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GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE. House Assistant Minority Leader and Leyte (1st dist) Rep. Ferdinand Martin “FM” Romualdez

(right) assisted by Operations Chief of Children International Philippines Inc. Rebecca Fuellos (left) turn over 2,121 text

books to principal Josina Tanciongco (center) intended for 1st year to 4th year students of San Jose National HighSchool in Tacloban City.Rep.Romualdez aims to provide one book for one student in all public school (elementary/highschool) of the rst district of Leyte. photo by Ver S. Noveno

T A C L O B A NCITY – Illegal smallscale gold mining isbeing blamed as thecause of the deathof a family of threein the upstream vil-lage of Maydolong,Eastern Samar, when

storm “Quinta” bat-tered the region.

Identied as atali-ties were couple RodrigoBusa, 56; Rosita Busa,50; and their son Kim-

jie Busa, 7. Tey werekilled when a tree ell totheir makeshi in sitioLumangag, Barangay DelPilar in Maydolong town.

“Some o the roots o the big apitong tree havebeen cut as people digthe soil in search or gold.When the storm hit ourplace, the trees got up-rooted easily and kill theBusa amily,” said Maydo-long Mayor Henry Aablein a mobile phone inter-

view.Busa’s 12-year-old son

Roclito survived the in-cident but was severely injured.

Te incident hap-pened on midnight o December 26 when the

province was placed un-der public storm signal

Small-scale gold mining blamed

on the death of a family of 3BY SARWELL Q. MENIANO

Correspondent

government agencies is ongoing. Departments will beranked based on their accomplishment. Employeesdon’t have to worry how much they will get, they haveto nd out i their agency is identied as one o thosetop perorming,” Laceras said.

An Inter-Agency ask Force was ormed to evalu-ate i an agency’s perormance can be categorized asbest, better, or good. Te PBB ranges rom P5,000 toP35,000 depending on the perormance o agencies

and individual workers.

ACLOBAN CIY - Additional bonus will be re-ceived by national government workers but only oroutstanding employees working in an agency taggedas a top perormer, the Department o Budget andManagement (DBM) said.

DBM Regional Director Imelda Laceras said theperormance-based bonus (PBB) is dierent rom the13th month pay, year-end cash bonus, and Productiv-ity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) or government em-

ployees.“Te assessment o accomplishment reports o

Outstanding national gov’t employees

to receive additional bonus

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Bizmen initiate

road map to

increase coconut

yield in So. Leyte

Rizal Day

youth spacial

to air on PTV

DOJ investiga-

tion on Aman

Futures cases

wrapping up

Garcia, policetrade charges

North Korea

rocket ‘has

10,000km

range’

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2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Sunday, 30 December 2012

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We are now drilling in Balangiga Municipality Water Work

Leyte Sangguniang

Pa n la l a w iga n , t he

provincial government

of So. Leyte under Gov. Damian Mercado

expressed determination

t o p r o v i d e f u n d s

for the said coconut

rehabil i tat ion road

map which covers the

expansion of coconut

lands , cut t ing and

replanting of senile

coconut trees, and

conducting massive

fertilization of healthy

coconuts, this even to

include intercropping

of banana and coffee.(RONALD O. REYES)

by the chamber had it s

initial implementation

l a s t N ove mbe r w i th

the assistance from theP h i l i p p i n e C o c o n u t

Authority, National Anti-

Poverty Commission,

and in partnership with

the Diocese of Maasin,

other religious groups and

stakeholders.

“Its goal is to increase the

coconut harvest by 100

percent in 2018. This is

one of the cornerstones of

Southern Leyte ’s economic

development framework,”

Castañares said.

Also through an earlier

r e so lu t i on f r om So .

by the bunchy top virus.

So what remains now as

our primary crop is only

coconut,” said So. LeyteChamber of Commerce and

Industry president Engr.

Robert Castañares.

I f So . L e y t e w i l l

succeed in doubling its

produc tion output fro m

700 million to 1.4 billion

pesos by year 2018, the

impact on 80 percent of the

population in the province

who relied on coconut will

be unimaginab le, added

Castañares.

A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e

coconut rehabilitation road

map which was crafted

MAASIN CITY-In a

bid to boost the present

c oc onu t p r oduc t i on

i n t h i s p r o v i n c e ,businessmen here forged

pact with local government

u n i t s a n d c h u r c h

officials in Southern

Leyte for a coconut

rehabilitation road map.

“In the past, our two

major crops were coconut

and abaca. Our coconut

production is about 700

million pesos per year,

while abaca used to

provide us with about 300

million pesos per year.

Unfortunately, our abaca

industry was wiped out

Bizmen initiate road map to

increase coconut yield in So. Leyte

pation in community aairs.

Plan InternationalCountry Director Carin

van der Hor and NCCChairman Mag CruzHatol will introducethe clips in Bata ang Bida along with celeb-

rity advocates or chil-dren Mikee CojuangcoJaworski, Cheryl Cosimand Boy Abunda. (PR)

train under Anak V inmedia production.

Te Anak V spe-cial aims to providemedia space or Fili-pino children, part o the NCC mandate topromote media literacy

among children and inconsonance with PlanInternational’s goal topromote child partici-

rom across the coun-try. Some o the eaturedworks are products o workshops in both el-ementary and secondary schools conducted by NCC. Te rest are devel-opment plugs and public

service announcements(PSAs) by kids aged 9to 17 who were tappedby Plan International to

A joint televisionproduction o Anak V,the National Councilor Children’s elevi-sion and Plan Interna-tional will telecast onRizal Day, 30 December2012 over PV 4 at 5

PM.Te Bata ang Bida

special will showcasevideo works o children

Rizal Day youth spacial to air on PTV

ment who are compensatedthrough monthly honoraria,may be granted the one-timePEI or 2012, at rates to be de-termined by the local sanggu-nian, depending on the LGUnancial capability. (SARWELL

Q. MENIANO)

pointive or elective; renderingservices on ull time or parttime basis; military personnel;uniormed personnel; and localgovernment unit (LGU) em-ployees.

