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    VOL. XXV NO. 001 SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2012 P10.00 IN TACLOBAN

    DAILY EXPRESSPOSITIVE l FAIR l FREE

    website: leytesamardaily.net e-mail: Editorial - [email protected] Adversing: [email protected]

    Leyte-Samar

    Members: DALMACIO C. GR AFIL, Publisher/Owner-LSDE; ALVIN Gz. ARPON, Columnist-LSDE; RINDO LAGONOY, DYDW; RAMON G. CUY-

    CO, LSDE; VEN S. LABRO, Editor -LSDE/PDI; GAY B. GASPAY, PIA; JOEY GABIETA, Staffwriter-LSDE/PDI; PACIFICO SILVESTRECE, Sun-

    day Punch; EILEEN NAZARENO-BALLESTEROS, Columnist-LSDE; LUZVIMINDA SANTIAGO, PIO-Philhealth; GINA GEREZ, PGO; REYAN

    ARINTO, LSDE; LITO A. BAGUNAS, LSDE; VINO CUAYZON, PIA; WILSON CHAN, LPH; RONALD VIAS, DYVL; AHLETTE REYES, LSDE;

    NILDA GO, KBP; FRED PADERNOS, LSDE; ATTY. IMELDA NARTEA, Leyte Province; SARWELL MEANO-Correspondent-LSDE; LEMUEL

    PAGLIAWAN - LSDE; ROLLIE MONTILLA - Eastern Times; MARK MORALLOS-DYDW

    We accept Computer

    To Plate Printing

    Contact Dandee: (053)321-4833

    WATCH - REACT - LISTENto the Guest of the EXPRESS IT AT THE PARK at the

    Nook of Leyte Park Hotel, Tacloban City every

    Saturday 7:30-9:00 AM

    For Special Edition by appointment

    Tel. No. 321-4833 Telefax 053-321-5591

    Sun and clouds mixed with a slightchance o thunderstorms during theafernoon. High 87F. Winds light

    and variable. Chance o rain 30%.

    weather

    news page 2

    news page 7

    INSIDENEWS

    Mendros to coordinate with

    PNP on priority areas in EV

    ON MAY 13, 2013 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

    BY JOEY A. GABIETA,Staff Writer

    TACLOBAN CITY-Elections Regional

    Director Jose Nick Mendros said that he

    would ask all his elections officials in the

    region to coordinate with their counterparts

    at the Philippine National Police relative to the

    identication of possible hot spot areas for the

    May 13,2013 midterm elections.

    to page 23

    to page 17

    to page 8

    Mayor Alfred: Media is his best friendBefore, I reallyfind it difficultd e a l i n g w i t hyou. If I answer(an issue), youwill say that I ambecoming touchy.But if I will ignoreyou, you will saythat youre beingsnubbed by the

    mayor, he said,

    it at the Park(EIATP),a

    loose media organization

    of media practitioners,

    mostly from this city, last

    Thursday night.

    Romualdez, who is

    seeking for a third and

    last term as mayor of

    Tacloban,regaled the

    members of the media

    in his difficulties in

    handling the media.Now, I will talk.

    T A C L O B A N

    CITY- Mayor Alfred

    Romualdez of this city

    said that when he said

    that he is medias best

    friend he meant it.

    And so much so that

    he is willing to be hit

    by them.

    This was said by

    Romualdez during the

    Christmas party by themembers of the Express

    Biri Island attracts surfersCA T A RM A N , N .

    Samar - The island of Biri

    in this province is nowattracting more surfers

    from Eastern Visayas and

    other places, the governor

    reported to media.

    Governor Paul Dazasaid that more local and

    SMILE. Members of the Express it at the Park, an organization of media practitioners based in Tacloban lead by co-founders Dalmacio MasseyGrafil and columnist Alvin Arpon poses for posterity with City Mayor Alfred Romualdez and wife Councilor Cristina G. Romualdez. The photo oppor-

    tunity was taken during the media group Christmas party held last Thursday night. ( LITO A. BAGUNAS)

    DOH awards LGUs,

    other groups

    that helped in

    health promotions

    RDC-8 pushing

    for uniformed

    monitoring

    tolls for good

    governance ofLGUs

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    2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Saturday, 22 December 2012

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    P A L O , L e y t e

    T he D e pa r tme n t o f

    Health(DOH) awarded

    l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t

    units(LGUs), academe,private health institutions

    and other agencies that

    helped on their health

    promotion and attaining

    universal health access

    through various programs

    that they implement in

    their respective locality.

    The award dubbed as

    Regional Health Achiever

    Award aims to give

    back and give thanks to

    the support of various

    groups especially local

    government units that hadimplemented programs to

    uplift health situation on

    the respective area, DOH

    Regional Director Jaime

    Bernadas said.

    But even if the LGUs

    had been given certain

    a u t o n o m y , B e r n a d a s

    said that they will still

    be providing assistance

    to them in the region

    to ensure sustainability

    of their projects and

    programs by providing

    technical assistance and

    even funds for projects.

    This recognition aimsto inspire and recognize to

    give credit for individuals

    and all organizations that

    had exerted all their effort

    to help the health sector,

    Bernadas said.

    Leading recipients

    for the Health Achiever

    2012 are the provinces

    of Sou the r n L e y t e ,

    L e y t e , B i l i r a n a n d

    Nor thern Samar; cit ies

    of Maasin, Tacloban and

    Ormoc; municipalities

    of Limasawa, Almeria,Abuyog, Naval, San Juan

    and Saint Bernard for

    LGUs and Eastern Visayas

    Regional Medical Center,

    P A S A R , R e m e d i o s

    Trinidad Romualdez

    Hospital and Tacloban

    City Hospital for health

    institutions.

    Both LGU and health

    institutions awardees

    had ga ther na t iona l

    recognition and award.

    Among those who

    were present during the

    giving of award was Leyte

    Governor MimmietteBagulaya, Mayor Maloney

    Samaco of Maasin City

    and Mayor Melchor

    Petracorta of Limasawa

    who head LGUs that are

    national health achievers.

    They had become

    instrumental in achieving

    our goal for universal

    health care which is one of

    our government targets in

    achieving the Millennium

    Development Goal,

    Bernadas said.

    Local governmenttoday had become the

    frontline in health sector

    p rovid ing the DO H

    and other government

    agencies in the background

    or support system, he

    added.

    He added that the DOH

    is recognizing the efforts

    of all local leaders to

    improve health situation

    in their localities as their

    success reflects their

    performance, the DOH

    regional director said.

    Government alone

    cannot deliver all thebasic needs of our people

    therefore collaborative

    effort is a must.We should

    realize even the private

    service provider are

    now part of the public

    health system, Bernadas

    stressed.

    B u t t h e m o s t

    signicant contributor in

    achieving health program

    of the country, according

    to Bernadas, was the

    private health sector that

    had been tapped by thegovernment to become

    part of their campaign to

    uplift the health condition

    of our country through

    g o v e r n m e n t h e a l t h

    insurance coverage.

    This is what we had

    achieved and become the

    significant part of our

    social health program,

    h e a d d e d . ( R O E LAMAZONA)

    DOH awards LGUs, other groups

    that helped in health promotions

    Tacloban media practitioners gatherat Patio Victoria for Christmas Party

    TACLOBAN CITY

    Media practitioners do not

    miss every year a chance to

    gather to celebrate Yuletide

    celebration.

    Through the Christmas

    Party of Express It at the

    Park, media practitioners

    from various media outts

    from television, radio and

    print gather every year to

    mingle with each other and

    strengthen camaraderie.

    This years Christmas

    p a r t y w a s h e l d a t

    Patio Victoria and was

    sponsored by City Mayor

    Alfred Romualdez and

    wife Councilor Cristina

    Romualdez, who made a

    promise last year to sponsor

    the gathering of the media.

    In his speech, Mayor

    Romualdez reiterated his

    earlier pronouncement

    during the awarding of the

    Gawad Pamana ng Lahi

    award to the city government

    of Tacloban, that media

    practitioners are his best

    friends.

    This is one occassion

    that we can gather and put

    things aside and celebratesomething joyful, the city

    mayor said.

    Christmas, according

    to the mayor, had made

    him and other people from

    the other camp to see and

    mingle with each other and

    set aside politics and even

    personal indifferences.

    You can continue hitting

    me, because that is good

    and I reiterate what I had

    said before that media is my

    best friends, Romualdez

    stressed.

    Replying to what the

    mayor said , Dalmacio

    Massey Grafil, Leyte

    Samar Dai ly Exp ress

    publisher and co-founder

    of the group, thanked the

    mayor for the support that

    he and his wife has given

    to media practitioners each

    time the organization asked

    help from them.

    He said that media

    pr ac ti ti oner s, especial ly

    those who are from private

    entities, would continue

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    3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressSaturday, 22 December 2012 NEWS

    MESSAGErom thePublisher

    In behal o the Leyte

    Samar Daily Express and theentire amily o Leyte SamarExpress publications, our per-sonnel and sta, includingthose at our oset printingpress, I wish to thank here ournews readers, subscribers, ad-

    vertisers and patrons or theircontinued support to our ad-

    vocacy as a ree, independent,

    positive, air and ree news publishing sector.Te 25 long years that we have completed together as partners

    in media advocacy and in advancing the cause o Philippine de-

    mocracy have or the most part recorded our collective successesand achievements. Tese only indicate that we can work urther ormore meaningul partnership undertakings now and in the comingdays and months. O course, it is not impossible or us to achieve aswe look towards completing a golden anniversary, aer the next 25years. Te LSDE and our other Express publications may outlive as,but the younger among our present breed, will assuredly be willingto write the news up that ar, and even beyond.

