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sEE NEDA p. 10

SM Foundation, UBS donates “school of many firsts” in Ormoc

SM FOUNDATION, UBS representatives cut the ribbon for their donation of a 2-story, 4-classroom building in Cogon Central School, Ormoc City. (L-R) Cogon barangay chairman Demosthenes Tugonon, DepEd-Ormoc chief of school governance Artemia Lloveras, school principal Marita Albienda, UBS compliance officer Nina Aguilar, councilor Nolito Quilang, SM Foundation executive director Carmen Linda Atayde, DepEd Superintendent Dr. Manuel Albaño, SM Mall Manager Mary Jane Losoria, and PTA president Homer Cañedo. (Lalaine M. Jimenea)

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TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – About P11.25-billion of govern-ment funds meant for rehabilita-tion projects for areas ravaged by super typhoon “Yolanda” nearly four years ago remain untouched as of first half of 2017.

The National Economic De-velopment Authority (NEDA) said the latest “Yolanda” progress report showed that only P20.94-billion of the P32.19-billion had been disbursed to implementing government agencies.

Of the total funds released, the social services cluster got the highest share of P8.71-billion, followed by resettlement (P6.09-billion), infrastructure (P4.28-billion), and livelihood (P1.86-billion).

“More than three years after Yolanda struck the region, there are still issues and concerns that impede the smooth and fast implementation of programs and projects in Region 8,” expressed NEDA Eastern Visayas Regional Director Bonifacio.

The report also identified five major issues in carrying out post-disaster projects, all related to relocation efforts. These are: delay in the construction of permanent housing projects in this city and other typhoon-hit areas; substan-dard housing units; poor access to water and power in resettle-ment sites; livelihood assistance to newly-transferred families; and absence of permanent school building near housing sites.

Citing reports from the Na-tional Housing Authority, NEDA

ORMOC CITY – SM Foundation, in partnership with donor UBS, turned over to the community here its first ever PWD-friendly two-story, four-classroom build-ing under its “Adopt-A-School” program in the morning of Sep-tember 1, 2017.

The building is also the first school building donation of UBS, said compliance officer Nina Aguilar; and, the first new and

2-story edifice in the Cogon Cen-tral School for the past 20 years, said principal Marita T. Albienda.

It was further learned that the schoolbuilding’s design is by SM president Hans Sy himself, an engineer by profession. Juris Soli-man, a representative of SM, was also proud to point out that the building was also sturdy, surviv-ing three earthquakes while it was still being constructed “without a hairline crack”.

The classrooms are fully fur-nished, with a curved blackboard that would enable students on the back seat to read the writings on the board well; with 50 armchairs each, 5 of which are for the left-handed; a toilet each; electric fans; teachers’ desks and chairs; and, a PWD-friendly comfort room at the bottom of the stairs on the left.

Carmen Linda Atayde, SM Foundation executive director for education, said the building is their 83rd in the country since the School Building Program was launched in 1992, and their first partnership with UBS, an invest-ment firm.

Atayde added that the school building was just one of many programs of SM Foundation for Ormoc City, where a mall is soon coming up. She said that wherever

SM is present, they make sure that the community is also served by the Foundation.

Among these programs are college and tech-voc scholarships, medical missions, health and well-ness, and even farmers’ training.

Ormoc City was also a re-cipient of around 200 houses for Yolanda victims under SM Cares.

On the other hand, UBS com-pliance officer Nina Aguilar said

sEE DONATION p. 10

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sEE BFAR p. 10

Deaf-mute students “listen” to the instructions of Dann Diez on how to make solar lamps while a teacher gestures in sign language. (Lalaine M. Jimenea)

ORMOC CITY – 24 deaf-mute students from this city’s School for the Deaf, located inside the Ormoc City National High School here, learned how to make solar lamps in a 2-day short course this September 1-2, 2017, organized by the Ro-tary Club of Ormoc Bay, in cooperation with non-government organizations SEED4COM and SOBA.

Dann Diez, executive director of SEED4COM, who taught the deaf-mute the livelihood skill, said teach-ing them was “challenging” but “also fun”. Aiding him in the task were eight spe-cial education teachers who would relay his instructions in sign language.

During the training, Diez introduced the partici-pants to the tools they would be using for the craft like soldering and glue guns and pliers. He also introduced them to what solar panels are, how they function, re-chargeable lithium-ion bat-teries, and wires. The end

goal of the training was for the students to learn how to assemble a do-it-yourself solar-powered 1-watt LED bulb in a PET bottle.

Diez said that compared to commercially available solar lamps, the one he was teaching the deaf-mute stu-dents to make may not be necessarily cheaper, but it

was sturdier and could stay on for 42 hours.

The Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay organized the training to help students of Ormoc’s School for the Deaf gain livelihood skills. The RCOB has adopted the school for more than a decade now, as part of the club’s continuing education

program.From constructing the

school a livelihood class-room and providing equip-ment, the club has moved on to making the graduates employable. Past president Iñigo Larrazabal has hired 3 graduates as waiters of his

sEE LAMPS p. 8

122 COLLEGE scholars of the City Government of Ormoc received their monthly allowance for August this week, which were distributed by educa-tion committee chairman councilor Nolito Quilang, in behalf of Mayor Richard Gomez, who is on a vaca-tion leave.

Also present were councilors Vincent Rama and Bennet Pongos, while the other councilors and acting mayor Leo Carmelo “Toto” Locsin, Jr. dropped by to greet the students.

Councilor Quilang said the scholars get a monthly stipend of P2,000 each. The

city distributes the allow-ance to the students every month, instead of just once at the end of the semester. It was also a good way for the city to keep in touch with the scholars.

During his talk to the scholars, Quilang also urged the students to group themselves and actively participate in the City’s activities.

Quilang said that aside from the monthly allow-ance, they also get a tuition subsidy of P18,000 every semester, a P2,000 textbook allowance subject to liqui-dation and a P3,000 gradu-ation gift upon completion

Three scholars who received their monthly allowance for August pose with councilors (L-R) Nolitz Quilang, Vincent Rama, and Bennet Pongos. The city’s scholarship program was instituted thru an ordinance passed last May 11, 2017.

of their course.The City, it was learned,

has doubled the number of its scholars under the Gomez administration compared to the past. The program was also institu-tionalized under the Ormoc Scholarship Program Ordi-nance passed last May 11, outlining how the City goes about the program and the scholars’ responsibilities.

The scholarship is open to poor and deserving stu-dents who are permanent residents in Ormoc City. They have to pass a qualify-ing examination and while they are scholars, they have to maintain an average

grade of 2.5 to continue their scholarships for the next semester.

Meanwhile, councilor Vincent Rama who heads the sports committee, is also starting committee meetings on the proposed scholarship program for athletes.

Mayor Richard Gomez has proposed that not only academic scholarships are given out but also athletic. He said this would entice athletes to train hard on their sports because they will get financial support in their studies while honing their skills. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

By Martin Luther King, Jr.

TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office here has stepped up its monitor-ing against harvesting and trading of shellfish from bays affected by red tide.

The BFAR’s Fisheries Protection Law Enforce-ment Group (FPLEG) confiscated on Thursday, August 31, P900 worth of mussels reportedly gath-ered from red tide affected Maqueda Bay in Samar province during an inspec-tion at the public market in this city.

“We will be burying the seized mussels at the Coast-al Resource Management Center BFAR in Diit vil-lage to avoid future harm,” said FPLEG head Reynato Galan.

The team also inspected landing areas and markets in Babatngon, Leyte and Villarreal, Samar to prevent selling of shellfish from af-fected bays. The fisheries bureau had set up FPLEG stations to monitor compli-ance to the shellfish ban.

Identified as red tide positive are Matarinao Bay in Quinapondan, Salcedo, General McArthur, and Hernani, Eastern Samar; Irong-irong Bay in Catba-

logan City and Tarangnan, Samar; Maqueda Bay in Ji-abong, Samar; Villareal Bay in Villareal, Samar; Carigara Bay in San Miguel, Barugo, Carigara, Capoocan, and Babatngon in Leyte; and coastal waters of Daram, Samar.

BFAR has partnered with the maritime police, Philippine Ports Authority, police public safety bat-talion, Philippine Fisheries Development Authority, and local government units to carry out an intensified fisheries checkpoint in the region.

The bureau reiterates its public advisory to refrain from eating, harvesting, marketing, and buying bi-valve marine products and Acetes sp. (small crusta-ceans) from affected bays until such time that the tox-icity level has gone down below the regulatory level.

Fish, squid, shrimp and crab are safe to eat “pro-vided that they are fresh and washed thoroughly and internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking,” according to BFAR.

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BAYBAY CITY (PNA) – A top military official has cautioned businessmen in Leyte province not to fall victim to a group in-troducing themselves as members of a liquidation

squad or a vigilante group.Brig. Gen. Francisco

Mendoza, Philippine Army 802nd Brigade commander, denied the existence of vigi-lante groups in Leyte.

The official made the statement in a media inter-view Tuesday, August 29, after a businessman from Ormoc City reported hav-ing received death threats through phone calls.

“These are all scams. I urge those who received this call to ignore this and if they feel that they are threatened, they must call security agencies like the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Army to report the incident,” Men-doza said.

Mendoza added that even members of the New People’s Army in Leyte province have “no capabil-ity to impose active threats” to businessmen.

“With development comes peace. We cannot achieve peace and develop-ment if there are extortion-ists bringing disorder to our

3August 28-September 3, 2017 BALITANG SAKSAK-SINAGOL

Dalaga nga nisuway ug hikog, naluwasTaga Biliran, sikop sa buy bust operation

Iligalista nga nanagat, gipanid-an sa pulis

Armado ug Uzi, nagpaarak sa Don Carlos Rivilla

Na-rescue ang usa ka dalaga nga nisuway og hikog, pinaagi sa paglumos sa kaugalingon, sa mga taga Coastguard. (Paul Libres)

ORMOC CITY – Dese otso anyus nga dalaga nga daw gihan-okan sa dakong su-liran sa kinabuhi ang nisu-way ug hikog pinaagi sa pag-lumos sa kaugalingon, ang naluwas sa mga nire-sponde sakop sa Philippine Coastguard. Kini nahitabo Agusto 31 alas nuwebe pasado sa buntag tungod sa Ormoc plaza.

Sa impormasyun gikan sa pipila ka tawo diha sa seawall, nga may babayeng magpakamatay.

Ang mga kawani sa Special Operation Group

ang nihimo sa rescue op-erations, ug ang ilang nakita nga ang tawo layo na gikan sa lapyahan sa baybayun.

Nagdali ang mga sakop sa Coastguard kay ilang nakita nga gianud palayo ang tawo, ug dagko pa ang bawud. Sa pipila ka minutes nga rescue operations, ilang nakuha ang magpakama-tay nga diay usa ka dalaga ug nailhan nga si Marvy Ventura, taga Montebello, Kananga.

Giklaro sa Coastguard nga dihang ilang naabtan ang babaye, nawad-an na

kini sa panimuot; ug nalan-gan pa sila bisan ug pipila ka minutes hayan patay nilang makuha ang biktima.

Ang mga sakop sa Ormoc Rescue diha na sa lapyahan sa baybayun na-ghuwat aron madala nila ang biktima ngadto sa tam-balanan, apan naulian sa panimuot ang dalaga.

Ang taga Ormoc Rescue nga gipangutana sa EV Mail onsa ang hinungdan ngano nga magpakamatay unta ang dalaga, ang usa ka nurse ni-ingon nga tungod sa kaguol kay gipalayas siya sa iyaan.

Sa spot report sad nga nakuha sa EV Mail gikan sa Coastguard, nag-ingon nga sa wala pa mutugsaw sa dagat ang dalaga, ilang nakita nga may kasulti kini sa cellphone unya wala madugay, gilabay ang bitbit nga cellphone, ug nipaingon sa dagat hangtud na sa lawum nga bahin.

