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T A C L O B A NCITY Nine Air-ports here in the re-gion, including sevenwithout passengeraircra operations,will get a budget oP167.35 million or
upgrading, the CivilAviation Author-ity o the PhilippineCAAP said.
CAAP Eastern Visayasarea manager Antonio Al-onso said that these pro-jects, which are part othe ve-year developmentplan, will be implementedwithin this year.
Even though theseairports are not reallyearning, we have to re-habilitate airport acili-
House Assistant Minority Leader and Leyte (1st dist) Rep. Ferdinand Martin FM Romualdez
(7th left), Senator Bongbong Marcos (5th right), former mayor Mark Jimenez (left) and wife
Councilor Ina Jimenez (2nd left) posed with barangay officials during the celebration of the
Feast of Sto Nino in Tanauan Leyte. Photo by Ver S. Noveno
PALO, Leyte At least903 classrooms will bebuilt here in the regionunder the second phase oPublic Private PartnershipSchool Inrastructure Pro-ject (PSIP II), the Depart-ment o Education said in apresentation yesterday.
In a meeting withmembers o the RegionalDevelopment Councils
negative or paralytic
shellsh poison and all
types o shellsh gathered
rom these areas are sae
or human consumption.
Tese areas include
Calbayog waters, Biliran
waters, Ormoc Bay, Irong-
irong Bay, Carigara Bay,
Maqueda Bay, Villareal
CAAP: 9 airports
in EV to be upgradedBY Sarwell Q. Meniano,Correspondent
to page 9
Inrastructure Develop-ment Committee, GlennOrteza o the DepEd maino ce physical acilities andschools engineering divi-sion, said that 645 publicelementary and secondaryschools in the region willbenet rom this project.
Our o ce will stillcome up with the nal costso the project because o
varied specications. Tescope o work or the class-rooms included in the sec-ond phase will cover single,two-storey, three storey,and our-storey structures,Orteza said.
Projects will be con-structed under the build-
transer scheme. It willinvolve the designing, -
903 classrooms to be constructedin EV under second phase o PSIP
ACLOBAN CIY
All coastal waters in the re-
gion are ree rom red tide
toxins, based on the latest
bulletin issued by the Bu-
reau Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR).
All 12 coastal waters
monitored by BFAR and
local government unitsconcerned were ound
No red tideoccurrence in EV
Noel has nothing
to do
with case led
vs mayor
Visayas appel-
late court junks
Gamay
mayors petition
for certiorari
Rep. FM Romualdez
opposes revival ofdivorce bill in the
next congress
JV asks Pnoy for
more funds for
OFW legal
assistance
No bus company
in EV given
compliance cer-
tificate by RTWB
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2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Thursday, 17 January 2013
ACLOBAN CIY An Waray party-list Rep-resentative and aclobanCity mayoral candidate
Florencio Bem Noelhas nothing to do withthe gra charges led byCouncilor Neil Glova orthe allegedly irregularitieshappened during the auc-tion sale made by the CC-City Hall in some lot cov-ered by acloban City NewBus erminal.
Tus said Vice MayorArvin Antoni, deendinghis running-mate.
Tis is a personal de-cision o Councilor Glovaand we were studying thiscase since last year, Antonisaid.
Antoni explained thatin their erocious study
ized cities and independentcomponent cities.
It can be recalled, thatthe said case stemmed
when SB Member CrisantaMontances o Gamay ledan administrative caseagainst Mayor Capoquianin the Sangguniang Pan-lalawigan here a year ago,maligning her in severaloccasions when the mayorwas delivering messagesas keynote speaker, andhas been meted an admin-istrative penalty o suspen-sion or a period o threemonths by the Sangguni-ang Panlalawigan here lastSeptember 27-December2012. (PETER D. PAREDES)
o the documents theydgather aer the auction sale,they had ound out that thecity government was de-
prived o more than P94million in the auction theymade which was awarded totwo private rms.
Aside rom the citymayor, Glova also includedin his complaint other cityocials who are memberso the auction committee;City Administrator ecsonJohn Lim; Zosima Cordaoin her capacity both as thecity treasurer and chairmanCity Disposal and AuctionSale Committee (CDASC);Engr. Dionesio de Paz, asthe ocer-in-charge o theCity Engineerings Oceand as a member o theCDASC;
Lawyer RodoloPealosa,in his capacity asrepresentative o the CityLegal Oice; Engr. Leon-
cio Parado, in his capac-ity as head o the propertyand supply division and asa member o the CDASC;Johanna Solilap, in her ca-pacity as representative othe City Planning and De-velopment Oice; MauraJuli, in her capacity as OICo the Land ax Division(CD) and Imelda ado,in her capacity as a sta oCD.
Private respondents othe case iled at the Om-budsman were Robert Go-syco and Robinsons LandCorp. represented by itspresident Frederick Go.
Furthermore, Glova
said that he is optimisticthat stall owners aect-ed by the auction madeby the city government
would ollow by ilingcharges at the Ombuds-man as they are the mostaected in what had theCity Hall did.
We will support themi they will also ile a caseagainst the city govern-ment and its oicial orbreaching the contract,what I did was to give themstrength to complaint whythey were deprived by thecity and violated the con-tract, but in the end it willalways be their decision ithey will ollow what I haddone, Glova said. (ROELAMAZONA)
Noel has nothing to dowith case fled vs mayor
der to implement respond-ent Sangguniangs decisiondespite the pendency o pe-titioners appeal to the O-ce o the President.
In a certied photocopyo the resolution o theCourt o Appeals obtainedby this writer docketed asCA G.R. SP No. 07118, Dr.imoteo . Capoquian Jr.
vs. DILG et al, signed byAssociate Justices CarmelitaSalandanan-Manahan, Ra-mon Paul L. Hernando andMaria Elisa Sempio-Diy. Ithas quoted Section 67 o theLocal Government Code,on Administrative Appeals:Decisions in administrativecases may, within 30 daysrom receipt thereo, be ap-pealed to the ollowing; TeOce o the President, inthe case o decisions o theSangguniang Panlalawiganand the Sangguniang Pan-glungsod o highly urban-
against a tribunal, board,or ocer exercising judicialor quasi-judicial unctions;such tribunal, board or o-cer has acted without orin excess o jurisdiction, or
with grave abuse o discre-tion amounting to lack oexcess o jurisdiction and;there is no plain, speedyand adequate remedy in theordinary course o the law.
Furthermore, the reso-lution said Section 68 othe Local GovernmentCode explicitly states thatan appeal shall not preventa decision rom becomingnal and executory. Hence,respondent Governor can-not be said to have gravelyabused his discretion whenhe issued the suspension or-
prayer or the issuanceo a temporary restrain-ing order (RO) or writo preliminary injunc-tion seeking to nulliy thesuspension order issued
on September 27, 2012by the Governor, MayorCapoquian is not entitledto the extraordinary writo certiorari consideringthat Governor Daza isnot an ocer exercisingjudicial or quasi-judicialunctions.
Under Section 1, Rule65 o the 1997 Rules oCivil Procedure, the reso-lution said, petitionermust allege and estab-lish the concurrence othe ollowing requisitessuch as; writ is directed
Visayas appellate court junks Gamaymayors petition or certiorari
into a reddish hue. Red tide
is usually ound in coastal
areas.
Fish, squids, shrimps
and crabs can be consumed
provided that they are resh
and washed thoroughly and
internal organs such as gills
and intestines are removed
beore cooking, the bulletin
read.
Meanwhile, a red tide
alert is still up in the coastal
waters o Dumanquillas
Bay in Zamboanga del Sur,Murcielagos Bay in Zam-
boanga del Norte and Mis-
amis Occidental.
Based on Shellsh Bul-
letin No. 1 series o 2013
dated Jan. 9, latest labora-
tory tests by the Bureau
o Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR) showed
that these areas are still
positive or paralytic shell-
sh poison that is beyond
regulatory limit. (REYAN L.
ARINTO)
No red tide...from page 1
Bay, Matarinao Bay, Can-
cabato Bay, San Pedro Bay
and Sogod Bay.
Red tide is a phenomena
whereby algae accumulates
rapidly, resulting in discol-
oration o the surace waterGAMAY, Northern,SamarTe Court o Ap-peals (CA)20th Divisionstationed in Cebu City hasdismissed the petition orcertiorari led by Mayor
imoteo Capoquian Jr. onOctober 3, 2012 assailingGov. Paul Dazas memo-randum which imple-mented the SangguniangPanlalawigans decisionnding the petitioner May-or guilty o misconductin oce and suspendinghim or a period o threemonths.
In its 4-page resolutionwhich was promulgatedDecember 10, 2012, it saidthat since Mayor Capo-quian has not establishedthe several requisites with
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3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressThursday, 17 January 2013 NEWS
House Assistant Minor-ity Floor Leader and Leyte
1st district RepresentativeFerdinand Martin FMRomualdez appealed to hiscolleagues not to rush thedivorce bill at the lowerchamber even i the 15thCongress is about to end.
Romualdez said reviv-ing the raging debate overthe proposed law legaliz-ing divorce in the countrywould not look good aerthe country earned its sec-ond saint in the name o St.Pedro Calungsod and theelevation o Manila Arch-
bishop Luis Antonio agleto the College o Cardinalsrecently.
Its a little bit ironic be-cause these come at a timewhen we just got a newsaint and a new cardinal.
ACLOBAN CIY Te provincial o ce o theDepartment o Science andechnology in the prov-ince o Leyte, is set to pilota program in ve selectedpublic schools in the prov-ince or mechatronics androbotics.
