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RD REY GOZON

CAARMAN, North-ern Samar Te Sanggu-niang Bayan o Doloresin Eastern Samar has al-ready intervened on theissue o the irrigationproject in Sitio Caglilitid,Barangay Buenavista intheir town ollowing seri-ous complaints rom thesupposed armer-bene-

ciaries that the project isuseless and abandoned,

On Monday, Decem-ber 10, the town councilwill send a communica-

A giant Christmas tree put up by the Tacloban city

government is soon to bright up Rizal Park. LITO A.

ACLOBAN CIY - Te various precau-tionary measures instituted by various localgovernment units in the region in relationto the typhoon Pablo incident, was laudedby the regional chie o the Offi ce o CivilDeense (OCD).

However, there are stillso many things that needto be rened by the localgovernment units in so arin ensuring the total saety

o their respective residents,OCD-8 Director Rey Go-zon said.

We see development in

tion to the National Ir-rigation Administration(NIA) national o ce torequest or a physical au-dit on the project in ques-tion.

Municipal CouncilorMario Baquilod, vicechairman o the SB com-mittee on agriculture, ina mobile phone interview

said they smell some-thing shy in the projectdespite the explanationsmade by NIA provincialhead Edgar Mercado who

presented the projectprole during their ses-sion last week.

We are not satised.Kay ada man klaradonga nakatiwangwang la itnga project nga ginastu-san hin P9.5 milyon ngawaray manla higamitihan mga paraguma. (It is

very clear that the project

that costs P9.5 milliononly lays there useless tothe armers). We will ur-nish copy to the O ce

LGUs lauded for preemptivemeasures made during typhoon

BY JOEY A. GABIETA, Saff Writer

to page 3

Dolores SB to ask or audit

o useless irrigation project

Escaped drug

suspect collared

in Catbalogan

City

NSFED chie Puaeyes P600 M

addl und or2013 projects

Run or 10 set onanuary 13, thou-sands o Filipino

schoolchildrenxpected to beneftrom proceeds

NSU Stead-

ily Grows and

Reaps Results

OCD pushes or

membership CSOs in disaster

councils

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Te long arm o the lawlly caught up with Gil-Mastelero alias Beth/

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nths o hiding romenorcers, Mastelero,was arrested at around0 in the aernoon oember 6, 2012 at hisdence in Brgy. Estaka, Catbalogan City, by

ments o PDEA-WSPObayog Satellite Oce),

h the assistance o theCoy RPSB8, Provinciallic Saety CompanyO, Catbalogan City Po-Station led by PSupt.

er Cinco and elements

RSOG8 led by PI Con-tino Jabonete Jr. undersupervision and direc-

o PSupt. Avelino B.cillo Jr.

Mastelero, married, job-

uan municipal ofcials led by Mayor Annaliz Gonzales-Kwan and Board Member Mark

Gonzales recieved a plaque of appreciation from Russian Embassy during the esta

bration held at Guiuan public plaza. LITO A. BAGUNAS

less and a ormer member oPhilippine Army (AWOL),was hunted down by virtueo a warrant o arrest issuedby the Calbayog Regional

rial Court or violation oSection 5, Article II o R.A9165, docketed under crim-inal case number 6751. Nobail recommended or histemporary liberty.

o recall, on March 16,2012, Mastelero was arrest-ed together with SamanthaRose Kenney, 18 years old,at the La Vista Pensionnein Calbayog City aer sell-ing methamphetamine hy-drochloride or shabu to aPDEA agent who acted as

poseur-buyer. Masteleromanaged to evade arrestwhile Kenney was chargedor illegal possession odangerous drugs. She isnow out on bail.

Aer search ollowingthe service o the warrant, the ollowing items wererecovered rom Mastelerospossession and control:

one caliber 22 revolver, vepcs. live ammo o caliber22 Magnum, nine pcs. liveammo o caliber 9 mm.,seven pcs. o used lighter,one roll tin oil, one usedsachet with suspected resi-due o shabu and used tinoil.

Subject accused, awatch-listed personality,was brought to Samar Pro-vincial Hospital or medicalexamination beore beingpresented to court.

Meanwhile, cases orillegal possession o re-arms and violation o Sec.12, Art. II o RA 9165 werebeing prepared or lling incourt. (LIZA BAOY/PR)

scaped drug suspect collaredn Catbalogan City o the President o ourrequest or a physical au-

dit, Baquilod said.Te Buenavista Irri-

gators Association (BIA)led by its president Ex-equiel Anacio has soughtthe SB intervention onthe issue.

In a mobile phone in-terview with EngineerDioscoro Campomanes,project in-charge o theBuenavista CommunalIrrigation Project, heconrmed that there isindeed a portion o theone- kilometer canal thatis considerably deep.

He admitted that thearmers were correct insaying that water romthe dam would not reachto the rice plants through

this part o the canal,which he called as a sac-rice area.