Nagtuo ang mga na-kakita nga maligo lang ang babaye, pero didto sa 200 metros an gang gilay-on, nagkapa-kapa na kini. Didto na nanawag ug rescue ang mga tawo nga nakakita. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – Sikop sa buy bust operation ang taga Biliran human ma-tino sa kapulisan nga na-lambigit ang suspek sa pagpalusot ug ilegal nga drugas.

Ang team ni Sr. Insp. Joseph Joevil Young, hepe sa City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), nilusad sa op-erasyun, Agusto 28, sa gabii diha sa Barangay Punta. Ang target mao si Lorenzo Plantar y Oral, 52 anyos, mag-uuma nga taga sityu San Roque, Barangay Lar-razabal, Naval, Biliran.

Kuyog sa team sa CDEU ang mga pulis sa Police Station 3, gipangulo-han ni Insp. Lesaleo Biong, ang hepe. Sumala sa im-pormasyun nakuha sa EV Mail, ang nadakpan nga si Plantar giila nga Hig Value Target didto sa ilang dapit.

Nakuha sa mga awto-ridad gikan sa posisyun ni Plantar ang duh aka pakite sa gidudahang shabu, ug osa ka kalibre 9mm nga may marka nga “PNP Prop-erty”, ang serial number niini gipapas na.

Taud-taud gipanid-an sa mga pulis ang kalihu-

kan sa suspek labi pa ang kahibungan ngano nga taga Biliran unya ania sa Ormoc nag-puyo.

Alas siete pasado sa gabii gihimo ang opera-syun, dihang osa ka nag-takuban nga pulis nipalit ug drugas gikan kang Plan-tar gamit ang markadong kinyentos pesos. Sa nitunol na ang suspek, didto na siya gisignit sa mga pulis.

Nasayran gikan sa Po-lice Station 3 nga ang po-long ni Plantar ngano nga ania siya sa Ormoc nag-puyo nga taga Biliran man siya, nga kuno may sakop sa iyang pamilya nga na-sakit ug atoa kini naadmit sa hospital sa Cebu. Nag-arkila siya ug kapoy-an diha sa Punta aron dili na lisdan pagpauli didto sa Biliran.

Karon anaa siya sa de-tention cell sa Police Sta-tion 3 sa Linao, kaso nga kalapasan sa RA-9165 iyang giatubang.

Gisubay pa sad sa mga pulis ang armas nga nakuha gikan kang Plantar, kinsa gyud ang tag-iya niini base sa marka nga “PNP Prop-erty”. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – Pada-yun karon nga gipanid-an sa mga pulis kining mga nanagat gamit ang iligal nga paagi, human nila madawat ang imporma-syun gikan sa mga lihi-timong mga mananagat, nga kanunay nilang maka-himamat kining mga ili-galista diha sa kadagatan tungod sa Naungan ug Linao hangtud na paingon ngadto sa baybayun sa Lao ug San Juan.

Tungod niini, ang team gikan sa Public Safety Com-pany nagpatrolya resulta sa pagkasikop sa duha ka

tawo kinsa nigamit ug pino nga pokot.

Sila si PO2 Venerando Aguipo ug mga kauban ang nidakop kang Chris-topher Mitgano nga taga Naungan, ug kauban niini. Ang pumpboat u gang po-kot nga gisakmit kasamtan-gang anaa karon sa kamot sa mga awtoridad.

Sa samang higayun, nasayran sa EV Mail gikan sa PNP Maritime Group nga may mga nasikop sad sila nga mga iligalista. Gani upat ka nila taga Baybay nga namana, ug may dalang compressor siha sila nana-

gat sa Camp Downes, duol sa fish sanctuary.

Si SPO2 Ferdinand Capuyan, ang officer-in-charge sa 803rd Maritime Police Station, nga nahinabi sa EV Mail niila sa upat nga sila Danilo Molina, Jerecho Nebla, Wilfredo Nebato, ug Angelo Fernando.

Gisakmit ang ilang mga gamit ug gikihaan; ang silot gipamulta sila sa kantidad nga P2,500 matag osa.

May managsuon pang Pretzgerald ug Melvin Pole

sEE NANAGAT p. 10

ORMOC CITY – Nire-sponde ang mga pulis sa OCPO ug sa Station 1 sa nadawat nilang alarma kay usa ka tawo nga ar-mado ug Uzi machine pistol ang nagpaarak sa iyang pusil niadtong nila-bay nga Dominggo sa gabii, Agusto 27.

Sa impormasyon nga nadawat sa Station 1, ang suspek kuyog pa niini ang osa ka Barangay Tanod sa

Don Carlos Rivilla kanhi Boroc. Human nadawat ang taho, ang team ni PO3 Rolando Necera sa Public Safety Company ug Station 1, si SPO2 Arturo Quilan-tang, nideretso sa lugar hapit na ang alas dose sa tungang gabii ug sa pag-abot nila sa dapit, nakasibat na ang suspek.

Sa impormasyun nga ilang nakuha, gikan sa mga nanimuyo sa maong dapit,

ang armado nailhan nga si alyas “Budha” u gang kuyog nga Tanod mao ang ginganlan ug “Boklo” Pa-bilan, nagpuyo sa sityu Awihaw, ning maong dapit.

Si SPO2 Quilantang sa iyang report balik sa estasyun kaadlawon na sa Agusto 28, nag-ingon nga si “Budha”, ang suspek, Uzi machine pistol ang armas, gituohan nga hubog adtong higayuna ug mopauli na ngadto sa ilang dapit, nga layo pa gikan sa sentro sa barangay.

Ning pagbalita, dili lang segurado kon gipas-akaan ba ug kaso ang sus-pek. Sa kasaligan nga tinob-dan, nahibaw-an nga ang suspek matag lakaw niini kun magabii na, kanunay kining magdala sa iyang armas, butang nga gikahad-lokan ang suspek sa taga barangay.

Ang mga pulis nga niresponde wala hinuon mokompiyansa labi na kin-ing Barangay Don Carlos Rivilla anaa sa bukid, ug awaaw ang kalsada sa dili pa moabot sa nahisgotan nga barangay.

Ang background sa suspek gisubay na karon sa mga awtoridad. Ni Paul Libres

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Fake news

sEE HEALTH p. 8

EPILEPSY is defined as a brain abnomal-ity characterized by the predisposition to develop seizure. Seizure is a manifesta-tion of epilepsy and it comes from the Greek words, which means “to seize, possess or afflict”. Seizures can vary from the brief and nearly undetectable type to those long periods of vigorous shaking.

About 60% of seizures are convulsive – meaning it manifests as vigorous shak-ing while about 40% presents as decreased level of consciousness (absence seizure, being frozen at a particular moment in a particular position), which usually lasts about 10 seconds. This endangers patients especially when they drive or work. Many of epileptic patients would feel unusual prior to a seizure attack. These are certain experiences we call – aura. They include sensory (visual, hearing or smell sensa-tions), psychic, autonomic or motor phe-nomena prior to development of seizures.

Seizures, which are abnormal move-ments or behavior due to unusual electri-cal activity in the brain, are a symptom of epilepsy. But not all people who appear to have seizures actually have epilepsy.

Non-epileptic seizures (also called pseudoseizures) are not accompanied by abnormal activity of the brain. These may be caused by psychological issues or stress. However, they may look like true seizures, which makes diagnosis difficult. A normal EEG and a lack of response to anti-epileptic medications are clues that they are not true epileptic seizures.

Provoked seizures are single siezures that may occur as a result of trauma, low blood sugar, low blood sodium, high fever or, as an effect of drug or alcohol abuse. Fever-related seizures (febrile seizures)

are common during childhood and are usually outgrown during adolescence and adulthood.

Epilepsy could be inherited or ac-quired. Causes of acquired epilepsy are brain trauma, stroke, brain tumors and problems in the brain resulting from pre-vious infection (scarring). While inherited epilepsy begin to manifest in the younger population, brain injury and strokes are more likely to occur in the older group.

The diagnosis of epilepsy is typi-cally made based on the description of the seizure and the underlying cause. It also depends on the location of the source of the epilectic discharges (like electricity) in the brain or the extent or the pattern of its propagation.

The diagnosis of epileptic seizures is made by analyzing the patient’s detailed clinical history and by performing tests for confirmation. Brain imaging such as CT scan and MRI are usually done to detect brain tumors and/or strokes. EEG or elec-troenncephalography can assist in showing brain activity suggestive of an increased

risk of seizures. It helps to distinguish the type of seizure or syndrome present. It is usually done while the affected individual is sleeping and/or awake.

Epilepsy is usually treated with daily medications while a few would need brain surgery to control the symptoms. In deal-ing with a person on convulsion, it is best to lay him/her down on his side and into the recovery position. This helps prevent the oral secretions (from the mouth) from getting into the lungs. It is no longer rec-

WE are told that our faith should be materialized. It should be enfleshed. It should not remain purely spiritual and intellectual because that faith would not be operative given our human nature that is made of body and soul.

We have to overcome that rupture between our spiritual and material dimen-sions caused by sin. Let’s remember these words from the gospel that describe the severity of this rupture.

One is Christ saying: “The spirit is will-ing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mt 26,41) And the other is St. Paul saying: “I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members.” (Rom 7,19.23)

We have to see to it that our faith is truly enfleshed. Once that is done, we can say that that faith would truly be sealed in our life. We would be establishing in the basic level of our life the unity and consis-tency that is expected of it.

And how do we enflesh the faith? By working on our emotions and passions. As defined by our Catechism, passions are “natural components of the human psyche; they form the passageway and ensure the connection between the life of the senses and the life of the mind.”

In other words, it is working on our heart, because as the same Catechism tells us, “Our Lord called man’s heart the source from which the passions spring.” (CCC 1764) Besides, passions and emotions are “movements of the sensitive appetite that incline us to act or not to act in regard to something felt or imagined to be good or evil.” (CCC 1763) They definitely play an important role in our life.

We have to see to it that the truths of our faith get to settle down all the way to our emotions and passions, and then to our senses and instincts. We have to be wary when we get too doctrinal or too theoreti-cal and too idealistic without seeing these truths really inspiring our emotions and senses and those of the others with whom we are doing some spiritual direction.

Otherwise, we can get alluded to by what Christ said of some leading Jews of his time: “Practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.” (Mt 23,3)

If we look at the lives of saints, what we can readily observe is how their piety and religiosity is immediately perceptible even in their external behavior and appearance. There is a certain aura that they exude, somehow indicating that their faith is lived and not simply professed.

That’s why we need to exert continu-ing effort so that, among other things, these truths of our faith get internalized, assimilated and lived in our emotions and passions. And if we want this faith to get so internalized, assimilated and lived in the emotions and passions of others, we need

sEE FR. ROY p. 9

FAKE NEWS is such a global concern nowadays that world leaders are already taking notice about it. Other countries have moved to put up stiffer penalties for those who spread it, including the Philippines.

Even Facebook is already taking steps to curb its spread, by punishing sites that spread fake news and taking off advertise-ments from it, so that they will earn noth-ing. To this, I am thankful.

When I was a new Facebook user, the good that the social networking site has done for me has never ceased to amaze me. It has enabled me to connect to my father in the US, helped our high school classmates to hook up again and keep tabs even if we are scattered all over the globe, and make new friends.

However, the recent years saw a sinis-ter turn in social networking. From spark-ing revolutions that changed government, to being used as a tool for cyberbullying, it has become riddled with so much hate and now fake news, which according to pundits, have duped millions of people into electing the wrong candidates. Sometimes, I don’t even want to use Facebook anymore, except for the fact that as a journalist, it is also an important source of information.

Anyway, just this week, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, whom many critics claim suc-ceeded in his candidacy because of the help of bloggers and fake news, has inked RA 10951 revising the Penal Code, upping the penalties and fines of offenses linked to publication of “fake news”, including libel.

