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Ocean Legacy.

Personnel from the

Coast Guard, together

with the help of a res-

cue team belonging to

the city government of

Ormoc, started the op-

erations after the listingincident involving MV

Ocean Legacy at the

port of Ormoc.

So far, we have col-

lected oily water mix-

ture of about 1,400 liters

and its probably about

five percent of the esti-

mated total bunker fuel

(of the MV Ocean Leg-

acy), Gonzales said in

a phone interview.

ACLOBAN CIY ourist inuxdata submissions will be closely moni-tored by a newly-ormed committeein the bid to capture the real picture othe regions tourism industry this year.

Te committee, which is underthe Regional Statistical CoordinatingCommittee RSCC, will meet hoteloperators to map out strategies onhow to urther improve data gather-

ing.Te committee has agreed to

MV Ocean Legacy, a 3,000 gross tonnage cargo vessel, listed at the Ormoc city port last December 29. The incident,

however, did not result to contamination of the Ormoc Bay as the few liters of oil that spilled from the vessels air vent

was immediately contained by the members of the Coast Guard and the Ormoc Rescue. (ROBERT DEJON)

CAARMAN, Northern Samar NorthernSamar Governor Paul Daza has lauded the roleo women, particularly barangay health workersBHW and those in the so-called volunteerismsector in the province.

Te provincial chie executive urged BHWs tocontinuously serve their provincemates as partnersor development or the several health programso his administration and the various health pro-grams in their respective municipalities.

Tis was what the governor has always been

Coast Guard: Oil spill at

Ormoc port now containedTACLOBAN CIY- While the danger of an oil spell is nowout of question, there is still so much to be done in so far ascollecting the remaining bunker fuel coming from a cargo

vessel that listed at the port in Ormoc City last December 29.

Thus said Captain Pablo Gonzalez Jr., commander of

the Coast Guard in Ormoc City, who added that since

they have started collecting the spilled fuel they have

only so far siphoned off close to five percent of the esti-

mated 20,000 liters of bunker fuel remaining at the MV

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Committee to monitor touristinux data submissions in EV

meet owners and get their view with theend goal to come up with a system to in-stitutionalize tourist arrival reporting, orsimpliy the procedure, said Departmento ourism DO Regional Director Ka-rina Rosa iopes.

Te committee will ocus on workingwith the private sector. Tis year, they willlaunch dialogues with hotel operators indierent provinces.

Te tourism department has beento page 3

N. Samar governorlauds role o women

PNP: New

Year celebra-

tion peaceul

No. 5 in PDEA

Calbayog Cityswatch list alls

N. Samar frst

in PHL in en-

acting an ordi-

nance banning

child labor

PAG leader in

Samar slain

Eastern

Visayas:

2012 in review

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PALO, Leyte - TeNew Year celebration inthe region was describedas generally peaceul bythe police authorities asno major incident took

place during the celebra-tion.

Senior Superinten-dent Roel Acidre, chie o

PDEA through RegionalDirector Atty. Gil . Pabilo-na will be ling appropriatecharges against the suspector violation o Section 5 oArticle II o Republic Act9165 or the Comprehen-sive Dangerous Drugs Act

o 2002, or the Sale o Dan-gerous Drugs. I convicted,Lejera aces lie imprison-ment and payment o a neo rom ve hundred thou-sand to million pesos at thecourts discretion.

Lejera is currently de-tained at the Calbayog CityPolice Station custodial a-cility, awaiting nal disposi-tion o her case. (PR)

o recall, Chie Supt.Elmer Soria, police re-gional director, led inthe sealing out o servicefrearms last December29.

Te frearms, how-ever, would be unsealedon January 7. (JOEYA.GABIETA)

We can say that thecelebration o our NewYear here in the regionwas generally peaceul asno major incident hap-pened, Acidre said.

He also said that nomember o the PNP herein the region fred his gunduring the celebration.

the police and communi-ty relations o the region-al Philippine NationalPolice (PNP), said thatthey have not receivedany report that a member

o the organization usedhis service frearm dur-ing the New Years cel-ebration.

PNP: New Year celebration peaceul

No. 5 in PDEA Calbayog Citys watch list allsGeneral USec. Arturo G.Cacdac, Jr. said, noting thatsimilar arrests have occurredin other parts o the country.Drug pushing has become aamily business, perhaps dueto its protability, he added,such that people continue

to take risks despite the sanc-tions involved once arrested.It is unsettling to realize thatcouples continue to ply theirillegal business even at therisk o leaving behind theirchildren when the authori-ties catch on to them.

Both ito and BethLejera are included in thePDEA watchlist or Calbay-og City and Samar province.

a buyer on December 30,2012 at around 8:00 oclockin the evening in ront o asmoked sh stall in Brgy.Matobato, this city.

As the year draws to aclose, she joined her hus-band ito in jail. ito wasarrested by PDEA opera-tives and PNP CalbayogCity in an entrapment op-eration last May 7, 2012 ataround 7:00 oclock in theevening near a drugstore inMagsaysay Boulevard, Cal-bayog City.

Apparently, husband-and-wie drug peddlingteams are becoming morecommon, PDEA Director

CALBAYOG CIY- Elizabeth de GuzmanLejera, a smoked sh help-er/vendor and a resident oBrgy. Matobato, CalbayogCity in Samar, evidently didnot consider her husbandsarrest on drug peddlingcharges a ew months backas a lesson and wake-upcall, but instead opted to in-herit his nearious trade.

Elizabeth, locally knownas Beth, 51 years old, washersel held or drug push-ing aer she sold a sacheto methamphetamine hy-drochloride or shabu worthve hundred pesos to aPDEA operative posed as

giving emphasis and im-portance during his con-tinued rounds o visitsand consultations o thedierent sectors o theprovince since he becamea public servant, particu-larly when he was electedoverwhelmingly as athero the province in 2010.

He even made men-tion o the role o womenand at same time describ-ing them as role modelbeing an inspiration and

N.Samar....from page 1

example not only to theiramilies but as well as theyouth sector.

Daza, who is seekinghis second term as gov-ernor o this province innext years midterm elec-tions under the bannero the Liberal PartyLP,said nga ini nga akto sanbulunterismo san mgaBHW in dako nga buligsan mga Nortehanon labihan adton mga higrayonga mga barangay nga ta-lagsahay maabut sin mgadoktor nga hinay-hinay

nga nakakabulig san mgapobre pagtimangno sankanra panlawas.

Likewise, Daza attrib-utes the robust economichealth o his provinceowing it mainly to theunity and cooperation othe municipal and villageofcials o the provinceand urther reiterated,Our vision or our prov-ince total developmentwill only be close to ullattainment i our leaders,rom the provincial downto the barangay level will

have its unity.It can be recalled that

the province, through thevarious programs andactivities or women, iscontinuously advocatingon the livelihood aspectthrough its implementa-tion o the gender anddevelopment GAD andcoupled with some ormso livelihood trainings orwomen such as bag mak-ing among other typeso skills expertise whichwould benet them. (PE-TER D. PAREDES)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

and all the

BEST for all

TACLOBANON!

ACLOBAN CIY Te rst local ordinancein the Philippines ban-

ning child labor was en-acted by the provincialgovernment o NorthernSamar, a move laudedby the Department oLabor and EmploymentDOLE.

In a statement, DOLERegional Director Ex-equiel Sarcauga said thatthis is a big step towardsattaining a child labor-ree Philippines.

Provincial OrdinanceNo. 11 series o 2012 re-cently signed by Gover-nor Paul Daza, penalizeschild labor inringement,and provides or a pro-gram or the preventionand elimination o childlabor in Northern Samar.Te ordinance allocatesP1 million initial undsor its implementation.

We take pride o itsleaders or it is the rstprovince in the countrythat was able to pass an

ordinance against childlabor and provided und-ing or its implementa-tion. Tis shows the seri-ousness o the provincialgovernment in eliminat-ing child labor in theprovince o Northern Sa-mar, Sarcauga said.

Te ordinance alsoorders the creation o theNorthern Samar ChildLabor Committee thatis primarily responsibleor the administration,

implementation and en-orcement o the ordi- the allocation o projects

as well as preerence othe business sectors to in-

vest in the region.Under the new tour-

ism sectoral plan, EasternVisayas is eyeing morethan hal a million touristarrivals by 2016, targetingdomestic visitors romthree regions and oreigntourist rom Europe andother ve countries. (SAR-WELL Q. MENIANO)

nance.Te committee is

chaired by the governor,

co-chaired by DOLE pro-vincial Head, with somegovernment agencies andprivate stakeholders asmembers.

Municipalities arealso mandated to createtheir child labor commit-tees and child labor pro-tection desk in all policestations managed by po-licemen to deal with con-cerns.

