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Payao Project and Gill Net Project launched in Calbayog. Mayor Ronaldo Aquino as he took time to pose with some

fisherfolk beneficiaries and the officials of Barangay Bantian during the turnover of gill net and other materials for thepayao project for Bantian. The turnover was part of the launching of the Payao Project for the fisher folks in some coastal

barangays of Tinambacan district of Calbayog City (CTIO / Ronald Ricafort)

TACLOBAN CITY - Effective Monday next week, all elections ofcials in the region,

to include its top two ofcials, would be relieved from their present posts.

CALBAYOG CITY-Mayor Ron-

ald Aquino of this city recently led the

turn-over ceremony of payao and gill net

project in Barangay Bantian, Tinamba-

can District. The event was attended by

barangay chair Teodolfo Castaas, Engr.

Rolando Ay-ay,Samar provincial direc-

ByJOEY A.GABIETA, Staff Writer

Reshuffle of Comelec officials

in EV takes effect on MondayThis was bared by law-yer Felicisimo Embalsado,assistant regional director ofthe Commission on Elections

(Comelec), who would be re-

assigned to Region 6(Western

Visayas).

Embalsado, in turn, would

be replaced by lawyer Veroni-

co Petalcorin who is currently

the Comelec assistant regional

director for Central Visayas.

Current Comelec Re-

gional Director Jose Nick

Mendros would be assignedto the Cordillera Autonomous

Region(CAR). Mendros over-

saw the conduct of the May

2010 elections in the region,

which was described to be

generally peaceful.

Aside from Mendros and

Embalsado, all the six provin-

cial elections supervisors and

city and municipal elections

ofcers would be reassigned

to their new posts.

However, all the provincial

elections supervisors and city

and municipal elections ofc-

ers would also be reassigned

within the region, unlike in the

case of Mendros and himself,

e payao and gill net projectfor Calbayog sher folks

to page 7

tor of the Department of Agriculture and Ad-

ela Ocenar,city agriculturist, among others.

Barangay Bantian is the rst beneciary

of the said project. The said barangay was

given 80 pieces of gill nets and materials to

be used in the making of payao. Payao or

TACLOBAN CITY

The Mines and Geosciences

Bureau (MGB) in Eastern

Visayas has refrained from

accepting and processing

new mining applications,

an ofcial of the agency

said.MGB-8 Regional Direc-

tor Alilo Ensomo, Jr. said

MGB suspends all mining

permit applications in EVthe suspension of accepting

new mining applications in

in consonance to the De-

partment of Environment

and Natural Resources

(DENR) institutionaliza-

tion of mining reforms in

the country.The government wantsto page 7

Camella to hold

ground breaking

for its clubhouse

Freshwater prawn

congress,

festival in SL a big

success

City govt to o -

cially proceed

with auction of

Leyte Park Hotel

JV: Lower

power supply to

hurt Mindanao

businesses

19 farmers receive

financial

aid from

ICOT-RICE

program


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2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Friday, 18 January 2013

TACLOBAN CITY

Camella Leyte, Vis-

ta Land Lifescapes Inc

(Vista Land) rst project

in Eastern Visayas, will

break the ground for its

clubhouse - one of its fea-

ture amenities - rming

Camellas distinction as

more than just a place to

live.

Scheduled January 19,

the groundbreaking will

be attended by homeown-

ers and Camellas vibrant

sales team.

Camella Leyte gen-

eral manager Geraldine

Gascon-Garcia said this

amenity complements thehomeowners leisure ac-

tivities within a restful, fa-

miliar comforts of home..

This is the central

amenity. Homeowners

TACLOBAN CITY

The 1st Freshwater Prawn

Congress and Festivalheld at the Southern Leyte

State University in Bon-

toc, Southern Leyte was a

resounding success, said

Gordon Opina, chairman,

promotions and commu-

nications-1st International

Freshwater Prawn Con-

Camella to hold ground breakingfor its clubhouse

a clubhouse in Camella

Communities is a fruit of

Vista Lands tireless ef-

forts to nurture family and

friendly relationships.Camella continues

to explore amenities that

better serve its growing

neighborhoods all over the

country. Clubhouse is just

one of our innovations she

added.

Aside from clubhouse,

other amenities are basket-

ball court, 24-hour secu-rity at the gate and roving

security, shuttle service,

Professional Property Man-

agement, Organized Home-

owner Associations, grass

cutting and street sweeping

Camella Leytes rst

phase was unveiled in

2009, a nine-hectare prop-

erty, with more than 300houses. The project is now

expanding to the second

phase with about 170 more

units.(SARWELL Q. MENIANO)

Freshwater prawn congress,

festival in SL a big successgress and Festival.

The event was partici-

pated by various groupsfrom business sector, gov-

ernment sector and the aca-

deme.

Opina said that the win-

ners were the following: for

Ulang Master Chef Con-

test, 1st place was awarded

to Barangay Sta Cruz; 2ndplace was awared to

Brgy. Talisay and 3rd

place was awarded

to Brgy. Mahayahay.

Winners received P

5,000 for 1st prize,

P3,000 for 2nd prize,

P2,000 for 3rd prize and

P1,000 as consolation prize

The heaviest and long-est ulang was awarded to

Adriano Idjao, a Sangguni-

ang Bayan member of Bon-

toc and a local fresh prawn

cultivator.

In the Ulang Mardi Gras

Contest, the grand cham-

pion was SLSU-Sogod

Campus, 1st runner up was

awarded to SLSU-Tomas

Oppus Campus and 2nd

runner up was awarded to

SLSU-Bontoc Campus.

In the Research Pa-

per Presentation winners

are Distribution of the

Freshwater Prawn (Mac-

robrachium Bate, 1868) in

Catubig River, Northern

Samar, Philippines for the

prize and the researchers

are Gabona, S.F., Salva-

dor, R.C., Salvador, A.A.,

Calumpiano, A.O;second

place was awarded to So-cio-economic and Market-

ing Aspects of Freshwater

Prawn Industry in North-

ern Mindanao: The Case of

Misasmis Occidental, Phil-

ippines research paper of

Celso Tautho, Gemma M.

Guigue and Yolanda Tau-

tho

Productivity and Cost

Analysis of Tilapia (Oreo-

chromis niloticus) and

Freshwater Prawn (Mac-

robrachium rosenbergii)

Stocked in a Poly-culture

System in Bontoc, Southern

Leyte was awarded with

3rd place.