Glen Ocaa, provincialdirector o Leyte DOSsaid that they are to coordi-nate with the Departmento Education in selectingve public schools in theve congressional districtsin Leyte where they willput the mechatronics androbotics center.
However, Ocaa clari-
ACLOBAN CIY Te provincial board mem-bers approved a resolutioncommending the Merida
Police Station on their ex-emplary perormance ortheir quick response onsolving the shooting inci-dent on said town, whichcaused the death o RuelAmabao.
Board Member RolandoPiamonte, Sr., committeechair o public order andprotective services, saidthat the provincial board re-erred to his committee theshooting incident that tran-spired last November 19,2012 at Barangay Cabali-wan, Merida, Leyte that re-sulted to the death o Ama-
bao and likewise woundedWenito Orge.
Piamonte revealed thatAmabao is an employeeo the local government oMerida, while Orge is oneo the aspiring municipalvouncilor candidates in theMay 2013 midterm elec-tions.
According to him, theprovincial board issued Res-olution Number 2012-615directing the Leyte PoliceProvincial O ce (LPPO)to conduct an extensive in-vestigation on the incident.
In compliance to this reso-lution, the LPPO directedthe Merida Police Station toconduct the investigation attheir level and urnish a re-port to the LPPO.
In action to the directiveo the provincial board, theLPPO trough Police SeniorSuperintendent Pio Mani-to, provincial director, sub-mitted a report dated Janu-ary 3, 2013 stating amongother things the result othe investigation, to wit: (1.)Tat suspect Edgar Lato,with intent to kill and withtreachery, using a home-
made 45 caliber pistol, shotseveral times Ruel Amabaoresulting to his instanta-neous death and declareddead-on-arrival by the at-tending physician at theOrmoc District Hospital;(2.) A stray bullet hit Weni-toOrge, a companion o
rom private hospitals.Likewise, Gov. Daza
extends his grateulness toManzano or choosing hisprovince as the beneciaryo their on-going charitablemission, because according
to the governor,dako ini ngabulig sa mga Nortehanon sasugad sini nga panalagsa-hay nga mga espeyalista sansugad sini nga klase sin de-prensiya san parte san lawasnga naghihimo pagbulig.(PETER D. PAREDES)
each party should respect. It
will be best to make it not soeasy to get out o your ob-ligations to one another. Iyou make it too easy, maybea marriage will be o no mo-ment any longer, he said.
Romualdez said the is-
sue should be best decided
through a conscience voteaer Speaker FelicianoSonny Belmonte, Jr. hint-ed at the possibility o dis-cussing the measure in thenext Congress.
House Speaker Bel-
Not in this Congress
pero mabuti na rin yungpinag-uusapan, Im in a-vor o divorce bill, but wedont know the compositiono the next Congress saidBelmonte when asked aboutthe 15th Congress plans onthe divorce bill.
Rep. FM Romualdez opposes revivalo divorce bill in the next congress
Rep. FM Romualdez
Amabao when the shoot-ing incident took place.Mr.Orge was brought toOSFA Medical Center at
Ormoc City or imme-diate medical attention;(3.) Tat according to theinvestigation, the killingo Amabao is not an elec-tion related incident butwas triggered by personalri between the victimand the suspect; (4.) Tatwitnesses Jorge Anonatand Jorge Wenceslaowho were also accom-panying the victim dur-ing the shooting incidentrevealed and conrmedthat it was indeed EdgarLato who is responsibleor the killing o the vic-
tim; (5.) Tat aer nego-tiations with the MeridaPNP, suspects Edgar Latosurrendered; (6.) Tat acase or murder was ledin November 20, 2012through inquest proceed-ings against the suspectbeore the O ce o theAssistant Provincial Pros-ecutor o Ormoc City.
With the aoremen-tioned result o the inves-tigation contained in thereport o the provincialdirector o the PNP, thePublic Order and Protec-
tive Services Commit-tee disclosed the case ascleared and solved.
Moreover, with thequick response under-taken by the properauthorities,the provincialboard members submit-ted a resolution com-mending the MeridaPolice Station or the ex-emplary perormance otheir o cial unctionsresulting to the early solu-tion o the case.
Furthermore, anotherresolution was submit-ted requesting the LPPO
and Merida Police Sta-tion to seriously cooper-ate and coordinate withthe Provincial Prosecutoro Ormoc City in pursu-ing the case against EdgarG. Lato. (REY GERILLAGRADO)
Leyte SP commendsMerida police station
We had a lot o bless-ings. It would be a little
too much aer the RHbill. Lets take it easy.Teres some humanityinvolved here, he said.
He added that thelegal and moral as-pects o divorce shouldbe careully consideredbeore passing a meas-ure that will legalize it.
On a legal aspect,its a contract. Any con-tract must be respectedand there are termsand conditions which
monte said that he isin avor o the divorce
bill and wants coupleswhose relationshipsare no longer workingout to have divorce asan option.
Belmonte admitsthat passage o this billis no longer possible inthe 15th Congress astheir session will onlybe up to January 21,2013 in preparationor the May 13, 2013mid-term election.
Last December 13,Romualdez, a lawyer and
a banker, voted against thepassage o the highly divi-sive Reproductive Health orHouse Bill (HB) No. 4244or An Act Providing or a
Comprehensive Policy onResponsible Parenthood,
Reproductive Health andPopulation and Develop-ment, known today as Re-public Act (RA) No. 10354..(MARVIN MODELO)
DOST to pilot mechatronics,robotics in 5 Leyte schools
ed that they are still wait-ing or the go signal andor unds or said projectwhich they are hoping to beprovided to them this year,while DepEd still needs totrain teacher or their stawho could manned saidcenter.
Our requirement tothem is or the publicschool to have a computerlaboratory and to have stathat is willing to be trained,Ocaa said.
Mechatronics and ro-botics are important to betaught among students, ac-cording Ocaa, as it is oneo the trending topics and
subject or in school abroadwherein a year roboticscompetition is held everyyear abroad.
Mechatronics is ex-plained as a multi-displi-nary between mechanical,electronics and computerengineering while robot-ics can be considered aspart o mechatronics as itinvolves these mechanical,electronics and computerengineering elds. Temain dierence is inputs areprovided to mechatronicssystems whereas roboticssystems acquire inputs bytheir own.
Although Philippine
Science High School couldprovide this knowledge toour students and they sendstudents abroad to competebut they took part on a di-erent competition, Ocaaexplained.
Ocaa added that teach-ing mechatronics and robot-ics to school age childrenwill enhance their competi-tiveness and creativity and atthe same could equip gradu-ates in the knowledge o newtechnology as mechatronicsand robotics are used in theautomation system.
While we are promot-ing the capability o ourstudents in computer pro-gramming we will also startin promoting our studentscapability in robotics, headded. (ROEL AMAZONA)
another scheduled missioni it is ound many cle lipand palate suerers here,said Roberto Manzano,president and executive di-rector o said oundation.
Manzano revealed that
their oundation has beenin existence or 30 years otheir charitable mission notonly here in the country butas well in other parts o theworld particularly, treatingcle lip and palate deormi-ties who could hardly aordto attain medical treatment
sored by the OperationSmile Philippines ounda-tion (OSPF) in collabora-tion with the o ce o Gov.Paul Daza together withVice Gov. Ram Uy and themembers o the provincial
board; the NSPH; DepEd;RHUs; the medical societygroup o the province; JCI;Rotary Club o Catarman;the Social Action Center;and other departments,among other groups.
It is aims 150 patientsto be treated and a possible
CAARMAN, North-ern SamarA three-daysurgical mission is sched-uled here in Northern Sa-mar on February 20-22,2013 at the Northern Sa-mar Provincial Hospital
(NSPH) here or thosewith cle lip and cle pal-ate suerer, said ArlynCui-epace o the provin-cial Inormation O ce inher press release aired overDySM over the week end.
Te said surgical mis-sion and is being spon-
Smile oundation, PGNS ink MOA onsked o mission or cle lip, palate sufferer
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Leyte Samar Daily Express OPINION Thursday, 17 January 2013
J
EDITORIAL
Killing peace
4
Leyte Samar
Why do you greet?
to page 6
to page 5
Quidnuncs
Neighborchito dela torre
ust hours before key political aspirants in the
province of Samar signed a peace covenant
last Sunday, a salvo of gunfire had slain three
people right in the city where this signing was to
take placeCalbayog City.
As of this writing, the motive of the killing has
yet to be determined as police investigation is
on-going. If, after the probe, the murder would
turn out to have been motivated by something
else other than politics, then this incident would
not stain that covenant. But if it is politically-
motivated, then it would be a slap-on-the-face to
that agreement.
For sure, if its the latter that motivated the
killing, pacts like the recently-signed one would
prove useless. They would be nothing but fronts,
making it appear that everyone is for peace-
ful and honest elections when, in reality,
some elements secretly espouse violence to
achieve their goals. And the suspects in this
recent killing may just have gotten started;
others with the same motives are soon to fol-
low suit.
This is not to say that covenants for peace-
ful elections should have no place among as-
pirants. This for sure is a good indication of
cooperation and respect among candidates.
But along with these agreements, a political
will, sincerity, and determination to pursue
peace should be advocated, or the key per-
sonages are just playing games. Commit-
ment to fulfill their mutual pledges should
be of primary consideration.
Birthday, Christmas, New
Year, Valentine, anniversary, and
whatever, greetings are not obliga-
tory. This view is contrary to the
wrongest popular notion that it is
necessary, and a MUST require-
ment to say, express, send, write,
or convey any greeting to anybody
friend, loved one, boss. It was al-
ways wrong for anybody to be sor-
ry for not having greeted any one,
special or whatever. Being sorry
was always equivalent to feeling
guilt, or to have sinned or commit-
ted a grievous wrong. It was al-ways an awfully great wrong, too,
for anyone to curse or castigate or
repudiate or hate, or consider as
waray utang nga buot (ingrate) or
having done an evil thing, anybody
who fails or refuses to greet
someone, special or whatever.