    May God bless us all, and merry Christmas!

    (Sgd) DALMACIO C. GRAFIL

    Happy 13th Anniversary

    Leyte Samar Daily Express

    and 25th Foundation Day Express Publication

    From:LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT OF CATARMAN

    Northern Samar

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    DAILY EXPRESSPOSITIVE * FAIR * FREE

    Dalmacio C. Grafil

    Publisher

    Ven S. LabroEditor-in-Chief

    Abelardo G. Orteza

    Managing Editor

    Alma M. Grafil

    Business Manager

    The Leyte Samar Daily Express is

    published daily with editorial and business

    offices at G/F Knights of Columbus Bldg.,

    187 P. Zamora St. Tacloban City

    CONTACT

    Tel. Nos. 321-4833/ 523-7373

    Fax. (053) 321-5591

    WEBSITE

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    EMAIL ADDRESS

    EDITORIAL

    [email protected]

    ADVERTISING

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    All rights reserve. Except as permitted by

    law, no part of Leyte Samar Daily

    Express may be re-produced or distributed

    in any form or by any means stored in a

    database or retrieval system without its

    prior written permission from the

    publisher.

    Commentaries from readers whoseidentities they prefer to remain anonymous

    can be accommodated as blind items. It

    will be our editorial prerogative, however,to verify the veracity of such commentaries

    before publication.

    Letters should be as brief as possible,

    and sent with the writers name,signature

    address and phone numbers (if any) to:

    Letters to the Editor, Leyte Samar Daily

    Express, They may be edited for length

    and clarity.

    Sister PublicationsSamar Weekly Express

    Eastern Samar Bulletin

    Leyte Samar Daily Expressis a member of the

    PPIPHILIPPINE PRESS

    INSTITUTEThe National Association of

    Philippine Newspapers

    Leyte Samar Daily Express OPINION Saturday, 22 December 2012

    EDITORIAL

    On its 25th year, LSDE remainssteadfast and tough

    4

    Leyte Samar

    to page 5

    to page 5

    Lessons to be had after the supposed world-end

    Many people and families

    have been carried away by the

    supposed end of the world

    theories that some in the United

    States and other afuent places in

    the world have gone to the extent

    of preparing for earth-shattering

    disasters, the magnitude of which

    have pushed these families to

    spend thousands of dollars to

    stash away food that would last

    for a year or two; bunkers that

    would house families in case of

    nuclear war, volcanic eruptions,

    biological warfare, aggression

    from outer space and other un-

    likely events.

    he Leyte Samar Daily Express has gone a

    long way, evolving into a daily newspaper

    from a weekly publication. As the only daily

    Senses and

    Sensibilities

    deeday a. cairo

    circulating newspaper in Region 8, it has started as

    a weekly paper for 12 years. Commitment to excel-

    lence and public service has pushed it to face thechallenge to increase circulation. Its persistence

    and sensitivity to public needs have opened more

    avenues and opportunities to embark on a daily

    publication. On its 25th year, it has slowly meta-

    morphosed into what it is now a reliable com-

    panion during early morning coffee breaks where

    the freshest news are known and gathered. True to

    form, the paper has remained steadfast in its motto

    that is anchored on positive, fair and free reporting

    of news and events and fearless views on issues and

    topics affecting the region and country.

    The need to suit the interest of the public and to

    realize their expectations has relentlessly pushed its

    publisher to be abreast with the times. Taking

    into consideration its readers who have been

    used to getting the current events in the region

    and in the country has pushed the management

    to be on top of competition among publications

    in the region. The recent acquisition of a digi-

    tal printing press is just one of its responses to

    the continued demand to be number one in the

    region. It has greatly improved the paper in its

    presentation, production and appearance.

    Leyte Samar Daily Express is the only daily

    newspaper that is serving Leyte, Samar and

    Biliran since the late 80s when it was just a

    weekly newspaper. Today, LSDE is 25 years

    old, still pushing for more years of relentless

    service to the region and its people. As a leader

    in the industry, it will continue to delve on re-

    search, development, news hunting and fear-

    For many Filipinos who

    have philosophical views

    at such events, it is easy to

    just shrug off such eventu-

    alities. After all, the aver-

    a e Fili ino famil would

    rather spend on essentials

    than spend on such prepa-

    rations. Partly, we account

    this on our fatalistic or ac-

    cepting attitude. Most are

    too impoverished to be able

    to spend on preparations.

    Also, we are a nation of

    believers in the divine. We

    know deep in our hearts that

    with just a eck of the n-

    gers, God could smite eve-

    rything away that physical

    preparations are just use-

    less. No bunker, no weaponand no fortress could stop

    Gods wrath if it happens.

    Rather, we believe in the

    power of prayer, of spiritual

    preparations rather than the

    physical one. We easily

    accept the adage that if it

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    Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINION 5Saturday, 22 December 2012

    Prayer for the Nation and

    for Those who Serve inPublic Ofce

    God, our Father, you guide every thingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers weoffer for our nation; by the wisdom of our

    leaders and integrity of our citizens, may

    harmony and justice be secured and maythere be lasting prosperity and peace.

    Almighty and eternal God, You know thelongings of our hearts and You protect our

    rights. In your goodness, watch over thosein authority, so that people everywhere may

    enjoy freedom, security and peace.We ask this through our Lord Jesus

    Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns withyou and the Holy Spirit, one God, foreverand ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughters

    of St. Paul)

    Pray the Holy Rosary daily forworld peace and conversion of sinners

    (The family that prays together stays together)

    SaturdayLate Advent Weekday1 Sm 1:24-28 1 Sm 2 Lk 1:46-56

    THE CANTICLE OF MARY

    Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spiritrejoices in God my savior. For he has looked upon his handmaids lowli-ness, Behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.

    The Mighty One has done great things for me, And holy is his name.His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him. He has shown

    might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart. He hasthrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly. The

    hungry he has lled with good things; The rich he has sent away empty.He has helped Israel his servant, remembering his mercy, according tohis promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.

    Mary remained with her about three months and returned to herhome.

    EMBEZZLING GRACE

    As Ray knelt in his pew after communion, he reected on his bless-ings. He had been, essentially, a cheater. He had spent his whole lifecheating. He remembered being a kid in school and the many ways hetried to beat the system: copying homework, plagiarizing, buying re-ports, cribbing on tests. He cheated on his bar exam, cheated on hisclients, cheated on his wife. And then he got caught and it all came apart.He went too far on a real state deal and one day the phone rang and thatwas the beginning of the end. He was convicted of embezzling, servetime in jail, was disbarred, lost his practice, lost his wife and family, losteverything. He turned back to God, and the Lord was there for him. Godforgave him and restored him, healing his guilt and giving him a newstart. Ray wept in thanksgiving when he thought of everything God haddone for him. Prayer: You have healed me in many ways, Lord, and I

    give you thanks. I thank you, too, for the guidance that always leads meback to the right path when I go astr ay. Keep me always in the way thatleads to you. Action: Look up and read the parables of the lost sheepand the lost coin Luke 15:1-10. think about how God delights in savingyou. (Between Sundays by Paul Boudreau, published by Paulines. Visitus at www.paulines.ph or at Paulines Media Center, Real St., TaclobanCity. Tel. #321-31-95)

    Sowers Seeds: God is beauty and God has bathed creation withhis splendor. This is especially true of Mary, Queen of beauty. She isbeauty supreme: in her soul, in her heart and in her holy li fe. In heaven

    The Sower

    LSDE Celebrates 25th Anniversary

    Of Cabbages& Kings...

    dr. nila l. filamor

    On its...from page 4

    LSDE goes silver

    The Leyte Samar Daily

    Express celebrates its 25th

    anniversary this year, mark-

    ing an important milestone

    for the Group, as it also es-

    tablishes its digital version

    with a view towards pro-

    moting its corporate brandand service offering on the

    international plane.

    The Groups inception

    came about in 1987 when

    Massey Gral, now Chair-

    man, founded LSDE Group

    after 25 years of non-ex-

    perience in the business.

    Of course, except for the

    ever hard-working Alma,

    who never knew that her

    dedication with Leyte Fo-

    rum would pay off. Her

    experience in running the

    newspaper business is un-

    contestable, and led me tobelieve that the information

    gap in the region was where

    LSDEs future lay.

    The Group commenced

    its operations from a two-

    roomed ofce in Zamora

    From a simple blank ink

    broadsheet that was like

    other weekly tabloids circu-

    lating those days in Eastern

    Visayas, the Leyte Samar

    (then Weekly and now Dai-

    ly) Express shared the samepursuit - to provide relevant

    news and fearless views to

    the public and sustain life

    within limited source of

    revenue, such as business

    advertisers, government

    institutions and private in-

    dividuals. Twelve years

    less views so that these

    are brought right at the

    breakfast table of every

    Taclobanon and every

    family in the region. As

    a non-partisan paper,

    its goal is to cater to

    the needs and demands

    of people regardless of

    color, party and persua-

    sion. It has remained

    positive, fair and free in

    its efforts to carry out its

    goal.