In the Scientic Post-

er Presentation winners

The Effect of Salinity on

Growth, Survival and Fe-

cundity of Giant Freshwa-

ter Prawn a research of

Son, L.P., Huong, H.K., To,

T.T.H., Huong, D.T., and

Hai, T.N. from Vietman in

rst place.

Growth Performanceof Freshwater Prawn

(Macrobrachium rosenber-

gii) Fed with Trash Fish

(Sardinelle sp.) and Com-

mercial Pellets for sec-

ond place and submit by

Mary Jesselle J. Arrisgado,

Marilou M. Ediza and Cel-

so C. Tautho

Third place was award-

ed to Effects of Using Dif-

ferent Feeding Substrate in

the Production of Freshwa-

ter Prawn (Macrobrachium

rosenbergii) by Grace

Mary G. Reyes, Oligario

C. Adesna, Lamberto N.

Badeo and Maria Fe No-

vere C. Evangelio.

Opina added that with

the activity that was spear-

headed by their school, the

Commission on Higher

Education had provided

them additional support as

their school now focuses to

a specialization that needs

to be supported not only

by the government but bythe private sector as well.(ROEL AMAZONA)

can hold

their birth-

day parties,

w e d d i n g

parties, an-

niversary,

and reun-

ions. This

is for the

exclusive

use of the

homeown-

ers, Gar-

cia added.

Putting


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3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressFriday, 18 January 2013 NEWS

TACLOBAN CITY

Members of the city coun-

cil are asking the City Hall

why they are planning to

privatize the operation of

maintenance of streetlights

in the city.But the bigger

question that members of

the minority bloc in the

council is why they were

not given the copy of theterm of agreement(TOA)

of said plan.

In their session this

week, Councilors Jerry

Yaokasin, Jerry Uy and Bi-

anco Mate, had questioned

this action of the City Hall

citing that there should be

TACLOBAN CITY

The plan of the

city government of

Tacloban to implement

a scholarship program

for indigent students of

the city is a noble act.

However, the city

government should

clarify first who should

avail of said program

and the process of its

availment to include the

list of courses they cantake in college.

The implementa-

tion of said scholarship

program in partnership

with a private college

institution has noth-

ing to be worried, as

City dads question plan to privatizemaintenance o acloban streetlights

a prior feasibility study,

if other local government

units had been implement-

ing such kind of agreement

and stressed that the copy

of the TOA must be pro-

vided to them before they

approve it.

No agreement, draft

contract, recommendation

paper, studies or whateverpaper was shown to us for

our perusal, Councilor Uy

complained.

How can we effec-

tively discuss or deliberate

on this matter without any

documents? he added.

This case had been go-

ing on in the city council of

Tacloban since the start of

their term.

Privatization or out-

sourcing of ofce work

is good as other big com-

panies are already doing

it, according to Councilor

Yaokasin, but the problem

is this plan of the city gov-

ernment seems not studiedwell.

Yaokasin for his part

added that people might

also raise questions if this

plan of the City Hall will

become effective as when it

implemented privatization

City dad opines it is better for

Tacloban to have a city collegelong as everything arecleared before it is im-

plemented, Councilor

Jerry Yaokasin said.

The city government

had partnered with

Asian Development

Foundation College in

this project.

He added that the

city government used

to have an scholarship

program in partnership

with Leyte Normal Uni-versity but it was tem-

porarily stopped by the

previous administra-

tion.

ADFC president Ed-

ward Chua when asked

about the scholarship

program of the city be-

ing the partner of the

city government ex-

plains that all residents

of Tacloban can avail

said program.

But they need to un-

dergo screening process

from the committee

form for this matter, he

said.

He added that each

applicant must also pro-

vide or submit certifi-cate of indigency duly

certified by the baran-

gay chairman.

Moreover, aside

from implementing

scholarship program, it

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SAN Juan Rep. JVEjercito Estrada warnedthat the reduction of

power supply to areas inMindanao could cripplemanufacturers and otherlocal business establish-ments in the region.

Ejercito Estrada madethe statement followingreports that ZamboangaCity will soon experi-ence three-hour brown-outs due to the decision

of state-run NationalPower Corp. (Napocor)to reduce power supplyin the city by 10 mega-watts (MW).

Other areas in Mind-anao may soon suffer thesame fate as power sup-

ply in the region was cutby 189 MW as of Jan.

JV: Lower power supply tohurt Mindanao businesses

10, according to the Na-tional Grid of Corp. ofthe Philippines.

Power outages willlower the productivityof local businesses andharm Mindanaos econo-my. These power outagesare denitely an injusticeto businessmen and con-sumers alike, the younglawmaker said.

Ejercito Estrada ech-oed the fear of Mind-

anao businessmen thatthe power situation inthe entire region couldget worse when sardinesmanufacturers resumefull operations in Marchfollowing the lifting of athree-month ban on sar-dines shing imposed

by the government in the

Zamboanga Peninsula.Mindanaoans are

now reeling from thefailure of the govern-ment to act on the powercrisis two years ago,when the problem waseasier to solve. The gov-ernment wasted precioustime, he said.

The San Juan solonreiterated his call for theimmediate rehabilita-tion of the Agus Pulangi

facility which suppliesmore than half of Mind-anaos power supply.The two hydro damsare currently producingonly 635 MW of its 982MW capacity due to theheavily-silted rivers ofthe facility.

Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada with Vice President Jejomar Binay, other UNA senatorial can-

didates and employees of Batangas City during a courtesy call to Batangas Governor

Vilma Santos-Recto with Senator Ralph Recto.

University o San Carlos.Awarded third runner-up isrish Estuart, a BS InteriorDesign student rom Uni-versity o San Carlos. Te21-year-old Ely Rose AppleAngcon is ourth runner-up

and Kapamilya Star o theNight.

Meanwhile, Miss Photo-genic by NGenius went toMarivee Ann Velasquez, aBS Psychology student romCebu Normal University.Miss Friendship by Water-ront was won by 22-year-old BS Architecture studentJehanne Frances Dy. Shewent home with P10,000.

Te 29th year o MissCebu -- one o the high-lights o the annual SinulogFestival celebration -- was

held at the Pacic GrandBallroom o WaterrontCebu City Hotel and Ca-sino. (SUNNEX)

Murjani was also award-ed the Best in EveningGown and Miss Megaworld.Her gown designer is CarrieSantiago.

Te nal question askedto the top ve nalists: I

you were to be the thirdlady president o the Philip-pines, what will you do inthe next 100 days?

Te newly-crownedMiss Cebu 2013 said shewants to make a dierencein the lives o streetchildren.

