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ORMOC CITY – LTO-Ormoc head Manny Sevilla said that they don’t have plastic for licenses that would expire in 5 years yet, but a machine is due to arrive soon. They are hoping that it arrives October so that they can start issuing it already.

“Hopefully, this month the machine is going to arrive and by October, we would already be releasing the plastic licenses under the five-year expiry period,” Sevilla said.

In an interview with EV Mail sa Radyo this week, he said that to get their plastic licenses, ap-plicants will have to make a per-sonal appearance at their office for biometrics. Their pictures, finger-prints and personal data will be inputted in a computer to form the database of licensed drivers.

As for those who applied for the 3-year licenses, he said they are now available at the office. He said they can pick it up anytime.

He also cautioned applicants of the 3-year licenses against “fixers”, saying they do not have to pay anything more when they pick it up from their office because they have already paid for it.

He apologizes for the delay of the plastic licenses because it hit a snag in the bidding process at the central office. He said this was beyond his control.

Traffic violatorsOn the other hand, Sevilla

said they would continue to hound road violators.

PUV drivers who violate traffic regulations will have to undergo a “refresher course” aside from paying stiff fines and penalties. New applicants, too,

he said, are requested to read and put to heart a driver’s “pledge of loyalty”.

Long overdue stickers, plates

As to the issue of unreleased LTO stickers, which should be granted to car owners whose ve-hicles’ registrations have been re-newed, or the long overdue plate numbers of newly-purchased vehicles, Sevilla explained that LTO-Ormoc is dependent on the number of stickers that LTO cen-tral office allocates to the Ormoc office.

“Let’s just say there are 20,000 registrants in Ormoc but we were only given 5,000 stickers. Of course, we would not be able to accommodate all registrants,” explained Mr. Sevilla.

As of the moment, per Mr. Sevilla, from what he heard from those in LTO’s top management, the stickers, including the plate numbers, are now undergoing a bidding process. He is hopeful that this issue of “no LTO stickers and plate numbers” will soon be

PEACE MONTH CELEBRATION. Vice-Mayor Michael Cari signs a painting depicting peace during the celebration of the Peace Month this week in Baybay City. Looking on are (leftmost) Gen. Bonifacio Mendoza of the 802nd Battalion and Mayor Carmen L. Cari. (FB grab from JP)

ORMOC CITY – At 51 and with a “dad bod”, Mayor Richard Gomez showed friends and con-stituents alike that he was still the sportsman that he was in the prime of his youth. The mayor won a gold during the qualifying round of the Philippine Archery Cup Leg 2 held in this city on September 22 and 23.

However, he failed to make it to the Olympic round, only landing fourth. He said that those who make it to the Olympic round are contenders for the Asian and Olympic games. The national ar-chery cup was the second leg of the qualifying events for the Asian and Olympic games.

Big names in the archery scene came like members of the national team for recurve men

Mark Javier, Rogelio Tremedal, and Florante Matan; recurve women athletes Kareel Meer Hon-gitan, Nicole Marie Tagle, Mary Queen Ybañez, and Pia Elizabeth Bidaure; compound men athletes Paul Marton dela Cruz, Earl Yap; and, compound women Amaya Cojuangco, Jennifer Chan and Abigail Tindugan.

Mayor Richard I. Gomez, who describes himself as “only” an archery aficionado, joined the games. He said he could have done better if one of his arrows did not miss. Archery is a morning ritual for Gomez who makes it a point to shoot a few arrows before he goes to office.

He says it keeps him fit and focused. While the sport looks easy as just pulling the bow, he said that a person should be able to stretch the bow with a resistance of 60 pounds to shoot an arrow. Not only that, he must learn how to focus and control his breathing.

On the other hand, Mayor Gomez said hosting the Archery Competition will not only put Ormoc City on the map and help boost tourism, but it will also help locals appreciate the game.

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Mother Butlers converge in Ormoc

Ormoc LGU to soon offer athletic scholarships

Donations continue to come for earthquake victims

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22 men in uniform promoted, urged to be ‘better policemen’

Kiwanis, Uni Writing instruments donate eco-park

ORMOC CITY – Dona-tions, albeit in trickles now, still continue to come for Ormoc’s July 6 earth-quake victims.

This week, the Kiwanis Club of Geo-Ormoc donat-ed 1,000 food packs directly to the earthquake victims, consisting of rice, canned goods and sardines, and noodles. Evangeline Chan-Chu, president of the club,

said the food packs were worth P250,000.

Another recent donor was the District Engineers League of the Philippines (DELP)-Region VIII chap-ter. Engr. Lino Gonzales, 4th Leyte district engineer, turned over P150,000 to Mayor Richard Gomez.

A few days before, the City of Maasin donated P100,000 and the Kiwanis

Club of Buenas Ormoc do-nated P50,000.

Mayor Richard Gomez, in turn, turned over the cash donations from private institutions to the Ormoc Chamber of Commerce, Inc. whom he has entrusted to take care of the funds, while the cash donations from LGUs were turned over to the treasury.

Mayor Richard Gomez

also took time to recog-nize the SANCCS Inc., an Australian NGO that has been working here since the time of Yolanda, through Jaime Ramos. He lauded Ramos and SANCCS for their humanitarian efforts in Ormoc City, and thanked him profusely.

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ORMOC CITY – The Or-moc City Government continues to work for the people. This time, in the form of an Athletic Schol-arship Program.

The commit tee on youth and sports headed by Councilor Vince Rama met last Monday, September 18, to finally complete the dis-cussion of their draft athletic scholarship ordinance, so the latter can be taken up by the Sangguniang Panlung-sod (SP), during its regular session, which happens weekly, every Thursday.

Kagawad Lea Doris Vil-lar was also in attendance to assist Councilor Rama polish this most important ordinance.

Though not yet a full-blown ordinance, the Ath-letic Scholarship Program should excite Ormoc’s best athletes, as under the provi-sion on Scholarship Cover-age and Eligibility, “All children and youth in the City of Ormoc who have exemplary athletic skills in their area of sports who are not or currently enrolled at the time of the effectivity of this ordinance” are eligible.

The committee, howev-

er, clarified during the said meeting that the athletic scholarship grant is offered to athletes in the secondary and tertiary levels only.

As for a scholarship applicant’s qualifications, the proposed ordinance lists down the following: (1) applicant is a bonafide resident of a barangay in Ormoc Cit for at least one year prior to the approval of the scholarship grant and with no derogatory records; (2) applicant must have exhibited exemplary athletic skills as endorsed by a coach of his/her sport; (3) currently enrolled appli-cants must have no failing grade in any subject; and (4) unenrolled applicants must, on the other hand, pass the entrance examination of the school where he or she intends to enroll.

Although still up for deliberation by the SP, the youth and sports commit-tee still made certain that they were able to cover all aspects of the Athletic Schol-arship Program that will benefit both the scholar-ath-letes and the city, including

ORMOC CITY – 22 po-lice officers here have im-proved their ranks in police service. The promoted per-sonnel were given a simple yet meaningful mass oath-taking and donning of ranks ceremony at the City Hall on Wednesday, Sep-tember 20.

In a speech given by city director PSSupt. Ramil Ramirez, he reminded his subordinates the essence of promotion. “Promotion is not only increase of salary,” he emphasized, adding that promotion also means more responsibilities. He asked for the spouses’ and rela-tives’ patience and under-standing, as the increased responsibilities would affect their family time.

Moreover, he reminded the cops to go beyond their mandate, and let the public know they are working well. “We [sic] have to show to the people na ikaw ay ta-lagang pulis. Dapat maram-daman ng tao na mayroong pulis. Wearing of uniform is not enough. Standing on

your post is not enough.”He also told them what

he always say to their supe-riors: “Please tell your po-licemen na ‘pag nakasakay sila sa patrol car, bumaba naman sila at manita ng tao. Kasi kung nakasakay ka lang dyan sa mobile car at nasanay na ang tao na naka-

sakay ka lang dyan at wala kang ginagawa, those who love to violate the law, will always violate the law,” he said in the vernacular. “So, I hope that with the rank that you have now, you are more responsible and you

sEE PROMOTED p. 9IN KEEPING with their slogan “Serving the Chil-dren of the World”, the Ki-wanis Club of Geo-Ormoc and Uni Writing Instru-ments, Inc., donated an “eco-park” to the pupils of the Sto. Niño Elementary School, this week, to bal-ance their studies with a safe place to play.

The turnover was led

by club president Evange-line Chan-Chu and national sales manager of Uni Writ-ing Instruments Joseph Aquino, and was received by school principal Jesusa Amo-Eslopor and Mayor Richard Gomez. Also pres-ent was Kiwanis district governor Ivan Nemenzo.

Evangeline Chu said the park made use of used tires that were repainted in candy colors to make it attractive. The park’s de-sign was done by the Uni Writing Instruments, whose owner Michelle Pillecer commissioned, as she liked what Kiwanis was doing.

She said other donors who contributed to the park’s realization were Shopko, Alemar’s, Itochu, Pryce Gas and MacBuilders. She added they call the park the Kiwanis-Uni Eco-Park.

Chu added that aside from being a playground, the park has also incorpo-rated the vegetable growing into it. At one part of the park are PET bottles cut in half where the school chil-dren grow vegetables, and can bring it to their homes for harvest.

Mayor Richard Gomez, on the other hand, said he was happy that Kiwanis has made an eco-park for the school, hoping it would be replicated in other schools

someday. Gomez urged the students to take care of the park and maintain it, so that it would always look nice and enticing to play in.

He thanked the Kiwan-ians profusely for their projects and concern for Or-moc’s children. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

Eco-park cutting: (L-R) Ormoc Mayor Richard Gomez, Ki-wanis of Geo-Ormoc president Evangeline Chan-Chu, Sto. Nino School principal Jesusa Amo-Eslopor, Kiwanis district governor Ivan Nemenzo and Uni Writing Instruments na-tional sales manager Joseph Aquino cut the inaugural ribbon to formally open the Kiwanis-Uni Eco-Park.

ORMOC CITY – 480 “Moth-er Butlers” or members of the Mother Butler Mis-sion Guilds from all over Visayas were in this city

to attend the 46th Visayas Regional Conference held at the Ormoc Superdome on September 23-24.

This year’s conference theme was “MBMG in Com-munion with the Parish”, with the Ormoc West Palo Chapter hosting the gather-ing.

The attendees were wel-comed to the city by Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo “Toto” Locsin, Jr. during their morn-ing session on Saturday. Maria Teresa Sabarre, Ormoc West Palo president of the Mother Butlers, opened the conference.

Keynote speaker was Fr. Gilbert Urbina, while Msgr. Bernardo Pantin delivered the inspirational talk. In their talks, the priests urged the Mother Butlers to expand their church involvement to the grassroots or barangay level.

The Mother Butlers is a Filipino organization of

laywomen of the Catholic Church who tends to priests and the church altars. The group was organized in 1961 by the first Filipino cardi-nal, Msgr. Julio Rosales. The group was named in honor of an Irish nun, Sr. Marie Joseph Butler, of the Congre-gation of the Sacred Heart of Mary.

When they started, the Mother Butlers sewed priest vestments themselves and donated it to the priests, but this practice has since waned as vestments can be com-mercially available, also altar cloth and the like. Members said it was easier to buy than do the stitching themselves because of problems with eyesight.

In the evening of Sat-urday, the Mother Butlers were welcomed by Mayor Richard Gomez who said he worked hard to attain peace

3September 18-24, 2017 BALITANG SAKSAK-SINAGOL

Duha ka tawo gipamusil, usa nila market guard Duha ka ‘Wanted’, sikop sa mga pulis

Human Nature’s Dylan Wilk speaks ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ to students

SECRETARY PAULYN Jean B. Rosell-Ubial of the Department of Health (DOH) together with Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla of the Province of Leyte and Congresswoman Ma. Victoria “Binky” Noel of An Waray Partylist led the cutting-of-ribbon during the turnover and inauguration of the three-storey outpatient department building on September 21, which is located in Barangay Cabalawan, Tacloban City. With them are Asec. Leonita Gorgolon of DOH, Chief Representative Susumo Ito of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and Minister Atsushi Kuwabara of the Embassy of Japan. In attendance too were Dr. Janet Loreto Garin, Dr. Enrique Ona, Dr. John Edward Colomar, regional director EVRMC, Dr. Joji Tomioka, President Hideo Adachi of Tokyo Electronics System Corp., Dr. Minerva Molon, regional director of DOH-8, assistant DOH-8 regional director Paula Paz Sydiongco, and Dr. Gerardo M. Aquino. (Gina P. Gerez)

Fire department hatagan ug ambulansiya sa syudad

Tinun an sa EVSU nabiktima sa esnatser

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ORMOC CITY – Duha ka tawo ang gipamusil kaad-lawon sa September 22, diha dapit sa dalan Real ubos sa Walters KTV bar. Una nga taho nadawat sa mga pulis nga osa lamang ang biktima apan may na-katug-an nga may kauban pa ang anaa naadmit sa Or-moc Doctor’s Hospital ug atoa nadala sa OSPA-FMC.

Ang mga biktima giila nga si Rodel Ensoy, 37 any-us, market guard, ug Jason Magdadaro, 34, parehong

taga barangay Hibunawon ning siyudad.

Nahitabo ang kremin alas tres a kaadlawon base sa spot report nga gisumite ni Supt. Carlito Gallardo, ang hepe sa police station 1, ngadto kang SSupt. Ramil Ramirez, OCPO director.

Si Ensoy may pinusi-lan dapit sa iyang tuong dughan samtang si Magda-daro nakaangkon ug pinus-ilan sa duha niya ka abaga. Mga pulis dali niresponde sa alarma ilang nadawat

ug pag abot nila Supt. Gal-lardo sa lugar wala na ang suspek, ang ilang nadala sa estasyun mao si Aurelio Quirim, ang bodyguard sa tag-iya sa Walters KTV ug bouncer sa establisemento, ug si Arnel Juntilla, ang guwardiya, aron mapang-utana bahin sa kremin.

Una si Quirim ug Jun-tilla ang nilutaw nga suspek sa hitabo, pero nianang alas diyes sa buntag, Sep-tember 22, gihinloan sila sa mga pulis nga way labot sa

kremin dihang pagpang-utana nila sa mga biktima ug gipakita sa hulagway sa duha, nilungu-lingu sila sa ulo, pasabot nga dili si Quirim ug Juntilla ang na-musil kanila.

Ang ilang gipangita karon mao ang tindero ug balut nga nakakita sa hitabo, pero sa follow-up nila gabii sa September 22, wala didto ang tindero sa lugar pero ang basket nga

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ORMOC CITY – Nasikop sa mga pulis ang duha ka warranted sa managlahi nga adlaw. Sa kasayuran, nahipos ang unang na-sikop mao si Vergilio Ca-suco, hingkud ang panu-igon ug taga Barangay Quezon Jr. ning siyudad. Nasikop siya sa mga sakop sa Public Safety Company didto sa ilang lugar niad-tong, Lunes, Septiyembre 18. Duha ka kaso iyang gia-tubang; kini ang kalapsan sa RA-10591 kun Illegal Possession of Firearms ug

RA-9175 kun Illegal Log-ging. Ang piyansa ning duha ka kaso niabot sa 116 mil pesos.

Ang igsuon ni Casuco ug ubang kaanak nitug-an nga kini nga kaso nahitabo niadtong hinapos sa nilabay nga tuig. Kabahin kini sa gigabas nga kahoy niin-ing akusado didto sa ilang dapit.

Septyembre 19, nasikop sad si Ricky Salazar, taga barangay Linao; ang iyang

ORMOC CITY – Gihangup sa hepe sa fire department ang tinguha sa syudad pi-naagi sa City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) nga hatagan ug usa ka ambu-lansiya ang Bureau ug Fire Protection (BFP).

Nahinabi sa EV Mail si City Fire Marshall Anthony De Paz, ug polong niya makatabang kaayo sa BFP kun anaa nay ambulansiya, kay ang ilang gigamit karon kadtong “converted” nga trak lamang.

Ang JICA nihatag sad ug ambulansiya kanila niadtong 2015 pero may gidugayun na ang unit kay ginamit naman kini didto sa Japan. Ang tug-an sa CDRRMO kang Insp. De Paz nga ang ambulansiya mobalor daw ug 2.5 milyon ka pesos. Gikalipay sa Fire Marshall ang pahayag sa siyudad.

Ang BFP may rescue team usab; ang ilang am-bulansiya dako kaayog

ORMOC CITY – 18 anyus nga tinun-an sa Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) ang nabiktima sa esnatser, kini nahitabo diha sa dalan Osmena-Arradaza pasado alas otso sa gabii, Septiyembre 18.

Ang nidangup sa police station 1 mao si Joanhnuss Alcala, taga Casilda, Me-rida. Matud niya samtang naglakaw siya sa nahisgo-tan nga dapit, kalit may ni-hunong nga motor sa iyang duol dayung labni sa bitbit niyang cellphone. Matud sa pulis sa record sa police blotter, dili hinuon mahal ang kantidad sa maong butang.

Dugang tug-an ni Al-cala sa pulis nga human malunggob sa kawatan ang iyang cellphone, ang drayber dali nisibat agi sa Osmena St., wala siya makaklaro sa panagway sa suspek kay naka helmet man kini.

Kini na ang ikaduha ka higayun nga may nabiktima sa pagpanglabni. Una ni ad-tong Septiyembre 9 sa kaad-lawon diin si Aliquia Jane Nuenos samtang naglakaw dapit sa Lopez Jaena St. kuyog sa iyang hinigugma, gilabnihan siya ug sling bag. Ang suspek nagsakay ug motor unya dali nibiya sa dapit. Ning pagbalita

wa pay giya ang kapulisan kun may ideya na sila sa kawatan.

Samtang sa laing ba-hin, ang bag-ong hepe sa police station 1 nga si Supt. Carlito Gallardo sa inter-biyu, niingon ang tanang mga pulis nga anaa sa beat patrol, hatdan niyag pag-kaon. “Wa nay rason nga mobiya pa sa puwesto ang mga pulis aron mokaon kay ang Officer of the Day (OD) maoy mangunay ug hatud ug pagkaon aning anaa sa beat patrol,” ingon ni Supt. Gallardo.

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Mayor Richard I. Gomez, together with SP Members Vince Rama and Atty. Nolitz Quilang, welcome more than 80 Gawad Kalinga participants from Ormoc, Leyte and Samar for the 2-day training on “Laman + Loob: Deko-rasyon sa Bahay para sa Maayos na Buhay” organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Council of Interior Design Educators, which happened from September 21-22, 2017 at the Multi-Purpose Hall, New Ormoc City Hall. (Photo and caption grabbed from the Ormoc City Government FB Page)

ORMOC CITY – In an awe-inspiring story that would make anyone awed and inspired, called to ac-tion perhaps, this is how it was when Human Nature Chairman and Co-founder Dylan Wilk spoke to senior high school students here last September 22, Friday, at the Western Leyte Col-lege (WLC) gymnasium.

The event was orga-nized by WLC together

with Gawad Kalinga (GK) and Human Nature Ormoc, the latest Human Nature store to open in the coun-try. The brand now has 35 stores all over the world, to include their stores in California, USA, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi.

Invited were senior high school students from WLC, STI-Ormoc, ACLC-Ormoc, Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU)-

Ormoc, St. Peter’s College (SPC), and the New Ormoc City National High School (NOCNHS). Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay (RCOB) mem-bers were also present, as well as GK-Ormoc officers and volunteers.

In the morning, Dylan spoke to some of the city’s Human Nature members and advocates, inspiring them about how Human Nature came to be, how he came to fall in love with the Philippines, and en-couraging them to continue patronizing the brand’s products and spreading what Human Nature truly stands for, that is, Pro-Phil-ippines, Pro-Poor, and Pro-Environment.

In the afternoon, in a two-hour forum, Dylan, this time, inspired high school students, speaking about ‘social entrepreneurship’ and encouraging them to go into business, to become entrepreneurs, and to “not quit” when the opportunity presents itself.

Yet, he said, it should not be, just any kind of business. It should be a ‘so-cial enterprise’, which, he

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4 September 18-24, 2017

The crosses in our life

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WE SHOULD BE quick to relate all the crosses we can encounter in this life to the Cross of Christ whose feast of its exalta-tion we celebrate on September 14. That way, we infuse these crosses with a lot of meaning and with redemptive value. We convert them into a means of our victory, and not just a state of suffering and defeat.

To be sure, all our earthly crosses have already been subsumed by Christ’s Cross. There is no negative event in our life that is not taken care of by Christ’s redemptive death on the Cross. This truth of our faith should sink deep in our consciousness so we don’t waste time feeling bad and sad because of our crosses.