For this year, the pro-vincial committee hasplanned out to conduct ostrategic planning, recog-nizing the perormanceBarangay Councils orthe Protection o Chil-dren BCPC, establish-ing vertical link or childlabor through ocal per-sons who must be capaci-tated, and conduct childlabor congress.

At least 14 barangaysin the province havepassed barangay ordi-

nances or the preventionand elimination o childlabor, and resolutions or-ganizing or reactivatingBCPC.

Sarcauga added thatthe child labor ordinanc-es set the policies andguidelines at the provin-cial and barangay level onhow to curb child laborin their areas. It is alsoone o the indicators inachieving a child-labor-ree status in their prov-

ince. (SARWELL Q. MENI-ANO)

N. Samar frst in PHL inenacting an ordinancebanning child labor

ment.Teres a need to

raise the level o appre-ciation o hotel opera-tors o quality statistics.Tey have to understandthat data per establish-ment is condential andthis wont be used to ortax collection purposes,Paran added

Consequently, she saidthat the low of cial tour-

ism arrival data will aect

in Mindanao with peaceand order problem, theirarrival report is betterthan what we have. Weshould really take serioussteps to get the participa-tion o the private sector,she explained.

NSCB regional headEvangeline Paran saiddata on statistics has beenunderreported, which a-ects decision makers

rom the central govern-

17 regions in the country.In 2010, Eastern Visayasis the only region thatailed to hit the 500,000arrivals mark among the17 areas in the country.

As o October 2012,80% o local governmentunits have not yet sub-mitted data or the rstthree quarters o the yearas establishments ailedto turn in reports. How-

ever, this years gure ison track o the 393,072target with 270,611 tour-ists as o September 2012initial report.

Were part o the cen-tral Philippines but wereout. Look at some areas

o the Philippines, citygovernment o aclobanand Eastern Visayas Uni-

versity as members.Te RSCC observed

over the past years, thatDO had a dif cultyturning in statistics be-cause o poor report sub-missions rom accom-modation establishmentto local government

units LGUs. Tus, theypushed or the creation othis committee, iopessaid.

With an arrival o207,417 in 2011, the re-gion has among the low-est tourist receipts o the

investing on trainingsor tourism workers tocollect arrival data butnothing happened. Itstime to get the opiniono the private sector. Wealso asked those who areregularly submitting toshare their best practic-

es, she added.Te committee is

chaired by the DO withthe National StatisticalCoordination Board assecretariat; Hotel andRestaurant Association,Civil Aviation Authority

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EDITORIAL

Firecrackers prevail

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Leyte Samar

Wishes for Year 2013

Quidnuncs

Neighborchito dela torre

espite the admonition of health authorities

for people to stop using recrackers in cele-

brating the New Year, these devices still pre-

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 TO

YOU ALL READERS OF LEYTE

SAMAR DAILY EXPRES, VISI-

TORS OF LEYTE SAMAR DAILY.

NET AND ALL OTHERS WHO PA-

TRONIZE THIS ONE AND ONLY

DAILY NEWSPAPER IN REGION-

VIII, ESPECIALLY READERS OF

QUIDNUNCS NEIGHBOR, THIS

COLUMN!!! MALIPAYON NGA

BAG-O NGA TUIG 2013 HA NGA-

TANAN NGA MGA WARAY HA

LEYTE, SAMAR UG BILIRAN,

UG HA NGATANAN NGA KA-PUPUD-AN UG KASUROKAN

HAN PLANETA KALIBOTAN!!!!

PLEASE ACCEPT MY BEST

WISHES FOR YOU ALL!!!

One of the most urgent and good

things that many of us human inhab-

itants of Planet Earth wish to have,

vail, coming in various forms and degrees of explo-

sion as could be heard and witnessed hours before

the clock strikes twelve midnight.

The warnings and all must have fallen on deaf

ears as usual. Some people just couldnt help it; they

still crave for these explosive items that, according toa traditional belief, could drive the bad spirits away

prior to starting the new year. They advertently ig-

nore the precautions given by authorities, unmind-

ful of the hazards attached to the age-old practice of

greeting the incoming year with big bangs.

And so, lining up the streets on New Years Eve

are people armed with these recracker devices

to blast the midnight silence away. The streets are

spawned with a myriad star lights, and the night sky

is set ablaze. Here and there, explosions roar in the

air, thundering with accompanying lightning, and

sending a thick cloud of smoke into the atmos-

phere. How jubilant the by-standers and mer-

ry-makers become at the sights and sounds of

these blasts.

Unfortunately to some, these miniature ex-

plosives prove to be hazardous indeed. But such

realization comes rather too late, and thats

when they start losing ngers, having lacerat-

ed palms, injuring their eyesight, and acquir-ing skin burns. Sure enough they are rushed

to the hospitals for medical treatment, but the

damage has been had. Some others, moreover,

who happen to have respiratory ailments like-

wise suffer due to inhaled toxic chemicals that

recrackers emitted into the air.

To sum it up, the use of recrackers is in no

way benecial, rather doing harm than good,

not to mention the wasted money used in buy-

ing them. Why on earth do some people con-

tinue to buy them? Its for them to answer.

and that most religious peo-

ple pray for, today, is an-

other day to live after everypassing day. That is coupled

with the other wish: a richer,

more fruitful, more wonder-

ful, more beautiful, happier

and satisfying healthy life.

That is concluded with this

phrase: FOR ALL MEN

AND WOMEN. The com-

plete statement of this wish

is what I wish every one of

us on Earth will be wishingand praying for. Yes, I also

mean that you, dear reader,

will also make this wish for

me, and of me.

Christians and God-be-

lievers will not hesitate to do

just that. Atheists and theists

(but not-God-believers) may

not bother even to make any

wish for themselves. Yet,

the former, as part of their

strong faith, which by deep-

er understanding translates

to obligation, include the lat-

ter in their wish.

The only problem is

that the latter (atheists and

not-God-believers) bother

about what was, what had

been, what is, and what will

be. That makes it unfair to

Christians and God-believ-ers. They make or paint a

world of their own. Worse,

they want everyone else to

be like them. Worst, while

they believe they are physi-

cal, material beings created

via evolution (a persistent

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Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINIONThursday, 03 January 2013

Prayer for the Nation and

for Those who Serve inPublic Office

God, our Father, you guide every thingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers weoffer for our nation; by the wisdom of ourleaders 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, foreverand 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)

Thursday before EpiphanyMost Holy Name of Jesus1 Jn 2:29-3:6; Ps 98; Jn 1:29-34

THE SPIRIT CAME DOWN ON HIM

(John) saw Jesus coming toward him and said, Behold, the Lambof God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whomI said, A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because heexisted before me, I did not know him, but the reason why I camebaptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel. Johntestied further, saying, I saw the Spirit come down like a dove fromthe sky and remain upon him. I did not know him, but the one who sentme to baptize with water told me, On whomever you see the Spiritcome down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the Spirit.Now I have seen and testied that he is the Son of God.

WITNESS TO HOLINESS

To witness to God, as John did, requires faith, hope and love ofGod plus fortitude. By witnessing to God, I tell others about God, orabout God and his goodness to me or to others. In this way witness-ing develops holiness in me and also should cause holiness to growin others. John was told that Christ is the one who is going to baptizewith the Holy Spirit. In my baptism I was born again by water and theSpirit (John 3:5). Jesus Christ sent this Spirit to me at that time to helpme in ways of holiness; in my thoughts and in my speech; in my honest

dealings with others; in the prayer I offer. The Holy Spirit has come tome, do I accept his help that surely leads me to eternal life? Do I askthe help of the Holy Spirit as I begin each day? Do I thank him at eachdays end? (The Daily Gospel Now by Robert E. Sullivan, O.M.I. pub-lished by Paulines. Visit us at www.paulines.ph or at Paulines MediaCenter, Real St., Tacloban City)

Sowers Thought: Jesus Christ is our one Teacher: a Teacher bynature, through the will of the Father. And also because in his life onearth he showed himself truly to be such. The Church perpetuates intime and space the teaching of Jesus Christ. Blessed James Alberi-one, Founder of the Pauline Family

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The Sower

An alarming report on over-shing

in Phl seas

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Things To

Minddoms pagliawan

We have heard of this

old belief that when cold

temperature is felt dur-

ing December and its suc-

ceeding couple of months,

the summer that follows

is going to be extremely

hot. Thats according to a

traditional view common

especially among the unlet-

tered.

Since the advent of New

Year, our experience has

been exactly like thata

dose of cold temperature

coupled with frequent

rains. These are times when

electric fans are of no use

at home. Days are indeed

cold especially that rains

More often than not,

this writer does not buy cer-

tain pronouncements of the

group called Greenpeace!