Miss Cebu 1st runner-up Terese Llamada, onthe other hand, received acash prize o P40,000 andtrips to Hong Kong, and theHoly Land, while the otherrunner-ups will bring homeP30,000, aside rom the

other prizes.Te 2nd runner-up is

Maria Gigante, a BS Phi-losophy student rom the

CEBU CIY -- Ms.Namrata Neesh Murjaniwas crowned Miss Cebu2013 Wednesday night,besting 11 other candi-dates competing or thetitle.

As Ms. Cebu 2013,Murjani won P60,000; tripsto Hong Kong, Europe, LasVegas and the Holy Land;and overnight stay at Har-olds Hotel, Crimson Resortand Spa, Marriot Cebu CityHotel, and Marco Polo Pla-za Hotel.

Murjani, a 19-year-oldBiology student rom theCebu Doctors Universitywho is also celebrating herbirthday today, will alsobe taking home a digi-tal camera and was also

awarded with voice andstage perormance lessonscourtesy o the Center orPop Music.

Murjani crowned Miss Cebu 2013

respective legislators can de-termine.

Pursuant to the Consti-tution, an said the GeneralAppropriations Act 2012authorizes both the Sen-ate President and the HouseSpeaker to augment anyitem in the general appropri-ations law or their respectiveoces rom any savings in

other items o their respec-tive appropriations.

Santiago said she eltvery disappointed and rus-trated at the statement othe COA chair.

I she said that, thenshe may have overlookedthe constitutional provisionson due process and equalprotection. I hope she didnot mean that COA rules

vest unlimited discretion onevery head o oce. Everydiscretionary use o budgetunds is always limited byconstitutional provisions,she said.

I am required by law toobserve the principle o ex-haustion o administrativeremedies. Tis means thatrst I have to go to the COA,and request or a study andreport on the issue o consti-tutionality. I the COA opin-ion diers rom mine, onlythen will I be allowed to lea court case. I not, the court

will dismiss my petition, shesaid.

Last week, Enrile report-edly distributed P1.6 millionto his colleagues in the Senateas additional maintenanceand other operating expenses(MOOE). Four senators, per-ceived as the Senate leaderscritics, however, did not re-ceive the said amount.

In a press statement,COA chairperson Grace Pu-lido-an said there is noth-ing irregular with Enrilesuse o the Senate savings andwhether or not it was usedexcessively is somethingonly the constituents o the

SENAOR Miriam De-ensor-Santiago said sheplans to bring the issue odiscretionary spending bysome government oicialso their oices savings tothe Supreme Court (SC)ollowing a latest contro-

versy involvi ng SenatePresident Juan Ponce En-rile.

Santiago earlier claimedthat Enrile gave her lastDecember a P250,000cheque as her oices ad-ditional expenses. She,however, rejected it and re-turned the cheque to Enrileas she believed that it waspart o the Senate Presi-dents Christmas bonusesto senators.

Santiago then requestedthe Commission on Audit(COA) to investigate thesupposed abuse o govern-ments savings. She said shewould wait or the report oCOA on the inquiry she sentlast January 10.

Santiago mulls bringing cash gi issue to SC


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Leyte Samar Daily Express OPINION Friday, 18 January 2013

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EDITORIAL

Going for the next anti-life,

anti-family bill

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Leyte Samar

Shootout or love of money

to page 6

to page 5

Ormoc Upside

Down

FIDEL D. BANZON

It is no longer rare to hear in-

cidents tainted with doubts as real

cause of killings with law enforc-

ers were involved.

Does the use of excessive force

justify the bloodshed?

The recent Atimonan butchery

cast distrust to check point instal-

lations. Travellers now fear the

bad or the so-called misguided

elements will take the opportu-nity of installing their own check

points.

The Atimonan slaughter may

have given crooked persons the

idea on how to conduct a false

check point. As it happened in the

said incident, three check points

were established. Assassinated

Shootout or love of money

Atimonan 13 puzzled many for police killing police.

Who are the good or bad guys?

Vic Siman passed the rst

check point without having

been stopped or checked.

At the second check point

the alleged shootout occur.

Had the convoy escaped the

second check point, there

was a third check point to

block.

From the well planned

positioning of the check

points, it teaches the bad

elements how to do it, es-

pecially in the mountainous

ranges of the Quezon and

Bicol region.

Reports included two

cars following the convoy

turned back. If it is true

why the rst check point

was not able to stop the

cars? If really true the law

enforcers manning the rst

check point have to do an

explanation.

The ndings it was not

a shootout, the more trav-

ellers have reasons to fear.How can travellers be con-

dent that a check point

with police or military uni-

formed men are really le-

gitimate?

It may be expensive for

ot only was the moment anticipated to hap-

pen after the RH bill would be passed into

law, many feared that it would make legisla-

tors bolder to work on other anti-life bills. They were

right as there is buzz that the lower house is again

intent on discussing the divorce bill before it goes into

recess. Most Filipinos fear that the moral ber of thepeople would decline and deteriorate.

The controversial divorce bill is aunted for discus-

sion and could be the possible barometer to determine

how well it sits with the rest of the lawmakers. The

lower house could be inhabited with lonely people in

dysfunctional relationships that the only way out for

them could be dissolution of marriage.

Such option further deteriorates the strength of

families. It results to insecurity, misgiving and lack

of condence among youngsters. Ultimately, it is the

children who become victims of the parents fail-

ings to settle problems responsively. The separa-

tion of parents robs children of the joy of being

part of a family. It makes them timid, apprehen-

sive and doubtful.

In Philippine society, individuals and families

are not ready to embrace the challenge of separa-tion from long-term relationships. The bitterness,

pain, stigma and fear that result from divorce is

something strange and part of the blind spot of

Filipinos. Most often, there are better options to

incompatibility and differences than dissolution

of marriage. The returns far outweigh liabilities.

Marriage is made between consenting adults. Ex-

cept in very young marriages, both parties in mar-

riage know what they are entering into. They are


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Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINIONFriday, 18 January 2013

Prayer for the Nation and

for Those who Serve inPublic Office

God, our Father, you guide every thing

in wisdom and love. Accept the prayers weoffer for our nation; by the wisdom of our

leaders and integrity of our citizens, may

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

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

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

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

Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with

you and the Holy Spirit, one God, foreverand ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughters

of St. Paul)

Pray the Holy Rosary daily for

world peace and conversion of sinners

(The family that prays together stays together)

January 18, 2013 -Friday of the First Week in OT

Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 78; Mk 2:1-12

THE HEALING OF A PARALYTIC

When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it becameknown that he was at home. Many gathered together so that there wasno longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preachedthe word to them. They came bringing to him a paralytic ca rried by fourmen. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up theroof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the maton which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said tothe paralytic, Child, your sins are forgiven. Now some of the scribeswere sitting there asking themselves, Why does this man speak thatway? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins? Jesusimmediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves,so he said, Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? Which iseasier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven, or to say, Rise,pick up your mat and walk? But that you may know that the Son ofMan has authority to forgive sins on earth he said to the paralytic,I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home. He rose, pickedup his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They wereall astounded and gloried God, saying, We have never seen anythinglike this.