Under the amended Penal Code, it has made the publishing of false news that can endanger the public punishable with stiffer penalties. One can get penalized with im-prisonment of up to six months and a fine of up to ₱200,000 for spreading false news.

Under Section 18, Article 154, titled “Unlawful use of means of publication and unlawful utterances” penalties will be imposed on a person who will publish false news by passing it off as legitimate news through print or other publication methods.

“Any person who by means of print-ing, lithography, or any other means of publication shall publish or cause to be published as news any false news which may endanger the public order, or cause damage to the interest or credit of the State,” it reads.

Under the same article, the penal-ties will also apply to those who deliver speeches that encourage disobedience to the law, publish an official document without proper authority, and those who will publish pamphlets anonymously. The fines are also stiff for seditious speeches and publications.

Meanwhile, libel by means of writings or similar means is now imposed imprison-ment or a fine ranging from P40,000 to P1.2 million, from the previous P200 to P6,000.

Slander or oral defamation will now

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5August 28-September 3, 2017

NI ATTY. MANING GOLO

The Gospel on Sunday

September 10, 2017Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Book of Ruth in the Bible

Match and mate

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sEE POTPOURRI p. 8 LACSON vs. FAELDON(Pera lang pala)

MATTHEW 18:15-20Jesus said to his disciples: “If your

brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.

If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gen-tile or a tax collector.

Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

THE READING of the Mass last Friday and Saturday, 25–26 Aug 2017, was taken from the Book of Ruth. Ruth is from Moab, which is a land that is a Gentile, a non-Jew. In the beginning, God’s chosen people were the Jews. Since then, because the Jews were the ones that persecuted Je-sus Christ up to the time He was Crucified, the non-Jews, the Gentiles, also became heirs of the kingdom of God. All of us are the chosen ones.

The story of Ruth is very dramatic be-cause she is a Moabite and therefore a non-Jew. When she eventually married Boaz, a Jew, she was then a widow. Boaz fathered a son by her who was named Obed. Obed in turn sired a son named Jesse who fathered eight and the youngest of them was David who found favor with God. Jesus Christ belongs to David’s lineage. All Christians who believe in God are heirs. This makes us the lucky ones. More so if we take to heart the Ten Commandments that Jesus Christ shortened to two: love of God and love of man. No problem about love of God, but it is the love of man that makes it complicated because it means that we must forgive our fellowmen from the bottom of our heart for the wrong that they have done to us. The maxim about “I can forgive but I cannot forget” seems out of place. It must be like God’s: when I forgive, I forget.

This corner once had a heated exchange of words with a Monsignor (name not mentioned) who espoused the stand of God about forgiveness. What was it that was said in the Bible about how many times can I forgive? Jesus answered not seven times but seventy times seven. In other words, forever. Therefore, for those who cannot do it, goodbye to heaven. Remember the good thief that was also crucified with Jesus in Calvary? When he asked Jesus to remember him when he will have gone back to heaven, he turned out to be the first person who entered heaven without being beatified after Jesus said Yes. Saint-hood undergoes a process. There are even some who took a very long time after being beatified and eventually declared a saint.

The case of Ruth becomes mellow-dramatic because it was a case of a Jew with a non-Jew. No distinction whatsoever. And to think it is applicable to us in the mod-ern times. Even her treatise of love is very beautiful. To quote her: “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go. Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die – there will I be buried. May the Lord do thus and so to me, and more as well, if even death parts me from you!” What a beautiful dissertation on love that cannot be found in classical literature, be it by Shakespeare or others.

Actually, there can be no better source for those who dwell in dramatics. Maybe this is the reason why the Bible is the best-selling book of all time! Quotations and mottos and proverbs are aplenty. If you give time to spend about 15 minutes to read the Bible, you will not have lost any time at all. Get hold of a daily Bible reading guide to get more lessons that will improve your life. Do not read it like you do a novel – from cover to cover. You will even find out that it is showing you what you are or what you could do to make your life pleasurable. Bet-ter yet, hear Mass daily because the Lectors will do the reading for you and the officiat-ing priest will read the Gospel for you. The Gospel is God talking to you.

If you read a book about St. Augustine who was at one time a gambler and drinker and womanizer, you will even find that you are better than him. In the case of St. Augustine, his mother, Monica, became a Saint just because she spent her time pray-ing to God to spare her son from sinning more. As it turned out, he is now regarded as a great Saint. He even fathered a child before his conversion! If we equate our life to him, it seems we are not a bad case.

King David was just like us. He had an affair with a married woman. Bathsheba was her name. He confessed in public. How

I AM SURE you have come across those couples where one partner is significantly more attractive than the other. It’s often the core for fictional comedy but in real life, of course, it’s also a source of pain for some couples, who may be hurt and embarrassed to hear that their partner “could do so much better than you”.

While there are all kinds of variations within partners, mixed-attractiveness couples do go somewhat against the norm. We’re often cautioned that real beauty is found within, but good looks are among the more highly rated characteristics in what people say they want in a romantic partner.

In general, couples tend to be more similar in many respects — including their genetics, physical attractiveness and cultural characteristics such as religion, politics and socioeconomic status — than two randomly selected people would be. Scientists call this “assortative mating”, and it’s a principle that has been studied for over a century.

There are various theories for why people sort themselves out into similar pairs such as competition. As individuals contend for the most desirable mates, they end up being limited by their own charac-teristics. So someone who is just moder-ately attractive would love to end up with a supermodel, but competition from other good-looking people means they’ll prob-ably end up with someone whose looks are on the same level.

Researchers offered an explanation for when and where couples of mixed at-tractiveness are most likely to arise. They asked 167 heterosexual couples how long

they had known each other and whether they were friends before dating, and had a third party rate each person’s attractive-ness. They found that heterosexual couples who were friends before they dated were more likely to be rated at different attrac-tiveness levels.

Generally, the correlation between the man’s and the woman’s attractiveness rat-ings were relatively high, and those who met each other and started dating within a month had relatively similar levels of attractiveness. But the longer the couple knew each other before they started dat-ing, the less likely they were to be matched for attractiveness. For couples who knew each for more than nine months before they started dating, the researchers found no significant correlation in their attraction.

The study also showed no correlation between the couples’ similarity in attrac-tiveness and their relationship satisfaction. Past studies have produced contradictory results on this point, the authors say.

In an environment where people com-pete for the best mate, they will tend to end up with someone with relatively similar characteristics to themselves. However, when the people get to know each other first, perhaps by being friends of friends, or studying at the same school, they learn unique information about other character-istics that may influence someone’s desir-ability — and thus form an opinion of their partner that is different from the pack.

But here is a twist: These kinds of

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Dear Atty. Golo,Si Lacson mipasangil ni Faeldon nga

nakadawat og “tara” nga One Hundred Million sa diha pa siya sa “custom”. Bawos pod si Faeldon, ang anak kono ni Lacson, dako man pod nga “smuggler”. Minilyon ang gi “import” apan ang gibayran, diyot. Kon puro sila nangwarta, nganong wa man dakpa? Di ba dunay “intelligence fund”? Ang akong asawa, way “intel fund”, sa videoke permi kong masakpan. Apan, “bright” ang mga ko-rakot kay ang “intel fund” gisurikbot. Ang akong asawa intawon, kuwang sa “fund”, permi lang kuyapan.

Matinahuron, Gordon

Dear Gords,Ang tumong sa “intelligence fund”

mao ang paggamit niini paghipos og informasyon aron masumpo ang mga “illegal activities” apil na ang “corrup-tion”. Apan ang “intel fund” giabusohan. Kasagaran, bulsa ang padulngan. Dili “bright” ang mga korakot kay ilang gi-palabi ang bahandi nga mahanaw kay sa kinabuhing way katapusan. Matud pa sa “bible”, unsa may bili kon maangkon ang kalibutan unya mapildi ang kalag (Mat. 16:26). Mas “bright” ang imong asawa kay ikaw ang iyang bugtong bahandi ning kalibotan labaw pa sa “intelligence fund”.

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo

Congress should be respected

THE INVESTIGATION by Congress, both by the House and Senate, into the reported corrupt activities in the Bureau of Customs, which involved the payoffs or bribes (“tara”) of from a low of P10,000 to a high of P40,000 per container of imported shipments that also led to the release of a P6.4-billion worth of shabu (crystal meth) has turned the Customs corruption inves-tigation into a no-holds barred word war among the investigators and the parties under investigation.

At first, the Senate Blue Ribbon Com-mittee Chair Richard Gordon and Senator Antonio Trillanes had a head-on clash over Sen. Trillanes’ motion for the com-mittee to invite Davao City Vice Mayor Paulo Duterte and his brother-in-law Atty. Mans Carpio to shed light on their alleged involvement with the Davao Group, which helps facilitate the easy release of imported cargoes from Customs. Senator Gordon however denied the motion stating that his committee will not call the two named persons just on hearsay evidence. Trillanes retorted and called Gordon’s committee as a committee “de absuelto” or just like a committee of absolution, that caused Gordon’s angry outburst that he will file a complaint in the Senate ethics committee

against Trillanes. The Senate leadership and other concerned senators have called for an executive session this coming Monday to help resolve the conflict between the two quarreling senators.

On the other hand, ousted Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has openly stated that he will not anymore attend hear-ings called by Congress to answer charges of his involvement in the release of the smuggled P6.4-billion of the illegal drugs shabu from Customs into a private ware-house and also on the continuing payment of “tara” or payoffs in the per container release of imported cargoes to Customs officials as exposed in a privilege speech by Senator Panfilo Lacson. It was also ex-posed by Sen. Lacson that many Customs officials, including Faeldon himself and his appointed 5 deputy commissioners taken from the Magdalo group were receiving “tara” regularly from the “big players” in Customs, who were also named by Lacson, as their share of the ongoing “tara” system in the major ports of entry that Faeldon has failed to stop since he was eaten up by the system.

6 August 28-September 3, 2017NEWS

Donations continue to pour in for Ormoc quake victimsDONATIONS for Ormoc’s earthquake-affected families continue to pour in, more than a month after the disaster struck. Vicsal Foundation, In-corporated (VSF), the corporate social respon-sibility arm of the Metro Gaisano family, recently donated P150,000 through ORCHAM.

Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo “Toto” L. Locsin, Jr., on behalf of the city government, received the donation and expressed gratitude to the com-pany for such a generous donation.

Afterwards, PDP Laban Cares, through Kath-ryna G. Yu, Chairperson of PDP Laban Region 8, also came to Ormoc to donate to the same victims. The donations were made possible through the office of Senator Koko Pimentel and House Speaker Bebot Alvarez. Photos below show the donations drive. (Grabbed from the FB Page of the Ormoc City Government)

Essential Facts About September

SEPTEMBER is the 9th month of the year and marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern hemisphere and the start of spring in the Southern hemisphere.

The name September comes from the Latin sep-tem for seven, since this was the seventh month of the Roman calendar. The month was named during a time when the calendar year began with March, which is why its name no longer corresponds with its placement in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

September starts on the same day of the week as December each year, but does not end on the same day of the week as any other month in the year.

There are 30 days in the month of September.

September has three birth flowers: the forget-me-not, the morning glory and the aster. Forget-me-nots represent love and memories, asters represent love as well, and the morn-ing glory represents unre-quited love. These are all very passionate flowers.

The birth stone for the month is the sapphire.

Some interesting his-torical events that hap-pened in September in-clude:

• September 1, 1830: The poem “Mary had a Little Lamb” was pub-lished.

• September 9, 1776: The Continental Congress changed the name of the United Colonies to the

United States. • S e p t e m b e r 11 ,

2001: The United States was attacked by terrorists. Almost 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington DC died because of the attacks that took place on that day.

