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ALA Boxing brings ‘Pinoy Pride 46’ to Ormoc

By Marie ToneTTe MarTicio

TACLOBAN CITY – A small coastal town in Southern Leyte bagged Php 30 million worth of livelihood pro-grams and projects as a prize for winning the 2018 Search for the Cleanest Coastal Community of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Friday (July 19).

The town of Macrohon bested 12 regional winners, which also received Php 2 million each.

The “Malinis at Masaga-nang Karagatan Awards (MMK)” awarding ceremony was held in Siquijor province.

Alaminos City, Pangasinan won 2nd place with Php 18 mil-lion while Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte won 3rd place with a Php 10 million prize.

Agriculture Secretary Em-manuel Piñol said the winners were chosen based on five criteria: No garbage or wastes floating in the coastal area; No illegal fish-ing activities; A declared Closed Fishing Season every year; A declared Marine Sanctuary; and A protected Mangrove forest area.

The MMK started in 2016 as part of the Secretary’s advocacy for sustainable fishing all over the country.

According to him, the pro-gram is among those which con-

tributed to the positive growth of the fisheries sector of 1.04% in 2018 after decades of negative performance.

BFAR 8 Regional Director Juan Albaladejo lauded the ef-forts of the local government unit of Macrohon, in partnership with BFAR in order to achieve the award.

“All the hard work has finally borne fruit from a consistent run-ner up from last two stages of the MMK National search, now Eastern Visayas has finally gotten what it deserves,” he said.

“We should not just rest on these laurels but continue our relentless effort to empower both the coastal municipalities and its fisherfolk,” he added.

Meanwhile, Mayor Alan Aroy thanked his constituents for en-suring that their Solid Waste Man-agement ordinance is being imple-mented well, particularly in seas, rivers and marine sanctuaries.

PINOY PRIDE 46 COMES TO ORMOC. ALA Sports Promotions International, Inc., together with ABS-CBN Sports+Action and in partnership with Island Premium Paints, brings to the city of beautiful the 46th edi-tion of the boxing series, Pinoy Pride. The group held a press conference on July 19 in anticipation of the August 17 (Saturday) event to be held at the Ormoc City Superdome. Photo shows Jeo “Santino” Santisima, WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight Champion from Aroroy, Masbate (3rd from right), and “Prince” Albert Pagara, WBO Intercontinental Super Bantamweight Champion from Maasin City (4th from left), doing the “Para Sure” hand sign of Island Premium Paints, together with, L-R: Edmund Villamor (Chief Trainer, ALA Boxing Gym); Jundy Fuentes (Sales Officer, Island Premium Paints); Nelson Alindogan (Ormoc City Tourism Officer); Hon. Engr. Esteban V. Laurente; Edito Villamor (Manager/Matchmaker, ALA Boxing Gym); Lovella Solayao (Busi-ness Development Officer, Island Premium Paints); and, Jeana Alvarez (General Manager, ALA Sports Promo-tions International, Inc.). (By Dailyn Cabarse)

ORMOC PARTICIPATES IN NATIONWIDE MASS CPR TRAIN-ING ON JULY 17. Ormoc City Mayor Richard I. Gomez and Councilors Jasper Lucero and Lalaine Marcos, along with the Philippine National Police officers and Philippine Army, were among the first batch of trainees in this year’s Nationwide Mass CPR Training - Ormoc edition. According to Dr. Rhodette Arevalo, more than 2,300 Ormocanons participated in the said event; and mentioned that the same activity was being held in Palompon simultane-ously with 1,506 trainees. (By Dailyn Cabarse / Story on page 2)

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ORMOC CITY – Another big national event is set to be held in this city on August 17, 2019 at 6:00 in the evening onwards, at the Ormoc City Superdome. This is the boxing series, Pinoy Pride 46.

Pinoy Pride will be holding its

46th edition here in Ormoc, fea-turing three Pinoy Pride boxers: Jeo “Santino” Santisima (WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight Champion) from Aroroy, Masbate; “Prince” Albert Pagara (WBO Intercontinental Super Bantam-

weight Champion) from Maasin City; and Melvin “El Gringo” Je-rusalem from Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon.

This event is made possible by ALA Sports Promotions Inter-national, Inc. together with ABS-CBN Sports+Action, in partner-ship with Island Premium Paints.

Prior the big event, Pinoy Pride held a press conference on July 19, 2019 at the Peach Tree Lodge, this city.

Along with the boxers, ex-cept Melvin “El Gringo” Jeru-salem who did not make it to the press conference, were Jeana Alvarez (General Manager, ALA Sports Promotions International, Inc.), Edito Villamor (Manager/Matchmaker, ALA Boxing Gym), Edmund Villamor (Chief Trainer, ALA Boxing Gym), Lovella So-layao (Business Development Officer, Island Premium Paints), Jundy Fuentes (Sales Officer, Is-land Premium Paints), and Ormoc City LGU representative, OIC-Mayor Engr. Esteban V. Laurente.

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Baybay debunks claim they are disallowing Davao Metro Shuttle to pass by city

Newly-created districts of So. Leyte set to hold elections on Oct. 26

Leyte province declares ‘state of calamity’, as dengue cases continue to rise

The Davao Metro Shuttle bus is seen here dropping off and picking up passengers in the Baybay City Terminal. It plies the Ormoc-Sogod-Ormoc route.

BAYBAY CITY Vice-May-or Ernesto Butawan and Councilor Victor Veloso (Chairman, Committee on Transportation) debunked claims that the Baybay City Government is not allowing the Davao Metro Shuttle bus, with route Ormoc-Sogod and vice versa, to enter the city’s public transport terminal to drop off and pick up passengers bound to and from the said route.

“There is no truth to the allegations. As a matter of fact, last week, on Monday, I and my councilors went to the Baybay terminal to see the units of Davao Metro Shuttle bus and we were fortunate enough to see one of their units. We inspected the bus. We even sat inside to feel how comfortable the passengers are,” said Baybay City Vice-Mayor Butawan in an exclusive interview last July 16, 2019.

He also added that he was lucky enough to have met the area manager of Davao Metro Shuttle. He shared that he was able to ask and suggested to the area manager of DMS to place buses that will ply the Baybay-Tacloban and vice versa route. “What-ever transport that will be plying in our city, we welcome them. There really is no problem with that.

And in fact, wala man mi ka-receive og mga reklamo from other players,” added Vice-Mayor Butawan.

City Councilor Victor Veloso, newly-assigned Chairman of the Commit-tee on Transportation, also denied the claims. “Open gyud ang market. Every-body is welcome for as long as they have the necessary permits kay para man na sa kaayohan sa mga su-masakay, sa publiko. Mao man nay tumong nganong naay public transportation,

para maserbisyohan ang katawhan. Depende na na sa pasahero kung asa sila mosakay kay naa man sila right to choose,” shared City Councilor Veloso. He then expressed his gratitude to the Davao Metro Shuttle. “Never nga pugngan sa Baybay ang pagsulod sa Davao Metro Shuttle,” said City Councilor Veloso.

Meanwhile, EV Mail witnessed a solid proof of what the city officials said, when it saw a Davao Metro Shuttle bus inside the Bay-

bay City Public Transport Terminal, which at that moment was dropping off passengers from Ormoc and Albuera, and picking up passengers bound for Sogod.

According to one of the passengers from Ormoc bound to Sogod, Editha Bapor, she is happy now that there is already a bus that would go straight to Sogod. With this, she does

San Sebastian Mayor replaced with VM; Gov. Tan gets 115 years

sEE DAVAO METRO p. 10

ORMOC CITY – Some 2,300 senior high school students from the Ormoc City Senior High School here, including teaching and non-teaching person-nel of the Department of Education, members of the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Army, and medical secretaries, attended the Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resusci-tation training held in the Superdome on the morn-ing of July 17, 2019, in support of the city’s bid to become the country’s first CPR- ready city.

Dr. Rhodette Enriquez-Arevalo, cardiologist and a member of the Philippine Heart Association (PHA), said it was important for people to learn how to do Hands-Only CPR because it can help save lives from succumbing to Sudden Car-diac Arrest, a leading cause of death in the country.

The doctor has also advocated that Ormoc ac-

quire Automated External Defibrillators (AED) to be placed in strategic places and its rescue unit, an advo-cacy that found an ally with Mayor Richard I. Gomez.

The LGU-Ormoc has since acquired 10 AEDs and one manual defibrilla-tor, which are found in the city hall lobby, the Ormoc Superdome, the public mar-ket, and the ambulances of the Ormoc Rescue.

The mayor, who has lent his celebrity status to PHA’s Hands-Only CPR training video, was also present.

In his talk, Mayor Go-mez emphasized to the audience on the importance of learning life-saving skills like Hands Only CPR and First Aid. He recalled vet-eran actor Eddie Garcia who recently died, saying that if only there were First Aid trained people who

sEE CpR TRAIN-ING p. 10

TACLOBAN CITY – Prior to Sandiganbayan’s af-firmation on Governor Milagrosa Tan’s convic-tion, sentencing her with 115 years imprisonment for 8 counts of graft over the anomalous purchase of Php 16.1 million worth of emergency supplies for victims of Typhoon Kidang when she was gov-ernor in 2001, and ordering her to vacate her current post due to its accessory penalty of perpetual dis-qualification from hold-ing office, the municipal mayor of San Sebastian, Samar Arnold Abalos was replaced by vice mayor Eleuterio Mabao this week.

The order was pursu-ant to the memorandum issued by Department of In-terior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on July 1, addressed to all regional directors advising them that DILG shall not ac-knowledge any public official who were dismissed from public service or still serving suspension orders, despite winning in the May 13 polls.

On July 3, DILG 8 Re-gional Director Artemio Caneja issued a memoran-

dum to Vice Mayor Mabao to take over as acting mayor of said town until such time that Mayor Abalos is in-stalled back to his position.

The said memorandum orders winning candidates to present proof that they have already finished their period of suspension or have been cleared by com-petent courts to assume their posts, which Abalos failed to present proof.

Mayor Abalos was is-sued a dismissal order in 2014 from an administrative case before the Ombuds-man Visayas in 2013, with an accessory penalty that disqualifies him to hold public office.

The case stemmed from failure to remit Php 7.6 million worth insurance premiums of employees from 2008 to 2012 to the Government Service Insur-ance System (GSIS).

He filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals, but was dismissed due to lack of Jurisdiction.

The town’s 1st Coun-cilor, Vicky Mabulay will likewise assume the post as Acting Vice Mayor. By Marie Tonette Marticio

TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Leyte hopes to address the continuous spike of den-gue cases with the declara-tion of a state of calamity Friday (July 19.)

Leyte Vice Governor Carlo Loreto said it is the first time that they have declared a state of calamity due to dengue outbreak in the province.

“We expect more as-sistance from the national government, from interna-tional organizations, and we hope to get good, sound and serious advice and interventions to address this dengue crisis and save the lives of our people,” he shared.

Board Member Raissa Villasin said the province has recorded 1,747 cases with 6 deaths from Janu-ary 1 to July 16 this year. Burauen town has recorded 2 deaths, 1 in Babatngon, 1 in Baybay City, 1 in Mahap-lag and 1 in Merida, Leyte.

“We felt the need to declare a state of calamity because different munici-palities need our help, and our hospitals are now over-populated,” Villasin noted.

She said that local gov-ernment units (LGUs) may now use a certain portion of their quick response fund to address the increasing number of dengue cases in their areas.

Meanwhile, Depart-ment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)

8 regional director, Artemio Caneja, has enjoined LGUs to initiate cleanup measures to prevent dengue mos-quito from spreading.

He stressed that LGUs should act fast in stopping dengue by coordinating with Department of Health (DOH) representatives in

identifying mosquito breed-ing areas, and take effective steps such as massive and sustained cleanup drives.

“Governors, mayors and punong barangays should take the lead in en-

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TACLOBAN CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) 8 has announced the filing of certificates of candidacy (CoC) for the spe-cial elections for representa-tives in the first and second districts of Southern Leyte.

Comelec Regional Direc-tor Nick Mendros shared the period of CoC filing will run from August 26-28, and the election period will be on August 26 to November 10.

The campaign period will be on September 11 to October 24, and the election day is on October 26.

The official said the elec-tion is pursuant to Republic Act 11198: “An Act Provid-ing for the Reapportionment of the Province of Southern

Leyte into Two Legislative Districts.”

“This is the first time that special elections of this kind is done here in Eastern Visayas. This election does not actually differ from the others we have conducted as the same will be automated using the vote counting ma-chines,” he explained.

They will likewise have the same electoral boards, board of canvassers and other election personnel.

He added that regis-tered voters who were listed in the May 13, 2019 National Elections are the ones eli-gible to vote.

Southern Leyte has 132,114 registered voters for the 1st district and 160,223

for the 2nd legislative district. RA 11198 provides for

the splitting of 18 towns and 1 city, wherein the first district is comprised of its capital Maasin City, the municipalities of Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Limasawa, Malitbog, Tomas Oppus, and Bontoc.

The municipalities of Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ri-cardo, Saint Bernard, Anaha-wan, San Juan, Hinunduyan, Hinunangan, and Silago form part of its second con-gressional district.