FORGIVENESS IS POSSIBLE

You can forgive sins. You have been given compete authority toforgive. That Son of Man title Jesus uses in the gospel stories refersto himself as a representative of all people. Just as Jesus forgave in thename if God and demonstrated that forgiveness by healing the aficted,so do we forgive in the name of the human race and demonstrate thatforgiveness by our actions. But forgiveness rarely comes easy. Jesusagonized over his ultimate and eternal act of forgiveness and suf-fered through the process. So do we. Sometimes our forgiving comesthrough years of trying. But without trying, it is not accomplished. And

for us to walk with Jesus, we are called to forgive as we have beenforgiven. Our Father in heaven: forgive us as we forgive one another.Give me the grace and mercy I need today to share your love with oth-ers by forgiving them as you have forgiven me. At the end of this day,make a list of all the people who needed your forgiveness and checkthe ones who actually got it. How did you do? (Between Sundays byPaul Boudreau, published by Paulines. Visit us at www.paulines.ph orat Paulines Media Center, Real St., Tacloban City. Tel. #321-3195)

Sowers thought: Intelligence is the most wonderful gift that Godhas given to us. Yet it is the gift that is wasted the most. BlessedJames Alberione, Founder of the Pauline Family

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The Sower

The gun ban issue

Teach the Parent, Let the Child Play

Going...from page 4

From ADistance

joey e. clarin

Of Cabbages

& Kings...dr. nila l. filamor

Total gun ban is not a

good response to the spate

of gun-related violence in

our country. It is good that

President Aquino spoke

against a total gun ban. The

real problem we have today

is that there are just too

many loose rearms, about

800,000 due to illegal gun

manufacturers and smug-

glers with gun running

syndicates even reportedly

handled by policemen.

What we need is strictimplementation of gun

ownership requirement that

include drug test and neuro-

psychiatric examinations

and stiffer penalties for il-

legal position of rearms.

Holders of non licensed

rearms are more prone to

use them because there are

no ballistic records trace-

able to them and the guns

can be thrown away after

illegal use.

In contrast, a holder of

licensed rearm constraint

to use his gun responsibly

and avoid its getting in-

volved on any crime and

violent incident. The better

approach is to tight require-

ments for possession of

rearms and seized for non

licensed rearms regardlessof who holds them.

Lawless elements would

be the beneciary if we im-

pose total gun ban. Every

responsible, law-abiding

citizen should not be de-

prived of his right to protect

himself and his family.

At least 15 provinces in

the country are currently

on watch-list as 2013 elec-

tion period ofcially started

Sunday, January 13. Ac-

cording to a report from

Manila Standard Today, the

PNP and COMELEC iden-

tied a total of 889 elec-

tion hot spots or election

watch-list areas in 15 prov-

inces.

Senior Supt. Nestor Ber-

gonia, Secure and Fair Elec-

tions (SAFE) Task force

head said: Most of the

hot spots were found in

Ilocos region covering 106

areas, followed by East-

ern Visayas with 88; and

the Autonomous Region

in Muslim Mindanao with

83. Other hot spotswere

Central Luzon with 76, Bi-

col 75, Central Visayas, 74,

Cagayan Valley, 69, Soc-

csksargen, 45, Miraropa

and Western Visayas, 39,

CAR 38, CALABARZON,

36, Northern Mindanao, 33,

Zamboanga Peninsula, 28

and CARAGA, 26. The Na-

tional Capital Region has

six.

Tagged as high-risk

areas were Abra, Pangasi-

nan, Cagayan, Ilocos Sur,

La Union, Pampanga, Nue-

va Ecija, Batangas, Cavite,

Masbate, Samar, Misamis

Occidental, Maguindanao,

Lanao del Sur and Basilan.

However the most chill-

ing part in the report is on

the PNP identifying ARMM

having the most number

of loose rearms with 7,

830, followed by Eastern

Visayas with 4, 050. Oth-

ers include Sosccskargen,

3,790; Northern Mindanao

with 2,010; Davao Regionwith 1,280; Bicol Region

with 1,200; Central Luzon

III with 1,180; NCR with

340; Calabarzon, 480; Ca-

Musing

Maasinronald o. reyes

The most dangerous time

of the year has begun

gayan Valley and MIMA-

ROPA with 640 each; and

Ilocos Region, 680.

With this ofcial report

on loose rearms to date, I

would say that election-re-

lated death and violence are

not very away (again). In

fact, a vice-mayor candi-

date in North Cotabato was

shot to death January 11

even before the ofcial day

of election period started.

We havent changed.

(Comments at nal-

[email protected])

As a parent, what didI commit to be my NewYears resolution? Refect-ing, I am ashamed to admitthat I have been bribing mychildren or any good be-havior.

Clean our room thisweekend, I will give you ad-ditional pesos. I you begood in church, well dropby at the mall. And manymore. What a nagging chal-lenge in parenting.

eaching and acilitatingOrganizational Behavior,I doubt i doing so all thetime would be eective. Ihave my doubts. In the 60s,Edward Deci, then a psy-chology graduate studentshowed that when exter-nal rewards are given, sub-jects lose intrinsic interestor the activity. Te maindownside: People perorm

the task merely to get thereward; when the reward isremoved, they stop doing it.

So I got it: bribing canbe dreadul. And yet we, re-sort to this strategy with ap-palling regularity. Here aresome suggested interven-tions: talk over, do it play-ully, instant rewards likepraising and serving addi-tional snacks or brownies.

Even with children andadults, we need to sit downand discuss that the be-havior is intolerable. Withmoney and resources, itwould be very easy to getthings done our way, butor how long? Te changedbehavior will be temporary,the reward will be stagger-ing and will reach a tippingpoint. Children and adultshave all child buttons.Hence, superlative words

like very mad at you, youmust, you should, or elsewill not convey the rightmessage to a childs mind.

