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Ormoc gets Ombuds awardOnly BPLO in the region to get blue certification

ORMOC CITY – The Busi-ness, Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) here is the only city in the region to get a Blue Certification from the Ombudsman for 2017.

Mayor Richard Gomez said he is happy with the news, adding that it has always been his thrust to make Ormoc business-friendly and the process of getting permits and licenses red tape free.

Eduardo B. Kangleon, act-ing director of the Ombudsman regional office, said that the Blue Certification means “that the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) of Ormoc City is implementing and maintaining a system that conforms to the

By LaLaine M. JiMenea

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Groundbreaking for New Baybay City Hall heldBAYBAY CITY – A simple groundbreaking ceremony led by city officials here for their new P 457-million city hall was held on Friday, December 8, at the new government center in Brgy. Gaas.

Rep. Jose Carlos Cari and City Mayor Carmen L. Cari, together with Vice Mayor Mi-chael Cari and town councilors, led the ceremony. They led the dropping of the capsule at the site of the new city hall, with Mayor Carmen Cari adding a medallion of St. Benedict as it was to be lowered.

The new city hall will be located on a hill at the govern-ment center, and Arch. Danny Fuentebella said it has been designed to be “imposing, at the same time blend with its surroundings. It follows the contour of the land.” Fuent-ebella, city architect of Tacloban City, designed the city hall in collaboration with Baybay City-based architects.

Leyte 5th district Rep. Jose Carlos L. Cari is assisted by Mayor Carmen L. Cari as he signs the capsule containing the City Hall’s plans. sEE BAYBAY p. 10

Ormoc seniors get P 500 ‘Christmas Gift’

Mayor Richard and Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, together with Ms. Caren Torres-Rama representing councilor Vincent Rama, Office for Senior Citizens Affair officer Eustaquio Vega, lead in the distribution of the 500-peso year end incentive or “Christmas Cash Gift” for seniors in the City. The first distribution was held in Brgy. Alta Vista.

ORMOC CITY – The LGU here has started distribution of the P 500 year-end incentive or “Christ-mas Gift” to all its senior citizens here on December 4, Monday, at Brgy. Alta Vista, this city.

Mayor Richard Gomez and Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez led the distribution of the year-end incen-tive, together with Caren Torres-Rama who represented councilor Vincent Rama, chairman of the Committee on Social Welfare, Se-

nior Citizens, Women and Family. To recall, an Ordinance grant-

ing annual cash incentive for all registered and qualified se-nior citizens in Ormoc City was sponsored by Rama, in concur-rence with other city councilors, sometime October last year. The incentive is to be released start-ing December this year, to bring Christmas cheers to the seniors.

Councilor Rama, in a tele-phone interview, said that the

incentives will be distributed at the barangays, so that the senior citizens do not need to go to city hall to claim theirs.

Rama, who was monitoring the distribution from Vigan, Ilo-cos Sur where he is attending the Philippine Councilors League 4th quarter meeting, said that so far, the distribution went smoothly. The barangays where the distribu-tion was to be held were informed in advance, so that the seniors

would be ready to receive theirs when their schedule came.

Farica Zgambo-Cutas, Rama’s administrative assistant, said that since the first distribution in Alta Vista, the Office for Senior Citi-zens Affairs (OSCA) has already distributed in 16 other barangays.

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Mild tremor hits Ormoc as PA Dino brings ‘bundles of joy’ to July 6 quake evacueesORMOC CITY - A 4.5 mag-nitude earthquake rocked the city proper here around 3:39 PM of Saturday, De-cember 9, causing minor panic among residents.

There were no reports of injured people, said city disaster risk reduction of-ficer Ciriaco Tolibao Jr., who was in Brgy. Lake Da-nao when it happened. Information gathered from the Office of Civil Defense Region 8 states that the quake’s epicenter, a tectonic one, was 57 kilometers West of Burauen. No damage was reported, and there are no expected aftershocks.

The tremor happened just as Presidential Assis-tant for the Visayas Michael Dino was in the Lake Da-nao evacuation center to talk with the July 6 earth-quake victims. However, the earthquake was not felt in the area.

Dino was with class-mates from the Sacred Heart School for Boys of Cebu Batch 85 Foundation, including their president

DUTERTE FIST! PA for Visayas Michael Dino, together with councilor Mario Rodriguez and city legal counsel Jasper Lucero, and his classmates from Batch 85, do the “Duterte fist” in a souvenir picture with quake evacuees in Brgy. Lake Danao. He told the evacuees the president was thinking of their welfare and asked for more patience as national government and LGU work towards finding them permanent relocation.

Jose “Eti” Loreto joins Maker

JOSE “ETI” LORETO, 78, a former Mayor of Baybay City and a civil engineer by profession, has joined his Maker last December 4, 2017 (Monday).

He is survived by his wife, Asuncion “Ching” P. Loreto, and children, Leyte Vice Governor Carlo Loreto, former Health Secretary Janette Garin, Jose Jr., and Jose III.

His wife, Ching, said that succumbed to severe pneumonia after 36 days in the ICU in Tacloban City. By LMJ

Kenneth Lim and famed furniture designer Keneth Cobunpue, to distribute “bundles of joy” to 1,000 evacuees in the evacuation camps of Lake Danao, Mila-gro and Gaas.

The batch foundation raised 1-million pesos for the gift giving which they bought for the “bundles of joy” consisting of a pail, rice, canned goods and soap.

The all male batch was “feminized” with the pres-ence of the first Bb. Cebu 2017 April Smith and her court. The Binibining Cebu pageant, the first of which was held this year, is also supported by Dino’s batch.

Dino also told the vic-tims that he came in behalf of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to let them know that the president is always think-ing of their plight. He asked them to be patient and that the administration is doing their best to help them.

Dino, who was also with assistant secretary for the Visayas Anthony

Gerard “Jonji” Gonzales, also conferred with local officials present to inquire what was hampering the permanent relocation of the victims.

After hearing from councilor Mario Rodriguez and legal counsel Jasper Lucero that the city met a snag with lands that were already Carp-ed and a prob-lem with getting an SPA from a landowner in Aus-tralia, Dino said they will help in this aspect. He said they will ask that the consul in Australia be the one to go

to the location of one of the Espina heirs, whose land is being eyed for the Lake Danao relocation, and help hasten the getting of DAR clearances.

Other groups who came to help in distribut-ing the bundles of joy were the Art Association of the Philippines led by their president Fidel Sarmiento and Efren Enolva, president of the Portrait Artists Soci-ety of the Philippines, Inc. By Lalaine M. Jimenea and Quirene Wenceslao

SEATTLE, WA – Microsoft co-founder and philan-thropist Paul G. Allen’s expedition crew of Re-search Vessel (R/V) Petrel has documented the USS Ward (Destroyer No. 139) in its final resting place near Ponson Island in the Philippines. The expedi-tion team released video images just prior to the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The USS Ward was a Wickes-class destroyer that famously fired the first American shot in World War II at 6:45 a.m. on Sun-day, Dec. 7, 1941 just out-side of Pearl Harbor, Ha-waii. The ship and its crew sighted and sank a Japanese midget submarine. The sub-marine they sank was one of five top secret Japanese ves-sels, each armed with two torpedoes that intended to penetrate the harbor under cover of darkness before the attack began. The enemy air attack on Pearl Harbor, and throughout Oahu, started about an hour after the USS Ward sank the midget submarine.

On December 7, 1944, three years to the day, the USS Ward was lost after coming under attack by several kamikazes. She had been patrolling Ormoc Bay off the island of Leyte, serving as a high-speed transport for troops. She was hit at the waterline amidships by one of the at-tacking kamikaze. Unable to extinguish the resulting fire that was now consum-ing the ship, the crew was ordered to abandon ship. She was soon scuttled by

an accompanying ship, the USS O’Brien. Poetically, O’Brien’s commanding of-ficer was Lt. Cmdr. William Outerbridge, who had been in command of the USS Ward during the attack on Pearl Harbor three years earlier. Amazingly, only one USS Ward crew member was injured throughout the day’s events.

While her remains rest at the bottom of Ormoc Bay, the Ward’s historical signifi-cance is not forgotten.

“The USS Ward found herself in the crucible of American history – at the intersection of a peacetime Navy and war footing. She took decisive, effective and unflinching action despite the uncertain waters. Now 76 years on, her example informs our naval posture,” said Adm. Scott Swift, com-mander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

R/V Petrel is a 250-foot research and exploration vessel purchased in 2016 by Mr. Allen. Petrel’s advanced underwater equipment and technology makes it one of the few ships on the planet capable of exploring to 6,000 meters deep (more than 3.5 miles). Following a 2017 retrofit, Petrel and its crew use state-of-the-art underwater technology for deep-sea search and explo-ration expeditions.

“The Petrel and its ca-pabilities, the technology it has and the research we’ve done, are the culmination of years of dedication and hard work,” said Robert Kraft, director of subsea operations for Mr. Allen. “We’ve assembled and in-tegrated this technology, assets and unique capability into an operating platform which is now one among very few on the planet.”

To ensure the location of the ship was accurate, the USS Ward’s wreckage was identified and cross-referenced with historic drawings and schematics of the ship. The survey of the USS Ward was part of a combined mission to docu-ment the Imperial Japanese Warships that were lost during the Battle of Surigao Strait in the Philippines.

During the November expedition, the R/V Petrel was able to capture video of IJN Yamashiro (FUSO class dreadnought battle-ship), IJN Fuso (FUSO class dreadnought battleship), Yamagumo (Asashio class destroyer), Asagumo

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3December 4-10, 2017 BALITANG SAKSAK-SINAGOL

Mayor Benjo nihatag sa iyang State of the Municipality AddressMga pulis may pasidaan sa mga hinabako

Wanted sa Ormoc, dakpan didto sa Agusan Del Sur

Coastguard nagsugod na pagpangnumero sa mga banca de motor

ORMOC CHAMBER GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHRISTMAS PARTY. The Ormoc Chamber held their General Assembly and Christmas Party on December 7, 2017 at the Club Andone in Sabin Resort Hotel. Around 60 members attended. Elections and a proposed lifting of the term of officers were set to a later date. Two more members, Rina Pongos-Rodriguez and Erwin Magallanes, were inducted into the chamber by OrCham president Jude Abenoja. One of the highlights of the evening aside from the raffle was the awarding of past presidents where they were presented with caricatures ala Elvis Presley. Top going clockwise: Past president Joel Brazil receives his token, Iñigo Larrazabal, the two new members as they take their membership oath, and, Rey Evangelista.

Gaisano Saversmart Ormoc are among the establishments in the city that are voluntarily practicing No Plastics Day every Wednesday.

TABANGO, LEYTE – Buntag sa Desiyembre 8, pormal nihatag sa iyang State of the Municipality Address si Mayor Bernard Jonathan Remandaban; ug ang iyang mensahe sa taga Tabango nga iyang paningkamotan nga maka-lahutay ang lungsud aron kini mamahimo unyang garbo sa sunod nga hen-erasyun. Matud niya ang tanan lumalabay lamang apan ang mga maayong buhat kanunay kining mahinumduman sa ka-tawhan.

Sa wala pa ang men-sahe sa mayor, ang mga department heads una ang nihatag sa mga nahimo nila gikan sa buwan sa Enero hangtud ning buwana.

Ang hepe sa Tabango Police Station nga si Sr. Insp. Darwin Dalde nilad-lad sa iyang mga nahimo, ug nahibaw-an nga dili taas ang kremin nga nanghitabo sa lungsud. Gani ang kawat gikan Enero hangtud karon tulo ka kaso lamang, sam-tang ang kampanya kontra druga, tulo sad ug ang ma-dakpan nakasuhan na.

Ang mga nitambong sa kalihukan nga gipahigayun sud sa Tabango Sports and Social Center, naghinamhi-nam sa mensahe sa mayor. Ang mayor sa samang higa-yun nipadayag sa iyang

mga tinguha diin gusto siya nga mahimong destinasyun sa mga turista ang Tabango. Daghan nga dapit sa lung-sud ang potensiyal sa mga turista osa na ang busay anaa sa bukid sa Hemarco nga dili tanan taga lung-sud ang nakaadto sa lugar. Palamboon kini sa mayor ug mangita siya ug pondo para sa proyekto.

Giangkon sa mayor nga dili masayun ang pag-padagan sa mga programa labi pa nga ang konseho dili iya ang mayorya, pero bisan pa niini wa mawad-i ug paglaum ang mayor nga matuman niya ang mga plano sa abag sa taga Tabango.

Sa habig sa konseho, si konsehal Joel Erme Ro-bles niangkon nga gilisdan gyud sila pagpalabang ug mga ordinansa para unta sa kaayuhan sa tanan. Ma-tud sa konsehal gikan sa Enero hangtud karon duha ka ordinansa lamang ang naaprubahan, osa niini ang pagdili pagpabuto ug mga rebentador labi na sa pag-pamaligya. May ordinansa untang gipanday nga hata-gan ug suporta ang mga solo parent, pero nababagan sa uban tungod sa daghan mga rason.

May ordinansa sad si-lang gipanday alang sa kaayuhan sa mga kabataan

sa lungsud pero pakyas, apan malaumon si konse-hal Robles nga moabot ra ang katumanan niini sa tukmang panahun.

Gibida sad sa mayor ang nakuhang pasidun-gog sa lungsud gikan sa DILG nga maoy nakapada-

sig kaniya. Sa panapos sa iyang mensahe ang mayor niawhag sa taga lungsud nga tabangan siya nga makabaton ug katumanan ang iyang mga damgo ug pangandoy alang sa tanan ug sa mga kabataan. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – May pa-sidaan ang mga pulis sa mga hinabako nga adto lang sa ilang pinoy-anan manigarilyo aron dili ma-hasol kun madakpan. Din-hi sa siyudad ang kapu-lisan subsob ang kampa-nya batok sa mga maniga-rilyo kay kalapasan kini sa ordinansa numero 35.

Sa pakighinabi kang Supt. Reynaldo Torlao, ang hepe sa police station 1, sa maong ordinansa ang multa osa ka gatos ka pesos lamang pero ang nakahasol mao ang reglementary pe-riod nga dose ka oras.

Matud ni Supt. Torlao daghan na ang ilang na-dakpan, ug mas daghan dili taga dinhi sa siyudad pero wa silay mahimo kay nakasupak man sila sa bala-od. Human sa dose oras moadto pa sa city hall ang dinakpan aron mobayad ug

multa nga osa ka gatos ka pesos, pero pananglit matu-nong ug Biyernes sa hapon ang pagdakop sa malapa-son, dili na siya makabayad ug multa kay serado na ang city treasurer’s office; ug ang mahitabo mosamot ka dugay ang iyang pagka-tanggong.

Dugang pa sa hepe, mas maayo gyud sa mga hinabako magpugong lang adto na sa ilang pinoy-anan manigarilyo. Ilawum sa maong ordinansa apil gi-dili pagyupyop ug tabako tinustos.

Sa datus nga nakuha gikan sa police station 1, daghan na ang nadakop; osa niini ang drayber sa de-pasaherong van para Maa-sin imbis molarga na didto sa nuon sa laing sakyanan nisakay kay natanggong na man ang drayber. Ni Paul Libres

KANANGA, LEYTE – Ang “Wanted” nga taga Ormoc nasikop sa mga pulis sa Kananga didto sa Bayu-gan, Agusan del Sur.

Ang wanted mao si Dominador Pansacala, 54 anyus, ug taga barangay Catmon ning syudad. Si Pansacala may kaso nga ka-lapasan sa RA-7610 ug ang warrant of arrest giisyu ni RTC Judge Gerlie Borrel-Yu sa Branch 35 dili pa dugay; ang piyasansa alang sa iyang temporaryung kaga-wasan kay 200 mil pesos.

Ang mga Pul is sa Kananga ang nakasikop kang Pansacala kay ang kihante nidangup man sa hepe nga si Ch. Insp. She-vert Alvin Machete kinsa dali nimando kang Inspec-

tor Tomas Serrano nga suhito sa maong dapit nga gitagoan sa akusado.

Si Insp. Serrano nga na-hinabi sa EV Mail niingon Desiyembre 1 nakadawat siyag report gikan sa iyang impormante didto sa Sto. Rosario, Bayugan, Agusan del Sur nga nakit-an si Pansacala sa lungsud re-sulta dali siyang migikan sa Leyte paingon sa nahis-gotan nga dapit.

Desiyembre 2, naabot ang Kananga pulis sa lugar ug didto nila gikasa ang operasyun sa pakig ala-yun sa mga pulis sa lung-sud ug nasikop ang target.

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ORMOC CITY – Ang Phil-ippine Coastguard Eastern Visayas nagsugod na sa pagpangnumero sa mga banca de motor.

Biyernes, Desiyembre 8, si District Commander Capt. Gregorio Adel Jr. nipatawag ug emergency meeting sa tanang mga station commanders lukop rehiyun aron maplantsa ang mga gimbuhaton.

Sa interbiyu sa EV Mail kang Capt. Adel, nasayran ang national headquarters nihatag kanila ug tagal hangtud sa Desiyembre 31 na lamang nga mag numero sa mga baroto, banca de motor, hasta na ang mga fishing boats.

Kabahin ang programa sa Safety Security Environ-mental Numbering System. Gisugdan kini niadtong bu-wan sa Nobiyembre didto sa Mindanao, karon dinhi na sa Visayas. Giklaro ni

Capt. Adel nga walay bayad ang pagnumero sa mga banca, ila kining gasto.

Desiyembre 9, ang team sa Coastguard niadto sa Cuatro Islas sa Inopacan diin atoa ang daghan mga pumpboat aron pagpatu-man sa programa, samtang ang oban kanila niadto sa Tacloban.

