VOL. 14 NO. 40 ORMOC CITY P 15.00 at the newsstands OCT . 21- NOV . 3, 2013 Website address: www.evmailnews.com For feedback/i nquiries: e-mail ormocnews22@yaho o.com.ph B YL ALAINEM. JIMENEA Aparis Jr . withdraws from nomination to replace dad SEEAPARIS P. 6 SEEPDAF P. 7 Rep. Lucy T. Gomez with barangay chairman Armando Marson and 4th LED Engr . Lino Gonzales, cuts t he ribbon to inaugurate the already cemented portion of the 2.5-kilometer farm-to-market road at Brgy. Domonar, with a 5-km. road opening funded by DA and the congresswoman’s PDAF. The road shortens the travel from Ormoc to Palompon town from 70 kilometers to only 22 kilometers. Rep. Cari estimates around 750 sc holars can’ t study this sem JOHN EULALIO Nepomuceno Omega Aparis II or “Jay-R” for short, the late councilor Nepo- muceno P. Aparis I’s junior, has asked the Sangguniang Panlung- sod here through the ofce of the Vice Mayor, to withdraw his name from being a nominee to replace the permanent vacancy resulting from his father’s de- mise. Aparis II was nominated by the city council, in a unani- mous vote of those present, to ll up the vacancy alongside Mrs. Evangeline Cotiangco in session last October 29, Tuesday . He was nominated by both his father’s co-independent councilors and the majority LP members. To recall, Aparis II’s father died last September 30. His late father served as vice-mayor of this city for four terms, aside from being councilor in 2001-2004. He ran for councilor again this May 2013 and won, but this time as in- dependent. He died a few months later, creating the vacanc y . The late councilor’s son said that “while it may be true that my family and I had agreed … to the resolution”, they “were not given sufficient opportunity to weigh the same and hence agreed thereto under hurried, very emo- tional and difcult circumstance”. Aparis II said that he is convinced that it should be the his father’s LAKAS-CMD party mates who should choose his replacement, and not the rest of the council which is dominated by Liberal Party members. BAYBAY CITY – Rep. Jose Car- los L. Cari of the 5th district of Leyte estimates around half or 750 scholars, more or less, funded from his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) weren’t able to enroll this semester. On the other hand, Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez of the 4th district of Leyte, said her scholars are still safe for this year but laments for those seeking hospital assistance. “I don’t have funds anymore at the hospitals”, she said, which was usually where indigents would get assistance to buy medi- cines and supplies not available in the hospital pharmacies. This, after the Supreme Court issued a freeze order from further releasing the remaining balances of the PDAF of House members for 2013. For the rst semester, he said, his scholars were able to enroll yet as they were still able to avail of their nancial assistance of P 3,000 each. The congressman has 1,500 scholars scattered all over his district, and enrolled in vari- ous schools. They get a nancial assistance of P 3,000 each per se- mester, which are released to the schools where they are enrolled and more or less cover an ample part of their tuition. The average tuition per semester at state col- leges and universities and even some private colleges in the 5th district is P 3,000.00 to P 8,000.00. That’s already P 9-million from his P 70-million PDAF , Cari pointed out. However, since the remaining half was frozen, he could not give assurances to the scholars that they can continue
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B Y L ALAINE M JIMENEA
Aparis Jr withdraws from
nomination to replace dad
SEE APARIS P 6 SEE PDAF P 7
Rep Lucy T Gomez with barangay chairman Armando Marson and 4th LED Engr Lino Gonzales cuts the ribbon to inaugurate the already cemented portion
of the 25-kilometer farm-to-market road at Brgy Domonar with a 5-km road opening funded by DA and the congresswomanrsquos PDAF The road shortens
the travel from Ormoc to Palompon town from 70 kilometers to only 22 kilometers
Rep Cari estimates around 750 scholars canrsquot study this sem
JOHN EULALIO NepomucenoOmega Aparis II or ldquoJay-Rrdquo forshort the late councilor Nepo-muceno P Aparis Irsquos junior hasasked the Sangguniang Panlung-sod here through the ofce ofthe Vice Mayor to withdraw hisname from being a nominee toreplace the permanent vacancyresulting from his fatherrsquos de-mise
Aparis II was nominatedby the city council in a unani-mous vote of those present to llup the vacancy alongside Mrs
Evangeline Cotiangco in sessionlast October 29 Tuesday He wasnominated by both his fatherrsquosco-independent councilors andthe majority LP members
To recall Aparis IIrsquos fatherdied last September 30 His latefather served as vice-mayor ofthis city for four terms aside frombeing councilor in 2001-2004 Heran for councilor again this May2013 and won but this time as in-dependent He died a few monthslater creating the vacancy
The late councilorrsquos son saidthat ldquowhile it may be true thatmy family and I had agreed hellip tothe resolutionrdquo they ldquowere not
given sufficient opportunity toweigh the same and hence agreedthereto under hurried very emo-tional and difcult circumstancerdquoAparis II said that he is convincedthat it should be the his fatherrsquosLAKAS-CMD party mates whoshould choose his replacementand not the rest of the councilwhich is dominated by LiberalParty members
BAYBAY CITY ndash Rep Jose Car-los L Cari of the 5th district ofLeyte estimates around half or750 scholars more or less fundedfrom his Priority DevelopmentAssistance Fund (PDAF) werenrsquotable to enroll this semester
On the other hand Rep LucyTorres-Gomez of the 4th district ofLeyte said her scholars are stillsafe for this year but laments forthose seeking hospital assistance
ldquoI donrsquot have funds anymore atthe hospitalsrdquo she said whichwas usually where indigentswould get assistance to buy medi-cines and supplies not available inthe hospital pharmacies
This after the Supreme Courtissued a freeze order from furtherreleasing the remaining balancesof the PDAF of House membersfor 2013
For the rst semester he said
his scholars were able to enrollyet as they were still able to availof their nancial assistance of P3000 each The congressman has1500 scholars scattered all overhis district and enrolled in vari-ous schools They get a nancialassistance of P 3000 each per se-mester which are released to theschools where they are enrolledand more or less cover an amplepart of their tuition The average
tuition per semester at state col-leges and universities and evensome private colleges in the 5thdistrict is P 300000 to P 800000
Thatrsquos already P 9-millionfrom his P 70-million PDAF Caripointed out However since theremaining half was frozen hecould not give assurances to thescholars that they can continue
ground for new Palompon District HospitalORMOC CITY ndash Rep LucyTorres-Gomez attended
various ofcial functionsand turned over projectsthis week among themtwo major road projects inthis city that were startedduring her rst term
She also graced thegroundbreaking ceremonyof the P 20-million Palom-pon District Hospital Shewas warmly welcomed tothe town by Mayor RamonOntildeate and other town of-cials The congresswomansaid the funds come fromthe Department of Health
Mayor Ontildeate said thatthe initial funding is for
development of the newhospital site More fundingwould be released in thefuture he said to nish thehospital
When the new hospitalis up and functional the oldone would be demolishedbecause it is dilapidatedalready and located at alandslide prone area
The congresswomantogether with husbandRichard Gomez and 4thLeyte District Engineer LinoGonzales started her dayon October 29 with a turn-over of a 205-meter multi-
purpose pavement to thepeople of RM Tan whichwas received by barangaychairwoman Judith Marsonand husband incomingchairman Rudy Marson
Engr Lino Gonzalessaid the MPP was fundedthrough the congresswom-anrsquos Priority Assistance De-velopment Fund (PDAF)
The second turnoverwas held at Brgy Domonarwhere outgoing barangaychairman Armando Marsonreceived the 25-kilome-ter road constructed withfunds from the Department
of Agriculture and PDAFEngr Gonzales said that P25-million of the road con-creting funds came fromthe DA while Rep LucyTorres-Gomez gave a coun-terpart of P 5-million fromher PDAF
Rep Lucy Torres-Gomez together with outgoing and incoming barangay ofcials at Brgy RM
Tan cuts the inaugural ribbon during the turnover of a 205-meter paved road there With her is
husband Richard Gomez and Engr Lino Gonzales
He emphasized to thelocals gathered that the proj-ect funds was ldquostretchedrdquo toinclude the road openingthat was 5-kilometers longwhich now connects Ormocto the town of PalomponLeyte
Aside from reducingthe cost of transportingfarm produce to the city hesaid that the travel distancefrom Ormoc to Palompon a
popular tourist destinationhas been reduced to 22 kilo-meters only from the usual70 kilometers it would takea traveller coming fromOrmoc to go to PalomponTo motorists this means abig savings on gas and time
In her short speechesthe congresswoman alwaysurged the locals to take careof the roads as this will notonly be good for the presentgeneration but also for thefuture
In Domonar she said itwas unfortunate that thereis a stretch of the road thatremains unpaved becausethe landowner would notallow it to be cemented
The 189-meter stretch itwas learned is controlledby contractor Dodong Bal-tonado who is married toVioleta Martinez a relationof the congresswoman
Rep Gomez said shedispleased her aunt because
Rama says independent councilors made
a mockery out of the SP proceedingsCITY COUNCILOR Vin-
cent Rama who was ap-
pointed OIC Mayor on Oc-
tober 29 Tuesday while
the resolution appointing
Aparis II (see front page
story) and Mrs Evangeline
Cotiangco was being delib-
erated intensively said the
ve independent councilors
have made a ldquomockeryrdquo of
out the proceedings after
they manifested to withdraw
their votes
Rama is the brother-in-law
of Rep Lucy Torres-Gomez
the party chairman of the Lib-
eral Party in the district
ldquoThey made a mockery of
the Sanggunian hellip the entire
proce dure Itrsquos very simple
People were made wait for four
hours Councilor Capahi made
amendment insertions and I
even made a joke that with all
the insertions that CouncilorCapahi made I hope every-
body is referring a rubberrdquo
And then two days later
he said they withdrew their
votes and their anointed nomi-
nee also withdraws his accep-
tance of the nomination
Asked if his ldquoOIC mayor-
shiprdquo was a strategy to take
him out of the session hall so
he cannot help defend the LPrsquos
choice of Mrs Cotiangco he
said it was obviously but added
that even without him the
they wanted to be the onesto work on the project butshe asked them to submittheir intention directly tothe DPWH and submit itthrough the regular biddingprocess
Nonetheless she askedthe 4th LED people to lookinto legal means to nishthe road project
She also told them thatshe regrets some of her
projects might be stalledbecause of the freezing ofthe PDAF funds but addedshe will continue to look forways and means to bringthem relevant and sincerepublic service By Lalaine M Jimenea
TACLOBAN CITY ndash A one of a kind exhibit dubbed ldquoSibol RecreatingForest Productsrdquo is set to be staged at the Robinsonrsquos Place Activity Area
on November 6 Wednesday at 930 in the morningThe organizers are also planning to bring over the same exhibit to Ormoc
City on December 1 Chris Villarino said in a message to the EV Mail Theyare eyeing the City Hall lobby as the venue but is open to suggestions to holdit somewhere else
The Exhibit will showcase products of Peoplersquos Organizations from thedifferent provinces of Eastern Visayas and new collection pieces introducedby Mr Heidrun Milan a renowned interior designer in the region
Invited to be the guest of honor to the Opening Ceremonies is here inTacloban is Philippine Information Agency Regional Director Olive Tiu said MrDeonilo Pantas Regional Chairman and President of the Leysambil Community
Based Forest Management Peoples Organizations FederationMr Pantas said the Sibol Exhibit is different from other exhibits because of
the use of the living exhibition or interactive exhibit strategy This means thatthe people can interact with the display If the exhibit is a bamboo chair thespectator may sit on it While the exhibit is ongoing an actual mat weaving is
being conductedThe Sibol Exhibit in Tacloban runs until November 14 It is part of the
activities of the 3rd Leysambil Community-Based Forest Management Multi-
Stakeholders Summit on November 6 to 8The Summit is organized by the Leysambil Community Based Forest
Management Peoples Organizations Federation Inc and supported by the
Foundational Center Inc and DISOP-Philippines together with the Departmentof Environment and Natural Resources as the lead host agency in cooperation
with other key program implementers PIA
TACLOBAN CITY ndash There isa sinicant increase in net
loan portfolio and depositliabilities in Eastern Visayasthe Bangko Sentral ng Pilipi-
nas Tacloban Branch recentlydisclosed
Presenting the Banking andFinance Statistics of Region 8during the closing program for
the National Statistics Monthcelebration in Eastern Visayas
Ms Ma Theresa N LabradorSenior Research Specialist ofBangko Sentral Tacloban said
that there was a 192 increasein net loan portfolio from the1130870 in 2011 to 1347947
in million pesos in 2012Ms Labrador explained that
loan portfolios are loans that
have been made or bought andare being held for repayments
ABRE GRANDE IN PALOMPON Rep Lucy Torres-Gomez Mayor Ramon Ontildeate and Vice
Mayor Georgina Arevalo during the awarding of the two champion kayakers during the 15-k Kayak
Race from the island of Kalanggaman to the mainland The Abre Grande said Mayor Ramon
Ontildeate is the opening day of their month-long festivities to their annual feast day on December
3 in honor of St Francis Xavier highlighted by the Lawig Festival
3Oct 28 - Nov 3 2013 NEWS
For the 4th time VSU gets Tanglaw AwardBAYBAY CITY - The Phil-
ippine Council for Agricul-
ture Aquatic and Natural
Resources Research and
Development (PCAARRD)has proclaimed VSU as the
winner in the Search for
Tanglaw Award 2013
The award will be received by VSU President Jose L Ba-cusmo during the exhibit cumawarding ceremonies on No-vember 8 2013 at the Sotel
Philippine Plaza Manila Citywith the theme ldquoPCAARRDKaagapay sa Pag-unlad ngIndustriya ng Sakahan at Pan-gisdaanrdquo The award carrieswith it a trophy and a Php2-million research grant forstation development capabil-ity building and upgrading offacilities
Likewise Dr Bacusmotogether with Dr Othello BCapuno VP for Research andExtension and ViCARP Direc-tor will receive the ViCARPPlaque of Recognition as 1stRunner Up in the CY 2013Ugnay Award during the saidceremony This award alsocarries a cash incentive of P500000
Dr Patricio S FaylonPCAARRD Executive Direc-tor said the awarding is theirway of thanking their partnersand recognizing their outstand-ing contribution in helpingshape the agriculture aquaticand natural resources (AANR)
sectors of the country throughscience and technology
Tanglaw is a Filipino wordfor ldquolightrdquo The award is presented to research institu-tions that have contributedsignicantly to the progress of
agriculture aquatic and naturalresources RampD in the coun-try It looks into institutionalachievement that touches thelives of the people and eventu-ally helps the countryrsquos farm-ers contribute to its economy
The selection for the Tan-glaw Award was based onthe following criteria Tech-nologies developedutilizedsignicant information gath-ered and applied ndash 60 pointsFinancial resources generatedfor the past ve years (2008 to
present) ndash 10 points Capabil-ity Building ndash 10 points andother accomplishments suchas institutional publicationsawards received for the pastfive years linkages forgedand projects implemented ndash 20 points
It can be recalled that theinstitution (thru the then ViS-CA President Dr Fernando ABernardo) first received theTanglaw Award from the thenPres Ferdinand E Marcos on Nove mber 10 1977 duri ng
the 5th PCARR AnniversaryCelebration The second Tan-glaw Award was earned by thePRCRTC (now PhilRootcrops)on December 19 1980 andreceived by its director DrMarianito R Villanueva The3rd Tanglaw Award was earnedagain by PhilRootcrops andreceived on November 102010 by its director Dr JulietaR Roa This is the fourth timethat VSU will be receiving the prestigious Tanglaw Award By
Jesus Freddy Baldos
WHAT ARE the origins of All Saints and All SoulsDay Are these linkedwith paganism and Hal-loween
Both the Feast of AllSaints and the Feast of AllSouls evolved in the life ofthe Church independentlyof paganism and HalloweenHowever elements of pa-gan practices were perhaps ldquobaptizedrdquo by some culturesor attached themselves tothe celebration of All Saintsand All Souls
Let us rst address theFeast of All Saints
The exact origins of thiscelebration are uncertainalthough after the legaliza-tion of Christianity in 313a common commemora-
tion of Saints especiallythe martyrs appeared invarious areas throughoutthe Church For instance inthe East the city of Edessacelebrated this feast onMay 13 the Syrians on theFriday after Easter and thecity of Antioch on the rstSunday after PentecostBoth St Ephrem (d 373)and St John Chrysostom(d 407) attest to this feastday in their preaching In theWest a commemoration forall the saints also was cel-ebrated on the rst Sundayafter Pentecost The primary
reason for establishing acommon feast day was be-cause of the desire to honorthe great number of martyrsespecially during the perse-cution of Emperor Diocle-tion (284-305) the worstand most extensive of thepersecutions Quite supplythere were not enough daysof the year for a feast dayfor each martyr and manyof them died in groups Acommon feast day for allsaints therefore seemed
The Origin of All Saints and All Soulsrsquo Day
B Y FR WILLIAM
SAUNDERS
most appropriateIn 609 the Emperor Pho-
cas gave the Pantheon inRome to Pope Boniface IVwho rededicated it on May13 under the title St Mariaad Martyres (or St Mary
and All Martyrs) Whetherthe Holy Father purposefullychose May 13 because of thedate of the popular celebra-tion already established inthe East or whether this was just a happy coincidence isopen to debate
The designation of Nov1 as the Feast of All Saintsoccurred over time
Pope Gregory III (731-741) dedicated an oratoryin the original St PeterrsquosBasilica in honor of all thesaints on Nov 1 (at least ac-cording to some accounts)and this date then becamethe ofcial date for the cel-ebration of the Feast of AllSaints in Rome St Bede (d735) recorded the celebra-tion of All Saints Day onNov 1 in England and sucha celebration also existed inSalzburg Austria Ado of Vi-enna (d 875) recounted howPope Gregory IV asked KingLouis the Pious (778-840) toproclaim Nov 1 as All SaintsDay throughout the Holy Ro-man Empire Sacramentariesof the 9th and 10th centuriesalso placed the Feast of AllSaints on the liturgical cal-endar on Nov 1
Acco rd ing to an ea r-
ly Church historian JohnBeleth Pope Gregory IV(827-844) ofcially declaredNov 1 the Feast of All Saintstransferring it from May 13However Sicard of Cremona(d 1215) recorded thatPope Gregory VII (1073-85)nally suppressed May 13and mandated Nov1 as thedate to celebrate the Feastof All Saints In all we ndthe Church establishing aliturgical feast day in honorof the saints independent of
any pagan inuenceNow for the pagan con-
nection Nov 1 markedSamhain the beginning ofthe Celtic winter (The Celtslived as early as 2000 yearsago in England Scotland
Wales Ireland and northernFrance) Samhain for whomthe feast was named wasthe Celtic lord of death andhis name literally meant ldquosummerrsquos endrdquo Since win-ter is the season of colddarkness and death theCelts soon made the con-nection with human deathThe eve of Samhain Oct 31was a time of Celtic pagansacrice and Samhain al-lowed the souls of the deadto return to their earthlyhomes that evening Ghostswitches goblins and elvescame to harm the peopleparticularly those who hadinicted harm on them inthis life Cats too were con-sidered sacred because theyhad once been human be-ings who had been changedas a punishment for their evildeeds on this earth
To protect themselvesfrom marauding evil spiritson the eve of Samhain thepeople extinguished theirhearth res and the Druids(the priests and spintualteachers of the Belts) builta huge new yearrsquos bonreof sacred oak branchesThe Druids offered burntsacrices (crops animals
even humans) and told for-tunes of the coming yearby examining the burnedremains People sometimeswore costumes of animalheads and skins From thisnew re the home hearthswere again ignited
Particular ethnic groupsdeveloped their own lorewhich was merged with thecelebration In Ireland peo-ple held a parade in honorof Muck Olla a god Theyfollowed a leader dressed
in a white robe with a maskfrom the head of an animaland begged for food (Ire-land is also the source of the jack-orsquolantern fable A mannamed Jack was not ableto enter heaven because ofhis miserliness and he couldnot enter hell because he
played practical jokes on thedevil so he was condemnedto walk the earth with hislantern until Judgment Day)
The Scots walked throughelds and villages carryingtorches and lit bonres toward off witches and otherevil spirits
In Wales every personplaced a marked stone in thehuge bonre If a personrsquosstone could not be found thenext morning he would diewithin a year
Besides the Celtic tradi-tions in place the Romanconquest of Britain in AD 43
brought two other paganfeasts Feralia was heldin late October to honorthe dead Another Autumnfestival honored Pomonathe goddess of fruits andtrees probably throughthis festival apples becameassociated with HalloweenElements of these Romancelebrations were combinedwith the Celtic Samhain
With the spread of Chris-tianity and the establish-ment of All Saints Day someof these pagan customsremained in the Englishspeaking world for All Hal-
lows Eve (or Halloween AllSaints Eve) perhaps at rstmore out of superstitionand later more out of funNevertheless All Saints Dayclearly arose from genuine aChristian devotion
Along with the Feast of AllSaints developed the Feastof All Souls The Church hasconsistently encouraged theoffering of prayers and Massfor the souls of the faith-ful departed in Purgatory At the time of their deaththese souls are not perfectlycleansed of venial sin orhave not atoned for pasttransgressions and thereby
are deprived of the Beatic Vision The faithful on earthcan assist these souls inPurgatory in attaining theBeatic Vision through theirprayers good works and theoffering of Mass
In the early days of theChurch the names of thefaithful departed were post-ed in Church so that thecommunity would rememberthem in prayer In the 6thcentury the Benedictinemonasteries held a solemncommemoration of deceasedmembers at Whitsuntide thedays following Pentecost In
Spain St Isidore (d 636)attested to a celebration onthe Saturday before Sexag-esima Sunday (the secondSunday before Lent theeighth before Easter in theold calendar) In GermanyWidukind Abbot of Corvey(d 980) recorded a specialceremony for the faithful de-parted on Oct 1 St Odilothe Abbot of Cluny (d 1048)decreed for all of the Cluniacmonasteries that specialprayers be offered and the
Ofce of the Dead sung forall of the souls in Purgatoryon Nov 2 the day after AllSaints The Benedictines andCarthusians adopted thatsame devotion and soonNov 2 was adopted as theFeast of All Souls for thewhole Church
Other customs havearisen over time in the cel-ebration of All Souls DayThe Dominicans in the 15thcentury instituted a customof each priest offering threeMasses on the Feast of AllSouls Pope Benedict XIVin 1748 approved this prac-tice and it rapidly spreadthroughout Spain Portugaland Latin America DuringWorld War I Pope BenedictXV recognizing the numberof war dead and the nu-merous Masses that couldnot be fullled because ofdestroyed Churches granted
all priests the privilege ofoffering three Masses on All Souls Day one for theparticular intention one forall of the faithful departedand one for the intentions ofthe Holy Father
Other customs havedeveloped regarding AllSouls In Mexico relativesmake garlands wreathesand crosses of real andpaper owers of every colorto place on the graves ofdeceased relatives the morn-ing of All Souls The familywill spend the entire dayat the cemetery The pas-
tor will visit the cemeterypreach and offer prayersfor the dead and then blessthe individual graves ldquoSkel-etonrdquo candy is given to thechildren
Similar practices occurin Louisiana The relativeswhitewash and clean thetombstones and preparegarlands wreathes andcrosses of real and paperowers to decorate them Inthe afternoon of All Saintsthe priest processes aroundthe cemetery blessing thegraves and reciting the Ro-sary Candles are lit near thegraves at dusk one for each
member of the deceased On All Souls day Mass is usuallyoffered at the cemetery
In the Middle Ages su-perstitious belief probablyinuenced from Celtic pa-ganism held that the soulsin purgatory appeared on AllSouls Day as witches toadsgoblins etc to persons whocommitted wrongs againstthem during their lives onearth For this reason someethnic groups also preparedfood offerings to feed andto appease the spirits onthis day These practices areprobably remnants of the
Celtic Samhain festivitiesNevertheless All Souls
Day as well as All Saints Dayare rooted in Christian beliefand arose in this life of theChurch through a healthyspirituality despite some pa-gan trappings that may havesurvived and have remainedattached to their celebrationhttpwwwcatholiceduca- tionorgarticlesreligion
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Section Editor
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5Oct 28 - Nov 3 2013
The Gospel on Sunday
NOVEMBER 10 2013
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Across the divide
PopulationExplosion is a myth
SEE MERCADO P 6
I USED to tune-in to PRTV-12 to listen to
the morning commentators After a brief
comment on the still raging issue of the Pork
Barrel Scams a commentator made the ob-
servation on a lawyer who led a case against
60-year old Freddie Aguilar for falling in love
and planning to get married to a 14-year old
maiden with her parental consent I was
silently cheering on the PRTV-12 commen-tator I think he was Atty Nick Esmael for
lambasting the ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo for
ling the case against Aguilar instead of those
clearly guilty of the ldquoPork Barrelrdquo Scams He
is obviously an ldquoAbogado de Palagapakrdquo and
no ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo
Tradition forbids the ringing of altar bells
during Holy Week Instead of ringing the small
bell during Mass small wooden boards tied
together are shaken by the altar boys to give
off rattling sounds This is in lieu of the lively
small bells
What reminded me of this was Freddiersquos
song ldquoAnakrdquo It became the top tune world-
wide In my 2nd ofcial trip to South East
Asian countries from Japan up North down the
south of Singapore ldquoAnakrdquo was sang in many
languages It was translated to Japanese InHongkong it was translated to major Chinese
languages like Mandarin or Fookien It was
also sang in Indian by the Indian community
in Singapore I even heard ldquoAnakrdquo also has a
Spanish Italian French etc translations These
are main languages in Europe
I humbly assumed the song ldquoAnakrdquo was
a protest song of the ongoing Worldwide
Population Control Program In one of my early
ECHOES columns I wrote that the whole world
population that time of 7 billion if gathered in
one place and told to stand comfortably at two
persons per one square meter of that area the
world population can be accommodated on
Billiran Island with lots of grounds to spare
An old scientist-philosopher formulated
his Malthusian Theory of over population that
will result in incessant wars and epidemics that
will nally result in annihilation of the worldrsquos
population Of course Malthus a old philoso-
pher and maybe also as a scientist of his times
did not foresaw the vast improvement of the
human species and science eliminating deadly
epidemic viruses and the rise of tall buildings to
increase living spaces in urban areas He never
foresaw the Empire State building or Manhattan
Twin Towers in New York Or the skyscraper
in Saudi Arabia that turns with the rising and
setting of the sun The old Philosopher did not
foresee the eradication of malaria fever When
the Suez and Panama canals were built hun-
dreds of workers died during its construction
because of the malaria-infested swamps turning
the focus of scientists to defeat the plaque
The scourge of tuberculosis has been mini-
mized even in our nation resulting to closures
of TB Pavilions setup in every province of the
country The biggest TB Pavilion was in Quezon
City Even the dreaded Bbible disease leprosy
was totally eliminated with the closure of the
Leper Colony in Culion Island of Palawan
As to wars among nations all thoughts of
war for domination by a single nation was to-
tally eliminated by the invention of atomic or
nuclear bombs forcing nations to be at peace
with each other or fully destroy each other with
nuclear bombs
Hence the Malthusian Theory of Population
Explosion is a false theory of causing the end
of Civilization However recent headlines are
about recurrences of the incurable HIV disease
caused by same sex copulation (To be conrsquot)
ldquoLIKE OTHER families our list gets lon-
gerrdquo noted the wife We were jotting names
for ldquoAll Souls Dayrdquo requiem masses She
adds ndash wistfully ldquoSooner rather than later
somebody will have to write our names in
toordquo
ldquoDeath is only a horizonrdquo the old prayer
says ldquoAnd a horizon is the limit of our sight
We give back to You Lord who rst gave them
to us our faithful dead whose beauty and truth
are even now in our heartsrdquo
Anglo-Catholic and Roman Catholic
churches commemorate the faithful departed
on Nov 2 BBC writes They pray for those
still atoning for misdeeds ldquoAll Hallows Everdquo
or Halloween marked the Celtic new year In
1848 Irish immigrants brought the feast to the
US When younger the wife and I trailed two
granddaughters in spooky dresses knocking
for ldquotrick or treatrdquo goodies in a San Francisco
suburb
Here wersquod light with our grandchildren
candles before graves of family members The
custom resembles Mexicorsquos ldquoDia de los Muer-
tosrdquo Now grandkids have disappeared into
US and Swedish schools We place owers on
graves of relatives whose families vanished in
the immigration diaspora
There is an overload of spot ldquobroadcasts or
reports trafc jams squatters living in cem-
eteries turned into two day ldquocitiesrdquo zapped by
karaoke Yet some 2500 years before Easterrsquos
empty tomb an ailing Job cried ldquoOh that my
words were engraved in rock forever I know
my Redeemer lives And in the end He will
stand forth upon the earth And after my skin
shall have been destroyed yet in my esh I
shall see Godrdquo
Or try 175 BC to134 BC A Jewish rebellion
broke out against the ruling dynasty And Judas
Maccabeus wrote ldquoIt is a good and wholesome
thought to pray for the deadrdquo
From its start the Church prayed for the
dead By year 998 Abbot Oddilo of Cluny
picked Nov 2 for this remembrance The prac-
tice spread to other countries by 10th centuryrsquos
end The living can help the departed the
doctrine went by asceticismrsquos trio of prayer
sacrice and alms
ldquoWho doesnrsquot have unnished business with
someone whom death has takenrdquo asks Fr Ron
Rolheiser But itrsquos never too late if we take seri-
ously the communion of saints tenet Enshrined
in our creed it says wersquore in real community
with those who have diedrrr
ldquoDeath washes some things cleanrdquo Where
hurts prevailed it can bring a peace a clarity
and a charity that were not possible before
Why
Itrsquos not simply because the death changedthe chemistry and took someone out of the fam-
ily the ofce or friends Or as or sometimes
may seem the case the source of the tension
It happens because as Lukersquos account of Jesus
on the cross teaches ldquoToday you will be with
me in paradiserdquo
ldquoJesus speaks those words to the good thief
on the cross And theyrsquore meant for every one of
us who dies without yet fully being a saint and
without having had the time and opportunity to
make all the amends and speak all the apologies
that we owe to others
ldquoThere is still time after death on both sides
for reconciliation and healing to happen Inside
the communion of saints we have access to each
otherrdquo And there we can nally speak of those
words that we couldnrsquot speak before We reach
MALES OF ALL SPECIES love to strut call
themselves top of the heap and feel entitled to
every female in sight It is also considered a
given that a man could not control his sexual
urges and would in fact be just too willing to
bed his friendrsquos wife Is it based on research
or is it just a myth
Scientists have found that men are biologi-
cally inclined toward avoiding a close encounter
with the mate of a buddy Testosterone seems to
be depressed if a friend is involved but elevated
if there is no close relationship
Menrsquos testosterone levels generally increase
when they are interacting with a potential sexual
partner or an enemyrsquos mate researchers report
It suggests that menrsquos minds have evolved to
foster a situation where the bonds of friendship
are respected
The apparent lowering of testosterone levels
when interacting with friendsrsquo mates is consis-
tent with mutual respect of mating relationships
and enhanced cooperation among group males
the study notes
The scientists see their study as much
broader than just the sexual temptation involv-
ing a friendrsquos mate because another research
showed that testosterone is also involved in a
wide range of human activities
They found for example that the level of
testosterone soared in young men when they
competed in sporting events with a rival from
another community but it remained unchanged
if the rival was a close neighbor And that they
suggest shows we are biologically determined
to act less aggressively within our group but we
are more willing to attack outsiders
A victory against friends does not affect
testosterone signicantly whereas a victory
against outsiders results in elevated testoster-
one the study concludes Likewise a defeat by
friends has little effect on testosterone whereas
a defeat by outsiders results in decreased testos-
terone from pre-competition levels
The researchers further suggest that testos-
terone remains low to help members of a com-
munity work together and it rises to help defeat
a threat from outside the community Thus it
may play a critical role in human interactions
even at the international level
However there is still some debate among
scientists over testosterone Other scientists
found that testosterone does not cause aggres-
sion if that would threaten onersquos own status as
in donrsquot pick a ght with a bully if hersquos really
gigantic
Another study found that testosterone makes
us less cooperative even with our friends and
more egocentric And other researchers found
that subjects who had received an extra dose of
testosterone lied less frequently so the effect can
sometimes seem contradictory
But one thing is certain Sex may not neces-
sarily be destiny but sex hormones determine
what and who we are as far as gender orienta-
tion is concerned Perhaps the hate bashers now
show more empathy for Charice and others who
came out of the closet by supporting Thatrsquos My
Tomboy a popular segment of Itrsquos Showtime
for lesbians on TV
Dear Atty Golo
Ang among mayor nangampanyalagi og ldquostraight votingrdquo sa mga kapitanog konsehal nga iyang gisuportahanGiingnan niya ang mga tawo nga kon dilimo ldquovote straightrdquo pwede kono matang-tang sa 4P Unsa man ning 4P nga gigamitman sa politika Ang mga gisuportahansa mayor hayahay kaayo kay napun-an
silag laing P Power mao nga 5P na silaMaayo pa wagtangon ang 4P Tinood naapod konoy 4P sa ubang nasod Nanon-dog sila sa ato o kitay nanondog nilaUnsa man poy ngan sa ilang 4P
Matinahuron Mr Torpe
Dear Mr Torps
Ang 4P sa atoa gitawag og Panta-wid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Angtomong mao ang pagtabang sa atongmga igsoon nga nagkalisodlisod pinaagisa paghatag og ldquocash assistancerdquo Naapod ni sa ubang nasod Sama sa Brazilang tawag nila ldquoBolsa Familiardquo Apanlahi sa atoa Kay atong kwarta ilanggibulsa Mao nga mo ldquoinsistrdquo ang inyongmayor og ldquostraight votingrdquo aron angilang anomaliya dili maboking Sa sunodeleksyon himoa ang inyong mayor nga4P kon Pulihi Pulihi Pulihi og Pulihi
Imong amigo Manny G Golo eggololawgmailcom 09155595449
Luke 20 27 - 38
There came to him some Sadduceesthose who say that there is no resurrectionand they asked him a question sayingldquoTeacher Moses wrote for us that if a manrsquosbrother dies having a wife but no children
the man must take the wife and raise upchildren for his brother Now there wereseven brothers the rst took a wife and
died without children and the second andthe third took her and likewise all seven leftno children and died Afterward the womanalso died In the resurrection thereforewhose wife will the woman be For theseven had her as wiferdquo
And Jesus said to them ldquoThe sons ofthis age marry and are given in marriagebut those who are accounted worthy toattain to that age and to the resurrectionfrom the dead neither marry nor are givenin marriage for they cannot die any more
because they are equal to angels and aresons of God being sons of the resurrectionBut that the dead are raised even Mosesshowed in the passage about the bushwhere he calls the Lord the God of Abrahamand the God of Isaac and the God of JacobNow he is not God of the dead but of theliving for all live to himrdquo
you can see they were wor-ried Almost all came In thepast if you called them toa meeting there would bemany who absent But dur-ing our last meeting almost
all came because they knowthere was a problem Na-looy ko nila but what can Ido I estimate around half ofthem wonrsquot be able to enrollthis semesterrdquo he said
2014 will not be muchof a problem he addedbecause ldquowe will be sub-mitting their names to theCHED (Commission onHigher Education) and they(have given the assurancethat they) will take it fromthererdquo
The congressman add-ed that aside from puttinghis scholars on a disadvan-
tage the freezing of thePDAF has also taken a tollon the small projects thatare usually funded fromit like school fences waterpumps waiting sheds andinfrastructures that the ba-rangays need but canrsquot befunded through regularfunds anymore because
they were minorRep Cari also said his
district still owes PhilHealtha lot ldquoItrsquos a good thing theyunderstandrdquo he said
Asked if he would stillrun for Congress even ifthere is no more PDAF to
speak of Cari said ldquoOo na-man Being a congressmangoes beyond having PDAFItrsquos representing our peopleand bringing their voice tothe concerned agenciesrdquo
Cari during the inter-view was with AgricultureSecretary Proceso AlcalaCari said he invited Alcalaover to the 5th district forhim to see what can bedone there and to solvesome problems concerningagriculture one of which isthe situation of abaca in thedistrict
He brought Alcala tothe Specialty Pulp Mill Incat Brgy Hilapnitan whichhad to close its abaca sort-ing plant because there is nomore ample supply of abacain the district and nearbyareas after it was hit by thebunchy top virus Around80 workers were displacedit was learned aside from
DTI Approved and issued DTI Leyte Permit No L-138 Series of 2013
PDAF from P 1
those indirectly benetingfrom the plant
Alcala upon discussingthe matter with SPMI man-agement gave the FiberDevelopment Authority theNational Abaca ResearchCenter and other concerned
line agencies a two-weekultimatum to come up witha roadmap to rejuvenatethe industry in the area orat least introduce stopgapmeasures
Pleased with the resultof the meeting of SPMImanagement and AlcalaRep Cari said this is one ofhis jobs as ldquorepresentativeof the peoplerdquo By Lalaine M Jimenea
LP still had the numbers ldquoIt
would have been 5 LP coun-
cilors and 5 independents on
the oor with the vice mayor
casting a vote to break a tierdquo
he said
As for inserting Aparis IIrsquos
name into the nomination he
said it was a ldquohumanitarianrdquo
act on the part of the Liberal
Party but apparently this was
unacceptable ldquoto the other
siderdquo
On a hindsight he said
there was at least one councilor
who was bent to have the pro-
ceedings deferred and because
he was not able to swing it
resulted to them agreeing to the
resolution then withdrawing
RAMA from P 2
their votes after ldquoOne coun-
cilor would not take anything
less than a defermentrdquo he
observed
Meanwhile Councilor Ma-
rio Rodriguez when asked
for his comment on the issue
said that since Aparis II has
withdrawn his acceptance to
the nomination then there is
only one nominee As for the
five independent councilors
who withdrew their votes he
said the SP internal rules say a
vote cannot be withdrawn once
it is cast ldquoI am not a lawyer but
that is how I understand it (the
internal rules)rdquo he said He
said this is a matter best looked
into by legal minds
set of banks thrifts and other lending
institutions she saidBangko Sentral attributed the
192 increase in net loan portfolioin 2012 to the improving businessconditions in the region
Meanwhile the deposit liabilitiesin Eastern Visayas increased from4299815 in 2011 to 4877184 in
million pesos in 2012The 134 increase in deposit
liabilities in 2012 is due to increasednumber of banks 4 universal banksand 4 thrift banks Ms Labrador said
The Loan-to-Deposit Ratio in2011 is 26 while 28 in 2012 sheadded
As of June of 2013 there is a totalof 173 banks in Eastern Visayas 86
universal and commercial banks 25thrift banks and 62 rural coop banks
The province of Leyte has themost number of banks with a total of93 broken down to 46 universal andcommercial banks 13 thrift banks and
34 ruralcoop banksSouthern Leyte comes second
with 28 banks 8 universal and com-mercial banks 4 thrift banks and 16ruralcoop banks Samar province
has 22 Eastern Samar and NorthernSamar have 13 each while Biliranhas 4 banks
There are 181 Automated TellerMachines (ATMs) in the various
provinces of Eastern Visayas 140 areonsite while 41 are offsite
InarsquosHousehold Tips
By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez
14 Simple Gardening Tips
FROM USINg leftover coffee beans to preventing
dirt from ettin underneath nernails mastergardener Paul James shares his top 14 tips andshortcuts to make sprin ardenin a breezeHerethe latest tips and tricks from Paul James host ofgardenin by the Yard
1 To remove the salt deposits that form on claypots combine equal parts white vinegar rubbingalcohol and water in a spray bottle Apply the mixtureto the pot and scrub with a plastic brush Let the potdry before you plant anything in it
2 To prevent accumulating dirt under yourngernails while you work in the garden draw yourngernails across a bar of soap and yoursquoll effectivelyseal the undersides of your nails so dirt canrsquot collectbeneath them Then after yoursquove finished in thegarden use a nailbrush to remove the soap and yournails will be sparkling clean
3 To prevent the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking treat with a spray vegetable oilbefore installing it in the trimmer
4 Turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stickLay a long-handled garden tool on the ground and nextto it place a tape measure Using a permanent markerwrite inch and foot marks on the handle When youneed to space plants a certain distance apart ( from justan inch to several feet) yoursquoll already have a measuringdevice in your hand
5 To have garden twine handy when you needit just stick a ball of twine in a small clay pot pull theend of the twine through the drainage hole and setthe pot upside down in the garden Do that and yoursquollnever go looking for twine again
6 Little clay pots make great cloches for protect-ing young plants from sudden overnight frosts andfreezes
7 To turn a clay pot into a hose guide just staba roughly one-foot length of steel reinforcing bar intothe ground at the corner of a bed and slip two claypots over it one facing down the other facing up Theguides will prevent damage to your plants as you dragthe hose along the bed
8 To create perfectly natu-
ral markers write the namesof plants (using a permanentmarker) on the flat faces ofstones of various sizes andplace them at or near the base of your plants
9 Got aphids You can control them with a strongblast of water from the hose or w ith insecticidal soap Butherersquos another suggestion one thatrsquos a lot more fun getsome tape Wrap a wide strip of tape around your handsticky side out and pat the leaves of plants infestedwith aphids Concentrate on the undersides of leavesbecause thatrsquos where the little buggers like to hide
10 The next time you boil or steam vegetablesdonrsquot pour the water down the drain use it to waterpotted patio plants and yoursquoll be amazed at how theplants respond to the ldquovegetable souprdquo
11 Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidifythe soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas rhodo-dendrons camellias gardenias and even blueberries
A light sprinkling of about one-quarter of an inch ap-plied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on theacidic side
12 Use chamomile tea to control damping-offfungus which often attacks young seedlings quitesuddenly Just add a spot of tea to the soil around thebase of seedlings once a week or use it as a foliar spray
13 If you need an instant table for tea service lookno farther than your collection of clay pots and saucersJust ip a good-sized pot over and top it off with a largesaucer And when yoursquove had your share of tea ll thesaucer with water and your ldquotablerdquo is now a birdbath
14 The quickest way in the world to dry herbs justlay a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car arrangethe herbs in a single layer then roll up the windowsand close the doors Your herbs will be quickly driedto perfection Whatrsquos more your car will smell great
For more tips you can watch Inarsquos Household
Tips at PRTV 12 Tacloban ndash ldquoBida ka Inayrdquo every Tues-day Thursday amp Saturday at 6pm or you can email me atinashouseholdtipsyahoocom or add me on facebook
DEPOSITS from
P 2
IN JAVIER TO VISIT MAYOR
JAVIER On his 2nd day in visitingthe 5th district of Leyte Agriculture
Sec Proceso J Alcala wentto Javier Leyte to meet MayorSandy Javier and see how DA
funded projects are going on Ontop he is seen with the Mayor asthey discuss coco peat and other
products being produced in thearea At right the ldquoJavierrdquo Salabat
or Ginger Tea which is grown packaged and exported from the
Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late
PASCUAL A NABASQUIZ had left an account withPhilippine National Bank (PNB) Ormoc Branch underSavings Account No 231178000016 was settled amonghis heirs per Doc No 249 Page No 57 Book No LVSeries of 2013 of Notary Public Conrad P Conopio EVMail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late PROCESO SAMSON re a parcel of landdesignated as Lot No 4388-A situated in Barrio MagaswiOrmoc City containing an area of 4604 sq m covered
by TCT No 18150 was settled among his heirs per DocNo 398 Page No 80 Book No XXX Series of 2013 ofNotary Public Maria Samuel P Aviles EV Mail Oct 14-2021-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late MILAGROS MALINAO re a parcel land consist-ing One-Half (12) share or One-Third (13) share of aparcel Lot No 1198 situated in Poblacion Ormoc Citycontaining an area of 133 sq m covered by under TCTNo 32250 was settled and Partitioned among her heirsper Doc No 380 Page No 76 Book No CCXII Seriesof 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S Maglasang EV MailOct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property
of the late VIRGINIAMIRALLES re a parcel of land LotNo 6558-C Psd-08-002799 situated in the Barrio LiloanOrmoc City containing an area of 8299 sq m under TCTNo 20595 was settled among her heirs and sold in favorof JOSHUAA FIEL per Doc No 516 Page No 104Book No XVIII Series of 2011 of Notary Public AlbertoL Conopio EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with quitclaim and waiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties
