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Ormoc officials to ask Pres. Duterte: “Rethink sugar importation plans”By LaLaine Marcos

DOH-8 reports 204 new HIV/AIDS cases in 2018 LEYECO V joins other ECs in

“Black Valentine Protest”

BAYBAY CITY IS SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD (SP) REGIONAL CHAMPION FOR LOCAL LEGISLATIVE AWARD 2018. Receiv-ing the prestigious award are Baybay City Vice-Mayor Michael L. Cari together with Baybay City’s SP members: Atty. Ernesto Butawan, Hon. Edgar Ompoy, Hon. Ali Astorga, Hon. Leoncio Asilom Jr., Hon. Dodong Palma, Hon. Vicvic Veloso, Hon. Jorge Rebucas, Hon. Alan Fernandez, Hon. Dominador Murillo, Hon. Filemon Avila, Hon. Carl Cari (ABC President), and Hon. Nathalie Andres (SK President). Joining them are SP Secretary Atty. Vivian Vidallon, Baybay City Mayor Carmen L. Cari and a few SP staff. (By Herman Valencia)

ORMOC CITY – City of-ficials here, this week, are asking Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte to “reconsider the national government’s plan to liberalize the importa-tion of sugar” as this will “cause substantial loss of income and employment to the city (Ormoc)”.

The plan, which has been announced in various national newspapers and media outlets recently, aims to allow the unregu-lated entry of imported sugar into the Philippine market.

Sugar farmers here fear that the unregulated entry of imported sugar will lead to a drop of pur-chases of locally produced sugar, and will result to job displace-ments and closure of businesses allied to sugar production and an economic slowdown in general.

Acting on an urgent request from Mayor Richard Gomez on the matter, the city council here passed a resolution asking the President to rethink the plan during their regular session on Thursday, February 14.

They will be submitting cop-ies of the resolution to the Presi-dent and Sugar Regulatory Ad-ministrator Engr. Herminigildo Serafica, who is from Ormoc City.

The resolution, which was passed on mass motion, said that Ormoc City is “heavily de-pendent” on the sugar industry

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PALO, LEYTE (PNA) – The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 204 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Eastern Visayas in 2018, which accounts for 26 percent of the total cases detected since 1989.

There are already 774 cases with 48 deaths since the health

department started its monitor-ing of HIV/AIDS in the region in 1989, said DOH regional informa-tion officer John Paul on Friday (February 15).

Roca said at least nine people died due to the infection last year. “The youngest victim is 15 and the oldest is 49. About 90 percent of the newly-diagnosed cases got the illness through male-to-male sex,” Roca shared.

The increasing number of newly-diagnosed victims of this infection is triggered by the mas-sive information drive and the establishment of testing and treat-ment centers in Tacloban City, Samar, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, and Southern Leyte.

Based on the new cases docu-mented in 2018, the region had an average of one case every day. Last year’s 204 newly-detected cases are 13 percent up than the 181 diagnosed in 2017.

DOH noted several cases in Tacloban City, Palo in Leyte, Or-moc City, Baybay City, Catbalogan City, and Calbayog City.

Tacloban, the regional capital has been included under category A for having more than 50 cases

sEE HIV/AIDs CAsEs p. 9 Photo grabbed from Leyte V Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s Facebook Page

LEYECO V, together with other electric cooperatives (ECs) nationwide, joined the simultaneous so-called “Black Valentine Protest” on February 14, 2019.

Accordingly, to show their dismay to Department of En-ergy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Gaba Cusi, “who is expected to be the father and defender of the electric cooperatives and electrification program, but turned out to be the opposite”, when he proposed the cancella-tion/revocation of the franchise

of the 17 “underperforming, financially and technically dis-tressed” electric cooperatives, namely: ABRECO; PELCO III; OMECO; ORMECO; PALE-CO; CASURECO III; ALECO; MASELCO; FICELCO; TISEL-CO; ZAMCELCO; DANECO; BASELCO; SULECO; TAWEL-CO; MAGELCO; LASURECO, in a letter sent to Hon. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Speaker, House of Representatives), dated January 11, 2019.

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Care-giving, retirement villages get priority listing

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THE ESTABLISHMENT of Care Giving Facilities, Continuing Care Retire-ment Communities, and Retirement Villages have been included in the kinds of businesses that can avail of incentives under Or-moc’s Local Investment Incentives Code.

On the other hand, es-tablishment of Shopping Malls have been stricken out from the list of invest-ment priorities.

Acting on the request of Mayor Richard Gomez last November 2018 yet, the Sangguniang Panlung-sod here reviewed the pri-ority listing and found it meritorious. The listing was amended this week during the council’s regular session on Thursday, February 14.

The resolution, spon-sored by councilor No-lito Quilang, committee chairman of the Trade, Commerce, Industry, Em-ployment and Livelihood committee, states that “the inclusion of retirement com-munities benefit the City

as it will offer a broader variety of local employment opportunities beyond that of health sector which will eventually impact on local economic growth.”

As for the shopping malls and other commer-cial centers, they have been excluded from the list be-cause “these businesses are not pioneering industries and considering further that there are already a good number of shopping malls and other commercial centers which the Ormoc City Investment Incentives Board finds to be suffi-cient.”

It was also learned that the inclusion of care giving and retirement villages was in response to a request from the Ormoc Chamber of Commerce and Industry who asked Mayor Gomez to “consider the need of the rapidly aging popula-tion as opportunity and as investment priority to attract foreign investors to consider Ormoc City for their retirement facilities.”

Councilor Bennet Pon-gos, former chair of the trade committee, said that under the investment in-centives scheme, listed pri-ority investments can be exempted from payment of Real Property Taxes and regulatory fees for a certain period.

Ormoc already has one retirement care facil-ity in the making, which is owned by the Holy Family Foundation Inc. It is being constructed on a 1.3-hectare property in Brgy. Dolo-res, which was donated by Leonardo and Linda Roura.

The priority list has 39 identified industries. These are research and develop-ment; renewable energy; water testing/treatment facilities; solid and liquid waste management facili-ties; storage and warehous-ing; socialized housing; sports, leisure, and recre-ation facilities; organic fer-tilizers; commercial produc-tion of crops determined by the agriculture office; inland freshwater fisher-

ies; commercial organic farming; poultry process-ing and dressing plants; feed mills; post-harvest facilities; slaughterhouse; food processing; commer-cial cut flower production; sugarcane by-processing; commercial tree farming and wood processing; dairy production and process-ing; aqua processing and packaging; establishment of nurseries; structural and decorative bricks produc-tion; bamboo craft; fur-niture-related industries; souvenir items and shops; accommodation establish-ments; MICE facilities; ad-venture and eco-tourism facilities; health and well-ness facilities; agri-tourism farms; tourist transport services whether for air, land and sea; industrial es-tate development; airport/seaport development; IT Parks and BPOs; educa-tional institutions; com-mercial hog raising; and, commercial raising of small and large ruminants. By Lalaine Marcos

The participants of the three-day (February 15-17, 2019) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Orientation and Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Workshop for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) pose for a group photo on their first day, prior the workshop proper on the second day, at Ilang-ilang Function Hall, Pongos Hotel, Ormoc City. The afore-mentioned workshop was made possible by the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management Philippines (APAD Philippines), Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC), and From the People of Japan. It aims to encourage and help MSMEs establish their own BCPs in case of “business interruptions”. (By Dailyn Cabarse)

Ormoc City Health calls for emergency meeting to address EV measles outbreak

Amid measles outbreak, DOH-8 also reports 48% rise in dengue cases

BAYBAY CITY – A person-nel of Mercury Drugstore here was accidentally hit by a stray bullet of a ser-vice revolver calibre 38 that went through his left chest. The freak accident happened inside the Mer-cury Drugstore Baybay City Branch on the eve of Valentine’s Day, February 13, 2019, Wednesday.

The suspect was identi-fied as John Degrano Marte, Security Guard, 23 years old, single, and a resident of Barangay Hilapnitan, Baybay City, Leyte while the victim was identified as Keizen Narbonita, Self Service Assistant of Mer-cury Drugstore Baybay City Branch, 21 years old, single, and a resident of Carigara, Leyte.

According to the spot report given by the Baybay City Chief of Police, the tragic accident happened when Marte, who was the

drugstore’s security guard on duty took off his service revolver with its holster on his way to the comfort room. Unfortunately, the service revolver acciden-tally hit a metal arm chair and fired once and directly hit the left side of the vic-tim’s chest.

The victim was imme-diately rushed to the West-ern Leyte Public Hospital but was declared dead on arrival by Dr. Arrabell Vera-no, the attending physician.

According to the inves-tigation conducted by the Baybay City Police, there was no sign of foul play in the crime scene. Marte voluntarily surrendered to the police and is temporar-ily held under their custody for proper disposition. He is now facing a case of reckless imprudence resulting to homicide for accidentally firing a service firearm. By Rolex Pelayo Gelig

TACLOBAN CITY – Amid the mea¬sles outbreak in Eastern Visayas, the Depart-ment of Health (DOH) has also reported a 48 percent increase of dengue cases with six deaths for this year.

DOH regional infor-mation officer John Paul Roca said 1,169 cases were recorded in the region as of February 13.

Samar has the most number of cases with 396, followed by Leyte with 254, Northern Samar with 244, Biliran with 171, Eastern Samar with 65 and Southern Leyte with 39.

In Kawayan town in Biliran, Mayor Rodolfo Es-pina declared a dengue out-break last Wednesday (Feb-ruary 13) after 81 cases and one death were recorded.

Earlier, he declared an outbreak in Barangay Mapuyo, which has the big-gest number of cases with 41.

Last year, dengue cases in the region rose to over 10,000 with 60 deaths, second highest from 2010, which had 12,000 dengue cases.

Roca continues to appeal to the barangays to conduct regular cleanups in order to prevent the increase of den-gue cases in the region.

“DOH cannot do this alone, the community should have consistent self protecting measures to prevent dengue from spreading,” Roca said.

He said the public should not just rely on fogging be-cause it only kills flying mos-quitoes and not their eggs.

He reminded parents to seek early consultation if their children show any symptoms of diseases, be-cause late diagnoses of such diseases often lead to death. By Marie Tonette Marticio

THE CITY HEALTH De-partment of Ormoc ear-lier this week called for an emergency meeting with barangay officials and district physicians and nurses to discuss region 8’s measles outbreak.

Last week, the Depart-ment of Health Region 8

(DOH-8) declared a measles outbreak in the region for being able to record eight deaths for the month of January (Palo - 4, Tacloban - 2, Pastrana - 1, and Gandara Samar - 1).

Accordingly, measles is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus, which

can be spread when the infected person coughs or sneezes. Its symptoms in-clude fever, cough, red eyes, and runny nose.

It was also clarified during the said emergency meeting that it is not mea-sles per se that kills, but its accompanying complica-

tions, such as Pneumonia and Diarrhea. In addition, measles can also cause cor-neal scarring (which will then cause blindness) and Encephalitis.

Accordingly, the meet-

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DOE Secretary, “ingrato” – GM Jorda

Operasyun kontra droga, osa nadakop

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Two hundred thirty-nine (239) DSWD scholars receive their educational assistance/allowance of Php 2,000.00 on February 13, 2019, at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the New Ormoc City Hall. Ormoc City Councilors Tomas R. Serafica, Eusebio Ge-rardo S. Penserga, Jr., Gregorio G. Yrastorza III, and Nolito M. Quilang, together with Vice-Mayor Leo Carmelo “Toto” L. Locsin, Jr. attended the event and gave pieces of advice to the scholars prior the distribution. (By Dailyn Cabarse)

ORMOC CITY – Sa datus nga nakuha sa EV Mail gi-kan sa traffic division, mas daghan sa mga aksidente na-hitabo sa kadalanan karon motor ang nalambigit.

Sa nilabay nga semana, laing kinabuhi ang nakalas dihang nibangga ang mo-tor sa osa ka pick-up nga nagresulta sa kamatayun sa drayber. Nadala ang biktima sa tambalanan pero namatay gihapon kini. Sa kasayuran nakuha gikan sa traffic division, ang ak-

sidente nahitabo atuban-gan sa San Lorenzo Ruiz College sa barangay San Pablo niadtong Pebrero 8, alas nuwebe sa gabii. Ang biktima giila nga Domidor Alonzo, 42 anyus ug taga barangay Salvacion ning siyudad. Ang drayber sa Ford Ranger pick-up mao si Claude Errol Sawal, 23 any-us ug taga barangay Linao.

Human madawat sa traffic division ang alarma, niresponde sila SPO3 An-tonio Pascual Jr., didto nila

nahibaw-an nga namatay ang biktima dihang naabot sa Ormoc District Hospital. Taga Ormoc Rescue Unit ang nagdala sa biktima sa tambalanan.

Sa inbistigasyun ni SPO3 Pascual, nasayran ang nagmotor nga si Alonzo, gikan sa ilang dapit ug mopaingon sa siyudad, samtang si Sawal gikan sa siyudad ug paliko na pa-sulod sa San Lorenzo Ruiz College, unya kalit nipaka ang kilid sa iyang sakyanan

diay nadasmagan na sa motor.

Matud ni PO2 Willard Collera, gitabangan ni Saw-al ang pamilya sa biktima para sa pagpahiluna sa patayng lawas niini. Tun-god lagi nga daghang mga aksidente sa kalsada diin mga motor ang nalambigit, kanunay nagpahinumdum ang mga awtoridad nga batonan sa drayber ang kanunay nga pag amping aron malayo sa desgrasya. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – Gingan-lan ug ingrato ni LEYECO V General Manager Juanito Jorda Jr. si Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Al-fonso Gaba Cusi tungod sa gipahayag niini nga iyang palaksian sa prangkesa ang 17 ka giingong masakiton nga electric cooperatives (ECs) didto sa Luzon ug sa Mindanao.

Si Sec. Cusi nagpada-la ug suwat ngadto kang House Speaker Gloria Ma-capagal Arroyo pinitsahan Enero 11, 2019, butang nga gikasilo sa tanang nga mga electric cooperatives lukop nasud. Agig suporta sa mga apektadong ECs nilusad ug protesta ang LEYECO V kuyog sa mga kawani atol sa Valentine’s Day, nga gi-tawag ug “Black Valentine’s Protest”, diin ang tanan nagsul-ob ug senina nga itum. Human sa mubo nga programa, usa ka press con-ference ang gipahigayun, didto gipalanog sa LEYECO V ang ilang kasilo ngadto kang DOE Secretary Cusi.