But the rest o the ca-nal is okay, Campomanessaid.

Te submerged area isapproximately 200 to 300meters long and 1.20 me-ters in height.

NIA provincial ad-ministrator Edgar Mer-cado reportedly prom-ised to provide a waterpump so that water can

ow on the said sacricearea.

But Baquilod disa-grees with Mercadosremedy.

Tat is not acceptableas a remedy. Because us-ing a water pump wouldonly entail additional ex-penses on the already im-poverished armers there,as they would spend orthe high cost o ue, hesaid.

Campomanes said

that only the Phase 1 othe irrigation project,

which covers the damconstruction and canali-zation, was nished.

We are waiting oradditional allocation oabout P10 million to start

with the Phase 2, he said.But the additional

unding, he said, willcome in 2014 yet whichmeans that the armerso Buenavista will haveto wait another year ortheir much-needed irri-

gation system. (RACHEL V.ARNAIZ)

Dolores...from page 4

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3Leyte Samar Daily Expressonday, 10 December 2012

ernment pursue its conver-sion o all roads, weve gotno problem.

Meanwhile, as part otheir oce continuing roadinrastructure development

o state acilities as well as inheeding the call o the De-partment Order No.29, se-ries o 2012 issued on Maythis year by DPWH Sec.Rogelio Singzon,removalo illegal structures and ob-structions within right-o-way o national roads inline with their departmentsthrust at improving roadsaety,as we are directed, tostrictly enorce Dept OrderNo.52, series o 2003, theremoval o obstructions

and prohibited uses withinthe right-o-way o na-tional roads, Engr. VirgilioNonoy Aleria NSFED-maintenance chie said,wara man problema so ar,kay an kamatooran, anteskami nagwawakay sin mgapader ug ibapa nga mgastruktura within the 7-me-ter allowable measurementrom the national road,nagkokundukto kami pu-long-pulong san lugar ngaam nakatalaan kadtoan.

It was also learned romAleria that their men inthe highways are coopera-tive enough to owners ostructures being removedor ree as part o their re-sponsibility at ensuring theproper implementation osaid department order.

o date, according toPua, their continuing wid-ening o carriage way isnow in Rosario town o therst district that also bothshared their belie or a pos-

sible 4-lane road as one othe governments plan oran easy accessibility androad saety- ness as well inthe coming years. (PETERD. PAREDES)

will lace up their runningshoes and make their moveor education. Te Depart-ment o Education, a keypartner in the EN Moves!advocacy, welcomes the ini-tiative.

EN Moves! has shownto us just what the Filipi-no youth can do, says Br.Armin Luistro FSC, Secre-tary o the Department oEducation. Run or 10 ur-

ther harnesses their energyand desire to make the Phil-ippines a better place to liveand learn. With everyonesparticipation, we are con-dent that we can nally re-solve the classroom backlogby 2013, and provide ad-equate acilities or studentseverywhere.

All registration ees orRun or 10 will go to ENMoves!. Te registrationees are as ollows: Php200or 2.5 km, Php400 or 5km, and Php500 or 10km. o register, interestedindividuals may visit Te-Shirt Project brancheslocated at Glorietta, rino-ma, and Market! Market!.Registration starts on De-cember 20, 2012. For moreinormation, please emailino@tenmoves.org or visitwww.tenmoves.org. (PR)

an active economic activityas well as mobility particu-larly, among others thoseresiding in places consid-ered as conict areas.

He added that a number

o their accomplished andnished projects or 2012deemed as high impactprojects such as those con-crete roads in the villageso Bankerohan-Galutan-Imelda and Mckinley cost-ing P125 million all here inthis capital town; the on-going road construction atBrgys. Luisita-Lungeb andMaxvilla in the municipal-ity o Victoria worth P100million; and the almost n-ished road o P150 million

in the villages o rojillo toE. Duran in Bobon town,together with the P400-million 44-kilometer roadrom the town o Lope deVega to San Isidro travers-ing the city o Calbayog, aswell as the Polangue-Hebu-luangan-Mabini road herein Catarman costing P150million.

He added that the al-most a billion pesos wortho inrastructure develop-ment which is under the

national governments so-called peace and prosper-ity road projects throughthe DPWH working in tan-dem with the district alongwith the regional oce thatspearheaded its implemen-tation has been validatedby the several concernedgovernment agencies par-ticularly, the PhilippineArmy as conict areas oryears prior and reasons toits implementation.