LGU workers, includingthose in the barangay govern-

lem in the Philippine bureau-cracy, where the distributiono bonuses - and their corre-sponding amounts - was some-times subject to biases.

Last week, the DBM has re-leased P5,000 across-the-boardproductivity enhancement in-centive or each state workers.

Te benet covers person-nel occupying regular, contrac-tual, or casual positions; ap-

Final Outputs (MFOs), andpriority program or projectcommitments as agreed withthe President under the veKey Result Areas.

Provision o PBB will alsobe based on accomplishment o good governance conditions setby the Inter-Agency ask Force

Te DBM ocial said thePBB system was designed toaddress a longstanding prob-

rewarded,” she added.Te PBB, which is a top-up

bonus, will be given to person-nel o bureaus in accordancewith their contribution to theaccomplishment o their De-partment’s overall targets andcommitments.

For consideration areachievements by the Depart-ments o perormance targetsunder their respective Major

Te benet will be releasedearly o January 2013.

“Te agency head willrank employees that is on theassumption that they are se-lected by the task orce as topperormer. We hope that thosewho have done more than whatis expected rom them, will be

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3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressSunday, 30 December 2012 NEWS

FOUR police intel-ligence chies in CentralVisayas who were relievedearly this month or alleg-edly ailing to curb the il-legal numbers game werereinstated last Friday.

Police Regional Oce(PRO) 7 Director Mar-celo Garbo Jr. said the po-lice ocials were deemedt or their position, aernishing a ve-day re-resher seminar.

“Tey are good po-licemen. It’s just a mattero motivating them,” hesaid.

Te ocials are Supt.Joseno Ligan o Man-daue City, Chie Insp. Ro-meo Santander o Cebu

HE ireworks busi-ness in Cebu isn’t do-ing as well this yearcompared with previ-ous Christmas seasons,manuacturers and stallholders said.

he passing o theirpatriarch, Julian Pon-gasi, earlier this yearcaused the amily thatowns JP Fireworks toslow down in their

manuacturing. Pon-gasi is a pioneer in theireworks business inLapu-Lapu City whostarted and ran JP Fire-works or 20 years. hecompany had a ire-works actory in themiddle o a ishpond inSitio Radar, Brgy. Babagin Lapu-Lapu City.

His daughter Florasaid they are just com-pleting orders o theirregulars this December.

She said the increase inprices o materials hadaected their business.

Pongasi said thebusiness boomed in2000. his year, howev-er, sales have been slow with not many people

portant task, let’s do thingsin the spirit o prayer anddiscernment and ask theLord who among the can-didates would he inspireus to choose knowing thatthese are the candidateswho can bring the realgood o the people,” Palmasaid.

Meanwhile, Palma saidthat when CBCP meets onJanuary one o the con-cerns is the evaluation o the Precinct Count Opti-cal Scan (PCOS) machineswhich will also be used inthe May 2013 elections.

“We have reasons tobelieve that there may be alot o deects in that PCOS

machines and needs to bereexamined and part o the CBCP agenda,” Palmasaid.

Te Supreme Courthas already decided thatthe purchase o the PCOSmachines rom the Smart-matic Corporation is validand legal.

Te Commission onElections is now conduct-ing upgrading to enhancethe system o the PCOSmachine which was rst

used in the 2010 presiden-tial elections.

Comelec Commis-sioner Armando Velascosaid the use o the PCOSmachines was proven e-ective and is a milestonein the Philippine history since it delivered accurateinormation and resultsimmediately aer theelections compared to themanual counting that waspracticed in the country or o a long time.

“It is wiser to use thePCOS machines than togo back to manual elec-tion,” he said. (SUNNEX)

isted, Palma said there isno Catholic vote whenpeople expect bishops tocome out with names.

“Like I’m the presi-dent o the CBCP. Tereis no Catholic vote whenyou expect me one day aspresident o CBCP thatthese are the names o thecandidates we would likeyou to vote. Don’t expectthat. Tat will never hap-pen. We will not do that,”Palma stressed.

But there is a Catholic vote and there should be aCatholic vote, Palma said.

“We would wish andpray to discern their beingCatholics and not to leave

God at home when they come to the voting places.We should bring God tothe voting places,” Palmaadded.

Palma said a Catho-lic vote is when Catholicschoose candidates accord-ing to the Catholic stand-ard and belie and analyzeand evaluate the candi-dates rom the perspectiveo what they can bring tothe people.

Asked why the Catho-

lic vote ailed to deliverthe expected votes in thepast elections, Palma said,“I really don’t know butwe should not underesti-mate the Catholic vote.”

In his New Year’s mes-sage, Palma said we needGod’s guidance especially in the coming May 2013elections.

He said there are nodetailed steps yet but hesees the election as a very

important exercise o thecountry’s democracy.“Let God be a part o

our exercise in this im-

CEBU CIY -- TeCatholic Bishops Coner-ence o the Philippines(CBCP) will not be com-ing up with a list o can-didates or the Catholicaithul to vote in thecoming May 2013 mid-term elections.