Their elections were postponed in May, wherein Cong. Roger Mercado was appointed as temporary rep-resentative for both. By Ma-rie Tonette Marticio

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5 ka menor de edad nga babaye na-rescue gikan sa “bugaw”

Barangay tanod sikop sa buy-bust sa taga PS3

Mga nadakpan sa buy-bust operation gipangkihaan na

Banca de motor ug 13 ka pasahero niini, nalunod

LEYECO V nipahigayun sa ilang ika 39 katuig nga GA didto sa Merida

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On-going construction of Albuera-Burauen Road, inspected. DPWH-Leyte 4th DEO’s operation staff led by District En-gineer Lino Francisco C. Gonzalez and Assistant District Engineer Irwin L. Antonio inspected the on-going construction works of the Albuera-Burauen Diversion Road project, July 15, Monday. This multi-year project aims to efficiently link tour-ist spots in Leyte. Once completed, traveling from Ormoc to Tacloban will be reduced from 108 kilometers to 85 kilometers via this Albuera-Burauen Road. (PR)

ORMOC CITY – Lima ka babayeng mga menor de edad ang naluwas gi-kan sa kamot sa osa ka “bugaw”. Duha kanila naabtan sa mga nirespon-deng pulis sulod sa osa ka lodging house, hasta ang suspek nasikop.

Siya nailhan nga Tatsi-yusi Fujita a.k.a “Hapon” hingkud ang panuigon, taga Camp Downes ning siyudad. Ang laing tulo ka menor de edad didto na-rescue sa mga awtoridad sa osa ka balay paabangan sa Alta Vista.

Sa police blotter sa po-lice station 1 (PS1), Hu-lyo 15, alas siete sa gabii, ang team sa Women and Children’s Protection Desk gipangulohan ni P/Capt. Carol Roa nakadawat ug sumbong gikan sa osa ka kasaligan nga impormante bahin sa kalihukan ni Fu-jita nga anaa siya sa Ormoc City Lodge sa dalan Real nga may kaubang duha ka menor de edad. Nakig-alayon si P/Capt. Roa kang P/Lt. Col. Demosthenes Magnaan sa Ormoc City Mobile Force Company

ug nipadala nila PCMSgt. Benidicto Cabelto, P/Msgt. Dindo Tuando ug mga kau-banan alang sa himuon nga rescue operation. Kuyog sab nila si Melani Plarisan sa CSWDO.

Hapit na alas otso sa gabii, nilampos ang team pagluwas sa duha ka menor de edad. Sa inbistigasyun, si Fujita nitug-an nga duna pay tulo ka menor de edad toa sa ilang giabangan nga balay sa Alta Vista. Nagdali ang mga awtoridad pag-susi, ug na-rescue ang mga babaye. May gipangtug-an

pang bililhon nga impor-masyun ang suspek bahin sa ilang kalihukan, hasta pangalan sa tawo, pero gililong una kay aduna pay follow-up operation himuon ang kapulisan.

Ang suspek anaa karon natanggong sa PS1. Ang kaso iyang giatubang mao ang kalapasan sa RA-9208 nga giamendar sa RA-10364 o Prostitution and Sexual Exploitation. Gidamhan nga aduna pay mga kauban si Fujita ug sila karon ang target sa WCPD. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – Taudtaud nga gipanid-an sa mga pu-lis sa police station 3 (PS3) sa Liloan ang kalihukan niining osa sa mga tanod sa barangay Libertad nga nalambigit daw sa iligal nga drugas.

Nisurender siya niad-tong 2016 sa mga awtoridad dihang subsob ang kampa-nya sa gobiyerno batok sa mga tawong nalambigit sa iligal nga drugas. Ang tar-get mao si Vevencio Payot y Lauron, hingkud ang panuigon.

Sa kasayuran nahipos sa EV Mail gikan kang P/MSgt. Jerson Agcang, desk officer, niingon ang buy-bust gilusad alas sais y medya sa buntag, Hulyo 17, sa pagpamuno ni P/Lt. Melvin Malate, deputy chief sa estasyun.

Sa wala pa gilusad ang buy-bust operation batok kang Payot, ang kapulisan sa estasyun nakadawat ug impormasyun gikan sa kasaligan nga impormante bahin sa kalihukan sa sus-pek. Gisundan, gipanid-an ug napalitan ang suspek ug kontrabando; didto na gilaraw sa kapulisan ang pag buy-bust sa suspek.

Sa nahisgotan nga op-erasyun niadtong Hulyo

17, napalitan si Payot sa nagtakubang pulis ug osa ka gamay nga pakite sa gidudahang shabu, didto na siya gisignit sa mga kauban ni P/Lt. Malate nga anaa lang sa palibot. Sa iyang posesyun nakuha ang Php 1,000 nga markadong kuarta nga gipalit ug droga sa pulis ug tulo ka pakite sa gidudahang shabu.

Luyo sa mga ebeden-siya nga nakuha sa mga awtoridad sa presensiya sa mga saksi, hugtanon nihimakak ang suspek nga napil-apil siya niining pag-payuhot sa iligal nga dru-gas, apan niangkon nga sa wala pa siya nisurender sa Oplan Tokhang kaniadto, mogamit siya ug shabu.

Saksi sa gihimong oper-asyun si barangay kagawad Nestor Pepito sa Libertad, ug si Hon. Thelma Bihag, barangay kapitan sa Liloan ug ang media.

Ang mga ebedensiya nakuha gikan kang Pay-ot gidala sa PNP Crime Laboratory sa PRO-8 aron maeksamin. Ang inbistiga-dor sa kaso P/SSgt. Rodel Superales nipasaka nag kaso batok sa nadakpan nga barangay tanod sa ka-lapasan sa RA-9165. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – Giki-haan na sa mga awtoridad ang duha ka drug suspek nga nadakpan sa buy-bust operation niadtong Hulyo 11 sa gabii didto sa Bagsakan Center.

Osa kanila job order sa LGU. Ang mga nadakpan giila nga Nicol Floyd Veloso a.k.a “Ploy-Ploy” lumad nga taga Maybog, Baybay City, ug Gilbert Sano,32,

traysikol drayber ug taga Maybog, Baybay City.

Ang duha giila sa mga awtoridad nga street level target. Sa balita nakuha sa EV Mail gikan sa police sta-tion 1 (PS1), ang nanguna sa operasyun mao si P/Capt. Franklin Romeo Parangan, hepe sa City Drug Enforce-ment Unit, samtang sa PS1, si P/Lt Romeo Labata. Nia-bag sab ang mga pulis sa

Ormoc City Mobile Force gipangulohan ni P/Lt. Col. Demosthenes Magnaan.

Mga kauban sa trabaho ni Veloso nahibulong ngano nga wala siya motambong sa trabaho, diay napriso na.

Sa wa pa gilusad ang

MERIDA, LEYTE – Ang LEYECO V nipahigayun sa ika-39 katuig nga An-nual General Member-ship Assembly didto sa lungsud sa Merida niad-tong Sabado, Hulyo 13.

T u y o n i i n i n g a mapaabot sa mga kunsumi-dor, ang mga tag-iya, unsa ang mga nahimo sa koop-eratiba sa dagitab, labi na ang bahin sa programa sa Rural Electrification. Ang pinasidunggan nga dinapit mao si Engr. Artis Nikki Tortola, Deputy Adminis-trator for Technical Services sa National Electrification Administration (NEA),

Mayor Rolando Villasen-cio sa Merida kinsa maoy nihatag sa iyang welcome remarks para sa mga bisita ug sa mga niadto sa AGMA.

Si GM Engr .Juanito Jorda Jr. ug mga department managers didto ang ilang presensiya. Sa okasyon, didto sila City Councilors Hon. Lalaine Marcos ug Hon. Roiland Villasencio sa Ormoc, Vice Mayor Tita Alajas sa Albuera, ug kanhi Board of Director sa LEYE-CO V sa lungsud ug karon konsehal Hon. Manuel Ban-tasan. May konsehal sab sa Tabango, ang didto sa AGMA.

Si Engr. Tortola nidayeg sa LEYECO V tungod sa nakab-ot nga kalamposan, nga nagsilbing kalamboan sa tanan. Sa 121 ka mga kooperatiba sa elektrisidad lukop nasud, nakab-ot sa LEYECO V ang triple “A” award nga ang obang ko-operatiba sa dagitab wala gani makakuha bisan osa ka “A”. Natuman sa ko-operatiba ang Barangay Energization; ang 414 ka ba-rangays sakop sa LEYECO V napasigaan na, samtang ang Sitio Electrification

sEE LEYECO V p. 10

ORMOC CITY – Banca de motor nalunod nga adunay sakay trese ka pasahero ug duha ka trepolante ang nalunod tunga-tunga sa lawud sa Padre Burgos ug Lima-sawa sa Southern Leyte hapon niadtong Hulyo 15 tungod sa dakong bawud.

Osa sa mga pasahero ang namatay, sumala sa gitunol nga incident report sa Coast Guard Station Southern Leyte sa Coast Guard District Eastern Vi-sayas nga nagbase dinhi sa Ormoc. Si Capt. Eduardo de Luna Jr., Deputy District Commander, sa interbiyu sa EV Mail niingon, ang banca de motor “Ruel” wala man-gayo ug clearance sa PCG, ug hinok kining nibiyahe gikan sa Padre Burgos tabok sa isla sa Limasawa, pero pag-abot nila sa lawud gi-kusokuso sila sa dagkong bawud ug nalunod. Osa sa mga naluwas mao si Fr. Arthur Duarta, ang Kora

Paroko sa simbahan sa isla.Ang mga pasahero sa

nalunod nga banca de mo-tor sila Adelaida Palero, 65; Hereberto Alatraca, 46; Clif-ford Napoles, 39; Janet Na-poles, 39; Fr. Arthur Duarta, 38; Maryrose Semeros, 20; ug Wenalyn Parenas, 9. Tan-an taga isla sa Limasawa. Ang kauban nila mao sila Raul Oronos, 26, Burauen, Leyte; Megan Bardillon, 26, Tacloban City; Angel Bula, 24, Tacloban City; Eva May Duhilag, 23, ug Jonalyn Duhilag, 19, mga taga Hinunangan, Southern Leyte; ug Ruel Daling, 53, ug Jerecho Japson, 18, ang mga trepolante.

Sa kopya sa incident report nakuha ning paman-talaan, nag-ingon ang Coast Guard Limasawa nakadawat ug impormasyun gikan kang SB secretary Remegilda Sa-lomon nga may nalunod nga banca tunga-tunga sa lawud sa Limasawa ug Padre Burgos. Gilusad dayun ang

search and rescue opera-tion, ug alas dos y media sa hapon, nasigpatan sa rescue team ang banca nga nagpau-taw-utaw sa dagat.

Si Adelaida Palero, osa sa pasahero, luya kaayo ug luspad. Pagdunggo sa team sa baybayun, ilang gi-dali ug hatud sa Limasawa Rural Health Unit, pero gideklarar ni Dr. Jessa Mae Rosete nga patay na tungod sa atake sa kasingkasing.

Sa pakighinabi sa tele-pono kang Senior Chief Petty Officer Renato Sal-vame, station commander sa Coast Guard Station Southern Leyte, Hulyo 17, siya niingon nibiya lang sa pantalan sa Padre Burgos ang banca nga wala manan-ghid sa PCG. Ipatawag nila ang tag-iya sa nadesgra-sya nga banca de motor aron patubagon sa daghang pangutana, hayan mag-multa ang tag-iya tungod sa gihimo sa iyang trepolante. Ni Paul Libres

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CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES es-pecially heart attacks rank number 1 as the most common cause of death, not only in the Philippines but worldwide. The Philippine Heart Association (PHA) continues to promote and disseminate Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) among the general public. When we say CPR, we always think of chest compres-sions and mouth to mouth breathings. However, giving artificial breaths to a victim without a beating heart is useless. It is emphasized that the primary goal in resuscitation is to revive the heart and restart its heart beat by giving correctly delivered chest compressions.

CPR training will soon be required in schools, as it will be included in the basic education curriculum and is therefore a re-quirement prior to graduation. The House of Representatives has passed the so-called Samboy Lim Bill that made CPR training in schools nationwide mandatory, at least once before graduation; with the goal of saving more lives.

House Bill No. 5891, otherwise known as the “CPR Training in Schools Act”, was approved on September 15, 2015 by the Committee on Basic Education and Culture headed by Rep. Kimi Coseteng (5th District, Pangasinan). The principal sponsor of the bill is Representative Joseller “Yeng” Guiao (1st district, Pampanga) and Rain or Shine head coach, who is said to have drawn inspiration from his colleague Avelino “Samboy” Lim who is now out of the woods after being in coma state for months after he suffered a sudden heart attack in November 2014. He recently attended the college graduation of her daughter but the consequences of delayed CPR on Mr. Lim will continue to be a glaring example of what advance CPR or early defibrillation could offer in patients who had sudden heart attacks.

Sec. 3 and Sec. 5 of HB 5891 partly state, “....the CPR instructions shall include training which has been developed by the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) or by the Philippine National Red Cross, using nationally recognized evidence-based guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care and incorporating psychomotor train-

ing to support the instruction...” ; school principals or administrators are encour-aged to accept competent instructors from non-government organizations (NGOs) who are offering their services for free.

The former PHA president is a native of Calubian, Leyte, in the person of Dr. Alex Junia. Junia said, “PHA can help the Department of Education in the creation of the CPR training modules for the stu-dents.” He added that the entire 1,600 PHA membership welcomes this auspicious development in the House. “It gives more muscle to the PHA’s mission in bringing CPR to every Filipino home,” he stressed. He recently participated in the mass CPR training in Palompon, Leyte headed by its new mayor, Dr. Georgina Arevalo, last July 17, 2019.

As mentioned, the bill will make CPR training a graduation requirement for students in all private and public learning institutions. HB 5891 would oblige schools to provide their students with one or more training sessions in CPR through the use of psychomotor training in an age-appropriate manner. At the time the famous basketball star Samboy Lim suffered his heart attack, no one inside the game’s venue knew how to administer proper CPR to him, which is why his brain was deprived of oxygen for at least 23 minutes before he was taken to the hospital. Had Samboy Lim been given ad-equate CPR during the first three minutes he was rendered unconscious, his chances of recovery could have been much better.