Mark that.
It was also very, very
wrong to feel offended when
after greeting someone, that
someone does not return thatgreeting. An unmarried
lady friend of mine was all
plaints by January 2, 2013.
She said she text-messaged
happy new year last De-
cember 31`and the day af-
ter, consuming all the P60
x 16 loads she paid for on
Dec. 28. Then, fretting, she
soured and growled, none
even said thank you!
A friend in her companychimed in sharply, merece!
hayukat ha im!
But it was always correct
to be surprised when a greet-
ing is returned. Such was
the case of a recent college
scholar who got confused
when, after she said happy
wedding anniversary! to
an ex-suitor who had just
exchanged I dos with his
beloved, she got the reply,
shame to you. Even if
the greeted meant same
for shame, still the reply
would be befuddling.
QN points this out to
correct the many wrong be-
liefs attached to the thing
called greetings for spe-
cial occasions or events. Of
course, many will disagree.It doesnt matter. Theres
nothing wrong with a disa-
greement. It opens an op-
portunity to disagree, even
for a long, long time, in
order to agree, to agree that
at some point in time in the
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Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINIONThursday, 17 January 2013
Prayer for the Nation and
for Those who Serve in
Public Office
God, our Father, you guide every thingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers we
offer for our nation; by the wisdom of ourleaders and integrity of our citizens, mayharmony and justice be secured and may
there be lasting prosperity and peace.Almighty and eternal God, You know the
longings of our hearts and You protect ourrights. In your goodness, watch over those
in authority, so that people everywhere mayenjoy freedom, security and peace.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus
Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns withyou and the Holy Spirit, one God, foreverand ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughtersof St. Paul)
Pray the Holy Rosary daily forworld peace and conversion of sinners
(The family that prays together stays together)
Thursday of the First Week in OT
Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95; Mk 1:40-45
THE CLEANSING OF A LEPER
A leper came to Jesus [and kneeling down] begged him and said,
If you wish, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he stretched
out his hand, touched him, and said to him, I do will it. Be made
clean. The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once. Then he said
to him, See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to
the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that
will be proof for them. The man went away and began to publicize
the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossi-
ble for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted
places and people kept coming to him from everywhere.
TANYAS BROKEN LEG
Its not that you need to be important in the eyes of the world,
Tanyas dad told her as she lay in the hospital bed, her shattered leg
held painfully in place by a contraption that could have passed for
a medieval torture device. God will denitely hear your prayers.
But does God even know who I am? she whimpered pitifully. Oh,
God made you, baby. Youre very special to God, Dad replied. She
thought about that for a while and then said, If God thinks Im so
special, why did he let me break my leg? Dad pause thoughtfully.
I think God wanted you to score that goal. The big girl wasnt sup-
posed to tackle you from behind. Thats against the rules. People
break the rules, Tanya, and sometimes Gods will isnt done. But
God will heal your leg in time and make you an even better player.
Youll see. And Tanya did see. Merciful Lord, you ll me with
healing goodness. Even when things go wrong, you are there to help
me and heal me and restore me so I can take up life again. Keepme always faithful to your love. Today, ask yourself, Would it be
Gods will that I be run over by a train? Yet, what would happen if
you jumped in front of one? (Between Sundays by Paul Boudreau,
published by Paulines. Visit us at www.paulines.ph or at Paulines
Media Center, Real St., Tacloban City. Tel. #321-3195)
Sowers thought: In every decision let us consult Jesus, the
Divine Master in the Eucharist. Let our choice be for what will make
us happier at the time of our death.
-Blessed James Alberione, Founder of the Pauline Family
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Things To
Minddoms pagliawan
The image of a religious
gure, in his cloak, board-
ing a small wooden boat,
and rowing his way around
in an effort to spread his
advocacy for something
must have been sailing in
dangerous waters, his face
in anguish, conscious of
the hostile environment he
was in.
Why, as he oated vul-
nerably, ferocious sharks
slithered underneath thestill waters, posing so
much danger as their ns
cut across the water sur-
face. At any moment, they
could attack their deemed
intruder, and devour every
bit of his body. Thats how
risky their presence was as
This, moreover, re-
quires that the can-
didates strictly im-
pose discipline among
their supporters be-
cause it could be that
the candidates them-selves are commit-
ted to peace yet their
followers are the ones
killing one another,
uncontrolled by their
bosses as to how to
behave. This the can-
didates should also
look into if they want
the covenant to really
work for the good of
the electoral exercise.
Killing...from page 4
In the light of issues on
Climate Change and Dis-
aster Risk Management,
the Philippines will play
host to the First ASEAN
Congress on Mangrove R
& D in Century Park Ho-
tel, Manila, on December
3-7, 2012. The ve-day
scientic forum provides atimely avenue . . . for the
exchange of research infor-
mation and update among
researchers and managers
on the status of mangrove
resources management . . .
in the member-countries of
ASEAN or Association of
Southeast Asian Nations.
Specically, the forum
shall attempt to . . . iden-
tify research and develop-
ment gaps on mangrove
resources management and
integrate science into the
formulation and implemen-
tation of a mangrove con-
servation and management
plan, as perceived by the
organizers.
The Congress is being
organized by the ERDB
(Ecosystems Research and
Development Bureau), De-
partment of Environmentof Natural Resources, in
coordination with the DFA
(Department of Foreign Af-
fairs). The ASEAN coun-
tries are expected to have
an aggregate of 100 partici-
pants coming from Indo-
nesia, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Philippine del-
egation will be dominated
by the DENR and its al-
lied units, DFA, DOST to
be headed by PCARRD
or Philippine Council for
Agriculture, Natural Re-
sources Research and De-
velopment plus the recently
merged technical personnelof the former PCAMRD,
Department of Agricul-
ture to be led by BFAR or
Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources, SBMA
or Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority, and the ACB or
ASEAN Center for Biodi-
versity based in Los Banos,
Laguna.
Expected to add to the
bulk of Filipino participants
are select representatives
from SUCs (State Universi-
ties and Colleges), NGOs,
and civil societies. Paperpresentors will be coming
from the SUC-based man-
grove researchers.
This writer strongly sug-
gests to include in the list
of invitees, researchers on
mangrove R & D in SUCs in
the Visayas (Visayas State
University, Naval State
University-Biliran Cam-
pus, Eastern Samar State
University, Samar State
University, Southern Leyte
State University, Universi-
ty of Northern Philippines,
among others) and research
institutions like SEAFDEC
(Southeast Asian Fisher-
ies Development Center)
outside of Luzon; in the
Mindanao (UP-Mindanao,
Mindanao State University,
Central Mindanao Univer-
sity, etc.,) including HEIs-
based researchers conduct-
ing research on Philippine
Mangrove.
The signicant role of
mangrove habitat, aside
from forming the rst line
of defense for abnormal
water movements, is its be-
ing the spawning ground for
sh and shellsh species. It
is also important to include
in biology-related research
on seaweeds growing in
association with mangrove
stands, the plants ability to
survive in a low saline, soft-
loose substratum and high
in hydrogen sulde. This
writer did include the study
of the mangrove-associated
marine algae in Aklan prov-
ince which he presented
during the mangrove biol-
ogy and management in-
ternational symposium in
Port Moresby, Papua New
Guinea in mid-1990s. The
study highlighted the nd-
ings on soft-loose substra-
tum with considerably high
level of hydrogen sulde
exemplied by the green al-
gae belonging to the genera
Avrainvillea, Codium, and
Caulerpa and few species
of brown Sargassum.
Also, this writer vehe-
mently suggests to the Con-
gress organizers and those
in attendance to craft strat-
egies to restore the rich,
wide mangrove area of the
country which reached al-
most half a million hectares
in the 1950s!ooo000ooo
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- In 2013, this column will
manifest support to both
government and non-gov-
ernment organizations sup-
port to students in a desire
to lure the young Filipino
minds to trod along the av-
enue of Science for their
profession!
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they stood for democratic
ideals.
This cartoon is set in
time when the controver-
sial Reproductive Health
Bill was still being debated
in conferences, in rallies,
in the halls of Congress, in
churches, and in universi-
ties, prior to its nal ap-
proval as a law. This time,
The Catholic Church erce-
ly opposed the bill, doing
everything it can to have itjunked by lawmakers and
other signicant sectors in
Philippine society. In the
cartoon, the setting is a
wide expanse of water that
is infested, or teeming, with
ferocious sharks. The reli-
gious man risks his life in
here, menaced by the sharp
jaws and savage instincts of
democratic ideals, particu-
larly of the secular minds.
This tale began when
RH Bill was hatched by
its proponents among the
countrys lawmakers. With
its promise of addressing
many of the countrys pop-
ulation-related problems,
they succeeded in convinc-
ing the government, who-
ever was in power, that itsadvocacy makes sense and
overows with wisdom.
And so, previous presidents
had expressed their support
and willingness to approve
should it get approval from
both Congress and the Sen-
ate.
But the bill was soon
faced with intense oppo-
sition particularly from
the Church, the foremost
crusader against it. Yet
the Church was not also
spared from antagonistic
forces; in fact, the grow-ing support for democratic
ideals spawned across the
archipelago that soon, the
Churchs stand became the
object of their critical darts.
The bill was just gathering
support from various sec-
tors of society who came to
observe over the years that
the Church is only good at
criticizing it but does not
offer help in resolving the
rapid population problem
and its consequences.