Tis was the assurancemade by CBCP Presidentand Cebu ArchbishopJose Palma over ears o backlash to legislatorswho supported the Re-productive Health (RH),which was recently passedby Congress and will soonbe signed into law by Pres-ident Benigno Aquino III.

Palma gave the assur-

ance during Wednesday’spress conerence where hedelivered his New Year’smessage.

At the height o thedeliberations o the Re-productive Health bill,

various groups against itthreatened to campaignagainst politicians andlawmakers supportingRH.

Te Cebu Archbishopsaid in principle the bish-ops and the priests should

never be partisan.“We will not endorse a

party. We will not endorseanybody in the mass or inthe rally. It’s not our pre-rogative, Palma said.

Te Cebu bishop saidin the past, the Churchgave criteria and it is upto the aithul to apply the criteria, but there areother considerations likeadvocacies, track record,competence and integrity.

Is there a Catholic vote?On questions i the

Catholic vote really ex-

Bishops back no bets in 2013 polls

o Amalilio, will have topersonally subscribe tohis counter-adavit.

Another respondent,agent Areceli Julian, wasalso summoned to per-sonally arm her answer,which she only subscribedbeore a notary public ear-lier.

Other ve respond-ents in the case -- AmanFutures board membersLeila Lim Gan, EduardLim, Willanie Fuentes,Naezelle Rodriguez andLurix Lopez -- appearedand submitted adavitsdetailing their respective

roles in the Ponzi-typescheme. Tey wanted toturn state witness againstAmalilio when they sur-rendered to the DOJ.

Among the complain-ants were a group o po-licemen rom Pagadianand Pagadian City MayorSamuel Co, who himsel was named respondent insome o the cases. (SUN-

NEX)

extensions or respond-ents to le their counteradavits and the caseswill be deemed submittedor resolution aer Turs-day’s preliminary investi-gation.

De Lima said that thegovernment is still on thelookout or principal re-spondent and Aman own-er Manuel Amalilio, whois said to be holding a dualpassport and has already fed to Malaysia.

Last December 17, theDOJ panel had to reset itspreliminary investigationbecause Luna through his

lawyer had sent word to begiven more time to le hiscounter-adavit, claim-ing that they only receivedcopies o the complaints aew days beore the hear-ing, giving them no timeto le their reply.

Te preliminary investigation on Tursday will start at 11 a.m. at theDOJ where Luna, report-edly the right-hand man

HE Departmento Justice (DOJ) saidWednesday that its pre-liminary investigationon the rst batch o casesled against executiveso Aman Futures GroupPhilippines Inc. endsTursday, December 27.

December 27 is alsothe last chance or Fer-nando Luna, Aman’s heador operations, and hiswie Nima to submit theircounter adavit beorethe special panel o pros-ecutors tasked to handleall investment scam casesagainst the trading rm

and other similar un-scrupulous investmentschemes.

Executives o AmanFutures were acing syndi-cated estaa charges or al-legedly carting away someP12-billion in investmentsrom some 15,000 victimsin Visayas and Mindanao.

Justice Secretary Leilade Lima said that therewill no longer be any time

DOJ investigation on Aman Futures

cases wrapping up

buying ireworks. hosewho do preer to buy inmalls and retail dealers.

Pongasi said she isstill hoping or sales torecover in the run-up tothe New Year.

JP Fireworks, whichdoes not supply retail-ers, starts manuactur-ing irecrackers in Sep-tember o each year. hecompany also accepts

orders during iestasand or small occasions.

Stall holders in Ba-rangay Babag in La-pu-Lapu City, whichis described as Cebu’sireworks capital, alsoreported slow sales thisholiday.

Rachel Quijano, an18-year-old ireworksstall keeper, said theiritems are about ive per-cent more expensive thisyear because actorieshave raised prices. Shesaid sales were betterlast year. Quijano keepsthe stall or ArsenioBerdin, who has beenretailing irecrackers or10 years.

Jenny Ocaba, 16,daughter o stall ownerLoreta abar, also saidewer people are buy-ing ireworks this year.

Ocaba’s amily hasbeen in the trade oralmost 20 years.

Fireworks business ‘slow’ this season

City, Supt. Rodulo Al-botra o Cebu Province,and Supt. Reynolds An-dot o Negros Oriental.

Teir reinstatementwas based on the recom-mendation o the Region-al Intelligence

Division o PRO 7.LapsesGarbo said that dur-

ing an evaluation, they ound lapses in the work o the police ocials ornot prioritizing their waragainst illegal gambling.

“Tey might not havegiven it priority because

the police have so muchwork,” he said in agalog.

Garbo warned, how-ever, that he expects goodresults rom the our o-cials or they will be re-lieved again and trans-erred outside PRO 7.

Santander, in an interview with Sun.Star Cebu,expressed gratitude orthe decision, as every-thing will return to nor-mal.

“Our commanderknows best. We won’tquestion his authority,”he said.

Santander believes therelie served as a wake-upcall to them, as Garbo isserious in his campaign.

Last Dec. 15, the po-lice ocials were orderedout o their oce.

Te our ocials werethe latest casualties o thePhilippine National Po-

lice’s one-strike policy,which was implementedlast October.

Since then, 19 police-men in Central Visayashave been relieved.

(SUNNEX)

4 intel chies return

to posts afer taking

reresher course

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Leyte Samar Daily Express OPINION Sunday, 30 December 2012

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EDITORIAL

It’s Rizal Day

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Leyte Samar

to page 5

Rizal and what we are having for tomorrow

to page 7

Quidnunc’s

Neighbor

chito dela torre

distractors, it is no license for one to just ignore

the past and the value of history. The youth who

are for the most part guilty of such negligence

should come to realize that the way they live

now is a by-product of the past, which means

that what they are now had been dictated and

determined by their history, which in turn was

dictated by key players of the past called, theheroes.