In other words, we should make these crosses lead us to Christ, because Christ can surely be found in his Cross where he showed his supreme act of love for us. That’s because by dying on the cross, Christ showed his tremendous generosity and love for everyone.

We should frequently meditate on the Passion and Death of Christ so as to corre-spond generously to the gift of his own self to us. And such correspondence actually does us a lot of good.

By meditating on the Passion and Death of Christ, we are shown how to handle our suffering and ultimately death. The Son of God has to become man to as-sume all the sins of men and with his pas-sion and death and later his resurrection, convert those sins into the basis for a new creature, the new, re-created man in Christ.

We have to understand this very well. Unless we love the cross, we can never say that we are loving enough. Of course, we have to qualify that assertion. It’s when we love the cross the way God wills it—the way Christ loves it—that we can really say that we are loving as we should, or loving with the fullness of love.

We have to be wary of our tendency to limit our loving to ways and forms that give us some benefits alone, be it material, moral or spiritual. While they are also a form of love, they are not yet the fullness of love.

The cross, which is the symbol of all our sinfulness and the death that is the consequence of our sin, has not led God to hate us and to condemn us forever. Rather, it has moved God to love us with a love greater than that of creating us to be his image and likeness.

Yes, there is justice also involved, and there is punishment, divine anger and ret-ribution always in play. But in the end, God is always moved to mercy and compassion for us, and this is actualized and personal-ized in God becoming man, Jesus Christ, who in the end offered his life on the cross as a supreme act of love for us.

We need to make some drastic adjust-ments in our understanding of love, in our attitudes, and the relevant practices and skills involved in this divine love. We should not be afraid of the cross. On the

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Domestic pigs and wild birds (espe-cially herons) are reservoirs of the virus; transmission to humans may cause severe symptoms. Amongst the most important vectors of this disease are the day and night-biting mosquitoes: Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Culex vishnui. This disease is most prevalent in Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.

The existing data in the Philippines indicate that JE is present with a year-round transmission with peak season from July to September. The Department of Health Epidemiology Bureau recorded a decrease of 61% confirmed JE cases from January 1 – August 12, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 (85 cases verses 218 cases) respectively.

According to the World Health Organi-zation, JE vaccination should be integrated into the national immunization schedules in all areas where JE is recognized as a public health priority. Even if the number of JE-confirmed cases is low, vaccination should be considered where there is a suitable en-vironment for JEV transmission such as the presence of animal reservoirs (such as pigs) and ecological conditions supportive of vi-rus transmission (and mosquitoes abound in the Philippines! And they are the vector of the virus transferring the virus from the animal reservoir to humans). Aside from vector (mosquito) control, monitoring and clinical management, and vaccination is recommended as part of the comprehensive JEV prevention and control strategy.

There are four broad classes of JE vac-cines which are currently in use namely: (1) inactivated Vero cell-derived vaccine, (2) live attenuated vaccine, (3) live recombinant vaccine, and (4) inactivated mouse brain-de-rived vaccines. In the Philippines, the ONLY

vaccine available and approved by the FDA against JE is the Japanese encephalitis live attenuated recombinant, chimeric vaccine (JE-CV). The age indications are children 9 months and above including adults, to be given through subcutaneous route.

Based on several studies mentioned by the official statement of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Disease (PSMID) found in its website, there is enough studies supporting the recom-mendation that a single dose of the live attenuated Japanese encephalitis chimeric vaccine confers to most adults a high level of protection for at least 10 years. The JE-CV is recommended for individuals aged 9 months and older, for travelers going to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Tai-wan, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam. Children 9 months up to 17 years old could be given the primary dose, then followed by a booster dose at 12-24 months after the primary dose. However, immunocompetent individuals (those with NO comorbid illness such as diabetes, HIV, post-stroke, etc.) a single primary dose with no booster dose is needed. And for those who wish to be protected, vaccine can be given at any time if without contraindications.

In the advent of this Japanese Encepha-litis scare, many vaccine sellers are sprout-ing especially online. This prompted the FDA to issue a warning to all concerned. The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) on their website posted the FDA warning last September 7, 2017.

“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received several reports of Japa-nese Encephalitis vaccines and other vac-cines being sold or offered for sale online (e.g. social media and websites) and from other unauthorized distributors or retailers.

Following R.A. No. 3720, as amended by R.A. No. 9711, all establishments that sell or offer for sale vaccines and other drug products must first secure appropriate License to Operate (LTO) or authorization from FDA prior to engaging such activi-ties. The issuance of LTO is proof that the

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I HATE starting my column with apolo-gies but I have had a serious lapse for this week’s issue. I owe it to OCCCI to write about their side to the headline about a FB post alleging of irregularities on land deals of the coop. And also give it promi-nent space like last week’s. However, I just realized the lapse after the newspaper front page was finished.

Hence, our readers will have to wait for next week’s issue to read about the full reply of Fr. Elmo Manching to the contro-versy.

Anyway, I also thank Fr. Elmo Man-ching for granting me an interview on Monday in the morning, which we imme-diately aired at the EV Mail sa Radyo on its Tuesday, September 19 edition. Those who did not hear the interview or can’t wait for next week’s issue, just browse the EV Mail sa Radyo facebook account for the September 19 edition. You can hear the interview in full.

rrrIt has been a busy week for Ormoc.

It seems that Mayor Richard Gomez is hounded by activities whenever he is around. It was kind of relaxed during the two weeks he was on a vacation in Europe as his birthday gift to his unica hija Juliana, but the day he arrived, it seems that visitors just poured in his office.

Not that nobody worked when he was not around but the Mayor is a magnet for people. While he was gone, the councilors were busy working on their particular committees.

Councilor Vincent Rama started com-mittee meetings on the Athletic Scholar-ships, and at the same time, launched various sporting activities, thanks to the support of the private sector here and the DepEd. After hosting the National Archery Cup, the Siglaro was opened this Sunday at the City Oval.

During the occasion, Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez delivered the good news to DepEd and the students that the old grandstand, which had been declared unsafe after the recent quakes, will be replaced with a new one; Mayor Gomez, on the other hand, an-nounced that he will be inviting running legend Lydia Vega to come to Ormoc City.

Back to what the councilors did while the mayor was away, with Vice Mayor Toto Locsin as OIC, councilor Nolito Quilang started the planning for this year’s Charter Day. Everything is now in order, just a few kinks here and there to iron out.

Councilor Goito Yrastorza, on the other hand, got busy with his traffic ordinances.

Councilors Bennet Pongos and Mario Rodriguez focused on the TWG for rehab and recovery of the earthquake victims, including the matter of acquiring land for the displaced earthquake victims, with city legal counsel Jasper Lucero as point person. They have happy results to share. At least, the displaced in Gaas will now have their

5September 18-24, 2017

NI ATTY. MANING GOLO

The Gospel on Sunday

October 1, 2017Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Thoughts on Christmas

Moving into retirement

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sEE POTPOURRI p. 7DAY OF PROTEST

(I.T.) vs. (A.T.)What kind of corruption

in DICT, Salalima should expose

MATTHEW 21:28-32Jesus said to the chief priests and el-

ders of the people: “What is your opinion?A man had two sons. He came to the

first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’

He said in reply, ‘I will not,‘ but after-wards changed his mind and went.

The man came to the other son and

gave the same order.He said in reply, ‘Yes, sir, ‘but did not

go. Which of the two did his father’s will?”They answered, “The first.”Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to

you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him.”

HOW MANY OF us greet the Lord Jesus Christ on His birthday? For shame! For shame!! Almost always we start on how to celebrate with plenty of food and wine on the dinner table. We greet our family and friends and even relatives with a toast for good health and better times. They start shopping early to be able to take advan-tage of bargain sales. The usual practice for bargain sales is to unload old stocks in favor of new ones. Most people do their shopping early.

How many of the faithful greet Jesus on the occasion of His 2,017th birthday? It is always Merry Christmas! It is always caroling to raise funds and the purpose is even a big question.

This corner is of the opinion that Jesus would have been 2,017 years old if He remained an ordinary person; after all, He was born in the year 0 (zero) which was also the end of the year B.C. (before Christ). The year after B.C. is the year A.D. (anno Domini or after Christ).

Another way of looking at it is that Mama Mary was born in the year 16 B.C. where we count the years backwards towards the years A.D. Mama Mary was already 16 years old when she gave birth to the Savior. The birth of the Redeemer was foretold long time ago. God the Father promised that He will not punish us with another flood like what He did because of the sins committed by our predecessors which led to the Great Deluge that wiped out humanity.

The rainbow which we always see in the sky is His reminder of His promise. It is a beautiful sight to behold which is com-posed of seven colors, namely, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet in the correct order. Take note that orange is a combination of red and yellow, green is the cross between yellow and blue, indigo is the cross between blue and violet. That you find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is just a legend. Before you make an attempt, the rainbow will have been gone. When sunlight strikes water droplets in the atmosphere that is when we see the

rainbow. The rationale of Jesus Christ assuming

human nature is the main purpose why the Son of God came down to earth for the purpose of saving us from our many sins. He was only 33 years old when He was crucified to redeem us.

It is here where we do what God asked us to do: obey the Ten Commandments. Jesus Christ even made it easier by reduc-ing it to two: Love God with your whole heart, with all your mind and with all your strength; the second is to love your neigh-bor as yourself. If for an ordinary headache you take pains to rid the headache because you love your body, the same therefore ap-plies to your neighbor. If you do not want to kill yourself (suicide), you should also do the same to your neighbor; self preservation is very strong with us. If we cannot kill our self, we therefore cannot kill our neighbor.

The first three Commandments are for God and the rest of the seven Command-ments are applicable to man. God even urged us to love our enemies! Hatred and anger leads us to strike our enemies. If we do not hate and we do not get angry, it gives us peace of mind. Therefore, if we learn how to forgive, the peace that comes from it makes us live longer.

Look at what happened to a former Chief Justice who was deposed. It must have been too traumatic for him. He passed away. Let us try to forgive our enemies just as what Jesus Christ did on the Cross. He forgave ALL His enemies including those who spat on him, those who slapped Him, those who whipped Him, and those who nailed Him. All of them. The good thief who was beside Him on the Cross asked to be forgiven. Instantly!!

Upon the Ascension of Jesus back to Heaven, He was no longer covered by hu-man nature. He is ageless; Nature is the creation of God. He always is, always was and always will be and always remains the same. He will be there to judge the living

FOR SOME PEOPLE, retirement planning brings up images of care-free days away from the demands of the daily grind, but for others the prospect of leaving the work-force may be a terrifying prospect.

Retirement is a complex experience for almost everyone, characterized by big shifts in identity and routines. Even those who may have thought they were prepared can find that the transition is tougher once they’re actually almost there.

For many of my friends who are retiring soon, try these tips to create a new life for yourself that’s as stimulating and joyful as you want it to be.

Give yourself time. Understand that this will be a process. Your transition into retire-ment won’t happen overnight, and your emotions may shift from one day to the next.

Assess your resources. Consider the things you turned to during other periods of change in your life. To help you identify ways to cope with your switch into retire-ment, ask yourself three questions: Can I change what’s challenging me? If not, can I change the way I see it? And finally, can I reduce my stress level through meditation, exercise, music, etc.? This will help you target areas that need work.

Build your mental portfolio. We prepare our financial portfolios but forget about our ‘psychological portfolios’, which includes our identity, our relationships, and our need for a sense of purpose. Create a new iden-tity by imagining what you would put on your new business card: Travel consultant? Landscape artist? Food critic? Then build a new routine, whether it’s a daily trip to the

church or a walk with a friend.Maintain friendships. Numerous stud-

ies have shown that friendship reduces stress. Make it a point to connect regularly with friends, and join groups or take classes in subjects you’re interested in, which will lead to new friends. Men may especially find this helpful since they tend to form alliances based on shared interests and activities rather than relationship.

Exercise. Not only will getting active increase mood-boosting, stress-relieving chemicals such as endorphins and serotonin, it’ll also increase your overall health and help fight illnesses.

Make a bucket list. Write down a list of things you want to do and things you regret not doing and then identify ways you can achieve them.

Find your path. As you consider your options, think about whether you want to spend your free time doing something similar to what you did in your job, or if you want to try something totally different. Exploring something you’ve never done before can be a great way to stimulate your mind and make new friends.

Finally, if nothing seems to work, seek help. No matter what you choose to do with your time in retirement, say experts, try to get involved and stay involved. Being inac-tive, depressed and feeling lazy are signs that you may need to seek advice from a mental-health professional. And also keep a positive attitude about what tomorrow may bring, even if you feel down today. After all, “tomorrow is another day”!

Dear Atty. Golo,Naglibog ko adtong “day of protest”

kay dili “holiday” peru way trabaho ang governo. Imbis “hearing” to sa akong kaso, na “postpone” na pod. Pwede mo protesta ko sa “day of protest”? Mo pro-testa pod ko sa “hazing” sa mga frater-nity. Mo protesta pod ko sa akong asawa kay sigehan ko niya’g kulata, mora pod ko’g gi “hazing”. Iapil pod nako og pro-testa ang mga “political dynasty”. Ang among Congressman, tiguwang na di pa-puli. Ang iyang anak, Mayor. Iyang apo, ABC. Nahug og I.T. (Ila Tanan). Ako’y mo voluntaryo og bonal ni congressman. Akong kusgon.

Matinahuron, Mr. Pikon

Dear Mr. Piks,Ang “National Day of Protest” niad-

tong September 21, dili “holiday” apan gi suspenso lang ang klase og trabaho sa governo (Proc. 319). Kini aron paghatag og luna sa katungod sa mga tawo pagreklamo batok sa mga abuso o kaku-langan sa atong governo. Pwede kaayo ang pag protesta sa “hazing” aron ma-likayan ang dautang panghitabo sa mga estudyante. Bahin sa “political dynasty” ang atong “constitution” nagdili na niini. Pahinumdomi si congressman nga ang “public office” alang sa tanan (A.T.). Kon di patoo, ayaw na sila iboto. Apan ayaw pod bunali aron di ka masikwati.

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo

THE CURRENT MANTRA of this ad-ministration at the national level of “Build, Build, Build”, we hope that the local government in Tacloban City be affected and be moved to implement its own needed local build projects. Since the major roads and highways are being taken care of by the national government agencies like the DPWH, people expect that the city officials focus on the repair of barangay roads and the street drainage system within the city.

Many barangay roads of the city are already in dilapidated condition and not only need some patchwork repairs but total replacement with new road construction. Also, the drainage system in some city streets need a concentrated effort in build-ing them and making it work. Now that the rainy season is here, just a few hours of downpour heavily flood a number of streets in the city and make them unpass-able to motorists.

The DPWH Regional Office should also attend to the necessary maintenance of its built major highways for the use of Tacloban City travelers. The road agency must not only concentrate its funds in building new concrete roads and then leave them without maintenance. It should also allocate some of its budget for repair work

and cover up cracks and damaged areas in the newly built highways, which may cause some road accidents.

rrrThe national government’s big push

for its build, build programs not only cov-ers the construction of physical projects like road, bridge, skyways and housing construction but also for new communica-tion facilities and the P77.9-billion national broadband project under the newly created Department of Information and Communi-cation Technology (DICT).

But this huge communications project of the DICT is now under a cloud of sus-pended animation after its newly appoint-ed Department Secretary Rodolfo Salalima tendered his resignation after what he cited as pressures for corruption and interference in the implementation of the broadband project. After its implementation, the proj-ect would provide high-speed internet to areas not yet served and underserved.

Resigned Secretary Salalima was reported to being pressured by certain government groups to favor some suppli-ers to the P77.9-billion broadband project. The Secretary did not however identify the

6 September 18-24, 2017NEWS

LTO ... from P. 1

GOMA ... from P. 1

Gaas to get first NHA relocation; P 39-M from DSWD for transitional houses

resolved.LTO’s hefty finesOn the matter of ac-

cordingly LTO’s “hefty fines”, Mr. Sevilla shared that LTO-Ormoc’s “taripa” is based on Joint Adminis-trative Order No. 2014-01 or fines and penalties, which is a joint memorandum between LTO and the Land Transportation Franchis-ing and Regulatory Body (LTFRB).

The reason the fines were increased, he said, is to discourage drivers from violating traffic laws.

Regarding the P5,000 fine, which EV Mail Sa Radyo raised to Mr. Se-villa to have come from a concerned citizen, he said that this is usually the fine imposed on vehicles with missing or with in-appropriate accessories. This includes busted signal lights or brake lights, and “modified” mufflers. “The absence of one [accessory] is already a violation,” clari-fied Sevilla.

He also shared that even if they wanted to de-crease the fine amount, this was a national law. Just a matter of following

the lawSevilla said that traffic

violations can be avoided

if only people would fol-low the law. After Ormoc City strictly implemented the Helmet Law, it has been months already since they apprehended a motorist that did not wear a hel-met. “This just means that our drive is effective,” he added.

He added the Helmet Law is implemented to pro-tect motorists in case they meet a road accident.

Anti-drug and -drunk driving

In parting, and as a re-minder to all motorists, Se-villa shared that LTO is now serious in implementing the anti-drug and -drunk driv-ing law. He explained that if anyone is caught driving “under the influence”, a case will be filed against the motorist, aside from paying a “fine in court”. The fine, he said, can be as high as P 300,000.00, he warned.

Manny added that LTO has their own breath analyzer, which was given by LTO central office, and which they are now using.

The Ormoc City po-lice also has two breath analyzers, thanks to Mayor Richard I. Gomez. These analyzers are now being utilized by the police.

“It will also help our players observe and see the best players in action, so that they will be inspired tp do better”, the mayor said.

“They also have the chance to learn from the best,” he added, pointing out that the national archery team held a training clinic when they arrived here last Thursday. Plus, he said, the local archers will get world-class equipment as the players will be leaving some of their sporting gear

in the city for the local ath-letes to use.

Meanwhile, those who reaped gold medals in the Olympic round during the games in various categories were Inigo Ongcuangco, Lyndyle Roy Gabucan, Car-son Francis Hastie, Sofia Manuel, Caryl Generoso, Phoebe Nicole Amistoso, Kareel Meer Hongitan, Paul Martin dela Cruz, Rodolfo Santiago and Amaya Co-juangco. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

Young Ormocano archers try their hand at shooting after receiving instructions from the country’s best players and coaches during the Archery Clinic held before the national games started.

ORMOC CITY – Finally, after tedious negotiation and search for safe, on-site resettlement areas for the victims of the July 6 earthquake, a 3.2-hectare property has been identi-fied for acquisition at Brgy. Gaas, this city.

The property is owned by the spouses Alberto and Diosdada Belmoro, and they are selling it for P 80.00 per square meter, or a total purchase price of P 2,619,840.00. The said property is located in an area of Brgy. Gaas that has been certified as “safe” by the Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB).

This week, the city council gave Mayor Rich-ard Gomez the authority to sign the deed of sale over the land, so that the initial houses from the National Housing Authority (NHA) can be constructed for the 161 families in Brgy. Gaas

that had to be evacuated because they were living over the faultline.

NHA manager Rizalde Mediavillo, in a previous visit to Ormoc, told Mayor Gomez that their agency has ready funds for 887 row houses for the quake victims. They still have to look for funding source for the remaining 1,385 families that were displaced from 13 barangays because of the quake.

Meanwhile, the city still has to look for more land to resettle the other displaced families. A ticklish area is Brgy. Tongonan, which has been recommended by the MGB for total relocation. The village was pinpointed as “ground zero” for the July 6 earthquake, and is right smack on the epicen-ter.

Atty. Jasper Lucero, city legal counsel, who was tasked by Mayor Richard

Gomez to look for the lands and negotiate with owners, admitted that looking for properties for the City to buy was tricky. There were owners who would say yes today and change the minds or prices the next day; there were also areas with CARP problems. Some were only covered with Tax Declara-tions, while rules state that the government should only buy titled properties. There is also the issue of pricing.

On the other hand, the council also gave Mayor Richard Gomez the author-ity to enter into a Memo-randum of Agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the download-ing of some P 38.9 million intended for the temporary transitional houses of the 2,272 earthquake victims.

The funds will be used to construct temporary houses for the victims so that they can move out of the evacuation centers, where they are living in tents, and while they are still waiting for the per-manent NHA-constructed houses.

The budget for each temporary house is P 15,000.00 each or a total of P 34-million, while the remaining P 4.862 million will be used as “cash for work” when the houses are constructed.

According to Engr. Ranie Oliveros, city en-gineer, the P 15,000.00 is not enough to construct the transitional houses but needs P 7,000.00 more. Hence, the city would have to shell some P 15.9-million more.