Hence, how about do-ing things playully. I haveresorted to mobilizing mymembers via the competi-tive way. Te rst to ac-complish will get a reward.I am quite successul inthis game. Even taking ashower is time-pressuredespecially during morningswhen the need is at its peak.Tis has helped Noelle whotakes eternity inside therestroom. I have correctedthis behavior, at least. AndNoelle eels better this way

than being bullied or beinga slow oot . In other words,compliance is a choice. Teeeling that one makes anindependent choice is muchbetter than orced choice orthe illusion o choice. Lest Iorget, let us not reward allthe time, it may turn into aeeling o entitlement andwere in trouble.

While my New Yearsresolution starts to get bet-ter results rom my chil-dren, the real person I needto re-train is my very sel.

aware that the union is

a journey that is full of

uncertainties; neverthe-

less they pledge undying

life together for richer

or poorer, in sickness

and in health . . . because

they are both aware that

Earthly life is just like

that a journey.

The divorce bill hasbeen anticipated to fol-

low the RH Bill. It will

not stop here, legisla-

tors will continue with

same-sex marriages and

Euthanasia or mercy-

killing, anti-life moves

that are the in thing

of the modern world.

People and families no

longer want to sacrice

for their love ones.

The era has come when

it is better to drop,

throw or change thingsrather than mending

them. People have less-

er patience now that no

one wants to x or patch

things up. Buying or ac-

quiring new ones is easi-

er. Such values manifest

how we treat family life,

marriage, relationship

and friendship. When

the other has lost the

glow, magic, and worth,

it is better and easier to

just change partner.

It is hoped that our

legislators and social sci-

entists will delve deeper

on the meaning of life,love and sacrice. And

unlike what they did

with the RH Bill, they

will nd it in their hearts

to be honest and true in

considering the morality

of the issue.


6/8

6 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS/NOTICES Friday, 18 January 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVERNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Patria Glorioso Labalan

extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of residen-

tial lot situated at Brgy. Minda, Gandara, Samar, under ARP No. 2003-06-

029-00232, Lot No. 32, CAD 444-D, with an area of 777 square meters.

That heir Pablo E. Labalan hereby waived his share unto his children in

equal shares from the above-described property; per Doc. No. 868, Page No.

175, Book No. VI, Series of 2005 of Notary Public Atty. Alfredo Delector.

LSDE: January 4, 11 & 18, 2013

AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM WITH WAIVERNOTICE is hereby given that Ciriaca Dacutanan-Pacios heir of late

Pacencia L. Dacutanan executed an afdavit of claim over a Savings De-

posit Account with the Philippine Veterans Bank, Tacloban City Branch,

under Savings Account No. 0025-337656-110 with a balance of P23,545.72

and hereby request the Philippine Veterans Bank, Tacloban City to release

the balance of said deposit in favor of Felicidad Pacios; per Doc. No. 136,

Page No. 09, Book No. 164, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Medino

L. Acuba. LSDE: January 4, 11 & 18, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Espericion D. Mela-

do and Leonisa Claros-Melado extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adju-

dicated over parcel of land covered under ARP No. 05-005-00025, PIN No.

036-05-005-01-011, situated at Brgy. Astorga, Darama, Samar, consisting

of 193 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor

of Luzviminda G. De Luna as vendee for the above-described property; per

Doc. No. 76, Page No. 17, Book No. 132, Series of 2011 of Notary Public

Atty. Medino L. Acuba. LSDE: January 11, 18 & 25, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF BANK DEPOSITNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Elena Enabore-Antivo

namely: Rodel Enabore Suplente, Ricky Enabore Suplente and Rosalie

Suplente-Cinco extrajudicially settled and adjudicated over a Bank Deposit

at the Land Bank of the Philippines, Tacloban City with an account No.

0181-3572-90; per Doc. No. 229, Page No. 21, Book No. III, Series of 2012

of Notary Public Atty. Prisca Regero-Malate.LSDE: January 11, 18 & 25, 2013

Republic of the Philippines

City Government of Calbayog

CITY COMMITTEE ON AWARDS

Calbayog City

INVITATION TO BID

The CITY GOVERNMENT OF CALBAYOG through its CITY COMMITTEE ON

AWARDS (CCA) invites interested bidders to apply and submit SEALED BIDS for the

lease of City Government Property, hereunder described, to be held on February 7, 2013, at

the City Mayors Conference Room, this City.

A portion of Lot 2251-B with Tax Declaration No. 99-01006-00899 containing a total

area of 2,422.59 sq. m. situated along Magsaysay Blvd., Brgy. East Awang, Calbayog City.

The portion which is the subject of this BID contains an area of 2,090 sq.m., more or

less.

FLOOR PRICE : Eight Pesos (Php 8.00) per square meter per month.

Bidding documents will be available to interested bidders upon submission of Letter of

Intent and payment of a non-refundable fee of Fifteen Thousand Pesos (Php 15,000.00)

with the CCA Secretariat, LGU Calbayog City from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. from Janu-

ary 21 to February 5, 2013.

All BIDS must be accompanied with a proposal for the relocation of existing structures

on said lot at winning bidders expense. For purposes of clarifying this and other issues,

interested bidders are encouraged to attend the PRE-BID CONFERENCE as scheduled

on January 30, 2013, at the City Mayors Ofce Conference Room.

All BIDS must be submitted on or before 10:00 A.M. on February 7, 2013, at the City

Mayors Ofce Conference Room accompanied by Bid Security in the form of Cash or

Cashiers/Managers Check issued by a Universal or Commercial Bank equivalent to the

sum ofTwo (2) months proposed monthly rental.

The CITY GOVERNMENT OF CALBAYOG reserves the right to accept or reject

any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract

award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

(Sgd.) RONALDO P. AQUINO, CPA

City Mayor

CCA ChairmanLSDE: January 18 & 25, 2013

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL

SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER &

QUITCLAIMNOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of the late Leona Bautista ex-

trajudicially settled, partitioned and

adjudicated over a parcel of land,

Lot No. 5503, Pls-788, situated at

Brgy. Tabo, Dulag, Leyte, contain-

ing an area of 567 square meters,

covered by O.C.T. No. P-27118.

That heirs hereby waive their rights

and quitclaim in favor of co-heir/

brother Quiterio B. Yu; per Doc.

No. 990, Page No. 68, Book No.

II, Series of 2006 of Notary Public

Atty. George Linde Almaden.

LSDE: January 18 , 25 & & Feb.

1, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTSNOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of the late Dominador G. Mag-

dua extrajudicially settled, parti-

tioned and adjudicated the one-half

(1/2) conjugal share of a parcel of

land, Lot No. 16985 (1320-A), lo-

cated at San Roque, Tanauan, Leyte,

covered by Tax Dec. No. 38005-

00049-R13, containing an area of

203 square meters, more or less.