    To the publisher, its

    staff and writers, it is

    hoped that you con-

    tinue to be the rst and

    to lead the region in na-

    tion-building through

    the relentless pursuit of

    positive, fair and free

    treatment of events,

    news and issues.Congratulations to

    everyone.

    is our end, then we cannot

    prevent it from happening

    but to accept it as fate for

    all.

    Mans consciousness

    has become divided be-

    tween technical and ir-

    rational. A part dictates

    the need to look at things

    scientically; another part

    insists on looking at them

    instinctively. Through the

    confusion, we are unable to

    use the part that had been

    reserved by the divine,

    looking at things, events

    and essences in the mysti-

    cal way; a higher form of

    intelligence.

    The Earth has slowly

    changed, not because God

    has willed it to change but

    because man has abusedlife, the earth and nature.

    Mother Earth has under-

    gone massive change with

    the advancement of tech-

    nology the same will lead

    man to his perdition and

    annihilation on the face of

    the Earth. The gadget he

    has made that makes his

    life easier, enjoyable and

    his work faster has brought

    many negative results and

    bad consequences than

    good ones. The many things

    that make his life better andmore comfortable are actu-

    ally the ones that have has-

    tened his end. Mans greed

    to have more and more

    leading him to engage in

    illegal logging and mining,

    have resulted to the soften-

    ing of the earth that during

    rainy days, his abode is eas-

    ily washed away. The food

    that is supposed to nourish

    and strengthen him is the

    ones that bring him diseases

    and ailments.

    The world will not ac-tually end as we see it.

    But our life will end as it

    should. In our quest to nd

    the fountain of youth, we

    have resorted to killing life

    utilizing fetuses to make

    specialty and novel foods;

    the placentas as beauty

    products. Life has become

    cheap; people have less re-

    spect for it.

    Governments have their

    own ways and means of

    competing Natures way of

    population control. They

    cannot wait for natural

    death, most governments

    push for the fast way of

    de-populating the world

    through the various meth-

    ods they press on. They go

    for the complicated insist-

    ing on divorces, euthana-

    Lessons...from page 4

    sia, same sex marriages and

    other unnatural ways creat-

    ing irrationality in societies.

    Worse, people have aver-

    sion for poverty; the poor

    are easy targets for experi-

    ments as Guinea Pigs.

    We fear for the end

    of the world? We cannot

    blame it on the environment

    for in the fastness of our

    lifes journey now, we only

    have ourselves to blame.

    Where before, walking was

    enjoyed; today, most would

    rather run even if they

    know that at the end they

    will drop dead.

    We are only temporary

    stewards of life; we got no

    right to quell it. Unless we

    return to the time when life

    was a simple joy of living

    and loving, man will never

    be able to subdue the Earth.

    Street, providing news cor-

    respondents the venue for

    exchange of news. Hav-

    ing gained a wealth of

    commercial experience

    throughout their previous

    business involvements,

    Alma and Massey conse-quently ventured into pro-

    viding an array of news

    promoting, supporting and

    protecting news writers of

    the region, this time in a

    spacious ofce of four big

    rooms complete with high

    end ofce equipments.

    Largely through a hands-

    on approach at every level

    of activity, and with his

    disarming public relations

    acumen and charm, Mas-

    sey eventually led LSDE to

    develop a wider vision for

    the Group, namely to digi-tize and elevate LSDE to a

    higher platform.

    From the bottom of our

    hearts:

    Dear Editor,

    Congratulations to

    LSDE publishers on their

    25th anniversary today, Sat-

    urday, December 22, 2012.

    Many thanks to Massey

    and Alma, shareholders,

    editors, pressmen and past

    and present staff.

    The founders, Mr. and

    Mrs. Gral, Loly Iside-

    rio, Alvin Arpon, have pro-

    vided employment for so

    many. Keeping a newspa-

    per on the road for 25 years

    is quite a feat.

    I take this opportunity to

    wish LSDE all the best and

    as my late dad always say

    about survival, Keep the

    ship aoat. Once again

    congratulations.Yours faithfully,

    Filamor Family

    As LSDE looks forward

    to the future, what are its

    plans?

    With a quarter of a cen-

    tury of history and social

    responsibility, the Group is

    global in scope. My sisters

    around the world can read

    me. Thanks to LSDE, with

    a current staff complement

    of more than 30 including

    correspondents and virtual

    employees like me, it is en-

    visaged that 2013 will leadto an increased headcount

    as the Group digitizes and

    perhaps relocates and ex-

    pands and continues its

    dominance in the region.

    from initial release, the

    Leyte-Samar Weekly Ex-

    press grew steadfastly into

    becoming the primary local

    daily broadsheet in Eastern

    Visayas to be later known

    as what is now Leyte SamarDaily Express.

    LSDE is a package of

    hard work, wisdom, dedi-

    cation and infallible sense

    of focus. Irrefutably a suc-

    cess story to boast, the cel-

    ebration of the silver an-

    niversary of the publishing

    company is a testimonial

    of the age-old Filipino tru-

    ism Kung may itinanim,

    mayroon ding aanihin.Indeed, running a newspa-

    per is not an easy-does-it

    enterprise. With writers

    and account executives to

    pay for their efforts on top

    of the printing cost, keep-

    ing the books of account

    in good condition demands

    wise budgeting and nan-

    cial prudence. Establishing

    rapport with stakeholders is

    another challenge to tackle

    if the publication needs to

    promote goodwill in the

    community, especially the

    clientele.Publisher Dalmacio

    Massey Candido Gral,

    the man on top of the LSDE

    success story, ascribes the

    newspapers growth to cer-

    tain essential points. He

    said, Factors for the suc-

    to page 7

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    6 Saturday, 22 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express NOTICESRepublic of the

    Philippines

    REGIONAL TRIAL

    COURT

    Branch 10

    Abuyog, Leyte

    WILLIAM TURADO

    BERNAL

    Petitioner

    Versus

    JENNY JASARENO

    BERNAL

    Civil Case No. 631

    FOR: ANNULMENT

    OF MARRIAGE

    x- - - - - - - -x

    ORDERFinding the MOTION TO

    EFFECT PUBLICATION in a

    newspaper of General Circu-

    lation to be meritorious, the

    same is hereby GRANTED.

    Hereby directing Petition-

    er through counsel to effect

    service summons on respond-

    ent JENNY JASARENO-

    BERNAL thru publication

    in a newspaper of general cir-

    culation once a week for two

    consecutive weeks, as pro-

    vided in Section 6, paragraph

    1 of A.M. No. 02-11-10-SC.In addition, the Clerk of Court

    is hereby ordered to serve a

    copy of the summons on the

    respondent at her last known

    address.

    Furnish copy of this order

    to Solicitor General and coun-

    sel for the petitioner.

    SO ORDERED.

    IN CHAMBERS, Abuy-

    og, Leyte, Philippines, this 4th

    day of December 2012.

    BUENAVENTURA A.

    PAJARONPresiding Judge

    x- - - - - - - -x

    Republic of the

    Philippines

    REGIONAL TRIAL

    COURTBranch 10

    Eight Judicial Court

    Abuyog, Leyte

    WILLIAM TURADO

    BERNAL

    Petitioner

    Versus

    JENNY JASARENO

    BERNAL

    Respondent

    CIVIL CASE NO. 656

    FOR: NULLITY OF

    MARRIAGE

    x- - - - - - -x

    SUMMONSTO: JENNY JASARENO

    BERNAL

    Brgy. Wilson,

    Mayorga, Leyte

    GREETINGS:

    You are hereby required

    within fteen (15) days after

    service of this summons upon

    you to le

    With this Court and serve

    on petitioner your answer tothe Petition, copy of which is

    hereto attached with annexes.

    You are reminded of the

    provision in the IBP-OCA

    Memorandum on Policy

    Guidelines dated March 12,

    2002, to observe restraint in

    ling a Motion to Dismiss

    and instead allege the grounds

    thereof, as defense in the an-

    swer. If you fail to answer

    within the time xed, the peti-

    tioner will take judgment and

    may be granted the relief ap-

    plied for in the Petition.

    WITNESS my hand un-

    der the seal of this Court,

    this 13th day of June 2012, at

    Abuyog, Leyte.

    ATTY. ISAGANI S.

    ESPADA

    Clerk of Court VI

    Republic of the

    Philippines

    REGIONAL TRIAL

    COURT

    Branch 10

    Abuyog, Leyte

    WILLIAM TURADO

    BERNAL

    Petitioner

    Versus

    JENNY JASARENO

    BERNAL

    Respondent

    Case No. 656

    For: NULLITY OF

    MARRIAGEx- - - - - - -x

    PETITIONPETITIONER, though

    the undersigned counsel and

    unto this Honorable Court,

    most respectfully states:

    1. That petitioner is of

    legal age, Filipino, married

    to herein respondent, with

    residence at Brgy. Wilson,

    Mayorga, Leyte where he

    may be served with notices,

    orders and legal processes of

    this Honorable Court; that re-

    spondent is likewise of legal

    age, Filipino, married to here-

    in petitioner, with last known

    address at Brgy. Wilson, May-

    orga, Leyte where she may be

    served with notices, orders

    and other legal processes of

    this Honorable Court;

    2. That both parties have

    the capacity to sue and be

    sued.

    3. That herein respond-

    ents became pregnant while

    they were still in a relation-

    ship with each other; that it

    is for this reason that they

    entered into a contract of mar-

    riage on May 13. 2000 at Viga,

    Catanduanes, Philippines; that

    despite this fact, petitioner

    became a good husband to

    herein respondent and was

    never oblivious of his respon-

    sibility of being the provider

    of the family; a copy of their

    marriage certicate is hereto

    attached as Annex A and

    made an integral part hereof.