of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ SR re parcels of land(Lot No 9693Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City containingan area of 6386 sq m covered by OCT No P-48 LotNo 9678 containing an area of 10961 sq m coveredby OCT No 0-261 Lot No 9694 containing an area of2530 sq m covered by OCT No 0-261 Lot 9681-B-3situated in Brgy Aguiting Kananga Leyte containingan area of 44043 sq m Lot 9681-B-4 containing anarea of 6863 sq m covered by TCT No T-30590 weresettled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUDOLFOB FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ ndash PAREDESper Doc No 96 Page No 20 Book No CXXII Series2013 of Notary Nepomuceno P Aparis I EV Mail Oct21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Afdavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE
ORMAESPINA-YPIL Filipino of legal age married anda resident of 3 Tambis St Urgello Sambag 2 Cebu CityPhilippines issued an afdavit of loss that her youngersister MUTYALUZ ESPINA- GLOVER donated to hera paraphernal land located in So Cambantug Brgy LakeDanao Ormoc City Leyte on July 2010 covered by TCTNo TP-409 containing an area of 135614 sq m TDNo 00022-00092 Mutya Luz her sister personally turnedover the said ownerrsquos duplicate of her title together withthe tax declaration thereof which also kept in GRACEORMAESPINA- YPILrsquos wooden drawer was lost duringthe renovation house in Cebu City from Danao City car-rying with all belongings etc and the period of transferand in returning back home as the carpentry work neededsome nishing She looked for the aforementioned landtitle and its tax declaration but her efforts remained futile Afdavit was subscribed per Doc No 458 Page No 119Book No 92 Series of 2013 before Atty Pepito C SuelloEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013Amended Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute
SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the state of
the late JOSE V GAQUIT SR affecting his 104 sharesof stocks of Western Leyte College of Ormoc City hasbeen extra-judicially partitioned among his survivingheirs and consequently sold to EMMANUEL A FIEL in adocument known as amended extra-judicial settlementamong heirs with absolute sale dated October 4 2013per Doc No 421 Page No 85 Book No XXV Series of2013 of Atty Gerentstein T Banzon EV Mail Oct 21-27
Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFFRegional Trial Court8th Judicial Region
Hall of Justice Ormoc CityEJF NO R-ORM-13-00016-FC
FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
IMELDA SACAY ndashBERNDTPetitioner-Mortgagee
-versus-SPOUSES DIOSDADO AND LEONILA BAUTISTA
Respondents- Mortgagorsx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended led by IMELDA SACAY-BERNDT of Brgy Co -gon Ormoc City against SPS DIOSDADO AND LEONILABAUTISTA of Brgy Punta Ormoc City to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 2013 amounts to ONEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINETYFOUR amp 88100 (P150709488) charges attorneyrsquos fees etcbut excluding expenses of foreclosure the undersigned Sheriffwill sell at public auction on NOVEMBER 12 2013 from 1000AM to 400 PM at the Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Hallof Justice Ormoc City to the highest bidder for CASH orManagerrsquos check and in the Philippine Currency the followingpropertys with all its improvements to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 32193ldquoA parcel of land certain Lot 6432-B-2 of the sub-division
plan Psd-08-009973-D being a portion of Lot 6432-B Psd-74330 situated in the Brgy of Liloan City of Ormoc Islandof Leyte Bounded on the NE points 3-4 by Lot 6432-B-3 ofthe sub-div plan on the S points 4-1 by Lot 6432-B-10 xxxcontaining an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDFIFTY TWO (1152) square meters more or lessrdquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above-stated time and date In the event the publicauction should not take place on the said date it shall be heldon November 15 2013
Hall of Justice Ormoc City October 7 2013(Sgd) VIRGILIO D LENTEJAS JR
SHERIFF IVEV Mail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048 a
notice is hereby served to the public that ADRIANO LBELTRAN has led with this ofce a Petition for Changeof First Name from EMMIE to ELBE in the birth certicateof ELBE P BELTRAN who was born on July 18 1983 atHilongos Leyte and whose parents are ADRIANO L
BELTRAN and FLORENTINA PAGAS Any person adversely affected by said petition
may le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of BiliranMunicipality of Naval
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No 2013 ndash01 Guidelines in the implementation of the AdministrativeOrder No 1 Series of 2013 (IRR on RA10172) Notice ishereby served to the public that WARREN D CABRIANAhas led with this Ofce a petition for Correction of Entryin Gender Sex from ldquoFemalerdquo to ldquoMalerdquo in my Certicate ofLive Birth of WARREN D CABRIANAat NAVAL BILIRANand whose parents are ELNADE LOS SANTOS andEXPEDITO CABRIANA
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this ofce not laterthan November 03 2013
(Sgd) ENGR NOEL P CABILINMGDH-1 (Mun Civil Registrar)
EV Mail Oct 21- 27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048
a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENOROLFO LORA has led with this ofce a Petition forChange of First Name from PERPETUAto CARMEN in
the birth certicate of CARMEN OROLFO who was bornon August 4 1947 at Hilongos Leyte and whose parentsare PEDRO OROLFO and REMEDIOS WENCESLAW
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28 ndash Nov 3 2013rrr
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0019-2013
Date October 21 2013In compliance with the publication require-
ment and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum CircularNo 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that WindyB Salidaga has led with this ofce a correction of entryin sex from ldquoMALErdquo to ldquoFEMALErdquo in the certicate ofLive birth of Windy B Salidaga at Banat-I San IsidroLeyte and whose parents are Eusebio G Salidaga andLetecia A Bacalanos
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this Ofce not laterthan November 4 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDAC VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper Eastern Visayas MailPlace of Publication San Isidro LeyteDate of Publication Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE8th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTMagsaysay Blvd Tacloban City
EJF No 3660For Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
PHCCI Multi-Purpose Cooperative rep By Zacarias MMate
PetitionerMortgagee
-versus-Ronald L Yu joined by his wife Mrs Rovic B YuRespondent Mortgagors
x------------------xSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AMENDEDUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135 as
Amended led by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERA-TIVE (PHCCI) rep By Zacarias M Mate Real Street TaclobanCity against RONALD L YU at BLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHABARAS PALO LEYTE to satisfy the Mortgage indebtednesswhich as of July 22 2013 amounted to ONE MILLION TWOHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDTHIRTY SIX PESOS amp 56100 (Php 123423656) PhilippineCurrency excluding Penalties Charges Attorneyrsquos Fees ex-penses of the Foreclosure Sheriffrsquos Lawful Fees and expensesfor conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof the UN-DERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION on November 29 2013 at 900 in the morning orsoon thereafter REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Magsaysay BlvdTacloban City to the highest bidder for Cash and in PhilippineCurrency the following Real Properties Personal Propertieswith all the improvements thereon to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-122-2011001308
ldquoA parcel of land (Lot 7 Block 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13819 being a portion of theconsolidation of Lots 2870 28712873 2874 2884 2886 28872901 2904 2909 2920 2921 2922 2923 2924 2925 2927 and3381 Tacloban Cadastre LRC (GLRO) Record No 1040) situ-ated in the Barrio of Caibaan Tacloban City Island of LeyteBounded on the NE Points 3 to 4 by Lot 9 on the SE points4 to 1 by Lot 8 on the SW points 1 to 2 by Lot 5 all of Block 2on the NW points 2 to 3 by road Lot 19 all of the Consolida-tion Subdivision plan Containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFORTY (240) SQUARE METERS more of less registered inthe name of RONALD L YU of legal age Filipino marriedrdquo
PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above-stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on December 6 2013 on the same
time and place without further noticeTacloban City October 16 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT ampEX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
(Sgd) LUDY C MARMITASheriff IV
Copy furnishedPERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE(PHCCI) rep By ZACARIAS M MATERONALD L YUBLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHA BARASPALO LEYTEEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Carigara LeyteSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF SALE
RTC-2013-006-EJFUpon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 led by the petitioner Metro OrmocCommunity Cooperative (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch withpostal address at Arradaza St Ormoc City against RobertoC Sotto resident of Brgy 88 Balok Ii San Jose Tacloban Cityto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013amounted to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS and 51100(PhP38992051) Philippine Currency excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other incidental expenses that may beincurred in the conduct of the sale which the undersigned willsell at public auction on November 20 2013 from 900 orsquoclockin the morning to 200 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Hall of
Justice Building Carigara Leyte to the highest bidder in cashand in Philippine Currency the property with improvementsthereon to wit
(Original Certicate of Title No P-39397)A parcel of agricultural land designated as Lot No
3898 situated at Brgy Bahay Municipality of San MiguelProvince of Leyte Bounded on the North Cad Lot No 2509East Creek South Cad Lot No 3839 Ass Lot No 017 WestCad Lot No 2508 Ass Lot No 010 Containing an area ofFORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FORTY THREE SQUARE
METERS (47043 sq m )Prospective bidders and buyers may verify for them-
selves the title and encumbrances in the herein describedproperty from the undersigned
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe date and time stated above
The undersigned sheriff reserves the right to postponereject any bid or all bids in the interest of justice and the par-ties concerned
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on November 28 2013 on the sameplace and time without further notice
Carigara Leyte Philippines October 24 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFF(Sgd) EMMANUEL P BARIATA
Sheriff IV RTC-OCCEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippiensREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOrmoc City
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF
EJF No R-ORM-13-00017-FCFor
EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE under Act 3135
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund)
Mortgagee -versus- ALEJANDRO G CANONIO JRMortgagorx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALEUpon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135
led by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)Tacloban Regional Ofce Tacloban City against AlejandroG Canonio Jr to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of August 8 2013 amounts to Nine Hundred Ninety OneThousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Pesos Only (P99126500)including interest and penalties but excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other expenses of foreclosure the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on November 202013 at 400 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Ofce of the Clerkof Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City to the highest bid-der for cash or managerrsquos check and i n Philippine Currencythe following property with all the improvements locatedtherein to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 25877Register of Deeds of Ormoc City
A parcel of land designated as (Lot 2-C-2-C of thesubdivision plan Psd-006172 being a portion of Lot 2-C-2Psd-08-004780 situated at the Barangay of Dontildea Feliza Mejia
Village City of Ormoc Island of Leyte Bounded on the NEalong line 3-4 by Lot 2-C-2-B on the SE along line 4-1 by ot2-C-2-W (Road Right of Way) on the SW along line 1-2 byLot 2-C-2-D all of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0016172 andon the NW along line 2-3 a Road (1000 m wide) Beginningat a point marked ldquo1rdquo on plan being N 11 deg 59rsquoW 49785m from BBM No 8 Cad-256 Ormoc Cadastre thence N 72deg 08rsquoW 1701 m to point 2 thence N 17 deg 52rsquoE 885 mto point 3 thence S 72 deg 07rsquoE 1699 m to point 4 thenceS 17 deg 43rsquoW 884 m to point of beginning containing anarea of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) square meters more orless Registered in the name of Sps Alejandro G Canonio Jrand Nena B Canoniordquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onthe said date it shall be held on November 27 2013 withoutfurther notice
(Sgd) ZENEN B PURAY JRSheriff IV
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionBranch 18 Hilongos Leyte
SP PROC NO H-521IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR
RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWNIN SCHOOL AS RHEA F SANCHEZ
RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZPetitioner
x-----------------------xORDER
PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ by andthrough counsel eld a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PE -DROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEAF SANCHEZ In support of her petition the petitioner aversTHAT She is of legal age Filipino single and without issuea businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt VilbarSt Central Poblacion Hilongos Leyte she is in possession offull civil capacity and legal rights is of good moral characterhas not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitudeand is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her
children in keeping with the means of family she is sixteen (16)years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoptionservices in accordance with law that the subject minor is notdisqualied by law to be adopted the subject minor has beenvoluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when herbiological executed a ldquoDeed of Voluntary Commitmentrdquo onMarch 2 2012 hence prayed that the petition be granted
WHEREFORE nding the Veried Petition to be suf-cient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initialhearing on April 10 2014 at 830 in the morning at whichdate time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by theapproval of the instant Petition may come to court in thisrst opportunity
Published this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner
Furnished copy of this Order to the Ofce General beingthe general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St LegaspiVillage Makati City Regional Director of DSWD for that ofceto conduct a social case study report to conduct a home studyreport and to submit other relevant papers within 60 daysthe natural parent of the minor to be adopted Petitioner andher counsel for them to be present at the given addresses forthem to be present during initial hearing
SO ORDEREDIN CHAMBERS this 4th day of October 2013 Hilongos
Leyte Philippines(Sgd) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO
Executive JudgeESAcsv
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperty of the late ELIAS MORILLO Sr re an
agricultural land at Pili Almeria Biliran coveredby ARP No 00291 with an area of 32939050
hectares denominated as survey No and
coco land covered by ARP No 00289 with anarea of 0984054 hectares survey No 2136
Lot No 005 Title No P-44533 were settledamong his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A
MACAPANIG per Doc No 83 Page No 17
Book No XII Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Nel JohnB De la Pentildea EV Mail Oct 28- Nov3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition
with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO rea parcel of land consisting one half (12) share
of Lot 2269-D-18 Psd-08-004276 situated
in Brgy Alegria Ormoc City containing anarea of 104 sq m covered by TCT No 24511
was partitioned among his heirs and sold in
favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA perDoc No 476 Page No 96 Book No CCCLSeries of 2013 EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re aparcel of an agricultural land Lot No 11431
situated in Ormoc City containing an areaof 52344 sq m covered by OCT No 0-309
was settled among his heirs per Doc No 449Page No 90 Book No 31 Series of 2013 of
Notary Public Edward A Adlawan EV Mail Oct28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a
parcel of land Lot No 776 situated in Alang ndash
alang containing an area of 2178 sq m andLot No 1245 containing an area of 33549 sq
m both parcels covered by OCT No 11381 weresettled among his heirs per Doc No 276 Page
No 56 Book No IV Series of 2012 of NotaryPublic Daniel Pen EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 34-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province LeyteCityMunicipality Villaba
Republic of the Philippine )Villaba Leyte) SS
Petition No CFN-04-2013PETITION FOR CHANgE OF FIRST NAME
I GESHIELLA A MONTERO of legal ageFilipino and a resident of 249 Ilang-ilang st Brgy Bi-clatan General Trias Cavite after having been dulysworn to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking thechange of rst name in
b) the Certicate of Live Birth of Edgar NMontero who is my husband
2) He was born on 6 April 1963 at Villaba Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under registrynumber 154) The rst name to be changed is from
EDGAR to PEDROThe grounds for filing this petition are
the followingb) He has habitually and continuously used
PEDRO and he publicly known in the communitywith that rst name
6) I submit the following documents tosupport this petition
a) Childrsquos birth certicate (OCRG COPY)b) NBI PNP Barangay and Court clear-
ance and cert of employmentc) Form 137-E Transcript of records
diploma and BGMTd) Marriage cert siblingrsquos birth cert (Jona-
lly) E-1 MDR civil security certications7) I have not led any similar petition and
that to the best of my knowledge no other similarpetition is pending with any LCRO Court or Philip-pine Consulate
8) I have no pending criminal civil oradministrative case in any court or any quasi-
judicial body9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Villaba Leyte in accordance with RA No 9048 andits implementing rules and regulations
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
VERIFICATIONI GESHIELLA A MONTERO the petition-
er hereby certify that the allegations herein are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and bel ief
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before methis 21st day of October 2013 in the Municipality ofVillaba Leyte petitioner exhibiting his CommunityTax Certicate NO 24113552 issued at VillabaLeyte on October 21 2013
(Sd) Enr Medallo V Punon Administering Ofcer
EV Mail Oct 29- Nov 3 amp 4 -10 2013
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry OfceProvince of Leyte
Municipality of San IsidroNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with RA No 9048a notice is hereby served to the public that
Guillermo Villamor Mahayag has led with this
ofce a petition for Change of First Name fromldquoAlfredordquo to ldquoGuillermordquo in the birth Certicate
of Guillermo Villamor Mahayag who was bornon 27 November 1953 at San Isidro Leyte and
whose parents are Esmeraldo P Mahayag and
Elpedia C Villamor Any person adversely affected by said
petition may le hisher written opposition withthis ofce not later than Nov 8 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDA C VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocalCivil Registry Ofce
Province Leyte
CityMunicipality Palompon
Petition No CCE-0081-2013 RA 10172
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL
ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
I ARNIE ROMERO CARILLAS of
legal age Filipino and a resident of Brgy Cruz
Palompon Leyte after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking cor-
rection of the clerical error in
My certicate of live birth
2) I was born on October 22 1993
at Palompon Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 93-1538
4) The clerical error(s) to be cor-
rected is (are)
Item No Description From To
2 Sex MALE FEMALE
5) The factsreasons for ling this petition
are the following
For error No 1 This petition is hereby
led to correct my sex which was erroneously
recorded in my birth certicate
6) I submit the following documents
to support this petition
a) Certicate of Live Birth (SECPA
amp Ofce File Copy)b) Certicate of Baptism Elemen-
tary School permanent Record
c) DepEd Form 138-ANational
Career Assessment Examination Result
d) Voter Certication Police Clear -
ance NBI Clearance
e) Brgy Clearance Personal Af-
davit (Unemployment) amp Medical Record
f) Medical Certication Cert of
Authenticity
7) I have not led any similar peti-
tion 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 RA
90 48 RA 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation
(Sgd) ARNIE R CARILLAS
Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
25th day of October 2013 in the municipality of
Palompon Leyte petitioner exhibits in Community
Tax Certicate No 11302018 issued at Palompon
Leyte on June 4 2013
(Sd) CARMELITA g LODOVICA
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALEON REMATADOS OF
M LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION ORMOC 1 2 amp
3 NAVAL PALOMPON CARIGARA ISABEL KANANGAVILLABA SAN ISIDRO TABANGO ALBUERA LEYTEBILIRAN MATAG-OB CALUBIAN TACLOBAN BRANCHES1 2 3 4 amp 5 PALO CALANIPAWAN (V amp G) TANAUANALANG-ALANG JARO DAGAMI DULAG BURAUENMARASBARAS ROBINSON BAYBAY 1 amp 3 INOPACANHILONGOS ABUYOG MAASIN 1 amp 2 BATO SOGOD1 amp 2 MACARTHUR SAN JUAN (CABALIAN) LILOANHINDANG HINUNANGAN PINTUYAN MALITBOG ampST BERNARD
Commencing November 15 2013 at 900 am the abovementioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overduepledges left in the same up to June 30 2012 Patrons are enjoinedto verify their receipts
MANAGEMENTSa Nobyembre 15 2013 sa alas 900 and takna sa buntag
isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsaka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas Tanang butang pinerendanga wala malukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30 2012 maapil sa subastaGiawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
ground for new Palompon District HospitalORMOC CITY ndash Rep LucyTorres-Gomez attended
various ofcial functionsand turned over projectsthis week among themtwo major road projects inthis city that were startedduring her rst term
She also graced thegroundbreaking ceremonyof the P 20-million Palom-pon District Hospital Shewas warmly welcomed tothe town by Mayor RamonOntildeate and other town of-cials The congresswomansaid the funds come fromthe Department of Health
Mayor Ontildeate said thatthe initial funding is for
development of the newhospital site More fundingwould be released in thefuture he said to nish thehospital
When the new hospitalis up and functional the oldone would be demolishedbecause it is dilapidatedalready and located at alandslide prone area
The congresswomantogether with husbandRichard Gomez and 4thLeyte District Engineer LinoGonzales started her dayon October 29 with a turn-over of a 205-meter multi-
purpose pavement to thepeople of RM Tan whichwas received by barangaychairwoman Judith Marsonand husband incomingchairman Rudy Marson
Engr Lino Gonzalessaid the MPP was fundedthrough the congresswom-anrsquos Priority Assistance De-velopment Fund (PDAF)
The second turnoverwas held at Brgy Domonarwhere outgoing barangaychairman Armando Marsonreceived the 25-kilome-ter road constructed withfunds from the Department
of Agriculture and PDAFEngr Gonzales said that P25-million of the road con-creting funds came fromthe DA while Rep LucyTorres-Gomez gave a coun-terpart of P 5-million fromher PDAF
Rep Lucy Torres-Gomez together with outgoing and incoming barangay ofcials at Brgy RM
Tan cuts the inaugural ribbon during the turnover of a 205-meter paved road there With her is
husband Richard Gomez and Engr Lino Gonzales
He emphasized to thelocals gathered that the proj-ect funds was ldquostretchedrdquo toinclude the road openingthat was 5-kilometers longwhich now connects Ormocto the town of PalomponLeyte
Aside from reducingthe cost of transportingfarm produce to the city hesaid that the travel distancefrom Ormoc to Palompon a
popular tourist destinationhas been reduced to 22 kilo-meters only from the usual70 kilometers it would takea traveller coming fromOrmoc to go to PalomponTo motorists this means abig savings on gas and time
In her short speechesthe congresswoman alwaysurged the locals to take careof the roads as this will notonly be good for the presentgeneration but also for thefuture
In Domonar she said itwas unfortunate that thereis a stretch of the road thatremains unpaved becausethe landowner would notallow it to be cemented
The 189-meter stretch itwas learned is controlledby contractor Dodong Bal-tonado who is married toVioleta Martinez a relationof the congresswoman
Rep Gomez said shedispleased her aunt because
Rama says independent councilors made
a mockery out of the SP proceedingsCITY COUNCILOR Vin-
cent Rama who was ap-
pointed OIC Mayor on Oc-
tober 29 Tuesday while
the resolution appointing
Aparis II (see front page
story) and Mrs Evangeline
Cotiangco was being delib-
erated intensively said the
ve independent councilors
have made a ldquomockeryrdquo of
out the proceedings after
they manifested to withdraw
their votes
Rama is the brother-in-law
of Rep Lucy Torres-Gomez
the party chairman of the Lib-
eral Party in the district
ldquoThey made a mockery of
the Sanggunian hellip the entire
proce dure Itrsquos very simple
People were made wait for four
hours Councilor Capahi made
amendment insertions and I
even made a joke that with all
the insertions that CouncilorCapahi made I hope every-
body is referring a rubberrdquo
And then two days later
he said they withdrew their
votes and their anointed nomi-
nee also withdraws his accep-
tance of the nomination
Asked if his ldquoOIC mayor-
shiprdquo was a strategy to take
him out of the session hall so
he cannot help defend the LPrsquos
choice of Mrs Cotiangco he
said it was obviously but added
that even without him the
they wanted to be the onesto work on the project butshe asked them to submittheir intention directly tothe DPWH and submit itthrough the regular biddingprocess
Nonetheless she askedthe 4th LED people to lookinto legal means to nishthe road project
She also told them thatshe regrets some of her
projects might be stalledbecause of the freezing ofthe PDAF funds but addedshe will continue to look forways and means to bringthem relevant and sincerepublic service By Lalaine M Jimenea
TACLOBAN CITY ndash A one of a kind exhibit dubbed ldquoSibol RecreatingForest Productsrdquo is set to be staged at the Robinsonrsquos Place Activity Area
on November 6 Wednesday at 930 in the morningThe organizers are also planning to bring over the same exhibit to Ormoc
City on December 1 Chris Villarino said in a message to the EV Mail Theyare eyeing the City Hall lobby as the venue but is open to suggestions to holdit somewhere else
The Exhibit will showcase products of Peoplersquos Organizations from thedifferent provinces of Eastern Visayas and new collection pieces introducedby Mr Heidrun Milan a renowned interior designer in the region
Invited to be the guest of honor to the Opening Ceremonies is here inTacloban is Philippine Information Agency Regional Director Olive Tiu said MrDeonilo Pantas Regional Chairman and President of the Leysambil Community
Based Forest Management Peoples Organizations FederationMr Pantas said the Sibol Exhibit is different from other exhibits because of
the use of the living exhibition or interactive exhibit strategy This means thatthe people can interact with the display If the exhibit is a bamboo chair thespectator may sit on it While the exhibit is ongoing an actual mat weaving is
being conductedThe Sibol Exhibit in Tacloban runs until November 14 It is part of the
activities of the 3rd Leysambil Community-Based Forest Management Multi-
Stakeholders Summit on November 6 to 8The Summit is organized by the Leysambil Community Based Forest
Management Peoples Organizations Federation Inc and supported by the
Foundational Center Inc and DISOP-Philippines together with the Departmentof Environment and Natural Resources as the lead host agency in cooperation
with other key program implementers PIA
TACLOBAN CITY ndash There isa sinicant increase in net
loan portfolio and depositliabilities in Eastern Visayasthe Bangko Sentral ng Pilipi-
nas Tacloban Branch recentlydisclosed
Presenting the Banking andFinance Statistics of Region 8during the closing program for
the National Statistics Monthcelebration in Eastern Visayas
Ms Ma Theresa N LabradorSenior Research Specialist ofBangko Sentral Tacloban said
that there was a 192 increasein net loan portfolio from the1130870 in 2011 to 1347947
in million pesos in 2012Ms Labrador explained that
loan portfolios are loans that
have been made or bought andare being held for repayments
ABRE GRANDE IN PALOMPON Rep Lucy Torres-Gomez Mayor Ramon Ontildeate and Vice
Mayor Georgina Arevalo during the awarding of the two champion kayakers during the 15-k Kayak
Race from the island of Kalanggaman to the mainland The Abre Grande said Mayor Ramon
Ontildeate is the opening day of their month-long festivities to their annual feast day on December
3 in honor of St Francis Xavier highlighted by the Lawig Festival
3Oct 28 - Nov 3 2013 NEWS
For the 4th time VSU gets Tanglaw AwardBAYBAY CITY - The Phil-
ippine Council for Agricul-
ture Aquatic and Natural
Resources Research and
Development (PCAARRD)has proclaimed VSU as the
winner in the Search for
Tanglaw Award 2013
The award will be received by VSU President Jose L Ba-cusmo during the exhibit cumawarding ceremonies on No-vember 8 2013 at the Sotel
Philippine Plaza Manila Citywith the theme ldquoPCAARRDKaagapay sa Pag-unlad ngIndustriya ng Sakahan at Pan-gisdaanrdquo The award carrieswith it a trophy and a Php2-million research grant forstation development capabil-ity building and upgrading offacilities
Likewise Dr Bacusmotogether with Dr Othello BCapuno VP for Research andExtension and ViCARP Direc-tor will receive the ViCARPPlaque of Recognition as 1stRunner Up in the CY 2013Ugnay Award during the saidceremony This award alsocarries a cash incentive of P500000
Dr Patricio S FaylonPCAARRD Executive Direc-tor said the awarding is theirway of thanking their partnersand recognizing their outstand-ing contribution in helpingshape the agriculture aquaticand natural resources (AANR)
sectors of the country throughscience and technology
Tanglaw is a Filipino wordfor ldquolightrdquo The award is presented to research institu-tions that have contributedsignicantly to the progress of
agriculture aquatic and naturalresources RampD in the coun-try It looks into institutionalachievement that touches thelives of the people and eventu-ally helps the countryrsquos farm-ers contribute to its economy
The selection for the Tan-glaw Award was based onthe following criteria Tech-nologies developedutilizedsignicant information gath-ered and applied ndash 60 pointsFinancial resources generatedfor the past ve years (2008 to
present) ndash 10 points Capabil-ity Building ndash 10 points andother accomplishments suchas institutional publicationsawards received for the pastfive years linkages forgedand projects implemented ndash 20 points
It can be recalled that theinstitution (thru the then ViS-CA President Dr Fernando ABernardo) first received theTanglaw Award from the thenPres Ferdinand E Marcos on Nove mber 10 1977 duri ng
the 5th PCARR AnniversaryCelebration The second Tan-glaw Award was earned by thePRCRTC (now PhilRootcrops)on December 19 1980 andreceived by its director DrMarianito R Villanueva The3rd Tanglaw Award was earnedagain by PhilRootcrops andreceived on November 102010 by its director Dr JulietaR Roa This is the fourth timethat VSU will be receiving the prestigious Tanglaw Award By
Jesus Freddy Baldos
WHAT ARE the origins of All Saints and All SoulsDay Are these linkedwith paganism and Hal-loween
Both the Feast of AllSaints and the Feast of AllSouls evolved in the life ofthe Church independentlyof paganism and HalloweenHowever elements of pa-gan practices were perhaps ldquobaptizedrdquo by some culturesor attached themselves tothe celebration of All Saintsand All Souls
Let us rst address theFeast of All Saints
The exact origins of thiscelebration are uncertainalthough after the legaliza-tion of Christianity in 313a common commemora-
tion of Saints especiallythe martyrs appeared invarious areas throughoutthe Church For instance inthe East the city of Edessacelebrated this feast onMay 13 the Syrians on theFriday after Easter and thecity of Antioch on the rstSunday after PentecostBoth St Ephrem (d 373)and St John Chrysostom(d 407) attest to this feastday in their preaching In theWest a commemoration forall the saints also was cel-ebrated on the rst Sundayafter Pentecost The primary
reason for establishing acommon feast day was be-cause of the desire to honorthe great number of martyrsespecially during the perse-cution of Emperor Diocle-tion (284-305) the worstand most extensive of thepersecutions Quite supplythere were not enough daysof the year for a feast dayfor each martyr and manyof them died in groups Acommon feast day for allsaints therefore seemed
The Origin of All Saints and All Soulsrsquo Day
B Y FR WILLIAM
SAUNDERS
most appropriateIn 609 the Emperor Pho-
cas gave the Pantheon inRome to Pope Boniface IVwho rededicated it on May13 under the title St Mariaad Martyres (or St Mary
and All Martyrs) Whetherthe Holy Father purposefullychose May 13 because of thedate of the popular celebra-tion already established inthe East or whether this was just a happy coincidence isopen to debate
The designation of Nov1 as the Feast of All Saintsoccurred over time
Pope Gregory III (731-741) dedicated an oratoryin the original St PeterrsquosBasilica in honor of all thesaints on Nov 1 (at least ac-cording to some accounts)and this date then becamethe ofcial date for the cel-ebration of the Feast of AllSaints in Rome St Bede (d735) recorded the celebra-tion of All Saints Day onNov 1 in England and sucha celebration also existed inSalzburg Austria Ado of Vi-enna (d 875) recounted howPope Gregory IV asked KingLouis the Pious (778-840) toproclaim Nov 1 as All SaintsDay throughout the Holy Ro-man Empire Sacramentariesof the 9th and 10th centuriesalso placed the Feast of AllSaints on the liturgical cal-endar on Nov 1
Acco rd ing to an ea r-
ly Church historian JohnBeleth Pope Gregory IV(827-844) ofcially declaredNov 1 the Feast of All Saintstransferring it from May 13However Sicard of Cremona(d 1215) recorded thatPope Gregory VII (1073-85)nally suppressed May 13and mandated Nov1 as thedate to celebrate the Feastof All Saints In all we ndthe Church establishing aliturgical feast day in honorof the saints independent of
any pagan inuenceNow for the pagan con-
nection Nov 1 markedSamhain the beginning ofthe Celtic winter (The Celtslived as early as 2000 yearsago in England Scotland
Wales Ireland and northernFrance) Samhain for whomthe feast was named wasthe Celtic lord of death andhis name literally meant ldquosummerrsquos endrdquo Since win-ter is the season of colddarkness and death theCelts soon made the con-nection with human deathThe eve of Samhain Oct 31was a time of Celtic pagansacrice and Samhain al-lowed the souls of the deadto return to their earthlyhomes that evening Ghostswitches goblins and elvescame to harm the peopleparticularly those who hadinicted harm on them inthis life Cats too were con-sidered sacred because theyhad once been human be-ings who had been changedas a punishment for their evildeeds on this earth
To protect themselvesfrom marauding evil spiritson the eve of Samhain thepeople extinguished theirhearth res and the Druids(the priests and spintualteachers of the Belts) builta huge new yearrsquos bonreof sacred oak branchesThe Druids offered burntsacrices (crops animals
even humans) and told for-tunes of the coming yearby examining the burnedremains People sometimeswore costumes of animalheads and skins From thisnew re the home hearthswere again ignited
Particular ethnic groupsdeveloped their own lorewhich was merged with thecelebration In Ireland peo-ple held a parade in honorof Muck Olla a god Theyfollowed a leader dressed
in a white robe with a maskfrom the head of an animaland begged for food (Ire-land is also the source of the jack-orsquolantern fable A mannamed Jack was not ableto enter heaven because ofhis miserliness and he couldnot enter hell because he
played practical jokes on thedevil so he was condemnedto walk the earth with hislantern until Judgment Day)
The Scots walked throughelds and villages carryingtorches and lit bonres toward off witches and otherevil spirits
In Wales every personplaced a marked stone in thehuge bonre If a personrsquosstone could not be found thenext morning he would diewithin a year
Besides the Celtic tradi-tions in place the Romanconquest of Britain in AD 43
brought two other paganfeasts Feralia was heldin late October to honorthe dead Another Autumnfestival honored Pomonathe goddess of fruits andtrees probably throughthis festival apples becameassociated with HalloweenElements of these Romancelebrations were combinedwith the Celtic Samhain
With the spread of Chris-tianity and the establish-ment of All Saints Day someof these pagan customsremained in the Englishspeaking world for All Hal-
lows Eve (or Halloween AllSaints Eve) perhaps at rstmore out of superstitionand later more out of funNevertheless All Saints Dayclearly arose from genuine aChristian devotion
Along with the Feast of AllSaints developed the Feastof All Souls The Church hasconsistently encouraged theoffering of prayers and Massfor the souls of the faith-ful departed in Purgatory At the time of their deaththese souls are not perfectlycleansed of venial sin orhave not atoned for pasttransgressions and thereby
are deprived of the Beatic Vision The faithful on earthcan assist these souls inPurgatory in attaining theBeatic Vision through theirprayers good works and theoffering of Mass
In the early days of theChurch the names of thefaithful departed were post-ed in Church so that thecommunity would rememberthem in prayer In the 6thcentury the Benedictinemonasteries held a solemncommemoration of deceasedmembers at Whitsuntide thedays following Pentecost In
Spain St Isidore (d 636)attested to a celebration onthe Saturday before Sexag-esima Sunday (the secondSunday before Lent theeighth before Easter in theold calendar) In GermanyWidukind Abbot of Corvey(d 980) recorded a specialceremony for the faithful de-parted on Oct 1 St Odilothe Abbot of Cluny (d 1048)decreed for all of the Cluniacmonasteries that specialprayers be offered and the
Ofce of the Dead sung forall of the souls in Purgatoryon Nov 2 the day after AllSaints The Benedictines andCarthusians adopted thatsame devotion and soonNov 2 was adopted as theFeast of All Souls for thewhole Church
Other customs havearisen over time in the cel-ebration of All Souls DayThe Dominicans in the 15thcentury instituted a customof each priest offering threeMasses on the Feast of AllSouls Pope Benedict XIVin 1748 approved this prac-tice and it rapidly spreadthroughout Spain Portugaland Latin America DuringWorld War I Pope BenedictXV recognizing the numberof war dead and the nu-merous Masses that couldnot be fullled because ofdestroyed Churches granted
all priests the privilege ofoffering three Masses on All Souls Day one for theparticular intention one forall of the faithful departedand one for the intentions ofthe Holy Father
Other customs havedeveloped regarding AllSouls In Mexico relativesmake garlands wreathesand crosses of real andpaper owers of every colorto place on the graves ofdeceased relatives the morn-ing of All Souls The familywill spend the entire dayat the cemetery The pas-
tor will visit the cemeterypreach and offer prayersfor the dead and then blessthe individual graves ldquoSkel-etonrdquo candy is given to thechildren
Similar practices occurin Louisiana The relativeswhitewash and clean thetombstones and preparegarlands wreathes andcrosses of real and paperowers to decorate them Inthe afternoon of All Saintsthe priest processes aroundthe cemetery blessing thegraves and reciting the Ro-sary Candles are lit near thegraves at dusk one for each
member of the deceased On All Souls day Mass is usuallyoffered at the cemetery
In the Middle Ages su-perstitious belief probablyinuenced from Celtic pa-ganism held that the soulsin purgatory appeared on AllSouls Day as witches toadsgoblins etc to persons whocommitted wrongs againstthem during their lives onearth For this reason someethnic groups also preparedfood offerings to feed andto appease the spirits onthis day These practices areprobably remnants of the
Celtic Samhain festivitiesNevertheless All Souls
Day as well as All Saints Dayare rooted in Christian beliefand arose in this life of theChurch through a healthyspirituality despite some pa-gan trappings that may havesurvived and have remainedattached to their celebrationhttpwwwcatholiceduca- tionorgarticlesreligion
PAUL LIBRES JESSICA CORDERO JOHN DAVID AGPALO MUTYA COLLANDERMARICAR SAMSON TED MARCOS IVY CONGSON DR MANUEL K PALOMARPhD VICKY C ARNAIZ JT DELOS ANGELES ATTY BEULAH COELI FIELRICARDO MARTINEZ JR FR ROY CIMAGALA JAN COLLANDER ENGRGORGONIO CAING ATTY CARLO LORETO ATTY EMMANUEL GOLO ADELINACARRENO INtildeIGO LARRAZABAL YONG ROM PROF EDITHA CAGASAN
KEN ENECIO
Section Editor
with MAI-MAI T VELASQUEZ GIL-BERT ABANtildeO EMIE CHU DR GERRYPENSERGA NIKKI TABUCANON SIA
Real Street Ormoc City Nos (053) 561-8580 255-5746
Being male
NI ATTY MANING GOLO
4P
5Oct 28 - Nov 3 2013
The Gospel on Sunday
NOVEMBER 10 2013
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Across the divide
PopulationExplosion is a myth
SEE MERCADO P 6
I USED to tune-in to PRTV-12 to listen to
the morning commentators After a brief
comment on the still raging issue of the Pork
Barrel Scams a commentator made the ob-
servation on a lawyer who led a case against
60-year old Freddie Aguilar for falling in love
and planning to get married to a 14-year old
maiden with her parental consent I was
silently cheering on the PRTV-12 commen-tator I think he was Atty Nick Esmael for
lambasting the ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo for
ling the case against Aguilar instead of those
clearly guilty of the ldquoPork Barrelrdquo Scams He
is obviously an ldquoAbogado de Palagapakrdquo and
no ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo
Tradition forbids the ringing of altar bells
during Holy Week Instead of ringing the small
bell during Mass small wooden boards tied
together are shaken by the altar boys to give
off rattling sounds This is in lieu of the lively
small bells
What reminded me of this was Freddiersquos
song ldquoAnakrdquo It became the top tune world-
wide In my 2nd ofcial trip to South East
Asian countries from Japan up North down the
south of Singapore ldquoAnakrdquo was sang in many
languages It was translated to Japanese InHongkong it was translated to major Chinese
languages like Mandarin or Fookien It was
also sang in Indian by the Indian community
in Singapore I even heard ldquoAnakrdquo also has a
Spanish Italian French etc translations These
are main languages in Europe
I humbly assumed the song ldquoAnakrdquo was
a protest song of the ongoing Worldwide
Population Control Program In one of my early
ECHOES columns I wrote that the whole world
population that time of 7 billion if gathered in
one place and told to stand comfortably at two
persons per one square meter of that area the
world population can be accommodated on
Billiran Island with lots of grounds to spare
An old scientist-philosopher formulated
his Malthusian Theory of over population that
will result in incessant wars and epidemics that
will nally result in annihilation of the worldrsquos
population Of course Malthus a old philoso-
pher and maybe also as a scientist of his times
did not foresaw the vast improvement of the
human species and science eliminating deadly
epidemic viruses and the rise of tall buildings to
increase living spaces in urban areas He never
foresaw the Empire State building or Manhattan
Twin Towers in New York Or the skyscraper
in Saudi Arabia that turns with the rising and
setting of the sun The old Philosopher did not
foresee the eradication of malaria fever When
the Suez and Panama canals were built hun-
dreds of workers died during its construction
because of the malaria-infested swamps turning
the focus of scientists to defeat the plaque
The scourge of tuberculosis has been mini-
mized even in our nation resulting to closures
of TB Pavilions setup in every province of the
country The biggest TB Pavilion was in Quezon
City Even the dreaded Bbible disease leprosy
was totally eliminated with the closure of the
Leper Colony in Culion Island of Palawan
As to wars among nations all thoughts of
war for domination by a single nation was to-
tally eliminated by the invention of atomic or
nuclear bombs forcing nations to be at peace
with each other or fully destroy each other with
nuclear bombs
Hence the Malthusian Theory of Population
Explosion is a false theory of causing the end
of Civilization However recent headlines are
about recurrences of the incurable HIV disease
caused by same sex copulation (To be conrsquot)
ldquoLIKE OTHER families our list gets lon-
gerrdquo noted the wife We were jotting names
for ldquoAll Souls Dayrdquo requiem masses She
adds ndash wistfully ldquoSooner rather than later
somebody will have to write our names in
toordquo
ldquoDeath is only a horizonrdquo the old prayer
says ldquoAnd a horizon is the limit of our sight
We give back to You Lord who rst gave them
to us our faithful dead whose beauty and truth
are even now in our heartsrdquo
Anglo-Catholic and Roman Catholic
churches commemorate the faithful departed
on Nov 2 BBC writes They pray for those
still atoning for misdeeds ldquoAll Hallows Everdquo
or Halloween marked the Celtic new year In
1848 Irish immigrants brought the feast to the
US When younger the wife and I trailed two
granddaughters in spooky dresses knocking
for ldquotrick or treatrdquo goodies in a San Francisco
suburb
Here wersquod light with our grandchildren
candles before graves of family members The
custom resembles Mexicorsquos ldquoDia de los Muer-
tosrdquo Now grandkids have disappeared into
US and Swedish schools We place owers on
graves of relatives whose families vanished in
the immigration diaspora
There is an overload of spot ldquobroadcasts or
reports trafc jams squatters living in cem-
eteries turned into two day ldquocitiesrdquo zapped by
karaoke Yet some 2500 years before Easterrsquos
empty tomb an ailing Job cried ldquoOh that my
words were engraved in rock forever I know
my Redeemer lives And in the end He will
stand forth upon the earth And after my skin
shall have been destroyed yet in my esh I
shall see Godrdquo
Or try 175 BC to134 BC A Jewish rebellion
broke out against the ruling dynasty And Judas
Maccabeus wrote ldquoIt is a good and wholesome
thought to pray for the deadrdquo
From its start the Church prayed for the
dead By year 998 Abbot Oddilo of Cluny
picked Nov 2 for this remembrance The prac-
tice spread to other countries by 10th centuryrsquos
end The living can help the departed the
doctrine went by asceticismrsquos trio of prayer
sacrice and alms
ldquoWho doesnrsquot have unnished business with
someone whom death has takenrdquo asks Fr Ron
Rolheiser But itrsquos never too late if we take seri-
ously the communion of saints tenet Enshrined
in our creed it says wersquore in real community
with those who have diedrrr
ldquoDeath washes some things cleanrdquo Where
hurts prevailed it can bring a peace a clarity
and a charity that were not possible before
Why
Itrsquos not simply because the death changedthe chemistry and took someone out of the fam-
ily the ofce or friends Or as or sometimes
may seem the case the source of the tension
It happens because as Lukersquos account of Jesus
on the cross teaches ldquoToday you will be with
me in paradiserdquo
ldquoJesus speaks those words to the good thief
