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STI wins 2019 Piña Festival; undefeated for 3 years now

Ormoc LGU, ORCHAM hold annual biz awards, recognize first TOCCA awardees

By Marizthela Jhulie ann G. De la Cruz, ContriButor

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sEE BIZ AWARDS p. 11

The eighteen awardees of the first-ever Tatak Ormoc Consumers’ Choice Awards (TOCCA) pose for a group picture with Ormoc City officials headed by Cong. Lucy Marie Torres-Gomez, Mayor Richard I. Gomez, SP Members Nolito M. Quilang and Benjamin S. Pongos,Jr., ORCHAM headed by Pres. Jude Abenoja and BODs, and Joel Mendoza of the BPLO. Also in the picture are councilors-elect Perok Rodriguez and Lalaine Marcos.

THE LOCAL Government Unit of Ormoc (LGU-Ormoc) and the Ormoc City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (ORCHAM) most recently gave due recognition to exemplary business establishments, propri-etors, and entrepreneurs in the city of beautiful people during the 2018 Ormoc City Business

Awards (OCBA) and the first ever Tatak Ormoc Consumers’ Choice Awards (TOCCA) Night, held on June 22, 2019, at the Rose Grand Ball Room of Sabin Resort Hotel, Ormoc City.

Accordingly, the TOCCA recognizes all establishments, businesses, and entrepreneurs in various categories in the retail,

trade, services, manufacturing and agri-business for their out-standing products and services. TOCCA featured products and services that Ormoc City is proud of. TOCCA, accordingly, is differ-ent from the Ormoc City Business Awards because instead of judges,

STI College of Ormoc (Pundok sa Nagkahiusang Ormocanon) is once again, for the 3rd year now, Piña Festival champion. Receiving the huge trophy as well as the ceremonial cheque of Php 500,000 are STI Ormoc management representatives. With them in the photo are Ormoc City officials led by Mayor Richard Gomez, Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr. and Councilors Bebe Laurente, Bennet Pongos, Vince Rama, Goito Yrastorza, and Nolitz Quilang. Joining them on stage as well were 4th District of Leyte Representative Lucy Marie Torres-Gomez, Ormoc City Councilor-elect Lalaine Marcos, Piña Festival Chairman Estrella Serafica-Pangilinan, and ORCHAM President Jude Abenoja. (Photo by Tonette Marticio)

BACK-TO-BACK defend-ing champion STI College of Ormoc once again claims the crown for the 3rd time as they bested seven other competing schools in Or-moc City during the Piña Festival Street and Ritual Dance Showdown 2019, held at the Ormoc City Plaza, June 23.

The competition was rough, as all the contingents boasted brighter costumes, better chore-ography, and spectacular style and synchronicity. No effort was spared by the competing schools and the organizers of this event as everyone sought to produce qual-ity dance performances.

“We have grown tremen-dously for the past three years. Our contingents have become larger and more competitive. Our presentations are becoming more spectacular; our queens, no less more beautiful than the previous years. And yes; our tourists and spectators are getting bigger and bigger. This is promising sign that the Piña Festival will eventu-ally rise up to become one of the country’s most outstanding and grandest showcase of culture, befitting a growing city with dy-namic people,” said Estrella Maria Serafica-Pangilinan, Chairman of the Piña Festival 2019.

To note, the following are the contingents in the said event: Ipil National High School (Pun-dok Madasigon), Liloan Na-tional High School (Pundok Sa Pinalambo na Ormocanon), East-ern Visayas State University Ormoc City Campus (Pundok Sidlakan), St. Aloysius Institute of Technology (Pundok sa Pami-lyang Aloysians), New Ormoc

2 JUNE 17-23, 2019

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Local investment offices undergo ‘capacity building’ seminar

Rep. Gomez leads inauguration of donated Bagong Buhay Elem. School classrooms

President Duterte leads pinning, awarding of exemplary 8ID soldiers in Samar

DAR-EV kicks off 31st CARP anniversary celebration, plants 950 trees

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4th District of Leyte Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez leads the ceremonial turnover of the two-storey two-classroom school building to the Bagong Buhay Elementary School. With her are educators from the said school, Junichi Hirano (Third Secretary, Embassy of Japan), Ormoc City Mayor Richard I. Gomez and Dr. Manuel P. Albaño (Schools Division Superintendent, DepEd Ormoc City Division).

ORMOC CITY – On June 18, 2019, Junichi Hirano (Third Secretary, Embassy of Japan), together with Cong. Lucy Marie Torres-Gomez (Leyte 4th District), Ormoc City Mayor Richard I. Gomez, and Dr. Manuel P. Albaño (Schools Division Superintendent, DepEd Ormoc City Division), led the ceremonial turnover of the two-storey two-class-room school building to the Bagong Buhay Elementary School this city.

This project, according-ly, was realized thru the Em-bassy of Japan’s assistance to the IsraAID Philippines with a grant amounting to USD 48,556 or approxi-mately Php 2.4 million. Also covered in this grant was the provision of furniture and fixtures, which the students of Bagong Buhay Elementary School are sure to enjoy with its newness and sturdiness.

Mrs. Florisa Misa (Head Teacher, Bagong Buhay El-ementary School) expressed her deepest thanks to the Japan Embassy and IsraAID Philippines for the school

building. She also thanked all the stakeholders, DepEd officials, as well as the city and barangay officials who played a big part in the completion of the project.

Mayor Richard I. Go-mez then promised to the Embassy of Japan and Is-

ORMOC CITY – The De-partment of Tourism, Of-fice of Tourism Standards and Regulations, (DOT - OTSR), in partnership with the Isla Lipana & Co. (PwC Philippines), con-ducted a three-day Tour-ism Investment Capacity Building Seminar for the LGUs of Region VIII from June 18-20, 2019 at Sabin Resort Hotel, this city.

Accordingly, the ca-pacity-building activity is anchored on DOT’s thrust in promoting sustainable tourism investments in the country, thus, the need to ca-pacitate the LGUs in bringing in more tourism investments.

The activity was facili-tated by the Department of Tourism, Project and In-vestment Evaluation Divi-sion, (DOT - PIED) headed by Engr. Maria Consuelo E. Montoro (Supervising Tourism Operation Officer) together with Marites L. Ballester (Senior Tourism Operations Officer), and of course with assistance from the Department of Tourism Regional Office VIII represented by Trina

Dacuycuy (Head, Tourism Plan Formulation, Product & Market Development).

The said activity was participated by the officers and representatives of these offices: Tourism Office, Local Economic and Investment Promotions Office (LEIPO), Business Permits and Li-censing Office (BPLO), and Planning and Development Coordination Office (PDCO).

With the resource speakers from the PwC led by Dennis P. Bautista (Markets Senior Manager), the participants were ex-pected to: gain new tech-nical knowledge on the preparation of investment portfolios; improve their skills on the preparation of high-impact PowerPoint presentations; develop their pitching skills; and, learn to find and attract potential investor-partners for the development of tourism-related business ventures and/or projects.

“I think it’s high-time na we explore possibilities

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President Rodrigo Duterte comforting a widow of a fallen 8ID soldier following the ceremonial pinning / awarding.

TACLOBAN CITY – Pres-ident Rodrigo Duterte himself led the pinning and turnover of awards to wounded and killed soldiers of the 8th Infantry Division, Catbalogan City, Thursday (June 19).

He also recognized the 8ID’s significant ac-complishments in combat-ting CPP-NPA terrorists in Eastern Visayas.

“Your relentless anti-insurgency efforts over the past 18 months have result-ed in the capture and sur-render of more than 1,500 CPP-NPA personalities and the recovery of several of dozens of firearms,” he told the soldiers in a speech.

The Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of Kampilan were conferred to Cpl. Edu-ardo Vigilia Jr., Cpl. Mark Lester Amparo, Pfc. Joseph Salonga, Pfc. Mark Louie Lantecsi, Pfc. Mark Kevin Frigillana, Pfc. Joemar Glenn Seligbon, Pvt. Delio Amaro, Pvt. Joseph Renel Gentalian, and Pvt. Rex Español.

The Order of Lapu-Lapu is awarded to persons in government or private sector

who have rendered extraor-dinary service or have made exceptional contributions to the success of the President’s campaign or advocacy.

The Kampilan medal, meanwhile, is given to per-sons who were seriously wounded or suffered great loss of property as a direct result of their participation in such actions.

The President also led the handover of the Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of Ka-lasag to the dependents of the soldiers who died in an

sEE DUTERTE p. 16

PALO, LEYTE – Due to the worsening effect of global warming brought by climate change, em-ployees of the Depart-ment of Agrarian Reform (DAR) throughout Eastern Visayas planted simultane-ously 800 trees on Saturday (June 15), as kick-off ac-tivity to the said agency’s commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) implementation.

DAR Regional Director Sheila Enciso encouraged the employees to lend a hand to help combat climate change and save mother earth by planting trees.

Employees of the DAR Regional and Leyte Provin-cial Offices joined forces in planting 600 “Talisay” trees in the recommended beach for-est of Barangay Salvacion of this town by the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO).

Forester Michael Ma-calalag of CENRO empha-sized to the participants, at

the site, the proper way of planting the trees, as well as the proper disposal of plastic materials.

In Northern Samar, DAR employees planted 100 Mangroves in Baran-gay Cawayan in Catarman; while 100 Narra and Ma-hogany trees were planted in Barangay Taytagan in Bontoc, Southern Leyte.

Meanwhile, DAR em-ployees in Eastern Samar planted 150 Narra trees in Ba-rangay Calicoan situated in the City of Borongan. How-ever, the activity was held one day ahead of the others.

DAR-EV kicked off its two-week CARP anniver-sary celebration on June 15, the day Republic Act No. 6657, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrar-ian Reform Law (CARL), took effect 31 years ago, after said law was signed by then President Corazon Aquino on June 10 of the same year.

Further, Enciso also an-nounced the other activities

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PRRD criticizes communist rebels for hampering ‘developments’ in SamarTACLOBAN CITY – Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte criti-cized the communist rebels for hampering develop-ments in Samar with their 53 years of armed struggle during his visit at the Army 8th Infantry Division (8ID) Catbalogan City, Samar Thursday (June 19).

“Hindi ko maintindihan kung ano’ng utak ginamit ninyo na hindi naman kai-langan high school graduate ka. Ang tingin sa inyo na mali talaga… I mean choose a better fight in life. Iyang makapabuti sa anak mo, kapwa tao mo, sa gobyerno mo,” he said referring to the

communist NPA rebels.However, he also ex-

pressed willingness to talk and renewed his call for them to return to the folds of law.

“Magsabi sila kung saan sila gustong makiusap, pupuntahan ko sila. At sas-

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3JUNE 17-23, 2019

5 ka fishing boat nga nanagat sa Ormoc Bay, dakpan sa PCG ug BFAR

Barangay konsehal sa Borok gipatay

Suspetsadong drug pusher sikop sa buy-bust

NOTICE To All Members of God’s Mealah Church, Inc. We will have a special general assembly on

June 30, 2019 at 1:00 – 5:00 pm at Sto. Mahaya-hay, San Isidro, Kananga, Leyte, to discuss and agree on the permanence of the society.

EV Mail June 10-16, 17-23, & 24-30, 2019

Si Capt. Eduardo de Luna Jr., kinsa kasamtangan nga Deputy Commander sa Coast Guard District Eastern Visayas.

ORMOC CITY – Lima ka panagatan ang nadakpan sa akto sa hiniusang oper-asyun sa Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ug Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 8 (BFAR) nga nanagat sa Ormoc Bay nga hugot gidili ilawum sa atong balaod.

Hunyo 15 sa kaadla-won ang BRP Nueva Vis-caya, nailhan sab nga SARV-3502, nga gidumala ni Capt. Eduardo de Luna Jr., kinsa kasamtangan nga Deputy Commander sa Coast Guard District Eastern Visayas, ug station commander sa Coast Guard Western Leyte station, ug tulo ka kawani sa BFAR nagpalawud ilang rombo ang Ormoc Bay, didto ilang naaktuhan kining mga sen-soro nga nanagat, resulta nga ila kining naguyod gikan sa lawud paingon sa piliw.

Matud ni Capt. de Luna Jr., base sa nadawat nilang impormasyun, kining mga nadakpan nga sensorador magpalawud nga dili man-gayo ug clearance gikan sa ilang buhatan ug usa kini ka dako nga kalapasan. Lahi sab ang kalapasan ilang na-himo ilawum sa RA-10654 o sa Fishery Law.

Ang mga fishing boat

nga nadakpan mao ang: FB John Via 2, Tangigi R1, FB Nilda C2, FB JM, ug FB Western Star. Gipamulta sila sa PCG sa kantidad ug Php 10,000 lahi pa sa ilang kalapasan sa BFAR.

Ang PCG wala mo-hatag sa pangalan sa tag-iya, kapitan ug sa mga trepolante niini. Ang taga BFAR nga kuyog sa op-erasyun sila si Edmar Pet-allana, Johan Avorque, ug Ariel Calamaya.

Sa interbiyu sa EV Mail kang Petallana, nasayran nga daghan na silag nada-kop nga mga sensoro, tun-god sa pagpangisda sakop sa kadagatan duol lang sa piliw, pino ang mata sa ilang baling o pokot, ug oban pa.