A person who stops breathing has to be revived within four minutes because beyond that, the loss of oxygen supply to the brain leads to a comatose state. An estimated 80% of sudden cardiac arrest deaths occur at home and witnessed by relatives who do not know how to deliver hands-only CPR. Administering CPR on a victim increases the survival rate by 33%. The survival rate of cardiac arrest is less than 1% WITHOUT the application of CPR. But by administering CPR immediately, it can double or triple the chances of survival.

Last July 17, 2019 (Wednesday), the

IN OUR RELATIONSHIP with God and with others, we need these human devices that would help us keep a lively awareness of our duties towards them and especially of our need to relate everything to God.

Yes, we have to use first the spiritual and supernatural means to keep that rela-tionship going. They have priority always. But for these spiritual and supernatural means, like prayer, sacrifice, sacraments, etc., to be truly effective, we need those practical human devices also.

Without the latter, the former would be floating on air. The spiritual and super-natural means would remain in the world of theories and intentions. But of course, without the former, the human means can only mean nothing. They would be spirit-less and vulnerable to be taken advantage of by unwelcome forces. These two means should go together.

The human means can be anything that we can see, touch, hear or feel, to which we attach some special spiritual and supernatural meaning. Of course, we can start with having some crucifixes, images of God, Christ, saints and angels in the places where we usually find ourselves, like our bedroom, office, car, etc. They can easily elicit in us some spiritual and supernatural considerations every time we see, touch or kiss them.

But we have to be more inventive when it comes to all the other places and situa-tions that we can be in. While in the street, for example, as we drive or walk or do some exercise, we should have appropriate hu-man devices to keep us on the spiritual and supernatural track and not get swallowed up by merely mundane considerations.

For example, we can consider giving some spiritual meaning to objects we usu-ally see in the streets. Like whenever we see a car, we can choose to say, “Thank you, God, for this means of convenience,” instead of just looking at its brand, its color and shape, its beauty or its lack of it.

And whenever we see billboards, we either say, “Thank, God,” or “Praise, God,” or “Sorry, Lord,” depending on whether the billboard is good or not so good. Same whenever we see buildings and the many people around.

We really should relate everything to God. That should be the first consideration before we start assessing the human and temporal value these things can have. Do-ing this should be like an instinct in us.

And in our work, we should also be quick to relate things to God, otherwise we can get carried away by merely earthly considerations, concerned only about the technicalities and failing to relate it to our proper ultimate goal.

The technicalities of our work should not be a problem or an obstacle in our relationship with God and with others. In fact, they can and should be converted into

EDITOR’S NOTE:The View From Ormoc columnist

is on leave until further notice.

Sour & Scrunched Up Faces

HERE’S AN ACTIVITY: Get a lemon, peel it and keep a straight face while you eat the whole thing.

Could you do it? No, probably not. How is it that a fist-size fruit has the power to make you move your muscles against your will?

Scientists don’t know for sure, but there’s a good chance that the answer in-volves three things: protons, vitamin C and the tropical-fruit buffet our ancestors were enjoying back when they lived in trees.

The taste we know as “sour” has a direct relationship with acidity. In chemi-cal terms, sourness is your taste buds saying, “there are a lot of loose protons in your mouth right now!” Of course, protons aren’t actually sour. Our bodies have evolved to interpret their properties as being sour, research shows.

In order to survive, humans need to eat ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C. It’s essential to keeping many of our cells and tissues functioning normally. Without enough of it, humans can get scurvy, a po-tentially fatal disease.

Here’s the embarrassing thing: Most creatures can make their own vitamin C, but we can’t. About 61 million years ago, the genes in mammals that coded for vitamin C synthesis mutated, according to a 2011 study in the journal Genetica. Back then, we had such easy access to dietary vitamin C that the mutation wasn’t selected against.

“We lost the ability to make our own vitamin C because we ate it all the time,” Paul Breslin, a professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Rutgers University in New Jersey, told Live Science.

“We were eating so much fruit that we didn’t miss it,” said Breslin, who is also a sensory biologist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.

Words like “acid” and “sour” get a bad rap, but modern humans are actually very fond of sourness in the right context. In fruits such as apples and oranges, sweet and sour flavors create a delicious balance that reflects our ancestors’ diets and leads us to consume vitamin C. On the savory side, sourness can indicate fermentation, which has been around for humans’ entire evolutionary journey.

So, if sour foods are tasty and good for us, why do lemons make humans pucker up?

“That wrinkling up of the face is some kind of a rejection response,” Breslin said, “or a signaling response to ourselves and others.”

Scientists can speculate as to what that signal might be, but they don’t know for sure.

“Most of the fruits that we eat are not super sour,” he said. “People don’t go out of their way to bite into lemons or limes.”

Well, most people don’t. For those that do, at least they won’t get scurvy.

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The 4th of July came and went Distracted driving

4 types of Dengue virus & no assurance

of immunity

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THE 4TH OF JULY 2019 must have been just as the loudest noise, the rowdiest, the noisiest celebration of an event in the USA. It was back in 1776 that America became a nation and had taken her place in the community of nations in the world. The beauty of their independence is more profound because she is now composed of 50 states in one solid country.

It took her a big turmoil when the southern states for a time seceded from the union due largely to the issue of the slaves from Africa. It was the vision of their 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, that made them much stronger. With their civil war, there was a time when brothers fought against each other and even father against son. Lincoln’s Gettysberg address is con-sidered as the best address of all addresses. The world looks at America with utter respect. Her history includes the purchase of Louisiana from France and Alaska from Russia. Even the Philippines was ceded to America according to the decision arrived at in the Treaty of Paris in 10 December 1898 after the culmination of the Spanish-American War and it was Spain that lost the war. America paid $20 million for us. We became an American possession from that time of the treaty up to 4 July 1946 when we were given our independence.

We did not have to reimburse them because they did not ask for reimburse-ment. Hence, we had two nationl anthems: the US and our own in English. It was like that for a time until we were given our independence from the magnanimity of their heart. It was during the time of Presi-dent Diosdado Macapagal that he issued a proclamation reverting our independence to the time of the questionable presidency of Emilio Aguinaldo just because he was not granted a loan. America did not care much if we changed our independence;

after all, this is our country. The 50 states of America made her stronger. Look at what is happeniing with South America; they are independent of each other. Colombia is now the Number One exporter of Shabu. Mexico is also in the same business.

When America came into the picture as another nation, she did not know that she was going to be in the role of a referee. Anytime there is trouble, she is ready to assist; and when she does help, it is either in the form of medicine or, if necessary, in war footing. Since Hawaii is located in the Pacific area, America can reach her arm across. If not for America, we would have been engulfed by the former Axis powers during the Second World War. More Jews would have been killed by now. We all know that the Jews are the chosen people of God. Jesus Christ was a Jew. The irony of it all is that He was killed by the Jews just because of a mistaken understanding. However, Jesus Christ forgave them all.

The 4th of July is a big deal with America. It has been so since the year 1776. We were their possession but their big heart gave us our independence. Since we went back to our original independence, they could not care less. Guam is also their possessiom.

Was President Emilio Aguinaldo truly a hero? It seems we have a mistaken con-cept of appreciating heroes. The blood of the Bonifacio brothers are in his hands. Do you remember the case of Rafael Lacson who killed his rival Moises Padilla so that he can run for Governor unopposed? We are supposed to be mild-mannered. We are a Christian nation. We want peace; not the kind that is found in the cemetery where the letters RIP stands for rest in peace.

If we go for history, the correct one can only be the one in 1946.

ALL YOUNG MEN want to live in the fast lane, literally and figuratively. As such, especially during warm weather and fun outings, car crashes involving them typically increase. And more than half of these crashes include some form of distracted driving.

Researchers looked at data gathered from teen drivers who were in a safe driving program. Whenever a crash, hard braking or acceleration occurred, the cam-eras recorded 12 seconds of audio, video and accelerometer data spanning the 8 seconds before the incident and 4 seconds afterward.

Using these data, researchers reviewed a total of 2,229 crashes specifically looking at the driver’s behavior in the 6 seconds before the incident.

In about 59% of crashes, the driver was distracted immediately before the crash, the investigators found. This is more than four times than the government’s official statis-tics on crashes involving distracted driving.

The most common cause of distraction was another passenger in the car. In 15% of the crashes, the driver was talking to or interacting with someone else in the car.

Another 12% of the crashes involved cellphones. While this percentage stayed relatively stable over the course of the study period, the researchers noted one important change over time. The percentage of crashes involving talking on the phone decreased, while the percentage of crashes involving

looking at the phone increased.Many teens are texting or using social

media behind the wheel, more often than in the past, which is making an unsafe situ-ation even worse. Previous research has suggested that the percentage of drivers between ages 16 and 24 who use their cell-phones while driving has increased from 1% in 2007 to nearly 5% in 2014.

The researchers found that cellphone use was more common in accidents in which the driver went off the road. In 28% of road-departure accidents, the driver was looking at or using a cellphone. In addition, cellphones were being used during 19% of rear-end crashes, in which the driver hit the back of the car in front of him or her.

The third most common type of dis-tracted driving was failing to focus on the road. Nearly 11% of the crashes involved the driver looking at or attending to some-thing in the car. In the 6 seconds leading up to a crash, drivers spent an average of just 1.5 seconds with their eyes off the road ahead of them.

The researchers also found that the percentage of rear-end crashes have been increasing. When the researchers looked at these types of accidents specifically, results showed that the average amount of time spent not looking at the road increased from 2 seconds in 2008 to 3 seconds in 2014. Remember that accidents can happen in a split second.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJuly 28, 2019

Luke 11:1-13Jesus was praying in a certain place,

and when he had finished, one of his dis-ciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”

He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we our-selves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.”

And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has

arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, if he does not get up to give the visitor the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

NOW THE NEWS of rising Dengue in some major provinces of the Philippines and the alarming deaths, mostly of young children caused by the infection is truly heartbreaking. The Department of Health has declared a national Dengue alert.

What is the factor that has caused the disease to spread in the Philippines. It is our lack of cleanliness in our surroundings and the places in our homes. We just throw our waste and garbage anywhere convenient, which are the usual breeding places for the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The infection is caused by a virus spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. There is no known cure for Dengue fever, while the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine for Dengue has been stopped by the Department of Health due to several controversial cases of deaths traced to the apparent injection of vaccine in 2015-2016. The Dengue virus carried by the said mosquito has four different kinds of Dengue virus – viruses 1, 2, 3, and 4. So a child infected by Dengue but survived can-not be sure if he or she is immune already from Dengue if re-infected again.

We have to make sure to clean our homes and our surroundings. We have to be like the Japanese people and be strict in maintaining a clean environment. As

one Ormoc City Councilor Lalaine Marcos observed in her recent travel to Japan, the people in Japan: “don’t leave their trash just anywhere”.

rrrThe forthcoming fourth State of the

Nation Address to be delivered by Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte before Congress on July 22, 2019 is going to be a short one as promised by the President himself.

It is believed that he will mainly talk of his physical achievements, that is, the major projects in his “Build, Build, Build” program; that is mainly the road devel-opments in Metro Manila and the major cities in the countryside, the expansion of the railways of the Philippine National Railways in Clark and expansion of the Clark International Airport; 25 major projects are expected to be completed by end of President Duterte’s term; 46 proj-ects in implementation stage; 11 projects in construction stage; and 24 projects in development stage.

He is expected not to dwell much on the gains he made in his drug war program since there is a continuing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) issue on this program.

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suring that households, workplaces and other parts of the community do not become breeding grounds of dengue-carrying mosquitoes,” Caneja said.

DOH continues to provide technical assistance to the LGUs by providing rapid dengue testing, fogging/misting machine and information campaigns.

However, John Paul Roca, DOH 8 information officer, said that people should not just rely on fogging because it only kills fly¬ing mosquitoes and not their eggs.

He also reminded the parents to seek early consulta-tion if their children show any symptoms of diseases, because late diagnosis of such diseases often leads to death.

Last year, dengue cases in the re¬gion rose to over 10,000 with 60 deaths, second highest from 2010, which had 12,000 dengue cases. By Marie Tonette Marticio

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Magna Cum Laude shines bright, dispenses advice at Ormoc City scholars’ assembly

Anna Marie Quisagan, the Magna Cum Laude of class 2019 of the Ormoc City Scholarship Pro-gram, sharing her life story (the good, the bad, and the redemptive), and dispenses sound advice to this school year’s city scholars.

ORMOC CITY – Anna Marie Quisagan, the Magna Cum Laude of class 2019 of the Ormoc City Scholarship Program, spoke before 208 new LGU scholars in their first general assembly on July 18, 2019 at the Ormoc City Superdome.

Also present in the as-sembly were the parents of the new batch of scholars, the 146 existing scholars, the scholarship board, and city officials led by OIC-Mayor Engr. Esteban V. Laurente and Councilors Atty. Nolito M. Quilang and Lalaine Marcos.

Ms. Quisagan started her message with the anal-ogy, “No tree overnight has the most beautiful flowers and/or fruits.” She then expounded it, saying: “It’s just the same with success. Success just don’t happen overnight. We don’t sleep at night and simply wake up the next day to be a bil-lionaire.”

According to Ms. Quisa-gan, as the eldest in a brood of seven, and as young as seven years old, she was already made aware of their family’s poor economic status. Her mother is just a housewife and her father is a farmer but according to her, the land his father is tilling is not theirs. He only gets paid for farming on it, she shared, and that was accordingly, their only source of income.

She continued sharing that there were even times that they did not have rice to cook. “Seven years old pa lang ko, nakasuway gyud ko anang ang among pamahaw linung-ag lang nga saging unya suwaan og ginamos unya mao na nay ilahutay namo sa tibook adlaw,” she recalled.