Conict raged between
its avid supporters and
erce opponents. The bat-
tle was anchored on nag-
ging issues such as the
rapid and unabated popula-
tion growth, and the inhu-
man practice of abortionand other related issues.
Debates had generated ani-
mosity at times, resulting
in too much confusion and
misunderstandings among
people, not to mention the
huge budgets that were al-
located by both sides at the
height of their campaigns.
Indeed, pushing for the
rejection of RH Bill on the
part of the Church entailed
not just an untiring effort
but also an undaunted cour-
age in facing a number of
risks that have to be con-
fronted to ensure victory.
But, seeing the wisdom
of that controversial bill,
majority of lawmakers -
nally approved it, eventu-
ally becoming a law with
the presidents signing of it.
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6 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS/NOTICES Thursday, 17 January 2013
AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATIONNOTICE is hereby given that Salvacion A. Quionez heir of
late Candida Abinales executed an afdavit of adjudication over
a portion of residential land covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-15002-
00473 R13, situated at Pob. 2, Hindang, Leyte, designated as
Cad. Lot No. 1039-P, with an area of 130.50 square meters, more
or less with assessed value of P5,940.00; per Doc. No. 954, Page
No. 101, Book No. XV, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.
Allan R. Oriel. LSDE: January 10, 17 & 24, 2013
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNOTICE is hereby given that the heirs of the late Rolando
Muertegui extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated
over two (2) parcels of land described as: Parcel 1, Lot No. 6153,
situated at Tacloban City, containing an area of 6 square meters,
more or less, covered by TCT No. T-40757; Parcel 2, Lot No.
6155, situated at Tacloban City, containing an area of 109 square
meters, more or less, covered by TCT No. T-40757; per Doc. No.
290, Page No. 58, Book No. XXX, Series of 2012 of NotaryPub-
lic Atty. Ryan M. Oledan. LSDE: January 10, 17 & 24, 2013
DEED OF SELF-ADJUDICATION WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that Lorenzo Jervoso-Torres heir
of late Dominador and Rosalia Jervoso executed a Self-Adjudi-
cation over a parcel of land, situated at Brgy. Romualdez, Mac-
Arthur, Leyte, covered with Katibayan Ng Original na Titulo
Blg. 40497, and Tax Dec. No. 02-024-022-00042, containing
an area of 19,978 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed
a portion of 1600 sq. m. from the above-described property in
favor of Rommel N. Reyes as vendee; per Doc. No. 1983, Page
No. 06, Book No. 65, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Vi-
cente G. Rudas. LSDE: January 10, 17 & 24, 2013
DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that Teresita M. Malate executed a
Deed of Absolute Sale over a parcel of land, Lot 6, Pcs-083747-
000420, portion of Lot 3560 & 5255, Cad. 220, situated at Brgy.
San Jose, Tacloban City, containing an area of 250 square meters,
more or less in favor of Edwin C. Romano as vendee, per Doc.
No. 286, Page No. 58, Book No. XXII, Series of 2012 of Notary
Public Atty. Apolonio Quirino S. Tisado.
LSDE: January 17, 24 & 31, 2013
AFFIDAVIT OF SELF ADJUDICATIONNOTICE is hereby given that Flordeliza C. Algas heir of
late Martimiano C. Algas executed an afdavit of Self-Adju-
dication over a parcel of land, designated as Lot 19, Block 27,
Pes-08-000130, situated at Brgy. Calanipawan, Caibaan, City of
Tacloban, covered by T.C.T. No. T-27418, containing an area of
171 square meters, more or less; per Doc. No. 1, Page No. 41,
Book No. 1, Series of 2013 of Notary Public Atty. Jean T. Balle-
do. LSDE: January 17, 24 & 31, 2013
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Judicial and Bar Council
Manila
ANNOUNCEMENT
Conformably with Section 1, Rule 7 of the Rules of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC-009) as amended, the JBC will conduct a public interview at the Training Room, Grou-und Floor, Centennial Building, Supreme Court, of the following candidates for the po-sition of ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS (vice Hon. OlgaR.Palanca-Enriquez who will compulsory retire on 14 December 201 2):
21 January 2013 (Monday) 22 January 2013 (Tuesday)9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
1. CONTRERAS, Lelu P. 1.ESPERO, Carlos II L.2. DAWAY, Reynaldo B. 2. MODESTO-S AN PEDRO,3. PAMPILO, Silvino T. Maria Rowena
3. QUISUMBING-IGNACIO,2:00-6:00 p.m. Monique A.1. ONG, Walter S. 2:00-5:00 p.m.2. PAUIO, Vilma T. 1. MENDOZA-ARCEGA, Ma.3. PALAA, Angelo A. Therese V.
2. SORIANO, Andres B.The following are also candidates for the position of Court of Tax Appeals As-
sociates Justice but were already interviewed in January, May and November 2012:1. AVILA, Edgar M. 14. LAUREA, Emmanuel D.2. ATAL-PAO, Perpetua 15. LIBAN, Ma. Belen R.3. BISQUERA, Joe-Santos B. 16. MARTIN, Ronaldo B.4. CATALO, Leandro C. 17. MENDOZA, Bernabe B.5. CORTES, Paz Esperanza M. 18. MERCADO, Jonel Sebastian S.6. CRUZ-MANGROBANG, MA. 19. MISA, George E.
Celestina C. 20. POZON, Benjamin T.7. DEL ROSARIO, Roman G. 21. ROXAS, Ruben Reynaldo G.8. DUMAYAS, Winlove M. 22. REYES, Antonio C.9. ECONG, Geraldine Faith A. 23. SANTOS, Edgar D.10. FERNANDEZ, Bernelito R. 24. SULIT, Cesar Pabel D.
11. GUTIERREZ, Alice C. 25. TACLA, Esteban Jr. A.12. HIDALGO, Georgina D. 26. XENOS, Dax G.13. ITURRALDE, Philbert I.
The JBC also announces that the following are applicants for judgeship positionsin the following courts:
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT (RTC): REGION IV: NASUGBU, BATANGAS (BR.14): SINILOAN, LAGUNA (BR. 33) and, CALAMBA, LAGUNA (BR. 37); REYES, Fran-cis B.;
MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT (MTC): REGION IV: IMUS, CAVITE: ABUDA-CA-BALLEGAN, Anna Zita; ALEA-GODOY, Ma. Socorro; ANDRADE-UDARBE, JaniceL.; ARAGO, Franco Paulo R.; ARIOLA, Allan B.; BARRIOS-SAPALO, Ma. Lourdes V.;BELZA-REYES, Lovette Joi O.; BERNAL-ARAEZ, Marissa S.; BILLIONES, Ma. Con-cepcion A.; BUENAGUA, Caesar C.; CAMARADOR-VALDERAS, Maribel U.; CULLA,Edwin M.; DE LA CRUZ, Rene M.; DEL VAL, Antonio O.; DIVINA-DELFIN, Michelle G. ;GUERRERO, Ma. Christine I.Z.; GALLEVO-LOTO, Rhea S.; GUMARANG, Manolito Y.;MEDINA, Daisy I.; JACOBE, Dionie P.; JALAMBO, Julphir O.; JAPZON-FERRERAS,Zharone Fritz; JUANSON, Ma. Cristina G.; LACSAMANA-KING, Glenda M.; LEE-RA-FOLS, Maria Teresa L.; LUNA, Reiner C.; LUSTRE, Ireneo M.; ALAMEDA-MAGAY-
ANES, Sharon M.; MANUEL-MENESES, Marylou P.; PARGAS, Arnell Raymond O.;PASCUAL, Maria Antonila DC.; QUIBAL, Reberma B.; RASA, Libertad R.; REYES,Francis B.; ROCIO-CARVAJAL, Minnelli B.; SAMONTE, Czarina E.; SANTOS, Jose
Theodore I.; SANTOS, Maila D.; SAYMO-LLABRES, Lady Rochelle; SERRANO-AL-TEA, Mari Concepcion M.; SOLANGON, Eduardo Jr. C.; TORRES, Francisco Jr. E.;TURLA-BASE, Aileen O.; VILLAROSA, Salvador Jr. C.
MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT (MCTC): REGION IV: Aligtag-Sta. Teresita,Batangas: ALEA-GODOY, Ma. Socorro B.; ANDRADE-UBARDE, Janice K.; ASI, NelvinM.; BALTAZAR, Mario G.; BERNAL-ARAEZ, Marissa S.; BILLONES, Ma. Concepcion
A.; BRIONES-GARCIA, Alelie A.; CAMARADOR-VALDERAS, Maribel U.; CHAVEZ-IZON, Pamela T.; CULLA, Edwin M.;DADO, Ma.Victoria C.; GURANGO-MENDOZA,Clarizza C.; JALAMBO, Julphir U.; JUANSON, Ma. Cristina G.; LACSAMANA-KING,Glenda M.; LEE-RAFOLS, Maria TeresaL.; LUBIGAN-RAFAEL, Gay Marie F.; LUS-TRE, Ireneo M.; MARANAN, Michael C.; MASANGKAY, Jose Michael D.; MEDRANO-GONZALES, Rita M.; MENESES, Marylou P.; ORENDAN, Angelina M.; PAA-ARA-GO, Janeth H.; PARGAS, Arnell Raymond O.; PATULOT-BESEDILLAS, R.; PEREZ,Joselito A.; RAMOS-CHAVEZ, Regina Paz A.; REYES, Francis B.; SANTOS, JoseTheodore L.; SAYMO-LLABRES, Lady Rochelle; SERRANO-ALTEA, Mari ConcepcionM.; TOMAS, Reynaldo Jr. P.; TORRES, Francisco Jr. E.; VILLAROSA, Salvador Jr. C.;
MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES (MTCC) : REGION VI: Bian City, CalambaCity (Br. 1) : Batangas City, Batangas (Br. 2); and/or Cavite City, Cavite (Br.2); ABAD,Lean Angeli V.; ABUDA-CABALLEGAN, Anna Zita; ADAZA, Eileen D.; ALAMEDA-MAGAYANES, Sharon M.; ALEA-GODOY, Ma.Socorro; AMOR, Dolores L.; ANDRADE-UDARBE, Janice L.; ANION, Kirk M.; ARAGO, Franco Paulo R.; ASI, Nelvin M.; BAL-TAZAR, Mario G.; BARRIOS-SAPALO, Ma. Lourdes V.; BELZA-REYES, Lovette Joi O.;
BERNAL-ARAEZ, Marissa S.; BILLONES, Ma. Concepcion A.; BRIONES-GARCIA,Alelie A.; BUENAGUA, Caesar C.; CAMARADOR-VALDERAS, Maribel U.; CHAVEZ-IZON, Pamela T.; COLLADO, Francisco Victor Jr. L.; CRISOSTOMO-RAMA, Maria Be-linda N.; CUETO, Malabang Marcian Norby J.; CULLA, Edwin M.; DADO, Ma.VictoriaC.; DANGUILAN, Crisostomo J.; DEL VAL, Antonio O.; DIVINA-DELFIN, Michelle G.;GALLEVO-LOTO, Rhea S.; FALGUERA-GUERRERO, Ma. Christine I.Z.; GUILLEN-UBAA, Rebecca A.; GUMARANG, Manolito Y.; GURANGO-MENDOZA, Clarizza G.;GUTIERREZ-KHO, Mary Ann Charisma C.; IGLESIAS, Avelino Jr. T.; ILAGAN, PaulGideon G.; JACOBE, Dionis P.; JALAMBO, Julphir U.; JAPZON-FERRERAS, ZharoneFritz; JUANSON, Ma. Cristina G.; LABARDA, Lily D.; LACSAMANA-KING, Glenda M.;LEE-RAFOLS, Maria Teresa L; LUBIGAN-RAFAEL,Gay Marie F.; LUNA, Reiner C.;LUSTRE, Ireneo M.;MAKALINTAL, Roberto Jr. S.; MANUEL, Rochelle S.; MARANAN,Mary Jana V.; MARANAN, Michael C., MARCELO, Robert V.; MASANGKAY,, JoseMichaelD.; MATABANG, Peter Paul A.; MATARO, Junelet S.; MEDES-CABELIS, An-nielyn B.; MEDINA, Daley I; MEDRANO-GONZALES, Rita M.; MENESES, MarylouP.; MINGAO, Ferdinand M.; ORENDAIN, Angelina M.; ORENDAIN, Dennis GalahedC.;PAA-ARAGO, Janeth H.; PANCHO-SANTOS, Fatima Angela O.; PARGAS, ArnellRaymond O.; PASCUAL, Maria Antonia DC.; PATULOT-BESEDILLAS, Rosa; PEREZ,Joselito A.; QUIBAL, Rebecca B.; RAMOS-CHAVEZ, Regina Paz A.; RASA, LibertadR.; REBANAL, Dulce H.; REBATO, Edilberto Jr. R.; RENIDO, Robert C.; REYES, Fran-cis B.; RIOLA-BERMIDO, Ingrid Anne G.; RIVERA, Roberto B.; ROCIO-CARVAJAL,Minnelli B.; SAMONTE, Czarina E.; SANTOS, Jose Theodore L.; SANTOS, Joselita
Campo M.; SANTOS, Maila D.; SAYMO-LLABRES, Lady Rochelle; SERRANO-ALTEA, Mari Concepcion M.; SOLANGON, Eduardo J r. C.; TOMAS, Reynaldo Jr. P;TORRES, Francisco Jr. E.; VILLAROSA, Salvador Jr. C.
The public may submit to the JBC sworn complaint, report, or opposition (in tenlegible copies) against any of the aforesaid candidates not later than 21 December2012 (Friday).
Applicants with incomplete or out of date documentary requirements will not beinterviewed or considered for nomination.
10 December 2012 (Sgd.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDAL
Clerk of Court JBCEx-OfcioSecretary
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE
NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Matilde Ri-palda extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a
parcel of agricultural land, situated at Pagsolhogon, Babatngon,
Leyte, covered by Tax Dec. of Real Property No. 5717, contain-
ing an area of 3,1239 square meters, bearing Certicate of Title
No. P-2920, identied as Cad. Lot No. 106, Css-247. A Deed
of Sale was executed in favor of Neil M. Camenforte married to
Elke P. Camenforte as vendee for the above-described property;
per Doc. No. 132, Page No. 27, Book No. 20, Series of 2006 of
Notary Public Atty. Carlos O. Arguelles.
LSDE: January 17, 24 & 31, 2013
DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that JOSE ESTRERA married
to Matilde Omambac executed a Deed of Absolute Sale over
a parcel of land, situated at Sitio Tabigue, Brgy. Pagsulhogon,
Babatngon, Leyte, having an area of 3.0358 hectares, assessed
value of P300.00 in favor of Matilde Ripalda married to Martin
Esplanada as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc.
No. 321, Page No. 78, Book No. II, Series of 1958 of Notary
Public Atty. Alejandro R. Dogondon
LSDE: January 17, 24 & 31, 2013
AFFIDAVIT OF SELF ADJUDICATIONNOTICE is hereby given that Angel C. Morales heir of late
Sps. Juan Cagabhi-on and Cresencia Rapas Cagabhi-on executed
an afdavit of Self-Adjudication over a parcel of land, Lot No.
13383, with improvements thereon situated at Brgy. Pomponan,
Baybay, Leyte, containing an area of 32,541 square meters, more
or less; per Doc. No. 566, Page No. 113, Book No. IX, Series of
2010 of Notary Public Atty. Florante A. Cayunde, Jr.
LSDE: January 17, 24 & 31, 2013
DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION AND CONFIRMATIONNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Guillerma Via-
crusis extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a
parcel of residential land, covered by O.C.T. No. N-1812 and
Tax Dec. No. 02-31003-00216-R11, Cad. Lot No. 104, contain-
ing an area of 324 square meters, more or less, assessed value
of P12,820.00. That heirs Edgar Viacrusis, Guia Juanero and Fe
Viacrusis executed a Deed of Absolute Sale in favor of Therese
Joy M. Viacrusis as vendee for a portion of 195.49 square meters
from the above-described property and hereby conrmed the said
sale; per Doc. No. 2950, Page No. 86, Book No. XVI, Series of
2004 of Notary Public Atty. Camilo P. Esmero.
LSDE: January 17, 24 & 31, 2013
future, disagreements will
have to be put asunder.
For a tip: there actually
are some men and women
who dislike being greeted.
In some government and
private ofces, some bosses
or mere OIC superiors
regard greetings as rude.
Rude greetings are as
some policemen and crooks
treat them are ploys
meant to cover something
suspected. When this con-
sideration predominates,
everyone outside a ank
is suspicious, dishonest, and
lying. That is why there are
whistleblowers who end up
being the ones punished or
measured against. Where
rude greetings are, there
dwells corruption.
Some thinking simple-
tons and likewise do-good-ers elsewhere entertained
every discordant hunch near
that, consequent to the ges-
tures of returning MOOE
Christmas gifts in the
Philippine Senate, a matter
which senator Miriam San-
tiago wanted settled by the
Supreme Court, but not at
her instance.
There are neighbors,
and classmates, who re-
gard greetings as a sugges-
tion that the greeter knows
something about a thing be-
ing kept secret by the onegreeted.
But, of course, social
norms and etiquette taught
humankind to manifest their
respectful nature, except that
this was never true among
barbarians and nomads.
As for the exception,
that remains true in urban,
rural and most rustic places
all over the world. A high
school lass who was greet-
ed on her 14th birthday by
a crush who kept ignoring
her, blew her eyes on him
and gritted her teeth while
producing this sound: gr-
rrrrrr!!!! Another saying a
birthday greeting scooped
ipa ka la! A cigarette ven-
dor said ambot ha im! after
being greeted o, kumusta?
by a middle-aged woman
at downtown Tacloban who
refused to lend the former
an additional amount just
because the former failed
for the second time already
to pay the 5-6 interest on an
original principal. In some
barrios in Leyte and Samar,greeting comes with a stone
thrown to surprise a friend.
Just all right among friends?
One stoned at threw back
the greeting and hit the
rst stone thrower on his
forehead. Today, at past
50s, they are still friends,
but after exchanging verbal
greetings (pasiru-singgit,
or name-calling) each noche
buena or ao Nuevo cel-
ebration in the neighborhod,
while tossing glasses of in-
toxicating buraghak nga
tuba, they end up quarrellinglike cat and dog, a tussel that
subsides after its rayhak la
time. No, none of them got
wounded or incarcerated
across 40 years of tussling.
Now, consider this piece
that I chanced upon in the
internet:
It is a recommended
sunnah (way, tradition) to
greet the muslim; it is fard
(obligatory) to reply.
Exceptions are that
women are not expected to
have to speak to non-mah-
ram men.
The generally expected
greeting is As salaamu
alaikum (peace be upon
you) and the generally ex-
pected reply is walaikum as
salaam (and unto you also,
peace).
Adding wa rahmat-
ullahi (and mercy) and/
or wa barakatuhu (and
blessings) is a commendable
act. If someone adds mercy
and/or blessings in their sa-
laams to you, you should
reply with the same or addmore goodness to it (i.e. if
someone says As salaamu
alaikum wa rahmatullahi,
you should reply with As
salaamu alaikum wa rah-
matullahi or also add wa
barakatuhu. from www.
muttaqun. com, Greeting
(The Salutation of peace to
the Muslim when greeting
and departing) according to
Quran and Sunna.
