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see LeYeCO V p. 8

Leyeco V starts billing consumers

American Suits actor visits sari-sari store in Ormoc for Globes Project Wonderful

see BINAY p. 8(L-R) Ormoc Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr., HUDCC SecGen Celia Alba, Mayor Edward Codilla, Vice President Jejomar Binay, Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, Pag-IBIG CEO Atty. Darlene B. Berberabe and OCCCI CEO Jose Mosquite.

GABRIEL MACHT, known as the dashing law practitioner Harvey Specter in the televi-sion drama Suits was in Or-moc City on Saturday, March 8.

He arrived at the Ormoc City Airport at around 3:00 PM and was welcomed to the city by Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez.

Macht was in Ormoc for Globe Telecoms Project Won-derful, a corporate social re-sponsibility program of the tele-communications firm aimed at helping victims of Typhoon Yolanda.

Accompanying Macht was Maria Louisa Issa Cabreira, Globe Prepaid vice-president.

Machts first stop in Ormoc was a sari-sari store at Brgy. San Antonio. Its owner, Virginia Polinio, 53, was a recipient of Globes sustainable livelihood program being implemented in partnership with the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

At the site, Macht, Rep. Gomez, and Cabreira, installed a tarpaulin sign at the stores faade with Load Na Dito on top of stores name Jolly-Bes Store to indicate it was a Globe-assisted endeavor. They also had photos with the visibly

American actor Gabriel Macht reads the sign he and Rep. Lucy-Torres put up. Beside him is Virginia Polinio, the storeowner. At far left is Issa Cabreira, Globe vice-president for Prepaid division.

excited storeowner who profusely thanked her benefactors and visi-tors.

Cabreira said that after Yolan-da struck, their various divisions immediately went into relief and assistance mode to help victims of the typhoon.

Cabreira told media that their intervention in Polinios case was to give her the opportunity to increase her income by giving her a startup kit to be able to sell

pre-paid load. Polinio received a cellphone, a SIM and load of P 1,000 to start selling pre-paid load.

Globe has been granting busi-ness to beneficiaries identified by DSWD as part of its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), a com-munity-based capacity-building program that seeks to improve the socio-economic status of program participants.

There are many more benefi-ciaries of Globe Telecoms liveli-

hood not only Ormoc but also in other Yolanda-affected areas, said Cabreira, but stressed the beneficiaries are identified by the social welfare officers of these areas.

Aside from the official photo ops, Gabriel Macht took the time to have his pic-ture taken with children who crowded around to see what

see GLOBe p. 8

ORMOC CITY Vice-President Jejomar Binay Jr. said the first thing he will do when he gets to Manila will be to check on why the Government Service Insur-ance System (GSIS) has not yet released a single centavo to pay the insurance coverage of gov-ernment-owned infrastructure.

He expressed concern that it was delaying the rehabilitation of these public infrastructures, at a time when LGUs need it most.

Binay said he once worked for Insular Life for four years, and they were prompt to pay claims because that was what getting insurance coverage was all about, to help clients through hard times.

ORMOC CITY The Leyte Elec-tric Cooperative V, the electric distribution utility here, has started billing its members. To consumers relief, the effective rate for January 11-February 11 is P 8.88 per kilowatthour.

Blogger Maria Cecilia T. Velas-quez-Franco or Mai-mai for short, posted a copy of their state-ment of account on her Facebook page and blogged, expressing relief it has not increased a lot. Their last bill for October 2013 was P 8.799, a copy of which she also posted.

Rizal Street, where Velasquez lives, were among the first streets to be energized after the typhoon. Other areas which took later to energize have yet to receive their SOA.

Velasquezs post was wel-comed by Facebook friends, say-ing the post have allayed their fears that the electric rates could go up. LEYECO V claims that their estimated damage from Typhoon Yolandas wrath is P 800-million.

However, the National Elec-trification Administration has an-nounced it would give LEYECO V a P 600-million subsidy, which should not affect the old rates of LEYECO V as it is not a loan. The NEA has already released the coop P 100-million and the additional

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ORMOC CITY As part of its broader support to help improve education in the Philippines, the Australian Government has partnered with The Asia Foundation to help restore the learning re-sources of schools damaged by super typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Visayas.

Australia donated 2,000 new books to schools hit by typhoon Yolanda in Ormoc City, Leyte through The Asia Foundations Books for Asia program.

Australias support re-flects our commitment to help Filipino children have access to quality education especially in Eastern Visayas where ty-phoon Haiyan left 668 schools damaged. These books from The Asia Foundations Books for Asia program comple-ment Australias assistance to Ormoc schools, Geoff King, acting minister counsellor of the Australian Embassy in Manila, said.