Dugang kasayuran gitunol sa EV Mail nga human unya niini, kalag-mitan sa hinapos sa Enero sunod tuig magsugod na

ang Coastguard pagsita o kaha pagpanakop sa mga banca de motor nga kolo-rum. Busa nanawagan ang PCG sa mga mananagat nga moduol na sa ilang buhatan aron iparehistro ang ilang panagatan. Osa ka opisyal nga nahinabi niingon wala hinuoy multa sa mga masita pero malangan gyud ang ilang panginabuhi. May mga rehistro sad sa mga banca de motor, sakayan gihimo ang LGU, pero ang Coastguard niingon lahi ang LGU lahi sad ang ila. Kanang mga pumpboat anaa sa seawall ang unang nahatagan ug mga numero.

Nipasabot ang ahen-siya nga kining numbering system makaayo sa mga mananagat kay kun maanud o may mokawat sa ilang panagatan masayun ra ang pagsubay niini pinaagi sa numero. Makatabang sab kini sa mga awtoridad pag ila kun ang banca de motor dili ba daotang tawo ang sakay.

Kadtong anaa sa mga isla, makig alayun lamang sila sa mga opisyal sa ilang barangay, dugang pa ni Capt. Adel. Ni Paul Libres

PAO-8 holds yearend conference in Ormoc

ORMOC CITY – “Do what is difficult; we’re all going to die; always do extra; we are a Team,” reminded Atty. Vevelyn O. Mon-santo, Regional Public Attorney, to lawyers and staff in her inspirational message during the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Region 8 Yearend Confer-ence held at Sabin Resort Hotel, Ormoc City, Decem-ber 8, Friday.

Atty. Joseph Kirby L. Calipayan, OIC-PA III Or-moc District Office, wel-comed the delegates from the Public Attorney’s Office from the different districts all over Region 8.

In the inspirational message of Atty. Vevelyn O. Monsanto, Regional Public Attorney, she stressed some key points to remind them

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CHRISTMAS IS just 15 days away, and I am very happy to see that everybody, except for some sour grapes, are enjoying what LGU’s have to offer for constituents. Especially here in Ormoc, it is nice to see that the Christmas spirit is very visible, a far cry from the past when Christmas was not their cup of tea. I haven’t been there yet, but I heard from many people that the decorations in Brgy. San Juan are very admirable.

Last night, when we passed by Ma-cabug at 10 o’clock in the evening after visiting the wake of Eti Loreto, I was happy to see several families go off their vehicles to have a souvenir shot at their very nice decorations.

Our rotundas are equally bathed in Christmas lights and décor. Given to the civic organizations to decorate, the private groups really cooperated. When these rotundas were launched on December 1, some even offered candies and food to those who would care to stop by.

It is funny to read that the most “vocal” on FB in criticizing the White Christmas tree in our plaza are the ones identified with the ala Scrooge administration. May-be they forgot that since 2010, it has only been the camp of Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez that has been giving a bit of Christmas cheer in Ormoc City, or they just don’t like Christmas at all that is why they are fast to criticize? Before 2010, there was nary an effort to prettify Ormoc, forcing people to go out of the city to nearby Albuera to enjoy their Christmas lights.

Anyway, I would recommend for Ormocanons to go around the city and take a look at the efforts of our barangays to infuse a Christmas spirit. It has long been gone in the city and now is the time to reclaim it.

I also heard the decorations in the town of Bato are worth the visit. A favorite of mine is Baybay City. I love their huge plaza by the bay, and every year, the LGU makes the effort to make their Christmas offerings better. This year, they have free movie showing for children and families. They also have a food square, aside from the Ciudad coffee shop that has become a must stop by.

Isabel has also bloomed again under the leadership of Mayor Saturnino Medina Jr. Palompon’s Christmas decors may not be as famed as that of Albuera or Palo, but they have Kalanggaman. No contest there!

By the time this newspaper gets into your hands, maybe it is just around 13 or 12 days before Christmas. Allow me to greet you all, friends and not-so-friends a Happy Christmas. Spend it with your loved ones, and create a tradition that you would love to recall on your twilight years.

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COMMUNICATION is an important part of our daily lives as it is needed in our livelihood and general well-being. ENT stands for Ears, Nose and Throat, which are three vital and primary body parts. ENT awareness week is celebrated to spread awareness and measures to safeguard the functioning of these organs. They have been previously termed EENT, which stands for Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat. But it has been several decades that the diagnosis and treatment of Eye diseases has been separated and the spe-cialists for the eyes are called ophthalmol-ogists while those for the ENT (ears, nose and throat) are called otolaryngologist.

Presidential proclamation No. 501 declared the period from December 3 to 9 as ENT Consciousness Week, by then for-mer President Corazon C. Aquino. It will be spearheaded by the Philippine Society of Otolagyngology – the Head and Neck Surgery, Inc., which is a group of doctors or specialists specializing in the study and treatment of diseases of the ears, nose and throat.

Otolaryngology is one of the oldest medical specialty in the world. It mainly deals with the treatment of patients who have problems with ears, nose and throat. It is important that proper care and precau-tion is taken cared of, to care for one’s ears, nose and throat. There are certain things that one can do for a “sound” ENT.

1. Make sure that regular ear check up

is done.2. Avoid places with high level of noise

pollution or create the habit of wearing a pair of ear buds while travelling.

3. Avoid listening to music on a high volume for a long duration of time.

4. Protect one’s ears from cold weather in case one’s ears are sensitive to cold tem-peratures.

5. For people with frequently bleed-ing noses, ENT consult should be done immediately.

6. Avoid smoking for a healthy throat.Head and neck cancers ranked in the

top 5 cancers worldwide. It is usually advanced when detected. One aim of this awareness campaign is to encourage people to see the doctor should they experience abnormality in their mouths and throats.

The following are considered red flags:1. A lump or a sore in the mouth or

throat that does not heal.2. A sore throat that does not go away.3. The presence or development of dif-

ficulty in swallowing and 4. A change or hoarseness in the voice.These are probable signs and symp-

toms of head and neck cancers. Individuals experiencing the above-mentioned symp-toms need to be thoroughly examined by specialists.

Oral, head and neck cancers are com-mon cancers affecting any part of the oral cavity, pharynx, throat, thyroid and larynx

(voice box). Regular check-ups can detect early stages of head and neck cancers or conditions that may lead to it. For those cancers caught at an early stage, treatment is available and may require various combinations of sur-gery, radiation and/or che-motherapy. For those with the above signs and symp-toms, please do not hesitate to seek consult with your doctors for proper work-up and treatment.

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

WE need to understand the relation be-tween God’s eternity and our time with respect to our creation and our life in general. We have to understand that our creation by God, of course, happens in eternity, because everything that God wills and does is all done in eternity.

In that case, everything is done instan-taneously, if we have to use our human terminology to describe the workings of eternity. In eternity, there is no beginning or end, no past and future. There is no change even if there is life and dynamism, there are no stages. All happen at the same time and are kept always in the present.

But insofar as we understand our cre-ation by God, it has to take place in time, since we are always subject to time because of our human nature and condition. Time is a creation of God meant for us. As his creation, time is also in his eternity.

We have to understand then that God’s eternity can bear our time. How that works exactly is a mystery that we cannot fully understand. Somehow we get a glimpse of this mystery by considering what St. Peter said in his second letter: “With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.” (3,8)

What we can draw from this funda-mental point about God’s eternity and our time is that our creation takes place in the whole of time, or the whole of one’s lifetime here on earth. In other words our creation is a work in progress until it ends with the end of time or of our life.

We cannot say that our creation took place only with the creation of Adam and Eve, and from there we are pretty much on our own. It would lead us to think that God committed a mistake in creating our first parents with so good an endowment, which they later on misused. And from there, God had to make the corrective measure of our redemption.

God does not commit mistakes. Man’s creation, his fall and his redemption are all lumped up in the eternal, timeless plan of God for us. In other words, our creation goes in stages in time. God continues in time to create us. His creation of us in our time involves putting us into existence and all the events that happens in our earthly existence.

He continues to interact with each one of us, and we should also try to continue interacting with him. This is a fundamental truth that we should always be aware of and try to live out as best as we can.

The “finished product” of our cre-ation is when we are fully conformed to the resurrected Christ, which is how God designed us to be from all eternity—that is, that we be image and likeness of God in Christ and children of his.

To achieve this, we have to cooperate with God’s plan to the point that we be-come another Christ, who as the Son of God

5December 4-10, 2017

The Gospel on Sunday

December 17, 2017Third Sunday of Advent

The world cannot forget Auschwitz

Smart = good decisions?

sEE PULSE p. 12

sEE POTPOURRI p. 12

What kind of settlement does the CPP-NPA want

from peace negotiations?

Bakunang Ligaw – Hanggang Saan(NIP vs PDP)

NI ATTY. MANING GOLO

THIS CORNER is in receipt of a book lent by Mrs. Adelina Larrazabal, Vice Presi-dent and Administrator of San Lorenzo Ruiz College (SLRC), having to do with Auschwitz of Poland, which was where the bestiality of Hitler and his cohorts were seen in a genocide that has no equal in world history. It was the place where millions of Jews were brutally murdered as if life was not worth a single centavo. The season may not be fit because of the coming Christmas but, since we are not yet in the thick of the many festivities, allow this corner to pitch in a few words.

The place has parts 2 and 3. In other words, Auschwitz was expanded to more than three times its size to accomodate more victims. It was in Poland that most of the Jews resided. The whole might and resources of Germany were placed there. It has a network of rails for locomotives to bring in the victims.

It was like a line for beasts as they are led for the next order from customers.

What was in the mind of the Germans to even think that Jews are like any animal fit for slaughter? They used the pistol but it was replaced by applying poison gas becuase they must have figured that they might run out of bullets. They even consid-ered that German Jews are just as bad. The disabled, the maimed, the mute, the sickly, the children, the aged, were all doomed to perdition. They must have thought that they were like god. Hitler was so enthralled with the German race and considered them as a super race. In other words, the Aryan race to which they belonged is the super race. It reached a point that the state has the final say on the choice of mates in wed-lock. The male and the female must have compatible genes to produce children that are genius and in perfect health in order to produce ideal children. Love is secondary. Weirdos! Since when can love be legislated? They must have perished during the Great Deluge of olden times. Can you tell Juan to love Maria?

All of them knew they were doing wrong. They were prepared for the worst

case scenario. Himmler who was the head of the Gestapo committed suicide in the aftermath of the Judgment at Nuremberg. The same thing with Hitler who did the same. All of them knew they were doing wrong. All of them were prepared to face the consequences. Where are they now?

In the list of the 20 greatest dictators of the world, the No. 1 is held by Hitler. Guess who is the No. 11. No else than our own Dictator: Marcos. If he was still around, would he be glad of his standing? Maybe, he would be glad that a Filipino is included in the exclusive list. Perhaps, he would be sad that he is only No. 11 instead of No. 2? Horrors!! And to think that it is becasuse of Madam Imelda that Marcos ended up as a Dictator. His love for Imelda cannot be quantified. He could have been the greatest President of the Philippines. He had the makings of a great man. But then, he is the suspect that killed the man who beat his father in an election: the famous Nalundasan case.

Hitler was grooming to eliminate 14 million instead of 6 millioin Jews that is credited to him by history. Our own Pres. Quezon gave safe haven to Jews that sought freedom from the Gestapos. He allowed Jews to hide here in the Philippines for safety. Was Quezon a Jew? Our alphabet has 20 letters against the English alphabet which has 26. The Jews have many traits that point to them: their names are of na-ture: Goldwater, Stonehill, or any name that points to nature, gold, water, stone, hill and others are of nature. Another trait is the bulge in the bridge of your nose. The Jew cannot hide it. Will you scrape it off? The Filipino can never be a Jew because our nose is flat. Hitler can never suspect a Fili-pino to be a Jew. Maybe, this is the reason Jews came to hide in our shores because they were safer.

To show you what kind of an idiot was Hitler, he became more enraged when he discovered that he was a Jew. All the more

THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION that good decisions are associated with intel-ligence. Studies show that often high intelligence prevents people from making better decisions. Here’s why:

1. Intelligence increases the ability to think of elaborate stories and excuses about why something happened.

Average people can often learn faster than the super-intelligent, because the su-per-intelligent struggle with all the theories they’re taught, while average folks are bet-ter at accepting the real world at face value.

We judge others based solely on their actions, but when judging ourselves we have an internal debate that justifies our mistakes and bad decisions.

One, we think of ourselves as less flawed than other people, because we rare-ly hear the internal excuses other people have for their mistakes, but we’re acutely aware of our own.

Two, the smarter and more creative we are, the more elaborate stories we can tell ourselves to justify our poor decisions.

When you’re blessed with intelligence, you’re also cursed with the ability to use it to come up with complicated and often false stories about why things happened.

2. Intelligence drives you toward the notion that complex problems require complex solutions.

With a PhD for example, you worked hard learning something complex, and you want to use what you were taught.

But some of the most complex prob-lems require the simplest solutions, since simple solutions are the ones that guide

around parts of a problem that are basically mysterious.

The following scenario as revealed by research explains why people aren’t interested in simple solutions, even when they’re effective:

Persuading somebody to quit smoking is a psychological exercise. It has nothing to do with genes and cells, and so many people are essentially not interested in it, in spite of the fact that stopping people from smoking will have greatly more effect on cancer mortality than anything we could hope to achieve in our own lifetime.

The paradox of some of our biggest problems is that they have solutions too simple for the people working on them to find intellectually stimulating. The same is true for companies that can innovate like geniuses but consider brand X and market-ing too common to care about.

Even when a problem requires a com-plex solution, the ability to communicate it in simple terms is necessary to getting people to take you seriously. Albert Ein-stein, Warren Buffett, and Steve Jobs are all brilliant, but a lot of people are brilliant. What made them famous is their ability to turn complexity into something simple enough for average people to understand and even use.

Sometimes I wonder: How many academics have discovered something amazing, but written it in a paper that’s so deep and complex that no one else can understand it?

Dear Atty. Golo,Tinood maka daot kono ang bakuna

sa dengue? 3.5 “billion” man kaha ang nabayad sa governo. Hayahaya sa mga politico, dako ila komisyon. Ang ato, in-tawon, konsimisyon. Ang among kapitan mangayog komisyon 10% sa “supplier” og mga “bondpaper”. Di ba “illegal” man nga mangomisyon ang mga politico, nganong wa man sila ma priso? Mao diay dili mohawa sa pwesto ang mga politico kay ang komisyon dagko man kaayo. Naa pa man kahay daghang bakuna wa pa magamit, ibakuna na lang na sa mga po-litico. iapil ang among mayor, puslan di papuli maayo unta’g ma dengue, merese.

Wa pa madengue, Dingky

Dear Dings,Mipagawas og “advisory” ang

“manufacturer” sa bakuna gitawag og “Dengvaxia” nga kini makaayo niadtong gibakunahan nga nakaagi na og “den-gue”. Samtang kadtong nabakunahan nga wa pa maka agi og dengue, unya ma dengue, kuyaw nga mosamot kini. “Ille-gal” ang pagpangayo og komisyon gikan sa “supplier” o “contractor”. “Graft and Corrupt” kini nga buhat og ma priso ang ma konvikto (RA 3019). Ang kabataan, gibakunahan tungod sa NIP, kon National Immunization Program. Ang mga naa sa governo nga di mohawa sa pwesto, maoy mga PDP, Politikong Di Papuli.

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo / Probinsyano

THE REBEL NEW PEOPLE’S ARMY (NPA) led by its leader Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Chairman Jose Maria “Joma” Sison is really at a loss and the rebel group does not know perhaps what its true objective is in pursuing a head-on armed rebellion against the gov-ernment after the peace negotiations the NDF-NPA entered with the government was terminated by President Duterte due to armed belligerency by the NPA in the course of the peace talks.

The ongoing peace talks was called off by the President due to the continuing armed attacks by the NPA against military and police stations in several provinces killing and injuring a number of military and police personnel. The brazen attacks by the rebels even included a convoy of police escorts of the president in Davao.

It has come to a point that Malacañang has even directed to shoot any armed NPA on sight. The president has even ordered the arrest of NDF leaders and consultants in the peace talks who were given a free pass, or released from jail by the President, or immunity from arrest under the terms of JASIG, an agreement with the government during the peace negotiations.

The CPP-NPA rebels were also de-

clared and tagged by President Duterte as terrorist groups. Presidential Peace Ad-viser Jesus Dureza said, however, that the justice department has to secure a Regional Trial Court’s judicial affirmation of the ter-rorist tag for the CPP-NPA under the Hu-man Security Act of 2007. The NPA rebels will be allowed to challenge the terrorist tag in court according to the presidential spokesman.

The NDF-NPA was having their hey-day during the peace negotiations. Many of their leaders were given free passes and a number of them jailed were released from prison to participate in the peace talks abroad. But it appears that the rebels were not too expectant about any positive devel-opment for them from the peace talks or even a lasting peace between their armed group and government forces.

The NPA continued their armed at-tacks during the peace talks despite several declared ceasefires by both sides and even collecting revolutionary taxes in the coun-tryside. So if the NPA rebel leadership does not wish any lasting peace to be in place in this country, what do they really wish

John 1:6-8, 19-28A man named John was sent from God.

He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light.

And this is the testimony of John. When the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests

and Levites to him to ask him, “Who are you?”

He admitted and did not deny it, but

admitted, “I am not the Christ.”So they asked him, “What are you

then? Are you Elijah?”And he said, “I am not.”“Are you the Prophet?”He answered, “No.”So they said to him, “Who are you, so

we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you have to say for yourself?”

