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Rotary of Makati South donates
50 boats for Ormoc shers
SEE UNCHR P. 9
Leyte coco farmers get 500 chainsaws
Photo on top shows Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez receiving the checks
from Rotary Club of Makati
South president Ritz Estorco as payment for 50 motorboats that
were donated to sherfolks of
Naungan and San Juan in Ormoc City. (L-R) Richard Gomez, Vice
Mayor Toto Locsin Jr., Manuel
Torres Sr., the delegation from the Rotary of Makati South and
Lucy, councilors Vince Rama,
Tommy Seraca, Dr. Gerry Penserga and Dr. Mayong Rodriguez. At
right, the Gomez couple
wth Mayor Ramon Oate and Vice Mayor George Arevalo during the
turnover of 20 motorboats
to shers in Palompon town.
SEE LUCY P. 9
BYLALAINEM. JIMENEA
ORMOC CITY It was theanathema of the known
Filipino machismo, butmen folk of Brgy. Naunganand San Juan here
visiblycried as their leader madea tearful speech, thankingthe
Rotary Club of MakatiSouth and Leyte Rep. LucyTorres-Gomez for
givingthem motorized bancas onthe morning of Tuesday,March 11,
2014.
In the vernacular,Naungan-San Juan Man-grove Planters
Association(NASAMPA) president Re-nato Quilay said the motor-ized
bancas will not onlygive them back their liveli-
hood, but it also gave themhope and faith in the good-ness of
men.
Di gyod ni nako maka-limtan nga adlaw sa akokinabuhi, Maam, Sir.
Amoni himoong holiday sa akopamilya. Ako gyod sugin-lan ang ako mga
anak, mgaapo, og mga anak sa akongmga apo kabahin ningadlawa nga
gihatagan miog Bangka sa among con-gresswoman nga gwapa nakaayo,
bulawanon pa ang
dughan, he said. (I willnever forget this day in my
life. I will make this day(March 11) a holiday for myfamily and
I will tell themabout this day when ourbeautiful congresswomanand
people with goldenhearts gave us our livesback through a
motorizedboat.)
At his back were hismembers who tried to hidetheir tears
unsuccessfully. Itwas an emotional momentthat Rep. Lucy T. Gomez,at
loss on what to say, justhugged Quilay.
I was very touched athis words, said Lucy, and
hearing him seeing themin tears, so thankful andhappy, just
makes all thehard work worth it.
There was a light mo-ment, however, whenQuilay mentioned that
evenif shing nets were not in-cluded in the gift of hopethey got,
they will find away to put it to use imme-diately. It elicited
laughterfrom the guests becausethey knew it was his wayof asking
for it.
50 bancas with Hondaengines at P 32,000 each
were distributed to the NA-SAMPA today. There weremore to come,
Rep. Gomezsaid.
The motorized ban-cas were donations fromthe Rotary Club of
MakatiSouth and its sister clubsfrom other parts of theworld that
they coursedthrough Lucys 6,200: Mis-sion Possible. The sisterclubs
are the Rotary Clubsof Tokyo Jonan, Hapan;Jakarta Gambir,
Indonesia;West Lake Village, Cali-fornia; Tanglin,
Singapore;Gumbak, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.Rep. Gomez said Ro-tary Club of Makati was thefirst
donor of motorboatswho called her, signifyingthey wanted to help
herdistrict. It was anotheranswered prayer, she said.
The Leyte congress-woman has since launched6200: Mission
Possible,aiming to raise 6,200 motor-boats for her
constituents.
The UN-Commission on Human Rights turns over 500 chainsaws from
theSwedish power tool company Husqvarna to the International
Organization
on Migration (IOM) and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) on
Friday,
March 14, in Ormoc City. (L-R) Jaime Nunez, PCA ofcer for West
Leyte
and Biliran, Caroline Blay of UNCHR, Christy Marl of IOM, and
Ashley
Clements of UN-OCHA in Ormoc.
ORMOC CITY The UN Commis-sion on HumanRights (UNCHR)turned over
to theInternational Or-ganization on Mi-gration and thePhilippine
Co-conut Authoritysome 500 chain-saws donatedby the Swedishpower
tool pro-
ducer Husqvarnaon Friday, March14, during a Me-dia Orientationon
Humanitar-ian System andY o l a n d a R e -sponse organizedby the
UN-OCHA.
The chainsaws are thelatest of non-food interven-tions that the
UNCHR isgiving to Yolanda victimsin Leyte Province, to helpaffected
communities get
back on their feet andhasten shelter completion.
The turnover was doneby Caroline Blay of UN-HCR-Ormoc to the
IOMrepresented by ChristyMarfil and the PCA, rep-resented by Jaime
Nuez.
The IOM is the co-lead inthe clusters for shelter andcamp
coordination andmanagement. Standing aswitness to the donation
wasAshley Clements, head of
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Farmers pose with New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines
Reuben Levermore, NZ Civil
Defence Minister Nikki Kaye, FAOs representative to the Phils.
Rajendra Aryal (2nd, 3rd, 4th
from left). Flanking them are DA assistant regional director
Ismael Aya-ay and Dr. Jennylyn
Ruiz-Almeria.
PALO, LEYTE New Zea-
land Minister of Civil De-
fence Nikki Kaye announced
during a meeting with vil-
lagers in a Yolanda-affected
farming community here
on the afternoon of Sunday,
March 16, that their govern-
ment is giving 2.5-millionNZ dollars to restore their
livelihoods and farms. In
Philippine peso, the amount
is P 96-million.
The aid is on top of the
5-million NZ dollars the coun-
try immediately donated for
emergency relief aid, she told
villagers of Brgy. Gacao, this
town.
The 2.5-million dollars ag-
ricultural aid would be coursed
through UNs Food and Agri-
cultural Organization, just like
their previous donation for
relief aid was coursed through
international NGOs like Ox-
fam and the like.
Rajendra Aryal, FAO rep-
resentative to the Philippines,
said that the money would be
used to help the farmers restore
their farms, replant it, buy tools
and farm animals. Necessary
trainings would also be held
for both the farmers and agri-cultural technicians.
Minister Kaye, on the other
hand, said that New Zealand,
being an agricultural country,
feel they can impart their
knowledge in the area. She
shared that they also have had
their share of tragedies which
they are still recovering from,
the most severe in recent years
was the Christchurch earth-
quake. We are still rebuilding
but more important than build-
ings are the lives of people,
she said.
Our hearts are with you,
she added, and this time, we
are putting our money into it.
She emphasized that her
presence in the village was a
show of how committed they
are to help the villagers but
added they did not want to
impose the solutions to their
pro blems but wou ld rather
that the approach taken iscommunity-based.
It was also learned thataside from the emergency aidreleased by
the NZ govern-ment to international NGOsthat responded to the
Yolandasituation, their government isalso giving the Philippine
gov-ernment an annual assistanceof 4-million NZ dollars. Kayesaid
these funds could comehandy to continue the work ofthe FAO if the
emergency fundruns short.
The villagers of Gacaowarmly welcomed MinisterKaye and NZ
Ambassador
to the Philippines ReubenLevermore. Also with themwas Rajendra
Aryal, FAOrepresentative to the Philip-pines, and assistan t
regionaldirectors Ismael Aya-ay andDr. Jennylyn Ruiz-Almeria ofthe
Department of Agriculture.
In an interview with onevillager, Leopoldo Morbos,49, he was
very thankful at theintervention of internationalNGOs. He was
looking for-ward to the farming interven-tions that the FAO would
begiving them.
Morbos has 10 children.He has a rice and coconutfarm. His rice,
already harvest-able when Yolanda slammed
through last November 8, areall gone. All of his coconuttrees,
about 100, are totallydamaged.
The farmer Morbos saidthat he used to have a reason-able income
from selling tuba,at P 300 per Jerry can beforeYolanda. He could
have madea killing now because tuba isbeing sold at P 300 a gallon
orP 1,000.00 for one Jerry can,but the problem is, he does noteven
have one tree to gathertuba from.
He was able to send all ofhis children to school. In fact,two
have graduated from col-lege and were already helping
them with the daily expenses.However, both lost their jobsafter
Yolanda. Now, he said,except for the rice supply thatthey are
getting from relieforganizations and a small veg-etable patch, he
does not knowwhat to do.
Another villager, EstelitaLadrera, 60, said that amongtheir
biggest needs in Brgy.Gacao is shelter assistance.Pointing to the
houses nearby,she swears that they havenot received any sim or
GIsheets and most of them aremaking do with trapal orplastic sheets
for their roofs.
PALOMPON - FOUR
months after the Super
Typhoon Yolanda (Inter-
national name Haiyan)
devastated Philippines, the
Leyteos are now recuper-
ating.
As the Department ofInterior and Local Govern-ment (DILG)
launches itseconomic recovery plans,
efforts supporting Leytestourism industry started thisweek.
This week, the DILGregional ofce turned over
10 stand-up paddle boatsand glamping tents fundedby the Canadian
Governmentthrough the Local Gover-nance Support Program forLocal
Economic Development (LGSP-LED).