Thus, their advocacy on

non-acceptance of GMO

or Genetically Modied

Organisms has been unac-ceptable, especially when

they continue to frown

upon results of the scien-

tists R & D work on ed-

ible food species, e.g. rice,

corn, eggplant, soya bean

or even non-food items like

cotton, etc. As though, we,

in science are out to erase

the human race from the

Earths surface by poison-

ing them with GMO food!

I shall, therefore, continue

to stand four-square against

their advocacy that de-

prives food to feed millionsof mouths, only because

Part I Greenpeace Statement of October 2012

such food crops have been

subject of intensive GMO

research and development

activities by established

science workers. In the ab-

sence of an offer to mass

produce agricultural crops

to ll the empty stomachof humanity, and resort-

ing to destroying, burning

experimental crops, there is

no way that this writer will

turn his back from his stand

against certain Greenpeace

statements held before

and after my watch as Ex-

ecutive Director, National

Research Council of the

Philippines, DOST!

Lately, however, the

Greenpeace oceans cam-

paigner for Southeast Asia,

last month (October) issued

a statement We are an ar-chipelagic nation. Soon,

we will become the epi-

center of global marine ad-

versity if our governmentagencies refuse to acknowl-

edge the crisis at sea. The

Greenpeace exponent ex-

pressed alarm over the un-

precedented destruction of

the countrys marine eco-

system which foreshad-

ows serious health, social

and economic impacts ag-

gravated by pollution and

global warming. Techni-

cally, it is not over-shing

that causes the decline of

sh catch but man-made

and Nature-instigated phe-

nomenon. Statistics showthat the Philippines rank 7th

among the top tuna-produc-

ing countries in the world.

General Santos City has an

annual tuna production of

2.4 million metric tons.

Incidentally, drop of

sh catch from the Philip-

pine Seas is checked with

the sh production from

aquaculture sheries. In

fact, records show that

the Philippines aquaculture

sheries (principally Ban-

gus, Tilapia, Prawn),

Ominous temperature

come very often, almost in

a daily basis. Colder still

are the nights when people

have to cover themselves

with blankets to drive off

the cold.

In fact, Baguio and its

neighboring places have re-

portedly been experiencing

frost, damaging the peo-

ples crops. This is a sign

that the rest of the country

follows suit in having such

a colder temperature, as

though their temperature is

a gauge to determine ours

in this part of the country.

If we will base it on

experience, and using the

above belief, we may in-

deed predict that come

summer, its going to be

very hot. Why, this January

has been one of the coldest

in recent months. And we

might as well experience

severe heat this summer

due to temperature changesuggested by that view.

For one, these cold days

are explained by the melt-

ing mountains of snow in

the north whose tiny par-

ticles the winds had been

transporting to our country,

making our temperature

cold to our standard. But

while we enjoy cool tem-

perature, we hardly realize

that it is brought to us by

the global warming phe-

nomenon. We experience

cold temperature because

of the melting snow ruinedby a warming earth.

Yes, the earth is getting

warm, that is. We are not to

rejoice at all that cold tem-

peratures visit us due to its

negative implication. We

ought to wish, rather, that

the snow would remain in-

tact for an assurance of a

stable global temperature,

even if it means not having

these colder nights.The oldies may fail to

give a scientic explana-

tion of their ancient view,

but the fact that they are

able to give right predic-

tions should make us par-

ticipate in the massive

effort to solve ecological

problems. Its a grave con-

cern and responsibility that

we should take upon our-

selves if we are for the pro-

tection of generations yet

to come.

Since global warming

is largely caused by peo-ple, they themselves should

take the initiatives to solve

it. It is not for us to enjoy

colder nights; its for us to

be alarmed by that phenom-

enon, for behind it could be

an intense heat that could

affect our lives.

belief despite the revelation

of the worst hoax that hu-

mans are cousins of the apes

[monkeys] and the shatter-

ing of the myths imagined by

Charles Darwin), they dont

want to die and they dont

want to die now. Woes untothem, we, God-believers,

say.

Belief is just a belief. It

doesnt matter whether it pro-

ceeds or not from a basis. A

baseless belief is belief still.

In fact, theres no such thing

as an educated belief, just

as educated guess doesnt

exist. Both terms are euphe-

misms, clearly used only by

those who cannot nd what

is sought for. For no belief

and no guess is right.

Belief is not faith. Faith

is a different thing. It pro-

ceeds not from a belief. For

belief is not the foundation,

not the beginning, of faith.

Its a mere argument.

But belief can be a predic-

tion. As a prediction, what

is believed may or may not

happen. A predicted thing

or event may start to come

to reality, but only briey, as

its coming to reality may be

aborted by another thing or

event.

That makes for wishes to

get to be interrelated. One

wish may not come true be-

cause it is dependent on an-other wish that is not or is

already coming to fullment.

And this means, our

wishes for this year will

have to work together. This

makes us realize that we can-

not exist, the good way we

wish for, without the rest of

the wishes on Earth working

to become a reality.

Atheists dont believe

that. In fact, they dont have

Wishes...from page 4

faith that that can happen,

and that it is happening.

It behooves all non-athe-

ists to seriously consider

these points, because it had

been predicted - the last time

was last year, that beginning

year 2013, Christians and

God-believers will dwindle

in number while there will

be more atheists. Time willcome when atheists will out-

number Christians and God-

believers. (Rieke Haverts

wrote for The Christian Sci-

ence MONITOR on August

15, 2012 under the heading

Atheism on the rise around

the globe: According to a

new poll, religiosity world-

wide is declining while more

people say they are athe-

ists. In the United States, a

growing number consider

themselves non-believers.

Atheism is on the rise in the

United States and elsewhere

while religiosity is decliningpoll. The Global Index of

Religiosity and Atheism,

conducted by WIN-Gallup

International headquartered

in Switzerland, found that

the number of Americans

who say they are religious

dropped from 73 percent in

2005 - when the poll was

last conducted to 60 per-

cent. Those who said they

were convinced atheists

rose from 1 to 5 percent.

And 33 percent of the peo-

ple polled said that they

dont consider themselves

as a religious person. An-

other person wrote that of

50,000 people interviewedfrom 57countries, the per-

centages (per nationality) of

convinced atheists are as

follows: 47% Chinese, 31%

Japanese, 30% Czechs, 29%

French, and 15% Koreans.

In another vein, the top ten

religious countries, accord-

ing to the same source, are

as follows: Ghana 967%,

Nigeria -93%, Armenia

92%, Fiji 92%, Macedo-

nia 90%, Romania 90%,

Iraq- 88%, Peru 86%, and

Brazil- 85%, with the Philip-

pines not appearing in this

bracket. The least religious,the source said, are: Austria

42%, Hongkong 38%,

France 37%, Australia

37%, Vietnam 30%, Swe-

den 29%,Turkey -23%,and

Czech Republic 20%.)

Back to beliefs: Many

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6 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS/NOTICES Thursday, 03 January 2013

Republic of the

Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT

Eighth Judicial Region

Branch 16

Naval, Biliran

IN THE MATTER OF

THE CORRECTION OFTHE ENTRY IN THE

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF GLENES T.

ALIDON FROM MALE

TO FEMALE,

GLENES T. ALIDON,

Petitioner

-versus-

LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF

KAWAYAN, BILIRAN

and the Civil Registrar

General, NSO,

Respondent

SP. PROC. No. P-409

x- - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERA veried petition hav-

ing been led with the Court

by petitioner, thru counsel,

praying that after due notice,

publication and hearing an Or-

der be rendered that the entry

as to her sex in her certicate

of live birth be corrected from

MALE TO FEMALE.

Finding the petition being

sufcient in form and sub-

stance, let the initial hearing

be set on January 16, 2013 at

8:30 oclock in the morning at

which date and time all inter-

ested person may appear and

show cause, if any they have,

why this petition should not

be granted.

Let copy of this Order

published at the expense of

the petitioner once a week for

three (3) consecutive weeks

in a newspaper of general cir-

culation duly authorized by

this Court after a rafe had

been conducted by the Branch

Clerk of Court.

Furnish copies of this Or-

der and the petition to the So-

licitor General, Makati City,

the Civil Registrar General,

the Provincial Prosecutor,

Naval, Biliran Province, the

petitioner and counsel as well.

SO ORDERED.

IN CHAMBERS this 27th

day of November 2012 at Na-

val, Biliran, Philippines.