Elsewhere, the samesource gives this:
Salaams while urinating?
Hadith - Abu Dawood
17, Narrated Mahajir ibn
Qunfudh
Muhajir came to the
Prophet while he was uri-
nating. He saluted him. TheProphet did not return the
salutation to him until he
performed ablution. He then
apologised to him, saying: I
disliked remembering Allah
except in the state of puri-
cation.
Hadith - Sahih Muslim
721, Narrated Abdullah ibn
Umar, r.a.
A person happened to
pass by the Messenger of
Allah when he was mak-ing water and saluted him,
but he did not respond to his
salutation.
***Geography has made us
neighbors. History has made
us friends. Economics has
made us partners, and ne-
cessity has made us allies.
Those whom God has so
joined together, let no man
put asunder. - John F. Ken-
nedy
Why do...from page 4
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San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada delivers his short message to resi-
dents of Iguig, Cagayan
dated to provide legal as-sistance to OFWs.
O the amount, P50million would come romthe Contingency Fund o
the President, P30 millionrom the ContingencyFund o the President So-cial Fund, and P20 millionrom the Welare Fundor Overseas Workers. Anadditional P30 million istaken rom the GeneralAppropriations Act.
Records rom the Over-seas Workers Welare Ad-ministration (OWWA)showed that OFWs havepaid more than P1 billionin membership contribu-tion, as every outbound
worker is required to pay$25 or their protection.
For the whole o 2012,the Bangko Sentral ngPilipinas (BSP) projectedthat OFW remittanceswould reach $24 billion,19.4 percent higher thanthe level registered a yearago. hese remittancesuel consumption spend-ing which is consideredthe backbone o Philip-pine economy. (PR)
ever course they may takein college, however they areencouraged to take coursesthat have high demand oremployment.
Daza said that the schol-arship grants extended tothe students is a continuingprogram o his administra-tion.
It was learned that as olast year also an amount oP20 million was allocatedor the provincial scholar-ship program. (RESTITUTOA. CAYUBIT)
26 percent looking to pilottest cloud projects.
Banaag also believesgovernments will adopttechnology, especially indelivering services. In hispresentation, he quotedIntel Southeast Asia man-aging director Uday Martyas saying 2013 having anincreased ocus in the u-ture, with education trans-ormation becoming cru-cial to the region.
Governments and in-
stitutions will invest in de-veloping strong education-al rameworks to create askilled labor orce or theuture, Marty said.
Banaag pointed outthat some schools have al-ready introduced tablets tograde school pupils to seei they are learning mathand other skills aster us-ing such devices.
Aside rom govern-ments, they see more smalland medium enterprisesembracing I solutions toadd value to their businessand make them more com-petitive. Banaag said tech-nology is becoming aord-able and they hope the rateo adoption or businesseswill continue.
Tis year, Intel willbe introducing its ourthgeneration o processors.(SUNNEX)
OFWs who are in conlictwith the law in at least 68host countries.
I cannot imagine theact that our OFWs whom
we reer to as the modern-day heroes are getting lessout o their contributionto our country, EjercitoEstrada said in exaspera-tion.
I not or the remit-tances o these hardwork-ing OFWs, our economycould have been in thered. And, yet, the pre-sent government seemslukewarm in attending totheir needs, especially interms o providing legalassistance to those who
are locked in legal battlein their respective hostcountries, he stressed.
Under Republic Act(RA) 10022 or the MigrantWorkers and OverseasFilipinos Act, the govern-ment is under obligationto allot P100 million orlegal services to migrantworkers and overseas Fili-pinos in distress. he allo-cation is coursed throughthe DFA, which is man-
SAN Juan City Rep.JV Ejercito Estrada urgedPresident Benigno Aqui-no III to allocate moreunds intended or legal
assistance to overseasFilipino workers (OFWs)who are acing criminalcharges in their respec-tive host countries.
Ejercito Estrada madethe call ollowing reportsthat some 3,000 OFWsaround the world areacing criminal charges,ranging rom immigra-tion-related cases, mur-der, thet, to drug tra-icking.
In China alone, 78Filipinos are reported to
have been convicted ordrug traicking and areawaiting death sentences.
he young legislator,who is the vice chairmano the House labor andemployment committee,noted that a measly P60million was appropriatedthis year or the legal as-sistance und (LAF) thatcould be used by the De-partment o Foreign A-airs (DFA) to bail out
JV asks Pnoy or more undsor OFW legal assistance
N. Samar allots P20 M or2013 scholarship program
reporters that the educa-tional assistance to studentsor this year will cover thetuition ees o P5,000 perstudent per year.
Gov. Daza said that thescholarship grants is in-tended or deserving stu-dents in his province espe-cially those belonging to thepoor amilies and cannotaord to nish a college de-gree or them to land a bet-ter job aer college.
Daza said the studentsare ree to choose what-
CAARMAN, North-ern Samar Te localgovernment unit o thisprovince is allocatingmillions o pesos or itsscholarship program or2013, the governor re-ported.
Governor Paul Dazatold reporters in an inter-view said that his prov-ince has a budget o P20million or this year orthe provinces scholarshipprogram.
Daza also inormed
sive voice, instant on, HDcameras, always resh data,all-day battery lie, wire-less charging, sensors, acialrecognition, touch and bet-ter security eatures.
Banaag said all-day bat-tery lie and wireless chargingwill be an attractive eature,with many heavy users up-loading data and sharing theirvideos and photos online.
People are seeing thevalue o a powerul, robustmobile device thats easy to
bring along.Tere are predictions
that there will be over 15billion intelligent connecteddevices by 2015, includingcameras and car GPS sys-tems, and that these deviceswill generate 35 trillion gi-gabytes o data by 2020.
Banaag said mobile de-vices and unctions on theInternet will drive a datacenter explosion, citing 500million shares on Facebook,230 million tweets, 86,000hours o video uploadedand 100 million hours othese watched on Youube.
op Intel o cials in AsiaPacic noted cloud com-puting as gaining momen-tum in the region, with anIDG Survey stating ninepercent o I decision mak-ers in Asia plan to imple-ment cloud environmentsin the next 12 months and
AFER smartphonesand tablets have taken overthe computing world, acompany that produces mi-croprocessors believes thenext big thing in mobile de-vices will catch on in 2013the convertible.
Tis year, a convertiblewill no longer just reer to aancy car with a retractableroo.
Intel Philippines man-ager Ricardo Banaag saidthe convertible, which is a
slim notebook with a screenthat can be ipped over tobecome a tablet, gives theconsumer the best o bothworlds.
Te convenience o thetablets weight and touch ca-pabilities and the power oa laptop computer are whatmake convertibles attractiveto consumers.
A Windows 8 experiencestudy conducted by Intelshowed that 44 percent orespondents rom our di-erent countries preerredto use the Ultrabook con-vertible over other devices.
Tis is a growth area wewill continue to see. Te op-portunity or adoption ex-cites us, said Banaag, whomade a presentation ontrends to watch or 2013.
Banaag said notebookswill come with a slew onew eatures like respon-
Convertibles will be next big thing
allocated or EasternVisayas, 21 are or Biliran,65 or Calbayog City, 147or Eastern Samar, 236 orLeyte, 15 or Maasin City,144 or Northern Samar,14 or Ormoc City, 185or Samar, 55 or Southern
Leyte, and 21 or aclobanCity.Speciic locations will
be identiied by DepEddepending on the needso provinces and cities,Orteza said.
he objective o PSIPII is to expand the supply
cludes the provision ourniture and comortrooms. Each bidder willbe allowed to submit itsown design-constructtechnology or the projectconsistent with the mini-mum standards and speci-
ications, Orteza a dded.he second phase wasconirmed by the NationalEconomic DevelopmentAuthority (NEDA) Boardchaired President BenignoSimeon Aquino III lastNovember 29, 2012.
O the 903 classrooms
nancing, and construct-ing o around 10,679one-storey and two-sto-rey classrooms, includ-ing urniture, ixtures
and toilets, in 5,033public schools in 14 re-gions nationwide.
he private sec-tor proponent takesull responsibility orthe design, inancing,and construction o theclassrooms. It also in-
o classrooms in all pub-lic school system as astas it could reasonably be
done and cut the currentshortage o around 66,800classroom units nation-wide.
Based on last yearsenrollment, the regionneeds 1,626 classrooms.his school years budgetor school building pro-
gram will only allow theDepEd to construct 566classrooms.
Te PSIP II to be im-plemented in 14 regions,aims to ast track the con-struction and delivery oclassrooms, reduce costs ogovernment, and introduceinnovations in the design,construction methods, andmaterials or classroom
construction.he winning propo-
nent is required to con-
struct and turnover thecompleted classroomsto DepEd within oneyear. he governmentwill pay the developerupon completion andturnover o the learningacilities. (SARWELL Q.MENIANO)
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8 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Thursday, 17 January 2013
Scheduled power interruption inEastern Samar
Te National Grid Corporation o the Philippines(NGCP) serves notice o the scheduled shutdown osome o its transmission acilities in these areas:
Date: 19 January 2013ime: 8:00AM-5:00PMAected Distribution Utility: Eastern Samar ElectricCooperative, Inc. (ESAMELCO)Reason: Reason: Maintenance activity along Wright-a-Borongan-McArthur 69kV transmission line
Normal operations will immediately resume aer workcompletion. NGCPs customers and the general publicare advised to take the necessary preparations and pre-cautions or this scheduled interruption.