He said: “I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘make straight the way of the Lord,’” as Isaiah the prophet said.”

Some Pharisees were also sent. They asked him, “Why then do you baptize

if you are not the Christ or Elijah or the

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6 December 4-10, 2017NEWS

Settle for the ‘best’ @ Vicenta’s Café & BistroORMOC CITY – Stepping into the threshold of the unfamiliar café was probably the most terrifyingly astonishing experience I’ve ever had. Do you know the feeling that at one look, you’re suddenly sure that you will never look anywhere else? That sensation was what gripped my heart and made my eyes glaze in what novels would say ‘lovestruck’ the second I entered the place that fateful night.

Vicenta’s. A family-run café and bistro that boasts of a mix of countryside French and Italian interior design, and offers an ar-ray of meals, cakes and pastries, native delicacies, smoothies and freshly brewed coffee. In other words, heaven on earth for pastry and travel-loving Filipinos. It’s not every day that you get to experience authentic Italian, Japanese, and Taiwanese-inspired delicacies while still in the Philippines, more so when you’re in a semi-urbanized city in the province.

When I entered the place, I actually forgot that I was still in Ormoc; so im-pressed and engrossed was I with the lighting, the music, the design, and of course the menu. The overall effect it had to my senses was homely yet classy perfec-

tion. It was bewildering to think that near the heart of the city’s hub-bub lies a spot of warm, serene coziness that seems to offer a tem-porary halt to the fast-paced city and its ever-racing, con-stantly-competing people.

Located at Aviles Street, Ormoc City, Vicenta’s Café and Bistro is owned by the couple Michael and Caren Chua. Named af-ter Michael’s 93-year old grandmother Lola Vicenta, it is the manifestation of the entire family’s favourites: cakes (especially red vel-vet) for the husband, good coffee and pastries for the wife, anything chocolate for the kids, and not to men-tion various trinkets and furniture from all over the Philippines and even from overseas, which reflects the couple’s love for travel. With a passion honed and sharp-

ened through years of love, passion, and experience, the Mr. and Mrs. Chua were able to build the café into a place where they can instil their love of family, travel, coffee and cakes to their customers.

All I can say to further describe what lies inside the café is vintage chic. French-looking windows, with silver tampered mirrors as window panes, were in-stalled on the walls. Quotes about customer honesty and stuff about café rules were displayed on the sim-ple wooden tables. The walls are styled as vintage post signs, giving the air of antiquity lightly sprinkled with modernity.

The café also show-cased Christmas-themed decorations, making the vintage foundation of the interior design pop out. Combined, these things convey serenity and re-laxation. It gives you the impression that you can sit back and curl up in a corner and drink hot, creamy coffee on the side.

Imported from Taiwan, Japan, Italy, and scoured across the Philippines, every nook and cranny and every utensil is in good quality, and every necessary ingredients are premium organic and body-friendly. Regardless of how many dishes you eat, there would be little to no side effects because the ingre-dients are carefully sourced by the business owners. The café also boasts of a team of well-trained commissary to personally ensure the quality of the products, and an efficient staff equipped to entertain and to care for the customers.

As for the cafés menu, the pineapple caramel

cheesecake is its signature cake, while pure nutella cake and choco mud cake are all-time favourites.

Vicenta’s is also one of the only two (the other one in Cebu) coffee shops in Visayas to offer premium Italian coffee, Hausbrandt, made from 100% Arabican ground coffee and therefore the most excellent and least caffeinated coffee in the world, brewed using an Ital-ian brew maker common in Italian households.

Mrs. Chua is also skilled in baking and inventing reci-pes; therefore most of what is in the menu is of her own making. You can actually feel her love for her fam-ily through the names she chooses for each of the newly-concocted menu item.

Aside from boasting overseas cuisine, Vicenta’s also offer a variety of Filipi-no dishes, but without MSG and preservatives usually added by other food stores. The cakes and pastries in Vicenta’s are 100% guaran-teed with no extenders and no preservatives.

The shop also offers different kinds of shrimp dishes with the main in-gredient (shrimp) sourced from the family’s own farm. Through coffee and good food, the café brings to Or-mocanons all that the Chua couple think is best from every country they travel to, leaving our minds full of vivid impressions of these places as though we have personally travelled there.

“When you love some-thing, don’t settle for less.” – Mrs. Caren T. Chua, co-owner and manager of Vi-centa’s Café and Bistro. By Marizthela Jhulie Ann G. De la Cruz, ACLC Senior High School Trainee

KP Leyte Chapter joins ‘Biyaya ng Pagbabago’ Caravan

NATIVITY SCENE. A beautiful “Belen” with life-sized statues can be seen at the Ormoc City Plaza. The Belen, flanked by 18 Christmas trees of various sizes, is a project of the Ormoc Festival and Cultural Foundation (OFCF). The lighting up of the scene was held on December 8 in the evening.

ORMOC CITY – Support-ers of President Rodrigo Duterte’s electoral cam-paign in Ormoc and all over 4th District of Leyte welcomed the delegates of the Kilusang Pagbabago (KP) from Northern Samar for the ‘Biyaya ng Pagba-bago’ caravan at the city stage on Tuesday evening, December 5.

The “Biyaya ng Pagba-bago Tungo sa Masagana at Matiwasay na Buhay Pilipino” (Biyaya ng Pagba-bago) Program is a poverty alleviation program of the Office of the Cabinet Secre-tary, in partnership with 12 agencies under the Office of the President, alongside Ki-lusang Pagbabago (KP), in line with the Philippine De-velopment Plan 2017-2022 that aims to cut poverty rate from 26.1% to 14% by the end of the president’s term, the Philippine Information

Agency reported.In Ormoc City, Enrico

“Rex” Oliveros, KP Isabel, Leyte coordinator, said that the caravan is a ‘symbolic’ turn-over of the movement’s banner held to signify that the city accepts the call for ‘change’. “We believe that we need a firm leader like President Duterte to bring about positive change in the country,” he added.

The nationwide cara-van debuted on December 1 in Luzon provinces, and passed through Eastern Visayas on Tuesday, start-ing from Allen, Northern Samar to Ormoc City on the same day. After which, it will proceed to Cebu City, Cagayan de Oro City and Bukidnon province in Min-danao, and finally in Davao City on December 9, where President Duterte will for-mally launch the “Biyaya ng Pagbabago” program at

the Freedom Park.Participating agencies

for the “Biyaya ng Pagbaba-go” include the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA); Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC); Na-tional Anti-Poverty Com-mission (NAPC); National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP); National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF); National Food Authority (NFA); Na-tional Youth Commission (NYC); Presidential Action Center (PACE); Philippine Commission on Women (PCW); Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA); Presiden-tial Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP); and Technical Education and Skills Development Author-ity (TESDA). By Marizthela Jhulie Ann G. De la Cruz, ACLC Senior High School Trainee

7December 4-10, 2017 NOTICES

10 December 4-10, 2017FEATURE 98 PEOPLE, PLACES & Happenings

BAYBAY CITY – An art ex-hibit, the first group exhibit of the Visual Arts Associa-tion of Baybay (VAAB) is ongoing at the Knights of Columbus building here, and will run until January 5, 2018.

The exhibit was opened on December 8, which was marked with many open-ings and groundbreaking. December 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Concepcion and was Baybay’s original feast day until it was trans-ferred to December 27 for practical reasons.

The art exhibit is part of Baybay City’s fiesta offer-ing. There is also a garden show, a furniture display, and a fair at the city plaza.

On display at the art exhibit are works of Marvin Alidro, Buen Josef Andrade, Lito Caña, Mizael Cerna, Domingo Flandez, Rico Palacio, Dazzilyn Palermo, Pauline Cari-Perez, Dicoper Pernitez, Billy Pomida and Jude Nonie Sales.

The exhibit is a cornu-copia of colors and images.

“Dinhi sa Baybay” art exhibit ongoing Pauline “Chinkee” Cari-Perez said that the exhibit is not thematic. “Anything goes,” she said, adding that what she has on display are her koi paintings. There are also wood carvings on display.

The prices range from a modest P 3,000.00 to a whooping P 25,000.00.

Those who would want to “reserve” a painting will

have to pay a fourth of the price of the painting up-front, it was further learned. They will be able to get their pieces when the exhibit closes on January 5.

Chinkee Cari-Perez added that portion of the proceeds would go to fund-ing the art needs of Bay-bay’s budding artists. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

Rep. Cari says he gets goose bumps every time he tells of chapel’s storyBAYBAY CITY – A beautiful chapel, with a breathtaking view of Camotes sea, will soon rise up in Brgy. Lintaon, home to the highly success-ful 16,000 Blossoms Nature Park that the Local Government Unit is developing.

A groundbreaking at the site, led by Rep. Jose Carlos L. Cari and his mother Mayor Carmen L. Cari, was held on December 8 after a mass.

The construction of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Chapel, located on a property of Rep. Jose Carlos Cari bought for the purpose, will be funded by the Cari family and donation from friends.

Rep. Cari, who was given a chance to share the history of the chapel’s provenance after the mass, said that the Our Lady of Immaculate Conception is Baybay’s patron saint. Its original feast day was December 8, but it was moved to December 27.

One day, some friends he was with on the very same hill suggested to put up a chapel in Lintaon so that a barangay at least would celebrate the original feast day in a nice chapel.

Cari said that they began to search for a lot in the area. He added he gets goose-bumps whenever retelling the story, because they exhausted all areas in Lintaon but couldn’t find a property for sale.

Until one day, a landowner approached him and led him to the same spot where they talked about the chapel, and said he was selling it to them.

He would later find out that on the same spot, some 50 to 60 years ago, a chapel of the Our Lady of Immaculate Conception also once stood there. “She always led us here. Gusto gyod niya diri,” he said.

He said that Lintaon will be blessed with the presence of the chapel. He pointed out that Lintaon is one of Baybay’s poorest barangay but because of the tourism destination the LGU has developed in

‘Pisay’ student wins P 20-M prizeTACLOBAN CITY (PNA) - A student from Leyte bested 11,000 young learners from 178 countries to bag the third annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge (BJC) Prize, earning over PHP20 million worth of prizes.

Hillary Diane Andales, 18, from the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) Eastern Visayas Campus in Palo, Leyte personally received the award on December 3 at the NASA’s Ames Research Center in California.

The native of Abuyog, Leyte made the video Relativity and Equivalence of Refer-ence Frames understandable to the layman.

As the winner, Andales received a USD250,000 post-secondary scholarship as well as a USD50,000 prize for her science teacher Xavier Francis de los Reyes and a USD100,000 Breakthrough Science Lab for her school designed in partnership with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

The total prize is USD400,000 or PHP20.27 million.

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a global science video competition designed to inspire creative thinking about the fun-damental concepts in life sciences, physics and mathematics.

The competition kicked off last Sept. 1, 2017. She didn’t make it as the Top Scorer in the online competition, but she made it to the finals as Asia’s regional representative until declared winner this week.

The entrants must display skills in science communication and to be able to simplify complex ideas into basic terms. The videos were evaluated based on four criteria: Creativity, Difficulty, Engagement and Illumination.

This was Andales’ second time in the competition.

Last year, with more than 300,000 views of her video, she won the Top Popular Vote.

She automatically qualified as finalist

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11December 4-10, 2017 FEATURE 9PEOPLE, PLACES & Happenings

Rep. Cari says he gets goose bumps every time he tells of chapel’s storyBAYBAY CITY – A beautiful chapel, with a breathtaking view of Camotes sea, will soon rise up in Brgy. Lintaon, home to the highly success-ful 16,000 Blossoms Nature Park that the Local Government Unit is developing.

A groundbreaking at the site, led by Rep. Jose Carlos L. Cari and his mother Mayor Carmen L. Cari, was held on December 8 after a mass.

The construction of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Chapel, located on a property of Rep. Jose Carlos Cari bought for the purpose, will be funded by the Cari family and donation from friends.

Rep. Cari, who was given a chance to share the history of the chapel’s provenance after the mass, said that the Our Lady of Immaculate Conception is Baybay’s patron saint. Its original feast day was December 8, but it was moved to December 27.

One day, some friends he was with on the very same hill suggested to put up a chapel in Lintaon so that a barangay at least would celebrate the original feast day in a nice chapel.

Cari said that they began to search for a lot in the area. He added he gets goose-bumps whenever retelling the story, because they exhausted all areas in Lintaon but couldn’t find a property for sale.

Until one day, a landowner approached him and led him to the same spot where they talked about the chapel, and said he was selling it to them.

He would later find out that on the same spot, some 50 to 60 years ago, a chapel of the Our Lady of Immaculate Conception also once stood there. “She always led us here. Gusto gyod niya diri,” he said.

He said that Lintaon will be blessed with the presence of the chapel. He pointed out that Lintaon is one of Baybay’s poorest barangay but because of the tourism destination the LGU has developed in

the area, he is sure that it would soon rise to “maybe one of the top 10 richest barangays”.

The 16,000 Blossoms of Baybay is one of the most successful man-made tourism destinations established in Leyte. On good days, said tourism officer Josie Granada, cars lining up to going to the area can be seen bumper-to-bumper from the town proper. The 16,000 Blossoms park is located on top of a high mountain that offers a breathtaking sunset view over the Camotes Sea. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

‘Pisay’ student wins P 20-M prizeTACLOBAN CITY (PNA) - A student from Leyte bested 11,000 young learners from 178 countries to bag the third annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge (BJC) Prize, earning over PHP20 million worth of prizes.

Hillary Diane Andales, 18, from the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) Eastern Visayas Campus in Palo, Leyte personally received the award on December 3 at the NASA’s Ames Research Center in California.

The native of Abuyog, Leyte made the video Relativity and Equivalence of Refer-ence Frames understandable to the layman.

As the winner, Andales received a USD250,000 post-secondary scholarship as well as a USD50,000 prize for her science teacher Xavier Francis de los Reyes and a USD100,000 Breakthrough Science Lab for her school designed in partnership with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

The total prize is USD400,000 or PHP20.27 million.

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a global science video competition designed to inspire creative thinking about the fun-damental concepts in life sciences, physics and mathematics.

The competition kicked off last Sept. 1, 2017. She didn’t make it as the Top Scorer in the online competition, but she made it to the finals as Asia’s regional representative until declared winner this week.

The entrants must display skills in science communication and to be able to simplify complex ideas into basic terms. The videos were evaluated based on four criteria: Creativity, Difficulty, Engagement and Illumination.

This was Andales’ second time in the competition.

Last year, with more than 300,000 views of her video, she won the Top Popular Vote.

She automatically qualified as finalist

HIllary Diane Andales basks in her red carpet moment during the awarding in California.

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“It finally happened”A personal account of Hillary Diane Andales as found on her

FB page dated December 8. LAST YEAR, I joined the Breakthrough Junior Challenge for

the first time. I toiled through sleepless nights just to research, make the script, edit, animate, and learn everything on my own. All throughout, I was kept alive and motivated by my own vi-sion of me finally receiving the award onstage at NASA Ames. But it never happened.

Initially, I was devastated. I felt like I disappointed the thou-sands of people who voted for me in the Popular Vote Challenge. Yet, there was something in me that was itching to try again.

I collected myself and decided to join again. I started pas-sively looking for topics – quantum electrodynamics, perturba-tion theory, general relativity, quantum chromodynamics – I was all over the place! This was undoubtedly the hardest part because

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ORMOC CITY – Over 300 officers and employees of the Commission on Elections were in this city this week to hold their regional “goodwill games” and celebrate their Christmas Party.

To celebrate the season, the state workers also raised P 100,000 among themselves to buy Noche Buena gift bags for 138 evacuees of Sitio Cabaon-an, Brgy. Nueva Vista who were affected by the July 6 earthquake.

The Comelec officers, led by regional director Atty. Jose Nick Mendros, distributed the gift bags to the recipients at the Sangguniang Panlungsod session hall.

The Comelec officers, es-

Mayor Richard Gomez graces the distribution of Noche Buena gift bags to earthquake evacuees. Comelec regional director (in pink) hands the lady a bag.

pecially the girls, were also very thrilled when Mayor Richard Gomez graced the distribution and acquiesced to their requests for pictures and selfies.

Mayor Gomez, for his part, said he is very thankful for the Comelec state workers, and to other donors, for remember-ing the earthquake victims and trying to help make their lives bearable with the show of concern.

He also expressed his ap-preciation that they chose Ormoc over other places to hold their goodwill games and party, saying that he is what he is pushing for, to make Ormoc an “MICE” or place for confer-ences and expos. He said their

coming over to Ormoc will help create economic activity, adding he would want them come over and over to Ormoc.

Last year, the Provincial Comelec of Leyte also held their party here and gave away Noche Buena gift bags to the city’s Persons with Dis-abilities.

The gift bags, i t was learned, cost P 568 each. The recipients were also treated to a sumptuous lunch by the Comelec. Mendros said that the Comelec state workers wanted to give back a little of the blessings they had for the year. It was also learned that the contributions from the Comelec employees were voluntary, and “as you like”.

Comelec Region gifts evacuees

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(Asashio class destroyer) and Mich-ishio (Asashio class destroyer). These ships and more than 4,000 men were lost during a decisive battle on Octo-ber 25, 1944, considered the largest naval battle in history.

Allen-led expeditions have also resulted in the discovery of the USS Indianapolis (August 2017), Japanese battleship Musashi (March 2015) and the Italian World War II destroyer Artigliere (March 2017). His team was also responsible for retrieving and restoring the ship’s bell from the HMS Hood for presentation to the British Navy in honor of its heroic service. Mr. Allen’s expedition team and R/V Petrel are dedicated to continuing exploration, marine archaeology and oceanographic research. PR

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Photo above shows a gun on the deck of the USS Ward already overgrown with corals. Left, the bow (front) of the USS Ward as it rests in its watery grave under 640 feet. Photos and story courtesy of Paul Allen

Vice Mayor Michael Cari is assisted by Rep. Jose Carlos L. Cari as he signs the capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony of Baybay City’s new city hall.