The transitional shel-ters will have common kitchens and cooking areas and comfort rooms. LMJ

City dads say VMB Foods, IAU violated lease contracts to detriment of City ORMOC CITY – The Com-mittee on Economic Enter-prise and Committee on Public Properties of the Sangguniang Panlungsod here has determined that VMB Food and the Indi-ana Aeronautic University (AIU), lessors of the twin buildings that were Or-moc’s seat of government in the past, have commit-ted various violations to their lease contracts with the city government that could be grounds for ter-mination.

In a report submitted and approved by the city council this week, Public Properties chairman Ben-net Pongos said they are submitting their findings to the Office of the City Mayor “soonest so as to al-low him to consider and go over the same, objectively and thoroughly, and to im-pose applicable remedy or sanction that he deems just and proper, in accordance with the Ordinance and the Lease Contracts.”

The report was signed by Pongos, vice chairman for Public Properties Ma-rio Rodriguez, Economic Enterprise Vice chairman Vincent Rama, and Tomas Serafica and John Eulalio Nepumoceno Aparis II as members.

Twin BuildingsThe twin buildings are

where the restaurant/ca-tering service Sutuwaki, coffee shop Lorenzo’s, ice cream parlor Sorbeteria, SPAcialist, a boutique, and even a worship hall, is lo-cated. Sutuwaki occupies what was the previous SP building under the lease of VMB Food of Violeta

“Tatta” Baltonado, while the other businesses occupy the former executive build-ing which is under lease by the IAU, operated by Dr. Jovenal Toring.

The joint committee’s findings came after an ex-haustive probe into the alleged violations of the les-sees. Committee meetings were held where the parties were invited to shed light into the issues hounding the lessees.

The joint committee’s findings and conclusion, after the investigation, was that VMB Foods and IAU committed violations to their contracts and did not comply with some of provi-sions. Non-payment of in-

suranceAmong these, the com-

mittee said, was the non-payment of the GSIS insur-ance for the period 2012-2015. “Lessees IAU and VMB Food clearly reneged on their obligations to take on at their initiative and expense the required GSIS comprehensive insurance coverage on the two build-ings for the years 2012-15.”

The “blatant omission”, the finding states, unneces-sarily exposed the leased premises to unprotected risks, “compelling the City Government to free the buildings from said risks by using scarce public funds to obtain insurance coverage for four years up until 2016” when the Gomez adminis-tration came in.

The City Government, it was learned, paid P 294,933.38 for the insur-ance coverage which should have been an expense on the

part of the lessees. It was also learned that

the lessees turned the tables on the City Government, saying they could not pay the insurance because no tax declaration was prompt-ly issued.

The city assessor dur-ing the period was Erlinda Solaña, whose daughter is married to Violeta M. Bal-tonado’s eldest son, Lorenz.

However, the joint com-mittee report pointed out that alleged shortcoming on the part of the City is “on shaky ground for when the lease commenced, in-surance coverage for the two buildings already sub-sisted.”

Hence, the report said, all VMB Food and IAU should have done was “to take on the simple task of renewing them upon each expiration.”

Other violationsThe committee report

notes that a provision of the lease contract to the two parties was failing to secure the permit of the City Government to sub-lease the property or portions of it, in the past and present. Renovations, also, did not have prior consent.

The “closest” that the lessees could produce as proof that they asked prior consent, the report said, were letters notifying of the intent to sublease, but no written consent were given.

As for the renovations, there were some that had the approval of the City Engineer, which the com-mittee said was improper as it is the City Mayor who can only grant such. The committees also found out

that there were “several completed improvement works” that had no renova-tion permits.

The lessees, the report said, “committed clear acts of violations on the require-ment that the prior written consent of the City Mayor or Lessor must first be ob-tained before any renova-tion, improvement or any other civil works may be started by the Lessees.”

The committee report also struck down the de-fense that the businesses which subleased spaces in the buildings were given Mayor ’s Permit was im-plied permission already, saying it “was nowhere near the ream of substantial compliance as a business permit is merely an author-ity by the City Government to engage into the business applied for.” By Lalaine M. Jimenea

PAMUSIL ... from P. 3

POTPOURRI ... from P. 5

7September 18-24, 2017 NEWS

and the dead. We invoke this reality

when we pray the Apos-tles’ Creed. Even if He is up there, he remains with us here on earth by means of the Holy Eucharist: the host that we receive each time we go to Mass and receive Holy Communion and the Priest says as he gives us the host: Body of Christ. He is therefore with us in the form of the Sacred Host. The next question is when will it happen and who of us will be there?

Let us therefore re-member to greet Him Hap-py Birthday on Christmas

Day. Better yet, when we attend the midnight mass and upon receiving Holy Communion. Of course it follows that we go to Confession upon reach-ing the Advent Season which begins with the last Sunday of November; plenty of time to go to any priest for almost one whole month. No plau-sible reason whatsoever to say we do not have the time.There are people who go through any length or breadth to hear mass and receive Communion. How many churches do we have here in Ormoc City.

may sud mga balut didto. Nagduda ang mga pulis nga nahadlok ang tinderog balut.

Karon ang gihimo sa mga pulis mao ang pagpan-gita ug footage sa CCTV sa lugar; pamasin nga maoy maghatag ug yawe nga mahibaw-an kinsa ang na-musil sa biktima.

Sa inbistigasyun nga gihimo nila Supt. Gallardo ug PO2 Jemelito Ignacio Jr., nahibaw-an ang duha nisu-lod sa KTV bar ug nigawas alas tres na sa kaadlawon, September 22. Pag lusad nila sa hagdanan, ang mga biktima namalit ug balut unya may niduol nga osa ka tawo ug namolong, “ania ra diay mo ha”, dayung pusil sa mga biktima. Si Ensoy nakadagan ug didto siya natumba sa dalan Rizal, dili

klaro diin agi nga naabot man kini didto sa fruit park.

May tahap ang mga pulis nga may gikalalis ang osa sa biktima sa ilang giim-nan, kini ang subayun pas mga inbistigador. Giklaro nga si Ensoy isip market guard, off-duty niadtong higayuna, polong sa baran-gay kapitan sa Hibunawon nga si Hon. Romulo Saquez nga nagsusi sa buhatan sa police station 1 nianang buntag sayo sa September 22. Siya sad ang nikuha sa mga gamit ni Ensoy.

Ning pagkutlo sa balita September 23, ang mga pulis padayun naniid aron mahibaw-an ang hinung-dan sa kremin. Si Supt.Gallardo nimando sa inbis-tigador nga palawuman pa ang iyang inbistigasyun. Ni Paul Libres

kaso nga giatubang theft kun pagpangawat. Nalut-san siya ug warrant of arrest pila katuig ang nilabay gani ang nag isyu sa alias war-rant si anhing RTC Judge James Clinton Nuevo sa Branch 12. Ang piyansa nga gipahamtang sa korte

WANTED ... from P. 3anaa sa 20 mil pesos alang sa iyang temporaryung kagawasan.

Ang duha ka dinak-pan anaa pa tanggong sa police station 1, ug ibalhin sila ngadto sa City Jail kun may order na unya gikan sa korte. Ni Paul Libres

gamit kun ukupado ang mga ambulansiya sa Ormoc Rescue Unit.

Ang BFP Ormoc adu-nay mga nurse, pero usa niini ang gibalhin na ngadto sa Catbalogan Fire Station adtong September 20. Pero kun may magkinahanglan sa ilang tabang, andam sila pag responde.

Sa laing bahin, ang mga anaa sa inspection division, padayun nagsusi sa mga

HATAGAN ... from P. 3tindahan, buildings, kun gisunod ba ang Fire Code.

Kun makita nila nga may kalapasan, pasabton ang mga tag-iya ug ipa sunod gyud ang Fire Code, human makatuman ang tag-iya sa buildings, tinda-han o mga establisemento ilang isyuhan ug Fire In-spection Certificate nga maoy osa sa rekisitos aron magkuha ug Mayor’s Per-mit. Ni Paul Libres

Gisugdan kini ni adtong Sabado, September 16. May panahun nga mobiya ang mga pulis sa puwesto aron maniudto unyag maatlan sa

ESNATSER ... from P. 3mo inspeksiyun nga opisyal, patubagon hinuon sila nga-nong nibiya siya sa lugar nga wa mananghid, problema na nuon. Ni Paul Libres

explained, is simply, doing business “to bring people out of poverty… to do busi-ness God’s way… a social enterprise equals Christian enterprise”.

He shared with his young listeners of his hum-ble beginnings in England, how he came from a poor family and how at age 25, he borrowed money from “Prince Charles” to start his computer gaming business, which became quite suc-cessful, and, of course, he said, made him “rich” and “blessed”.

This , however, he shared did not make him happy; and one day, made him wonder why he was rich, or why he was blessed. In his search for answers, he sold his business and went around the world looking for charities, which he could “give his money to”.

None, however, gave him a lasting impression, until he visited the Philip-pines after hearing about “Gawad Kalinga” from a Filipino friend; so he flew to the Philippines, he said, and was toured around the various GK sites by none other than GK’s founder, Tony Meloto.

The tour left a dent in Dylan’s heart and when he returned to England, he immediately emailed Mr. Meloto because he was sell-ing one of his luxury cars and wanted to donate the proceeds to the GK move-ment.

Mr. Meloto, would have none of it, however,

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and told Dylan that if “he wanted to help, he should come and do it himself”.

Dylan obliged, plan-ning to stay in the country for six weeks. Of course, this did not happen, be-cause he fell in love with the Philippines, with GK, with the poor, and with one of Mr. Meloto’s daughter, Anna, whom, he said, he now has six children with, aside from Human Nature – a social enterprise that Dylan and Anna, together with Anna’s sister, Camille, built, hoping to bring af-fordable organic/natural beauty and home products to Filipino households, and, at the same time, bringing “our farmers” out of pov-erty by encouraging them

Dylan Wilk (sitting, 5th from left) pose with Human Nature members and advocates in Ormoc City.

to supply the raw materials needed by these “organic/natural” products.

Today, per Dylan, Hu-man Nature “has the most number of products that are certified with the Natural Products Association (NPA) of America” in the world.

Human Nature, too, is “the first and only Philip-pine home and personal care brand that is a member of the Natural Products As-sociation (NPA).”

NPA, per HN’s website, is the “largest and oldest nonprofit organization in the US dedicated to the promotion of natural manu-facturing and protecting of consumers’ health and environmental safety”.

Human Nature as well

is the first Asian company to be awarded the Sus-tainable Beauty Awards in 2016 in Paris, France by Organic Monitor (Ecovia Intelligence) – a publication that features “sustainability developments in the cos-metics and personal care industry”.

This is on top of their other award in 2012 from the Business Economic Fo-rum, as Social Entrepreneur of the Year.

This makes Dylan proud of Human Nature, as it affirms, he said that “Made in the Philippines” products is world-class and can be as good as the ones in America, Europe and other first-world countries.

Before he ended his talk, Dylan further encour-aged his young audience to go into “social entrepre-neurship”, to have that love for the Philippines, which he has likened to a piece of gold.

Everywhere you go in the world, Dylan said, Filipinos thrive and become successful. It is therefore possible, he said, to “build a first-class country”, while doing business in the Phil-ippines.

At the GK Enchant-ed Farm in Luzon, Dylan shared, they have students from poor families whom they taught to possess a “new way of thinking about business” and even while studying, now have their own social enterprises.

Enterprises such as, he said, the Oh GK! Bev-erage, Puto ni Papa, and Frienchips, which are now being sold in stores and restaurants in Manila.

Finally, Dylan pre-sented Human Nature’s business philosophy, to give students how Human Nature operates, which are: regularization and health care for all; living wage vs. minimum wage; no work on Sundays / no stores in malls; no “lagay” (bribe); no firing policy; and interest-free loans to their almost 500 employees and 20 sci-entists. By Jima Zandra J. Vergara

establishment is legitimate and complies with good distribution and storage practices, especially cold-chain management which is required for temperature-sensitive products such as vaccines.

In view of these reports, the FDA warns the public against availing vaccines from online sellers and other unauthorized distributors or retailers. Consumers avail-

HEALTH ... from P. 4ing from these unauthorized distributors or retailers are at risk of buying vaccines of poor quality, compromised by non-compliance to the required standards of FDA, or worse, at risk of buying counterfeit products.

To determine whether an establishment is licensed with the FDA, kindly vali-date with the FDA website (www.fda.gov.ph). Just type in the name of the establish-

ment in the search box (up-per right corner).

The FDA has already initiated the conduct of regulatory actions together with concerned market-ing authorization holders (MAHs) on the proliferation of vaccines being sold or offered for sale online and from other unauthorized distributors or retailers.

All Local Government Units (LGUs) and Law En-forcement Agencies (LEAs) are requested to ensure the sale or offer for sale of vac-cines by unauthorized dis-tributors or retailers are stopped in their jurisdiction.

Continuous conduct of these activities may be reported to the FDA via re-port@fda.gov.ph, or through the online reporting facility, eReport, at www.fda.gov.ph/ereport. You may also call the Center for Drug Regulation and Research (CDRR) at telephone num-ber (02) 809-5596. For more information, please email us at info@fda.gov.ph or visit us at fda.gov.ph.”

If we have doubts es-pecially online sellers, it is best to obtain the vaccines from practicing physicians especially the pediatricians and family physicians.

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

persons exerting pressure on him and the kind of pres-sure being exerted on him. Salalima however said that he will divulge more details on his complaint after his resignation is accepted by the President. So what will happen then? If his resigna-tion is not accepted, he will

not talk anymore about the corruption being exerted on him in the performance of his job? What kind of fight-ing corruption that way, Mr. Salalima should think.

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In the City of Beautiful People, homegrown products like Jett’s Cows Milk are endorsed by Ormoc “hotties” like Vice Mayor Toto Locsin Jr.

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PICE ... from P. 16pursuits…”The first speaker of

the conference was Region VIII’s very own DPWH Director Edgar B. Tabacon, CESO IV. After which, Dis-trict Engineer Lino Fran-cisco C. Gonzalez followed with more inspiring words.

Congresswoman Lucy Marie T. Gomez also deliv-ered a speech commending the current works of our engineers, as well as pro-moting more development

all over the country. Or-moc City Councilor Nolito Quilang also shared words advocating for the growth of the tourism industry in Ormoc City.

The official topics of the technical conference were traffic management control, the government procure-ment process, construction methodology, soil explora-tion and characterization, resilient building, and soil erosion and sedimentation.

To cap it up, a raffle was conducted for a grand prize of P50,000, which a member of the Biliran Chapter won. As part of the social responsibilities of the Ormoc PICE Chap-ter, the proceeds of the said raffle was for the benefit of the Ormoc Central School-Special Education Class (SPED) comprising of 143 children with special needs to obtain various gadgets to augment their educa-tional training. (PR)

opted the city’s holding center for boys and Lingap, the center for disadvantaged women and girls, and has spent millions to spruce up its buildings aside from taking an active role in reforming chil-dren in conflict with the law.

Jaime Ramos has also partnered with civic orga-nizations like the Supreme and Ultimate Lions Clubs, the Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay, and the Department of Education in the distri-bution of books and other

educational materials.Mayor Gomez, to en-

sure transparency and ac-countability in the receipt and distribution of relief goods and donations, has involved civic organizations in the effort. Manning the receiving desk are members of various Lions Club and Kiwanis, while the two Ro-tary clubs are actively par-ticipating in the distribution of relief goods and putting up of temporary shelters.

The Ormoc Chamber,

on the other hand, safe-keeps the cash donations.

His effort in involving the clubs are well-received by the various club mem-bers who said they are hap-py to be involved, and at the same time, safeguard the goods from pilferage so that it may reach the intended beneficiaries.

All relief goods are stocked at the City Hall lobby where everybody can see as it comes in and dispatched. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

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SANCCS RECOGNITION. Mayor Richard Gomez hands Jaime Ramos of SANCCS, Inc., a plaque of appreciation for his years of unselfish sacrifice in doing humanitarian work in Ormoc City. With them are (L-R) Farica Zgambo who was tasked at coordinating with Ramos in his future visits, Supreme Lions official Jens Kruska, Ramos and the mayor, EV Mail publisher Lalaine Jimenea and Ultimate Lions director Tess Kruska.

and order for Ormoc, so that visitors like them will not be afraid to come.

Rep. Lucy Torres-Go-mez, on the other hand, re-galed the ladies with her life story. She related that grow-ing up in a prayerful family, she has always trusted God to give what is best for her, adding that even Richard Gomez was an answered prayer. “I pray about every-thing,” she said, “I pray for the right words to say, over food, over our decision to join politics … everything.”

She added that it was a Mother Butler member who paved the way to their joining politics. She is Ma. Victoria L. Locsin, former mayor and congresswoman of Ormoc.

She also brought the audience to laughter when she said she just asked God to give her somebody “tall, dark, with broad shoulders, and who looked like Richard Gomez and will take care of her as their father did with them and their mother” and surprised her with the real Richard Gomez.

Saturday evening for the Mother Butlers was capped with photo opportunities with the celebrity couple, and entertainment from lo-cally grown talents. Ballroom music, on the other hand, was provided by Seventh Dawn band.

Sunday’s affair was short, with Mother Butlers Visayas president Marissa R. Unch-uan delivering her message. Marissa, a famed cake baker in Cebu, is a true-blue Ormo-canon and the sister of city councilor Mario Rodriguez.

A mass officiated by Msgr. Filomeno G. Bactol, Bishop of Naval, Biliran, ended the affair. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

MOTHER ... from P. 2Kiwanis Geo-Ormoc officers installed,

DG calls for more membership recruitmentTHE KIWANIS Club

of Geo-Ormoc inducted its incoming set of officers for 2017-2018 in simple rites on September 21 in the eve-ning, at the Garvie’s Hall in Sabin Resort Hotel.

Installed into office by Kiwanis District Gov-ernor Division 1A of the Philippine South District Ivan Nemenzo were re-elected president Evan-geline “Gigi” Chan-Chu; Josephine Gica-Martinez as vice-president; Catalina D. Juntilla, secretary; April S. Conui, treasurer; and, Marichu Campos, Necitas Abenoja Jr., Eduardo Naz-ario, Judy Espina, Garry Losorata and Antolin Gordo Jr. as board directors.

Also inducted were the various committee chair-persons. They are: Zenaida Agujar for membership; Lorna Gordo for young chil-dren priority one; Bienjelyn Tabucanon for financial review; Ana Liza dela Victo-ria for fundraising; Necitas

Abenoja Jr. for community services; Mary Jean Aseo for service leadership program; Josephine Martinez for pub-lic relations; April Conui for program; and Rafael Lucero as counselor.

In accepting her sec-ond term as president of the club, Evangeline Chu thanked members for the trust and support they showed to her leadership. She enumerated the projects and programs that they had implemented in the past year, and the future pro-grams they would want to do, to serve the children of Ormoc City.

She also thanked the administration of Mayor Richard Gomez for trusting the club to lead the Alay Lakad program, the pro-ceeds of which they have used to enroll the youth to various tech-voc courses.

Chu, who said she just wanted to be the club pho-tographer when she joined them a few years back, said

she could not have done what the club has achieved without the all out support of the members.

The Kiwanis of Geo-Ormoc is one of the City’s active partners in the relief operations following the July 6 earthquake, which displaced 2,272 families.

District governor Ivan Nemenzo, on the other hand, lauded Chu and the members for their exem-plary performance, saying that this has made the club relevant to the society. He also urged them to actively recruit members, and that it was by doing relevant programs that will attract membership.

This year’s theme, he said, was “Eye of the Tiger” which is meant to challenge clubs to grow exponentially. It is also noted that Asia has contributed to the Kiwanis growth with 30,000 mem-bers in Taiwan, followed by 6,000 in the Philippines, and 3,000 in Korea.

He said that the Ki-wanis in the country aims to organize 45 clubs each in the South and North dis-tricts. He added that under his leadership, the Kiwanis clubs in his district will have more club trainings for members to imbibe the meaning and purpose of their being Kiwanians.

The ceremony was capped with the induc-tion of new members and distribution of recognition to worthy members. By Lalaine M. JimeneaNewest medical lab, diagnostic center opens in city

ADVERTISE WITH THE EV MAILORMOC CITY – East Medical Laboratory and Diagnostic Center is the newest business, serving the health sector, to open in this city.

The medical lab and diagnostic center located on the ground floor of Cristina M. Bldg., corner Osmena & Arradaza Sts. had its formal opening last Monday, Sep-tember 18, with Vice Mayor Toto Locsin gracing the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Together with him was owners Berly Cantiller Jr. and, wife, Daisy. Mr. Cantil-ler also serves as the lab’s CEO and President.