That heirs hereby waive their rights

and quitclaim in favor of Rosario A.

Magdua the above-described prop-

erty including the improvement

thereon; per Doc. No. 415, Page No.

83, Book No. 13, Series of 2012 of

Notary Public Atty. Samuel C. La-

gunzad.


1, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE A PORTIONNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Guillermo Aldiano

Taripe and Maxima Pelagia-Taripe extrajudicially settled, partitioned and

adjudicated over a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Apale, Isabel, Leyte, des-

ignated as Survey No. 4301, covered by Tax Dec. No. 17-0005-00297-R13,

containing an area of 8,360 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was

executed in favor of Sps. Alpie Teves Elesorio and Aileen Ignacio-Elesorio

as vendees for a portion of 375 square meters from the above-described

property together with the existing improvement thereon; per Doc. No. 01,

Page No. 01, Book No. XXXV, Series of 2007 of Notary Public Atty. Wilma

Cordeo-Matuguina.

LSDE: January 18 , 25 & & Feb. 1, 2013

AMENDED EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

WITH CONFIRMATION OF SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Crisanta Costelo execut-

ed an amended Extrajudicial Settlement over a parcel of land, Lot 1905,

Case 42, Cad 519-D, situated at Brgy. San Juan, Palompon, Leyte, contain-

ing an area of 4,850 square meters, more or less, covered by O.C.T. No.

P-29336. A portion of 200 square meters was sold in favor of Annabelle C.

Pepito and another sale was made in favor of 639 square meters from the

above-described property and heirs hereby conrmed said sale; per Doc.

no. 478, Page No. 96, Book No. LIV, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.

Edwin Y. Chua. LSDE: January 18 , 25 & & Feb. 1, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION

WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that

heirs of the late Luz M. Mausisa-

Sudario extrajudicially settled, par-

titioned and adjudicated over one-

half (1/2) conjugal share of a parcel

of land, Lot No. 10, Block 3, situat-

ed in Brgy. Marcos, Municipality of

Baybay, Leyte, containing an area

of 180 square meters, more or less,

covered by T.C.T. No. T-33698. A

Deed of Sale was executed in favor

of Sps. Anatolio N. Polinar and Jo-

hanna G. Polinar as vendee for theabove-described property including

the other one-half share of conjugal

share of husband; per Doc. No. 183,

Page no. 37, Book No. XXXI, Se-

ries of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.

Eden B. Chavez-Butawan.


1, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Dionisio Bandalan extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adju-

dicated over 3 parce ls of land situated at Brgy. Cogon, Baybay City, Leyte described as: Parcel 1, Lot 3917-B-1-D,

Psd-08-021811-D, covered by T.C.T. No. T-32223 with an area of 200 square meters, more or less; Parcel 2, Lot

3917-B-1-E, Psd-08-021811-D, covered by T.C.T. No. T-32223 with an area of 164 square meters, more or less;

Parcel 3, Lot No. 3917-B-1-F, Psd-08-021811-D, covered by T.C.T. No. T-32223, containing an area of 160 square

meters, more or less. The whole area of subject Lot is 3,157 square meters, covered by T.C.T. No. T-32223 and

subdivided into lots; per Doc. No. 1838, Page No. 42, Book No. 94, Series of 2011 of Notary Public Atty. Jesus V.

Palermo. LSDE: January 18 , 25 & & Feb. 1, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH WAIVER

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Restituto P. Galenzogaextrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land,

Lot No. 1, Ccs-08-000108-D, situated in the Poblacion, Municipality of

Baybay, Leyte, containing an area of 308 square meters, more or less, bear-

ing O.C.T. No. P-42505. That heirs hereby waive all their rights, interest,

participation of the above-described property in favor of their mother Flo-

rdelina D. Galenzoga; per Doc. No. 315, Page No. 63, Book No. XXIX,

Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Eden B. Chavez-Butawan.

LSDE: January 18 , 25 & & Feb. 1, 2013

the government to spend

for fuel for police vehi-

cles to conduct mobile

patrol along the Maha-

rlika highway, but that

is only the way how to

e sure the check points

are legitimate. To protecttravellers from becom-

ing victims of highway

robbery there is no alter-

native for the Philippine

National Police, but to

have mobile patrols to

manage the security.

Check point should

not be in isolated area,

though, it should have a

distance from the near-

est habitation, in case an

Shootout...from page 4

encounter occur, no inno-

cent one may be harmed.

The safety of non-com-

batants should be the con-

cern of law enforcers.

While the report on

the Atimonan 13 incident

has not yet been ofcially

released, perception that

money is the cause. Could

it not be possible the car

that turned back had the

tipster of million pesos

carried by Siman? If the

ndings of the fact nd-

ers conrmed to be true,

it is the worst part of his-

tory involving policemen

killing policemen.

I had been in the law

enforcement institution;

hence, I pity those in-

volved in the unforeseen

event, those killed and the

killers.

In a book titled In-

sight of the Scriptures

published by Watchtower

Society, states: Mon-

ey provides a defense

against poverty and its at-

tendant troubles, enabling

persons to procure both

necessities and luxuries.

- Insight, Volume 2, pp.

426-428

From the same book

in pages 804-806, states:

For the love of money is

a root of all sorts of injuri-

ous things, and by reach-

ing out for this love some

have been led astray from

the faith and have stabbed

themselves all over with

many pains.

See how money be-

comes injurious? It is the

love of it that causes in-jury. (Feedback welcome,

[email protected])

Embalsado said.

We will follow the order

just like good soldiers. Any-

way, we will take our new as-

signments as a sort of a vaca-

tion, Embalsado said, trying

to take the order from their

central ofce light.

The reassignments of allelections ofcials in the re-

gion as well as in other regions

would take effect starting this

Monday and is to end by June

12, 2013.

Embalsado said that the

movement of Comelec of-

cials in the country is to en-

sure that the conduct of the

May 2013 elections would be

credible.

It is meant to make the

conduct of elections to be more

credible. We cannot avoid

public perception that due to

familiarity of election ofcials

and the candidates, the result(of the balloting) would be af-

fected, Embalsado said.

It was learned that the cur-

rent elections supervisor of

Leyte, Sabino Mejarito, would

be assigned to Biliran whose

current provincial elections

supervisor, Richard Japzon

would take his place.

Meantime, the elections

supervisor of Southern Leyte,

Antonio Gulay, Jr., would take

the place of Andrew Bido who

is the current provincial elec-

tions supervisor of Northern

Samar.