on the cross And theyrsquore meant for every one of
us who dies without yet fully being a saint and
without having had the time and opportunity to
make all the amends and speak all the apologies
that we owe to others
ldquoThere is still time after death on both sides
for reconciliation and healing to happen Inside
the communion of saints we have access to each
otherrdquo And there we can nally speak of those
words that we couldnrsquot speak before We reach
MALES OF ALL SPECIES love to strut call
themselves top of the heap and feel entitled to
every female in sight It is also considered a
given that a man could not control his sexual
urges and would in fact be just too willing to
bed his friendrsquos wife Is it based on research
or is it just a myth
Scientists have found that men are biologi-
cally inclined toward avoiding a close encounter
with the mate of a buddy Testosterone seems to
be depressed if a friend is involved but elevated
if there is no close relationship
Menrsquos testosterone levels generally increase
when they are interacting with a potential sexual
partner or an enemyrsquos mate researchers report
It suggests that menrsquos minds have evolved to
foster a situation where the bonds of friendship
are respected
The apparent lowering of testosterone levels
when interacting with friendsrsquo mates is consis-
tent with mutual respect of mating relationships
and enhanced cooperation among group males
the study notes
The scientists see their study as much
broader than just the sexual temptation involv-
ing a friendrsquos mate because another research
showed that testosterone is also involved in a
wide range of human activities
They found for example that the level of
testosterone soared in young men when they
competed in sporting events with a rival from
another community but it remained unchanged
if the rival was a close neighbor And that they
suggest shows we are biologically determined
to act less aggressively within our group but we
are more willing to attack outsiders
A victory against friends does not affect
testosterone signicantly whereas a victory
against outsiders results in elevated testoster-
one the study concludes Likewise a defeat by
friends has little effect on testosterone whereas
a defeat by outsiders results in decreased testos-
terone from pre-competition levels
The researchers further suggest that testos-
terone remains low to help members of a com-
munity work together and it rises to help defeat
a threat from outside the community Thus it
may play a critical role in human interactions
even at the international level
However there is still some debate among
scientists over testosterone Other scientists
found that testosterone does not cause aggres-
sion if that would threaten onersquos own status as
in donrsquot pick a ght with a bully if hersquos really
gigantic
Another study found that testosterone makes
us less cooperative even with our friends and
more egocentric And other researchers found
that subjects who had received an extra dose of
testosterone lied less frequently so the effect can
sometimes seem contradictory
But one thing is certain Sex may not neces-
sarily be destiny but sex hormones determine
what and who we are as far as gender orienta-
tion is concerned Perhaps the hate bashers now
show more empathy for Charice and others who
came out of the closet by supporting Thatrsquos My
Tomboy a popular segment of Itrsquos Showtime
for lesbians on TV
Dear Atty Golo
Ang among mayor nangampanyalagi og ldquostraight votingrdquo sa mga kapitanog konsehal nga iyang gisuportahanGiingnan niya ang mga tawo nga kon dilimo ldquovote straightrdquo pwede kono matang-tang sa 4P Unsa man ning 4P nga gigamitman sa politika Ang mga gisuportahansa mayor hayahay kaayo kay napun-an
silag laing P Power mao nga 5P na silaMaayo pa wagtangon ang 4P Tinood naapod konoy 4P sa ubang nasod Nanon-dog sila sa ato o kitay nanondog nilaUnsa man poy ngan sa ilang 4P
Matinahuron Mr Torpe
Dear Mr Torps
Ang 4P sa atoa gitawag og Panta-wid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Angtomong mao ang pagtabang sa atongmga igsoon nga nagkalisodlisod pinaagisa paghatag og ldquocash assistancerdquo Naapod ni sa ubang nasod Sama sa Brazilang tawag nila ldquoBolsa Familiardquo Apanlahi sa atoa Kay atong kwarta ilanggibulsa Mao nga mo ldquoinsistrdquo ang inyongmayor og ldquostraight votingrdquo aron angilang anomaliya dili maboking Sa sunodeleksyon himoa ang inyong mayor nga4P kon Pulihi Pulihi Pulihi og Pulihi
Imong amigo Manny G Golo eggololawgmailcom 09155595449
Luke 20 27 - 38
There came to him some Sadduceesthose who say that there is no resurrectionand they asked him a question sayingldquoTeacher Moses wrote for us that if a manrsquosbrother dies having a wife but no children
the man must take the wife and raise upchildren for his brother Now there wereseven brothers the rst took a wife and
died without children and the second andthe third took her and likewise all seven leftno children and died Afterward the womanalso died In the resurrection thereforewhose wife will the woman be For theseven had her as wiferdquo
And Jesus said to them ldquoThe sons ofthis age marry and are given in marriagebut those who are accounted worthy toattain to that age and to the resurrectionfrom the dead neither marry nor are givenin marriage for they cannot die any more
because they are equal to angels and aresons of God being sons of the resurrectionBut that the dead are raised even Mosesshowed in the passage about the bushwhere he calls the Lord the God of Abrahamand the God of Isaac and the God of JacobNow he is not God of the dead but of theliving for all live to himrdquo
you can see they were wor-ried Almost all came In thepast if you called them toa meeting there would bemany who absent But dur-ing our last meeting almost
all came because they knowthere was a problem Na-looy ko nila but what can Ido I estimate around half ofthem wonrsquot be able to enrollthis semesterrdquo he said
2014 will not be muchof a problem he addedbecause ldquowe will be sub-mitting their names to theCHED (Commission onHigher Education) and they(have given the assurancethat they) will take it fromthererdquo
The congressman add-ed that aside from puttinghis scholars on a disadvan-
tage the freezing of thePDAF has also taken a tollon the small projects thatare usually funded fromit like school fences waterpumps waiting sheds andinfrastructures that the ba-rangays need but canrsquot befunded through regularfunds anymore because
they were minorRep Cari also said his
district still owes PhilHealtha lot ldquoItrsquos a good thing theyunderstandrdquo he said
Asked if he would stillrun for Congress even ifthere is no more PDAF to
speak of Cari said ldquoOo na-man Being a congressmangoes beyond having PDAFItrsquos representing our peopleand bringing their voice tothe concerned agenciesrdquo
Cari during the inter-view was with AgricultureSecretary Proceso AlcalaCari said he invited Alcalaover to the 5th district forhim to see what can bedone there and to solvesome problems concerningagriculture one of which isthe situation of abaca in thedistrict
He brought Alcala tothe Specialty Pulp Mill Incat Brgy Hilapnitan whichhad to close its abaca sort-ing plant because there is nomore ample supply of abacain the district and nearbyareas after it was hit by thebunchy top virus Around80 workers were displacedit was learned aside from
DTI Approved and issued DTI Leyte Permit No L-138 Series of 2013
PDAF from P 1
those indirectly benetingfrom the plant
Alcala upon discussingthe matter with SPMI man-agement gave the FiberDevelopment Authority theNational Abaca ResearchCenter and other concerned
line agencies a two-weekultimatum to come up witha roadmap to rejuvenatethe industry in the area orat least introduce stopgapmeasures
Pleased with the resultof the meeting of SPMImanagement and AlcalaRep Cari said this is one ofhis jobs as ldquorepresentativeof the peoplerdquo By Lalaine M Jimenea
LP still had the numbers ldquoIt
would have been 5 LP coun-
cilors and 5 independents on
the oor with the vice mayor
casting a vote to break a tierdquo
he said
As for inserting Aparis IIrsquos
name into the nomination he
said it was a ldquohumanitarianrdquo
act on the part of the Liberal
Party but apparently this was
unacceptable ldquoto the other
siderdquo
On a hindsight he said
there was at least one councilor
who was bent to have the pro-
ceedings deferred and because
he was not able to swing it
resulted to them agreeing to the
resolution then withdrawing
RAMA from P 2
their votes after ldquoOne coun-
cilor would not take anything
less than a defermentrdquo he
observed
Meanwhile Councilor Ma-
rio Rodriguez when asked
for his comment on the issue
said that since Aparis II has
withdrawn his acceptance to
the nomination then there is
only one nominee As for the
five independent councilors
who withdrew their votes he
said the SP internal rules say a
vote cannot be withdrawn once
it is cast ldquoI am not a lawyer but
that is how I understand it (the
internal rules)rdquo he said He
said this is a matter best looked
into by legal minds
set of banks thrifts and other lending
institutions she saidBangko Sentral attributed the
192 increase in net loan portfolioin 2012 to the improving businessconditions in the region
Meanwhile the deposit liabilitiesin Eastern Visayas increased from4299815 in 2011 to 4877184 in
million pesos in 2012The 134 increase in deposit
liabilities in 2012 is due to increasednumber of banks 4 universal banksand 4 thrift banks Ms Labrador said
The Loan-to-Deposit Ratio in2011 is 26 while 28 in 2012 sheadded
As of June of 2013 there is a totalof 173 banks in Eastern Visayas 86
universal and commercial banks 25thrift banks and 62 rural coop banks
The province of Leyte has themost number of banks with a total of93 broken down to 46 universal andcommercial banks 13 thrift banks and
34 ruralcoop banksSouthern Leyte comes second
with 28 banks 8 universal and com-mercial banks 4 thrift banks and 16ruralcoop banks Samar province
has 22 Eastern Samar and NorthernSamar have 13 each while Biliranhas 4 banks
There are 181 Automated TellerMachines (ATMs) in the various
provinces of Eastern Visayas 140 areonsite while 41 are offsite
InarsquosHousehold Tips
By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez
14 Simple Gardening Tips
FROM USINg leftover coffee beans to preventing
dirt from ettin underneath nernails mastergardener Paul James shares his top 14 tips andshortcuts to make sprin ardenin a breezeHerethe latest tips and tricks from Paul James host ofgardenin by the Yard
1 To remove the salt deposits that form on claypots combine equal parts white vinegar rubbingalcohol and water in a spray bottle Apply the mixtureto the pot and scrub with a plastic brush Let the potdry before you plant anything in it
2 To prevent accumulating dirt under yourngernails while you work in the garden draw yourngernails across a bar of soap and yoursquoll effectivelyseal the undersides of your nails so dirt canrsquot collectbeneath them Then after yoursquove finished in thegarden use a nailbrush to remove the soap and yournails will be sparkling clean
3 To prevent the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking treat with a spray vegetable oilbefore installing it in the trimmer
4 Turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stickLay a long-handled garden tool on the ground and nextto it place a tape measure Using a permanent markerwrite inch and foot marks on the handle When youneed to space plants a certain distance apart ( from justan inch to several feet) yoursquoll already have a measuringdevice in your hand
5 To have garden twine handy when you needit just stick a ball of twine in a small clay pot pull theend of the twine through the drainage hole and setthe pot upside down in the garden Do that and yoursquollnever go looking for twine again
6 Little clay pots make great cloches for protect-ing young plants from sudden overnight frosts andfreezes
7 To turn a clay pot into a hose guide just staba roughly one-foot length of steel reinforcing bar intothe ground at the corner of a bed and slip two claypots over it one facing down the other facing up Theguides will prevent damage to your plants as you dragthe hose along the bed
8 To create perfectly natu-
ral markers write the namesof plants (using a permanentmarker) on the flat faces ofstones of various sizes andplace them at or near the base of your plants
9 Got aphids You can control them with a strongblast of water from the hose or w ith insecticidal soap Butherersquos another suggestion one thatrsquos a lot more fun getsome tape Wrap a wide strip of tape around your handsticky side out and pat the leaves of plants infestedwith aphids Concentrate on the undersides of leavesbecause thatrsquos where the little buggers like to hide
10 The next time you boil or steam vegetablesdonrsquot pour the water down the drain use it to waterpotted patio plants and yoursquoll be amazed at how theplants respond to the ldquovegetable souprdquo
11 Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidifythe soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas rhodo-dendrons camellias gardenias and even blueberries
A light sprinkling of about one-quarter of an inch ap-plied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on theacidic side
12 Use chamomile tea to control damping-offfungus which often attacks young seedlings quitesuddenly Just add a spot of tea to the soil around thebase of seedlings once a week or use it as a foliar spray
13 If you need an instant table for tea service lookno farther than your collection of clay pots and saucersJust ip a good-sized pot over and top it off with a largesaucer And when yoursquove had your share of tea ll thesaucer with water and your ldquotablerdquo is now a birdbath
14 The quickest way in the world to dry herbs justlay a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car arrangethe herbs in a single layer then roll up the windowsand close the doors Your herbs will be quickly driedto perfection Whatrsquos more your car will smell great
For more tips you can watch Inarsquos Household
Tips at PRTV 12 Tacloban ndash ldquoBida ka Inayrdquo every Tues-day Thursday amp Saturday at 6pm or you can email me atinashouseholdtipsyahoocom or add me on facebook
DEPOSITS from
P 2
IN JAVIER TO VISIT MAYOR
JAVIER On his 2nd day in visitingthe 5th district of Leyte Agriculture
Sec Proceso J Alcala wentto Javier Leyte to meet MayorSandy Javier and see how DA
funded projects are going on Ontop he is seen with the Mayor asthey discuss coco peat and other
products being produced in thearea At right the ldquoJavierrdquo Salabat
or Ginger Tea which is grown packaged and exported from the
Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late
PASCUAL A NABASQUIZ had left an account withPhilippine National Bank (PNB) Ormoc Branch underSavings Account No 231178000016 was settled amonghis heirs per Doc No 249 Page No 57 Book No LVSeries of 2013 of Notary Public Conrad P Conopio EVMail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late PROCESO SAMSON re a parcel of landdesignated as Lot No 4388-A situated in Barrio MagaswiOrmoc City containing an area of 4604 sq m covered
by TCT No 18150 was settled among his heirs per DocNo 398 Page No 80 Book No XXX Series of 2013 ofNotary Public Maria Samuel P Aviles EV Mail Oct 14-2021-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late MILAGROS MALINAO re a parcel land consist-ing One-Half (12) share or One-Third (13) share of aparcel Lot No 1198 situated in Poblacion Ormoc Citycontaining an area of 133 sq m covered by under TCTNo 32250 was settled and Partitioned among her heirsper Doc No 380 Page No 76 Book No CCXII Seriesof 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S Maglasang EV MailOct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property
of the late VIRGINIAMIRALLES re a parcel of land LotNo 6558-C Psd-08-002799 situated in the Barrio LiloanOrmoc City containing an area of 8299 sq m under TCTNo 20595 was settled among her heirs and sold in favorof JOSHUAA FIEL per Doc No 516 Page No 104Book No XVIII Series of 2011 of Notary Public AlbertoL Conopio EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with quitclaim and waiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties
of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ SR re parcels of land(Lot No 9693Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City containingan area of 6386 sq m covered by OCT No P-48 LotNo 9678 containing an area of 10961 sq m coveredby OCT No 0-261 Lot No 9694 containing an area of2530 sq m covered by OCT No 0-261 Lot 9681-B-3situated in Brgy Aguiting Kananga Leyte containingan area of 44043 sq m Lot 9681-B-4 containing anarea of 6863 sq m covered by TCT No T-30590 weresettled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUDOLFOB FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ ndash PAREDESper Doc No 96 Page No 20 Book No CXXII Series2013 of Notary Nepomuceno P Aparis I EV Mail Oct21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Afdavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE
ORMAESPINA-YPIL Filipino of legal age married anda resident of 3 Tambis St Urgello Sambag 2 Cebu CityPhilippines issued an afdavit of loss that her youngersister MUTYALUZ ESPINA- GLOVER donated to hera paraphernal land located in So Cambantug Brgy LakeDanao Ormoc City Leyte on July 2010 covered by TCTNo TP-409 containing an area of 135614 sq m TDNo 00022-00092 Mutya Luz her sister personally turnedover the said ownerrsquos duplicate of her title together withthe tax declaration thereof which also kept in GRACEORMAESPINA- YPILrsquos wooden drawer was lost duringthe renovation house in Cebu City from Danao City car-rying with all belongings etc and the period of transferand in returning back home as the carpentry work neededsome nishing She looked for the aforementioned landtitle and its tax declaration but her efforts remained futile Afdavit was subscribed per Doc No 458 Page No 119Book No 92 Series of 2013 before Atty Pepito C SuelloEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013Amended Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute
SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the state of
the late JOSE V GAQUIT SR affecting his 104 sharesof stocks of Western Leyte College of Ormoc City hasbeen extra-judicially partitioned among his survivingheirs and consequently sold to EMMANUEL A FIEL in adocument known as amended extra-judicial settlementamong heirs with absolute sale dated October 4 2013per Doc No 421 Page No 85 Book No XXV Series of2013 of Atty Gerentstein T Banzon EV Mail Oct 21-27
Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFFRegional Trial Court8th Judicial Region
Hall of Justice Ormoc CityEJF NO R-ORM-13-00016-FC
FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
IMELDA SACAY ndashBERNDTPetitioner-Mortgagee
-versus-SPOUSES DIOSDADO AND LEONILA BAUTISTA
Respondents- Mortgagorsx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended led by IMELDA SACAY-BERNDT of Brgy Co -gon Ormoc City against SPS DIOSDADO AND LEONILABAUTISTA of Brgy Punta Ormoc City to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 2013 amounts to ONEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINETYFOUR amp 88100 (P150709488) charges attorneyrsquos fees etcbut excluding expenses of foreclosure the undersigned Sheriffwill sell at public auction on NOVEMBER 12 2013 from 1000AM to 400 PM at the Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Hallof Justice Ormoc City to the highest bidder for CASH orManagerrsquos check and in the Philippine Currency the followingpropertys with all its improvements to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 32193ldquoA parcel of land certain Lot 6432-B-2 of the sub-division
plan Psd-08-009973-D being a portion of Lot 6432-B Psd-74330 situated in the Brgy of Liloan City of Ormoc Islandof Leyte Bounded on the NE points 3-4 by Lot 6432-B-3 ofthe sub-div plan on the S points 4-1 by Lot 6432-B-10 xxxcontaining an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDFIFTY TWO (1152) square meters more or lessrdquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above-stated time and date In the event the publicauction should not take place on the said date it shall be heldon November 15 2013
Hall of Justice Ormoc City October 7 2013(Sgd) VIRGILIO D LENTEJAS JR
SHERIFF IVEV Mail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048 a
notice is hereby served to the public that ADRIANO LBELTRAN has led with this ofce a Petition for Changeof First Name from EMMIE to ELBE in the birth certicateof ELBE P BELTRAN who was born on July 18 1983 atHilongos Leyte and whose parents are ADRIANO L
BELTRAN and FLORENTINA PAGAS Any person adversely affected by said petition
may le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of BiliranMunicipality of Naval
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No 2013 ndash01 Guidelines in the implementation of the AdministrativeOrder No 1 Series of 2013 (IRR on RA10172) Notice ishereby served to the public that WARREN D CABRIANAhas led with this Ofce a petition for Correction of Entryin Gender Sex from ldquoFemalerdquo to ldquoMalerdquo in my Certicate ofLive Birth of WARREN D CABRIANAat NAVAL BILIRANand whose parents are ELNADE LOS SANTOS andEXPEDITO CABRIANA
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this ofce not laterthan November 03 2013
(Sgd) ENGR NOEL P CABILINMGDH-1 (Mun Civil Registrar)
EV Mail Oct 21- 27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048
a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENOROLFO LORA has led with this ofce a Petition forChange of First Name from PERPETUAto CARMEN in
the birth certicate of CARMEN OROLFO who was bornon August 4 1947 at Hilongos Leyte and whose parentsare PEDRO OROLFO and REMEDIOS WENCESLAW
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28 ndash Nov 3 2013rrr
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0019-2013
Date October 21 2013In compliance with the publication require-
ment and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum CircularNo 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that WindyB Salidaga has led with this ofce a correction of entryin sex from ldquoMALErdquo to ldquoFEMALErdquo in the certicate ofLive birth of Windy B Salidaga at Banat-I San IsidroLeyte and whose parents are Eusebio G Salidaga andLetecia A Bacalanos
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this Ofce not laterthan November 4 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDAC VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper Eastern Visayas MailPlace of Publication San Isidro LeyteDate of Publication Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE8th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTMagsaysay Blvd Tacloban City
EJF No 3660For Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
PHCCI Multi-Purpose Cooperative rep By Zacarias MMate
PetitionerMortgagee
-versus-Ronald L Yu joined by his wife Mrs Rovic B YuRespondent Mortgagors
x------------------xSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AMENDEDUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135 as
Amended led by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERA-TIVE (PHCCI) rep By Zacarias M Mate Real Street TaclobanCity against RONALD L YU at BLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHABARAS PALO LEYTE to satisfy the Mortgage indebtednesswhich as of July 22 2013 amounted to ONE MILLION TWOHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDTHIRTY SIX PESOS amp 56100 (Php 123423656) PhilippineCurrency excluding Penalties Charges Attorneyrsquos Fees ex-penses of the Foreclosure Sheriffrsquos Lawful Fees and expensesfor conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof the UN-DERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION on November 29 2013 at 900 in the morning orsoon thereafter REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Magsaysay BlvdTacloban City to the highest bidder for Cash and in PhilippineCurrency the following Real Properties Personal Propertieswith all the improvements thereon to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-122-2011001308
ldquoA parcel of land (Lot 7 Block 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13819 being a portion of theconsolidation of Lots 2870 28712873 2874 2884 2886 28872901 2904 2909 2920 2921 2922 2923 2924 2925 2927 and3381 Tacloban Cadastre LRC (GLRO) Record No 1040) situ-ated in the Barrio of Caibaan Tacloban City Island of LeyteBounded on the NE Points 3 to 4 by Lot 9 on the SE points4 to 1 by Lot 8 on the SW points 1 to 2 by Lot 5 all of Block 2on the NW points 2 to 3 by road Lot 19 all of the Consolida-tion Subdivision plan Containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFORTY (240) SQUARE METERS more of less registered inthe name of RONALD L YU of legal age Filipino marriedrdquo
PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above-stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on December 6 2013 on the same
time and place without further noticeTacloban City October 16 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT ampEX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
(Sgd) LUDY C MARMITASheriff IV
Copy furnishedPERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE(PHCCI) rep By ZACARIAS M MATERONALD L YUBLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHA BARASPALO LEYTEEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Carigara LeyteSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF SALE
RTC-2013-006-EJFUpon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 led by the petitioner Metro OrmocCommunity Cooperative (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch withpostal address at Arradaza St Ormoc City against RobertoC Sotto resident of Brgy 88 Balok Ii San Jose Tacloban Cityto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013amounted to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS and 51100(PhP38992051) Philippine Currency excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other incidental expenses that may beincurred in the conduct of the sale which the undersigned willsell at public auction on November 20 2013 from 900 orsquoclockin the morning to 200 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Hall of
Justice Building Carigara Leyte to the highest bidder in cashand in Philippine Currency the property with improvementsthereon to wit
(Original Certicate of Title No P-39397)A parcel of agricultural land designated as Lot No
3898 situated at Brgy Bahay Municipality of San MiguelProvince of Leyte Bounded on the North Cad Lot No 2509East Creek South Cad Lot No 3839 Ass Lot No 017 WestCad Lot No 2508 Ass Lot No 010 Containing an area ofFORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FORTY THREE SQUARE
METERS (47043 sq m )Prospective bidders and buyers may verify for them-
selves the title and encumbrances in the herein describedproperty from the undersigned
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe date and time stated above
The undersigned sheriff reserves the right to postponereject any bid or all bids in the interest of justice and the par-ties concerned
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on November 28 2013 on the sameplace and time without further notice
Carigara Leyte Philippines October 24 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFF(Sgd) EMMANUEL P BARIATA
Sheriff IV RTC-OCCEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippiensREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOrmoc City
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF
EJF No R-ORM-13-00017-FCFor
EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE under Act 3135
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund)
Mortgagee -versus- ALEJANDRO G CANONIO JRMortgagorx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALEUpon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135
led by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)Tacloban Regional Ofce Tacloban City against AlejandroG Canonio Jr to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of August 8 2013 amounts to Nine Hundred Ninety OneThousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Pesos Only (P99126500)including interest and penalties but excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other expenses of foreclosure the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on November 202013 at 400 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Ofce of the Clerkof Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City to the highest bid-der for cash or managerrsquos check and i n Philippine Currencythe following property with all the improvements locatedtherein to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 25877Register of Deeds of Ormoc City
A parcel of land designated as (Lot 2-C-2-C of thesubdivision plan Psd-006172 being a portion of Lot 2-C-2Psd-08-004780 situated at the Barangay of Dontildea Feliza Mejia
Village City of Ormoc Island of Leyte Bounded on the NEalong line 3-4 by Lot 2-C-2-B on the SE along line 4-1 by ot2-C-2-W (Road Right of Way) on the SW along line 1-2 byLot 2-C-2-D all of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0016172 andon the NW along line 2-3 a Road (1000 m wide) Beginningat a point marked ldquo1rdquo on plan being N 11 deg 59rsquoW 49785m from BBM No 8 Cad-256 Ormoc Cadastre thence N 72deg 08rsquoW 1701 m to point 2 thence N 17 deg 52rsquoE 885 mto point 3 thence S 72 deg 07rsquoE 1699 m to point 4 thenceS 17 deg 43rsquoW 884 m to point of beginning containing anarea of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) square meters more orless Registered in the name of Sps Alejandro G Canonio Jrand Nena B Canoniordquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onthe said date it shall be held on November 27 2013 withoutfurther notice
(Sgd) ZENEN B PURAY JRSheriff IV
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionBranch 18 Hilongos Leyte
SP PROC NO H-521IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR
RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWNIN SCHOOL AS RHEA F SANCHEZ
RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZPetitioner
x-----------------------xORDER
PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ by andthrough counsel eld a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PE -DROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEAF SANCHEZ In support of her petition the petitioner aversTHAT She is of legal age Filipino single and without issuea businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt VilbarSt Central Poblacion Hilongos Leyte she is in possession offull civil capacity and legal rights is of good moral characterhas not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitudeand is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her
children in keeping with the means of family she is sixteen (16)years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoptionservices in accordance with law that the subject minor is notdisqualied by law to be adopted the subject minor has beenvoluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when herbiological executed a ldquoDeed of Voluntary Commitmentrdquo onMarch 2 2012 hence prayed that the petition be granted
WHEREFORE nding the Veried Petition to be suf-cient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initialhearing on April 10 2014 at 830 in the morning at whichdate time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by theapproval of the instant Petition may come to court in thisrst opportunity
Published this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner
Furnished copy of this Order to the Ofce General beingthe general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St LegaspiVillage Makati City Regional Director of DSWD for that ofceto conduct a social case study report to conduct a home studyreport and to submit other relevant papers within 60 daysthe natural parent of the minor to be adopted Petitioner andher counsel for them to be present at the given addresses forthem to be present during initial hearing
SO ORDEREDIN CHAMBERS this 4th day of October 2013 Hilongos
Leyte Philippines(Sgd) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO
Executive JudgeESAcsv
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperty of the late ELIAS MORILLO Sr re an
agricultural land at Pili Almeria Biliran coveredby ARP No 00291 with an area of 32939050
hectares denominated as survey No and
coco land covered by ARP No 00289 with anarea of 0984054 hectares survey No 2136
Lot No 005 Title No P-44533 were settledamong his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A
MACAPANIG per Doc No 83 Page No 17
Book No XII Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Nel JohnB De la Pentildea EV Mail Oct 28- Nov3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition
with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO rea parcel of land consisting one half (12) share
of Lot 2269-D-18 Psd-08-004276 situated
in Brgy Alegria Ormoc City containing anarea of 104 sq m covered by TCT No 24511
was partitioned among his heirs and sold in
favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA perDoc No 476 Page No 96 Book No CCCLSeries of 2013 EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re aparcel of an agricultural land Lot No 11431
situated in Ormoc City containing an areaof 52344 sq m covered by OCT No 0-309
was settled among his heirs per Doc No 449Page No 90 Book No 31 Series of 2013 of
Notary Public Edward A Adlawan EV Mail Oct28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a
parcel of land Lot No 776 situated in Alang ndash
alang containing an area of 2178 sq m andLot No 1245 containing an area of 33549 sq
m both parcels covered by OCT No 11381 weresettled among his heirs per Doc No 276 Page
No 56 Book No IV Series of 2012 of NotaryPublic Daniel Pen EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 34-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province LeyteCityMunicipality Villaba
Republic of the Philippine )Villaba Leyte) SS
Petition No CFN-04-2013PETITION FOR CHANgE OF FIRST NAME
I GESHIELLA A MONTERO of legal ageFilipino and a resident of 249 Ilang-ilang st Brgy Bi-clatan General Trias Cavite after having been dulysworn to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking thechange of rst name in
b) the Certicate of Live Birth of Edgar NMontero who is my husband
2) He was born on 6 April 1963 at Villaba Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under registrynumber 154) The rst name to be changed is from
EDGAR to PEDROThe grounds for filing this petition are
the followingb) He has habitually and continuously used
PEDRO and he publicly known in the communitywith that rst name
6) I submit the following documents tosupport this petition
a) Childrsquos birth certicate (OCRG COPY)b) NBI PNP Barangay and Court clear-
ance and cert of employmentc) Form 137-E Transcript of records
diploma and BGMTd) Marriage cert siblingrsquos birth cert (Jona-
lly) E-1 MDR civil security certications7) I have not led any similar petition and
that to the best of my knowledge no other similarpetition is pending with any LCRO Court or Philip-pine Consulate
8) I have no pending criminal civil oradministrative case in any court or any quasi-
judicial body9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Villaba Leyte in accordance with RA No 9048 andits implementing rules and regulations
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
VERIFICATIONI GESHIELLA A MONTERO the petition-
er hereby certify that the allegations herein are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and bel ief
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before methis 21st day of October 2013 in the Municipality ofVillaba Leyte petitioner exhibiting his CommunityTax Certicate NO 24113552 issued at VillabaLeyte on October 21 2013
(Sd) Enr Medallo V Punon Administering Ofcer
EV Mail Oct 29- Nov 3 amp 4 -10 2013
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry OfceProvince of Leyte
Municipality of San IsidroNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with RA No 9048a notice is hereby served to the public that
Guillermo Villamor Mahayag has led with this
ofce a petition for Change of First Name fromldquoAlfredordquo to ldquoGuillermordquo in the birth Certicate
of Guillermo Villamor Mahayag who was bornon 27 November 1953 at San Isidro Leyte and
whose parents are Esmeraldo P Mahayag and
Elpedia C Villamor Any person adversely affected by said
petition may le hisher written opposition withthis ofce not later than Nov 8 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDA C VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocalCivil Registry Ofce
Province Leyte
CityMunicipality Palompon
Petition No CCE-0081-2013 RA 10172
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL
ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
I ARNIE ROMERO CARILLAS of
legal age Filipino and a resident of Brgy Cruz
Palompon Leyte after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking cor-
rection of the clerical error in
My certicate of live birth
2) I was born on October 22 1993
at Palompon Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 93-1538
4) The clerical error(s) to be cor-
rected is (are)
Item No Description From To
2 Sex MALE FEMALE
5) The factsreasons for ling this petition
are the following
For error No 1 This petition is hereby
led to correct my sex which was erroneously
recorded in my birth certicate
6) I submit the following documents
to support this petition
a) Certicate of Live Birth (SECPA
amp Ofce File Copy)b) Certicate of Baptism Elemen-
tary School permanent Record
c) DepEd Form 138-ANational
Career Assessment Examination Result
d) Voter Certication Police Clear -
ance NBI Clearance
e) Brgy Clearance Personal Af-
davit (Unemployment) amp Medical Record
f) Medical Certication Cert of
Authenticity
7) I have not led any similar peti-
tion 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 RA
90 48 RA 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation
(Sgd) ARNIE R CARILLAS
Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
25th day of October 2013 in the municipality of
Palompon Leyte petitioner exhibits in Community
Tax Certicate No 11302018 issued at Palompon
Leyte on June 4 2013
(Sd) CARMELITA g LODOVICA
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALEON REMATADOS OF
M LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION ORMOC 1 2 amp
3 NAVAL PALOMPON CARIGARA ISABEL KANANGAVILLABA SAN ISIDRO TABANGO ALBUERA LEYTEBILIRAN MATAG-OB CALUBIAN TACLOBAN BRANCHES1 2 3 4 amp 5 PALO CALANIPAWAN (V amp G) TANAUANALANG-ALANG JARO DAGAMI DULAG BURAUENMARASBARAS ROBINSON BAYBAY 1 amp 3 INOPACANHILONGOS ABUYOG MAASIN 1 amp 2 BATO SOGOD1 amp 2 MACARTHUR SAN JUAN (CABALIAN) LILOANHINDANG HINUNANGAN PINTUYAN MALITBOG ampST BERNARD
Commencing November 15 2013 at 900 am the abovementioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overduepledges left in the same up to June 30 2012 Patrons are enjoinedto verify their receipts
MANAGEMENTSa Nobyembre 15 2013 sa alas 900 and takna sa buntag
isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsaka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas Tanang butang pinerendanga wala malukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30 2012 maapil sa subastaGiawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
ABRE GRANDE IN PALOMPON Rep Lucy Torres-Gomez Mayor Ramon Ontildeate and Vice
Mayor Georgina Arevalo during the awarding of the two champion kayakers during the 15-k Kayak
Race from the island of Kalanggaman to the mainland The Abre Grande said Mayor Ramon
Ontildeate is the opening day of their month-long festivities to their annual feast day on December
3 in honor of St Francis Xavier highlighted by the Lawig Festival
3Oct 28 - Nov 3 2013 NEWS
For the 4th time VSU gets Tanglaw AwardBAYBAY CITY - The Phil-
ippine Council for Agricul-
ture Aquatic and Natural
Resources Research and
Development (PCAARRD)has proclaimed VSU as the
winner in the Search for
Tanglaw Award 2013
The award will be received by VSU President Jose L Ba-cusmo during the exhibit cumawarding ceremonies on No-vember 8 2013 at the Sotel
Philippine Plaza Manila Citywith the theme ldquoPCAARRDKaagapay sa Pag-unlad ngIndustriya ng Sakahan at Pan-gisdaanrdquo The award carrieswith it a trophy and a Php2-million research grant forstation development capabil-ity building and upgrading offacilities
Likewise Dr Bacusmotogether with Dr Othello BCapuno VP for Research andExtension and ViCARP Direc-tor will receive the ViCARPPlaque of Recognition as 1stRunner Up in the CY 2013Ugnay Award during the saidceremony This award alsocarries a cash incentive of P500000
Dr Patricio S FaylonPCAARRD Executive Direc-tor said the awarding is theirway of thanking their partnersand recognizing their outstand-ing contribution in helpingshape the agriculture aquaticand natural resources (AANR)
sectors of the country throughscience and technology
Tanglaw is a Filipino wordfor ldquolightrdquo The award is presented to research institu-tions that have contributedsignicantly to the progress of
agriculture aquatic and naturalresources RampD in the coun-try It looks into institutionalachievement that touches thelives of the people and eventu-ally helps the countryrsquos farm-ers contribute to its economy
The selection for the Tan-glaw Award was based onthe following criteria Tech-nologies developedutilizedsignicant information gath-ered and applied ndash 60 pointsFinancial resources generatedfor the past ve years (2008 to
present) ndash 10 points Capabil-ity Building ndash 10 points andother accomplishments suchas institutional publicationsawards received for the pastfive years linkages forgedand projects implemented ndash 20 points
It can be recalled that theinstitution (thru the then ViS-CA President Dr Fernando ABernardo) first received theTanglaw Award from the thenPres Ferdinand E Marcos on Nove mber 10 1977 duri ng
the 5th PCARR AnniversaryCelebration The second Tan-glaw Award was earned by thePRCRTC (now PhilRootcrops)on December 19 1980 andreceived by its director DrMarianito R Villanueva The3rd Tanglaw Award was earnedagain by PhilRootcrops andreceived on November 102010 by its director Dr JulietaR Roa This is the fourth timethat VSU will be receiving the prestigious Tanglaw Award By
Jesus Freddy Baldos
WHAT ARE the origins of All Saints and All SoulsDay Are these linkedwith paganism and Hal-loween
Both the Feast of AllSaints and the Feast of AllSouls evolved in the life ofthe Church independentlyof paganism and HalloweenHowever elements of pa-gan practices were perhaps ldquobaptizedrdquo by some culturesor attached themselves tothe celebration of All Saintsand All Souls
Let us rst address theFeast of All Saints
The exact origins of thiscelebration are uncertainalthough after the legaliza-tion of Christianity in 313a common commemora-
tion of Saints especiallythe martyrs appeared invarious areas throughoutthe Church For instance inthe East the city of Edessacelebrated this feast onMay 13 the Syrians on theFriday after Easter and thecity of Antioch on the rstSunday after PentecostBoth St Ephrem (d 373)and St John Chrysostom(d 407) attest to this feastday in their preaching In theWest a commemoration forall the saints also was cel-ebrated on the rst Sundayafter Pentecost The primary
reason for establishing acommon feast day was be-cause of the desire to honorthe great number of martyrsespecially during the perse-cution of Emperor Diocle-tion (284-305) the worstand most extensive of thepersecutions Quite supplythere were not enough daysof the year for a feast dayfor each martyr and manyof them died in groups Acommon feast day for allsaints therefore seemed
The Origin of All Saints and All Soulsrsquo Day
B Y FR WILLIAM
SAUNDERS
most appropriateIn 609 the Emperor Pho-
cas gave the Pantheon inRome to Pope Boniface IVwho rededicated it on May13 under the title St Mariaad Martyres (or St Mary
and All Martyrs) Whetherthe Holy Father purposefullychose May 13 because of thedate of the popular celebra-tion already established inthe East or whether this was just a happy coincidence isopen to debate
The designation of Nov1 as the Feast of All Saintsoccurred over time
Pope Gregory III (731-741) dedicated an oratoryin the original St PeterrsquosBasilica in honor of all thesaints on Nov 1 (at least ac-cording to some accounts)and this date then becamethe ofcial date for the cel-ebration of the Feast of AllSaints in Rome St Bede (d735) recorded the celebra-tion of All Saints Day onNov 1 in England and sucha celebration also existed inSalzburg Austria Ado of Vi-enna (d 875) recounted howPope Gregory IV asked KingLouis the Pious (778-840) toproclaim Nov 1 as All SaintsDay throughout the Holy Ro-man Empire Sacramentariesof the 9th and 10th centuriesalso placed the Feast of AllSaints on the liturgical cal-endar on Nov 1
Acco rd ing to an ea r-
ly Church historian JohnBeleth Pope Gregory IV(827-844) ofcially declaredNov 1 the Feast of All Saintstransferring it from May 13However Sicard of Cremona(d 1215) recorded thatPope Gregory VII (1073-85)nally suppressed May 13and mandated Nov1 as thedate to celebrate the Feastof All Saints In all we ndthe Church establishing aliturgical feast day in honorof the saints independent of
any pagan inuenceNow for the pagan con-
nection Nov 1 markedSamhain the beginning ofthe Celtic winter (The Celtslived as early as 2000 yearsago in England Scotland
Wales Ireland and northernFrance) Samhain for whomthe feast was named wasthe Celtic lord of death andhis name literally meant ldquosummerrsquos endrdquo Since win-ter is the season of colddarkness and death theCelts soon made the con-nection with human deathThe eve of Samhain Oct 31was a time of Celtic pagansacrice and Samhain al-lowed the souls of the deadto return to their earthlyhomes that evening Ghostswitches goblins and elvescame to harm the peopleparticularly those who hadinicted harm on them inthis life Cats too were con-sidered sacred because theyhad once been human be-ings who had been changedas a punishment for their evildeeds on this earth
To protect themselvesfrom marauding evil spiritson the eve of Samhain thepeople extinguished theirhearth res and the Druids(the priests and spintualteachers of the Belts) builta huge new yearrsquos bonreof sacred oak branchesThe Druids offered burntsacrices (crops animals
even humans) and told for-tunes of the coming yearby examining the burnedremains People sometimeswore costumes of animalheads and skins From thisnew re the home hearthswere again ignited
Particular ethnic groupsdeveloped their own lorewhich was merged with thecelebration In Ireland peo-ple held a parade in honorof Muck Olla a god Theyfollowed a leader dressed
in a white robe with a maskfrom the head of an animaland begged for food (Ire-land is also the source of the jack-orsquolantern fable A mannamed Jack was not ableto enter heaven because ofhis miserliness and he couldnot enter hell because he
played practical jokes on thedevil so he was condemnedto walk the earth with hislantern until Judgment Day)
The Scots walked throughelds and villages carryingtorches and lit bonres toward off witches and otherevil spirits
In Wales every personplaced a marked stone in thehuge bonre If a personrsquosstone could not be found thenext morning he would diewithin a year
Besides the Celtic tradi-tions in place the Romanconquest of Britain in AD 43
brought two other paganfeasts Feralia was heldin late October to honorthe dead Another Autumnfestival honored Pomonathe goddess of fruits andtrees probably throughthis festival apples becameassociated with HalloweenElements of these Romancelebrations were combinedwith the Celtic Samhain
With the spread of Chris-tianity and the establish-ment of All Saints Day someof these pagan customsremained in the Englishspeaking world for All Hal-
lows Eve (or Halloween AllSaints Eve) perhaps at rstmore out of superstitionand later more out of funNevertheless All Saints Dayclearly arose from genuine aChristian devotion
Along with the Feast of AllSaints developed the Feastof All Souls The Church hasconsistently encouraged theoffering of prayers and Massfor the souls of the faith-ful departed in Purgatory At the time of their deaththese souls are not perfectlycleansed of venial sin orhave not atoned for pasttransgressions and thereby
are deprived of the Beatic Vision The faithful on earthcan assist these souls inPurgatory in attaining theBeatic Vision through theirprayers good works and theoffering of Mass
In the early days of theChurch the names of thefaithful departed were post-ed in Church so that thecommunity would rememberthem in prayer In the 6thcentury the Benedictinemonasteries held a solemncommemoration of deceasedmembers at Whitsuntide thedays following Pentecost In