BAYBAY ... from P. 1Fuentebella said the new

city hall, which is huge, was designed to accommodate all the City Hall departments and offices, yet for each office to be “near enough” for the conve-nient of its clients. “There will be a skylight in the middle,” he said, for natural lighting “just like a mall.”

The new city hall, to be finished early of 2019, will have a total of 14,000 square me-ters or 1.4 hectares. It will be constructed to the tune of P 457-million, said Mayor Carmen L. Cari, through a P 250-million loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines and P 157-million from Land Bank of the Philippines.

I t wil l be constructed through a joint venture between Manila-based WERR Construc-tion and the Our Lady of As-sumption Enterprises.

When finished, Mayor Cari said they would vacate the old city hall and legislative building beside the seaside plaza, and rent the edifices out.

She is also confident that Baybay City can repay their P 457-million loan. The city

starts their amortizations after a 3-year grace period, spread over 10 years.

Mayor Cari said it might come a surprise to many that Baybay City is just constructing its city hall after fully becoming a city in 2012. Baybay was one of the disputed 16 new cities created in 2007 but whose city-hood the Supreme Court finally declared as valid, after flip-flopping over the issue twice.

“We preferred to take care of barangays first,” she said, and constructed roads, bridges, schools and other “more impor-tant” infrastructure before the city hall. She said that because they have already taken care of this, they now have enough funds to repay the city hall’s amortization. Baybay now has an Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of 450-million a year, which is expected to increase annually.

The mayor, who has already served the city for a combined 25 years as mayor and congress-woman, sees Baybay’s cityhood as her legacy as congresswoman and the new city hall as Mayor.

These were in Mabato, Green Valley, Esperanza, Le-ondoni, Cabaon-an, Tongonan, Lake Danao, Cabintan, Dolo-res, Bagong, Boroc, Naungan, Hugpa, Airport, Cagbuhangin, and Quezon Jr.

Some 2,652 seniors would have received their cash incen-tives in these barangays, if they all presented themselves at the barangay hall.

It was learned that there were some who were not able to get theirs per schedule but councilor Rama has instructed that their incentives should be delivered to their homes.

Rama said this the first time

that the incentives for seniors are being distributed in the barangay level. Aside from the year-end incentive, Ormoc se-niors get a P 1,500 birthday gift. Those who reach 100 years old also get a one-time P 20,000.00 cash award, aside from the 100,000-peso centenarian award from the Duterte administra-tion.

Councilor Rama said that his office is doing all their best to make the lives of senior citi-zens here by giving them these benefits, and making it easy for them to get it. Ormoc City has 18,000 senior citizens.

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Baybay City Plaza is a profusion of colors with its multi-colored fountains, white Christmas tree, and lights and decor all over.

11December 4-10, 2017 NEWS

Republic of the Philippines Office of the President

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL

Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board Central Visayas Region

(PAUNAWA) Ipinagbibigay -alam na ang Rubetan Development

Corp. ay naghain sa Tanggapang ito ng sinumpaang ap-likasyun para sa pagbebenta ng mga memorial park plots sa Ormoc Memorial Gardens Ph. 4 na matatagpuan sa Brgy. Camp Downes, Ormoc City, Leyte at sinasakop ng Lot No. 1584-A, containing an area of 27,495 square me-ters and covered by TCT No.52596, Lot No. 1592-B-4, containing an area of 16,237 square meters and covered by TCT No. 52597, Lot No. 1592-B-2, containing an area of 7,302 square meters and covered by TCT No. 52598, Lot No. 1592-A, containing an area of 31,054 square me-ters and covered by TCT No. 52595.

Lahat ng mga kasulatang kaugnay nito ay maaaring suriin nga sinuman na nagtataglay ng legal na interes dito matapos humiling ng pagsusuri at magbayad ng kaukulang halaga sa tanggapang ito.

Kapag walang sagabal na legal, ang proyektong nabanggit ay ituturing na rerehistrado at maari nang bigyan ng sertipiko bilang katibayan nito, pagkalipas ng limang (5) araw mula sa huling paglalathala.

Cebu City, Nobyembre 27, 2017. (Sgd.) FRANCIS D. ORDENIZA, C.E.

Regional OfficerEV Mail Dec. 4-10, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesOffice of the President

HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARDCentral Visayas Region, Cebu City

NOTICENotice is hereby given that Rubetan Development

Corp. of 2/F RJIR Bldg., Carlos Tan St. has/have filed with the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board a sworn reg-istration statement for the sale of memorial park plots in Ormoc Memorial Gardens Ph.4 project located at Brgy. Camp Downes, Ormoc City, Leyte and more particularly described as Lot no. 1584-A, containing an area of 27,495 square meters and covered by TCT No. 52596, Lot No. 1592-B-4, containing an area of 16,237 square meters and covered by TCT No.52597, Lot No 1592-B-2, containing an area of 7,302 square meters and covered by TCT No. 52598, Lot No. 1592-A, containing an area of 31,054 square meters and covered by TCT No. 52595.

All papers relative thereto, shall upon request and pay-ment of processing fees shall be available for inspection during business hours by any person having legal interest thereon.

Absent any legal impediment, the above -cited project is deemed registered and a certificate, in evidence thereof, shall forthwith be issued after five (5) days from the last day of publication.

Cebu City, Philippines, 27 November 2017.

(Sgd.) FRANCIS D. ORDENIZA, C.E. Regional Officer

EV Mail Dec. 4-10, 2017

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standard of doing business with government.”

The certification was based on an assessment of the Ombudsman done in January 2017, city admin-istration Vincent Emnas added.

During their assessment, which was timed with the renewal of business permits, the Ombuds-man interviewed businessmen on the spot to ask how efficient the BPLO was in dealing with their renewals and concerns.

The Ombudsman said that Ormoc passed 53 out of 87 pre-scribed standards, qualifying it for a Level I Certification.

The Ombudsman will formal-ly confer the LGU a Certificate of Award during the flag ceremony on December 11, a Monday.

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operating treatment hub for the disease - the Eastern Visayas Re-gional Medical Center in Tacloban City, Leyte.

“HIV has no cure, but treat-ment can manage the infection, help infected person live longer, healthier and reduce the risk of transmission,” Cerro added.

The DOH targets that by 2022, some 90 percent of all persons with HIV would be aware of their health status and would be under-going treatment.

HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system. If untreated, a person’s immune system will eventually be completely de-stroyed, according to Avert, an organization based in the United Kingdom. AIDS, on the other hand, refers to a set of symptoms and illnesses that occur at the very final stage of HIV infection.

for her video presentation on Fey-man’s Path Integrals” explaining in advance Physics concept that can be understood by an average person.

This lone BJC winner is a re-cipient of Mga Bagong Rizal 2017: Pag-asa ng Bayan. The awarding will be on December 30, the Rizal Day.

The said nationwide search recognizes young people’s com-munity involvements, leadership potential and high academic

standing.In her Facebook message, An-

dales wrote “I’ve always looked up to two kind of stars, those who shine at night, enchanting my mind about the universe, and those that shine before me now- these amazing scientists inspiring me with their genius and tenacity to pursue the truth.”

Rey Garnace, PSHS EV Direc-tor, said on Wednesday that he’s euphoric of the victory but not surprised.

“Andales has been our school pride. She has imbibed the vision of the school to have a passion for excellence, pursuit for truth, and service to the nation.”

Super typhoon Yolanda (Hai-yan) has pushed the scholars to be more resilient and inspired, according to Garnace.

The campus has become a powerhouse of winners in inter-national arena since 2015 being the champion in ASEAN + 3 Junior Science Odyssey, World

Champion in Robotics in 2016 and BJC Grand Prize 2017.

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is funded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Yuri and Julia Milner, through the Breakthrough Prize Founda-tion, based on a grant from Mark Zuckerber’s fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and a grant from Milner Global Foundation. (PNA)

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the topic had to be big, complex, unique, and relatable to a layman audience. I also had to do intensive research so I could completely understand the material and deliver it to the audience in an accurate, creative, and engaging manner.

Afterwards, I wrote the script. I started with a file called “BJC 2017 Script v1” and ended with “BJC 2017 Script v17 FINAL FINAL FINAL EDITED PRINT PLS.” Once I finished scriptwriting and filming, I began editing and animating, all while watching ~200 YouTube tutorials like “how to make jiggly text” and “wave effect after effects.” Altogether, I spent about a year making this little 3-minute video. (And they say joining the Junior Challenge is easy. It’s called a “Challenge” for a reason ;) )

After an arduous process, I submitted it. The waiting began. The anxiety crept in. This time, I was confident because I knew that I had improved on my weaknesses from last year. However, I was also scared because I had gone so far last time that I felt like I had to go further.

The waiting persisted. I felt like the waiting never stopped. But it finally did. A call came in and told me that I actually won the 2017 Breakthrough Junior Challenge out of 11,000 entries worldwide. Next thing I know, I’m at NASA Ames actually receiving the award in front of the world’s greatest scientists and innovators. IT FINALLY HAPPENED!

For me, the entire thing has been a whirlwind experience and it didn’t sink in until earlier today. While on a 2-hour car trip listening to Hillsong, I could not stop crying.

I realized how much my life will change because of this. I realized how lucky and blessed I am to have my secret dream come true. I realized just how huge this was – and I am truly truly grateful for everything.

First of all, I thank my family with all the matter in me for simply existing and for encouraging me like they have always done. They were there when I was anxious, frustrated, and desperate for feedback on my script. 😂 (Theywere actually more anxious than I was.)

I share this achievement with them. They ignited my passion for science

HILLARY ... from P. 9and I will keep this flame burning for them.

Of course, I also give my biggest thanks to the Breakthrough Prize Founda-tion for making this all happen! To the founders and Breakthrough staff who warmly accommodated me and made me feel like I was genuinely contributing something to the world, I cannot thank you all enough. You have changed my life in ways I could have never dreamed of.

I also thank our energetic Campus Director Rey Garnace for the crazy amount of support ever since last year. To Sir Xavier, friends, relatives, the whole Philippine Science High School - EVC fam, fellow Filipinos, and even the random strangers who voted for me, I bow to you all and offer my sincerest thanks. You are all amazing and I still find it hard to grasp that you’ve taken time to support me. THANK YOUUUU SO MUCH EVERYONE!

Now that I have been given this platform to speak to many more people, I want to encourage other young people to be ambitious and dream big. The world needs more dreamers!

Other than that, I want to tell everyone (and I mean everyone) that sci-ence is interesting and worthwhile. I want (no, need) everyone to appreciate it! Science is beyond the equations and the intimidating terms; science is the way we understand the Universe. Everything around you can be explained by science: how plants make food, how the Sun keeps burning, how your eyes are reading this, and the list goes on indefinitely. Science has also given us the wealth of digital technology which is ironically used to denounce its value.

In the future, I hope that this achievement will inspire and ultimately create new scientists (because they change the world with their minds and they’re cool that way). I also hope to continue working for science beyond the Junior Challenge. I do not wish to be stuck as the “student who won P20M in a sci-ence competition.” I want to make a bigger difference in the world for others.

I am beyond elated that my secret little dream finally happened. Now, I can dream bigger. If it ever happens, I hope I can leave a greater impact with it.

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too. This week, the mayor’s office received a group of visitors claiming to be from the Office of Civil Defense. However, the OCD regional office disowned them. They pretended to be represent-ing the OCD to ask for projects for Yolanda fund-ing. It was a good thing that the modus was unmasked. While Ormoc City was not conned, we heard that there were some LGU’s, especially small towns in Samar island, whose may-ors were eager to cooperate. They were made to submit proposals, which are feared to be lobbied for funding, that might lead to another Napoles-like modus.

I opened this up with Asec. Junji Gonzales of the Office of Presidential As-

VIEW ... from P. 4sistant Michael Dino and he said they are now hav-ing this investigated. They are particularly alarmed at groups asking for “reg-istration fees” from very disadvantaged people for livelihood projects and other financial rewards.

The DILG, on the other hand, has issued warn-ings against unscrupulous people offering promises of appointments as barangay chairmen, or even as mayor, for Duterte’s revolutionary government. DILG says these are bogus, and woe will befall people who fall for this, especially if they are made to pay hefty sums. An “appointment” for ba-rangay chairman is report-edly sold for P50,000 at the least! Wow.

reason that he hated them. The first nation that was invaded by the Nazi was Austria, the home of Hitler. If anybody is to be awarded for being an idiot, he takes the cake. Even in death by suicide, he chose not only by swallowing cyanide cap-sule but also by his German Luger and ordering before-hand, his valet to douse his dead body with gasoline and torching it. He did not want his enemy to have the

POTPOURRI ... from P. 5satisfaction of parading his dead body in the street like what was done to friend, Italian Dictator Benito Mus-solini where his body was towed around the streets of Rome. We can only use our imagination to see him in the middle of Hades where the heat of the flames is the hottest.

Thank you, Inday, for allowing this corner to read your book.

to have? To be in political power and to take hold of the government? Which is too ambitious and lucky for them considering the majority sentiments of the people. Well, Joma Sison has said that the NPA rebels have been in their armed

PULSE ... from P. 5struggle for 50 years now and they will continue to wage their struggle for another 50 years. But will Sison last another 50 years considering that he is un-dergoing treatment in a hospital in Holland for some ailments.

Prophet?”John answered them,

“I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recog-nize, the one who is com-

GOSPEL ... from P. 5ing after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”

T h i s h a p p e n e d i n Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Number 4 sa listahan si Pansacala sa mga wanted sa Ormoc.

Ang kihante ni Pansa-cala hapit na mawad-I ug paglaum nga madakpan ang akusado tungod kay wala man silay kuarta nga ikagukod sa target kay atoa na man kini sa Mind-anao. May nakatambag nga mangayo ug ayuda kang Ch. Insp. Shevert Alvin Machete, ang hepe, kay ang

WANTED ... from P. 3deputy niini nga si Insp. Serrano suhito sa dapit nga gitagoan sa akusado.

Desiyembre 3 sa hapon, naka uli ang team ni Insp. Serrano sa Kananga dala si Pansacala. Ang akusado anaa pa sa Kananga Police Station. Ang kihante ni Pansacala nga nahinabi mapasalamaton sa kapu-lisan sa Kananga sa ilang abag nga masikop ang akusado. Ni Paul Libres

all, first is: “Do what is dif-ficult; walk the difficult path and accept what is difficult. The challenges and difficul-ties develop and change to achieve something greater. Live fully the one, single, only life we have and be grateful. We’re all going to die; given the fact that everyone’s gonna die soon, follow what is in your heart. Accomplish what you want to achieve and always go for it. Live your dreams because

PAO-8 ... from P. 3life is short. Always do ex-tra; give more than what’s asked. Shake hands, give a simple smile; doing extraor-dinary will take you to suc-cess. Lastly, We are a team.” Atty. Monsanto said that if one stumbles or fails, the rest have to console, help and lift up that team member.

“We are united in pur-pose; we are united for something that is good; we are united for some-thing that is noble and we

are united for something that is worthy and we are united in the pursuit of the fulfillment of our mandate,” concluded Atty. Monsanto.

District heads/repre-sentatives presented their Accomplishment Report for 2017 before the Regional Office’s Accomplishments.

In the evening, the law-yers and staff of PAO-8 had a blast in their PAO-Rangal Bohemian-themed party. They had a red carpet grand entrance with their stylish and vibrant attires. There

were prizes given in the raffle draw.

The winners for the Outstanding Staff (Mu-nicipal and City categories), Outstanding Lawyer (Mu-nicipal and City categories), Outstanding City District Office, Outstanding Mu-nicipal District Office and other Special Awards were also announced.

Atty. Arjun D. Ger-mones and Atty. Fermi-nlino C. Ultra hosted the night event. By Quirene O. Wenceslao

DTI-Leyte conducts local MSMED Plan Workshop ORMOC CITY – The De-partment of Trade and Industry (DTI) - Leyte Pro-vincial Office conducted a local Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise De-velopment (MSMED) Plan Validation Workshop/Focus Group Discussion (FGD) last December 6 at Pongos Hotel, this city.

Various agencies/com-panies and representatives in the different munici-palities of Albuera, Isabel, Palompon, Kananga, Villa-ba, Tabango, San Isidro, Calubian and Ormoc City participated in the work-shop.

The registration of guests and participants started at around 8-9 in the morning. Afterwards, before the FGD proper was started, there was an intro-duction and leveling of ex-pectations. The participants were asked to write down their expectations on the paper provided.

The Negosyo Cen-ter Business Counselors (NCBC) from their respec-tive municipalities assisted during the FGD. The Se-nior Trade and Industry Development Specialist, Business Development Di-vision of DTI-Leyte Rebecca C. Cormanes served as the moderator-facilitator.

DTI-Leyte Provincial Director Desiderio P. Belas, Jr. welcomed the partici-pants and discussed some of the things about the said activity in his welcome ad-dress/opening remarks.

The participants were grouped according to the

business sector they belong to. These are: Information and Communication Tech-nology (ICT), Agribusiness, Tourism and Enablers.

Meanwhile, the topics were categorized into four (4) outcomes, namely – Outcome 1: Business and Investment Enabling Envi-ronment (BE/BIEE), Out-come 2: Access to Finance (A2F), Outcome 3: Access to Market (A2M) and Out-come 4: Productivity and Efficiency (P&E).