Bido would take the post to

be vacated of Gulay.Samar provincial elections

supervisor, Ma. Corazon Mon-

tallana, would be reassigned

to Eastern Samar. The current

provincial elections supervisor

of Eastern Samar, Juan Bautis-

ta Beato, would take Montal-

lanas post.

Samar, of all the six prov-

inces of the region, is consid-

ered to be an area of concern

or a priority area due to oc-

currence of elections-related

violence and the presence of

partisan armed groups and

even the rebel group, the New

Peoples Army.Here in Tacloban, its pre-

sent city elections ofcer,

Rosemarie Polistico, would

be reassigned to Ormoc City

whose current elections of-

cial, Karen Cahipo, would be

assign here in the city.

Reshufe...from page 1

on garbage collection theyd

experience problem on it rst

implementation.

People might ask if who

will take care if problem like,

barangay will request for ad-

ditional street light, who will

install them, this question

should be provided in the

Term of Agreement, said

Yaokasin.

He added that there

should be an inventory if

how many street lights are

there in the city of Tacloban

and how many are to be cov-

ered by these privatization.

Councilor Mate asked the

main proponent of the reso-

lution when it was tackled

at city council if there was a

feasibility study made before

it is to be implemented in the

city.

With this objection frommembers of the city council,

majority oor leader and the

main proponent of said reso-

lution Edwin Chua withdrew

his motion and promised the

city council to provide rst

the copy of the TOA. (ROEL

AMAZONA)

City dads...from page 3


7/8

7Leyte Samar Daily ExpressFriday, 18 January 2013 NEWS

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DILG 8 assistant regional director Arnel Agabe (front)

welcome members of the Multi-Sectoral Advisory Council

(MSAC) 1st Quarter Meeting at the DILG regional ofce,

Tacloban City, January 17. (Vino R. Cuayzon)

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

& CommunicationsLand Transportation Franchising

& Regulatory BoardRegional Ofce No. 8

Tacloban City

LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2010-0706

Application for Extension of Validity of a CPC

operate a FILCAB service with Prayer to AdoptTrade/Business Name

VICTORIA SANITA

Applicant/s/Petitionerx.............................x

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPCTO OPERATE A FILCAB SERVICE FOR THETRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBANCITY-ST. PAULS-CAMPETIC & VICEVERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNITWHICH CERTIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ONSEPTEMBER 30, 2013.

IN THE PRESENT APPLICATION,APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY TOEXTEND THE VALIDITY OF A CPC USINGTHE SAME NO. OF UNIT AND ROUTE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATTHIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BYTHIS BOARD ON JANUARY 28, 2013 AT9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDRESS.

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

Parties opposed to the approval of the ap-plication must le veried written oppositionsupported by documentary evidences on or

before the above date furnishing a copy of thesame to the applicant, and may if they so desire,appear on said date and time.

This application shall be acted upon by theBoard on the basis of its records and the docu-mentary evidences submitted by parties underthe board deems it necessary to receive addi-tional documentary or testimonial evidences.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE RE-GIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPU-DIN, this 14th day of January 2013.

(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOClerk of Board

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

& CommunicationsLand Transportation Franchising

& Regulatory BoardRegional Ofce No. 8

Tacloban City

LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2013-0027Ref. No. VIII-2003-0285

Application for Sale & Transfer of a CPC oper-ate a PUJ service with Extension of Validity&with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name.

JERICHO BROSAS-VENDOR

VICTORIA SANITA-VENDEE

Applicant/s/Petitionerx.............................x

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITYFOR THE APPROVAL OF SALE MADE BYJERICHO BROSAS IN FAVOR OF VICTO-RIA SANITA OF A CPC FOR THE TRANS-PORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN-BLISS VIA CALANIPAWAN & VICE VER-SA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT A PUJSERVICE WHICH CERTIFICATE IS STILLVALID AND SUBSISTING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATTHIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BYTHIS BOARD ON JANUARY 28, 2013 AT9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDRESS.

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

Eastern Visayas.Parties opposed to the approval of the

application must le veried written opposi-tion supported by documentary evidences on or

before the above date furnishing a copy of thesame to the applicant, and may if they so desire,appear on said date and time.

This application shall be acted upon bythe Board on the basis of its records and thedocumentary evidences submitted by partiesunder the board deems it necessary to receiveadditional documentary or testimonial evi-dences.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE RE-GIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPU-DIN, this 14th day of January 2013.

(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOClerk of Board

arong is a oating structure

topped with coconut fronds

or some other materials that

attract sh to stay under it.

Payao can be set both in

shallow water and deep sea

areas.

This help was givenby the city government

to encourage those illegal

fishers to stop their ille-

gal fishing activities that

destroys the fish industry.

They are expected to do

their part in giving care

and attention for the bet-

terment of the fish indus-

try in Calbayog. This is

also one step for the res-

toration of what was once

the good fishing industry

of Calbayog City.

In his message, Mayor

Aquino asked the fish-er folks to ponder as to

where the fish of Cal-

bayog has gone. He also

noted that 20 years ago,

Calbayog City was the

number one supplier of

fish for Manila. 20% came

from the other parts of the

Philippines and 80% from

Calbayog. He also left a

very promising statement

that he would help the

small fisher folks in every

way he can. He also men-

tioned that in 2013, the lo-

cal government will givea 1.5 million-peso budget

for the purchase of boats

and a long nylon line

with multiple fish hooks,

an implement locally re-

ferred to as kitang that

will be given to the small

fisher folks that would be

a great help in their liveli-

hood.(FIDEL C. CAGOMOC)

The Payao...from page 1

to ensure the mining in-

dustrys contribution to the

countrys sustainable devel-

opment, adoption of inter-

national best practices and

promote good governance

and integrity in the sector,

and ensure the protection of

the environment by adopting

technically and scientically

sound methods as well as in-

digenous best practices, En-

somo said.

Ensomo added MGB also

wants to ensure the consist-

ency of local issuances with

the Constitution and national

laws, including a fair, ad-

equate and equitable shared

economic benet for the

country and the people, and

deliver efcient and effective

management of the mining

sector.

MGB is waiting for theassessment reports of the

Department of Tourism

(DOT), Department of Ag-

riculture (DA), Department

of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

and DENR. These agencies

were tasked to assess tourism

development areas identi-

ed not only in the National

Tourism Development Plan

but also in local development

plans; protected areas estab-

lished under the RA 7586

(National Integrated Pro-

tected Areas System); prime

agricultural lands, lands

covered by RA 6657 (Com-prehensive Agrarian Reform

Law as amended), planta-

tions and areas devoted to

valuable crops, and strategic

agriculture and sheries de-

velopment zones and sh ref-

uge and sanctuaries declared

as such by the Department of

Agriculture; and other criti-

cal areas, island ecosystems

and impact areas of mining

that the DENR may identify

pursuant to existing laws,

rules and regulations.