    4. That a year after their

    rst child, Gwyneth Jasareno

    Bernal, was born, herein re-

    spondent labored their sec-

    ond child, Ian James Jasareno

    Bernal; machine copies of the

    childrens live birth are heretoattached as Annexes B and

    C respectively and made in-

    tegral parts hereof;

    5. That this prompted pe-

    titioner to look for a better and

    brighter opportunity abroad in

    order to provide sufciently

    for thr needs of his growing

    family; that in as much as he

    would want to see his children

    grow, he chose to sacrice and

    work in a place miles apart

    from his family to secure their

    future --- a temporary separa-

    tion in exchange of a brighter

    and secured future together;

    that petitioner can only close

    his eyes while he faces the sad

    reality;

    6. That their actual cohab-

    itation lasted only for morethan one (1) year since herein

    petitioner went to Dubai,

    United Arab of Emirates on

    August 11, 2001 (one month

    prior to the birth of their sec-

    ond child) to work as a super-

    visor in the butchery depart-

    ment of an enterprise; that he

    worked there for more than

    two (2) years and went back to

    the Philippines on January 22,

    2004 only; that after a month

    of vacation in the country, he

    went back again to Dubai to

    continue his work;

    7. That during his em-

    ployment in Dubai, herein

    petitioner has been hearing

    rumors from the townspeople

    in Viga, Catanduanes, which

    are corroborated by their rela-

    tives, that herein respondent

    is having an illicit relation-

    ship with petitioners rst

    degree cousin, Joshua Turado-

    Turirit, who was only, during

    that time, 21 or 22 years old,

    that said illicit affair started

    just after petioner departed

    for Dubai; that it was not re-

    spondents rst and last act

    of indelity for she also had

    subsequent dishonest relation-

    ships with different men the

    petitioner was torn whether to

    identify all of them or not for

    the consequence was still the

    same;

    8. That being far away

    and unable to go home as

    much as he wanted to, herein

    petitioner could do nothing

    but sop up the painful truth

    about his wifes indelity, that

    he was as much worried about

    their childrens welfare as he

    also learned from their rela-

    tives that respondent started

    neglecting and reneging herobligations to their children;

    9. That when petitioner

    returned to the Philippines on

    June 17, 2007, he immediately

    found a way to clear things up

    and thereafter conversed with

    his wife for him to see point

    blank the truthfulness of the

    report; that to his dismay, nei-

    ther did her wife conrm nor

    belie the buzz; that for him,

    her apathy was a conrmation

    of the news; that either way,

    it was then impossible for re-

    spondent to deny everything

    for the surrounding circum-

    stances would undoubtedly

    prove her indelity;

    10. That to avoid the over-

    whelmingly scandalous situa-

    tion, petitioner, together withherein respondent and their

    children, decided to transfer

    to Mayorga, Leyte and start

    anew; that despite everything,

    he dicided to give his wife a

    chance to change and to be

    able to x their marriage and

    family as petitioner values the

    importance of a family that is

    whole and instilled with great

    values; that this is the very

    reason why he is working hard

    abroad;

    11. That petitioner left

    again and continue to work

    abroad; that contrary to his

    expectations, respondent had

    not, after all, changed; instead

    she continued her old doings

    and engaged into another re-

    lationship taking advantage

    of the fact that petitioner was

    nowhere near to monitor what

    is happening;

    12. That words came to

    petitioners knowledge that

    respondent eloped with her

    boyfriend, who was said to be

    a teacher;

    13. That petitioner tried

    his best, through the help of

    their relatives; to locate the

    whereabouts of his wife but

    they failed; respondent hadnt

    had any plan of showing her-

    self up and explain everything

    to her husband;

    14. That these negative

    attributes of the respondent

    which borders on her indel-

    ity and irresponsibility are

    clear manifestations of her

    being unable to perform the

    essential marirtal obligations

    expected of a spouse; that her

    continued engagement into re-

    lationships with different men

    caused her to be truly incogni-

    tive of the basic marital cov-enants that concurrently must

    be assumed and discharged by

    her to their marriage which in-

    clude their mutual obligation

    to live together, observe mu-

    tual love, respect, delity and

    render help and support;

    15. That above premises

    considered, the respondent is

    psychologically incapacitated

    to assume and perform the

    essential obligations of mari-

    tal life; thus, under the New

    Family Code, their marriage is

    practically null and void;

    16. That the cause of this

    incapacity of the respondent

    is rooted on a psychologi-

    cal disorder which is deeply

    rooted from her childhood and

    has been persistent until heradulthood such as a cure of the

    same becomes vain; this men-

    tal or psychological condition

    will be medically or clinically

    certied by proven experts as

    grave and incurable;

    17. That having been ac-

    tually separated from the re-

    spondent for quite a time, pe-

    titioner no longer has the love

    and affection for her; earnest

    efforts towards a reconcilia-

    tion have been made but the

    same have failed; hence, for

    society to compel petitioner to

    live together with his wife is

    tantamount to forcing him to

    once again suffer the insuffer-

    able, endure the unendurable

    and bear the unbearable;

    18. That the parties hereto

    did not acquire substantial as-

    sets during their brief union.

    PRAYER

    WHEREFORE, in view

    of the foregoing it is most re-

    spectfully prayed of this Hon-

    orable Court that a decree be

    issued declaring the parties

    marriage void ab initio on

    the ground of psychological

    incapacity on the part of the

    respondent, with all the legal

    consequences thereof.

    Other reliefs just and eq-

    uitable under the premises is

    also similarly prayed for.

    Tacloban City, Philip-

    pines. April 11, 2012.

    PEREZ, UY,

    MATO-SIA &

    ASSOCIATES (PUMA)

    Law and Accounting

    Ofces

    Counsel for Petitioner

    Suite 007, 2nd Floor

    S&A Realty Building

    221 AvenidaVeteranoscor. PaternoSts.

    Tacloban City 6500

    By:

    (Sgd.) ATTY. NEIL M.

    SIA

    Roll No. 51379-2006

    IBP No. 876706-

    01/03/12; Leyte

    PTR No. 7093691-

    01/02/12; Tacloban City

    MCLE Compliance III

    No. 0013601

    Issued on April 22, 2010Copy furnished:

    OFFICE OF THE SOLICI-

    TOR GENERAL

    134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi

    VillageMakati City

    Republic of the Philippines)

    Tacloban City ) s.s.

    Province of Leyte )

    VERIFICATION AND

    AFFIDAVIT OF NON-

    FORUM SHOPPING

    I, WILLIAM TURADO

    BERNAL, of legal age and

    a resident of Mayorga, Leyte,

    after having been duly sworn

    to in accordance with law

    hereby depose and say,

    1. That I am the PETI-

    TIONER in the above-entitled

    case; that I cased the prepara-

    tion of the foregoing PETI-

    TION and have fully read

    and understood the contents

    thereof;

    2. That all the allega-

    tions therein are of my own

    and are true and correct to the

    best of my own and personal

    knowledge and certied true

    copies/authentic documents;

    3. That I have not

    commenced any other action

    involving the same issues

    in the Supreme Court, the

    Court of Appeals or in any

    other court, board, tribunal or

    agency; that to the best of my

    knowledge and information,

    no such other action or pro-

    ceedings involving the same

    issues is pending in the fore-

    going courts, board, tribunal

    or agency;

    4. That if I should

    hereinafter learn that other

    similar action or proceedings

    have been led or is pend-

    ing in the foregoing courts,

    tribunal, board or agency, I

    will promptly inform that fact

    and state the status thereof to

    the Honorable Court and the

    other court, board, tribunal oragency concerned within ve

    (5) days therefrom;

    IN WITNESS WHERE-

    OF, I have hereunto set my

    hand this April 11, 2012 at

    Tacloban City, Leyte, Philip-

    pines.

    (Sgd.) WILLIAM

    TURADO BERNAL

    (Afant)SUBSCRIBED AND

    SWORN to before me this at

    Tacloban City, Leyte Philip-

    pines, afant exhibiting to me

    his________issued on______

    at Tacloban City.

    (Sgd.) ATTY. NEIL M.

    SIA

    Notary Public

    Until December 31, 2013Notarial Commission No.

    2012-01-39-Tacloban

    City

    Suite 07, 2/F, S&A

    Realty Bldg.

    221 AvenidaVeteranos,

    Tacloban City

    Roll No. 51379

    IBP No. 876700 -

    01/03/12; Leyte

    PTR No.LSDE: Dec. 22, 29, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITIONNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Teresa Mesias

    extrajudiciallyy settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel

    of land situated in Brgy. Lucsoon, Naval, Biliran under Tax Dec./

    ARP No. 00335, with an area of 2.978021 has., assessed value ofP35,790.00 and subdivided into 5 lots; per Doc. No. 384, Page

    No. 77, Book No. 46, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Re-

    dentor C. Villordon. LSDE: December 8, 15 & 22, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Puricacion Gertos extrajudicially settled, parti-

    tioned and adjudicated over a parcel of corn land, situated at Brgy. Lunang, Hilongos, Leyte under

    Tax Dec. No. 02-14024-00237, with Cad. Lot No. 12584, containing an area of 18,380 square

    meters and covered by Katibayan ng Original na Titulo Blg. P-74590 and hereby settled and adju-

    dicated wholly in favor of Priscila Gertos Francisco and Fe Gertos Mocoy; per Doc. No. 536, Page

    No. 108, Book No. 26, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Rico E. Aureo.