If, in case, we happened to live in a chaotic,

war-torn society now as a result of errors and

the mistakes of our forbears, then we may not

oblige ourselves to look back at them with

gratitude. But if we are enjoying freedom

and a good life nowadays courtesy of our past

P. Rizal, who was executed by firing squad at

Bagumbayan Field on December 30, 1896.

That’s quite distant from this present time

already. Many things had drastically changed since

then—from technology to politics, from educationto environment, from transportation to warfare,

name it, things are no longer the same as they were

in Rizal’s day. For this reason, then, children and

young people in today’s generation have tended

to lose interest in past events and personages,

including Rizal himself.

While such tendency is understandable among

younger generations grappling with too many

very 30th day of this month is celebrated

nationwide as Rizal Day to mark the death

anniversary of our national hero, Dr. Jose

oday, the nation once againcommemorates Rizal Day. Asalways, like how things will bein Basey, Samar, a town whoseelders and leaders continue topractise Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal’s virtues and values as ingredientsnecessary to keep up one’s aithin accelerated and massive physi-cal and socio-economic develop-ment as key to progress, eventswill consist o foral oerings be-ore or at the oot o the nationalhero’s statue, ollowed by mes-sages or the day and or the next365 days.

By tomorrow, the whole na-tion joins the rest o the world inpreparing or the ever grand wel-come or the 2013 New Year. Bid-ding arewell to year 2012 will beo no moment, as in act much orall o it will have been orgotten.

Meanwhile, in their own ways,and means, the dierent mediaoutlets – newspapers, magazines,

radio and television, elec-tronic, and interpersonal

– will manage to review big happy and sad eventsthat transpired in the past364 days. At the govern-ment side, o ce chies willlead stas and personnel inpreparing benchmark dataor a big planning sessionahead, in compliance with anational overnment direc-

tive. Assessments will haveprobably been completed as

a way, or one thing, o nd-ing out what more strate-gies to ormulate and adoptso that events could be bet-ter managed, i not simply engineered, once year 2013sets in.

Te business side willspend the least time gath-

ering rom the ashes o loss or poor perormancethat might have markedtheir sales and promotionstwelve months past. Busi-nesses will instead look atthe cash position beorethem right now and per-pend ways to make betterimprovements during therst three months o the in-coming year.

Farmers and shermen,who are not business-ori-ented and who do not al-ways have enough capital

or any investment, will be just like most elementary school pupils: they will notcare. Tey will only hope.Tose who know how topray will only pray. Tosewho do not know too many and much will be contentto simply cross their hands

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Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINIONSunday, 30 December 2012

Prayer for the Nation and

for Those who Serve inPublic Office

God, our Father, you guide every thing

in wisdom and love. Accept the prayers weoffer for our nation; by the wisdom of our leaders and integrity of our citizens, may

harmony and justice be secured and maythere be lasting prosperity and peace.

Almighty and eternal God, You know thelongings of our hearts and You protect our

rights. In your goodness, watch over thosein authority, so that people everywhere mayenjoy freedom, security and peace.

We ask this through our Lord JesusChrist, your Son, who lives and reigns with

you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever

and ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughtersof St. Paul)

Pray the Holy Rosary daily for

world peace and conversion of sinners(The family that prays together stays together)

Gospel (Lk 2:41-52)

EACH YEAR Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up accordingto festival custom.

After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boyJesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day andlooked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not find-ing him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midstof the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, and allwho heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers.When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said tohim, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have beenlooking for you with great anxiety.” And he said to them, “Why wereyou looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’shouse” But they did not understand what he said to them.

He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedientto them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesusadvanced in wisdom and age and favor before God and man.

Is six months suspension correct?

The Sower

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Ormoc Upside

Down

FIDEL D. BANZON

reflection

Family, a Priceless Treasure

By: Sr. Maria Cecilia M. Payawal, PDDM

“Why would you like

to be a nun? Do you notlove us anymore?” Re-

flecting on the Feast of

the Holy Family, this

question of my father

resounds in my heart

– for detachment from

my family was one of

my struggles when I

was deciding to enter

the convent. My fam-

ily then, and up to now,

is my priceless treasure.

This I believe is true, es-

pecially for us Filipinos

who take the pain for

the needs of our family

members.

To promote family

life and build up devo-

tion to the Holy Family,

Pope Leo XIII estab-

lished a feast for the uni-

versal Church in 1921.

The devotion to the

Holy Family, however,

developed as early as

the 17th century, when

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

were looked upon as the

model for the ideal fam-

ily life.

We are now in the

21st century, and can westill say that the Holy

Family is still able to

speak to us as a model in

living out an ideal Chris-

tian family life? Do we

still value the presence

of every member of our

family, the love and care

that we experience from

them, which oftentimes

lead us to have diffi-

culty in being detached

or separated from them?

Confronted by the reali-

ties of broken families,

parental absenteeismdue to overseas employ-

ment, children having

difficulties, infidelities

of husbands and wives

– what message can the

Feast of the Holy Family

convey to us? What les-

sons does the Holy Fam-

ily teach us? We propose

as follows only three

among so many other

possible lessons.

1. C O N C E R N

FOR EVERY MEM-

BER OF THE FAM-

ILY: We could imaginethe anxiety of Mary and

Joseph when they lost

Jesus in the crowd. I re-

member how our parents

would worry every time

we went home late in the

night. Parents are natu-

rally concerned about

the welfare of their children.