As for small-scale min-

ing, Ensomo said that this

shall be governed by RA

7076 or the Peoples Small-

Scale Mining Act of 1991.

Small-scale mining activities

shall also be conducted only

in areas declared as Mina-

hang Bayan by the DENR.(REYAN L. ARINTO)

MGB...from page 1

TACLOBAN CITY Aresolution addressed to the

Department of Transporta-

tion and Communication

(DOTC) through the Civil

Aviation Authority of the

Philippines (CAAP) was

approved by the members

of the city council, asking

said ofces to provide the

detailed project plan on the

rehabilitation of Daniel Z.

Romualdez (DZR) Airport.

Councilor Jerry Yaoka-

sin in an interview said that

CAAP Tacloban Ofce has

been airing over media out-lets that the DZR Airport

would undertake rehabilita-

tion; still said plan has not

yet started until now.

Yaokasin added that

CAAP Eastern Visayas area

manager Antonio Alfonso

needs to inform the city

council, air passengers, and

the community living along

the projected rehabilitation

area as to their plan.

They have to provide

City council passesresolution asking ordetailed planon DZR airport rehab

us the time table, the phasesof rehabilitation (time as to

when each phase would be

done, from rst up to the

last phase), as well as their

area of coverage, he said.

According to him, by

providing such document,

the community living along

the area to be used by

CAAP would be aware as

to whether they would be

affected or not by the reha-

bilitation.

Yaokasin further said

that DZR airport necessar-

ily need to be rehabilitatedfor it is recognized to be the

sixth busiest airport in the

country.

Being the sixth busi-

est airport of the country,

passengers need to feel

convenient on using it. As

we know that there are al-

ready four airlines here that

include Cebu Pacic, Zest

Air, AirPhil Express and Ti-

ger Airways, he said. (REY

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Nineteen farmers from the

municipality of Tanauan,

Leyte beneted the nan-cial assistance provided by

the provincial government

under its Increased Crop

Output through Rural In-

frastructure and Commu-

nity Empowerment (ICOT-

RICE) program.

Last Wednesday after-

noon, the provincial gov-

ernment of Leyte spear-

headed by Board Member

Carlo Loreto, provincial

agriculturist ofcer Roge-

lio Portula, Tanauan Mayor

Agapito Pagayanan, Jr, and

Tanauan ABC presidentGina Merilo distributed the

cheque to 19 beneciar-

ies, where 17 of them were

from Barangay Salvador

and two from Barangay Ta-

lalura.

Mayor Pagayanan on

his welcome address said

that he is happy that the

community of his town

beneted from the nan-

cial grant provided by the

province, which aids the

farmers in supplying the

needed materials on rice

production.We are so lucky that

our town availed the on the

on-going implementation

of the ICOT-RICE program

of former Leyte Governor

and now Energy Secretary

Carlos Jericho L. Petilla,

Pagayanan said.

According to him, farm-

ers who availed said grant

only are given small per-

centage increase, and their

harvested products are

bought in higher amount as

compared to the prevailing

TACLOBAN CITY - Acigarette vendor and a smok-

er in this city are now feeling

the pinch of so-called sin tax

law, which raised prices of

tobacco products.

In the past, people buy

cigarette at one pack but now

they can just afford to buy a

stick, says Mark De la Cruz,

a Hayward salesboy, show-

ing that their sales really

dipped due to the escalating

price of cigarettes and liquor,

which is a common reaction

of most retail stores in the

city.

19 farmers receive financial

aid from ICOT-RICE programmarket price.

We just hope that this

program would be contin-

ued and that help uplift thelives of our farmers, he

said.

Meanwhile, Portula

on his message said that

the amount received by

the farmers of said town

amounted from P5,000 up

to P30,000 respectively.

This is the third time

that farmers in said baran-

gay received such nan-

cial grant. This is our way

of helping out farmers in-

creased their rice produc-

tion by requiring the farm-

ers to use certied seeds aswell as in purchasing of fer-

tilizer, Portula added.

We just hope that the

borrowed amount would

directly go to its purpose. If

we would coordinate with

each other, many of our

farmers would avail same

grant, he said.

Moreover, Board Mem-

ber Loreto said that the

ICOT-RICE program wasestablished by the province

to help farmers and not to

earn from the additional

percentage required to bor-

rowers.

This program started

last 2004, considering the

situation of the farmers

then. We have noted that for

more than 30 years, only a

two-peso increase on rice

value was observed. Like-

wise, farmers also do not

have enough capital to be

used in a particular crop-

ping season, Loreto ex-plained.

The board member also

said that the municipality of

Tanauan is just one among

the four-town beneciary

on the rst district, which

includes Sta. Fe, Palo and

Babatngon. (REY GERILLAGRADO)

Sin tax law now being felt

by retailers, product users

On the other hand, theresa positive effect arising from

the users health. A burger

saleslady whos a chain

smoker aired her grievances

with regards the price hike of

cigarettes that shes now just

smoking one stick per day

unlike before that she can

smoke whenever she wants.

This law took effect last

January 1, 2013, as President

Benigno Aquino III signed

on December 21, 2012 Re-

public Act 10351 or the Sin

Tax Reform 2012 making

companies producing alco-

holic beverages and tobaccoproducts are subjected to pay

higher taxes than to its pre-

sent amount being paid to the

government.

Under the new law,

the government is expected

to raise additional revenue

of P33.96 billion on the rst

year of implementation. To

breakdown, P23.4 billion of

the amount is expected to

come from cigarettes, P6.06

billion from distilled spirits

and P4.5 billion from fer-

mented liquors.

With the increase

in taxes, it is expected that

retail prices of alcohol and

cigarette products would also

increase, making the users

especially the low income

individuals limit their use as

well as minimal sales on the

part of retailers. (Glaze MarieE. Lora, EVSU Intern)

is better if the city gov-

ernment could have a

city college, according

to Yaokasin.

They can first offer

technical and vocation-

al courses because it is

the in-demand skills in

job market before they

proceed to offe ring bac-

City dad opines...from page 3

calaureate courses,

said Yaokasin.

In the region, two

local government units

are currently running a

college institution.

There are the city of

Maasin through MaasinCity College and the

municipality of Abuyog

through Abuyog Com-

munity College. (ROELAMAZONA)

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