    LSDE: December 8, 15 & 22, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Carmen S. Men-

    diola and Valentin Mendiola extrajudicially settled, partitionedand adjudicated over 5 parcels of land, under OCT No. 3723 (FPNo. V-118152) situated at Brgy. Bagahupi, Babatngon, Leyte de-scribed as) a) Lot No. 135, Gss-247, covered by OCT 3723, con-taining an area of 24,640 square meters, more or less, b) Lot No.142, Gss-247, containing an area of 103,768 square meters; c)Lot No. 144, Gss-247, containing an area of 51,151 square me-ters, more or less; d) Lot No. 74, Gss-247, containing an area of119,314 square meters, more or less; e) an agricultural land, LotNo. 130, situatd at Gov. Jaro, Babatngon, Leyte, evidenced byTax Dec. No. 2005-04008-00216, containing an area of 9.6160hectares, more or less; pe Dc. No. 353, Page No. 59, Book No.4, Series of 2010 of Notary Public Atty. Ultimo C. Servande.LSDE: December 8, 15 & 22, 2012

    AFFIDAVIT OF LOSSNOTICE is hereby given that Jose Sherwin T. Castillo and

    presently employed at St. Peter Life Plan, Catbalogan City ex-

    ecuted an afdavit of Loss of 28 pages of St. Peter Life Plan

    Ofcial Receipt Nos. 171023-1710503 was issued to Letecia G.

    Dabuet, 18 pages of Ofcial Receipt Nos. 175333-125350, was

    issued to Calvin V. Cananua and 40 pages Nos. 190960-19100

    was issued to Jose Uy, and was lost sometimes last year and

    the others were discovered lost this year; per Doc. No. 5087,

    Page No. 479, Book No. XII, Series of 2012 of Atty. Alma Uy-

    Lampasa. LSDE: December 15, 22 & 29, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Roque Dalag,

    Sr. extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a par-cels of land situated in Balagtas, Matag-ob, Leyte described as:

    Parcel 1, covered by Tax Dec. No. 0474, Cad. Lot No. 2617-P,

    containing an area of 1.6880 hectares, more or less; Parcel 2,

    covered by Tax Dec. No. 0475, Cad. Lot No. 2617-P, contain -

    ing an area of .1450 hectares, more or less. A Deed of Sale was

    executed in favor of Sps. Ferdinand T. Dela Calzada and Josefa

    Noeme Rubillos as vendees for the above-described property;

    per Doc. No. 353, Page No. 72, Book No. XXI, Series of 2000,

    of Notary Public Marcelo C. Oate.

    LSDE: December 15, 22 & 29, 2012

    AFFIDAVIT OF LOSSNOTICE is hereby given that Maria Aurora B. Uyvico a stock-

    holder of the Bank of the Philippine Island (BPI) executed an

    afdavit of Loss of a stock certicate bearing 129655 on No-

    vember 8, 1996 together with her other important personal docu-ments and despite diligent efforts exerted to nd it and was never

    found and considered it lost; per Doc. No. 274, Page No. 56,

    Book No. XXIII, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Vispero Ll.

    Mayor. LSDE: December 22, 29, 2012 & Jan. 5, 2013

    EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Vicente Demain

    extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel

    of land, situated at Brgy. Poblacion District VI (New Road) Ba-

    rugo, Leyte, designated as Lot No. 4068, containing an area of

    .0444 ha., under Tax Dec. No. 08-05-0028-00197 (R13). A Deed

    of Sale was executed in favor of Rosario M. Abejar, Cresente A.

    Aguja and Brigido M. Abejar as vendees for the above-described

    property; per Doc. No. 367, Page No. 74, Book No. XI, Series of

    2012 of Notary Public Atty. Ulpiano U. Arpon, Jr.

    December 22, 29, 2012 & Jan. 5, 2013

    Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation & Communications

    Land Transportation Franchising& Regulatory Board

    Regional Ofce No. 8Tacloban City

    LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2012-0688Ref. No. VIII-2007-0186

    Application for Issuance of a CPC operate a VEHICLE FOR HIRE servicewith Prayer to Adopt Trade Name

    FULGENCIO BRIONESApplicant/s/Petitioner

    x.............................xNOTICE OF HEARING

    APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE TOOPERATE A VEHICLE FOR HIRE SERVICE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT ALONGTHE LINE: FOR EXCLUSIVE USE OF CONTRACTING PASSENGERS FROM MAYORGA, LEYTE TO/FROM ANY HO-TELS, RESORTS & PORTS WITHIN REG. VIII & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT.

    NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BY THIS BOARD ON JANUARY 03, 2013AT 9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS.

    At least TEN (10) days prior to the date, applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one (1) Daily newspaper of generalcirculation in Eastern Visayas.

    Parties opposed to the approval of the application must le veried written opposition supported by documentary evidenceson or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the applicant, and may if they so desire, appear on said date and time.

    This application shall be acted upon by the Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidences submitted byparties under the board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary or testimonial evidences.

    WITNESS THE HONORABLE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPUDIN, this 21st day of December, 2012.

    (Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOClerk of Board

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    7Leyte Samar Daily ExpressNEWSSaturday, 22 December 2012

    EmporiumROVIC BLDG., DEL PILAR &

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    l COSMETICSl GIFT ITEMS

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    THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN MALL SHOPPING!

    WITH THE LOWEST PRICE IN TOWN.

    cess (include) personal

    attention, hands on man-

    agement of the industry,

    self-determination, cour-

    age, sincere relationship

    between the employees

    and the management, moreprayers and thanksgiving,

    (and) above all, our faith in

    God.

    The effort would not be

    complete without the full

    support of his wife, Alma

    (nee Montallana). Being

    the papers business man-

    ager the brunt of the ven-

    tures economic viability

    rests upon her shoulders.

    Her business acumen and

    personal values blend to

    churn what gives perfection

    to the couples endeavor. A

    sincere, simple and frugalwoman, she complements

    publisher Masseys public

    relations prowess and re-

    ligiosity, which altogether

    make up what is now the

    LSDE success story.

    With a quite increas-

    ing size of the LSDE fam-

    ily, which members derive

    main if not additional in-

    come from the continu-

    ous circulation of the daily

    broadsheet, complacency

    nds no place in this busi-

    LSDE...

    from page 5

    ness. Trying to keep up with

    the latest trends in the in-

    dustry, the paper strives to

    evolve to be equally com-

    petitive. Iconic it is called,

    LSDE now boasts of an

    editorial staff that is practi-

    cally among the best in the

    local print news industry.

    The production staff has

    the loyalty and work pro-ciency that cannot be un-

    dermined. But then again,

    no matter how impressive

    the work force is, if the

    management has not what

    it needs to have the heart

    and mind of a just king, no

    teamwork will ever bear the

    good fruit.

    Rev. Fr. Amadeo Alvero,

    a parish vicar of Sto. Nio

    Parish of Tacloban and the

    Archdiocesan media co-

    ordinator, has this to say:

    LSDE has been true to its

    aspiration to be positive,

    fair and free. And it I may

    add, it has been a beacon of

    Good News to many people

    in the region. Fr. Alvero is

    also a member of Express

    It At The Park, news forum

    which is ably led by Mas-

    sey Gral for 12 years now

    since its inception. In con-

    gratulating the LSDE fam-

    ily for this milestone, he ex-

    tends this pleasantry, More

    power to LSDE! May God

    continue to bless it with

    people working for the bet-

    terment of all.

    On the occasion of the

    silver anniversary of the

    Leyte Samar Daily Ex-

    press, Massey Gral articu-

    lated his words of thanks.

    I would like to express

    my heartfelt gratitude to

    all our readers, advertisers,editors, writers, columnists,

    contributors, correspond-

    ents, news boys, bureau

    chiefs, for being with the

    Express family for the last

    25 years and counting. May

    the Good Lord shower our

    families more blessings,

    graces and more years to

    come, he said.

    Indeed, this should res-

    onate: Congratulations Mr

    and Mrs. Massey Gral!

    Your goodness transforms

    into a more meaningful

    feat the continued growth

    of LSDE, Eastern Visayas

    partner in development.

    Congrats editors and staff,

    you equally made this suc-

    cess happen!

    Finally, as this writer

    would, Mr. Gral seized

    this chance to greet every

    one, Merry Christmas and

    a Prosperous New Year to

    one and all!

    To God be the glory for-

    ever!

    EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITIONNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Crispina Villejo and Tran-

    quilina Verdejo extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a

    parcel of land, covered by OCT No. P-35996, situated in Brgy. Owark,

    Hilongos, Leyte, designated as Lot No. 580, containing an area of 3,736

    square meters, per Doc. No. 202, Page No. 42, Book No. VII, Series of

    2012 of Notary Public Atty. Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar.

    LSDE: December 22, 29, 2012 & Jan. 5, 2013

    s t u d y o f t e c h n i c a l

    working group formed

    last year, which aimed at

    scrutinizing the different

    systems of monitoring

    the pe r f o r ma nc e o f gove r nme nt s e r v i c e

    providers such as LGUs,

    regional government

    o f f i c e s , a n d o t h e r

    institutions.