In the aftermath of Ty-phoon Yolanda, Australia pro-vided immediate support for repairs of schools in Ormoc by sending Australian engineers and military service personnel to help in clearing and repair operations.

King added: We join The Asia Foundation in the belief that how society pays attention to its schools determines how it values education as a power-ful way to overcome poverty. We hope that new books and better classrooms will inspire students to learn while having fun, and to study harder.

For his part, Ky Johnson, deputy country representative of The Asia Foundation, said, The damage from typhoon Yolanda didnt just affect homes, roads, and lives but also the ability of our school

children to pursue their dreams through education. We believe that education will help to re-store Eastern Visayas.

Johnson thanked the Aus-tralian Government for sup-porting the Books for Asia program. He said The Asia Foundation is also grateful to McGraw Hill companies for their generous donations of new books to the program.

The book donation project falls under the long-running Philippines-Australia Com-

munity Assistance Program (PACAP), a small grants pro-gram managed by The Asia Foundation that supports civil society organizations and poor communities throughout the country.

Australia continues to be the Philippines lead bilateral grant donor in basic education.

The Books for Asia pro-gram distributes free books and supplementary reading materials to schools nation-wide as a continuing commit-

ment to promote education and literacy in the country.

Government reports say the Philippines education sector alone had a total dam-age estimated at P21,679.70 million, P11,400 million of which accounts for damage to public basic education school infrastructure. The damage also includes school furniture, computers, learning materials, and sanitation facilities. Pho-tos by Jhay Gaspar

A WOULD-BE victim of a botched salvaging escaped death when he was left for dead along the side of the road at Brgy. Cagbuhangin, this town, early morning of March 4 (Tues-day). He is currently under the protection of Police Station 2.

The victim confessed to the Ormoc cops to pushing and sell-ing shabu and earned the ire of his drug lord after failing to remit P 11,000.00 for stocks he got from the undisclosed lord in 2011. However, he pinpointed the people behind the attempt to kill him.

The victim, who suffers a gunshot wound to his mouth, was identified as a Jerry Cabalquinto, 36, a resident of Poblacion, Kananga, Leyte. He identified his would-be killers as Abet and Pakyaw, both surnamed Maranso, also from Poblacion, Kananga.

He told the police that the two fetched him from his house at around 2:00 AM of March 4. He was told they were going to Ormoc for something important. However, upon reaching an isolated and dark stretch of the road at Brgy. Cagbuhangin, the driver stopped his motorcycle and told him to get off, at the same time pointing a gun to his face. Pasensya ka na bay (Forgive us, friend), were the words he heard from one of the suspects before firing his gun.

The shot hit him on the mouth and stunned him, causing him to fall to the ground. Thinking he was already dead, the two hurriedly left the scene. The victim, when he gathered strength, immediately ran into the sugarland nearby and sought help. He would end up in the house of an Epifanio Morimonte, who was the one who asked the help of the barangay chairman.

Brgy. Chairman Eduardo Nazario then informed the police, who brought the victim to the hospital.

Sr. Insp. Maturino Diaz, chief of police of the police station 2 at Brgy. Valencia, said they are keeping the victim under pro-tective custody because they are sure there will be efforts to kill

him for good. By Paul Libres

Lad, 15, tries to rape mom

A 15-YEAR old tried raping his own mother midnight of March 5 (Wednesday) at their house in Brgy. District 26. The youngster is now de-tained at the citys holding center for minor offenders.

Jane (not her real name), 43, said her son tried to rape her that night, forcing her to seek the help of barangay tanods. She was accompanied to the police by Brgy. District Chairman Ciriaco Tolibao III where she asked the cops to detain him.

It was learned that her son, Gerry (not his real name), learned vices early. That fate-ful day, he smoked marijuana, followed by a drinking spree with equally young friends. They finished their evening with a boiled concoction from a Katyubong, a flowering plant which is used to rem-edy asthma in the mountains but which is also said to be a powerful hallucinogen. By Paul Libres

RCOBs iRebuild a Home benefits 127 families

The members of the Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay with the first batch of beneficiaries.

THE ROTARY Club of Ormoc Bay, with the help of donations from various sources, has made a dif-ference in the lives of 127 victims of Yolanda who availed of its iRebuild a Home project.

The beneficiaries, who were released housing ma-terials up to a maximum worth of P 20,000.00 each, are personally known to the members to ensure that the

materials are really used as intended. The selection process was strict through a special screening committee headed by lawyer Evergisto Escalon.

In a report to the club this week, Escalon said that there were 144 applicants. 127 were approved while 14 were de-ferred pending completion of requirements. The club re-quires the applicant for pictures of his house, whether partially damaged or totally, a bill of

materials, and a certification from the owner of the lot they occupy that they are not squatters.