Filipino parents work hardto send their children to col-

lege to give them a better

chance in life. They usually

remind their children that

education is the only inher-

itance that they can leave

to them, which nobody can

take away from them.

2. CLARITY OF

MISSION: The Catechism

of the Catholic Church ex-

plains that in the finding

of Jesus in the temple, “Je-

sus lets us catch a glimpse

of the mystery of his total

consecration to a mission

that flows from his divine

sonship: `Did you not know

that I must be about my Fa-

ther’s work?’” (CCC 534).

Jesus was so clear of his

mission. He was clear of the

mission entrusted to him by

the Father. Consequently, he

must be doing his “Father’s

work”; he must be in his “Fa-

ther’s house.”

3. LISTENING, OBE-

DIENCE, AND SILENCE:

Mary and Joseph did not un-

derstand the words uttered

by Jesus. But they accepted

them in faith. Mary “kept allthese things in her heart” dur-

ing the years Jesus remained

hidden in the silence of an

ordinary life. Obedience to

parents, most of all to God,

is never easy. One needs to

know how to LISTEN, and

this entails the capacity to

be SILENT. For silence

would allow us to hear

what is in the mind and

heart of our parents, what

is in the mind and heart of

God who calls us to do a particular mission in life.

Jesus listened to Mary and

Joseph, for this he “ad-

vanced in wisdom and age

and favor before God and

man” (Lk 2:52). He lis-

tened to the Father, thus he

was able to fulfill the will

of the Father till the end,

the mission entrusted to

him by the Father.

As a family, do we live

according to the examples

of the Holy Family? Do

we show enough concern

for every member of our family? Are we clear of the

mission entrusted to us by

the Father, not only as an

individual but as a family?

Do we know how to listen,

be obedient and silent – so

that we, too, can “advance

in wisdom and age and fa-

vor before God and man”?;

so that we, too, can fulfill

in every moment of our in-

dividual and family life the

will of the Father? If we

could follow the example

of the Holy Family, I am

sure our family (natural,religious, or any commu-

nity where we belong) will

always be for us – a price-

less treasure!

The Local Govern-ment Code provides thatany abuse of the exerciseof the power of preven-tive suspension shall be penalized as abuse of au-thority.

President Benigno

Simeon CojuangcoAquino III preventivelysuspended Governor Gwendolyn F. Gar-cia for six months. It isthree months beyond theauthorized preventivesuspension the law pro-vides.

In Section 63 (b) of the Local GovernmentCode provides: “Preven-tive suspension may beimposed at any time af-ter the issues are joined,when the evidence of

guilt is strong, and giventhe gravity of the offense,there is great probabilitythat the continuance inoffice of the respondentcould influence the wit-nesses or pose a threatto the safety and integ-rity of the records andother evidence: Pro-vided, That, any single preventive suspensionof local elective offi-cials shall not extend beyond sixty (60) days.Provided, further, That

in the event that severaladministrative cases arefiled against an electiveofficials, he cannot be preventively suspendedfor more than ninety(90) days with a singleyear on the same groundor grounds existing andknown at the time of thefirst suspension.”

The order of the Pres-ident is 6 months multi- ply by 30 days is equals180 days. Definitely thesuspension order is an

abuse of the exercise of the powers of preventivesuspension. Could it beground for the impeach-ment of the President?

Section 65 of thesame Code, providesthat the respondent shall be accorded full oppor-

Cebu province governor placed on preventive suspension.

How many days the laws allow?

tunity to appear and de-fend himself in person or by counsel, confront andcross examine the wit-nesses against him. Howcan Governor Garcia con-front a dead witness?

Likewise, the

local election will be heldon May 13, 2013, whichis 141 days more to gofrom today; hence, thesuspension shall be auto-matically lifted on Febru-ary 16, 2013, if the suspension order is legallyreceived by the Governor.The Code in Section 62(c) provides: “However,no investigation shall beheld within ninety (90)days immediately prior to any local election, andno preventive suspension

shall be imposed withinthe said period. If preven-tive suspension has beenimposed prior to the 90-day period immediately preceding local election,it shall be deemed auto-matically lifted upon thestart of aforesaid period.”

The Supreme Courtdecision in Rios vs San-diganbayan, G.R. No.129913, September 26,1997, states: “On theother hand, we find meritin petitioner’s second as-

signed error. The Sandi-ganbayan erred in impos-ing a 90 day suspensionupon petitioner for thesingle case filed against

him. Under Section 63(b) of the Local Govern-ment Code, ‘any single preventive suspensionof local elective officialsshall not extend beyondsixty (60) days.’”

The length of suspen-sion is one flaw that hasto be resolved besides theaccuracy of the findingsof former DILG Secre-tary Jesse Robredo. Thisshould be brought to thecourt for resolution. Intime of election preven-tive suspension should beheld to avoid suspicionof political harassment.Anyway, if elected theadministrative penalty isdeemed erase, so what isthe use of suspension.

It only creates animos-ity between the support-ers of either parties. I amnot for Governor Garcia, but the suspension is use-less because if Garcia iselected congresswoman,the administrative casehas no more effect. InMalinao vs. Reyes, G.R. No. 117618, March 29,1996, states: “Pursuantto §66(b) of the Code,

the penalty of suspen-sion cannot exceed theunexpired term of therespondent or a period of six (6) months for everyadministrative offense.On the other hand, anyadministrative discipli-nary proceeding againstrespondent is abated if in the meantime he isreelected, because hisreelection results in acondonation of whatev-er misconduct he mighthave committed during

his previous term.”Anyway, it is alreadyacted upon by the (Feed- back welcome, [email protected])

of ours who shed their

blood so we would

enjoy a good life in

our time. That would

be very ungrateful

of us to just ignore

them considering the

fact that our freedomhad been bought by

their blood. It is but

fitting and proper

that we underscore

their legacy for future

generations to follow

suit.

heroes who sacrificed

themselves to earn our

liberty, then we should

exercise prudence by

remembering them as

often as we can withmuch indebtedness

and gratitude.