In the FGD, the chal-lenges, result statements, indicators, existing pro-grams, projects/activities, indicative budget, organi-zation/agency (collabora-tor responsible), timeline and other concerns of the different business sectors were discussed. The FGD ended at around 3pm and

representatives from each group presented their out-puts afterwards.

The FGD team of fa-cilitators was composed of Local SMED Council and micro enterprises in the different municipalities mandated to gather data and validate the issues and concerns raised by MSME’s as it is very essential for the formulation of Leyte MSMED Plan.

The MSMED Plan 2017-2022 aims to promote, sup-port, strengthen, and en-courage the growth and de-velopment of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME’s) in all productive sectors of the economy. This will serve as a guide for the LGU to align their programs and services of-fered for the development of MSME’s for the next five

(5) years. “I was very happy and

satisfied with the outcome and didn’t expect it to be that comprehensive. There were so many surprises and there are so many things that I learned,” said STIDS, BDD, DTI-Leyte Rebecca C. Cormanes in an interview.

She also mentioned that there will be simultaneous MSMED Plan Validation/FGD to be done in other districts. They will also be doing the Provincial SMED. The consolidated outputs will be presented in the MSME Forum to be held in Tacloban City on December 19.

The Negosyo Center Business Counselor from Ormoc, Ms. Orlyn Besa-bella was the emcee of the program. By Quirene O. Wenceslao

on the other hand, said they will set aside money for ROW acquisition. The mayor said that like their other expansion programs, it was always the LGU that took care of ROW.

In ending his speech, which he delivered dur-ing the groundbreaking of the Baybay New City Hall, congressman Cari said that two reservoirs for the Baybay Water District will also be constructed to beef up its water supply. Wa-ter consumers in the fast growing city are beginning to complain of shortage. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

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13December 4-10, 2017 NEWS

Ormoc holds dialogue on risk reduction and resiliency in education

ORMOC CITY – The Or-moc City Government in partnership with Civil Society Network for Edu-cation Reforms or E-Net Philippines, in coopera-tion with its Leyte-based member organizations Pagtinabangay Founda-tion Inc. (PFI) and Active Genuine Youth Leaders Association (AGYLA) holds a Multi-stakehold-ers Advocacy Forum and Dialogue on Risk Reduc-tion and Resiliency in Edu-cation at the New Ormoc City Hall’s Multi-Purpose Hall last November 30.

The forum and dia-logue seeks to: (1) For im-portant stakeholders to voice out their concerns on DRR; (2) For E-Net Philip-pines to present recom-mendations on monitoring tools and standards on DRR in education; and (3) For government offices and agencies to present their DRR responses to educa-tion concerns/matters on DRR.

Present during the said event were directors or representatives of con-cerned Regional Agencies and Offices such as DepEd, DPWH, DOH, DSWD, DENR, representatives of several Local Government Units in Eastern Visayas,

representatives of Civil Society Organizations or Non-Government Organi-zations, students, teachers, parents, and community representatives.

Earthquakes are com-mon to Leyte Island. A Philippine fault runs from north to south of the coun-try, passing through the center of Leyte and South-ern Leyte.

During the forum, the SENDAI Framework Brief Overview relative to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Education Gaps and Emerging Issues were tackled.

The SENDAI Frame-work for Disaster Risk Re-duction 2015-2030 is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda with seven targets and four priorities for Edu-cation, which are – Priority 1: Understanding disaster disk; Priority 2: Strength-ening disaster risk gover-nance to manage disaster risk; Priority 3: Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience; and Prior-ity 4: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response.

The presentation and submission of E-Net’s rec-ommendations of moni-toring tools and standards

for Risk Reduction and Resiliency in Education were tackled, too, and dis-coursed by Engineer Eddie Unsi, National Coordinator of E-Net Philippines.

“Malaki na ang ating karanasan (in terms of di-saster), pero bakit tuwing may kalamidad, malaki parin ang epekto, meaning, hindi tayo natututo (sa tu-wing nakararanas tayo ng disaster),” he said.

E-Net’s current advo-cacies is to support and strengthen people’s par-ticipation in disaster risk reduction and protection and continuity of education in situation of disasters and emergencies towards build-ing long-term resiliency of the education system, especially in disaster-prone areas in the country such as

Eastern Visayas. Their specific recom-

mendations is to identify multi-stakeholders’ moni-toring of progress on mak-ing schools safer places for learning to safeguard school communities from death and injuries due to structural collapse, damag-es, or malfunctions; ensur-ing that the school commu-nity (and education sector as a whole) is able to assess risks, plan for mitigation, prepare for response and have the capacity to act effectively and in a timely manner; and enhancing knowledge, attitudes and skills regarding disaster risk reduction to students and the general public to develop a culture of safety. By Rico P. Parrilla, ACLC Senior High School Trainee

Rep. Cari has more good news for Baybay in 2018BAYBAY CITY – Leyte 5th District Rep. Jose Carlos L. Cari said he had more good news for his fellow Baybayanon in 2018, as he enumerated what infra-structure are in the offing for the 10-year old city.

He said he’ll leave it to his mother, Mayor Carmen L. Cari, to explain about the New City Hall. He’d rather tell constituents about the projects that would be implemented in the city come 2018 through his effort.

He said that by 2018, the construction of the Baybay New Convention Center will be happening. It will be located next to the New City Hall, and will have a big parking area. It will have a main hall and two other minor halls.

The new Baybay City Hospital is also expected to be completed by 2018, and they are now working on the installation of medical equipment.

He added that a Multi-Purpose Center, which would double as an evacu-ation center, will also be constructed at the govern-ment center in Brgy. Gaas.

He added that “in co-operation” with the LGU, they will also start on the construction of a sports complex. He said that there

is already a funding of P100-million for the project but the LGU will have to put up a counterpart fund.

Other important in-frastructures that are ex-pected to go up in the new 10-hectare government center of the city is the Hall of Justice. Cari said they have already committed to give to Supreme Court 2,000 square meters but he is thinking of increasing its size for the Court’s future use and parking space.

He added that on De-cember 14, the new City Division Office will al-ready be inaugurated. It will be graced by Secre-tary Umali, who had been tasked by Secretary Leonor Briones to represent her.

He is also proposing the construction of a 12-ki-lometer diversion road from Buena Vista to Sta. Cruz, which should decon-gest Baybay. He said that in the past, the expansion was limited to whatever land the LGU and congressional office could reclaim. Now, he said, it was time to open new areas.

However, he said the LGU should take care of the funds to purchase Right-of-Way.

Mayor Carmen Cari,

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Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla distributes the certificate of training to the 28 farmer-beneficiaries of More Income In the Countryside (MIC) compact farming in barangay Pinarigusan, San Miguel, Leyte. Ligo. (Gina P. Gerez)

14 December 4-10, 2017NOTICESAffidavit of Self Adjudication

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SIMPLICIO LAVESORES re lot6602 with Title No. T-14747 and Lot 6603-C with Title No. T-12117 having an area of 9.0266 has. And 1.6140 has. Located at Brgy. Mas-in, Ormoc City were adjudicated unto himself by ERNESTO LAVESORES per Doc. No. 236; Page No. 48; Book No. XI; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Daniel E. Pen. EV Mail Nov. 20-26, 27- Dec. 3, & 4-10, 2017

Self-AdjudicationNOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN

that the property of the late VICTORIO MORACA re a parcel of land located at Brgy. Cangumaod, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, containing an area of 51,408 sq. m. under ARP No. 99-03019-00123 was adjudicated unto herself by ENCARNACION MORACA MONTIMOR per Doc. No. 1131; Page No. 37; Book No. V; Series of Eduardo P. Tibo. EV Mail Nov. 20-26, 27- Dec. 3, & 4-10, 2017

Affidavit of Surviving Heirs NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late JOSEPH D. REFUGIA had left an existing account with Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), Calbayog Branch, Calbayog City, covered by Account No. 2171-0778-45 was adjudicated unto themselves by Jogely R. Contrata, Joreniel Refugia, Joderyl Refugia, Joneley Refugia, Jomeryl Refugia and Guillerma C. Refugia per Doc. 43; Page No. 90; Book No. XV; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Nov. 20-26, 27- Dec. 3, & 4-10, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late ADELAIDA DEAN CALLEJO re parcels of land located at Magsaysay Blvd., Brgy. East Awang, Calbayog City Lot No. 2018, with an area of 145.00 sq. m. covered by TD NO. 99-01006-01031; (2) Storey Building located at Cor. Magsaysay Blvd. and Licensiado St., Brgy. East Awang, Calbayog City with an area of 500.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-01006-01339 ; Lot No. 2014-A, Survey No. Csd-08-011821-D, having an area of 307.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-01006-01342 ; Lot No. 2014-B, Survey No. Csd-08-011821-D having an area of 306.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-01006-01343; located at Amampacang, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City with an area of 2,520.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-0300100341; Lot No. 7474, with an area of 11,870.22 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-03001-00340; Lot No. 5470, with an area of 4,301.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-03006-00969; parcel of land located at Danao I, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, Lot No. 7720, with an area of 12,800.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-03007-01376; Lot No. 7720 with an area of 9,151.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-03007-01377 ; Lot No. 7720 with an area of 8,750.00 sq. m. covered by TD No. 99-03007-01378 were settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 2332; Page No. 368; Book No. V; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Anthony Singzon. EV Mail Nov. 20-26, 27- Dec. 3, & 4-10, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY that the

late ROGELIO T. PARRILLA, SR. had left a motor vehicle re MAKE: KIA; SERIES: HYUNDAI/ GRACE; BODY TYPE: VAN; YEAR MODEL: 1998; ENGINE NO.: D4BXN394532; CHASSIS NO.: KMJFD37LPPU007158; PLATE NO.: WHU832; CR NO.: 10267520-4; OR NO.: 115501761 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of per Doc. No. 401; Page No. 81; Book No. XLII; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Allan R. Castro. EV Mail Nov. 20-26, 27- Dec. 3, & 4-10, 2017

Extrajudicial PartitionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late CONCEP-CION TAN AQUINO re a parcel of land Lot 6117-G-8, containing an area of 625 sq. m. covered under TCT No. 10863 situated in Brgy. Dayhagan, Ormoc City was partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 165; Page No. 33; Book No. XIII; Series of 2008 of Notary Public EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late TERESITA B. SUAREZ has left an account with Metro Bank Baybay Branch, Baybay City, with Certificate of time Deposit (CTD No. 0665067) with Account No. 356-1-35602411-5 was partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No.122; Page No. 25; Book No. XLI; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Eden B. Chavez- Butawan. EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017 Extrajudicial Settlement with waiver

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late OTILIA SABELINO-ADVINCULA re parcels of residential land lot located at No. 5 Arradaza St., Ormoc City, 61 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 5352; and 1/6 share of lot No. 770-A-4 containing an area of 10,368 sqm. Located at Brgy. Nadongholan, Ormoc City covered by TCT No. 52046 were settled among her heirs and waived in favor of CHERRY ARLYN S. ADVINCULA, GODOFREDO S. ADVINCULA, JR and RAYMOND S. ADVINCULA per Doc. No. 6; Page No. 3; Book No. 35; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Josephine Saplala Abades. EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Affidavit of Self Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late JESUS F. DOYON SR. re a parcel of land, Lot 8364-C, Psd-224282, situated in Brgy. Cabulihan, Ormoc City containing an area of 300 sq. m. was adjudicated unto himself by ISAGANI L. DOYON per Doc. No. 119; Page No. 24; Book No. LV; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late OSCAR LAMBO re parcels of land Lot 11, Block 2, Psd-08-009686-D, situated in Brgy. San Isidro, containing an area of 148 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 32117; Lot 1-K-2, Psd-08-004879, situated in Brgy. San Pablo, Ormoc City, containing an area of 460 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 24419; and Lot 5164-C, situated in Brgy. Naungan, Ormoc City, containing an area of 869 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 35652; residential house erected on covered by TD No. 4188 were partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 326; Page No. 66; Book NO. 13; Series of 2005 of Notary Public Jasper M. Lucero. EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late DIONISIO PERAS re a parcel of land located at Bontoc, Hindang, Leyte, under Lot 3122 with an area of 4,149 sq. m. was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 97; Page No. 21; Book No. I; Series of 2010 of Notary Public Juanito C. Atienza. EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late DEMETRIO T. QUIAPO re a parcel of land, Lot 5200-C-5-A, Psd-08-019878-D, situated in Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City, contain-ing an area of 143 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 46890 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 157; Page No. 33; Book No. II; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Ernesto G. Gasis. EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS. LUIS VIOVICENTE and MARGARITA CAPAROSO re a parcel of land OCT No. P-52842, PSU-08-001626, containing an area of 35,726 sq. m. was settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 287; Page No. 58; Book No. XXI; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Maria Kim O. Marquez- Juban. EV Mail Dec. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late GEMMA N. DE GRAAF had left an account with BANCO DE ORO-Ormoc Branch, Ormoc City under

Account No. 004910116721 was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 38; Page No. 08; Book No. XLIX; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail Dec. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late FELISA D. OMEGA re one-seventh (1/7) share of that certain four (4) parcels of land, a portion of 2,863 sq. m. of Lot 2-B, Psd-08-004565, situated in Brgy. Salvacion, Ormoc city, containing an area of 3,322 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 40826; Lot 11, containing an area of 3,579 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 40825; Lot 3, containing an area of 10,817 sq. m.; and Lot 5751-B, containing an area of 904 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 40824 were settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 200; Page No. 4; Book No. II; Series of 2011 of Notary Public Aleah Rafel g. Bataan- Tolibao. EV Mail Dec. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late SPS. GREGORIO ORILLANO and FELISA R. ORILLANO re parcels of land Lot 5896-C, containing an area of 5,084 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 11314, situated in Brgy. Salvacion, Ormoc City and; Lot 5896-C, containing an area of 5,084 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 11314 were settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 29; Page No. 6; Book No. 43; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Jasper M. Lucero. EV Mail Dec. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT 8th Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Branch 36,

Carigara, Leyte SP. PROC. NO. RTC-

2017-009-SPIN RE: PETITION TO

CORRECT THE PLACE OF BIRTH OF MYRNA TOLEDO BERSALES IN HER MARRIAGE

CERTIFICATE, SPOUSES MYRNA

AND AJIRECO BERSALES, Petitioner, -versus-

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

CAPOOCAN, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

AUTHORITY, AND ALL PERSONS AND/OR ENTITIES WHO/

WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED HEREBY.

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

ORDER Filed before this

Court is a petition seek-ing the Correction of Entry in the Certificate

of Marriage of the peti-tioners on file with re-spondent which is the public office mandated by law to be the custodian and repository of records pertaining to Births, Mar-riages, Deaths and other incidents of human exis-tence. The entry sought to be corrected pertains to the Place of Birth of Myrna Toledo-Bersales appearing in the Mar-riage Certificate from Tolibao, Capoocan, Leyte to Torre I, Mangatarem, Pangasinan.

A perusal of the pe-tition shows that the same appears to be sufficient in form and substance. Set therefore the initial hearing on January 25, 2018 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

The petitioner is DI-RECTED to cause at her expense, the publication of this Order once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in an accredited newspaper of general cir-culation in the Province of Leyte.

During the initial hearing, all those inter-ested person/s are given

the opportunity to ven-tilate their opposition, if any, to the petition. Oth-erwise, if they fail to ap-pear, their claim shall be barred and the petitioner will be allowed to adduce evidence in support of the petition.

The Sheriff of this Court is also hereby OR-DERED to post a copy of this Order on three (3) conspicuous places namely: (1) The Bulle-tin Board of Brgy. Hall, Capoocan, Leyte (2) the Bulletin Board of the Mu-nicipal Hall of Capoocan, Leyte, and (3) the Bullet-ing Board of this Court.

Furnish copies of this Order to the petition-er through counsel for his compliance, as well as the Honorable Solicitor Gen-eral for his information and appropriate action.

SO ORDERED. GIVEN in Cham-

bers on this 29th day of September, 2017, at Cari-gara, Leyte, Philippines.

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

Judge EV Mail Nov. 20-26,

27- Dec. 3, & 4-10, 2017

Affidavit of Self -Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late NICOLAS T. PON-

GOS, SR. re parcels of land , more particularly described as follows, to wit: ARP# LOT # AREA# LOCATION CLASSIFICATION 2185-R 410064-D 2,7055 Naghalin Rice Land (Irrig) 2186-R4 9805-C 1,0594 Naghalin Rice Land (Irrig) 31186 7(4189) 4,2225 Quezon Jr. Agr. 32675 1667-D 1,2378 Bantigue Agr. 31118 1(CS of 221s.m. Can-adieng Comm. Lot 1584-F-Part) 31113 1584-B 4,4301 Can-adieng Agr. 31261 233-B 253 sq .m. cor. San Vicente & San Pedro Sts. Res. 48174 11 (lots 312 & 1584-F) 2,680, sq. m.Can-adieng Res.48178 5 (lots 312 & 1584-F) 221 sq. m. Can-adieng Res.

Were adjudicated unto himself by NICOLAS C. PONGOS, JR. per Doc. No. 235; Page No. XX; Book No. XXI; Series of 2002 of Notary Public Maria Samuel P. Aviles. EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court Eight Judicial Region

Branch 17 Palompon, Leyte

SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-PAL-17-0433-SP For: CHANGE OF

NAME FROM CECILIA G. DIONGZON TO

MA. CECILIA G. DIONGZONCECILIA G.

DIONSZON-PAJARON Also known as MA.

CECILIA G. DIONGZON

Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

PALOMPON, LEYTE and the NATIONAL

STATISTICS AUTHORITY,

represented by the CIVIL REGISTRAR

GENERAL Respondents.