Sa habig sa PCG, si Capt. De Luna Jr. nipas-abot nga ang kalapasan nahimo sa mga kapitan sa nahisgotan nga mga sen-sorador mao ang wala nila pagpangayo ug clearance sa ilang buhatan aron sila makapalawud. May mga kuhang isda ang nahisgotan nga sensorador, osa ka ga-tos ka kilo nga Galunggong, ug 20 kilos nga Tulingan, ang tanan gihatag sa mga awtoridad ngadto sa ODH.

Si LTJG Salby Habdulla,

deputy station commander sa Coast Guard Western Leyte, sa pakighinabi ning pamantalaan niingon, ang mga nadakpan nga senso-rador ilang gitugyan sa mga tag-iya base sa affidavit of undertaking gikan sa ilang mga abogado, ug basta kun kinahanglanon gani sa korte, ila kining ipres-entar. Wala sab nila tugti ang mga tag-iya ning mga sensoro nga makapanagat, hangtud maresolba na sa korte. Kun supakon gani sa

mga tag-iya ang kasabotan, mosamot kadako unya ang iyang problema.

Nganong gitugyan sa PCG ang pag-asikaso sa ilang mga panagatan, kini tungod kay way impound-ing area ang ahensiya sa ilang madakpan. Ikaduha, milyones ang kantidad sa butang apil ang pokot; la-baw sa tanan, ang mga tag-iya sa panagatan nasayud asa nila itago ang sensoro panahun kun may bagyo. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – Usa ka barangay konsehal ang gipatay ug ang iyang pa-tayng lawas napalgan sa mga kaanak sa katubhan.

Ang biktima giila nga si Librado Tumampo, 62 anyus ug kagawad sa Don Carlos Revilla kanhi Borok. Banabana ang insedente na-hitabo alas singko sa kaad-lawon, Hunyo 15, pero ang iyang patayng lawas didto na napalgan sa mga nangitang kaanak alas sais na sa gabii sa maong petsa. Mao na sab kini ang oras nga ilang napahibalo ang kapulisan sa police station 1 (PS1).

Ang kapitan sa barangay Hon. Samuel Didican maoy nipasabot sa mga awtori-dad bahin sa hitabo. Wa pay gitombok nga suspek ang mga awtoridad sa kremin.

Sa datus nga nakuha sa EV Mail gikan sa PS1, nasayran tibuok adlaw gi-pangita sa pamilya ang ba-rangay konsehal kay wala man magpakita sa baran-gay, wala sab kini sa ilang

balay. Gisuhid sa kaanak ang tibuok dapit, hasta na sa mga higala pero wala gyud. Hangtud nianang alas sais sa gabii, may nakit-an nga patay sa katubhan didto sa barangay. Ang konsehal na ang biktima.

Sa police blotter, wala mabutang kinsa ang na-kakaplag sa biktima pero giklaro nga daghan ang nangita niini tibuok adlaw. Sa inisyal nga inbistigasyun sa mga awtoridad, osa ka ginganlan ug Dominador Baticolon, nagpuyo dili layo sa plantasyun sa tubo, nitug-an sa kapulisan nga banabana alas singko sa kaadlawon sa maong petsa, nakadungog siyag sunodsu-nod nga mga buto sa pusil.

Sa dapit diin napalgan ang patayng lawas sa kon-sehal, nakuha sa mga awto-ridad ang pito ka kabhang sa kalibre .45. Nakaangkon siyag daghan pinusilan sa lawas.

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ORMOC CITY – Sikop sa buy-bust operation sa hin-iusang puwersa sa police station 3 (PS3) ug CDEU ang osa katawo human sa osa ka semana nga paniid sa mga awtoridad sa iyang mga kalihukan.

Ang target sa opera-syun mao si Diosdado Perida y Colango, 38 any-us, minyu ug taga Phil-rads, Tambulilid, kinsa giila nga osa ka street level target (SLT) sa kapulisan. Ang buy-bust nahitabo diha sa Coob, Tambulilid hapit na alas nuwebe sa gabii, Hunyo 20.

Sa kasayuran nakuha sa EV Mail gikan sa PS3, si P/Msgt. Jerson Agcang, desk officer, niingon ang team sa estasyun gipangulohan ni P/Lt. Melvin Malate, deputy station chief, ubos sa superbisyon ni P/Capt. Bryan Vicedo, samtang ang CDEU gipangulohan ni P/Capt. Franklin Romeo Pa-rangan, nilusad sa buy-bust operation dihang nitando sa sabot ang suspek sa iyang ka transaksiyun nga pulis.

Napalitan si Perida

ug osa ka gamay nga pak-ite sa gidudahang sha-bu. Dihang naposasan na kini, girekisa sa ang iyang bulsa. Nakuha ang osa ka kaha nga segarilyo, lima ka gagmay’ng pakite sa gidudahang shabu, Php 500 nga kuarta sa buy-bust, Php 17,970 nga cash, ug osa ka basiyo nga pakiteng sudlanan ug droga. Ang saksi pagreki-sa mao ang mga opisyal sa barangay Tambulilid nga si Hon. Christopher Abadiano, Hon.Esterlina Gabon, mga konsehal ug ang media.

Sa gisumite sab nga mensahe ni Ormoc City Di-rector P/Col. Armel Gong-ona didto sa PRO-8 sumala sa spot report nga gitunol sa PS3, nag-ingon ang suspek gidala sa mga awtoridad didto sa PNP Crime Labo-ratory aron mahiling, apil na ang mga ebedensiya nakuha gikan kaniya. Ang inbistigador P/Cpl Rodel Superales ang nag-andam sa kaso sa kalapasan sa RA-9165 batok sa dinakpan. Ni Paul Libres

Lalake naghikog, nagpusil sa kaugalingonORMOC CITY – Nire-sponde ang mga pulis sa police station 1 (PS1), hu-man nila madawat ang alarma bahin sa osa katawo nga gituhoang nagpusil sa iyang kaugalingon sulod sa banyo sa room 309 sa Zenaida’s Château Tourist Inn sa dalan Lopez Jaena-J. Navarro pasado alas dos sa hapon niadtong Hunyo 17.

Pero gituhoan nga nigin-tang nag pila ka oras gikan nagpakamatay ang biktima kay nanimaho na. Ang bik-tima giila nga Jalen Mark Macasa, hingkud ang panu-igon ug taga Tacloban City. Natino ang iyang pangalan tungod sa iyang mga IDs ug kini sab ang iyang gitug-an sa front desk dihang ni check-in siya sa nahisgotan nga establisemento.

Ang bag-ong hepe sa PS1, P/Maj. Shevert Alvin Machete, ang nan-gulo sa mga inbistigador pagresponde sa lugar. Naabtan nila ang bikti-ma nga naligo sa iyang

kaugalingon nga dugo, may pinusilan siya sa tuong tam-pihak. Sa iyang kilid , anaa ang kalibre .45 nga pusil.

Si P/Cpl. Juvial John Na-sayao, inbistigador sa kaso, nga nahinabi sa EV Mail niingon human nila pagpros-eso sa mga ebedensiya, ilang gipahibalo ang pamilya ni Macasa didto sa Tacloban. Nianang gabii sa Hunyo 17, niabot sila sa Ormoc ug gidala nila ang biktima sa Tacloban aron adto hayaon.

Sa datus nakuha sa EV Mail gikan sa PS1, si Macasa ni check-in alas nuwebe pasado sa buntag niadtong Hunyo 14. Hunyo 17 sa hapon giadto ang iyang la-wak sa front desk aron man-ingil. Nanoktok, nanampit

pero way nitubag ug serado ang lawak. Ang duplicate nga yawe ang gigamit sa taga Inn aron siya maka-sulod sa lawak. Sa didto na siya sa lawak, didto ang mga gamit sa biktima pero wala siya. Gilile ang banyo apan serado, gigamitan na sab ug duplicate nga yawe aron maabli, pero dili maablihan daw adunay nakabangil sa pultahan. Gi-pugos hangtud nga naabli ang banyo. Pagsusi, iyang nakit-an nga may patay su-lod sa banyo didto na niya gipasabot ang nagdumala sa iyang nadeskubrehan.

Sa inbistigasyun, si P/Cpl. Nasayao nga nahinabi niingon ang hinungdan sa pagpakamatay mao ang de-

pression, dihang wala siya sa listahan sa mga mograd-war. Si Macasa, estudyante sa Visayas State University sa Baybay City sa kurso nga BSBio. Dugang pahayag ni P/Cpl. Nasayao, Hunyo 14 ang gradwasyun pero wala siya sa listahan, didto niya kini giluom. Mas nisamot pa ang iyang kaguol dihang ang iyang mga ginikanan didto diay sa unibersidad nangutana bahin sa grad-wasyun, ug nadeskubrehan nga wala sa listahan ang anak. Gipangita nila kini apan dili na makontak.

Sa wala pa ang Hunyo 14, nagpasiatab na ang biktima sa iyang mga ginikanan ug higala nga mogradwar siya pero dili diay. Ni Paul Libres

Namutol ug nigabas sa kahoy’ng Narra nasakpan sa PNP, CENROORMOC CITY – Nadak-pan sa akto sa mga awto-ridad kining upat ka tawo nga niputol ug nigabas sa kahoy’ng Narra didto sa barangay Dolores niadtong Hunyo 14 sa hapon.

Matud sa taho, osa ka impormante ang nisugilon sa kapulisan nga naay mga tawo nga nanggabas ug kahoy didto sa ilang dapit, hinungdan nga gisusi sa mga awtoridad gipangu-lohan ni P/CMSgt. Bene-dicto Cabelto sa mando ni OCPO director Col. Arnel

Gongona.Didto naaktuhan ang

upat ka tawo nga nigabas sa kahoy. Ang upat sila si Pablito Garciano (47), Wilfredo Talingting (50), Reynaldo Aquino (38), ug Alfredo Buca. Walay na-kaikyas kanila kay wala makabantay nga may pulis nangabot. Kuyog nila ang taga DENR-CENRO nga si Rusela Narca. Nasakmit sa mga awtoridad ang chain-saw ug 400 sientos board feet nga ginabas nga kahoy.

Ang mga suspek gitiner

sa mga awtoridad ug gi-kasuhan sa kalapasan sa Presidential Decree 705 o Revised Forestry Code. Pero wala magdugay sa prisohan kay nakapiyansa sila. Wala lang mahibaw-i kun pila. Gawasnon man ang mga sus-pek, pero padayun ang ilang kaso. Naghuwat sila sa husay unya atubangan sa korte.

Sa laing bahin, adunay diyotay nga lahugay sa mga opisyal sa OCPO sama sa

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National Poison Prevention Week

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Tatak Ormoc

sEE VIEW p. 12

WHEN I WAS in high school, one of my classmates became depressed and took 25 tablets of Paracetamol. He was later found to develop dizziness and vomiting. He has to be hospitalized for proper treatment.

Many medications and chemicals at home when taken in high doses are poison-ous to the human body. Many household items can be dangerous and deadly when misused and mishandled. Timely first aid and medical attention can go a long way to save lives.

The 4th week of June is National Poi-son Prevention Week. According to the National Poison Management and Control Center at the University of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital, there are vari-ous substances reported to have been the cause of poisoning. These substances vary among adults and children.

According to their report, the said center recorded in 2017 the top 10 most common causes of poisoning in adults, which include – 1. Sodium hypochlorite (Clorox); 2. Methamphetamine (Shabu); 3. Paracetamol; 4. Ethanol (alcoholic drinks); 5. Hydrochloric acid (Muriatic acid); 6. Organophosphates; 7. Household insecti-cides; 8. Mefenamic acid; 9. Clonazepam; and 10. Iron.

While the top 10 most common causes of poisoning in children are – 1. Kerosene; 2. Paracetamol; 3. Sodium hypochlorite (clorox); 4. Iron; 5. Rubbing alcohol; 6. Dessicants / silica gel; 7. Button battery; 8. Mefenamic acid; 9. Multivitamins; and 10. Amoxicillin.

According to studies, most poison-ings occur when parents or caregivers are at home but not paying attention. Adults should be especially vigilant when there is a change in routine; such as holidays, visits to and from relatives and other special events, which may bring greater risk of poisoning if the usual safeguards are defeated or are not in place. Thus, it is important to poison-proof ones home. This is because children may get hold of some of the most dangerous potential poisons such as gasoline, pesticides, medicines, clean-ing products, kerosene, furniture polish, windshield wiper fluid, antifreeze and even liquid nicotine (vape liquid).

It is therefore advised to store medi-cine, cleaning and laundry products includ-ing detergent packets, paints, varnishes and pesticides in their original packaging in locked cabinets or containers, out of sight and reach of children. Installing safety latches that automatically lock when one closes a cabinet door can help keep children away from dangerous products, but when there is always a chance the device will malfunction. Thus, the safest place to store poisonous products is to store it somewhere a child cannot reach.

One should also purchase and keep all medicines in containers with safety caps and keep out of reach of children. One should discard unused medications and one should never label a medicine as candy or another appealing name. When one gives a child some medicine, labels must be checked to ensure proper dosage. One should not place poisonous products in food containers or drinks containers. In addition, remote controls, keys, greeting cards and musical children’s books be se-cured. These and other devices may contain small button-cell batteries that can cause injury if ingested.