Despite that, however, she was still able to go to school with only two pesos as her “baon”. So, she did not eat snacks, she shared, and since she could not buy viand for lunch with only two pesos, she bought “tigpipi-song chichirya” and made those her viand. She also experienced, she further shared, having nothing to eat in school. In times like those, she would only sit in a corner, watching her classmates happily eating.

One time, she said, her teachers noticed that she did not have food to eat. So, what the teachers did was they would ask Anna Marie for help in the school works. “Ila ko pasuwaton sa class record, pasuwaton og IMs, and they gave me money para naa koy bawn pagka ugma, para naa koy mapalit nga sud-an ug snacks. So mao na ang akong gibuhat throughout my elementary years,” shared Anna Marie.

“However, our financial incapability did not stop me to dream big. Instead, it added up to my determina-tion para maniguro ko para ma-improve ang among kahimtang. Nga puhon, makakaon na ko sa sakto nga pagkaon. Kay sa una, lipay na kaayo ko kung makabawn ko og hotdog. Mura heaven na akong ma-feel kung makakaon ko og karne sa una,” shared Anna Marie.

According to her, grow-ing up in that situation, motivated her to graduate with flying colors, since her elementary days. She knew since then that graduating with flying colors in elemen-tary and high school would mean scholarship grants as she enters college.

She graduated vale-dictorian in her elementary graduation. Not just that, she was given champion-ship medals for she was able to represent Region VIII in the national stage as one of the oral reading interpretation finalists.

In high school, she used to study at Dolores National High School, hop-ing she could avail of the scholarship that EDC was offering. Unfortunately, the scholarship was only in-tended for students living in Dolores to Tongonan, so she was not included in the scholarship since she lives in Brgy. Sto. Niño.

She almost lost hope when she found out that she did not qualify for the

scholarship. Then, her ad-viser in Dolores, Gretchen Diaz, offered her a job, mak-ing her a working student. Then, when her adviser was transferred to the New Ormoc City National High School, she brought along Anna Marie, thus, she was transferred to NOCNHS.

She then doubled her efforts in doing well in her studies, so as to also show to her “angel”, Gretchen Diaz, that she is deserving of the support given to her. She did not only focus on her academics, she also joined extra curricular activi-ties by joining in the school publication as a writer. Fi-nally, she graduated as class valedictorian.

She was offered schol-arship programs from vari-ous schools, which she turned down. She also passed in the Visayas State University - Baybay City campus but she thought of what will her life be away from her family, and where will she get her allowance from, since she will be stay-ing in Baybay. So, she de-cided to enroll in Eastern Visayas State University.

She shared that in her high school days, she took up the DOST scholarship examination. Unfortunately, she failed. But then again, another “angel” came in – the city government’s scholarship program. “If it weren’t for that reason nga I failed sa DOST, I wouldn’t be here speaking in front of you. So thanks to Ormoc City Mayor Richard I. Go-

mez and Councilor Nolito M. Quilang for institutionalizing the scholarship program of the city,” she announced.

In her college days, she followed the same formula, which she used in her high school days – focus and do well in academics and join curricular activities. Last August 2017, she was awarded as one of the most outstanding students of Eastern Visayas by a known fraternity and sorority in Tacloban City.

“So how did I over-come all the trials? I always thought that it was never my journey alone. I have my family’s support, though

not financially, but emotion-ally. I am also very thankful to God. He has not only given me the gift of intellect, which became my key and power to brave through the problems in life. He also has given me significant per-sons who helped me brave through the adversities in life – my teachers, Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez and the rest of the members of the city’s scholarship board. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be here now,” said Anna Marie.

Towards the end of her testimony, she shared to the new batch of scholars pieces of advice, saying,

“No matter what life is in store for you, you face it with courage. And no matter how many times you fail, it is never a reason for you to surrender. You should always str ive to stand again and continue fight-ing. You should never give up on your dreams and you should always look back to the reason why you are fighting from the start. And always aim for excellence. And, don’t forget to pray and ask God for guidance. Lastly, always remember that poverty should nev-er hinder you in reaching your dreams.” By Dailyn Cabarse

PRO-8 steps up skills training against civil disturbances, prepares for SONAPALO, LEYTE – The Po-lice Regional Office 8 has stepped up in their skills training to address civil disturbances, and prepare for the upcoming State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 22, through a Civil Disturbance Management Competition Thursday (July 18).

BGen. Ariel Arcinas, PRO8 Deputy Regional Di-rector for Administration, said the competition tests the operational readiness and tolerance of the contin-gents, wherein they were judged in three phases: the showdown inspection, demonstration and prob-lem solving.

“The inspection covers their equipment and uni-form, the second phase is the demonstration, which shows the 8 basic formations in civil disturbance, and were used in the third phase, the prob-lem solving of the scenarios that were given to them,” the official explained.

Tacloban City Police Of-fice bested 9 contingents from different provincial and city offices and the Regional Mo-bile Force Battalion (RMFB) in Eastern Visayas. They also won in the showdown and problem-solving phase.

Ormoc City Police was also awarded as the most organized, most dis-ciplined, and the winner in the demonstration phase.

Meanwhile, PCol. Rolan-do Miranda, Deputy Regional Director for Operations, as-sured the public that the Eastern Visayas Police Force is ready to respond to civil disturbance situations that may arise, and are also ready to send troops to augment the forces in Metro Manila during

the SONA if needed.“We are more than

ready. Our policemen are well-trained in handling these situations, but we want to ensure the ob-servance of maximum tolerance in practical ap-plication,” he noted. By Marie Tonette Marticio

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Miss Pasig City is Miss Philippines Earth 2019

Mutya Pilipinas rebranded; new title of Mutya Top Model Philippines added

AT COVE OKADA Ma-nila, 40 candidates in the Miss Philippines Earth 2019 took center stage in floral backdrop, where they were dressed in Ricky Ramirez Abad’s earth-colored creations. They represented a flower from their respective towns, cit-ies and provinces that pro-moted the beauty of their respective flowers.

On its 19th edition, the advocacy-driven beauty event takes on a floral-themed year to celebrate the beauty of nature and of course the beauty of Fili-pino women, and brought forth flower power in its mission to add another deserving lady in its roster of blooming environmental ambassadors.

Hosts were previous Miss Earth beauties, Kar-en Ibasco (2017), Angela Ong (2015), Jamie Herrell (2014) and Karla Paula Henry (2008).

From 40 candidates, it was trimmed down to Top

10 and narrowed down to Top 5.

The crucial part was the Q&A portion were candidates where given 30 seconds to answer the question. The candidate that gave the most sub-stantial answer was Janelle Tee of Pasig City. She was adjudged winner, as Miss Philippines Earth 2019. The question: “Which do you think is a better strategy to encourage people to be environmental conscious – give incentives for good environmental practice or penalize bad habits?”

Janelle replied: “I could choose to give incentives because as a productive country, we know that we have a lot of communities that truly need help in terms of livelihood projects, which is what I’ve been doing with the ABS-CBN Foundation. That’s why I want to choose incentives because we have to teach them how to fish, rather than just give them fish, then it will be there

for a living. It will be there sustainability in them.”

As Miss Pasig City can-didate, she represented WATER LILY. It helps ab-sorb pollutants from Pasig River, and also it helps kidney pain, diarrhea and sore throat.

Meanwhile, named MPE-Air was Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental’s Ana Monica Tan. She repre-sented the FIRE TREE. It’s a seasonal flower that blooms every summer. It has antispasmodic and an-tiheumatic properties. It represents the fiery passion of Tagoloan.

Hailed MPE-Water was Chelsea Fernandez of Ta-cloban City. She represented Chrysanthemums. It is also known as Malaysian mums that can cure people with dia-betes. Likewise, it represents hope, optimism and joy.

Named MPE-Fire was Karen Piccio of Maasin, Iloilo. The flower she rep-resented was BAMBOO FLOWERS. It can magically

turn into various products such as accessories, decors, furniture and other textiles. Most importantly, bamboo can flower every 60 to 130 years when optimally taken care of. It can stand strong or be flexible in extreme weather conditions.

Hailed MPE Eco-Tour-ism, on the other hand, is Alexandra Marie Dayrit of Marikina City. She repre-sented the flower of BOU-GAINVILLEA. It blooms in scorching heat and pouring rain. It represents prosper-ity, beauty and passion. Infusion of bougainvil-lea flowers can help cure cough, sore throat, diarrhea, diabetes, and low-blood pressure and reduce stom-ach acidity.

Accordingly, the win-ner in the 19th Miss Philip-pines Earth will represent our country in the inter-national pageant stage of Miss Earth 2019, sometime October this year. Venue will be announced soon. (PR / Louie Guarin)

Air Asia execs eye Ormoc-Manila flight, wants to bring in airbusORMOC CITY – Top honchos from Philip-pine Air Asia led by Capt. Dexter Comenda-dor, chief executive of-ficer, were in the city on July 17, 2019 to inspect the airport here that was recently inaugu-rated by President Ro-drigo Duterte himself a week ago, for possible Manila to Ormoc flights.

In a breakfast meet-ing with Mayor Richard Gomez, he said they were in Ormoc to inspect the airport, if it can ac-commodate an Airbus already. “Titingnan namin ang kapal ng semento, kun pwede ba ang Air-bus,” he said, among other things they would like to see.

With the Air Asia CEO were Capt. Johan-sen Hernandez, direc-tor for Corporate Secu-rity; Christopher Garcia, ground safety officer; and, Alexander Tuprio, head of security.

Mayor Gomez, on the other hand, was ac-companied by council-ors Vincent Rama, and transportation commit-tee vice-chairman coun-cilor Roiland Villasencio and member, councilor Lalaine Marcos during the meeting.

Comendador said Air

Asia is known to fly to new destinations, and they consider Ormoc as one. He said they would also be looking around for tourist spots because they are a leisure airline, and regular clients and tourists are on the look out for new destinations to visit.

Christopher Garcia, ground security officer, said their marketing team will also come and docu-ment places of interest in Ormoc and nearby towns like Lake Danao and Ka-langgaman Island.

Mayor Gomez, in re-sponse, said that Air Asia can do a survey or market study about the feasibil-ity of a Manila-Ormoc flight. He is confident they would see there is a market for the air-line, and this will not only come from Ormoc but the neighboring cities of Baybay and Maasin, and the provinces of Biliran and Southern Leyte.

Ormoc and Baybay cities are only 45 minutes away from each other, and has a combined population of more than 350,000. There is also a spike in the demand for air cargo shipments after Robinsons Place Ormoc and SM Center Ormoc opened up their malls in the city in 2018.

Ms. Cory Quirino, noted health and wellness advocate, radio personality, president of Mutya Pilipinas, has forged an alliance with the Professional Modeling Association of the Philippines (PMAP), as part of Mutya Pilipinas’ rebranding initiatives. She signed the MoA with PMAP executives most recently in Manila.

ASIDE FROM THE five pres-tigious international titles Mutya Pilipinas-Miss Asia Pacific International, Mutya Pilipinas-Tourism Inter-national, Mutya Pilipinas-Tourism Queen of the Year International, Mutya Pilipi-nas-Overseas Communities, first and second runners-up, a new title will be added up, which is Mutya Top Model Philippines (MTMP).

In a press conference held recently at the Garcia-Quirino Ballroom of Ascott Makati, Ms. Cory Quirino, noted health and wellness advocate, radio personality, president of Mutya Pilipinas, has forged an alliance with the Professional Modeling Association of the Philippines (PMAP), saying: “There’s a thin line between a model and a beauty queen. We wel-come all aspiring women who wish for a success on the catwalk and beauty pageant stage to join us.”

World Top Model Philip-pines, the newest title added to Mutya Pilipinas winners, will transform the national pageant into a hybrid com-petition as it welcomes the aspiring models who wish to embark on a serious model-ing career internationally.

Mr. Fiore Tondi, presi-dent and founder of the World Top Model (WTM) in Milan, Italy in 1990 with the abled support of his friend,

Mr. Guido Dolci, owner/founder of MAJOR Models Management, one of the Top 10 best management compa-nies in the world and known for its well established con-nection in the international fashion industry.

A prize of almost 200,000 Euro (US$225,260) is given to the winner of the World Top Model International competition and a guaran-teed contract with MAJOR Models Management offices in Milan, New York, Paris,

Munich and Miami. Talents of said agency have graced the runways of prestigious fashion capitals such as Mi-lan, Paris and New York City Fashion Weeks. Ditto fashion magazines have featured sev-eral MAJOR Models talents on their covers.

The WTMP winner will receive more than a sash as in customary in modeling competitions, but will also receive a crown plus a ca-reer opportunity to be part of the international fashion

industry as a professional international fashion mod-el. The winner will compete in the WTM International Final in Monte Carlo, prin-cipality of Monaco in De-cember 14, 2019.

Mr. Fred Yuson, chairman of MP said: “These are exciting times for MP so you can expect more positive changes in the future as it evolves.”

In addition, Mr. Tondi quipped, “I welcome the participation of the Philip-pines and congratulations

in joining the WTM family.” He will be flying to Manila to judge in the 51st edition of Mutya Pilipinas corona-tion pageant night set on August 18, 2019 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena and to be telecast live on ABS-CBN.

Anna Sideco, PMAP president, will train the Phil-ippines’ bet in the said inter-

national modeling quest. That afternoon the event

closed with a signing of memorandum of agreement with MP represented by Ms. Quirino and Mr. Yuson and Ms. Sideco of PMAP.