This i s how we

should look back at

our national hero, Dr.

Jose Rizal, and the

rest of those forbears

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Province of Samar

MUNICIPALITY OF STO. NIÑO

BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE

INVITATION TO BID

The Municipality of Sto. Niño intends to apply the sum of Php 2,500,000.00 being the Approved Budgetfor the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Supply and Delivery of Medicines. Bids re-ceived in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Municipality of Sto. Niño now invites bids for Supply and Delivery of Medicines. Bidders shouldhave completed, within 3 years reckoned from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contractsimilar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents,particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary“pass/fail” criterion as specied in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA)9184, otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”.

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at leastsixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and tocitizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges

to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183 and subject to Commonwealth Act 138.

Interested bidders may obtain further information from LGU-STO. NIÑO-Bids and Awards Committteethru its Secretariat and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during 8:00 am to5:00 pm.

A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on December 28, 2012from the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in theamount of Philippine Pesos Three Thousand and 00/100 (Php 3,000.00).

The LGU-STO. NIÑO-Bids and Awards Committee will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on January 04,2013, 1000 A.M. at Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall, Sto. Niño, Samar, which shall be open to allinterested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.

Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before January 16, 2013, 2:00 P.M. All Bids must beaccompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause18.

Bid opening shall be on January 16, 2013, 2:00 P.M., Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall, Sto. Niño,Samar. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders representative who choose to attend at theaddress below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

The LGU-STO. NIÑO-Bids and Awards Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, toannul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without therebyincurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

For further information, please refer to:SUSANA T. MUÑOZBAC Secretariat2nd Floor, Municipal Bldg.Sto. Niño, Samar

(Sgd.) TERENCIO E.M. SILAGAN, JR.BAC Chairperson

CEBU CIY – Anhour aer a direct assaultcharge was led againsthim, suspended GovernorGwendolyn Garcia’s sonled a criminal complaintagainst Department o In-terior and Local Govern-ment (DILG) Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas andthree police ocials be-ore the City Prosecutor’sOce Wednesday aer-noon.

Pablo “Paolo” GarciaIII charged Roxas, PoliceRegional Oce (PRO)-Central Visayas DirectorMarcelo Garbo, RegionalPublic Saety Battalion(RPSB) Chie LeopoldoCabanag and InspectorAlvino Enguito with rob-bery.

He cited the loss o three tents last Decem-ber 19 at the Capitol, onthe night the police keptthe governor’s support-ers rom staying there toshow their support aerMalacañang’s suspensionorder came out.

Garcia, police trade charges“I am well within my

rights to le a case… Ihope they will return thetents and take pity on theowners,” Paolo said.

Te tents were set upor the supporters o thegovernor who went to theCapitol to hold a prayer

vigil.Paolo’s lawyer, Lito

Astillero, said they will lean administrative com-plaint against Roxas andthe police ocials today,Tursday.

Beore he led thecomplaint past 3 p.m.Wednesday, Paolo, hisriends Jose Maria Primi-tivo “Joey” Cal and o-nyson Lee were chargedby Enguito with directassault, a violation underthe Revised Penal Code.Te police ocer arrivedat the prosecutor’s ocepast 2 p.m.

In his adavit, En-guito o RPSB identiedPaolo, Cal and Lee as theones who hurt him duringa commotion outside the

Capitol building beoremidnight last December19.

‘Very hostile’Enguito said he was

part o the team deployedby PRO to secure theCapitol compound aerthe DILG-Central Visayasserved the six-month sus-pension order against thegovernor.

“Compounded withthe political rumors andspeculations that the po-licemen will orcibly dragout the suspended gov-ernor, all her siblings,relatives, riend(s) andsupporter(s) (were) en-trenched (in) the Capitolcompound,” he said.

“Tey were very hos-tile especially to the uni-ormed policemen se-curing the area,” Enguitoadded.

Around 11:20 p.m. lastDecember 19, Enguitosaid, he was making hisrounds when Paolo alleg-edly struck the back o his head several times. He

said he got a “little bit diz-zy” because o the assault.

He said he saw Pao-lo go inside the Capitolbuilding. Beore he re-gained his composure, healleged that another per-son hit his head.

Moments later, Cal andLee allegedly “slapped”Enguito’s head, causinghim to lurch.

Enguito said he ges-tured to his men to stay calm aer he saw them re-acting to the incident.

Outside“My men cannot arrest

the suspects or they wereoutside o the iron perim-eter ence and (they went)inside the Provincial Cap-itol building,” he said.

Police Ocer 1 (PO1)Jessie Yap and PO1 Pauli-no Borja Jr. issued a jointadavit supporting En-guito’s claims. (SUN-NEX)

In an interview Wednesday, Garbo said herespects the Garcia camp’sdecision to le a com-plaint against him, andthat it is her right to do so.

“I have yet to see theormal case but i everthere is, there is nothingwe can do.

It is also her (Gwen’s)right,” the PRO chie said.

He added that as apolice director, it was histask to ensure order at theCapitol.

“I she eels that she is

violated by what we did,then I’ll respect that. Weare just doing our job,”Garbo added.

He said that ActingGovernor Agnes Magpalerequested their oce tosecure the Capitol that iswhy he ordered his men

to do so.“We were just enorc-

ing the request o Gover-nor Magpale,” said Garbo.