There are different types and meth-ods of poisoning. which require different modes of immediate treatment. These are – 1. Swallowed poison: take the item away from the child, and have the child spit out any remaining substance. One should not make the child vomit; 2. Swallowed bat-tery: bring the child to the nearest hospital; 3. Skin poison: the child’s clothes must be removed, the skin must be rinsed with lukewarm water for at least 15 minutes and bring the child to the nearest health facility; and 4. Poisonous fumes: the child must be taken outside the enclosure or into fresh air immediately. If the child has stooped breathing, do cardiopulmonary resuscita-tion (CPR) and do not stop until the child breathes on his or her own or, until some-one can take over. But before initiating CPR, be sure to call for help and contact your local emergency numbers. The first poison center in the Philippines hotline is 02-524-

YES, INSTEAD of being afraid, irritated and stressed out whenever we have dif-ferences and conflicts with others, let’s be welcoming to them and take advantage of them. A lot of good can actually be derived from them, even if we are not exempted from being pained and mortified by them.

Our differences and conflicts, which by the way are unavoidable in our life, can actually occasion genuine love and many other virtues to develop and grow. They can purify us, smoothing out the rough edges of our personality, and fine-tuning our views, opinions and preferences.

They can give rise to the development of patience and compassion, and the pursuit for the truth and justice is guaranteed to be more authentic even if it is also arduous.

They can actually expand our world of knowledge and understanding, and trigger the dynamics of a more meaningful unity among ourselves, not in spite of but rather because of our differences and conflicts. The unity we are speaking of here is not uniformity, but one that is richly nuanced and capable of accommodating everyone.

Most importantly, they can give a tremendous growth in our spiritual life, freeing us from being at the mercy of our personal, earthly and temporal conditions. They contribute greatly in our effort to make ourselves more and more like Christ who is the pattern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity.

Our differences and conflicts are a fact of life. They can spring from all kinds of sources—temperament, culture, socio-economic and political status. There are racial and religious differences, etc.

These differences and conflicts must be part of our human condition and are an inte-gral element in the providence of God over all of us. As such, they are part of our life. We just have to learn to live with them and try our best to use them according to God’s providence. The general pattern of how to live and make use of them is given to us by Christ himself who had to go through the most extreme kind of difficulty and conflict.

There is no use attempting to quash them altogether. We may sort them out to simplify things a bit, but we should never think that there would come a time when there will be no differences and conflicts among ourselves. Instead, what we have to do is to refer them to Christ to have an idea of how to handle them.

This does not mean, of course, that there are no good and bad things, no right and wrong, no fair and unfair situations. This does not mean that within these cat-egories, there are no varying degrees of good and bad, right and wrong. This does not mean that we should just be indifferent to these differences and conflicts if only to achieve a semblance of unity and harmony.

We have to proclaim, in season and out of season, what is true, good and beautiful

LAST NIGHT, I attended the Business Night Awards and was amazed at how far the partnership between the LGU and the Ormoc Chamber has gone. What started as an uneasy partnership many years ago (or two administrations ago) has evolved into what it should be, a fitting tribute to the busi-nesses in the city and people behind them who form Ormoc’s economic backbone and become a star to reach for everybody.

Congratulations to the winners also, es-pecially for entrepreneur of the year, which in my mind were befitting to be cited. They are the much admired Ernesto B. Rizarri of the EBR Group of Companies, whose rags to riches story is known to many, who got the Man Entrepreneur of the Year. The Woman Entrepreneur award, on the other hand, went to April Avenido-Codilla whose store selling baking needs has since grown into a baking school. Talk about serving an under serviced sector and creating a market for it at the same time, that’s entrepreneur-ship at its best. I was also told Ms. April also have a lot of “give it back” activities in the barangays of Ormoc, an important point that Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez said in her speech. The congresswoman said that Ormocanons should patronize homegrown products even if it is more expensive than others, and that businessmen must give back. She also urged that when the Ormo-cano businessman becomes successful, to give back more.

Congratulations also to the 1st Tatak Ormoc winners. The brainchild of Or-moc Chamber director Twinkle Chu and adapted by the board, it serves to put a mark of prestige on the winners as the store or product of choice by most Ormocanons. Accordingly, more than 4,000 cast their votes for their choices.

The winners are: Best Meat Supplier – Jollypig Meat Shop; Best Fish Supplier – Alicemar; Best Local Produce – SAL’s Pineapple; Best I.T Supplier – Elite I.T Solutions; Best Local Grocery – One Stop Commercial; Best Local Hardware Sup-plies – MacMercury; Best Barbeque In Food Park – Mitos Bbq; Best Banking Experience – BDO Unibank Inc.; Best Sea Transport – 2Go Supercat; Best Fastfood – Jollibee; Best Medical Services – OSPA FMC; Best Place To Shop – Robinsons Place Ormoc; Best Local Bakery – Mayong’s; Best Cassava Cake – Ormoc’s Best Cassava Cakes; Best Lechon In City – Pare’s Lechon; Best Place To Stay – Sabin Resort Hotel; Best Place To Dine – Sal’s Bar and Restaurant; and, Best Place To Relax – The Beauty Lounge.

I hope there will be more categories next year, and expand the prestigious branding to many businesses. This will also encourage similar establishments to level up their products and services.

rrrMayor Richard Gomez, in his speech

during the Business Night Awards, was tearful as he looked at how the Ormocanon business community has accepted his lead-ership, taking note that all the activities in

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The world cannot forget D-Day

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A MANILA daily featured D-Day on its 75th anniversary. This corner cannot forget the inhumanity of man, which was stopped with the coming of America into world affairs. America had a national policy of neutrality because it went to a historic upheaval with their civil war: the Union, as against the Confederates.

It was the entry of the US that made them their role of saviour of the world. They had to do it because Nazi Germany was on the verge of invading England. Once Eng-land is taken, the next target would have been the US. As soon as the US came into the picture, it was like magic. They went all out. America (the US) started the ball rolling by selling War Bonds from the American citizens who also responded immediately.

One thing we can say of the US is that they are very nationalistic. Maybe it’s because they were carried away with the plight of Europe that was now into the hands of the Nazis. America practically shouldered all the expenses. There followed a relentless effort of manufacturing all things needed to wage war: guns, planes, tanks, ships, materials, food, fuels, and various others. When they were ready, the preparation was awesome. It also followed that the head of this preparation was to be an American: it fell on the shoulders of Gen. Dewight Eisenhower who was popularly known as Ike. The Allies met and decided to choose the date, D-Day as the 6th of June 1944. It was to be a secret. The Axis pow-ers of Germany, Italy and Japan knew that war was imminent but they did not know the exact date. When it finally started, all of a sudden the sea and the sky became dark with the huge numbers of ships and planes that filled the horizon. The enemy was flabbergasted. The ships came and landed in designated beach heads and the planes dropped their load of paratroopers and bombs. The effect was electrifying. The devastation was just as awesome.

After a couple of days, the first to go was the leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini whose dead body was displayed by the Italian nationals in their plaza. The second to go was the Number One Dictator, Adolf Hitler. He died by his own hands by swal-lowing a cyanide pill and another bullet to his head by his own German Luger. He ordered beforehand his valet to dispose of his body by putting it to the torch. He did not want what happened to Mussolini. Maybe he did not know that his death by his own hands is the cruelest of all. It was as if he was not fit to live one day longer. He also shot his live-in partner, Eva Braun, with his Luger beforehand. And what about the fate of Japan. The first atomic bomb was dropped by a B-29 Superfortress in Hiroshima. It was a carnage from the plane named the Enola Gasy; 51 million lives perished there. The following day, the plane named the Boxcar, dropped another bomb in Nagasaki at a cost of 55 million civilian lives. The two bombs cost them 106 million lives and Japan had to beg for truce. This number of the dead is the whole population of the Philippines today.

The world was saved. Our Liberation followed thereafter. This corner is of the be-lief that the period of our liberation was the best year of my life. It was here that we had the best music, the best entertainers, the taste of American chocolates and big cans of corned beef and even the various candies that are no longer found in the shelves of groceries and the malls. Yes, the best years of my life was the Liberation Period.

Where are they now? Where are the idiot Hitler and Mussolini? Japan cannot point their finger at Hirohito because they consider him as their god. Who was there-fore responsible for joining the Axis powers?

D-day therefore can never be forgot-ten. It was exactly 75 years ago. Last 6 June 2019.

MOST SCIENTISTS WORK very hard to prove their work in research projects and then publish it in journals that are often ex-tremely expensive. And even VSU research-ers have complained that there are limited international journals available here. But subscription fees charged by academic pub-lishers have risen so high in recent years that even wealthy American universities have said they cannot afford them.

One way to avoid the problem of subscription is through the use of pirating services, such as Sci-Hub. The site boasts of offering nearly 70% of all academic research. But the users of the site are in a legally dangerous position.

The good news is that the backlash against journal subscriptions has led to a change in behavior. Researchers have increasingly been publishing work in open-access journals, which let readers download the studies free of charge.

A study has found that nearly half of all academic articles that users want to read are already freely available. These studies may or may not have been published in an open-access journal, but there is a legally free version available for a reader to download.

To arrive at this conclusion, researchers used data from a web-browser extension they had developed called Unpaywall. When users of the extension land on an academic article, it searches the web to find if there are free versions to download from places such as pre-print services or those

uploaded on university websites.In an analysis of 100,000 papers by

Unpaywall, researchers found that as many as 47% searched for studies that had a free-to-read version available. This shows that at least users of Unpaywall are more inter-ested in studies that tend to be published in more openly accessible journals.

The finding is supported by two trends. First, academics are increasingly publishing in open-access journals – about 45% were published in such journals. Second, studies published in open-access journals receive more citations than average.

The academic publishing industry is going to court to stop illegal access. In a recent court victory, the publishing giant Elsevier was awarded millions in damages from Sci-Hub. On the other hand, it is offer-ing more open-access journals or payment options to make pay walled articles freely available. Perhaps soon no one will need to read academic articles illegally.

Advocates of open research say that a big portion of the research that publish-ers attempt to lock behind pay walls was funded with grants paid for by taxpayers, and that the public should therefore have free access to it.

The controversy continues. Meanwhile, where can scientists in the Philippines pub-lish? In their home-grown journals that are not even recognized by CHED much less by the international community.

THE QUESTION to be asked from the present PhilHealth high officials is why PhilHealth was not allowed to give Perfor-mance Bonus to its present workforce of more than 6,000 rank-and-file, after it failed a Performance Review by the Governance Commission for Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GCG).

The health insurance agency’s perfor-mance audit for 2017 has shown that the agency’s work in fighting fraud within had borne no positive results. In a May 21, 2019 let-ter to Health Secretary Francisco Duque and PhilHealth President Roy Ferrer, GCG Chair Samuel Dagpin Jr. informed that PhilHealth could not give the bonus after getting a failing grade of 47.82 percent based on “validation of documentary evidence”. In order to qualify for the bonus, a government company must have obtained a score of at least 90 percent.

In the 2017 performance audit, the government commission gave PhilHealth zero for filing of cases and for resolving against erring health care providers. The Fact Finding Investigation and Enforcement Department (FFIED) processed 4,357 of the 5,797cases filed that year for an efficiency rating of 75 percent. The PhilHealth prosecu-tion department processed not a single case out of the 4,147 cases it has received. Only one of 730 cases was put through arbitration.

A paper shredder was acquired by

the FFIED. Official documents involving protected cases meet their comeuppance on the machine and the complaints are dismissed for insufficiency of evidence. That paper shredder and the low score in the processing of fraud cases, a PhilHealth insider said, put the two together and you will get the usual answers.

One way of defrauding PhilHealth an investigation showed was to enroll a mem-ber twice as a PhilHealth member, using one membership a fake identity. Then the member enlists fake dependents, faked de-pendents hospital treatment, and used fake pharmacy receipts as proof of expenses. The anti-fraud team of PhilHealth usually uncovers that an insider or employee of PhilHealth, usually a close relative helps the member process the claims filed.

rrrFormer Foreign Secretary Albert del

Rosario says that China’s words and ac-tions could not be trusted on the sinking of a Philippine fishing boat after being hit by a Chinese trawler in the South China Sea. He said that as an official in the Department of Foreign Affairs in the past administration, he had “firsthand experience that China is not to be trusted, that their word is unreliable.”

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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJune 30, 2019

Luke 9:51-62When the days for Jesus’ being taken

up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent mes-sengers ahead of him.

On the way, they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there, but they would not welcome him because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.

When the disciples James and John

saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village.

As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

And to another he said, “Follow me.”But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and

bury my father.” But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.” To him Jesus said, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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rebels in order to restore their psychosocial function-ing by way of interdisci-plinary approach through collective efforts of men in uniformed, social work-ers, agriculturists, medical practitioners, psychologist/therapists, spiritual coun-selors, teachers, legal offi-cers and other fields of pro-fession who are involved in the de-radicalization for their total reintegration to the mainstream of society.