The Palompon Municipal Ecotourism Council (PMETC),Inc. received
the equipment through a turnover ceremony heldat the towns Tourism
Building. The PMETC is a private sec-tor partner of the
Municipality of Palompon in managing the
DILG turns over 10 paddle boats to Palompon,
another 10 for Ormoc slated
Palompon folk scrutinize the paddle boats.
SEE PALOMPON P. 9
tourism activities in Kalanggaman Island.LGSP-LED is working
with the Province of Leyte to
revitalize key attraction sites along the North West (NW)Leyte
Tourism Circuit in order to invite tourists to go back
ORMOC CITY now has P 8,415,175.84 in a special account
it opened with the Land Bank of the Philippines, for cash
and check donations from various donors intended to help
the LGU respond to the Yolanda crisis.
The generated donations cover the period from November 8to March
4, according to a signed report by city treasurer Angelo
Roman obtained from councilor Vincent Rama.
The top four donors are the City Government of General
Santos City which gave P 1.5-million; and the LGUs of Cebu
City, the Province of Bukidnon and the City of San Juan
which
gave P 1-million each.
First to donate was the LGU of Cebu City which gave their
donation on November 12. Mayor Mike Rama himself personally
delivered the check to the City Hall.
However, the publicized P 3-million from Davao City, as
allegedly announced by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte through the
national media, has yet to materialize.
Mostly, the donors were LGUs, among them the City of
Mandaue (P 600,000); Valenzuela (P 500,000); Province of
Misamis Occidental (P 500,000); Panabo City, Davao del Norte
(P 400,000); Gingoog City (300,000); Iligan City (250,000);
Digos, Davao del Sur (P 200,000); Sto. Tomas, Batangas (P
200,000); and P 100,000 each from Pigcawayan in Cotabato,the
Island Garden City of Samal, San Isidro in Davao Oriental,
San Fernando in Pampanga. Maasin City in Southern Leyte
gave P 50,000.
The LBP-Ormoc Branch also donated P 200,000 while Sena-
tor Ramon Revilla and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez
gave a combined amount of P 100,000.
Other donors are CFI Community-Ormoc and CFI Com-
munity-Tacloban for P 50,000 each; John 15 Foundation which
gave 750 US dollars or P 33,262.40; lawyers Thaddeus Alviso
and Allan Fontansa gave P 10,000 each, and spouses Randy
&
Charlene Rautolo, P 5,000.
The DSWD Kalahi Pantawid of Tukuran, Zamboanga del
Sur donated P 3,082.75; Sixto Comia of NBI Manila, P 2,000;
Michael Curry, P 1000; Felix
Mallen, 645.50 and Benjie
Pore, P 100.
The deposits already earned
an interest income of 415.09 butP 330 was deducted as cost
of
check stub.
Al l the com-mandments: Youshall not com-mit adultery, youshall
not kill, youshall not steal,you shall not cov-
et, and so on, aresummed up in thissingle command:You must
loveyour neighbor asyourself.
-Jesus Christ
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DAR Secretary issues AO to govern coco holdings
ORMOC CITY As part of
their efforts to help farmers
in the Eastern Visayas recov-
er from Typhoon Yolanda,
the Department of Agrarian
Reform (DAR) is going on
an all-out campaign to in-
form tenants and owners of
coconut lands the provisions
of an administrative order
issuing rules and regulations
on leasehold operations in
tenanted coconut lands.
It was signed by DAR
Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes
on February 26 and published
on March 4. It will take e ffect
on March 14, Friday, and by
Saturday, the DAR regional
ofce will be holding its rst
conference with landowners
hereabouts to inform them of
its provisions.
DAR regional director
Eliasem Castillo said that
by March 17, Monday, their
office would hold pulong-
pulong or consultations at the
barangay levels in all towns in
Leyte, Samar and Biliran.
This is to ensure that the in-
formation is well-disseminated
to avoid conicts in the future.
Registered landowners and tenants were oriented of the
administrative order and it was made clear that the AO does not
only
protect the rights of the tenants but also landowners. DAR
ofcers appealed to both parties to settle amicably at all times
and
for landowners to follow the law in ejecting erring tenants.
However, they have not re-
ceived any complaints yet. The
AO, he said, addresses pos-
sible situations that could crop
up, which answers scenarios
raised in an earlier consultation
with coconut farmers attended
by the Secretary himself.
Former DAR Usec. Au-
gusto Quijano, now a legal
consultant of DAR, explained
its provisions to media during
a conference in the evening of
March 11 at the Sabin Resort
Hotel. He added the AO is
there to stay even after Yolan-
da to cover affected coco-
nut farmers during fortuitous
events and natural disasters.
The AO aims to protect
tenants of coco lands with
leasehold agreements with
the landowners. The AO was
an offshoot of an earlier con-
sultation with them led by the
Agrarian Secretary himself.
The rules strictly prohibits
ejectment and dispossession
of the tenants just because
they cannot pay their lease,
which is the case now after
Yolanda. It also gives the ten-
ant a foothold to re-negotiate
a new leasehold agreement
with the landowner, to include
a change of crops meantime
they are waiting for the coco-
nuts to recover.
The AO further provides
that consideration for the
lease shall not be more than the
equivalent of 25% of the aver-
age harvest during the past
three years after said fortuitous
events happened.
Partially damaged coconut
trees will take 2 to 3 years be-
fore they bear fruit again, said
DAR regional director Eliasem
Castillo.
Totally damaged trees, on
the other hand, are not totally
useless, Castillo added, as it
can be used as coco lumber.
The AO also covers this.
After deducting the cost of
cutting it up to lumber, trans-
port and hauling are deducted
and reimbursed to whoever
shouldered it, the tenant and
his landowner will divide the
proceeds with the tenant get-
ting the lions share of not less
than 75%.
It was also learned that dur-
ing the consultation, there were
questions raised as to where
the tenants would remit their
payments in case the landown-
ers are incommunicado. In the
case of Yolanda, some land-
owners could be among the
more than 6,000 who perished
in the storm surges.
The AO again provides an
answer to this. All the tenant
has to do is to go to the nearest
Municipal Agrarian Reform
Program Officer (MARPO)
to report the problem. Then
he deposits the 25% due to
the landowner at the nearest
LandBank.
DAR regional director said
their ofce had to issue the AO
to answer to the plight of coco-
nut farmers. The major crop in
Eastern Visayas, he said, was
coconut.
Of the 92 Agrarian Reform
Communities in Leyte, Samar
and Eastern Samar, which
were badly hit by Yolanda, 49
were severely affected. This
translates to 58,416 agrarian
reform beneciaries and their
families from the 112,000
ARBs, 29,000 of who are se-
verely affected.By LMJ
Sagip Kapamilya Fdn. donates 2 buildings to NOCNHSA CEREMONIAL
ground
breaking of two 4-class-
room buildings donated by
ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya
Foundation to New Ormoc
City National High School
was held last March 11.
Sagip Kapamilya Foun-
dation, through the Energy
Development Corporation
(EDC), partnered with the
Department of Education to
provide eight additional class-
rooms for the New Ormoc
City National High School
(NOCNHS).
The construction, with 90
days target completion, is set
to start this month. The proj-
ects budget is yet to be xed as
the design is still evolving and
the cost might get higher, says
EDC Project leader Edwin
Magallanes.
Magal lanes said that
NOCNHS was chosen as rst
recipient of their Schools Re-
building Program because it
Dropping the time capsule during the ground breaking are (from
left): DepEd Superintendent Dr.
Marissa Magan, Ormoc City Mayor Edward Codilla, Kananga Mayor
Elmer Codilla, EDC-LGBU
Strategic Unit Head Rico Bersamin, EDC Leyte Rehabilitation and
building Project Manager
Leonardo Ablaza, NOCNHS PTA President Mrs. Amelia Ong, Brgy. Don
Felipe Larrazal Chairman
Angelita Melgazo, NOCNHS Principal Imelda Amodia, NOCNHS SSG
President Alexis Isabela
Gabrielle Durog.SEE SAGIP P. 9
UN-OCHA, international NGOs
orient media on the dynamics
of humanitarian response
THE DANGEROUS thing
during an emergency are
rumors, said UN-OCHA
Public Information Ofcer
Anne Skatvedt during the
Orientation for Media onHumanitarian System and
Yolanda response held at
the Sabin Resort Hotel on
March 14.
The orientation, organized
by the United Nations Ofce of
the Coordination for Humani-tarian Affairs (UN-OCHA),
was intended to inform media
practitioners hereabouts about
the humanitarian system and
its role during emergencies.
Anne Skatvedt also empha-
sized on the importance of
humanitarian reporting, put-
ting human interest into stories
to uplift the spirit.
UN-OCHA, also briefed
media of their role as a coor-
dinating arm, with local and
international agencies and
non-governmental organiza-
tions (NGOs).
It was learned that these
agencies and NGOs, includinginternational ones, are grouped
into clusters according to
their emergency response pri-
orities to avoid overlapping
of priorities during a crisis
situation. Some of the clusters
are classied as Health, Educa-
tion, Nutrition, Shelter, Water
and Sanitation Health (WASH)
and Child Protection, among
others.