No videoOut o the 200 police

ocers who were de-ployed to the Capitol lastweek, only about 50 werele in the compound onWednesday.

For his part, Paolo didnot categorically deny that he hit Enguito butsaid that he was not seen

in the video ootage o thecommotion. He said they are ready to ace the com-plaint.

In his adavit, Paoloaccused Roxas o instruct-ing Garbo to dismantleand take the three tentsthat were used by Gov-ernor Garcia’s supportersduring a prayer vigil.

He urther said thatGarbo was the one whoinstructed Cabanag, the

ground commander, toseize the tents and thelatter enorced the orderthrough Enguito.

“Until this date, the re-spondents have ailed andreused to return the tentsnotwithstanding theirknowledge o the act thatthe tents are not owned by

the Province o Cebu,” hesaid.

Paolo said he rentedthe tents rom SheentradeMarketing last December18.

He said that around9:30 p.m. last December19, about 80 to 100 armed

policemen dispersed thecrowd o supporters whogathered outside Capitolor a prayer vigil.

Written orderUpon hearing the

commotion, he and Calinquired about the police’spresence.

Te policemen laterdismantled the tents andstacked up the plasticchairs.

“When I asked thepolicemen or a writ-

ten order directing thedismantling o the tents,they angrily waylaid andpushed me and my riendJose Cal and did not both-er to respond to my que-ries,” Paolo claimed.

“We were threatenedand intimidated by theirlong rearms and coulddo nothing but helplessly look on as they proceededto dismantle the three bigtents,” he added.

Paolo said the disman-

tled tents and chairs wereloaded into police trucks.He later asked Enguito toreturn the tents, but thelatter reused, he said.

Cal, a businessman,supported Paolo’s state-ment in a separate ada-

vit. (KAL/With JB/Sun.Star Cebu)

and we can’t control,”Aable admitted.

“A trader in Barangay

Maybocog buys a gram o gold or P2,000, which isa very attractive price orpoor amilies. We haveno idea where the endmarket is,” he added.

Maydolong, a ourthclass municipality, isabout 223 kilometersnortheast rom this city,the region’s capital.

Te Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau said instatement earlier thatthey cannot impose di-rect sanctions into the

small-scale miners be-cause these are already under the watch o thelocal government o East-ern Samar as part o thedevolved unctions asprovided under the Lo-cal Government Code o 1991. (SARWELL Q. MENIANO)

already earned P60,000rom gold mining but hisparents decided to stay

in that place to dig un-derground despite badweather,” said FilomenaMontes, disaster risk re-duction and managementocer o Maydolongtown.

Montes said thatmany amilies resortedto gold mining aer theprice o copra dipped toonly P10 per kilogramthis year rom a recordhigh o P40 per kilogramearly o 2011.

Te local government

unit said that at least 100amilies in Mayodolongare engaged in unregulat-ed mining activities in theupland area o BarangaysDel Pilar, Canloterio, andLapgap.

“All o these gold pan-ning activities are illegal

number 2.

Aable said that theamily might not beaware o the impend-ing storm since the sitiois about two hours walk rom the center o Ba-rangay Del Pilar, some 18kilometers west rom thetown proper.

“Te place is not aresidential area but aorest cover. People justbuild makeshi there astemporary shelter whilethey are away rom homein search or gold,” Aable

said.Te Busa amily isrom Barangay agaslianand they usually stayed inSitio Lumangag or weeksto pan gold.

“Teir seven-year-old son already wants togo home because they

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***FAMOUS QUOES

FROM DR. JOSE P. RIZAL:(1) “While a people preserves

its language; it preserves themarks o liberty.” (2) “Teyouth is the hope o our u-ture.” (3) “Ang hindi magma-hal sa sariling wika, daig paang hayop at malansang isda.”(He who does not love hisown language is worse thanan animal and smelly sh.)(4) “Tere can be no tyrantswhere there are no slaves.”(5) “Ang hindi marunong lu-mingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paro-roonan.” (He who does notknow how to look back atwhere he came rom will nev-er get to his destination.) (6)“It is a useless lie that is not

consecrated to a great ideal. Itis like a stone wasted on theeld without becoming a parto any edice.”

the doxology beore VM Ba- jas delivers his welcome ad-dress. Te LGU choral willnext provide an intermis-sion, ollowed by tributes tothe greatest national hero by Basey I District with districtsupervisor Mrs. Sonia A. Pat-indol and Basey II Districtwith district supervisor AlejoP. Yu. Five other intermissionnumbers will be given – by Basey National High School

with secondary school prin-cipal Reminio Macatimpagand Simeon Ocdol NationalHigh School with secondary school principal Luz Mateobeore the Rizal Day Messageby Atty. Ahmed De VeyraYu, by Burgos IntgegratedSchool with principal EvelinaB.Deloria and Old San Agus-tin National High School withprincipal Concordio Bacayobeore the closing remarks by mayor Junji, and by ValerianoC. Yancha Memorial Agricul-tural School (VCYMAS) with vocational school administra-tor Vilma Inciso immediately aer the closing remarks.

Emcee or the program isBon-avie M. Robinio. (By the way,since other more importantactivities took their time be-

ments o a new kind o aiththat they have been into sinceMay o year 2010.

Te 116th anniversary o the martyrdom o Dr.Rizal set-tles on the theme “Rizal2012:EHEMPLO ng Sambayanan sauwid na Daan”. Tat themecomes to ore by 7a.m. today in Basey as mayor Atty. JunjiPonerrada raises the Philip-pine Flag, with the assistanceo vice-mayor Raul Sendic B.