(Sgd.) BIENVENIDO

M. MONTALLAExecutive Judge

cc

Atty. Redentor C. Villordon

Prosecutors Ofce, Biliran,

Province

Solicitor General

The Civil Registrar General

Glenes T. Alidon

LSDE: Dec. 20, 27, 2012 &

Jan. 3, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTSNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Danilo Guianan extrajudicially settled, parti-

tioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land situated at area I-A, Block 10, Lot 34, Urban Poor

Homeowners, containing an area of 39 square meters, more or less, and hereby waive, renounce

and relinquish all their rights, benets together with the improvements thereon in favor of Edgardo

P. Labordo II; per Doc. No. 245, Page No. 43, Book No. 1, Series of 2012 of Atty. Wilma Donna

C. Anquillo-Garcia. LSDE: Dec. 20, 27, 2012 & Jan. 3, 2013

Republic of the

Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT

8th Judicial Region

BRANCH 15

Hall of Justice, Burauen,

Leyte

IN RE: PETITION

FOR CORRECTION

OF ENTRIES IN THE

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF IMEE M.

MOJADO,

IMEE M. MOJADO,

Petitioner,

-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF

DAGAMI, LEYTE,

Respondent

Special Proceeding Case

No. 12-12-188

x- - - - - - - - -x

ORDERA veried petition had

been led by the petitioner,

through counsel, praying that

after due publication, notice

and hearing, an Order be is-sued directing the Ofce of

the Local Civil Registrar of

Dagami, Leyte to correct

the entries with regard to the

petitioners middle initial

from M to G, represent-

ing Gisma, her mothers

real surname, her mothers

name from Remedios G.

Marmita to Remedios M.

Gisma, and to leave the date

of marriage blank instead of

July 6, 1980.

Finding the petition to

be sufcient in form and sub-

stance it is hereby ordered that

said petition be set for initial

hearing on February 06, 2013

in the morning session of this

Court at the Hall of Justice,

Regional Trial Court, Branch

15, Burauen, Leyte, at which

date, time and place, all per-

sons may appear and show

cause, if any, why the petition

should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order

be published at the expense

of the petitioner in a newspa-

per of general circulation in

the Province of Leyte, once a

week for three (3) consecutive

weeks, with the last publica-

tion to be made at least one

week prior to the date of initial

hearing.

Furnish copies of this Or-

der and petition to the Ofce

of the Solicitor General, Mu-

nicipal Civil Registrar of Dag-

ami, Leyte, Public Prosecutor

Eufronio B. Trocino III, the

petitioners and her counsel.

SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, Hall of

Justice, Burauen, Leyte, De-

cember 13, 2012.

(Sgd.) YOLANDA U.

DAGANDAN

Executive JudgeLSDE: Dec. 20, 27, 2012 &

Jan. 3, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Angel Fabilloren and Seraa

D. Fabilloren extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of

agricultural land situated at Brgy. Sulupan, Paranas, Samar, under O.C.T. No. 9556,

Lot No. 1200. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Santiago C. Gabon Jr. mar-

ried to Paulina C. Dabuet as vendees for the above-described property; per Doc. No.

396, Page No. 78, Book No. 168, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Medino L.

Acuba. LSDE: Dec. 27, 2012, January 3 & 10, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH CONFIRMATION OF SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Magda lina Custodio Separa-Ramo extra-

judicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over 4 parcels of land: Parcel 1, Lot No. 5687,T.C.T. No. T-52147, situated in Bo. of Sawang, Municipality of Tacloban, containing anarea of 434 square meters, more or less; Parcel 2, Lot 3427-E-4, Psu-08-000232, T.C.T. No.T-11649, situated at Marasbaras, City of Tacloban, containing an area of 1,000 square me-ters, more or less; Parcel 3, Lot 4830, Case No. 20, CAD 503, containing an area of 23,700square meters, O.C.T. No. P-47432, containing an area of 23,700 square meters; Parcel 4,O.C.T. No. P-47428, Lot 4518, Case No. 503-D, containing an area of 15,557 square meters;per Doc. No. 872, Page No. 174, Book No. 12, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. JosephN. Escalona. LSDE: Dec. 20, 27, 2012 & Jan. 3, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Vidala Palencia extrajudicially

settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land, Cad. Lot No. 7326 (CAD

407) situated in Caloogan, Palo, Leyte, covered by TD/ARP No. 08-30-0013-00178,

containing an area of 5,152 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was ex-

ecuted in favor of Sps. Vitus C. Carilla and Marissa D. Carilla as vendees for a por-

tion of 3,852 square meters, from the above-described property; per Doc. No. 281,

Page No. 57, Book No. VIII, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Belinda Alcober.LSDE: Dec. 27, 2012, January 3 & 10, 2013

DEED OF ADJUDICATION WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that Estela M. Aterrado executed a Deed of Adjudication over

one-half portion of the 1/4 share of a parcel of land, Lot No. 836, OCT No. 0-535, with the

building and improvements thereon, situa ted at the Mun. of Burauen, containing an area of

20,489 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Vitus C.

Carilla and Marissa D. Carilla as vendees for the 1/2 portion of the 1/4 share of the above-

described property; per Doc. No. 198, Page No. 40, Book No. VIII, Series of 2012 of Notary

Public Belinda Alcober. LSDE: Dec. 27, 2012, January 3 & 10, 2013

Wishes...from page 5

Taclobanons thought that

LMWDs water power was

to stay for long already, up

to the early part of January,

2013. Not for long. Bagyo

Quinta quashed it a few

hours only after QN took to

the internet. Water serviceapparently was severely af-

fected. It has been back to

poor state until this writ-

ing. Yet, belief is high that

it will be re-improved. The

usual case: any damage af-

ter a typhoon can be done

away with. Leyte Metropoli-

tan Water District is looking

into that, with precision , so

to say. Good, quality water

service is its one and only

lifeblood. LMWD knows,

despite past howls of pro-

test, the greater number of

Taclobans residents are de-

pendent on water serviced byLMWD.

***

AMLAC IGNORED

RED FLAG SIGNALS ON

AMAN, SCAM GROUPS

CHIZ: Senator Chiz Es-

cudero said the Anti-Money

Laundering Council (AM-

LAC) ignored the clear red

ag signals on the invest-

ment scam group Aman Fu-

tures Group that allowed

similar groups to proliferate

and con thousands of people

to part with their hard-earned

money. It is a puzzle why

all the tell-tale signs were ig-

nored by

A M L A C

when bank

t r a n s a c -

tions and activities by the

Aman group and other re-

lated companies are already

swelling with red ag sig-

nals. The Aman Futures

scam has been in the open in

Pagadian since two months

ago. Evidence should have

been available by now. In

fact, the Securities and Ex-

change Commission websitehas come out with a warn-

ing on the Aman investment

scam, the senator said.

Escudero, chairman of

the Senate committee on jus-

tice and human rights said

had AMLAC been more in-

sightful about these devel-

opments; the magnitude of

the scam could have been

abated. Now we need the

Department of Justice (DOJ)

to immediately secure the

list of those who invested

in Aman Futures and how

much investments were put

as this may lead to concreteevidence to support the case

against the group that duped

thousands of people in Mind-

anao and the Visayas of an

estimated P12 billion. The

senator said the speedy ac-

tion of the DOJ and other

government agencies on

the Aman Futures scam and

other investment scams in

Mindanao and the Visayas

will help ease the pain and

suffering of thousands of

victims who lost billions of

pesos.

He added that the DOJ

should already le a caseagainst the Aman Group

motu propio given the mag-

nitude of the case and the

number of victims that have

so far come out. RA 9160

and RA 9194 and its imple-

menting rules will form the

basis of this act. The DOJ

has been facilitating com-

plaints through the National

Bureau of Investigation

(NBI), that is a correct stand-

ard procedure.

Escudero issued the call

after Aman directors LeilaLim Gan, Edmund G. Lim,Wilanie Fuentes, Nazelle

Rodriguez, and Lurix Lopezsurrendered to authoritiesover the weekend. Aman

Futures founder MalaysianMohammad Sufan Saaid,also known as Manuel Amal-ilio, remains at large. He

is reportedly still in KotaKinabalu, Malaysia. OnTuesday, reports indicatedthat authorities had arrested

Coco Rasuman, reportedlythe mastermind of anothermulti-billion scam in Mind-

anao similar to the Aman Fu-

tures operation. Accountsshould not be limited toAman but should also cover

those linked to it. The AM-LAC has authority to freezethe principal accounts and

other accounts within what isknown as web of accounts.It should be done now. Timeis against the hapless inves-

tors if the scammers are al-ready moving to siphon offtheir loot from the country,he said. The DOJ can al-

ready come up with a solidformal case against the AmanGroup to enable the Anti-

Money Laundering Coun-cil (AMLAC) to secure orfreeze its assets, he added.