UN-OCHA presented to
participants the statistics ac-
cumulated from the beginning
of their Yolanda humanitarian
response here in Leyte.
Accordingly, they request-
ed US $788-M but polled onlyaround $370-M. Thats only
47% of the requested fund,
said Ashley Clements, head of
UN-OCHA in Ormoc.
Of the US $370-millon,
32% of that comes from pri-
vate individuals and organiza-
tions, 11% from United States,
another 11% from the United
Kingdom, another 7% from
Anne Skatvedt of UN-OCHA.
Japan, 5% from Australia and
7% from CERF. The Central
Emergency Response Fund or
CERF, said Ashley Clements,
are pooled funds from various
sources that can be accessedfor emergency purposes, in
the meantime the UN is still
calling out for donations.
The donations, he said,
has helped 4 million displaced
people and 1 million damaged
houses due to the typhoon.UNOCHA has given food
assistance to the 4 million
people, given seeds to 44,000
families, given basic emergen-
cy shelter materials to 500,000
households, screened 97,000
children for malnutrition, pro-
vided learning materials to
420,000 children and gave
temporary shelters to 140,000
families.
After the UNOCHAs pre-
sentation, cluster coordinators
from their partner agencies
also discussed their respective
humanitarian system and re-
sponse. Representatives from
International Medical Corps,Save the Children, UNHCR,
WASH and International Orga-
nization for Migration briefed
participants of their respective
mandates.
During the Q&A time, the
par tic ipa nts rai sed var iou s
concerns and deliberated on
parameters on how to deliver
information and psychosocial
support to the community
despite being victims of the
disaster themselves.
It was learned that in times
of crisis such as that of Yolan-
da, accurate information is as
crucial as food and shelter, and
that communication is aid; totell positive stories and to be
result-oriented.
Meanwhile, the UN-OCHA
head of challenged mediamen
to shed light on issues that
the community dont know
and highlight them in stories;
otherwise, it will continue to
be a problem. By Jhay Gaspar
For the Yolanda response, US $788-M
was targetted to be raised from donors but
polled only around $370-M. Thats only
47% of the requested fund, said Ashley Cle-
ments, head of UN-OCHA in Ormoc.
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WITH LENT in our midst, we should be
reminded of our duty to hone up our skills
in spiritual warfare. We should not let this
Lenten season pass without doing anything
to improve ourselves in this particular de-
partment.
Christ already hinted this much when he
said: From the days of John the Baptist until
now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence,
and the violent bear it away. (Mt 11,12)
We have to understand though that to be
violent in this sense does not mean to be de-
structive but rather constructive, driven by love
and the desire to be united with God and with
the others in a way proper to us as children of
God and brothers and sisters among ourselves.
Our life here on earth cannot but be in some
form of struggle. Aside from our innate urge to
grow and develop that requires some effort, we
also have to contend with enemies whose sole
intent is precisely to bring us down, to divert us
from our proper path toward holiness.
We are not simply ranged against natural dif-
culties, challenges and trials in life, but rather
with very powerful and subtle nemeses. The
natural enemies alone are already formidable.
St. John describes them this way:
For all that is in the world is the concupis-
cence of the esh, and the concupiscence of the
eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the
Father, but is of the world. (1 Jn 2,16) Thats
why we can talk easily about envy, jealousy,
vanity, lust, greed, sloth, etc.
For this type of enemies alone, we need an
extensive spiritual pharmacopeia and moral
regimen to cleanse us of their afiction. Thats
why we are encouraged, especially during Lent,
to intensify our fasting and abstinence, and other
forms of mortication. We should not take this
indication lightly. They are very necessary.
Yes, we need to pray a lot and grow in the
different virtues so we can be strong, optimistic
and cheerful, prudent and capable of handling
these challenges. We have to learn how to deal
with our weaknesses and the usual temptations
that come from the esh and the world.
But we still have enemies tougher than
these. As St. Paul said, Our wrestling is not
against esh and blood, but against principali-
ties and power, against the rulers of the worldof darkness,
against the spirits of wickedness
in the high places. (Eph 6,12)
This type of enemies affects us more deeply.
They corrupt not only the body, but also our
very spirit that is supposed to be our immediate
and direct conduit with God. They bring our
warfare from the arena of the natural to that of
the spiritual and supernatural.
With these enemies, our intelligence and
will, our thoughts and desires would then
operate outside the context of Gods will. Our
thoughts and desires would then be at the mercy
of evil spirits that can only be handled properly
if we also use spiritual and supernatural means,
and not just some natural power.
When we fail to deliberately offer every-
thing we think, say and do to God, as told to
us in the gospel, then we open ourselves to thecoming of another
spirit that will offer us, at
FILIPINOS SHARE one common item
in our everyday existence: rice, National
Scientist Gelia Castillo wrote in her book
on a cereal that makes or breaks presidents.
Rice In Our Life reviewed three decades
of studies into rice that was sown, between
6,000 BC and 400 AD, in Ifugao to Lucena.
Rice self-sufciency has been an upward
moving target, always out of reach, even as we
calculate we are only three percent short, she
wrote . Seared deep in the psyche of Filipino
politicians are crises when we could not nd
rice, even if we had the money to buy it.
Unseasonal storms, meanwhile, ripped
up the old rice calculus. Sendong tore into
Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in 2011, leaving
1,080 corpses. Typhoon Pablo later clobbered
Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.
This shattered the historical pattern of one
typhoon cutting through Mindanaos breadbas-
ket every 18 years. Then, the Bohol earthquake
and Super-typhoon Yolanda, last November,
savaged farms.
Only 97 percent sufciency was attainable
for 2013, Agriculture Department conceded.
National Food Authority opened the applica-
tions for imports, for use and as buffer stock.
Ayaw magsaligan ring tiyan, sa anat ibang
taegsan, an Aklan proverb says. Dont count
on someone elses rice bin for what you eat.
The immediate, however, can blur the long
term threats. The number of crop species that
now feed more people than half a century ago,is shrinking. Rice,
wheat, sugar and potatoes
form a new globalized diet.
Over the past 50 years, diets around
the world have become more similar, notes
Colombia-based International Center for Tropi-
cal Agricultures Colin Khoury. Todays diet
includes staples that were not important half a
century ago, particularly oil crops like soybean.
Other crops however declined, including
sweet potatoes, cassava, yams and millets. This
narrowing base raises concerns about the global
food systems resilience.
Another danger is a more homogeneous
global food basket makes agriculture more vul-
nerable to drought, insect pests and diseases,
Luigi Guarino, from Global Crop Diversity
told BBCs environment reporter Mark Kinver.
Diversity of cultivated crops, in fact, de-clined by 75 per cent
during the 20th century,
UN Food and Agriculture Organization esti-
mates. If this slide persists, a third of todays
diversity could disappear by 2050.
Seepage of crop diversity also jacks up the
number of people that are exposed to harvest
failures. And climate change compounds the
risk.
Warmer temperatures are causing malaria
to spread to higher altitudes and once-disease
free regions in Asia, South America and Af-
rica, says the Science journal. A 1 C rise in
temperature could lead to an additional three
million cases in a year, cautions University of
Michigans Mercedes Pascual.
The Philippines targets nationwide malaria
elimination by 2020. But it still lacks a long
term domestic program even as international
funding dwindles.
A perfect storm of growing populations,
climate change and diminishing resources for
food production confronts the world, warns the
new Foresight Report on Food and Farming
Futures, commissioned by the United King-
dom. The two-year study involved 400 exper ts
from 35 countries.
Do we have 20 years to arguably deliver
40 percent more food; 30 percent more fresh
water and double energy output? asks the UKs
chief scientic adviser, Sir John Beddington.
The current system must be radically rede-
signed to produce more food sustainably. We
cant wait ...
There is an urgency in taking what may bevery difcult policy
decisions, he adds. The
food system is working for the better off.....
But those at risk of hunger have least inuence
on decision-making. The UK recommends
that the most resource-intensive types of food
be curbed. Waste in food production has to be
radically curbed.
Yearly, the Philippines loses a million metric
tons of already-harvested rice, from slipshod
processing to shabby storage. Cabbage spoilage
mars a third of harvests, UP Los Baos studies
found. Fish losses crest at 40 percent.
Consumers in rich countries junk as much
food as sub-Saharan Africa produces. Wasting
food is stealing from tables of the poor, Pope
Francis told a UN World Environment Day audi-
ence. A culture of waste is despicable when
many suffer from hunger. Our grandparentswere very careful not
to throw leftover food.
WHILE COVERING the session this week,
councilor Vincent Rama handed me a paper
containing the report of city treasurer Angelo
Roman on how much the city already got
from money donations. (see story on page 2
about the donors)
First, let us thank the donors for their
generosity. Most are LGUs. There are also
kindhearted individuals who gave from out of
their pockets.
Aside from these generous donations, in-
tended to help the city respond to the calamity,the city itself
has P 93-million in calamity funds.
Initially, it was thought to be P 130-million but
after a thorough accounting of the funds, what
was actually on hand as of December 2013
was P 93-M.
This is the money where the citys emergen-
cy purchases like the P 50,000 a day for crude
oil and gasoline for the six water sources come
from. There has been no liquidation shown of
the money yet, I was told.