The rebranding of Mutya Pilipinas will have its theme: #SaanKaMutya. (PR/Louie Guarin)

8 JULY 15-21, 2019

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late TEODORO BADE re a parcel of land, Lot 5777, situated in Brgy. Salvacion, Ormoc City, containing an area of 14,567 sq. m. covered by TCT No. TH-34 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 163; Page No. 37; Book No. XII; Series of 2004 Notary Public Cleto L. Evangelista, Jr. EV Mail July 1-7, 8-14, & 15-21,2019

Deed of Adjudication with Deed of Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late BELLA FABULAR re a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Lao, Ormoc City, covering Lot No. 6339-J, Plan No. PSD-08-031088-d , containing an area of 1,227 sq. m. was adjudicated unto himself by TEODORO S. CON-UI and sold in favor of SPS. JOLIETO C. BUTAD and MA. LUISA A. BUTAD per Doc. No. 30; Page No. 7; Book No. 61; Series of 2019 Notary Public Albetino P. Mata, Jr. EV Mail July 1-7, 8-14, & 15-21,2019 Deed of Self-Adjudication with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late EMMA CON-UI BAGA-AN re parcels of land Lot No. 6339-A situated in Brgy Lao, Ormoc City, containing an area of 1,227 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 121-2017000536 ; 1/10 share of a parcel of land Lot NO. 6339-K, containing an area of 200 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 121-2017000546 ; 1/10 share of a parcel of land Lot No. 6339-L, containing an area of 1,315 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 121-2017000547; 1/10 share of a parcel of land Lot 14-M, situated in Bry. Ipil, Ormoc City, contain-ing an area of 663 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00038-01324 R-10; 1/10 share of Lot 14-K , containing an area of 29,617 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 51843 ; 1/10 share of Lot 1426 , situated in Brgy. Alta Vista, Ormoc City, containing an area of 6,598 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 17102; 1/10 share of Lot 6339 situated in Brgy. Lao, Ormoc City, containing an area of 13,785 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 23002 ; 1/10 share of Lot No. 8-D, situated in Brgy. Ipil, Ormoc City, containing an area of 12,090 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00038-00826 R-10 ; 1/10 share of Lot 8-C, containing an area of 437 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00038-00825 R-10 ; 1/10 share of Lot 14-E, containing an area of 530 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 51837 ; 1/10 share of Lot 8-A-4, containing an area of 797 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00038-01083 R-10 ; and (1) unit Residential House erected on Lot 14-E covered by TD No. 00038-01331 were adjudicated unto himself by ROBEM C. BAGAAN and 1,227 sq. m. of Lot No. 6339-A sold in favor of SONIA B. ANTONIO per Doc. No. 86; Page No. 18; Book No. CXVI; Series of 2018 of Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail July 1-7, 8-14, & 15-21,2019

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late RIZALINA C. GICA- DAAN re a parcel of land TCT No. 121-2016000495, Lot No. 13-A, Plan No. PSD -08-031133-D, located in Brgy. Ipil, Ormoc City, containing an area of 5,605 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of ATRIA MA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION per Doc. No. 261; Page No. 53; Book No.

XXXIX; Series of 2019 Notary Public Evergisto S. Escalon. EV Mail July 1-7, 8-14, & 15-21,2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late ADA BELARMINO DUZON had left certain cash as evidenced by Certificate of Time Deposit CTD No. 0430462 was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 456; Page No. 90; Book No. XXVIII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Eusebio I. Otadoy, Jr. EV Mail July 1-7, 8-14, & 15-21,2019

Supplemental Extra-Judicial Settlement

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late LUIS ALFONSO R. FRAN JR., re real property (conjugal) Lot 6-a, Psd-08-023594-D located in Brgy. Puertobello, Merida, Leyte, covered by TCT No. TC-5289; and Personal property (conjugal); and personal property (conjugal) Isuzu Cargo Truck, bearing Engine No. 6BR1-695114, Chassis No. JBR-500B7e-20288, Plate No. HAC-125, covered by CR No. 73910531 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 20; Page No. 4; Book No. XXXIX; Series of 2018 Notary Evergisto S. Escalon. EV Mail July 1-7, 8-14, & 15-21,2019EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF REAL

PROPERTYNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late JESUS PEDRO A. AMISTOSO re a parcel of residential land located at Brgy. Taboc, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, cov-ered by Original Certificate of Title No. 2017000206 designated as Lot. No.3470, Cad-434-D, Case -4 containing an area of 256 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and waived in favor of ROBERT R. AMISTOSO per Doc. No. 191, Page No. 40, Book No. XIII, Series of 2019 of Notary Public Charles B. Culo, CPA. EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF REAL

PROPERTYNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late JESUS PEDRO A. AMISTOSO re a parcel of residential land located at Brgy. Taboc, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, covered by Original Certificate of Title No. RP-1300 (10485), designated as Lot No. 3537, Cad-434-D, Case-4, containing an area of 305 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and waived in favor of JESSA MAE R. AMISTOSO per Doc. No. 190, Page No. 39, Book No. XIII, Series of 2019 of Notary Public Charles B. Culo, CPA. EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late BENITA P. MAGLASANG re parcels of land Lot No. 1612-F, situated in Sumanga, Ormoc City, containing an area of 51,901 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00079-00089; 1/6 portion of lots No. 1549-A & 76-A, both situated in Brgy. Can-adieng, Ormoc City, containing an area of 164 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00016-00229, TCT No. 9884; 30 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 9882; Lot No. 1613-C-2, situated, Ormoc City, containing an area of 44,560, covered by TD No. 00079-00090 & TCT No. 27039; Lot No. 1613-C-1-A, containing an area

of 200 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00079-00091 ; Lot No. 1613-C-1-B, situated in Sumanga, Ormoc City, containing an area of 100 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00079-00092 ; Lot No. 1613-C-1-C, containing an area of 108 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00079-00093 ; Lot No. 1613-C-1-D, containing an area of 817 sq. m. TD No. 00079-00094 ; Lot No. 1613-C-1, containing an area of 833 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00079-00096; and Lot No. 1613-C-1-E-2, containing an area of 102 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00079-00233 were partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 370; Page No. 74; Book No. 38; Series of 2014 Notary Public Jasper M. Lucero. EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late CECILIO C. DEJAÑO, SR and POLECRONIA M. DEJAÑO re a parcel of land Lot 2197-C06 , Psd-72681,containing an area of 480 sq. m. TCT No. 5411 was settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 368; Page No. 74; Book No. XIII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Gilianne Kathryn L. Gantuangco- Cabiling. EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late FRANCISCO SALES re a residential land situated at Brgy. Atipolo Naval, Biliran, containing an area of 215 sq. m., under ARP No. 00076R10 was settled among his heirs and 68.95 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. LEONEDES AND NECITAS VAPOROSO per Doc. No. 587; Page No. 85; Book No. I; Series of 2013 Notary Public Raymundo Z. Espina. EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late LUNELIA G. TAYO re a parcels of land leaving One-Half(1/2) share of parcels of land Lot 663-A-2 ,containing an area of 74 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 121-2016000480 situated in Barangay Can-adieng, Ormoc City ; Lot 1, containing an area of 5,682 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 49335; 1/5 share of a parcel of Lot 663-A-1, containing an area of 146 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 52322 ; 1/5 share of one (1) unit Residential house on Lot 663-A, covered by TD No. 4509; 1/30 share of One –unit residential /commercial Building on Lot 663-A covered by TD No. 38566; and ½ of an apartment situated at Brgy. Can-adieng, Ormoc City on Lot 1 TD No. 00016-00510 were settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 336; Page No. 68; Book No. CXVII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Affidavit of LossNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that FIDELA DE LA CRUZ CANTONES, a resident of 30 de Decembre St., Baybay City, Leyte She is a Planholder/ben-eficiary/next of kin of LOYOLA PLANS CONSOLIDATED, INC., having been issued a Contract No. 10273390-6 with Certificate of Ownership/Full payment No. 21096981, The said contract was inadvertently lost due to misplaced, that

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late LUIS ALFONSO R. FRAN re :A. REAL PROPERTIES (conjugal) Lot No. 23, Block 7, Psd-234524, located at Cogon-Combado, Ormoc City, covered by TCT No. 121-18034; B. REAL PROPERTIES

C. PERSONAL PROPERTIES (conjugal)a. AMC Jeep with Engine No. LTC-LJ-0023, Chassis No. LTC-LJ-0050C, Plate No. HAF -245, covered by CR No. -146995; b. Isuzu 080 XT Wagon with Engine No. 4JA1-M13191, Chassis No. PABTBR54F82046450, Plate No. ZPW-596, covered by CR No. 7178325-0; c. Isuzu D MAX Pick-up with Engine No. 4JH1-217094, Chassis No. MPATFS77H5H558898, Plate No. YDG-473, covered by CR No. 173033884; d. Mitsubishi Stake with Engine No. 002203, Chassis No. T331L-20374, Plate No. HAN-683, covered by CR No. 73944472; e. Mitsubishi Mini Dump Truck with Engine No. 4D56FP9973, Chassis No. L039P0070255, Plate No. PSQ-820; f. Kia Rio EX MT Sedan with Engine No. G4EE9H291105, Chassis No. KNADH411AA6661941, Plate No. HBA-946, covered by CR No. 9233619-3; g. 97.22 shares in the Casilda Farms, Inc. h. 500 shares of stocks in the LM Fran Agribusiness, Incorporated;

were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 121; Page No. 25; Book No. XXXVIII; Series of 2017 Notary Public Evergisto S. Escalon. EV Mail July 1-7, 8-14, & 15-21,2019

exerted all means to locate the same but all efforts proved futile. In the event that lost contract should be discovered, or found to be in the possession of a third party, I hereby agree to hold LOYOLA PLANS CONSOLIDATED, INC. free and harmless from any and all liability that may arise in connection with the discovery of lost. She executing this Af-fidavit and Undertaking for the purpose of attesting to the veracity and truth of all the facts herein above-mentioned.

Subscribed and sworn before this on July 8, 2019 per Doc. No. 217; Page No. 44; Book No. XLX; Series of 2019 Notary Public Eden B. Chavez-Butawan. EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Extra-judicial settlement and partition with waiver and Quitclaim

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late FE PACAÑOT CABATO had left an account with Bank of the Philippine Island (BPI), under BANK DEPOSIT- Savings Account ; Account Name: FE P. CABATO ; Account No.: 001139-0385-72 was settled among her heirs and waived in favor of DANILO V. CABATO per Doc. No. 378; Page No. 76; Book No. IX; Series of 2019 Notary Public Adelito M. Solibaga, Jr. EV Mail July 15-21, 22-28, & 29- Aug.4, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late PEDRO R. DAYOLA re parcels of land Lot No. 445-A with an area of 803.00 sq. m. located at Brgy. Poblacion 1, Hindang, Leyte TD No. 08-15001-00447; OCT No. N-1989, Plan PSU 236952, LR Case No. N-22, LRC Rec. No. N-35845, containing an area of 610 sq. m. ; Buildnig – Bodega covered by TD. No. 08-150010-00450, Lot No. 587; Lot No. 361 – part with area of 232.82 sq. m. located at Brgy. Tagbibi, Hindang, Leyte under TD No. 08-15020-00292; OCT No. P-30895, Lot 375, Case 1, Cad . 638-D, an area of 6,038 sq. m. ; Lot 374, Case 1, Cad. 638-D, an area of 6,083 sq. m. ; F-1 Building Commercial under T.D. No. 08-15020-00291 Brgy. Tagbibi Hindang, Leyte; F-2 Machinery under TD No. 08-15020-00290; F-3 SOLAR DRYER under T.D. No. 08-15020-00293 ; Real Properties located in Maasin City G. OCT No. 12621, Lot 11545, Case 9, Cad. 440-D, containing an area of 33,343 sq. m. ; G. OCT No. 12620, Lot 11907, Case 8, Cad-440-D. Lot 11907,containing an area of 3,788 sq.m. ; OCT No. 16451, Lot 12378, Case 10, Cad-440-D with an area of 11,774 sq. m. ; Lot 11903 with an area of 2,835.00 sq. m. located at Brgy. Acasia, Maasin City, So. Leyte as Ass. Lot No. 023, TD No. 002-00048; Lot 11527-E with an area of 1,013 sq. m. located at Brgy. Gawisan Maasin City, So. Leyte as Lot No. 002 under TD No. 024-000-56 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 183; Page No. 38; Book No. 1; Series of 2010 Notary Public Juanito V. Raza. EV Mail July 15-21, 22-28, & 29- Aug. 4, 2019

ADJUDICATION WITH SALE OF A PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late CARMEN C. LIM re a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Campesao, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-12272, containing an

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Date: July 4, 2019 CCE-0028-2019 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 JB LORD BLANCO AMITH has filed with this Office a correction of entry of her Gender from FEMALE to MALE in his Certificate of Live Birth born on September 13, 1998 at Matlang, Isabel, Leyte and whose parents are BOYET ALCANTARA AMITH and JEREFE EGOT BLANCO. (Sgd.) NOEL R. GUBALANE

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail July 8-14 &

15-21, 2019

Republic of the Philippines CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

Province of Leyte City of Ormoc

Petition No. CCE- (RA 10172)-2019

PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

I, LUZ D. FIEL, legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Ormoc City, Leyte after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1.) I am the petitioner seeking correction of clerical er-ror in the certificate of Live Birth of my daughter CHRISTIAN JANE D. FIEL.

2.) That she was born on November 25, 2007, at Ormoc City, Leyte.

3.) That the birth was re-corded under registry number 2007-6704.

4.) The clerical error to be corrected is:

This petition is filed to correct the clerical/typographical error recorded in the Certificate of Live Birth as mentioned above. Enumerated below are the docu-ments that can best attest my claim. I am therefore pleading that this petition treated positively under RA 9048.