EV Mail, during a quick

The friendly and accommodating staff of East Medical Labora-tory and Diagnostic Center. (Photo shared by Yuwan’s De-sign & Concepts)

chat with Operations Man-ager Neil Torita, found out sEE CENTER p. 9

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permanent relocation. C o u n c i l o r G e r r y

Penserga, on the other hand, was also on “official leave” but which was a working trip to enhance his profes-sional career as a physician.

Councilor Tommy Se-rafica also helped in scout-ing for relocation sites, and took his job as councilor-in-charge of the earthquake struck areas to heart. He was almost in the area ev-

eryday, making sure that the people are safe and se-cure, even if they lost their homes.

Councilor Rolando Villasencio also did his chores, including batting for an urban poor hous-ing settlement somewhere in Brgy. Mabini. Kudos to our Ormoc Development Team councilors for work-ing hard, even if the boss is away.

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appropriation or the budget for the scholarship grant to which P15-million has been proposed; information dissemination or how to inform Ormoc’s athletes and coaches to apply with the city’s athletic scholarship; return service requirement and repayment to which the committee agreed to set at two years with the scholars being required to work for the “City Government or in private companies or indus-tries located in Ormoc City”; and, of course, the stringent processes involved in the selection of applicants up to the terms and conditions that scholars must comply

with in order to maintain their athletic scholarship.

For one, there is the matter of the grade an ath-lete-scholar must maintain to remain in the Athletic Scholarship Program. The committee agreed to a 78% grade for scholars in the secondary level and 2.7 for those in the tertiary level.

Most importantly, the committee discussed in thorough the scholarship benefits, which have been proposed to be the follow-ing: (1) P18,000 per school year/semester to cover tu-ition and other school fees which shall be payable di-rectly to the school where

the scholar is enrolled; (2) a monthly stipend of P2,000; (3) a textbook allowance of P3,000 per school year/semester; (4) a P20,000 travel allowance to be given to the grantee should he or she travel to compete in another locality; and (5) a P5,000 sports effect stipend for the purchase of uni-form, shoes and equipment needed by the grantee for his/her training. The latter benefit during deliberation was proposed to be given per semester.

The committee also proposed to include medi-cal insurance, in case an athlete-scholar becomes injured while competing or

in training, to form part of the scholarship benefits.

The draft ordinance came to be following a re-quest from Ormoc Mayor Richard I. Gomez, after the successful implementation of LGU-Ormoc’s Academic Scholarship Program.

The mayor is a staunch advocate of sports develop-ment, being a world-class sportsman himself.

With the Athletic Schol-arship Program, Ormoc’s best athletes would now be given the opportunity to attend school, as a scholar, and, at the same time, be able to train and hone their skills to the fullest. By Jima Zandra J. Vergara

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are now more ‘policeman’,” he added.

On the other hand, Mayor Richard Gomez congratulated and lauded the cops for keeping the city peaceful and in order, which is the top thrust of his administration.

“Its always nice na lahat ng accomplishments niyo ay being noticed, being given importance. Be happy about your promotions, and be responsible as well,” the mayor said. “As police offi-cers, as police members, you have to be responsible. You have to do the right thing all the time. The law is always there, susuportahan kayo ng batas.”

He went on, saying that there is a need to impose discipline in the city, after so many years. “We are bringing back discipline sa Ormoc City, and kayo [po-lice] ‘yung forefront”.

Pointing out the ac-complishments of the police force, the mayor said, “this is the first time ever that Or-moc is experiencing the best peace and order situation”.

He said that all the good things happening in the city could be attributed to the harmonious relationship of the executive with the city council, the legislative body, as well as the cooperation among all other agencies.

Citing the stricter im-plementation of national

laws like the wearing of protective helmet, imposing of speed limit, and enact-ment of anti-drunk and -drugged driving law, he said that these measures have boosted peace and order, and road safety.

He then told the pro-moted officers: “Be proud of your uniform, be proud of what you are, be proud of your promotions, but most of all, be responsible police personnel”. Lastly, Mayor Gomez, on behalf of the city government, expressed sup-port to the OCPO’s future undertakings for the benefit of the general populace.

The newly-promoted police officers with their current ranks, effective July 31, 2017, are: SPO3 Joel Dagoc; SPO3 Lovell Montaño; SPO3 Sofronio Parena; SPO3 Mark Alexis Ruita; SPO3 Maria Rachel Salas; SPO3 Jackson Sivila; SPO3 Jonathan Tomada; SPO2 Diosdado Albarillo Jr.; SPO2 Catherine Apuya; SPO2 Roger Baronda; SPO2 Gary Gabriel Casia; SPO2 Fritzie Entero; SPO2 Manuel Mendiola; SPO2 Romulo Muñez Jr.; SPO2 Joseph Sulapas; SPO1 Gerson Ag-cang; SPO1 Alvin Negad; SPO1 Ariel Villamor; PO2 Roberto Mancera III; PO2 Juvial John Nasayao; PO2 Jimmy Octavo; and PO2 Ignacio Omega. By Joseph Pilapil / CMIO

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laboratory testing and ex-ceptional customer service, continuous quality improve-ment and leadership.”

Furthermore, it aims to be “a regional leader in the promotion of diversified laboratory services… char-acterized by responsiveness to change and anticipa-

that the private lab opens as early as 7am and closes at 7pm. It has one licensed Medical Technologist, in addition to Mr. Torita who is also a MedTech with 10 years of experience; 1 Phlebotomist, who does the blood extracting; and 1 Liaison Officer, who mans the front desk and enter-tains clients/patients as they come in.

According to Mr. Torita, East Medical Laboratory and Diagnostic Center of-fers the following services: Blood Chemistry, Hematol-ogy, Serology & Immunolo-gy, Microscopy, and medical check-up with their three doctors. He also said that they will soon offer X-ray.

Per the establishment’s mission and vision: “East Medical Laboratory and Di-agnostic Center is an Institu-tion that contributes to excel-lent patient care by providing comprehensive, high quality

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tion of opportunity.” It also hopes to establish new rela-tionships, promote commu-nity wellness and increase accessibility to clients.

Mr. Torita added that what sets them apart from other laboratories in the city is their being “strategi-cally located, their new and

state-of-the-art equipment, friendly staff, and afford-able services”.

East Medical Labora-tory and Diagnostic Center can be contacted through 561-9298 and through their email, eastmedicallab@ya-hoo.com. By Jima Zandra J. Vergara

Vice Mayor Toto Locsin did the ribbon-cutting to open East Medical Laboratory and Diagnostic Center with owners, Berly Cantiller Jr. and, wife, Daisy. (Photo shared by Yuwan’s Design & Concepts)

Doreen Chef Corner brings in Bakersfield, holds baking demoORMOC CITY – Eight-

year old Doreen Chef Cor-ner brought to this city, to the delight of bakers and cake-makers, the Bakers-field team and chef for a baking demo using the numerous products of the food brand.

The demo happened at the store’s Vanilla Room Test Kitchen the entire day of September 23, Saturday.

Chef Ryan of Bakers-field demonstrated to the more than 25 participants, some of whom came all the way from Maasin, Isabel, Baybay, San Isidro, Merida, and other parts in Leyte – all loyal customers of Doreen Chef Corner – such recipes as the all-in-method French vanilla chiffon using Cake-master, the banana-flavored Eezy Mix brownies topped with walnuts, and Fudge-it rich caramel ganache.

The three products –

Cakemaster, Eezy Mix, and Fudge-it – are, to name a few, Bakersfield products that are now available at Doreen Chef Corner.

Per Janice Avisado, Ba-kersfield’s VisMin Regional Sales Manager, Doreen Chef Corner is an official dealer/distributor of Bakersfield products in Ormoc. That is why, she continued, they are able to give demos from time to time to the “loyal” customers of Doreen Chef Corner and to the mem-bers of the Ormoc Baking Momshies.

The latter is an asso-ciation of mommies whom Doreen Chef Corner orga-nized, as part of the store’s “livelihood advocacy”, teaching members baking skills, which they could eventually use to earn in-come with and, thus, be able to support their families.

In fact, per Ms. Doreen

Ott, Doreen Chef Corner’s owner, teacher and a bak-ing enthusiast herself, the Momshies became a part of Ormoc’s Taboan last December 2016, baking and then selling pasalubong items, mostly made of pine-apple, which Ormoc has in abundance.

Continuous learning sessions also happen at

Chef Ryan of Bakersfied demonstrates to the participants how to bake using their company’s products.

the Doreen Chef Corner, free of charge, exclusive to the Momshies, per Ms. Doreen, hoping to equip them with advanced bak-ing skills and “packaging knowledge” so they would be able to properly “brand” their homemade products, thus, making it more attrac-tive to he buying public, she added.

Ms. Doreen also shared that for those who want to put up a bakery or bake-shop, to come to Doreen Chef Corner, as the store is willing to “assist you” with the technical stuff and other aspects of the busi-ness, aside from, of course, being able to “provide you with quality ingredients and other baking supplies”. An investment of P75,000 to P100,000 should be enough, Ms. Doreen said, to kick-start a small bakeshop.

Doreen Chef Corner is

located at Rizal St. corner Carlos Tan St. with tele-phone number 561-0475. It is open from 8:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. For future, bak-ing demos and learning sessions, you may check out their Facebook Page @Doreen Chef Corner.

Doreen Chef Corner sells baking ingredients, equipment and o ther baking supplies for “all homebakers, bakeries, and everyone who loves to bake”. By Jima Zandra J. Vergara

Sep. 5 to Oct. 5 is National Teachers’ Month

THE PHILIPPINES per Presidential Proclama-tion No. 242 signed in 2011 holds the “longest cel-ebration for teachers” through National Teachers’ Month (NTM) happening from Sep. 5 to Oct. 5, 2017.

The grand multi-sectoral celebration honors the Filipino teacher and their important role of nurturing minds. Through NTM, the government hopes to “up-lift the noble teaching profession as well as inspire the young to consider a career in education.”

In January 2016, Republic Act 10743, or “An Act Declaring the Fifth Day of October of Every Year as the National Teachers’ Day”, was signed into law. The goal is a “nationwide celebration for teachers much similar to how we celebrate Mother’s Day or Father’s Day”. (Source: http://www.dilg.gov.ph/)

10 September 18-24, 2017NOTICES

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Republic of the Philip-pines

Supreme Court REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Eighth Judicial Region

Carigara, Leyte OFFICE OF THE EX-

ECUTIVE JUDGE Petition No. 2017-06-

NC RE: PETITION FOR COMMISSION AS NOTARY PUBLIC

ATTY. WILLIE JR. P. DE GUZMAN,

Petitioner. x----------------------------x

ORDER Filed in Court on

September 12,2017 is the present petition for appointment as notary public for the munici-palities of the province of Leyte under the ter-ritorial jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Court of Carigara, Leyte. Peti-tioner avers among oth-ers that he is of legal age, married and a resident of Brgy. Jugaban, Carigara, Leyte; that he was admit-ted to the practice of law in May 25, 2017 with Roll of Attorneys’ No. 67922; that he will hold office as notary public in his residential address; that he is a member of good standing of the Philip-pine Bar with certifica-tions from the Office of the Bar Confidant of the Supreme Court and the integrated Bar of the Philippines; that he has not applied for nor was he issued a commission as notary public in any other jurisdiction for the current year; that he has not been charged nor convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude or any crime; that he possesses all the qualifications and none of the disqualification for the office of Notary Pub-

lic; that he undertakes to submit or report to the Office of the Clerk of Court copies of all deeds notarized by him; that he desires to be commis-sioned as Notary Public in Carigara, Leyte and in the municipalities of the Province of Leyte under the territorial jurisdic-tion of this Honorable Court.

After a careful pe-rusal of the petition, the Court finds the same to be sufficient in form and substance. Acting there-on, the Court hereby RESOLVES to:

1. SET the sum-mary hearing of this peti-tion on October 9, 2017 at 10:00 A.M.;

2. ORDER the petitioner to publish, at his expense, this Order in an accredited newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks;

3. DIRECT the Clerk of Court, OCC-RTC, Carigara, Leyte, to include this petition in the raffle of cases for publication by accred-ited publications of gen-eral circulation in the Province of Leyte; and

4. ORDER the Court Sheriff of the Of-fice of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Carigara, Leyte to post this Order in the bul-letin board of the OCC, RTC, Carigara, Leyte, and bulletin board of the municipal hall, Carigara, Leyte.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

14th day of September 2017, Carigara, Leyte.

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

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

EIGHTH JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 10 ABUYOG, LEYTE

Land Reg. Case No. 35

LRA Record No. E-ORD-2015000147

NOTICE OF INITIAL HEARING

To the Hon. So-licitor General, Office of the Solicitor Gen-eral, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Director, Land Management Bureau, Escolta, Manila; the Re-gional Director, Region VIII- DENR, Tacloban City; the Hon. Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila; the Hon. Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform, PTA Bldg., Elliptical Road, Diliman, the Di-rector, Forest Manage-ment Bureau, Visayas Avenue, Diliman; both in Quezon City, Metro Manila; the Provincial Governor,the Provincial Prosecutor, the Gen-eral Services Officer, the Provincial Engi-neer; the Public Works and Highways District Engineer; the CENR Officer, CENRO, Land Management Sector, all in Tacloban City; the Municipal Mayor, the Municipal Council, Abuyog, Leyte; Arlene Trinidad Gonzales and Lydia Verzosa both in

Poblacion Alang-Alang, Leyte; Efipania Enclona, Eugenia de Veyra, Emer-ciana de Veyra, Gual-berto Enclona and Ru-fina de Veyra all in Brgy. Loyonsawang, Abuyog, Leyte; Manuel de Veyra, Brgy. Buntay, Abuyog, Leyte; Iryl Boco, Nova St., Loyola Grand Villa, Quezon City; AND TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

You are hereby served this notice to ap-pear before this Court at its session to be held at Regional Trial Court, Branch 10, Abuyog, Leyte, on th 9th day of November 2017 at 8:00 o’clock in the morning, then and there to pres-ent such claim as you may have to said land or any portion thereof, and to submit evidence in support of such claim and unless you, appear at said Court at the time and place aforesaid, your default will be recorded and the title to the land will be adjudicated and determined in ac-cordance with law and the evidence before the Court and thereafter you will forever be barred from contesting said application (or petition) or any decree entered thereon.

W i t n e s s : t h e HON. CARLOS O. ARGUELLES, Acting Presiding Judge of said Court, the 28th day of July, 2017.

Issued at Quezon City, Philippines, this 8th day of August, 2017.

ATTEST: RENATO D. BERMEJO

Administrator Land Registration

Authority By:

JOEL MARI MARTIN M. BIGORNIAChief, Docket

Division EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

An amended appli-cation having been filed in the above entitled case by BELLA L. COSTIN-MANINGAT married to Ramon Maningat, Brgy Loyonsawang, Abuyog, Leyte, Thru: Atty. Edgar T.Octa, 1328 Mabini St. San Roque, Tanauan, Leyte praying for the registration and confir-mation of the title to the following described land.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONSurvey Plan No.: CCN-08-000202-DBlock No.: Lot No.: Consolidation of Lot: Lots 11 & 74, PLS-08-0000070Land Owner/ Claimant: Bella L. Costin Location: Brgy. of Loyonsawang, Municipality of Abuyog, Province of Leyte, Island of Leyte Boundaries: Line Direction Adjoining Lots/ Features 1-2 NE Real Street (10.00 m. wide)2-3-4-5 SE Rebulucion Street (10.00 m. wide) 5-6 SW Lot 76, PLS-08-000070 6-7 SW Lot 75, PLS-08-000070 7-8 NW Lot 160, Pls-08-000070 8-9 NW Lot 72, PLS-08-0000709-1 NW Lot 73, PLS-08-000070 Tie Line: LYT 93, Abuyog Leyte Lot Description: Line Bearing Distance Tie Point- 1 S 61 deg 02’W 271.94 m 1-2 S 28 deg 32’E 28.77 m. 2-3 S67 deg 36’W 14.18 m. 3-4 S 67 deg 14’W 8.64 m. 4-5 S 67 deg 55l W 2.17 m. 5-6 N 24 deg 39’W 14.32 m. 6-7 N 28 deg 45’W 10.90 m. 7-8 N 28 deg 45’W 1.81 m. 8-9 N 63 deg 31’ E 5.87 m. 9-1 N 63 deg 31’ E 18.08 m. Area: SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR (674) SQUARE METERS more or less Description of Corners: All corners are old points Bearings: Grik Date of Original Survey: July 10, 19 30 Date of Subd. / Cons. Survey: February 7, 2015 Date Approved: May 4, 2015 Geodetic Engineer : Hugo P.de la Cruz

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 37 (Caibiran)

Naval, BiliranSP. PROC. NO. CB-

17-302 IN THE MATTER OF

THE CORRECTION OF THE YEAR OF BIRTH FROM 1962 to 1941 IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF LILIA

PAABUT ROSEL, LILIA PAABUT

ROSEL, Petitioner -versus-

Local Civil Registrar of Caibiran, Biliran,

and the Civil Registrar General, PSA, Respondent. x------------x

ORDER F i led wi th th i s

Court is a petition for correction of entry in the birth certificate of LILIA PAABUT ROSEL, thru his counsel Atty. Redentor C. Villordon, praying that after notice, publication and hearing, the correction be ordered by this Court, the entry of her Certificate of Live Birth more particularly the year of her date of birth be changed from 1962 to 1941.

Finding the petition

to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on October 31,2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morn-ing which date, time and place any interested person may appear and show cause, if any, why this petition should not be granted.

Accordingly, let a copy of this order be published prior to the date of hearing once a week for three consecu-tive weeks at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general cir-culation in the Province of Biliran duly autho-rized by this Court after a raffle conducted by the Branch Clerk of Court.

Furnish copy of this order to the office of the Solicitor General, the Provincial Prosecutor of Biliran, Civil Regis-trar General, the Local Civil Registrar of Cai-biran, Biliran and the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

this 5th day of Septem-ber 2017, Hall of Justice, Brgy. Larrazabal, Naval, Biliran, Philippines.

(Sgd.) CONSTAN-TINO F. ESBER Presiding Judge

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Commercial Rate * - P100.00 per col. cm. *Judicial Notices *- P60.00 per col. cm. *

For inquiries: Call (053) 561-0809 / 832-0704 (Or-moc); (053) 530-3366 (Tacloban); 500-9389 (Biliran)

* Exclusive of Taxes / Black and White Rate

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late EPIFANIA S. IMAS and MARIA IMAS-SAMPAN re a parcel of land Lot 1, Pcs-08-000549-D, situated in Brgy. Sto. Niño, Ormoc City, containing an area of 4,114 sq. m. was settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 226; Page No. 46; Book No. 30, Series of 2017 of Notary Public Bonifacio T. Degamo Jr. EV Mail Sept.4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late ELVIRA ADOLFO OMIL-LON had left an account with Philip-pine National Bank, Baybay Branch, Baybay City under Savings Account No. 312710009434 was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 1017; Page No. 100;

Book No. IX; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Vivian C. Enario-Vidallon. EV Mail Sept.4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late ILUMINADA REYES VIRAY had left cash deposited with Develop-ment Bank of the Philippines; Land Bank of the Philippines Tacloban; Perpetual Help Multi Purpose Cooperative; & Government Service Insurance System were settled among her heirs per Doc. No.283; Page No. 39; Book No. XXX; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Rodolfo A.Peñalosa, Jr. EV Mail Sept.4-10, 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Deed of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of PABLIA GOC-ONG CABALLERO re One-half (1/2) portion

of the whole One-third (1/3) share of a parcel of land being inherited from the deceased mother re Lot 7029-B, Psd-58642, situated in Barrio San Jose, Ormoc City containing an area of 7,322 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 3847, that a portion of 2,441 sq.m. covered by TD No. 0074-00184 was sold in favor of REYNALDO D. CAPANGPANGAN per Doc. No. 238; Page No. 48; Book No. LXIV; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Allan R. Castro. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017Extrajudicial Settlement and Adjudi-cation with Special Power of to Sell

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late MARIO DE LA CRUZ re a parcel of Land Lot 20, Block 5 situated in Tacloban City, containing an area of 369 sq. m. covered under TCT No. T-19521 was settled among his heirs and give full authority to CLEOFAS DEL PILAR- DELA CRUZ to sell, the said property sold in favor of ATTY. ROGELIO P. GULA per Doc. No. 14; Page No. 4; Book No. 1; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Tyron Jan G. Albao. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed

of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late VICENTA R. MEJIA and FELICIO MEJIA re parcels of land Lot No. 4182,C-12, Cad. 566-D situated in Barangay Paa Hilongos, Leyte with an area of 5,773 sq. m. cov-ered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo P-42984 ; and Lot No. 5149, C-13, Cad. 566-D situated in Barangay Concepcion Hilongos, Leyte with an area of 8,404 sq. m. covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo P-42983 were settled among their heirs and sold in favor of SPS. DINO M. SANTILLAN and BEVERLY ANN P. SANTILLAN per Doc. No. 318; Page No. 71; Book No. XXVIII; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula- Vilbar. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement and Parti-tion with Deed of Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late JOAQUIN A. NASTOR and AGRIPINA V. NASTOR re a parcel of land Lot No. 2257, Case 9, Cad. 566-D, covered by OCT No. 27022 situated in Barangay Lamak Hilongos, Leyte, containing an area of 2,470 sq. m. was settled among their heirs and 618 sq. m. sold in favor of EMILY FORTALIZA per Doc. No. 296; Page No. 61; Book No. XXVIII; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula- Vilbar. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

Extra Judicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late FERNANDO R. SALES, SR. and PURIFICACION GAVINO re a parcel of land Lot 2229-F-19, Psd-114874 situated in Barrio Alegria, Ormoc City, containing an area of 215 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 8307 was partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 124; Page No. 25; Book No. XXXV; Series of 2000 of Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed

of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late VENANCIO N. SOFOCADO re a parcels of land situ-ated in Brgy. Ungale, Kawayan, Biliran denominated as 2168-P/ assessors Lot No. 15 under TD No. 00460 with an area

Republic of the Philip-pines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 35, Ormoc City CASE NO. R-ORM-17-

00007-SP IN RE:PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF

ANNOTATION IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF DIANE

MAINES y LEGASPI IN THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRY DIANE MAINES y LE-GASPI represented by

EDITHA LAPINID, Petitioner-versus –

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

ORMOC CITY and ALL PERSONS/ EN-TITES WHO/WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED

THEREBY, Respondents/s.