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

A verified petition having been filed with this Court by petitioner, through counsel, Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Ber-tulfo, praying that after publication, notice and hearing, judgment be

rendered directing the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Palompon, Leyte to change the name of the petitioner in her Record of Birth found on Page 0041 Book No. 004 in its Register of Births from CECILIA G. DION-GZON to MA. CECILIA G. DIONGZON and the National Statistics Of-fice to change the name of the petitioner in her Certificate of Live Birth from CECILIA G. DION-GZON to MA. CECILIA G. DIONGZON.

As the petition ap-pears to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing, pursuant t Sectoin 3, Rule 105 of the Rules of Court on January 24, 2018 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte at which date, time and place, any person may appear and show cause, if any why the petition should not be granted.

Let copies 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 set for initial hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order to the Office of Municipal Civil Registrar of Palompon, Leyte, and Office of the Solicitor General, Office of the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, and the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Given in Cham-

bers, this 9th day of No-vember, 2017 at the Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte.

(Sgd.) MARIO O. QUINIT

Presiding Judge

Copy furnished: 1. Pros. Dylan

Enage – Palompon, Leyte 2. Office of the

Solicitor General 3. Atty.ElroyRay-

mund Bertulfo-Torres Bugallon St.

Villaba, Leyte 4. Office of the

Municipal Civil Registrar of Palompon, Leyte

5. National Sta-tistics Office – Manila/Philippine Statistics Au-thority

6. Cecilia G. Di-ongzon- Pajaron- 214 Mabini St. Brgy. Ipil III, Palompon, Leyte

7. EV Mail Or-moc City

Jmoq/arpd EV Mail Nov. 27-

Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

ERRATUMIn last week’s issue of the EV

Mail, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2017, the middle name of below PETITION FOR COR-RECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR was found out to be incorrect and, thus, is corrected from NUÑEZ to RIBAY in below revised PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR.

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Palompon OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR Petition No.: CCE-0075-2017 RA

10172 PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF

CLERICAL ERROR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

I, MARCELINO RIBAY MAÑANI-TA, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Barangay Cambinoy, Palompon, Leyte, after having been duly sworn to in ac-cordance with law, hereby declared that:

1) I am the petitioner seeking correction of the clerical error in:

a. The Certificate of Live Birth of EFREN RIBAY MAÑANITA who is my son.

2) He was born on April 6, 1976 at Palompon, Leyte, Philippines

3) The birth was recorded under registry number 217 (E-76)

4) The clerical error to be cor-rected is from FEMALE to MALE

5) The fact/reason for filing this petition is to

For error No. 1: To correct the sex of the child in the Cert. of Live is the reason why I am filing this petition.

6) I submit the following docu-ments to support this petition:

a. Certificate of Live (SECPA & CRS form No. 1A)

b. Cert. of Baptism c. NBI & Police clearance, Affida-

vit of Unemployment & Medical Record d. Medical Certification & DECS

Form 137-E 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 Philip-

pine Consulate. 8) I am filing this petition at

the Local Civil Registrar of Palompon, Leyte in accordance with R.A. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations.

(Sgd.) MARCELINO RIBAY MAÑANITA

Petitioner VERIFICATION I, MARCELINO RIBAY MA-

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

(Sgd.) MARCELINO RIBAY MAÑANITA

PetitionerSUBSCRIBED AND SWORN

to before me this 24th day of No-vember 2017 in the municipality of Palompon, Leyte, petitioner exhibit-ing her Community Tax Cert. No. 11876354 issued at Palompon, Leyte on May 23, 2017.

(Sgd.) ANNABELLE P. MARQUEZ Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, & 4-10, 2017

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

MUNICIPALITY OF PALOMPON

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Petition No.: CFN-0014-2017/CCE-0073-2017 RA 10172

PETITION FOR CHANGE OF FIRST NAME/ CORRECTION

OF CLERICAL ERROR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF

LIVE BIRTH I, GEMMA B. TERO,

of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Barangay Tinago, Palompon, Leyte, after hav-ing been duly sworn to in ac-cordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the peti-tioner seeking the CHANGE OF FIRST NAME in:

a. My certificate of live birth

2) She was born on July 23, 1965 at Palompon, Leyte, Philippines

3) The bir th was recorded under registry number 122

4) The first name to be changed is from REBECCA to JOSEPHINE (For CFN-0014-2017)

The clerical error to be corrected is the date of birth of the child from Aug. 3, 1965 to July 23, 1965.

5) The ground for filing this petition is

a. I habitually and continuously used JOSEPHINE and I publicly known in the com-munity with that first name. (For CFN-0014-2017)

For error No. 1: To cor-rect the date of birth of the child in the Cert. of Live is the reason why I am filing this petition.

6) I submit the fol-lowing documents to support

this petition. a. Certificate of Live

(SECPA & local copy) b. Cert. of Baptism,

Certification from Palompon North District

c. Brgy. Cert. Police & NBI clearances, Affidavit of Non-employment

d. SSS E-1, Phil-health Receipt & Cert. of Live Birth 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 Philip-pine Consulate.

8) I have no pending criminal, civil or administrative case in any court or any quasi-judicial body.

9) I am filing this petition at the Local Civil Reg-istrar of Palompon, Leyte in accordance with R.A. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations.

(Sgd.) GEMMA B. TERO Petition VERIFICATION I, GEMMA B. TERO, the

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

(Sgd.) GEMMA B. TERO Petitioner SUBSCRIBED AND

SWORN to before me this 17th day of November 2017 in the municipality of Palompon, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting her community Tax Cert. No. 11876572 issued at Palompon, Leyte on June 13, 2017.

(Sgd.) ANNABELLE P. MARQUEZ

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3,

& 4-10, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

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

& 44 Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Tacloban City OFFICE OF THE

CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

OF LEYTE EJF No. 3901

For: EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL PROPERTY MORTGAGE UNDER

ACT 3135 HOME

DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND,

Mortgagee, -versus-

SPOUSES DIANA A. CABELIN and JUAN B.

CABELIN, Mortgagor.

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

JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by HOME DEVEL-OPMENT MUTUAL FUND, with principal office at Room 3520, 35th Floor, Petron Mega Plaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Av-enue, Makati City against SPOUSES DIANA A. CABELIN and JUAN B. CABELIN, with postal address at Brgy. 84, Rain-bow Village, San Jose, Tacloban City, to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of July 15, 2017 amounts FORTY F O U R T H O U S A N D T H R E E H U N D R E D THIRTY THREE PESOS AND 17/100 (p44,333.17) only, in Philippine Cur-rency, including inter-est and penalty charges, but excluding additional interest and penalty charges until fully paid, expenses of collection, 10% of the total indebted-ness as Attorney’s fees, plus expense of the Fore-closure, Sheriff’s lawful fees, and Expenses for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE there-of, the UNDERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION on DECEM-BER 21, 2017 from 8:30 o’clock in the morning to 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon at Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Magsaysay

Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following properties with al its im-provements, if any to wit:

TCT No. T-36837 A parcel of land des-

ignated as Lot 3582-C-2 of the subdivision plan, Psd-083747-007060-D, being a portion of lot 3582-C, Psd-083747-006974-D, situated in the Barangay of San Jose, City of Tacloban, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the:

NE., along line 2-3 by lot 3576-E-11;

Along line 3-4 by lot 3576-E-10, Psd-083747-006984-D; on the

SE., along line 4-5 by lot 3582-C-3 of this subdivision; on the

SW., along line 5-1 by lot 3582-C-11 (Road lot 6.00 m. wide)….

Containing an area of Two Hundred (200) square meters.,

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

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

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on December 28, 2017.

Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines.

November 15, 2017 FOR THE CLERK

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

SHERIFF (Sgd.) LAURO R.C. P.

CASTILLO, IIISheriff IV

RTC- OCC-. Ta-cloban

Copy furnished: Atty. Paul E. Plaza Clerk of Court VIRTC- OCC Tacloban EV Mail Nov. 27-

Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Leyte

MUNICIPALITY OF PALOMPON

-oOo-OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL

CIVIL REGISTRARPetition No.: CFN-0015-2017PETITION FOR CHANGE OF

FIRST NAME IN THE CERTIFICATE OF

LIVE BIRTHI, GERALYN PINKY

POBLETE RAMIREZ, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Barangay Central III, 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 KAREN JINKY LICAR-DO POBLETE who is my sister

2) She was born on Sep-tember 16, 1967 at Palompon, Leyte, Philippines

3) The birth was record-ed under registry number 415

4) The first name to be changed is from KAREN to KAREN JINKY

5) The ground for filing this petition is that she has habitually and continuously used KAREN JINKY and she is publicly 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 & CRS Form No. 1A)

b) Certificate of Baptism & DepEd Elem. School Perma-nent Record

c) Barangay Certifica-tion, Police & NBI Clearances, Cert. of Employment

d) Voter’s Certification, GSIS Cert. of Membership & HDMF Transaction Card

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 criminal, 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.) GERALYN PINKY POBLETE RAMIREZ

PetitionerVERIFICATIONI, GERALYN PINKY

POBLETE RAMIREZ, the pe-titioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowl-edge and belief.

(Sgd.) GERALYN PINKY POBLETE RAMIREZ

PetitionerS U B S C R I E D A N D

SWORN to before me this 1st day of December 2017 in the municipality of Palom-pon, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting her Community Tax Cert. No. 01437111 issued at Palompon, Leyte on January 6, 2017.

(Sgd.) ANNABELLE P. MARQUEZ

Municipal Civil RegistrarEV Mail Dec. 4-10, &

11-17, 2017

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

SALE EJF No. 3961) Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under act 3135, as amended, filed on November 10, 2015, by HOME DEVELOP-MENT MUTUAL FUND, petitioner/mortgagee, with principal and office address at Room 3520, 35th Flr., Petron Mega Plaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, against SPS. MARISSA ACOLBE LUCIDO and ROSITO A. LUCIDO, of legal age, Filipino, respondent/mortgagor, of Brgy. Cutay, Carigara, Leyte, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 15, 2017, amounts to PHP 393,130.00 Philip-pine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Leyte, Region-al Trial Court, Tacloban City, by and thru the undersigned will sell at public auction on De-

cember 20, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Office of Br. 34, Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan Ng Katarungan, Taclo-ban City, to the Highest Bidder, for CASH, MAN-AGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements, as stipulated in the said mortgage, to wit:

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

TCT NO. : T-70117

LOT NO. : LOT 2712-C-1, Psd-08-0111264-D

LOCATION : BRGY. SAGKAHAN, TA-CLOBAN CITY

AREA : 110 SQ. MTS., more or less

R E G I S T E R E D OWNER: SPS. MARISSA ACOLBE LUCIDO and ROSITO A. LUCIDO

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on December 22, 2017, on the same time and place without further notice. (Sgd.) RUBEN N. VIL-LACARILLO (11/17/17)

Sheriff IV EV Mail Nov. 27-

Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

is the very pattern of our humanity and the redeemer of our damaged humanity through his passion, death and resurrec-tion.

L i v i n g t h i s truth of our faith will surely fill us with joy and confi-dence in spite of all the trials, difficul-ties and failures we can experience in this life. We have no reason to fear as long as we are aware of this funda-mental truth about ourselves and are corresponding to it.

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15December 4-10, 2017 NOTICESRepublic of the

Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT 8th Judicial Region

Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte

EJF – H-NO. 36-2017 For:

EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

RURAL BANK OF HILONGOS (LEYTE),

INC. Represented by its

Manager, ROSARIO ONG VELOS, CPA,

Mortgagee, -versus-

ELMER E. RABE and MARIA GLADINA P.

RABE, Mortgagors.

x-----------------------------xSHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL

SALE Upon extrajudicial

petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed by RURAL BANK OF HILONGOS (LEYTE), INC., with a postal ad-dress at R.V. Villaflores St. Hilongos, Leyte, against ELMER E. RABE and MARIA GLADINA P. RABE, at P. Zamora Street, Brgy. Western Po-blacion, Hilongos, Leyte, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 2, 2017, in the total amount of ONE MILLION, SIXTY SIX THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE PESOS and 42/100 (Php1,066,281.42) Philip-pine Currency, represent-ing interest, penalties, excluding expenses of the foreclosure attorney’s fees, the undersigned will SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION on JANUARY 12, 2018, at 9:00 o’clock in the morning until 4:00 P.M. or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improve-ments found thereon,

hereunder described as follows:

“A parcel of Agri-cultural Land (Residen-tial actual use) and all improvements found thereon, located at Brgy. Central Poblacion, Hi-longos, Leyte, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. TP-26316, de-clared under Tax declara-tion No. 14003-00651-R13 and designated as Cadas-tral Lot No. Lot 13274-F, Psd-08-025940-D, and bounded as follows:

Northwest : Line 1-2 by Lot 13275, Case 44, Cad. 566-D;

Northeast to Southeast & Southwest :

Line 2-3-4-1 by Lot 13274-E of the subdivision plan.

Containing an area of 332 Square Meters more or less, declared in the name of Spouses Elmer E. Rabe & Maria Gladina P. Rabe. With an assessed value of Php560.00.”

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

In the event the public auction should not take place due to fortuitous event on said date, it shall be held on January 19, 2018 on the same time and place.

Hilongos, Leyte, November, 28, 2017.

FOR THE EX-OFFI-CIO SHERIFF: (Sgd.) GERMELINA S.

PACAANASSheriff IV

Noted by: ( S g d . ) A T T Y.

CHRISTIAN S. VILLAS Clerk of Court VI Copy furnished: RB Hilongos(Leyte)

Inc. R.V. Villaflores St.,

Hilongos, Leyte Spouses Elmer &

Ma. Gladina Rabe P. Zamora St., Brgy.

Western Poblacion, Hilon-

gos, Leyte EV Mail Nov. 27-

Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT 6th MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL

COURT 8th Judicial Region CALUBIAN SAN

ISIDRO LEYTE CIVIL CASE NO. MC

162 FOR RECOVERY OF

POSSESSION A MOTOR VEHICLE

WITH PRAYER FOR REPLEVIN

PRESCILLA HALIPOT,

Plaintiffs-versus-

SPS. CAYETANO AMORMIO O. MISA

Defendant x-----------------------x

NOTICE OF SALE ON EXECUTION

OF REAL PROPERTY WHEREAS, by vir-

tue of the Writ of execu-tion issued in the above entitled case dated March 15, 2016, by HON. OS-CAR M. POSION, Acting Presiding Judge of this Court in favor of the Defendant, Sps. Cay-etano Amormio O. Misa and against the Plaintiff Prescilla Halipot, the Plaintiff is ordered to pay defendant the amount of seventy Thousand (Php70,000.00) Pesos by way of reimbursement to the expense advanced by the defendant in the purported sale of the vehicle, levy on execu-

tion was made by the undersigned sheriff, thru the Office of the Provin-cial Assessor, Tacloban, Leyte on January 27, 2017 and Municipal Assessor of Tabango, Leyte on January 26, 2017 on the share, rights interests and participation of Plaintiff in the real property more particularly distributed as follows.

Tax Declaration No. 08-36004-00490

Municipal Assessor of Tabango, Leyte

A certain parcel of land (residential land), Cadastral Lot No. 3408-Part, Property Index No. 044-36-004-25-034, situat-ed at Brgy. Campokpok, Tabango, Leyte bounded as follows:

North: Ass Lot No. 035 South: Prov’l Road

East: Ass. Lot No. 036 West: Ass Lot No. 021

Containing an area of 350 sq. meters more or less, registered in the name of Precila Halipot.

Now therefore by virtue of the said Writ of execution issued in the above entitled case and in accordance with the Rule 39, sec. 19 of the Rules of Court, Sheriff Wellington O. Lachica II will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder for Cash and in Philippine currency on February 20, 2018 at 10.00 o clock

in the morning till 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the office of the Clerk of Court Regional Trial Court Branch 11, Hall of Justice Calubian, Leyte the share, rights interests and participa-tion of Plaintiff, Pres-cilla Halipot in the above described real property together with all the improvements found thereon, if any there be, in order to satisfy the said Writ of execution, together with interests, cost sheriff’s fees, and the expenses of sale.

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

Prospective bid-ders or purchasers are enjoined to examine for themselves the encum-brances if there be any, of the above – described realty.

In the event that public auction should not take place on that date, it shall be held on Febru-ary 27, 2018, at the same time and place without further notice.

Calubian, Leyte, Philippines, November 23, 2017.

(Sgd.) Wellington O. Lachica II Sheriff IV

RTC Branch 11, Calubian, Leyte EV Mail Dec. 4-10,

11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 14

Baybay City, Leyte EJF No. 207

FOR: EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE & SALE UNDER ACT

3135 AS AMENDED. RURAL BANK OF

DULAG (LEYTE), INC. Mortgagee,

-versus- SPS. PABLO CALABIA

and DAFHODEL T. CALABIA

Mortgagors, x---------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE &

SALE Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended filed by the mortgagee RURAL BANK OF DU-LAG (LEYTE), INC. OR-MOC BRANCH with principal place of office and business address at Kempis St., Dulag, Leyte against the mortgagor SPS. PABLO CALABIA AND DAFHODEL T. CALABIA, with postal address at Lawis Po-blacion, Albuera, Leyte, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 3, 2017 amount to SIX HUN-DRED ELEVEN THOU-SAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTEEN PESOS AND EIGHTY NINE CENTA-

VOS (PHP 611,613.89) Philippine Currency, in-cluding interest thereon, plus daily interests, other charges and further plus 10% attorney’s fees, the undersigned sheriff un-der the supervision of the Clerk of Court Regional Trial Court, Branch 14, Baybay City, Leyte will sell at public auction on February 5, 2018 at 9 am or soon thereafter at the office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 14, Baybay City, Leyte to the highest bidder, for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit:

TAX DECLARA-TION OF REAL PROP-ERTY

NO. 03-0001-02081-R-13

A certain parcel of land (residential), covered with Tax Dec-laration No.-03-0001-02081-r13 with all the improvements thereon, situated at the Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte, bounded as follows:

NORTH: Road SOUTH: Ass. Lot 22

EAST: Road WEST: Road

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 February 12, 2017 with-out further notice.