Spain St Isidore (d 636)attested to a celebration onthe Saturday before Sexag-esima Sunday (the secondSunday before Lent theeighth before Easter in theold calendar) In GermanyWidukind Abbot of Corvey(d 980) recorded a specialceremony for the faithful de-parted on Oct 1 St Odilothe Abbot of Cluny (d 1048)decreed for all of the Cluniacmonasteries that specialprayers be offered and the
Ofce of the Dead sung forall of the souls in Purgatoryon Nov 2 the day after AllSaints The Benedictines andCarthusians adopted thatsame devotion and soonNov 2 was adopted as theFeast of All Souls for thewhole Church
Other customs havearisen over time in the cel-ebration of All Souls DayThe Dominicans in the 15thcentury instituted a customof each priest offering threeMasses on the Feast of AllSouls Pope Benedict XIVin 1748 approved this prac-tice and it rapidly spreadthroughout Spain Portugaland Latin America DuringWorld War I Pope BenedictXV recognizing the numberof war dead and the nu-merous Masses that couldnot be fullled because ofdestroyed Churches granted
all priests the privilege ofoffering three Masses on All Souls Day one for theparticular intention one forall of the faithful departedand one for the intentions ofthe Holy Father
Other customs havedeveloped regarding AllSouls In Mexico relativesmake garlands wreathesand crosses of real andpaper owers of every colorto place on the graves ofdeceased relatives the morn-ing of All Souls The familywill spend the entire dayat the cemetery The pas-
tor will visit the cemeterypreach and offer prayersfor the dead and then blessthe individual graves ldquoSkel-etonrdquo candy is given to thechildren
Similar practices occurin Louisiana The relativeswhitewash and clean thetombstones and preparegarlands wreathes andcrosses of real and paperowers to decorate them Inthe afternoon of All Saintsthe priest processes aroundthe cemetery blessing thegraves and reciting the Ro-sary Candles are lit near thegraves at dusk one for each
member of the deceased On All Souls day Mass is usuallyoffered at the cemetery
In the Middle Ages su-perstitious belief probablyinuenced from Celtic pa-ganism held that the soulsin purgatory appeared on AllSouls Day as witches toadsgoblins etc to persons whocommitted wrongs againstthem during their lives onearth For this reason someethnic groups also preparedfood offerings to feed andto appease the spirits onthis day These practices areprobably remnants of the
Celtic Samhain festivitiesNevertheless All Souls
Day as well as All Saints Dayare rooted in Christian beliefand arose in this life of theChurch through a healthyspirituality despite some pa-gan trappings that may havesurvived and have remainedattached to their celebrationhttpwwwcatholiceduca- tionorgarticlesreligion
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Section Editor
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4P
5Oct 28 - Nov 3 2013
The Gospel on Sunday
NOVEMBER 10 2013
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Across the divide
PopulationExplosion is a myth
SEE MERCADO P 6
I USED to tune-in to PRTV-12 to listen to
the morning commentators After a brief
comment on the still raging issue of the Pork
Barrel Scams a commentator made the ob-
servation on a lawyer who led a case against
60-year old Freddie Aguilar for falling in love
and planning to get married to a 14-year old
maiden with her parental consent I was
silently cheering on the PRTV-12 commen-tator I think he was Atty Nick Esmael for
lambasting the ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo for
ling the case against Aguilar instead of those
clearly guilty of the ldquoPork Barrelrdquo Scams He
is obviously an ldquoAbogado de Palagapakrdquo and
no ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo
Tradition forbids the ringing of altar bells
during Holy Week Instead of ringing the small
bell during Mass small wooden boards tied
together are shaken by the altar boys to give
off rattling sounds This is in lieu of the lively
small bells
What reminded me of this was Freddiersquos
song ldquoAnakrdquo It became the top tune world-
wide In my 2nd ofcial trip to South East
Asian countries from Japan up North down the
south of Singapore ldquoAnakrdquo was sang in many
languages It was translated to Japanese InHongkong it was translated to major Chinese
languages like Mandarin or Fookien It was
also sang in Indian by the Indian community
in Singapore I even heard ldquoAnakrdquo also has a
Spanish Italian French etc translations These
are main languages in Europe
I humbly assumed the song ldquoAnakrdquo was
a protest song of the ongoing Worldwide
Population Control Program In one of my early
ECHOES columns I wrote that the whole world
population that time of 7 billion if gathered in
one place and told to stand comfortably at two
persons per one square meter of that area the
world population can be accommodated on
Billiran Island with lots of grounds to spare
An old scientist-philosopher formulated
his Malthusian Theory of over population that
will result in incessant wars and epidemics that
will nally result in annihilation of the worldrsquos
population Of course Malthus a old philoso-
pher and maybe also as a scientist of his times
did not foresaw the vast improvement of the
human species and science eliminating deadly
epidemic viruses and the rise of tall buildings to
increase living spaces in urban areas He never
foresaw the Empire State building or Manhattan
Twin Towers in New York Or the skyscraper
in Saudi Arabia that turns with the rising and
setting of the sun The old Philosopher did not
foresee the eradication of malaria fever When
the Suez and Panama canals were built hun-
dreds of workers died during its construction
because of the malaria-infested swamps turning
the focus of scientists to defeat the plaque
The scourge of tuberculosis has been mini-
mized even in our nation resulting to closures
of TB Pavilions setup in every province of the
country The biggest TB Pavilion was in Quezon
City Even the dreaded Bbible disease leprosy
was totally eliminated with the closure of the
Leper Colony in Culion Island of Palawan
As to wars among nations all thoughts of
war for domination by a single nation was to-
tally eliminated by the invention of atomic or
nuclear bombs forcing nations to be at peace
with each other or fully destroy each other with
nuclear bombs
Hence the Malthusian Theory of Population
Explosion is a false theory of causing the end
of Civilization However recent headlines are
about recurrences of the incurable HIV disease
caused by same sex copulation (To be conrsquot)
ldquoLIKE OTHER families our list gets lon-
gerrdquo noted the wife We were jotting names
for ldquoAll Souls Dayrdquo requiem masses She
adds ndash wistfully ldquoSooner rather than later
somebody will have to write our names in
toordquo
ldquoDeath is only a horizonrdquo the old prayer
says ldquoAnd a horizon is the limit of our sight
We give back to You Lord who rst gave them
to us our faithful dead whose beauty and truth
are even now in our heartsrdquo
Anglo-Catholic and Roman Catholic
churches commemorate the faithful departed
on Nov 2 BBC writes They pray for those
still atoning for misdeeds ldquoAll Hallows Everdquo
or Halloween marked the Celtic new year In
1848 Irish immigrants brought the feast to the
US When younger the wife and I trailed two
granddaughters in spooky dresses knocking
for ldquotrick or treatrdquo goodies in a San Francisco
suburb
Here wersquod light with our grandchildren
candles before graves of family members The
custom resembles Mexicorsquos ldquoDia de los Muer-
tosrdquo Now grandkids have disappeared into
US and Swedish schools We place owers on
graves of relatives whose families vanished in
the immigration diaspora
There is an overload of spot ldquobroadcasts or
reports trafc jams squatters living in cem-
eteries turned into two day ldquocitiesrdquo zapped by
karaoke Yet some 2500 years before Easterrsquos
empty tomb an ailing Job cried ldquoOh that my
words were engraved in rock forever I know
my Redeemer lives And in the end He will
stand forth upon the earth And after my skin
shall have been destroyed yet in my esh I
shall see Godrdquo
Or try 175 BC to134 BC A Jewish rebellion
broke out against the ruling dynasty And Judas
Maccabeus wrote ldquoIt is a good and wholesome
thought to pray for the deadrdquo
From its start the Church prayed for the
dead By year 998 Abbot Oddilo of Cluny
picked Nov 2 for this remembrance The prac-
tice spread to other countries by 10th centuryrsquos
end The living can help the departed the
doctrine went by asceticismrsquos trio of prayer
sacrice and alms
ldquoWho doesnrsquot have unnished business with
someone whom death has takenrdquo asks Fr Ron
Rolheiser But itrsquos never too late if we take seri-
ously the communion of saints tenet Enshrined
in our creed it says wersquore in real community
with those who have diedrrr
ldquoDeath washes some things cleanrdquo Where
hurts prevailed it can bring a peace a clarity
and a charity that were not possible before
Why
Itrsquos not simply because the death changedthe chemistry and took someone out of the fam-
ily the ofce or friends Or as or sometimes
may seem the case the source of the tension
It happens because as Lukersquos account of Jesus
on the cross teaches ldquoToday you will be with
me in paradiserdquo
ldquoJesus speaks those words to the good thief
on the cross And theyrsquore meant for every one of
us who dies without yet fully being a saint and
without having had the time and opportunity to
make all the amends and speak all the apologies
that we owe to others
ldquoThere is still time after death on both sides
for reconciliation and healing to happen Inside
the communion of saints we have access to each
otherrdquo And there we can nally speak of those
words that we couldnrsquot speak before We reach
MALES OF ALL SPECIES love to strut call
themselves top of the heap and feel entitled to
every female in sight It is also considered a
given that a man could not control his sexual
urges and would in fact be just too willing to
bed his friendrsquos wife Is it based on research
or is it just a myth
Scientists have found that men are biologi-
cally inclined toward avoiding a close encounter
with the mate of a buddy Testosterone seems to
be depressed if a friend is involved but elevated
if there is no close relationship
Menrsquos testosterone levels generally increase
when they are interacting with a potential sexual
partner or an enemyrsquos mate researchers report
It suggests that menrsquos minds have evolved to
foster a situation where the bonds of friendship
are respected
The apparent lowering of testosterone levels
when interacting with friendsrsquo mates is consis-
tent with mutual respect of mating relationships
and enhanced cooperation among group males
the study notes
The scientists see their study as much
broader than just the sexual temptation involv-
ing a friendrsquos mate because another research
showed that testosterone is also involved in a
wide range of human activities
They found for example that the level of
testosterone soared in young men when they
competed in sporting events with a rival from
another community but it remained unchanged
if the rival was a close neighbor And that they
suggest shows we are biologically determined
to act less aggressively within our group but we
are more willing to attack outsiders
A victory against friends does not affect
testosterone signicantly whereas a victory
against outsiders results in elevated testoster-
one the study concludes Likewise a defeat by
friends has little effect on testosterone whereas
a defeat by outsiders results in decreased testos-
terone from pre-competition levels
The researchers further suggest that testos-
terone remains low to help members of a com-
munity work together and it rises to help defeat
a threat from outside the community Thus it
may play a critical role in human interactions
even at the international level
However there is still some debate among
scientists over testosterone Other scientists
found that testosterone does not cause aggres-
sion if that would threaten onersquos own status as
in donrsquot pick a ght with a bully if hersquos really
gigantic
Another study found that testosterone makes
us less cooperative even with our friends and
more egocentric And other researchers found
that subjects who had received an extra dose of
testosterone lied less frequently so the effect can
sometimes seem contradictory
But one thing is certain Sex may not neces-
sarily be destiny but sex hormones determine
what and who we are as far as gender orienta-
tion is concerned Perhaps the hate bashers now
show more empathy for Charice and others who
came out of the closet by supporting Thatrsquos My
Tomboy a popular segment of Itrsquos Showtime
for lesbians on TV
Dear Atty Golo
Ang among mayor nangampanyalagi og ldquostraight votingrdquo sa mga kapitanog konsehal nga iyang gisuportahanGiingnan niya ang mga tawo nga kon dilimo ldquovote straightrdquo pwede kono matang-tang sa 4P Unsa man ning 4P nga gigamitman sa politika Ang mga gisuportahansa mayor hayahay kaayo kay napun-an
silag laing P Power mao nga 5P na silaMaayo pa wagtangon ang 4P Tinood naapod konoy 4P sa ubang nasod Nanon-dog sila sa ato o kitay nanondog nilaUnsa man poy ngan sa ilang 4P
Matinahuron Mr Torpe
Dear Mr Torps
Ang 4P sa atoa gitawag og Panta-wid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Angtomong mao ang pagtabang sa atongmga igsoon nga nagkalisodlisod pinaagisa paghatag og ldquocash assistancerdquo Naapod ni sa ubang nasod Sama sa Brazilang tawag nila ldquoBolsa Familiardquo Apanlahi sa atoa Kay atong kwarta ilanggibulsa Mao nga mo ldquoinsistrdquo ang inyongmayor og ldquostraight votingrdquo aron angilang anomaliya dili maboking Sa sunodeleksyon himoa ang inyong mayor nga4P kon Pulihi Pulihi Pulihi og Pulihi
Imong amigo Manny G Golo eggololawgmailcom 09155595449
Luke 20 27 - 38
There came to him some Sadduceesthose who say that there is no resurrectionand they asked him a question sayingldquoTeacher Moses wrote for us that if a manrsquosbrother dies having a wife but no children
the man must take the wife and raise upchildren for his brother Now there wereseven brothers the rst took a wife and
died without children and the second andthe third took her and likewise all seven leftno children and died Afterward the womanalso died In the resurrection thereforewhose wife will the woman be For theseven had her as wiferdquo
And Jesus said to them ldquoThe sons ofthis age marry and are given in marriagebut those who are accounted worthy toattain to that age and to the resurrectionfrom the dead neither marry nor are givenin marriage for they cannot die any more
because they are equal to angels and aresons of God being sons of the resurrectionBut that the dead are raised even Mosesshowed in the passage about the bushwhere he calls the Lord the God of Abrahamand the God of Isaac and the God of JacobNow he is not God of the dead but of theliving for all live to himrdquo
you can see they were wor-ried Almost all came In thepast if you called them toa meeting there would bemany who absent But dur-ing our last meeting almost
all came because they knowthere was a problem Na-looy ko nila but what can Ido I estimate around half ofthem wonrsquot be able to enrollthis semesterrdquo he said
2014 will not be muchof a problem he addedbecause ldquowe will be sub-mitting their names to theCHED (Commission onHigher Education) and they(have given the assurancethat they) will take it fromthererdquo
The congressman add-ed that aside from puttinghis scholars on a disadvan-
tage the freezing of thePDAF has also taken a tollon the small projects thatare usually funded fromit like school fences waterpumps waiting sheds andinfrastructures that the ba-rangays need but canrsquot befunded through regularfunds anymore because
they were minorRep Cari also said his
district still owes PhilHealtha lot ldquoItrsquos a good thing theyunderstandrdquo he said
Asked if he would stillrun for Congress even ifthere is no more PDAF to
speak of Cari said ldquoOo na-man Being a congressmangoes beyond having PDAFItrsquos representing our peopleand bringing their voice tothe concerned agenciesrdquo
Cari during the inter-view was with AgricultureSecretary Proceso AlcalaCari said he invited Alcalaover to the 5th district forhim to see what can bedone there and to solvesome problems concerningagriculture one of which isthe situation of abaca in thedistrict
He brought Alcala tothe Specialty Pulp Mill Incat Brgy Hilapnitan whichhad to close its abaca sort-ing plant because there is nomore ample supply of abacain the district and nearbyareas after it was hit by thebunchy top virus Around80 workers were displacedit was learned aside from
DTI Approved and issued DTI Leyte Permit No L-138 Series of 2013
PDAF from P 1
those indirectly benetingfrom the plant
Alcala upon discussingthe matter with SPMI man-agement gave the FiberDevelopment Authority theNational Abaca ResearchCenter and other concerned
line agencies a two-weekultimatum to come up witha roadmap to rejuvenatethe industry in the area orat least introduce stopgapmeasures
Pleased with the resultof the meeting of SPMImanagement and AlcalaRep Cari said this is one ofhis jobs as ldquorepresentativeof the peoplerdquo By Lalaine M Jimenea
LP still had the numbers ldquoIt
would have been 5 LP coun-
cilors and 5 independents on
the oor with the vice mayor
casting a vote to break a tierdquo
he said
As for inserting Aparis IIrsquos
name into the nomination he
said it was a ldquohumanitarianrdquo
act on the part of the Liberal
Party but apparently this was
unacceptable ldquoto the other
siderdquo
On a hindsight he said
there was at least one councilor
who was bent to have the pro-
ceedings deferred and because
he was not able to swing it
resulted to them agreeing to the
resolution then withdrawing
RAMA from P 2
their votes after ldquoOne coun-
cilor would not take anything
less than a defermentrdquo he
observed
Meanwhile Councilor Ma-
rio Rodriguez when asked
for his comment on the issue
said that since Aparis II has
withdrawn his acceptance to
the nomination then there is
only one nominee As for the
five independent councilors
who withdrew their votes he
said the SP internal rules say a
vote cannot be withdrawn once
it is cast ldquoI am not a lawyer but
that is how I understand it (the
internal rules)rdquo he said He
said this is a matter best looked
into by legal minds
set of banks thrifts and other lending
institutions she saidBangko Sentral attributed the
192 increase in net loan portfolioin 2012 to the improving businessconditions in the region
Meanwhile the deposit liabilitiesin Eastern Visayas increased from4299815 in 2011 to 4877184 in
million pesos in 2012The 134 increase in deposit
liabilities in 2012 is due to increasednumber of banks 4 universal banksand 4 thrift banks Ms Labrador said
The Loan-to-Deposit Ratio in2011 is 26 while 28 in 2012 sheadded
As of June of 2013 there is a totalof 173 banks in Eastern Visayas 86
universal and commercial banks 25thrift banks and 62 rural coop banks
The province of Leyte has themost number of banks with a total of93 broken down to 46 universal andcommercial banks 13 thrift banks and
34 ruralcoop banksSouthern Leyte comes second
with 28 banks 8 universal and com-mercial banks 4 thrift banks and 16ruralcoop banks Samar province
has 22 Eastern Samar and NorthernSamar have 13 each while Biliranhas 4 banks
There are 181 Automated TellerMachines (ATMs) in the various
provinces of Eastern Visayas 140 areonsite while 41 are offsite
InarsquosHousehold Tips
By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez
14 Simple Gardening Tips
FROM USINg leftover coffee beans to preventing
dirt from ettin underneath nernails mastergardener Paul James shares his top 14 tips andshortcuts to make sprin ardenin a breezeHerethe latest tips and tricks from Paul James host ofgardenin by the Yard
1 To remove the salt deposits that form on claypots combine equal parts white vinegar rubbingalcohol and water in a spray bottle Apply the mixtureto the pot and scrub with a plastic brush Let the potdry before you plant anything in it
2 To prevent accumulating dirt under yourngernails while you work in the garden draw yourngernails across a bar of soap and yoursquoll effectivelyseal the undersides of your nails so dirt canrsquot collectbeneath them Then after yoursquove finished in thegarden use a nailbrush to remove the soap and yournails will be sparkling clean
3 To prevent the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking treat with a spray vegetable oilbefore installing it in the trimmer
4 Turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stickLay a long-handled garden tool on the ground and nextto it place a tape measure Using a permanent markerwrite inch and foot marks on the handle When youneed to space plants a certain distance apart ( from justan inch to several feet) yoursquoll already have a measuringdevice in your hand
5 To have garden twine handy when you needit just stick a ball of twine in a small clay pot pull theend of the twine through the drainage hole and setthe pot upside down in the garden Do that and yoursquollnever go looking for twine again
6 Little clay pots make great cloches for protect-ing young plants from sudden overnight frosts andfreezes
7 To turn a clay pot into a hose guide just staba roughly one-foot length of steel reinforcing bar intothe ground at the corner of a bed and slip two claypots over it one facing down the other facing up Theguides will prevent damage to your plants as you dragthe hose along the bed
8 To create perfectly natu-
ral markers write the namesof plants (using a permanentmarker) on the flat faces ofstones of various sizes andplace them at or near the base of your plants
9 Got aphids You can control them with a strongblast of water from the hose or w ith insecticidal soap Butherersquos another suggestion one thatrsquos a lot more fun getsome tape Wrap a wide strip of tape around your handsticky side out and pat the leaves of plants infestedwith aphids Concentrate on the undersides of leavesbecause thatrsquos where the little buggers like to hide
10 The next time you boil or steam vegetablesdonrsquot pour the water down the drain use it to waterpotted patio plants and yoursquoll be amazed at how theplants respond to the ldquovegetable souprdquo
11 Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidifythe soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas rhodo-dendrons camellias gardenias and even blueberries
A light sprinkling of about one-quarter of an inch ap-plied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on theacidic side
12 Use chamomile tea to control damping-offfungus which often attacks young seedlings quitesuddenly Just add a spot of tea to the soil around thebase of seedlings once a week or use it as a foliar spray
13 If you need an instant table for tea service lookno farther than your collection of clay pots and saucersJust ip a good-sized pot over and top it off with a largesaucer And when yoursquove had your share of tea ll thesaucer with water and your ldquotablerdquo is now a birdbath
14 The quickest way in the world to dry herbs justlay a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car arrangethe herbs in a single layer then roll up the windowsand close the doors Your herbs will be quickly driedto perfection Whatrsquos more your car will smell great
For more tips you can watch Inarsquos Household
Tips at PRTV 12 Tacloban ndash ldquoBida ka Inayrdquo every Tues-day Thursday amp Saturday at 6pm or you can email me atinashouseholdtipsyahoocom or add me on facebook
DEPOSITS from
P 2
IN JAVIER TO VISIT MAYOR
JAVIER On his 2nd day in visitingthe 5th district of Leyte Agriculture
Sec Proceso J Alcala wentto Javier Leyte to meet MayorSandy Javier and see how DA
funded projects are going on Ontop he is seen with the Mayor asthey discuss coco peat and other
products being produced in thearea At right the ldquoJavierrdquo Salabat
or Ginger Tea which is grown packaged and exported from the
Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late
PASCUAL A NABASQUIZ had left an account withPhilippine National Bank (PNB) Ormoc Branch underSavings Account No 231178000016 was settled amonghis heirs per Doc No 249 Page No 57 Book No LVSeries of 2013 of Notary Public Conrad P Conopio EVMail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late PROCESO SAMSON re a parcel of landdesignated as Lot No 4388-A situated in Barrio MagaswiOrmoc City containing an area of 4604 sq m covered
by TCT No 18150 was settled among his heirs per DocNo 398 Page No 80 Book No XXX Series of 2013 ofNotary Public Maria Samuel P Aviles EV Mail Oct 14-2021-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late MILAGROS MALINAO re a parcel land consist-ing One-Half (12) share or One-Third (13) share of aparcel Lot No 1198 situated in Poblacion Ormoc Citycontaining an area of 133 sq m covered by under TCTNo 32250 was settled and Partitioned among her heirsper Doc No 380 Page No 76 Book No CCXII Seriesof 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S Maglasang EV MailOct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property
of the late VIRGINIAMIRALLES re a parcel of land LotNo 6558-C Psd-08-002799 situated in the Barrio LiloanOrmoc City containing an area of 8299 sq m under TCTNo 20595 was settled among her heirs and sold in favorof JOSHUAA FIEL per Doc No 516 Page No 104Book No XVIII Series of 2011 of Notary Public AlbertoL Conopio EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with quitclaim and waiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties
of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ SR re parcels of land(Lot No 9693Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City containingan area of 6386 sq m covered by OCT No P-48 LotNo 9678 containing an area of 10961 sq m coveredby OCT No 0-261 Lot No 9694 containing an area of2530 sq m covered by OCT No 0-261 Lot 9681-B-3situated in Brgy Aguiting Kananga Leyte containingan area of 44043 sq m Lot 9681-B-4 containing anarea of 6863 sq m covered by TCT No T-30590 weresettled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUDOLFOB FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ ndash PAREDESper Doc No 96 Page No 20 Book No CXXII Series2013 of Notary Nepomuceno P Aparis I EV Mail Oct21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Afdavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE
ORMAESPINA-YPIL Filipino of legal age married anda resident of 3 Tambis St Urgello Sambag 2 Cebu CityPhilippines issued an afdavit of loss that her youngersister MUTYALUZ ESPINA- GLOVER donated to hera paraphernal land located in So Cambantug Brgy LakeDanao Ormoc City Leyte on July 2010 covered by TCTNo TP-409 containing an area of 135614 sq m TDNo 00022-00092 Mutya Luz her sister personally turnedover the said ownerrsquos duplicate of her title together withthe tax declaration thereof which also kept in GRACEORMAESPINA- YPILrsquos wooden drawer was lost duringthe renovation house in Cebu City from Danao City car-rying with all belongings etc and the period of transferand in returning back home as the carpentry work neededsome nishing She looked for the aforementioned landtitle and its tax declaration but her efforts remained futile Afdavit was subscribed per Doc No 458 Page No 119Book No 92 Series of 2013 before Atty Pepito C SuelloEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013Amended Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute
SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the state of
the late JOSE V GAQUIT SR affecting his 104 sharesof stocks of Western Leyte College of Ormoc City hasbeen extra-judicially partitioned among his survivingheirs and consequently sold to EMMANUEL A FIEL in adocument known as amended extra-judicial settlementamong heirs with absolute sale dated October 4 2013per Doc No 421 Page No 85 Book No XXV Series of2013 of Atty Gerentstein T Banzon EV Mail Oct 21-27
Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFFRegional Trial Court8th Judicial Region
Hall of Justice Ormoc CityEJF NO R-ORM-13-00016-FC
FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
IMELDA SACAY ndashBERNDTPetitioner-Mortgagee
-versus-SPOUSES DIOSDADO AND LEONILA BAUTISTA
Respondents- Mortgagorsx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended led by IMELDA SACAY-BERNDT of Brgy Co -gon Ormoc City against SPS DIOSDADO AND LEONILABAUTISTA of Brgy Punta Ormoc City to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 2013 amounts to ONEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINETYFOUR amp 88100 (P150709488) charges attorneyrsquos fees etcbut excluding expenses of foreclosure the undersigned Sheriffwill sell at public auction on NOVEMBER 12 2013 from 1000AM to 400 PM at the Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Hallof Justice Ormoc City to the highest bidder for CASH orManagerrsquos check and in the Philippine Currency the followingpropertys with all its improvements to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 32193ldquoA parcel of land certain Lot 6432-B-2 of the sub-division
plan Psd-08-009973-D being a portion of Lot 6432-B Psd-74330 situated in the Brgy of Liloan City of Ormoc Islandof Leyte Bounded on the NE points 3-4 by Lot 6432-B-3 ofthe sub-div plan on the S points 4-1 by Lot 6432-B-10 xxxcontaining an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDFIFTY TWO (1152) square meters more or lessrdquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above-stated time and date In the event the publicauction should not take place on the said date it shall be heldon November 15 2013
Hall of Justice Ormoc City October 7 2013(Sgd) VIRGILIO D LENTEJAS JR
SHERIFF IVEV Mail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048 a
notice is hereby served to the public that ADRIANO LBELTRAN has led with this ofce a Petition for Changeof First Name from EMMIE to ELBE in the birth certicateof ELBE P BELTRAN who was born on July 18 1983 atHilongos Leyte and whose parents are ADRIANO L
BELTRAN and FLORENTINA PAGAS Any person adversely affected by said petition
may le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of BiliranMunicipality of Naval
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No 2013 ndash01 Guidelines in the implementation of the AdministrativeOrder No 1 Series of 2013 (IRR on RA10172) Notice ishereby served to the public that WARREN D CABRIANAhas led with this Ofce a petition for Correction of Entryin Gender Sex from ldquoFemalerdquo to ldquoMalerdquo in my Certicate ofLive Birth of WARREN D CABRIANAat NAVAL BILIRANand whose parents are ELNADE LOS SANTOS andEXPEDITO CABRIANA
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this ofce not laterthan November 03 2013
(Sgd) ENGR NOEL P CABILINMGDH-1 (Mun Civil Registrar)
EV Mail Oct 21- 27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048
a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENOROLFO LORA has led with this ofce a Petition forChange of First Name from PERPETUAto CARMEN in
the birth certicate of CARMEN OROLFO who was bornon August 4 1947 at Hilongos Leyte and whose parentsare PEDRO OROLFO and REMEDIOS WENCESLAW
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28 ndash Nov 3 2013rrr
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0019-2013
Date October 21 2013In compliance with the publication require-
ment and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum CircularNo 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that WindyB Salidaga has led with this ofce a correction of entryin sex from ldquoMALErdquo to ldquoFEMALErdquo in the certicate ofLive birth of Windy B Salidaga at Banat-I San IsidroLeyte and whose parents are Eusebio G Salidaga andLetecia A Bacalanos
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this Ofce not laterthan November 4 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDAC VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper Eastern Visayas MailPlace of Publication San Isidro LeyteDate of Publication Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE8th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTMagsaysay Blvd Tacloban City
EJF No 3660For Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
PHCCI Multi-Purpose Cooperative rep By Zacarias MMate
PetitionerMortgagee
-versus-Ronald L Yu joined by his wife Mrs Rovic B YuRespondent Mortgagors
x------------------xSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AMENDEDUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135 as
Amended led by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERA-TIVE (PHCCI) rep By Zacarias M Mate Real Street TaclobanCity against RONALD L YU at BLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHABARAS PALO LEYTE to satisfy the Mortgage indebtednesswhich as of July 22 2013 amounted to ONE MILLION TWOHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDTHIRTY SIX PESOS amp 56100 (Php 123423656) PhilippineCurrency excluding Penalties Charges Attorneyrsquos Fees ex-penses of the Foreclosure Sheriffrsquos Lawful Fees and expensesfor conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof the UN-DERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION on November 29 2013 at 900 in the morning orsoon thereafter REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Magsaysay BlvdTacloban City to the highest bidder for Cash and in PhilippineCurrency the following Real Properties Personal Propertieswith all the improvements thereon to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-122-2011001308
ldquoA parcel of land (Lot 7 Block 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13819 being a portion of theconsolidation of Lots 2870 28712873 2874 2884 2886 28872901 2904 2909 2920 2921 2922 2923 2924 2925 2927 and3381 Tacloban Cadastre LRC (GLRO) Record No 1040) situ-ated in the Barrio of Caibaan Tacloban City Island of LeyteBounded on the NE Points 3 to 4 by Lot 9 on the SE points4 to 1 by Lot 8 on the SW points 1 to 2 by Lot 5 all of Block 2on the NW points 2 to 3 by road Lot 19 all of the Consolida-tion Subdivision plan Containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFORTY (240) SQUARE METERS more of less registered inthe name of RONALD L YU of legal age Filipino marriedrdquo
PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above-stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on December 6 2013 on the same
time and place without further noticeTacloban City October 16 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT ampEX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
(Sgd) LUDY C MARMITASheriff IV
Copy furnishedPERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE(PHCCI) rep By ZACARIAS M MATERONALD L YUBLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHA BARASPALO LEYTEEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Carigara LeyteSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF SALE
RTC-2013-006-EJFUpon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 led by the petitioner Metro OrmocCommunity Cooperative (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch withpostal address at Arradaza St Ormoc City against RobertoC Sotto resident of Brgy 88 Balok Ii San Jose Tacloban Cityto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013amounted to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS and 51100(PhP38992051) Philippine Currency excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other incidental expenses that may beincurred in the conduct of the sale which the undersigned willsell at public auction on November 20 2013 from 900 orsquoclockin the morning to 200 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Hall of
Justice Building Carigara Leyte to the highest bidder in cashand in Philippine Currency the property with improvementsthereon to wit
(Original Certicate of Title No P-39397)A parcel of agricultural land designated as Lot No
3898 situated at Brgy Bahay Municipality of San MiguelProvince of Leyte Bounded on the North Cad Lot No 2509East Creek South Cad Lot No 3839 Ass Lot No 017 WestCad Lot No 2508 Ass Lot No 010 Containing an area ofFORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FORTY THREE SQUARE
METERS (47043 sq m )Prospective bidders and buyers may verify for them-
selves the title and encumbrances in the herein describedproperty from the undersigned
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe date and time stated above
The undersigned sheriff reserves the right to postponereject any bid or all bids in the interest of justice and the par-ties concerned
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on November 28 2013 on the sameplace and time without further notice
Carigara Leyte Philippines October 24 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFF(Sgd) EMMANUEL P BARIATA
Sheriff IV RTC-OCCEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippiensREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOrmoc City
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF
EJF No R-ORM-13-00017-FCFor
EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE under Act 3135
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund)
Mortgagee -versus- ALEJANDRO G CANONIO JRMortgagorx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALEUpon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135
led by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)Tacloban Regional Ofce Tacloban City against AlejandroG Canonio Jr to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of August 8 2013 amounts to Nine Hundred Ninety OneThousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Pesos Only (P99126500)including interest and penalties but excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other expenses of foreclosure the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on November 202013 at 400 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Ofce of the Clerkof Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City to the highest bid-der for cash or managerrsquos check and i n Philippine Currencythe following property with all the improvements locatedtherein to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 25877Register of Deeds of Ormoc City
A parcel of land designated as (Lot 2-C-2-C of thesubdivision plan Psd-006172 being a portion of Lot 2-C-2Psd-08-004780 situated at the Barangay of Dontildea Feliza Mejia
Village City of Ormoc Island of Leyte Bounded on the NEalong line 3-4 by Lot 2-C-2-B on the SE along line 4-1 by ot2-C-2-W (Road Right of Way) on the SW along line 1-2 byLot 2-C-2-D all of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0016172 andon the NW along line 2-3 a Road (1000 m wide) Beginningat a point marked ldquo1rdquo on plan being N 11 deg 59rsquoW 49785m from BBM No 8 Cad-256 Ormoc Cadastre thence N 72deg 08rsquoW 1701 m to point 2 thence N 17 deg 52rsquoE 885 mto point 3 thence S 72 deg 07rsquoE 1699 m to point 4 thenceS 17 deg 43rsquoW 884 m to point of beginning containing anarea of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) square meters more orless Registered in the name of Sps Alejandro G Canonio Jrand Nena B Canoniordquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onthe said date it shall be held on November 27 2013 withoutfurther notice
(Sgd) ZENEN B PURAY JRSheriff IV
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionBranch 18 Hilongos Leyte
SP PROC NO H-521IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR
RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWNIN SCHOOL AS RHEA F SANCHEZ
RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZPetitioner
x-----------------------xORDER
PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ by andthrough counsel eld a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PE -DROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEAF SANCHEZ In support of her petition the petitioner aversTHAT She is of legal age Filipino single and without issuea businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt VilbarSt Central Poblacion Hilongos Leyte she is in possession offull civil capacity and legal rights is of good moral characterhas not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitudeand is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her
children in keeping with the means of family she is sixteen (16)years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoptionservices in accordance with law that the subject minor is notdisqualied by law to be adopted the subject minor has beenvoluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when herbiological executed a ldquoDeed of Voluntary Commitmentrdquo onMarch 2 2012 hence prayed that the petition be granted
WHEREFORE nding the Veried Petition to be suf-cient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initialhearing on April 10 2014 at 830 in the morning at whichdate time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by theapproval of the instant Petition may come to court in thisrst opportunity
Published this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner
Furnished copy of this Order to the Ofce General beingthe general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St LegaspiVillage Makati City Regional Director of DSWD for that ofceto conduct a social case study report to conduct a home studyreport and to submit other relevant papers within 60 daysthe natural parent of the minor to be adopted Petitioner andher counsel for them to be present at the given addresses forthem to be present during initial hearing
SO ORDEREDIN CHAMBERS this 4th day of October 2013 Hilongos
Leyte Philippines(Sgd) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO
Executive JudgeESAcsv
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperty of the late ELIAS MORILLO Sr re an
agricultural land at Pili Almeria Biliran coveredby ARP No 00291 with an area of 32939050
hectares denominated as survey No and
coco land covered by ARP No 00289 with anarea of 0984054 hectares survey No 2136
Lot No 005 Title No P-44533 were settledamong his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A
MACAPANIG per Doc No 83 Page No 17
Book No XII Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Nel JohnB De la Pentildea EV Mail Oct 28- Nov3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition
with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO rea parcel of land consisting one half (12) share
of Lot 2269-D-18 Psd-08-004276 situated
in Brgy Alegria Ormoc City containing anarea of 104 sq m covered by TCT No 24511
was partitioned among his heirs and sold in
favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA perDoc No 476 Page No 96 Book No CCCLSeries of 2013 EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re aparcel of an agricultural land Lot No 11431
situated in Ormoc City containing an areaof 52344 sq m covered by OCT No 0-309
was settled among his heirs per Doc No 449Page No 90 Book No 31 Series of 2013 of
Notary Public Edward A Adlawan EV Mail Oct28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a
parcel of land Lot No 776 situated in Alang ndash
alang containing an area of 2178 sq m andLot No 1245 containing an area of 33549 sq
m both parcels covered by OCT No 11381 weresettled among his heirs per Doc No 276 Page
No 56 Book No IV Series of 2012 of NotaryPublic Daniel Pen EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 34-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province LeyteCityMunicipality Villaba
Republic of the Philippine )Villaba Leyte) SS
Petition No CFN-04-2013PETITION FOR CHANgE OF FIRST NAME
I GESHIELLA A MONTERO of legal ageFilipino and a resident of 249 Ilang-ilang st Brgy Bi-clatan General Trias Cavite after having been dulysworn to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking thechange of rst name in
b) the Certicate of Live Birth of Edgar NMontero who is my husband
2) He was born on 6 April 1963 at Villaba Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under registrynumber 154) The rst name to be changed is from
EDGAR to PEDROThe grounds for filing this petition are
the followingb) He has habitually and continuously used
PEDRO and he publicly known in the communitywith that rst name
6) I submit the following documents tosupport this petition
a) Childrsquos birth certicate (OCRG COPY)b) NBI PNP Barangay and Court clear-
ance and cert of employmentc) Form 137-E Transcript of records
diploma and BGMTd) Marriage cert siblingrsquos birth cert (Jona-
lly) E-1 MDR civil security certications7) I have not led any similar petition and
that to the best of my knowledge no other similarpetition is pending with any LCRO Court or Philip-pine Consulate
8) I have no pending criminal civil oradministrative case in any court or any quasi-
judicial body9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Villaba Leyte in accordance with RA No 9048 andits implementing rules and regulations
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
VERIFICATIONI GESHIELLA A MONTERO the petition-
er hereby certify that the allegations herein are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and bel ief
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before methis 21st day of October 2013 in the Municipality ofVillaba Leyte petitioner exhibiting his CommunityTax Certicate NO 24113552 issued at VillabaLeyte on October 21 2013
(Sd) Enr Medallo V Punon Administering Ofcer
EV Mail Oct 29- Nov 3 amp 4 -10 2013
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry OfceProvince of Leyte
Municipality of San IsidroNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with RA No 9048a notice is hereby served to the public that
Guillermo Villamor Mahayag has led with this
ofce a petition for Change of First Name fromldquoAlfredordquo to ldquoGuillermordquo in the birth Certicate
of Guillermo Villamor Mahayag who was bornon 27 November 1953 at San Isidro Leyte and
whose parents are Esmeraldo P Mahayag and
Elpedia C Villamor Any person adversely affected by said
petition may le hisher written opposition withthis ofce not later than Nov 8 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDA C VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocalCivil Registry Ofce
Province Leyte
CityMunicipality Palompon
Petition No CCE-0081-2013 RA 10172
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL
ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
I ARNIE ROMERO CARILLAS of
legal age Filipino and a resident of Brgy Cruz
Palompon Leyte after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking cor-
rection of the clerical error in
My certicate of live birth
2) I was born on October 22 1993
at Palompon Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 93-1538
4) The clerical error(s) to be cor-
rected is (are)
Item No Description From To
2 Sex MALE FEMALE
5) The factsreasons for ling this petition
are the following
For error No 1 This petition is hereby
led to correct my sex which was erroneously
recorded in my birth certicate
6) I submit the following documents
to support this petition
a) Certicate of Live Birth (SECPA
amp Ofce File Copy)b) Certicate of Baptism Elemen-
tary School permanent Record
c) DepEd Form 138-ANational
Career Assessment Examination Result
d) Voter Certication Police Clear -
ance NBI Clearance
e) Brgy Clearance Personal Af-
davit (Unemployment) amp Medical Record
f) Medical Certication Cert of
Authenticity
7) I have not led any similar peti-
tion 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 RA
90 48 RA 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation
(Sgd) ARNIE R CARILLAS
Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
25th day of October 2013 in the municipality of
Palompon Leyte petitioner exhibits in Community
Tax Certicate No 11302018 issued at Palompon
Leyte on June 4 2013
(Sd) CARMELITA g LODOVICA
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALEON REMATADOS OF
M LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION ORMOC 1 2 amp
3 NAVAL PALOMPON CARIGARA ISABEL KANANGAVILLABA SAN ISIDRO TABANGO ALBUERA LEYTEBILIRAN MATAG-OB CALUBIAN TACLOBAN BRANCHES1 2 3 4 amp 5 PALO CALANIPAWAN (V amp G) TANAUANALANG-ALANG JARO DAGAMI DULAG BURAUENMARASBARAS ROBINSON BAYBAY 1 amp 3 INOPACANHILONGOS ABUYOG MAASIN 1 amp 2 BATO SOGOD1 amp 2 MACARTHUR SAN JUAN (CABALIAN) LILOANHINDANG HINUNANGAN PINTUYAN MALITBOG ampST BERNARD
Commencing November 15 2013 at 900 am the abovementioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overduepledges left in the same up to June 30 2012 Patrons are enjoinedto verify their receipts
MANAGEMENTSa Nobyembre 15 2013 sa alas 900 and takna sa buntag
isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsaka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas Tanang butang pinerendanga wala malukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30 2012 maapil sa subastaGiawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