However, despite having such funds, the city
already has posted one dengue fatality.
In his report before media during a UN-
OCHA affair, sanitation inspector Rolando
Quilantang reported that Ormoc already posted
its rst fatality this month. In January, there
were 164 cases while there were 133 cases for
February.The dengue outbreak last December which
spiked to an all time high by January wasdeclared a calamity
already by the City Di-saster Risk Reduction Management
Council(CDRRMC), in its full council meeting heldlast February 7
yet.
With the declaration, a report by Dr. NelitaNavales was adopted,
including a recommenda-tion to buy Temephos, a larvicide. The
larvicideis to be sprinkled on where clean water stag-nates because
it becomes the breeding groundof mosquitoes, especially Aedis
Egypti kindwhich is the vector of dengue and a
cousin,Chikungunya.
At this juncture, I recall Quilantangs Power-Point spell it as
Chickengunya which made itseem it was a disease affecting chickens,
L-O-L.
To recall, CDRRMC approved the release of
funds to purchase Temephos, which by the way,IPI is offering at
cost. Commercially, this larvi-cide is being sold at P 3,000 per
kilo. But IPI,owned by the very generous Rotarian BobongCastillo
who has even lent his huge property inTacloban for the temporary
housing of Yolandavictims, is selling it at cost (P 315.00 per
kilo)to help combat dengue.
I came to know this week that the larvicidehas not yet been
bought as wa pay P.O.. Com-pounding the problem is that the
Commissionon Audit (COA) has reportedly told Navalesthat her
recommendation to hire 100 people todo apply larvicide
simultaneously in the citysbarangays had no legal basis.
I learned this during the councils discus-
sion about the matter. Dr. Mario Rodriguez
reported that he got the said information from
Dr. Nelita Navales. At that time, he even said
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The Gospel on Sunday
MARCH 23, 2014
3rd Sunday of Lent
5March 10-16, 2014
Perfect PitchSt. Joseph: The least
heard of the saints
FR. ROY ... from P. 4
MERCADO ... from P. 4
WE ALL know the circumstances that pro-
pelled St. Joseph to an enviable accolade;
after all, he was the foster Father of JesusChrist, who redeemed
mankind from the
abyss it was headed due to sin. And as such,
he was also the husband of Mama Mary
which in itself is quite a feat and an honor.
There was a time when the young girls were
dreaming to be the mother of Jesus Christ as
foretold by the prophets. The young girls were
vying for such an honor. Little did they know
that the honor was already earmarked to Mary
who was already chosen by God the Father even
when she was yet in the womb of her mother. To
be the mother of Jesus, she had to be spotless.
The title Immaculate Conception was to be
bestowed on her because Jesus Christ cannot
be born to a young girl who was not clean, one
who is not free from sin.
Mama Mary is the Queen of Heaven and
Earth. For those who pray the Rosary, all theattributes of the
Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM)
is found in the Litany which follows after each
recital. There are more than fty of such ac-
colade attributed to the BVM. The Rosary is
considered the highest form of prayer; second
only to the holy sacrice of the mass; it is like
a small Bible.
There are two people in the Bible with the
name of Joseph which this corner would like to
dwell on. There is one which is quite popular in
the play entitled Joseph the Dreamer. He is
the youngest of 12 brothers with 2 mothers. He
was hated by his older brothers because of his
many dreams that depict him as a person where
his elders would bow to him. Moreover, he was
also the pet of his father, Jacob, who made him a
robe with several colors which made his broth-
ers envious of him all the more. They could nolonger hold their
hatred for him. The opportunty
came for them to dispose of him by killing him
and telling their father that he was devoured by
wild beasts. They changed their plan to a lesser
evil: selling him as a slave due to the urging of
Reuben (who was friendly to Joseph). It was his
destiny that he will become an ofcer, in fact a
Governor of the Pharaoh, because the Lord was
with him. The complete narrative of him can be
found in Genesis from Chapter 37 onwards. It
is a beautiful narrative in which his brothers,
the very ones who hated him, were made to
eventually realize their biggest blunder. It was
here that Joseph showed his humility by telling
his brothers not to worry about what they did
because it was Gods plan to save them fromthe famine that lasted
seven years.
The other Joseph is the direct descendant
of David who was betrothed to Mary who was
already chosen by God the Father. When he
found out that she was carrying a child not by
him, he could have denounced her. She would
have been stoned to death because this was the
penalty for indelity. What did he do to exercise
his right as husband? Not only did he remain
silent, he was even willing to leave her without
creating noise.
Here in Ormoc City, he was the equivalent
of a turutot, an under the saya or what is
termed USAFE for under the saya forever
and ever. Jewish law would have demanded
stoning. But this is the kind that saintly people
are made of. Considering that it was what made
him ten feet tall, and considering that he waseventually
elevated to be the Patron Saint of
the whole Catholic Church, there is not much
about him that can be found in the Bible. His
death was never mentioned. There is an entry in
the Concordance that claim he must have died
during the three years of the public ministry
of Jesus Christ because of the term that Jesus
Christ is the son of a carpenter. If we use that as
our yardstick, then Mama Mary was already a
widow during the time when Jesus went through
with his Passion on the Cross. With the death
of Jesus on the Cross, she became a loner. She
was only 48 years old when she died. She was
wed at 15 yrs and Jesus died at age 33: not so
young and not so old.
St. Josephs feast day is this coming 19th
March. To all graduates of the University of San
JoseRecoletos (USJ-R), this day is very memo-rable because it is
its College day. This corner,
along with three other brothers was enrolled
during its founding in 1946. This year makes
it its 68th anniversary. At that time, the school
gave free scholarship to one of four brothers
who enrol at the same time. The privilege was
given to me, but eventually given to my next in
line Tony - when I earned my own scholar-
ship on my merits. Tony passed away last year.
Bless his soul!
Being a Carpenter by profession, it follows
that St. Joseph is the Patron Saint for the labor
sector. The Church therefore celebrates two
masses in honor of St. Joseph on the 19th March
and on 1st May.
rst, a lot of attraction and allurement, untilwe are so enslaved
by it that it would be very
difcult for us to detach ourselves from it.
Thats why today we have such phenomena
as atheism, agnosticism, materialism, and other
forms of ungodliness, with their corresponding
manifestations, such as, the legalization of abor-
tion, the spreading culture of death, all forms
of corruption, etc.
This big and open hostility against God and
also against our nature always starts in a small,
unobtrusive way, cleverly spiced and glibly
packaged to grab our attention. We have to be
most wary of these little openings to sin by mak-
ing our conscience more rened and sensitive,
Our so-called food surpluses are a mirage,
former FAO agricultural economist Ti Teow
Choo stressed. Increase purchasing power
of todays poor even marginally. Then, those
impressive stockpiles would be bought out
overnight by people who needed the food but
could not afford it.
Government is trying to whittle down the
poverty rate from 25 percent in 2012 to 16
percent by 2016. When President Benigno
Aquino III steps down, he hopes therell be
and by growing in the virtues.We have to understand that at
every point
of our life is always a choice between God and
ourselves, between God and the devil, between
God and the world. We have to be humble
enough to choose God always.
The humility involved here would lead us
to feel the need to continue asking for the grace
of God, since without him, we can accomplish
nothing that would bring us to our eternal life.
The humility involved here would lead us
also to trust in God, especially when we see
our own weaknesses, mistakes, failures. With
such trust, we simply begin and begin again in
our struggles. Email: [email protected]
fuller rice bins.
What if Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jing-
goy Estrada and Bong Revilla funneled their
pork chunks to curbing post harvest rice losses,
reducing sh and vegetable spoilage? Theyd
have had the blessing promised to those who
gave the hungry to eat.
Instead, they chose to sow the wind with
fake NGOs. Ironically, they dont have a clue
why theyre reaping the whirlwind of what is a
perfect storm.
RANDY JACKSON, former judge of Ameri-
can Idol, used to comment to a contestant that
he or she is pitchy. I dont exactly under-stand what it means
but it is obviously not
good. Turning to science, researchers have
found that a drug known as valproate (or
valproic acid) might help people learn how
to produce perfect pitch.
Besides the assistance valproate could give
to The Voice of the Philippines contestants,
the study is intriguing because it suggests the
adult brain can learn better and faster through
drugs that enhance its neuroplasticity.
Perfect pitch, which scientists refer to as
absolute pitch, is the rare ability to identify or
produce the pitch of a musical note without any
reference point. Experts believe that the ability
to produce absolute pitch may be a genetic trait
that must be nurtured through musical training
in early childhood or its unlikely to develop.
Young children are known to have an un-usual degree of
neuroplasticity, which enables
them to pick up languages and other skills much
more easily than adults, play a new musical
instrument or learn other new skills.
But the latest study into the development of
absolute pitch suggests that neuroplasticity isnt
necessarily a closed window after childhood,
and valproate might help open that window.