Pua, when asked as to

what the standard o alltheir on-going inrastruc-ture projects, said designstandard is similar to theexisting national standardo roads. So, should the gov-

CAARMAN, North-SamarFresh rom

very successul simul-

eous inauguration o itsmillion worth o three

crete bridges in two

ages o Allen town inober this year togetherh their orthcoming in-

uration on the 19th o

ember o a P26 million

d-slip project in Brgy.kagtas as well as a P10

ion ood control pro-

in Brgy. Hibuluangan,h here in this capital

n o which village-peo-

sufered much due to

erosion that reaches uphe street, the Northern

mar First Engineeringtrict(NSFED) headedSandy Pua is eyeing an

itional unding come

3.Tus, said Pua in an in-

iew in his recent meet-

with Deputy Speaker

l Daza in Manila, ur-

ing o their various

ects proposal in the

oming year o P600 mil-

o which the highway

is positive considering

thrust o the nationalernment in creating an

nsive inrastructure

gram aimed at improv-

the lives o the mar-

lized same is through

h the laudable efort o

veteran legislator who

the past year was very

rumental in sourcing

unds to the many on-

ng and orthcoming in-

tructure projects in the

district here.Pua explained that as

provinces economy isroving, sustainable and

nterrupted inrastruc-development project s

needed.Tus, providingme time job generation,

NSFED chie Pua eyes P600 Mddl und or 2013 projects

o the Philippine Businessor Social Progress and oneo the primary movers oEN Moves! and the 57-75Education Reorm Move-ment. Trough this event,we hope to attract more andmore Filipinos, especiallythe younger ones, to be parto our advocacy o help-ing build classrooms and abrighter uture or school-children.

Since we launched inOctober 2011, EN Moves!and its mother campaign,Bayanihang Pampaaralan,have raised unding ornearly 3,000 classrooms,explains Mario Deriquito,Senior Director o AyalaFoundation and anotherprimary mover o ENMoves!. While our col-lective eforts to date havebeen commendable, we stillhave a long way to go inreaching our goal o 10,000classrooms, and we arending ways to reach ourgoal within two years sincelaunching. Trough Run or10, we hope to be able tocreate more awareness andgenerate more anticipationor this cause.

Run or 10 expects togather 2,500 Filipinos inMetro Manila alone who

A nationwide run willbe mounted on January 13,2013 or the benet o thou-sands o Filipino school-children nationwide, whohave yet to have classroomswhere they could efectivelylisten to their teachers andlearn lessons.

Run or 10 will bestaged or the benet oEN Moves!, the socialmobilization campaign oBayanihang Pampaaralanthat seeks to raise unds orthe construction o 10,000classrooms nationwide byencouraging individuals todonate Php10 everyday or10 months or a lump sum oPhp3,000.

In Metro Manila, Runor 10 will start of at theAyala riangle Gardens,Makati City, with 2.5 km,5 km, and 10 km race dis-tances. Simultaneous runswill also be held in at least10 other key areas nation-wide: Butuan, Cagayan deOro, Cebu, Dipolog, Dum-aguete, Legazpi, Pampanga,arlac, Zamboanga, andZamboanga Sibugay.

Run or 10 is a way orus to signicantly ramp upsupport and donations orEN Moves!, explains RapaLopa, Executive Director

Run or 10 set on January 13, thousands o Filipino

schoolchildren expected to beneft rom proceeds

to other government andprivate agencies and organi-zations that also assisted a-ected people like the Phil-ippine National Police, thePhilippine Army and thevarious communicationsgroups.

Te national govern-ment has been espousingthe zero casualty principle.However, Pablo, consideredto be one o the strongesttyphoons to hit the coun-try in years, has leave closeto 500 deaths and hundredmore missing and millions

GUs lauded..from page 1

acloban City preemptivelyevacuated residents liv-ing in villages identied asprone to ooding and land-slide.

By initiating this kind omeasure, Gozon said,oodor landslide-related inci-dents can now be avoided.

Let us give our appre-ciation to our local govern-ment unit leaders that theyare now adopting the dis-aster risk reduction man-agement measures.Tey arenow proactive, the OCDregional director said.

Gozon also gave credit

precautionary measureswe see our local govern-nt units which were

to come up with pre-ionary and preemptive

sures and acilitatedreturn o the evacueestheir respective villag-

Gozon said during thekly media orum Ex-s it at the Park held atLeyte Park Resort.Beore Pablo hit the re-n last week, several localernment units notably

o Saint Bernard and to page 7

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EDITORIALMore deaths; More

devastation still to happen if.

Legislators: Decide and put the RH bill

to a vote now!

Leyte Samar

to page 5

Observer

ALVIN GZ. ARPON

This is probably the bill that

has been filed in both the Upper

and Lower Houses in a decade

that has taken a lot of time to

deliberate and to hang the vote

a lot of noise reverberates the

pro and con. This is probably

the first bill that has broughtthe predominant religion in the

Philippines; the Roman Catho-

lic Church to the front-line in

the battle boldly demanding not

to pass the bill.