Bajas and all the members o the sangguniang bayan dur-ing the fag raising ceremony or the commemorative eventat the government center o the town, as the PambansangAwit will be sung by the Ba-sey I District teachers. MayorJunji will next lead in the fo-ral oering which will alsosee fowers or Dr.Rizal, romthe vice-mayor, heads o na-tional government agencies,non-government organiza-tions , people’s organizations, veterans o World War II, thesenior citizens, and Knights o Columbus Basey chapter. Atthe program proper that im-

mediately ollows, the LGU-Basey Choral will perorm

their contributions to ull-ments o encouragementsmade by Rizal. For computerage locked them up in a cyber-space travel that oen makethem orget what they couldbe like on Earth, on their pieceo land in this country calledthe Philippines. Yet, withoutbeing sensitive to sel-trans-ormation in their own sys-tems, they are unmindully taking their cue rom our

national hero who pushed oreducation and reorm o theyouth. A ew o them, yea, just a ew o them, may stepaside rom their cyberspacetransit. Tey would scan thecommunities that they vis-ited in the past months sinceundergoing practical leader-ship trainings that ocused onexpanded situational analysisthru the cooperation o Bak-tas Kabub’wason Rural Work-ers Association (Baktas, orshort) in the slow-developingtown o Basey, then walk to-wards those whom they seecould also help as community organizers, apart rom being

core group members, to re-kindle the Rizalian embodi-

on the other side o the battleline, hope to spend more timeo rolic and merriment withtheir loved ones.

Politics and the orthcom-ing May preliminary electionswill be shelved temporarily,but or a longer period o time.At least that is how the reli-gious leaders want it.

I Rizal were alive today,he would be smiling untilJanuary 1, 2013. He would betaking note o the plus eventsand behavioral transorma-tions taking place in societiesand governments. O course,he would not yet be content-ed. He would know there aremore in order that should andmust be done, important andrelevant matters shelved or acentury and nearly a decadeaer his death at Bagumbayan.But he would know Filipinoscan shape up.

Some o the youths withwhom I have been workingand sharing ideological andphilosophical thoughts – al-though oen, most o themwould leer to biblical apo-thegms – would today notsee the concrete examples o

on their chests and watchinterplays around their lowly homes.

Weathermen will con-tinue to keep track o climaticchanges. It seems they havearrogated unto themselves thedivine obligation to always beon the alert to be able to warn

the populations that ollow and believe them.Soldiers and rebels will

not even think o ring a gunat their enemies. Tat alwaysis characteristic o every war-rior each time New Year’s Day comes ast. Tat will be espe-cially true in the Philippinesamong units and memberso the National DemocraticFront o the Philippines andthe New People’s Army, as they will keep in true spirit theirunilateral ceasere declaration–one truly marked sans any bullet leaving the muzzles o their guns – until 11:59 o’clock in the evening o January 15,

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North Korea rocket ‘has10,000km range’

North Korea’s recentrocket launch shows it hasthe ability to re a rock-et more than 10,000km(6,200 miles), South Ko-rean o cials say.

Te estimate, whichwould potentially put theWestern US in range, was

based on an analysis o rocket debris.

However, there wasno conrmation that theNorth had the re-entry technology needed to de-liver a missile.

Experts believe NorthKorea is also years away rom gaining the ability tomount a nuclear bomb ona missile.

North Korea launchedthe Unha-3 rocket on 12December, in deance o

sanctions and internation-

al warnings.It was the rst time the

North had made success-ul use o a three-stagerocket to put a satelliteinto orbit, and observerssaid it appeared to mark a step towards elding anintercontinental range bal-

listic missile.“As a result o analys-

ing the material o Unha-3(North Korea’s rocket), we

judged North Korea hadsecured a range o morethan 10,000km in case thewarhead is 500-600kg,”a South Korean deenceministry o cial told jour-nalists.

Crude’Te o cial said the

type o oxidiser containerthat was ound rom the

rst stage o the rocketlaunch would rarely beused by countries with ad-

vanced space technology.“Welding was crude,

done manually,” the o -cial said.

South Korea would notbe able to tell whether the

North had the technology to achieve re-entry untildebris rom the second andthird stages o the rocketlaunch was analysed, thedeence ministry said.

“As the additionalpieces are salvaged, wewill be able to look deep-er into the unction andstructure o North Korea’slong-range rocket,” an o-cial was quoted as sayingby South Korea’s Yonhapnews agency.

Experts believe many more rocket and nuclear

tests will be necessary be-ore North Korea can boasta credible delivery system.

North Korea insists therocket it launched is parto a civilian space pro-gramme.

But BBC Asia ana-lyst Charles Scanlon saysthe North clearly wantsits threat to be taken se-riously, believing this tobe the best way o deter-ring potential aggression,boosting the prestige o itsleader, and being grantedequal diplomatic status.

Te North has beenhappy declare itsel a nu-clear power, he adds, andit requently threatensneighbouring countries,

and the US, with massiveretaliation or perceived

slights.Te UN Security

Council condemned thismonth’s rocket launch.

It said it violated twoUN resolutions banningPyongyang rom missile

tests, passed aer it con-ducted nuclear tests in2006 and 2009.

Te rocket was cel-ebrated extravagantly inNorth Korea, with a massrally held in the capital,Pyongyang.

Te North’s leader, KimJong-un, called or the de-

velopment and launchingo “a variety o more work-ing satellites” and “carrierrockets o bigger capacity”at a banquet to mark the

launch on Friday, NorthKorean state media re-ported.

South Korea has retrieved parts of the Unha-3 rocket