    T h e g r o u p w a s

    chaired by the National

    Statistical Coordination

    Board (NSCB), with the

    Department of Budget

    a n d M a n a g e m e n t

    (DBM), Civil Service

    Commiss ion (CSC) ,

    DILG, Commission on

    Audit (COA), Bureau

    of Local Government

    Finance (BLGF), National

    Economic Development

    A uthor i t y ( N E D A ) ,

    and a private sector

    representative.

    Our recommended

    uniformed monitoring

    tools will be guided by

    Administrative Order

    No. 25, which directs for

    the creation of an Inter-

    Agency Task Force on

    Harmonization of NationalGovernment Performance

    Monitoring, Information

    and Reporting Systems,

    Laceras explained.

    T A C L O B A N

    CITY The Regional

    Development Council

    (RDC) in Eastern Visayas

    is pushing for uniformed

    monitor ing tools for good governance of local

    government units (LGUs).

    The RDC executive

    committee, in its recent

    meeting, approved a

    resolution urging the

    Department of Interior

    and Local Government

    to harmonize all existing

    g o o d g o v e r n a n c e

    monitoring tools for the

    LGUs.

    This will respond to

    the misunderstanding and

    confusion on the existence

    of several monitoring

    systems and indicators

    on good governance,

    said RDC-Development

    A d m i n i s t r a t i o n

    C o m m i t t e e ( D A C )

    chair Imelda Laceras,

    regional director of the

    Department of Budget and

    Management (DBM).

    The recommendation

    was culled out from a

    A s a n R D C

    secretariat, the NEDA

    r e g iona l o f f i c e i s

    expected to establish

    a one-stop site lodged

    at the RDC websitewith links to respective

    agency websites to

    inform stakeholders of

    existing governance

    monitor ing system

    and get feedback for

    improvement of the

    systems.

    T he a ge nc i e s

    with good governance

    monitoring systems to

    make conscious effort to

    improve their respective

    monitoring systems by

    considering feedback

    coming from different

    sources such as one-

    stop site fora, media

    and other sources, and

    report these feedbacks

    to their respective

    central ofces

    Specifically, the

    system would measure

    the achievement of

    the good governance

    targets in the 2011-

    2016 Eastern Visayas

    Regional DevelopmentPlan (RDP). One strategy

    is the conduct of the RDP

    Assessment Report.(SARWELL Q. MENIANO)

    RDC-8 pushing for uniformed monitoringtolls for good governance of LGUs

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    8 Saturday, 22 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS

    Happy 13th year anniversary toLeyte Samar Daily Express and toyour 25th year oundation day!

    C E B U C I Y - -Still reusing to heed asuspension order, GovernorGwen Garcia announcedhursday that she willonly yield her post to ViceGovernor Agnes Magpaleover my dead body.

    Tat, as Magpale, whotook her oath as actinggovernor Wednesday, gaveProvincial reasurer RoySalubre an ultimatum:report to my oice or bereplaced today, Friday.

    Salubre has to issue acertiication that undsare available so that theProvincial Board can passthe bonus ordinance.Magpale also wants to ndout rom Salubre Capitolsscal state.

    Capitol employees willhave their Christmas party

    today and both Garcia andMagpale said they will begiving out bonuses to them.How they will go about itremains to be seen.

    In a press conerenceat the governors oiceTursday aernoon, Garciasaid she will exert all meansto keep her post.

    I will continue todischarge my unction asgovernor o Cebu, and ithey want to stop me, thenthey have to do that over mydead body, she said.

    Reusal

    Garcia has reusedto heed the order o Malacanang suspendingher or six months orusurpation o authority ina complaint led by the latevice goveror Greg SanchezJr. in 2010.

    ension has mountedat the Capitol where bothGarcia and Magpale andtheir supporters have beenkeeping vigil since theDepartment o Interior andLocal Government (DILG)served the suspension orderWednesday morning and

    Magpale taking her oath asacting governor.

    Police have secured theCapitol perimeters.

    Garcia said she will notyield her post to Magpale,who is running or vicegovernor in the May 2013elections under LiberalParty, even i it means theofce o the governor goingto be padlocked.

    I l l b e p a d l oc k edinside, she said. But i thathappens, it would be totallyun-Cebuano, she added.

    She said this while in a

    meeting with the mayors,vice mayors and barangaycaptains in the conerenceroom o the governorsofce.

    C o m m i t m e n t o support

    S h e a l s o a d v i s e d

    Cebu guv holds on

    depository banks to honorchecks she has signed lestthey ind themselves introuble. She said she hasasked the court to issue atemporary restraining order.

    Garcia has not let herofce since Wednesday.

    Ill stay here. Somemayors and others stayedtoo. So I did not want tojust leave them here withall o the inconvenience onot having your own proper

    bed, she said.G a r c i a s a i d t h e

    department heads went tosee her to reairm theircommitment to the dulyelected governor.

    As ar as they areconcerned, theres onlyone governor and it is thegovernor who was given themandate by the Cebuanosnot just once, not just twicebut three times and thatgovernor is Gwen Garcia,she said.

    Forcible removalOn a orcible removal,

    Police Regional Ofce (PRO)7 Director Marcelo Garbo Jr.said he might resort to this iGarcia does not leave Capitoland i ordered.

    On whose order, he didnot say.

    As o 7 oclock last night,he received no orders osuch.

    Garbo and other toppolice oicials in CentralVisayas paid Magpale acourtesy visit in the vicegovernors ofce, located inthe wing opposite the ofceo the governor.

    He said he assuredMagpale o the PRO 7ssupport and that he will havepolice secure her i needed.

    He also said that i neededtoo, he will have documentsat the ofce o the governorsecured.

    Daans predicamentWith two governors

    sitting at Capitol, PB MemberJulian Daan, who receivedhis appointment as actingvice gov er nor yesterday,reused to take oath until theissue on the governorship isresolved.

    As acting governor, Daanwill be PB presiding ofcer.A PB session has beenscheduled today to take upthe bonus ordinance.

    I he doesnt show up, thePB can still proceed with thesession or as long as it has aquorum o members.

    he bonus ordinanceneeds to be approved orthe ofce o the governor toissue an order releasing thebonuses to the 1,600 Capitolofcials and employees.

    Te bonuses would cost

    Capitol P50 million or theemployees and ofcials andanother P12 million or thebarangay health workerswho would each get P2,400.

    Magpales orderI assure Capitol workers

    and ofcials that everybodywill be happy this Christmas,Magpale said.

    She showed reportersa dra o an order or therelease o P103,000 wortho rice to be given as prize atthe Capitol employees party.

    She said this would be therst document she would be

    signing as acting governor.She said she needs

    Provincial reasurer Salubreto report to her so she canbe apprised o the state oCapitols coers.

    Salubres assistant JunilynArenas went to Magpalesofce yesterday. Aside romArenas other departmentheads who went to heroice were Budget OicerEmmanueal Gingoyon andProvincial AdministratorEduardo Habin.

    Other developments

    * Some o the members othe League o Municipalitieso the Philippines, ViceMayors League o thePhilippines, Association oBarangay Council assuredGarcia that they will holdspecial sessions to pass aresolution expressing thatthey recognize her as thegovernor and not Magpale.

    * In the meeting with Garciain her ofce were 23 mayors,our ormer mayors, presidentso the Association o BarangayCaptains, and her youngerbrother Rep. Pablo John Garcia,who is running or governor

    against Hilario Davide III,Magpales runningmate.Liloan Mayor Duke Frasco,

    Governor Garcias son-in-law,said 50 percent o the mayorssupport Gwen.

    Co n gressm an Garc i adescribed whats happeningat Capitol as akin to havingmartial law.

    Mura man ta og, sa akongtermino, martial law withemphasis o Mar. Si Mar Roxasmurag nakaminos sa mgaCebuanos. Kini binastos maniilang gibuhat (Mar Roxas seemsbelittling the Cebuanos. Whatthey did is uncivil), he toldreporters.

    * Cordova Mayor AdelinoSitoy, a lawyer, said seeking aRO rom the Supreme Courtis asking or a miracle. Hesaid one needs to have all thejustices meet together, havingnumerous holidays this month,and render an en banc decision.One is lucky i the justices ndit meritorious to grant a RO.

    (SUNNEX)

    Greetings rom:

    JOM BAGULAYA

    to the laughter ofthe members of themedia.

    So, I guess I will just

    smile at you, Romualdez

    said.

    Among present during

    the gathering were some

    members of the media whoare not really a Romualdez

    admirers.

    In his rst term in ofce,

    members of the media often

    complained that Romualdez

    could hardly be accessed

    for interviews, delegating

    the in te rv iews to h i s

    spokerspersons.

    But in an earlier interview,

    Romualdez claimed that he

    was medias best friend, a

    claim that generated mixed

    reactions from the members

    of the media.

    In his more than 20minutes talks with the

    members of the EIATP,

    Romualdez appeared to be

    relax and comfortable that

    he even nd it easy to poke

    fun with himself and the

    members present.

    And at one instance, the

    city mayor even said that

    he would not mind being

    hit by the press. When I

    entered this room, I had a

    feeling that you will give

    me a why-he-is-here kind

    of reaction. But Im glad

    that you give me a warm

    welcome, Romualdez said.

    T h e v e n u e o f t h e

    gathering, the Patio Victoria,

    is owned by the Romualdez

    family.

    The city mayor said

    that he was glad that the

    present media practitioners,

    coming from different andcompeting media outlets,

    could still nd time to enjoy

    and gather together.