Gipangutana sa mga tigbalita si GM Jorda ngano

nga nakapangan man siya kang Cusi ug “ingrate”, tub-ag niya nga taga Mindoro ang kalihim, ug nahayagan ang iyang barangay kaniad-to tungod sa kooperatiba sa elektrisidad sa ilang dapit.

Sa datus nakuha sa EV Mail, ang Rural Electrifica-tion gipundar ni kanhi pres-idente Ferdinand Marcos niadtong 1972, tungod niini namugna ang mga koop-eratiba sa elektrisidad nga napahimuslan sa kinabag-an nga Pilipinhon karon. Maoy tahap ni GM Jorda nga adunay nagpaluyo ning aksiyun ni Secretary Cusi, diin mga dagkong kapitalista ang naglaraw mokuha sa operasyun niin-ing 17 ka ECs.

Nanglaktud ang DOE kay angay mohimo una sila ug usa ka inbistigasyun unsa ang punoan ngano nga wala makahimo ang maong kooperatiba sa ilang mga trabaho. Kun mamatud-an nga adunay pagkuwang ang ECs, anaa ang National

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ORMOC CITY – Sa pada-yun nga kampanya sa mga awtoridad kontra droga, osa ang nasikop sa buy-bust operation alas sais pasado sa gabii didto sa ba-rangay Valencia, Domingo, Pebrero 10.

Ang team sa police sta-tion 2 (PS2) gipangulohan ni Sr. Insp. Melvin Malate, ang nidakop sa ilang target nga si Andronico Judilla, 40 anyus, may kapuyo ug taga Montebello, Kananga. Niayuda sa mga kawani sa PS2 ang team Sa City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) gipangulohan ni Sr. Insp. Franklin Parangan.

Sa pahayag ni Sr. Insp. Malate, ang suspek taud-taud na nilang gipanid-an tungod sa impormasyun nga kini nalambigit sa pag-baligyag gidiling drugas. Human matino nga tinuod ang impormasyun, didto na nila gikasa ang buy-bust operation nga nagresulta sa

pagkadakop ni Judilla.Sa wala pa masikop ang

target, osa ka nagtakuban nga pulis ang nipalit ug shabu sa suspek; sa diha na sa kamot sa undercover agent ang osa ka gamay nga pakite sa gidudahang shabu, didto na siya gisignit sa mga kauban. Nakuha gikan sa iyang posisyun ang buy-bust money nga osa ka libo ka pesos, ug walo ka gagmayng pakite sa gidu-dahang shabu.

Sa habig sa suspek hug-tanon niyang gihimakak nga iya ang mga gidudah-ang droga nakuha gikan sa iyang posisyun. “Dili to ako sir, maayo pa sila naa, ako wala,” ingon ang suspek.

Si Sr. Insp. Malate ni-ingon mao gyud kini ang irason sa madakpan, hu-got ang balibad, pero naay hukmanan nga makamaong motimbangtimbang. May pasidaan siya ngadto sa mga tigpayuhot ug dru-

gas nga samtang sayu pa mohunong na kay kon dili, moabot ra ang panahun nga madakpan sila.

Ang mga inbistiga-dor sa kaso nga sila PO3 Arvin Sarcilla ug PO3 Jomar Nerves niandam na sa kaso nga ilang ipasaka batok sa suspek. Ning paghimo sa balita, anaa pa sa deten-tion cell sa PS2 ang suspek. Ang testigo pagdakop kang Judilla sila barangay kon-sehal Hon. Elmer Libre ug Hon. Diosdado Husay, ug osa ka sakop sa media. Ni Paul Libres

Singko pesos nga terminal fee sa mga traysikol legalORMOC CITY – Legal ang Php 5.00 nga singlon sa namonoan sa terminal diha sa Robinsons Place Ormoc sa Cogon sa mga drayber ug traysikol. Kini giklaro ni Mark Anthony Ramoneda, osa sa mga kawani sa terminal.

Gikompirmar sad kini ni Rudy Marson, terminal in-charge, dihang nahinabi sa EV Mail.

Matud ni Ramoneda, may ordinansa ang siyudad bahin niini, ug ang mag-bayad ug singko pesos nga terminal fee, kanang naa nagpila didto sa taas, ug dili kanang anaa dapit sa hag-danan. Kon pila ang ibayad sa mga drayber ngadto sa mga despatser, wala nay labot niini ang pamonoan sa terminal.

Pero ning paghimo sa

balita, wala pa sila maningil sa tag singko pesos nga ter-minal fee kay naghuwat pa nga ma publikar sa paman-talaan ang nahisgotan nga ordinansa. Dili mominus 400 ka traysikol ang mot-orno didto sa terminal sa Robinsons Place Ormoc matag adlaw, matud ni

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Two N. Samar cops nabbed for drugs by city drug enforcement unitTWO COPS assigned in Northern Samar and one civilian were nabbed by a joint posse of the city drug enforcement unit (CDEU) and the Army in a buy-bust in Brgy. Macabug, Ormoc City, on February 15 at around 11:50 AM.

The cops were identi-fied as PO1 Ronelo Fel-izarta y Masican, 36, PNP member, assigned at San Vicente MPS, Northern Samar and a resident of Sitio Lutaw, Brgy. Ma-

cabug, Ormoc City, and PO1 Pelboy Lopez y Abel-lanosa, 31, married, pres-ently assigned at Northern Samar PMFC and a resident of Brgy. Salvation, Palo, Leyte. The civilian with them was Ricsan Sale y Ilao, 29, a resident of Sitio Lutaw, Macabug also and is in the CDEU’s watch list.

Purchased from the suspects was one (1) piece heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected shabu worth Php 500. The operatives also

recovered the 500-peso bill marked money used in the test buy.

Other confiscated items were four heat-sealed plastic sachet con-taining suspected shabu, two cellphones, a PNP issued Glock 17 Gen 4 caliber 9mm handgun with serial number 71736.

The CDEU was led by Sr. Insp. Franklin Romeo Parangan Jr., assisted by Police Station 1 personnel

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Can we? Will we?

Oral Health Month 2019

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LAST WEEK, I flew to Abu Dhabi to attend my daughter’s wedding. It was a short visit, but unlike my previous visit there, which was in a tour group, this one gave me the chance to observe the work-ings of Abu Dhabi and Dubai more.

The first thing that caught my attention was the various speed of the cars when we were cruising the highway from Dubai to Abu Dhabi. The car my daughter chartered for me was quite fast. The speedometer showed he would go as high as 120 but that was that. He would not go any faster. I thought it was because my daughter told him not to go very fast. Unable to sleep, I kept a keen watch on his speed and the other cars. We occupied the fourth lane in a 7-lane highway.

Like in other countries, the first lane was reserved for small cars and slow mov-ing cars. It was the second lane that fasci-nated me. I counted overtaking 20 trucks, or those with six wheels and more, which seemed to be moving at snail’s pace. Un-able to contain my curiosity, I asked “my friend” (all drivers in the UAE are respect-fully called my friend which is also the greetings he would call you) why the trucks were slow moving. He said they were fol-lowing the speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour. Any faster meant fines and possibly, for repeat violators, the drivers would lose their jobs and licenses. Oh.

Lane three, he said, was for the buses. They were allowed to run up to 80 kilome-ters per hour, but that’s it. Not any faster. This is because the government wants to avoid accidents and also preserve their roads. Oh.

Very fast cars and motorcycles took the innermost lane. I saw a Hummer that was probably running at 200 kph already by the way it disappeared from my sight after a few seconds. There was this big bike that also zoomed by, it was so fast that the sound of his engine was almost like a small plane flying by.

Then, when we entered Abu Dhabi, the speed of the car I was in noticeably reduced. “My friend” said they cannot run faster than 60 inside the city, and in the center, “only 40”.

My fascination with the speed of ve-hicles and traffic in that place did not end that night. It extended until the end of the four days I was there. I could not help no-tice the people there crossing the streets on pedestrian lanes without hesitation.

My daughter said the drivers are so disciplined and fearful of sanctions that they immediately stop when somebody steps on the lane, and only revs up their engine again when she or he has reached the sidewalk across. There, the pedestrians are kings.

Drivers, meanwhile, especially of taxis, are mostly foreign workers. I have yet to meet a Pinoy driver but I have ridden a Pakistani woman and a Ugandan. Some

LIKE MANY AREAS of the body, the mouth is teeming with bacteria – most of them are harmless. Normally the body’s natural defenses and good oral health care, such as daily brushing and dental flossing, can keep these bacteria under control. However, without proper oral hygiene, these bacteria can reach levels that might lead to oral infections, such as tooth decay and gum diseases.

The Philippine Dental Health Month is observed every February, as it is also the National Oral Health Month. This annual observance started in 1951 as National Dental Health Week but in February 24, 2004, it was expanded into a month-long celebration, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 559 signed by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Led by the Philippine Dental Association (PDA), the observance aims to strengthen public awareness on the importance of good oral health. It encourages dentists, students, relevant government agencies, and professional organizations to reach out to more people with no access to dental services, especially those who are in the countryside.

This year ’s theme is: “Ngipin ay alagaan, mula sa sinapupunan para sa magandang ngiti hanggang katandaan.” The importance of oral health cuts across all people – from children, mothers, ado-lescents and elderly.

The main oral health problems are dental caries (tooth decay) and peridon-tal disease (gum disease). These two oral diseases are so widespread that 87% of Filipinos are estimated to be suffering from tooth decay and 48% have gum disease; this is according to the 2011 NMEDS Sur-vey. The combined ill effects of these two major diseases (except oral cancer) weaken bodily defense and serve as a portal of entry to other more serious, potentially dangerous and opportunistic infections overlapping other diseases present. Such will incapacitate a young victim as in crippling heart conditions arising from oral infection that may end in death. This is because certain oral health conditions can predispose the young population to develop a certain (type of) heart disease.

An individual with poor oral health could be so affected with such handicap – including disturbed speech. He/she may become withdrawn and avoid socializing with people, thereby lessening his/her op-portunities for advancement and learning. More critical, however, is the effect of poor or defective teeth to overall nutrition to maintain good general health status; that begins with the first bite and chewing the food efficiently.

The Department of Health aims to reduce the prevalence rate of dental car-ies and periodontal diseases from 92% in 1998 to 85% and from 78% in 1998 to 60%, respectively, supposedly by end of 2016 among the general population. It plans to target schools: pre-school children, adolescent and mothers and the elderly. It also encourages the participation not only of the DepEd but also of DSWD, LGU, PDA, and other non-government organizations. It plans to promote the utilization of fluoride-containing tooth-pastes, promote proper tooth-brushing and other dental health practices; as well as upgrading the dental series of all levels in the public health sector. The inclusion of an outpatient benefit package for oral health is under the National Health Insur-ance program (PhilHealth). It also aims to improve existing information system/data collection (reporting and recoding of dental services and accomplishments) in order to set essential indicators of the public’s oral health status. It includes the conduct of epidemiological dental surveys every 5 years.

Here are some oral health tips:• Brush your teeth last thing at night

and at least one other time during the day with a fluoride-containing toothpaste.

• Clean in between your teeth at least once a day using interdental brushes or floss.

• Check if you have bad breath.• When using a mouthwash, do not

use it directly after brushing as you rinse away the fluoride from your toothpaste.

• Quit smoking to help reduce the

NOW THAT WE are in the month of love, it might be a good idea to revisit one of the titles of Mary, our Lady. She is also referred to as the Mother of Fair Love, and thus, a good teacher and a sure guide in our business of loving.

I suppose that Marian title has basis on some passages in the Book of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) where they say: “I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits.” (24,24-26)

These words, while written in the Old Testament, are applied to Mary, the Mother of Christ, since they find echo or sound similar to what Christ said of himself: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (Jn 14,6)

I imagine that the similarity highlights the total identification of Mary with her son, who is the son of God and our re-deemer, giving us the reassuring idea that it is possible for a human being to be totally identified with Christ. That possibility and ideal should not be regarded by us as some-thing unreachable.

In other words, the similarity is meant to assure us that, no matter how impos-sible it may sound, we too can be totally identified with Christ who actually is the pattern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity. We have to learn to feel at home with that truth of our faith.

The similarity is also meant to tell us that it is in love as lived by both Christ and Mary when we can be in the truth, the way and the authentic life meant for us. In other words, it is this love that summarizes and integrates the qualities of truth, way and life that are meant for us.

It stands to reason then that in order to love the way Christ and Mary loved, one great help that we can avail of is to have this devotion to our Lady under this title of Mother of Fair Love. She will teach us how to love the way she loved and continues to love God and us.

In fact, Our Lady, in that passage of the Book of Sirach, precisely told us to “come over to me…and be filled with my fruits.”

We are given a very accessible way of developing the love that is proper to us.

And in these times of so many forms of fake love, I believe this is what is most needed. We have to go to Mary, Our Mother of Fair Love, so that we would know how to love in all aspects, levels, situations, circumstances, etc. of our life.

She will be the one to help us animate all our activities and concern with the genuine love of God and neighbor. We know very well that we can get easily con-fused and lost with regard to our duty of loving while we go about our daily affairs. Our loving, without her, can easily get en-

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Comment on the book: “Rampage”

International press says libel charges

against Ressa politically motivated

Falling in love

BLESSED ARE THE POOR

THIS REFERS TO the book entitled “Rampage” written by a supposed histo-rian James M. Scott that has to do with a saga of Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the time when he was assigned here in the Pacific Region during the time of inroads of the Japanese Army of the Axis powers in World War II. The item appeared in the Philippine Star issue of 4 February 2019.

What is disheartening about the book is that the author only dwelt on portions of the MacArthur era. His narrative has many lapses. He did not mention about the time when MacArthur was stationed in Manila and his headquarters was the Manila Hotel. He eventually transferred to Tacloban after he landed (for the second time). His first landing was in Dulag, which turned out bloody for the lives of the civilians who were caught unaware due to a major lapse in intelligence. The population were sup-posed to be informed of the shelling that always preceded before any landing; it was a Col. Ruperto Kangleon who was tasked to inform the people of the coming fight. The poor civilians took the brunt of the shelling by the warships that lasted a long time to “soften” up the enemy. Perhaps something much more important came up that pre-vented him from relaying the impending doom. The incident must have unnerved the General and made him decide to call a complete news blackout and decided to make another landing, this time in Palo (White Beach). He had to do so because he was planning to run for President in the US just like Gen. Eisenhower who was his Adjutant but became the US President due to his handling of the Liberation of Europe. Bad news could be disastrous for MacArthur.

