataganas with NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN an area of 0.173795 has. was settled that the property of the late SPS. VICTOR among their heirs and sold in favor of UDTOHAN and TEODORA MALANA re a SPS. CARLITO and TITA B.MORILLO parcel of agricultural land situated in Brgy. per Doc. No. 304; Page No. 61; Book Ungale, Kawayan, Biliran denominated No. 48; Series of 2013 of Notary Public as cadastral Lot No. 2160-P and assesRedentor C. Villordon. .. EV Mail Jan. sors No. 17 under TD No. 00617 in the 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 name of TEODORA MALANA with an Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement area of 1.203600 has. was settled among with Sale their heirs and sold in favor of CHARITA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN B. SOFOCADO per Doc. No. 74; Page that the property of the late ALFREDO No. 15; Book No. 46; Series of 2012 of ARDIENTE re a parcel of residential Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. .. land situated at Eastern Poblacion, EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 Hilongos, Leyte, designated as Lot No. Extrajudicial Partition 14353, containing an area of 167.91 sq.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN m. under TD No. 14002-00584 R 13 that the properties of the late EDWARD Property Identification No. 044-14-002P. RUMOHR re shares of stocks 100,000 04-125 was settled among his heirs sold paid-up subscribed at 1.00 par value per in favor of SPS. RODOLFO D. RUIZ share with Narcisa Hills Development and FELINA VILLAHERMOSA- RUIZ Corporation, a stock corporation orgaper Doc. No. 400; Page No. 5; Book No. nized under existing laws of the Phils. UnXVIII; Series of 2014 of Notary Public der SEC Registration No. A199905112; Nicasio O. Nueve. . EV Mail Jan. 5-11, One Six Hundred paid-up subscribed 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 shares of stocks at 100.00 par value Extrajudicial Settlement per share with St. Ignatius Memorial NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Park Inc, under SEC Registration No. that the property of the late SPS. GLORIA 137655 all principal office and bus.

QUIJANO and FRANCISCO BATUTO re Address at Barangay Rawis, Calbayog a parcel of agricultural land situated in City, Samar. The said shares of stocks Calumpang, Naval, Biliran denominated were partitioned among themselves per as survey No. 942-P under ARP/TD No. Doc. No. 93; Book No. 19; Book No. IX; 00159 R-11 containing an area of 0.1514 Series of 2014 of Notary Public Jennylyn has. was settled among their heirs per Sumagang Dormiendo. EV Mail Jan. Doc. No. 192; Page No. 39; Book No. 48; 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 Series of 2013 of Notary Public Redentor Affidavit of Heirship C. Villordon. ..EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN & 19-25, 2015 that the properties of the late OSCAR Deed of Self-Adjudication with Deed of PELAEZ TAN re an account with the Absolute Sale Metrobank- Ormoc under Account No. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 139-313945173-3, that the said account that the property of the late DOMINGO was transferred unto his surviving heirs BRECIO re a parcel of land located

by CYNTHIA UGALDE TAN and CAin Brgy. Looc, Cabucgayan, Biliran MILLE U. TAN per Doc. No. 424; Page denominated as survey no. 1757 P, No. 85; Book No. X; Series of 2015. EV covered by TD No. 00694, containing an Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 area of 2.920700 has. was adjudicated Addendum of Affidavit unto himself by BERNARDO DEBERTO of Self Adjudication BRECIO and 104 sq. m. sold in favor NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH that the properties of the late ROLANDO (PHIL) INC. represented by its Pastor BAUTISTA re parcels of land Lot 2268-IPEPITO B. NAVALTA per Doc. No. 53; 5-I, Psd-08-001182, containing an area Page No. 11; Book No. 49; Series of 2014 of 762 sq.m., covered by TCT No. 17810; of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon.. ¼ share of a parcel of land Lot No. 2339, EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 containing an area of 141 sq. m. covered Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale

by TCT No. 16161 ; ¼ share of a parcel NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of land Lot No. 2337, containing an that the property of the late URBESTONarea of 93 sq. m. covered by TCT No. DO NIÑEZ re a parcel of land described 16164; ¼ share of a parcel of land Lot as Lot No. 2236 located in Barangay 1-B-3, Psd-08-009254-D, containing Lamak Hilongos, Leyte and covered by an area of 140 sq. m. covered by TCT OCT No. P-38137 containing an area of No. 30289 all situated in Barrio Alegria 3,230 sq. m. was settled among his heirs Ormoc City were adjudicated unto himself and 1,076.67 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS.