    Romualdez debunked

    the allegations that he has

    media ofcers who talks in

    his behalf.

    I d o n t h a v e a

    spokesperson. I am the one

    talking (with the people),

    he said.

    According to Romualdez,

    he is no perfect just like the

    rest but he is doing his best

    in addressing the needs of

    the city government and thepeople of Tacloban.

    He also reminded the

    media that just like other

    political leaders, he has his

    own loyal supporters who

    are willing to defend him at

    any given situation.

    But in whole honesty,

    I hardly talk to them, he

    said, alluding that he is not

    making an order from his

    loyal supporters to defend

    him before the media and the

    public.(JOEY A. GABIETA)

    Mayor...from page 1

    p e r f o rmi n g t he i r j ob

    to inform people and by

    practi cing professi onal

    journalism.

    A s i d e f r o m t h e

    Christmas party, the 5th

    EIATP Award was also

    launched were awarding

    was set on February nextyear.

    EIATP Award is a

    venue to give recognition

    to media practitioners who

    had showed exemplary

    performance in their eld

    of work, an award not

    just given to members of

    EIATP but to other media

    pr ac ti ti on er s wh o ar e

    connected and working

    with a functional media

    entity providing that they

    are not block timers forradio commentators.

    Furthermore, Grafil

    stressed that EIATP is not

    an organization of one

    media entity but by whole

    media entities that are

    afliated and or members

    of the Express it at the Park.

    He added membership

    to EIATP is individual in

    form and not based on the

    membership of their media

    outt. (ROEL AMAZONA)

    Tacloban...from page 1

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    Te PROVINCIAL BUDGE OFFICE with its thrusto acilitating the Province o Samars budget,

    GreetThe people behind the success ofLeyte Samar Daily Ex-

    press on its 13th Anniversary and

    25th

    Foundation Day celebration

    May this celebration continue to inspire you in pro-

    viding the people with relevant, timely and accurate

    news and other information in Eastern Visayas!

    MABUHAY!

    Greetings rom:

    The Provincial Budget Ofcerand Staff

    Capitol Building, Catbalogan City

    9Leyte Samar Daily ExpressNEWSSaturday, 22 December 2012

    Christmas Seasons

    Happy13th Anniversary o LSDE &25th Foundation Day o the Express

    PublicationsGreetings rom:

    Provincial Accountant & Staff

    MR. ANTONIO VERZOSA JR.Provincial Accountant

    Province of Samar

    Happy 13th Anniversary of Leyte SamarDaily Express & 25th Foundation Day

    Seasons Greeting from:

    PPDOProvincial Planning &

    Development Ofce

    And StaffCatbalogan City

    Greetings from

    Te Provincial reasurers Oce

    Staf and personnel

    BIENVENIDO Z. SABENECIO, JR.Provincial reasurer

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    progressive CatbaloganMerry ChristmasAnd a

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    Congratulations

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    on your 25th Foundation

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    10 Saturday, 22 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express GREETINGS

    From the people and ocialso Guiuan, Eastern Samar:

    Happy 13th year anniversary to LeyteSamar Daily Express and to your

    25th year oundation day!

    Merry Christmas &

    A Happy New Year!

    From:

    Hon. MILA T. TANRepresentative, 2nd District, Samar

    GOV. SHAREE ANN T. TAN

    VICE-GOV. JIMBOY T. TANProvince of Samar

    structed sourced-out from

    deputy speaker Dazas

    effort in Congress.

    The Northern Samarfirst district solon was

    an 11th placer of the Bar,

    a cum laude from his

    Bachelor of Law Course

    of the University of the

    Philippines and a Certi-

    fied Public Accountant,

    and this is aside of his be-

    ing a California Barrister

    coupled with numerous

    awards and citations com-

    ing from government and

    private institutions among

    others he received.

    Also joining the cel-ebration was the univer-

    sity president and at same

    time a law professor here

    Mar De Asis among other

    product-lawyers here, law

    students, professors, other

    visitors who joined their

    one-day celebration with

    various activities high-

    lighting their simple rites.(PETER D. PAREDES)

    and aspiring law student

    and eventually in produc-

    ing competent lawyers.

    Deputy Speaker Dazainitiated in the opening of

    college of law at the UEP

    more than two decades

    ago for reason that those

    who want to take law

    coming from the province

    would no longer have to

    enrol in Tacloban City.

    Meanwhile, in his

    opening statement, Atty.

    Marlon Fritz Bogtong-

    Broto, dean of the col-

    lege of law, extended his

    gratitude to all those in at-tendance particularly, his

    colleagues for their sup-

    port as well as to Deputy

    Speaker Daza who despite

    of his hectic schedule

    never failed to grace their

    simple celebration.

    After acknowledging

    their visitors, the young-

    lawyer dean was also

    happy to announce of an

    annex building to be con-

    CATARMAN, N.

    Samar- Deputy Speaker

    Raul Daza of the rst

    congressional districtthis province graced

    the 20th founding an-

    niversary of the college

    of law of the University

    of Eastern Philippines,

    coinciding also to the

    alumni homecoming

    and Christmas party on

    Dec. 14, 2012 as their

    guest speaker.

    The veteran legisla-

    tor said that this is

    not just a time for cel-

    ebration, but rather its

    time to show all thepeople that the college

    purpose is to serve the

    public who are less in

    life, stressing during

    his message that man

    or woman regardless of

    their age as well as their

    economic condition,

    deserves quality of legal

    education, hence, the

    goal of UEPs college of

    law is to help those poor

    Daza graces UEPs College

    of Law 20th founding rites

    also allocated funds as an

    aid together with other needs

    and among other supplies

    during the mission.

    To date, the provincial

    government headed by Gov-

    ernor Paul Daza had several

    forthcoming and undergo-

    ing constructions of health

    centers in responding to the

    needs of health concerns

    province wide particularly,

    the needy families as an ad-

    ditional health care facilityto the eight existing district

    hospital of the province.

    As this develop, Gov.

    Daza said, gradually to

    ensure that residents of the

    province can get the easiest

    access to good but afford-

    able medical care, the Public

    Private Partnership Program

    has been in placed with

    the recent launching of the

    Planet Drugstore stationed

    at the Northern Samar Pro-

    vincial Hospital open 24

    hours daily to take care of

    the needs of those who are

    conned patients without

    spending much for their

    needed medicines particu-

    larly, to patients who are

    Philhealth members. (PE-TER D. PAREDES)

    partnership with this health

    institution in the mission

    of sharing its best practices

    in the medical profession

    among this province resi-

    dents.

    Under the medical out-

    reach mission, the benecia-

    ries will be treated according

    to their ailment after having

    been screened at the Allen

    district hospital which is still

    undergoing headed by Tam-

    paria herself being aided byDr.Dolina and the in-charge

    of the listing of patients is

    Nurse ShirlyOmbrog.

    Tamparia also described

    the surgical mission team

    which composed of 80 to

    100 medical professionals

    such as physicians, plastic

    surgeons, urologists, medi-

    cal technologists, anaes-

    thesiologists, nurses and

    dentists among other medi-

    cal professionals, is vital

    in addressing the health

    and medical needs of the

    residents here this province,

    particularly those belonging

    to the less-fortunate sector.

    Meanwhile, according

    to Tamparia, aside from

    free treatment to the bene-

    ciaries with medicines, the

    provincial government has

    ALLEN, N. Samar

    The Waray-Waray In-

    ternational Organization

    based in the USA headed

    byWilmarSuan, a Certi-

    ed Public Accountant by

    profession and the Fil-Am

    Surgical Mission Foun-

    dation in Michigan will

    undertake a medical out-

    reach service on January

    27-February 2, 2013 at the

    Allen District Hospital for

    the benet of the under-privileged residents here,

    said Dr. Flora Tamparia,

    OIC-Chief of Hospital in

    this town.

    Of the intended ben-

    eciaries, priority will be

    given to poor individu-

    als and families who are

    suffering from various

    types of ailments such as;

    cliff-lip, ugbesan nano

    nga klase sin sakit nga

    bukolsalawassugad san

    mayoma ug iba pa nga

    mga surgical procedures,

    added Tamparia.

    The medical mission is

    a manifestation of FilAm

    foundation in Michigan of

    their continuous commit-

    ment in providing quality

    health care to the poor.

    It also forges a strong

    Northern Samar less-fortunates to benet fromFilAm surgical mission slated Jan 27-Feb 2 in Allen

    Mayor Annaliza Gonzales Kwan

    Congratulations!Leyte Samar Daily Express and to your

    25th year oundation day!

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    CATARMAN, Northern

    Samar-Acting on the ap-

    proved resolution No. 166,

    series of 2012 of the Sang-

    guniang Panlalawigan this

    province recommending to

    Gov. Paul Daza the issuance

    of a preventive suspension

    order to Rogelio S. Tan, mu-

    nicipal mayor of Pambujan,

    Gov. Daza has ordered on

    November 29, 2012 for a 60-

    day preventive suspension.

    N. Samar SP oks resolution recommending 60-day

    preventive suspension against Mayor Tan of PambujanIn the memorandum of

    the governor, he cited Sec.

    63, paragraph (A) (2) 0f

    RA 7160, known as the

    Local Government Code

    of 1991 as well as the ap-

    proved reso lu ti on of SP

    which was unanimously ap-

    proved headed by Vice Gov.

    Ramp Nielsen Uy.