The author seems to be lost – like he was playing hopscotch. There has to be continuity so that we can keep track of the events; there was a time during his sojourn

in Tacloban when he had an illustrious visi-tor in the person of the famous Irving Berlin who composed many songs that continue to be sang even during these times. Take his ballad of God Bless America. Another piece is White Christmas that will always be heard up to God knows when. The song God Bless America has a Philippine version under the title: God Bless the Philippines. During the time when Madam Imelda was still a young girl of about 12 years, she was requested to sing the ballad, she gladly con-sented on the presence of MacArthur and Berlin, it was Irving Berlin that was most amused. After finishing with her rendition and after Berlin congratulated her, she was happy to inform him that it was a Filipino song. She did not know that he was the composer. (Note: There is a Cebuano song titled “O Dios Bendisioni” that is the favor-ite song at the conclusion of mass service in chapels here in Ormoc City.)

We all know that the young girl became First Lady a few years after.

We are lucky that the entry of MacAr-thur into our lives brought Irving Berlin also into our lives. Berlin was a Russian emigrant that fell in love with his adopted country, the US. His ballad God Bless America can bring tears to millions of Americans around the world. Our God Bless the Philippines also does the same to us. The O Dios Bendisioni can be heard as the parting song in chapels. Berlin lived on up to 1986 when he died at 63 years old. His White Christmas will no doubt outlive us all up to the end of the world. There can be no Christmas without his favorite yuletide song.

It is a great disservice for any histo-rian to write about MacArthur in a stag-gered manner. He was not the equal of his Adjutant, Eisenhower, who became US President.

‘LOVE MOVES in mysterious ways’, but scientists have a good idea of what love does to you. And definitely, the brain (not the heart) plays a major role in falling in love.

Neuroscientists divide love into three phases: lust, attraction and attachment. During the lust phase, hormones flood the body with feelings of intense desire. Adrenaline and norepinephrine make the heart race and the palms sweat, while the brain chemical dopamine creates feelings of euphoria. The brain releases dopamine in response to other pleasurable stimuli also, including drugs, which explains the so-called lovers’ high.

But love lowers levels of the brain chemical serotonin, a common attribute of obsessive-compulsive disorders. The serotonin drop could explain why lovers display such single-minded concentra-tion on the object of their affection. These feelings can also cause lovers to be blind to their partner’s undesirable traits in the early stages of a relationship, choosing to focus only on their partner’s good qualities.

After people have been in love for some time, the body develops a tolerance to the pleasurable chemicals. The attraction phase gives way to the attachment phase, when the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin enter the brain and create feelings of well-being and security.

Falling in love can also ruin your body. Your heart races, your tummy gets tied up in knots, and you are on an emotional roller coaster, feeling deliriously happy one

minute and anxious and desperate the next.Research shows that these intense,

romantic feelings come from the brain. The brains of the love-struck participants reacted to photos of their sweethearts, producing emotional responses in the same parts of the brain normally involved with motivation and reward.

Intense passionate love uses the same system in the brain that gets activated when a person is addicted to drugs, experts say. In other words, you start to need the person you are in love with like a drug.

Experts have said that romantic love is one of the most powerful emotions a person can have. You can feel happy when you’re in love, but you can also feel restless. The other person becomes a goal in life, essen-tially, a prize.

But once you’ve won over your love, does the feeling fade away?

Not completely because in another study, researchers looked at MRI scans of 10 women and seven men who were married for an average of 21 years and claimed they were still deeply in love with their partners.

They found that in each of these long-term lovers, brain regions were also acti-vated when they looked at photos of their partners. The brain studies also suggest that love changes over time. But as long as love remains, we get used to the relationship, and we are not afraid our partner will leave us, so we are not as focused on the longing.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Dear Atty. Golo,Nindot ang “gospel” kay bulahan

ang mga kabus. Bisag wa koy pamahaw, lipay na lang ko. Apan naglagot ko naka-basa sa “news” nga ang mga kandidato dagko na og gasto. Si Bong Go kono migasto na’g 422 million, sa TV, radio og newspaper. Sa iyang SALN, 4 million lang ang “cash on hand”. Si Imee pod ang “cash on hand” 3 million peru ang gasto 413 million. Si Harry Roque, migasto og 174 million bisan me “withdraw” na. Nganong gasto pa man lag dako nga sikat na man sila? Ang ilang gigasto gihimo pa’g karsada, hayahay na unta ta.

Nag-agwanta, Pacita

Dear Pacit,Ang ebanghelyo nga imong giingon

mao ang gitawag og “the beatitudes (Luke 6:17-26)”. Bulahan ang mga kabos tungod kay ang ilang gisaligan mao man ang Gui-noo. Ug kon anaa kanimo ang Guinoo, wa nay magmakulang pa kanimo. Bahin sa mga kandidato, binilyon ang gastos aron mosikat unya kon makalingkod na man-gawat. Sa bibliya pa, “the love of money is the root of all evil”. Ang gugma sa kwarta iya sa demonyo. Karon ang botante dia sa Guinoo, apan inig eleksyon, birahon sa demonyo. Mao nga ang kwarta atong buntogon sa gugma.

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo

NOW THEY CAME for journalists. The government has acted on a Cyberlibel and Cyberbullying charges against Maria Ressa, Rappler Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr.

The cyberlibel charge against Ressa car-ries up to 12 years imprisonment if found guilty. The law against cyberlibel was only recently passed on September 12, 2012 and took effect on October 3, 2012 under the title the Cybercrime Prevention Act.

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN) and the World Editors Forum wrote a joint letter to Presi-dent Duterte to express their concern that the charges against Ressa were politically motivated.

Ressa was arrested by the NBI and spent a night inside NBI headquarters on Wednesday before she was freed on Thurs-day morning after posting a Php 100,000 bail with the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC). Her arrest sparked international and local press groups denunciations that she was being targeted over her news site’s (Rappler’s) criticism of President Duterte.

The international press groups’ is-

sued statement said: “We are seriously concerned that the charges are politically motivated and form part of a systematic campaign by the government to use the law as a weapon to silence Rappler’s report-ing, which has often been critical of your presidency. We would also like to remind you that bringing charges for a crime that was not enacted at the time of the alleged infraction is not only a legal absurdity, it also risks rendering the Cybercrime Pre-vention Act unconstitutional, as it would become an ex post facto law.”

Aside from identifying the said Cy-bercrime Prevention Act an “ex post facto law”, it has been bruited in press circles that the libel laws against the press have been “decriminalized” already in the past Congress. We do not know what happened afterwards.

rrrThe opposition team’s ‘Otso Diretso’

wants the current midterm elections as a sort of referendum on the populist policies being implemented by the 3-year adminis-tration of President Duterte. Let us see how the electorate reacts to this proposal.

You may hold my hand for a while, but you hold my heart forever. (Unknown)

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeFebruary 24, 2019

Luke 6:27-38Jesus said to his disciples:“To you who hear I say, love your

enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from

the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic.

Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?

Even sinners love those who love them.And if you do good to those who do

good to you, what credit is that to you?Even sinners do the same.If you lend money to those from whom

you expect repayment, what credit is that to you?

Even sinners lend to sinners, and get

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The revocation/cancellation of the aforementioned electric cooperatives, accordingly, will eventually lead to a precedence of revocation of other electric coop-eratives and be evaded by private businessmen, thus, according to the ECs, this action of the DOE Secretary obviously shows his favor and courtesy to private busi-nessmen who are interested over the operation of the ECs.

“Kung ma-revoke ni, unsa man mahitabo? Sayon ra kaayo kita isunod kay kini gani nga mga coop mga dagko ni kaayo. Wala ra ta katunga sa revenue niini,” said Maximo T. Torcende, Manager, Institutional Service Department of LEYECO V.

On the day of the Black Val-entine Protest, all employees of LEYECO V wore black. A black cloth was also displayed at the main office building “to depict that the whole ECs organiza-tions and its allies are mourning over the inimical acts of the DOE Secretary”. A black flag was also displayed beneath the Philippine National Flag of the flagpole of the main office.

A special flag-raising cer-emony kicked-off the display of the protest. It was raining that day but that did not stop the electric coop employees from pushing through with the activity. During the ceremony, some employees were seen holding tarpaulins, bearing messages supporting the protest. The same tarpaulins were also displayed around the building.

“Wala ta moanhi dinhi naghi-usa tungod kay nahadlok ta nga mawad-an ta’g trabaho, kon dili, nahadlok ta para sa kaugmaon sa atoang mga anak ug sa next generation pa gyud kung ang mga private (institutions) na unya ang magdumala niini. Ngano man? Unsa man angayan nato nga mahadlokan? Kung nahitabo nga kadtong Yolanda, private ang nagdumala dinhi, makapasalig ba kaha sila pagbalik sa kuryente sa ingon ato kadali? Ug ila pa ba kahang pasug-an og balik tong mga lugar nga alkansi sila? Pani-gurado nga dili gyud,” said Engr. Crescente C. Lopena, Manager, Technical Services Department of LEYECO V.

“Ang atong negosyo, serbi-

syo. Ang sa mga private sectors, serbisyo ang ilang negosyo. Unsa man kalainan ana? Ang serbisyo, ilang gi-negosyo. Ang sa ato, ang atong negosyo, nga mag-serbisyo. So wala ta nag-after og ginansya. Ang atong gipangita, dili pan-ginabuhi kon dili commitment,” added Engr. Juanito E. Jorda, Jr., General Manager of LEYECO V.

Accordingly, the DOE Sec-retary was also called “ingrato” by the president of the National Association of General Managers of Electric Cooperatives (NAG-MEC). “Kini tungod kay didto sa Mindoro, kung wala pa ang electric coop, dili gani kasuga ang iyang barrio, unya iya na nuon wal-on ang Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative? Walay luna dinhi sa atoang natad sa negosyo ang mga tawo nga ingrato kay ang atong gipanghimug-atan, serbi-syo. Karon, nag-sul’ob ta’g itom para sa pagpakita nga ang mga dinaug-daog mosukol na. Wear black and fight back,” ended GM Engr. Jorda.

Meanwhile, LEYECO V and all other electric cooperatives are now campaigning for the As-sociation of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) Partylist represented by Sergio G. Dagooc. “Kung mahimo, atong supor-tahan. Ang among gipangayo, kung dili man mo ka-convince sa tibook ninyong pamilya nga moboto niini, bisan usa lang ka boto kada metro,” said GM Engr. Jorda. “Kinahanglan nga duna usab kitay representative didto sa Congress nga mangugat pud pagpugong niining kahakog sa mga oligarchs nga gusto nila nga ilugan ang mga electric coop-eratives sa ilahang franchise kay sayod ta nga ang ilang gusto dili negosyo kon dili magpaginan-sya. Atong paningkamutan aron matabangan pud nato ang atong mga member-consumers nga sa kanunay makatagamtam og ubos nga presyo sa kuryente ug serbi-syo nga dili negosyo,” further said Engr. Lopena.

The said National Protest, the so-called “Black Valentine Pro-test”, accordingly will continue for sometime. Wearing of black (dress and tops) will, accordingly, go on every Friday and it will now be known as “Black Friday Protest”. By Dailyn Cabarse

PROTEST ... from P. 1

sessed by the Regional Award Committee (RAC), which is head-ed by the DILG Regional Director with the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) Regional Council Chairman as the Vice-Chairman. Members of the committee also include the Regional Directors of the Department of Agricul-ture (DA), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and a Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) representative.

The RAC evaluated the fi-nalists through the Awards Cri-teria totalling 100 points: (a) Responsiveness of the Legislative Agenda (30 points); (b) Avail-ability of Legislative Documents (18 points); (c) Effectiveness of Performance of the Sanggunian

DILG-8 ... from P. 14(30 points); (d) Efficiency of the Performance of the Sanggunian (13 points); (e) Legislative Cita-tions and Awards (5 points); and (f) Capacity Development for Legislators and Staff (4 points).

“The regional winners will now vie for the national legisla-tive award. The National Award Committee (NAC) will be com-ing in the region and reevaluate the nomination,” PCL Regional Council Chairman Wilson Uy said in his closing remarks.

Usec Sacendoncillo, OIC - As-sistant Regional Director Valente P. Bajet, and PCL Regional Council Chairman Uy awarded a plaque of commendation and a cash award worth Php 10,000 to the regional champions in every category.

Approximately 300 partici-pants from different LGUs, gov-ernment agencies, and the DILG regional and field offices attended the said event. (PR)

ing was really an initiative of the Curva District since it has the most number of measles cases in Ormoc City.

It was then shared that Or-moc City has already nine (9) “suspected” measles cases by morbidity week from January 1 to February 7, 2019 (7 cases in January and 2 cases in February), from the different barangays in Ormoc (Barangay Margen - 2, and one from each of the following barangays: Donghol, JICA Lao, Macabug, Valencia, Tent City San Isidro, District 26, and District 28). Two of who are children ages less than one year old and the oldest case is 39 years old.

However, the Ormoc CHD pointed out that these are not lab-confirmed cases, yet. These are still under investigation of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Hence, there is

no measles outbreak in Ormoc, yet, as per Elsie Jaca.

“We should be concerned about this problem kay we live in the barangay. Wala pud ni gipili nga edad ang measles kay it will depend kung unsa ka-strong ang imo immune system sa imong body kung unsa ka ka-resistant sa virus,” said Elsie Jaca.

Accordingly, the best way to reduce the measles cases is im-munization. However, there is still the “dengvaxia scare” haunting parents, resulting in them being hesitant to having their children immunized.

This is now, accordingly, the “biggest” challenge for the CHD personnel, that is, to change the mindset of the parents and con-vince them to submit their chil-dren for measles immunization.

This was also the reason the CHD called for the emergency

meeting – to meet with the baran-gay officials since “they are the ones living closer to the constitu-ents than them [CHD personnel]”. The attendees were then grouped by district. They were tasked to make or design a plan to reach the goal of having all children in their respective jurisdictions immu-nized with the measles vaccine.