PAUL LIBRES JESSICA CORDERO JOHN DAVID AGPALO MUTYA COLLANDERMARICAR SAMSON TED MARCOS IVY CONGSON DR MANUEL K PALOMARPhD VICKY C ARNAIZ JT DELOS ANGELES ATTY BEULAH COELI FIELRICARDO MARTINEZ JR FR ROY CIMAGALA JAN COLLANDER ENGRGORGONIO CAING ATTY CARLO LORETO ATTY EMMANUEL GOLO ADELINACARRENO INtildeIGO LARRAZABAL YONG ROM PROF EDITHA CAGASAN
KEN ENECIO
Section Editor
with MAI-MAI T VELASQUEZ GIL-BERT ABANtildeO EMIE CHU DR GERRYPENSERGA NIKKI TABUCANON SIA
Real Street Ormoc City Nos (053) 561-8580 255-5746
Being male
NI ATTY MANING GOLO
4P
5Oct 28 - Nov 3 2013
The Gospel on Sunday
NOVEMBER 10 2013
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Across the divide
PopulationExplosion is a myth
SEE MERCADO P 6
I USED to tune-in to PRTV-12 to listen to
the morning commentators After a brief
comment on the still raging issue of the Pork
Barrel Scams a commentator made the ob-
servation on a lawyer who led a case against
60-year old Freddie Aguilar for falling in love
and planning to get married to a 14-year old
maiden with her parental consent I was
silently cheering on the PRTV-12 commen-tator I think he was Atty Nick Esmael for
lambasting the ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo for
ling the case against Aguilar instead of those
clearly guilty of the ldquoPork Barrelrdquo Scams He
is obviously an ldquoAbogado de Palagapakrdquo and
no ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo
Tradition forbids the ringing of altar bells
during Holy Week Instead of ringing the small
bell during Mass small wooden boards tied
together are shaken by the altar boys to give
off rattling sounds This is in lieu of the lively
small bells
What reminded me of this was Freddiersquos
song ldquoAnakrdquo It became the top tune world-
wide In my 2nd ofcial trip to South East
Asian countries from Japan up North down the
south of Singapore ldquoAnakrdquo was sang in many
languages It was translated to Japanese InHongkong it was translated to major Chinese
languages like Mandarin or Fookien It was
also sang in Indian by the Indian community
in Singapore I even heard ldquoAnakrdquo also has a
Spanish Italian French etc translations These
are main languages in Europe
I humbly assumed the song ldquoAnakrdquo was
a protest song of the ongoing Worldwide
Population Control Program In one of my early
ECHOES columns I wrote that the whole world
population that time of 7 billion if gathered in
one place and told to stand comfortably at two
persons per one square meter of that area the
world population can be accommodated on
Billiran Island with lots of grounds to spare
An old scientist-philosopher formulated
his Malthusian Theory of over population that
will result in incessant wars and epidemics that
will nally result in annihilation of the worldrsquos
population Of course Malthus a old philoso-
pher and maybe also as a scientist of his times
did not foresaw the vast improvement of the
human species and science eliminating deadly
epidemic viruses and the rise of tall buildings to
increase living spaces in urban areas He never
foresaw the Empire State building or Manhattan
Twin Towers in New York Or the skyscraper
in Saudi Arabia that turns with the rising and
setting of the sun The old Philosopher did not
foresee the eradication of malaria fever When
the Suez and Panama canals were built hun-
dreds of workers died during its construction
because of the malaria-infested swamps turning
the focus of scientists to defeat the plaque
The scourge of tuberculosis has been mini-
mized even in our nation resulting to closures
of TB Pavilions setup in every province of the
country The biggest TB Pavilion was in Quezon
City Even the dreaded Bbible disease leprosy
was totally eliminated with the closure of the
Leper Colony in Culion Island of Palawan
As to wars among nations all thoughts of
war for domination by a single nation was to-
tally eliminated by the invention of atomic or
nuclear bombs forcing nations to be at peace
with each other or fully destroy each other with
nuclear bombs
Hence the Malthusian Theory of Population
Explosion is a false theory of causing the end
of Civilization However recent headlines are
about recurrences of the incurable HIV disease
caused by same sex copulation (To be conrsquot)
ldquoLIKE OTHER families our list gets lon-
gerrdquo noted the wife We were jotting names
for ldquoAll Souls Dayrdquo requiem masses She
adds ndash wistfully ldquoSooner rather than later
somebody will have to write our names in
toordquo
ldquoDeath is only a horizonrdquo the old prayer
says ldquoAnd a horizon is the limit of our sight
We give back to You Lord who rst gave them
to us our faithful dead whose beauty and truth
are even now in our heartsrdquo
Anglo-Catholic and Roman Catholic
churches commemorate the faithful departed
on Nov 2 BBC writes They pray for those
still atoning for misdeeds ldquoAll Hallows Everdquo
or Halloween marked the Celtic new year In
1848 Irish immigrants brought the feast to the
US When younger the wife and I trailed two
granddaughters in spooky dresses knocking
for ldquotrick or treatrdquo goodies in a San Francisco
suburb
Here wersquod light with our grandchildren
candles before graves of family members The
custom resembles Mexicorsquos ldquoDia de los Muer-
tosrdquo Now grandkids have disappeared into
US and Swedish schools We place owers on
graves of relatives whose families vanished in
the immigration diaspora
There is an overload of spot ldquobroadcasts or
reports trafc jams squatters living in cem-
eteries turned into two day ldquocitiesrdquo zapped by
karaoke Yet some 2500 years before Easterrsquos
empty tomb an ailing Job cried ldquoOh that my
words were engraved in rock forever I know
my Redeemer lives And in the end He will
stand forth upon the earth And after my skin
shall have been destroyed yet in my esh I
shall see Godrdquo
Or try 175 BC to134 BC A Jewish rebellion
broke out against the ruling dynasty And Judas
Maccabeus wrote ldquoIt is a good and wholesome
thought to pray for the deadrdquo
From its start the Church prayed for the
dead By year 998 Abbot Oddilo of Cluny
picked Nov 2 for this remembrance The prac-
tice spread to other countries by 10th centuryrsquos
end The living can help the departed the
doctrine went by asceticismrsquos trio of prayer
sacrice and alms
ldquoWho doesnrsquot have unnished business with
someone whom death has takenrdquo asks Fr Ron
Rolheiser But itrsquos never too late if we take seri-
ously the communion of saints tenet Enshrined
in our creed it says wersquore in real community
with those who have diedrrr
ldquoDeath washes some things cleanrdquo Where
hurts prevailed it can bring a peace a clarity
and a charity that were not possible before
Why
Itrsquos not simply because the death changedthe chemistry and took someone out of the fam-
ily the ofce or friends Or as or sometimes
may seem the case the source of the tension
It happens because as Lukersquos account of Jesus
on the cross teaches ldquoToday you will be with
me in paradiserdquo
ldquoJesus speaks those words to the good thief
on the cross And theyrsquore meant for every one of
us who dies without yet fully being a saint and
without having had the time and opportunity to
make all the amends and speak all the apologies
that we owe to others
ldquoThere is still time after death on both sides
for reconciliation and healing to happen Inside
the communion of saints we have access to each
otherrdquo And there we can nally speak of those
words that we couldnrsquot speak before We reach
MALES OF ALL SPECIES love to strut call
themselves top of the heap and feel entitled to
every female in sight It is also considered a
given that a man could not control his sexual
urges and would in fact be just too willing to
bed his friendrsquos wife Is it based on research
or is it just a myth
Scientists have found that men are biologi-
cally inclined toward avoiding a close encounter
with the mate of a buddy Testosterone seems to
be depressed if a friend is involved but elevated
if there is no close relationship
Menrsquos testosterone levels generally increase
when they are interacting with a potential sexual
partner or an enemyrsquos mate researchers report
It suggests that menrsquos minds have evolved to
foster a situation where the bonds of friendship
are respected
The apparent lowering of testosterone levels
when interacting with friendsrsquo mates is consis-
tent with mutual respect of mating relationships
and enhanced cooperation among group males
the study notes
The scientists see their study as much
broader than just the sexual temptation involv-
ing a friendrsquos mate because another research
showed that testosterone is also involved in a
wide range of human activities
They found for example that the level of
testosterone soared in young men when they
competed in sporting events with a rival from
another community but it remained unchanged
if the rival was a close neighbor And that they
suggest shows we are biologically determined
to act less aggressively within our group but we
are more willing to attack outsiders
A victory against friends does not affect
testosterone signicantly whereas a victory
against outsiders results in elevated testoster-
one the study concludes Likewise a defeat by
friends has little effect on testosterone whereas
a defeat by outsiders results in decreased testos-
terone from pre-competition levels
The researchers further suggest that testos-
terone remains low to help members of a com-
munity work together and it rises to help defeat
a threat from outside the community Thus it
may play a critical role in human interactions
even at the international level
However there is still some debate among
scientists over testosterone Other scientists
found that testosterone does not cause aggres-
sion if that would threaten onersquos own status as
in donrsquot pick a ght with a bully if hersquos really
gigantic
Another study found that testosterone makes
us less cooperative even with our friends and
more egocentric And other researchers found
that subjects who had received an extra dose of
testosterone lied less frequently so the effect can
sometimes seem contradictory
But one thing is certain Sex may not neces-
sarily be destiny but sex hormones determine
what and who we are as far as gender orienta-
tion is concerned Perhaps the hate bashers now
show more empathy for Charice and others who
came out of the closet by supporting Thatrsquos My
Tomboy a popular segment of Itrsquos Showtime
for lesbians on TV
Dear Atty Golo
Ang among mayor nangampanyalagi og ldquostraight votingrdquo sa mga kapitanog konsehal nga iyang gisuportahanGiingnan niya ang mga tawo nga kon dilimo ldquovote straightrdquo pwede kono matang-tang sa 4P Unsa man ning 4P nga gigamitman sa politika Ang mga gisuportahansa mayor hayahay kaayo kay napun-an
silag laing P Power mao nga 5P na silaMaayo pa wagtangon ang 4P Tinood naapod konoy 4P sa ubang nasod Nanon-dog sila sa ato o kitay nanondog nilaUnsa man poy ngan sa ilang 4P
Matinahuron Mr Torpe
Dear Mr Torps
Ang 4P sa atoa gitawag og Panta-wid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Angtomong mao ang pagtabang sa atongmga igsoon nga nagkalisodlisod pinaagisa paghatag og ldquocash assistancerdquo Naapod ni sa ubang nasod Sama sa Brazilang tawag nila ldquoBolsa Familiardquo Apanlahi sa atoa Kay atong kwarta ilanggibulsa Mao nga mo ldquoinsistrdquo ang inyongmayor og ldquostraight votingrdquo aron angilang anomaliya dili maboking Sa sunodeleksyon himoa ang inyong mayor nga4P kon Pulihi Pulihi Pulihi og Pulihi
Imong amigo Manny G Golo eggololawgmailcom 09155595449
Luke 20 27 - 38
There came to him some Sadduceesthose who say that there is no resurrectionand they asked him a question sayingldquoTeacher Moses wrote for us that if a manrsquosbrother dies having a wife but no children
the man must take the wife and raise upchildren for his brother Now there wereseven brothers the rst took a wife and
died without children and the second andthe third took her and likewise all seven leftno children and died Afterward the womanalso died In the resurrection thereforewhose wife will the woman be For theseven had her as wiferdquo
And Jesus said to them ldquoThe sons ofthis age marry and are given in marriagebut those who are accounted worthy toattain to that age and to the resurrectionfrom the dead neither marry nor are givenin marriage for they cannot die any more
because they are equal to angels and aresons of God being sons of the resurrectionBut that the dead are raised even Mosesshowed in the passage about the bushwhere he calls the Lord the God of Abrahamand the God of Isaac and the God of JacobNow he is not God of the dead but of theliving for all live to himrdquo
you can see they were wor-ried Almost all came In thepast if you called them toa meeting there would bemany who absent But dur-ing our last meeting almost
all came because they knowthere was a problem Na-looy ko nila but what can Ido I estimate around half ofthem wonrsquot be able to enrollthis semesterrdquo he said
2014 will not be muchof a problem he addedbecause ldquowe will be sub-mitting their names to theCHED (Commission onHigher Education) and they(have given the assurancethat they) will take it fromthererdquo
The congressman add-ed that aside from puttinghis scholars on a disadvan-
tage the freezing of thePDAF has also taken a tollon the small projects thatare usually funded fromit like school fences waterpumps waiting sheds andinfrastructures that the ba-rangays need but canrsquot befunded through regularfunds anymore because
they were minorRep Cari also said his
district still owes PhilHealtha lot ldquoItrsquos a good thing theyunderstandrdquo he said
Asked if he would stillrun for Congress even ifthere is no more PDAF to
speak of Cari said ldquoOo na-man Being a congressmangoes beyond having PDAFItrsquos representing our peopleand bringing their voice tothe concerned agenciesrdquo
Cari during the inter-view was with AgricultureSecretary Proceso AlcalaCari said he invited Alcalaover to the 5th district forhim to see what can bedone there and to solvesome problems concerningagriculture one of which isthe situation of abaca in thedistrict
He brought Alcala tothe Specialty Pulp Mill Incat Brgy Hilapnitan whichhad to close its abaca sort-ing plant because there is nomore ample supply of abacain the district and nearbyareas after it was hit by thebunchy top virus Around80 workers were displacedit was learned aside from
DTI Approved and issued DTI Leyte Permit No L-138 Series of 2013
PDAF from P 1
those indirectly benetingfrom the plant
Alcala upon discussingthe matter with SPMI man-agement gave the FiberDevelopment Authority theNational Abaca ResearchCenter and other concerned
line agencies a two-weekultimatum to come up witha roadmap to rejuvenatethe industry in the area orat least introduce stopgapmeasures
Pleased with the resultof the meeting of SPMImanagement and AlcalaRep Cari said this is one ofhis jobs as ldquorepresentativeof the peoplerdquo By Lalaine M Jimenea
LP still had the numbers ldquoIt
would have been 5 LP coun-
cilors and 5 independents on
the oor with the vice mayor
casting a vote to break a tierdquo
he said
As for inserting Aparis IIrsquos
name into the nomination he
said it was a ldquohumanitarianrdquo
act on the part of the Liberal
Party but apparently this was
unacceptable ldquoto the other
siderdquo
On a hindsight he said
there was at least one councilor
who was bent to have the pro-
ceedings deferred and because
he was not able to swing it
resulted to them agreeing to the
resolution then withdrawing
RAMA from P 2
their votes after ldquoOne coun-
cilor would not take anything
less than a defermentrdquo he
observed
Meanwhile Councilor Ma-
rio Rodriguez when asked
for his comment on the issue
said that since Aparis II has
withdrawn his acceptance to
the nomination then there is
only one nominee As for the
five independent councilors
who withdrew their votes he
said the SP internal rules say a
vote cannot be withdrawn once
it is cast ldquoI am not a lawyer but
that is how I understand it (the
internal rules)rdquo he said He
said this is a matter best looked
into by legal minds
set of banks thrifts and other lending
institutions she saidBangko Sentral attributed the
192 increase in net loan portfolioin 2012 to the improving businessconditions in the region
Meanwhile the deposit liabilitiesin Eastern Visayas increased from4299815 in 2011 to 4877184 in
million pesos in 2012The 134 increase in deposit
liabilities in 2012 is due to increasednumber of banks 4 universal banksand 4 thrift banks Ms Labrador said
The Loan-to-Deposit Ratio in2011 is 26 while 28 in 2012 sheadded
As of June of 2013 there is a totalof 173 banks in Eastern Visayas 86
universal and commercial banks 25thrift banks and 62 rural coop banks
The province of Leyte has themost number of banks with a total of93 broken down to 46 universal andcommercial banks 13 thrift banks and
34 ruralcoop banksSouthern Leyte comes second
with 28 banks 8 universal and com-mercial banks 4 thrift banks and 16ruralcoop banks Samar province
has 22 Eastern Samar and NorthernSamar have 13 each while Biliranhas 4 banks
There are 181 Automated TellerMachines (ATMs) in the various
provinces of Eastern Visayas 140 areonsite while 41 are offsite
InarsquosHousehold Tips
By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez
14 Simple Gardening Tips
FROM USINg leftover coffee beans to preventing
dirt from ettin underneath nernails mastergardener Paul James shares his top 14 tips andshortcuts to make sprin ardenin a breezeHerethe latest tips and tricks from Paul James host ofgardenin by the Yard
1 To remove the salt deposits that form on claypots combine equal parts white vinegar rubbingalcohol and water in a spray bottle Apply the mixtureto the pot and scrub with a plastic brush Let the potdry before you plant anything in it
2 To prevent accumulating dirt under yourngernails while you work in the garden draw yourngernails across a bar of soap and yoursquoll effectivelyseal the undersides of your nails so dirt canrsquot collectbeneath them Then after yoursquove finished in thegarden use a nailbrush to remove the soap and yournails will be sparkling clean
3 To prevent the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking treat with a spray vegetable oilbefore installing it in the trimmer
4 Turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stickLay a long-handled garden tool on the ground and nextto it place a tape measure Using a permanent markerwrite inch and foot marks on the handle When youneed to space plants a certain distance apart ( from justan inch to several feet) yoursquoll already have a measuringdevice in your hand
5 To have garden twine handy when you needit just stick a ball of twine in a small clay pot pull theend of the twine through the drainage hole and setthe pot upside down in the garden Do that and yoursquollnever go looking for twine again
6 Little clay pots make great cloches for protect-ing young plants from sudden overnight frosts andfreezes
7 To turn a clay pot into a hose guide just staba roughly one-foot length of steel reinforcing bar intothe ground at the corner of a bed and slip two claypots over it one facing down the other facing up Theguides will prevent damage to your plants as you dragthe hose along the bed
8 To create perfectly natu-
ral markers write the namesof plants (using a permanentmarker) on the flat faces ofstones of various sizes andplace them at or near the base of your plants
9 Got aphids You can control them with a strongblast of water from the hose or w ith insecticidal soap Butherersquos another suggestion one thatrsquos a lot more fun getsome tape Wrap a wide strip of tape around your handsticky side out and pat the leaves of plants infestedwith aphids Concentrate on the undersides of leavesbecause thatrsquos where the little buggers like to hide
10 The next time you boil or steam vegetablesdonrsquot pour the water down the drain use it to waterpotted patio plants and yoursquoll be amazed at how theplants respond to the ldquovegetable souprdquo
11 Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidifythe soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas rhodo-dendrons camellias gardenias and even blueberries
A light sprinkling of about one-quarter of an inch ap-plied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on theacidic side
12 Use chamomile tea to control damping-offfungus which often attacks young seedlings quitesuddenly Just add a spot of tea to the soil around thebase of seedlings once a week or use it as a foliar spray
13 If you need an instant table for tea service lookno farther than your collection of clay pots and saucersJust ip a good-sized pot over and top it off with a largesaucer And when yoursquove had your share of tea ll thesaucer with water and your ldquotablerdquo is now a birdbath
14 The quickest way in the world to dry herbs justlay a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car arrangethe herbs in a single layer then roll up the windowsand close the doors Your herbs will be quickly driedto perfection Whatrsquos more your car will smell great
For more tips you can watch Inarsquos Household
Tips at PRTV 12 Tacloban ndash ldquoBida ka Inayrdquo every Tues-day Thursday amp Saturday at 6pm or you can email me atinashouseholdtipsyahoocom or add me on facebook
DEPOSITS from
P 2
IN JAVIER TO VISIT MAYOR
JAVIER On his 2nd day in visitingthe 5th district of Leyte Agriculture
Sec Proceso J Alcala wentto Javier Leyte to meet MayorSandy Javier and see how DA
funded projects are going on Ontop he is seen with the Mayor asthey discuss coco peat and other
products being produced in thearea At right the ldquoJavierrdquo Salabat
or Ginger Tea which is grown packaged and exported from the
Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late
PASCUAL A NABASQUIZ had left an account withPhilippine National Bank (PNB) Ormoc Branch underSavings Account No 231178000016 was settled amonghis heirs per Doc No 249 Page No 57 Book No LVSeries of 2013 of Notary Public Conrad P Conopio EVMail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late PROCESO SAMSON re a parcel of landdesignated as Lot No 4388-A situated in Barrio MagaswiOrmoc City containing an area of 4604 sq m covered
by TCT No 18150 was settled among his heirs per DocNo 398 Page No 80 Book No XXX Series of 2013 ofNotary Public Maria Samuel P Aviles EV Mail Oct 14-2021-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late MILAGROS MALINAO re a parcel land consist-ing One-Half (12) share or One-Third (13) share of aparcel Lot No 1198 situated in Poblacion Ormoc Citycontaining an area of 133 sq m covered by under TCTNo 32250 was settled and Partitioned among her heirsper Doc No 380 Page No 76 Book No CCXII Seriesof 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S Maglasang EV MailOct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property
of the late VIRGINIAMIRALLES re a parcel of land LotNo 6558-C Psd-08-002799 situated in the Barrio LiloanOrmoc City containing an area of 8299 sq m under TCTNo 20595 was settled among her heirs and sold in favorof JOSHUAA FIEL per Doc No 516 Page No 104Book No XVIII Series of 2011 of Notary Public AlbertoL Conopio EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with quitclaim and waiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties
of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ SR re parcels of land(Lot No 9693Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City containingan area of 6386 sq m covered by OCT No P-48 LotNo 9678 containing an area of 10961 sq m coveredby OCT No 0-261 Lot No 9694 containing an area of2530 sq m covered by OCT No 0-261 Lot 9681-B-3situated in Brgy Aguiting Kananga Leyte containingan area of 44043 sq m Lot 9681-B-4 containing anarea of 6863 sq m covered by TCT No T-30590 weresettled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUDOLFOB FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ ndash PAREDESper Doc No 96 Page No 20 Book No CXXII Series2013 of Notary Nepomuceno P Aparis I EV Mail Oct21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Afdavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE
ORMAESPINA-YPIL Filipino of legal age married anda resident of 3 Tambis St Urgello Sambag 2 Cebu CityPhilippines issued an afdavit of loss that her youngersister MUTYALUZ ESPINA- GLOVER donated to hera paraphernal land located in So Cambantug Brgy LakeDanao Ormoc City Leyte on July 2010 covered by TCTNo TP-409 containing an area of 135614 sq m TDNo 00022-00092 Mutya Luz her sister personally turnedover the said ownerrsquos duplicate of her title together withthe tax declaration thereof which also kept in GRACEORMAESPINA- YPILrsquos wooden drawer was lost duringthe renovation house in Cebu City from Danao City car-rying with all belongings etc and the period of transferand in returning back home as the carpentry work neededsome nishing She looked for the aforementioned landtitle and its tax declaration but her efforts remained futile Afdavit was subscribed per Doc No 458 Page No 119Book No 92 Series of 2013 before Atty Pepito C SuelloEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013Amended Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute
SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the state of
the late JOSE V GAQUIT SR affecting his 104 sharesof stocks of Western Leyte College of Ormoc City hasbeen extra-judicially partitioned among his survivingheirs and consequently sold to EMMANUEL A FIEL in adocument known as amended extra-judicial settlementamong heirs with absolute sale dated October 4 2013per Doc No 421 Page No 85 Book No XXV Series of2013 of Atty Gerentstein T Banzon EV Mail Oct 21-27
Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFFRegional Trial Court8th Judicial Region
Hall of Justice Ormoc CityEJF NO R-ORM-13-00016-FC
FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
IMELDA SACAY ndashBERNDTPetitioner-Mortgagee
-versus-SPOUSES DIOSDADO AND LEONILA BAUTISTA
Respondents- Mortgagorsx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended led by IMELDA SACAY-BERNDT of Brgy Co -gon Ormoc City against SPS DIOSDADO AND LEONILABAUTISTA of Brgy Punta Ormoc City to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 2013 amounts to ONEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINETYFOUR amp 88100 (P150709488) charges attorneyrsquos fees etcbut excluding expenses of foreclosure the undersigned Sheriffwill sell at public auction on NOVEMBER 12 2013 from 1000AM to 400 PM at the Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Hallof Justice Ormoc City to the highest bidder for CASH orManagerrsquos check and in the Philippine Currency the followingpropertys with all its improvements to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 32193ldquoA parcel of land certain Lot 6432-B-2 of the sub-division
plan Psd-08-009973-D being a portion of Lot 6432-B Psd-74330 situated in the Brgy of Liloan City of Ormoc Islandof Leyte Bounded on the NE points 3-4 by Lot 6432-B-3 ofthe sub-div plan on the S points 4-1 by Lot 6432-B-10 xxxcontaining an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDFIFTY TWO (1152) square meters more or lessrdquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above-stated time and date In the event the publicauction should not take place on the said date it shall be heldon November 15 2013
Hall of Justice Ormoc City October 7 2013(Sgd) VIRGILIO D LENTEJAS JR
SHERIFF IVEV Mail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048 a
notice is hereby served to the public that ADRIANO LBELTRAN has led with this ofce a Petition for Changeof First Name from EMMIE to ELBE in the birth certicateof ELBE P BELTRAN who was born on July 18 1983 atHilongos Leyte and whose parents are ADRIANO L
BELTRAN and FLORENTINA PAGAS Any person adversely affected by said petition
may le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of BiliranMunicipality of Naval
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No 2013 ndash01 Guidelines in the implementation of the AdministrativeOrder No 1 Series of 2013 (IRR on RA10172) Notice ishereby served to the public that WARREN D CABRIANAhas led with this Ofce a petition for Correction of Entryin Gender Sex from ldquoFemalerdquo to ldquoMalerdquo in my Certicate ofLive Birth of WARREN D CABRIANAat NAVAL BILIRANand whose parents are ELNADE LOS SANTOS andEXPEDITO CABRIANA
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this ofce not laterthan November 03 2013
(Sgd) ENGR NOEL P CABILINMGDH-1 (Mun Civil Registrar)
EV Mail Oct 21- 27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048
a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENOROLFO LORA has led with this ofce a Petition forChange of First Name from PERPETUAto CARMEN in
the birth certicate of CARMEN OROLFO who was bornon August 4 1947 at Hilongos Leyte and whose parentsare PEDRO OROLFO and REMEDIOS WENCESLAW
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28 ndash Nov 3 2013rrr
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0019-2013
Date October 21 2013In compliance with the publication require-
ment and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum CircularNo 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that WindyB Salidaga has led with this ofce a correction of entryin sex from ldquoMALErdquo to ldquoFEMALErdquo in the certicate ofLive birth of Windy B Salidaga at Banat-I San IsidroLeyte and whose parents are Eusebio G Salidaga andLetecia A Bacalanos
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this Ofce not laterthan November 4 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDAC VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper Eastern Visayas MailPlace of Publication San Isidro LeyteDate of Publication Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE8th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTMagsaysay Blvd Tacloban City
EJF No 3660For Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
PHCCI Multi-Purpose Cooperative rep By Zacarias MMate
PetitionerMortgagee
-versus-Ronald L Yu joined by his wife Mrs Rovic B YuRespondent Mortgagors
x------------------xSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AMENDEDUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135 as
Amended led by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERA-TIVE (PHCCI) rep By Zacarias M Mate Real Street TaclobanCity against RONALD L YU at BLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHABARAS PALO LEYTE to satisfy the Mortgage indebtednesswhich as of July 22 2013 amounted to ONE MILLION TWOHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDTHIRTY SIX PESOS amp 56100 (Php 123423656) PhilippineCurrency excluding Penalties Charges Attorneyrsquos Fees ex-penses of the Foreclosure Sheriffrsquos Lawful Fees and expensesfor conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof the UN-DERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION on November 29 2013 at 900 in the morning orsoon thereafter REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Magsaysay BlvdTacloban City to the highest bidder for Cash and in PhilippineCurrency the following Real Properties Personal Propertieswith all the improvements thereon to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-122-2011001308
ldquoA parcel of land (Lot 7 Block 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13819 being a portion of theconsolidation of Lots 2870 28712873 2874 2884 2886 28872901 2904 2909 2920 2921 2922 2923 2924 2925 2927 and3381 Tacloban Cadastre LRC (GLRO) Record No 1040) situ-ated in the Barrio of Caibaan Tacloban City Island of LeyteBounded on the NE Points 3 to 4 by Lot 9 on the SE points4 to 1 by Lot 8 on the SW points 1 to 2 by Lot 5 all of Block 2on the NW points 2 to 3 by road Lot 19 all of the Consolida-tion Subdivision plan Containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFORTY (240) SQUARE METERS more of less registered inthe name of RONALD L YU of legal age Filipino marriedrdquo
PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above-stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on December 6 2013 on the same
time and place without further noticeTacloban City October 16 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT ampEX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
(Sgd) LUDY C MARMITASheriff IV
Copy furnishedPERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE(PHCCI) rep By ZACARIAS M MATERONALD L YUBLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHA BARASPALO LEYTEEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Carigara LeyteSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF SALE
RTC-2013-006-EJFUpon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 led by the petitioner Metro OrmocCommunity Cooperative (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch withpostal address at Arradaza St Ormoc City against RobertoC Sotto resident of Brgy 88 Balok Ii San Jose Tacloban Cityto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013amounted to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS and 51100(PhP38992051) Philippine Currency excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other incidental expenses that may beincurred in the conduct of the sale which the undersigned willsell at public auction on November 20 2013 from 900 orsquoclockin the morning to 200 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Hall of
Justice Building Carigara Leyte to the highest bidder in cashand in Philippine Currency the property with improvementsthereon to wit
(Original Certicate of Title No P-39397)A parcel of agricultural land designated as Lot No
3898 situated at Brgy Bahay Municipality of San MiguelProvince of Leyte Bounded on the North Cad Lot No 2509East Creek South Cad Lot No 3839 Ass Lot No 017 WestCad Lot No 2508 Ass Lot No 010 Containing an area ofFORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FORTY THREE SQUARE
METERS (47043 sq m )Prospective bidders and buyers may verify for them-
selves the title and encumbrances in the herein describedproperty from the undersigned
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe date and time stated above
The undersigned sheriff reserves the right to postponereject any bid or all bids in the interest of justice and the par-ties concerned
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on November 28 2013 on the sameplace and time without further notice
Carigara Leyte Philippines October 24 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFF(Sgd) EMMANUEL P BARIATA
Sheriff IV RTC-OCCEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippiensREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOrmoc City
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF
EJF No R-ORM-13-00017-FCFor
EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE under Act 3135
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund)
Mortgagee -versus- ALEJANDRO G CANONIO JRMortgagorx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALEUpon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135
led by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)Tacloban Regional Ofce Tacloban City against AlejandroG Canonio Jr to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of August 8 2013 amounts to Nine Hundred Ninety OneThousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Pesos Only (P99126500)including interest and penalties but excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other expenses of foreclosure the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on November 202013 at 400 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Ofce of the Clerkof Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City to the highest bid-der for cash or managerrsquos check and i n Philippine Currencythe following property with all the improvements locatedtherein to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 25877Register of Deeds of Ormoc City
A parcel of land designated as (Lot 2-C-2-C of thesubdivision plan Psd-006172 being a portion of Lot 2-C-2Psd-08-004780 situated at the Barangay of Dontildea Feliza Mejia
Village City of Ormoc Island of Leyte Bounded on the NEalong line 3-4 by Lot 2-C-2-B on the SE along line 4-1 by ot2-C-2-W (Road Right of Way) on the SW along line 1-2 byLot 2-C-2-D all of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0016172 andon the NW along line 2-3 a Road (1000 m wide) Beginningat a point marked ldquo1rdquo on plan being N 11 deg 59rsquoW 49785m from BBM No 8 Cad-256 Ormoc Cadastre thence N 72deg 08rsquoW 1701 m to point 2 thence N 17 deg 52rsquoE 885 mto point 3 thence S 72 deg 07rsquoE 1699 m to point 4 thenceS 17 deg 43rsquoW 884 m to point of beginning containing anarea of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) square meters more orless Registered in the name of Sps Alejandro G Canonio Jrand Nena B Canoniordquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onthe said date it shall be held on November 27 2013 withoutfurther notice
(Sgd) ZENEN B PURAY JRSheriff IV
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionBranch 18 Hilongos Leyte
SP PROC NO H-521IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR
RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWNIN SCHOOL AS RHEA F SANCHEZ
RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZPetitioner
x-----------------------xORDER
PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ by andthrough counsel eld a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PE -DROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEAF SANCHEZ In support of her petition the petitioner aversTHAT She is of legal age Filipino single and without issuea businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt VilbarSt Central Poblacion Hilongos Leyte she is in possession offull civil capacity and legal rights is of good moral characterhas not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitudeand is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her
children in keeping with the means of family she is sixteen (16)years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoptionservices in accordance with law that the subject minor is notdisqualied by law to be adopted the subject minor has beenvoluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when herbiological executed a ldquoDeed of Voluntary Commitmentrdquo onMarch 2 2012 hence prayed that the petition be granted
WHEREFORE nding the Veried Petition to be suf-cient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initialhearing on April 10 2014 at 830 in the morning at whichdate time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by theapproval of the instant Petition may come to court in thisrst opportunity
Published this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner
Furnished copy of this Order to the Ofce General beingthe general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St LegaspiVillage Makati City Regional Director of DSWD for that ofceto conduct a social case study report to conduct a home studyreport and to submit other relevant papers within 60 daysthe natural parent of the minor to be adopted Petitioner andher counsel for them to be present at the given addresses forthem to be present during initial hearing
SO ORDEREDIN CHAMBERS this 4th day of October 2013 Hilongos
Leyte Philippines(Sgd) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO
Executive JudgeESAcsv
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperty of the late ELIAS MORILLO Sr re an
agricultural land at Pili Almeria Biliran coveredby ARP No 00291 with an area of 32939050
hectares denominated as survey No and
coco land covered by ARP No 00289 with anarea of 0984054 hectares survey No 2136
Lot No 005 Title No P-44533 were settledamong his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A
MACAPANIG per Doc No 83 Page No 17
Book No XII Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Nel JohnB De la Pentildea EV Mail Oct 28- Nov3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition
with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO rea parcel of land consisting one half (12) share
of Lot 2269-D-18 Psd-08-004276 situated
in Brgy Alegria Ormoc City containing anarea of 104 sq m covered by TCT No 24511
was partitioned among his heirs and sold in
favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA perDoc No 476 Page No 96 Book No CCCLSeries of 2013 EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re aparcel of an agricultural land Lot No 11431
situated in Ormoc City containing an areaof 52344 sq m covered by OCT No 0-309
was settled among his heirs per Doc No 449Page No 90 Book No 31 Series of 2013 of
Notary Public Edward A Adlawan EV Mail Oct28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a
parcel of land Lot No 776 situated in Alang ndash
alang containing an area of 2178 sq m andLot No 1245 containing an area of 33549 sq
m both parcels covered by OCT No 11381 weresettled among his heirs per Doc No 276 Page
No 56 Book No IV Series of 2012 of NotaryPublic Daniel Pen EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 34-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province LeyteCityMunicipality Villaba
Republic of the Philippine )Villaba Leyte) SS
Petition No CFN-04-2013PETITION FOR CHANgE OF FIRST NAME
I GESHIELLA A MONTERO of legal ageFilipino and a resident of 249 Ilang-ilang st Brgy Bi-clatan General Trias Cavite after having been dulysworn to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking thechange of rst name in
b) the Certicate of Live Birth of Edgar NMontero who is my husband
2) He was born on 6 April 1963 at Villaba Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under registrynumber 154) The rst name to be changed is from
EDGAR to PEDROThe grounds for filing this petition are
the followingb) He has habitually and continuously used
PEDRO and he publicly known in the communitywith that rst name
6) I submit the following documents tosupport this petition
a) Childrsquos birth certicate (OCRG COPY)b) NBI PNP Barangay and Court clear-
ance and cert of employmentc) Form 137-E Transcript of records
diploma and BGMTd) Marriage cert siblingrsquos birth cert (Jona-
lly) E-1 MDR civil security certications7) I have not led any similar petition and
that to the best of my knowledge no other similarpetition is pending with any LCRO Court or Philip-pine Consulate
8) I have no pending criminal civil oradministrative case in any court or any quasi-
judicial body9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Villaba Leyte in accordance with RA No 9048 andits implementing rules and regulations
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
VERIFICATIONI GESHIELLA A MONTERO the petition-
er hereby certify that the allegations herein are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and bel ief
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before methis 21st day of October 2013 in the Municipality ofVillaba Leyte petitioner exhibiting his CommunityTax Certicate NO 24113552 issued at VillabaLeyte on October 21 2013
(Sd) Enr Medallo V Punon Administering Ofcer
EV Mail Oct 29- Nov 3 amp 4 -10 2013
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry OfceProvince of Leyte
Municipality of San IsidroNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with RA No 9048a notice is hereby served to the public that
Guillermo Villamor Mahayag has led with this
ofce a petition for Change of First Name fromldquoAlfredordquo to ldquoGuillermordquo in the birth Certicate
of Guillermo Villamor Mahayag who was bornon 27 November 1953 at San Isidro Leyte and
whose parents are Esmeraldo P Mahayag and
Elpedia C Villamor Any person adversely affected by said
petition may le hisher written opposition withthis ofce not later than Nov 8 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDA C VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocalCivil Registry Ofce
Province Leyte
CityMunicipality Palompon
Petition No CCE-0081-2013 RA 10172
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL
ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
I ARNIE ROMERO CARILLAS of
legal age Filipino and a resident of Brgy Cruz
Palompon Leyte after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking cor-
rection of the clerical error in
My certicate of live birth
2) I was born on October 22 1993
at Palompon Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 93-1538
4) The clerical error(s) to be cor-
rected is (are)
Item No Description From To
2 Sex MALE FEMALE
5) The factsreasons for ling this petition
are the following
For error No 1 This petition is hereby
led to correct my sex which was erroneously
recorded in my birth certicate
6) I submit the following documents
to support this petition
a) Certicate of Live Birth (SECPA
amp Ofce File Copy)b) Certicate of Baptism Elemen-
tary School permanent Record
c) DepEd Form 138-ANational
Career Assessment Examination Result
d) Voter Certication Police Clear -
ance NBI Clearance
e) Brgy Clearance Personal Af-
davit (Unemployment) amp Medical Record
f) Medical Certication Cert of
Authenticity
7) I have not led any similar peti-
tion 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 RA
90 48 RA 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation
(Sgd) ARNIE R CARILLAS
Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
25th day of October 2013 in the municipality of
Palompon Leyte petitioner exhibits in Community
Tax Certicate No 11302018 issued at Palompon
Leyte on June 4 2013
(Sd) CARMELITA g LODOVICA
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALEON REMATADOS OF
M LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION ORMOC 1 2 amp
3 NAVAL PALOMPON CARIGARA ISABEL KANANGAVILLABA SAN ISIDRO TABANGO ALBUERA LEYTEBILIRAN MATAG-OB CALUBIAN TACLOBAN BRANCHES1 2 3 4 amp 5 PALO CALANIPAWAN (V amp G) TANAUANALANG-ALANG JARO DAGAMI DULAG BURAUENMARASBARAS ROBINSON BAYBAY 1 amp 3 INOPACANHILONGOS ABUYOG MAASIN 1 amp 2 BATO SOGOD1 amp 2 MACARTHUR SAN JUAN (CABALIAN) LILOANHINDANG HINUNANGAN PINTUYAN MALITBOG ampST BERNARD
Commencing November 15 2013 at 900 am the abovementioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overduepledges left in the same up to June 30 2012 Patrons are enjoinedto verify their receipts
MANAGEMENTSa Nobyembre 15 2013 sa alas 900 and takna sa buntag
isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsaka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas Tanang butang pinerendanga wala malukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30 2012 maapil sa subastaGiawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
Real Street Ormoc City Nos (053) 561-8580 255-5746
Being male
NI ATTY MANING GOLO
4P
5Oct 28 - Nov 3 2013
The Gospel on Sunday
NOVEMBER 10 2013
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Across the divide
PopulationExplosion is a myth
SEE MERCADO P 6
I USED to tune-in to PRTV-12 to listen to
the morning commentators After a brief
comment on the still raging issue of the Pork
Barrel Scams a commentator made the ob-
servation on a lawyer who led a case against
60-year old Freddie Aguilar for falling in love
and planning to get married to a 14-year old
maiden with her parental consent I was
silently cheering on the PRTV-12 commen-tator I think he was Atty Nick Esmael for
lambasting the ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo for
ling the case against Aguilar instead of those
clearly guilty of the ldquoPork Barrelrdquo Scams He
is obviously an ldquoAbogado de Palagapakrdquo and
no ldquoAbogado de Campanillardquo
Tradition forbids the ringing of altar bells
during Holy Week Instead of ringing the small
bell during Mass small wooden boards tied
together are shaken by the altar boys to give
off rattling sounds This is in lieu of the lively
small bells
What reminded me of this was Freddiersquos
song ldquoAnakrdquo It became the top tune world-
wide In my 2nd ofcial trip to South East
Asian countries from Japan up North down the
south of Singapore ldquoAnakrdquo was sang in many
languages It was translated to Japanese InHongkong it was translated to major Chinese
languages like Mandarin or Fookien It was
also sang in Indian by the Indian community
in Singapore I even heard ldquoAnakrdquo also has a
Spanish Italian French etc translations These
are main languages in Europe
I humbly assumed the song ldquoAnakrdquo was
a protest song of the ongoing Worldwide
Population Control Program In one of my early
ECHOES columns I wrote that the whole world
population that time of 7 billion if gathered in
one place and told to stand comfortably at two
persons per one square meter of that area the
world population can be accommodated on
Billiran Island with lots of grounds to spare
An old scientist-philosopher formulated
his Malthusian Theory of over population that
will result in incessant wars and epidemics that
will nally result in annihilation of the worldrsquos
population Of course Malthus a old philoso-
pher and maybe also as a scientist of his times
did not foresaw the vast improvement of the
human species and science eliminating deadly