During also the inau-guration, Manoy, a former rebel extended his grati-tude to the persons who

made the “Darangpan” a reality, as he said, “Akala ko hindi ko ito makikitang nakatayo na ang Balay Darangpan pero ito na kaya maraming salamat sa lahat ng mga tumulong na maitayo ito.”

Meanwhile, Brigadier General Ramil Bitong asked the support of the people of Northern Samar to help the government to suppress the New People’s Army activi-ties. He also challenged the people to make Northern Samar the Safest Province in the Philippines. By Mike Paul M. Marquez

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Meanwhi le , Cong . Lucy Marie Torres-Gomez reiterated how vital the school building would be to the students and teach-ers as well. She even shared that in her first term, she agreed to appear in a movie of Sen. Bong Revilla in exchange for school build-ings in Leyte. “Every dona-tion counts... Many people think why is the classroom so important... I’ve visited many places… there are some, they have to study

CLASSROOMS ... from P. 2under a shade of a tree… in some schools, they need to swim across a river just to get to the classroom... Education really is a great equalizer. Ang tawo nga naay education will always have a good life. And with that, I honor the work that teachers do in shaping the lives of our students to make them the best that they are. With this class-room, I hope you will make this as your playground and training ground for the children,” said Cong. Lucy Torres-Gomez.

She also expressed her

gratitude to SDS Dr. Manuel P. Albaño, saying,”After six years of waiting and pray-ing for a superintendent that will have the same vi-sion as ours, finally we have Dr. Albaño. Thank you, Dr. Albaño. Because of your presence, the relationship we have with DepEd has

become more dynamic.”Gladys Montenegro

(Program Manager, IsraAID Philippines Global Human-itarian Assistance Founda-tion, Inc.) also graced the event. By Dailyn Cabarse & Photo grabbed from the Ormoc City Government Facebook page

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the TOCCA nominees and awardees were determined through online polling – by involving the buying public/consumers through the use of technology/social media, to pick their choice of favorite products and services, both local and national brands; and per ORCHAM, over 4,000 vot-ers joined the polling.

In the determination of the nominees and awardees of TOCCA, associations and organizations were invited to submit nominations. Fifty-five out of the hundred associa-tions and organizations invited submitted their nominations. Each association/organiza-tion was asked to nominate a maximum of three homegrown businesses per award category. The qualifications of all the nominations received were then verified by the ORCHAM and the BPLO. The committee then selected the Top 3 nomi-nees per category. The final polling of the awardees was then done via online digital poll wherein over 4,000 votes were garnered.

Jollypig Meatshop won as the Best Local Meat Supplier. Other nominees were Jessie Baloro’s Meatshop and Pepe Inong Meatshop.

Alice Mar Fish Trader won over William P. Quimbo Fish Vendor for the Best Local Fish Supplier Award.

Sal’s Pineapple was cho-

BIZ AWARDS ... from P. 1sen as the Best Local Produce. The other nominee was Jet Serafica’s Fresh Milk.

Elite I.T. Solutions won as the Best I.T. Supplier over other nominees, OrmocNet and Ormoc PC Specialist.

One-stop Shop Commer-cial was awarded as the Best Local Grocery Experience. Other nominees included Ai-son Bakery and Grocery and Den-den’s Mini-Mart.

Ormoc MacMercury Hard-ware and Allied Services, Inc. won as Best Local Hardware Supply. Other nominees in-cluded Brodeth Marketing and Ormoc Liberty Marketing, Inc.

Mitos Bbq also won as Food Park’s Best Barbecue. Other nominees included Eco’s Sea-food and Grill and Gil’s Grill.

BDO Unibank, Inc. was awarded as the Best Banking Experience among two other nominees, BPI Direct Banko, Inc. and Metrobank - Ormoc.

2Go Supercat won as the Best Sea Transport among two other nominees, Lite Shipping and Ocean Jet.

J o l l i b e e O r m o c w a s awarded as the Best Fastfood in the city among two other nominees, Mang Inasal - Rob-insons Place Ormoc and Mc-Donalds Ormoc.

OSPA Farmer’s Medical Center won as the Best Medi-cal Services among two other nominees, Clinica Gatchalian and Hospital and Ormoc Doc-

tors’ Hospital.Robinsons Place Ormoc

was awarded as the Best Place to Shop among two other nominees, Gaisano Riverside Mall and The One - One-Stop Shop General Merchandise.

Mayong’s Bakery and Snackhouse won as the Best Local Bakery among other nominees, Dayka Bakeshop and Quality Bread Bakeshop.

Ormoc’s Best Cassava Cake Delicacies was chosen as having the Best Cassava Cake among two other nomi-nees, Young Attitude Delicacy Shoppe and Yoyi’s Pastries and Desserts Products.

Pare’s Lechon won as the Best Lechon in Town among two other nominees, Aslanan ni Tito Songahid and Eng’s Lechon.

Sabin Resort Hotel won as the Best Place to Stay among two other nominees, Hotel Don Felipe and Ormoc Villa Hotel.

Sal’s Bar and Restaurant, on the other hand, was chosen as the Best Place to Dine. Other nominees included Big Roy’s Res-taurant and Sutuwaki Restaurant.

The Beauty Lounge was awarded as the Best Place to Relax. Other nominees in-cluded CN Beauty Salon and The Head to Toe Spacialist.

The OCBA, meanwhile, or more popularly known as the Business Awards, is an annual program jointly undertaken by the Local Government Unit of Ormoc City and the Ormoc

City Chamber and Commerce and Industry, Inc. The award aims to recognize all the men and women in the business industry who demonstrated “winning vision, determina-tion and innovative mindset in the business communi-ty”. Being a nominee in the OCBA, accordingly, is already an achievement in itself since there are about 7,236 business-es in Ormoc as of the year 2018 and for the 2018 OCBA, only 37 businesses were nominated.

For the OCBA, ORCHAM, in coordination with the Busi-ness Permits and Licensing Office, shortlisted at most 10 nominees per award category.

Meanwhile, the judges for the 2018 OCBA included: Joel E. Mendoza (OIC, BPLO), Peter Rodriguez (councilor-elect of Ormoc City), Rev. Fr. Isagani Petilos, SP Member Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., and Erwin Ma-gallanes (Community Part-nership Development Head, EDC). The criteria for judg-ing are as follows: Business Growth - 40%; Entrepreneurial Spirit and Innovativeness - 30%; Community Involvement - 15%; and, Business Culture - 15%. The business growth, accordingly, is based on the last three years’ gross receipts submitted to the licensing of-fice by the companies.

Edna C. Siacor Eatery was awarded as the Business of the Year (Micro Entity Category).

Other nominees were Alajas Machine Shop, Cool Twins Aircon Services, Ivan’s Bake-shop, Lorenzo Ycoy Aslanan, and Racho Veterinary Clinic.

Cordzy’s Trading was awarded as the Business of the Year (Small Entity Category). Other nominees were EVC Consultancy and Engineering Services, Gibrosen General Merchandise, J-Jusopar Motor Parts and Accessories Trading, Jojo Luzano Meatshop, Paul-Ray Store, and St. Paul’s Store.

Sabin Resort and Devel-opment, Corp. was awarded as the Business of the Year (Medium Entity Category). Other nominees were CM Dis-tribution, D’ Third Trucking, Den-den’s Minimart, One-Stop Commercial, Ormoc Alumi-num Concepts Corporation, and Robinson Light and Heavy Equipment Rental.

Ormoc Doctors’ Hospital, Inc. was awarded as the Busi-ness of the Year (Large Entity Category). Other nominees in-cluded Aison Bakery and Gro-cery, Ormoc Buenas Shoppers, Ormoc Liberty Marketing, Inc., and Ormoc Simeon & Sons, Inc.

The Energy Development Corporation, meanwhile, received the Business Excellence Award.

Individual awards were also given to outstanding en-trepreneurs, too.

April Avenido Codilla was awarded as the Young En-trepreneur of the Year. Another nominee was Garry J. Estoy.

Mary Jane Rivilla, on the other hand, was awarded as the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. Other nominees were April Avenido Codilla, Keath Marybeth C. Cabahug, Cheryl Yu Quidlat, and Maria Milagros Rizarri.

M e a n w h i l e , E r n e s t o Rizarri was awarded as the Man Entrepreneur of the Year. Other nominees were Manuel A. Chua, Dennis de Veyra, Garry J. Estoy, Carlos C. Sa-bino, Jr., and John R. Yu.

Stephanie Diane “Twin-kle” U. Chu, MBA (Chair-man of the Board, ORCHAM Chairman, 2018 OC Business Awards) expressed her deepest gratitude to the Local Gov-ernment Unit of Ormoc. “We have been provided that safe business environment for us enterprises to operate with peace of mind. Hopefully, we can continue this partnership in the months and years to come,” said Twinkle Chu.

“The awards recognize ex-cellence and productivity. The awards inspire us to continue to create models for emula-tions. I would say that the annual business awards is one of the successful advocacies of the Ormoc City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.,” said SP Member Nolito M. Quilang. According to him, the city government was already giving awards to businesses in a business forum initiated by the city government, prior the advocacy of the ORCHAM. However, the awards were based on the business’ taxes paid to the city government.

“Tonight, we recognize our MSMEs that are keys to our success. It is our Small and Me-dium Enterprises that give our city its character and they have a key role to play in sustaining and driving place-and-people-centered development,” added SP Member Quilang.

Meanwhile, Mayor Rich-ard I. Gomez became emotion-al as he delivered his message. “I do not know how I inspired

you guys. All I do is work hard, it’s as simple as that. And I always want to make Ormoc beautiful... Siguro sometimes you see me, yeah I’m very hardworking but I do not force the issue to inspire you guys. But what I want is that I want a beautiful city, I want Ormoc to be progressive. I want all of us to be happy. Ang layo na ng inabot natin from what we were when we started in 2016. It’s hard to be a mayor... It’s hard because I live here alone, my family’s in Manila. But I’m very happy because all of you are very cooperative. Thank you so much. I hope that this relationship will continue. I hope that you continue to co-operate with the LGU... Every-thing that I do, everything that Lucy does, is all for you guys,” said Mayor Gomez.

It was Cong. Lucy Ma-rie Torres-Gomez of the 4th District of Leyte who gave the awe-inspiring message of the night, saying: “You, our businessmen friends, perform an indispensable role in our country. And it is precisely for this reason that the city government of Ormoc has exerted utmost efforts to cre-ate a climate this conducive to private enterprises.”

Just very recently, the city was awarded a Blue Certificate by the Office of the Ombuds-man for being a business-friendly city. The city has also been declared as the richest city in Eastern Visayas.

“I really don’t think there’s anything else I can say tonight that you, successful entrepre-neurs do not already know. Let me just appeal to you both as an Ormocanon and as your duly elected representative, to never get so comfortable or so burned out even that you forget to give back. Always give back. As your business grows, give back. And each time, try to give more,” added Cong. Gomez.

Aside from the awarding ceremony, another highlight of the night was the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the ORCHAM and the University of San Carlos - Cebu, School of Business and Economics.

This is in relation to the intent of both parties to offer Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA). Ac-cordingly, EMBA has classes of 12 courses or 36 units. This shall be completed within 18 months and will be held every weekend. Faculty members who will handle the cours-es are professors from the University of San Carlos, as well as industry practitioners. Classes start on January 2020 at the Ormoc City Hall. The diploma to be awarded to the graduates after completion of all degree requirements shall bear the name and seal of Uni-versity of San Carlos.

Dr. Lauro R. Silapan, Jr. (Assistant Dean of the School of Business and Economics), Dr. Corazon G. Anzano (As-sociate Professor of School of Business and Economics, USC), Jude C. Abenoja (Presi-dent, ORCHAM), and Ethel P. Matres (ORCHAM Trustee and Chair of Committee on Professional Development of ORCHAM), signed the Memorandum of Agreement between University of San Carlos School of Business and Economics and Ormoc City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. By Dailyn Cabarse

Edna C. Siacor, owner of Edna C. Siacor Eatery, receives the award as Business of the Year Award for Micro Entity Category.

April Avenido Codilla, owner of Cordzy’s Trading and Chefsville, receives the award as Business of the Year for Small Entity Category.

Darrol Larrazabal accepts Sabin Resort and Development Corp.’s award as Business of the Year for Medium Entity Category.

Ormoc Doctors’ Hospital was chosen as the Business of the Year for Large Entity Category awardee. Engr. Jake Cortes, the Hospital Administrator, received the award.

Energy Development Corporation, for the fourth time now, is the Business Excellence Awardee.

April Avenido Codilla, owner of Cordzy’s Trading and Chefsville, was hailed as the Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Also in the photo is her husband, Paul Codilla.

Mary Jane Rivilla of Gibrosen General Merchandise accepts the award as the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.

Ernesto Rizarri of EBR, together with his wife, receives the award as Man Entrepreneur of the Year.

12 JUNE 17-23, 2019

lined-up in relation to the CARP anniversary celebra-tion. According to her, a fun run will be held on June 22 to be participated by line agencies, while on June 26, a three-day mini-trade fair will be opened at the DAR Regional Office compound featuring agricultural prod-ucts, processed foods and handicrafts manufactured by agrarian reform benefi-ciary organizations all over the region. (PR)

CARP ... from P. 2

abihin ko sa kanila hintuan nila ‘yang kalokohan nila,” he said his speech.