Common suggestions raised were the following: proper in-formation drive/dissemination; campaign for measles vaccina-tion/immunization; surveillance and case-finding of measles case; masterlist of the barangay con-stituents and masterlist of the “un-immunized” children; monthly survey; house-to-house immu-nization (for those who will not attend the mass immunization); and strict implementation of im-munization. By Dailyn Cabarse

ORMOC CITY HEALTH ... from P. 2

Cebu Pacific to receive 12 brand new aircraft in 2019; aims to fly 200 million passengers by 2020

From L-R: Manuel Antonio Tamayo, DOTr Undersecretary for Aviation; Lance Gokongwei, President and CEO of Cebu Pacific; Jean Francois Laval, Airbus Executive Vice President for Sales in Asia; His Excellency Nicholas Galey of the Embassy of France to the Philippines and Micronesia.

THE PHILIPPINES’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), is set to receive 12 brand new air-craft in 2019, to support the car-rier’s expansion plans this year. The aircraft deliveries include six Airbus A321neo; five A320neo; and an ATR 72-600.

The A321neo boasts of 236 seats, 56 seats or 31% more capac-ity versus the A320. This will en-able CEB to offer more seats and maximize airport slots. The aircraft is capable of operating routes in excess of 5,000 kilometers or fly up to seven hours, allowing the carrier to explore new destinations like India, Russia, northern Japan and other cities in Australia.

“2019 is the year we accelerate growth. On average, we will be re-ceiving one brand-new aircraft per month which we can use to increase capacity in key markets or even launch new routes. For 2019, we expect capacity to grow from low to mid-teens,” said Lance Gokongwei, President and CEO of Cebu Pacific.

The CEB fleet is currently com-prised of an Airbus A321neo, 36 Air-bus A320, seven (7) Airbus A321ceo,

eight (8) Airbus A330, eight (8) ATR 72-500, and 12 ATR 72-600 aircraft.

CEB boasts of one of the young-est fleets in the world, with an aver-age fleet age of five (5) years.

“Cebu Pacific is expanding rapidly and plays an important part in the transformation of the Philippines’ aviation sector and has played a key role in support-ing tourism, trade and business links between the Philippines, the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East,” said Jean Francois Laval,

Executive Vice President for Sales in Asia of Airbus.

CEB is aiming to fly 200 million passengers by 2020, as it expands its route network and upgrades its fleet to bigger and more fuel-efficient air-craft. The carrier hit the milestone of 150 million passengers flown since inception in late 2017.

CEB and subsidiary Cebgo fly to 36 domestic and 26 interna-tional destinations, with over 107 routes spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA. (PR)

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Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla turn over the Symbolic Key to Dra. Ma. Lourdes de Lara Banguesio, chief of hospital of the Ormoc District Hospital, on February 13, 2019 of a one unit ambulance funded by the DOH through their hospital facility enhancement program and downloaded by the provincial government of Leyte. With him are ARD Exuperia Sabalberino, DOH-8, and Dra. Ofelia Absin, OIC of the provincial health office. The turnover was held in front of the provincial health office in Pawing, Palo, Leyte. (By Gina P. Gerez)

Preparing for LentFEBRUARY 17 this year, in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite (Tridentine Latin Mass) is Septuagesima Sunday – seventy days before Easter. The two Sun-days after this would be Sexag-esima Sunday (sixty), and Quin-quagesima Sunday (fifty). These three weeks are a prelude to lent – in Latin, Quadragesima (forty). On that day, in the extraordinary form, the Gloria and the Alleluia are omitted, and purple becomes the Liturgical color. This season though is not yet lent but is a means to prepare for lent.

In the Parable of the sower, we see the seeds that are sown into the thorny bushes. They grow yet the thorns choke them. As we know, the seeds are the word of God and the thorns symbolize the world and all the things opposed to our salvation and sanctification. In this we can see the purpose of the Septuagesima: Lent is a very important season and that we ought to prepare ourselves for it to make the most out of it.

On the feast of Epiphany there is the tradition of announcing the movable feasts for the year. In the announcement of the date for Ash Wednesday, the cantor says “the beginning of the fast of the most sacred Lenten season”. This shows how the church has regarded lent as a very important season.

An authority no less that Dom Prosper Guerranger O.S.B., in his magnum opus, “the Liturgical year” that the Church wants us to make the most out of lent, a season of penance, that it may produce its work in our souls: “the renovation of our spiritual life”.

Oftentimes the distractions, the comforts, and the pleasures of the world render us indisposed to enter into the season of pen-ance. Perhaps, before we know it, lent would arrive and it would catch us off guard. The Church invites us, therefore, to prepare the soil for the sowing. We ought to remove all that could impede or make difficult our observance

of lent.Dom Propser Guerranger

O.S.B. tells us: “Now, the Feast of Easter must be prepared for by a forty-days’ recollectedness and penance. Those forty-days are one of the principal Seasons of the Liturgical Year, and one of the most powerful means employed by the Church for exciting in the hearts of her children the spirit of their Christian vocation. It is of the utmost importance, that such a Season of penance should pro-duce its work in our souls—the renovation of the whole spiritual life. The Church, therefore, has instituted a preparation for the holy time of Lent. She gives us the three weeks of Septuagesima, during which she withdraws us, as much as may be, from the noisy distractions of the world, in order that our hearts may be the more readily impressed by the solemn warning she is to give us, at the commencement of Lent, by mark-ing our foreheads with ashes.”

Although Septuagesima has been abolished by the liturgical reforms. The values behind it, however, remain valid. The devil, the flesh, and the world remain opposed to our salvation and sanctification no matter how these are almost no longer mentioned. We need to prepare ourselves to lent. Lent should be the time for those who do not have a spiritual life to live one, for those who have, to advance. We need to pay at-tention to the affairs of our soul, to our spiritual life. These would not be possible if we are distracted and choked by the thorns of the devil, the flesh, the world, and all those opposed to our sanctifica-tion. Let the remaining weeks be a time to prepare for lent so that lent this year would be the best lent we ever had.

The author, Lance Patrick Enad y Caballero, is a seminar-ian in Cebu. Instaurare omnia in Christo! You can contact him through [email protected].

PRO-8 hosts mass wedding on Valentine’s DayTACLOBAN CITY – Nine couples of the Police Regional Office 8 exchanged their vows in a mass wedding on Valen-tine’s Day.

The wedding was solem-nized by PSupt. Joselito Borja, Regional Pastoral Officer 8, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapen at Camp Kangleon, Palo, Leyte.

The said ceremony, includ-ing the wedding reception was sponsored by PRO8 Regional Director Dionardo Carlos and the regional command group.

PRO8 spent for the chapel decorations and the wedding reception of the newlyweds.

RD Carlos emphasized their high regard for family life and the essence of matrimony in this season of love.

“This mass wedding allows our personnel to enjoy the bless-ing of the sacrament of matrimo-ny and further legitimize their relationship with their partners in line with the PNPs’ call for morality and decency,” he said.

PSI Reynaldo Sobreviga Jr. and his wife Melinda are the most senior pair among the cou-ples. By Marie Tonette Marticio

Ormoc CYDO holds one-day Hosting Workshop

IN LINE WITH the celebration of the 2019 National Arts Month, with the theme: “Ani ng Sining: The Philippine Arts Festival”, the City Government of Ormoc through its City Youth Develop-ment Office (CYDO), in partner-ship with the Ormoc LGBT Com-

Prior the start of the Hosting Workshop, the participants pose for a group photo together with well-known DJs Marky and Bom, as well as the City Youth Development Office staff headed by Jhay Gaspar (next to DJ Bom). Photo grabbed from Elite (Photo & Video) Facebook page.

munity, held a Hosting Work-shop for the Ormocanon youth, on February 11, 2019 (Monday), at the Multi-purpose Hall of the New Ormoc City Hall.

Per Jhay Gaspar of the CYDO, this is the first-ever Hosting Work-shop held here in the city. This

ing and critiquing. Prior the mock hosting, the participants were divided into two groups, each group consisted of seven partici-pants. Each group was tasked to organize an event wherein one or two from the group will play as the event’s host.

Right after each of the group’s presentation, the panel (Jhay Gaspar, DJ Mark, DJ Firenze, and Shaznay), gave their comments, suggestions and recommenda-tions, as well as pieces of advice to the participants. They then advised the participants not to be offended by their harsh/direct-to-the-point comments, instead, use those as inspiration and mo-tivation to do better. They also pointed out that they really see a new generation of hosts in the eyes of the participants. They also assured the participants that they will always be there to guide and nurture them.

Accordingly, a Hosts Associa-tion in the city will soon be orga-nized. By Dailyn Cabarse

workshop, he added, also forms part of the CYDO’s Social Inclu-sion and Equity Program (Skills Enhancement Training). He also mentioned that they set a limit of the number of participants. “Gi-limit namo up to 20 participants lang kay para naay focus kay gusto man namo ini nga sustain-able. So, rather than quantity, we focused on quality, which means nga ang tanan apil dinhi, naay experience sa hosting pero walay formal training,” explained Gas-par. He then pointed out that the registration is free.

Fourteen (14) potential Ormo-canon hosts grabbed the opportu-nity. The workshop is expected to be of great help to the participants in pursuing their careers as well as in enhancing their skills in hosting.

According to Gaspar, host-ing is considered a part of the performing arts. “Sa una man gud, ang dynamics sa program is formal siya, mao tong Master of Ceremony ang tawag. Karon,

hosting involves entertainment ug kana bitawng pagdala sa crowd. Hosting, basically, is a mixture of facilitating and emceeing. Sa host-ing, dapat naa kay personality sa stage. Ang emcee, pwede ra gani mag-voice over lang, magbasa og script. On the other hand, ang hosting, mostly, walay script,” explained Gaspar. “In Ormoc, we have a lot of events and activi-ties, hence, we also need a lot of talented hosts kay karon maihap lang man sa atong kamot ang kadtong skilled gyud nato nga hosts,” added Gaspar.

Well-known hosts facilitated the workshop, namely: Bonard Torres a.k.a. DJ Bonard, Byron Joemel Rojas a.k.a. DJ Bom, Leonel Dacaymat a.k.a. DJ Firenze, and Mark Unlu-cay a.k.a. DJ Mark. A practitioner in the field of host-ing, Aura Shaznay Tumulak, also shared insights and tips to the participants.

The program included a series of orientation, training ses-sions, workshop, and mock host-

8 FEBRUARY 11-17, 2019

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TERMINAL FEE ... from P. 3Rudy Marson. Ang masingil nga terminal fee dugang kita sa panudlanan sa siyudad.

Sa laing bahin, nabalaka si Marson niining mga pasahero nga maghuwat ug masakyan kon gabii na, iyang obserbasyun, may mga pasahero paingon sa Puertobello, Merida abtan ug alas nuwebe sa gabii anaa pa sa jeepney terminal, mao nga iyang gitigum ang mga drayber ug multicab nga kinahanglan anaa gyoy mobiyahe aron makapauli kining mga pasahero nga kadaghanan mga estudyante.

Adunay 59 ka multicab rota Ormoc-Puertobello, gibahin ni Marson sa pito, aron gyud pagseguro nga makauli ang tanan. May panahun nga ang patrol car sa pulis ang maghatud sa mga pasahero gikan sa terminal pauli, pero dili kini sa tanan higayun.

Dugang ni Marson, mas mosamot pa unya ang problema kun ting dagsa na sa mga pasahero sama sa buwan sa Mayo ug Hunyo. Ang biyaheng Albuera, problema sad kun gabii na kay diyotay na lang ang mobiyahe, kay ang mga bus biyaheng Baybay hangtud lang alas sais sa gabii. Ni Paul Libres

led by Insp. Fabi, Ormoc City Mobile Force Company led by Ch. Insp. Magnaan and 802nd CAID Team led by Capt. Khevin Jay P. Latoza who acted as perimeter security, in coordination with PDEA 8 .

Just this Tuesday, February 12, Sr. Supt. Armel Gongona, city police director, was in Macabug to speak before residents during the City Hall on Wheels. He said that the Ormoc police continues to vigilantly run af-ter drug pushers. He said that just because Ormoc has been declared the first city to be drug-cleared in the region does not mean that they will stop looking for “newly iden-tified personalities”. By Lalaine Marcos

COPS ... from P. 3

“especially the small sugarcane farmers”.Ormoc will not be the only LGU that

will be affected, it was further learned, as eight other towns are also planting sugar-cane as a major crop.

“The Ormoc-Kananga (Hisumco) Sugar Milling District has 6,800 hectares planted with sugarcane which is estimated to produce 29,747 metric tons of raw sugar for crop year 2018 to 2019,” the city council said.

The milling district, on the other hand, covers nine municipalities with a combined total of 850 sugarcane farmers, around 80% of which are tilling land which is below 5 hectares.

The council added that “any disruption in sugar farming or cessation in mill opera-tions will severely and negatively affect the livelihood of farmers, workers and allied businesses of sugar production like truck-ing, repair shops, carinderias and sari-sari stores, among others. It will also affect tax collection in the nine LGUs and the “overall economic activity of the Province of Leyte.”

The council also noted that Ormoc, with sugar as one of its top products, “will be severely affected by such change.”

They also said that the sugar industry in the Philippines is a “significant contribu-tor towards national development” where some 90-billion pesos are generated yearly from the sale of raw and refined sugar and other by-products like molasses and etha-nol, aside from providing employment to around 700,000 sugar workers across 20 sugar-producing provinces.

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since 2010. The city recorded 108 cases in the past eight years.

Of the 204 new HIV/AIDS new cases last year, 75 were reported in Leyte, 30 in Samar, 28 in Tacloban, 21 in Southern Leyte, 20 in Northern Samar, 16 in Eastern Samar, and 14 in Biliran.

HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system. If untreated, a person’s immune system will eventually be completely de-stroyed, according to Avert, an organization based in the United Kingdom.

HIV/AIDS CASES ... from P. 1AIDS, on the other hand, refers to a set

of symptoms and illnesses that occur at the very final stage of HIV infection.

The DOH targets that by 2022, some 90 percent of all persons with HIV would be aware of their health status and would be taking medications.

Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS is one of the targets under Goal 3 of the 17 goals of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals adopted by world leaders in September 2015.

engaging in planting and farm ac¬tivities, which become educational and entertain-ing. More importantly, it helps augment the income of our farmers and fisherfolks,” she said.

DOT will assist potential tourism sites through product development and train-ing, she added.