Stronger transmission
for a stronger nation.
the regional police, to pro-vide additional orce in thevillages, Jerry Duenog, vil-lage councilor o BarangayMigara said.
he three personswho were shot and killedin Alibaba were romMigara which has a pop-ulation o about 1,500persons.
Duenog along with 17other barangay ocials othe city went to the oceo Espenido to personallymake their appeal or policepresence on the villages.
Sidro Patican, villagechair o Sapaton, said thatthe people o his barangayare now cowering in earbecause o the presence oarmed groups.
He recalled that duringthe 2010 elections, theirvillage was visited by armedmen directing them to casttheir votes to their politicalpatrons.
Tey threatened toharm us, even to the ex-tent o killing us i we willnot heed their order. Tisrigthened my people. Wehave no choice but to ol-low their order, Paticansaid.(JOEY A. GABIETA)
ready producing armproducts through or-ganic arming, especially
vegetables, and are be-ing sold in the localities.
She inormed report-ers that she is exertingmore eorts in the pro-
motion o organic arm-ing in her town and con-vincing the armers toproduce more to meetthe increasing demandor organically producedarm products.
She added that atpresent it has been ob-served by her that morepeople preer to buyorganically producedarm products ratherthan those agriculturalproducts produced us-
ing inorganic arm in-puts. More people arebecoming more healthconscious nowadays andpreer to consume oodsthat are organically pro-duced, she said. (RESTI-TUTO A. CAYUBIT)
ACLOBAN CIY he Commission on Elec-tions here in the regioncited prohibited acts rela-tive to the May 13,2013polls.
Atty. FelicisimoEmbalsado, Comelec as-
sistant regional director,said that the election pe-riod started on January13, 2013 and the prohib-ited acts should be ollow:45 days beore the May13, 2013,there will be nocreation o elections, nohiring o employees andno giving o salary eesand no revision o elec-tive positions 60 days be-ore election. Also, nohead or appointing oicero any national or local
ACLOBAN CIY- TeFatima Church was robbedon January 8, 2013 by uni-dentied suspects.
Rey Masamung, 51yrs old, married, membero Fatima Parish Churchcalled the Marasbaras PoliceStation around 6:30 inorm-ing that the Parish PriestConvent o Fatima ParishChurch was burglarized byan unidentied suspect/s.According to Jessie Omila
17 yrs old altar boy and re-siding in the residence othe Parish Priest Conventdiscovered that the slidingdoor was already opened.
According to theinvestigators, the crimewas perpetrated by a mi-nor suspect/s. Tere was noorcible entry and probablyhave access inside by pass-ing through the windowgrills and opened slidingdoor as their exit.
Te suspects or-
the preparation o plansand ormulation o policiesaecting the labor marketsaid Wila Perante, provin-cial statistics ocer as shehighlighted the objectiveo the activity in an inter-view.
Specically, the sur-vey is designed to providestatistics on the levels andrends o employment, un-employment, and under-employment or the coun-try as a whole, and or eacho the regions, provinces,and key cities.
Te LFS is conductedthrough personal inter-
poll-related violence is ex-pected to unold.
Last January 13, a peacecovenant was orged bycandidates running inthis years midterm elec-tions which was wit-nessed by Secretary MarRoxas o the Departmento the Interior and LocalGovernment,among oth-ers.
However, the signing othe agreement was marredby a shooting incident inBarangay Alibaba,12 kmsaway rom the city proper.Said incident has resultedto the death o three per-sons and wounding o twoother civilians.
Politics is being eyed asa possible reason or thegruesome incident by po-lice authorities.
Te shooting and kill-ing incident has resultedor several barangay lead-ers in Calbayog to appealto the police authorities toaugment their orces in thecity.
We dont like to expe-rience what happened inAlibaba. Tat is why, we areappealing to our police au-thorities, particularly rom
mantle the PAGs beore theelections on May,2013.
And the leader o thePAGs operating in theprovince apparently enjoysthe support o several ma-jor politicians in the prov-ince, Espenido said.
It was learned that thesemajor politicians are givingnancial support to the op-erations o the said privatearmed group.
But despite this, theirgroup is determined to dis-mantle this partisan armedgroup which has knownmembers o 16 ully armedmen, the police ocial said.
Espenido added thatthe current number o saidarmed group could in-crease as the conduct o theelections draw near.
But we appeal tothem,especially those whoare still active to voluntarilysurrender.I know they alsowant peace and we can onlyobtain a peaceul electionsi they will surrender andyield their arms,he said.
Te presence o the pri-vate armed groups in Sa-mar was one o the reasonscited why it was placed asa concerned area wherein
CALBAYOG CIY-Police authorities are de-termined to disband theremaining private armedgroups(PAGs) operating inSamar, particularly on areascovering its rst congres-sional district.
By disbanding the PAGsoperating in the province,a peaceul and orderlyconduct o elections canbe expected in one o theprovinces in the countrycited as a concerned orpriority areas,says SeniorInspector Jovie Espenido,team leader o the RegionalSpecial Operations askG r ou p ( R S O G ) S a m a rbased in this city.
Te special task orcewas created to ensure thatthe conduct o elections inSamar will be peaceul andviolent-ree and we canonly achieve this goal i wecan disband the existingPAGs operating in Samar,Espenido said.
He said that under theleadership o Chie Su-perintendent Elmer Soria,police regional director,and Senior Supt. EdgarBasbas,head o the specialtask orce, they could dis-
PNP bent on disbandingremaining PAGs in Samar
her oce here.Lawaan Mayor Can-
dida Gabornes said thather local governmentunit is a beneiciary oP1.5 million rom theDepartment o Agricul-ture regional oice 8,
based in acloban city,or the implementa-tion and promotion oorganic arming in hertown.
Mayor Gabornes dis-closed that her town hasbeen promoting organicaming and a demon-stration arm or organicarming has been estab-lished .
She also disclosedthat her LGU has beenconducting in the past
and to conduct moretrainings and seminarsor the armers on organ-ic arming this year.
At present, she said,that the demonstrationarm and the armers inthe municipality is al-
million or organic arm-ing, the mayor told re-porters in an interview at
LAWA-AN, EasternSamar - Tis municipal-ity is a recipient o P1.5
P1.5 M or organic arming
government- owned orcontrolled corporationsshall except upon priorauthority o the Commis-sion on Appointment tohire any new employee,whether permanent, pro-visional, temporary, sub-
stitute or casual; or createand ill any new positiono any public oices.
And there will be nogovernment oicial whoshall promote or give anyincrease o salary or re-muneration or privilegeto any government ownedor employee, includ-ing those governmentsowned or controlled cor-poration. (JANNENELIE-KA S. CENIZA)
Comelec bares prohibited acts
cibly opened the parishsecretarys drawer andstolen the collection oSunday aernoon massamounting to Php.6,000leaving behind the coinsaccording to MilagrosGuande, parish secretaryand the keeper o masscollections.
Te room o theParish Priest Rev. FatherLiro Maraya was also en-tered by the suspect/s,.
the drawers were orciblyopened but there were nocash kept and the laptopwas still there said. Masa-mung who talked to theparish priest.
Soco aid was re-quested to process thecrime scene and to lipossible latent prints othe suspects. (ROXANNEJOY F. CAPATOY, EVSU
Intern)
Fatima Parish Church looted
ACLOBAN CIY- TeNational Statistics Oce(NSO) being the primarystatistical agency o the gov-ernment produces and pro-vides quality statistical andcivil registration productsand services is started theirtheir rst activity this yearlast Sunday, the labor orcesurvey (LFS).
Te LFS is a nationwidesurvey o households un-dertaken every quarter toprovide up-to-date inor-mation on the Philippinelabor orce and its charac-teristics.
It aims to provide aquantitative ramework or
NSO conducts rstsurvey this year
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9Leyte Samar Daily ExpressThursday, 17 January 2013 NATIONAL NEWS
MANILA -- Petition-ers against the implemen-
tation o the CybercrimePrevention Act o 2012 or-mally asked the SupremeCourt (SC) on uesday toextend the temporary re-straining order (RO) is-sued on the law.
Te law will take eecton February 6, a day aerthe 120-day stay order ex-pires.
At the end o the our-hour oral arguments, law-yer Harry Roque requestedthe justices to extend theRO until such time that
it is lied by the Court.Chie Justice Maria
Lourdes Sereno noted therequest, saying this will bediscussed in the coming enbanc sessions.
During the hearing,Sereno appeared to be toe-ing Malacaangs line insupport o Republic Act10175.
Tis developed aershe repeatedly stated thatthere must be a balancebetween the right to pri-vacy o individuals and the
right to ree speech, whichwas the intended eect othe assailed law.
During her interpella-tion o Roque, one o the16 petitioners that assailedthe law, Sereno said theState is vested by the Con-stitution with the power toregulate certain reedomsthat has the potential toinict harm on others, orinringe on other peoplesrights.
She raised the point ovictims o cyber-bullying
who elt that there was noother recourse or thembut to take their own livesbecause they can no longerdeal what is prolieratingin social networking sitesagainst them.
Denitely, the regula-tion o peoples behavioror better nature is the in-tended eect o criminalstatutes... Isnt a little re-straint the intended eect(o the law)? I am mostconcerned or those whocommit suicide, who cant
wait or a harmul post tobe deleted, she said.
Roque replied that inthese modern times, so-cial networking sites suchas Facebook and witteralready had mechanismsby which they can preventcyber-bullying or isolating
those tend to criticize themonline.
In the ree marketplaceo ideas, police power mustnot inringe on protectedreedoms. Unless we changethe Constitution, we needto protect these reedoms,he said.