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

WHEREAS, a veri-fied Amended Petition was filed by petitioner Diane Maines y Legaspi, who is represented by Editha Lapinid, thru counsel Atty. Rhahezza N. Maiden of the Public Attorney’s Office, pray-ing that this Court, after due notice, publication and hearing in accor-dance with the Rules of Court, renders judgment directing the cancellation of the annotation of le-gitimation in the records of her birth both in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Ormoc City and in the Philippine Sta-tistics Authority (PSA) so the same may conform with her true and real civil status.

WHEREAS, this petition is hereby set for

Republic of the Philippines City Civil Registry Office

Province of Eastern Samar City of Borongan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Sec-

tion 7 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby serve to the public that MA. EVA TABINAS CRUZA, has filed with this Office a Peti-tion for Change of child’s first name from MARIA EVA to MA. EVA in the Certificate of Birth of MARIA EVA CADA TABINAS who was born on January 1, 1962 at POB, BORONGAN, E. SAMAR and whose parents are JOSEFINA CADA and EUGENIO ANACTA TABINAS.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file written opposition with this office not later than 26 September 2017.

(Sgd.) MA. LUISA M. AZUL III

City Civil Registrar EV Mail Sept. 11-17, & 18-24, 2017

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

MUNICIPALITY OF PALOMPON

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice

R.A. 9048 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CFN-0011-2017DATE: Sept. 8, 2017

In compliance with the publication requirement and guidelines in the Implemen-tation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048), Notice is hereby served to the public that JOSEPHINE E. SALUDAGA, has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of First Name from “MARIA ROSITA” to “JOSEPHINE” in the Cer-tificate of Live Birth of MARIA ROSITA VILLAFLOR ELODE at Palompon, Leyte and whose parents are Gregorio P. Elode and Aurelia S. Villaflor.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Sep-tember 18, 2017.

(Sgd.) ANNABELLE P. MARQUEZ

Municipal Civil Registrar Name of Newspaper:

EV Mail Place of Publication :

Ormoc City Date of Publication:

EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 2017, Sept. 18-24, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte CIVIL ACTIONS NO.

H-818 FOR:

DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MARRIAGE

of 0.203100 hectares was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of ROSITA S. TAYAM per Doc. No. 496; Page No. 100; Book No. 54; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

Amended Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late DANIEL ZABALA re a parcel of land Lot No. 1072, Case 6, Cad 566-D, located at Barangay Magnangoy Hilongos, Leyte, covered by OCT No. P-28690, containing an area of 4,387 sq.m. was settled among his heirs and 283 sq. m. sold in favor of PRECIELO AMOR D. NOTARTE per Doc. No. 387; Page No. 79; Book No. XXVIII; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement /Partition with Deed of Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SERGIO CORDERO re a parcels of agricultural land situated at Barangay Anislagan, Naval, Biliran, TD No. 00014 (R-11), Survey Lot No. 2956, Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo No. P-3264 with an area of 2.2920 hectares was settled and partitioned among his heirs and sold in favor of BONIFACIO SANTANA per Doc. No. 111; Page No. 23; Book No. XXV; Series of 2015 of Notary Public John B. De La Peña. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

Extrajudicial Partition with SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late FELOMINO N. LUNZAGA and FELOMINA LUNZAGA re parcels of land Lot6681-A-6, Psd-08-003459, situated in Barangay R.M. Tan, Ormoc City, covered by BY tct No. 644 with an area of 10,282 sq. m. was settled among their heirs and sold in favor of Sps. CARMELITO RESTAURO and ALICIA RESTAURO per Doc. No. 382; Page No. 77; Book No. XLVII; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late PABLO SUZON re a parcel of agricultural land lo-cated in Brgy. Calumpang, Naval, Biliran under TD No. 01979 R-11 denominated as survey No. 1114-P containing an area of 0.2538 has was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 292; Page No. 59; Book No. 55; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Redentor C.Villordon. EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late EUTIQUIO AMARILLA re a parcel of land Lot No. 3871, Cad 817-D, located at So. Bobotnga-on, Brgy. Baay, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, Samar, contain-ing an area of 20,766 sq. m. under TD No. 99-03012-00473 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of MARICAR BARZALES HUSTON per Doc. No. 140; Page No. 28; Book No. XIII; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017Deed of Self-Adjudication with Deed

of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late MARIA BATUTO re a parcel of an agricultural land situated in Brgy. Calumpang, Naval, Biliran, under TD No. 00164 with an

area of 0.03192 hectares was adjudi-cated unto herself by MARIFE BATUTO MANGCO-DE VERA and 150 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. DANTE B. CASAS and JOSEPHINE M. CASAS per Doc. No. 198; Page No. 40; Book No. 55; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late JUIAN FRANCISCO re a parcel of land Lot No. 650 located at Barangay bugtong, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, Samar covered by TD No. 99-03023-00231, covering an area of 15,238 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and sodl in favor of JONALYN L. BRAID per Doc. No. 6042; Page No. 1209; Book No. XIII; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Maricar R. Lucero, RSW. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017Deed of Self Adjudication with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of late NATALIA FRAN-CO re a parcel of land Lot No. 3691, Cad 422, located at Brgy. Bagacay, Calbayog City, containing an area of 7,796 sq. m. under T.D. No. 99-01004-00044 was adjudicated unto herself by WILFREDA F. DELGADO and sold in favor of MA. LOURDES V. DELMONTE per Doc. No. 4392; Page No. 884; Book No. IX; Series of 2014 of Notary Public Maricar R.Lucero. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late EUSTAQUIO JAVINES re a parcel of land Cad. Lot No. 5670, located at Brgy. Cadgaran, Calbayog District, Calbayog City, con-taining an area of 17,093 sq. m. under ARP No. 99-01018-00156 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of SPS. LEO J. CAPEDING and MARIA ROSARIO ZETA CAPENDING per Doc. No. ___; Page No. ___; Book No. ___; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late BONIFCIO JUANERIO re a parcel of land Lot No. 3691, Cad 817-D, located at Brgy. San Joaquin, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, Samar, containing an area of 49,187 sq. m. under TD No. 99-03013-01137 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of MARICAR BARZALES HUSTON per Doc. No. 136; Page No. 28; Book No. XIII; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late CERILO LASACA re a parcel of land Lot No. 2557 located at Brgy. Pagbalican, Cal-bayog City, Samar, covered by TD No. 99-01085-00023, containing an area of 6,738 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of ASHLEY M. ALBAŇA per Doc. No. 157; Page No. 32; Book No. XIII; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late GELACIO

F. LUMA re parcels of land Lot No. 3586, located at Brgy. San Joaquin, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, Samar, containing an area of 20,403 sq. m. under TD No. 99-03013-01197 ; and Lot No. 3588, containing an area of 14,421 sq. m. under TD No. 99-03013-01766 were settled among his heirs and sold in favor of MARICAR B. HUSTON per Doc. No. 137; Page No. 28; Book No. XIII; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late TRANQUI-LINO MAHINAY re a parcel of land Lot No. 1713, Cad. 817-D, located at Brgy. Cagmanipis Sur, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, Samar, containing an area of 35,163.64 sq. m. under TD No. 99-03025-00384 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of MARITA LOYAO per Doc. No. 491; Page No. 99; Book No. XI; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Extra-Judicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late GREGO-RIO P. MASIAS re parcels of land Lot No. 8944, TCT No. 8931, situated in Barrio Manlilinao, Ormoc City, containing an area of 76,143 sq. m. ; Lot 1551-C,TCT No. 8007, situated in Poblacion, Ormoc City , containing an area of 31 sq. m. ; Lot 1551-D, containing an area of 377 sq. m. ; Lot B, TCT No. 8231, situated in Can-adieng, Ormoc City, containing an area of 197; Lot C, containing an area of 25 sq. m.; Lot No. 3243, TCT No. 3163, situated in Patag, Ormoc City, containing an area of 19,945 sq. m. ; Lot No. 3285, TCT No. 50332, containing an area of 28,815 sq. m. ; the share of the decedent consists of one-half (1/2) of the property Lot No. 3285,TD No. 21006-00066 situ-ated at Brgy. Libertad, Kananga, Leyte containing an area of 21,561 sq. m. were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 403; Page No. 97; Book No. XXXIII; Series of 2016 of Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017.

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late CONSORCIA YBAŇEZ MIANO re a residential land and a two –storey building thereon, erected and standing, made of strong materials, located at Cajurao St., Brgy. Balud, Calbayog City, Lot No. 2130, under TD No. 99-01010-00587, contain-ing an area of 233 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of ALMA ALEGRIA ROSALES per Doc. No. 13832; Page No. 67; Book No. 240; Series of 2017 of Notary Public Ma. Rowena L. Urot. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late MARIANO SAGADAL, SR. re a parcel of land Lot No. 9395 situated in Oquendo Proper, Oquendo District, Calbayog City, Samar, containing an area of 12,642 sq. m. under TD No. 99-02001-00138 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of EMELITO G. BALLON per Doc. No. 1476; Page No. 96; Book No. LXIX; Series of 2010 of Notary Public ____. EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

hearing on 24 November 2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before the session hall of this Court, at which date, time and place all persons inter-ested may appear and show cause, if any, why the prayer in the petition should not be granted.

WHEREAS, a copy of this Order shall be published in three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation at the expense of the petitioner and shall be posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the bulletin boards of the Ormoc City Hall, the Public Market and of this Court.

SO ORDERED. In chambers, Hall of

Justice, Ormoc City, Phil-ippines, 23 August 2017.

(Sgd.) GIRLIE M. BORREL–YU

Presiding Judge Cc: The Solicitor

General Office of the City

Prosecutor, Ormoc City Public Attorney’s

Office Editha Lapinid Philippine Statistics

Office The Local Civil Reg-

istrar, Ormoc City Fn:sp.proc.2017 EV Mail Sept.4-10,

11-17, & 18-24, 2017

ARTHUR A. LICAROS, Petitioner-versus-

MARILYN N. LIC-AROS,

Respondent. x-----------------------x

ORDER TO: MARILYN N.

LICAROS Purok Anunang

Matanding Lala, Lanao del Norte

A DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MAR-RIAGE was filed against you by Arthur A.Licaros on the ground of Psycho-logical Incapacity under Article 36 of the Fam-ily Code in relation to Article 68, 69, 70 and 71 of the Family Code. The plaintiff in filing the said petition for declaration of nullity of marriage is praying that after due notice and hearing the Honorable Court will render judgment declar-ing the marriage between petitioner and respon-dent null and void and others equitable reliefs and remedies are like prayed for.

WHEREFORE, on the basis of the aforemen-tioned grounds, you are hereby SUMMONED and required to file and serve your sworn answer to the complaint within sixty (6) days from the last issue of publication.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

8th day of September 2017, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SU-AREZ ABANDO Executive Judge

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11September 18-24, 2017 NOTICES

Republic of the Philip-pines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Eighth Judicial Region

Branch 11Calubian, Leyte

SP. PROC. NO. SP-CN-149

For: IN THE MATTER

OF ADOPTION OF MINOR CHRISTIAN DAVE PRICELLAS

AND WITH PRAYER FOR ISSUANCE OF

BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN THE SAID NAME

VILMA SALAZAR PRICELLAS

Petitionerx------------------------x

ORDER A verified petition

filed by herein peti-tioner Vilma S. Pricellas, through counsel praying among others to judicial-ly declare CHRISTIAN DAVE PRICELLAS child of the petitioner and for issuance of Birth Cer-tificate, and it appearing that the same is sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing on No-vember 15, 2017 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning before this Court at the Halls of Justice, Calu-bian, Leyte at which date aforesaid, any interested person may appear and show cause, if there be any, why said petition should not be granted.

The Office of the Department of Social Welfare and Develop-ment of the Province is hereby ordered to con-duct Child Study on the adoptee, Home Study on

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

MUNICIPALITY OF PALOMPON

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice

R.A. 9048 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CFN-0010-2017DATE: Sept. 8,2017

In compliance with the publication requirement and guidelines in the Implemen-tation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048). Notice is hereby served to the public that MARY GRACE FUENTES SOLIVA, has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of First Name from “MARIA

CORA” to “MARY GRACE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MARIA CORA OLLAVE FUENTES at Palompon, Leyte and whose parents are Claro Molina Fuentes and Leonila Potoy Ollave.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Sep-tember 18, 2017.

(Sgd.) ANNABELLE P. MARQUEZ

Municipal Civil Registrar Name of Newspaper:

EV Mail Place of Publication:

Ormoc City Date of Publication:

EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 2017, Sept. 18-24, 2017

Republic of the Philip-pines

SUPREME COURT 8th Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Branch 36,

Carigara, Leyte CIVIL CASE NO. RTC-

2017 -005-SP FOR: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE CATHERINE ORCA-

RIVERO, Petitioner, -versus-

MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF THE MUNICIPALITYS OF CARIGARA, LEYTE,

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

ORDER Received by this

Court on July 3, 2017 is the Amended Peti-tion filed by petitioner through counsel. Acting thereon, and finding the said pleading to be in compliance with the ear-lier order of this Court, the same is hereby AD-MITTED and ordered at-tached to the case record.

After due consider-ation of the allegations in the amended petition, the Court finds the same appears to be sufficient in form and substance. Considering that peti-tions of the nature are summary on nature, set this case for initial hear-ing on October 26, 2017 at 8:30 in the morning

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Eastern Samar

Municipality of SalcedoOffice of the Municipal Civil

RegistrarNOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Rule 9 of Administrative order No.1 series of 2001 in relation to Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that NORMA B. ABLETES has filed this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME with a simultaneous petition for CORRECTION OF CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR in the Certificate of Live Birth of GERONE C. ABLETES, under Reg. No. 93-711 to change/cor-rect the following:

a. Change of First name, under item no. 1 from “GERONE”

on which time and date, any person having an interest may show cause why the petition should not be given due course Failure to appear shall be construed as waiver on their part to do so and the Court shall act ac-cordingly. The petitioner is also ordered to cause the publication of this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte. The Sheriff of the Court is also ordered to post copies of this Order in three (3) conspicuous places, namely: 1) the Bulletin Board of Brgy. San Mateo, Carigara, Leyte; 2) the Bulletin Board of the Municipal Hall, Carigara, Leyte, Leyte; and 3) the Bul-letin Board of the Court. Certification about such posting must be secured and submitted to the Court on or before the scheduled initial hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order to the peti-tioner, through counsel and to the Honorable Solicitor General.

SO ORDERED. GIVEN in Cham-

bers on this 4th day of September 2017 at Cari-gara, Leyte, Philippines.

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

Judge EV Mail Sept. 11-17, 18- 24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

the Adopter and counsel-ing session with the bio-logical parent and submit reports and recommen-dations thereof before the date of hearing.

Let copy of this Or-der be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner and that copies of the petition and Order be furnished the Honorable Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village Makati City, the National Statistics Of-fice, Manila the Assistant Provincial prosecutor of Calubian, Leyte and the Local Civil Registrar of Calubian, Leyte for them to appear for the government.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS

this 18th day of August 2017 at Halls of Justice, Calubian, Leyte, Philip-pines. (Sgd.) WENIFREDO C.

CUATONExecutive Judge EV Mail Sept.4-10,

11-17, & 18-24, 2017

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

SALE (EJF NO. 3882) Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under act 3135, as amended, filed on August 25, 2017, by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG), petition/mortgag-ee, with principal and office address at Room 3520, 35th Floor, Petron Mega Plaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City,

against REYNALDO P. TOLENTINO, married to DELIA V. TOLENTI-NO, respondent/mort-gagor, of Brgy. Pawing, Palo, Leyte, and DELIA G. VICTORIOSO, as Ac-commodation Mortgagor, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 15, 2017, amounts to PHP 2,742,970.28 inclusive of interest and penalty charges, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Leyte, Regional Trial Court, Tacloban City, by and thru the under-signed will sell at public auction on November 7, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00

p.m. at the Office of Br. 34, Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan Ng Katarun-gan, Tacloban city, to the Highest Bidder, for CASH, MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Cur-rency, the following prop-erty/ies with all improve-ments as stipulated in the said mortgage, to wit:

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

TCT NO. : TP-16478LOT NO. : LOT 9-B-1Of the subdivision of Psd-08-016602-D LOCTION: BRGY. PAW-ING, PALO, LEYTE AREA: FIVE HUNDRED

FORTY EIGHT (548) SQ. MTS., more or less REGISTERED OWNER: DELIA G. VICTORIOSO

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above-stated time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on November 10, 2017, on the same time and place without further notice. (Sgd.) RUBEN N. VIL-LACARILLO (9/11/17)

Sheriff IV EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

to “GERONE CARLO”;b. Erroneous place of

birth, under item no. 4 from “BRGY. KARAPDAPAN” to “BRGY. CARAPDAPAN” ; and,

c. Erroneous Father’s First name, under item no. 13 from “SONNY” to “SONNY BOY”.

who was born on July 12, 1993 at Salcedo, Eastern Samar and whose parents are Sonny Boy B. Abletes and Catherine G. Cabus.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than October 2, 2017.(Sgd.) JOSELITO C. ESQUI-

ERDOMunicipal Civil Registrar

EV Mail Sept. 18-24, & 25- Oct. 1, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

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

Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

LEYTE EJF No. 3907

EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL PROPERTY MORTGAGE UNDER

ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT

4118 AND PD385 HDMF (PAG-IBIG)

Mortgagee -versus-

GLENYSS R. PRESNILLA Mortgagor

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by HDMF (PAG-IBIG), a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Philip-pines with Office Ad-dress at 3rd Floor, Pag-ibig Fund – WT Corpo-rate Tower, Mindanao Avenue, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City, duly represented by ANTHO-NY L. MAGLUNSOD of legal age, Filipino and a resident of Cebu City against GLENYSS R. PRESNILLA married to MIGUEL F. PRESNILLA, JR. of legal ages, Filipino citizen and with office/postal address at ATO Compound, San Jose,

Tacloban City to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of July 15, 2017 amounts to THREE HUNDRED TWENTY –FIVE THOUSAND pesos & 11/100 (P325,000.11), which amount is inclu-sive of interest and pen-alty charges as of said date, but excluding inter-est and penalty charges accruing from said date, attorney’s fees in the sum equivalent to 10% of the total upaid obligation as stipulated, sheriff ’s fee and other necessary expenses and charges incident to the enforce-ment of the requested extrajudicial foreclosure and sale of the proper-ties at public auction, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on OCTOBER 27, 2017, AT 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City, to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine currency, the following properties with all its im-provements, if any to wit:

TCT No. T-59705A parcel of land

designated as Lot 1808-H-4 of the subdivision of Psd-08-015242-D being a portion of Lot 1808-H, Psd-08-015062-D, situ-ated in the Barangay of San Jose, City of Taclo-ban, Province of Leyte, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the:

SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 1808-H-2 of this subdivision; on the

NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 1808-H-3 of this subdivision; on the

Along line 3-4 by Lot 1808-H-5 of this sub-division; on the

NE ., along line 4-5 by Lot 1808-H-6 of this subdivision and on the

SE., along line 5-1 by Road Lot 1808-H-7, (4.00 m. wide)

Containing an area of NINETY TWO (92) 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 IS ANY THEREBE.