• September 18 , 1851: The New York Times published it first edition.

• September 24, 1789: The US Supreme Court was established. (Source: www.thoughtco.com

7 Surprising Benefits Of Drinking Warm Water In The Morning

STELLA Metsovas, clinical nutritionist and media health expert in Food and Nutrition Sciences, says, “Phy-sicians recommend drinking warm water in the morning, usually, with a polyphenol-rich lemon immersion, or with a tea shown to

decrease free radical activity in the body.” Drinking warm water increases the tighten-ing of the intestines, and this helps with di-gestion and regulates bowel movements.

Here are 7 beneficial

things that will happen to your body when you start drinking warm water in the morning.

1. It prevents pre-mature aging. Nobody wants to age prematurely; however, the presence of toxins in the body

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7August 28-September 3, 2017 NEWS

September 10 is Grandparents’ Day

A two-day executive course on disaster response management operations happened at the New Ormoc City Hall from September 1-2, 2017 with Guest Speaker Lt. Col. Edwin C. Sadang GSC (SC) PA, Senior Military Assistant to Civil Defense Administrator and Senior Military Assistant for Operations. The activity was organized by React Philippines CRS AFP, React Ogmok, DOH-8, LGU Ormoc and Ormoc DRRM Office. In attendance were representatives from the said agencies/organizations and other invited disaster response per-sonnel. (Grabbed from the FB Page of the Ormoc City Government)

Eid-al-Adha

More than a hundred participants from various local businesses in Ormoc City attended the one-day Seminar on Income Tax Basics, Business Registration and Local Business Taxes last August 31, 2017 and held at the New Ormoc City Hall’s multi-purpose hall. The train-ing was organized by the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), Ormoc City, Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. (OCCCI), Ormoc City Government and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). (Grabbed from the FB Page of the Ormoc City Government)

PER THE OFFICIAL Gazette, Eid-al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam.

In the Philippines, it is celebrated as a reg-ular holiday through Republic Act No. 9849. This year’s celebration fell on September 1 and was thus declared as a holiday through President Duterte’s Proclamation No. 297.

The basis for the declaration stemmed from “the final declaration of the Govern-ment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos” recommending September 1 as the “day cor-responding to the observance of Eid-al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)”.

But what else do we know about this holiday?

Well, according to www.timeanddate.com, “Eid al-Adha is an Islamic festival to com-memorate the willingness of Ibrahim (also known as Abraham) to follow Allah’s (God’s) command to sacrifice his son Ishmael… Ibra-him, known as Abraham in the Christian and Jewish traditions, was commanded by God to sacrifice his adult son. He obeyed and took Ishmael (Ismail or Ismael) to Mount Moriah. Just as he was to sacrifice his son, an angel stopped him and gave him a ram to sacrifice in place of his son.”

It further read that: “At Eid al-Adha, many Muslims make a special effort to pray and listen to a sermon at a mosque. They also wear new clothes and visit family members and friends… People also give money to enable poorer members of their local community and around the world to eat a meat-based meal; and that in the period around Eid-al-Adha, many Muslims travel to Mecca and the surrounding area in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage.”

IT’S NOT ENOUGH to celebrate parents’ day by honoring our mother and father because our grand-parents deserve a special day on their own. In ac-cordance to the Grandpar-ents’ Day in the USA, the Philippines also celebrate this event in honor of our grandparents who have given us nothing but love and affection throughout our lives.

Celebrated during the second Sunday of Septem-ber, Grandparents Day in the Philippines usually means eating out, giving gifts or flowers for your lolo (grandfather) or lola (grandmother), or treating them out nice and relaxing pamper day. Philippines started celebrating this oc-casion in 1987, and it has since been one of the im-portant events in the family, especially because of the close family ties in Filipino family culture.

Also, in the Philip- (Grabbed from http://images.clipartpanda.com/)

pines, grandparents are not just treated as an extended family member: they are still being considered as part of the immediate fam-ily because some would still live with their children even when they already have families of their own. Usually, grandparents are the ones who take care of their grandchildren when the parents are away. They play a special role in a child’s development, es-pecially when it comes to teaching values, respect, and affection that helps influence a child as he/she grows up.

Celebrating Grand-parents Day need not be “grand.” After all, grand-parents always take delight in simple joys—just make sure to make them feel loved and every day, and don’t forget to greet them a Happy Grandparents Day on this very special day. (Reprinted from primer.com.ph)

can make aging faster a reality. When our body accumulates toxins, it becomes prone to ill-ness and aging. Warm water can help cleanse the body from toxins. Furthermore, it can help repair skin cells, which can lead to an increase in the elasticity of your skin.

2. It alleviates pain. A potent natural rem-edy for easing the pain from menstrual cramps is warm water. It relaxes stomach muscles and helps alleviate menstrual pain. Moreover, warm wa-ter is an effective remedy for all types of cramps as it improves capillary circu-lation and helps to relax the muscles in the body.

3. I t helps with weight loss. You may be trying to lose weight and have heard that drinking a glass of warm water in the morning can be helpful. This is correct. Warm water increases your body temperature, which; in turn, increases

WARM WATER ... from P. 6your metabolic rate. An increase in metabolic activity gives the body the ability to burn more calo-ries throughout the day.

If you start your day by drinking a glass of warm water with lemon, you will help your body break down the adipose tissue (or body fat) in your body. Warm water with lemon also controls food craving because lemon contains pectin fiber.

4. It improves di-gestion. If you drink a glass of warm water in the morning, you will stimulate your digestive system and help your body to better digest and eliminate foods. You are better off replacing that glass of cold water with a warm one.

5. It improves blood circulation. Accumulated deposits in the nervous system and fat deposits in the body are elimi-nated when you drink a glass of warm water. This process helps flush out

the toxins that are pres-ent throughout the body, which, in turn, aids blood circulation. Warm water is also relaxing, helping the muscles loosens, elimi-nating poor circulation, and assisting blood flow.

6. It aids constipa-tion. Many of you have experienced the uncom-fortable and irritating ef-fects of constipation. Of-ten, the cause is a lack of water in the body. If you begin your morning by drinking very warm water, before you have eaten anything, you can help improve your bowel movements, thus reduc-ing the effects of consti-pation.

7. It induces sleep. When you sip warm water during meals, especially during dinner and before you go to bed, you will help your body relax and soothe your nerves. In turn, this can help induce sleep. It will also assist with stopping midnight cravings and lead to a feeling of rejuvenation in

the morning.We have seen 7 sur-

prising and amazing ben-efits that will happen to your body when you start drinking a glass of warm water in the morning. Start making a morning glass of warm water part of your routine and be sure to enjoy the revital-ized feeling that you will experience. (Reprinted from www.lifehack.org)

8 August 28-September 3, 2017NEWS

WILL SELL AT PUB-LIC AUCTION on Sep-tember 8, 2017 at 9:00 in the morning or soon thereafter, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Magsay-say Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for Cash and in Philippine Currency, the following Real Properties/Personal properties, with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CER-TIFICATE OF TITLE NO. TCT-64525

A parcel of land des-ignated as Lot 13 Block 20 of the consolidation-subdivision of Pcs-08-000650-D, being a portion of lots 3405-A, 3405-B, Psd-08-008896-D and 3438-B, (LRC) Psd-56350, situated in the barangay of San Jose, City of Taclo-ban, Province of Leyte, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the: SE., along line 1-2 by Road lot 17 (6.50 m. wide) of this subdivision; on the SW., along line 2-3 by lot 14, block 20 of this subdivision; on the NW., along line 3-4 by lot 3439, Cad. 220; and on the NW., along line 4-1 by lot 12, block 20 of this subdivision, containing an area of FIFTY FOUR (54) square meters, more or less.

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 said date, it shall be held on September 15, 2017 on the same time and place without further notice.

FOR THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFI-CIO SHERIFF

(Sgd.) LUDY C. MARMITA

SHERIFF Home Develop-

ment Mutual Fund (HDMF) Brgy. Abucay, Taclo-

ban City Jonathan B. Avila Lot 13, Blk 20, Villa

Lolita Subd. San Jose, Tacloban

City EV Mail Aug. 21-27,

28- Sept. 3,& 4-10, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 8

Bulwagan Ng Katarungan

Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City EJF No. 3860

FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORT-GAGE under Act 3135 as amended BY ACT

4118 HOME DEVELOP-MENT MUTUAL

FUND, Mortgagee, -versus-

JONATHAN B. AVILA. Respondent/Mortgagor.

x--------------------xSHERIFF’S NOTICE

OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AS

AMENDED Upon Extra-Judicial

Petition for sale under act 3135, as Amended

BY ACT 4118 HOME DEVELOP-MENT MUTUAL

FUND, Mortgagee,

-versus-JONATHAN B.

AVILA. Respondent/ Mort-

gagor. x-------------------x

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE UNDER ACT 3135 AS

AMENDED Upon Extra-Judicial

Petition for sale under act 3135, as Amended by act 4118 filed by Home De-velopment Mutual Fund (HDMF) with branch of-fice address at PAG-IBIG FUND-WT Corporate Tower, Mindanao Ave-nue, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City, against JONA-THAN B. AVILA single, with postal address at Lot 13, Blk 20, Villa Lolita Subd., San Jose, Tacloban City to satisfy the Mort-gage indebtedness which as of February 10, 2017, amounted to ONE HUN-DRED SEVENTY –NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY –SIX PESOS & 03/100 (Php179,396.03), Philip-pine Currency, including Penalties, Charges, At-torney’s Fees, expenses of the Foreclosure, Sher-iff ’s Lawful Fees, and expenses for conduct-ing the PUBLIC AUC-TION SALE, thereof, the UNDERSIGNED EXECUTING SHERIFF

Lot For Sale 25 hectares

Located at Brgy. Brgy. Tabgas, Albuera, Leyte

Owner: Jorge E. PedralbaHermosilla Drive (Malbasag)

Ormoc CityContact Nos.: 0907-029-6783 &

0912-011-0003

Contact Person: Junie Magbanua

Bureau of Lands, Albuera, Leyte

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HEALTH ... from P. 4ommended to put a bite block or tongue depressor in the mouth as it might make the person vomit or result in the rescuer being bitten. Should a second episode of convulsion occur within an hour more than 5 minutes, it could be a sign of status epi-lepticus, which is a medical emergency. The patient should be brought to the emergency room for further treatment.

The first week of September is Epilepsy Awareness Week. It aims to educate the general public that contrary to old beliefs, epilepsy occurs not because the person is being cursed but it is due to certain phe-nomenon that caused distortion of brain function. It is not associated with posses-sion by evil spirits or witchcraft; it is defi-nitely NOT contagious. The best person to seek consult are our neurologists.

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

many of us confess in public? The silence is deafening. It is not a joke to confess in public. You easily lose your self-esteem. No politician can do this. If you rational-ize it, the Bible has been there before they discovered printing. Lucky for us that we are spared from unrolling scrolls and lug-ging heavy tomes. There was a time that Bibles were secured with heavy padlocks and anchored on a pedestal. Nowadays, there are very small versions for portabil-ity and a choice of language of your own tongue. No reason to say that you do not have the time. Remember: the Word of God is God Himself. If you have a Bible in your home, God dwells in your home. The way the world is unfolding, we need God for a sense of security and safety. If God is with us, who can be against us? Better yet, if you have the time, hear Mass as often as you can. And make it a point to receive Holy Communion each time.

relationships may be slowly in decline. Data shows that fewer people these days are meet-ing their partners through friends, family, church or school — the kind of situations where you might learn something more about people’s unique abilities. Instead, more couples are meeting their partner through online dating or at bars and restaurants, where looks really do form first impressions.

BUZZ & BYTES ... from P. 5

Faeldon even dared that Congress cite him in contempt for his refusal to attend anymore scheduled hearings and he will willingly be arrested and detained. He is also asking that the probe on the reported anomalies in Customs and his reported shortcomings as Customs commissioner be conducted by another third party.