Of the myriad of arguments

that the church profess why they

block the bill are; it will encour-

age promiscuity; it goes against

the teachings of the church, or

Vatican. Further it sa s that con-

resident Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III im-

mediately made a visit to the ravaged-town at

Compostela valley in New Bataan to provide

solace to the victims and bereaved families in these

areas caused by killer Typhoon Pablo (Bopha, in-

ternational name). He distributed relief goods andprovided modest financial assistance to the victims.

He vowed to conduct a study (investigation) why

so much destruction and why so many lives lost

during this worst natural tragedy that hit this part

of Mindanao. Knowing the credibility of the pre-

sent leadership we feel confident he will do it.

Two things will have to be considered:

One: the peoples reaction to government warn-

ings appear much wanting. Four days before this

killer typhoon hit the place they were already ad-

vised to evacuate. DENR Secretary Ramon Paje

claims that our government under PNoy has al-

ready acquired a weather forecasting facility which

can make perfect projections. People dilly-dal-

lied till it came few days after the announce-

ment.

Two: Total log ban has been decreed by

PNoy since February last year. It comes to us

very surprisingly after reading the accounts of

the tragedy were reported that it has still 31

identified illegal loggers and mining operators

in the area, 80% of them operating in Davao,

Caraga region to include Compostela Valley.

Thats almost one year since the Presidents

order.

DENR officials in these areas have a lot of

explaining to do after PNoy is through with his

investigation as promised.

Otherwise if these two issues will not be ad-

dressed we can expect more untimely deaths

and massive destructions will still happen

when a similar natural calamity comes.

traception as contained in

the bill is anti-life.

-oOo-

This burning issue af-

fects largely the poorest

of the poor since they will

continue to live a life of

raising many children they

can hardly afford to sup-

port, if this is not passed.

With or without church

interference in the issue of

raising more children in a

famil has been a ersonal

matter only to the afflu-

ent and the rich in Phil-

ippine society. They have

been practicing all sorts of

family planning meth-

ods and the result is that

they live mouth-watering

economically comfortablelives. They are by the way

regular church-goers and

even daily communicants.

-oOo-

Responsible parent-

hood? This theme connotes

that couples should be re-

sponsible enough to know

and assume responsibility

in deciding how many chil-

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Prayer for the Nation and

for Those who Serve in

Public Office

God, our Father, you guide everythingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers weoffer for our nation; by the wisdom of our

leaders and integrity of our citizens, may

harmony and justice be secured and may

there be lasting prosperity and peace.

Almighty and eternal God, You know the

longings of our hearts and You protect our

rights. In your goodness, watch over those

in authority, so that people everywhere may

enjoy freedom, security and peace.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus

Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with

you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever

and ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughters

of St. Paul)

Pray the Holy Rosary daily forworld peace and conversion of sinners

(The family that prays together stays together)

Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINION 5

GSIS Christmas gift

onday,10 December 2012

From A

Distance

joey e. clarin

Monday of the 2nd Week of AdventIs 35:1-10, Ps 85, Lk 5:17-26

THE HEALING OF A PARALYTIC

One day as Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the lawwere sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee andJudea and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was with him for heal-ing. And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed;they were trying to bring him in and set (him) in his presence. But not

nding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up onthe roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles into themiddle in front of Jesus. When he saw their faith, he said, As for you,your sins are forgiven. Then the scribes and Pharisees began to askthemselves, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alonecan forgive sins? Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply,What are you thinking in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, Yoursins are forgiven, or to say, Rise and walk? But that you may knowthat the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins he said tothe man who was paralyzed, I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher,and go home. He stood up immediately before them, picked up whathe had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God. Then astonish-ment seized them all and they gloried God, and struck with awe, theysaid, We have seen incredible things today.

THE PRAYER

The friends who carried the paralyzed man really wanted him tobe cured. Their actions showed that they were truly asking Jesus for afavor when they set their patient down in front of him. They had worked

hard to bring their patient to him and then they waited for the answerto their prayer. I have learned to pray in various ways and I pray manytimes each day. How much effort do I give to my prayer? Is my prayersomething that I do with serious attention or is it just a routinary repeti-tion of words with very little meaning? The friends of the paralyzedman said no words but they were very denite and clear in what theywanted to tell Jesus because they believe in him. Is my faith in Jesusstrong enough to support my prayer? (Daily Gospel Now, R. Sullivan,OMI, published by Paulines, visit us at www.paulines.ph or at PaulinesMedia Center, Tacloban City, Tel. # 321-3195)

Sowers Seeds: THE LORD IS COMING. Only those who areconvinced of their own shortcomings will always be kind and goodto others. Blessed James Alberione, Founder of the Pauline Family

The Sower

Legislators...from page 4

dren they can afford to raise,

logically. Sometime in the

late 60s there was a massive

information drive a Roman

Catholic Church initiated

population program under-

taken by a responsible par-

enthood council, composed

of lay leaders and teachers

who did the actual informa-tion work and counseling.