Valproate belongs to a class of drugs
known as histone deacetylase inhibitors. Mar-
keted under the names Depakote, Depacon and
Stavzor, valproate has been used for years to
treat migraines, epileptic seizures and mood
disorders, including bipolar disorder. (The drug
is not recommended for women who might be
pregnant, because it can cause decreased IQ and
other developmental problems in newborns.)Earlier research in
rats had suggested that
histone deacetylase inhibitors might help the
animals recover from neural decits induced by
limiting vision in one eye. The drugs seem to
work through epigenetics, the external modi-
cations to DNA that switch certain genes on
or off.
To build on this earlier research, and to test
the hypothesis that psychoactive drugs might
enhance neuroplasticity, researchers gathered
volunteers and gave them either a placebo or
valproate for two weeks.
After two weeks of taking either valpro-
ate or a placebo, the volunteers were asked
to identify pitch tones: Those who had taken
valproate learned how to identify absolute pitch
and scored signicantly higher than those who
had taken the placebo.Valproate is a mood-stabilizing drug
but
it also restores the plasticity of the brain to a
juvenile state. This nding suggests that val-
proate could have some use in teaching adults
skills that they would otherwise have difculty
mastering.
But the drug has two common side effects -
stomach pain and rapid hair loss. Perhaps a bit
of off key singing is not so bad after all.
Besides, the use of any drug to enhance
learning by inducing greater neuroplasticity
also poses some ethical issues. Critical periods
have evolved for a reason, and it is a process
that one probably would not want to tamper
with carelessly.
John 4: 5 - 15, 19 - 26, 39 - 42
So he came to a city of Samaria, calledSychar, near the eld that
Jacob gave tohis son Joseph. Jacobs well was there,
and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his
journey, sat down beside the well. It wasabout the sixth
hour.
There came a woman of Samaria todraw water. Jesus said to her,
Give me adrink. For his disciples had gone away into
the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman
said to him, How is it that you, a Jew, aska drink of me, a
woman of Samaria? ForJews have no dealings with Samaritans.
Jesus answered her, If you knew thegift of God, and who it is
that is saying toyou, `Give me a drink, you would haveasked him,
and he would have given you
living water.
The woman said to him, Sir, you havenothing to draw with, and
the well is deep;
where do you get that living water? Are you
greater than our father Jacob, who gave usthe well, and drank
from it himself, and hissons, and his cattle?
Jesus said to her, Every one who drinksof this water will thirst
again, but whoever
drinks of the water that I shall give him willnever thirst; the
water that I shall give him
will become in him a spring of water wel ling
up to eternal life.
The woman said to him, Sir, give methis water, that I may not
thirst, nor comehere to draw. The woman said to him, Sir, I
perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathersworshiped on this
mountain; and you say
that in Jerusalem is the place where men
ought to worship.Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me,
the hour is coming when neither on thismountain nor in Jerusalem
will you wor-ship the Father. You worship what you do
not know; we worship what we know, forsalvation is from the
Jews. But the hour is
coming, and now is, when the true worship-ers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth,for such the Father seeks to worship
him.
God is spirit, and those who worship him
must worship in spirit and truth.The woman said to him, I know
that
Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ);when he comes, he
will show us all things.
Jesus said to her, I who speak to youam he.
Many Samaritans from that city believed
in him because of the womans testimony,
He told me all that I ever did. So when theSamaritans came to
him, they asked himto stay with them; and he stayed there twodays.
And many more believed becauseof his word. They said to the woman,
It is
no longer because of your words that webelieve, for we have
heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is indeed the Saviorof the world.Chikadora
Momentz
OVERHEARD. A manager of a util-ity rm here has been branded by
thebugoy in his neighborhood as havinga stiff neck already. Di na
daw man-aged, labi na og singitan kun kumustana daw mga
buhay-buhay? Paspasbuhay-buhay, hinay ang trabaho, theysaid. Guess
who?
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LEGITIMATE CONCERN. Somepeople are asking if the
so-calledcontractors of LEYECO V are payingtheir taxes to BIR? Some
of them re-
portedly made a killing in the recentmonths, ngano daw dili maoy
gukdonsa BIR?
Theyve got a point here. Callingthe attention of Atty. Otero,
our veryabtik nga RDO!
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ILLEGITIMATE CONCERN.Naaynagbuwag nga mag-asawa. Di na
ka-hibudngan. Ang kahibudngan, gwapaman unta si girl and the boy is
not thatgwapo. Pero guess kinsay gi-alisdan?
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who ran as mayor of Ormoc
City last May 2013 elections,
will be wearing the Philip-
pine colors when he joins
the countrys national vol-
leyball team at the inaugural
Asian Mens Club Volleyball
Championship next month.
Richard Gomez, 47, told
media age wont be a factor,
and that he secured his place
in the Philippine team by going
through the team tryouts. The
challenge of keeping up with
the younger players pushed
Gomez even more to show
his best and is happy he got
the slot.
This is the 4th time that
Gomez is represented the
Philippines. His rst foray wasrowing, followed by fencing
and shooting. He is the rst
Filipino athlete to represent
the country in four sporting
events.
The Asian Mens Club
Volleyball Championship will
take place at the Mall of Asia
(MOA) Arena and Cuneta
Astrodome in Pasay City from
April 8 to 16.
Among those who made
it to the national team, which
will be bankrolled by the
PLDT Home TVolution, are
Australian reinforcements
Richard Gomez makes it to the Philippine
volleyball team, dons natl colors for the 4th time
Cedric Legrand and William
Robert Lewis.
The rest, coached by Fran-
cis Vicente, are JP Torres,
Ronjay Galang, Jeffrey Mala-
banan, Aln aka ran Abd ill a,
Jason Ramos and Rodolfo
Labrador.
Already, 18 countries have
signed up for the volleyball
tourney, the biggest interna-
tional volleyball tournament in
the Philippines in years.
Vicente also told media
that he hopes to recruit more
players from the UAAP includ-
ing National Universitys Peter
Torres, UAAP rookie MVP
Mark Espejo and Rex Intal of
Ateneo, Jay dela Cruz and Ed-
mar Castro of Perpetual Help.
He only wants the best, he
said. Only the best and dedi-
cated players will be chosen
because we want to form a
very competitive team for this
tournament, he added during
the launch held at SM Aura.
The PLDT Home TVolu-
tion team has been bracketed
with Iraq, Kuwait and Mon-
golia in Group A. The other
brackets are Iran, Japan, Leba-
non and Vietnam in Group
B, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Oman,
Hong Kong and Turkmenistan
in in Group C and United Arab
Emirates, India, Papua New
Guinea and Chinese Taipei in
Group D.
PLDT Home Fibr is also
supporting the womens PLDT
Home TVolution squad and
sending it to compete in the
2014 Asian Womens Club
Volleyball Championship in
Nakhonpathom, Thailand set
from April 17-25.PR
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in
Councilor Cristina Romual
celebration
TACLOBAN CITY As an advocate on womens welfare, particularlythe
drive against domestic violence and human trafcking, Councilor
Cristina G. Romualdez joins women from all over the world in
cel-
ebrating Womens Month.On March 8, International Womens Day, the
lady councilor kicked off
the event with a fun walk around the citys main thoroughfares,
followedby a short program at the city hall grounds. This years
national theme is,Juana, ang tatag mo ay tatag natin sa pagbangon
at pagsulong.
In her speech, Councilor Cristina enjoins women to know their
rightsand empower themselves so as not to be abused. She also urged
them toght for their family rights and welfare.
Councilor Romualdez informed them that Tacloban has a
shelterhome for abused mothers and children, where they can go to
in case thishappened to them. Their, which would be a safe haven
for them, socialwelfare experts and medical professionals can
assist them. At the haven,she added, their friends and neighbors
can visit them to lend moral support
LAST DECEMBER, Mrs.
Paula Locsin-Bondoc, the
younger sister of Ormoc
Vice-Mayor Toto Locsin
Jr., embarked on a fund-
raising rafe to raise shel-
ter kits for residents of
Ormoc.
Using the power of so-
cial media, Paula spread the
word about the fund-raiser
through a Facebook page
called Help Rebuild Homes
for Ormoc.
The fund-raising cam-
paign drew the attention of
Paulas friends, who donated
a variety of prizes to make it
more attractive. Tickets were
sold at P 500 each.
Truly enough, with the
attractive prizes up for grabs,
the rafe was able to raise an
ample amount from the ticketsales. It was held on Jan 18,
2014, a Saturday, at 3:00 PM
at the MUNCHTOWN in
Greenhills.
Immediately, the funds
raised were used to buy GI
sheets and other building
materials to meet the shelter
needs of Ormoc residents,
which still is a pressing need
until now.
The Locsin family started
distributing the core shel-
Locsins Help Rebuild Homes for Ormoc rafe
fund-raiser puts roof over the heads of Ormocanons
Photos show Mrs. Vicky Locsin, Vice-Mayor Toto Locsin Jr.s mom,
personally leading thedistribution of GI sheets and other
rebuilding materials to constituents at Brgy. Nueva Vista
(top photos) and Patag (bottom). The Vice Mayors family, aside
from generating funds
from a rafe, also generated many donations for Ormoc from
friends.
ter kits end of February and
early March.
If Vice-Mayor Toto Locsin
Jr. is not available, his mother,
former Ormoc mayor and
congresswoman Vicky Locsin
takes over the task. The vice-
mayors staff often assists in
the distribution which are done
on weekends.