The desire of Faeldon that another third party conduct the probe and investiga-tion on the current mess and anomalies in Customs could not be clearly understood. What third party he wants to take over the current investigations by Congress? If he wants a criminal investigative body such as the Ombudsman to take over, it cannot yet be done since no criminal charges yet have been filed against him and his ap-pointed officials. He should be aware that Congress as an elected body by the people is also mandated by law to conduct inves-tigations on anomalies and wrongdoings of other government agencies, not only as in aid of legislations but also to recom-mend criminal prosecution against corrupt wrongdoers. Even if Faeldon has some beef against the antics and personalities of some individual members of Congress, he should respect Congress as an institution and as an indispensable part of a working democratic government.

PULSE ... from P. 5

Ormoc City Vice Mayor Toto Locsin turns over these Cassava Presser and Granulators to the accredited Farmers Association in the city during a ceremonial turnover last August 30, 2017. (Grabbed from the FB Page of Ormoc City Government)

be fined not exceeding P20,000 from P200.rrr

Congratulations to the San Lorenzo Ruiz College for producing a No. 5 of the recently concluded licensure exams for Medical Technologists. She is Hannah Mae Raga Kamsa, with a percentile score of 90.50.

Dr. Adelina Y. Larrazabal, PhD, said that aside from a graduate taking the 5th spot, SLRC had a 100% passing rate as all 18 and 1 retaker who took this August exams all passed. Congratulations!

Fatchoi Restaurant.Some have been

employed as encod-ers and gasoline boys of businesses owned by Rotarians.

Now, the club has partnered with the Technical Edu-cation and Skills Development Au-thority (TESDA) to certify the life skills that the grad-uates acquire. A re-cent batch had just graduated from a short course on en-coding with an NC II certification.

C u r r e n t l y , RCOB officers and members are in Bo-hol to visit another School for the Deaf

there that is being run by IDEA, an American NGO, to learn how to help more deaf-mutes

students and pre-pare them for life after they gradu-ate. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

conscious of the problem that’s why he has called on the Supreme Court, in his State of the Nation Address or even a few days ago, informing them that some of the implants P250-million are about to expire,” the official added.

Perez pointed out that the only way to lift the TRO, according to the Supreme Court, is for the Food and Drugs Admin-istration (FDA) to determine that the im-plants, intrauterine devices and pills are not abortifacient.

He is upbeat that FDA will generate support to complete the process within the year.

POPCOM ... from P. 12him to an alley’s end – a squalid junction where Kian breathed his last despite gut-wrenching pleas to be released.

While official investigation is said to be ongoing, serious misgivings have been voiced as to the legitimacy of the entire police operation. Kian’s case may not be isolated. Ninety-one (91) persons, more or less, were reported dead as a result of police operations dubbed as “Operation One Time Big Time” in the National Capital Region and in the provinces of Bulacan and Cavite. The deaths took place on or about August 13-20, 2017.

IBP is, thus, urging the national police forces to release information such as pre-operation and spot reports on the aforesaid “Operation One Time Big Time”, in line with Executive Order No. 02, series of 2016, and citing Article III, Section 7 of the 1987 Constitution, which guarantees the public’s untrammeled right to information.

IBP hopes to have a favorable response from the Philippine National Police, which prides itself to be among the agencies that have enthusiastically taken the cudgels of transparency.

The IBP has released formal requests in this regard, inasmuch as the national organization of lawyers remains committed to the protection of basic rights, because it stands by its moral obligation as advocates of justice, based on the solemn oaths that lawyers took. (PR)

IBP ... from P. 12

the NHA is 7,573 but only about 454 units have been completed with only 289 oc-cupied nearly four years after the super typhoon struck.

The committee noticed that the bidding of housing projects was held at the NHA main office in Manila.

Alejano said that these schemes also contribute in the slow pace of project implementation because only big contrac-tors have the capacity to join biddings in Manila while local qualified contractors are not given the chance to join the competitive bidding.

The lawmakers held dialogues in sev-eral places with the final stop at the office of Leyte Rep. Yedda Romualdez.

Committee members expect that more people will come out in future inquiries to help resolve housing concerns.

HOUSING ... from P. 12

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LAMPS ... from P. 2

9August 28-September 3, 2017 NOTICESAffidavit of Adjudication with

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late LUISA AGUILAR GORRE re a parcel of residen-tial land under TD No. 08-06-0002-00122 , located at Guerrero Dist.Bato, Leyte designated as Lot No. 473 with an area of 594 sq. m. ; and a residential house erected on Cad. Lot No. 473 under TD No. 06000200121 were adjudicated unto herself by BONIFACIA AGUILAR ROSAL and sold in favor of FE CARI-DAD AGUILAR ROSAL per Doc. No. 11; Page No. 03; Book No. XI; Series of 2015 of Notary Public Josenilo Marquez Reoma. EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Affidavit of Adjudication with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late CORNELIO PEREZ re an urban land situated at Brgy. Daanlungsod, Bato, Leyte under TD No. 06001300115 with Cad. Lot No. 1837 containing an area of 123.17 sq. was adjudicated unto herself by BIBIANA PEREZ NOTARTE and sold in favor of SPS. ELMER O. PONO and EMELIA G. PONO per Doc. No. 359; Page No. 72; Book No. XXII; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Josenilo Marquez Reoma. EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late ROLANDO C. CATINGUB re consisting One Half (1/2) share of a parcel of land Lot 1-G-1, situated in Bo. Anos, Mun. of Los Baños, Laguna, containing an area of 447 sq. m. TCT No. 060-2015011109; Lot 2862, C-7 Cad. 655, situated in Barangay Tabgas, Albuera, Leyte, with an area of 4,861 sq. m. , OCT No. P-42156;Lot 2348-D, situated in Brgy. Alegria, Ormoc City, an area of 1,028 sq. m. TCT No. 24214; Lot 2348-C, an area of 342 sq. m. TCT No. 19986; Lot 2348-B-1, an area of 150 sq. m. TCT No. 32158; Lot 2348-A-2, an area of 171, TCT No. 32157; Lot 2349-B-3-B-3, 196 sq. m. , TCT No. No. 25071; Lot 2347-A-7-A, with 200 sq. m. , TCT No. 22847; Lot 2347-A-7-I, containing an area of 336 sq. m., TCT No. 24528; Lot 2349-B-1-F-2-A , situated in Brgy. Linao, Ormoc City, an area of 300 sq. m., TCT No. 25147; Lot 4755, situated in Brgy. Damula-an, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 7,206 sq. m., TD No. 03-0006-00262-R13 ; Lot 6-A, situated in Brgy. Punta, Ormoc City, an area of 424 sq. m. , TCT No. 36065; Lot 6-B, an area of 164 sq. m., TCT No. 34832 ; Lot 6670-A, situated in Barrio Rufina Medalle Tan, Ormoc City, an area of 20,803 sq. m., TCT No. 17880; Lot 2274-A-7 ,situ-ated in Alegria, Ormoc City, an area of 231 sq. m., TCT No. 8897; Lot 954-B. situated in Poblacion, Ormoc City, an area of 415 sq. m. , TCT No. 50526; Lot 6571-A-1, situated in Bao and Liloan, Ormoc City, an area of 25,000 sq. m., TCT No. 19834; Lot 4-A, situated in Brgy. Punta, Ormoc City, an area of 22 sq. m., TCT No. T-33570; Lot No. 4714, situated in Damulaan, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 13,373 sq. m. , TD No. 03-0006-00264-R 13; One (1) unit residential House erected on Lot 2472-A, TD No. 18573; One (1) unit Apartment erected on Lot 2495 , TD No. 0002-00360-R10 ; one commercial bldg. erected on Lot 1-G-1; One unit Apartment erected on Lot 2473-B, TD. No. 0002-00362-R10; One unit Industrial Bldg. erected on Lot 6-A,6-B, & 6-D, TD No. 00067-00993-R10; One (1) 15 Metric Tone Block Making Plant erected on Lot 6-A, 6-B, & 6-D, TD No. 00067-00994-R10; One(1) unit residential house erected on Lot 2274-A-7; One-Third (1/3) share of one (1) unit commercial bldg. erected on Lot 954-B , TD No. 01023-00140 ; Commercial Building erected on Lot 8, Block 3; commercial bldg. erected on Lot 2, Block 3 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 137; Page No. 28; Book No. XCI; Series of 2016; of Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Extrajudicial settlement with absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late DOMINGO RUIZ ROSAL re a parcel of land under TD No. 06000300239 R-13, situated at Brgy. Iniguihan, Bato, Leyte with an area of 162 sq. m. ; and residential building under TD No. 08-06-0003-00397n, situated in Felipe Calderon, Iniguihan, Bato Leyte, with an area of 74.70 sq. m. were settled among his heirs and sold in favor of FE CARIDAD A. ROSAL per Doc. No. 213;Page No. 43; Book No. V; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Josenilo o. Marquez Reoma . EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late ROSITA J. CATINGUB, re parcel of land consisting 5/8 share of Lot 1-G-1, situated in the Bo. Anos, Mun. of Los Baños, Laguna, containing an area of 447 sq. m., TCT No. 060-2015011109 ; Lot 2862, C-7 Cad. 655,situated in Barangay Tabgas, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 4,861 sq. m., OCT No. P-42156; Lot 2860, C-7 Cad.655, situated in Barangay Tabgas, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 33,399 sq. m. , OCT No. P-42152; Lot 2858, C-7 Cad 655, an area 11,512 sq. m. , OCT No. P-42155; Lot No. 3099, an area of 857 sq. m., TD No. 03-0014-00287-R13; Lot No. 2472, situated in Brgy. Alegria, Ormoc City, an area of 76 sq. m. , TD No. 0002-000040-R10; Lot No. 2495 , situ-ated in Barrio Alegria, Ormoc City, with an area of 265 sq. m., TCT No. 24211 ; Lot 2473-B, an area of 261, TCT no. 22648; Lot 2348-D , an area 1,028 sq. m. , TCT No. 24214 ; Lot 2348-C, an area of 342 sq. m. , TCT No. 19986; Lot 2348-B-1, an area of 150 sq. m. , , TCT No. 32158; Lot 2348-A-2 ,an area of 171 sq. m. , TCT No. 32157 ; Lot 2349-B-3-B-3, an area of 196 sq. m. , TCT No. 25071; Lot 2347-A-7-A , an area of 200 sq. m., TCT No. 22847; Lot 2347-A-7-I , with an area of 336 sq. m. , TCT No. 24528; Lot 2349-B-1F-2-A, situated in Brgy. Linao, Ormoc City, an area of 300 sq. m., TCT No. 25147; Lot 4755, Cad 655, situated in Brgy. Damula-an, Albuera, Leyte, an area of 7,206 sq. m. ; Lot 6-A, situated in Brgy. Punta, Ormoc City, with an area of 424 sq. m. , TCT No. 36065; Lot 6-B, with an area of 164 sq. m. , TCT No. 34832; Lot 6670-A, situated in Barrio R. M. Tan, Ormoc City, an area of 20,803 sq. m. , TCT No. 17880 ; Lot 2274-A-7, situated in Barrio Alegria, Ormoc City, with an area of 231 sq. m. , TCT No. 8897; Lot 954-B,situated in Poblacion,