epidemic viruses and the rise of tall buildings to
increase living spaces in urban areas He never
foresaw the Empire State building or Manhattan
Twin Towers in New York Or the skyscraper
in Saudi Arabia that turns with the rising and
setting of the sun The old Philosopher did not
foresee the eradication of malaria fever When
the Suez and Panama canals were built hun-
dreds of workers died during its construction
because of the malaria-infested swamps turning
the focus of scientists to defeat the plaque
The scourge of tuberculosis has been mini-
mized even in our nation resulting to closures
of TB Pavilions setup in every province of the
country The biggest TB Pavilion was in Quezon
City Even the dreaded Bbible disease leprosy
was totally eliminated with the closure of the
Leper Colony in Culion Island of Palawan
As to wars among nations all thoughts of
war for domination by a single nation was to-
tally eliminated by the invention of atomic or
nuclear bombs forcing nations to be at peace
with each other or fully destroy each other with
nuclear bombs
Hence the Malthusian Theory of Population
Explosion is a false theory of causing the end
of Civilization However recent headlines are
about recurrences of the incurable HIV disease
caused by same sex copulation (To be conrsquot)
ldquoLIKE OTHER families our list gets lon-
gerrdquo noted the wife We were jotting names
for ldquoAll Souls Dayrdquo requiem masses She
adds ndash wistfully ldquoSooner rather than later
somebody will have to write our names in
toordquo
ldquoDeath is only a horizonrdquo the old prayer
says ldquoAnd a horizon is the limit of our sight
We give back to You Lord who rst gave them
to us our faithful dead whose beauty and truth
are even now in our heartsrdquo
Anglo-Catholic and Roman Catholic
churches commemorate the faithful departed
on Nov 2 BBC writes They pray for those
still atoning for misdeeds ldquoAll Hallows Everdquo
or Halloween marked the Celtic new year In
1848 Irish immigrants brought the feast to the
US When younger the wife and I trailed two
granddaughters in spooky dresses knocking
for ldquotrick or treatrdquo goodies in a San Francisco
suburb
Here wersquod light with our grandchildren
candles before graves of family members The
custom resembles Mexicorsquos ldquoDia de los Muer-
tosrdquo Now grandkids have disappeared into
US and Swedish schools We place owers on
graves of relatives whose families vanished in
the immigration diaspora
There is an overload of spot ldquobroadcasts or
reports trafc jams squatters living in cem-
eteries turned into two day ldquocitiesrdquo zapped by
karaoke Yet some 2500 years before Easterrsquos
empty tomb an ailing Job cried ldquoOh that my
words were engraved in rock forever I know
my Redeemer lives And in the end He will
stand forth upon the earth And after my skin
shall have been destroyed yet in my esh I
shall see Godrdquo
Or try 175 BC to134 BC A Jewish rebellion
broke out against the ruling dynasty And Judas
Maccabeus wrote ldquoIt is a good and wholesome
thought to pray for the deadrdquo
From its start the Church prayed for the
dead By year 998 Abbot Oddilo of Cluny
picked Nov 2 for this remembrance The prac-
tice spread to other countries by 10th centuryrsquos
end The living can help the departed the
doctrine went by asceticismrsquos trio of prayer
sacrice and alms
ldquoWho doesnrsquot have unnished business with
someone whom death has takenrdquo asks Fr Ron
Rolheiser But itrsquos never too late if we take seri-
ously the communion of saints tenet Enshrined
in our creed it says wersquore in real community
with those who have diedrrr
ldquoDeath washes some things cleanrdquo Where
hurts prevailed it can bring a peace a clarity
and a charity that were not possible before
Why
Itrsquos not simply because the death changedthe chemistry and took someone out of the fam-
ily the ofce or friends Or as or sometimes
may seem the case the source of the tension
It happens because as Lukersquos account of Jesus
on the cross teaches ldquoToday you will be with
me in paradiserdquo
ldquoJesus speaks those words to the good thief
on the cross And theyrsquore meant for every one of
us who dies without yet fully being a saint and
without having had the time and opportunity to
make all the amends and speak all the apologies
that we owe to others
ldquoThere is still time after death on both sides
for reconciliation and healing to happen Inside
the communion of saints we have access to each
otherrdquo And there we can nally speak of those
words that we couldnrsquot speak before We reach
MALES OF ALL SPECIES love to strut call
themselves top of the heap and feel entitled to
every female in sight It is also considered a
given that a man could not control his sexual
urges and would in fact be just too willing to
bed his friendrsquos wife Is it based on research
or is it just a myth
Scientists have found that men are biologi-
cally inclined toward avoiding a close encounter
with the mate of a buddy Testosterone seems to
be depressed if a friend is involved but elevated
if there is no close relationship
Menrsquos testosterone levels generally increase
when they are interacting with a potential sexual
partner or an enemyrsquos mate researchers report
It suggests that menrsquos minds have evolved to
foster a situation where the bonds of friendship
are respected
The apparent lowering of testosterone levels
when interacting with friendsrsquo mates is consis-
tent with mutual respect of mating relationships
and enhanced cooperation among group males
the study notes
The scientists see their study as much
broader than just the sexual temptation involv-
ing a friendrsquos mate because another research
showed that testosterone is also involved in a
wide range of human activities
They found for example that the level of
testosterone soared in young men when they
competed in sporting events with a rival from
another community but it remained unchanged
if the rival was a close neighbor And that they
suggest shows we are biologically determined
to act less aggressively within our group but we
are more willing to attack outsiders
A victory against friends does not affect
testosterone signicantly whereas a victory
against outsiders results in elevated testoster-
one the study concludes Likewise a defeat by
friends has little effect on testosterone whereas
a defeat by outsiders results in decreased testos-
terone from pre-competition levels
The researchers further suggest that testos-
terone remains low to help members of a com-
munity work together and it rises to help defeat
a threat from outside the community Thus it
may play a critical role in human interactions
even at the international level
However there is still some debate among
scientists over testosterone Other scientists
found that testosterone does not cause aggres-
sion if that would threaten onersquos own status as
in donrsquot pick a ght with a bully if hersquos really
gigantic
Another study found that testosterone makes
us less cooperative even with our friends and
more egocentric And other researchers found
that subjects who had received an extra dose of
testosterone lied less frequently so the effect can
sometimes seem contradictory
But one thing is certain Sex may not neces-
sarily be destiny but sex hormones determine
what and who we are as far as gender orienta-
tion is concerned Perhaps the hate bashers now
show more empathy for Charice and others who
came out of the closet by supporting Thatrsquos My
Tomboy a popular segment of Itrsquos Showtime
for lesbians on TV
Dear Atty Golo
Ang among mayor nangampanyalagi og ldquostraight votingrdquo sa mga kapitanog konsehal nga iyang gisuportahanGiingnan niya ang mga tawo nga kon dilimo ldquovote straightrdquo pwede kono matang-tang sa 4P Unsa man ning 4P nga gigamitman sa politika Ang mga gisuportahansa mayor hayahay kaayo kay napun-an
silag laing P Power mao nga 5P na silaMaayo pa wagtangon ang 4P Tinood naapod konoy 4P sa ubang nasod Nanon-dog sila sa ato o kitay nanondog nilaUnsa man poy ngan sa ilang 4P
Matinahuron Mr Torpe
Dear Mr Torps
Ang 4P sa atoa gitawag og Panta-wid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Angtomong mao ang pagtabang sa atongmga igsoon nga nagkalisodlisod pinaagisa paghatag og ldquocash assistancerdquo Naapod ni sa ubang nasod Sama sa Brazilang tawag nila ldquoBolsa Familiardquo Apanlahi sa atoa Kay atong kwarta ilanggibulsa Mao nga mo ldquoinsistrdquo ang inyongmayor og ldquostraight votingrdquo aron angilang anomaliya dili maboking Sa sunodeleksyon himoa ang inyong mayor nga4P kon Pulihi Pulihi Pulihi og Pulihi
Imong amigo Manny G Golo eggololawgmailcom 09155595449
Luke 20 27 - 38
There came to him some Sadduceesthose who say that there is no resurrectionand they asked him a question sayingldquoTeacher Moses wrote for us that if a manrsquosbrother dies having a wife but no children
the man must take the wife and raise upchildren for his brother Now there wereseven brothers the rst took a wife and
died without children and the second andthe third took her and likewise all seven leftno children and died Afterward the womanalso died In the resurrection thereforewhose wife will the woman be For theseven had her as wiferdquo
And Jesus said to them ldquoThe sons ofthis age marry and are given in marriagebut those who are accounted worthy toattain to that age and to the resurrectionfrom the dead neither marry nor are givenin marriage for they cannot die any more
because they are equal to angels and aresons of God being sons of the resurrectionBut that the dead are raised even Mosesshowed in the passage about the bushwhere he calls the Lord the God of Abrahamand the God of Isaac and the God of JacobNow he is not God of the dead but of theliving for all live to himrdquo
you can see they were wor-ried Almost all came In thepast if you called them toa meeting there would bemany who absent But dur-ing our last meeting almost
all came because they knowthere was a problem Na-looy ko nila but what can Ido I estimate around half ofthem wonrsquot be able to enrollthis semesterrdquo he said
2014 will not be muchof a problem he addedbecause ldquowe will be sub-mitting their names to theCHED (Commission onHigher Education) and they(have given the assurancethat they) will take it fromthererdquo
The congressman add-ed that aside from puttinghis scholars on a disadvan-
tage the freezing of thePDAF has also taken a tollon the small projects thatare usually funded fromit like school fences waterpumps waiting sheds andinfrastructures that the ba-rangays need but canrsquot befunded through regularfunds anymore because
they were minorRep Cari also said his
district still owes PhilHealtha lot ldquoItrsquos a good thing theyunderstandrdquo he said
Asked if he would stillrun for Congress even ifthere is no more PDAF to
speak of Cari said ldquoOo na-man Being a congressmangoes beyond having PDAFItrsquos representing our peopleand bringing their voice tothe concerned agenciesrdquo
Cari during the inter-view was with AgricultureSecretary Proceso AlcalaCari said he invited Alcalaover to the 5th district forhim to see what can bedone there and to solvesome problems concerningagriculture one of which isthe situation of abaca in thedistrict
He brought Alcala tothe Specialty Pulp Mill Incat Brgy Hilapnitan whichhad to close its abaca sort-ing plant because there is nomore ample supply of abacain the district and nearbyareas after it was hit by thebunchy top virus Around80 workers were displacedit was learned aside from
DTI Approved and issued DTI Leyte Permit No L-138 Series of 2013
PDAF from P 1
those indirectly benetingfrom the plant
Alcala upon discussingthe matter with SPMI man-agement gave the FiberDevelopment Authority theNational Abaca ResearchCenter and other concerned
line agencies a two-weekultimatum to come up witha roadmap to rejuvenatethe industry in the area orat least introduce stopgapmeasures
Pleased with the resultof the meeting of SPMImanagement and AlcalaRep Cari said this is one ofhis jobs as ldquorepresentativeof the peoplerdquo By Lalaine M Jimenea
LP still had the numbers ldquoIt
would have been 5 LP coun-
cilors and 5 independents on
the oor with the vice mayor
casting a vote to break a tierdquo
he said
As for inserting Aparis IIrsquos
name into the nomination he
said it was a ldquohumanitarianrdquo
act on the part of the Liberal
Party but apparently this was
unacceptable ldquoto the other
siderdquo
On a hindsight he said
there was at least one councilor
who was bent to have the pro-
ceedings deferred and because
he was not able to swing it
resulted to them agreeing to the
resolution then withdrawing
RAMA from P 2
their votes after ldquoOne coun-
cilor would not take anything
less than a defermentrdquo he
observed
Meanwhile Councilor Ma-
rio Rodriguez when asked
for his comment on the issue
said that since Aparis II has
withdrawn his acceptance to
the nomination then there is
only one nominee As for the
five independent councilors
who withdrew their votes he
said the SP internal rules say a
vote cannot be withdrawn once
it is cast ldquoI am not a lawyer but
that is how I understand it (the
internal rules)rdquo he said He
said this is a matter best looked
into by legal minds
set of banks thrifts and other lending
institutions she saidBangko Sentral attributed the
192 increase in net loan portfolioin 2012 to the improving businessconditions in the region
Meanwhile the deposit liabilitiesin Eastern Visayas increased from4299815 in 2011 to 4877184 in
million pesos in 2012The 134 increase in deposit
liabilities in 2012 is due to increasednumber of banks 4 universal banksand 4 thrift banks Ms Labrador said
The Loan-to-Deposit Ratio in2011 is 26 while 28 in 2012 sheadded
As of June of 2013 there is a totalof 173 banks in Eastern Visayas 86
universal and commercial banks 25thrift banks and 62 rural coop banks
The province of Leyte has themost number of banks with a total of93 broken down to 46 universal andcommercial banks 13 thrift banks and
34 ruralcoop banksSouthern Leyte comes second
with 28 banks 8 universal and com-mercial banks 4 thrift banks and 16ruralcoop banks Samar province
has 22 Eastern Samar and NorthernSamar have 13 each while Biliranhas 4 banks
There are 181 Automated TellerMachines (ATMs) in the various
provinces of Eastern Visayas 140 areonsite while 41 are offsite
InarsquosHousehold Tips
By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez
14 Simple Gardening Tips
FROM USINg leftover coffee beans to preventing
dirt from ettin underneath nernails mastergardener Paul James shares his top 14 tips andshortcuts to make sprin ardenin a breezeHerethe latest tips and tricks from Paul James host ofgardenin by the Yard
1 To remove the salt deposits that form on claypots combine equal parts white vinegar rubbingalcohol and water in a spray bottle Apply the mixtureto the pot and scrub with a plastic brush Let the potdry before you plant anything in it
2 To prevent accumulating dirt under yourngernails while you work in the garden draw yourngernails across a bar of soap and yoursquoll effectivelyseal the undersides of your nails so dirt canrsquot collectbeneath them Then after yoursquove finished in thegarden use a nailbrush to remove the soap and yournails will be sparkling clean
3 To prevent the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking treat with a spray vegetable oilbefore installing it in the trimmer
4 Turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stickLay a long-handled garden tool on the ground and nextto it place a tape measure Using a permanent markerwrite inch and foot marks on the handle When youneed to space plants a certain distance apart ( from justan inch to several feet) yoursquoll already have a measuringdevice in your hand
5 To have garden twine handy when you needit just stick a ball of twine in a small clay pot pull theend of the twine through the drainage hole and setthe pot upside down in the garden Do that and yoursquollnever go looking for twine again
6 Little clay pots make great cloches for protect-ing young plants from sudden overnight frosts andfreezes
7 To turn a clay pot into a hose guide just staba roughly one-foot length of steel reinforcing bar intothe ground at the corner of a bed and slip two claypots over it one facing down the other facing up Theguides will prevent damage to your plants as you dragthe hose along the bed
8 To create perfectly natu-
ral markers write the namesof plants (using a permanentmarker) on the flat faces ofstones of various sizes andplace them at or near the base of your plants
9 Got aphids You can control them with a strongblast of water from the hose or w ith insecticidal soap Butherersquos another suggestion one thatrsquos a lot more fun getsome tape Wrap a wide strip of tape around your handsticky side out and pat the leaves of plants infestedwith aphids Concentrate on the undersides of leavesbecause thatrsquos where the little buggers like to hide
10 The next time you boil or steam vegetablesdonrsquot pour the water down the drain use it to waterpotted patio plants and yoursquoll be amazed at how theplants respond to the ldquovegetable souprdquo
11 Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidifythe soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas rhodo-dendrons camellias gardenias and even blueberries
A light sprinkling of about one-quarter of an inch ap-plied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on theacidic side
12 Use chamomile tea to control damping-offfungus which often attacks young seedlings quitesuddenly Just add a spot of tea to the soil around thebase of seedlings once a week or use it as a foliar spray
13 If you need an instant table for tea service lookno farther than your collection of clay pots and saucersJust ip a good-sized pot over and top it off with a largesaucer And when yoursquove had your share of tea ll thesaucer with water and your ldquotablerdquo is now a birdbath
14 The quickest way in the world to dry herbs justlay a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car arrangethe herbs in a single layer then roll up the windowsand close the doors Your herbs will be quickly driedto perfection Whatrsquos more your car will smell great
For more tips you can watch Inarsquos Household
Tips at PRTV 12 Tacloban ndash ldquoBida ka Inayrdquo every Tues-day Thursday amp Saturday at 6pm or you can email me atinashouseholdtipsyahoocom or add me on facebook
DEPOSITS from
P 2
IN JAVIER TO VISIT MAYOR
JAVIER On his 2nd day in visitingthe 5th district of Leyte Agriculture
Sec Proceso J Alcala wentto Javier Leyte to meet MayorSandy Javier and see how DA
funded projects are going on Ontop he is seen with the Mayor asthey discuss coco peat and other
products being produced in thearea At right the ldquoJavierrdquo Salabat
or Ginger Tea which is grown packaged and exported from the
Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late
PASCUAL A NABASQUIZ had left an account withPhilippine National Bank (PNB) Ormoc Branch underSavings Account No 231178000016 was settled amonghis heirs per Doc No 249 Page No 57 Book No LVSeries of 2013 of Notary Public Conrad P Conopio EVMail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late PROCESO SAMSON re a parcel of landdesignated as Lot No 4388-A situated in Barrio MagaswiOrmoc City containing an area of 4604 sq m covered
by TCT No 18150 was settled among his heirs per DocNo 398 Page No 80 Book No XXX Series of 2013 ofNotary Public Maria Samuel P Aviles EV Mail Oct 14-2021-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late MILAGROS MALINAO re a parcel land consist-ing One-Half (12) share or One-Third (13) share of aparcel Lot No 1198 situated in Poblacion Ormoc Citycontaining an area of 133 sq m covered by under TCTNo 32250 was settled and Partitioned among her heirsper Doc No 380 Page No 76 Book No CCXII Seriesof 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S Maglasang EV MailOct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property
of the late VIRGINIAMIRALLES re a parcel of land LotNo 6558-C Psd-08-002799 situated in the Barrio LiloanOrmoc City containing an area of 8299 sq m under TCTNo 20595 was settled among her heirs and sold in favorof JOSHUAA FIEL per Doc No 516 Page No 104Book No XVIII Series of 2011 of Notary Public AlbertoL Conopio EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with quitclaim and waiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties
of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ SR re parcels of land(Lot No 9693Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City containingan area of 6386 sq m covered by OCT No P-48 LotNo 9678 containing an area of 10961 sq m coveredby OCT No 0-261 Lot No 9694 containing an area of2530 sq m covered by OCT No 0-261 Lot 9681-B-3situated in Brgy Aguiting Kananga Leyte containingan area of 44043 sq m Lot 9681-B-4 containing anarea of 6863 sq m covered by TCT No T-30590 weresettled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUDOLFOB FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ ndash PAREDESper Doc No 96 Page No 20 Book No CXXII Series2013 of Notary Nepomuceno P Aparis I EV Mail Oct21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Afdavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE
ORMAESPINA-YPIL Filipino of legal age married anda resident of 3 Tambis St Urgello Sambag 2 Cebu CityPhilippines issued an afdavit of loss that her youngersister MUTYALUZ ESPINA- GLOVER donated to hera paraphernal land located in So Cambantug Brgy LakeDanao Ormoc City Leyte on July 2010 covered by TCTNo TP-409 containing an area of 135614 sq m TDNo 00022-00092 Mutya Luz her sister personally turnedover the said ownerrsquos duplicate of her title together withthe tax declaration thereof which also kept in GRACEORMAESPINA- YPILrsquos wooden drawer was lost duringthe renovation house in Cebu City from Danao City car-rying with all belongings etc and the period of transferand in returning back home as the carpentry work neededsome nishing She looked for the aforementioned landtitle and its tax declaration but her efforts remained futile Afdavit was subscribed per Doc No 458 Page No 119Book No 92 Series of 2013 before Atty Pepito C SuelloEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013Amended Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute
SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the state of
the late JOSE V GAQUIT SR affecting his 104 sharesof stocks of Western Leyte College of Ormoc City hasbeen extra-judicially partitioned among his survivingheirs and consequently sold to EMMANUEL A FIEL in adocument known as amended extra-judicial settlementamong heirs with absolute sale dated October 4 2013per Doc No 421 Page No 85 Book No XXV Series of2013 of Atty Gerentstein T Banzon EV Mail Oct 21-27
Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFFRegional Trial Court8th Judicial Region
Hall of Justice Ormoc CityEJF NO R-ORM-13-00016-FC
FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
IMELDA SACAY ndashBERNDTPetitioner-Mortgagee
-versus-SPOUSES DIOSDADO AND LEONILA BAUTISTA
Respondents- Mortgagorsx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended led by IMELDA SACAY-BERNDT of Brgy Co -gon Ormoc City against SPS DIOSDADO AND LEONILABAUTISTA of Brgy Punta Ormoc City to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 2013 amounts to ONEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINETYFOUR amp 88100 (P150709488) charges attorneyrsquos fees etcbut excluding expenses of foreclosure the undersigned Sheriffwill sell at public auction on NOVEMBER 12 2013 from 1000AM to 400 PM at the Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Hallof Justice Ormoc City to the highest bidder for CASH orManagerrsquos check and in the Philippine Currency the followingpropertys with all its improvements to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 32193ldquoA parcel of land certain Lot 6432-B-2 of the sub-division
plan Psd-08-009973-D being a portion of Lot 6432-B Psd-74330 situated in the Brgy of Liloan City of Ormoc Islandof Leyte Bounded on the NE points 3-4 by Lot 6432-B-3 ofthe sub-div plan on the S points 4-1 by Lot 6432-B-10 xxxcontaining an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDFIFTY TWO (1152) square meters more or lessrdquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above-stated time and date In the event the publicauction should not take place on the said date it shall be heldon November 15 2013
Hall of Justice Ormoc City October 7 2013(Sgd) VIRGILIO D LENTEJAS JR
SHERIFF IVEV Mail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048 a
notice is hereby served to the public that ADRIANO LBELTRAN has led with this ofce a Petition for Changeof First Name from EMMIE to ELBE in the birth certicateof ELBE P BELTRAN who was born on July 18 1983 atHilongos Leyte and whose parents are ADRIANO L
BELTRAN and FLORENTINA PAGAS Any person adversely affected by said petition
may le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of BiliranMunicipality of Naval
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No 2013 ndash01 Guidelines in the implementation of the AdministrativeOrder No 1 Series of 2013 (IRR on RA10172) Notice ishereby served to the public that WARREN D CABRIANAhas led with this Ofce a petition for Correction of Entryin Gender Sex from ldquoFemalerdquo to ldquoMalerdquo in my Certicate ofLive Birth of WARREN D CABRIANAat NAVAL BILIRANand whose parents are ELNADE LOS SANTOS andEXPEDITO CABRIANA
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this ofce not laterthan November 03 2013
(Sgd) ENGR NOEL P CABILINMGDH-1 (Mun Civil Registrar)
EV Mail Oct 21- 27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048
a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENOROLFO LORA has led with this ofce a Petition forChange of First Name from PERPETUAto CARMEN in
the birth certicate of CARMEN OROLFO who was bornon August 4 1947 at Hilongos Leyte and whose parentsare PEDRO OROLFO and REMEDIOS WENCESLAW
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28 ndash Nov 3 2013rrr
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0019-2013
Date October 21 2013In compliance with the publication require-
ment and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum CircularNo 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that WindyB Salidaga has led with this ofce a correction of entryin sex from ldquoMALErdquo to ldquoFEMALErdquo in the certicate ofLive birth of Windy B Salidaga at Banat-I San IsidroLeyte and whose parents are Eusebio G Salidaga andLetecia A Bacalanos
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this Ofce not laterthan November 4 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDAC VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper Eastern Visayas MailPlace of Publication San Isidro LeyteDate of Publication Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE8th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTMagsaysay Blvd Tacloban City
EJF No 3660For Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
PHCCI Multi-Purpose Cooperative rep By Zacarias MMate
PetitionerMortgagee
-versus-Ronald L Yu joined by his wife Mrs Rovic B YuRespondent Mortgagors
x------------------xSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AMENDEDUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135 as
Amended led by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERA-TIVE (PHCCI) rep By Zacarias M Mate Real Street TaclobanCity against RONALD L YU at BLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHABARAS PALO LEYTE to satisfy the Mortgage indebtednesswhich as of July 22 2013 amounted to ONE MILLION TWOHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDTHIRTY SIX PESOS amp 56100 (Php 123423656) PhilippineCurrency excluding Penalties Charges Attorneyrsquos Fees ex-penses of the Foreclosure Sheriffrsquos Lawful Fees and expensesfor conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof the UN-DERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION on November 29 2013 at 900 in the morning orsoon thereafter REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Magsaysay BlvdTacloban City to the highest bidder for Cash and in PhilippineCurrency the following Real Properties Personal Propertieswith all the improvements thereon to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-122-2011001308
ldquoA parcel of land (Lot 7 Block 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13819 being a portion of theconsolidation of Lots 2870 28712873 2874 2884 2886 28872901 2904 2909 2920 2921 2922 2923 2924 2925 2927 and3381 Tacloban Cadastre LRC (GLRO) Record No 1040) situ-ated in the Barrio of Caibaan Tacloban City Island of LeyteBounded on the NE Points 3 to 4 by Lot 9 on the SE points4 to 1 by Lot 8 on the SW points 1 to 2 by Lot 5 all of Block 2on the NW points 2 to 3 by road Lot 19 all of the Consolida-tion Subdivision plan Containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFORTY (240) SQUARE METERS more of less registered inthe name of RONALD L YU of legal age Filipino marriedrdquo
PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above-stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on December 6 2013 on the same
time and place without further noticeTacloban City October 16 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT ampEX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
(Sgd) LUDY C MARMITASheriff IV
Copy furnishedPERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE(PHCCI) rep By ZACARIAS M MATERONALD L YUBLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHA BARASPALO LEYTEEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Carigara LeyteSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF SALE
RTC-2013-006-EJFUpon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 led by the petitioner Metro OrmocCommunity Cooperative (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch withpostal address at Arradaza St Ormoc City against RobertoC Sotto resident of Brgy 88 Balok Ii San Jose Tacloban Cityto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013amounted to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS and 51100(PhP38992051) Philippine Currency excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other incidental expenses that may beincurred in the conduct of the sale which the undersigned willsell at public auction on November 20 2013 from 900 orsquoclockin the morning to 200 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Hall of
Justice Building Carigara Leyte to the highest bidder in cashand in Philippine Currency the property with improvementsthereon to wit
(Original Certicate of Title No P-39397)A parcel of agricultural land designated as Lot No
3898 situated at Brgy Bahay Municipality of San MiguelProvince of Leyte Bounded on the North Cad Lot No 2509East Creek South Cad Lot No 3839 Ass Lot No 017 WestCad Lot No 2508 Ass Lot No 010 Containing an area ofFORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FORTY THREE SQUARE
METERS (47043 sq m )Prospective bidders and buyers may verify for them-
selves the title and encumbrances in the herein describedproperty from the undersigned
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe date and time stated above
The undersigned sheriff reserves the right to postponereject any bid or all bids in the interest of justice and the par-ties concerned
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on November 28 2013 on the sameplace and time without further notice
Carigara Leyte Philippines October 24 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFF(Sgd) EMMANUEL P BARIATA
Sheriff IV RTC-OCCEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippiensREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOrmoc City
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF
EJF No R-ORM-13-00017-FCFor
EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE under Act 3135
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund)
Mortgagee -versus- ALEJANDRO G CANONIO JRMortgagorx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALEUpon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135
led by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)Tacloban Regional Ofce Tacloban City against AlejandroG Canonio Jr to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of August 8 2013 amounts to Nine Hundred Ninety OneThousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Pesos Only (P99126500)including interest and penalties but excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other expenses of foreclosure the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on November 202013 at 400 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Ofce of the Clerkof Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City to the highest bid-der for cash or managerrsquos check and i n Philippine Currencythe following property with all the improvements locatedtherein to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 25877Register of Deeds of Ormoc City
A parcel of land designated as (Lot 2-C-2-C of thesubdivision plan Psd-006172 being a portion of Lot 2-C-2Psd-08-004780 situated at the Barangay of Dontildea Feliza Mejia
Village City of Ormoc Island of Leyte Bounded on the NEalong line 3-4 by Lot 2-C-2-B on the SE along line 4-1 by ot2-C-2-W (Road Right of Way) on the SW along line 1-2 byLot 2-C-2-D all of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0016172 andon the NW along line 2-3 a Road (1000 m wide) Beginningat a point marked ldquo1rdquo on plan being N 11 deg 59rsquoW 49785m from BBM No 8 Cad-256 Ormoc Cadastre thence N 72deg 08rsquoW 1701 m to point 2 thence N 17 deg 52rsquoE 885 mto point 3 thence S 72 deg 07rsquoE 1699 m to point 4 thenceS 17 deg 43rsquoW 884 m to point of beginning containing anarea of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) square meters more orless Registered in the name of Sps Alejandro G Canonio Jrand Nena B Canoniordquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onthe said date it shall be held on November 27 2013 withoutfurther notice
(Sgd) ZENEN B PURAY JRSheriff IV
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionBranch 18 Hilongos Leyte
SP PROC NO H-521IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR
RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWNIN SCHOOL AS RHEA F SANCHEZ
RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZPetitioner
x-----------------------xORDER
PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ by andthrough counsel eld a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PE -DROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEAF SANCHEZ In support of her petition the petitioner aversTHAT She is of legal age Filipino single and without issuea businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt VilbarSt Central Poblacion Hilongos Leyte she is in possession offull civil capacity and legal rights is of good moral characterhas not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitudeand is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her
children in keeping with the means of family she is sixteen (16)years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoptionservices in accordance with law that the subject minor is notdisqualied by law to be adopted the subject minor has beenvoluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when herbiological executed a ldquoDeed of Voluntary Commitmentrdquo onMarch 2 2012 hence prayed that the petition be granted
WHEREFORE nding the Veried Petition to be suf-cient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initialhearing on April 10 2014 at 830 in the morning at whichdate time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by theapproval of the instant Petition may come to court in thisrst opportunity
Published this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner
Furnished copy of this Order to the Ofce General beingthe general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St LegaspiVillage Makati City Regional Director of DSWD for that ofceto conduct a social case study report to conduct a home studyreport and to submit other relevant papers within 60 daysthe natural parent of the minor to be adopted Petitioner andher counsel for them to be present at the given addresses forthem to be present during initial hearing
SO ORDEREDIN CHAMBERS this 4th day of October 2013 Hilongos
Leyte Philippines(Sgd) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO
Executive JudgeESAcsv
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperty of the late ELIAS MORILLO Sr re an
agricultural land at Pili Almeria Biliran coveredby ARP No 00291 with an area of 32939050
hectares denominated as survey No and
coco land covered by ARP No 00289 with anarea of 0984054 hectares survey No 2136
Lot No 005 Title No P-44533 were settledamong his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A
MACAPANIG per Doc No 83 Page No 17
Book No XII Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Nel JohnB De la Pentildea EV Mail Oct 28- Nov3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition
with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO rea parcel of land consisting one half (12) share
of Lot 2269-D-18 Psd-08-004276 situated
in Brgy Alegria Ormoc City containing anarea of 104 sq m covered by TCT No 24511
was partitioned among his heirs and sold in
favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA perDoc No 476 Page No 96 Book No CCCLSeries of 2013 EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re aparcel of an agricultural land Lot No 11431
situated in Ormoc City containing an areaof 52344 sq m covered by OCT No 0-309
was settled among his heirs per Doc No 449Page No 90 Book No 31 Series of 2013 of
Notary Public Edward A Adlawan EV Mail Oct28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a
parcel of land Lot No 776 situated in Alang ndash
alang containing an area of 2178 sq m andLot No 1245 containing an area of 33549 sq
m both parcels covered by OCT No 11381 weresettled among his heirs per Doc No 276 Page
No 56 Book No IV Series of 2012 of NotaryPublic Daniel Pen EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 34-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province LeyteCityMunicipality Villaba
Republic of the Philippine )Villaba Leyte) SS
Petition No CFN-04-2013PETITION FOR CHANgE OF FIRST NAME
I GESHIELLA A MONTERO of legal ageFilipino and a resident of 249 Ilang-ilang st Brgy Bi-clatan General Trias Cavite after having been dulysworn to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking thechange of rst name in
b) the Certicate of Live Birth of Edgar NMontero who is my husband
2) He was born on 6 April 1963 at Villaba Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under registrynumber 154) The rst name to be changed is from
EDGAR to PEDROThe grounds for filing this petition are
the followingb) He has habitually and continuously used
PEDRO and he publicly known in the communitywith that rst name
6) I submit the following documents tosupport this petition
a) Childrsquos birth certicate (OCRG COPY)b) NBI PNP Barangay and Court clear-
ance and cert of employmentc) Form 137-E Transcript of records
diploma and BGMTd) Marriage cert siblingrsquos birth cert (Jona-
lly) E-1 MDR civil security certications7) I have not led any similar petition and
that to the best of my knowledge no other similarpetition is pending with any LCRO Court or Philip-pine Consulate
8) I have no pending criminal civil oradministrative case in any court or any quasi-
judicial body9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Villaba Leyte in accordance with RA No 9048 andits implementing rules and regulations
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
VERIFICATIONI GESHIELLA A MONTERO the petition-
er hereby certify that the allegations herein are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and bel ief
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before methis 21st day of October 2013 in the Municipality ofVillaba Leyte petitioner exhibiting his CommunityTax Certicate NO 24113552 issued at VillabaLeyte on October 21 2013
(Sd) Enr Medallo V Punon Administering Ofcer
EV Mail Oct 29- Nov 3 amp 4 -10 2013
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry OfceProvince of Leyte
Municipality of San IsidroNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with RA No 9048a notice is hereby served to the public that
Guillermo Villamor Mahayag has led with this
ofce a petition for Change of First Name fromldquoAlfredordquo to ldquoGuillermordquo in the birth Certicate
of Guillermo Villamor Mahayag who was bornon 27 November 1953 at San Isidro Leyte and
whose parents are Esmeraldo P Mahayag and
Elpedia C Villamor Any person adversely affected by said
petition may le hisher written opposition withthis ofce not later than Nov 8 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDA C VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocalCivil Registry Ofce
Province Leyte
CityMunicipality Palompon
Petition No CCE-0081-2013 RA 10172
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL
ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
I ARNIE ROMERO CARILLAS of
legal age Filipino and a resident of Brgy Cruz
Palompon Leyte after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking cor-
rection of the clerical error in
My certicate of live birth
2) I was born on October 22 1993
at Palompon Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 93-1538
4) The clerical error(s) to be cor-
rected is (are)
Item No Description From To
2 Sex MALE FEMALE
5) The factsreasons for ling this petition
are the following
For error No 1 This petition is hereby
led to correct my sex which was erroneously
recorded in my birth certicate
6) I submit the following documents
to support this petition
a) Certicate of Live Birth (SECPA
amp Ofce File Copy)b) Certicate of Baptism Elemen-
tary School permanent Record
c) DepEd Form 138-ANational
Career Assessment Examination Result
d) Voter Certication Police Clear -
ance NBI Clearance
e) Brgy Clearance Personal Af-
davit (Unemployment) amp Medical Record
f) Medical Certication Cert of
Authenticity
7) I have not led any similar peti-
tion 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 RA
90 48 RA 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation
(Sgd) ARNIE R CARILLAS
Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
25th day of October 2013 in the municipality of
Palompon Leyte petitioner exhibits in Community
Tax Certicate No 11302018 issued at Palompon
Leyte on June 4 2013
(Sd) CARMELITA g LODOVICA
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALEON REMATADOS OF
M LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION ORMOC 1 2 amp
3 NAVAL PALOMPON CARIGARA ISABEL KANANGAVILLABA SAN ISIDRO TABANGO ALBUERA LEYTEBILIRAN MATAG-OB CALUBIAN TACLOBAN BRANCHES1 2 3 4 amp 5 PALO CALANIPAWAN (V amp G) TANAUANALANG-ALANG JARO DAGAMI DULAG BURAUENMARASBARAS ROBINSON BAYBAY 1 amp 3 INOPACANHILONGOS ABUYOG MAASIN 1 amp 2 BATO SOGOD1 amp 2 MACARTHUR SAN JUAN (CABALIAN) LILOANHINDANG HINUNANGAN PINTUYAN MALITBOG ampST BERNARD
Commencing November 15 2013 at 900 am the abovementioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overduepledges left in the same up to June 30 2012 Patrons are enjoinedto verify their receipts
MANAGEMENTSa Nobyembre 15 2013 sa alas 900 and takna sa buntag
isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsaka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas Tanang butang pinerendanga wala malukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30 2012 maapil sa subastaGiawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
you can see they were wor-ried Almost all came In thepast if you called them toa meeting there would bemany who absent But dur-ing our last meeting almost
all came because they knowthere was a problem Na-looy ko nila but what can Ido I estimate around half ofthem wonrsquot be able to enrollthis semesterrdquo he said
2014 will not be muchof a problem he addedbecause ldquowe will be sub-mitting their names to theCHED (Commission onHigher Education) and they(have given the assurancethat they) will take it fromthererdquo
The congressman add-ed that aside from puttinghis scholars on a disadvan-
tage the freezing of thePDAF has also taken a tollon the small projects thatare usually funded fromit like school fences waterpumps waiting sheds andinfrastructures that the ba-rangays need but canrsquot befunded through regularfunds anymore because
they were minorRep Cari also said his
district still owes PhilHealtha lot ldquoItrsquos a good thing theyunderstandrdquo he said
Asked if he would stillrun for Congress even ifthere is no more PDAF to
speak of Cari said ldquoOo na-man Being a congressmangoes beyond having PDAFItrsquos representing our peopleand bringing their voice tothe concerned agenciesrdquo
Cari during the inter-view was with AgricultureSecretary Proceso AlcalaCari said he invited Alcalaover to the 5th district forhim to see what can bedone there and to solvesome problems concerningagriculture one of which isthe situation of abaca in thedistrict
He brought Alcala tothe Specialty Pulp Mill Incat Brgy Hilapnitan whichhad to close its abaca sort-ing plant because there is nomore ample supply of abacain the district and nearbyareas after it was hit by thebunchy top virus Around80 workers were displacedit was learned aside from
DTI Approved and issued DTI Leyte Permit No L-138 Series of 2013
PDAF from P 1
those indirectly benetingfrom the plant
Alcala upon discussingthe matter with SPMI man-agement gave the FiberDevelopment Authority theNational Abaca ResearchCenter and other concerned
line agencies a two-weekultimatum to come up witha roadmap to rejuvenatethe industry in the area orat least introduce stopgapmeasures
Pleased with the resultof the meeting of SPMImanagement and AlcalaRep Cari said this is one ofhis jobs as ldquorepresentativeof the peoplerdquo By Lalaine M Jimenea
LP still had the numbers ldquoIt
would have been 5 LP coun-
cilors and 5 independents on
the oor with the vice mayor
casting a vote to break a tierdquo
he said
As for inserting Aparis IIrsquos
name into the nomination he
said it was a ldquohumanitarianrdquo
act on the part of the Liberal
Party but apparently this was
unacceptable ldquoto the other
siderdquo
On a hindsight he said
there was at least one councilor
who was bent to have the pro-
ceedings deferred and because
he was not able to swing it
resulted to them agreeing to the
resolution then withdrawing
RAMA from P 2
their votes after ldquoOne coun-
cilor would not take anything
less than a defermentrdquo he
observed
Meanwhile Councilor Ma-
rio Rodriguez when asked
for his comment on the issue
said that since Aparis II has
withdrawn his acceptance to
the nomination then there is
only one nominee As for the
five independent councilors
who withdrew their votes he
said the SP internal rules say a
vote cannot be withdrawn once
it is cast ldquoI am not a lawyer but
that is how I understand it (the
internal rules)rdquo he said He
said this is a matter best looked
into by legal minds
set of banks thrifts and other lending
institutions she saidBangko Sentral attributed the
192 increase in net loan portfolioin 2012 to the improving businessconditions in the region
Meanwhile the deposit liabilitiesin Eastern Visayas increased from4299815 in 2011 to 4877184 in
million pesos in 2012The 134 increase in deposit
liabilities in 2012 is due to increasednumber of banks 4 universal banksand 4 thrift banks Ms Labrador said
The Loan-to-Deposit Ratio in2011 is 26 while 28 in 2012 sheadded
As of June of 2013 there is a totalof 173 banks in Eastern Visayas 86
universal and commercial banks 25thrift banks and 62 rural coop banks
The province of Leyte has themost number of banks with a total of93 broken down to 46 universal andcommercial banks 13 thrift banks and
34 ruralcoop banksSouthern Leyte comes second
with 28 banks 8 universal and com-mercial banks 4 thrift banks and 16ruralcoop banks Samar province
has 22 Eastern Samar and NorthernSamar have 13 each while Biliranhas 4 banks
There are 181 Automated TellerMachines (ATMs) in the various
provinces of Eastern Visayas 140 areonsite while 41 are offsite
InarsquosHousehold Tips
By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez
14 Simple Gardening Tips
FROM USINg leftover coffee beans to preventing
dirt from ettin underneath nernails mastergardener Paul James shares his top 14 tips andshortcuts to make sprin ardenin a breezeHerethe latest tips and tricks from Paul James host ofgardenin by the Yard
1 To remove the salt deposits that form on claypots combine equal parts white vinegar rubbingalcohol and water in a spray bottle Apply the mixtureto the pot and scrub with a plastic brush Let the potdry before you plant anything in it
2 To prevent accumulating dirt under yourngernails while you work in the garden draw yourngernails across a bar of soap and yoursquoll effectivelyseal the undersides of your nails so dirt canrsquot collectbeneath them Then after yoursquove finished in thegarden use a nailbrush to remove the soap and yournails will be sparkling clean