5.) I submit the follow-ing documents to support this petition;

6.) I submit the follow-ing documents to support this petition:

a. Certificate of Live Birth (OCRG copy)

b. Certificate of Live Birth (LCRO copy)

c. Certificate of Dedication and Form 137- Elementary

d. Immunization Record, Medical Certificate from CHO

e. Certificate of Authen-ticity

f. Marriage Contract of parents and Certificate of Live

Birth of siblings g. Affidavit of Discrepancy,

Affidavit of None Employment h. Newspaper clippings,

Affidavit of publication 7.) I have not filed any

similar petition and that to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate.

8.) I am filing this petition at the CRO of Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines, in accordance with RA 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations

(Sgd.) LUZ D. FIEL Petitioner

VERIFICATION I, LUZ D. FIEL, petitioner,

hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Sgd.) LUZ D. FIEL Petitioner

S U B S C R I B E D A N D SWORN to before me this 21 JAN 2019 of January 2019 in City of Ormoc, petitioner exhibiting his/her community tax certificate

number 25874221 on 1.21.18 at Ormoc City

Doc. No. 267Page No. 83Book No. CXIIISeries of 2019 (Sgd.) ALEAH RAFFEL G.

BATAAN-Tolibao Notary Public ACTION TAKEN BY THE

CCR The clerical errors itemized

under paragraph 4 of the herein petition are clearly within the legal parameters of RA9048/10172 which are visible to the eyes and obvious to understanding.

WHEREFORE, the errors subject of this petition and having been supported overwhelm-ingly by documentary proofs are hereby GRANTED.

ARCHILLES A. SILVA, LL.B.,MPA, DM

City Civil Registrar EV Mail July 8-14, & 15-

21,2019ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION FROM TO Sex of child MALE FEMALE Middle name of father ALO LABAJO

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 18

Hilongos, Leyte CIVIL CASE NO.

H-1014 FOR: Declaration of Nullity of Marriage

ABELARDO V. REGAÑA, JR

Plaintiff, -versus-

JANET ABAO REGAÑA, Defendant.

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

To: JANET ABAO REGAÑA

M-Place Tower B Unit 920 Mother Ig-

nacia St.

Barangay South Tri-angle, Quezon City

A DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MAR-RIAGE was filed against you by Abelardo V. Re-gaña on the ground of psychological incapac-ity under Article 36 of the Family Code. The plaintiff in filing the pe-tition for declaration of nullity of marriage is praying that after due notice and hearing, this Honorable Court, will render judgment, de-claring the marriage of the petitioner and re-spondent void ab initio due to the latter’s psy-chological incapacity as defined under Article 36 of the Family Code of the Philippines, as amended

and further praying for such other reliefs and remedies deemed just and equitable under the circumstances.

WHEREFORE, on the basis of the aforemen-tioned grounds you are hereby summoned and required to file and serve your sworn answer to the Complaint within thirty days from the last issue of publication.

SO ORDERED. Given this 10th day

of July 2019 at Hilongos Leyte.

(Sgd.) EPHREM S. ABANDO

Judge EV Mail July 8-14 &

15- 21, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte SP. PROC. NO. H-627

FOR: ADOPTION IN THE MATTER

OF ADOPTION JAY GODFREY LUEGO

POLISTICO SPS. ROMIE JR. G.

LUEGO and MARISSA T. SEBALDA-LUEGO

Petitioners. x----------------------x

ORDER PETITIONERS –

Sps. Romie Jr., G. Luego and Marissa T. Sebalda – Luego by and through counsel filed a Petition for Adoption of Jay God-frey Luego-Polistico.

In support of their petition- the petitioners avers. THAT: petition-ers are of legal age, Fili-pino, married residence

at, Brgy. Taon-taon In-opacan, Leyte; that the petitioner has desire to adopt Jay Godfrey Lu-ego Polistico born on November 6, 2014 to the parent Marilou G. Luego and Temestocles Jr., L. Polistico who executed an Affidavit of Consent to the Adoption; that the said child was in en-trusted to the petitioner since birth by spouses Polistico received the child with love care and protection as biological parents: that petitioners have all the qualifica-tion and none of the dis-qualifications to adopt ad child under the law and that the adoption of JAY GODREY LUEGO POLISTICO is to his best interest and welfare; that petitioner prayed that this adoption be granted and the be freed from all the legal obligations of obedience and mainte-

nance with respect to his biological relatives and all intents and purposes be declared the child of the petitioner. Further, prayed that the name of the child be change from Jay Godfrey Luego Polistico to Jay Godfrey Sebalda Luego.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the Verified Peti-tion to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE, the same is set for initial hearing on December 9, 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 Office of the Solicitor General being the general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City; Re-gional Director of DSWD for that office to conduct a social case study report, conduct a home study re-port; and to submit other relevant papers within 60 days, to the natural parent of to be adopted, petitioner and their coun-sel for them to be present on the scheduled initial hearing.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

this 5th day of July 2019, Hilongos, Leyte, Philip-pines

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge ESA/ilf EV Mail July 8-14,

15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF LEYTE Municipality of Albuera

OFFICE OF THE MUNICI-PAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

R.A. 9048/10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with

Section 7 of R.A. 10172 a notice is hereby served to the Public that JOYMIE MAN-DRAS HINDANG filed this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error on Child’s Particularly in HIS/HER sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOYMIE MANDRAS HIN-DANG who was born on born on September 07, 1985 at Albuera, Leyte, and whose parents are EDILBERTO HINDANG and AMPARO MANDRAS.

Any person adversely affected by said person may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than December, 2018.

(Sgd.) MARIA LUISA GRANADA

Municipal Civil Registrar Date: 18 July 2019

EV Mail July 15-21, & 22-28, 2019

area of 9,253 sq. m. designated as Lot No. 2499, Cad-434-D, Case-3 was ad-judicate unto himself by LEO C. LIM and a portion containing an area of 100 sq. m. was sold in favor of spouses EDGAR and MARGARITA SECRETARIA per Doc. No. 299: Page No. 61: Book No. XVI: Series of 2019 of Notary Public Charles B. Culo, CPA. EV Mail July 15-21, 22-28, & 29- Aug. 4, 2019

Affidavit of Self Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late ALFREDO M. MORA, JR., had left a certain Philippine National Bank (PNB, General Luna Street, San Mateo, Rizal, Savings Account Deposit under Savings Account No. 111410016139 was adjudicated unto himself by VIRGINIA PAA MORA per Doc. No. 175; Page No. 35; Book no. CLXIII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail July 15-21, 22-28, & 29- Aug. 4, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Province of Bilirn

MUNICIPALITY OF CAIBIRAN OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL

CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

CCE-035-2019 RA 10172 Date: July 12, 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 RA 10172), EDITHA SALENTES EMBOG has filed within this office a PETI-TION FOR CORRECTION OF THE DATE OF BIRTH FROM “JUNE 11, 1968” to “JUNE

12, 1968”, CORRECTION OF THE CHILD’S FIRST NAME FROM “EDITA” to “EDITHA”, and the mother’s last name from “SOLBERA” to “SOLVERA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of EDITHA SALENTES EMBOG at Caibiran, Biliran whose parents are FAUSTINO Q. SALENTES and MARIA A. SOLVERA bear-ing Registry No. 25.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than July 22, 2019.

(Sgd.) ROSEMARIE V. SEVILLA

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail July 15-21, &

22-28,2019

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Villaba Office of the Municipal Civil

Registrar NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

CCE-39-2019 RA 10172 In compliance with the

publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum

Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementa-tion of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JA-NETH P. TABUCANON has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex

(OCRG copy) from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JANETH PELAYO TABUCANON who was born on January 11, 1998 at San Francisco, Villaba, Leyte and whose parents are ROEL M. TABUCANON and LILIBETH P. PELAYO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than July 12, 2019. (Sgd.) ENGR. MEDALLO V.

PUNONG Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail July 15-21, & 22-28, 2019

9JULY 15-21, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region BRANCH 15

Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte

Special proceedings No. 19-07-229

IN RE; PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF

ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF

LIVE BIRTH AVIGEL CAYANES,

AVIGEL CAYANES Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR,

TABONTABON, LEYTE AND THE

CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,

PHILIPPINE STATISTIC’S

AUTHORITY (PSA) MANILA, MELINDA A.

CAYANES, VINACIO ADRIANO, GAVINO

C. ESCLEO, VERLINA A. CAYANES, OLIVER

CAYANES, BERNADITH C.

ADRIANO and MARVIN C. ADRIANO

Respondents, x--------------------x

ORDER A verified petition

had been filed by the petitioner, through coun-sel, praying that after due publication, notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Tabontabon, Leyte to change and correct the entry in the birth certifi-cate of petitioner, specir-ifcally by leaving the en-try as to her middle name blank and by leaving the said entry blank and the entries as to the date and place of marriage of her parents likewise blank.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance it is hereby ordered that the said petition be set for initial hearing on August 13, 2019 in the morning ses-sion of this Court at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Burauen, Leyte, at which

date, time and place, all persons may appear and show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the peti-tioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be made at least one week prior to the date of initial hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order and petition to the Office of the Solicitor General, Municipal Civil Registrar of Tabonta-bon, Leyte, Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, the petitioner and her counsel.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte, July 09, 2019.

(Sgd.) TARCELO A. SABARRE, JR.

Acting Presiding Judge EV Mail July 8-14,

15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Branch 9 – Region 8 Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Tacloban City SP. PROC. NO. R-TAC-

19-00680-SP IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE

CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE OF

ELPIDIO P. ANASTA AND FELISA

LUMEN LEGASPI ALSO KNOWN AS

FELISA RAAGAS AND SUPPLY THE NAME OF PETITIONER’S PARENTS IN THE

SAID CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE,

FELISA LUMEN LEGASPI-ANASTA ALSO KNOWN AS FELISA RAAGAS,

Petitioner, -versus-

HONORABLE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

GENERAL, THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

TACLOBAN CITY, THE NATIONAL

STATISTICIAN AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

AUTHORITY AND ELPIDIO P. ANASTA,

Respondents. X---------------X

ORDER A verified petition

for the correction of en-tries appearing in the Certificate of Marriage of Elpidio P. Anasta and Fe-

lisa Lumen Legaspi also known as Felisa Raagas and supply the name of petitioner ’s parents in the said certificate of marriage is filed by one Felisa Lumen Legaspi-Anasta also known as Felisa Raagas. Petitioner seeks to correct the er-roneous entries in the Marriage Certificate of Elpidio P. Anasta (Elpi-dio) and Felisa Lumen Legaspi also known as Felisa Raagas (Felisa) by indicating the name of the petitioner as “FELISA LEGASPI”instead of FE-LISA RAAGAS; to sup-ply the name “PACHICO LOBRIGO LEGASPI” in the space provided for the name of petitioner’s father and to supply the name “JUSTIMIANA LUMEN” in the space provided for the name of petitioner’s mother.

Petitioner’s parents, Spouses Pachico Lobrigo Legaspi and Justimiana Lumen who are now both deceased, were against the relationship of Felisa and Elipidio P. Anasta as they were still young then and Fe-lisa just graduated from high school so that they decided to elope which resulted in Felisa’s get-ting pregnant with their son Arnel legaspi Anasta.

When Elpidio’s par-ents knew their situation. They went to the house of Felisa to formally ask for the hand of the peti-tioner but Felisa’s par-ents refused to face them. Since Felisa was already pregnant, to save the

family from humiliation of the public, considering that Felisa and Elpidio were living together as common-law-husband and wife, the parents of Elpidio decided to legiti-mize their cohabitation as husband and wife. Fe-lisa was confused of what was happening to her life during that time so that she agreed in enter-ing into marriage, it was Felisa’s mother-in-law who facilitated their mar-riage. Felisa and Elpidio were married in a mass wedding ceremony at the Mother of Perpetual Help Church in Tacloban City on December 23, 1972 solemnized by Rev. Fr. Martin Tobin.

Due to the number of couples to be married and the confusion during the mass wedding, what was written as name of petitioner in the space

provided for the name of the wife in the Marriage Certificate was “FELISA RAAGAS” in-stead of “FELISA LE-GASPI”. Because the Marriage Certificate was already prepared and the name FELISA RAAGAS was already typewritten in their Marriage Cer-tificate, Felisa just affixed her signature over the printed name FELISA RAAGAS.

As petitioner’s par-ents, Spouses Pachico Lobrigo Legaspi and Justimiana Lumen were not present during the mass wedding, their names were not entered in the Marriage Certifi-

cate of Felisa and Elpidio. The parents of Elpidio wanted to conceal their marriage from Felisa’s parents.

Attached to this pe-tition is the Certificate of Live Birth of Felisa to prove that Pachico Lobrigo Legaspi is her father and Justimiana Lumen is her mother.

After their mar-riage, Felisa and Elpidio continuously cohabited as husband and wife up to the present. Out of their union, they begot three children namely: Arnel, Liezel and Ma. Theresa, all surnamed Anasta.

In all of her public dealings and transac-tions, petitioner con-sistently declared the name of her husband as “ELPIDIO P. ANASTA”, as shown by her An-nual Income Tax Re-turn, Sworn Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth, Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P63749, Application for Retirement Benefits filed before the GSIS and PhilHealth Member Data Record. Likewise, in all of the public dealings and transactions of Elpidio P. Anasta, he consistently declared the name of his wife as FELISA L. ANASTA” as shown by the Information for Membership Insurance of the GSIS, PNP Retiree, Update and Application Forms and Waiver of Rights.

Finding the said pe-tition to be sufficient in

form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on August 1, 2019 in the morning session of this Court. During the said date and time, any interested party may appear and show cause why the present petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this or-der be published once a week for three (3) consec-utive weeks in a newspa-per of general circulation in the Province of Leyte at petitioner’s expense.

Furnish copy of this order the Solicitor General, the Philippine Statistics Authority, the Local Civil Registrar of Tacloban, City, petitioner and counsel.