“We are trying to identify the gaps to make all our farm tourism sites viable and sustainable,” Tiopes said. By Marie Tonette Marticio

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CONGRATULATIONS ORMOC CITY!!!

10 FEBRUARY 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late ESPE-REDION ABRAHAN re a parcel of land situated at Barangay Matlang, Isabel, Leyte, Lot No. 2388, C-9 covered by OCT No. P-85263 containing an area of 14,712 sq. m. was settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 135; Page No. 27; Book No. VI; Series of 2017 Notary Public Aluino O. Ala, CPA. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF

ESTATE WITH SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late PIO E. BALAGUIS re an agricultural land situ-ated at Brgy. Can –eri, Llorente, Eastern Samar, containing an area of 4,735 sq. m. designated as Survey no. 5115, covered by TD/ARD No. 05-13026-00081 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of CHARLYN GOPOLE-POLSTER per Doc. No. 58;Page No. 234; Book No. XXV; Series of 2011 of Notary Public Ma.EsmenneTomenio-Azul. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late VALENTIN LABRA re a parcel of land Lot No. 4240, Cad 566-D with an area of 4,986.39 sq. m. situated in Barangay Paa Hi-longos Leyte and covered by TD No. 14030-00607R13 was settlement and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 408; Page No. 83; Book No. XXXVIII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SALOME M. MARTINITO re a parcel of land Lot No. 2375 Case -9 CAD.661-D, located at Brgy. Matlang Isabel, Leyte, contain-ing an area of 9,565 sq. m. was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 37; Page No. 8; Book No. 30; Series of 2018 Notary Public Chito S. Pantalleo. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late JUSTINIANO LOPEZ SEROY re parcels of land Lot No. 3-M Psd-08-003111, situated I Barrio San Pablo (before Semangan, Ormoc City, containing an area of 396, covered by TCT No. T-37169 and Lot No. 3-N , Psd-08-00311, containing an area of 449 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-37170 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 57; Page No. 12; Book No. XLVI; Series of 2016 Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SIMEONA LEONOR PERO re a parcel of Agricul-tural land designated as Cadastral Lot No. 6401, under TD No. 14042-00143- R-13, covered by OCT No. OC-21352, containing an area of 24,590 sq. m. was settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 174; Page No. 37; Book No. V; Series of 2018 Notary Public Lemuel Jan M. Nerves. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3,

4-10 & 11-17, 2019 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late JULIO UTRERA re a parcel of land Lot No. 339-A Rem. Portion located in Barangay San Juan Hilongos Leyte and covered by TD No. 14036000114R13 containing an area of 7,201 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and 330 sq. m. sold in favor of ROVELYN M. REOMA per Doc. No. 170; Page No. 35; Book No. XL; Series of 2019 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late IGNACIO APAY SANCHEZ re a parcel of land situated at Barangay Matlang, Isabel, Leyte, Lot No. 2370, C-9, Cad 661-D, covered by OCT No. P-85191, containing an area of 19,220 sq. m. was settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 160; Page No. 32; Book No. VI; Series of 2017 Notary Public Aluino O. Ala, CPA. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Affidavit of Self Adjudication with Deed of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late EMILIANA BAER re a parcel of land Lot No. 3249, containing an area of 5,849 sq. m. located in Barangay Bung-aw Hilongos, Leyte, covered by TD No. 1401000580R13 was adjudicated unto herself by JUANA B. AGRAVANTE and sold in favor of VIC JOHN V. NERVES per Doc. No. 494; Page No. 100; Book No. XL Series of 2019 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extra-Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late JULIANA LEONOR PERO re a parcel of land described as Lot No. 6400, Cad. 566-D located in Barangay Tagnate Hilongos Leyte and covered by OCT No. OC-21351 containing an area of 21,328 sq. m. was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 87; Page No. 19; Book No. XL; Series of 2019 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Quitclaim

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late PROS-PERO D. BERNARDES, SR re a parcel of agricultural land situated in Brgy. P. Inocentes, Naval, Biliran denominated as survey No. 831-P under TD No. 02015, with an area of .1858 hectares ; and agri-cultural land situated in Brgy. Pulangbato, Almeria, Biliran, denominated as survey No. 2197-E-P under TD No. 00322 R- with an area of 1.342500 hectares were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 135; Page No. 25; Book No. 57; Series of 2018 Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Quitclaim

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late LEOPOLDO EBAJO and MARCOSA FAJARDO

EBAJO and ROSA FAJARDO EBAJO re a parcel of agricultural land situated in Brgy. Agpangi, Naval, Biliran denomi-nated as survey No. 1972 covered by TCT No. TC-1953, under TD No. 00144 was settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 180; Page No. 36; Book No. 57; Series of 2018 Notary Public REdentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the personal properties of late NENITA K. BACARRO re an account with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) Naval, Biliran under Account No. 1211-0761-74 was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 115; Page No. 23; Book No.__; Series of 2019 Notary Public REdentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Deed of Self-Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS. Capt. ARTURO A. VELASQUEZ and CATA-LINA T. VELASQUEZ re a parcel of land denominated as Survey No. 4192 and covered by TD No. 01406, containing an area of 0.3026 ha. was adjudicated unto herself by SUSAN V. PARILLA per Doc. No. 22; Page No. 15; Book No.__; Series of 2018 Notary Public REdentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SPOUSES DEMETRIO ALEJANDRINO re a parcel of residential land located at Brgy. Pob. 2, Hindang, Leyte, designated as Lot No. 982, with an area of 180.11 sq. m. cov-ered by TD No. 08-15002-00200 declared in the name of Dellamon, Asuncion; and residential house erected thereon is built by concrete materials covered by TD No. 08-15002-00075declared in the name of Alejandrino, Demetrio & Asuncion were settled among their heirs and waived in favor of GLORIA ALEJANDRINO per Doc. No. 374; Page No. 75; Book No. XIV; Series of 2010 Notary Public Rolf Allan R. Oriel. EV Mail Feb. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2019 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ALBERT DAGAR re a motor vehicle MAKE : HONDA; CHASSIS NO. : KB509273999; ENGINE NO.: KB509E274000; MV FILE NO. : 0832-00001530689; PLATE NO.: HZ7091; DENOMINATION: TRICYCLE; BODY TYPE: TC HIRE; SERIES : TMX1559 was settlement among his heirs and sold in favor of ARMANDO C. GARRIDO per Doc. No. 488; Page No. 99; Book No. LXXI; Series of 2018 Notary Public Gerentstein T. Banzon. EV Mail Feb. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late BASILISA M. ESTILLORE re a parcel of land under TD No. 06000100077, situated at Brgy. Bagongbayan, Bato, Leyte , designated as Ass. Lot No. 042 [700 (701)] with an area of 3,450 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and 1,030 sq. m. sold in favor

of RANDEL JOY B. MARA-ON per Doc. No. 107; Page No. 22; Book No. X; Series of 2017 Notary Public Josenilo Marruez Reoma. EV Mail Feb. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2019Extrajudicial Settlement with Adjudi-

cation and Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late CIRILO ANO-OS and LORENZA LOBERIO ANO-OS re parcels of land Lot 6437-E, situated in Barrio Liloan, Ormoc City, Leyte, containing an area of 1,629 sq. m. under TCT No. 10358; and Lot No. 6437-K-4, containing an area of 5,466 sq. m. covered by TD No. 31221 were settled among themselves and 1,050 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. MARGARITO G. LLANES and CLEMENTINA A. LLANES per Doc. No. 855; Page No. 54; Book No. X; Series of 1999 Notary Public Ernesto D. Montehermoso. EV Mail Feb. 11-17, 18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019

Deed of Absolute Sale of a portion NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of BRIGIDA CALUNG-SOD CAPACIO re a portion parcel of land Lot No. 6641, situated in the Municipality now City of Baybay, Leyte, contains an area of 6,426 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 8120 was absolutely sold a portion of 434 sq. m. in favor of SPS. GELFIN RYAN C. LUBRIO and SHEENA MAE PASANA LUBRIO per Doc. No. 45; Page No. 9; Book No. XXXVII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Gloriosa M. Cayunda Guinocor. EV Mail Feb. 11-17, 18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019 Deed of Absolute Sale of a Portion of

a parcel of land NOTICE IS HEREGY GIVEN

that the property of BRIGIDA CALUNG-SOD CAPACIO re a portion of Lot No. 1975, situated in the Municipality now City of Baybay, Leyte, containing an area of 3,091 sq. m. was absolutely sold a portion of 200 sq. m. in favor of SPS. LINO M. OTIDA and ROWENA CHAVEZ OTIDA per Doc. No. 42; Page No. 9; Book No. XXXVII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Gloriosa M. Cayunda Guinocor. EV Mail Feb. 11-17, 18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS ALE-JANDRO CABILING AND GREGORIA C. CABILING re a parcel of land designated as Lot 5383-C-10-B, situated in Brgy. Libertad, Ormoc City, containing an area of 420 sq. m. and covered by TCT No. T-53600 was settled among their heirs and sold in favor of CHERRY P. CAPAROSO per Doc. No. 409; Page No. 82; Book No. 46; Series of 2018 Notary Public Jasper M. Lucero. EV Mail Feb. 11-17, 18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late SPS. JOSE DAFFON AND JOSEFINA T. DAFFON re parcels of land lot No. 1765-B-2-D-3, situ-ated in Brgy. Ipil, Ormoc City, containing an area of 25 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 23777; and Lot No. 1765-B-1, containing an area of 100 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 13259 were settled and partitioned among their heirs and sold in favor of HAIDEE CAMONGGAY per Doc. No. 138; Page No. 28; Book No. 46; Series of 2018 Notary Public. EV Mail Feb. 11-17, 18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019.

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-19-002-FC FOR:

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE under Act 3135, AS AMENDED BY

ACT 4118 HOME

DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND

Mortgagee, -versus-

MICHAEL C. NARBOADA,

Mortgagor. x---------------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE SALE Upon Extra-judicial

petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MU-TUAL FUND (HDMF; otherwise known as Pag-IBIG Fund); Pag-

IBIG Fund WT Corpo-rate Tower, Mindanao Avenue, Cebu Busi -ness Park, Cebu City against MICHAEL C. NARBOADA to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of AU-GUST 15, 2017 amounts to THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOU-SAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX PESOS AND 97/100 ONLY (P317,526.97), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of fore-closure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on MARCH 6, 2019 at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Re-gional Trial Court Br. 35, Ormoc City to the high-est bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements located therein, to wit:

TCT No. T-36453 “ A parcel of land

designated as Lot 12, Block 3 of the subdivision plan, Psd-08-018917-D,

being a portion of Lot 9582-A-4, Psd-08-000982, situated at Brgy. Mon-tebello, Municipality of Kananga, Province of Leyte, island of Leyte. Bounded on the E., along line 1-2 by Lot 2, Blk. 3; on the S., along line 2-3 by Lot 13, Blk. 3; on the W., along line 3-4 by Road 3;and on the N., along line 4-1 by Lot 11, Blk. 3 all of this subdi-vision plan. x x x con-taining an area of TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIX (246) SQUARE METERS, more or less.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 13, 2019 without further notice.

Hall of Justice, Or-moc City, January 28, 2019. (Sgd.) DEXTER LANCE

B. MANGUBAT Sheriff IV

EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Republic of the PhilippinesCity Civil Registry Office

Province of Eastern SamarCity of Borongan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONIn compliance with

Section 7 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby serve to the public that RANDY EL-PEDEZ ANDIA, has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of Child’s first name from FELICISIMO , JR. TO RANDY in the Birth Certificate of FELICISIMO ELPEDEZ ANDIA, JR. who was born on 12 March 1994 at Borongan, Eastern Sa-mar and whose parents are BELEN B. ELPEDEZ and FELICISIMO D. ANDIA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file written opposition with this office not later than 25 February 2019.

(Sgd.) MA. LUISA M. AZUL III

City Civil RegistrarEV Mail Feb. 4-10 &

11-17, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Villaba Office of the Municipal Civil

Registrar NOTICE FOR

PUBLICATION CFN -01-2019 In compliance with

Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that CLARITA C. MOLO has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “LORET-TA” to CLARITA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of LORETTA R. CANTILANG who was born on August 22, 1967 at Villaba, Leyte and whose parents are ANDRES CANTILANG and MAMERTA L. ROSEL.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than February 1, 2019. (Sgd.) ENGR. MEDALLO V.

PUNONG Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Feb. 4-10, & 11-17, 2019

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Date: January 25, 2019

CFN-0004-2019 In Compliance with the

publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1 guidelines in the Implemen-tation of the Administrative order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR ON R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that HERBIE JUAREZ ZU-LUETA filed with this Office a Petition for Change of Gender from MALE to FEMALE in her Certificate of Live Birth born on December 14, 1991 at Apale, Isabel, Leyte and whose parents are Herbert Perez Zulueta and Eva Igme-dio Juarez. (Sgd.) NOEL R. GUBALANE

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail Feb. 4-10, &

11-17, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Villaba Office of the Municipal Civil

Registrar NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

CCE-09-2019 RA 10172 In compliance with the

publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memoran-dum Circular No. 2013-1 Guide-lines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that MANUEL F. PEPITO has filed with this Office , a petition for correction

of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CHRISTIAN MERAMONTE who was born on April 21, 2001 at Suba, Villaba, Leyte and whose parent is CRISCELDA N. MERAMONTE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Febru-ary 9, 2019. (Sgd.) ENGR. MEDALLO V.

PUNONG Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Feb. 11-17 & 18-24, 2019

ERRATUM REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Eight Judicial Region BRANCH 37 (CAIBIRAN) Naval, Biliran SP. PROC. CB-17-301 IN RE: PETITION FOR THE DECLARATION

OF PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF SPOUSE (AMELIA L. BERMISA), JUDEM S. CATANDUAN Petitioner, x-----------------------x ORDER was published in EV Mail Jan. 7-13,

14-20, & 21-27, 2019 issuesThe correct full name of petitioner from

JUDEM S. CATANDUAN to JUDEM S. CAT-ANDIJAN

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branches 6,7,8,9, 34, 43,

& 44Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Tacloban City OFFICE OF THE

CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

OF LEYTE EJF No. 4126

For: EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL PROPERTY MORTGAGE UNDER

ACT 3135 GOVERNMENT

SERVICE INSURANCE

SYSTEM, (GSIS), Mortgagee,

-versus- MA. CHRISTINE V.