On his own, Vice Mayor
Toto Locsin Jr. has been gener-
ating donations for Ormocan-
ons. He recalls that one of his
rst acts after Yolanda hit the
city was to write letters appeal-
ing for seed donations from
various companies. A farmer
before he joined politics ,
the vice mayor said he im-
mediately saw by then that
one of the pressing need of
Ormoc, an agricultural city,
was to plant cash crops to
augment the income of the
farmers whose farms were
badly damaged.
Leyte Governor Mic L. Peti lla receives the key for a
donated ambulance from Dato Dr. Ahmad Faizal Mohd
Perdaus, president of Mercy Malaysian. The humanitarian
organization also rehabilitated the operating and delivery
rooms of the Leyte Provincial Hospital. Below, Gov. Petillla
and Korean Ambassador Lee Hyuk tour the Korean Base
Camp at the Government Center in Candahug, Palo, Leyte.
Palo Mayor Remedios Matin L. Petilla receives from
Mr. Praveen Sheen, country head of EuroP2P Direct Inc.,Tabletop
water purifer and Tumblerwater Purifer. With
them are Mr. Dipak Shinde, accounting and fnance head
and Mr. Allan Guinto, national sales manager. Photos by
Gina P. Gerez
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7March 10-16, 2014 PEOPLE, PLACES & Happenings
C CITY A member of the royal family
aysia and a past international director of
ns International was in the city this week
relief efforts here, in Tacloban City and
an province.
s Suyirate Omar, a Malaysian princess and
international director of District 302 B2 of
ia, told members of the receiving Ormoc
rmoc Supreme and Ormoc Ultimate Lions
ere that she wanted to be incognito during
. Members said she only had one bodyguard
r and very casual, relaxed and approachable.
ether with members of her district, the
ian royalty partnered with District 301 AI
ines led by Past District Governor Robert
wife, Marissa Sy, to distribute P 2.68-mil-
orth of relief assistance and intervention
ims of super-typhoon Yolanda in Ormoc,
an and Biliran.
red delos Santos of the Ormoc Supreme Li-
b said that the partys rst engagement was
an where they distributed relief goods and
od intervention. An employee of the Parole
obation Ofce, delos Santos convinced the
ian district to help their clients turn a new
giving them livelihood opportunities.
aval, Biliran, the Malaysian group together
eir hosts inaugurated the Furniture Shop of
iran PPO where they donated power tools
ewing machine to help parolees who wanted
me furniture makers They also distributed
torized shing boats and 10 shnets and
(multi-pronged shing hooks) to selected
iaries, also parolees.
y also distributed relief packs to the families
. Larrazabal.
k here in Ormoc, they gave out relief packs
cted families at Brgy. Camp Downes and
ewing machines.
laysian Princess leads Lions relief operations
Ormoc, Tacloban and Biliran
The next day, the Malaysian Lions went to Brgy. San Jose
in Tacloban City to distribute relief packs, 45 shnets, 45
kitangs and toys to 400 children. They even did a feeding
program. In Tacloban, the group was received by the Tacloban
Host Lions.
On their last day here, the Malaysian Lions distributed
eight shing boats at the shing communities of Naungan
and Lao here, 53 kitang, three more sets of Singer sewing
machines and a total of 1,500 relief packs. with Alfred
delos
Santos and Khryz Gonzales
Photos show the Malaysian Lions with their hosts in the various
activities at Naval, Biliran.
Big photo on top shows the cutting of the ribbon during the
inauguration of the furniture shop
for parolees. With Ellis Suriyata Omar is Rosana Solite (3rd
from left), assistant regional
director of the PPO, who received the power tools for the
furniture shop. Other photos show
them in their various activities like distributing relief goods,
posing with their bright yellow
motorized bancas. Last photo right shows the members of the
Ormoc Supreme and Ormoc
Ultimate Lions posing with their guests at the facade of the
Sabin Resort Hotel.
Mindoro Oriental Province donates goods,
educl supplies to 5 Albuera barangaysALBUERA, LEYTE The
Pro-vincial Government of OrientalMindoro donated relief
goods,educational supplies and cashassistance to some barangays
inthis town on March 8 yet.
Leyte Vice Gov. Carlo Loretosaid the assistance was person-ally
turned over to 5 barangays inAlbuera by Vice Governor HumerlitoBonz
Dolor.
Dolor, it was learned, spear-
headed a fund-raising fun run intheir province called the KKK
RunAdopt-a-Community and chosenas lucky recipient were the
Albueravillages.
The proceeds of the fun run,said Loreto, was used by the
vice-governor to buy relief goods andbooks and school supplies
whichwere distributed to elementarypupils. In Cambalading, the
vice-governor also turned over P 10,000to the school principal to
help repairtheir facilities, and another P 10,000to the
barangay.
Loreto said Dolor told him thecash was a prize his wife won
asmatron queen which she wantedto be donated to a deserving
com-
munity.The Oriental Mindoro vice-gov-ernor and Loreto was
received toAlbuera by councilors Cathy Toleroand Dr. Rodanimod
Cayanong andthe village chairmen since othercouncilors were in
Manila that timeto attend the Philippine CouncilorsLeague national
assembly. MayorJunie dela Cerna was not alsoaround.
Loreto extended his gratitudeto Dolor for thinking about
Albuerasplight after Yolanda and also to theother LGUs who extended
theirhelp in one way or the other. By LMJ
At Brgy. Mahayag.
With very happy school kids at Cambalading.
dez leads Womens Month
in Tacloban
so that they will not feel lonely.The Tacloban womens shelter is
located at the foot of the City Hall
and just a few meters away from the Tacloban City police
station. Sheestablished it four years ago with the full support of
her husband, MayorAlfred S. Romualdez.
In the country, March is Womens Month.The whole country is
mandateto mark it with their own set of activities to boost women
power.
The City of Tacloban, together with cause oriented groups who
ad-vocate for women empowerment, celebrate the month with
livelihoodtrainings in every barangay, medical missions, maternal
child care healthprograms to include a campaign on awareness of
womens health.
Some cause-oriented groups, on the other hand, express their
advoca-cies through rallies and marches to call attention to the
welfare of womenwho are a highly vulnerable sector, especially in
after calamity situationswhere they have to fend for their
children, look for food and ensure theyhave adequate shelter from
the elements.By Gay B. Gaspay
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8 NOTICESMarch 10-16, 2014
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
Regional Trial CourtEight Judicial Region
Branch 17Palompon, Leyte
SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-PAL-13-0397-SPFOR: CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN
THE CER-
TIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF THE PETITIONERPERTAINING TO 5 (b)
THEREOF
ELENA P. BASILIOPetitioner,-versus-
THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF VILLABA,LEYTE AND THE NATIONAL
STATISTICS OF-FICE, represented by its Administrator and Civil
Registrar General,CARMELITA N. ERICTA
Respondents.x----------------------x
ORDERA veried petition having been led with this
Court by petitioner, through counsel, Atty. ElroyRaymund S.
Bertulfo, praying that after publication,notice and hearing an
Order be issued directing theLocal Civil Registrar of Villaba,
Leyte and the CivilRegistrar General, National Statistics Ofce to
removein the Certicate of Live Birth of the petitioner the
check mark before the word First in the space num-bered 5 (b) in
her Certicate of Live Birth relating tothe statement IF MULTIPLE
BIRTH, CHILD WAS asthe check mark before the word First implies
that thepetitioner has at least a twin when in fact there is
none.
As the petitioner appears to be sufcient in formand substance,
the same is hereby set for initial hear-ing, pursuant to Section 4,
Rule 108 of the Rules ofCourt on May 26, 2014 at 8:30 oclock in the
morningat the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch
17,Palompon, Leyte at which date, time and place, anyperson may
appear and show cause, if any why thepetition should not be
granted.
Let a copy of this Order be published at theexpense of the
petitioner in a newspaper of generalcirculation in the Province of
Leyte, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks, with the last
publicationto be made at least one week prior to the date set
forinitial hearing.
Furnish copies of this Order to the Ofce of theSolicitor
General, the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba,Leyte, the Ofce of
the Provincial Prosecutor of Leyte,Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo,
Ofce of the CivilRegistrar General, National Statistics Ofce and
thepetitioner.
SO ORDERED.Given in Chambers, this 18th day of February,
2014 at the Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte.(Sgd.) MARIO O.
QUINIT
Presiding JudgeCopy furnished:1. Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo
TorresBugallon St. Villaba, Leyte2. The Ofce of the Solicitor
General Manila3. Pros. Lorna Pades Palompon, Leyte4. National
Statistics Ofce- Manila5. Elena P. Basilio- Brgy. Tagbubunga,
Villaba,Leyte6. Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte7. EV Mail,
Ormoc CityEV Mail March 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2014
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURTRegional Trial
CourtEight Judicial Region
Branch 17Palompon, Leyte
SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-PAL-14-0401-SPFOR: CHANGE OF NAME FROM
CERIACO L.AGOSTO JR. TO CIRIACO L. AGOSTO JR. AND
CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH FROM JANU-ARY 5, 1960 TO JULY 20,
1958 IN THE RECORD
OF BIRTH AND CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OFTHE PETITIONER
CERIACO L. AGOSTO JR.(a.k.a CIRIACO L. AGOSTO JR.)