The senator said that as

a matter of course, such ac-counts may be frozen as long

as AMLAC has

probable cause

to do so. It is empoweredon its own to cause the l-ing of petition on its own to

cause freezing. The author-ity to freeze is by the Courtof Appeals upon AMLACsex-parte petition the senator

explained. It is also criticalthat the DOJ look into whoinvested heavily in Aman.It should pique the curios-

ity of the Ombudsman orthe Bureau of Internal Rev-enue (BIR) for that matter, to

look at any paper trail, data,and record and evaluate ifthese individuals or groupshave been tax compliant,

he said. The Aman direc-tors who surrendered canlead authorities to identifyassets that AMLAC can take

a hold of. Once assets havebeen found, the governmentshould devise a system that

will enable victims to recov-er part of their investments.The payment and recovery

should start from the small-est investors upwards, notthe other way around, all thisto protect public interest,

Escudero said.

***

Hope / Smiles from

the threshold of the year to

come, / Whispering it will

be happier... Alfred Ten-

nyson.

In the old days, it was

not called the Holiday Sea-

son; the Christians called

it Christmas and went to

church; the Jews called it

Hanukkah and went to

synagogue; the atheists wentto parties and drank. Peo-

ple passing each other on

the street would say Merry

Christmas or Happy Ha-

nukkah or to the atheists,

Look out for the wall! - ???

production ranks among

the top ten in the world. As

always, there will be pay-

offs, the negative effects to

the conversion of mangrove

areas into shponds having

reduced the habitable land

mass for human settlement

and the lowering of agri-

culture production as well.

Viewed differently, though,mans encroachment into

An alarming...from page 5

the countrys shrinking

mangrove area consequent-

ly reduces the production

output of the aquaculture

entrepreneurs.

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But Gonzalez said

that they right away

placed spil l boom

around the MV Ocean

Legacy to ensure that

no fuel would spread at

the Ormoc Bay, where

the port is located.

He, however, de-

clined to issue state-ment as to the cause of

the incident, saying a

formal investigation is

forthcoming.

But initial reports

have indicated that the

vessel listed while some

container vans were be-

ing hauled out.

Gonzales also said

that the operator of the

listed vessel has com-

mitted to help the clean-

up operations as it hired

Coast Guard....from page 1

The vessels op-

erator, the Oceanic

Container Lines, Inc.

which is based in Ton-

do, Manila, would be

held responsible as

to where to disposethe collected oily wa-

ter mixture, the Coast

Guard official said.

The port or left

side of the MV Ocean

Legacy listed last Sat-

urday by about 22

degrees right after it

docked at said port

at around 7:35 in the

morning. Traces of

fuel were immediately

noticed, coming from

the vessels air vent

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7Leyte Samar Daily ExpressNEWSThursday, 03 January 2013

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

INVITATION TO PRE-QUALIFY TO BID

FOR PPP FOR SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT 2012-2

The Department of Education (the DepED) invites interested parties to apply to pre-qualify to bid forthe design and construction of one-storey, two storey, three storey, and four storey school buildings under

the following Contract Packages:Regional Contract Expected Number Expected Number Expected Number of

Packages of School Sites School Buildings Classrooms

I 72 80 241II 353 355 547

III 262 262 1,017IV-B 630 630 1,108

V 488 524 1,061

VI 334 343 732VII 455 472 1,037

VIII 645 649 903IX 286 286 476

X 499 530 1,222XI 134 139 355XII 300 316 637

CARAGA 314 353 708CAR 395 395 635

Total 5,167 5,334 10,679

The number of school sites, school buildings, and classroom is still subject to change. Each school

building will consist of the following components: Component 1-Classroom Buildings, Component II-Toilets

and Component III-Classroom Furniture, all to be designed and constructed or provided in accordance with

the prescribed Minimum Performance Standards and Specications to be released by DepED. Each Con-

tract Package will be bid out separately. Interested parties may apply to pre-qualify to bid for any, some, or

all Contract Packages, as described in greater detail in the Invitation Documents.

The Project will be awarded through competitive public bidding, as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

project, in accordance with applicable laws, including the Build-Operate-and Transfer (BOT) Law (R.A. No.

6957) as amended by R.A. No. 7718, and its implementing Rules and Regulations.

The bidding will follow the two-stage system: (a) Prospective Bidders shall rst be pre-qualied by the

DepED based on legal, technical and nancial capability requirements; and (b) the Prospective Bidders

which pre-qualify shall be invited to submit their bids.

Prospective Bidders may obtain the invitation Documents, consisting of (a) this Invitation to Pre-Qualify

to Bid, (b) the Instruction to Prospective Bidders, including the required Qualication Documents, (c) the

Draft Minimum Performance Standards and Specications, and (d) the Information Memorandum, from the

Ofce of the PBAC for PPP Projects, at the DepED Complex in Meralco Avenue, Pasig City, 1600 Philip-

pines, c/o PBAC Secretariat-Procurement Service, 2nd Flr., Dorm-B with Telephone/Fax No. (+632) 633-

9843/636-6549 starting 10 January 2013, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Php 100,000.00. This

fee may be paid in cash or by managers check issued by any bank in the Philippines payable to the Depart-

ment of Education. Only persons or rms who have purchased the Invitation Documents shall be allowed to

participate in the pre-qualication process. The DepEd may release updates, clarications, amendments, or

additions to any or all of the Bidding Documents at any time.

Prospective Bidders must submit their application for pre-qualication, together with duly accomplished

Qualication Documents in the required format, to the DepED-PBAC Secretariat not later than 10:00 a.m.

on 12 February 2013, at the abovementioned Ofce of the PBAC through its Secretariat.

The DepEd-PBAC reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and declare failure of bidding, not award

the contract, or annul the bidding process without thereby incurring any liability in the affected parties.

(SGD.) FRANCISCO M. VARELA

Undersecretary for Finance and Administration

and Chairman, PBAC for PPP Projects

A C L O B A NCIYA leader oa notorious partisanarmed group PAGin the province o Sa-

mar was killed by ele-ments o the RegionalSpecial Operationask Group RSOG

C A A R M A N ,Northern Samar Recognizing powerand inluence o to-

days inormationage, some 42 Sang-guniang Bayan mem-bers o the irst dis-trict o this provincewere able to receiveone unit each o lap-top rom the oiceo Philippine Coun-cilors League presi-dent Neil Hernandezin a simple turn-overrites held recently.

he said local leg-islators who werethe beneiciarieswere rom the mu-nicipalities o Rosa-rio, Lavezares, SanIsidro, Capul, SanVicente, Allen, andSan Antonio, saidRommel epace, hisormer legislativesta and now oneo the scribes o theprovinces inorma-

o the Philippine Na-tional Police PNP inEastern Visayas, ac-cording to an oicial.

Chie Supt. Elmer

Soria, PNP-8 region-al director, said thedeath o Julito Aragonhas dismantled the

Moloboco PAG oper-ating in the irst con-gressional district oSamar.

Aragon was the

number one mostwanted person in Sa-mar or two counts omurder. He was shot

by RSOG ater re-sisting an arrest in thehinterland village oPeaplata in Gandara,Samar, Soria said.

We aim to dis-mantle more PAGsin Samar to ensure apeaceul and honestelections this comingMay. he elementso RSOG have beentasked to serve exist-ing warrants o arrestto PAG leaders andmembers who are ac-ing various criminalcases, Soria added.

Soria said theMoloboco PAG is oneo the two remainingpartisan armed groupoperating in Samar.

he other PAG wasidentiied as the Mon-tealto group.

he police in theregion revealed inlu-ential politicians inSamar were reported-ly handling the Molo-boco and Montealtogroups.

he presence oPAGs was the rea-son why Samar wasincluded in the 15priority areas o theDepartment o the In-terior and Local Gov-ernment DILG inrelation to the orth-coming mid-termelections.

During the 2010

elections, the policetried to neutralizesome PAGs in East-ern Visayas, particu-larly in Samar where

PAG leader in Samar slainintense political rival-ries have spawned par-tisan armed groups.

Te PNP-8 report-ed only three out oeight PAGs in Samarwere neutralized. Tegroups were operatingin Calbayog City andthe municipalities oMatuguinao, San Jorge,Santa Margarita andGandara, all in the rstdistrict o Samar.

PAGs are organizedarmed groups with le-gally issued or illegal-ly possessed irearmsor purposes o sow-ing ear and intimida-tion or the advance-ment and protection

o vested economicand political inter-est o public oicialor private individual.(REYAN L. ARINTO)

42 SB members receive laptops romPCL prexy Hernandez o N. Samar

tion oice as beat re-porter o SB.