The RPC focused on the

rhythm method and worked

against other family methods

especially the use of pills. I

was one of the teachers re-

cruited in the campaign. We

were provided a P50 allow-

ance perfectly good enough

in those times. The teachers

salary then was only over

P300.

Ironically, the popula-

tion increased and many

of those who accepted and

learn the rhythm or thecalendar method begot un-

wanted children. It did not

work, therefore.

CORRECTION

That OBSERVER

column that appeared

Wednesday Dec. 5 enti-

tled Hope in Gods Mercy

is a nicely-written piece.

Unfortunately that is notmine. It was written by Fr.

Roy Cimagala. Lay-out

fault.

-oOo-

Lawmakers should vote/

reject the RH bill NOW.

They have trained their focus

on this for a long, long time

now, to the point that the

have neglected some other

more important bills on the

economy which is the life-

blood of every Filipino.

The rich and famous

therefore who have suc-cessfully planned their

reproductive ventures to

limit children should share

their experience and exper-

tise to the poor specially

those who work under

their care RH bill or none.

Indeed parent should be

RESPONSIBLE!!!

Pensioners of the Gov-

ment Insurance Service

tem (GSIS) will each

ive up to P12,600 as

agency gives at a total

1.8 Billion in Christmas

h gifts. The GSIS has

e 219,000 active mem-

who receive regular

nthly pensions as ben-

for their retirement,

bility or old age.

Based on the issued

guidelines regarding the

grant of the cash gift, pen-

sioners whose Christmas

cash gift in 2011 was more

than P10,000 will receive

this year the same amount

on this current monthly

pension but only up to

P12,600. At the same time,

those whose cash gift last

year reached P10,000 or

less will also receive an

amount equivalent to their

current monthly pensionsbut only up to P10,000.

The P10,000 maximum

also applies to pensioners

who resumed their regular

monthly pension after De-

cember 31, 2012.

On the other hand, there

are pensioners who are not

eligible to receive the cash

gift, including dependents

and spouses who survived

pensioners who are receiv-

ing their regular pro rata

pensions.

Also, the GSIS approvedthe grant of emergency

loans to some 345,000

members who were af-

fected by typhoon Pablo.

GSIS members who are liv-

ing in or working in gov-

ernment ofces located in

regions that were declared

calamity areas are entitled

to P20,000 loan payable in

3 ears.

Impose responsible and controlled

logging and mining

Senses and

Sensibilities

deeday a. cairo

The world has

anged drastically.

e climate is def-

ely altered; they

l it climate change

ich is actually na-es response to

ns wanton disre-

d and disrespect

the environment.

hat we experience

the country is just

mall manifestation

how we treat our

roundings. Things

uld become worse

n it is now.

Typhoons bring

shfloods especially

areas which are

nerable. In the

en days, roofs and

uses in villages

just uprooted and

wn off because

st of the houses

were of light mate-

rials and these are

not built to withstand

strong winds. Seldom

do we hear of hous-

es and people beingwashed out to the seas

or buried in mud and

debris due to rushing

water from the moun-

tains. Nowadays, most

of the casualties of ty-

phoons are victims of

flashfloods. It is sad

that people have not

changed a bit. They

still insist on illegal ac-

tivities and livelihood

even if they have seen

the worst of things

miners and their fami-

lies become victims.

Total logging and

mining bans are not

the answers to their

dilemma. It is an im-

mature way of looking

at things. The problem

lies on the inability

of the government to

properly control log-ging and mining, the

main culprits that ruin

our forests and envi-

ronment. One of the

TV networks set up an

informal survey asking

people through their

morning show, if total

logging and mining

bans are the answers to

the problem, denitely

these are not the rem-

edies to the problem.It is sad to note that

in most places, the local

government ofcials

are themselves behind

mining operations,

probable reason why

the government can-

not put a stop to illegal

operations. Worst, the

ofcials tolerate fami-

lies putting up tempo-

rary domiciles in these

places. Due to una-

bated or uncontrolled

mining operations, the

place becomes sus-

ceptible to accidents

and disasters. Some

of the mines just col-

lapse and miners are

trapped inside. On the

other hand, the houses

are swept away by the

rains and end up with

people dying along

the way. This is due

to the rampant cutting

of trees and vegetation

to give way to the dig-

gings. These people

do not even considerreplacing the trees they

cut. On these instanc-

es, they become the

victims of their own

folly.

The government

must insist on respon-

sible and controlled

logging and mining.

It may be true that the

poor may be directly

affected by such impo-

sition but it is for theirwelfare in the long run.

No way must small

time mining be toler-

ated. There are envi-

ronmental concerns to

tackle to prevent ad-

verse consequences.

These are erosion, for-

mation of sinkholes,

and loss of vegeta-

tion, contamination of

ground and surface

water and soil fromchemicals. This is why

stringent environmen-

tal and rehabilitation

rules are required from

companies.