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 November 06, 2017 on the same time and place without further notice

Magsaysay Bou-levard, Tacloban city, Leyte, Philippines.

September 13, 2017. LEONARDO G.

AGUILAR Sheriff IV

OCC-RTC- Tacloban Copy furnished: HDMF (PAG-IBIG) 3rd Floor. Pag-ibig

Fund- WT Corporate Tower,

Mindanao Avenue, Cebu Business Park,

Cebu City Glenyss R. Presnilla ATO Compound,

San Jise Tacloban City

EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

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

& 44 BULWAGANNG KATARUNGAN

Magsaysay Blvd.,Tacloban City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT NC No.2017-09-102

to 107 PETITION FOR RENEWALOF

APPOIINTMENT AS

NOTARY PUBLIC FOR AND WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF

THEREGIONAL TRIAL COURTS OF

TACLOBAN CITY X--------------------------

---XNOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given that a Summary Hearing on the Petition for Renewal of Commis-sion as Notaries Public for and within the Ter-ritorial Jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Courts of Tacloban City, (Leyte) for the years 2017 -2018, of :

1. ATTY. JONAL-YNDIE B. CHUA

2. ATTY.CARYL JANE P. VILLANOZA

3 . A T T Y . J O Y B.TEMPLONUEVO

4. ATTY. RINNA ROSE G. CARDONA

5. ATTY. NOEMI C. CATUBAO – TAN

6. ATTY. ADRIAN FRANCIS V. ALBESA

shall be heard on September 26, 2017, at the RTC, Branch 6, Ses-sion Hall,at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Any person who has any cause or reason to ob-ject to the grant of the petition may file a veri-fied written opposition thereto, received by the undersigned before the

date of the Summary Hearing.

Let this Notice of Hearing for Renewal of Notarial Commission of said Petitioners, be pub-lished in the newspaper of general circulation in the City or Province where the same shall be heard by the Executive Judge on the aforemen-tioned date, time and place.

This 13th Septem-ber 2017, at the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Magsay-say Blvd., Tacloban City.

(Sgd.) HON. ALPHI-NOR C. SERRANO

Executive Judge EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte SP. PROC. NO. H-589 IN THE MATTER OF

THE CANCELALTION OF ENTRY IN THE

RECORD OF BIRTH OF ELIZABETH ARDEN

BAGUE LAPASA EDNULFO G. LAPASA

AND REBECCA PELICIANO BAGUE-

LAPASA Petitioners.

-versus-LOCAL CIVIL REGIS-TRAR OF HILONGOS LEYTE and the CIVIL

REGISTRAR GENERAL Respondents.

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

ORDER PETITIONERS, ED-NULFO G. LAPASA

AND REBECCA PELICIANO BAGUE

–LAPASA, by through counsel filed a petition

for IN MATTER OF THE CANCELLATION

OF ENTRY IN THE RECORD OF BIRTH OF

ELIZABETH ARDEN BAGUE LAPASA.

In support of their petition the petitioners avers: THAT petitioners are formerly natural-born Filipinos and now naturalized America citi-zens whose Philippine residence in Brgy. Maljo Inopacan, Leyte: that the petitioners filed an adoption case docketed

as SP. PROC. NO. 1951 MAN before in Regional Trial Court Br. 55 Man-daue City resulted in Decision and attained its Finality: that the said child has a already been legally adopted ; that the petitioners now intent to cancel the simulated re-cord of birth of Elizabeth Arden Bague Lapasa so the new one be entered in the Civil Registry of Hilongos, Leyte reflect-ing the true date of her being the petitioner ’s adopted child with the same rights and respon-sibilities as a legitimate child; that the petitioners prayed that the record of Elizabeth Arden Bague Lapasa Certificate of Live

Birth be cancelled and a new one entered in the Civil Registry of Hilon-gos, Leyte and in the Of-fice of the Civil Registrar General.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the verified peti-tion to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initial hearing on October 27, 2017 at 8:30 at which date time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by the approval of the in-stant petition may come to court in this first op-portunity.

Published this Or-der in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

Furnished copy of this Order to the peti-tioner and his counsel at the given address for them to be present dur-ing the scheduled initial hearing.

ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

2nd day of August 2017, Hilongos, Leyte, Philip-pines

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

Eighth Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Branch 16

Naval, Biliran SP. PROC. NO. P-466 IN THE MATTER OF

THE CANCELALTION OF THE NAME OF

THE FATHER IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF CAROLYN

NOQUERA ROBINSON AND CHANGE OF HER MIDDLE AND LAST NAME FROM

NOQUERA ROBINSON TO BASAS NOQUERA

LOURDES B. NOQUERA

Petitioner-versus-

THE LRC OF NAVAL, BILIRAN AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR

GENERAL, NSO Defendant.

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

A verified petition having been filed with the Court by petitioner, thru counsel, praying that an order be issued:

a) Directing and ordering the Civil Regis-trar General and/or the Local Civil Registrar of Naval, Biliran to cancel the name Daniel David Robinson as the father of Carolyn Noquera Rob-inson and it place the word “unknown” in the Certificate of Live Birth of Carolyn Noquera Robin-son and to change the last name of Carolyn from Robinson to Noquera, which is the maiden name of her mother, in order that her full name will be Carolyn Basas Noquera.

b) Directing and ordering the Civil Reg-istrar General and or the Local Civil Registrar of Naval, Biliran to effec-tively inform or furnish the National Statistics Office of the corrected Certificate of Live Birth of the Petitioner.

Finding the peti-tioner being sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing of this case be set on No-vember 7,2017 at 8:30

o’clock in the morning at which date and time all interested person may appear and show cause, if any they have, why this petitioner should not be granted.

Let copy of this Order published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation duly autho-rized by this Court after a raffle had been con-ducted by the Branch Clerk of Court.

Furnish copies of this Order and the peti-tion to the Solicitor Gen-eral, Makati City, the Pro-vincial Prosecutor, Biliran Province, National Statis-tics Office, the petitioner and counsel as well.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

20th day of September 2017 at Naval, Biliran Philippines.

(Sgd.) BIENVENIDO M. MONTALLA Executive Judge

EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT BRANCH 43

8th Judicial Region Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City

SPEC. PROC. NO. R-TAC -17-000927-SP

IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION

OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF JOSE WILSON G. CHAN,

JOSE WILSON G. CHAN,

Petitioner, -versus-

THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

TACLOBAN, Respondent.

X--------------------XORDER

This is a verified Pe-tition filed by Petitioner Jose Wilson G. Chan for the Correction of Entries in his Certificate of Live Birth.

The Court, finding the Petition to be suf-ficient in form and sub-stance, hereby gives due course to this case.

W H E R E F O R E , notice is hereby given that the above-entitled Petition is set for initial hearing on February 14, 2018 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon before this Court sitting at the Bul-wagan ng Katarungan, Tacloban City.

The Civil Registrar of Tacloban City, Philip-pine Statistics Authority, Sta. Mesa, Manila, Vic-toriano Lim Chan and Nicolasa Eder Germones and any person having or claiming any interest under the entry whose cancellation or correction is sought may, within Fifteen (15) days from

notice of the Petition, or from the last date of publication of such no-tice, file their opposition thereto.

Let a copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Prov-ince of Leyte and Taclo-ban City for Three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of Petitioner.

Further, let a copy of this Order be fur-nished to the Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Le-gaspi Village, Makati City; Local Civil Regis-trar of Tacloban; Philip-pine Statistics Authority, Sta. Mesa, Manila; City Prosecutor Hannah R. Delgado; the father of the Petitioner Victoriano Lim Chan of T.Claudio Street, Tacloban City, Leyte; the mother of the Petitioner Nicolasa Eder Germones of T. Claudio Street, Ta-cloban City, Leyte, as well as Atty.Eric T. de Veyra, and the Petitioner.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

this 26th day of July, 2017, Regional Trial Court, Branch 43, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City.

(Sgd.) EVELYN P. RINOS-LESIGUES

Presiding Judge EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

contrary, we have to look for it, in all its forms and expressions, with eagerness.

Loving with the cross of Christ makes our love spiritual and supernatural, a love that leads us to our eternal destination. It extricates our loving from the mere play of our passions and urges. It purifies and ele-vates our love without annulling its human, natural, physical and emotional dimensions.

PASSERBY ... from P. 4

12 September 18-24, 2017NOTICESRepublic of the

Philippines SUPREME COURT 8th Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Branch 7 (Family Court)

Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Tacloban City CIVIL CASE NO. R-

TAC17-00269 –CV For: Declaration of Nullity of marriage

RAMON O. PERALTA, Plaintiff, -versus-

MARIA THERESA L. NAVARRO – PERALTA,

Defendant. x-------------------x

ORDER This treats the mo-

tion for leave to effect service of summonses by publication, filed by the petitioner on July 4, 2017. A copy thereof was furnished to the Office of the Solicitor General and to its authorized repre-sentative. Until now, no such comment have been filed. They are therefore considered as having waived the filing thereof.

After due consider-ation of the motion and finding the same to be in accordance with the per-tinent provisions of Rule 14 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, the same is hereby GRANTED. Ac-cordingly, the petitioner is hereby AUTHORIZED to cause the service of summonses by way of publication once a week for three consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines, to be determined by raffle by the Office of the Execu-tive Judge.

SO ORDERED. GIVEN in Cham-

bers, on this 17th day of August 2017 at the Bulwagan ng Katarun-gan, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines.

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

Acting Presiding Judge LAPC/ Republic of the

Philippines SUPREME COURT

Eight Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Branch 7 (Family Court)

Magsaysay Blvd.,Tacloban City

CIVIL CASE NO. R-TAC17-00269 –CV For: Declaration of Nullity of marriage

RAMON Q. PERALTA, Plaintiff, -versus-

MARIA THERESA L. NAVARRO – PERALTA,

Defendant. x-------------------------x

SUMMONS TO: MARA THE-

RESA L. NAVARRO-PERALTA

2089 C. Interesec-tino 6, Leveriza,

Malate, Manila GREETINGS: You are hereby re-

quired to file with the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 7, Bulwagan Ng Katarungan, Tacloban City, within Fifteen (15) days after the service of this Summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, your an-swer to the Complaint/Petition of the Plaintiff/Petitioner, a copy of which is hereto attached and herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of said answer within the same period upon the Plaintiff/Pe-titioner. If you fail to answer within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff/ Petitioner will take judg-ment against you by de-fault and demand from

this Honorable Court the relief applied for in this case.

W I T N E S S , t h e H O N . L A U R O A . P. CASTILLO, JR., Acting Presiding JUDGE of this COURT, this 12th, day of SEPT., 2017. (Sgd.) ATTY.REGINA

P. ELIZARDEBranch Clerk of Court

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT 8th Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Branch 7

Tacloban City CIVIL CASE NO. R-

TAC17-00269 –CV For: Declaration of Nul-

lity of Marriage RAMON Q. PERALTA,

Petitioner,-versus-

MARIA THERESA L. NAVARRO – PERALTA,

Respondent.x----------------x

AMENDED PETITION P E T I T I O N E R ,

through counsel and to this Honorable Court, most respectfully avers:

The Parties and their Relationship

1. That Petitioner, Ramon Q. Peralta, is of legal age, Filipino and with residence at Palo Villas, Brgy. Guindap-onan, Palo, Leyte, where he may be served with summons and other processes of the Honor-able Court. A copy of a Barangay Certifica-tion issued by Baran-gay Guindaponan, Palo, Leyte is hereto attached as Annex “A” and made an integral part hereof;

2. That Respondent, Mara Theresa L. Navar-ro-Peralta, is also of legal age, Filipino, and resi-dent of 2089 C. Intersec-tion 6, Leveriza, Malate, Manila, where she may be served with summons and other processes of the Honorable Court

3. That both the Pe-titioner and Respondent have the capacity to sue and be sued;

4. That the couple met each other some-time on April 1984 when Respondent and her parents were visiting their relatives near the residence of Petitioner at that time. Petitioner saw the Respondent inside the latter’s car and being a young bachelor, he im-mediately approached the Respondent to intro-duce himself, invite her for a date, and ask for her telephone number. Eventually, Petitioner unwearyingly courted the Respondent until they became sweethearts;

5. That since then, Petitioner frequented Respondent’s house and often witnessed a quarrel with her parents, espe-cially her Father who was ill-tempered and who did not want her daughter to have a close relation-ship with anybody else other than the members of the family. Respon-dent’s father was a very conservative man and would often surmise that every guy she dated has had sexual intercourse with her;

6. That in one in-stance while Petitioner visited Respondent in their house, the latter’s father accused Petitioner of taking advantage of her daughter ’s credu-lity but the Respondent defended Petitioner and engaged into an intense argument with her fa-ther to the point of in-advertently revealing a traumatic event involv-ing the Respondent’s

ex-boyfriend who was thoughtlessly accused of raping her and conse-quently charged before a court of justice by her Father;

7. That a few months after they become sweet-hearts, Petitioner learned that Respondent was very fond of partying, engaging into drinking sprees and did not attend formal College educa-tion, although she was enrolled in Cora de la Roso Modeling School. Petitioner described her to be somewhat irrespon-sible and immature but the former ignored her flaws especially that the Respondent was only seventeen (17) years old at that time and was observed to be having a troubled relationship with her parents;

8. That after a few more months of being sweethearts, Respondent started telling their com-mon friends that she was pregnant and Petitioner is the father of the child and that the latter has promised to marry her. Petitioner got the shock of his life when he was confronted by Respon-dent’s father about their relationship and the sex-ual encounters that pur-portedly happened. Pe-titioner was then asked by Respondent’s parents to marry their daughter. By reason of the peti-tioner ’s sympathy for Respondent and for the welfare of the child she was conceiving, and after a series of confrontations and demands made by Respondent’s father to marry his daughter, Pe-titioner was compelled to accede to marry the Respondent despite the Petitioner’s doubt as to whether the child that the Respondent was carrying was really that of his, or of the ex-boyfriend of the Respondent;

9. That on Septem-ber 9, 1984, or just five )5) months after they met, Petitioner and Re-spondent got married at St. Augustine convent, Metro Manila. The Mar-riage Contract is hereto attached as Annex “B” and made an integral part hereof;

10. That right at the outset of their married life, the Petitioner, who was twenty-seven (27) years old at the time of their marriage and be-ing the more mature in-dividual, intimated to the Respondent, who was, on the other hand, only seventeen(17) years old at that time, that she has to change the way she used to live her life since she already have obligations as a wife and mother. Even before the couple’s marriage, the Petitioner already discerned that Respon-dent did not know or understand the essential marital obligations and the latter was not ready to assume her role as a wife and mother;

11. That Respon-dent did not bother to change her way of life and continued to habitu-ally engage into drinking alcoholic beverages, and go out with friends as if she was not pregnant. As a result, Respondent had a miscarriage and the fetus she was carrying died nearly after a month from the couple’s mar-riage. The Respondent got depressed and to ease out the depression, Peti-tioner promised to bear children for Respondent;

12. Hence, out of

their marital union, five (5) children were born namely: KATRINA MA-RIE N. PERALTA who was born on August 15, 1985; REIMOND PHILIP N. PERALTA who was born on September 15, 1986; ANNA PATRICIA N. PERALTA who was born on November 7, 1990;RAMON LUIS N. PERALTA II who was born on October 7, 1994; and AARON JORDAN N. PERALTA who was born on October 10, 2001. Copies of their CERTIFI-CATES OF LIVE BIRTH are hereto attached as Annexes “C”, “D”, “E”, “F”, and “G” respectively and made integral parts hereof;

13. That after a few months from the celebra-tion of the marriage of Pe-titioner and Respondent, the latter manifested and displayed behaviors which indicate an utter insensitivity or incapa-bility to give meaning and significance to their marriage. Despite hav-ing no strenuous work, respondent constantly complained about how difficult and exhausting it was for her to handle the affairs in their rented apartment , and claimed that she did not want to live in the said rented apartment as she prefers to stay with her parents’ house where everything is taken care of for her.

14. That herein Pe-titioner admittedly did not know how to react to his wife’ behavior but eventually he tried to understand the Respon-dent’s predicament and managed to be very pa-tient with her in regard to every complaint she had. It is from this point that the Respondent started to frequently leave their rented apartment with-out the knowledge of the Petitioner, especially considering that the Pe-titioner was also busy working during the day. The Petitioner would confront the Respondent when she gets home and ask where she went and the latter would always answer that she stayed in her parents’ house;

15. That in just two (2) months after giving birth to their first baby, Respondent continued her habit of abandon-ing Petitioner, this time, bringing the baby with her. In one instance, the Petitioner, coming home from work, looked for his 1st born child. Realizing that Respondent and the baby were not home, Petitioner drove to the house of his parents-in-law to fetch them. Upon arriving at the house of Respondent’s parents, Respondent was not there but their baby was quietly sleeping on the bed. Petitioner took the baby home with him that night and waited for Re-spondent to come home;

16. That Petitioner started to doubt Respon-dent’s honesty, and from then on, Petitioner went to the house of Respon-dent’s parents every time she left their rented apartment. Petitioner was stunned upon real-izing that Respondent hardly stayed or visited her parents. When Pe-titioner confronted the Respondent, the latter burst out in anger claim-ing that Petitioner an-noyingly asked too many questions and hypoth-esizing that the Petitioner deeply mistrusts her. As a result, a big quar-rel between the spouses

ensued and after almost a week of constant bick-ering, Respondent finally confessed that she had been lying to Petitioner and she was in reality staying with her friends’ house from time to time and not at her parent’s house;

17. That Respon-dent cont inued her lackadaisical attitude of leaving Petitioner de-spite having born already two children after two (2) years of marriage. Respondent habitually left their children in the care of their relatives or household helpers, while Respondent spent most of his time with her peers engaging in drink-ing sprees and other unproductive activities. Respondent would also berate herein Petitioner and the nagging would happen in front of their children for the flimsiest or even with no reason at all. Respondent would throw any object within her reach when in a binge of anger which is often her defense mechanism to coer-up her shortcom-ings;

18. That in the year 1992, Petitioner wit-nessed the most pain-ful episode of his life as a husband when he chanced upon his wife kissing their family driv-er just before the Respon-dent was about to exit their vehicle. Petitioner blurted with anger and asked the Respondent whether she would stay with him or go with the driver. On the evening of that same day, Respon-dent packed her things and left the rented apart-ment together with the couple’s two (2) younger children. Petitioner did not hear from the Re-spondent for more one (1) year since the day she left;

19. That in early 1994, Respondent, to-gether with their two (2) children, came back and asked for forgiveness from Petitioner. Petition-er, mainly for the sake of their two (2) children, accepted the Respondent back

20. That the couple lived harmoniously for a short time only since Re-spondent was repeatedly seen by her own children using illegal or danger-ous drugs, namely, shabu with her friends at home, in total disregard for the case and rearing of their children, while Petitioner during that time was working in Jakarta, In-donesia. The couple’s children also reported to Petitioner that Re-spondent, at times, was living in the company of another man. These be-haviors resulted in their children being entrusted to the care of house help-ers and relatives;

21. That Petitioner, upon coming home from Indonesia, had been con-vincing his wife to go to a Physician for consulta-tion and, if required, for treatment, but she re-fused. Petitioner instead went to see and consult a Psychiatrist about the problems and overall behavior of his wife and the doctor-psychiatrist informed him that the Respondent was suffer-ing from psychological incapacity called NAR-CISSISTIC PERSONAL-ITY DISORDER which is rooted from her troubled relationship with her par-ents. A copy of the Neu-ropsychiatric Report is hereto is hereto attached

as Annex “H and series” and made an integral part hereof;

22. That the rela-tionship of Respondent with Petitioner and their children continued to go unbearably sour and the senseless immaturity, irresponsibility, insen-sitivity, and inability of Respondent to assume and discharge the ba-sic marital and parental covenants concomitant to their marriage has become so serious that by the year 2003, Petitioner, together with all their five (5) children, decided to abandon Respondent. Petitioner, together with all their five (5) children, moved to Bacoor, Cavite where they rented an apartment;

23. That sometime in year 2004, Respon-dent managed to locate her family in Bacoor, Cavite and the former persistently demanded that she be allowed to live with Petitioner and their children. Petitioner and their children had no choice at that time but to accede to her demands because Respondent was already making a scan-dalous scene in front of the neighbors, to the embarrassment of the whole family;

24. That in year 2005, not long after the Respondent was allowed to live with Petitioner and their children, the former was again caught, this time by Petitioner, using Dangerous Drugs or Shabu. After a heated argument, the children themselves agreed and decided to compulsorily admit Respondent in a rehabilitation center for dangerous drug depen-dents. Respondent was admitted in Center for the Ultimate Rehabilita-tion of Drug Dependents (CUREDD) in Bicutan for six (6) months;

25. That after which, Respondent left and was never heard since then. It is worthy to note that from year 2005 up to the filing of this PETITION, Respondent abandoned Petitioner and their chil-dren, but it was recently found out that respon-dent gave birth to a new baby with another man;

26. That having been married on the year 1984, the property relations of Petitioner and Respondent are governed by the regime of conjugal partnership of gains considering that there was no mar-riage settlement that was executed prior to the celebration of their marriage. The parties have never owned any property which could be the subject of liquida-tion, partition and dis-tribution, considering that they only rented an apartment for their conjugal dwelling and all their personal properties, including the car owned back in year 1992, had already been disposed and the proceeds thereof were distributed accord-ingly;

27. That even be-fore the celebration of the marriage between the parties hereto, Re-spondent was already suffering from a severe psychological disorder which completely inca-pacitated her from com-plying with the duty and obligation to live together, observe mutual love, respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support as provided in Article 68 of the Family

Code. Respondent also failed to acknowledge and perform her duty to jointly support the family and manage their house-hold. Thus, Petitioner now sues Respondents for the declaration of the nullity of their marriage under Article 36 of the Family Code;

PRAYER W H E R E F O R E ,

premises considered, it is most respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court that judgment be rendered:

a. Declaring the r e s p o n d e n t M A R A THERESA L. NAVAR-RO-PERALTA, psycho-logically incapacitated to comply with the essential marital obligations of marriage, pursuant to the provisions of Article 36 of the Family Code;

b. Declaring the nullity of the marriage between Petitioner and Respondent for being null and void ab initio on the ground of psycho-logical incapacity on the part of the Respondent in accordance with the provisions of Article 36 of the Family Code;

c. Other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for;

RESPECTFULLY PRAYED. Tacloban City this 22nd day of March 2017.