SO ORDERED. B u l w a g a n n g a

Katarungan, Tacloban City, June 20, 2019.

(Sgd.) LEONITO S. SABANDAL

Judge LSS/ens The Solicitor Gen-

eral – Amorsolo St., Le-gaspi Village, Makati City

The Civil Registrar General, Phil. Statistics Authority, Manila

The City Civil Reg-istrar, Tacloban City

Atty. Edgar T. Octa – 1328 – 1328 Mabini St. San Roque, Tanauan, Leyte

Felisa L. Anasta – Brgy. Calipayan, May-orga, Leyte

Elpidio P. Anasta – Brgy. Calipayan, May-orga, Leyte

EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte SP. PROC. NO. H-626

IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION

OF ENTRIES OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF LEONIDA SUAREZ PACOMO

AS TO THE YEAR OF BIRTH

LEONIDA SUAREZ PACOMO

Rep. by NIEVA TAN LAPASTORA

Petitioner, -versus –

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTER OF

INOPACAN LEYTE AND THE PHILIPPINE

STATISTIC AUTHORITY Respondents,

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

P E T I T I O N E R , LEONIDA SUAREZ PA-COMO represented by Nieva Tan Lapastora, by through counsel filed a petition for correction of entries of the certificate of live birth of Leonida

Suarez Pacomo as to the year of birth.

In support of her petition the petitioner avers: THAT : petitioner is of legal age Filipino, married and resident of Brgy. Tonago, Inopa-can, Leyte represented by Neiva Tan Lapastora by virtue of a Special Power of Attorney; that the petitioner’s year of birth was erroneously recorded as April 22, 1958 in the Certificate of Live Birth through the supplemental report but the correct and true year of birth of the petitioner was year 1959; that pe-titioner has been using April 22, 1959 the true and correct date of birth in all of her transactions as shown in her SSS ID, marriage contract, Driver License, Employment Authorization Card, Passport and others; that petitioner prayed that her year of birth from 1958 be changed to 1959 the correct year of birth of the petitioner and order be issued directing the LCR Inopacan, Leyte and the Philippine Statistic Authority to effect the

change in the record of birth of the petitioner.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the verified peti-tion to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initial hearing on August 19, 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 her counsel at the given address for them to be present dur-ing the scheduled initial hearing.

ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

25th day of June 2019, Hilongos, Leyte, Philip-pines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge EV Mail July 8-14,

15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte SP. PROC. NO. H-628

IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION

OF ENTRIES OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE

OF ROSITA M. BIGCAS, ROSITA M. BIGCAS,

Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BATO

LEYTE and THE PHILIPPINESTATISTICS

AUTHORITY Respondents

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

ORDER P E T I T I O N E R ,

ROSITA M. BIGCAS, by through counsel filed a petition for IN RE: THE MATTER OF CORREC-TION OF ENTRIES OF THE BIRTH CERTIFI-CATE OF ROSITA M. BIGCAS.

In support of her petition the petitioner

avers: THAT: petitioner is of legal age Filipino, married and currently re-siding in Sibonga, Cebu, and a PAO indigent cli-ent, that petitioner was born on March 14, 1962 in Brgy. Himamaa, Bato, Leyte to spouses Naz-ario Bigcas and Lucila Mantilla through HILOT she was baptized but belatedly registered in 1983; that petitioner ‘s birthday it appeared in PSA copy wrongly en-tered as March 14, 1983 instead of March 14, 1962 the true and correct date of birth of the petitioner; that the year of birth of the petitioner needs to be corrected that would af-fects petitioner rights and benefits under the law since she is the benefi-ciary of her husband and children social security plans and insurance and in the future senior citi-zen benefits; petitioner’s prayed that her date of birth be change and cor-rected from March 14, 1983 to March 14, 1962.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the verified peti-

tion to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initial hearing on August 19, 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 her counsel at the given address for them to be present dur-ing the scheduled initial hearing.

ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

28th day of June 2019, Hilongos, Leyte, Philip-pines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge ESA/ilf EV Mail July 8-14,

15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte CIVIL CASE NO.

H-1038 FOR:

JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION OF FOREIGN DIVORCE

BERNADITA P. TIMKANG Petitioner

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

PETITIONER, Ber-nadita P. Timkang by and through counsel filed a petition for Judicial Confirmation of Foreign Divorce. In support of her petition, Petitioner avers: THAT petitioner Bernadita P. Timkang a resident of Purok Nang-ka Brgy. Daanglungsod. Bato, Leyte, but currently residing in Tokyo To In-agi Omaru 630 Omaru Apato Japan; That peti-tioner executed Special Power of Attorney in

favor to her sister Teresita Pol Timkang to represent the petitioner in connec-tion to this case; That pe-titioner married to Sukeji Ota a Japanese National on April 22, 2003 in Pasig City and the said mar-riage was duly recorded in the Philippine Statistic Authority, That the mar-riage of Petitioner and Sukeji Ota was dissolved by an order of divorce evidenced by the Divorce Notification duly authen-ticated by the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippine, Tokyo Japan and the said divorce is already acceptance by the Mayor of Fujimi City Saitama Prefecture on May 1, 2018 and become Final and Executory evi-denced by the Certificate of Acceptance duly au-thenticated by the Philip-pine Embassy in Japan.

W H E R E F O R E , Finding the Verified Pe-tition to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE, the same is set for initial hearing on August 19,

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 Petitioner or to his authorized rep-resentative and counsel at their given addresses for them to be present during the scheduled initial hearing.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

this 25th day of June 2019, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge ESA/ilfEV Mail July 8-14,

15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

therein, to wit: TCT No. 37149Registry of Deeds of

Ormoc City A parcel of land

designated as Lot 23, Block 2 of the consoli-dation-subdivision of PCS-08-000560-D, being a portion of Lots 5440-C, PSD-69839 and Lot 544-B-1, (LRC) PSD-258773, situated in the Brgy. of Libertad, City of Ormoc, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the East along line 1-2 by Lot 24, Block 2; on the South along line 2-3 by Road (6.00 m wide); on the West along line 3-4-5 by Lot 14, Block 2; all of this subdivision; and on the North along line 5-1 by Lot 5440-B-2 (LRC), PSD-258773. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan being S. 70 deg. 50’E., 117.34 m. from BBM No. 10, CAD. 256; thence S. 5 deg. 25’W., 18.03 m. to point 2; thence N. 84 deg. 34’W., 10.00 m. to point 3; thence N. 5 deg. 25’E., 18.01 m. to (over) point 4; thence S.85 deg. 33’E., 0.77 m. to point 5; thence S. 85 deg 34’E., 9.3 m. to point of beginning, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) SQUARE METERS, more or less. Registered in the name of Spouses Cesar Mo-jado and Luzviminda N. Noya.

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 August 19, 2019 without further notice.

July 5, 2019, Ormoc City, Philippines (Sgd.) CHRISTINE T.

DELA CERNA Sheriff IV

EV Mail July 8-14, 15-21, & 22- 28, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 47, Ormoc City

EJF No. R-ORM-19-007-FC

For: EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER

ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

VISAYAS GOODWILL CREDIT CORP.,

Mortgagee, -versus-

SPS. CESAR MOJADO AND LUZVIMINDA

MOJADO Debtors/ Mortgagors. x--------------------------

----xNOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE

Upon Extra-Judi-cial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 filed by VISAYAS GOOD-WILL CREDIT COR-PORATION against Sps. Cesar Mojado and Luzviminda Mojado to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of Jan. 8, 2019 amounts to ONE HUNDRED FIF-TY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY NINE PESOS & 01/100 (P152,559.01) including updated interest and penalties up to Jan. 8, 2019 but excluding Sher-iff’s expenses and fees, penalties accruing be-yond the cut-off date and other expenses of foreclo-sure. The undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on August 12, 2019 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Court Room of RTC Branch 12, 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 improvements located

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Leyte

MUNICIPALITY OF PALOMPON

-oOo-OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL

CIVIL REGISTRARPetition No. : CFN-0009-2019PETITION FOR CHANGE OF

FIRST NAMEIN THE CERTIFICATE OF

LIVE BIRTHI, JOSEPHINE PALOMA

PERNES, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of BarangaySan Miguel, Palompon, Leyte after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seeking the CHANGE OF FIRST NAME in:

a. the Certificate of Live Birth of JOEY ANCIANO RO-JAS who is my cousin

2) He was born on June 13, 1981 at Palompon, Leyte, Philippines

3) The birth was record-ed under registry number470 (F-81)

4) The first name to be changed is from VICENTE

to JOEY5) The grounds/facts for

filing this petition is that he has habitually and continuously used JOEY and he ispublicly known in the community with that first name

6) I submit the follow-ing documents to support this petition:

a) Certificate of Live Birth (SECPA &CRF No. 1A)& Cert. of Baptismof the Child

b ) H i g h S c h o o l D i p l o m a , C e r t .ofIncumbency&Declaration of Pendency/Non-Pendency of Case

c) Payroll, Police & NBI Clearances, Cert. of Ownership issued by MARINA & Savings Account

d) Valid ID, Voter Certifica-tion, Medical Record and COLB of the Child’s Son

7) I have not filed any similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate.

8) I have no pending crimi-nal, civil or administrative case in any court or any quasi-judicial

body.9) I am filing this petition

at the Local Civil Registrar of Palompon, Leyte in accordance with R.A. 9048 and its imple-menting rules and regulations.(SGD.) JOSEPHINE PALOMA

PERNESPetitioner

VERIFICATIONI, JOSEPHINE PALOMA

PERNES, the petitioner, here-by certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.(SGD.) JOSEPHINE PALOMA

PERNESPetitioner

S U B S C R I E D A N D SWORN to before me this 8thday of July2019 in the Mu-nicipality of Palompon, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting herVoter’s ID No. VIN: 3740-0065B-D2472JPP20000 issued at Palompon, Leyte.

(SGD.) ANNABELLE P. MARQUEZ

Municipal Civil RegistrarEV Mail July 15-21, &

22-28, 2019

10 JULY 15-21, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 12, Ormoc City CASE NO. R-ORM-19-

00041-SP IN RE: PETITION FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF

FOREIGN JUDGEMENT

LETECIA L. YAON- UMEDA, Petitioner, -versus-

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

MANILA, Public Respondent. x--------------------x

ORDER Filed is a verified

petition for recognition and enforcement of di-vorce decree by peti-tioner, LETECIA YAON-UMEDA, through coun-sel praying that after due notice and hearing in ac-cordance with the Rules

of Court, this Honorable Court would give due course to the petition and judgement be rendered recognizing the Foreign Divorce Decree issued by the Municipal Office at Nagoya City Suwon District Court, Republic of Korea, dissolving and marriage between the pe-titioner and her husband TATSUYOSHI UMEDA, ordering the enforcement of said divorce decree to the effect that petitioner’s civil status as married now be recorded as di-vorced in her Certificate of Marriage issued by the City Civil Registrar of Manila and the Philip-pine Statistics Authority, Manila.

Finding the peti-tion to be sufficient in form and substance, set the hearing thereof on April 3, 2020 at 8:30 in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, any inter-

ested party may appear and show cause if any, why the petition should not be granted. Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte quali-fied to publish judicial notices before the sched-uled date of hearing.

Let copies of this Order be posted at the bulletin boards of Kananga Municipal Hall, Kananga, Leyte and of this Court.

Accordingly, let a copy thereof be furnished to the Philippine Statis-tics Authority, Manila, the Solicitor General, the Civil Registrar of Ma-nila City, the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor’s Office, Ormoc City, the Department of

Foreign Affairs, and the Japanese Embassy,

Manila, for their infor-mation and appropriate action.

SO ORDERED. In Chambers, Or-

moc City, Philippines, 15 July, 2019.

(Sgd.) LAURO A. P. CASTILLO, JR.

Acting Presiding Judge Copy furnished: Office of the Civil

Registrar, Manila Philippine Statistics

Authority, Manila Office of the Solici-

tor GeneralOffice of the Assis-

tant Provincial Prosecu-tor, Ormoc City

Japanese Embassy, Manila

Department of For-eign Affairs, 2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City

Atty. Philip A. Al-beos

Letecia L. Yaon-Umeda

RTC-OCC EV Mail July 15-21,

22-28, & 29- Aug.4, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT 8th Judicial Regional

Branch 47, Ormoc City SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-ORM-19-00023-SP IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF EMMANUEL INTAN

ESPINOSA, LEO J. MORILLA and

MILA I. MORILLA, Petitioners.

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

Filed is a verified amended petition for adoption of EMMANU-EL INTAN ESPINOSA, praying that after due notice, publication, and hearing, a judgment be issued granting the Peti-tion for Adoption and the change of name of the proposed adoptee and shall become the adopted child of the peti-tioners LEO J. MORILLA

and MILA I. MORILLA for his to enjoy all the rights, privileges, and prerogatives of a legiti-mate child using the full name “EMMNUEL IN-TAN MORILLA”.

Finding the peti-tion to be sufficient in form and substance, set the hearing thereof on October 9, 2019 at 1:30 in the afternoon before this Court, at which date, time and place, any inter-ested party may appear and show cause if any, why the petition should not be granted. Accord-ingly, let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of petitioner once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Prov-ince of Leyte qualified to published judicial notices and be posted at the bul-letin boards of the New Ormoc City Hall, Ormoc City and of this Court

before the scheduled date of hearing.

Further, let a copy thereof be furnished the Local Civil Registrar of Ormoc City, the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Court Social Worker and the Office of the City Pros-ecutor, Ormoc City for their information and appropriate action.

SO ORDERED.In Chambers, 12th

of July 2019 at the Hall of Justice, Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines

(Sgd.) MARIA CORAZON S.