by JOSEPH N. BAUTISTA per Doc. No. ARLENE V. ROLA and RONILO ROLA 169; Page No. 34; Book No. XIX; Series SR., per Doc. No. 118; Page No. 25; Book of 2012 of Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. No. XIV; Series of 2014 of Notary Public Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Jan. & 19-25, 2015 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015 Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late RABINDRANATH PAER TAMOLA left certain shares of stocks of PETRON CORPORATION more particularly described as follows: Cert. Number Class Number of Shares 223662 Common 1,600 Shares 692762 Common 400 Shares 1289358 Common 500 Shares 1505541 Common 500 Shares Said shares settled among his heirs in an extra-judicial settlement issued before Notary Public Maria Lourdes de Leon of Los Angeles Country which was authenticated before MARLOWE A. MIRANDA, Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in the City of Los Angeles, California per Doc. No. 19151; Page No. 195; Series of 2014. EV Mail Jan. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2015

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ing rates are three times higher in households with piped water. It is obscene “if people cannot drink water without courting disease or death,” author Sandra Postel writes.

Two years back, the Cebu provincial government and an Ayala-led consortium cobbled together a P702-million joint investment agreement that would allow the daily delivery of 35 million liters of potable water to a parched metropolis and northern towns.

For the first time ever, surface water from Luyang River in Carmen town was tapped. Until then, 9 out of 10 cubic meters of water, quaffed in a metro area of 12 cities and towns, had been siphoned from narrow limestone underground reservoirs.

Over pumping of these aquifers allowed seawater to irreversibly seep in “more than four kilometers inland,” noted the Inquirer (8/19/11).

“This contamination wrecked irreversibly the city’s main source of water. Who will answer for this crime?”

Of 136 cities, Cebu is the most waterstressed. The province has only 2-percent forest cover left. In-migration, industries and trade quadrupled the demand for water in less than half a century.

In mid-1990, the sustainable capacity of aquifers in Cebu City was exceeded 3.6 times and in Mandaue, 7.4 times, an Ayala Land study found. If no reforms are adopted, Cebu’s groundwater will turn undrinkable. “It will no longer be a question of supply but include the politically volatile issue of quality.”

In 2007, water demand continued to pull away from supply, Cherry Ann Lim notes in “Vision of Thirst.” It continues to do so, but at an accelerating pace. Withdrawals are double what small reservoirs recharge.

For decades, the stark alternatives to overreliance on underground wells were: (a) total collapse of aquifers ala Yemen and Fathiphurshkari, or (b) draw surface water from outside Metro Cebu.

Former Mayor and ex-congressman Tomas Osmeña’s three terms offered a window of opportunity to start reversing the slide into disaster.

He opted for denial. “What water shortage?”, he’d dismiss warnings from Asian Development Bank and Delft University to the Water Resources Center.

Osmeña bridged multiplying needs by over-pumping depleted aquifers. He signaled ecological policy insolvency last year by hiring a water diviner. “Lola Choleng is 100-percent accurate,” he told a bothered media and indifferent electorate. But voodoo didn’t resolve a crisis which he insisted didn’t exist.

Population, industries and commerce shoved Metro Cebu’s borders 40 kilometers south and north. They render obsolete Cebu City’s kingpin pretensions to be “first among equals,” or primus inter pares.

“History is a relentless master,” John F. Kennedy said. “It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast to the past is to be swept aside.”

“We will not be trapped into similar inaction,” then Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia vowed when she signed the province’s first-ever surface bulk water agreement with Manila Water Consortium’s Gerardo Ablaza.

In this “Private-Public Partnership” project, Capitol put money where its mouth is. It plunked down P49 out of every P100 for the project; the Ayala-led firm put in P51. But po-

Jesus Christ assumed human nature or else, those who see God will have to suffer instant death; after all, we mortals cannot be on the same plane as the immortals. Remember the movie, “Marcelino Pan y Vino,” when saintly Marcelino died after seeing God in person?