CATIANG married to REYNALDO CATIANG,

Mortgagor/s. x-------------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

U p o n e x t r a - j u -dicial petition for sale under Act 3135 , as amended , executed by MA.CHRISTINE V. CATIANG married to REYNALDO CATIANG with postal address at Brgy. Sto. Niño, Tanauan, Leyte in favor of GOV-ERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS) with principal office at GSIS Headquar-ters Building, Financial Center Area, Pasay City against, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September

30, 2018 amounted to TWO HUNDRED EIGH-T E E N T H O U S A N D EIGHT HUNDRED FIF-TY TWO AND 27/100 PESOS (p218,852.27) only, in Philippine Cur-rency, including inter-est and penalty charges, but excluding additional interest and penalty charges until fully paid, expenses of collection, 10% of the total indebt-edness as Attorney’s Fees, plus expense for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE there-of, the UNDERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION on March 7, 2019 from 9:00AM at en-trance lobby of Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following properties with all its im-provements, if any to wit:

TCT No. T-33019 A PA R C E L O F

L A N D D E S I G N AT-ED AS LOT 1438-A-5, PSD-08-003443, BEING A PORTION OF LOT 1438-A, PSD-08-003308, SITUATED AT BRGY. STO NIÑO, MUN. OF TANAUAN, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, ISLAND OF LEYTE. BOUNDED ON THE NW. ALONG LINE 1-2 BY LOT 1438- A-4 OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAN; ON THE NE., ALONG LINE 2-3 BY LOT 1439, CSDM, 505-D; ON THE SE., ALONG LINE 3-4 BY LOT 1438-A-6 OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAN; ON THE SW.,

ALONG LINE 4-1 BY LOT 1438-A-11 OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAN (PERPETUAL RIGHT OF WAY 3.00 M. WIDE, NON, BUILDABLE).

C O N T A I N I N G AN AREA OF TWO HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT (298) SQUARE METERS…

“ I n c l u d i n g t h e house/building(s) and other improvements now erected or hereafter may-be erected upon”.

P R O S P E C T I V E BIDDERS AND BUY-ERS MAY INBESTIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES, HEREIN ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTIES IF ANY THERE BE.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 14, 2019.

Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines.

January 10, 2018. FOR THE CLERK

OF COURT & E X - O F F I C I O

SHERIFF (Sgd.) NEIL FLORO J.

LOPEGA Sheriff IV

RTC –OCC, Taclo-ban City

Copy Furnished: Atty. Paul E. Plaza Clerk of Court VI RTC – OCC, Taclo-

ban EV Mail Feb. 11-17,

18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL CORT

8th Judicial Region Branches 6,7,8,9,34,43,&

44 Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Tacloban City OFFICE OF THE

CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

OF LEYTE EJF No. 4141

For: EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL PROPERTY MORTGAGE UNDER

ACT 3135 HOME

DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND

(PAG-IBIG), (HMDF)

Mortgagee/s, -versus-

JESUS C. AVILA, Mortgagor/s,

x-------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended executed by JESUS C. AVILA, with postal ad-dress Lot 31, Block 1, Lolita Homes, Brgy. Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte in favor of HOME DEVELOPMENT MU-TUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG FUND), with principal office at Room 3520, 35th Floor, Petron Mega Plaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 30, 2018 amount-ed to SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND

FIVE HUNDRED FOR-TY SEVEN PESOS AND 24/100 (P680,547.24) only, in Philippine Cur-rency, including inter-est and penalty charges, but excluding additional interest and penalty charges until fully paid, expenses of collection, 10% of the total indebted-ness as Attorney’s Fees, plus expense of the Fore-closure, Sheriff’s lawful fees, and Expenses for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE there-of, the UNDERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION on March 7, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at entrance lobby of Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following properties with all its im-provements, if any to wit:

TCT No. TP-22717 LOT 31 BLOCK 1

PSD-08-017384-D A PA R C E L O F

LAND DESIGNATED AS LOT 31 BLOCK 1 OF THE SUBDIVISION OF PSD-08-017384-d, BEING A PORTION OF LOT 9731, CAD. 407, SITUATED IN BARAN-GAY GUINDAPUN -DAN, MUNICIPALITY OF PALO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, ISLAND OF LEYTE. BOUNDED ON THE NE., ALONG LINE 1-2 BY LOT 30, BLOCK 1 OF THIS SUB-DIVISION; ON THE SE., ALONG LINE 2-3 BY LOT 9719, CAD. 407; ON

THE SW., ALONG LINE 3-4 BY LOT 32 BLOCK 1 OF THIS SUBDIVI-SION AND ON TH NW., ALONG LINE 4-1 BY ROAD LOT 3 (6.50 M. WIDE) OF THIS SUBDI-VISON…

CONTAINING AN AREA OF FORTY FIVE (45) SQUARE METERS…

“ I n c l u d i n g t h e house/building (s) and other improvements now erected or hereafter may-be erected upon.”

P R O S P E C T I V E BIDDERS AND BUY-ERS MAY INVESTIGATE FOR THEMSELVES THE TITLE AND ENCUM-BRANCES, HEREIN ABOVE –DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTIES IF ANY THERE BE.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 14, 2018.

Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines.

January 10, 2018. FOR THE CLERK

OF COURT & E X - O F F I C I O

SHERIFF (Sgd.) NEIL FLORO J.

LOPEGA Sheriff IV

RTC –OCC, Taclo-ban City

copy Furnished: Atty. Paul E. Plaza Clerk of Court VI RTC-OCC, Taclo-

ban EV Mail Feb. 11-17,

18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019

are Indians. I cannot help thinking, can we regulate

our traffic here like in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)? Will we heed the rules? Can we, will we?

Right now, the Gomez administration has successfully implemented a traffic-rerouting scheme where others have failed. I was just looking at my newspaper files and it’s true, only Mayor Richard Gomez was able to do it where Mayor Dodong, Mayor Toto Sr. and Mayor Beboy failed. Nonetheless, we hear a lot of complaints that we have become the city of one-way, no entry. It has even become an election issue. It’s funny really.

Then, there are people complaining of the one-side parking, no matter if it has helped decongest the traffic.

I always hear people say, “maayo pa sa Singapore. Maayo pa sa US. Maayo pa sa laing nasud.” Oh yes, things are better in the first world countries because people there follow the rules. That’s why they are first world and we are third world. Can we, or will we ever be first-world? Yes, we can; yes, we might but it will need a little bit of sacrifice as simple as following traffic rules.

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11FEBRUARY 11-17, 2019

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Eastern Samar

City of BoronganSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

Ordinance No. 146, Series of 2018AN ORDINANCE MANDATING RESTAURANT

ESTABLISHMENTS TO GRANT TWENTY PERCENT (20%) DISCOUNT EVERY FIRST

SATURDAY OF THE MONTH TO REGISTERED BORONGAN CITY SOLO PARENTS AMEND-

ING FOR THE PURPOSE ORDINANCE NO. 138, SERIES OF 2018

Authors: HON. JENNIFER S. ANACIO HON. EMMANUEL TIU SONCOHON. NAPOLEON BEBITAHON. RENATO BAGACAYHON. GLENN ESCOTOHON. ESTANISLAO QUELITANOHON. VICTOR FRANCOHON. AURORA ANASARIAS

WHEREAS, to strike a balance between profit-ability and social responsibility, establishments that are frequented by families raised and supported by solo parents are hereby mandated to grant a twenty percent (20%) discount on the total bill of the solo parent and his/her children in establishments cov-ered by this Ordinance;

WHEREAS, solo parents, possess the role burden of rearing their children may be given time to bond with their children as Filipino are known to be closely knitted manifested by the usual time spent together going out to enjoy themselves;

WHEREAS, the said discount granted by said restaurants and similar establishments shall be allowed to claim as deductions from their gross receipts/sales on the payment of their annual tax of the preceding calendar year.

NOW THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SANGGUNIANG

PANLUNGSOD, CITY OF BORONGAN IN SES-SION ASSEMBLED, THAT

SECTION 1. Amendatory Provision. The Or-dinance institutionalizing the rights and privileges of Solo Parents in the City of Borongan providing for local policies and appropriating funds thereof is hereby amended by inserting additional provi-sions, to wit;

Section 21. A twenty percent (20%) discount on the total bill of the solo parent and his/her children shall be granted by restaurants and other eating establishments, offering at least fifteen (15) tables, to registered Borongan City solo parents every first Saturday of each month from 12 noon to 6PM.

In no case shall the provisions of this ordinance apply to bills exceeding Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) for single or accumulated receipts made

within the same establishment within the period aforementioned.

Only registered Borongan City Solo Parents whose income in Borongan City falls below the poverty threshold as set by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and was sub-jected to the assessment of the Borongan City Social Welfare Development shall be covered by this Ordinance.

SECTION 2. As a result of the amendment Or-dinance no. 138, Series of 2018, Section Numbers shall be correspondingly amended and numbered accordingly.

SECTION 3. Establishments granting discount under Section 1 hereof may claim as tax deductions of their net cost from their gross receipts/sales for taxable year said discount was granted for payment for their annual business tax.

SECTION 4. The Borongan City Social Service Welfare and Development shall promulgate the nec-essary internal rules and regulations to carry out the necessary provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.

Adopted: Sangguniang Panlungsod, City of Borongan.

December 21, 2018

HON. VICTOR L. FRANCO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. ESTANISLAO N. QUELITANO, JR. SP Member(Sgd.) HON. RENATO C. BAGACAY SP Member(Sgd.) HON. MARLYN V. SY SP Member(Sgd.) HON. EMMANUEL T. TIU SONCO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. LEONALDO A. ADOR, JR. SP Member(Sgd.) HON. AURORA ANASARIAS SP MemberHON. GLENN A. ESCOTO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. NAPOLEON BEBITA SP Member(Sgd.) HON. JENNIFER S. ANACIO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. MAY LANIE O. ANACTAEx-OffIcio Member/SK Federation PresidentHON. RENERIO B. ADOR, SR.Ex-Officio Member/ABC President

(Sgd.) HON. VICTOR L. FRANCOActing Vice-Mayor/ Presiding Officer

(Sgd.) ANTONIO B. SACMAR Secretary to the Sanggunian (Board Secretary VI)

(Sgd.) HON. MARIA FE R. ABUNDACity Mayor

EV Mail Jan. 28-Feb. 3; Feb. 4-10; & Feb. 11-17, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Branch 10 Eighth Judicial Region

Abuyog, Leyte SP. PROC. NO. 339

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR

CHANGE OF NAME/CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF REY O.

LAHER JR., REY O. LAHER JR.,

REY O. LAHER SR. & MELWIDA O. LAHER

Petitioners-vs_

OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR, ABUYOG, LEYTE ,

Public Respondent. x---------------------x

AMENDED ORDER A verified petition

for the CORRECTION F O R C H A N G E O F NAME/CORECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF REY O. LA-HER JR., REY O. LAHER JR., REY O. LAHER SR. and MELWIDA O. LA-HER, petitioner, having been filed through coun-sel, alleges:

That, Petitioners is legal age, single, Filipino and a bonafide resident of Brgy. Nebga. Abuyog, Leyte, Province of Leyte since birth for more than 20 years, where he can be served with summons and other processes of this Court;

That being the cus-todian of the records sought to be corrected, the Office of the Lo-cal Civil Registrar of Abuyog, Leyte is hereto impleaded as public re-spondent, having the capacity to sue and to be sued in this action which can be served with sum-mons and other process-es of this Court at Brgy. Loyonsawang, Abuyog,

Leyte; That being the par-

ents of REY O. LAHER, JR., and having or claim-ing any interest which would be affected, herein petitioner- spouses REY O. LAHER SR. and MEL-WIDA O. LAHER are hereto impleaded and give their conformity and consent to this petition. REY O. LAHER SR. and MELWIDA O. LAHER are of legal ages, married, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy. Nebga, Abuyog, Leyte, Province of Leyte where they can be served with summons and other processes of this Court;

That petitioners and the respondent have the capacity to sue and to be sued;

That pe t i t ioner REY OXINIO LAHER JR., whose Certificate of Live Birth with regis-try No. 2003-2194 dated July 1, 2003 is sought to be corrected, was born and named as “REY OX-INIO” on June 7, 1998 in their residence in Brgy. Nebga, Abuyog, Leyte with the assistance of a traditional midwife “hilot”;

That REY OXINIO LAHER JR.’s parents, herein petitioners-spous-es REY O. LAHER SR. and MELWIDA O. LA-HER were married on March 15, 1997 in the Nebga Brgy. Hall, Brgy. Nebga, Abuyog, Leyte which was solemnized by Hon. Elizabeth B. Briton;

That petitioner ’s parents were already le-gally married at the time of his birth and concep-tion, the Date and Place of Marriage of Parents in Petitioner ’s Certifi-cate Live Birth should be written as March 15, 1997 instead of being blank;

That the petitioner REY O. LAHER JR. is a legitimate child having born when his parents

were already married, hence, he has the right to the use of the surname of his father and mother pursuant to Articles 174 of the Civil Code of the Philippines and his name should be written or re-corded as “REY OXINIO LAHER JR.” instead of “REY OXINIO”.

That due to these mistakes in the entry in the Name, Date and Place of Marriage of the parents, petitioner might encounter serious prob-lem in the future;

That in all the pe-titioner ’s transactions, where private or pub-lic, petitioner REY O. LAHER, JR. would al-ways indicate his name as such;

That the petitioner has no pending admin-istrative civil or crimi-nal case or no criminal record;

That the petition is not intended neither to escape from any admin-istrative, civil or criminal liability nor prejudice any other persons but merely to straighten and correct the entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner REY O. LAHER, JR.

That petitioners re-spectfully prays unto this Honorable Court that after due publication and hearing an Order be issued directing the Of-fice Local Civil Registrar of Abuyog, Leyte and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to cor-rect the entry in the Cer-tificate of Live birth of REY O. LAHER, JR. more particularly as follows:

1. Change the Date and Place of Marriage of Parents from Blank to “March 15, 1997 – Nebga Barangay Hall, Abuyog, Leyte;

2. Change the name from “REY OXINIO” to “REY OXINIO LAHER JR.”;

And other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for;

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let the hearing of this case be set for April 11, 2019 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, before this Court.