VERGARA- NARAJA Presiding Judge Copy furnished: Atty. Jose Renante

R. TerreUnit 2, Adelaida

Penserga, Bldg., Osmeña Street, Or-

moc CityOffice of the Solici-

tor General 1 3 4 A m o r s o l o

Street, Legaspi Village Makati City Office of the City

Prosecutor Hall of Justice, Or-

moc City Leo Morilla P k . 6 , B r g y .

Naungan, Ormoc City Emmanuel Intan

Espinosa P k 6 , B r g y .

Naungan, Ormoc City Mila Morilla Pk 6, Brgy. Naungan

, Ormoc City RTC -OCC, Ormoc

City Hall of Justice, Or-

moc City Ms. Ethel Vera A.

Apas Court Social Worker

II RTC – OCC, Ormoc

City Hall of justice, of

Ormoc City EV Mail July 15-21,

22-28, & 29- Aug.4, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Eighth Judicial Region

Branch II Calubian, Leyte

SP. PROC. NO. SP.-CN-160

For: PETITION FOR

CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF AGUSTIN T.

CABALQUINTO, AGUSTIN T.

CABALQUINTO, Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, San Isidro,

Leyte THE CIVIL REGISTRAR

GENERAL

National Statistics Office

3rd Floor, Vibal Building,

EDSA cor. Times Street, Quezon City,” Respondent.

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

A verified Petition for Correction of Entry has been filed by peti-tioner through counsel before this Court, pray-ing that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered ordering the respondent, the Local Civil Registrar of San Isidro, Leyte, to correct the entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner, AGUS-TIN T. CABALQUINTO particularly the Date of Birth be corrected from

MAY 29, 1962 to MAY 29, 1959.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the said petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given to all par-ties concerned that the initial hearing of this petition is set on Sep-tember 13, 2019 at 8:30 in the morning before this Court at the Hall of Justice, Calubian, Leyte at the aforesaid date, any interested person may appear and show cause, if there be any, why said petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Or-der be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the region at least once a week for three (3) consecutive

weeks at the expense of the petitioner, and let copies of the Petition and Order be furnished the Honorable Solicitor Gen-eral at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Philippine Sta-tistics Authority, Manila, the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor of Calubian, Leyte and the Local Civil Registrar of San Isidro, Leyte for them to appear for the government.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

8th day of July, 2019 at Halls of Justice, Calu-bian, Leyte, Philippines. (Sgd.) WENIFREDO C.

CUATON Judge

EV Mail July 15-21, 22-28, & 29- Aug. 4, 2019

PHA together with the Philippine Red Cross and various organizations simultane-ously conducted a nationwide hands-only CPR training to promote CPR among the general public. Such event will now be an annual activity by the two agencies with the help of the Philippine Medical Associa-tion (PMA), the LGUs and other concerned organizations.

Given that 4 out of 5 cardiac arrest events happen at home, there is a good chance a rescuer will be helping his or her loved one. Giving Filipinos the skills to intervene rather than remain passive, igno-rant bystanders until the arrival of trained medical personnel can literally spell the difference between life and death. When-ever there is a chance, let us learn CPR, and help save lives!

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

HEALTH ... from P. 4

means and occasions to relate us to God, either praising God or thanking him or expiating for sins in general or asking for some favor from him.

It would truly be helpful if we are clear about what spiritual and supernatural con-siderations we can give to each technicality involved in our work. Our work, whatever it is, should somehow be a form of prayer since we use it to relate ourselves to God.

We really would have to pause and study things before we can make an ap-propriate plan or strategy to actualize this ideal of using human devices in our work. Whether our work is easy or hard, is completed or not, is something routine or involves something new and unfamiliar, we should know how to relate it to God or we should somehow see God in it.

In this way, the stress and tiredness that our work usually causes would not take us away from God but would rather strengthen our union with him, since it is in him that we can find our true rest. (cfr. Mt 11,28)

PASSERBY ... from P. 4

buy-bust, gipanid-an una sa mga awtori-dad ang kalihukan sa suspek sa tabang sa osa ka impormante tungod sa pagkalam-bigit nila sa iligal nga druga. Sa nasuta na, didto na gihimo ang operasyun. Osa ka nagtakuban nga pulis nakig transaksiyun kang Veloso. Ang sabot sa pinalitay anha sa Bagsakan Center. Ang mga pulis nipu-westo nang daan; pag-abot sa mga suspek, nahimo ang pinalitay. Sa diha na sa kamot sa pulis ang kontrabando, didto na kini nisenyas ug nadakop ang duha. Napalitan si Veloso ug duha ka gagmayng pakite, ug nakuha gikan sa iyang posesyun ang markadong kuarta nga gipalit sa pulis ug droga. Si Sano nakuhaan ug tulo ka gag-mayng pakite sa gidudahang shabu.

Testigo sa inbentaryo sila si barangay kagawad Derek Capuyan, kagawad Ramon Arradaza ug ang media. Ang inbistigador sa kaso, P/SSgt. Reagan Degillo, nipasaka na ug kaso sa kalapasan sa RA- 9165 batok sa mga nadakpan.

Sa datus nakuha ning pamantalaan gikan sa PS1, lima katawo ang nadakpan nga nalambigit sa drugas, niadtong unang semana sa Hulyo. Ni Paul Libres

BUY-BUST ... from P. 3

Program nasugdan na kay tuyo sa NEA ipatuman gyud ang Rural Electrification base sa nalatid sa RA-6039.

Ang Rural Electrification nahulma niadtong 1969 ilawum sa administrasyun ni President Ferdinand Marcos, nga nagsil-bing giya aron matukod ang mga electric cooperative sa nasud. Niadtong 2018 nga AGMA nga gihimo didto sa Isabel, bisita si NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong; siya nagkanayun ang kuryente osa sa trans-portasyun nga maibanan ang kalisud sa ka-tawhan. Kun moabot ang kuryente ngadto sa layong kabaryuhan, makaalibyo kini sa panginabuhian ug pamuyo sa katawhan.

Bahin sa Sitio Electrification Program,

LEYECO V ... from P. 3

niawhag si GM Jorda sa mga magpataud ug kuryente nga mobisita sa ilang buhatan aron sila mapasabot sa mga kinahanglang himuon. Kini ang iyang tubag sa pangutana ni Mayor Villasencio kay matud sa mayor naa pay daghang sityo sa iyang lungsud nga wa pay linya sa kuryente.

Gipasalamatan sa LEYECO V ang tanan tag-iya, konsumidor, ug nipasalig nga ihatag sa kooperatiba ang tinud-anay nga serbisyo. Ni Paul Libres

be fighting Alvius Maufani (former Indo-nesia Boxing Commission Super Feath-erweight Champion) while “Prince” Albert Pagara will be fighting Ratchanon Sawangsoda (former WBC Asian Boxing Council Silver Flyweight Champion) who hails from Thailand.

On the one hand, Melvin “El Gringo” Jerusalem’s match is yet to be arranged but he will be fighting against another Filipino national, as per Edito Villamor.

“Prince” Albert Pagara shared that his father really wanted him to be a boxer, thus, he started training in boxing as early as eight years old. Today, he shared, he is fulfilling not just his father’s dream but also his.

Jeo “Santino” Santisima also grew up in a family who loves boxing. This, accord-ingly, influenced him to become what he is now today.

Hon. Engr. Laurente, meanwhile, ex-pressed his gratitude to ALA Sports Promo-tions and partners by bringing into the city yet another big event. “We know nga dili tanan cities sa Pilipinas adunay ipahigayon

nga ingon ani kadako nga invitational box-ing. So, salamat kaayo. Among ikapasalig nga all-out support ang ihatag sa city gov-ernment sa inyo,” said Hon. Engr. Laurente.

In preparation for the event, the city government is set to hold a coordination meeting with the Philippine National Police, Philippine Army, and all other uniformed men and force multipliers for the security and peace and order during the event.

Meanwhile, for those who want to watch the fight live, tickets will be avail-able at the New Ormoc City Hall and Peach Tree Lodge, Ormoc City. Ticket prices are: Php 1,000.00 (VIP seats), Php 500.00 (court seats), Php 300.00 (green seats), Php 100.00 (yellow seats), and Php 50.00 (general ad-mission). By Dailyn Cabarse

BOXING ... from P. 1

not have to cut trips anymore. “Naa man van mo-direct to Sogod Ma’am, kaso mo-prefer man gyud ko og bus kesa van Ma’am kay kabuhion man ko sa van. So kining [Davao Metro] shuttle, dako kaayo ni og tabang. Mopili man lang pud ko sa dili aircon na bus,” shared Mrs. Bapor.

In an interview with some of the van drivers in Ormoc who ply the Sogod route, it was found out that the vans are actually offering a cheaper fare compared to that of the shuttle. As for the airconditioned shuttle, the regular fare costs Php 282.00 and the discounted fare is Php 182.00. For the non-airconditioned shuttle, the regular fare costs Php 182.00 and the discounted fare is Php 154.00. Meanwhile, the fare for the vans for hire is only Php 180.00 (regular) and Php 160.00 (discounted).

The drivers also shared that there were about 20 vans for hire plying the route of Ormoc-Sogod. But when the shuttle came in, there are now only six vans plying the said route.

However, they are positive that ev-

DAVAO METRO ... from P. 2erything would go back to normal, soon. “Mura ganahan pa lang gyud ang mga tawo mo-experience karon sa shuttle bus, syempre bag-o. Bisan kinsa siguro, gana-han pud gyud makasakay ana. So karon, adjust lang sa. Pero kadugayan, mobalik ra gihapon sa normal ang byahe sa mga van,” said one of the drivers. By Dailyn Cabarse

were around that time when Garcia fell, he would probably have survived. Albeit, Garcia was picked up and stuffed into a taxi, causing a fatal spine injury that caused his demise.

Ever since Arevalo and the PHA started their advocacy here in Ormoc City, some 8,000 locals have already been trained. Just a few weeks ago, Arevalo also trained some 60 personnel of the Sabin Resort Hotel on Hands-Only CPR. The hotel also has an AED.

An AED is a device which helps kick the heart alive with an electric shock, but CPR is still necessary to do.

The Hands-Only CPR training is a joint project of the PHA, LGU-Ormoc, the PNP, DepEd, the Ormoc City Medical Society (OCMS), nurses and trainers from the various hospitals here and the Red Cross, City Health Office, Ormoc Rescue, and the Rotary Club of Ormoc and Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay, of which Dr. Arevalo is a member.

Meanwhile, another Dr. Arevalo, this time in Palompon, Leyte, around one hour away from here, also led the Hands-Only CPR training in the town where some 1,506 attended. She is Mayor Dr. Georgina Laurente-Arevalo, who joined the activity, which was done nationwide. The mayor and Dr. Rhodette Arevalo are sisters-in-law.

CPR TRAINING ... from P. 2

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Former Cong. Ong protests Rep. Javier’s “residency qualification”

Sanchez, Orilla lead Piña Festival Photo Contest winnersIT’S BEEN A MONTH since that most colorful and festive celebration of Ormoc City’s 2019 Piña Festival.

Along with that activity, the second Piña Festival Photo Contest also happened that day. It was participated by a total of 81 photographers, not just from Ormoc and neighboring towns but also as far as Cebu and Manila.

More than 700 photo entries for the two categories (Best Photo Category and Festival Queen Category) were submitted by all the participants; and finally, on July 17, the photos were judged.

Accordingly, invited judges Ted Mad-amba (International Photographer and Nikon brand ambassador) and Mikael Arogante (one of Cebu’s premiere photog-raphers and 4-time Sinulog photo contest champion) did not make it to the judging since the trips were cancelled that day due to the bad weather.

Taking their place were Jake A. Cortes (Founding member Ormoc Photographic Society), Vincent Paulo Cortes (Wedding Photographer and last year’s winner of Piña Festival Photo Contest), and Benjun Pore of Ormoc City Visual Arts Association (OCVAA), along with Ormoc City Mayor Richard I. Gomez, who is not only a pub-lic servant but also a painter, movie actor, photographer and film maker.

For the Best Photo Category, the win-ning photos were taken by: Michol Sanchez, Anthony Hejie Suralta, and Charles Igot. They will be receiving cash prizes of Php 30,000.00, Php 20,000.00, and Php 10,000.00, respectively.

For the Festival Queen Category, the winning photos were taken by: Bonifacio A. Orilla, Jr., Emmanuelle Sawit, and Salvador Toong III. They will be receiving cash prizes of Php 5,000.00, Php 3,000.00, and Php 2,000.00, respectively. By Dailyn Cabarse & Photos grabbed from the official Facebook page of “Piña Festival 2019 Photo Contest, Ormoc City”

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS & ALL 80 ENTRIES!

TACLOBAN CITY – A petition question-ing the residency qualification of newly elected Leyte 2nd District Representative Lolita Karen Javier was filed before the House of Representatives Electoral Tri-bunal (HRET) Monday (July 15) by his de-feated opponent, former Cong. Henry Ong.

Ong asked the HRET to issue a tempo-rary restraining order (TRO) against Cong. Javier to “restrain her from further exercis-ing the powers and prerogatives attached to the position she now occupies”.

He also petitioned the HRET that Cong. Javier be “declared ineligible to sit as a member of the House of Representatives for the Second District of the province of Leyte, upon due hearing.”

Ong argued that Javier abandoned her residency in Jaro, Leyte, when she moved to Javier, Leyte 5th district with her husband, former Mayor Sandy Javier.

A complaint was also filed against Ja-vier by Ong due to the reported falsification of her certificate of candidacy (CoC) before the Office of the Ombudsman.

Ong claimed in his complaint that Ja-vier filed her CoC on October 17, 2018 as a private individual where she stated that she was already a registered voter, but Ong said the Commission on Election (Comelec) only approved her voter registration application October 25. By Marie Tonette Marticio

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