The Law Offices of AYUSTE, ASTILLA

& QUEBEC Counsel for the Pe-

titioner2/F, Room A-203 F.

Mendoza Building 141 Sto.Niño Street,

Tacloban City, Philip-pines 6500

C o n t a c t : +639175220283; (053)321-8737; Email: aaqlaw-yers@gamail.com

By: ( S g d . ) A L D R I N

JUDE M. QUEBEC Roll of Attorneys’

No. 62855 IBP (Lifetime) NO.

012705 ;Leyte Chap-ter:4/22/2014

PTR No. 7565966; 1/3/2017; Tacloban City

MCLE compliance No. V-0009558

THE HONORABLE CITY PROSECUTOR

Office of the City Prosecutor of Tacloban

Bulwagan Ng Kata-rungan

Tacloban City By personal service THE HONORABLE

SOLICITOR GENERAL Office of the Solici-

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

Street, Legaspi Village Makati City By registered mail EXPLANATION A copy of the fore-

going Amended PETI-TION ws served to the HONORABLE SOLICI-TOR GENERAL at his office address indicated above by registered mail due to distance of Makati City, Philippines and Ta-cloban City, Philippines the office address of the undersigned counsel.

( S g d . ) A L D R I N JUDE M. QUEBEC

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION A G A I N S T F O R U M SHOPPING

I, Ramon Q. Per-alta, of legal age, and with residence at Block E.Lot 12, Palo Villas, Brgy. Guindaponan, Palo, Leyte, after having been duly sworn, depose and say:

1. That I am the Petitioner in the above-entitled petition:

2 . T h a t I h a v e caused the preparation of

the foregoing amended petition;

3. That I have read the allegations therein contained, and that the same are true and correct of my personal knowl-edge or based on authen-tic records;

4. That I have not theretofore commenced any action or filed any claim involving the same issues in any court, tri-bunal, or quasi-judicial agency other than Civil Case No. 2014-07-795 which was dismissed without prejudice on the ground of improper venue; and to the best of my knowledge, no such other action or claim is pending therein; and if I should thereafter learn that the same or similar action or claim has been filed or is pending, I shall report that fact within five (5) days therefrom to the court wherein the aforesaid initiatory pleading has been filed.

Witness my hand this 22nd day of March 2017 in Tacloban City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) Ramon O. Peralta

Affiant SUBSCRIBED AND

SWORN to before me, a notary public in and for Tacloban City,this 22nd day of March 2017, in the City of Tacloban, Philip-pines. Affiant appearing before me and exhibiting his Land Transportation Office Professional Li-cense with No. NO4-83-003884, and presenting to me a document entitled Amended Petition for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage , and who signed said document in my presence and sworn as to said document that he understood the con-tents thereof and that the same was his free and voluntary act and deed.

DOC. No. 472Page No. 95Book No. XIV Series of 2017 ( S g d . ) A L D R I N

JUDE M. QUEBEC Notary Public un-

til31 December 2017 For Tacloban City

& Leyte NC-2016-02-312/F ,Room A-203 F.

Mendoza Building141 Sto. Niño Street,

Tacloban City Roll of Attorneys’

No. 62855 IBP (Lifetime) NO.

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PTR No. 7565966; 1/3/2017; Tacloban City

MCLE compliance No. V-0009558

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13September 18-24, 2017 NOTICES...Continued from page 12

EV Mail Sept. 18-24, 25- Oct. 1, & 2-8, 2017

REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE

REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

NG ORMOC HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING

ON JULY 20, 2017PRESENT: Vincent L. Rama, (Temporary Presiding Officer), SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderRolando M. Villasencio, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderMario M. Rodriguez,(OIC – City Vice Mayor), SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Tomas R. Serafica, SP MemberBenjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga,SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberJohn Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, SP Member Minority Floor LeaderLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor LeaderMariano Y. Corro, Ex-Officio SP Member Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng OrmocON OFFICIAL BUSINESS:Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr., (OIC – City Mayor), Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, presented to the 14th Sangguni-

ang Panlungsod ng Ormoc for consideration is an endorsement dated June 14, 2017 from the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez covering the request of Mr. Vitaliano U. Gallo, Jr., City Population Officer Desig-nate, for a supplemental budget in the total amount of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P350,000.00) for the following object of expenditures of the Integrated Population, Gender and Development Office (IPGDO), to wit:

Travelling Expenses - P 80,000.00Training Expenses - 50,000.00Office Supplies Expenses- 50,000.00Office Equipment - 50,000.00Other Maintenance & Operating Expenses - 100,000.00Other Supplies - 20,000.00 --------------- T O T A L - P 350,000.00WHEREAS, the IPGDO is a new office under

the Office of the City Mayor duly created per SP Ordinance No. 11 dated October 19, 2016 titled : “AN ORDINANCE INSTITUTING A LOCAL POPULATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND PRESCRIBING THE COMPOSITION OF ITS IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURE AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE”;

WHEREAS, the creation of said office is an-chored on the policy of LGU-Ormoc to implement a comprehensive policy on population and development, and effective urban management strategies putting people at the center of all sustainable development objectives for the city ensuring that nobody shall be left behind;

WHEREAS, as the implementing arm of Ordi-nance No. 11, and taking into consideration the office’ major role in population management, it is imperative that the IPGDO be allocated with necessary funding allocation for its effective and efficient operations;

WHEREAS, Section 16 of Ord. No. 11 provides that the appropriation necessary to cover the cost of operations of the IPGDO for CY 2017 shall be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of year 2016;

WHEREAS, the City Budget Officer, OIC-City Accountant, and City Treasurer issued a Certification dated 13 June 2017 stating therein that the amount covered by the request totaling to THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P350,000.00) is deemed available to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus , end of Year 2016 of the General Fund for the Cur-rent Operating Expenditures and Capital Outlay of the IPGDO, to wit:

Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE):

Travelling Expenses - P 80,000.00Training Expenses - 50,000.00Office Supplies Expenses- 50,000.00Other Supplies and Materials Expenses - 20,000.00Other Maintenance and Operating Expenses - 100,000.00 --------------- TOTAL MOOE - P 300,000.00Capital Outlay :Office Equipment - P50,000.00TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY- P 50,000.00 ------------------- GRAND TOTAL - P 350,000.00WHEREFORE, FOREGOING PREMISES

CONSIDERED, on motion of SP Member Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., Vice-Chairman, Committee on Finance & Appropriation, severally seconded by SP Members Lea Doris C. Villar, Nolito M. Quilang, John Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II and Gregorio G. Yrastorza III; be it

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to enact:

APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2017-018(General Fund)

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOU-SAND PESOS (P350,000.00) FOR THE VARI-

OUS MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES (MOOE) AND CAPITAL OUTLAY AC-COUNTS OF THE INTEGRATED POPULATION,

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (IPGDO) TO BE TAKEN FROM THE UNAPPROPRIATED

SURPLUS, END OF YEAR 2016.BE IT ENACTED, by the Fourteenth Sang-

guniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in Regular Session assembled, That:

SECTION 1. 2017 GENERAL FUND SUP-PLEMENTAL BUDGET. The sum of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P350,000.00) of the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City is hereby appropriated for the aforecited MOOE and Capital Outlay Accounts of the IPGDO to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, end of Year 2016.

SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. This Appropria-tion Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that sufficient copies of this Appropriation Ordinance, together with all support-ing documents thereof, be submitted to the Honorable Secretary of Department of Budget and Management,

Manila, through the City Budget Officer of Ormoc, and the Regional Director, Department of Budget & Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes;

ENACTED, July 20, 2017.RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish cop-

ies of this Appropriation Ordinance, one each to the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez; the City Administrator, Mr. Vincent L Emnas; the City Legal Officer; the City Budget Officer; the OIC-City Accountant; the City Treasurer; the City Auditor; the City Population Officer Designate, Mr. Vitaliano U. Gallo, Jr.; the OIC-City Director, DILG, Engr. Jesus Jeremy D. Bagares; and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appro-

priation Ordinance No. 2017-018 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2017 was duly enacted by the Fourteenth Sang-guniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in its regular session.

(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative OfficerATTESTED:(Sgd.) VINCENT L. RAMA(Temporary Presiding Officer)SP MemberAsst. Majority Floor Leader

APPROVED:(Sgd.) RICHARD I. GOMEZ

City Mayor 24 Jul 2017

(Date)

REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE

REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

NG ORMOC HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION

HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING

ON JULY 20, 2017PRESENT: Vincent L. Rama, (Temporary Presiding Officer), SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderRolando M. Villasencio, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderMario M. Rodriguez,(OIC – City Vice Mayor), SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Tomas R. Serafica, SP MemberBenjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga,SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberJohn Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, SP Member Minority Floor LeaderLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor LeaderMariano Y. Corro, Ex-Officio SP Member Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng OrmocON OFFICIAL BUSINESS:Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr., (OIC – City Mayor), Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE

REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

NG ORMOC HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SES-

SION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING

ON JULY 20, 2017PRESENT: Vincent L. Rama, (Temporary Presiding Officer), SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderRolando M. Villasencio, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderMario M. Rodriguez,(OIC – City Vice Mayor), SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Tomas R. Serafica, SP MemberBenjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga,SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberJohn Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, SP Mem-ber Minority Floor LeaderLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor LeaderMariano Y. Corro, Ex-Officio SP Member Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng Or-mocON OFFICIAL BUSINESS:Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr., (OIC – City Mayor), Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, for consideration before this au-

gust Body is an endorsement dated June 14, 2017 from the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez relative to the request of Mrs. Josephine B. Hermosilla, PESO Manager Designate, for a supplemental budget in the total amount of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P400,000.00) to fund the following Main-tenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) accounts of the Public Employment Services Office (PESO), to wit:

Travelling Expenses - P 50,000.00Training Expenses - 50,000.00Office Supplies Expenses- 150,000.00Other Supplies and Materials Expenses - 50,000.00Other Maintenance &

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Operating Expenses - 100,000.00 ------------- T O T A L - P 400,000.00WHEREAS, the PESO is a newly established of-

fice under the Office of the City Mayor as created per SP Ordinance No. 16 otherwise known as the “PESO Ordinance of 2017”;

WHEREAS, the office is mandated to provide employment assistance to all unemployed and under-employed residents of Ormoc City and coordinate with key government agencies for the implementation of various labor and employment programs and activities;

WHEREAS, to achieve its targets and objec-tives, there is a need for the allocation of necessary funds to cover the operational costs of said office and ensure that its programs and activities will be properly implemented;

WHEREAS, Section 13 of Ord. No. 16 provides that the appropriation necessary to cover the opera-tional cost of PESO for CY 2017 shall be taken from whatever available sources of funds;

WHEREAS, a Certification dated June 8, 2017 was issued by the City Budget Officer, OIC-City Ac-countant, and City Treasurer certifying therein that the requested amount of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P400,000.00) is deemed available to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, end of Year 2016 to fund the Current Operating Expenditures of PESO, to wit:

Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE):

Travelling Expenses - P 50,000.00Training Expenses - 50,000.00Office Supplies Expenses- 150,000.00Other Supplies and Materials Expenses - 50,000.00Other Maintenance & Operating Expenses - 100,000.00 ---------------- T O T A L MOOE - P 400,000.00WHEREFORE, FOREGOING PREMISES

CONSIDERED, on motion of SP Member Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., Vice-Chairman, Committee on Finance & Appropriation, severally seconded by SP Members Tomas R. Serafica, Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, Lea Doris C. Villar, John Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, Nolito M. Quilang and Gregorio G. Yrastorza III; be it

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to enact:

APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2017-017(General Fund)

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND

PESOS (P400,000.00) FOR THE VARIOUS MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EX-

PENSES (MOOE) ACCOUNTS OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES OFFICE (PESO) TO

BE TAKEN FROM THE UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS, END OF YEAR 2016.

BE IT ENACTED, by the Fourteenth Sang-guniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in Regular Session assembled, That:

SECTION 1. 2017 GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. The sum of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P400,000.00) of the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City is hereby appropriated for the aforecited MOOE Accounts of PESO to be taken from the Unappropri-ated Surplus, end of Year 2016.

SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. This Appropria-tion Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that sufficient cop-ies of this Appropriation Ordinance, together with all supporting documents thereof, be submitted to the Honorable Secretary of Department of Budget and Management, Manila, through the City Budget Officer of Ormoc, and the Regional Director, Depart-ment of Budget & Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes;

ENACTED, July 20, 2017.RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish cop-

ies of this Appropriation Ordinance, one each to the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez; the City Administra-tor, Mr. Vincent L Emnas; the City Legal Officer; the City Budget Officer; the OIC-City Accountant; the City Treasurer; the City Auditor; the PESO Manager Designate, Mrs. Josephine B. Hermosilla; the OIC-City Director, DILG, Engr. Jesus Jeremy D. Bagares; and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appro-

priation Ordinance No. 2017-017 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2017 was duly enacted by the Fourteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in its regular session.

(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative OfficerATTESTED:(Sgd.) VINCENT L. RAMA(Temporary Presiding Officer)SP MemberAsst. Majority Floor Leader

APPROVED:(Sgd.) RICHARD I. GOMEZ

City Mayor 24 Jul 2017

(Date)

14 September 18-24, 2017NOTICES...Continued from page 13

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, an Indorsement dated June 14, 2017

from the Office of the City Mayor was forwarded to this Sanggunian covering the request of Engr. Sonia B. Antonio, OIC-Building Official, for a supplemental ap-propriation in the total amount of SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P700,000.00) to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, end of year 2016;

WHEREAS, the appropriation requested is in-tended to fund the current Operating Expenditures of the Office of the Building Official (OBO), a newly cre-ated office through Ordinance No. 14 dated November 24, 2016 of this Sanggunian;

WHEREAS, it is necessary that proper fund al-location shall be made for the day to day operations of the said office to carry out and achieve its mandate to ensure the effective and efficient enforcement of the provisions of National Building Code of the Philippines and other related laws, rules and regulations;

WHEREAS, a certification dated June 13, 2017, from the Offices of the City Budget Officer, City Trea-surer, and OIC-City Accountant was issued certifying therein that the amount of SEVEN HUNDRED THOU-SAND PESOS (P700,000.00) is deemed available to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, end of year 2016, of the General Fund for the Current Operating Expenditures and Capital Outlay of the Office of the Building Official, to wit;

Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses:Traveling Expenses P 80,000.00Training Expenses 35,000.00Office Supplies Expenses 75,000.00Other Supplies and Materials Expenses 35,000.00Telephone Expense –Mobile 7,200.00Postage and Courier Servicers 2,800.00Fidelity Bond Premiums 3,000.00Other Maintenance & Operating Expenses 12,000.00 ------------Total Maintenance & Other Operating Expenses P250,000.00Capital Outlay:Office Equipment P350,000.00Furnitures and Fixtures 100,000.00 --------------Total Capital Outlay P450,000.00 ---------------TOTAL P700,000.00FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on

motion of SP Member Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., Vice-Chairman, Committee on Finance and Appropriation, severally seconded by SP Members Lea Doris C. Vil-lar, John Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, Nolito M. Quilang and Gregorio G. Yrastorza III; be it

RESOLVED, to enact: APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2017-019

(General Fund)

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS

(P700,000.00), TO BE TAKEN FROM THE UNAP-PROPRIATED SURPLUS, END OF YEAR 2016 OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE CURRENT OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY ACCOUNT OF THE OFFICE OF THE

BUILDING OFFICIAL (OBO). BE IT ENACTED, by the Fourteenth Sang-

guniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in Regular Session assembled, That:

SECTION 1. 2017 GENERAL FUND SUPPLE-MENTAL BUDGET. The sum of SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P700,000.00), of the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City is hereby appropriated for the Current Operating Expenditures and Capital Outlay of the Office of the Building official to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, end of year 2016 of the General Fund.

SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. This Appropria-tion Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval subject however, to the compliance of the posting and publication requirements as provided in the Local Government Code of 1991.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that sufficient copies of this Appropriation Ordinance together with all sup-porting documents be submitted to the Honorable Secretary, Department of Budget & Management, Manila, through the City Budget Officer of Ormoc and the Regional Director, Department of Budget &

Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes;ENACTED, July 20, 2017.RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish cop-

ies of this Appropriation Ordinance one each to the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez; the City Administrator, Mr. Vincent L. Emnas; the City Legal Officer; the City Treasurer; the City Budget Officer; the OIC-City Ac-countant; the City Auditor; the Office of Building Of-ficial; the OIC-City Director, DILG, Engr. Jesus Jeremy D. Bagares; and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appro-

priation Ordinance No. 2017-019 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2017 was duly enacted by the Fourteenth Sang-guniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in its regular session.

(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative OfficerATTESTED:(Sgd.) VINCENT L. RAMA(Temporary Presiding Officer)SP MemberAsst. Majority Floor Leader

APPROVED:(Sgd.) RICHARD I. GOMEZ

City Mayor 24 Jul 2017

(Date)

REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE

REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC

HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL,

ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING ON JULY 20, 2017

PRESENT: Vincent L. Rama, (Temporary Presiding Officer), SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderRolando M. Villasencio, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderMario M. Rodriguez, (OIC – City Vice Mayor), SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Tomas R. Serafica, SP MemberBenjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberJohn Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II,SP Member Minority Floor LeaderLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor LeaderMariano Y. Corro, Ex-Officio SP Member Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng OrmocON OFFICIAL BUSINESS:Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr., (OIC – City Mayor), Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, an endorsement was issued by the City Mayor

dated March 16, 2017 requesting the Sangguniang Panlungsod to enact an Ordinance that will provide for the guidelines of the establishment of a privately-owned transport terminal and prescrib-ing the rules relative to its operation and maintenance.

WHEREAS, Sec. 17 the Local Government Code of 1991 provides that Local Government Units shall exercise power or discharge functions necessary to the efficient and effective provision of the basic services and facilities such as adequate communication and transportation facilities.