Let copy of this Or-der be published once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks in a local newspaper of general circulation in the Prov-ince of Leyte. It is further ordered that the same together with the peti-tion, be posted in three (3) conspicuous public places in the Municipal-ity of Abuyog, Leyte all at the expenses of herein petitioner. The Clerk of Court is directed to fur-nish copy of this Order and Petition to the Office of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Le-gaspi Village, Makati City; the Philippines Sta-tistics Authority, Manila, the Local Civil Registrar of Abuyog, Leyte; and the petitioner through counsel.

SO ORDERED. Abuyog, Leyte ,

January 31, 2019. (Sgd.) HON. CARLOS

O. ARGUELLES Acting Presiding Judge

Copy furnished: -Office of the Solici-

tor General 134 Amorsolo St.,

Legaspi Village, Makati City

-Philippine Statis-tics Authority, Manila

-Local Civil Regis-trar of Abuyog, Leyte

-Atty. Lee Ageri-co B. Avila petitioner’s counsel

PUBLIC ATTOR-NEY’S OFFICE

Abuyog District Office

Abuyog, Leyte EV Mail Jan. 28- Feb.

3, 4-10 & 11-17, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-19-003-FC

For: EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE under Act 3135

FIRST STANDARD FINANCE

CORPORATION, Mortgagee,

-versus-Sps. RITA S.

ABANIEL and RUFINO O. ABANIEL,

Mortgagors. x------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE

Upon Extra-judicial

petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by First Standard Finance Cor-poration, with postal ad-dress at Real St., Ormoc City against Sps. Rita S. Abaniel and Rufino O. Abaniel to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 30, 2019 amounts to One Million Six Hundred Two Thousand Eight Hun-dred Eighty & 65/100 Pe-sos Only (P1,602,880.65), including interest and penalties but excluding attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of foreclosure, the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on March 20, 2019 at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Ormoc City to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property

with all the improve-ments located therein, to wit:

T C T N o . 1 2 1 -2017001110

Register of Deeds of Ormoc City

A parcel of land d e s i g n a t e d a s L o t 5648-A-3-A of the sub-division plan Psd-08-019623-D, being a portion of Lot 5648-A-3 Psd-08-014917-D, situated at Brgy. Salvacion, City of Ormoc, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the NW., along line 1- 2 by Road; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Lot 5648-A-3-B of this subdivision; on the SW., along line 3-4 by lot 5650, Cad. 256; and on the NW., along line 4-1 by Lot 5649, Cad. 256. Begin-ning at a point marked “1” on plan being N. 26 deg. 55’W., 630.98 m. from BLLM No. 126, Cad. 256, Ormoc Cad.; thence N. 25 deg. 07’E., 16.00

m. to point 2; thence S. 24 deg. 31’E., 117.80 m. to point 3; thence N. 52 deg. 08’W., 70.19 m. to point 4; thence N. 00 deg. 17’W., 49.61 m. to point of beginning, con-taining an area of Two Thousand Eighty Seven (2,087) square meters. Registered in the name of Sps. Rufino Oyan-gurin Abaniel and Rita Salazar.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 27, 2019 without further notice.

February 12, 2019, Ormoc City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ZENEN B. PURAY, JR. Sheriff IV

EV Mail Feb. 11-17, 18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

LeyteSP. PROC. NO. H-617 IN THE MATTER OF

PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF

ENTRY OF THE FIRST NAME AND BIRTH

YEAR OF NEMESIO V. LORA

Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

HILONGOS LEYTE AND ALL PERSONS/

ENTITIES WHO WHICH MAY BE

AFFECTED THEREBY, Respondent.

x--------------------xORDER

P E T I T I O N E R , NEMESIO V. LORA by

through counsel filed a petition for CORREC-TION OF ENTRY OF THE FIRST NAME AND BIRTH YEAR OF NEM-ESIO V. LORA.

In support of his petition the petitioner avers: THAT : petitioner Nemesio V. Lora is of legal age, married, Fili-pino and resident at 189 P. Inocentes St., Naval Biliran while respondent the Local Civil Registrar of Hilongos, Leyte; that the petitioner was born on October 31, 1954 in Brgy. Campina Hilongos, Leyte; that petitioner re-cord of birth at the Office of the Local Civil Regis-trar of Hilongos, Leyte, on his YEAR OF BIRTH was mistakenly recorded as 1953 instead of, 1954 and his FIRST NAME erroneously written or misspelled as Nemecio

instead of Nemesio; peti-tioner’s true birth year is 1954 and his correct first name spelled Nemesio as petitioner used in all of his personal docu-ments, identification and transactions; petitioner’s prayed that an order di-recting the Local Civil Registrar of Hilongos, Leyte to correct the en-tries in record of birth specifically the first name of the petitioner from NEMECIO to NEMESIO and his birth year from 1953 to 1954; petitioner’s further prayed of other reliefs that are just and equitable.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the verified peti-tioner to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initial hearing on March 27, 2019 at 8:30 in the morn-ing at which date time

and place anyone that may be prejudiced by the approval of the instant petition may come to court in this first op-portunity.

Published this Or-der in a newspaper of general circulation 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 peti-tioner and his counsel at the given address for them to be present dur-ing the scheduled initial hearing.

ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

11th day of December 2018, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge EV Mail Feb. 11-17,

18-24, & 25- March 3, 2019

chances of tooth-staining, gum disease, tooth loss, and in more severe cases mouth cancer.

• Make sure your toothpaste con-tains fluoride; it helps strengthen tooth enamel making it more resistant to decay.

• Change your toothbrush every two to three months or sooner if it becomes worn as it will not clean the teeth properly.

For children, weaning your baby off the bottle early can help them avoid de-veloping dental problems.

• All children up to three years old, should use a smear of toothpaste with a fluoride level of no less than 1000ppm (parts per million). After three years old,

they should use a toothpaste that contains 1350ppm -1500ppm.

• Parents should try and supervise your children’s tooth-brushing until they are about 7 years old.

• Take your child to the dentist early, as soon as their teeth start to appear, this will help them get used to the sights, sounds and smells of a dental practice.

• Use a timer or brush a long to a song to ensure your children are brushing for the correct amount of time.

• You may use a reward chart to track your children’s brushing habits and get them actively involved in brushing their teeth.

Good oral health contributes posi-tively to one’s physical, mental and social

well-being and to the enjoyment of life’s possibilities. It allows you to speak, eat and socialize unhindered by pain, discomfort or embarrassment. Brushing and flossing, following a healthy diet, and visiting the dentist regularly are all part of ongoing oral care for healthy teeth and gums.

The information discussed here is in-tended for informational use only and does not replace the professional care of your dentist. Only your dentist has the skills, training and expertise to identify and ad-dress all our oral health care needs. If you have questions or concerns about your oral health, please talk to your dentist.

Dr. Doydora is a visiting internist-pulmonologist of OSPA, Gatchalian and Ormoc Doctors’ Hospitals.

HEALTH ... from P. 4

tangled in the emotional, sentimental and worldly values alone that have no other alternative but to lead us to trouble sooner or later.

We can pray thus, “Our Mother of Fair Love, receive our hearts and teach us the genuine love of God and neighbor. Your love is the key to open our hearts that have been hurt. You lovingly nourish the soil of our emotional and irrational life for the spiritual and religious values to take root. Your spiritual force with its uniting and as-similating effect of love can transform our hearts unlike anything else. Amen.”

PASSERBY ... from P. 4

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12 FEBRUARY 11-17, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 44

8th Judicial Region Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City

SP. PROC. NO. R-TAC-17-01521-SP

IN RE; PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF

ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF MIKEE ANTHONIA TIU, LERMA L. TIU,

Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

TACLOBAN CITY, and the NATIONAL

STATISTICS OFFICE. Respondents.

x-------------------xORDER

A verified petition has been filed before this Court for the correction of entries of the Certifi-cate of Live Birth of Mi-kee Anthonia Tiu filed by Lerma L. Tiu, petitioner.

Among others, said verified petition sought to correct the following, to wit;

In support of the instant petition, the fol-lowing documents were submitted:

Annex “A” Photo-copy of the Civil Registry Photocopy of the Civil Registry Form 1A – Birth Available – Late Registra-tion of Mikee Anthonia Tiu;

Annex “B” Pho-tocopy of Cert. of Live Birth of Mikee Anthonia Tiu.

On November 16, 2017, the instant petition having failed to show proof of service of a copy of the petition and its an-nexes to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), the Court, in its Order directed petitioner to furnish said office and to submit compliance thereto.

On January 29 , 2018, the Court received the Notice of Appear-ance of the OSG depu-tizing the Tacloban City Prosecutor to appear in the instant case, and the same is hereby noted.

Considering that the OSG has entered its appearance, and find-ing the petition to be

sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course.

Let a copy of this Order be posted in three (3) conspicuous places and published in a news-paper of general circula-tion for three (3) consecu-tive weeks in accordance with existing rules and procedure and at the expense of the petitioner.

The initial hearing is set on June 14, 2019 at 1:00 o’clock in the after-noon before this Court sitting at the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Magsay-say Blvd., Tacloban City. Any interested person may appear on said date and time and then and there file his/her op-position thereto, if any, and to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

To facilitate the e-court processes, the pe-titioner through counsel is directed to submit a listing of their documen-tary exhibits in compli-ance with jurisdictional requirements with the proposed mark ings thereon at least five (5) days before the set initial hearing.

Likewise petitioner is directed to submit the Judicial Affidavits of her witnesses within the same period.

Furnished a copy of this Order to the pe-titioner and her counsel, the Local Civil Registrar of Tacloban City, the Na-

tional Statistics Office and the Office of the So-licitor General.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

February 4, 2019 at the Bulwagan ng Katarun-gan, Magsaysay Blvdg., Tacloban City.

(Sgd.) ELIGIO P. PETILLA

Presiding Judge Copy furnished:

Lerma L. Tiu, Brgy. 94, Tigbao, Tacloban City

Atty. Leslie Rose G. Adolfo- Torres,

2 F Room 201, SGU Bldg., 161 P. Burgos St., Tacloban City

Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Taclo-ban City

Kanhuraw Hill. Ta-cloban City

Office of the Solici-tor General

134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village Makati City

National Statistics Office,

ABE Bldg., Cong. Mate Ave. Tacloban City

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Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT 11TH Municipal Circuit

Trial Court 8th Judicial Region

Villaba- Tabango Circuit Leyte -o0o-

CIVIL CASE NO. 2018-05-708 FOR:

OWNERSHIP & RECOVERY OF

POSSESSION WITH DAMAGES

NIDA SUMILE, as joined by her husband

DANILO SUMILE, Plaintiffs, -versus-

SALUD SUMILE & THE HEIRS OF ALFREDO

SUMILE SR., NAMELY: ALFREDO SUMILE JR., ALMA

SUMILE, ROGER SUMILE, HENRY

SUMILE, MYLENE SUMILE, ACELO SUMILE, BERNIE SUMILE, SHIELA

SUMILE and PERLITO SUMILE,

Defendants, x----------------------x

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION Pursuant to the Or-

der of this Court dated January 15,2019, and in accordance with Section 15, Rule 14 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure quoted hereunder is the verified Amended Com-plaint for Ownership and Recovery of Posses-sion with Damages dated June 25, 2018 filed by the plaintiffs, through coun-sel, Atty. Cesar M. Merin:

AMENDED COMPLAINT PLAINTIFFS by

the undersigned counsel before this Honorable Court, most respectfully alleges to wit:

THE PARTIES 1. That plaintiffs

are Filipinos, of legal ages, spouses with resi-dence at Brgy. Balite, Villaba, Leyte wherein they both could be served with summons and other court processes;

2. That defen-dant Salud Sumile is of legal age, Filipino, resident of Brgy. Balite, Villaba, Leyte where-in she could be served with summons and other court processes;

3. That Alfredo Sumile Sr. is already de-ceased and who died on April 2, 2006 and is represented by his heirs namely: Alfredo Sumile Jr., Alma Sumile, Roger Sumile, Henry Sumile, Mylene Sumile, Acielo Sumile, Bernie Sumile, Shiela Sumile and Per-lito Sumile, who are all of legal ages and are residents of Sunggabon, Brgy. Balite, Villaba, Leyte whereby all could be served with summons and other court process-es;

4. That all the herein parties have the capacity to sue and be sued;

THE CAUSE OF ACTION

5. That E lv i ra Sumile Mendoza inher-ited from her deceased parents Francisco Sumile and Severa Sumile, a resi-dential lot and a house located at Brgy. Balite, Villaba, Leyte described as follows:

Xxx A parcel of resi-dential lot and a house located at Brgy. Balite, Villaba, Leyte with an area of 189.55 square meters designated as Lot 3017, Cad 964-D, cov-ered by Tax Declaration No. 02-41004-00310-R-11, with an Assessed Value of P7,860.00 xxxxx;

6. That E lv i ra Sumile Mendoza is pres-ently an American Citi-zen and is residing at 920 Part Street, No. 123, Almeda California USA, who is now of late age and a childless woman;

7. That consider-ing that Elvira Sumile Mendoza has no more in-terest to reside in Villaba because of her age, was eager to sell said prop-erty to any of her rela-

tives that maybe interest to acquire the same;

8. That sometime in August 7, 2002, plain-tiffs made arrangement to acquire said residen-tial property with Elvira Sumile Mendoza and sold it only for seven hundred US dollars and the sale was concluded upon her actual receipt of the said amount of which a Certification of the sale, for the transfer to Mr. and Mrs. Danilo Sumile as well as the receipt of the amount of Seven Hundred US Dollars ($700.00 is hereto attached as Annexed A and B respectively);

9. That consider-ing that a certification coming Elvira Sumile Mendoza to be the ba-sis for the valid transfer of her property, Elvira Sumile Mendoza, made her nephew Saturnino Sumile as her local agent to paved the way to all formalities in the transfer of the property to the plaintiffs;

10. That for reason that plaintiffs Nida Sum-ile and Danilo Sumile were OFW, and working abroad, their daughter Candilyn Sumile Jason, was made to undertake the formalities of the sale of the property through Elvira Sumile Mendoza’s agent in the Philippines executed she Special power of Attorney to Saturnino Sumile and a copy is heretofore at-tached as Annexed C;

11. That on Oc-tober 4, 2010, Saturnino Sumile executed a Deed of Sale over Lot 3071 located at Brgy. Balite in favour of plaintiffs daughter Candilyn Sum-ily Jason and a copy is heretofore made as An-nexed D;