Ormoc City, with an area of 415 sq. m. , TCT No. 50526; Lot 6571-A-1 , situated in Barrio Bao and Liloan, Ormoc City, with an area of 25,000 sq. m. , TCT No. 19834; Lot 4-A , situated in brgy. Punta, Ormoc City, containing an area of 22 sq. m. , TCT No. T-33570; Lot No. 4714, situated in Barrio Damulaan, Albuera, Leyte , with an area of 13,373 sq. m. ; Residential House erected on Lot 2472-A; One (1) unit Apartment erected on Lot 2495; One (1) unit commercial bldg. erected on Lot 1-G-1; One (1) unit Apartment erected on Lot 2473-B; One (1) unit Industrial Bldg. erected on Lot 6-A, 6-B, & 6-D, ; one (1) 15 Metric Tone Block Making Plant erected on Lot 6-A,6-B, & 6-D; One (1) unit residential house erected on Lot 2274-A-7; 1/3 share of (1) unit commercial bldg. erected on Lot 954-B; A commercial Bldg. erected on Lot 8, Block 3; A commercial Bldg. erected on Lot 2, Block 3; A Metrobank Pero Savings Account Deposit with a S/A # 330-3-33017051-5; Philippine National Bank Dollar Savings Account with S/A # 238206400017; Metrobank Peso Savings Account Deposit with S/A139-3-13918925-7 ; Bank of the Philippine Island Pesos Savings Account Deposit with S/A No. 0951-022519; OK Bank Pesos Savings Account with S/A # 014100013746; Motor Vehicle one(1) unit Toyota SUV Plate No. 51106, cov-ered by C.R. #257234950 ; Motor Vehicle one(1) unit HONDA SEDAN bearing Plate #YJL404 covered by C.R. No. 10439188-4; Business Name R.C. Fish and Vegetables Stall located at Ormoc City; R.C Rice Stall located at Ormoc City were settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. Doc. No. 2; Page No. 1; Book No. CX; Series of 2017 of Notary Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the Real Properties of the late WILLIAM B. SANTIAGO re parcels of land located at Tubod, Merida, Leyte, TD No. 99-29022-00328, Lot No. 1279; Cadastral Lot No. 2564, TD No. 99-29022-00327;Cad Lot No.6259, OCT No. P82526, TD No. 08-29004-00557, located in Calunangan, Merida, Leyte; Lot No. 017, Survey No. 209-Part, TD No. 32-02-00673, located at Upper Po-blation, Pilar, Cebu; Lot No. 002, Survey No. 354-A, TD No. 32-13-06528, located at Villahermosa, Pilar, Cebu; Lot No. 004, TD No. 32-13-06531 ; Lot No. 025, Sur-vey No. 419-Part , TD No. 32-13-06530; Mother Lot Located at Villahermosa, Pilar, Cebu, TD No. 0132-05336, Lot No. 355 a portion above described approxi-mate area of .0470.96H/A ; Cadastral Lot No. 2363-B-7-A, C T No. 19816; TD No. 00031-00594; Located at Doñ Feliza Z. Mejia, Ormoc City; Lot No. 101, Cad No. 93-Part, TD No. 0132-00229, located at Lower Pob. Pilar, Cebu; TCT No. 29713, Lot No. 2830-B, situated in Talisay Cebu, containing an area of 720 sq. m.; a parcel of land of subject Deed of Absolute sale executed by Anecito C. Sagaldia Jr. in favor of the decedent William B. Santi-gago dated 21; TD No. 0002800217; Cad Lot No. 2259-I-4-C-2;TCT No.20558, an area of 184 sq. m. ; TD No. 00028-00218, Cadastral Lot No. 2259-I-4-C-3-A, TCT No. 22568 situated in Brgy. Alegria, Or-moc City; one (1)unit motorcycle MAKE: HONDA, MODEL: AFS100R,ENGINE NO. : KWY11E-006136; CHASSIS NO.

: KWY11006131, COLOR: BLACK/SILVER were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 029; Page No. 006;Book No. II; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Manuel P. Santiago. EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Extrajudicial Deed of Partition with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late MARCE-LINA TITO-VARGAS re a parcel of land Lot 2259-1-8-1-8-B-3-0-3-B, Psd-08-006170, situated at Brgy. Alegria, Ormoc City, containing an area of 126 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 53449 was partitioned among her heirs and sold in favor of KEJIE M. BULGADO per Doc. No. 23; Page No. 5; Book No. XII; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Fermin A. Nepomuceno. EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017Extrajudicial Settlement with Parti-

tion and Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS. PACIFICO SEMBRANO and RUFINA SEMBRANO re a parcel of land covered by TCT No. TP-26268, designated as Lot No. Lot 8-C-2, psd-08-029203-D, situ-ated at Brgy. Daanlungsod, Bato, Leyte, with an area of 4,512 sq. m. was settled among their heirs and 450 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. RICKY C. WANIWAN and ANGELITA B.WANIWAN per Doc. No. 211; Page No. 43; Book No. XXI; Series of 2016; of Notary Public Josenilo Marquez Reoma. EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ALEJAN-DRO P. BONJOC re a parcel of land Lot 10203-C-1, Psd-353002, situated in Tugbong, Kananga, Leyte, containing an area of 10,956 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-30435 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of TERESITA BONJOC-GUNNARSEN per Doc. 282; Page No. 57; Book No. LVII; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Allan R. Castro. EV Mail Aug. 21-27, 28- Sept. 3, 4-10, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late EU-GENIO P. HONOR, JR. re ½ share of a residential two-story building located at Sampaguita Extension Sagkahan II. Brgy. 59-A, Tacloban City erected on Lot 4. With floor area of 97 sq. m. covered by TD No. 01302712 ; and a parcel of residential land covered under TCT No. T-27124 with an area of 191 sq.m. was settled among his heirs and waived in favor of RUFINA CRUZADA HONOR per Doc. No. 128; Page No. 27; Book No. IV; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Marierose P. Alvero. EV Mail Aug. 21-27, 28- Sept. 3, & 4-10, 2017Extra-Judicial Settlement with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late ISABELO MOLIG re a parcel of land located in Barangay Baas, Hilongos, Leyte, under TD No. 14006-00101 R 13, Lot No. 11052, with an area of 12,840 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of DELFIN L. UY, JR per Doc. No. 01; Page No. 02; Book No. CVII; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Josefino G. Cinco. EV Mail Aug. 21-27, 28- Sept. 3, & 4-10, 2017

Extrajudicial Partition and Settle-ment

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region BRANCH 15

Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte

Special Proceedings No. 17-08-214

FOR: CANCELLATION OF ENTRY

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MINOR ARIANA

CASHEY JAUNICO REJANO REGISTERED AS ARIANA CASSEY JUANICO REJANO

IN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF DA-

GAMI, LEYTE ARIANA CASHERY

JUANICO – REJANO, Represented By her parents FERMIN D.

REJANO and SHERYL C. JUANICO –

REJANO Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DA-GAMI, LEYTE, AND THE CIVIL REGIS-TRAR GENERAL,

NATIONAL STATIS-TICS OFFICE (NSO),

MANILA, Respondent, x--------------x

ORDER A verif ied peti-

tion had been filed by the petitioner, through counsel, praying that after due publication, notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Office of the Mu-nicipal Civil Registrar of Dagami, Leyte ad the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Of-fice to cancel the Cer-tificate of Live Birth of subject minor, whose

ADVERTISE WITH THE

EV MAIL*Region-wide.(561-0809)

that the properties of the late PRU-DENCIA L. TONGZON and SALVADOR TONGZON re parcels of land Lot No. 2743, C-10, Cad 566-D located in Barangay Proteccion Hilongos, Leyte and covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-41232 containing an area of 27,826 sq. m. ; Lot No. 2717, C-10, covered by KOT Blg. P-41234 with an area of 25,342 sq. m. ; Lot No. 2709, C-10, KOT Blg. P-41231 with an area of 23,247 sq. m. ; Lot No. 2725,C-10, KOT Blg. P-41233 with an area of 13,796 sq. m. ; Lot No. 969, C-6, located in Barangay Magnangoy Hilongos, Leyte, KOT Blg. P-53353 with an area of 9,582 sq. m. ; Lot No. 14362, located in Eastern Poblacion Hilongos, Leyte, KOT Blg. P-34490 with an area of 105 sq. m.; Lot No. 14876 located in Barangay Tejero Hilongos, Leyte, TD No. 14045 00279 R13,with an area of 1.8591.37 hectares were settled and partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 72; Page No. 16; Book No. XXVIII; Series of 2017 of Notary Pub-lic Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Aug. 21-27, 28- Sept. 3, & 4-10, 2017

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLE/

TRICYCLENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late AQUILINO A. BORDIOS described as Make-Honda Type-TC;Chassis No. KYA00068954; Engine No. KYA00EO68923; Plate No. 050410; was settled among their heir and sold in favor of CHRISTINA C. CABAGUING per Doc. No. 427; Page No. 87; Book No. LXIII; Series of 2017of Notary Public Rhoda M. Cebricus. EV Mail Aug. 21-27, 28- Sept. 3, 4-10, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late RAMON ISRAEL re an Agricultural Land situ-ated at Eastern Pob. Hilongos, Leyte under TD No. 14002-04002-01099 R13 covered by TCT No. TP-10652 with Cad. Lot No. 14217-C, containing an area of .3032 has. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of Velma Bardos Rio per Doc. No. 460; Page No. 92; Book No. 39; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Atty. Rico E. Aureo. EV Mail Aug. 21-27, 28- Sept. 3, & 4-10, 2017

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTI-TION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late MARIO M. ABADILLA left a sum of money deposited at Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, (Metrobank) Ormoc Branch under Account No.139-3139-612095 were settled and parti-tioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 18; Page No. 4; Book No. LIV; Series of 2017; of Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Aug. 28-Sep. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION WITH SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late CRISOLO-GO CAYUNDA re a residential land designated as Lot 14447-A (remain-ing portion), located in Brgy. Eastern Poblacion, Hilongos, Leyte, covered by TD No. 08-14-0002-01676, and bounded on the North by Lot 14447-B; on the South, by Lot 14447-B; on the East, by Capt. Flordelis St.; and on the West, by Lot 14447-B; and has an area of 194 square meters were adjudicated unto herself by MARIE CRIS HONRADA

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

MUNICIPALITY OF PALOMPON OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0049-2017 RA 10172

DATE: August 18, 2017 In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant

to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Imple-mentation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that FRANCISCA CUIZON CASTRO, has filed with this Office, a petition for Correction of Gender from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in her Certificate of Live Birth at Palompon, Leyte and whose parents are Matias S. Cuizon and Adelina G. Sevilla.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than August 25, 2017.

(Sgd.) ANNABELLED P. MARQUEZ Municipal Civil Registrar

Name of Newspaper: EV Mail Place of Publication: Ormoc CityDate of Publication: Aug. 21-27, 2017, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2017

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Villaba Office of the Municipal Civil

Registrar NOTICE FOR PUBLICA-

TION In compliance with the

publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implemen-tation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that RONIMEL M. DOROG has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of RONIMEL M. DOROG who was born on May 1, 1989 at Villaba, Leyte and whose parents are TEODORO DOROG and MELODINA MEGUILLO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than August 15, 2017. (Sgd.) ENGR. MEDALLO V.

PUNONG Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Aug. 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Republic of the Philippines Province of Biliran

MUNICIPALITY OF CAIBIRAN OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION CCE-050-2017 RA 10172

Date: August 18, 2017 In compliance with the publication requirement and pursu-

ant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172), NOTICE IS HEREBY SERVED TO THE PUBLIC that ELMIRA VERUEN ROSEL has filed within this office a CORREC-TION OF THE MONTH AND DATE OF BIRTH FROM “MARCH 27, 1948” to “MAY 29, 1948” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ELMIR ROSEL VERUEN at Caibiran, Biliran whose parents are DIONESIO VERUEN and MOISAS ROSEL bearing Registry No.93-221.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than August 29, 2017.