“Bakit na lang hindi kayo mag-surrender? Tang-gap kami nang tanggap. Meron akong programa. Gagawaan ko kayo ng ba-hay. Bigyan ko kayo ng tra-baho,” the President added.

PRRD ... from P. 2He also expressed disap-

pointment that the govern-ment is spending for guns and bullets in senseless kill-ings against fellow Filipinos.

“Ako naaawa rin ako sa inyo. But if you choose the way of life, bahala kayo. Pero ako hindi ako magsabi na – basta ako sabi ko ako

peace lang,” he noted.He added that he is will-

ing to grant one-third of what they are asking if they surrender their guns and talk.

Samar is said to be one of the last major rebel strongholds in the Philip-pines. By Marie Tonette Marticio

Ormoc, which are usually done jointly by the LGU and the private sector have leveled up.

Citing the times when he would miss his wife and his only child, Juliana, because of his work here, he said that it is in times like the Business Night and see-ing how people are coop-

erating with his programs that he feels he has made the right decision.

He also emphasized that he cannot even begin to “inspire” people, because he does not know how. All he does is work, and is very thankful that he is getting the cooperation of everybody.

VIEW ... from P. 4

City National High School (Pundok Madasigong Ka-batan-onang Mananayaw), Linao National High School (Pundok Mapasalamaton), Valencia National High School (Pundok sa Nag-kahiusang Valenciahanon) and STI College of Ormoc (Pundok sa Nagkahiusang Ormocanon).

As the name of the com-petition suggests, all eight contingents vied for the grandest awards in the an-nual competition.

The winner for the Best Festival Queen Cos-tume, receiving a cash prize of Php 10,000 is Fes-tival Queen #6, Nova Mae S. Manulat of Linao Na-tional High School.

Meanwhile, the 2nd runner up for the 2019 Piña Festival Queen, receiving a cash prize of Php 10,000, too, is Festival Queen #10, Kaye R. Quiamco of STI College of Ormoc. The 1st runner up, receiving a cash prize of Php 15,000 is Festival Queen #6, Nova Mae S. Manulat of Linao National High School; and this year ’s Piña Festival Queen 2019, receiving a cash prize of Php 25,000 is Festival Queen #2, Zuriel Cuyos of Liloan National High School.

On the one hand, the winner for the Best Deco-rated Audio Van, receiving a cash prize of Php 20,000 is Linao NHS; while STI Col-lege of Ormoc dominated

two major awards, Best in Contingent Costume and Best Choreographer, receiving the cash prizes of Php 50,000 and Php 40,000, respectively.

For the Best Street-dancing Award: 3rd place, receiving a cash prize of Php 30,000, is St. Aloysius Institute of Technology; 2nd place, receiving a cash prize of Php 40,000, is Linao Na-tional High School; and the top plum, receiving a cash prize of Php 50,000, is STI College of Ormoc.

For the Best in Grand Showdown: 2nd runner up is Linao National High School and they received Php 300,000; 1st runner-up is EVSU-OCC and they re-ceived Php 400,000; and the Grand Champion, receiving a cash prize of Php 500,000, is STI College of Ormoc.

With this win, STI now boasts a 3-year undefeated title of Grand Champion of the Piña Festival Street and Ritual Dance Showdown.

Meanwhile, serving as judges in this year ’s Piña Festival competitions were the country’s culture and dance experts: Limuel Rosos, Rodolfo Reveche, Peter De Vera, and Egai Bautista. Douglas Nierras served as the Chairman of the Board of Judges.

As for the criteria for judging used, the street dancing competition em-ployed the following: Per-formance 45% (Precision

and Coordination, Projec-tion, Dynamism, Fluency, Balance and Focus), Cho-reography 30% (Creativity and Artistry of Steps and Formation, Rhythmic Pat-tern, Art Style, Sustainabil-ity, Consistency and Disci-pline), Production Design 20% (Effectiveness of Cos-tume and Props, Creativity and Over-all Impact), and Decorated Audio Van 5% for a total of 100%.

For the Ritual and Showdown Competition, the contingents were judged based on the following cri-teria: Team Concept/Ritual 10% (Relevance to the Piña Festival, Clarity of Message of the Storyline, Interpreta-tion), Performance 35%, Choreography 30%, and Costume & Props 25% for a total of 100%.

For the Festival Queen Search, the candidates were judged based on the follow-ing criteria: Beauty of Face and Figure, Costume, Per-formance and Projection. In addition, the festival queens competed in the Preliminary Dance Showdown last June 18 during the Socio-Civic Night for the 50% of their scores. The remaining 50% was established in the Grand Showdown: Streetdance 20%, Ritual Dance 10%, and Solo Performance 20%, gar-nering a total of 100%.

Special guests during the event included famous actors Joross Gamboa and EA Guzman, who spiced up

the festival as they mingled and jammed with the audi-ence. Local government of-ficials also took part in the celebration as they danced with the audience to the tune of the Piña Festival jingle. Indeed, the Piña Festival is no ordinary celebration.

“For all the parts and pieces that have come to-gether beautifully tonight, to God be the Glory,” con-cluded 4th District of Leyte Representative Lucy Marie Torres-Gomez.

FESTIVAL ... from P. 1

Market vendors gather for an amazing night of fun, laughter and dancingORMOC CITY’S market vendors celebrated Market Vendors’ Night with gusto, filling the Ormoc City Su-perdome with laughter and loads of food evening of June 17, 2019.

The gathering forms part of the month-long celebration of the Ormoc City fiesta.

After the dinner, co-medians Dos Por Dos of Ormoc City and Dos Palitos of Cebu City together with another woman-comedian entertained the vendors and their guests. Richard and Lucy’s dancers also performed their best danc-esport routines.

In the middle of the celebration, Ormoc City Councilor-elect Lalaine Marcos was called on stage and said a few words to

everyone, greeting all of the vendors a pleasant evening. What followed was the raffle draw of sacks of rice, grocery items, electric fans and scratch-it tickets.

Then, the search for the Kuracha Queen of the Night happened. There were six pairs of Kuracha dancers

Market vendors and guests enjoying the Kuracha Dance.who came from the dif-ferent sections of Ormoc’s market vendors. All of them danced with passion as they waited for their friends to put money into the sacks just behind them.

After the Kuracha dance, they counted the money received and the Kuracha Queen of the Night was announced. The win-ning pair came from the Meat Section and she was crowned by Ms. Marcos.

The event, however, did not stop there because there were still performances that came from Got Lucky dancers, with night ending with a disco. By Jessiel Mae T. Racho, Contributor, & Photo grabbed from the Ormoc City Government FB Page

14 JUNE 17-23, 2019

Extra-judicial Settlement with Waiver NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the real property of the late FELIX O. BADAYOS re a certain (1) unit Make - DAIHATSU-DOUBLE CAB ; ENGINE NO. – EF-2738571; CHASSIS NO. – L200S-188754; PLATE NO. – YCL494; CERT. OF REG. NO. – 2329472-5; O.R. NO.- 1303605741 was settled among his heirs and waived in favor of KRITZ VONN XYLE P. BADAYOS per Doc. No. 257; Page No. 52; Book No. XIII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Jose Renante R. Terre. EV Mail June 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition with Waiver of Rights

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SPS. FORTUNATO and AMPARO DEMETE-RIO re parcels of land Lot No. 2183-E, Psd-249553, situated in Barrio Cogon Combado (now) Ormoc City, containing an area of 148 sq. m. TCT No. 21468; and Lot No. 2182-E, containing an area of 149 sq. m. TCT No. 15344 were settled and partitioned among their heirs and 148 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 21468 waived in favor of DESIDERIO D. BANEZ and FRANCIS MARK D. BANEZ per Doc. No. 114; Page No. 23; Book No. LXIII Sesries of 2018 Notary Public Philip Albeos III. EV Mail June 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SERGIA JAVA re a parcel of land covered by CT No. 47598, situated at Brgy. Nasunogan, Ormoc City, containing an area of 15,488 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00062-00280, in the name of Sergia Java containing an area of 1.4305 hectares was partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 20; Page No. 4; Book No. 18; Series of 2019 Notary Public Bonifacio Degamo Jr. EV Mail June 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2019

Extrajudicial Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SOFIA V. JUANILLO re a parcel of land Lot No. 2166-C –part with TD No. 14021-00718-R13, consisting an area of 1,751 sq. m. was adjudicated unto them per Doc. No. 444; Page No. 90; Book No. 108; Series of 2018 Notary Public Delon Richel Ramon B. Urot. EV Mail June 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2019Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late BERNAR-DINA A. CAMILON re a parcel of land denominated as Lot No. 2194-F located at Orquin St., Brgy. Balud, Calbayog City, covered by TD No. 99-01010-00465, containing an area of 53.35 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of SPS. LUCIANO POLIS CINCO and JESUSA EVANGELISTA CINCO per Doc. No. 8345; Page No. 1669; Book No. XVII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Hernando M. Hernandez, Jr. EV Mail June 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2019

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late JONAS DERECHO BAN-ZON had left a motor vehicle MAKE- MOTORCYCLE; MODEL- SG150 KING E3; ENGINE NO.- 161FMJJ1237368; CHASSIS NO. – LX8PCK500JE006278 was adjudicated unto herself by SARAH DERECHO STEININGER per Doc.No. 485; Page No. 92; Book No. LXVI; Series of 2018 Notary Public Gerentstein T. Banzon. EV Mail June 10-16, 17- 23, 24-30, 2019

Extrajudicial Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the ANITA DAWAL re a parcel of land Lot No. 12614 located in Barangay Plaridel Baybay Leyte, contain-ing an area of 1,567 sq. m. covered under TCT No. T-26613 was settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 278; Page No. 57; Book No. XLIII; Series of Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail June 10-16, 17- 23, 24-30, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late ANASTA-CIO MASIAS and MARIA PONGOS MASIAS re parcels of land Lot No. 2639, situated in Barrio of Sumanga, Leyte Ormoc City, containing an area 10,220 sq. m. covered by OTC No. 373; Lot No. 3242; situated in Barrio Patag, Ormoc City, containing an area of 20,645 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 1772; and Lot No. 3999, situated in Brgy. Brgy. Boroc, Ormoc City, containing an area of 58,746 sq. m. covered by TD NO. 00009-00269 were settled and partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 488; Page No. 98; Book No. CDXIV; Series of 2013 Notary Public Nicolas S. Maglasang. EV Mail June 10-16, 17- 23, 24-30, 2019Extrajudicial Settlement with a Deed

of Donation NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late PLACIDA L. URGEL re a parcel of land Lot No. 1692 Psd-08-021501-D with an area of 6,582 sq. m. covered by TCT No. TP-19331, situated in Barangay Liberty Hilongos, Leyte was settled among her heirs and 1,097 sq. m. donated in favor of LILIAN NERVES MANATAD per Doc. No. 170; Page No. 35; Book No. XXVI; Series of 2017 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail June 10-16, 17- 23, 24-30, 2019

Extra Judicial Settlement with

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Regional BRANCH 11

Calubian, Leyte EJF case no. EJF -18-25

METRO ORMOC COMMUNITY

MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE

(OCCCI), Mortgagee,

-versus- LOIDA L. SEPRA

Mortgagor x----------------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL

FORCLOSURE SALE Upon petition for

extra-judicial foreclosure sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118, filed by Metro Ormoc C o m m u n i t y M u l t i -Purpose Cooperative (OCCCI), as Mortgagee with principal office at Aradaza Street, Ormoc City against Loida L. Sepra, Mortgagor, with residence at 146 Bonifa-cio St., San Isidro, Leyte, Philippines, to ssatisfy

the mortgage indebted-ness which as of June 19, 2018 amounts to P994,019.45 inclusive of interests and penalty charges, attorney’s fees and litigation expenses excluding the expenses of foreclosure and sale, and the government commission due thereon, as required under rule 141, Sec. 9 of the Rules of Court, as amended the undersigned as duly authorized Sheriff IV will sell at Public Auc-tion on August 14, 2019, Wednesday at 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. IN THE re-gional Trial Court Branch 11, Hall of Justice, Calu-bian , Leyte, to the High-est Bidder for Cash and in Philippine Currency, the following real prop-erty together with all the improvements found thereon, if any there be, to wit:

TAX DECLARA-TION NO. 08-33-002-00735

Location of Prop-erty Brgy. Capiñahan, San Isidro, Leyte

BounderiesNort Ass Lot # 0 29

South Ass Lot # 059 East Ass for #041,

Sec # 04We s t B o n i f a c i o

Street Containing an area

of 64.90 sq. meter All sealed bids must

be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above-stated date and time. In the event that the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 22, 2019 at the same time and place without fur-ther notice.

Prospective buy-ers may investigate for themselves the title here-in above described prop-erty and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Calubian, Leyte, Philippine May 22, 2019.

(Sgd.) MR. WELLINGTON D.