    In the said resolution, the

    administrative case stemmed

    when Conchita Tuballas,

    who was separated from her

    former position as human

    resource management of-

    cer-1, led a case against

    Mayor Tan for abuse of

    authority and oppression

    The initial evidences

    attached to the complaint

    readily reveal that respon-

    dent Tan has violated the

    orders of the Civil Service

    Commission to reinstate

    complainant Tuballas to her

    posit ion as administra tive

    ofcer-11 while the alleged

    appeal of recall case is still

    pending. And whether said

    promot io n of compla in t

    is valid or not, this Sang-

    gunian is at great quandary

    why complainant, Conchita

    Tuballas, separated from

    her permanent position and

    without any compensation

    until now, which is in viola-

    tion of the complainants

    right to security of tenure.

    In the unanimous con-

    cession of all the members

    present of this Sangguniang

    Panlalawigan that on the ba-

    sis of the evidence initially

    presented, there is an indica-

    tion that the respondent is

    probably guilty of the allega-

    tions against him, subject, of

    course, to the benet of the

    doubt given to him by the

    august body.

    Meanwhile, in an inter-

    view with Civil Security

    Ofce Chief of the province,

    Gerry Marquita, he con-

    rmed that at around 4 in the

    afternoon of December 12,

    2012, he and his group to-

    gether with a representative

    from the DILG provincial

    ofce, he was able to served

    personally the suspension

    order to the Mayor himself

    in his ofce.

    Likewise, in its SP reso-

    lution, it said, given the

    gravity of the offense and

    being a high ranking public

    ofcial, there is a great prob-

    ability that the continuance

    in ofce of Mayor Tan could

    inuence the witnesses or

    pose a threat to the integ-

    rity of records or evidences.

    Hence, issuance of said

    preventive suspension is in

    order while the case is pend-

    ing investigation. (PETER

    D. PAREDES)

    CARIGARA, Leyte

    At least 100 school chil-

    dren from indigent fami-lies of this town benetted

    the gift- giving activity

    yesterday of the Depart-

    ment of Public Works

    and Highways Second

    Leyte Engineering District

    (DPWH 2nd LED).

    District Engineer Ma.

    Margarita Junia said that

    its been a ve-year tradi-

    tion of their ofce every

    Christmas season to share

    blessings to less fortunate

    children in this town.

    The one-day activity

    held at the DPWH 2nd LEDgymnasium was packed

    with games, talent presen-

    tations, and surprises for

    children. They were also

    treated with free lunch.

    Giving gifts to chil-

    dren of poor families made

    us feel good. We hope to

    inspire these young chil-

    dren to pursue their educa-

    tion, Junia said.

    Epifanio Bacolanta,

    Jr., principal of Carigara

    II Central School thanked

    the DPWH 2nd LED man-

    agement for selecting theirschool as recipient of gift

    100 school children from indigent families

    receive gifts from DPWH 2nd LEDgiving.

    These children deserve

    gifts this Christmas because

    they belong to the poorest

    of the poor families, Ba-

    colanta said.

    Nine-ye ar- old Almira

    Layague, a pupil of second

    grade, said that this is her

    rst time to receive a gift

    from an institution. I wont

    forget this day, she said

    after Junia handed her a bag

    full of food items.

    The activity was carried

    out through coordination

    with General Parents and

    Teachers Association Presi-

    dent Vicenta Lim. (Sarwell

    Q. Meniano)

    11

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    12 Saturday, 22 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express FEATURE

    Today, December 22, the

    Leyte Samar Daily Express

    begins to navigate its next

    365-day course as a posi-

    tive, fair, and free regional

    daily newspaper as it com-

    memorates the 25th year (a

    silver jubilee, indeed!) of the

    Leyte Samar Express pub-

    lishing industry in simple

    anniversary activities at its

    main ofce, the rst oor

    of the Knights of Columbus

    Building along Padre Zamo-

    ra street, Tacloban City.

    As it does, the couple

    who are behind this trade-

    mark of free journalism in

    the Waray Region, Dalmacio

    Massey Candido Gral

    and Alma nee Montallana,

    both from the province of

    Eastern Samar, renew their

    commitment of continually

    improving on their service of

    catering to the information

    needs of the news reading

    public in Region VIII.

    A solid proof to that re-

    newal is their having aptly

    prepared themselves, their

    personnel, and their ofcefor the rising challenges to

    Te Express Publications, Completing A Silver

    Jubilee o Media Service

    TOWARDS A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 25 YEARS HENCEBy Chito D. Dela Torre

    counted from the time the

    editorial content navigates to

    the network until it gets its

    nished form on a plate the

    latest issue for the day of the

    Leyte Samar Daily Express is

    ready for printing. In the next

    hour or so, the newspaper gets

    off the offset printing process,

    commissioned to their fullest,

    produced their rst print form

    of this paper. The other prepa-

    rations corresponded to these

    innovative changes.

    This attribute further dem-

    onstrates the responsiveness

    of the editorial management.

    That is why it continues to

    attract advertisers and news-

    makers. In another vein, it also

    helps prepare future journal-

    ists by enlisting interns from

    among mass communications

    and media-related courses.

    Its competent editorial force,

    themselves veteran journal-

    ists, headed by editor-in-chief

    Vicente Ven S. Labro, who

    hails from Catbalogan, Samar,

    provide the necessary guid-

    ance and mentoring (where

    needed) to all their staff mem-

    bers, including interns, and

    others who wish to work for

    the Leyte Samar Express pub-lications.

    Yes, publications, for aside

    from the daily, the Express

    family has also been publish-

    ing weeklies in the different

    parts of the region, with prov-

    incewide circulation, apart

    from a city edition.

    The Express newspapering

    industry has kept on growing

    since its rst newspaper publi-

    cation, the Leyte Samar Week-

    ly Express which rst hit the

    streets exactly on December

    22, 1988, less than two years

    after the Philippines regained

    its democracy from a dicta-

    torial regime. The LSWE,

    acronym for that newspaper,

    became the mother of the

    weeklies subsequently pub-

    lished - the rst inside-page

    provincial edition having been

    the Leyte Samar Weekly Ex-

    press Biliran Edition under

    the editorship of community

    organizer-NGO worker So-

    corro Intoy Cotejar of Na-

    val (capital of Biliran prov-

    ince) until the birth in year

    1999 of the Leyte Samar Daily

    Express (LSDE, or Daily Ex-

    press, for short), thanks to the

    daring but encouraging idea ofEmil Justimbaste who at once

    became its rst editor-in-chief.

    During the days of the

    LSWE, the Leyte Samar Ex-

    press Newsmagazine was

    born, with this writer, while

    serving as associate editor

    and columnist of the weekly,

    taking the cudgel as editor-in-

    chief. The Newsmagazine continued

    until the daily became the regular

    agship publication of the Express

    family.

    True to its social obligation and

    duties, the Express family, nota-

    bly the men and women behind the

    LSDE, adhere to the avowed ethics

    and principles of journalism and nd

    active membership in such respect-

    able media organizations as the na-

    tional Philippine Press Institute, and

    some local groups, like the erstwhile

    and then defunct Leyte Private Me-

    dia Inc., and the popular, now 12

    years old, Express It At The Park

    (EIATP) which began with only fourmen Massey himself, now LSDE

    columnist,former PIA director Alvin

    G. Arpon, Atty. Ramon Cuyco,former

    LTO-8 director and engineer Wilson

    Chan, general manager of Leyte Park

    Hotel. Other regional and provincial

    organizations, such as the Philippine

    National Police Press Corps,

    Samar Island Press Club, the

    Catbalogan Cable TV Me-

    dia Nucleus (CCATMAN),

    Region Eight Tri-Media As-

    sociation (RETA), and other

    independent media groups.

    Besides responding to re-

    quests for reportorial coverage

    (like those from regional gov-

    ernment agencies and local

    government units, and even

    requesting militant sectors),

    or participating in building

    advocacy lines as the media

    sector, the Express, speci-

    cally the LSDE, also closelycoordinates with the Philip-

    pine Information Agency.

    This involvement accentuates

    the positive, or pro-active,

    character of LSDE.

    Among the pioneers in the

    Express family, aside from

    Massey and Alma themselves,

    had been David Genotiva,

    Loly Isiderio, Inocencio P.

    Maderazo, Atty. Aurelio D.

    Menzon, and this writer.

    LSDE in Directories

    Leyte Samar

    Daily Express appears in web-

    sites or blogs which present it

    as among those worth simply

    posting or displaying or as

    part of a directory, or t for the

    marketplace (meaning, mar-

    ketable).

    In the National Library of

    the Philippines, the Informa-

    tion Technology Division on-

    line public access catalogue

    posts the following for year

    2012 under the link koha.nlp.

    gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-de-

    tail.pl?bib=570427 in the NLP

    website:

    Results 1 through 19 of

    261 records.

    Title

    Author

    Call NumberCopies

    Available at

    Leyte Samar Daily Ex-

    press. - 2001 - Dalmacio C.

    Gral; Tacloban City : - -v.

    the publishing industry. On

    the mechanical aspect, they

    acquired and caused the instal-

    lation right at this ofce last

    October 28 two units of the

    latest brand of printing equip-

    ment that can hasten newspa-

    per production: one plateset-

    ter and one plate processor.

    Just after about 3 minutes

    ready for distribution to its

    different circulation outlets

    around the region. Between 6

    and 7 oclock in the morning

    of each day, from Monday to

    Sunday of each week, new