Prospective bid-ders/ buyers may in-vestigate the real estate properties hereinabove described the encum-brances thereon, if any there be.

Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines, December 8, 2017

(Sgd.) ELWIN G. OPEÑA

Sheriff IV RTC Br. 14, Baybay

City, Leyte Copy furnished: ATTY. PATRICK V.

SANTO Mortgagee Legal

Counsel Ta c l o b a n C i t y,

Leyte. RURAL BANK OF

DULAG (LEYTE), INC. ORMOC CITY G/F JGC Bldg., Fr.

I. Cataag St., Dist. 8, Ormoc City SPS. PABLO CALA-

BIA AND DAFHODEL

T. CALABIA Lawis, Poblacion,

Albuera, Leyte WARNING IT IS ABSOLUTELY

PROHIBITED TO RE-MOVE,

DEFACE, OR DE-STROY THIS NOTICE OF SALE

SALE ON OR BE-FORE THE DATE OF SALE.

EV Mail Dec. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 14

Baybay City, Leyte EJF case no. 208

For: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE

OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER

ACT NO. 3135 AS AMENDED

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company,

Mortgagee, -versus –

SPS. MARNESTO B. DAÑOLCO AND BER-

NADETTE J. DAÑOLCO Mortgagors.

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

JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE &

SALE Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended filed by the mortgagee Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, with principal place of office address at Metrobank Plaza, Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, against the mortgagors Sps. Mar-nesto B. Dañolco and Bernadette J. Dañolco with postal address at Lot 1118, Brgy. Hipusngo Baybay City, Leyte to sat-isfy the mortgage indebt-edness which as of Au-gust 31, 2017 amount to SEVEN HUNDRED FIVE T H O U S A N D F O U R PESOS AND NINETY

TWO CENTAVOS (PHP 705,004.92) Philippine Currency, excluding ad-ditional interest thereon, penalty, foreclosure ex-penses, attorney’s fees, publication cost, Sher-iff’s fee, registration fee and other expenses, the undersigned sheriff un-der the supervision of the Clerk of Court/Ex-Officio Sheriff Regional Trial) Court, Branch 14, Baybay City, Leyte will sell at public auction on February 5, 2018 at 9 am or soon thereafter and it will closed at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 14, Baybay City, Leyte to the highest bidder, for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all existing improve-ments, to wit:

T R A N S F E R CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-35921

A parcel of land (Lot 1118 of the Cadas-tral Suvey of Baybay) with the improvements thereon, situated in the Muniicpality of Baybay containing an area of Six Hundred Seven (607) square meters more or less, registered in the name of Spouses Mar-nesto Dañolco and Ber-nadette Dañolco, both of legal ages, Filipinos.

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 February 12, 2018 with-out further notice.

Prospective bid-ders/buyers may in-vestigate the real estate properties hereinabove described the encum-brances thereon, if any there be.

Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines, November 29, 2017

(Sgd.) ELWIN G. OPEÑA

Sheriff IV RTC Br. 14, Baybay

City, Leyte ATTY. REAN S. SY Counsel/rep of Me-

troBank 3rd floor Metrobank

Bldg. Delgado St., Iloilo

City

Tel. Nos. (033) 337-2475 & 393-0057

Cel . Nos. 0929-4303302 &

0926-6301077 Jose Dionivic M.

Chiong Representative Me-

trobank Baybay Branch SPS. MARNESTO

DAÑOLCO and BER-NADETTE DAÑOLCO

Brgy. Hipusngo, Baybay City, Leyte

WARNING IT IS ABSOLUTELY

PROHIBITED TO RE-MOVE,

DEFACE, OR DE-STROY THIS NOTICE OF SALE

SALE ON OR BE-FORE THE DATE OF SALE.

EV Mail Dec. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-17-025-FC FOR:

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORT-GAGE under Act 3135,

AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118

VISAYAS GOODWILL CREDIT

CORPORATION, Mortgagee,

-versus- IRENEA FESALBON,

Mortgagors. x-----------------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE SALE Upon Extra-judicial

petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by VI-S AYA S G O O D W I L L CREDIT CORPORA-TION, San Pablo cor.

Lopez Jaena Sts., Or-moc City, Leyte against IRENEA FESALBON to satisfy the mortgage in-debtedness which as of August 24, 2017 amounts to SIX HUNDRED FOR-TY-FIVE THOUSAND E I G H T H U N D R E D SIXTY TWO PESOS AND 80/100 ONLY (P645,862.80), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of fore-closure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on January 11, 2018 at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Re-gional Trial Court Br. 35, Ormoc City to the high-est bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements located therein, to wit:

TCT No.47556 “A parcel of land

(Lot 2-A of the subdi-vision plan, Psd-08-020645-D, being a por-tion of Lot 2, (LRC)

Psd-15464, LRC Rec. No. 1750), situated in Baran-gay of Salvacion, City of Ormoc, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the NE., along point line 1-2 by Lot 3, (LRC, Pcs-15464; on the SE. & SW. along lines 2,3 to 4 by Lot 2-B of this subdivision; on the NW, along line 4-1 by Lot 2-C of this subdivision plan (Road Widening). Containing an area of THREE THOUSAND (3000) SQUARE ME-TERS, more or less.”

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on January 18, 2018 without further notice.

Hall of Justice, Or-moc City, December 1, 2017 (Sgd.) DEXTER LANCE

B. MANGUBAT Sheriff IV

EV Mail Dec. 4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

SALE (EJF No. 3934) Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under act 3135, as amended, filed on NOVEMBER 7, 2017, by BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPI-NAS, petitioner/mort-gagee, with principal and office address BSP Building, A. Mabini cor-ner Pablo Ocampo, Sr. Streets, Malate, Manila, against OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL FOUNDATION OF TA-CLOBAN CITY INCOR-PORATED, represented by SPS. ROGELIO G. JORVINA AND ELENA J. JORVINA and SPS. ANTONIO R. CRUZ AND NORIETA J. CRUZ, borrower/mortgagor, of 14 Camila St. DRJ Village, Novaliches, Quezon City, thru Deed of Assign-ment executed by Prime Savings Bank in favor of Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 31, 2017, the Subject Obliga-tion has amounted to PESOS: SEVEN MIL-LION EIGHT HUN-DRED SEVENTEEN

THOUSAND PESOS (PHP7,817,000.00) Philip-pine Currency, exclusive of interests, penalties & other charges as stated in its petition, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Leyte, Regional Trial Court, Tacloban City, by and thru the undersigned will sell at public auction on De-cember 20, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Office of Br. 34, Regional Trial court, bulwagan Ng Katarungan, Tacloban City, to the Highest Bid-der, for CASH, MAN-AGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements, if there is any, to wit:

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES

1. TCT No. : T -45764

LOT NO. : LOT- 62, BLOCK-4, Pcs-08-000010

LOCATION: BRGY. CAIBAAN, TACLOBAN CITY

AREA :240 SQ. MTS.

R E G I S T E R E D OWNER: SPS. ROGE-LIO G. JORVINA AND ELENA J. JORVINA

2. TCT NO. :T-45765

LOT NO. :LOT-61,BLOCK-4, Pcs-08-000010

LOCATION : BRGY. CAIBAAN, TA-CLOBAN CITY

AREA : 240 SQ. MTS.

R E G I S T E R E D OWNER : SPS. ROG-ELIO G. JORVINA AND ELENA J. JORVINA

3. TCT NO. : T -37781

LOT NO. L O T - 6 5 , B L O C K -4,Pcs-08-000010

LOCATION : BRGY. CAIBAAN, TA-CLOBAN CITY

AREA : 284 SQ. MTS.

R E G I S T E R E D OWNER : S P S . A N -TONIO R. CRUZ and NORIETA J. CRUZ

4. TCT NO. : T-37783

LOT NO. :LOT-64,BLOCK -4, Pcs-08-000010

LOCATION : BRGY. CAIBAAN, TA-CLOBAN CITY

AREA : 293 SQ. MTS.

R E G I S T E R E D OWNER : S P S . A N -TONIO R. CRUZ and NORIETA J. CRUZ

5. TCT NO. : T -37782

LOT NO. :LOT-63, BLOCK -4, Pcs-08-000010

LOCATION : BRGY. CAIBAAN, TA-CLOBAN CITY

AREA : 320 SQ. MTS.

R E G I S T E R E D OWNER : S P S . A N -TONIO R. CRUZ and NORIETA J. CRUZ

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above-stated time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on DECEMBER 22, 2017, on the same time and place without further notice. (Sgd.) RUBEN N. VIL-LACARILLO (11/17/17)

Sheriff IV EV Mail Nov. 27-

Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

SALE (EJF No. 3970) Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under act 3135, as amended, filed on November 10, 2015, by HOME DEVEL-OPMENT MUTUAL FUND, petitioner/ mort-gagee, with principal and office address at Room 3520, 35th Flr., Petron Mega Plaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, against CATALINA J. RAMOS, of legal age, Filipino, respondent/Mortgagor, of Lot-4, Block-9, Regina Hills Subdivision, Brgy. Abu-cay, Tacloban City, to sat-isfy the mortgage indebt-edness which as of Au-gust 15, 2017, amounts to PHP 1,494,795.04, Philip-pine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Leyte, Regional Trial Court, Tacloban City, by and thru the undersigned will sell at public auction on De-

cember 20, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p. m. at the office of Br. 34, Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan Ng Katarungan, Taclo-ban City to the Highest Bidder, for CASH, MAN-AGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements, as stipulated in the said mortgage, to wit:

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

TCT NO. : T -69175

LOT NO. :LOT-4, BLOCK -9, Pcs-08-000867-D

LOCATION : BRGY. ANIBONG & NULA-TU-LA, TACLOBAN CITY

AREA : 40 SQ. MTS., more or less

R E G I S T E R E D OWNER: CATALINA J.

RAMOS All sealed bids must

be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above-stated time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on DECEMBER 22, 2017, on the same time and place without further notice.

(Sgd.) RUBEN N. VILLACARILLO

(11/17/17) Sheriff IV

EV Mail Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

16 December 4-10, 2017NOTICESRepublic of the PhilippinesProvince of Eastern Samar

City of BoronganOFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

Ordinance No. 129Series of 2017

AN ORDINANCE HONORING AND GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO CEN-TENARIAN BORONGANONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AUTHOR AND SPONSOR: HON. ESTANISLAO N. QUELITANO, JR.

Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in Regular Session duly convened:Section 1. Short Title - This Ordinance shall be called and referred to as “Cente-

narian Ordinance of 2017”Section 2. Local Celebration of Respect for Centenarians DayEvery First Sunday of October is hereby declared as Local Celebration of respect

for Centenarians Day, as part of the Elderly Filipino Week activities, October 1-7 every year, in consonance to the national celebration pursuant to R.A. 10868.

The City Social Welfare and Development Office shall spearhead the preparations and celebration in coordination with the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), the City Senior Citizens Council and the Monitoring and Coordinating Committee pursuant to City Ordinance No. 110, s. 2013.

Section 3. Scope of this Ordinance. This Ordinance shall cover:(a) All Boronganons as defined in Section 5 (b) below who reach the age of one

hundred (100) years in the current year whether residing in Borongan City or abroad.(b) Abandoned /Neglected/Unattached centenarians shall be identified and as-

sessed by CSWDO using DSWD General Intake Sheet (GIS).( c) Deceased centenarians who reached the age of one hundred (100) years but

were still living as of July 15, 2016 when R.A. 10868 took effect and are included in the validated list of centenarians by CSWDO shall also be covered and shall be honored during the same event on National Respect for Centenarians Day.

(d) In the same event, posthumous Plaques of Recognition as a token of lasting affection honoring the deceased centenarians including the Abandoned/ Unattached, shall be presented to the authorized estate or nearest surviving relative.

(e) In the event that the centenarian is in the custody of a non-relative the cente-narian gifts shall be released to concerned centenarian while the CSWDO shall monitor the management of said gifts.

Section 4. Plaque of Recognition and Cash Gift Incentives - all qualified living Boronganons shall be honored with:

(a) a Plaque of Recognition from the LGU of Borongan City thru the Office of the City Mayor

(b) a Centenarian Cash Gift of Fifty Thousand Pesos (50,000.00) in addition to the cash incentive provided in R.A. 10868.

The City Mayor shall issue a Letter of Felicitation congratulating the honorees for their longevity and invitation including the estate or to nearest surviving relative of deceased centenarians to ceremonies in celebration of the National Respect for Cente-narians Day on the first Sunday of October of the current year.

Section 5. Definition of Terms.(a) Centenarian - all Boronganons who reach the age of one hundred (100) years

during the current year.(b) Boronganons - all residents of Borongan city for at least six (6) months who

turned one hundred (100) years of age in the current year; including those former residents of Borongan City who are currently residing abroad; and those identified in section 3 (b) and (c) above.

(c ) National Respect For Centenarians Day (NRCD) - a nationwide annual honor-ing of centenarians on the first Sunday of October as part of the celebration of Elderly Filipino Week, October 1 to 7 of every year.

(d) Current year - the present fiscal year under which the National Respect For Centenarians Day is celebrated.

(e) Estate - refers to the one that designates the property (real or personal ) in which one has a right or interest.

(f) Affidavit of Adjudication - refers to the authorized person to receive the cash gift and posthumous plaque of recognition in behalf of deceased honoree centenarian.

(g) General Intake Sheet (GIS) - Prescribed form by DSWD used by CSWDO to identify and assess qualified centenarians.

Section 6. Identification and Validation of Centenarians. The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) shall undertake the

following roles and responsibilities:* Wide dissemination pursuant to the rationale, goals and objectives inherent in

this Ordinance.* Targeting /identifying beneficiaries covered in this Ordinance* Validating the actual residency and age of concerned centenarians through

interviews, relevant document such as Birth Certificate , Baptismal Certificate or verified affidavit of two disinterested persons who are at last seventy (70) years old.

* Make and submit reports to the office of the City Mayor and to the Regional Office of the Department of Social welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 8, Tacloban City with the corresponding recommendations for their consideration and appropriate action on some issues that may arise from the aforecited activities.

* Liquidate the funds in connection hereof within fifteen (15) working days after the release of incentives with the following attachments whichever are applicable on case-to-case-basis, thus;

>Approved payroll with the name of the centenarian.> Signed payroll by the authorized estate or nearest surviving relative> death certificate of the deceased centenarian> Photocopy of the centenarian’s ID and valid IDs of the estate or nearest surviv-

ing relatives> Certification from the Local Social Welfare and Development Office based on

assessment that the centenarian is abandoned, neglected, or unattachedSection 7. Funding. In the initial year of implementation of this Ordinance, the

funding requirements in the celebration of the National Respect for Centenarians Day shall be taken from the City Social Welfare and Development Office and/or applicable savings from the LGU Executive Department.

In the succeeding years thereafter, the City Social Welfare and Development Office shall include in their annual budgetary requirements their projections of possible number of centenarians in coordination with the City Population Office.

Section 8. Separability Clause. In the event that this Ordinance or any part hereof is declared invalid or unconstitutional the other provisions that can still serve the intent and purpose of this Ordinance, shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 9. Supplementary Administrative Issuances. All other applicable provisions in DSWD Memorandum Circular No. 4 and No. 11 both series of 2017 and the Joint Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of R.A. 10868 by the DSWD, DILG, DOH and the Commission on Filipino Overseas are hereby made suppletory to this Ordinance.

Section 10. Effectivity. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.PASSED, 19 September 2017Borongan City(Sgd.) HON. VICTOR L. FRANCO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. ESTANISLAO N. QUELITANO, JR. SP Member(Sgd.) HON. RENATO C. BAGACAY SP Member(Sgd.) HON. LEONALDO A. ADOR, JR. SP MemberHON. EMMANUEL T. TIU SONCO SP MemberHON. GLENN A. ESCOTO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. NAPOLEON A. BEBITA SP MemberHON. MARLYN V. SY SP Member(Sgd.) HON. AURORA A. ANASARIAS SP Member(Sgd.) HON. JENNIFER S. ANACIO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. EDSEL ANTONIO P. CASILLANO ABC President/ SP MemberCERTIFIED TRUE AND CORRECT:(Sgd.) HON. VICTOR L. FRANCOOIC Vice Mayor/Presiding OfficerATTEST:(Sgd.) ANTONIO B. SACMARSecretary, Sangguniang Panlungsod

APPROVED:(Sgd.) HON. MARIA FE R. ABUNDA

City Mayor

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Eastern Samar

City of BoronganSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

Ordinance No. 130, Series of 2017AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CITY OF BORONGAN DANGEROUS DRUGS

ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD PROVIDING POLICIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

Sponsor: HON. EMMANUEL T. TIU SONCOChairperson, Committee on Peace and Order and Public Safety

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD, CITY OF BO-RONGAN, IN ITS SESSION ASSEMBLED, THAT:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE - This ordinance shall be known as THE BORONGAN CITY DANGEROUS DRUGS ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD.

SECTION 2. DEFINITION OF TERMS. The following words shall be construed as used in this Ordinance.

1. Drug Related Public Nuisance - Any place or premises which have been used on two or more occasions as the site of the unlawful sale or delivery of dangerous drugs, or used as drug dens for pot sessions and other similar activities.