In an interview,Hernandez, who is

an incumbent SBmember o the capi-tal town o Catarmanand now an ex-oiciomember o this prov-ince provincial boardas the leagues presi-dent said, one o mypurpose in providinglaptops to the dier-ent municipalities isor them to be able tohave an easy access o

inormation as well asexchange or sharing oinormation betweenthe national govern-ment and their lo-cal government unitsthey represent.

He added that thruthese laptops, whichhe sourced out romhis barangay devel-opment und BDF,orm part o acilitat-ing their various real

property tax collectioncampaigns in their re-spective municipal-ity which would be o

great help as part otheir revenue genera-tion campaign.

Hernandez, who isthe younger brothero the present ForeignAairs DepartmentDFA spokesmanUsec. Raul Hernan-dez, is running asboard member othe irst district hereunder the banner o

LP also stressed thatini nga ak hinay-hi-nay nga panalinguhakatuyuanan nga mak-abulig san kinabag-onga teknolohiya sinmadagmit nga pagpa-abut komunikasyon inbulig liwat nga maginsayo nga technology-riendly an probinsyasa yana and the yearsahead. (PETER D. PARE-DES)

next port of call.

Ormoc Mayor Eric

Codilla said that he was

happy that the Coast

Guard together with the

local rescue group took

action immediately on

the incident as he al-

layed the fear of the

publ ic of an oil spil l.

It is now generally

contained. We are mon-

itoring it, Codilla said.

He also assured thepubl ic that the opera-

tions of the port remain

normal.

said vessel.

Gonzales added that

since they started down-

loading the 110 container

vans inside the vessel,

about 30 container vans

have so far been removed.

The MV Ocean Leg-

acy came from the port

of Manila and arrived at

the Ormoc City port last

December 29 with a 29-

crew headed by Capt.

Juntyce Eslawan. It wassupposed to travel to

Dumaguete City as its

a salvage company.

The Coast Guard

official said that the

said salvage com-

pany would help in

the siphoning of the

remaining bunker

fuel of the MV Ocean

Legacy.

He also said that

the salvage companywould also assist in

the refloating of the

Coast Guard....from page 6

CONSERVE ENERGY

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o protected areas; echnicalEducation and Skills Devel-opment Authority or thetraining o tourism rontlin-ers; Cebu Ports Authorityor the proposed DO satel-lite ofce in some ports; and

the Commission on HigherEducation and Departmento Education on educationaltours.

Airport expansion

Te government, underits public-private partner-ship program, also openedthe bidding or the P8-billion expansion o theMactan-Cebu InternationalAirport. Conglomerateslike Ayala Corp. and AboitizEquity Ventures; Metro Pa-

cic Investment Corp. andSan Miguel Corp. have ex-pressed interest in joiningthe bidding.

Hauri, however, cau-tioned that challenges stillremained. Te China mar-ket, which logged strongarrivals during the rst ourmonths o the year, plungedollowing the conict overSpratlys Island.

It brought the market toa literal standstill, said Hau-ri. But he said the declinewas oset by increased ar-

rivals rom Japan and KoreaTe decline o Chinese

tourists also aected tour-ism sub-sectors such asCebus spa industry, accord-ing to Spa and Wellness As-sociation o Cebu Swacpresident Johnny Siao.

Tis problem withChina resulted in a substan-tial decline o spa custom-ers, said Siao, noting thatChinese tourists are amongCebu spas top clients asthey come in bigger groups.

We truly hope that poli-tics might be put aside andthe resumption o a normalow o travelers can be en-

visaged, said Hauri.In 2012, Qatar Airways

suspended direct ights toCebu because o rising costand high operating expens-es. It was the only link tomarkets in Europe and Mid-dle East.

Montecillo, however, re-ported there was no signi-cant impact on arrivals romEurope.

Air rights

Iyog identied limitedair rights between coun-tries; the existence o Com-mon Carriers ax CCor Gross Philippine Bill-in s ax; and the Federal

Assorted recrackers/pyrotechnic devices conscated by the Regional Special Opera-

tions Group 8 (RSOG8) in an operation conducted in Catbalogan City on December 31,

2012.

Camp Sec. Ruperto K.

Kangleon, Palo, Leyte, Jan-

uary 2, 2013 The Police

Regional Ofce 8 (PRO8)

noted a signicant decrease

in recracker-related inju-

ries as revelers met the year

2013.

Police Chief Superin-

tendent ELMER RAGA-

DIO SORIA, PRO8 Re-

gional Director, said 2012

recorded a lower rate of

recracker-related injuries

as compared to the 2011

Yuletide season.

This can be attributed

to the governments public

information and education

campaign and the intensi-

ed crackdown on illegal

recrackers waged by our

men in the eld, SORIA

said.

Citing data from the

Aksyon: Paputok Injury

Reduction Registry on

Firecracker-related cases

from the Eastern Visayas

Regional Medical Center

in Tacloban City, SORIA

informed that from Decem-

ber 16, 2012 to January 1,

2013, only three recrack-

ers-related incidents result-

ing in blast/burn type inju-

ries and one eye injury were

in Liloan, Danasan Eco-Ad-venture Park in Danao Cityand the Gabii sa Kabilin orNight o Heritage organ-ized by the Ramon AboitizFoundation, Inc. which aregenerating buzz or being

amily- and group-orientedrecreational activities. Cebucompanies also diversiedtheir businesses and ven-tured into tourism aer see-ing its potential as a revenuegenerator.

An example o this isthe newly opened LakwatsaResto Lounge, which pro-motes cultural nightlie inCebu, by couple Wilson andMelanie Ng o Ng Khai De-

velopment Corp.Hauri, who is the vice

president o the ourism

Congress o the Philippinesor the Visayas, said the air-lines were the ones spear-heading the initiatives todrive new business oppor-tunities.

DO 7s Cebu SalesMissions to Singapore andMalaysia led to opening oCebu Pacics new directroute rom Cebu to Kua-la Lumpur, Malaysia andBangkok, Tailand.

New additional ightrom Cebu to Incheon,Korea via Jeju Air has also

helped increase arrivals.Cebu remains to be one

o the top Philippine des-tinations, or leisure andbusiness travel, said CebuPacic vice president ormarketing and distributionCandice Iyog.

Cebu Pacic ew closeto 9.8 million passengers aso September.

Hauri said key driversor corporate travels arethe I-BPO industry, bank-ing and nancial services,manuacturing, trading and

education.Pharmaceutical and in-

surance industries were alsothe key drivers or CebusMeetings,

Incentive, Conerenceand Exhibitions MICEbusiness.

Montecillo said her o-ce also worked with vari-ous government agencies,including Department oPublic Works and High-ways or tourism roads in-rastructure; Department oScience and echnology or

livelihood projects; Depart-ment o rade and Industryor the improvement o thetourism value chain; Philip-pine National Police or theourism Oriented Police orCommunity Project; Bureauo Fisheries and Aquatic Re-sources or the reservation

HE past 12 monthshave been vibrant or Cebustourism industry. Depart-ment o ourism DO 7Director Rowena Montecil-lo said that as o September,Cebu recorded 1.7 million

in tourist arrivals, up 11.07percent rom the 1.5 milliontourists recorded in 2011.

Foreign arrivals to Cebuincreased by 13.65 percentwhile domestic arrivalswent up 9.26 percent. DO7 is expecting to hit twomillion tourist arrivals byyearend o 2012.

Te relatively stableAsian markets and the com-bination o increased tour-ist arrivals and additionalrooms were among thegrowth drivers o the indus-

try this year, according toHotels, Resort and Restau-rants Association o CebuHRRAC president HansHauri.

Cebu Pacic, on theother hand, credited theIts More Fun in the Philip-pines campaign as amongthe key actors that ueledgrowth in the industry thisyear.

Te new wind in thesails provided by the tour-ism campaign speaks di-rectly to the rest-and-rec-

reation-seekers, backed bya tourism product that isinviting, attractive, variedand denitely a propositionto return again to rst-timetravelers, said Hauri.

Te relative stability oAsia as a marketplace alsoinuenced the growth o theindustry. Statistics showedAsia tourists leading arriv-als, specically rom Japan,which logged a 24.46 per-cent growth; Korea, 8.90percent; and China, 16.33percent.

Occupancy

Hauri said the 61 percentaverage occupancy acrossCebu shows the stabilityo the sector. Room supplyincreased by 11 percent in2012. Hauri said they expecta 10 percent increase thisyear with 500 more roomsbeing built. Cebu City has141 hotels with 9,335 rooms.

Te completion o the500 rooms is expected togenerate up to 5,000 new

jobs or Cebuanos, tourismofcials said.

Aside rom new hotels,Montecillo said new prod-ucts were also put in placeto provide additional attrac-tions.