LACHICA II Sheriff IV

EV Mail June 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2019

Waiver and Quitclaim NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late RICO AR-CUINO re a parcel of land Lot 9, Block 3, Pcs-083738-000413-D, TCT No. 27885, situated in Barangay Salvacion (now Bagong Buhay), Ormoc City, containing an area 150 sq. m. was settled among his heirs and waived in favor of RISA ARCUINO VILLANUEVA per Doc. No. 434; Page No. 87; Book No. LV; Series of 2019 Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail June 10-16, 17- 23, 24-30, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition with Deed of Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late ADEMAR COCHING re a parcel of land Lot 8, Blk. 1, Pcs-08-00-0521-D, situated in Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City, containing an area of 210 sq. m. was partitioned among his heirs and sold in favor of SPS. ALFIE P. ESTRERA and JASMIN J. ESTRERA per Doc. No. 492; Page No. 98; Book No. VI; Series of 2019 Notary Public Adilito Solibaga. EV Mail June 10-16, 17- 23, 24-30, 2019Deed of Self-Adjudication with Deed

of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late MICHAEL VILLA REYES re motorcycle Make: HON-DA, Body Type: MOTORCYCLE; Chassis No: KPY00225860; CR No. 280253514; Temp. Plate No. 080105; Series: CFT-125MSE; Engine No. KPY00E225866; MV File : 0801-00000092671; and O.R. :1396477121 was adjudicated unto herself by CORAZON VILLA REYES and sold in favor of FELICIANO JR. V. VILLA per Doc. No. 312; Page No. 63; Book No. LXXXII; Series of 2019 Notary Public Allan R. Castro. EV Mail June 10-16, 17- 23, 24-30, 2019

Extrajudicial Partition and Settlement

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late JAIME M. ZAMORA re a parcel of land Lot 2214-E-19, situated in Barrio Cogon Combado, Ormoc City, containing an area of 359 sq. m. covered under TCT No. 18198; and Lot 1-M-19, containing an area of 333 sq. m. covered under TCT No. 26971 was partitioned and settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 158; Page No. 32; Book No. CCLXXXIX; Series of Regulo M. Bantasan. EV Mail June 10-16, 17- 23, 24-30, 2019

Deed of Extra-Judicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late FELICIDAD AMABAO TABON-COCHING re a parcel of agricultural land covered by TD No. 17-0016-01576 R13, located at Brgy. Matlang, Isabel, Leyte declared in the name of Felicidad Tabon, survey No. 2522, containing an area of 17,106 sq. m. was settled and partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 411; Page No. 83; Book No. 174; Series of 2019 Notary Public Melinda C. Domael – Quiambao. EV Mail June 17-23, 24-30, & July 1-7, 2019

Affidavit Self Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS. GALO S. MAGLASANG and VIRGINIA C. MAGLASANG re a parcel of land, Lot 2801, situated in the Barrio Patag, Ormoc City, containing an area of 20,078 sq. m. TCT No. 11157 was adjudicated unto herself by FE TERESA MAGLA-SANG –MAGSAYSAY per Doc. No. 140; Page No. 28; Book No. LVII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail June 17-23, 24-30, & July 1-7, 2019

Extrajudicial Adjudication with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late THELMA CANDIA-POLIDO re a parcel of land Lot 2376-C-2-B TCT No. T-28911 , Psd-355730, situated in Barrio Linao, Ormoc City, containing an area of 821 sq. m. was adjudicated unto himself by ARTURO R. POLIDO and ARTHEL C. POLIDO and sold in favor of MEMBERS, CHURCH OF GOD INTERNATIONAL, (MCGI) INC. represented by Mr. DINO P. HILARIO per Doc. No.014; Page No. 098; Book No. XXI; Series of 2012 of Notary Public Mariano Corro. EV Mail June 17-23, 24-30, & July 1-7, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late ISABEL MEDALLA re a parcel of land located at Brgy. Poblacion, Leyte, Leyte, contain-ing an area of 971 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of ESP-ZAL PROPRIETA COMUNE, INC. represented by RAYMUNDO Z. ESPINIA per Doc. No. 218; Page No. 48; Book No. V; Series of 2019 Notary Public Melvin Vaporoso. EV Mail June 17-23, 24-30, & July 1-7, 2019 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late AVELINO SABERON re a parcel of Agricultural land situated in Brgy. Atipolo, Naval, Biliran denominated as survey No. 1259 under TD No. 00822 with an area of 0.4258 hectares was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of REYMUNDO T. MAÑACAP per Doc. No. 423; Page No. 85; Book No. 58; Series of 2019 Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail June 17-23, 24-30, & July 1-7, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Province of Biliran

MUNICIPALITY OF CAIBIRAN OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL

CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE OF PUBLICTION CCE-026-2019 RA 10172

Date: June 4, 2019 In compliance with the

publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementa-tion of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172). CYRIL ROSALES DOMINGO has filed within this office a PETITION FOR

CORRECTION OF GENDER FROM “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CYRIL ROSALES DOMINGO at Caibiran, Biliran whose parents are PANFILO DOMINGO and ISIDRA ROSALES bearing Registry No. 97-566.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than June 17, 2019.

(Sgd.) ROSEMARIE V. SEVILLA

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail June 10-16, &

17-23, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branches

6,7,8,9,34,43,44,45 & 46 Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. 4194 FOR:

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE of MORTGAGE UNDER

ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT

4118 HOME

DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, (PAG-IBIG FUND)

Mortgagee, -versus-

ROY C. AHORRO MARRIED TO

BERNADETTE A. AHORRO Mortgagor.

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

JUDICIAL SALE (EJF no. 4194) Upon Extra-Judicial

Petition for Sale under Act 3135, as amended filed by HOME DEVEL-OPMENT MUTUAL FUND, with principal office at Room 3520, 35th Floor, Petron Mega Plaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Philippines against ROY C. AHORRO married to BERNADETTE A. AHORRO with postal address at Lot 35, Block 7, St. Barangay Caibaan, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines to satisfy the

mortgage indebtedness which as of March 29, 2019 amounts to THREE MILLION THREE HUN-DRED SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE PESOS & 83/100 ONLY (Php 3,306,659.83), Philippine Currency, including interest and penalty charges, but ex-cluding additional inter-est and penalty charges until fully paid, expenses of collection, 10% of the total indebtedness as Attorney’s fees, plus ex-penses of Foreclosure, Sheriff’s lawful fees, and Expenses for conducting the PUBLIC AUCTION SALE thereof, the under-signed executing sheriff will sell at PUBLIC AUC-TION on July 11, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan ng Katarun-gan, Magsaysay Boule-vard, Tacloban City to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-69279

A parcel of land designated as Lot 35, Block 7, Phase 4, Pcs-08-000010, situated in the Barangay Caibaan, City of Tacloban, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the:

E., along line 1-1 by Lot 36, Block 7, Phase 4, pcs-08-000010 of this subdivision; on the

E., along line 2-3 by Road Lot 3; on the

W., along line 3-4 -5 by Road Lot 6; on the

N., along line 5-1 by Lot 33, Block 7, Phase 4, Pcs-08-000010 of this

subdivision, and corner 1 is likewise common to Lot 34, Block 7, Phase 4, Pcs-08-000010 of this subdivision.

Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT (188) square meters more or less.

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

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

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on July 25, 2019 at the same time and place without further notice.

The Real property sold at public auction is subject to redemption within a period of ONE (1) YEAR from the date of the registration of the corresponding Sheriff’s Certificate of Sale with the Registry of Deeds and/or subject to re-demption prescribed by applicable existing laws.

Tacloban City, Phil-ippines, June 4, 2019.

FOR THE EX-OFFI-CIO SHERIFF

(Sgd.) DANILO B. OBEDIENCIA

Sheriff IV EV Mail June 10-16,

17- 23, 24-30, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Eighth Judicial Region

Branch 11 Calubian, Leyte

SP. PROC. NO. SP- CN-163

For: In the matter of the

Petition for correction of entry in the Marriage

Contract between the petitioners,

SPOUSES LOLITO ANCERO and ROSITA

ROSELLO, Petitioners,

-versus- THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF SAN ISIDRO, LEYTE,

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

ORDER A verified Petition

for Correction of Entry has been filed by peti-tioner through counsel before this Court, pray-

ing that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered ordering the respondent, the Local Civil Regis-trar of San Isidro, Leyte, to correct the entry in the Marriage Contract between the petition-ers SPOUSES LOLITO ANCERO and ROSITA ROSELLO particularly the surname of the wife be corrected from ROS-ILLO to ROSELLO.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the said petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given to all par-ties concerned that the initial hearing of this petition is set on Sep-tember 5, 2019 at 8:30 in the morning before this Court at the Hall of Justice, Calubian, Leyte at the aforesaid date, any interested person may appear and show cause, if there be any, why said petition should not be

granted. Let copy of this Or-

der be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the region at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner and let copies of the Petition and Order be furnished the Honorable Solicitor Gen-eral at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Philippine Sta-tistics Authority, Manila, the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor of Calubian, Leyte and the Local Civil Registrar of San Isidro, Leyte for them to appear for the government.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

10th day of June 2019 at Halls of Justice, Calu-bian, Leyte, Philippines. (Sgd.) WENIFREDO C.

CUATON Judge

EV Mail June 17-23, 24-30, & July 1-7, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 16

Naval, Biliran LAND

REGISTRATION CASE NO. 01-2019

INRE: PETITION FOR ISSUANCE OF SECOND (2nd)

OWNER’S COPY OF KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA

TITULO BLG. P-4026 OF THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS OF BILIRAN,

SANITA GARCIA HUYNH, represented

by: JERSITA A. GARCIA,

Petitioner, -versus-

THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF THE PROVINCE OF

BILIRAN, Respondent.

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

A verified petition having been filed with the Court by petitioner thru counsel praying that after due notice, publica-tion and hearing, to issue an ORDER;

a) DECLARING the said first OWNER’S DUPLICATE COPY of ORIGINAL CERTIFI-CATE OF TITLE No. P-4026 as completely LOST, and therefore, de-clared NULL and VOID, and of no further legal force and effect; and

b) O R D E R -ING the REGISTER OF DEEDS OF THE PROV-INCE OF BILIRAN, to for with issue second OWNER’S DUPLICATE COPY of ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. P-4026 in the same terms and conditions as contained in the First Owner’s Duplicate Copy, which was lost, upon payment of the corre-sponding fees therefore.

Finding the peti-tion being sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing be set on September 19, 2019 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 the petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Or-der be published for once

a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks in a news-paper of general circula-tion of the Province of Biliran duly authorized by this Court after a raf-fle had been conducted by this Branch Clerk of Court and posting of this order together with copy of the petition at three (3) conspicuous places in the Municipality where the property is located and at the bulletin board at the Hall of Justice of Biliran Province.

Furnish copy of this Order and the petition to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Provin-cial Prosecutor, Biliran Province, Register of Deeds of Biliran Prov-ince, and the petitioner and counsel as well.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

11th day of June 2019 at Naval, Biliran Province, Philippines.

(Sgd.) CONSTANTINO F.

ESBER Acting Presiding Judge

EV Mail June 17-23, 24-30, & July 1-7, 2019

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

Province: Leyte City/Municipality: ALBUERA Republic of the Philippines)

Municipality of ALBUERA) SS Province of LEYTE)

Petition No. CFN-0008-2019 PETITION FOR CHANGE

OF NAME I, ROGER CAAYOHAN,

of legal age, married, Filipino and a resident Balugo, Albuera, Leyte after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seeking the change of the first name in:

a) my Certificate of Live Birth

b) the Certificate of Live Birth of GLORIA CAAYOHAN REYES who is my relative,

2) She was born on May 2, 1967 at Balugo, Albuera, Leyte

3) The birth was record-ed under registry number 193

4) The first name to

be change is from CIRIACA to GLORIA

5) The grounds for filing this petition are the following:

b)She habitually and con-tinuously used GLORIA and she is publicly known in the community with that first name;

6) I submit the follow-ing documents to support this petition:

a) O.R. & comm.. tax cert. b) police & NBI clearances c) voters reg. record d) birth cert. (LCR & PSA) e) affidavit of discrepancy f) marriage cert. g) birth & baptismal cert.

(children) h) SPA & AFF. OF NON-

employment i) some IDs & clippings h. aff. of publication 7) I have not filed any

similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate.

8) have no pending crimi-nal, civil or administrative case in any court or any quasi-judicial

body. 9) I am filing this petition

at the LCRO of Albuera, Leyte, in Accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations.

(Sgd.) ROGER P.CAAYOHANPetitioner

VERIFICATION I, ROGER CAAYOHAN,

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

(Sgd.) ROGER P. CAAYOHANPetitioner

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 14th day of June 2019 in the City/Municipality of Albuera, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting his Community Tax Certificate No. 09180195 issued at Albuera, Leyte on 05/08/19

(Sgd.) MARIA LUISA V. GRANADA

Administering Officer EV Mail June 17-23, &

24-30, 2019

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as defined for us by our faith, by Christ himself, but we should not respond with anger, hatred, violence to anything that may differ or contradict what our faith teaches, what Christ has shown us. And so, like Christ, we have to expect to suffer and even die for what our faith tells us about how to handle our differences and conflicts.