2. Public Nuisance is any act, omission, establishment, business, condition of property, or anything else which (a) injures or endangers the health or safety of others; or (b) annoys or offends the senses; or (c) shocks, defies or disregards decency or morality; affecting a community or neighborhood or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance, danger or damage upon individuals may be unequal.

3. Summary Abatement- means the removal of the nuisance without judicial proceedings.

4. Dangerous Drugs Administrative Board - shall mean the body/board created under this Ordinance composed of local frontline offices mandated to implement some provisions of R.A. 9165 and non-government organization mandated to receive and hear complaints against drug related public nuisance.

SECTION 3. THE CITY OF BORONGAN DANGEROUS DRUGS ADMINISTRA-TIVE BOARD. The City of Borongan Dangerous Drugs Administrative Board is hereby created .

SECTION 4. COMPOSITION - The City of Borongan Dangerous Drugs Administra-tive Board shall be composed of the following:

a) The City Health Officer as Chairperson;b) The City Legal Officer or City Special Council as Vice Chairperson;c) The Chief of Police as a member;d) One (1) Representative of a Non-Government Organization (NGO) which is a

member of the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council.SECTION 5. POWER AND DUTIES -The following are the powers and duties of

the City of Borongan Dangerous Drugs Administrative Board.a) Receive complaints for the abatement of drug-related public nuisances;b) Conduct hearings in connection with the foregoing Sub-Section;c) Declare the place or premises in questions as drug related public nuisance if

circumstances so warrant; andd) Recommend to the City Mayor for the abatement the drug related public

nuisances.Subject to the availability of funds and existing COA Rules and Regulations, the

City Government may grant reasonable honoraria to the Chairperson and Members of the Administrative Board.

SECTION 6. PROCEDURE FOR THE SUMMARY ABATEMENT OF DRUG-RELATED PUBLIC NUISANCE.

Any place or premises which have been used for two or more occasions as the site of the unlawful sale or delivery of dangerous drugs, or used as drug dens for pot sessions and other similar activities may be declared to be a public nuisance and such nuisance may be summarily abated under the following procedures:

a) Any employee, officer, or any person may bring a complaint before the City of Borongan Dangerous Drugs Administrative Board after giving not less than three (3) days written notice of such complaint to the owner of the place or premises at his/ her last known address;

b) Within three (3) days from receipt of the complaint, a hearing shall then be conducted by the City of Borongan Dangerous Drugs Administrative Board, with notice to both parties. The Board may consider any evidence submitted, including evidence of general reputation of the place or premises;

c) The owner/manager of the premises or place shall also be given an opportunity to present any evidence in his/her defense;

d) After hearing and investigation, the Administrative Board may declare the place or premises to be a public nuisance, and;

e) The hearing shall be terminated within ten (10) days from commencement.SECTION 7. EFFECT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD DECLARATION.* If the Administrative Board declares a place or premises to be a public nuisance,

it shall issue an order immediately prohibiting the conduct, operation or maintenance of any business or activity which is conducive to such nuisance.

* The City Mayor shall implement the order of the Administrative Board within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof and shall assume full responsibility in seeing to it that the order is immediately complied with.

* The Order issued by the Administrative Board shall expire after One (1) year from the date of issuance, or at such an earlier time as stated in the order. The Board may likewise may bring a complaint seeking a permanent injunction against any nuisance.

*The Administrative Board, upon showing that the place is no longer a public nuisance, may conduct hearing with the complainant duly notified, for the possible lifting of the order.

SECTION 8. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FILLING OF A CRIMINAL CASE, AND THE DECLATION AND/OR ABATEMENT OF ANY NUISANCE UNDER THE CITY GOVERNMENT NUISANCE ORDINANCE

The declaration of any place or premise as drug-related public nuisance under this Ordinance is without prejudice to the filling of a criminal case against the owner of a place or premises declared as drug related public nuisance pursuant to Section 6 of R.A.9165.

Likewise, this does not restrict the right of any person to proceed under the City`s existing Nuisance Ordinance provided the nuisance complained of shall be other than drug-related public nuisance.

SECTION 7. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE - Any provision of this ordinance found to be unconstitutional shall not affect the other which shall remain to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 8. REPEALING CLAUSE - Any ordinance found to be inconsistent with this shall be deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - The City Government shall appropriate in its An-nual Budget reasonable amount necessary for the effective and efficient implementation of this Ordinance.

SECTION 10. EFFECTIVITY - This ordinance shall take effect immediately. Approved: Nov. 14, 2017, CITY OF BORONGAN.(Sgd.) HON. VICTOR L. FRANCO(Sgd.) HON. RENATO BAGACAY SP Member(Sgd.) EMMANUEL T. TIU SONCO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. AURORA A. ANASARIAS SP Member(Sgd.) HON. NAPOLEON A. BEBITA SP MemberHON. ESTANISLAO N. QUELITANO, JR. SP Member(Sgd.) HON. LEONALDO A. ADOR, JR. SP MemberHON. GLENN ESCOTO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. MARLYN V. SY SP Member(Sgd.) HON. JENNIFER S. ANACIO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. EDSEL ANTONIO P. CASILLANO SP Member/ABC PresidentATTESTED:(Sgd.) ANTONIO B. SACMARBoard Secretary VI(Secretary to the Sanggunian Panlungsod)CERTIFIED TRUE AND CORRECT:HON. FIDEL V. ANACTA JR.Presiding Officer(Sgd.) HON. VICTOR L. FRANCOCouncilor /Temporary Presiding Officer

APPROVED:(Sgd.) HON. MARIA FE R. ABUNDA

City Mayor

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Eastern Samar

City of BoronganOFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

ORDINANCE NO. 131Series of 2017

Principal Author: HON. MARLYN V. SYChairman, Committee on Public Market, Livestock and Slaughterhouse

AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE NEW RATES AND GUIDELINES IN THE AWARDING OF STALLS IN THE NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED TWO-STOREY BUILD-

ING (PHASE 1) AT THE BORONGAN CITY PUBLIC MARKET.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR IN ITS REGULAR SESSION ASSEMBLED:

SECTION 1. The floor area in the newly-constructed two storey building at the Borongan City Public Market shall be subdivided into stall/ store spaces, consequently numbered and each containing the following areas in square meters, to wit:

First floor:(a) Store space numbers 1-33 shall each have ten (10) sq. m. of rentable area. Stall

spaces 1-11 face the provincial road, stall spaces 12-22 face the fish and meat section

of the public market, and stall numbers 23-33 are located in the inner portion of the floor.Second floor:(a) Store space numbers 1and 6 shall each have thirty-two and a half (32.5) sq.

m. of rentable area;(b) Stall spaces 2-5 and 7-14 shall each have 24.375 sq. m. of rentable area.SECTION 2. The entire building shall be devoted to the following:First floor:(a) The sale of dairy products such as butter, milk and cheese; confectioneries,

canned or bottled foods, beverages, soft drinks, oatmeal, ham, sausages, bacon, sugar, nuts, sauces, condiments, seasonings, eggs and other food products;

(b) The sale of grocery items and cereals such as rice, corn, flour, starch, soaps, cleaning aids and other household products;

(c ) Any consumer goods except fruits and vegetables, root crops, fresh meats and poultry, fruits and vegetables, fresh and fish, garments, office and school supplies, animal feeds and other agricultural supplies and products.

Second floor:(a) The sale of dry goods such as garments, footwear and other clothing articles

and sundry products such as sewing supplies and clothing accessories, plastic products including containers and bags; office and school supplies.

SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS:(a) Grocery/ Sari-sari products may include but not limited to canned goods, dried

and frozen meat products, rice, corn and other cereals, cigarettes, canned or bottled liquor or beverages; bottled, canned or repacked seasonings;

(b) For the purpose of this ordinance, garlic, ginger, onions, tomatoes and other similar items shall be considered as vegetables;

(c ) Garments shall include fabric and other clothing materials, ready-to-wear and clothes;

(d) Footwear shall include shoes, sandals, slippers, clogs and the like;(e) Plastic products shall include but not limited to plastic bags, Styrofoam products,

plastic housewares such as buckets, pails, dippers, trash receptacles and plastic table covers and similar items.

(f) As used in this ordinance, “nearest of kin” shall be defined as any member of the family of the awardee up to the second degree by consanguinity or affinity who are qualified and willing to conduct business in any subject stall.

SECTION 4. The following shall be the rental amount for each stall space payable within the first twenty (20) days of the month. The rent shall be increased by ten percent (10%) after the first five (5) years of occupancy and every five (5) years thereafter.

First floor:(a) Stall numbers 1-22 shall pay the monthly rent of P4,000.00/ month (P400/ sq. m.)(b) Stall numbers 23-33 shall pay monthly rent of P3,500/ month (P350/ sq. m.)Second floor: Stalls shall pay the rental amount of P300/ sq. m., thus:Stall Numbers Rentable Area Monthly Rent1 and 6 32.5 sq. m. P 9,750.002-5, 7-14 24.375 sq. m. P 7,312.50(a) The tenants/ awardees of stalls of the old sari-sari store section at the Borongan

City Public Market shall be given priority to occupy the new stalls.(b) Payments of monthly rentals shall be made on or before the 20th of the month,

otherwise, a twenty-five percent (25%) surcharge shall be imposed.(c ) Upon signing of the Contract of Lease, the awardee shall pay the amount

equivalent to two (2) months rental as advance deposit.(d) The distribution of vacant stalls to new awardees shall be governed by Ordinance

Nos. 25 and 26A, Series of 1992.SECTION 5. Tenants/ awardees of said stall spaces shall be bound by the following

rules and regulations, to wit:(a) Payment of Utility Bills. The tenants / awardees shall be responsible for the

payment of monthly utility bills for their respective rented areas. The City of Borongan shall only be responsible for paying utility bills outside rented spaces in the public market.

(b) Repairs and Maintenance . Each tenant/ awardee shall ensure that their rented areas are well- kept and maintained. Minor repairs such as the regular changing of light bulbs, shall be borne by the tenants/ awardees. Major repairs and maintenance in the building and designated areas within the premises of the public market shall be borne by the city government.

(c ) Cleanliness and Sanitation. It is expected that the tenants keep their spaces clean and complaint to the sanitation code. They are expected to provide garbage receptacles and other cleaning aids for use in their respective rented spaces. Food preparation and cooking, even for personal consumption is also prohibited inside the stall.

(d) Leasehold Improvements. The rented areas must be used as intended and no renovation or improvements shall be made by the tenants without the written consent of the Local Chief Executive through the recommendation of the City Engineer and the Public Market Supervisor. However, any form of extension shall not be allowed. This includes the installation of tents at the front of the stalls that act as extension to the leased space. For the safety and convenience of the customers, these types of obstruc-tion shall not be allowed.

i. Shelving units used to house merchandise shall be borne by the tenant. While these are not considered as leasehold improvements , they shall not be place in the hallway or obstruct passages in any manner.

ii. All merchandise/goods should be within the rented stall. No merchandise, store equipment or inventory shall be placed outside the rented area.

Any violation shall result to a penalty of P1,000.00 in the first offense; P2,000.00 in the second offense; and revocation of the lease contract in the third offense.

(e) Term and Renewal of Lease Contract. The Contract of Lease shall be valid and renewable every two (2) years.

(f) Responsibility of the Lesse upon the Termination of the Lease Contract. Upon the termination of the Contract of Lease, it is the responsibility of the tenant to restore the rented area to its original condition.

SECTION 6. (a) Actual occupants of the stalls upon the approval of this Ordinance, shall be deemed as the awardees of respective lease contracts for the specific stalls; provided they have complied with the provisions of this ordinance.

(b) The previous designated numbers of stalls are hereby cancelled and the new chronological number shall be assigned to each stall.

SECTION 7. If in case the awardee wishes to cease operating his business, he shall inform the Office of the Market Supervisor at least one (1) month before the target date and insure that all arrearages and payables are settled before the said date. In such a case, he may recommend to the Market Committee a nearest of kin who is qualified and willing to conduct operations in the stall to be awarded of the same, provided that such a kin, when application is granted , shall comply with all the requirements, including fees, of a new awardee.

In the event that no nearest of kin of the awardee is qualified and interested, the stall shall be surrendered to the Market Office which shall declare it vacant and open for new applicants.

SECTION 8. Sub-leasing, reassigning and transferring of stalls by an awardee to any individual or organization are strictly prohibited in this ordinance. If in case, the actual awardee could not personally administer his business and be practically present thereat, he shall immediately inform the Market Office and may resort to the provisions of the preceding sections, otherwise, the stall shall be ordered closed and declared vacant.

SECTION 9. FORCE MAJEURE. In case of natural or man-made disasters and calamities which compel or cause businesses within the City of Borongan to stop or cease their operations, payment of rentals by establishments/ stalls being collected by the city government, after thorough assessment and evaluation of damages, shall be SUSPENDED for a period so declared by the City Mayor.

SECTION 10. EFFECTIVITY. This ordinance shall take effect after posting of ten (10) days in conspicuous places within the city.

APPROVED: November 14, 2017HON. VICTOR L. FRANCO(Sgd.) HON. EMMANUEL T. TIU SONCO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. RENATO C. BAGACAY SP MemberHON. NAPOLEON A. BEBITA SP Member(Sgd.) HON. AURORA A. ANASARIAS SP MemberHON. ESTANISLAO N. QUELITANO, JR. SP Member(Sgd.) HON. LEONALDO A. ADOR, JR. SP MemberHON. GLENN A. ESCOTO SP Member(Sgd.) MARLYN V. SY SP Member(Sgd.) HON. JENNIFER S. ANACIO SP Member(Sgd.) HON. EDSEL ANTONIO P. CASILLANO SP Member/ABC PresidentATTESTED:(Sgd.) ANTONIO B. SACMARBoard Secretary VI(Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod)CERTIFIED TRUE AND CORRECT:(Sgd.) HON. FIDEL V. ANACTA, JR.Presiding Officer

APPROVED:(Sgd.) HON. MARIA FE R. ABUNDA

City Mayor

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EV has 119 untreated HIV-positive patients

Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Sec. Michael Dino poses for a souvenir shot with Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez during the formal turnover and of the 6 Ceres buses from its owner to Tacloban City. Also with them is famed furniture designer Keneth Cobunpue (4th from left) and Bb. Cebu April Smith (5th from left_.

TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez of this city profusely thanked the donors of 6 Ceres Buses that are now plying the route to Tacloban North, where the various Yolanda relocation sites are.

The buses, which had already been here for a time, were formally donated and turned over to the City in a simple ceremony this Sun-day, December 10, led by Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino.

“Thank you, PA Mike Dino and Vallacar Transit Inc. for donating the six Ceres buses to the City of Tacloban,” Mayor Cristina Romualdez said. She added that the City shall “forever be grateful” to them for the “noble act.”

Present during the for-mal turnover of the donated Ceres buses were Presiden-tial Assistant for the Visayas Sec. Mike Dino, RDC-7 co-chair Keneth Cobonpue and Bb. Cebu April Smith and her court. Dino and Co-bonpue spent the night in Ormoc City were they also gifted earthquake victims with ‘bundles of joy’.

The six Ceres buses, known locally as the “Presi-dential yellow buses” were sent by President Rodrigo Duterte to service Yolanda survivors from their per-manent shelters north of

Tacloban to their respec-tive daily work and school places and vice versa.

To ease the burden of commuting, the Duterte administration lent the six yellow buses during the City’s 3rd Yolanda Anniversary commemo-ration. The Ceres buses, it was learned, were just borrowed from the com-pany but now, it has been officially donated to the City Government of Ta-cloban through PA Secre-tary Mike Dino.

Daily bus service starts 6:00 AM from North Hill Arbor Village in Sto. Niño, Suhi and other areas north of Tacloban bound for the Fisherman’s Village in San Jose. They would return in the after-noon at 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM from the Fisherman’s back to the relocation ar-eas in the North. The rides are free for the Yolanda survivors.

To recall, President Rody Duterte, then Mayor of Davao City, together with the Davao Rescue Team, were among the first responders who sent rescue teams to Tacloban a day Super typhoon Yolan-da (Haiyan) devastated Tacloban City with storm surges. By Gaye Gaspay/TISAT

TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) has ex-pressed concern over 119 persons with untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Eastern Vi-sayas, saying they are at risk of spreading this sex-ually-transmitted disease.

Roderick Boyd Cerro, chief of DOH regional epi-demiology and surveillance unit, said they got the report about “lost to follow” cases from their central office last month.

“We came up with the data by subtracting the number of those under treatment from the total number of screened pa-tients that turned out posi-tive of the virus,” Cerro told PNA.

The official said ma-jority of these people are aware of their health status, but some have no knowl-edge that they are infected. “Some came for screening, but never came back to get the result.”

“The best that we can do is to warn the public not to engage in unprotected sex to prevent HIV trans-mission,” Cerro added. The regional office does not keep personal profiles of

untreated patients.The health depart-

ment has reported 528 HIV cases from 1984 to the present in the region. With an estimate of 20 new detected cases every month, the DOH expects the number to rise to more than 600 at the end of 2017.

Eastern Visayas ranks eighth in the nationwide tally, contributing two percent of the total 38,872 cases in the country as of last year.

Similar to the national level, 79 percent of cases were transmitted due to male-to-male sexual con-tact.

To detect and treat HIV cases in the region, DOH will establish treat-ment hubs in every prov-ince and city in the region for HIV and acquired immune deficiency syn-drome (AIDS) affected individuals.

The DOH will also open social-hygiene clinic in strategic areas as part of the services provided by the HIV/AIDS treat-ment hub. At present, the region has only one

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