(Sgd.) ROSEMARIE V. SEVILLA Municipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Aug. 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

CAYUNDA and sold a portion of the above-described parcel of land with an area of 77 SQUARE METERS (11 meters in length, along the western and eastern sides, and 7 meters along the southern and northern sides) in favor of JOHN CASIANO C. COTIAMCO per Doc. No. 55; Page No. 12; Book No. I; Series of 2017; of Notary Public Joseph F. Fulache. EV Mail Aug. 28-Sep. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late ROSA-LINDA APAS GONZAGA re a parcel of land (Lot 8460-D-8 of the subdivision plan, Psd-08-015422-D, being a por-tion of Lot 8460-D, Psd-29157 L.R.C. Rec. No. 1789), situated in the Brgy. of Valencia, City of Ormoc, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the xxx xxx xxx, containing an area of 831 Square Meters, more or less, were settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 353; Page No. 71; Book No. XLVI; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail Aug. 28-Sep. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION WITH

ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late MAC-ARIA V. ONG and JULIAN E. ONG re a parcel of land together with all the improvements thereon situated in Nijaga St., Central, Calabayog District, Calbayog City covered by TD Nos. 99-01007-00305 and 99-01007-00830 (building) which property is described and bounded as follow: Lot No. – 1861; Survey No. – CAD 422; Area – 205 sq. meters; North – Nijaga Street; South – 02-120 (1862); East – 02-119 (1860); West – 02-116 (1864) & 117 (1863) were adjudicated unto themselves by Heirs of LUCILA ONG LOVINO, Heirs of BENJAMIN V. ONG, LUTHGARDA ONG CASILLAN, JOSE V. ONG, and EDUARDO V. ONG and sold in favor of Spouses ERIC CERENO and JULIE CERENO per Doc. No. 161; Page No. 33; Book No. XXII; Series of 2014; of Notary Public Gaudencio Gregorio A. Espiritu. EV Mail Aug. 28-Sep. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late SANTIAGO MANCOL re a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Trinidad, Calbayog City, desig-nated as Lot no. 5995, bounded on the North by 01-Diversion Road, on the east by 01-049 (5994-B), on the South by 04-002 (5927), and on the West by 04-001 (5996), containing an area of 12,770 square meters, more or less, declared in the name of SANTIAGO MANCOL, under TD no. 99-01020-00163 were adjudicated unto themselves by NA-TIVIDAD EMPERADOR, FRANCISCO MANCOL, FELICIDAD M. DEL VALLE, ALEJANDRO MANCOL, and JOSE MANCOL and sold in favor of IRENE G. SIOPONGCO per Doc. No. 13147; Page No. 30; Book No. 239; Series of 2017; of Notary Public Ma. Rowena L. Urot. EV Mail Aug. 28-Sep. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLE-

MENT WITH SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late CRISPINA RONTOS re a parcel of land designated as Cad. Lot No. 7530, located at Brgy.

Lonoy, Calbayog District, Calbayog City, bounded on the North: 03-003 (7531) 004 (7529); East: 03-009 (7529-B); South: Provincial Road; and West: Provincial Road; containing an area of 3,150 square meters, more or less, declared in the name of CRISPINA RONTOS, under ARP No. 99-01023-00085 were adjudicated unto themselves by EMELIO RONTOS, EUFRANCIA R.

name is registered in the Civil Registry thereat as ARIANNA CASSEY JUANICO REJANO on December 13, 2011.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance it is here-by ordered that the said petition be set for initial hearing on September 19, 2017 in the morning ses-sion of this Court at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Burauen, Leyte, at which date, time and place, all persons may appear and show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

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

Furnish copies of this Order and petition to the Office of the Solici-tor General, Municipal Civil Registrar of Da-gami, Leyte, Office of the Provincial prosecutor, the petitioner and her counsel.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte, August 14, 2017.

(Sgd.) TARCELO A. SABARRE JR

Acting Presiding Judge EV Mail Aug. 14-20, 21-27, & 28- Sept. 3, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesPROVINCE OF SAMAR

Municipality of Sta. MargaritaOFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice

is hereby served to the public that PRESILDA SALINAS RAÑOLA has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from

“NENE” to “ERLINDA”(first name to be changed) (new first name to be adopted)

in the Certificate of Live Birth of “NENE TANEO RAÑOLA”

(OCRG, LCRO & LCR-1A copy) (complete name of document owner)

June 20, 1979 at Sta. Margarita, Samar(complete date of birth) (place of birth)and whose parents areERNEO RAÑOLA and ROSITA TANEO(name of father) (name of mother)Any person having knowledge and/or claiming interest or may

be adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 15 days from date of publication.

(Sgd.) ENGR. AIVIZE G. LIBUNAOMunicipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Aug. 28-Sep. 3 & 4-10

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial RegionBranch 16

Naval, BiliranMETROPOLITAN

BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Mortgagee,

EJF No. 01-2017EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORT-GAGE UNDER ACT

3135 as Amended ACT 4113

SPS. CHARLES P. CHONG AND

ADELFA A. CHONG,Mortgagors,

X------------------------XNOTICE OF EXTRA

JUDICIAL FORECLO-SURE UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended filed by: METROPOLI-TA N B A N K A N D T R U S T C O M PA N Y, mortgagee, with prin-cipal office at Metro-bank Plaza building, Sen Gil Puyat Avenue Extension, Makati City, against SPS. CHARLES P. CHONG and ADELFA

A. CHONG, mortgagors; with address at Abad corner Vicentillo Streets, Santisimo Rosario, Na-val, Biliran (Leyte) Biliran Province, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness in the amount of THIRTY MILLION THREE HUN-DRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND TWO (Php. 30,348,002.23) PESOS and 33/100 cent. as of APRIL 21, 2017 exclud-ing interests and penalty charges, sheriff ’s fees, legal fees and expenses of foreclosure sale. The undersigned will SELL at PUBLIC AUCTION to the HIGHEST BIDDER for CASH in Philippine currency on September 26, 2017 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the Office of the Clerk of Court of this Branch Court, Justice Hall, Larraza-bal, Calumpang, Naval, Biliran Province, and in the event that there shall be only one bidder the public auction sale WILL PROCEED ON October 11, 2017 without further publication and notice; on the following real properties,

TCT No. T-25649A parcel of land

(Plan Psd-147122, LR Case No. R-010, L.R.C. Record No. N-33706) situated in the Poblacion,

Municipality of Naval, (Sub-Province of Biliran, Province of Leyte) now Biliran Province, con-taining an area of FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY (480) SQUARE METERS more or less, bounded as follows:

NE : 2-3 (Alfonso Delfin)

SE : 3-4 (P. Inocen-tes Street)

S : 4-1 (Cesario Delfin)

NW : 1-2 (Teofilo Sabonsolin)

Declared in the name of Adelfa A. Chong married to Charles P. Chong

Together with all improvements thereon

TCT No. T-754A parcel of land

designated as Lot 160-A (Being a portion of Lot 160-D, Naval Cadas-tre) of the sub-division plan, Psd-08-021416-D, situated in the Brgy. Sto. Rosario, Municipal-ity of Naval, Province of Biliran Island of Bili-ran. Containing an area of ONE THOUSAND F O U R H U N D R E D THREE (1,403) SQUARE METERS more or less, bounded as follows:

NW : 1-2 (Vicentil-loStreet)

NE : 2-3 (Abad St.)SE : 3-4 (By Lot

160-B)

ADVERTISE WITH THE

EV MAIL(561-0809)

UDTOHAN, TECLA R. BALDOMARO, PRESCELA RONTOS, and PETRONILO M. RONTOS and sold a portion of the above-described parcel of land with an area of 93.1 square meters in favor of MARIA THERESA H. PETERSEN per Doc. No. 171; Page No. 36; Book No. III; Series of 2010; of Notary Public Melinda C. Martires. EV Mail Aug. 28-Sep. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

SW : 4-1(Lot 200, Cad 555-D

Declared in the name of Adelfa A. Chong marr ied to Char les Chong

Together with all improvements thereon.

Prospective buy-ers/bidders may inves-tigate for themselves the title to and encum-brances on herein above described real property, if any there be.

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

Naval, Biliran Prov-ince this 22nd day of August 2017.

(Sgd.) LUDENILO S. ADOR

Sheriff IVCopy Furnished:SPS. ADELFA and

CHARLES CHONGNaval, BiliranMetropolitan Bank

and Trust CompanyMakati City WARNING:It is prohibited to

remove, deface or Destroy this Notice

of Extra-JudicialForeclosure Public

Auction Sale on or before the date of

Auction SaleUnder penalty of

the lawEV Mail Aug. 28-Sep. 3, 4-10, & 11-17, 2017

to present it in such a way as to be respect-ful always of the emotions and passions of others.

This is simply to follow what St. Paul once said about being all things to all men. We have to be most mindful of the sensibilities of the others and try our best to convey the faith according to how they are without, of course, compromising the essence of our faith.

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10 August 28-September 3, 2017NEWS

BFAR ... from P. 2

NANAGAT ... from P. 3nga taga Licuma ang ila sad nasikop dapit sa kadagatan sa Barangay Alegria nga namokot, pero ang pokot gigamit sa duha pino kaayo ug giingon nga iligal.

Wala malilong sa Maritime Police nga nisiaw ang mga iligalistang mananagat dapit sa Naungan ug Linao, pero panahun sa ilang pagpatrolya hayan nabantayan maong wala sila masikop, pero naaktuhan gihapon sila sa taga OCPSC.

Dugang ni SPO2 Capuyan, may taga Merida pang ilang nadakpan, ug nakamulta pinasikad sa Municipal Ordinance sa lungsud. Ni Paul Libres

revealed that only 15,422 houses out of the 56,140 target for Eastern Visayas have been built.

Among the major setbacks are unavailable lots, land acquisition issues, procurement concerns, and lack of qualified contractors.

Uy said the central government and regional officials have been working closely to complete all ongoing projects within three years.

Last week, key regional officials held a meeting among members of an inter-agency task force for the unified implementation and monitoring of post-”Yolanda” reha-bilitation and recovery projects.

The formation of task force is in compliance with Administrative Order No. 5 issued on Aug. 8, 2017 by President Rodrigo Duterte.

The task force is chaired by Cabinet Secretary Leon-cio Evasco with Presidential Assistants for the Visayas Michael Dino and for Special Concerns Wendel Avisado as co-chairs. Avisado is also the Presidential Assistant for “Yolanda” Rehabilitation.

The directive has listed 17 government agencies as members.

“There are some issues that can be better addressed and decided quickly at the highest level. We’re very hope-ful that this administrative order will help address the remaining works,” Uy added.

The super typhoon, which struck central Philippines on November 8, 2013, is the deadliest typhoon in the country on record, killing at least 6,300 people. This city is considered as the typhoon’s ground zero.

NEDA ... from P. 1

she was pleasantly “sur-prised by the quality of the building, and the size. It looked small in the pic-tures.”

She added that when earthquakes struck Ormoc in July and August, she was fearful it would affect the building, and that she was even getting prepared to report to her colleagues that they might need to add on to their donation.

Aguilar, who said it was she who picked Cogon Cen-tral School as the location for their school donation, said they examined six lo-cations and Cogon was the last they visited. “Why did I choose Cogon? Because it had the most passionate teachers.”

She was impressed by the sincerity of principal Marita T. Albienda who went around with them in the school, and pleaded for the donation.

Albienda, she learned, was the graduate of the same school 20 years ago, and that the school has had no new building since then. She has not regret-ted the choice because she saw how the community was thankful for the dona-tion. The Parents-Teachers Association of the school themselves worked on de-molishing the old school buildings, excited to make way for the new one.

The UBS representative also touched the hearts of the teachers and parents present during the turnover when she said that their donation was not only for the present, but also for the future. She said that “educa-tion gets magnified every generation… and makes ev-ery generation even better.”

Cogon Central School pupils hold up the ceremonial key to their new classroom, following SM Foundation-UBS’ donation to the school of a 2-story, 4-classroom building, while below picture shows the school’s GPTA posing in front of the marker.