WHEREAS, correlatively, Sec. 458 (a)(5) (v) of the said code states that the Sangguniang Panlungsod, shall “regulate the use of streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, parks and other public places and approve the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of the same; establish bus and vehicle stops and terminals or regulate the use of the same by privately-owned vehicles which serve the public, regulate garages and the opera-tion of conveyances for hire, designate stands to be occupied by public vehicles when not in use x xx”;

WHEREAS, with the growing number of privately-owned terminals and an anticipated increase of the number of applicants thereof, as a result to additional routes, growth and surging eco-nomic activities, there is a need to set proper guidelines in the establishment, operation and maintenance of privately owned transport terminals to ensure that all terminals are well-managed for the safety, comfort and well-being of the riding public coming in and going out of Ormoc through public conveyance.

FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on motion of SP Member Rolando M. Villasencio, Chairman, Committee on Trans-portation & Communication, severally second by SP Members Nolito M. Quilang, Gregorio G. Yrastorza III, John Eulalio Nepo-muceno O. Aparis II, Lea Doris C. Villar and Mariano Y. Corro; be it

RESOLVED, to enact;ORDINANCE NO. 038

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE GRANTING OF LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISE TO PRIVATELY – OWNED AND

OPERATED VAN TERMINALS IN THE CITY, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES.BE IT ENACTED, by the Fourteenth Sangguniang Pan-

lungsod ng Ormoc, That:SECTION 1. TITLE. This Ordinance shall be known as AN

ORDINANCE REGULATING THE GRANTING OF LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISE TO PRIVATELY – OWNED AND OPERATED VAN TERMINALS IN THE CITY.

SECTION 2. SCOPE. This Ordinance shall govern the operation of van terminals; including the review and approval of application for the issuance of a certificate of accreditation on the establishment of privately owned and operated van terminals operating and those that shall to operate within Ormoc City.

SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS/ACRONYMS. The words and acronyms in this Ordinance shall mean:

(a) Committee – shall refer to the Accreditation Committee for Terminal Accreditation which is hereby created under this Ordinance;

(b) LTFRB – shall refer to the Land Transportation Franchis-ing and Regulatory Board, Region 8;

(c) Inspection Team – shall be composed of the personnel from the Office of the Building Official/OBO, City Planning and Development Office/CPDO, City Treasurer’s Office/CTO of the

City of Ormoc;(d) Terminal – means a privately owned passenger station

and a place for final stopover or a permanent station, office and yard exclusively for vans, which may also serve as loading and unloading area for passengers;

(e) Certificate of Accreditation – shall refer to the document issued by the Accreditation Team allowing applicants to establish and operate private van terminals;

(f) OBO – shall refer to the Office of the Building Official;(g) CPDO – shall refer to the City Planning and Development

Office Zoning Division;(h) CTO – shall refer to the City Treasurer’s Office;(i) Van – a covered box like air-conditioned motor vehicle,

typically having a rear door and sliding door on the side panel, used for transporting goods or people.

SECTION 4. APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A PRIVATELY – OWNED VAN TERMINAL. Any person, natural or juridical, who desires to construct/establish and operate a privately – owned van terminal in Ormoc City must first secure a Legislative Franchise from the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The Certificate of Accreditation shall be the only requirement for the granting of the said Legislative Franchise.

SECTION 5. ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE. Upon ap-proval of this Ordinance, there shall be created an Accreditation Committee composed of the following:

(a) The City Mayor or his duly authorized Representa-tive - Chairman

(b) The Chairman, Committee on Transportation, and Communication of the Sangguniang Panlungsod - Vice-Chairman

(c) Representative of CPDO - Member(d) Representative of Permits, Licensing, and Franchising

Office - Member(e) Representative of OBO - Member(f) Representative of CTO - MemberAll of whom, except the Chairman of the Committee on

Transportation and Communication, shall be appointed by the City Mayor who shall serve as such for a term of three (3) years unless sooner removed from office or their term extended by a new appointment.

SECTION 6. FUNCTIONS. The Accreditation Committee shall have the following functions:

(a) Coordinate, monitor and evaluate the establishment of privately owned terminals within the City;

(b) Review and approve applications for the issuance of certificate of accreditation for the establishment of privately owned terminals in accordance with the requirements herein prescribed;

(c) Upon 30 days from the approval of this Ordinance, the Committee shall prescribe rules and regulation not heretofore provided herein for the effective implementation of this Ordinance and other ordinances relating to privately owned terminals that may hereafter be enacted.

SECTION 7. SECRETARIAT. The Office of the Build-ing Official shall assist the Committee and serve as its temporary Secretariat within three (3) months from the start of the implemen-tation of this Ordinance, thereafter, the Accreditation Committee shall constitute a permanent secretariat who shall perform such specific duties and functions as may be directed by the Committee.

SECTION 8. REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITA-TION. The following requirements shall be complied with before any application for the issuance of certificate of accreditation is approved, to wit:

a. Favorable recommendation from the Deputized Zoning Administrator of Ormoc City, certifying to the fact that the location of the terminal conforms to the provision of the Compre-hensive Land Use Plan of Ormoc City and the provisions of the Ormoc City Zoning Ordinance;

b. Privately owned and operated van terminals shall have a minimum land area of Five Hundred square meters (500 sq. m.);

c. At least seventy percent (70%) of the terminal area shall be allocated as Holding Point to include access road and backing court; at least twenty percent (20%) thereof as Passen-ger’s Service Point to include waiting space and fixed benches; and the remaining ten percent (10%) as Administration Point to include security guard post and landscaping area;

d. The terminal shall have a separate entrance and exit points;

e. Separate and sufficient parking slots/spaces for at most ten (10) vans. Excess vans should be parked at a separate venue or area for parking;

f. Adequate and comfortable benches and/or seats with backrests for waiting passengers;

g. Concrete pavement and flooring;h. Roofing that would provide sufficient shade to pas-

sengers from heat of the sun or rain;i. Wide entrances and exits for easy mobility to and

from the terminal;j. Communication facilities (such as Telephone, Wifi

Internet services);k. Public Address System Facilities and CCTV cameras/

monitors;l. Information and Passenger Assistance Counters;m. Appropriate and adequate signages;n. Separate restrooms for male, female and disabled

passengers which must, at all times, be clean, sufficiently lighted, foul odor-free, ventilated, with clean running water, flush system,

toilet seat with cover, lavatory, waste bin, toilet paper, mirror, dispenser with soap, hand dryer, dry flooring, functional door lock, and janitorial/maintenance personnel;

o. Diaper-changing tables inside the female restrooms for female passengers traveling with infants/babies;

p. Priority lane for persons with special needs specifi-cally pregnant women, mothers traveling with infants and/or small children, and those with physical disabilities;

q. Sufficient staff or attendants at the Information and Passenger Assistance Counters who shall assist passengers or anyone using the terminal;

r. Sufficient number of security personnel, at least one (1) security personnel per shift, for the protection of passengers from abusive vendors, pickpockets, and other lawless elements and for the proper inspection of baggages;

s. No repairs of vehicles shall be allowed inside the terminal premises;

t. No street parking is permitted and all vans should be confined inside the terminal premises;

u. Parking, loading and unloading of passengers and cargoes shall be confined within the terminal premises except picking up of passengers while on their way out towards their respective places of destination; furthermore, no barkers/dispatch-ers shall be allowed to canvass passengers except within the immediate vicinity of their terminal.

SECTION 9. PROCEDURE FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION. The following are the steps to be adopted in the review and approval of application for the issuance of certificate of accreditation, to wit:

a. Any applicant for a certificate of accreditation shall write a letter of intent addressed to the Chairman of the Accredita-tion Committee containing the following:

1. Name of Applicant (s);2. List of Officers of the Corporation/Cooperative/Partner-

ship/Single-Proprietorship;3. List of services offered and their corresponding rates

as approved by the appropriate regulatory agency; or as proposed to the said regulatory agency;

b. The applicant shall submit the following documents together with the above letter of intent:

1. Articles of Incorporation and by Laws, whenever applicable;

2. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)/Coop-erative Development Authority (CDA) registration, whenever applicable;

3. In case of a Corporation or a Cooperative, a Board resolution authorizing the said application;

4. Authority or license to operate from the regulatory agency such as LTO, LTFRB;

5. Proof that the applicant has a legal right to use the property for the operation of the private terminal for the entire period applied for;

6. Architectural plan/Building Plan or structural design layout that should incorporate the requisites provided in Section 5 (d) to (q) of this Ordinance;

7. Other relevant papers as maybe required by the Committee;

The above documents and pertinent papers shall be submit-ted in four (4) copies to the Secretariat.

c. Within two (2) working days from receipt of the docu-ments required in section 6 (a) and (b), the secretariat shall refer a copy of the said application to OBO for the review of lay-out and plans respecting compliance with Section 5, (d) to (q);

d. Within the same period stated under letter (c) above, a copy of said application shall also be furnished to the CPDO for review and recommendation respecting compliance with Section 5 (a) to (c);

e. Within a period of three (3) working days from receipt of the application from the secretariat, OBO and CPDO shall submit their respective findings and recommendations in writing to the secretariat. Such period may be extended by the Secretariat for another 3-day period provided a request thereof be filed before the last day of the original period and only one (1) such extension is granted;

f. Upon receipt of the respective findings and recom-mendations from OBO, and CPDO, the secretariat shall, within two (2) working days from receipt of the last findings and recom-mendations submitted, notify the members of the Committee to convene, which shall not be later than five (5) working days from the submission of the last findings and recommendations, furnishing the members thereof copies of the application and all findings and recommendations at least five (3) working days before its meeting;

g. The Committee shall, in its meeting where a quorum is reached, thereupon evaluate, deliberate and decide on the application vis-à-vis the findings and recommendations of OBO and CPDO;

h. Upon compliance with all the requisites stated above, the Committee shall at once approve the application and forthwith issue the certificate of accreditation. The Committee has author-ity however, to deny the application or refuse the issuance of a certificate of accreditation should it find the site of the terminal not feasible for terminal operation or it is repugnant to the interest of the public and of the City of Ormoc or for any violation of this Ordinance; or for any other reasonable grounds. However, the applicant whose application has been denied has the right within

five (5) days to appeal to the Sangguniang Panlungsod the deci-sion of the Accreditation Committee on capricious grounds;

i. Within two (2) working days from the approval of the application by the Committee, the certificate of accreditation shall be prepared by the secretariat which shall contain the fol-lowing and shall be forwarded, together with one (1) copy of the applicant’s submitted pertinent documents and requirements, to the Sangguniang Panlungsod to wit:

(1) Name, address and other data of the applicant;(2) Exact location of the terminal;(3) Declaration of compliance with the rules and regula-

tions;(4) Condition that violation of any of the rules and regula-

tions shall be cause for penalties and fines as provided in Section 12 or the automatic suspension and/or automatic cancellation of the certificate;

(5) Other conditions that the Committee may impose;(6) Name and Signature of the Chairman of the Commit-

tee;j. The Certificate of Accreditation shall be a sufficient

basis for the Sangguniang Panlungsod to grant a Legislative Franchise unless there are valid and legal reasons to deny the same as determined by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. It shall follow that the Legislative Franchise will have a life of minimum of five (5) years from the grant thereof; unless the applicant desires a shorter period.

SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION. The City Government shall appropriate the necessary and adequate amount annually for the implementation of this Ordinance.

SECTION 11. INSPECTION OF TERMINALS. The Inspec-tion Team shall conduct inspections of the terminals at least twice a year for the requisites in Section 5 (d) to 5 (s) and the following:

11.1 Building and business permits of all structures and busi-ness operations should be posted within the vicinity of the terminal;

11.2 Certificate of Accreditation and Legislative Franchise between the City of Ormoc and the terminal’s operator/manage-ment regarding the terminal business operation should be posted within the vicinity of the terminal;

With respect to the requisites in Section 5 (t) to 5 (v), the Traffic Enforcement and Management Office shall enforce these provisions from the start of the operation of the private terminals.

Any violation found by the Inspection Team and the Traffic Enforcement and Management Office during the conduct of the inspections, the respective offices shall recommend to the Permits and Licensing Office, for the imposition of the penalties under Section 12. Any action taken by the Permits and Licensing Office for the imposition of penalties must be reported to the Secretariat of the Committee for documentation purposes.

SECTION 12. PENALTY. For violation of specific provisions of this ordinance, the violator, natural or juridical, shall be fined accordingly in accordance with the Local Government Code:

1st Offense: P 3,0002nd Offense: P 5,0003rd Offense: Cancellation of Legislative Franchise by the

Sangguniang Panlungsod after due noticeSECTION 13. TRANSITORY PROVISION. Privately –

owned and operated van terminals that has an existing Legisla-tive Franchise is allowed to operate until the expiration of its Legislative Franchise.

SECTION 14. SEPARABILITY. Any portion or provision of this Ordinance that may be declared ultra vires or invalid shall not nullify the rest of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 15. REPEALING/AMENDATORY CLAUSE. All ordinances, rules and regulations, or parts herein in conflict with or are inconsistent to the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly. All existing ordinances that regulate or prescribe the granting of franchise shall not be applicable to applicants under this ordinance.

SECTION 16. EFFECTIVITY. This ordinance shall take effect after its approval and compliance of the posting and publica-tion requirements pursuant to the R.A 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

ENACTED, July 20, 2017.RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to furnish

copies of this Ordinance one to each to the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez; the City Administrator, the City Legal Officer, the Busi-ness Permits Licensing & Franchising Office, the City Planning & Development Office, the Office of the Building Official, the City Treasurer, the Traffic Enforcement and Management Office, the OIC-City Director, DILG, and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the above

ordinance.(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative OfficerATTESTED:(Sgd.) VINCENT L. RAMA(Temporary Presiding Officer)SP MemberAsst. Majority Floor Leader

APPROVED:(Sgd.) RICHARD I. GOMEZ

City Mayor24 Jul 2017

(Date)

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HPG SIGNS MOA WITH KARANCHO. (L-R, seated) KARANCHO regional chairman Noel Palo, HPG provincial director Ch. Insp. Renny Eguia, HPG regional director Sr. Supt. Norberto Babagay and LTO-Ormoc deputy Manny Sevilla. Standing at the back are the various chairmen of the KARANCHO chapters in Ormoc, Leyte and So. Leyte.

New PNP director considers traffic accidents EV’s No. 1 problem

ORMOC CITY – The High-way Patrol Group (HPG) here has enlisted members of the Kababayan Rid-ers Association for a New Cultural Harmony and Or-der (KARANCHO) Inc., a motorbike group that also dabbles in amateur radio, as their “multiplier force” here in Leyte and So. Leyte, and signed a Memoran-dum of Agreement to the effect on September 23 in simple rites at the Bistro Bai, this city.

The MOA was signed by newly installed HPG regional director Sr. Supt. Norberto V. Babagay, Land Transportation Office-Or-moc head Manny Sevilla, KARANCHO regional chapter chairman Nestor G. Palo, with HPG provin-cial officer Ch. Insp. Renny T. Eguia and KARANCHO Homer Cañedo as witness-es.

About 100 officers and members witnessed the

signing. The KARANCHO also took the opportunity of inducting 13 new members into their ranks during the occasion.

Sr. Supt. Babagay, in his speech, said he was glad that the HPG in Leyte and So. Leyte has found part-ners with the KARANCHO. He said that the highway patrol in the region is un-dermanned because half of the personnel were sent to Manila to maintain the peace and traffic in EDSA, and will remain there until after the visit of ASEAN heads in November.

He also reminded the KARANCHO that even while they are deputized to apprehend highway traffic violators, they cannot exer-cise that power without an HPG member with them.

LTO head Manny Se-villa, on the other hand, told this reporter that he had confidence in KARAN-CHO, that the group will not abuse the privilege granted to them as HPG and LTO multipliers.

He trusts the leader-ship of Homer Cañedo, the Ormoc chapter chairman, to instill in the members that being an HPG and LTO multiplier does not grant them immunity from traffic laws. “I told them I don’t want to receive calls or requests for areglo, or they use their IDs to get ex-empted from traffic laws,” said Sevilla.

Sr. Supt. Babagay, on the other hand, expressed admiration at how traf-fic rules and regulations have been effectively imple-

mented in Ormoc City after Mayor Richard Gomez be-came chief executive.

In a conversation with Mayor Gomez during an informal courtesy call, he was surprised to learn that Ormoc already has breatha-lyzers, the first city in the region to have the gadgets, to test for drunken driv-ing; that Ormoc is already implementing speed limit laws within its territorial boundaries.

LT O - O r m o c h e a d Sevilla said that after a massive crackdown on motorists not without hel-mets and other violations, they have not been able to apprehend new viola-tors already, which means the drivers are now care-fully heeding the law. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

ORMOC CITY – It was a busy week for the Leyte Fourth District Engineer-ing Office (DEO) as they assisted this year’s host for the 9th Philippine In-stitute of Civil Engineers’ (PICE) Regional Techni-cal Conference, the PICE Ormoc Chapter headed by Leyte Fourth DEO’s very own Assistant District Engineer Irwin L. Antonio.

The Regional Technical Conference was attended by more than 650 civil en-gineers mostly from Region VIII. For two days, Septem-ber 14-15, 2017, civil engi-neers gathered and learned from a number of experts who shared their expertise in specific subject matters to further improve the field of Philippine civil engineering as a whole.

For this year’s Regional Technical Conference, the theme was “Civil engineer-ing, facing the challenges of the tourism industry in advancing countryside development.” Indeed, the

guest speakers embodied this theme.

It was ADE and PICE President Irwin L. Anto-nio who led the opening remarks, then Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo L. Locsin Jr. welcomed the delegates to the City of Beautiful People, Ormoc City.

Engr. Rosein A. Anceta Jr., PhD, a member of the PICE board of directors, an ASEAN Engineer, and the President of the Cebu Technological University soon followed to formally open the Technical Con-ference. In his statement, he shared that “across the world, the Filipino people are known for their work,” as such, the conference aims at increasing the Fili-pino competitiveness in this field. He then advised each one before the confer-ence officially started that, “may we be reminded of the duties we bear…[and] maintain excellence in our

ORMOC CITY – With the problem of drugs in East-ern Visayas under control, PNP regional director Sr. Supt. Gilberto Cruz con-siders traffic accidents as a top concern of the agency.

He said that “masya-dong maraming namama-tay sa mga aksidente” that he wants his men to tighten their watch over distracted and drunken driving.

He added that he want-ed to copy Mayor Richard Gomez’s example and buy breathalyzers for the re-gion’s police stations so that they can check for drunken driving. He also lauded the strict implementation of the Helmet Law in Ormoc City.

Sr. Supt. Gilbert Cruz was in Ormoc this week to pay Mayor Richard Gomez and city officials a cour-tesy call. He was warmly greeted by Mayor Gomez, Vice Mayor Toto Locsin Jr. and city councilors.

Cruz said it was not

the first time he met Mayor Gomez, saying they used to compete in Motocross events during their youth. Cruz is a member of the Philippine National Police Academy Class ’86.

After his courtesy call, Cruz proceeded to the Ormoc City Police Office where he met the officers and men under Sr. Supt. Ramil Ramirez. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

ORMOC CITY – An or-dinance “disqualifying lessees, usufractuaries and other users of city govern-ment owned or managed properties whose rights thereto have been termi-

nated for cause from join-ing any bidding or award-ing of any city govern-ment owned and managed properties” was passed on second reading this week by the city council.

C o u n c i l o r N o l i t o Quilang said the ordinance will be passed on third read-ing next week.

This was to protect city owned properties from abu-sive lessees who have re-neged on their obligations, from joining the bidding and re-leasing of previously occupied properties for at least three years. Erring les-sees will also be red-flagged from joining in the leasing and bidding of other city

properties.The City Government,

under the Gomez adminis-tration, has cracked down on lessees of various city government income-gen-erating properties that were remiss in their rentals and other obligations.

When the Gomez ad-ministration came in, the public market had collect-ibles from its tenants to the tune of P33-million. They also uncovered the lucrative trade of selling “rights” to stalls, and with the original owners leaving thousands of arrears. Some of them would re-apply for other stalls, and do the same. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

INTERNATIONAL CLEANUP DAY. The coastal cleanup day last September 16 gathered more than 5,000 volunteers, said Commodore Jimmy Elezagui of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA). The cleanup was led by the Ocean Conservancy and the PCGA and was attended by individual volunteers and members of the 19th IB and the 8th ID Philippine Army, the police, Coast Guard, students of WLC, SPC, the City of Ormoc Government Employees Association, NGCP, Immaculate Concepcion School Fdn., Inc., Red Cross, General Services of Ormoc, STI, St. Aloysius Institute of Technology, Bureau of Fire Protection, Earth Savers’ Club, Time Travellers Club of SPC, the CSU and CSWDO, EVSU, Linao NHS, OCCCI, Petron, and officials and residents of barangays Naungan, Linao, Alegria, Canadieng, Macabug, Danhug, Punta, Donghol, Bantigue, Camp Downes.