12. T h a t S a l u d Sumile was made to stay in said house, at the in-stance of Candilyn S. Jason, while plaintiffs were working abroad;

13. T h a t w h e n

plaintiff decided to re-turn to the Philippines, Candilyn S. Jason de-manded for Salud Sumile to leave the property sub-ject of the sale by Elvira Sumile Mendoza;

(please see An-nexed E)

14. That on June 9, 2013, Candilyn S. Jason executed an Affidavit of waiver and Quitclaim to plaintiff Nida Sumile and a copy is heretofore made as Annexed F;

15. T h a t w h e n plaintiff Nida Sumile was already in the Phil-ippines she facilitated for a grant of title to said property and on July 29, 2013, an Original Cer-tificate of Title of Resi-dential Free Patent Title No. 2017000351 I was issued by LRA although was formally released on April 11, 2017;

(please see An-nexed F)

16. T h a t w h e n plaintiff was supposed to transfer said property for taxation purposes in the Municipal Asses-sors Office of Villaba, Leyte, Plaintiff was sur-prised that the Old Tax Declaration of Elvira Sumile-Mendoza, was already transferred to a new Tax Declaration No. 08-41004-00590 in the name of Alfredo Sumile and Salud Sumile over alleged Deed of Donation allegedly executed by Elvira Sumile on Janu-ary 23, 2006, without said Deed of Donation having been registered and recorded before the Register of Deeds and proper publication as required by law nor was executed by Elvira Sum-ile-Mendoza in truth and in fact;

17. That the trans-fer of the Tax Declara-tion from Elvira Sumile to Alfredo Sumile and Salud, were based on a fraudulent, fictitious unregistered document provided by law, which is unenforceable, void,

inexistent against a titled property of plaintiffs;

18. That said al-leged donation of same property cannot be en-forceable to a property that was sold already to plaintiff way back in August 7, 2002 and in fact already titled to plaintiff;

19. That due to this conflict of owner-ship and right of pos-session, plaintiffs were constrained to refer this to the mandatory me-diation and conciliation proceedings before the Office of the Barangay Chairman and Lupon and the Certificate to File Action is heretofore made as Annexed G;

20. That between a titled property and property based on mere Tax Declaration for taxa-tion purposes only, the titled property must pre-vail;

21. The due to this fraudulent manipula-tions committed by de-fendants, plaintiffs were constrained to litigated and seek the services of counsel for the filing of a case against defendants and has incurred an ex-penses of TWO HUN-DRED THOUSAND PE-SOS (P200,000.00) for the acceptance fee and filling fee for this case;

22. That for rea-son of the unlawful, unfounded, illegal ma-nipulations committed by defendants and their deprivation of plaintiffs lawful possessions over the property in issue, plaintiffs suffered sleep-less nights and mental torture assessable as moral damages which defendant should be li-able for P100,000.00 or to an amount at the dis-cretion of the Honorable Court;

23. That in order to give example to the public in general that no similar acts be commit-ted, defendant should be liable for exemplary damages which the court may impose.

PRAYER W H E R E F O R E

PREMISES WELL CON-SIDERED, after due no-tice and hearing, judge-ment be rendered in favour of the plaintiffs and against the herein defendants to wit:

1. D e c l a r i n g plaintiff NIDA SUMILE to be the true and lawful owner to Lot 3017, CAD 964-D located at Brgy. Balite, Villaba, Leyte as covered by Original Certificate of Residen-tial Free Patent Title No. 2017000351 in the name of NIDA SUMILE;

2. Ordering de-fendants to vacate im-mediately Lot 3017 and its residential premises erected thereon;

3. O r d e r i n g defendants to pay the actual, exemplary, and moral damages incurred as proven by plaintiffs;

4. Granting such other reliefs and rem-edies that may have been just and equitable in the premise.

Done this 20th day of June, 2018 in the City of Tacloban.

(Sgd.) ATTY. CE-SAR M. MERIN

Counsel for the Plaintiff

A d d r e s s : B r g y. Burayan, San Jose, Tac. City

IBP No. 28360 MCLE Exemption

No. 002130 6/24/16 VERIFICATION AND

NON-FORUM SHOPPING

WE, NIDA SUMILE AND DANILO SUMILE, Filipino, of legal ages, residents of Brgy. Balite, Villaba, Leyte, after hav-ing been duly sworn to in accordance with law depose and say:

1. That we are the plaintiffs and we have caused the preparation of the above complaint and we have read all the contents thereof and all of it are true and correct based on our personal knowledge and belief and authentic records

and documents; 2. That we here-

by CERTIFY that we have commenced an action or filed a claim involving the said issues in the jurisdiction hence the fill-ing before this court and the best of our knowl-edge, no such similar action or claim is pend-ing therein before any other court or tribunal and if we learn thereafter that same or similar ac-tion has been filed or is pending we shall report of that fact before this Honorable Court, within Five (5) days from notice thereof.

I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, we have hereunto affixed our sig-natures this 25th day of June, 2018 in the City of Tacloban.

(Sgd.) NIDA SUM-ILE

VIN: 3751-0019B-U553NPS20000

Plaintiff (Sgd. ) DANILO

SUMILE ID No. EC-3198883 Plaintiff SUBSCRIBED AND

SWORN to before me this 26th of June, 2018 in Palompon, Leyte, Philip-pines.

( S G D . ) D A N T E LUZ VIACRUSIS

Notary Public Until December 31,

2019 Roll of Attorney No.

24052 MCLE Exemption

No. V-000463 UNTIL MARCH 14, 2019

IBP OR No. 1067433, NOV. 14, 2017 (for 2018)

NOTARIAL COM. NO.R-PAL-17-12-005

TIN 131-613-505/PTR NO. 124833

ISSUED 1 -3 -18 , PALOMPON, LEYTE

N O W, T H E R E -FORE, defendant ACE-LO L. SUMILE is hereby summoned and required to file within the Munici-pal Circuit Trial Court, Villaba- Tabango Cir-cuit, Villaba, Leyte, his Answer to the Amended Complaint filed against

him, Salud Sumile and other heirs of Alfredo Sumile Sr., within SIXTY (60) DAYS from the date of the last publication of this Summons and serv-ing copy thereof to the plaintiffs through her counsel, Atty. Cesar M. Merin Brgy. Burayan, San Jose, Tacloban City.

Let this Summons be published Once a Week for TWO (2) CON-SECUTIVE WEEKS in a newspaper of general circulation in Region VIII by the plaintiff at her expense.

Likewise, plaintiff, shall at her expense send a copy of this Summons together with a copy of the Amended Complaint by registered mail at the last known address of de-fendant Acelo L. Sumile.

WITNESS the Hon-orable ROSELYN C. FALLORINA, Presiding Judge of this Court, this 18th day of January, 2019 at Villaba, Leyte.

(Sgd.) ALEXANDER SERAPIO C. ABALA

Clerk of Court Copy furnished: 1. Salud Sumile,

Brgy. Sanggabon, Balite, Villaba, Leyte

2. Alfredo Sum-ile jr., Brgy. Sanggabon, Balite, Villaba, Leyte

3. Alma Sumile, Brgy. Brgy. Sanggabon, Balite, Villaba, Leyte

4. Roger Sumile, Brgy. Sanggabon, Balite, Villaba, Leyte

5. Shiela Sumile, Brgy. Sanggabon, Balite, Villaba, Leyte

6. Perlito Sumile, Brgy. Sanggabon, Balite, Villaba, Leyte

7. Henry Sumile, Block 20, Lot 20, Villa Elise, Masuso, Pandi, Bulacan

8. Mylene Sum-ile, Ramos St. Ormoc City

9. Bernie Sumile, Zone 5, Redondo, Iguig, Cagayan Valley, Tugueg-arao

10. EV Mail Feb. 11-17 & 18-24, 2019

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13FEBRUARY 11-17, 2019

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DILG-8 recognizes outstanding sanggunians at regional awards ceremony

Homonhon residents terrorized over presence of armed men, following two mining companies’ dispute

The participants of this year’s PINTA Painting Contest pose for a group photo with the Ormoc City Visual Artists Association (OCVAA) members and the two local artists from Tacloban (leftmost), while holding their artworks, right after the awarding ceremony of the said contest, on February 16, 2019 at the Ormoc City Museum (Old City Hall).

Hailed as winners are the following: For the School-based Category; 1st Placer - Mark M. Pilande; 2nd Placer - Jomuel

H. Yap; and 3rd Placer - Alger L. Licaña.For the Open Category; 1st Placer - John Eric S. Zabala; 2nd Placer - Alessandra

D. Konahap; and 3rd Placer - Jovito C. MahayagAside from the trophies, the First Placers received Php 5,000.00, the Second Plac-

ers received Php 3,000.00, and the Third Placers received Php 2,000.00. The winning entries, accordingly, are now properties of the Ormoc City Gov-

ernment, which will either be displayed in the Ormoc City Museum or in the New Ormoc City Hall.

All non-winning participants each received Certificates of Participation.An art demo/art fest and an art talk were also conducted prior the awarding cer-

emony by the OCVAA members and local artists from Tacloban. (By Dailyn Cabarse)

The Office for Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) and Federation of Senior Citizens Association of Ormoc (FSCAO) held a Valen-tine’s Party at the Ormoc City Superdome for all their members, in celebration of the annual “hearts’ day”. Still, no one can do the cha-cha dance better than our Lolos and Lolas! (By Dailyn Cabarse)

GUIUAN, EASTERN SA-MAR – The residents of the historical island of Ho-monhon expressed terror with the constant presence of policemen, army and armed civilians on their island recently.

Villagers who describe their community as peace-ful, with almost zero re-ported crimes are placed in the middle of two mining companies who are now facing a legal battle against each other.

The issue stemmed from a Court Liquidation Order issued by Judge Paz Cortes of Regional Trial Court Branch 271 in Taguig City against TechIron Re-sources Inc. (TRI), a mining corporation primarily en-gaged in mining of chromite and other mineral resources on the island.

The former mining op-erator and mineral produc-tion sharing agreement holder Cambayas Mining Corporation (CMC) filed a claim in court alleging that TechIron was not compli-ant with the profit-sharing agreement. However, TRI averred that no profit has

been realized yet due to their multi-million invest-ments and short span of operation based on their contract.

TechIron started its mining operations in De-cember 2015 covering 1,500 hectare.

CMC, headed by their President Yan Ming, in-sisted on implementing said order without a sheriff, and accompanied by over 50 po-licemen from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion, 8th Regional Public Safety Bat-talion and Guiuan Police.

“We are here to protect our property, we will take-over the place,” Yan Ming said during a meeting at Canawayun village hall with their lawyers, PNP and TRI President Anthony Gil.

Jonalyn Anos, a village council member of Casugu-ran village, said that they feel threatened with the dispute between the two mining firms.

“Most residents are afraid to leave their house, some even said that we are like in Marawi. We don’t understand what is hap-pening, but we don’t want

to be in the middle of it,” she said.

Urbano Garado Jr., the village chair, added the is-sue will not be resolved on their level.

“Hindi namin kaya ito dito. Hindi kami sanay na may mga armadong lalaki na dumadating pati mga police at sundalo. Mas maganda sa korte na lang sila mag-usap dahil natrau-ma na ang mga tao dito,” he advised both parties.

Gil also insisted that he must follow the process by letting the court sheriff serve the order.

He also alleged that they have been experienc-ing harassment since Janu-ary when their employees were arrested, and a person who claimed to be appoint-ed by the court as liquida-tion officer attempted to enforce the same order with some policemen and army in civilian clothes.

Meanwhile, the PNP team assured the village officials that they only went to Homonhon to maintain the peace and order of the island. By Marie Tonette Marticio

DOT-8 steps up promotions of farm tourism in Eastern Visayas

“THE SANGGUNIAN is the brain of the local government and the sang-gunians who are present today are doing a great job at providing the brains of the local government; that is, being the source of ideas and innovations translated into policies and programs.”

This was the pro-nouncement of the Depart-ment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Marivel C. Sacendoncillo, as she recog-nized the accomplishments of the best performing Local Government Units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas during the Regional Awards Cer-emony of the 2018 Local Legislative Award at Rob-insons Summit Hotel, Ta-cloban City on February 7.

“The LGUs should not only look at the needs of the people but also search for opportunities that they can maximize to pursue devel-opment in their respective communities,” Sacendon-cillo added.

She told the sanggu-nian members to be serious in the jobs that they entered into because the people will not remember them by just being honorable but by the things that they were able to do to contribute to the betterment of their com-munities.

In the categories of Highly Urbanized Cities and Independent Com-ponent Cities, the Cities of Tacloban and Ormoc emerged as the regional winners, respectively. Both cities were lone entries in

their respective categories.Baybay City made it

as the regional champion in the Component Cities Category followed by the Cities of Catbalogan and Borongan, which were both regional finalists.

In the 1st-3rd Class Municipalities Category, Basey, Samar notched the top spot while Sogod, Southern Leyte and Naval, Biliran were recognized as runners-up.

Furthermore, Balan-giga, Eastern Samar took the lead in the 4th-6th Class Municipalities Category. Following the winner were the municipalities of San Isidro, Leyte; San Juan, Southern Leyte; Cabucgay-an, Biliran; and Motiong, Samar (regional finalists).

The LGUs were as-

sEE DILG-8 p. 6

TACLOBAN CITY – The Depart¬ment of Tourism (DOT) has stepped up its promotion of farm tourism in Eastern Visayas.

DOT Regional Director Karen Tiopes said her office have partnered with farm tourism associations, farm owners, the Eastern Visayas Tourism Association and local governments to fully implement the Farm Tour-ism Act of 2016 (RA 10816).

“We al l know that a large number of our

population is engaged in agri¬culture. Most of them belong to the marginalized sector of the society so we have seen this as a vehicle that will help boost agricul-ture and tourism sectors at the same time,” she said.

DOT is looking at a 200 percent in¬crease in ac-credited farm tourism sites in the region by the end of this year.

Currently, it has three accredited farm tourism sites: Canaan Hill and Hon-

ey Garden in Caibiran, Biliran; Softea Garden in Biliran, Biliran; and Vil-la Conzolio Farm in Jaro, Leyte.

Tiopes said accrediting farm tour¬ism sites would depend on accessibility, availability of tourist activi-ties and avail¬ability of ba-sic amenities and facilities.

“We want our guests to experience a different kind of tourist activity by

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