People have be-

come hard-headed.

They continue defy-

ing the rules, yet they

expect the govern-

ment to come to their

rescue once some-

thing unexpected hap-

pens to them. It is

sometimes good to ig-

nore such situation but

however exasperating

it may seem, our be-

ing civilized prevail.

What happened in the

Compostela Valley

during Pablos visit

has happened and will

happen again if the

people will not disci-

pline themselves or

the government con-

tinues to be lax and

callous. Each family

and each individual

cannot put their lives

at the care of the gov-

ernment all the time;

each one must be re-

sponsible.

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Monday, 10 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS/NOTICES

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Jose Macawili extrajudi-

cially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land,

covered by Tax Dec. No. ARP No. 05-09040-00479, Survey No. 2756, Lot

No. 075, Block 02, containing an area of 30-89 square meters, more or less.A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Ananias Barbarona married to

Antonia Barbarona as vendees for a portion of 630 square meters from the

above-described property; per Doc. No. 190, Page No. 39, Book No. XIII,

Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Enrique C. Dala.

LSDE: Nov. 26, Dec. 3 & 10, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTSNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Maria Ramao extrajudi-

y settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land located at

Barbo, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, covered by O.C.T. No. P-13706, TaxNo. 11-090020-00224, Survey No. 8341, Cad. Lot No. 5231-R.P., con-

ng an area of 5,194 square meters and heirs hereby waive their rights,

est and quitclaim in favor of Federico Gayoso, the above-described

erty; per Doc. No. 188, Page No. 39, Book No. XIII, Series of 2012 of

ry Public Atty. Enrique C. Dala.

E: Nov. 26, Dec . 3 & 10, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH WAIVEROTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Bernardo Camera Sr.,ajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of

situated at Brgy. Sta. Rita, Municipality of La Paz, Leyte con-

ng an area of 7,816 square meters, more or less, covered by OCT

P-26097 and heirs hereby waive, renounce and quitclaim all their

s, interest and participation in favor of Sps. Eliseo B. Advincula

Saturnina A. Advincula; per Doc. No. 408, Page No. 82, Book

30, Series of 2010 of Notary Public Atty. Edwin Y. Chua.

E: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Victorio Tampil ex-trajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land

Lot 9961-B, Csd-08-011033-D, with an area of 819 square meters,

covered with Tax Dec. No. 08-30-0015-01008. A Deed of Sale was

executed in favor of Sps. Levi & Gladys Lim as vendee a portion

of 202 square meters from the above-described property known as

Lot No. 9961-B-3 from the above-described propety; per Doc. No.

232, Page No. 1, Book No. 1, Series of 2012 of Atty. Cristiana S.

Huamayor. LSDE: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

RA 9048 Form No. 4.1 (LCRO)

(Revised 15 Aug. 2001)

Republic of the Philippines

MUNICIPAL REGISTRY OFFICE

Province of Samar

Municipality of Basey

PETITION FOR CHANGE OF FIRST NAME

I, MA. VICTORIA MONREAL ASTORGA, of legal age, Filipino and

a resident of Barangay San Antonio, Basey, Samar after having duly sworn

to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seeking the change of rst name

a) my Certicate of Live Birth2) I/He/She was born on August 16, 1960 at Metro Manila

3) The birth was recorded under registry number 5699

4) The rst name to be changed is from Marivic to MA. VICTORIA

5) The grounds for ling this petition are the following: (Ground

selected should be explained/justied in a Separate sheet of paper to be

attached to this form.)

b) I have/He/She has habitually and continuously used MA. VICTO-

RIA and I/he/she is publicly known in the community with that rst name;

6) I submit the following documents to support this petition: (Use ad-

ditional sheets, if necessary,)

a) Marriage Contract f) Employee Certication

b) Professional Teachers Certicate g) Police Clearance

c) Service Record h) NBI Clearance

d) Voter Certication i) Employment Clearance

e) School Record (T.O.R.) j) MTC/RTC Clearance

7) I have/He/She has not led any similar petition and that, to the best

of my knowledge, no other similar Petition is pending with any LCRO,

Court of Philippine Consulate.

8) I have/he/She has no pending criminal, civil or administrative casein any court or any quasi-judicial body.

9) I am ling this petition at the LCRO of Basey, Samar

In accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and

regulations.

(Sgd.) MA. VICTORIA M. ASTORGA

Signature over printed name of petitioner

VERIFICATION

I, MA. VICTORIA M. ASTORGA, the petitioner, hereby certify that

the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and

belief.