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 16

Naval, Biliran SP. PROC. NO. 479

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINORS DEAH

JEAN NEPOMUCENO AND THE CHANGE

OF THEIR NAMES TO DEAH JEAN N. MC

KENZIE AND JOAN N. MC KENZIE,

SPS. DENNIS EVERALD MC

KENZIE And JOCELYN N. MC

KENZIE, Petitioner,

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

A verified petition having been filed with the Court by petitioner thru counsel, praying that after due notice, publication and hear-ing the minors Deah Jean Nepomuceno and Joan Nepomuceno be adjudged as the adopted children of petitioners for all legal intents and purposes, and that they shall be entitled to all rights and obligations a legitimate children of the petitioners. Petition-ers also prays that their last names be changed to Mc Kenzie so that their full names may now appear as Deah Jean N. Mc Kenzie and Joan N. Mc Kenzie. Other reliefs consistent with law and equity are also prayed for.

Finding the petition being sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing be set on

September 05, 2019 at 8:30 o’clock in the morn-ing at which date and time all interested person may appear and show cause, if any they have, why this petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Or-der be 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.

Furnished copies of this Order and the petition to the Solicitor General, Makati City, and the Provincial Pros-ecutor, Naval, Biliran Province, the petitioner and counsel as well, and the Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare Development Office for that office to conduct a social case study report, and to sub-mit other relevant papers within 60 days.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

21st day of May 2019 at Naval, Biliran, Philip-pines.

(Sgd.) CONSTANTINO F.

ESBER Acting Presiding Judge

CC: Atty. Redentor C.

Villordon Prosecutors Office,

Biliran, Province Solicitor General Regional Director

DSWD Sps. Dennis Everald

and Jocelyn Mc Kenzie EV Mail June 3-9,

10-16, & 17-23, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth Judicial Region Branch 16

Naval, Biliran SP. PROC. No. P-477 IN THE MATTER OF

THE PETITION TO CANCEL THE

LEGITIMATION OF JUV JAYSON S.

BACALLA AND TO RETAIN HIS LAST NAME BACALLA,

JUV JAYSON SININING BACALLA,

Petitioner, -versus –

THE SPS. ARNULFO D. BACALLA and LEONORA S.

BACALLA, THE CIVIL REGISTRAR

GENERAL, THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF NAVAL, BILIRNA and

THE OFFICE OF SOLICITOR GENERAL,

Respondents. x-------------------x

ORDER A verified petition

having been filed with the Court by petitioner, thru counsel, prayed of the Honorable Court that:

a) Considering that the marriage of private respondents is bigamous and therefore void ab initio, the annotation of the Legitimation of pe-titioner in his certificate of Live Birth be cancelled for being done not in ac-cordance with law;

b) Petitioner be al-lowed to continue using the last name BACALLA, not only that it is name by which he is known in the community but also because he has been recognized by his father, private respondent Ar-nulfo D. Bacalla; and

c) Other reliefs con-sistent with law and eq-

uity are also prayed for.. Finding the peti-

tion being sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing be set on September 05, 2019 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 petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Or-der be 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 pe-tition to the Solicitor General, Makati City, and the Provincial Pros-ecutor, Naval, Biliran Province, the petitioner

and counsel as well, and the Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare Development Office for that office to conduct a social case study report, and to sub-mit other relevant papers within 60 days.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

21st day of May 2019 at Naval, Biliran, Philip-pines.

(Sgd.) CONSTANTINO F.

ESBER Acting Presiding Judge

CC. Atty. Redentor C.

Villordon Prosecutors Office,

Biliran, Province Solicitor General Regional Director

DSWD Juv Jayson Sinining

Bacalla EV Mail June 3-9,

10-16, & 17-23, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT 8th Judicial Region

Branch 47, Ormoc City SP. PROC. NO. R-ORM-19-00010-SP

IN RE: PETITION FOR THE CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MARK AN-THONY JUEZAN ABAS ISSUED BY THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ORMOC CITY FOR THE FOLLOWING ERRORS, TO WIT: 1) CORREC-TION OF MARK AN-THONY’S SURNAME FROM “JUEZAN” TO “ABAS”; 2) CORREC-TION OF MARK AN-T H O N Y ’ S M I D D L E NAME TO “JUEZAN”; 3) CORRECTION OF THE NAME OF THE MOTHER “RUFA” TO “CORAZON”; 4) COR-RECTION OF THE AGE OF CORAZON FROM “35” TO “47”; 5) CORRECTION OF THE NAME OF THE FATHER TO “PASTOR CUYA ABAS”; 6) CORREC-TION OF THE CITIZEN-SHIP TO “FILIPINO”; 7) CORRECTION OF THE RELIGION AS “RO-MAN CATHOLIC”; 8) CORRECTION OF THE OCCUPATION OF THE FATHER TO “POLICE-MAN”; 9) CORRECTION OF THE AGE OF THE FATHER OF “48”; 10) CORRECTION OF THE BIRTH ORDER FROM “”1ST” TO “SIXTH”; 11)

CORRECTION OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN FROM “1” TO “6”; 12) CORREC-TION OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN STILL LIVING INCLUDING THIS BIRTH FROM “1” TO “6”; 13) CORREC-TION OF THE DATE OF MARRIAGE OF PAR-ENTS TO “SEPTEM-BER 16, 1973”; AND 14) CORRECTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE INFORMANT FROM “MOTHER” TO “AUNTIE”.

PAMELA JUEZAN-ABAS, as attorney-

in-fact of CORAZON JUEZAN-ABAS,

Petitioner, -versus-

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ORMOC CITY,

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

ORDER Filed is petitioner’s

Compliance with the Order dated April 5, 2019 with attached verified Amended Petition for the Correction of Entries in the record of birth of Mark Anthony J. Abas, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, an order be is-sued correcting the er-roneous entries as stated in the caption.

Finding the Order dated April 5, 2019 to have been duly com-plied with, petitioner’s amended Petition is here-by admitted. Further, after finding the same to be sufficient in form and

substance, this Court sets the hearing thereof on August 2, 2019 at 8:30 in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, any inter-ested party may appear and show cause if any, why the petition should not be granted. Accord-ingly, let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of petitioner once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Prov-ince of Leyte qualified to publish judicial notices and be posted at the bul-letin boards of the New Ormoc City Hall, Ormoc City and of this Court before the scheduled date of hearing.

Further, let a copy thereof be furnished the Local Civil Registrar of Ormoc City, the Civil Registrar General in the Philippine Statistics Au-thority, Sta. Mesa, Ma-nila, the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City; Office of the City Prosecutor, Ormoc City, and all persons named in the Petition, for their information and appro-priate action.

SO ORDERED. In Chambers, 27th

of May 2019 at the Hall of Justice, Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) MARIA CORAZON S.

VERGARA- NARAJA Presiding Judge Copy furnished: Atty. Sanro Ronnie

Z. Oriol

Counsel for the Pe-titioner

Oriol Law Officer Room 10, 2/F Ley-

son Bldg., 26 D. Jakosalem St.,

Cebu City Pamela Juezan-

Abas representing Cora-

zon Juezon-Abas 0923 Acacia St . ,

Pajo, Lapu-lapu City Pamer J. Abas Apo Street, Brgy.

Cogon, Ormoc City Ana June J. Abas 0923 Acacia St . ,

Pajo, Lapu-lapu City Stephen J. Abas Apo Street Brgy. Co-

gon, Ormoc City mark Authony J.

Abas 0923 Acacia St . ,

Pajo, Lapu-lapu City Rufa Lodoña-Jue-

zan Brgy. Tungasan, Ol-

ango, Lapu-lapu City Mr. ARchilles A.

Silva Local Civil Regis-

trar of Ormoc City New Ormoc City

Hall, Ormoc City Civil Registrar Gen-

eral Philippine Statistics

Authority 2 / F P S A TA M

Bldg., East Avenue Quezon City 1101 Office of the Solici-

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

Street, Legaspi Village Makati City RTC-OCC Ormoc

City, Hall of Justice, Or-moc City

EV Mail June 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte SP. PROC. NO. H-623 IN THE MATTER OF

THE CORRECTION OF THE BIRTH

CERTIFICATE AT THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF

BATO, LEYTE OF THE KRISTINE S. REGAÑA

KRISTINE S. REGAÑA Petitioner, -versus –

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR BATO

LEYTE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,

PHILIPPINE STATISTIC AGENCY MANILA

Respondents. x------------------------x

ORDER P E T I T I O N E R ,

KRISTINE REGAÑA, by through counsel filed a petition for IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE AT THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF BATO LEYTE OF KRISTINE S. REGAÑA.

In support of her petition the petitioner avers: THAT petition is of legal age and resident of Brgy. Kalanggaman Bato, Leyte represented by her mother Lolita Sa-grado- Regaña; that a clerical errors were made in entries of her record of birth submitted by the Local Civil Registrar Bato, Leyte to the Philip-pine Statistic Author-ity such as: her date of birth is July 29, 1980 but erroneously recorded December 11, 1984, her middle name is Sagrado being the maiden name of her mother but left blank as provided, her

gender as Female but left blank as provided, her mother middle name is Jundis but left blank as provided, the date and place of Marriage of her parent is January 29, 1967 Bato, Leyte but left blank as provided the middle name of her father is Vijar left blank as provided ; that the petitioner is known and using the full name KRISTINE SA-GRADO REGAÑA; that to avoid confusion the errors must be corrected to straighten the record of the petitioner ; the petitioner prayed that judgment be rendered to correcting her record of birth in the civil registry.

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 July 29, 2019 8:30 A.M. 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 17th day of May 2019, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge ESA/ilfEV Mail June 10-16,

17- 23, 24-30, 2019

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Republic of the Philippines Province of Biliran

MUNICIPALITY OF CAIBIRAN OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL

CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE OF PUBLICATION CCE-029-2019 RA 10172

Date: June 10, 2019 In compliance with the

publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementa-tion of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172), JAIME PEÑA-FLOR POSTRERO has filed within this office a PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF THE

MONTH AND DATE OF BIRTH FROM “FEBRUARY 29,1967” to “MARCH 1, 1967” in the Cer-tificate of Live Birth of JAIME PEÑAFLOR POSTRERO at Caibiran, Biliran whose parents are FEDERICO POSTRERO and CELESTINA PEÑAFLOR bearing Registry No. 96-438.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than June 24, 2019.

(Sgd.) ROSEMARIE V. SEVILLA

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail June 17-23, &

24- 30, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Villaba Office of the Municipal Civil

Registrar NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

CFN-08-2019 In compliance with Sec-

tion 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that DANILO R. PREGUA has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “EMELIO” to “DANILO” in the Certificate of Live Birth of EME-

LIO PREGUA who was born on June 22, 1961 at Villaba, Leyte and whose parents are PROCTOSO PREGUA and DAMIANA RELON.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than June 12, 2019. (Sgd.) ENGR. MEDALLO V.

PUNONG Municipal Civil Registrar

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Del Rosario pointed to two occasions where China was not truthful: “when a Chinese official promised the United States there would be no militarization of the South China Sea, and when China did not withdraw its ships after committing to with-draw them in a US-brokered deal to end a maritime standoff with the Philippines over ownership of Panatag Shoal in 2012.”

PULSE ... from P. 5Ning pagkutlo sa balita, padayun nga

nagsubay ang kapulisan sa motibo sa kremin ug ang pag-ila sa suspek.

Samtang sa laing bahin, gipangita karon sa mga pulis kining ginganlan ug Cresente Quintero, taga Mat-e, Merida, nga gitombok maoy nipusil sa osa ka trabahante sa bodega diha sa Ipil. Ang biktima ginganlan ug Jeffrey Recamora, 35 anyus ug trabahante sa bodega sa Ormoc Liberty Marketing diha sa Ipil. Kini nahitabo niadtong Hunyo 14 alas dos sa kaadlawon. Ang hinungdan mao ang lalis tungod sa hantak tali sa suspek ug ang biktima nianang adlawan pa. Ang suspek nagtrabaho sa bodega sa Ormoc Liberty Marketing.

Si Gerald Pilapil sa Ormoc Rescue

KONSEHAL ... from P. 3

Team na ang nagpahibalo sa mga pulis bahin sa hitabo kay sila ang nidala kang Recamora sa ODH. Ang biktima may pi-nusilan sa iyang tuong paa.

Sa inbistigasyun nasayran ang gigamit nga pusil ni Quentero mao ang isyu nga kalibre .38 sa guwardiya nga si Jeffrey Peregrino sa Fabulous Security. Ang suspek niikyas human sa kremin. Ang guwardiya giinbistigahan ngano nga nahiadto ang iyang pusil kang Quentero. Ni Paul Libres

mga hepe sa estasyun. Sa police station 1, ang hepe karon mao si P/Maj. Shevert Alvin Machete, siya gihapon ang hepe sa Traffic Management Unit. Ang iyang deputy mao si P/Lt. Romeo Labata nga gikan sa police station 2 sa Valencia.