Tese include Papa KitsMarina and Fishin La oon

Cebu tourism logs vibrant year

recorded.

The 3 blast victims in-

cludes a 76-year old male,

a 10-year old boy and

9-month old baby boy who

were wounded due to pic-

colo recracker while an

11-year old boy sustained

eye injury due to lantaka

or homemade cannon. All

were sent home after re-

ceiving proper treatment.

The Regional Epide-

miology and Surveillance

Unit of the Department of

Health Regional Ofce 8,

however, have no avail-

able data on the matter as

of this writing while PRO8

records showed 7 victims

with Eastern Samar posting

the highest with 3 victims

while Tacloban City and

Leyte province posted at 2

victims each.

SORIA further disclosed

that his ofce has not moni-

tored any indiscriminate r-

ing incident and victims of

stray bullets regionwide.

The above gure is

lower as compared to the

same period in 2011 from

the PRO8 and DOH 8 re-

cords with a total of 23 re-

crackers-related incidents

that had caused the same

number of injuries and one

injured due to stray bullet.

This reduction to a

very signicant level of

recracker-related injuries

and casualties is credited to

the vigorous advocacy and

close coordination among

the police and other gov-

ernment agencies, non-gov-

ernmental organizations,

and the media to ensure the

security and safety of the

general public and attain a

generally peaceful and vio-

lence-free Yuletide celebra-

tion, SORIA said.

Days before the New

Year and on New Years

Eve, PRO8 launched an

intensied crackdown on

illegal recrackers with

line units conducting sei-

zure and conscation of

dangerous and prohibited

recrackers, including the

Piccolo, a brand of re-

cracker that Department of

Health has identied as the

leading cause of recrack-

er-related injuries. Other

seized recrackers were Ju-

das belts, rocket launchers,

whistle bombs, super lolo,

lolo thunder, pla-pla, Pac-

quiao, goodbye Philippines

and great bawang. (PR)

PRO8 notes fewer recracker-

related injuries in 2012

Aviation Authority FAACategory 2 status and Inter-national Civil Aviation Or-

ganization Icao SignicantSaety Concern as some othe unresolved industry is-sues that continue to limitthe growth o the industry.

Expansion or growthis not just about the physi-cal inrastructure but it alsoreers to air rights between

countries. I the air rightsbetween countries are lim-ited then so are the potential

clients, said Iyog.She said that i the coun-

try targets 10 million tour-ists by 2016, it would need15 million seats in terms oentitlements. On the otherhand, the existence o CCcould turn away airlinecompanies. Te elevation o

air saety status to Category1 would also allow local car-riers to expand operations

in other oreign countries.Philippine Airlines ishopeul that the Category 2saety status will be upgrad-ed to Category 1 by this yearso it could start serving NewYork City and other majorcities in Europe.

(SUNNEX)

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Tacloban first couple Mayor Alfred Romualdez and wife Councilor Cristina G. Romualdez stands

as ninong and ninang to some 147 babies baptized during the Mass christening ceremony at St.

Joseph Parish Church of San Jose. (Photos by: Louie Bautista / Gay B. Gaspay)

MANILA hewhole country is ex-pected to have airweather aside rompassing light rainsin extreme NorthernLuzon due to the e-ects o the tail-endo a cold ront, thestate weather bureausaid uesday.

he PhilippineAtmospheric, Geo-physical and Astro-nomical ServicesAdministration Pa-gasa said that Ca-gayan Valley andAurora and Quezonprovinces will expe-rience cloudy skieswith light rains whileMetro Manila andthe rest o the coun-

try will be partlycloudy with brierainshowers or thun-derstorms.

Pagasa said goodweather conditionis expected beorethe recurrence o

Republic and Com-mander-in-Chie o

the Armed Forces othe Philippines.

he complaint saidthat church pastorsand leaders were ei-ther liquidated, har-assed, unlawully de-tained or tortured withimpunity, by militaryagents and operativeswho, by law, were thenall under the ultimatecontrol and command

responsibility o Ar-royo.

R e p r e s e n t i n gUCCP as general sec-retary, Bishop Re-uel Norman Marigza

joined with six UCCPamilies as plaintisagainst Arroyo ordamages to the churchand co-plaintis hu-man rights violations

vict ims.he UCCP said Ar-royo and the militaryagents or whom shewas responsible mustbe held accountableor the injustice theyhave exacted on theChurch and the Fili-pino people.

he Arroyo campelevated the case tothe CA ater the Qu-

ezon City RC deniedits motion to dismissand its motion or re-consideration.

In its ruling, the CAsaid the issue raisedin petitioners appli-cation is intricatelyintertwined with themain case[.]

[Hence], courtsmust be cautious inextending such relies

as this have the unwit-ting result o passingupon the merits o themain action withouttrial, the CA added.(SUNNEX)

MANILA - heCourt o Appeals

CA has dismisseda petition iled byormer PresidentGloria Macapagal-Arroyo on the P5.4-million damage suitpending beore aQuezon City Re-gional rial Courtagainst her.

In a three-pageresolution writtenby Associate Justice

Victoria Isabel Pare-des, the CAs 14thDivision denied orlack o merit Ar-royos applicationor the issuance o atemporary restrain-ing order and/or awrit o preliminaryinjunction.

In reerence tothe prayer or the is-

suance o a ROwe ind no compel-ling reason or thegrant o such ex-traordinary remedy/ies the CA rulingsaid.

Concurring inthe ruling were As-sociate Justices Ja-par Dimaampao andElihu Ybaez.

While the RO

and injunction peti-tion was denied themain case still re-mains pending.

he case aroserom the complaintiled by the UnitedChurch o Christ inthe Philippines orthe alleged extraju-dicial killings o iveprotestant churchmembers and the

abduction o anoth-er one rom 2003 to2006.

he UCCP im-pleaded Arroyo inher capacity as thenPresident o the

Appellate Court junksArroyos petition onP5.4-M damage suit

light rains as South-ern Luzon, EasternVisayas and EasternMindanao will haveoccasional rains dueto the southward mi-gration o the tail-end o a cold ronton Monday untilWednesday becom-ing requent rains

in Surigao, Dinagatand Leyte provinces,which may triggerlashloods and land-slides on Wednesday.

he rest o thecountry will havepartly cloudy to attimes cloudy withpassing light rains.

he weather bu-reau also said ish-ing boats and other

sea vessels en routealong the seaboardso Northern andCentral Luzon west-ern and northernare at risk due to bigwaves generated bythe monsoon surge.

Likewise, isher-olks over the sea-boards o EasternLuzon, SouthernLuzon and Visayasshould exercise ex-tra caution causedby moderate tostrong winds withmoderate to roughseas.

Pagasa also is-sued gale warning asstrong to gale orcewind is expected toaect the seaboardso Luzon.

Fishing boatsand other small sea-crats are advisednot to venture outinto the sea whilelarger sea vesselsare alerted against

big waves, Pagasasaid.Meanwhile, Pa-

gasa AdministratorNathaniel Servan-do said at least onetropical cyclone ornone at all would

Tail-end o a cold ront continues

to affect extreme N. Luzonenter the countryin January due tothe strong northeastmonsoon.

On the average,the Philippines is

visit ed by 20 stormsper year but lastyear, 17 cyclonespassed the countryand Quinta was

the 17th and last toenter the Philippineterritory in 2012.(SUNNEX)

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MANILA - Te num-ber o people injured by

powerul recrackersand gunre in New Yearcelebrations dropped to413 but it was still wor-ryingly high and one oAsias most violent wel-comes to 2013, a top of -cial o the Health depart-ment said uesday.

Department o HealthDOH Secretary En-rique Ona said uesdaythere were 404 peoplewho got injured due to

reworks, eight romstray bullets, and onecase o rework inges-tion.

Tere was a 17 percentdecrease or decrease by85 cases in the numbero injured revelers, saidOna. During the sameperiod last year, therewere 498 recracker-re-lated injuries, with 476rom reworks, 18 straybullets, and our reworkingestions.

We have a signicantdecrease in numbers.However, we would havewanted that there wereno more serious injuriessustained by our people,he added.

more than 390,000 mem-

bers.

Most GSIS mem-

bers chose to le their

loan applications via the

GW@PS kiosks lead-

ing to faster processing.

The GW@PS kiosk, an

online and paperless fa-

cility, credit the loans

to members accounts

through their UMID

eCard within three to

ve days.

anch ofces, as well

as in provincial capitols,municipal halls, and se-

lected Robinsons malls

across the country.

Recently, the GSIS

has announced the grant

of emergency loans to

members living or resid-

ing in seven barangays

in Infanta and in the

municipalities of Alabat

and Unisan, all in Qu-

ezon province.