This is also observed by the Japanese when they confront their Emperor. They bow down with their heads touching ground because they are not allowed to see with their naked eyes their Emperor, who is considered as their god.

With Jesus Christ, he can rub elbows with us. That is why we can see Him even if we are not worthy. Remember the story of Lazarus with his sisters Martha and Mary? The narrative can be found in the Gospel of St. John 11: 1 - 44.

With this incident, Jesus Christ made it known that He was the Resurrection and the Life.

It is very ironic that the life of Jesus Christ seems to be around what is now the Middle East, yet the whole trouble that is now besetting the world is now centered in the Middle East. Why is this so? Definitely there has to be a reason.

We can only muse and wonder.

What is in store for us with this year 2015?

We were visited four times by the Pope: in 1970, 1981, 1995 and now 2015. It is the same as if Jesus Christ is the one who came to see us.

Indeed, it is a rare privilege for us to be visited by the Vicar of Christ: the Pope. table water will already be pumped into towns that the pipeline reaches.

Taps have now been opened. Even then, there’d still be a 15-40 percent shortfall in Cebu water supplies.

P35-million was advanced, given to Carmen town led by Mayor Martin Gerard Villamor. He has safeguarded watersheds and water use prudently - so far. “Will he shun doles and instead use the windfall to conserve this resource into the future?” Sun Star asked. “Maintain that record and Villamor will tower among Cebu’s leaders day after tomorrow.”

Today’s project started from the first red flags raised, in 1975, by Herman Van Engelen of the Water Resources Center. This SVD priestscientist retired in July 2011, a year before the launch of Cebu’s project. Prophets often yield to those who build on their vision.

Drilon. The commission is an independent constitutional body that acts as a restraint against the abuse of the appointing power of the President, by approving only those who are fit and qualified to ensure the efficient and harmonious functioning of the government. Late last year, it had approved the appointments of 89 generals, flag and senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The CA is also a ground for the members themselves, to get back at their personal and political foes, who are subjected to their mercy and grilling. For dramatically gifted politicians, the forum is also a venue to their usual ‘walk-out’ drama series. rrr

On Pope Francis’ imminent visit to our country, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle hinted that for peaceful convergence of the faithful to whatever public events that will transpire upon his visit, it is advised that the should people hats or raincoats, and not umbrellas and the like, that will block the view of other people in the crowd. People should also refrain from bringing expensive jewelries that will attract snatchers and pickpockets. Accordingly, the people can also bring wet wipes, hand sanitizers, bottled water, fans and towels but are further advised to dispose of them properly by bringing paper bags to hold discards. Flashlights are of big help, also in case of brownouts or blackouts. Should any event end late, the people are advised to bring their own food that would not spoil quickly. But, I repeat, please do not litter! Be a responsible citizen of the country at all times, with or without the Pope!

Teacher: What S Ethics?

Student: Sir,ethics Are Cousins Of Ducks..what Can U Say Sir? Teacher: Very Good! Dat Duck Wil Lay an Egg & Dat Egg Wil B Ur Grade. rrr Pedro: Juan Panu kung Tanggalan kita ng Ilong?

Juan: Ciempre mawawalan ako ng Pang Amoy.

Pedro: Panu kung Tanggalan kita ng dila?

Juan: Eh di mawawalan ako ng Panlasa.

Pedro: eh kung tanggalan kita ng Taenga?

Juan: Eh di ciempre lalabo aking Mata.

Pedro: Bkt mata?

Juan: eh kung ndi ka pala talaga mahina, san ko isasabit SALAMIN ko? :-D

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Ms Baybay 2014 Coronation

Leyte Gov. Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” Petilla and wife Sharon crown Ms. Danika Cayunda Ruiz as Ms Baybay 2014. On extreme right is her escort, Mr. Jerico Redrico, PBB ex-housemate Season 4. Right, Mayor Carmen L. Cari and Vice-Mayor Michael Cari pinned the sash. By Gina Gerez

Leyte mayors asked to take part in Papal visit TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) -- Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla asked for town mayors in the province to take part in ensuring success of papal visit on Jan. 17, 2015.

Petilla led the coordination meeting at the Governor’s Hall of Leyte provincial capitol Monday, attended by Leyte mayors and department heads of the provincial government. “ T h e c o o rd i n a t i o n meeting is part of the provincial government security preparation to ensure that the visit of Pope Francis will

be successful,” Petilla said.