Herein represented by his Attorney-in-fact,MARINA P.
CALDERON
Petitioner,-versus-
THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF VILLABA,LEYTE AND THE OFFICE OF THE
CIVIL REGIS-
TRAR GENERAL represented by the CIVIL REGIS-TRAR GENERAL
CARMELITA N. ERECTA
Respondents./---------------------/
ORDERA veried petition having been led with this
Court by petitioner, through counsel, Atty. ElroyRaymund S.
Bertulfo, praying that after publication,notice and hearing an
Order be issued directing theLocal Civil Registrar of Villaba,
Leyte and the CivilRegistrar General, National Statistics Ofce to
changethe rst name and date of birth of the petitioner in his
Certicate of Live Birth and Record of Birth as foundon Page
0034, Book No. 009 in the in the Register ofBirths in the Ofce of
the Local Civil Registrar ofVillaba, Leyte from CERIACO to CIRIACO
and Janu-ary 5, 1960 to July 20, 1958, respectively.
As the petition appears to be sufcient in formand substance, the
same is hereby set for initial hear-ing, pursuant to Section 4,
Rule 108 of the Rules ofCourt on June 16, 2014 at 8:30 oclock in
the morningat the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch
17,Palompon, Leyte at which date, time and place, anyperson may
appear and show cause, if any why thepetition should not be
granted.
Let a copy of this Order be published at theexpense of the
petitioner in a newspaper of generalcirculation in the Province of
Leyte, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks, with the last
publicationto be made at least one week prior to the date set
forinitial hearing.
Furnish copies of this Order to the Ofce of theSolicitor
General, the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba,Leyte, the Ofce of
the Provincial Prosecutor of Leyte,Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo,
Ofce of the CivilRegistrar General, National Statistics Ofce and
thepetitioner.
SO ORDERED.Given in Chambers, this 18th day of February,
2014 at the Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte.(Sgd.) MARIO O.
QUINIT
Presiding JudgeCopy furnished:1. Atty. Elroy Raymund Bertulfo-
Torres Bu-gallon St., Villaba, Leyte2. The Ofce of the Solicitor
General- Manila3. Pres. Lorna Pades- Palompon, Leyte4. National
Statistics Ofce- Manila5. Marina Calderon Brgy. Abijao,
Villaba,Leyte6. Local Civil Registrar of Villaba.7. EV Mail Ormoc
CityEV Mail March 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2014
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal/Civil Registry Ofce
Province: LeyteCity/Municipality: Palompon
Republic of the Philippines)Province of Leyte ) SS
Petition No. CCE-0014-101RA 10172PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF
CLERICAL ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTHI, JULIVI MANSING ASTILLERO, of
legal age, Filipino and a resident of Brgy.
Tabunok, Palompon, Leyte, After having been duly sworn to in
accordance with law,hereby declare that:
1) I am the petitioner seeking correction of the clerical error
in:My certicate of live birth2) I was born on July 19, 1990 at
Palompon, Leyte, Philippines3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 90-667 ,
4) 4) The clerical error(s) to be corrected is (are):Item No.
Description From To2 Sex MALE FEMALE5) The facts/reasons for ling
this petition are the following:For error No. 1: to correct my sex
which was wrongly written and recorded
in my birth certicate.6) I submit the following documents to
support this petition.a) Certicat e of Live Birth (SECPA & Ofce
File Copy)b) Certicat e of Baptism/D ECS Form 137-E & form No.
137-Ac) NBI Clearance/ Police Clearance/Personal Afdavitd) Court
Order/Manifestation & Formal Withdrawal of Petitione) Medical
Certicate/Sonographic Report/ Voter Certicationf) Medical
Certication / Certicate of Authenticity,7) I have not led any
similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge,
no other similar petition pending with any LCRO, Court or
Philippine Consulate.8) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Palompon, Leyte in accordance
with R.A. 9048/R.A. 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation.(Sgd.) JULIVI M. ASTILLERO
PetitionerVERIFICATION
I, JULIVI M. ASTILLERO, the petitioner, Hereby certify that the
allegationsherein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
(Sgd.) JULIVI M. ASTILLEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 7th day of March 2014 in
thecity/municipality of Palompon, Leyte, petitioner exhibits in
Community Tax CerticateNo. 34484629 issued at Palompon, Leyte on
March 4, 2014.
(Sgd.) CARMELITA G. LODOVICAMunicipal Civil Registrar
Administering OfcerEV Mail March 10-16, & 17-23, 2014
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Ofce
Province of Leyte
Municipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec.
5, R.A. No. 9048/R.A. 10172, anotice is hereby served to the
public
that CYRIL JANE M. JULIA, has
led with this ofce a Petition for
Change of Gender from MALE toFEMALE in the birth certicate
of
CYRIL JANE M. JULIA who was
born on June 27, 1992 at Hilon -gos, Leyte and whose parents
are
EDWARD M. JULIA and JOSEFINA
L. MANCIO.Any person adversely af-
fected by said petition may file
his/her written opposition with this
ofce not later than fteen (15) days
after publication.
(Sgd.) ERNESTO MA. FULACHE
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail March 10-16, & 17-23,
2014
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0025-2014 R A 10172
CFN-0001-2014Date: FEBRUARY 11, 2014
In Compliance with the publica-tion requirement and pursuant to
OCRGMemorandum Circular No. 2013-1Guidelines in the Implementation
of theAdministrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012(IRR on R.A. 10172),
Notice is herebyserved to the public that CHRISTIANALPHIE C. YAP
has led with this Of-fice, a petition for change of Genderfrom
FEMALE to MALE & Petition forChange of First Name from ALPHIE
to
CHRISTIAN ALPHIE in the certicate oflive birth of CHRISTIAN
ALPHIE C. YAPat BAYBAY, LEYTE and whose parentsare PAUL M. YAP
& ALMA P. CAETE.
Any person adversely affectedby said petition may le his written
op -position with this Ofce not later thanFEBRUARY 11, 2014.
(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG
City Civil RegistrarName of Newspaper: Eastern Visayas
Mail
Place of Publication: LeyteDate of Publication: March 10-16,
&17-23, 2014
rrrNOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
CCE-0034-2014
R.A. 10172
Date: MARCH 07, 2014In Compliance with the publica-
tion requirement and pursuant to OCRGMemorandum Circular No.
2013-1Guidelines in the Implementation of theAdministrative Order
No. 1 Series of 2012(IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is herebyserved to
the public that LEONEDISAV. BANDALAN has led with this Ofce,a
petition for change of GENDER fromMALE to FEMALE in the certicate
oflive birth of LEONEDISA V. BANDALANat BAYBAY, LEYTE and whose
parentsare ALBERTO QUIAMCO BANDALANand EMERENCIANA BALDEVIA
VEGA.
Any person adversely affectedby said petition may le his written
op -position with this Ofce not later thanMARCH 07, 2014.
(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAGCity Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper: Eastern VisayasMail
Place of Publication: LeyteDate of Publication: March 10-16,
&17-23, 2014
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and
Com-
municationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Ofce No. VIII
Ormoc CityCASE NO VIII 2014- 0425
Application for Reconstitution of Recordsof a Certicate of
Public Convenience to
operate a UVS servicesWith prayer to adopt trade name
RODOLFO PFLEIDER II
Applicant/ Petitioner
NOTICE OF HEARING
Applicant is a grantee of a Certi -cate of Public Convenience to
operate a UVSservice for the transportation of passengersand
freight on the route: FROM TACLOBANCITY TO ANY POINT IN REGION 8
& VICEVERSA with the use of two (2) unit/s whichCerticate is
still valid and subsisting up toFEBRUARY 6, 2014
In the present application, applica-tion request authority for
reconstitution of re-cords of the said certicate on the same
routewith the use of the same number of unit/s.
NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplication will be heard by
this Board onMAY 6, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at this Ofce atthe above
address.
At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall
publish thisnotice once in one (1) daily newspaper ofgeneral
circulation in Visayas.
This application will be acted uponby this Board on the basis of
its records anddocumentary evidence submitted by theparties, unless
the Board deems it neces-sary to receive additional documentary
and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable ARTHURL. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this
25THday of FEBRUARY, 2014.
(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOCLERK OF BOARD
Copy furnished:-Applicant/s: R.R. PFLEIDER II, BLM. 2,L4PHASE 5
V & G SUBD, TACLOBAN CITY
-Counsel for applicant/s: ATTY. N. SIA.AVENIDA VETERANOS
TACLOBAN CITYEV Mail March 10-16, 2014
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Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and
Com-
municationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Ofce No. VIII
Ormoc CityCASE NO VIII 2014- 0660
REF. CASE NO. VIII-2001-1660
Application for Reconstitution of Recordsof a Certicate of
Public Convenience to
operate a UV SHUTTLE servicesWith prayer to adopt trade name
RODOLFO PFLEIDER II
Applicant/ Petitioner
NOTICE OF HEARING
Applicant is a grantee of a Cer-ticate of Public Convenience to
operate a
UV SHUTTLE service for the transportationof passengers and
freight on the route:FROM TACLOBAN CITY TO ANY POINT INREGION 8
& VICE VERSA with the use ofONE (1) unit/s which Certicate is
still validand subsisting up to Dec. 7, 2016
In the present application, applica-tion request authority for
reconstitution of re-cords of the said certicate on the same
routewith the use of the same number of unit/s.
NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplication will be heard by
this Board onMAY 6, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at this Ofce atthe above
address.
At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall
publish thisnotice once in one (1) daily newspaper ofgeneral
circulation in Visayas.
This application will be acted uponby this Board on the basis of
its records anddocumentary evidence submitted by theparties, unless
the Board deems it neces-sary to receive additional documentary
and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable ARTHURL. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this
24THday of FEBRUARY, 2014.
(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOCLERK OF BOARD
Copy furnished:-Applicant/s: R.R. PFLEIDER II, Sto. NioSt.,
Tacloban city-Counsel for applicant/s: Atty. Neil Sia, Ave-nida
Veteranos St., Tacloban CityEV Mail March 10-16, 2014
rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and
Com-
municationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Ofce No. VIII
Ormoc CityCASE NO VIII 2014- 0661
REF. CASE NO. VIII-2010-0034
Application for Reconstitution of Recordsof a Certicate of
Public Convenience to
operate a UV SHUTTLE servicesWith prayer to adopt trade name
RODOLFO PFLEIDER IIApplicant/ Petitioner
NOTICE OF HEARING
Applicant is a grantee of a Cer-ticate of Public Convenience to
operate aUV SHUTTLE service for the transportationof passengers and
freight on the route:FROM TACLOBAN CITY TO ANY POINTIN REGION 8
& VICE VERSA with the useof two (2) unit/s which Certicate is
still validand subsisting up to March 17, 2015
In the present application, applica-tion request authority for
reconstitution of re-cords of the said certicate on the same
routewith the use of the same number of unit/s.
NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplication will be heard by
this Board onMAY 6, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at this Ofce atthe above
address.
At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall
publish thisnotice once in one (1) daily newspaper ofgeneral
circulation in Visayas.
This application will be acted uponby this Board on the basis of
its records anddocumentary evidence submitted by theparties, unless
the Board deems it neces-sary to receive additional documentary
and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable ARTHURL. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this
24THday of FEBRUARY, 2014.
(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOCLERK OF BOARDCopy
furnished:-Applicant/s: R.R. PFLEIDER II, Sto. NioSt., Tacloban
city-Counsel for applicant/s: Atty. Neil Sia, Ave-nida Veteranos
St., Tacloban CityEV Mail March 10-16, 2014
rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and
Com-
municationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Ofce No. VIII
Ormoc CityCASE NO VIII 2014- 0663
REF. CASE NO. VIII-2002-1468
Application for Reconstitution of Recordsof a Certicate of
Public Convenience to
operate a UV SHUTTLE servicesWith prayer to adopt trade name
RODOLFO PFLEIDER II
Applicant/ Petitioner
NOTICE OF HEARING
Applicant is a grantee of a Cer-ticate of Public Convenience to
operate aUV SHUTTLE service for the transportationof passengers and
freight on the route:FROM TACLOBAN CITY TO ANY POINTIN REGION 8
& VICE VERSA with the useof ONE (1) unit/s which Certicate is
stillvalid and subsisting up to December 5, 2017
In the present application, applica-tion request authority for
reconstitution of re-cords of the said certicate on the same
routewith the use of the same number of unit/s.
NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplication will be heard by
this Board onMAY 6, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at this Ofce atthe above
address.
At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall
publish thisnotice once in one (1) daily newspaper ofgeneral
circulation in Visayas.
This application will be acted uponby this Board on the basis of
its records anddocumentary evidence submitted by theparties, unless
the Board deems it neces-sary to receive additional documentary
and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable ARTHURL. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this
24THday of FEBRUARY, 2014.
(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOCLERK OF BOARD
Copy furnished:-Applicant/s: R.R. PFLEIDER II, Sto. NioSt.,
Tacloban city-Counsel for applicant/s: Atty. N. M. Sia,Mabini Cor.
Carlos Tan St., Ormoc CityEV Mail March 10-16, 2014
rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and
Com-
municationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Ofce No. VIII
Ormoc CityCASE NO VIII 2014- 0664
REF. CASE NO. VIII-2009-0579
Application for Reconstitution of Recordsof a Certicate of
Public Convenience to
operate a UV SHUTTLE servicesWith prayer to adopt trade name
RODOLFO PFLEIDER II
Applicant/ Petitioner
NOTICE OF HEARING
Applicant is a grantee of a Cer-ticate of Public Convenience to
operate aUV SHUTTLE service for the transportationof passengers and
freight on the route:FROM TACLOBAN CITY TO ANY POINTIN REGION 8
& VICE VERSA with the useof two (2) unit/s which Certicate is
still validand subsisting up to Jan. 22, 2015.
In the present application, applica-tion request authority for
reconstitution ofrecords with extension of validity of the
saidcerticate on the same route with the use ofthe same number of
unit/s.
NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplication will be heard by
this Board onMAY 6, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at this Ofce atthe above
address.
At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall
publish thisnotice once in one (1) daily newspaper ofgeneral
circulation in Visayas.
This application will be acted uponby this Board on the basis of
its records anddocumentary evidence submitted by theparties, unless
the Board deems it neces-sary to receive additional documentary
and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable ARTHURL. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this
26THday of FEBRUARY, 2014.
(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOCLERK OF BOARD
Copy furnished:-Applicant/s: R.R. PFLEIDER II, Sto. NioSt.,
Tacloban city-Counsel for applicant/s: Atty. Neil Sia, Ave-nida
Veteranos St., Tacloban CityEV Mail March 10-16, 2014
rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and
Com-
municationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Ofce No. VIII
Ormoc CityCASE NO VIII 2014- 0667
(REF. CASE NO. VIII-2010-0650)
Application for Reconstitution of Recordsof a Certicate of
Public Convenience to
operate a UVS servicesWith prayer to adopt trade name
RODOLFO PFLEIDER II
Applicant/ Petitioner
NOTICE OF HEARING
Applicant is a grantee of a Certi-cate of Public Convenience to
operate a UVSservice for the transportation of passengersand
freight on the route: FROM TACLOBANCITY TO ANY POINT IN REGION 8
& VICEVERSA with the use of FIVE (5) unit/s whichCerticate is
still valid and subsisting up to
NOVEMBER 3, 2015.In the present application, applica-
tion request authority for reconstitution ofrecords with
extension of validity of the saidcerticate on the same route with
the use ofthe same number of unit/s.
NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplication will be heard by
this Board onMAY 6, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at this Ofce atthe above
address.
At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall
publish thisnotice once in one (1) daily newspaper ofgeneral
circulation in Visayas.
This application will be acted uponby this Board on the basis of
i ts records anddocumentary evidence submitted by theparties,
unless the Board deems it neces -sary to receive additional
documentary and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable ARTHURL. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this
26THday of FEBRUARY, 2014.
(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOCLERK OF BOARD
Copy furnished:-Applicant/s: R.R. PFLEIDER II, Brgy. 91Abucay,
Tacloban City-Counsel for applicant/s: Atty. Neil Sia, Ave-nida
Veteranos St., Tacloban CityEV Mail March 10-16, 2014
rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and Com
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municationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Ofce No. VIII
Ormoc CityCASE NO VIII 2014- 0695
(REF. CASE NO. VIII-2004-0620)
Application for Reconstitution of Recordsof a Certicate of
Public Convenience to
operate a UV SHUTTLE servicesWith prayer to adopt trade name
RODOLFO PFLEIDER II
Applicant/ Petitioner
NOTICE OF HEARING
Applicant is a grantee of a Cer-ticate of Public Convenience to
operate aUV SHUTTLE service for the transportationof passengers and
freight on the route:FROM TACLOBAN CITY TO ANY POINTIN REGION 8
& VICE VERSA with the useof FIFTEEN (15) unit/s which Certicate
isstill valid and subsisting up to SEPTEMBER15, 2014.
In the present application, applica-tion request authority for
reconstitution ofrecords with extension of validity of the
saidcerticate on the same route with the use ofthe same number of
unit/s.
NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplication will be heard by
this Board onMAY 6, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at this Ofce atthe above
address.
At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall
publish thisnotice once in one (1) daily newspaper ofgeneral
circulation in Visayas.
This application will be acted uponby this Board on the basis of
i ts records anddocumentary evidence submitted by theparties,
unless the Board deems it neces -sary to receive additional
documentary and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable ARTHURL. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this
25THday of FEBRUARY, 2014.
(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOCLERK OF BOARD
Copy furnished:-Applicant/s: R.B. PFLEIDER II, BAP Bldg.,Brgy.
91 (Abucay), Tacloban City-Counsel for applicant/s: Atty. Neil Sia,
Ave-nida Veteranos St., Tacloban CityEV Mail March 10-16, 2014
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