3 To prevent the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking treat with a spray vegetable oilbefore installing it in the trimmer
4 Turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stickLay a long-handled garden tool on the ground and nextto it place a tape measure Using a permanent markerwrite inch and foot marks on the handle When youneed to space plants a certain distance apart ( from justan inch to several feet) yoursquoll already have a measuringdevice in your hand
5 To have garden twine handy when you needit just stick a ball of twine in a small clay pot pull theend of the twine through the drainage hole and setthe pot upside down in the garden Do that and yoursquollnever go looking for twine again
6 Little clay pots make great cloches for protect-ing young plants from sudden overnight frosts andfreezes
7 To turn a clay pot into a hose guide just staba roughly one-foot length of steel reinforcing bar intothe ground at the corner of a bed and slip two claypots over it one facing down the other facing up Theguides will prevent damage to your plants as you dragthe hose along the bed
8 To create perfectly natu-
ral markers write the namesof plants (using a permanentmarker) on the flat faces ofstones of various sizes andplace them at or near the base of your plants
9 Got aphids You can control them with a strongblast of water from the hose or w ith insecticidal soap Butherersquos another suggestion one thatrsquos a lot more fun getsome tape Wrap a wide strip of tape around your handsticky side out and pat the leaves of plants infestedwith aphids Concentrate on the undersides of leavesbecause thatrsquos where the little buggers like to hide
10 The next time you boil or steam vegetablesdonrsquot pour the water down the drain use it to waterpotted patio plants and yoursquoll be amazed at how theplants respond to the ldquovegetable souprdquo
11 Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidifythe soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas rhodo-dendrons camellias gardenias and even blueberries
A light sprinkling of about one-quarter of an inch ap-plied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on theacidic side
12 Use chamomile tea to control damping-offfungus which often attacks young seedlings quitesuddenly Just add a spot of tea to the soil around thebase of seedlings once a week or use it as a foliar spray
13 If you need an instant table for tea service lookno farther than your collection of clay pots and saucersJust ip a good-sized pot over and top it off with a largesaucer And when yoursquove had your share of tea ll thesaucer with water and your ldquotablerdquo is now a birdbath
14 The quickest way in the world to dry herbs justlay a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car arrangethe herbs in a single layer then roll up the windowsand close the doors Your herbs will be quickly driedto perfection Whatrsquos more your car will smell great
For more tips you can watch Inarsquos Household
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DEPOSITS from
P 2
IN JAVIER TO VISIT MAYOR
JAVIER On his 2nd day in visitingthe 5th district of Leyte Agriculture
Sec Proceso J Alcala wentto Javier Leyte to meet MayorSandy Javier and see how DA
funded projects are going on Ontop he is seen with the Mayor asthey discuss coco peat and other
products being produced in thearea At right the ldquoJavierrdquo Salabat
or Ginger Tea which is grown packaged and exported from the
Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late
PASCUAL A NABASQUIZ had left an account withPhilippine National Bank (PNB) Ormoc Branch underSavings Account No 231178000016 was settled amonghis heirs per Doc No 249 Page No 57 Book No LVSeries of 2013 of Notary Public Conrad P Conopio EVMail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late PROCESO SAMSON re a parcel of landdesignated as Lot No 4388-A situated in Barrio MagaswiOrmoc City containing an area of 4604 sq m covered
by TCT No 18150 was settled among his heirs per DocNo 398 Page No 80 Book No XXX Series of 2013 ofNotary Public Maria Samuel P Aviles EV Mail Oct 14-2021-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late MILAGROS MALINAO re a parcel land consist-ing One-Half (12) share or One-Third (13) share of aparcel Lot No 1198 situated in Poblacion Ormoc Citycontaining an area of 133 sq m covered by under TCTNo 32250 was settled and Partitioned among her heirsper Doc No 380 Page No 76 Book No CCXII Seriesof 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S Maglasang EV MailOct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property
of the late VIRGINIAMIRALLES re a parcel of land LotNo 6558-C Psd-08-002799 situated in the Barrio LiloanOrmoc City containing an area of 8299 sq m under TCTNo 20595 was settled among her heirs and sold in favorof JOSHUAA FIEL per Doc No 516 Page No 104Book No XVIII Series of 2011 of Notary Public AlbertoL Conopio EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with quitclaim and waiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties
of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ SR re parcels of land(Lot No 9693Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City containingan area of 6386 sq m covered by OCT No P-48 LotNo 9678 containing an area of 10961 sq m coveredby OCT No 0-261 Lot No 9694 containing an area of2530 sq m covered by OCT No 0-261 Lot 9681-B-3situated in Brgy Aguiting Kananga Leyte containingan area of 44043 sq m Lot 9681-B-4 containing anarea of 6863 sq m covered by TCT No T-30590 weresettled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUDOLFOB FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ ndash PAREDESper Doc No 96 Page No 20 Book No CXXII Series2013 of Notary Nepomuceno P Aparis I EV Mail Oct21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Afdavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE
ORMAESPINA-YPIL Filipino of legal age married anda resident of 3 Tambis St Urgello Sambag 2 Cebu CityPhilippines issued an afdavit of loss that her youngersister MUTYALUZ ESPINA- GLOVER donated to hera paraphernal land located in So Cambantug Brgy LakeDanao Ormoc City Leyte on July 2010 covered by TCTNo TP-409 containing an area of 135614 sq m TDNo 00022-00092 Mutya Luz her sister personally turnedover the said ownerrsquos duplicate of her title together withthe tax declaration thereof which also kept in GRACEORMAESPINA- YPILrsquos wooden drawer was lost duringthe renovation house in Cebu City from Danao City car-rying with all belongings etc and the period of transferand in returning back home as the carpentry work neededsome nishing She looked for the aforementioned landtitle and its tax declaration but her efforts remained futile Afdavit was subscribed per Doc No 458 Page No 119Book No 92 Series of 2013 before Atty Pepito C SuelloEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013Amended Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute
SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the state of
the late JOSE V GAQUIT SR affecting his 104 sharesof stocks of Western Leyte College of Ormoc City hasbeen extra-judicially partitioned among his survivingheirs and consequently sold to EMMANUEL A FIEL in adocument known as amended extra-judicial settlementamong heirs with absolute sale dated October 4 2013per Doc No 421 Page No 85 Book No XXV Series of2013 of Atty Gerentstein T Banzon EV Mail Oct 21-27
Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFFRegional Trial Court8th Judicial Region
Hall of Justice Ormoc CityEJF NO R-ORM-13-00016-FC
FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
IMELDA SACAY ndashBERNDTPetitioner-Mortgagee
-versus-SPOUSES DIOSDADO AND LEONILA BAUTISTA
Respondents- Mortgagorsx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended led by IMELDA SACAY-BERNDT of Brgy Co -gon Ormoc City against SPS DIOSDADO AND LEONILABAUTISTA of Brgy Punta Ormoc City to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 2013 amounts to ONEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINETYFOUR amp 88100 (P150709488) charges attorneyrsquos fees etcbut excluding expenses of foreclosure the undersigned Sheriffwill sell at public auction on NOVEMBER 12 2013 from 1000AM to 400 PM at the Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Hallof Justice Ormoc City to the highest bidder for CASH orManagerrsquos check and in the Philippine Currency the followingpropertys with all its improvements to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 32193ldquoA parcel of land certain Lot 6432-B-2 of the sub-division
plan Psd-08-009973-D being a portion of Lot 6432-B Psd-74330 situated in the Brgy of Liloan City of Ormoc Islandof Leyte Bounded on the NE points 3-4 by Lot 6432-B-3 ofthe sub-div plan on the S points 4-1 by Lot 6432-B-10 xxxcontaining an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDFIFTY TWO (1152) square meters more or lessrdquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above-stated time and date In the event the publicauction should not take place on the said date it shall be heldon November 15 2013
Hall of Justice Ormoc City October 7 2013(Sgd) VIRGILIO D LENTEJAS JR
SHERIFF IVEV Mail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048 a
notice is hereby served to the public that ADRIANO LBELTRAN has led with this ofce a Petition for Changeof First Name from EMMIE to ELBE in the birth certicateof ELBE P BELTRAN who was born on July 18 1983 atHilongos Leyte and whose parents are ADRIANO L
BELTRAN and FLORENTINA PAGAS Any person adversely affected by said petition
may le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of BiliranMunicipality of Naval
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No 2013 ndash01 Guidelines in the implementation of the AdministrativeOrder No 1 Series of 2013 (IRR on RA10172) Notice ishereby served to the public that WARREN D CABRIANAhas led with this Ofce a petition for Correction of Entryin Gender Sex from ldquoFemalerdquo to ldquoMalerdquo in my Certicate ofLive Birth of WARREN D CABRIANAat NAVAL BILIRANand whose parents are ELNADE LOS SANTOS andEXPEDITO CABRIANA
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this ofce not laterthan November 03 2013
(Sgd) ENGR NOEL P CABILINMGDH-1 (Mun Civil Registrar)
EV Mail Oct 21- 27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048
a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENOROLFO LORA has led with this ofce a Petition forChange of First Name from PERPETUAto CARMEN in
the birth certicate of CARMEN OROLFO who was bornon August 4 1947 at Hilongos Leyte and whose parentsare PEDRO OROLFO and REMEDIOS WENCESLAW
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28 ndash Nov 3 2013rrr
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0019-2013
Date October 21 2013In compliance with the publication require-
ment and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum CircularNo 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that WindyB Salidaga has led with this ofce a correction of entryin sex from ldquoMALErdquo to ldquoFEMALErdquo in the certicate ofLive birth of Windy B Salidaga at Banat-I San IsidroLeyte and whose parents are Eusebio G Salidaga andLetecia A Bacalanos
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this Ofce not laterthan November 4 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDAC VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper Eastern Visayas MailPlace of Publication San Isidro LeyteDate of Publication Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE8th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTMagsaysay Blvd Tacloban City
EJF No 3660For Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
PHCCI Multi-Purpose Cooperative rep By Zacarias MMate
PetitionerMortgagee
-versus-Ronald L Yu joined by his wife Mrs Rovic B YuRespondent Mortgagors
x------------------xSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AMENDEDUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135 as
Amended led by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERA-TIVE (PHCCI) rep By Zacarias M Mate Real Street TaclobanCity against RONALD L YU at BLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHABARAS PALO LEYTE to satisfy the Mortgage indebtednesswhich as of July 22 2013 amounted to ONE MILLION TWOHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDTHIRTY SIX PESOS amp 56100 (Php 123423656) PhilippineCurrency excluding Penalties Charges Attorneyrsquos Fees ex-penses of the Foreclosure Sheriffrsquos Lawful Fees and expensesfor conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof the UN-DERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION on November 29 2013 at 900 in the morning orsoon thereafter REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Magsaysay BlvdTacloban City to the highest bidder for Cash and in PhilippineCurrency the following Real Properties Personal Propertieswith all the improvements thereon to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-122-2011001308
ldquoA parcel of land (Lot 7 Block 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13819 being a portion of theconsolidation of Lots 2870 28712873 2874 2884 2886 28872901 2904 2909 2920 2921 2922 2923 2924 2925 2927 and3381 Tacloban Cadastre LRC (GLRO) Record No 1040) situ-ated in the Barrio of Caibaan Tacloban City Island of LeyteBounded on the NE Points 3 to 4 by Lot 9 on the SE points4 to 1 by Lot 8 on the SW points 1 to 2 by Lot 5 all of Block 2on the NW points 2 to 3 by road Lot 19 all of the Consolida-tion Subdivision plan Containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFORTY (240) SQUARE METERS more of less registered inthe name of RONALD L YU of legal age Filipino marriedrdquo
PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above-stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on December 6 2013 on the same
time and place without further noticeTacloban City October 16 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT ampEX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
(Sgd) LUDY C MARMITASheriff IV
Copy furnishedPERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE(PHCCI) rep By ZACARIAS M MATERONALD L YUBLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHA BARASPALO LEYTEEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Carigara LeyteSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF SALE
RTC-2013-006-EJFUpon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 led by the petitioner Metro OrmocCommunity Cooperative (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch withpostal address at Arradaza St Ormoc City against RobertoC Sotto resident of Brgy 88 Balok Ii San Jose Tacloban Cityto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013amounted to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS and 51100(PhP38992051) Philippine Currency excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other incidental expenses that may beincurred in the conduct of the sale which the undersigned willsell at public auction on November 20 2013 from 900 orsquoclockin the morning to 200 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Hall of
Justice Building Carigara Leyte to the highest bidder in cashand in Philippine Currency the property with improvementsthereon to wit
(Original Certicate of Title No P-39397)A parcel of agricultural land designated as Lot No
3898 situated at Brgy Bahay Municipality of San MiguelProvince of Leyte Bounded on the North Cad Lot No 2509East Creek South Cad Lot No 3839 Ass Lot No 017 WestCad Lot No 2508 Ass Lot No 010 Containing an area ofFORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FORTY THREE SQUARE
METERS (47043 sq m )Prospective bidders and buyers may verify for them-
selves the title and encumbrances in the herein describedproperty from the undersigned
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe date and time stated above
The undersigned sheriff reserves the right to postponereject any bid or all bids in the interest of justice and the par-ties concerned
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on November 28 2013 on the sameplace and time without further notice
Carigara Leyte Philippines October 24 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFF(Sgd) EMMANUEL P BARIATA
Sheriff IV RTC-OCCEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippiensREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOrmoc City
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF
EJF No R-ORM-13-00017-FCFor
EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE under Act 3135
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund)
Mortgagee -versus- ALEJANDRO G CANONIO JRMortgagorx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALEUpon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135
led by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)Tacloban Regional Ofce Tacloban City against AlejandroG Canonio Jr to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of August 8 2013 amounts to Nine Hundred Ninety OneThousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Pesos Only (P99126500)including interest and penalties but excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other expenses of foreclosure the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on November 202013 at 400 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Ofce of the Clerkof Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City to the highest bid-der for cash or managerrsquos check and i n Philippine Currencythe following property with all the improvements locatedtherein to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 25877Register of Deeds of Ormoc City
A parcel of land designated as (Lot 2-C-2-C of thesubdivision plan Psd-006172 being a portion of Lot 2-C-2Psd-08-004780 situated at the Barangay of Dontildea Feliza Mejia
Village City of Ormoc Island of Leyte Bounded on the NEalong line 3-4 by Lot 2-C-2-B on the SE along line 4-1 by ot2-C-2-W (Road Right of Way) on the SW along line 1-2 byLot 2-C-2-D all of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0016172 andon the NW along line 2-3 a Road (1000 m wide) Beginningat a point marked ldquo1rdquo on plan being N 11 deg 59rsquoW 49785m from BBM No 8 Cad-256 Ormoc Cadastre thence N 72deg 08rsquoW 1701 m to point 2 thence N 17 deg 52rsquoE 885 mto point 3 thence S 72 deg 07rsquoE 1699 m to point 4 thenceS 17 deg 43rsquoW 884 m to point of beginning containing anarea of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) square meters more orless Registered in the name of Sps Alejandro G Canonio Jrand Nena B Canoniordquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onthe said date it shall be held on November 27 2013 withoutfurther notice
(Sgd) ZENEN B PURAY JRSheriff IV
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionBranch 18 Hilongos Leyte
SP PROC NO H-521IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR
RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWNIN SCHOOL AS RHEA F SANCHEZ
RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZPetitioner
x-----------------------xORDER
PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ by andthrough counsel eld a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PE -DROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEAF SANCHEZ In support of her petition the petitioner aversTHAT She is of legal age Filipino single and without issuea businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt VilbarSt Central Poblacion Hilongos Leyte she is in possession offull civil capacity and legal rights is of good moral characterhas not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitudeand is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her
children in keeping with the means of family she is sixteen (16)years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoptionservices in accordance with law that the subject minor is notdisqualied by law to be adopted the subject minor has beenvoluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when herbiological executed a ldquoDeed of Voluntary Commitmentrdquo onMarch 2 2012 hence prayed that the petition be granted
WHEREFORE nding the Veried Petition to be suf-cient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initialhearing on April 10 2014 at 830 in the morning at whichdate time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by theapproval of the instant Petition may come to court in thisrst opportunity
Published this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner
Furnished copy of this Order to the Ofce General beingthe general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St LegaspiVillage Makati City Regional Director of DSWD for that ofceto conduct a social case study report to conduct a home studyreport and to submit other relevant papers within 60 daysthe natural parent of the minor to be adopted Petitioner andher counsel for them to be present at the given addresses forthem to be present during initial hearing
SO ORDEREDIN CHAMBERS this 4th day of October 2013 Hilongos
Leyte Philippines(Sgd) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO
Executive JudgeESAcsv
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperty of the late ELIAS MORILLO Sr re an
agricultural land at Pili Almeria Biliran coveredby ARP No 00291 with an area of 32939050
hectares denominated as survey No and
coco land covered by ARP No 00289 with anarea of 0984054 hectares survey No 2136
Lot No 005 Title No P-44533 were settledamong his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A
MACAPANIG per Doc No 83 Page No 17
Book No XII Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Nel JohnB De la Pentildea EV Mail Oct 28- Nov3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition
with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO rea parcel of land consisting one half (12) share
of Lot 2269-D-18 Psd-08-004276 situated
in Brgy Alegria Ormoc City containing anarea of 104 sq m covered by TCT No 24511
was partitioned among his heirs and sold in
favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA perDoc No 476 Page No 96 Book No CCCLSeries of 2013 EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re aparcel of an agricultural land Lot No 11431
situated in Ormoc City containing an areaof 52344 sq m covered by OCT No 0-309
was settled among his heirs per Doc No 449Page No 90 Book No 31 Series of 2013 of
Notary Public Edward A Adlawan EV Mail Oct28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a
parcel of land Lot No 776 situated in Alang ndash
alang containing an area of 2178 sq m andLot No 1245 containing an area of 33549 sq
m both parcels covered by OCT No 11381 weresettled among his heirs per Doc No 276 Page
No 56 Book No IV Series of 2012 of NotaryPublic Daniel Pen EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 34-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province LeyteCityMunicipality Villaba
Republic of the Philippine )Villaba Leyte) SS
Petition No CFN-04-2013PETITION FOR CHANgE OF FIRST NAME
I GESHIELLA A MONTERO of legal ageFilipino and a resident of 249 Ilang-ilang st Brgy Bi-clatan General Trias Cavite after having been dulysworn to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking thechange of rst name in
b) the Certicate of Live Birth of Edgar NMontero who is my husband
2) He was born on 6 April 1963 at Villaba Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under registrynumber 154) The rst name to be changed is from
EDGAR to PEDROThe grounds for filing this petition are
the followingb) He has habitually and continuously used
PEDRO and he publicly known in the communitywith that rst name
6) I submit the following documents tosupport this petition
a) Childrsquos birth certicate (OCRG COPY)b) NBI PNP Barangay and Court clear-
ance and cert of employmentc) Form 137-E Transcript of records
diploma and BGMTd) Marriage cert siblingrsquos birth cert (Jona-
lly) E-1 MDR civil security certications7) I have not led any similar petition and
that to the best of my knowledge no other similarpetition is pending with any LCRO Court or Philip-pine Consulate
8) I have no pending criminal civil oradministrative case in any court or any quasi-
judicial body9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Villaba Leyte in accordance with RA No 9048 andits implementing rules and regulations
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
VERIFICATIONI GESHIELLA A MONTERO the petition-
er hereby certify that the allegations herein are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and bel ief
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before methis 21st day of October 2013 in the Municipality ofVillaba Leyte petitioner exhibiting his CommunityTax Certicate NO 24113552 issued at VillabaLeyte on October 21 2013
(Sd) Enr Medallo V Punon Administering Ofcer
EV Mail Oct 29- Nov 3 amp 4 -10 2013
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry OfceProvince of Leyte
Municipality of San IsidroNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with RA No 9048a notice is hereby served to the public that
Guillermo Villamor Mahayag has led with this
ofce a petition for Change of First Name fromldquoAlfredordquo to ldquoGuillermordquo in the birth Certicate
of Guillermo Villamor Mahayag who was bornon 27 November 1953 at San Isidro Leyte and
whose parents are Esmeraldo P Mahayag and
Elpedia C Villamor Any person adversely affected by said
petition may le hisher written opposition withthis ofce not later than Nov 8 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDA C VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocalCivil Registry Ofce
Province Leyte
CityMunicipality Palompon
Petition No CCE-0081-2013 RA 10172
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL
ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
I ARNIE ROMERO CARILLAS of
legal age Filipino and a resident of Brgy Cruz
Palompon Leyte after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking cor-
rection of the clerical error in
My certicate of live birth
2) I was born on October 22 1993
at Palompon Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 93-1538
4) The clerical error(s) to be cor-
rected is (are)
Item No Description From To
2 Sex MALE FEMALE
5) The factsreasons for ling this petition
are the following
For error No 1 This petition is hereby
led to correct my sex which was erroneously
recorded in my birth certicate
6) I submit the following documents
to support this petition
a) Certicate of Live Birth (SECPA
amp Ofce File Copy)b) Certicate of Baptism Elemen-
tary School permanent Record
c) DepEd Form 138-ANational
Career Assessment Examination Result
d) Voter Certication Police Clear -
ance NBI Clearance
e) Brgy Clearance Personal Af-
davit (Unemployment) amp Medical Record
f) Medical Certication Cert of
Authenticity
7) I have not led any similar peti-
tion 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 RA
90 48 RA 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation
(Sgd) ARNIE R CARILLAS
Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
25th day of October 2013 in the municipality of
Palompon Leyte petitioner exhibits in Community
Tax Certicate No 11302018 issued at Palompon
Leyte on June 4 2013
(Sd) CARMELITA g LODOVICA
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALEON REMATADOS OF
M LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION ORMOC 1 2 amp
3 NAVAL PALOMPON CARIGARA ISABEL KANANGAVILLABA SAN ISIDRO TABANGO ALBUERA LEYTEBILIRAN MATAG-OB CALUBIAN TACLOBAN BRANCHES1 2 3 4 amp 5 PALO CALANIPAWAN (V amp G) TANAUANALANG-ALANG JARO DAGAMI DULAG BURAUENMARASBARAS ROBINSON BAYBAY 1 amp 3 INOPACANHILONGOS ABUYOG MAASIN 1 amp 2 BATO SOGOD1 amp 2 MACARTHUR SAN JUAN (CABALIAN) LILOANHINDANG HINUNANGAN PINTUYAN MALITBOG ampST BERNARD
Commencing November 15 2013 at 900 am the abovementioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overduepledges left in the same up to June 30 2012 Patrons are enjoinedto verify their receipts
MANAGEMENTSa Nobyembre 15 2013 sa alas 900 and takna sa buntag
isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsaka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas Tanang butang pinerendanga wala malukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30 2012 maapil sa subastaGiawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
you can see they were wor-ried Almost all came In thepast if you called them toa meeting there would bemany who absent But dur-ing our last meeting almost
all came because they knowthere was a problem Na-looy ko nila but what can Ido I estimate around half ofthem wonrsquot be able to enrollthis semesterrdquo he said
2014 will not be muchof a problem he addedbecause ldquowe will be sub-mitting their names to theCHED (Commission onHigher Education) and they(have given the assurancethat they) will take it fromthererdquo
The congressman add-ed that aside from puttinghis scholars on a disadvan-
tage the freezing of thePDAF has also taken a tollon the small projects thatare usually funded fromit like school fences waterpumps waiting sheds andinfrastructures that the ba-rangays need but canrsquot befunded through regularfunds anymore because
they were minorRep Cari also said his
district still owes PhilHealtha lot ldquoItrsquos a good thing theyunderstandrdquo he said
Asked if he would stillrun for Congress even ifthere is no more PDAF to
speak of Cari said ldquoOo na-man Being a congressmangoes beyond having PDAFItrsquos representing our peopleand bringing their voice tothe concerned agenciesrdquo
Cari during the inter-view was with AgricultureSecretary Proceso AlcalaCari said he invited Alcalaover to the 5th district forhim to see what can bedone there and to solvesome problems concerningagriculture one of which isthe situation of abaca in thedistrict
He brought Alcala tothe Specialty Pulp Mill Incat Brgy Hilapnitan whichhad to close its abaca sort-ing plant because there is nomore ample supply of abacain the district and nearbyareas after it was hit by thebunchy top virus Around80 workers were displacedit was learned aside from
DTI Approved and issued DTI Leyte Permit No L-138 Series of 2013
PDAF from P 1
those indirectly benetingfrom the plant
Alcala upon discussingthe matter with SPMI man-agement gave the FiberDevelopment Authority theNational Abaca ResearchCenter and other concerned
line agencies a two-weekultimatum to come up witha roadmap to rejuvenatethe industry in the area orat least introduce stopgapmeasures
Pleased with the resultof the meeting of SPMImanagement and AlcalaRep Cari said this is one ofhis jobs as ldquorepresentativeof the peoplerdquo By Lalaine M Jimenea
LP still had the numbers ldquoIt
would have been 5 LP coun-
cilors and 5 independents on
the oor with the vice mayor
casting a vote to break a tierdquo
he said
As for inserting Aparis IIrsquos
name into the nomination he
said it was a ldquohumanitarianrdquo
act on the part of the Liberal
Party but apparently this was
unacceptable ldquoto the other
siderdquo
On a hindsight he said
there was at least one councilor
who was bent to have the pro-
ceedings deferred and because
he was not able to swing it
resulted to them agreeing to the
resolution then withdrawing
RAMA from P 2
their votes after ldquoOne coun-
cilor would not take anything
less than a defermentrdquo he
observed
Meanwhile Councilor Ma-
rio Rodriguez when asked
for his comment on the issue
said that since Aparis II has
withdrawn his acceptance to
the nomination then there is
only one nominee As for the
five independent councilors
who withdrew their votes he
said the SP internal rules say a
vote cannot be withdrawn once
it is cast ldquoI am not a lawyer but
that is how I understand it (the
internal rules)rdquo he said He
said this is a matter best looked
into by legal minds
set of banks thrifts and other lending
institutions she saidBangko Sentral attributed the
192 increase in net loan portfolioin 2012 to the improving businessconditions in the region
Meanwhile the deposit liabilitiesin Eastern Visayas increased from4299815 in 2011 to 4877184 in
million pesos in 2012The 134 increase in deposit
liabilities in 2012 is due to increasednumber of banks 4 universal banksand 4 thrift banks Ms Labrador said
The Loan-to-Deposit Ratio in2011 is 26 while 28 in 2012 sheadded
As of June of 2013 there is a totalof 173 banks in Eastern Visayas 86
universal and commercial banks 25thrift banks and 62 rural coop banks
The province of Leyte has themost number of banks with a total of93 broken down to 46 universal andcommercial banks 13 thrift banks and
34 ruralcoop banksSouthern Leyte comes second
with 28 banks 8 universal and com-mercial banks 4 thrift banks and 16ruralcoop banks Samar province
has 22 Eastern Samar and NorthernSamar have 13 each while Biliranhas 4 banks
There are 181 Automated TellerMachines (ATMs) in the various
provinces of Eastern Visayas 140 areonsite while 41 are offsite
InarsquosHousehold Tips
By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez
14 Simple Gardening Tips
FROM USINg leftover coffee beans to preventing
dirt from ettin underneath nernails mastergardener Paul James shares his top 14 tips andshortcuts to make sprin ardenin a breezeHerethe latest tips and tricks from Paul James host ofgardenin by the Yard
1 To remove the salt deposits that form on claypots combine equal parts white vinegar rubbingalcohol and water in a spray bottle Apply the mixtureto the pot and scrub with a plastic brush Let the potdry before you plant anything in it
2 To prevent accumulating dirt under yourngernails while you work in the garden draw yourngernails across a bar of soap and yoursquoll effectivelyseal the undersides of your nails so dirt canrsquot collectbeneath them Then after yoursquove finished in thegarden use a nailbrush to remove the soap and yournails will be sparkling clean
3 To prevent the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking treat with a spray vegetable oilbefore installing it in the trimmer
4 Turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stickLay a long-handled garden tool on the ground and nextto it place a tape measure Using a permanent markerwrite inch and foot marks on the handle When youneed to space plants a certain distance apart ( from justan inch to several feet) yoursquoll already have a measuringdevice in your hand
5 To have garden twine handy when you needit just stick a ball of twine in a small clay pot pull theend of the twine through the drainage hole and setthe pot upside down in the garden Do that and yoursquollnever go looking for twine again
6 Little clay pots make great cloches for protect-ing young plants from sudden overnight frosts andfreezes
7 To turn a clay pot into a hose guide just staba roughly one-foot length of steel reinforcing bar intothe ground at the corner of a bed and slip two claypots over it one facing down the other facing up Theguides will prevent damage to your plants as you dragthe hose along the bed
8 To create perfectly natu-
ral markers write the namesof plants (using a permanentmarker) on the flat faces ofstones of various sizes andplace them at or near the base of your plants
9 Got aphids You can control them with a strongblast of water from the hose or w ith insecticidal soap Butherersquos another suggestion one thatrsquos a lot more fun getsome tape Wrap a wide strip of tape around your handsticky side out and pat the leaves of plants infestedwith aphids Concentrate on the undersides of leavesbecause thatrsquos where the little buggers like to hide
10 The next time you boil or steam vegetablesdonrsquot pour the water down the drain use it to waterpotted patio plants and yoursquoll be amazed at how theplants respond to the ldquovegetable souprdquo
11 Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidifythe soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas rhodo-dendrons camellias gardenias and even blueberries
A light sprinkling of about one-quarter of an inch ap-plied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on theacidic side
12 Use chamomile tea to control damping-offfungus which often attacks young seedlings quitesuddenly Just add a spot of tea to the soil around thebase of seedlings once a week or use it as a foliar spray
13 If you need an instant table for tea service lookno farther than your collection of clay pots and saucersJust ip a good-sized pot over and top it off with a largesaucer And when yoursquove had your share of tea ll thesaucer with water and your ldquotablerdquo is now a birdbath
14 The quickest way in the world to dry herbs justlay a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car arrangethe herbs in a single layer then roll up the windowsand close the doors Your herbs will be quickly driedto perfection Whatrsquos more your car will smell great
For more tips you can watch Inarsquos Household
Tips at PRTV 12 Tacloban ndash ldquoBida ka Inayrdquo every Tues-day Thursday amp Saturday at 6pm or you can email me atinashouseholdtipsyahoocom or add me on facebook
DEPOSITS from
P 2
IN JAVIER TO VISIT MAYOR
JAVIER On his 2nd day in visitingthe 5th district of Leyte Agriculture
Sec Proceso J Alcala wentto Javier Leyte to meet MayorSandy Javier and see how DA
funded projects are going on Ontop he is seen with the Mayor asthey discuss coco peat and other
products being produced in thearea At right the ldquoJavierrdquo Salabat
or Ginger Tea which is grown packaged and exported from the
Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late
PASCUAL A NABASQUIZ had left an account withPhilippine National Bank (PNB) Ormoc Branch underSavings Account No 231178000016 was settled amonghis heirs per Doc No 249 Page No 57 Book No LVSeries of 2013 of Notary Public Conrad P Conopio EVMail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late PROCESO SAMSON re a parcel of landdesignated as Lot No 4388-A situated in Barrio MagaswiOrmoc City containing an area of 4604 sq m covered
by TCT No 18150 was settled among his heirs per DocNo 398 Page No 80 Book No XXX Series of 2013 ofNotary Public Maria Samuel P Aviles EV Mail Oct 14-2021-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late MILAGROS MALINAO re a parcel land consist-ing One-Half (12) share or One-Third (13) share of aparcel Lot No 1198 situated in Poblacion Ormoc Citycontaining an area of 133 sq m covered by under TCTNo 32250 was settled and Partitioned among her heirsper Doc No 380 Page No 76 Book No CCXII Seriesof 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S Maglasang EV MailOct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property
of the late VIRGINIAMIRALLES re a parcel of land LotNo 6558-C Psd-08-002799 situated in the Barrio LiloanOrmoc City containing an area of 8299 sq m under TCTNo 20595 was settled among her heirs and sold in favorof JOSHUAA FIEL per Doc No 516 Page No 104Book No XVIII Series of 2011 of Notary Public AlbertoL Conopio EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with quitclaim and waiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties
of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ SR re parcels of land(Lot No 9693Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City containingan area of 6386 sq m covered by OCT No P-48 LotNo 9678 containing an area of 10961 sq m coveredby OCT No 0-261 Lot No 9694 containing an area of2530 sq m covered by OCT No 0-261 Lot 9681-B-3situated in Brgy Aguiting Kananga Leyte containingan area of 44043 sq m Lot 9681-B-4 containing anarea of 6863 sq m covered by TCT No T-30590 weresettled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUDOLFOB FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ ndash PAREDESper Doc No 96 Page No 20 Book No CXXII Series2013 of Notary Nepomuceno P Aparis I EV Mail Oct21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Afdavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE
ORMAESPINA-YPIL Filipino of legal age married anda resident of 3 Tambis St Urgello Sambag 2 Cebu CityPhilippines issued an afdavit of loss that her youngersister MUTYALUZ ESPINA- GLOVER donated to hera paraphernal land located in So Cambantug Brgy LakeDanao Ormoc City Leyte on July 2010 covered by TCTNo TP-409 containing an area of 135614 sq m TDNo 00022-00092 Mutya Luz her sister personally turnedover the said ownerrsquos duplicate of her title together withthe tax declaration thereof which also kept in GRACEORMAESPINA- YPILrsquos wooden drawer was lost duringthe renovation house in Cebu City from Danao City car-rying with all belongings etc and the period of transferand in returning back home as the carpentry work neededsome nishing She looked for the aforementioned landtitle and its tax declaration but her efforts remained futile Afdavit was subscribed per Doc No 458 Page No 119Book No 92 Series of 2013 before Atty Pepito C SuelloEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013Amended Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute
SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the state of
the late JOSE V GAQUIT SR affecting his 104 sharesof stocks of Western Leyte College of Ormoc City hasbeen extra-judicially partitioned among his survivingheirs and consequently sold to EMMANUEL A FIEL in adocument known as amended extra-judicial settlementamong heirs with absolute sale dated October 4 2013per Doc No 421 Page No 85 Book No XXV Series of2013 of Atty Gerentstein T Banzon EV Mail Oct 21-27
Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFFRegional Trial Court8th Judicial Region
Hall of Justice Ormoc CityEJF NO R-ORM-13-00016-FC
FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
IMELDA SACAY ndashBERNDTPetitioner-Mortgagee
-versus-SPOUSES DIOSDADO AND LEONILA BAUTISTA
Respondents- Mortgagorsx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended led by IMELDA SACAY-BERNDT of Brgy Co -gon Ormoc City against SPS DIOSDADO AND LEONILABAUTISTA of Brgy Punta Ormoc City to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 2013 amounts to ONEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINETYFOUR amp 88100 (P150709488) charges attorneyrsquos fees etcbut excluding expenses of foreclosure the undersigned Sheriffwill sell at public auction on NOVEMBER 12 2013 from 1000AM to 400 PM at the Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Hallof Justice Ormoc City to the highest bidder for CASH orManagerrsquos check and in the Philippine Currency the followingpropertys with all its improvements to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 32193ldquoA parcel of land certain Lot 6432-B-2 of the sub-division
plan Psd-08-009973-D being a portion of Lot 6432-B Psd-74330 situated in the Brgy of Liloan City of Ormoc Islandof Leyte Bounded on the NE points 3-4 by Lot 6432-B-3 ofthe sub-div plan on the S points 4-1 by Lot 6432-B-10 xxxcontaining an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDFIFTY TWO (1152) square meters more or lessrdquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above-stated time and date In the event the publicauction should not take place on the said date it shall be heldon November 15 2013
Hall of Justice Ormoc City October 7 2013(Sgd) VIRGILIO D LENTEJAS JR
SHERIFF IVEV Mail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048 a
notice is hereby served to the public that ADRIANO LBELTRAN has led with this ofce a Petition for Changeof First Name from EMMIE to ELBE in the birth certicateof ELBE P BELTRAN who was born on July 18 1983 atHilongos Leyte and whose parents are ADRIANO L
BELTRAN and FLORENTINA PAGAS Any person adversely affected by said petition
may le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of BiliranMunicipality of Naval
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No 2013 ndash01 Guidelines in the implementation of the AdministrativeOrder No 1 Series of 2013 (IRR on RA10172) Notice ishereby served to the public that WARREN D CABRIANAhas led with this Ofce a petition for Correction of Entryin Gender Sex from ldquoFemalerdquo to ldquoMalerdquo in my Certicate ofLive Birth of WARREN D CABRIANAat NAVAL BILIRANand whose parents are ELNADE LOS SANTOS andEXPEDITO CABRIANA
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this ofce not laterthan November 03 2013
(Sgd) ENGR NOEL P CABILINMGDH-1 (Mun Civil Registrar)
EV Mail Oct 21- 27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048
a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENOROLFO LORA has led with this ofce a Petition forChange of First Name from PERPETUAto CARMEN in
the birth certicate of CARMEN OROLFO who was bornon August 4 1947 at Hilongos Leyte and whose parentsare PEDRO OROLFO and REMEDIOS WENCESLAW
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28 ndash Nov 3 2013rrr
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0019-2013
Date October 21 2013In compliance with the publication require-
ment and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum CircularNo 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that WindyB Salidaga has led with this ofce a correction of entryin sex from ldquoMALErdquo to ldquoFEMALErdquo in the certicate ofLive birth of Windy B Salidaga at Banat-I San IsidroLeyte and whose parents are Eusebio G Salidaga andLetecia A Bacalanos
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this Ofce not laterthan November 4 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDAC VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper Eastern Visayas MailPlace of Publication San Isidro LeyteDate of Publication Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE8th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTMagsaysay Blvd Tacloban City
EJF No 3660For Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
PHCCI Multi-Purpose Cooperative rep By Zacarias MMate
PetitionerMortgagee
-versus-Ronald L Yu joined by his wife Mrs Rovic B YuRespondent Mortgagors
x------------------xSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AMENDEDUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135 as
Amended led by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERA-TIVE (PHCCI) rep By Zacarias M Mate Real Street TaclobanCity against RONALD L YU at BLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHABARAS PALO LEYTE to satisfy the Mortgage indebtednesswhich as of July 22 2013 amounted to ONE MILLION TWOHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDTHIRTY SIX PESOS amp 56100 (Php 123423656) PhilippineCurrency excluding Penalties Charges Attorneyrsquos Fees ex-penses of the Foreclosure Sheriffrsquos Lawful Fees and expensesfor conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof the UN-DERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION on November 29 2013 at 900 in the morning orsoon thereafter REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Magsaysay BlvdTacloban City to the highest bidder for Cash and in PhilippineCurrency the following Real Properties Personal Propertieswith all the improvements thereon to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-122-2011001308
ldquoA parcel of land (Lot 7 Block 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13819 being a portion of theconsolidation of Lots 2870 28712873 2874 2884 2886 28872901 2904 2909 2920 2921 2922 2923 2924 2925 2927 and3381 Tacloban Cadastre LRC (GLRO) Record No 1040) situ-ated in the Barrio of Caibaan Tacloban City Island of LeyteBounded on the NE Points 3 to 4 by Lot 9 on the SE points4 to 1 by Lot 8 on the SW points 1 to 2 by Lot 5 all of Block 2on the NW points 2 to 3 by road Lot 19 all of the Consolida-tion Subdivision plan Containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFORTY (240) SQUARE METERS more of less registered inthe name of RONALD L YU of legal age Filipino marriedrdquo
PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above-stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on December 6 2013 on the same
time and place without further noticeTacloban City October 16 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT ampEX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
(Sgd) LUDY C MARMITASheriff IV
Copy furnishedPERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE(PHCCI) rep By ZACARIAS M MATERONALD L YUBLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHA BARASPALO LEYTEEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Carigara LeyteSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF SALE
RTC-2013-006-EJFUpon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 led by the petitioner Metro OrmocCommunity Cooperative (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch withpostal address at Arradaza St Ormoc City against RobertoC Sotto resident of Brgy 88 Balok Ii San Jose Tacloban Cityto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013amounted to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS and 51100(PhP38992051) Philippine Currency excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other incidental expenses that may beincurred in the conduct of the sale which the undersigned willsell at public auction on November 20 2013 from 900 orsquoclockin the morning to 200 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Hall of