(Sgd.) MA. VICTORIA M. ASTORGA

Signature over printed name of petitioner

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this Nov. 26, 2012 in

the city/municipality of _____, petitioner exhibiting his Community Tax

Certicate of______issued at Basey, Samar on Nov. 26, 2012.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MARIA SHEILA DELOSO-BAQUILOD PUBLIC ATTORNEY I

PURSUANT TO R.A. No. 9406

LSDE: December 3 & 10, 2012

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7Leyte Samar Daily ExpressNEWSonday, 10 December 2012

NAVAL STATE UNIVERSITY, Management and Sta sincerely express theircongratulations to the ollowing topnotchers in the 2012 Licensure Board Exam

REANHARD ROSALES MORILLO, 2nd PlaceChief Mate, rating 87.20%

KYLA LEQUIRON OPPUS, 9th PlaceLicensure Board Examinations for Teachers with rating of 86.60%

ROEL B. SABORNIDO, 6th Placewith a rating of 86.70%

JOHNSON B. VERO, 10th Place

with a rating of 86.75%

We likewise commend their parents/guardians or their sacrifce in support to

the attainment over the success o these outstanding students o the university.

NSUis proud o you!

DR. EDITHA SABONSOLIN GENSON

A young institution,three years of being a

versity, the Naval Stateversity (formerly Na-Institute of Technol-

y) has slowly but surelyving itself as an educa-

nal institution to reckonh. Just after a year ofnew university status itady gained recognition

a leading institution incountry being recog-

ed as a model on insti-onal standard operationO), the only one givenh an award in RegionOther schools that got

recognition are theol State University andther one in Mindanao.NSU also received asidential award in insti-onal quality assurance

nitoring evaluation ofCommission on Higherucation. The NSU is anredited pilot institutionquality management.All these awards were

NSU Steadily Grows and Reaps ResultsAlvin Godinez Arpon

earned under the leader-ship of Dr. Edith Genson,as university president.

Last October 2012NSU boldly spearheadedand conducted the rst in-ternational forum right inits premises. These wereparticipated in by guesteducational dignitarieslike Honorable FernandoZapico Teijeiro, SpanishMinister of Education whorepresented Ambassadorof Spain to the Philippines;Dr. Lance Mosters (CEOof Global EducationalManagement ConsultantsA-S Group of Compa-nies; Maricel de Castro,focal person, EIP WorldHealth Organization andDr. Clarita Joy Villapando,focal person of NSU Inter-

national Linkages.It was a big attempt to

open the new universityto the world for brighterlinkages and partnerships,said Dr. Editha Sabonsolin

Genson, NSU president.That forum resulted in a

strong tie up with the NSUto shipping companies andrelated industries of Spain,Greece and a host of otherEuropean countries for fu-ture deployment of NSUgraduates of maritime,hotel and restaurant man-agement graduates of theuniversity.

Transforming Naval

Institute of Technology(NIT) to a university sta-tus was led in Congressby previous Biliran repre-sentative, but it was onlyduring the incumbency ofAtty. Glenn Chong as con-gressman of Biliran thatthis was realized via R.A.9718. NSU celebratedits 3rd foundation year asa university last October2012.

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITIONNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Antioco Costamero

extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of

agricultural land, situated at Esperanza, Inopacan, Leyte, Cad. LotNo. 142, under Tax Dec. No. 05-16008-00359, with an area of .3465

has., Assessed value of P4,836, market value of P18,960.00; per Doc.

No. 321, Page No. 66, Book No. 10, Series of 2008 of Notary Public

Atty. Isabelo B. delos Santos. LSDE: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITIONTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Carlos Aguinalde and

ela Villamor extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated

a parcel of land, Lot No. 3568 with improvements thereon, situ-

at Barrio Pange, Municipality of Jaro, Leyte, containing an area

,882 square metesr, more or less covered by O.C.T. No. 14364;

Doc. No. 290, Page No. 80, Book No. XXV, Series of 2012 of

ry Public Atty. Rolando Tomandao.

E: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of late Ponciano Coducoy extra-

judicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over 2 parcels of land

both situated at Brgy. Mercaduhay, Tabon-Tabon, Leyte, Parcel 1,

Cad. Lot no. 1277 covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-37013-00054, con-

taining an area of .4408 hectares, more or less; Parcel 2, Cad Lot No.

1329, covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-37013-00055, containing an area

of .0549.49 hectares, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in

favor of Allan D. Ong married to Rosario S. Ong as vendee for the

above-described property; per Doc. No. 130, Page No. 26, Book No.

VI, Series of 2009 of Notary Public Atty. Asterio A. Villero.

LSDE: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

on particular hazard andnot or every calamity thathit an area, the OCD-8 di-rector said.

We should see what par-ticular hazard that could hitthe vulnerable community.I its a ooding incident, orexample, we should see to itthat the evacuation center isnot prone to ooding, Go-zon said.

And i its tsunami, the

evacaution center shouldbe located in a highergrounds, he added.

Gozon also asked thepeople in the villages to al-ways heed warnings issuedby the government during adisaster.