Taking herself as an example, Aguilar said their forebear was a farmer who sent his children to school. His children and their chil-dren’s children are now pro-fessionals in various fields.

On the other hand, the community was profuse in their gratitude to the SM

Foundation – UBS donation. Homer S. Cañedo, PTA pres-ident, said they were very excited with the donation. A graduate of the school himself, he was happy that the school now has a new building as the old ones are also dilapidated, and hoped there would be a second

donation.Present to receive the

donation in behalf of De-partment and Education and LGU-Ormoc were Su-perintendent Dr. Manuel Al-bano and councilors Nolito Quilang and Vincent Rama, respectively. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

where the water is discolored by high algal biomass or the concentration of algae. The discoloration may not necessar-ily be red in color, but it may also appear yellow, brown, green, blue or milky, depending on the organisms involved.

business community,” Mendoza added.Mendoza also added that people should also be cau-

tious in spreading text messages or information on social media pertaining to existence of vigilante groups if not validated by law enforcers.

“These are just false information meant to create panic in the people’s mind,” Mendoza added.

The army official noted that all similar reports received by the military turned out to be false.

SCAM ... from P. 2

Cadocoy alyas “Bon-ging” and Sarah Basalio y Esco-rial.

Brosas is employed as a driver for the Leyte Met-ropolitan Water District, 44 years old, male, married and a resident of Basey, Western Samar. Basalio, on the other hand, is 29 years old, female, single and a resident of Palo Leyte.

The former is consid-ered a High Value Target (HVT). He was nabbed by elements of PDEA RO8 and the Army during a buy bust operation conducted outside Max’s Restaurant, Robinson’s Place, Tacloban City at around 10:49 AM of August 29.

Purchased and seized during the operation was four pieces of heat-sealed plastic transparent sachet containing suspected sha-bu, weighing MOL 0.2 gram with an estimated market value of P1,000.

As for the lady pusher,

Basalio, the PDEA RO8 press release stated that she was caught by anti-drug elements of PDEA RO8 and the Army during the con-duct of a buy bust operation at Brgy. 33, P. Burgos St., Tacloban Ciy at around 3:05 PM of the same day.

Purchased and seized during the operation was four pieces of heat-sealed plastic transparent sachet containing suspected sha-bu, weighing MOL 0.6 gram with an estimated market value of P2,500.

As of this writing and per the PDEA RO8 PR, all three suspects will be charged for violations of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Section 11 (Posses-sion of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 12 (Possession of Drug Paraphernalia), Article II of RA 9165, except for Brosas who will only be charged with the first two violations.

KatangKatang is now

PDEA ... from P. 12

DONATION ... from P. 1

temporarily detained at the TCPO lock-up facility while waiting for his commitment order. Brosas and Basalio, meanwhile, are temporarily detained at the PDEA RO8 detention facility. By Jima Zandra J. Vergara based on PDEA RO8 press releases

Power plant to rise inside Leyte’s eco zoneISABEL, Leyte (PNA) – A Japanese firm will build a 70-megawatt diesel power plant inside the 425-hectare Leyte Industrial Develop-ment Estate (LIDE) in this town, an official confirmed Sunday, August 27.

LIDE Management Corporation General Man-ager Eddie Agustin said that Japanese firm Maru-beni Corporation will need about two hectares to build the facility. The official de-clined to disclose total in-vestments.

“Survey of the area is on-going and they are tar-geting to start supplying power by September next year,” Agustin said.

Marubeni’s construc-tion of a power plant will help ensure power stability for two major LIDE loca-

tors – Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer Corporation (Phil-Phos) and Philippine Asso-ciated Smelting and Refin-ing Corporation (PASAR).

PhilPhos is the coun-try’s leading producer of phosphatic fertilizer with a rated capacity of 1.17 mil-lion metric tons every year.

PASAR, on the other hand, owns and operates the only copper smelter and refinery in the coun-try. Its primary product is electrolytic copper cath-ode, the raw material used for manufacturing various kinds of electric cables,

telecommunication wires, copper shapes and copper-alloy products.

Both firms directly get their power supply needs from the National Grid Corporation of the Philip-pines, sourced from the nearby Leyte Geothermal Power Plant.

“We will now have an alternative energy source with the new power plant inside LIDE. Operations will not be disrupted in case of power shutdown caused by natural calamities,” Agustin told reporters.

Located in this town,

LIDE is owned by the Na-tional Development Com-pany, a government-owned and -controlled corporation attached to the Department of Trade and Industry. The property was established in November 1979 through Letter of Instruction No. 962 to spur economic develop-ment in Eastern Visayas and as prime site for heavy industries.

LIDE was declared a Special Economic Zone un-der Republic Act (RA) 7195 as amended by RA 8748 or the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995.

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12 August 28-September 3, 2017NEWS

PopCom lauds Region 8 for high contraceptives use

IBP urges transparency on Operation One Time Big Time

Lawmakers blast subcontracting of ‘Yolanda’ housing in E. Samar; probe to be conducted

PDEA RO8 nabs former employee, 2 other pushers

sEE IBP p. 8

Did you know? “The average price of regular milled rice as of 2015 was Php 37.99, according to the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA). With the average price of Php 1.99 per stick in 2015, cigarettes have become more expensive than rice.” Source: The Philippine Sin Tax Reform; Action for Economic Reforms (Grabbed from the FB Page of SmokeFreePH)

JOFFET OCENA of Tacloban City sings “This is the Moment”, which song clinched for him the 1st place in the Music and Dance Icon Contest, solo category, Session 10 of 2017. He received a check worth P100,000 from Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla and a trophy from Palo Mayor Remedios “Matin” L. Petilla during the contest last August 20, 2017 held at the Leyte Academic Center Gym in Pawing, Palo, Leyte. (Gina P. Gerez)

TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The Commission on Popu-lation (PopCom) lauded Eastern Visayas region for achieving 48 percent of contraceptives preva-lence rate, surpassing the national average by three percent.

PopCom Executive Di-rector Juan Antonio Perez told reporters Friday, Sep-tember 1, that the region is on track of hitting the 65 percent prevalence rate goal

by the end of President Ro-drigo Duterte’s term.

“We still have a gap to fill and I’m happy that Region 8 is doing well, but we need to improve every year,” said Perez, a day after the Family Planning Summit here.

Contraceptive preva-lence is the percentage of women currently using, or whose sexual partner is currently using, at least one method of contraception,

regardless of the method used. It is usually reported for married or in-union women aged 15 to 49, ac-cording to the World Health Organization.

Perez explained that among the major factors that raised contraceptive prevalence rate is the pas-sage of the Responsible Par-enthood and Reproductive Health Law (RPRH).

“The fact that circulars from the Department of

the Interior and Local Gov-ernment, Department of Health, and from the Presi-dent asking local govern-ment to implement RPRH law, that is a plus factor,” Perez said.

However, the law’s implementation was ham-pered by the issuance of temporary restraining order (TRO).

“Even the President is

sEE POPCOM p. 8

THE FIGHT against ille-gal substances is a legiti-mate State undertaking, as shown by the comple-ment of laws and regula-tions that seek to address a growing menace. It is a reality that the nation must battle in the meantime that the underground busi-ness behind it has gained protection from certain unscrupulous public offi-cers and law enforcers who continue to benefit from its profits.

However, describing State action as a “war” has led to the mistaken collec-tive sense that there must

be actual physical casualty in its wake – whether direct or collateral. In this frenzied fight against prohibited drugs, the nation stands witness to a series of kill-ings, summary executions, and cold-blooded murder.

Among the latest ca-sualties is 17-year-old Kian Delos Santos of Caloocan. Witnesses interviewed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines consistently relate how he was arrested by police officers in plain clothes who forcibly held him captive and brought

TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The subcontracting scheme in the ‘Yolanda’ housing projects in Eastern Samar turned out to be a major setback in the construc-

tion of permanent homes for the victims of the 2013 typhoon.

This was uncovered during a two-day inquiry here by the House of Repre-sentatives. The probe ended Friday, September 1.

Lawmakers learned that projects have been delayed due to hiring of subcontractors, which also resulted in substandard projects.

Camilo Salazar from Balangiga, Eastern Samar said that he is a third-par-ty contractor of JC Tayag Builder, the winning con-tractor of National Housing Authority (NHA) projects for Yolanda housing units in his home province.

He told lawmakers in a public inquiry on Fri-day that 40 housing units were contracted to him by a certain Sally Almazan, a sub-contractor of JC Tayag Builder based in Montalban, Rizal. The NHA is building 480 units in Cansumangkay village in Balangiga town.

Salazar also claimed that some of the construc-tion materials used in the housing units were sub-standard.

He revealed the P300, 000 uncollected payment from the subcontractor, but admitted he has no docu-

ments to prove that he sub-contracted housing projects of JC Tayag Builders.

NHA officials, who at-tended the public inquiry, said that subcontracting is not allowed by the agency, but if it is needed, the con-tractor must first seek per-mission from the agency.

In the case of ‘Yolan-da’ housing projects, NHA never issued a single sub-contracting permit.

Housing and Urban Development Committee Chair Rep. Alfred Benitez said that the revelation of Salazar will be used by his committee in the succeed-ing inquiries for ‘Yolanda’ housing projects.

Benitez also called for other sub-contractors of NHA housing projects to come out and provide the committee information so that they can help improve and rectify the process of housing project implemen-tation.

“We cannot continue these projects if such prob-lems and issues are not addressed first. There is already a revelation here when this sub-contractor share the anomalies about the on-going housing proj-ects. What we are going to do when we come back is to call the contractors so

that we can hear their side,” Benitez said.

“If these will be proven, like the usage of sub-stan-dard material or that the housing projects are sub-standard, then we will be filing appropriate charges to concern people,” Benitez added.

Before the public inqui-ry, the lawmakers inspected ‘Yolanda’ housing projects in Eastern Samar and Ta-cloban. Those who joined the inspection were Benitez, Reps. Deogracias Victor Savellano of Ilocos Sur, Tom Villarin of Akbayan, Gary Alejano of Magdalo and Arlene Brosas of Gabriela.

The committee also found out from workers that they had stopped working because of non-payment of their salaries in the past two months.

Benitez said the com-mittee wants the NHA to hasten the construction of the housing projects and implement it correctly.

Other issues raised by beneficiaries during the inquiry include absence of water and electricity, and small houses for big families.

In Eastern Samar, hous-ing project demand under

sEE HOUSING p. 8

IN THREE separate buy bust operations last Au-gust 29, Tuesday, the re-gion’s Philippine Drug En-forcement Agency (PDEA RO8) caught a total of three pushers.

One was a former PDEA Admin-Tech per-sonnel, who was nabbed following the conduct of a buy bust operation at Brgy. 33, P. Burgos St. at around of 8:45 PM. The operation was done together with the Tacloban City Police Office (TCPO)-CPDEU and the 8th MIB Philippine Army.

Seized from the suspect was six pieces of sealed plastic transparent sachet containing suspected shabu, weighing MOL 300 grams with an estimated market value of P1.5-million and various drug paraphernalia.

In a report submitted to PDEA OIC Jesus A. Fajardo, MMOAS, elements of PDEA RO8 under Director Edgar

T. Jubay, the TCPO-CPDEU and the Army identified the suspect as Julius Ka-tangKatang y Yu, a former employee of PDEA RO8, 35 years old, male, married and a resident of Brgy. San Roque, Jaro Leyte.

Per the PDEA press release, KatangKatang has been dropped from the payroll of the agency for incurring Absences With-out Leave (AWOL) since February this year. The suspect was an Admin-Technical Personnel whose job included the evaluation and processing of licenses for medical practitioners and registered stakehold-ers applying for issuance of CPECS and dangerous drugs licenses.

The other two suspects, meanwhile, according to the same PDEA press re-lease, are Nestor Brosas y

sEE PDEA p. 10