For more informa-

tion on the emergency

loan program, mem-bers may call the GSIS

hotline number at (02)

847.4747, visit the GSIS

ofce nearest them or

log on to www.gsis.gov.

ph. (PR)

Happy New Year!

GSIS improved database

leads to faster loan processingaffected by typhoon Pa-

blo, due to a more reli-

able database and online

capabilities of the GSIS

Wireless Automated Pro-

cessing System (GW@

PS) kiosks.

The GSIS said that

compared to 2009, at the

height of super typhoon

Ondoy, the number of

emergency loan appli-

cations processed daily,

peaked at more than

17,000 only.

In a statement, thepension fund pointed out

that it is continuously

updating its database to

reect the current premi-

um and loan remittances

of its members so that

more can continuously

avail themselves of their

benets and loan privi-

leges such as the emer-

gency loan.

The System is also

working closely with its

technology partners and

has formed multiple taskforces to address the in-

consistencies in mem-

bers records.

The pension fund has

granted nearly Php7 bil-

lion in emergency loan

in 2012 which beneted

State pension fund

Government Service In-

surance System (GSIS)

today said that it has pro-

cessed up to a maximum

of 50,000 emergency

loan applications on a

daily basis for members

Hundreds hurt inNew Year revelry

He said the wounded

included a child who washit in the head by a straybullet red by an uniden-tied person in a Manilasuburb. Te seven-year-old girl is ghting or herlie.

We anticipate thatadditional injuries will bereported urther as therewill still be more injuriesthat will be incurred aerthe New Year, as well asthe delayed hospital vis-

its among those injured,said Ona.Tere were already

171 injured revelers com-ing only rom seven hos-pitals in the NationalCapital Region NCR,based on the DOH quickcount covering Decem-ber 31 7 p.m. to January1 6 a.m..

O those injured, theHealth chie said 344 85percent sustained blast,burn injuries without re-

quiring amputation; 5113 percent had eye in-

juries; and 15 our per-cent suered rom burn,blast injuries needingamputation.

Ona said the most se-

rious case o recrackerinjury involved a 17-

year- old man rom Va-lenzuela City, who useda Goodbye Philippinesrecracker that explodedin his right hand. Te vic-tim was admitted at theEast Avenue hospital.

So, instead o Good-bye Philippines, its nowgoodbye hand sincewe had to amputate hiswhole right hand, saidOna.

Ona also assured that

they are closely lookingat the condition o theseven-year-old girl hit bya stray bullet at the top oher head.

Her condition is verycritical so we are closelyobserving her, said Ona.

Te Health depart-ment said there was un-determined number ocases o reworks inges-tion but all did not showsigns o serious poison-ing, so they le the hospi-

tal aer a ew hours.Ona said 204 or hal

o those injured were ac-tive users o recrackers.

Te most aected agegroup was the 6 to 10

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younger brother, Rep.Ferdinand Martin FMRomualdez,o Leytes rstcongressional district.

Tis too vanished intothin air with the governorgetting a national porto-lio as he was appointed assecretary o the Depart-ment o Energy by Presi-dent Aquino.

With the sudden ap-pointment o Petilla toa national post, his longtime vice governor andpolitical ally, Vice Gov.Mimietta Bagulaya as-cended to the provincialcapitol, the third ladygovernor in the history oLeyte.

acloban Mayor Al-red Romualdez, seekingor a third-term,is on aneye-or-an-eye politi-cal showdown with Rep.Florencio Bem Noelo the An Waray party-list group or City Hallshighest chair.

Both are claiming theylove acloban that theywould do everything toget elected.

In Samar, it would be agirls power as incumbent

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Gov. Sharee Ann an isbeing challenged by theeldest daugther o politi-cal rival, Calbayog slainmayor Reynaldo Uy.

Rosa Jessica AikaUy-Delgado, with no po-litical experience at all, isserious in dislodging thereelectionist governor,who is barely on her 30s,but is already a political

veteran to boot.For one thing, the gov-

ernors amily has ruledthe province or over adecade now.

In Biliran, it would beanother showdown be-tween ormer Rep. GlenChong and incumbentcongressman, Rogelio Es-pina, whose victory wastainted with allegation o

electoral raud.Rep.Espina, a long-time governor o theprovince, strongly deniedthat he resorted to cheat-ing just to get elected.

Eastern Samar Rep.Ben Evardone is beingchallenged by outgo-ing mayor o Guiuantown, Annaliza Kwan-Gonzales.Teir rivarly isrich with allegations andcounterallegations on is-sues ranging rom serious

to unounded.Ormoc City Mayor

Eric Codilla appeared tobe ghting both showbizroyale couple, actor Rich-ard Gomez and televi-sion host and commer-cial model, Lucy orresGomez.

Codilla is only chal-

lenging orres Gomez

congressional seatLeytesthird district but herhusband appear to join-ing on the political jab onhim. Gomez is runningor mayor o Ormoc.

Northern Samarsold political amily, theDazas, are still in the run-ning. Veteran Raul Daza

would be running or

congressman, a post heheld or years now whileson, Paul, is seeking oranother term as governoro the province.

One o the regionsmost awarded and rec-ognized town mayors,Rico Rentuza o SaintBernard,Southern Leyte,

is to challenge Gov. Da-mian Mercado or theprovinces lone congres-sional district.

Long-time gover-nor o Leyte, BenjaminKokoy Romualdezdied due to a linger-ing illness. Te people

o the province paidtheir last respect to theman widely credited orthe establishment o ageothermal plant androads and bridges in theprovince,among others.

It was also in 2012 thatthe archdiocese o Palocelebrated its 75th year as

a diocese.Te celebrationwas attended by severalbishops and priests rom

various parts o the re-gion and country, to in-clude ormer Palo arch-bishop Jose Palma,nowthe archbishop o Cebu.(JOEY A.GABIETA)

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PALO, LEYTE - GO TIC CHING (JACK UY), President of the Tacloban Filipino-Chinese

Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (TFCCCI) receives a plaque of appreciation from Palo,

Leyte Mayor Remedios Matin L. Petilla for the donation of a two-classroom school build-

ing complete with two comfort rooms at Pawing Elementary School, Pawing, Palo from

donor Francisco Chua coursed through the Operation Barrio Schools of Federation of

Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII), the umbrella or-ganization of TFCCCI. Other ofcials present during the turnover from left, Pawing Brgy.

Captain Chique Ruth Uy, Leyte Governor Mimietta Bagulaya, Leyte Board Member Carlo

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Alan Cabigon, Eastern Visayas Regional Chairman of FFCCCII. (VICKY C. ARNAIZ)

ACLOBAN CIY-Te year 2012 was a yearo major disasters, a natu-ral event and a politicalmaelstorm, created bymen read: politicians.

It only took about onlya ew seconds or the peo-ple o the entire EasternVisayas region to realizethat lie indeed is so pre-cious and one can lost itin a snap o a nger.

On August 31, 2012,the region experiencedthe strongest earth-

Eastern Visayas:

2012 in reviewquake ever in the last 25years as a 7.9 magnitudetremor was elt in East-ern Visayas, sending tenso thousands o peopleto panic and destroyingpublic inrastructuresand private properties inthe process.

In act, close to a hun-dred o houses made olight materials in EasternSamar had collapsed justlike a house o cards.

While it was the strong-est ever, both learned

and pragmatists,wereshocked but more happythat it did not result tomuch damages.

Scientists said thatthe earthquakes originwas deep, not enough tocause damages while pr-gramatists hailed it as amiracle.

In act,no less thanEastern Visayas topChurch ofcial, Arch-bishop John Du, de-scribed the regions beingspared rom destructionas Gods act.

No lives were lost thatcould be directly attrib-uted to the earthquake.

Te good thing thathappened on that trag-edy, the archbishop said,the ock, at least those

proessing Catholicisms,relearned the value oprayers and Gods power.

Aside rom the greatearthquake o August31, 2012, other naturalcalamities also hit the re-gion - typhoons and mas-sive rains that resulted toooding and ashoods.

Many a lie perisheddue to these incidentsand properties destroyedand crops damaged.

Now, the year 2012

also witnessed politi-cal circus. Tanks to the

2013 midterm elections.Te much-ancied

duel o Leytes most dom-inant political clans didnot materialized - again.

Tis aer the muchanticipated gubernatorial

candidacy o business-man Benjamin PhilipRomualdez zzled out.Had he ran or Leytestop post, he would havecollided with anotherbusinessman, LeopoldoDominico Petilla.

Petilla just happenedto be the younger brothero third-termer gover-nor, Carlos Jericho IcotPetilla.

Te elder Petilla wasalso rumored to contest

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