Sa police station 2, ang hepe karon mao si P/Capt. Jose Alcera. Ang iyang deputy mao si P/Lt. Remegio Combinido; samtang sa police station 3 sa Liloan, ang hepe mao si P/Capt. Bryan Vicedo ug ang iyang deputy mao ang kanhi hepe sa police station 2 nga si P/Lt. Melvin Malate. Ni Paul Libres

NARRA ... from P. 3

age point to 2.3 percent in May 2019 from its previous month’s rate of 2.5 percent. Higher inflation rates noted in fish; sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery products; corn; vegetables; oils and fats; and milk, cheese and eggs were offset by slower price increases in rice; non-alcoholic beverages; bread and cereals; fruits; meat; and food products not elsewhere classi-fied. Rice registered the highest decrease of 1.5 percentage points, from 0.2 percent in April 2019 to -1.3 percent in May 2019. Fruits index continued to register a nega-tive inflation rate at 5.7 percent.

Slower IRs were also exhibited in the commodity groups of alcoholic bever-ages and tobacco; clothing and footwear; furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house; and

INFLATION ... from P. 18

communication.On the other hand, transport IR in-

creased to 5.9 percent during the reference month, 0.4 percentage point higher com-pared with the 5.5 percent IR in April 2019. This can be traced to higher IRs in the index for transport services.

IR for the commodity groups of health and recreation and culture increased by 0.1 percentage point each, both settling at 3.6 percent, during the month in review.

Restaurant and miscellaneous goods and services and education, meanwhile, retained their previous month’s rates of 2.3

percent, -16.4 percent, respectively.The Purchasing Power of Peso (PPP) of

the region remained at P0.80 in May 2019. This PPP implies that goods and services worth 100 pesos in May 2019 only cost 80 pesos in 2012.

All provinces retained their previous month’s PPP, except for Samar, which posted a 0.01 centavo increase in PPP. Biliran recorded the strongest PPP at P0.84. Southern Leyte ranked second at P0.82, fol-lowed by Leyte at P0.81, Eastern Samar at P0.79, and Samar at P0.77. Northern Samar posted the weakest PPP at P0.76. (PR)

16 JUNE 17-23, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT 8th Judicial Region

Branch 47, Ormoc City SP. PROC. NO. R-ORM-19-00034-SP

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR

CANCELLATION OF THE SECOND REGISTERED

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF JUDEN

AZOTE PAYO AND CORRECTION OF HIS

FIRST REGISTERED CERTIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH. JUDEN AZOTE PAYO,

Petitioner, -versus-

OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

AUTHORITY, THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF ISABEL, LEYTE, AND

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ORMOC CITY, Respondents.

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

ORDER Filed is petitioner’s

verified Petition for the cancellation of his second registered certificate of live birth and correc-tion of entries in the first registered Certificate of Live Birth particulary the middle name from “Pintac” to “Azote”, sur-name from “Azote” to “Payo, Father’s middle name from “Caleste” to “Caliste” and, lastly, his mother’s surname from “Asote” to “Azote”.

Before this Court gives due course to petitioner’s prayers, it is necessary to deter-mine whether the errors sought to be corrected by the petitioner are clerical or typographical within the purview of the law.

Section 2, para-graph 3 of RA 10172, provides its definition, to wit:

SEC. 2. Definition of Terms. – As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:

(1) xxx xxx (2) xxx xxx (3) Clerical or ty-

pographical error’ refers

to a mistake committed in the performance of clerical work in writing, copying, transcribing or typing an entry in the civil register that is harmless and innocu-ous, such as misspelled name or misspelled place of birth, mistake in the entry of day and month in the date of birth or the sex of the person or the like, which is visible to the eyes or obvious to the understanding, and can be corrected or changed only by refer-ence to other existing record or records: Pro-vided, however, That no correction must involve the change of nation-ality, age, or status of the petitioner. (emphasis supplied)

In Republic vs. Gal-lo, the Supreme Court ex-plained what constitutes clerical or typographical errors:

Upon scrutiny of the records in this case, this Court rules that Gallo’s Petition involves a mere correction of cleri-cal errors.

A clerical or typo-

graphical error pertains to a

Mistake committed in the performance of clerical work in writing, copying, transcribing or typing an entry in the civil register that is harmless and innocu-ous… which is visible to the eyes or obvious to the understanding, and can be corrected or changed only by refer-ence to other existing record or records.

However, correc-tions which involve a change in nationality, age, or status are not con-sidered clerical or typo-graphical.

Since none of these errors involve or alters petitioner’s status, na-tionality or age, the same are merely harmless er-rors.

With the advent of RA 9048, as amended by RA 10172, clerical or typographical errors and change of first name can now be corrected and changed by the local civil registrar concerned or the consul general. Verily, the corrections

sought by the petitioner are now within the juris-diction of the local civil registrar of Ormoc City, Leyte. Courts can only acquire jurisdiction over cases of correction of entries of typographical or clerical errors after petitions of correction of entries have been filed and subsequently denied by the local civil registrar concerned.

In Republ ic vs . Merlyn Mercadera, the Supreme Court had this to say, to wit:

Under R.A. No. 9048, the city or munici-pal civil registrar or con-sul general, as the case may be, is now autho-rized to effect the change of first name or nickname and the correction of clerical or typographical errors in civil registry entries. Under said law, jurisdiction over applica-tions for change of first name is now primarily lodged with administra-tive officers. The law now excludes the change of first name from the coverage of Rules 103 until and unless an ad-

ministrative petition for change of name is first filed and subsequently denied and removes cor-rection or changing of clerical errors in entries of the civil register from the ambit of Rule 108. Hence, what is left for the scope of operation of the rules are substantial changes and corrections in entries of the civil reg-ister.

Hence, petitioner’s prayers for corrections of the errors in his first reg-istered Certificate of Live Birth are hereby DIS-MISSED by this Court for lack of jurisdiction.

On the other hand, this Court gives due course to the prayer for cancellation of the sec-ond registered Certificate of Live Birth of the peti-tioner after finding it to be sufficient in form and substance.

The hearing for such cancellation is set on October 10, 2019 at 1:30 in the afternoon be-fore this Court, at which date, time and place, any interested party may appear and show cause

if any, why the petition should not be granted. Accordingly, let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of peti-tioner once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of gen-eral circulation in the Province of Leyte quali-fied to publish judicial notices and be posted at the bulletin boards of the Municipal Hall of Isabel, Leyte, New Ormoc City Hall of Ormoc City, and of this Court before the scheduled date of hear-ing.

Further, let a copy thereof be furnished the Local Civil Registrars of Isabel and Ormoc City, Leyte, the Civil Registrar General in the Philippine Statistics Authority, Sta. Mesa, Manila, the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City; Office of the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, Ormoc City for their information and appropriate action.

SO ORDERED. In Chambers, 4th

of June 2019 at the Hall of Justice, Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) MARIA

CORAZON S. VERGARA-NARAJA

Presiding Judge Copy furnished: Atty. Rovelson R.

Velmonte Sto. Niño St., Brgy.

sto. Niño Isabel, Leyte Juden Azote Payo Brgy. Apale, Isabel,

Leyte Office of the Solici-

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

Street, Legaspi Village Makati City The Civil Registrar

General Office of the Civil

Registrar General P S A 3 / F Vi b a l

Bldg., Times Street cor. EDSA,

West Tra iangle , Quezon City

Local Civil Regis-trar of Isabel, Leyte

Mr. Archilles A. Silva

Local Civil Regis-trar of Ormoc City

New Ormoc City Hall, Ormoc City

RTC-OCC Ormoc City

Hall of Justice, Or-moc City

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sa investment area because we’re a bit weak sa investment site pa sa Eastern Visayas, generally speaking. Here in Ormoc, where development is quite faster, we would need more investments and capitals from private sectors to realize our dreams of putting more facilities to compliment our tourism development direction or priority sites. Because even though we have the sites but we don’t have the facilities of international standards, mahirap din mag-attract ng turista. That’s why, we have to attract investors, local and foreign, to put their money into tourism,” said Trina Dacuycuy in an interview with EV Mail.

“And on the side of the investors, naturally, titingnan talaga ang tourist traffic sa area na ‘yan. The more tourists coming, it would be an incentive for them to put up a business in that area,” she added.

“If we don’t control tourism especially investors, dadami lang po ang turista, pero masisira lang po ang bayan natin. So we have to plan properly... We don’t just need the number of tourists, we need money coming from them thru the investors, and of course manage the money well,” said Dennis Bautista, meanwhile, in his opening message.

The participants were asked to bring with them laptop com-puters, photos of tourist attractions near the investment areas they are promoting, and photos of the location/investment area itself.

To realize the capacity-building seminar’s objective, firstly, the participants were given an orientation on the characteristics of an effective presenter and presentation.

In addition, since the most important take-home of the partici-pants from the capacity-building seminar is their pitching skills, on the first day, the participants were asked to deliver a two-minute talk on interesting topics they have chosen.

The participants were also given vital know-hows and tips in branding and design. Of course, they were also taught how to present the pitch using a PowerPoint presentation.

On the third day, was the final pitch, where the selected presentors were given the opportunity to pitch to real investors their investment projects.

Per Karina Rosa S. Tiopes, CESO IIII (Regional Director, DOT), “Investments are vital for the growth of the tourism industry. For investments to grow, we need to put together a portfolio of our viable investment areas, establish our competitive advantage, prepare our investment policies and incentives, and embark on ag-gressive and effective investment campaigns.” By Dailyn Cabarse

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encounter with the NPA rebels on April 23.He also assured their sacrifice for the country will never be

forgotten and their families will be taken cared of.The soldiers (killed-in-action) posthumously given the Order of

Lapu-Lapu were Cpl. Robert Bueno, Cpl. Alix Saliwan, Pfc. Danilo Constantino Jr., Pfc. Arthur Garcia, and Pvt. Elben Lagrimas.

The Kalasag medal is given to officials and personnel of the government and private individuals who lost their lives as a direct result of their participation in an activity pursuant to a campaign or advocacy of the President. By Marie Tonette Marticio & Photo from Vicente Lukban

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Inflation rate in EV declines to 1.6% in May 2019

Congratulations Baybay City for being a National Finalist for Local Legislative Award of Excellence 2019 for Component Cities Category given at the Waterfront Hotel Lahug, Cebu City. Photo shows Baybay City officials spearheaded by Mayor Carmen L. Cari, Vice Mayor Mike Cari, and councilors: Hon. Nathalie Andres, Hon. Dodong Palma, Hon. Jorge Rebucas, Hon. Leocio Asilom Jr., Hon. Ali Astorga, and Hon. Alan Fer-nandez. In the photo as well are DILG-8 Regional Director Artemio Caneja, Baybay City Vice Mayor-elect, Atty. Ernesto Butawan, Hon. Domi-nador Murillo, PCL National President Hon. Chavit Singson, and DILG Secretary Retired General Eduardo Año. (By Herman Valencia)

THE INFLATION Rate (IR) in Eastern Visayas continued to drop to 1.6 percent in May 2019. This is 0.4 percentage point lower compared with the 2.0 percent IR a month ago, and 4.2 percentage points lower compared with the 5.8 percent IR recorded in the same period last year. The regional inflation rate, too, is 1.6 per-centage points lower than the 3.2 percent national average in May 2019.

The provinces of Biliran, Eastern Sa-mar, Northern Samar and Samar registered lower IRs in May 2019 compared with their figures in the previous month. Samar re-corded the biggest drop of 1.5 percentage points, from 1.3 percent in April 2019 to -0.2 percent in May 2019. On the other hand, 0.3 percentage point and 0.2 percentage point increases in IRs were noted in Leyte and Southern Leyte, registering 3.8 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively, in May 2019. Bili-ran posted the lowest with negative IR at 2.9 percent, while Leyte recorded the highest IR during the month in review at 3.8 percent.

Among the commodity groups, hous-ing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels commodity group registered the biggest drop of 1.3 percentage points, from 0.2 percent in April 2019 to -1.1 percent during the month in review.

The heavily weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages declined by 0.2 percent-

No. Samar opens “Darangpan” for former rebels

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CATARMAN, NO. SAMAR – The Pro-vincial Government of Northern Samar inaugurated a halfway house or so called “Darangpan” on June 18, to be used ac-cordingly by former rebels to have a shel-ter when they are in the Catarman area.

A “Darangpan” (A Home for Social Integration) is a center for integration and a civilian facility jointly managed by the Provincial Government of Northern Samar thru the Provincial Peace and Order Coun-cil (PPOC) in partnership with the Depart-ment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and other stakeholders intended for former rebels who express the desire to return into the fold of the law.

This is also called as a halfway house, meant to facilitate the systematic assess-ment, processing, and delivery of imme-diate interventions and development of individual reintegration plans of former rebels, as well as to secure their safety in a short term. It shall take into, too, per the halfway house’s management, the special considerations of gender sensitivity and persons-with-disability, as mandated by law.

The said inauguration was graced by DILG OIC-Regional Director Artemio Caneja, DSWD Regional Director Yvone Abonales, Northern Samar Governor Jose Ong Jr, and other officials from different government agencies.

During his speech, DILG OIC-Regional Director Artemio Caneja said, “Magkaisa tayo dahil ginagawa na ngayon ng gobyer-no ang lahat ng paraan para magbalik loob na yung mga kumakalaban sa gobyerno.”

He also thanked the Provincial Govern-ment for the support extended to make the halfway house a reality.

“Darangpan” provides comprehensive programs and services for the spiritual and moral healing and transformation of former

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