“I don’t think Palo and Leyte local government can handle this alone. I call on all municipal mayors to support us in this papal visit,” he said.

About one to two million pilgrims are expected to visit the Archdiocese of Palo for this historic visit of the Catholic Church leader and head of state of Vatican to comfort victims of super typhoon Yolanda last year.

About 800 people, headed by Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla, Leyte 1st district

Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Tacloban City Alfred Romualdez and Palo Mayor Remedios Petilla, are expected to welcome the pope at the tarmac of the Tacloban DZR airport Organizers of the Papal Visit expect 120,000 to 160,000 pilgrims from 78 parishes under the Archdiocese of Palo and other Visayas and Mindanao provinces to attend the mass of the pope at the site.

Petilla asked for the activitation of village peace keeping force to augment law enforcers who will be assigned to oversee security situation in engagement areas to be visited by Pope Francis.

T h e 10 interlocal health zone in the province, headed by mayors, were asked to build a miniemergency room every after 500 to 600 meters of the road from Pawing village in Palo to t h e A rc h bishop Palace. The mini-clinic will response to emergency health needs of pilgrims.

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Two So. Korean companies to put up waste-to-energy plant in Tacloban City TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) -- A multimillion-dollar waste-to-energy facility will be constructed in Tacloban City next year, according to Mayor Alfred Romualdez.

With the support of two South Korean companies, Romualdez said that groundbreaking of the city’s first waste integrated management plant is set within the first quarter of 2015.

“I am happy about this development. This will be the first of a kind plant which will convert our garbage to electricity in our area...,” Romualdez said.

The mayor signed recently a Memorandum of Agreement with Rainbow Holdings Korea and Woojin-Tec Korea for the first waste-to-energy plant in the city.

According to the mayor, the plant will be set up in the northern part of the

Singapore’s Senoko Plant which turns waste into energy. city where about 14,500 houses for storm victims will be built.

“Our garbage is sufficient to produce electricity, based on the feasibility study which has been done for a year. This is a great help to the northern community for their cheaper electricity needs,” Romualdez said.

He added that the counterpart of the city for

the project is focused on the hauling of garbage.

“Eventually, there will be an interchange of technology. And it’s the technology that counts,” the city official said.

Meanwhile, the mayor thanked his cousins, Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and businessman Benjamin Philip Romualdez, for lobbying for the project.

Despite ceasefire, NPAs kill soldier in N. Samar NORTHERN SAMAR Despite the month-long yuletide ceasefire jointly announced by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Northern Samar killed an Army soldier in broad daylight recently, while on his way to visit relatives in Palapag, this province.

The fatality was identified as Sgt. Leo L. Loberiano, assigned in an Army unit of the 8th ID, based at Northern Samar. Accordingly, Sgt. Loberiano was on board his motorcycle when an undetermined number of heavily armed men flagged down his vehicle at gunpoint, at high noon, in the outskirts of Sitio Karogyaw, Barangay Napo, Palapag.

The soldier, realizing that the armed men were NPA rebels, fought it out with the rebels and broke through the checkpoint. However, rebels caught up with him, and killed him. The rebels also took his pistol and bag containing his personal items.

Locals in the area immediately went to the area to recover the body of the slain soldier, while soldiers from the 34th Infantry Battalion conducted pursuit operations against the perpetrators.

It can be recalled that the Armed Forces of the Philippines announced the Suspension of Military and Police Operations

starting midnight of December 18, 2014 and will end on midnight of January 19, 2015. The declaration is to highlight the government’s sincerity in pursuing its peace initiatives.

Maj. Gen. Jet B. Velarmino, 8th ID commander, condemned the actions of the NPAs in Northern Samar. “While we remain sincere in our words and actions to abide by the provisions of the SOMO, the NPA remain treacherous in their actions, taking advantage of every opportunity to inflict casualty not only to

the members of the AFP but even to innocent civilians.”

Velarmino further added, “the NPAs declared their own yuletide ceasefire on staggered basis, however their actions were all selfserving and is far from being an act of good faith.”

The 8ID commander further extended his deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of the slain soldier and directed all units of the command to remain further vigilant against succeeding NPA violent actions in the region. By Mel Caspe with a PR