He added that while hecommiserates with thosewho committed suicidebecause o cyber-bullying,the court and the peoplemust be guided by a long-established precept thatthe wound o hurt eelingsis the balm o clear con-
science.But Sereno cut him o,
and said that he does notunderstand that the Courtneeds to strike a balancebetween two conictingrights.
Aer understandingthat there is nothing youcant completely delete inthe cyberspace, is it not thelegitimate state interest tond balance between ree-dom o expression and theprotection o privacy whichlibel laws intended to pro-
tect? she said.Roque said that precise-
ly, the balance in cases suchas libel may be through theinitiation o civil damages,and not through incarcera-tion, like what happened toone o his clients, journalistAlexander Adonis, who wasjailed or libel by ormerHouse Speaker ProsperoNograles.
We dont question thepolice power o the gov-ernment but only the actthat it would inringe on
certain reedoms becauseit may aect the constitu-tionally guaranteed rights.Tats precisely why its ajustiable issue, and whywe say the law is insidiousand must be voided or overbreadth. It may not be thebest means to arrive at thetruth, but unless we changethe Constitution, we needto continue to protect vigi-lantly the constitutionallyguaranteed rights, he said.
Serenos line o question-ing was similar to that o As-
sociate Justice Marvic Leo-nen, who pointed out thatnone among the parties inRoques group o petitionershave experienced prosecu-tion under the cybercrimelaw, and that they were onlyquestioning the law on thebasis o over breadth and its
supposed chilling eect.Leonen also cited the
case o his ormer studentChris Lao, who became asort o Internet sensation in2011 aer his outburst ontelevision became viral onthe Internet.
He also pointed out thatseveral people, includingcelebrities who have a hugeollowing in witter andFacebook, appear to yieldvast power to destroy an-other individual by postinga derogatory inormationonline, which can be multi-plied a hundredold.
Is it not the right ogovernment to come in, inorder to remove the mega-orce o individuals who arecareless? Because I wouldagree with you that juris-prudence is clear, that theinterpretation o libel lawis dierent, that it is notthe act o deamation butthe act o malice and reck-less disregard or truth. Sotruth by itsel is not enough.So whats wrong with thislaw? Leonen questionedhis ormer colleague at the
University o the Philip-pines College o law.
Roques only replied thatthe law is overbroad, as itcovers protective reedoms.
Both Sereno and Leonenare appointees o PresidentBenigno Aquino III, whosigned the controversial lawin September last year.
Associate Justice Anto-nio Carpio, who is knownin the judiciary as a tech-nology-savvy magistrateand one who is pushing orthe computerization and
modernization o the SC,phrased his questions onthe act that the Philippinesis a signatory to the UnitedNations Human Rightscommittee, which decrimi-nalizes libel.
Everybody now usescomputer to type a newsreport, so practically, all li-bel crimes now are cyber-crimes, he said.
Asked by Carpio i theRevised Penal Code provi-sion on libel would be as-sumed unconstitutional,
what would be its eect oncybercrime law, Roque re-plied that it would make li-bel provisions in RA 10175also unconstitutional.
Meantime, Justices er-esita Leonardo-de Castroand Diosdado Peralta saidthere is something wrong
with Section 7, which pro-vides separate conviction
or online libel under theRevised Penal Code.In this case, there is no
additional element to dis-tinguish crime under thislaw (RA 10175) and what isincluded in the RPC. Whatis mentioned in Section 7 isnot an element o the crime.What Section 6 penalizesis the same as that in theRPC, she said.
Peralta said the law wasambiguous why it increasedthe penalty o online libel byone degree or six years and
one day to 12 year impris-onment rom six monthsand one day to six years.
By increasing the pen-alty by one degree, you arealready providing or a di-erent kind o libel but nonew element was intro-
duced. Section 7 is clearlyinrm, he said.
Senator eosto Guin-gona III made the openingstatement or the petition-ers, wherein he describedRA 10175 as a cyber-Drac-ula, which is biding its timeinside its tomb until the SC
decides to strike it at theheart with a stake o rea-son by declaring the lawunconstitutional.
Guingona said the lawthreatens and assaults theundamental constitu-tional right to speak, theright against unreason-able searches and seizures,against double jeopardyand to be accorded equalprotection o the laws.
I rise to assail a lawthat nurtures values rom aDraconian past thoroughly
inconsistent with the de-mands o modern times; alaw with angs that instillear in the peoples hearts,threatening to such thelie out o our reedom ospeech and expression, hesaid.
High Court asked to extendTRO on cybercrime law
Te Oce o the Solici-tor General, representingCongress and Malacaang,will argue its case nextuesday.
Congress, however, hasan option to send a lawyerwho will deend Section 19,which the OSG said is un-
constitutional or lack o ju-dicial warrant in accessingcomputer data.
Tree magistrates wereabsent during the oral argu-ments Justices PresbiteroVelasco Jr., Arturo Brion,and Estela Perlas-Bernabe.
Velasco was the originalmember-in-charge but hewas orced to inhibit romthe case aer another groupo petitioners, the NationalUnion o Journalists o thePhilippines, asked or it.Te case was then re-rafed
to Justice Roberto Abad.uesdays oral argu-ments also marked the rsttime that Leonen attendedthe oral arguments since hisappointment to the HighCourt last November. (SUN-NEX)
est among eeder airports inthe region.
Early last year, the air-port has served the Cebu-Guiuan commercial ighto Mid-SEA Express but the
airline discontinued plyingthe route aer ew months.Some P17 million will
be set aside or concret-ing o existing 1,000-me-ters runway, correction orunway shoulder grade,completion o apron andtaxiway, construction operimeter and securityence o Hilongos Airportin Leyte.
he community air-port in Naval, Biliran willget a unding P11.2 mil-lion or runway grade cor-
rection, shoulder gradecorrection, constructiono new passenger terminalbuilding, and construc-tion o perimeter ence.
Alonso said that P9.5million worth o pro-jects will implemented inMaasin Airport in South-ern Leyte covering im-provement o securityand gates, construction operimeter ence, and pav-ing o passenger terminalbuilding.
Calbayog Airport in
Samar will need P5 mil-lion to inance resealing ojoints and cracks at run-way, apron and taxiway;and provision o adminis-tration oice. he acilityserves Manila-Calbayoglights o AirPhil Express.(SARWELL Q. MENIANO)
leased or Catarman Air-port in Northern Samarto nance abrication andinstallation o ForerontServer Security console,installation o control cubi-
cle, resealing o contractionjoints and seismic cracks orunway and taxiway, con-struction o taxiway, con-tinuation o construction operimeter ence, and repairo security ence.
Classied as class 2 air-port, the Catarman acilityis one o the three airportsin the region with passengeraircra operations. AirPhilExpress is the only aircrathat operates in the areaserving the Manila-Catar-man route.
Te eeder airport inCatbalogan Samar will getP22 million or construc-tion o apron and taxiway,construction o passengerterminal building, obstruc-tion removal, constructiono perimeter ence, and con-struction o security ence.
Te Catbalogan Air-port has been closed ormonths with the ongoingconstruction o access roadthrough the 2012 allot-ment, he added.
Te newly-upgraded
Guiuan Airport will getP19.5 million or construc-tion o overhead watertank, obstruction removal,construction o waitingarea and rest room, andconstruction o perimeterence. With a runway o2,413 meters, it is the long-
ties or saety purposes andprevent encroachments,Alonso told Leyte Samar
Daily Express.O the nine airports,Ormoc Airport in westernLeyte will get the highestunding at P33 million orthe completion o improve-ment o passenger termi-nal building, continuationo perimeter and securityence, and improvement ore station building.
Te airport with 1,409meter runway is one othree airports in Leyteprovince. Te acility onlyserves chartered plane, light
planes, and military andgovernment aircra.About P27 million
worth o projects will beimplemented in BoronganAirport upgrading o run-way shoulder, expansion oapron, provision o elevatedwater tank, upgrading ovehicular parking areas andaccess road, construction operimeter ence, and provi-sion o security ence andgate.
Te eeder airport inEastern Samar only oper-
ates or General Aviationsince 2009 aer the SouthEast Asian Airline stoppedits twice weekly Manila-Bo-rongan ight or economicreasons, shortly aer itslaunching.
Alonso said that someP23.15 million will be re-
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10 Leyte Samar Daily Express NOTICES Thursday, 17 January 2013Republic of the Philippines
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WITNESS THE HONORABLE RE-GIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPU-DIN, this 15th day of January 2013.
(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOClerk of Board
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation
& CommunicationsLand Transportation Franchising
& Regulatory BoardRegional Ofce No. 8
Tacloban City
LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2010-0266Application for Extension of Validity of a CPCoperate a PUJ service with Prayer to Adopt
Trade Name
ST. MICHAEL TRANS (LEYTE) CORP.Applicant/s/Petitioner
x.............................xNOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPCTO OPERATE A PUJ SERVICE FOR THETRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBANCITY-BRGY. 96 (CALANIPAWAN-PAG-IBIGHOUSING VIA CALANIPAWAN ROAD) &VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OF TEN (10)UNITS WHICH CERTIFICATE WILL EX-PIRE ON MAY 19, 2013.
IN THE PRESENT APPLICATION,APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY TOEXTEND THE VALIDITY OF A CPC USINGTHE SAME NO. OF UNIT AND ROUTE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATTHIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BYTHIS BOARD ON JANUARY 29, 2013 AT9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDRESS.
At least TEN (10) days prior to the date,applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one(1) Daily newspaper of general circulation inEastern Visayas.
Parties opposed to the approval of the ap-plication must le veried written oppositionsupported by documentary evidences on