By abiding the advisoriesissued by the government,harms could be avoided, headded.

o pesos in damages, bothpublic and private proper-ties.

As this developed, Go-zon admitted that there arestill some initiatives thatneed to be perected duringa disaster.

For one, identied evac-uation centers should reallyserve its real purpose which

is to provide a saety tempo-rary shelters among victimso a calamity like a typhoon.

He admitted that thereare identied evacuationcenters that does not reallyserve its real purpose.

Not all identied evac-uation centers are sae, Go-zon said.

Evacuation centersshould be identied based

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Guiuan Vice Mayor Rogelio Cablao posed with Ms. Guiuan Tourism 2012 Jenelyn Machi-

ca, rst runner-up Mara Claudine Caberio and 2nd runner-up Glydyl De los Santos.LITO A. BAGUNAS

ACLOBAN CIY All the local governmentunits (LGUs) in EasternVisayas has availed o thenancial grant rom thepriority development as-

sistance und (PDAF) oSenator Francis JosephChiz Escudero.

Senator Escudero, inhis recent visit in this city,said that he made surethat the entire budget al-located by the nationalgovernment through hisPDAF would be equallydistributed not only to allthe LGUs in Region 8 aswell as to other LGUs othe country.

I do not want to ownthe budget on my PDAFbecause they might be

Pilipinong Api (DAMPA),a CSO advocating DRRM,noted that many LDRRMCshave no non-governmentrepresentatives.

Te long process oaccrediting CSOs and too

many documents requiredby the government is a bigchallenge but we have tocontinue working on solic-iting memberships and beactive in LDRRMCs. Tatway, CSOs will be recog-nized by the government asDRRM partners, Manjaressaid.

DAMPA, a Manila-based CSO has a local or-ganization in anauan,Leyte but its members donthave representation in themunicipal DRRMC, ac-

cording to Manjares.Under the guidelines,or a CSO to participate inLDRRMC, they should beendorsed by majority oDRRMC members, proventrack record, institutionalstructure, updated nancialreports, and registered withthe Securities and ExchangeCommission.

Jazmin Jerusalem, ex-ecutive director o disasterresponse non-governmentand development-orientedorganization Leyte Cent-er or Development said

that CSO engagement onDRRM in local DRRM hasstill a long way to go espe-cially in poor municipalitieso Samar Island.

We noticed that mostLGUs are not even aware othe new DRRM law. Tere isa need or the national gov-ernment to step up eforton inorming LGUs on theprovisions o RA 10121, Je-rusalem said.

CSOs that seat in LDR-RMC are expected to par-ticipate in all disaster risk

reduction and managementactivities in their area. (SAR-WELL Q. MENIANO)

CD pushes for membership

CSOs in disaster councils

ACLOBAN CIY Oce o the Civil De-e (OCD) will look intomembership o Civil So-y Organizations (CSOs)he Local Disaster Riskuction Managementncils (LDRRMCs), as

ushes or more disasterient communities.In a orum with some

Os in Eastern Visayas,D Regional DirectorGozon reminded local

ernment units to ensureesentations o CSOs inLDRRMC, as mandatedRepublic Act 10121 orPhilippine Disaster Riskuction and Manage-

nt Act o 2010.Based on the law, there

uld be CSOs in localncils. We will check il government units are

ng this. Teir role is cru- Gozon said.Citing earlier reports,OCD regional chiethat 70% o local gov-

ment units have ormedr LDRRMC but theyhave to look into their

ctionality and CSOposition.In a memorandum cir-r issued by the Depart-

nt o National DeenseFebruary 2012, nationallocal DRRMCs are di-

ed to include member-o our CSOs.CSO members will

esent the academe,gious group, non gov-ment organization andples organizations, andessionals group.

Representation oOs in the our categories

be possible only i theyt in respective areas o

RRMC, Gozon added.

Emma Manjares, com-nity leader organizer omayan ng Maralitang

throwing it as an issueagainst me, Escuderosaid.

Te budget is re-leased in two ways; soand hard process. Te so

process is being releasedthrough Department oBudget and Managementwhile the hard processwould be directly givento Department o PublicWorks and Highways, heexplained.

According to him, allmunicipalities in EasternVisayas were granted ohal a million pesos orthe local chie executiveto use or the renovation

o their respective publicmarket.

Moreover, the ocial

disclosed that the city oacloban also receivedsimilar amount given tothe municipalities thatis also intended or therenovation o its public

market.Other than the

P500,000 nancial grantgiven to the municipali-ties here, Senator Escu-dero also provided medi-cal assistance to EasternVisayas Regional MedicalCenter (EVRMC).

Yearly, we give about36 million pesos toEVRMC that would bebeneted by the peopleo Eastern Visayas who

would be hospitalized,Escudero added. (REY GER-ILLA GRADO)

LGUs have avail o fnancialgrant rom Senator Escudero