Justice Building Carigara Leyte to the highest bidder in cashand in Philippine Currency the property with improvementsthereon to wit
(Original Certicate of Title No P-39397)A parcel of agricultural land designated as Lot No
3898 situated at Brgy Bahay Municipality of San MiguelProvince of Leyte Bounded on the North Cad Lot No 2509East Creek South Cad Lot No 3839 Ass Lot No 017 WestCad Lot No 2508 Ass Lot No 010 Containing an area ofFORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FORTY THREE SQUARE
METERS (47043 sq m )Prospective bidders and buyers may verify for them-
selves the title and encumbrances in the herein describedproperty from the undersigned
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe date and time stated above
The undersigned sheriff reserves the right to postponereject any bid or all bids in the interest of justice and the par-ties concerned
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on November 28 2013 on the sameplace and time without further notice
Carigara Leyte Philippines October 24 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFF(Sgd) EMMANUEL P BARIATA
Sheriff IV RTC-OCCEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippiensREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOrmoc City
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF
EJF No R-ORM-13-00017-FCFor
EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE under Act 3135
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund)
Mortgagee -versus- ALEJANDRO G CANONIO JRMortgagorx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALEUpon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135
led by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)Tacloban Regional Ofce Tacloban City against AlejandroG Canonio Jr to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of August 8 2013 amounts to Nine Hundred Ninety OneThousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Pesos Only (P99126500)including interest and penalties but excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other expenses of foreclosure the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on November 202013 at 400 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Ofce of the Clerkof Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City to the highest bid-der for cash or managerrsquos check and i n Philippine Currencythe following property with all the improvements locatedtherein to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 25877Register of Deeds of Ormoc City
A parcel of land designated as (Lot 2-C-2-C of thesubdivision plan Psd-006172 being a portion of Lot 2-C-2Psd-08-004780 situated at the Barangay of Dontildea Feliza Mejia
Village City of Ormoc Island of Leyte Bounded on the NEalong line 3-4 by Lot 2-C-2-B on the SE along line 4-1 by ot2-C-2-W (Road Right of Way) on the SW along line 1-2 byLot 2-C-2-D all of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0016172 andon the NW along line 2-3 a Road (1000 m wide) Beginningat a point marked ldquo1rdquo on plan being N 11 deg 59rsquoW 49785m from BBM No 8 Cad-256 Ormoc Cadastre thence N 72deg 08rsquoW 1701 m to point 2 thence N 17 deg 52rsquoE 885 mto point 3 thence S 72 deg 07rsquoE 1699 m to point 4 thenceS 17 deg 43rsquoW 884 m to point of beginning containing anarea of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) square meters more orless Registered in the name of Sps Alejandro G Canonio Jrand Nena B Canoniordquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onthe said date it shall be held on November 27 2013 withoutfurther notice
(Sgd) ZENEN B PURAY JRSheriff IV
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionBranch 18 Hilongos Leyte
SP PROC NO H-521IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR
RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWNIN SCHOOL AS RHEA F SANCHEZ
RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZPetitioner
x-----------------------xORDER
PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ by andthrough counsel eld a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PE -DROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEAF SANCHEZ In support of her petition the petitioner aversTHAT She is of legal age Filipino single and without issuea businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt VilbarSt Central Poblacion Hilongos Leyte she is in possession offull civil capacity and legal rights is of good moral characterhas not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitudeand is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her
children in keeping with the means of family she is sixteen (16)years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoptionservices in accordance with law that the subject minor is notdisqualied by law to be adopted the subject minor has beenvoluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when herbiological executed a ldquoDeed of Voluntary Commitmentrdquo onMarch 2 2012 hence prayed that the petition be granted
WHEREFORE nding the Veried Petition to be suf-cient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initialhearing on April 10 2014 at 830 in the morning at whichdate time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by theapproval of the instant Petition may come to court in thisrst opportunity
Published this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner
Furnished copy of this Order to the Ofce General beingthe general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St LegaspiVillage Makati City Regional Director of DSWD for that ofceto conduct a social case study report to conduct a home studyreport and to submit other relevant papers within 60 daysthe natural parent of the minor to be adopted Petitioner andher counsel for them to be present at the given addresses forthem to be present during initial hearing
SO ORDEREDIN CHAMBERS this 4th day of October 2013 Hilongos
Leyte Philippines(Sgd) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO
Executive JudgeESAcsv
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperty of the late ELIAS MORILLO Sr re an
agricultural land at Pili Almeria Biliran coveredby ARP No 00291 with an area of 32939050
hectares denominated as survey No and
coco land covered by ARP No 00289 with anarea of 0984054 hectares survey No 2136
Lot No 005 Title No P-44533 were settledamong his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A
MACAPANIG per Doc No 83 Page No 17
Book No XII Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Nel JohnB De la Pentildea EV Mail Oct 28- Nov3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition
with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO rea parcel of land consisting one half (12) share
of Lot 2269-D-18 Psd-08-004276 situated
in Brgy Alegria Ormoc City containing anarea of 104 sq m covered by TCT No 24511
was partitioned among his heirs and sold in
favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA perDoc No 476 Page No 96 Book No CCCLSeries of 2013 EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re aparcel of an agricultural land Lot No 11431
situated in Ormoc City containing an areaof 52344 sq m covered by OCT No 0-309
was settled among his heirs per Doc No 449Page No 90 Book No 31 Series of 2013 of
Notary Public Edward A Adlawan EV Mail Oct28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a
parcel of land Lot No 776 situated in Alang ndash
alang containing an area of 2178 sq m andLot No 1245 containing an area of 33549 sq
m both parcels covered by OCT No 11381 weresettled among his heirs per Doc No 276 Page
No 56 Book No IV Series of 2012 of NotaryPublic Daniel Pen EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 34-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province LeyteCityMunicipality Villaba
Republic of the Philippine )Villaba Leyte) SS
Petition No CFN-04-2013PETITION FOR CHANgE OF FIRST NAME
I GESHIELLA A MONTERO of legal ageFilipino and a resident of 249 Ilang-ilang st Brgy Bi-clatan General Trias Cavite after having been dulysworn to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking thechange of rst name in
b) the Certicate of Live Birth of Edgar NMontero who is my husband
2) He was born on 6 April 1963 at Villaba Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under registrynumber 154) The rst name to be changed is from
EDGAR to PEDROThe grounds for filing this petition are
the followingb) He has habitually and continuously used
PEDRO and he publicly known in the communitywith that rst name
6) I submit the following documents tosupport this petition
a) Childrsquos birth certicate (OCRG COPY)b) NBI PNP Barangay and Court clear-
ance and cert of employmentc) Form 137-E Transcript of records
diploma and BGMTd) Marriage cert siblingrsquos birth cert (Jona-
lly) E-1 MDR civil security certications7) I have not led any similar petition and
that to the best of my knowledge no other similarpetition is pending with any LCRO Court or Philip-pine Consulate
8) I have no pending criminal civil oradministrative case in any court or any quasi-
judicial body9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Villaba Leyte in accordance with RA No 9048 andits implementing rules and regulations
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
VERIFICATIONI GESHIELLA A MONTERO the petition-
er hereby certify that the allegations herein are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and bel ief
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before methis 21st day of October 2013 in the Municipality ofVillaba Leyte petitioner exhibiting his CommunityTax Certicate NO 24113552 issued at VillabaLeyte on October 21 2013
(Sd) Enr Medallo V Punon Administering Ofcer
EV Mail Oct 29- Nov 3 amp 4 -10 2013
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry OfceProvince of Leyte
Municipality of San IsidroNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with RA No 9048a notice is hereby served to the public that
Guillermo Villamor Mahayag has led with this
ofce a petition for Change of First Name fromldquoAlfredordquo to ldquoGuillermordquo in the birth Certicate
of Guillermo Villamor Mahayag who was bornon 27 November 1953 at San Isidro Leyte and
whose parents are Esmeraldo P Mahayag and
Elpedia C Villamor Any person adversely affected by said
petition may le hisher written opposition withthis ofce not later than Nov 8 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDA C VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocalCivil Registry Ofce
Province Leyte
CityMunicipality Palompon
Petition No CCE-0081-2013 RA 10172
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL
ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
I ARNIE ROMERO CARILLAS of
legal age Filipino and a resident of Brgy Cruz
Palompon Leyte after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking cor-
rection of the clerical error in
My certicate of live birth
2) I was born on October 22 1993
at Palompon Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 93-1538
4) The clerical error(s) to be cor-
rected is (are)
Item No Description From To
2 Sex MALE FEMALE
5) The factsreasons for ling this petition
are the following
For error No 1 This petition is hereby
led to correct my sex which was erroneously
recorded in my birth certicate
6) I submit the following documents
to support this petition
a) Certicate of Live Birth (SECPA
amp Ofce File Copy)b) Certicate of Baptism Elemen-
tary School permanent Record
c) DepEd Form 138-ANational
Career Assessment Examination Result
d) Voter Certication Police Clear -
ance NBI Clearance
e) Brgy Clearance Personal Af-
davit (Unemployment) amp Medical Record
f) Medical Certication Cert of
Authenticity
7) I have not led any similar peti-
tion 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 RA
90 48 RA 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation
(Sgd) ARNIE R CARILLAS
Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
25th day of October 2013 in the municipality of
Palompon Leyte petitioner exhibits in Community
Tax Certicate No 11302018 issued at Palompon
Leyte on June 4 2013
(Sd) CARMELITA g LODOVICA
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALEON REMATADOS OF
M LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION ORMOC 1 2 amp
3 NAVAL PALOMPON CARIGARA ISABEL KANANGAVILLABA SAN ISIDRO TABANGO ALBUERA LEYTEBILIRAN MATAG-OB CALUBIAN TACLOBAN BRANCHES1 2 3 4 amp 5 PALO CALANIPAWAN (V amp G) TANAUANALANG-ALANG JARO DAGAMI DULAG BURAUENMARASBARAS ROBINSON BAYBAY 1 amp 3 INOPACANHILONGOS ABUYOG MAASIN 1 amp 2 BATO SOGOD1 amp 2 MACARTHUR SAN JUAN (CABALIAN) LILOANHINDANG HINUNANGAN PINTUYAN MALITBOG ampST BERNARD
Commencing November 15 2013 at 900 am the abovementioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overduepledges left in the same up to June 30 2012 Patrons are enjoinedto verify their receipts
MANAGEMENTSa Nobyembre 15 2013 sa alas 900 and takna sa buntag
isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsaka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas Tanang butang pinerendanga wala malukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30 2012 maapil sa subastaGiawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late
PASCUAL A NABASQUIZ had left an account withPhilippine National Bank (PNB) Ormoc Branch underSavings Account No 231178000016 was settled amonghis heirs per Doc No 249 Page No 57 Book No LVSeries of 2013 of Notary Public Conrad P Conopio EVMail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late PROCESO SAMSON re a parcel of landdesignated as Lot No 4388-A situated in Barrio MagaswiOrmoc City containing an area of 4604 sq m covered
by TCT No 18150 was settled among his heirs per DocNo 398 Page No 80 Book No XXX Series of 2013 ofNotary Public Maria Samuel P Aviles EV Mail Oct 14-2021-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property
of the late MILAGROS MALINAO re a parcel land consist-ing One-Half (12) share or One-Third (13) share of aparcel Lot No 1198 situated in Poblacion Ormoc Citycontaining an area of 133 sq m covered by under TCTNo 32250 was settled and Partitioned among her heirsper Doc No 380 Page No 76 Book No CCXII Seriesof 2013 of Notary Public Nicolas S Maglasang EV MailOct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property
of the late VIRGINIAMIRALLES re a parcel of land LotNo 6558-C Psd-08-002799 situated in the Barrio LiloanOrmoc City containing an area of 8299 sq m under TCTNo 20595 was settled among her heirs and sold in favorof JOSHUAA FIEL per Doc No 516 Page No 104Book No XVIII Series of 2011 of Notary Public AlbertoL Conopio EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with quitclaim and waiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties
of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ SR re parcels of land(Lot No 9693Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City containingan area of 6386 sq m covered by OCT No P-48 LotNo 9678 containing an area of 10961 sq m coveredby OCT No 0-261 Lot No 9694 containing an area of2530 sq m covered by OCT No 0-261 Lot 9681-B-3situated in Brgy Aguiting Kananga Leyte containingan area of 44043 sq m Lot 9681-B-4 containing anarea of 6863 sq m covered by TCT No T-30590 weresettled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUDOLFOB FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ ndash PAREDESper Doc No 96 Page No 20 Book No CXXII Series2013 of Notary Nepomuceno P Aparis I EV Mail Oct21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013
Afdavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GRACE
ORMAESPINA-YPIL Filipino of legal age married anda resident of 3 Tambis St Urgello Sambag 2 Cebu CityPhilippines issued an afdavit of loss that her youngersister MUTYALUZ ESPINA- GLOVER donated to hera paraphernal land located in So Cambantug Brgy LakeDanao Ormoc City Leyte on July 2010 covered by TCTNo TP-409 containing an area of 135614 sq m TDNo 00022-00092 Mutya Luz her sister personally turnedover the said ownerrsquos duplicate of her title together withthe tax declaration thereof which also kept in GRACEORMAESPINA- YPILrsquos wooden drawer was lost duringthe renovation house in Cebu City from Danao City car-rying with all belongings etc and the period of transferand in returning back home as the carpentry work neededsome nishing She looked for the aforementioned landtitle and its tax declaration but her efforts remained futile Afdavit was subscribed per Doc No 458 Page No 119Book No 92 Series of 2013 before Atty Pepito C SuelloEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013Amended Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute
SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the state of
the late JOSE V GAQUIT SR affecting his 104 sharesof stocks of Western Leyte College of Ormoc City hasbeen extra-judicially partitioned among his survivingheirs and consequently sold to EMMANUEL A FIEL in adocument known as amended extra-judicial settlementamong heirs with absolute sale dated October 4 2013per Doc No 421 Page No 85 Book No XXV Series of2013 of Atty Gerentstein T Banzon EV Mail Oct 21-27
Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFFRegional Trial Court8th Judicial Region
Hall of Justice Ormoc CityEJF NO R-ORM-13-00016-FC
FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
IMELDA SACAY ndashBERNDTPetitioner-Mortgagee
-versus-SPOUSES DIOSDADO AND LEONILA BAUTISTA
Respondents- Mortgagorsx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended led by IMELDA SACAY-BERNDT of Brgy Co -gon Ormoc City against SPS DIOSDADO AND LEONILABAUTISTA of Brgy Punta Ormoc City to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 2013 amounts to ONEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINETYFOUR amp 88100 (P150709488) charges attorneyrsquos fees etcbut excluding expenses of foreclosure the undersigned Sheriffwill sell at public auction on NOVEMBER 12 2013 from 1000AM to 400 PM at the Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Hallof Justice Ormoc City to the highest bidder for CASH orManagerrsquos check and in the Philippine Currency the followingpropertys with all its improvements to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 32193ldquoA parcel of land certain Lot 6432-B-2 of the sub-division
plan Psd-08-009973-D being a portion of Lot 6432-B Psd-74330 situated in the Brgy of Liloan City of Ormoc Islandof Leyte Bounded on the NE points 3-4 by Lot 6432-B-3 ofthe sub-div plan on the S points 4-1 by Lot 6432-B-10 xxxcontaining an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDFIFTY TWO (1152) square meters more or lessrdquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above-stated time and date In the event the publicauction should not take place on the said date it shall be heldon November 15 2013
Hall of Justice Ormoc City October 7 2013(Sgd) VIRGILIO D LENTEJAS JR
SHERIFF IVEV Mail Oct 14-20 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
28- Nov 3 amp 4- 10 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048 a
notice is hereby served to the public that ADRIANO LBELTRAN has led with this ofce a Petition for Changeof First Name from EMMIE to ELBE in the birth certicateof ELBE P BELTRAN who was born on July 18 1983 atHilongos Leyte and whose parents are ADRIANO L
BELTRAN and FLORENTINA PAGAS Any person adversely affected by said petition
may le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of BiliranMunicipality of Naval
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No 2013 ndash01 Guidelines in the implementation of the AdministrativeOrder No 1 Series of 2013 (IRR on RA10172) Notice ishereby served to the public that WARREN D CABRIANAhas led with this Ofce a petition for Correction of Entryin Gender Sex from ldquoFemalerdquo to ldquoMalerdquo in my Certicate ofLive Birth of WARREN D CABRIANAat NAVAL BILIRANand whose parents are ELNADE LOS SANTOS andEXPEDITO CABRIANA
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this ofce not laterthan November 03 2013
(Sgd) ENGR NOEL P CABILINMGDH-1 (Mun Civil Registrar)
EV Mail Oct 21- 27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013rrr
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province of LeyteMunicipality of Hilongos
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Sec 5 RA No 9048
a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENOROLFO LORA has led with this ofce a Petition forChange of First Name from PERPETUAto CARMEN in
the birth certicate of CARMEN OROLFO who was bornon August 4 1947 at Hilongos Leyte and whose parentsare PEDRO OROLFO and REMEDIOS WENCESLAW
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le hisher written opposition with this ofce not laterthan fteen (15) days after publication
(Sgd) ERNESTO MA FULACHEMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28 ndash Nov 3 2013rrr
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0019-2013
Date October 21 2013In compliance with the publication require-
ment and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum CircularNo 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that WindyB Salidaga has led with this ofce a correction of entryin sex from ldquoMALErdquo to ldquoFEMALErdquo in the certicate ofLive birth of Windy B Salidaga at Banat-I San IsidroLeyte and whose parents are Eusebio G Salidaga andLetecia A Bacalanos
Any person adversely affected by said petitionmay le his written opposition with this Ofce not laterthan November 4 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDAC VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
Name of Newspaper Eastern Visayas MailPlace of Publication San Isidro LeyteDate of Publication Oct 21-27 amp 28- Nov 3 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LEYTE8th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTMagsaysay Blvd Tacloban City
EJF No 3660For Extrajudicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
PHCCI Multi-Purpose Cooperative rep By Zacarias MMate
PetitionerMortgagee
-versus-Ronald L Yu joined by his wife Mrs Rovic B YuRespondent Mortgagors
x------------------xSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AMENDEDUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under act 3135 as
Amended led by PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERA-TIVE (PHCCI) rep By Zacarias M Mate Real Street TaclobanCity against RONALD L YU at BLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHABARAS PALO LEYTE to satisfy the Mortgage indebtednesswhich as of July 22 2013 amounted to ONE MILLION TWOHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDTHIRTY SIX PESOS amp 56100 (Php 123423656) PhilippineCurrency excluding Penalties Charges Attorneyrsquos Fees ex-penses of the Foreclosure Sheriffrsquos Lawful Fees and expensesfor conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof the UN-DERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION on November 29 2013 at 900 in the morning orsoon thereafter REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Magsaysay BlvdTacloban City to the highest bidder for Cash and in PhilippineCurrency the following Real Properties Personal Propertieswith all the improvements thereon to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-122-2011001308
ldquoA parcel of land (Lot 7 Block 2 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13819 being a portion of theconsolidation of Lots 2870 28712873 2874 2884 2886 28872901 2904 2909 2920 2921 2922 2923 2924 2925 2927 and3381 Tacloban Cadastre LRC (GLRO) Record No 1040) situ-ated in the Barrio of Caibaan Tacloban City Island of LeyteBounded on the NE Points 3 to 4 by Lot 9 on the SE points4 to 1 by Lot 8 on the SW points 1 to 2 by Lot 5 all of Block 2on the NW points 2 to 3 by road Lot 19 all of the Consolida-tion Subdivision plan Containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFORTY (240) SQUARE METERS more of less registered inthe name of RONALD L YU of legal age Filipino marriedrdquo
PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS MAY INVES-TIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPER-TIES IF ANY THERE BE
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above-stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on December 6 2013 on the same
time and place without further noticeTacloban City October 16 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT ampEX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
(Sgd) LUDY C MARMITASheriff IV
Copy furnishedPERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE(PHCCI) rep By ZACARIAS M MATERONALD L YUBLOCK 13 LOT 31 NHA BARASPALO LEYTEEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Carigara LeyteSHERIFFrsquoS NOTICE OF SALE
RTC-2013-006-EJFUpon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 led by the petitioner Metro OrmocCommunity Cooperative (OCCI) Tacloban City Branch withpostal address at Arradaza St Ormoc City against RobertoC Sotto resident of Brgy 88 Balok Ii San Jose Tacloban Cityto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 2013amounted to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS and 51100(PhP38992051) Philippine Currency excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other incidental expenses that may beincurred in the conduct of the sale which the undersigned willsell at public auction on November 20 2013 from 900 orsquoclockin the morning to 200 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Hall of
Justice Building Carigara Leyte to the highest bidder in cashand in Philippine Currency the property with improvementsthereon to wit
(Original Certicate of Title No P-39397)A parcel of agricultural land designated as Lot No
3898 situated at Brgy Bahay Municipality of San MiguelProvince of Leyte Bounded on the North Cad Lot No 2509East Creek South Cad Lot No 3839 Ass Lot No 017 WestCad Lot No 2508 Ass Lot No 010 Containing an area ofFORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FORTY THREE SQUARE
METERS (47043 sq m )Prospective bidders and buyers may verify for them-
selves the title and encumbrances in the herein describedproperty from the undersigned
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe date and time stated above
The undersigned sheriff reserves the right to postponereject any bid or all bids in the interest of justice and the par-ties concerned
In the event the public auction should not take place onsaid date it shall be held on November 28 2013 on the sameplace and time without further notice
Carigara Leyte Philippines October 24 2013FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO
SHERIFF(Sgd) EMMANUEL P BARIATA
Sheriff IV RTC-OCCEV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippiensREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionOrmoc City
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT amp EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF
EJF No R-ORM-13-00017-FCFor
EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE under Act 3135
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund)
Mortgagee -versus- ALEJANDRO G CANONIO JRMortgagorx------------------x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALEUpon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135
led by Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)Tacloban Regional Ofce Tacloban City against AlejandroG Canonio Jr to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of August 8 2013 amounts to Nine Hundred Ninety OneThousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Pesos Only (P99126500)including interest and penalties but excluding attorneyrsquosfees sheriffrsquos fees and other expenses of foreclosure the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on November 202013 at 400 orsquoclock in the afternoon at the Ofce of the Clerkof Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City to the highest bid-der for cash or managerrsquos check and i n Philippine Currencythe following property with all the improvements locatedtherein to wit
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO 25877Register of Deeds of Ormoc City
A parcel of land designated as (Lot 2-C-2-C of thesubdivision plan Psd-006172 being a portion of Lot 2-C-2Psd-08-004780 situated at the Barangay of Dontildea Feliza Mejia
Village City of Ormoc Island of Leyte Bounded on the NEalong line 3-4 by Lot 2-C-2-B on the SE along line 4-1 by ot2-C-2-W (Road Right of Way) on the SW along line 1-2 byLot 2-C-2-D all of the subdivision plan Psd-08-0016172 andon the NW along line 2-3 a Road (1000 m wide) Beginningat a point marked ldquo1rdquo on plan being N 11 deg 59rsquoW 49785m from BBM No 8 Cad-256 Ormoc Cadastre thence N 72deg 08rsquoW 1701 m to point 2 thence N 17 deg 52rsquoE 885 mto point 3 thence S 72 deg 07rsquoE 1699 m to point 4 thenceS 17 deg 43rsquoW 884 m to point of beginning containing anarea of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) square meters more orless Registered in the name of Sps Alejandro G Canonio Jrand Nena B Canoniordquo
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned onthe above stated time and date
In the event the public auction should not take place onthe said date it shall be held on November 27 2013 withoutfurther notice
(Sgd) ZENEN B PURAY JRSheriff IV
EV Mail Oct 21-27 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
8th Judicial RegionBranch 18 Hilongos Leyte
SP PROC NO H-521IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR
RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWNIN SCHOOL AS RHEA F SANCHEZ
RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZPetitioner
x-----------------------xORDER
PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ by andthrough counsel eld a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PE -DROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEAF SANCHEZ In support of her petition the petitioner aversTHAT She is of legal age Filipino single and without issuea businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt VilbarSt Central Poblacion Hilongos Leyte she is in possession offull civil capacity and legal rights is of good moral characterhas not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitudeand is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her
children in keeping with the means of family she is sixteen (16)years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoptionservices in accordance with law that the subject minor is notdisqualied by law to be adopted the subject minor has beenvoluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when herbiological executed a ldquoDeed of Voluntary Commitmentrdquo onMarch 2 2012 hence prayed that the petition be granted
WHEREFORE nding the Veried Petition to be suf-cient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initialhearing on April 10 2014 at 830 in the morning at whichdate time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by theapproval of the instant Petition may come to court in thisrst opportunity
Published this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner
Furnished copy of this Order to the Ofce General beingthe general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St LegaspiVillage Makati City Regional Director of DSWD for that ofceto conduct a social case study report to conduct a home studyreport and to submit other relevant papers within 60 daysthe natural parent of the minor to be adopted Petitioner andher counsel for them to be present at the given addresses forthem to be present during initial hearing
SO ORDEREDIN CHAMBERS this 4th day of October 2013 Hilongos
Leyte Philippines(Sgd) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO
Executive JudgeESAcsv
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperty of the late ELIAS MORILLO Sr re an
agricultural land at Pili Almeria Biliran coveredby ARP No 00291 with an area of 32939050
hectares denominated as survey No and
coco land covered by ARP No 00289 with anarea of 0984054 hectares survey No 2136
Lot No 005 Title No P-44533 were settledamong his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A
MACAPANIG per Doc No 83 Page No 17
Book No XII Series of 2013 of Notary Public
Nel JohnB De la Pentildea EV Mail Oct 28- Nov3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition
with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO rea parcel of land consisting one half (12) share
of Lot 2269-D-18 Psd-08-004276 situated
in Brgy Alegria Ormoc City containing anarea of 104 sq m covered by TCT No 24511
was partitioned among his heirs and sold in
favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA perDoc No 476 Page No 96 Book No CCCLSeries of 2013 EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 4-10amp 11- 17 2013
Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re aparcel of an agricultural land Lot No 11431
situated in Ormoc City containing an areaof 52344 sq m covered by OCT No 0-309
was settled among his heirs per Doc No 449Page No 90 Book No 31 Series of 2013 of
Notary Public Edward A Adlawan EV Mail Oct28- Nov 3 4-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theproperties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a
parcel of land Lot No 776 situated in Alang ndash
alang containing an area of 2178 sq m andLot No 1245 containing an area of 33549 sq
m both parcels covered by OCT No 11381 weresettled among his heirs per Doc No 276 Page
No 56 Book No IV Series of 2012 of NotaryPublic Daniel Pen EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 34-10 amp 11- 17 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Ofce
Province LeyteCityMunicipality Villaba
Republic of the Philippine )Villaba Leyte) SS
Petition No CFN-04-2013PETITION FOR CHANgE OF FIRST NAME
I GESHIELLA A MONTERO of legal ageFilipino and a resident of 249 Ilang-ilang st Brgy Bi-clatan General Trias Cavite after having been dulysworn to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking thechange of rst name in
b) the Certicate of Live Birth of Edgar NMontero who is my husband
2) He was born on 6 April 1963 at Villaba Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under registrynumber 154) The rst name to be changed is from
EDGAR to PEDROThe grounds for filing this petition are
the followingb) He has habitually and continuously used
PEDRO and he publicly known in the communitywith that rst name
6) I submit the following documents tosupport this petition
a) Childrsquos birth certicate (OCRG COPY)b) NBI PNP Barangay and Court clear-
ance and cert of employmentc) Form 137-E Transcript of records
diploma and BGMTd) Marriage cert siblingrsquos birth cert (Jona-
lly) E-1 MDR civil security certications7) I have not led any similar petition and
that to the best of my knowledge no other similarpetition is pending with any LCRO Court or Philip-pine Consulate
8) I have no pending criminal civil oradministrative case in any court or any quasi-
judicial body9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of
Villaba Leyte in accordance with RA No 9048 andits implementing rules and regulations
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
VERIFICATIONI GESHIELLA A MONTERO the petition-
er hereby certify that the allegations herein are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and bel ief
(Sgd) GESHIELLA A MONTEROPetitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before methis 21st day of October 2013 in the Municipality ofVillaba Leyte petitioner exhibiting his CommunityTax Certicate NO 24113552 issued at VillabaLeyte on October 21 2013
(Sd) Enr Medallo V Punon Administering Ofcer
EV Mail Oct 29- Nov 3 amp 4 -10 2013
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry OfceProvince of Leyte
Municipality of San IsidroNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with RA No 9048a notice is hereby served to the public that
Guillermo Villamor Mahayag has led with this
ofce a petition for Change of First Name fromldquoAlfredordquo to ldquoGuillermordquo in the birth Certicate
of Guillermo Villamor Mahayag who was bornon 27 November 1953 at San Isidro Leyte and
whose parents are Esmeraldo P Mahayag and
Elpedia C Villamor Any person adversely affected by said
petition may le hisher written opposition withthis ofce not later than Nov 8 2013
(Sgd) FLORIDA C VILLARINOMunicipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
Republic of the PhilippinesLocalCivil Registry Ofce
Province Leyte
CityMunicipality Palompon
Petition No CCE-0081-2013 RA 10172
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL
ERROR
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
I ARNIE ROMERO CARILLAS of
legal age Filipino and a resident of Brgy Cruz
Palompon Leyte after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law hereby declare that
1) I am the petitioner seeking cor-
rection of the clerical error in
My certicate of live birth
2) I was born on October 22 1993
at Palompon Leyte Philippines
3) The birth was recorded under
registry number 93-1538
4) The clerical error(s) to be cor-
rected is (are)
Item No Description From To
2 Sex MALE FEMALE
5) The factsreasons for ling this petition
are the following
For error No 1 This petition is hereby
led to correct my sex which was erroneously
recorded in my birth certicate
6) I submit the following documents
to support this petition
a) Certicate of Live Birth (SECPA
amp Ofce File Copy)b) Certicate of Baptism Elemen-
tary School permanent Record
c) DepEd Form 138-ANational
Career Assessment Examination Result
d) Voter Certication Police Clear -
ance NBI Clearance
e) Brgy Clearance Personal Af-
davit (Unemployment) amp Medical Record
f) Medical Certication Cert of
Authenticity
7) I have not led any similar peti-
tion 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 RA
90 48 RA 10172 and its implementing rules and
regulation
(Sgd) ARNIE R CARILLAS
Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
25th day of October 2013 in the municipality of
Palompon Leyte petitioner exhibits in Community
Tax Certicate No 11302018 issued at Palompon
Leyte on June 4 2013
(Sd) CARMELITA g LODOVICA
Municipal Civil Registrar
EV Mail Oct 28- Nov 3 amp 4-10 2013
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALEON REMATADOS OF
M LHUILLIER PAWNSHOPSALL BRANCHES AT LEYTE REGION ORMOC 1 2 amp
3 NAVAL PALOMPON CARIGARA ISABEL KANANGAVILLABA SAN ISIDRO TABANGO ALBUERA LEYTEBILIRAN MATAG-OB CALUBIAN TACLOBAN BRANCHES1 2 3 4 amp 5 PALO CALANIPAWAN (V amp G) TANAUANALANG-ALANG JARO DAGAMI DULAG BURAUENMARASBARAS ROBINSON BAYBAY 1 amp 3 INOPACANHILONGOS ABUYOG MAASIN 1 amp 2 BATO SOGOD1 amp 2 MACARTHUR SAN JUAN (CABALIAN) LILOANHINDANG HINUNANGAN PINTUYAN MALITBOG ampST BERNARD
Commencing November 15 2013 at 900 am the abovementioned pawnshop will sell on Public Auction Sale all overduepledges left in the same up to June 30 2012 Patrons are enjoinedto verify their receipts
MANAGEMENTSa Nobyembre 15 2013 sa alas 900 and takna sa buntag
isubasta sa publiko ang tanang butang naremati diri sa tagsa-tagsaka buhatan sa gihinganlan sa itaas Tanang butang pinerendanga wala malukat hangtud sa Hunyo 30 2012 maapil sa subastaGiawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile
program work DAYAW THE biggestgathering of indigenous
Filipino cultures organizedby the National Commis-sion for Culture and theArts (NCCA) will be grac-ing Tacloban Leyte thisNovember 27-30 2013 TheNCCA is led by its Chair-man Felipe M De Leon Jr and Execut ive Direc-tor Emelita V AlmosaraCESO IV
Spearheaded by theNCCArsquos Subcommission onCultural Communities andTraditional Arts (SCCTA)under Commissioner JoycieDorado-Alegre Dayaw isannually done in in celebra-
tion of National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month observedevery October Leyte-Sa-mar Heritage Society Incand the local governmentof Leyte headed by GovDominic Petilla will be thepartners of NCCA for thisyearrsquos festival
This year Dayaw 2013
will showcase the differentindigenous groups of the
country and an enrichingand interesting array ofactivities including insti-tutionalized lm showingfashion show of authenticindigenous wear and a foodfestival Other activitiesare performances ritualsforums traditional cuisinedemos traditional gamesarts and crafts exhibit andcultural tours among oth-ers
There will be four ven-ues for the event ndash Uni-versity of the Philippinesndash Visayas Leyte NormalUniversity Leyte National
High School and EasternVisayas State University ndashwhich will hold differentactivities s imultaneously
Dayaw also goes in-ternational this year as 64representatives from in-digenous groups from 32countries will be invited tograce Dayaw to view the
Philippinesrsquo communitiesmingle with the countryrsquos
indigenous peoples andshare their own cultures toFilipinos These delegateswill come from the AsianCooperation Dialogue
Dayaw 2013 aims tohighlight the importanceand richness of indigenouscultures discuss the issuesthat the indigenous peoplesface today and the interac-tion with other indigenouspeoples from other nationsIt also aims to mine tradi-tional knowledge as wellas draw inspiration andinsight from indigenousways of life to nd solutions
for modern problemsNumerous indigenous
peoples from all over thecountry are expected toparticipate including theGaddang Isinay TinggianItneg Ibanag YogadItawit Malaweg IvatanBugkalot Isnag KalingaIfugao Ibaloi Kankanaey
The NCCA has been an-nually celebrating the Na-tional Indigenous PeoplesrsquoMonth in different parts ofthe country through DayawThe festival is in consonancewith Presidential Proclama-
tion 1906 declaring Octoberas National IndigenousPeoplesrsquo Month In 2007Kalimudan Panaghi-usasa Mindanao (MindanaoIndigenous Peoplesrsquo Gath-ering) held in Davao City inNovember featuring Min-danaorsquos ethnic groups Thefollowing year Timpuyog
Indigenous Peoplesrsquo MonthCelebration in Luzon was
held in Santiago City Isa-bela focusing on Luzonethnic groups and featur-ing performances arts andcrafts workshops culturalawareness lectures forumstours and a theme-parkexhibition featuring thetraditional houses culturalresources practicesritualschants music songs anddances stories traditionalarts and crafts indigenousgames In 2009 the Indig-enous Peoplesrsquo Festivalwas held in the Visayasparticularly in Roxas CityCapiz called Dungog with
similar activities and aimsDayaw 2010 was held inMetro Manila and in 2011it was held in Tagum CityDavao del Norte Last yearDayaw graced the provinceof Bulacan PRNationalCommission for Cultureand the Arts
IN THE culmination of the
National Week for Over-
coming Extreme Poverty
last Wednesday October
23 2013 Tacloban City
Councilor Dalisay Erpe ex-
horted close to one hundred
beneciaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) to take
advantage of government
programs especially that
which would help lift them
out of poverty
She specifically pointed
that of the Department of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD) citing the PantawidPamilya as a good poverty alle-
viation strategy which invests
on human capital particularly
on the health and education of
children aged 0-14 years old
through a conditional cash
transfer scheme
The newly ndash elected city
official told the community
folks who come from nearby
barangays of Tacloban City
never to lose hope but to strug-
gle hard and enjoy whatever
opportunities the government
offers Erpe told them that
be ing a Pan taw id Pamil ya
grantee is a ldquo blessing ldquo
On the other hand DSWDAssistant Regional Director
for Administration Virginia
Idano emphasized in her
speech that poverty is a global
phen ome non Hence sh e
added there is a need for all
sectors of society to stand unit-
ed in the ght against poverty
Idano who represented
DSWD Regional Director
Remia Tapispisan in the pro-
gram held at the Family Park
in Tacloban City thanked the
City Government under Mayor
Alfred Romualdez and the Li-
ons Club of Tacloban headed
by president Alfredo ldquoJunjunrdquo
Cua for lending support tothe activity
She said that the DSWD
organized a half-day event to
increase public awareness on
the need to come together to
build closer partnerships and
hear from the people living in
deep poverty themselves their
experiences of battling with
their day-to-day living
Before the program there
was a walk around the city
with beneciaries holding anti
ndash poverty slogans Said slo-
gans were entries to a competi-
tion with cash prizes at stake
Winning rst prize of Php
250000 was Reche Ann Gra-voso second prize of Php
200000 Michelle Eslira and
third prize of Php 150000 was
won by Yolly Caones There
were consolation Prizes of
Php 66600 each for the three
other participants namely
Lilia Advincula of Barangay
39 Julieta Abella of Barangay
48-B and Sarah de la Pena of
Barangay 37 By Vina Aquino
DSWD-8
Best tasting Tuba in Ley-Sam
awarded at 5th Octubafest
THE 5TH year ldquoOctubafestrdquo program launched by theAn Waray party list to recognize the best produced and
best tasting local wine of ldquotubardquo in Leyte and Samar
Islands was held on Wednesday (Oct 30) at the Leyte
Park Convention Center in Tacloban City
The OCTUBAFEST theme for this yearrsquos celebration is
ldquoPasidungogrdquo (recognition ldquoPagrayhakrdquo (have fun) and
ldquoPasalamatrdquo (give thanks) which idea-theme is intended
for the recognition of local producers of the tuba wine and
participants in the program
The Octubafest program was organized thru the ef-
forts of former Cong Florencio ldquoBemrdquo Noel Cong Neil
Montejo and the newly elected An Waray party list Con-
gresswoman Victoria ldquoBinkyrdquo Noel
The yearly festivity for the tuba enthusiastsconsumers
and local producers has for its goal the further development
and renement of the local wine-making industry and also
to promote the tuba wine as a viable export product said
Cong Bem NoelIn fact one local tuba producer and renery in Tacloban
City is now exporting its bottled wines to the US after
securing approval from the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion for its bottled tuba wines
The An Waray representatives have led a bill in
Congress for the further development and growth of the
whole coconut industry with the purpose of also utilizing
the P70-Billion coco levy fund now deposited with the
Bureau of Treasury instead of the fund being disbursed for
other government projects it was informed by Atty Lauro
Noel chief of staff of Congresswoman Noel
The local tuba processors who brought their produce
from their towns for sampling and tasting in the Octubaf-
est were chosen for the following categories and prizes by
a group of wine tasters and judges For the Bahal Tuba
mar 2nd Prize ndash Mayorga Leyte and 3rd Prize ndash Palo
Leyte Cash prizes of P15000 P10000 and P5000 were
awarded to the winners of the rst second and third plac-
ers respectively
For next yearrsquos Octubafest the organizers are planning
to include again in the contests for the tuba producers aside
from the best tasting bahal and bahalina wines a contest
for the best tuba mixed cocktails (ldquokinutilrdquo) and the best
food menu using tuba as an ingredient or taste enhancer
By Ted Marcos
The Beauty Lounge debuts in Ormoc
Enjoying manicure and pedicure at The Beauty Lounge on October 31 in the evening were Leslie
Ann Chu Atty Joy Mejia-Romero and Anna Abanes-Bumagat
THE BEAUTY LOUNGEis now open It is locatedat the ground oor of theOrmoc Villa Hotel SanPedro St neighboringFatchoi and Ormoc NetMain The spa is ownedby cousins-in-law PatriciaRizarri Josephine MarieLarrazabal and JasmineLarrazabal
ldquoIt took us a year oftedious planning to ensurethat even the littlest detailswill come together to pro-vide luxurious services and
experiences for our custom-ers--- from the training ofour staff the homemadetea to be served to the colorof paint on the wallrdquo said Josephine ldquoPooch ierdquo Lar-razabal
The Beauty Lounge isa one-stop shop that offersfacial services massageservices body treatmentswaxing and nail care Al-though ALL its services arehighly recommended TheBeauty Lounge takes most
Friendly staff greets you upon entering the spa
pride in its facialldquoOur facial still in-
volves the basic process of
steaming cleansing scrub-bing and moisturizing butwhat sets us apart is oursignature face lifting- mas-sage to enhance natural skintoning which is includedin all our facial servicesWe also offer imported clayand algae masks both fromthe USA and Spain thatwell complements the treat-mentsrdquo Poochie added
The Beauty Loungeequipped with four indi-vidual facial rooms three
individual massage rooms(one being a couplersquos room)and a sophisticated mani-
cure and pedicure roomgives the impression ofmodern comfort
ldquoLuxury doesnrsquot haveto be expensive Our ser-vices are very reasonablypriced You can enjoy lsquoluxu-rious pamperingrsquo for aslow as 150 pesos We inviteeveryone to The BeautyLounge It is an experienceyou have to feel for yourselfbecause you deserve onlythe bestrdquo the spa co-owneradded with a smile