Once approved, the appli-cants are given vouchers for the materials they need which in turn, they get from an ac-credited supplier.

Lawyer Luz Escalon, RCOB president, said that the bulk of the donations use for the iRebuild a Home project came from the Rotary Club

of Liberty Texas, a sister club. When Yolanda hit, the Escalons were in the United States and had the chance to visit the club. There, she said, they were warmly received and all the members were eager to help in the relief ef-forts here.

The club still has some funds left for the iRebuild a Home project and are now in the process of identifying beneficiaries.

3March 3-9, 2014 NEWS

Another European cruise ship to make a stop at Kalanggaman Island

TACLOBAN CITY Kalanggaman Island, the crown jewel of the tour-ism industry in Leyte, truly shines as Palompon town officials prepare for the return of MS Europa 2 on March 19. And despite being badly ravaged by Yolanda, town officials say they are ready for them.

In fact, it will be the second time for the MS Europa 2 to stop by after Yolanda hit Leyte on November 8.

This will also be the fourth time in less than a year that a cruise ship made the small island a stopover on its Asian cruise. Cruise ships of the German Hapag-Lloyd Cruises have included Kalanggaman as a stopover in their Asian tours after the first European tourists made a stopover and gave it good reviews.

Raoul Bacalla, acting president of the NorthWest Leyte Tourism Alliance and the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer (MENRO) of the municipality of Palompon said there are no clear details yet as to how many tourists MS Europa 2 are bring-ing this time but in January 10, 2014, they brought 300 tourist and crew members for a shore excursion.

MS Europas stopover last January was providential. It spurred local of-ficials with the help of the United Na-tions Development Program (UNDP) to prepare the island and other destina-tions for the visitors. After a massive cleanup, Kalanggaman Island was re-opened in an Abre Grande (grand opening).

Bacalla said that after the typhoon, almost all the established tourist des-tinations in their town were leveled to the ground and tourism activities were halted for two months.

He added Palompon Mayor Ramon Oate is very excited of this devel-opment as it would help the towns economy.

When European tourists visited the island last time, Mayor Oate said that it was a good development as it sent a message to tourists to also visit the different tourist destinations in the Visayas because even Yolanda-affected areas were already ready to receive them.

Kalanggaman, before it gained national and international renown, has been a popular excursion destination for Leyteos already.

Tourists love its powdery white sand, clear blue waters, coral reefs, clean surroundings, an awesome sun-set and sunrise. One side of the island is also a mecca for divers, especially

advanced ones who likes a challenging dive.

Bacalla said the island was healing itself and slow-ly shaping regaining its old shape. The white shifting sand-bars, dispersed by Yolandas strong winds and waves, are now back.

MS Europa 2, a 5-star cruise ship, is the newest ad-dition to the fleet of Hapag Lloyd Cruises of Germany. It was built last year and Ka-langgaman island was part of the destination during its first Asian stop last January. Of its 230 crew members, 130 are Filipinos.

On the other hand, no less than Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez visited Palompon a few weeks ago. He was with

different cruise handlers in the Philippines. They assessed how cruises can be expanded to include other destinations in Palompon, and other places in the region.

Other islands promoted by cruise handlers are Limasawa in Southern Leyte, the seat of Christianity in the country, and Capul in Northern Samar for its historical and religious value and beautiful scenery.

With Jimenez was Mark Lapid of the Tourism Infra-structure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) and Tour-ism Assistant Secretary Victo-ria Jazmin. They also assessed the infrastructures needed in Palompon after the monster typhoon. By Vicky C. Arnaiz

4 March 3-9, 2014

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WE NEED to know how to live in glory without compromising our humility, and vice-versa, how to live in humility without undercutting the glory proper to us as per-sons and children of God.

Yes, we need to distinguish between proper and improper sense of personal glory, and between true and false, or healthy and sick humility.

Our life is not supposed to be a life meant for suffering alone, hounded always by difficul-ties, problems, anguish, though these, given our condition now, are also unavoidable. It is meant to be a happy life, verified universally by our undeniable innate desire for joy.

And this is because as image and likeness of God, as children of his, as persons with the capacity to know and to love, we are meant to live our life with God who is all goodness, all love and mercy, omniscient and omnipotent. We cannot help but move toward this ideal.

These truths are the basis for our glorying in humility. Glory and humility need to go together, because our glory is a participation, a reflection of the glory of God. And such objec-tive order of things requires a healthy humility that is not just a nihilist kind of self-denial, but a self-denial that allows God to enter into our life.

St. Paul tells it to us directly: He that glo-ries, let him glory in the Lord. (2 Cor 10,17) The same idea is echoed in a prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours: The wise man must not glory in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the rich man in his riches. Rather, let him who glories glory in the Lord by seeking him and doing what is right and just.

As to the basis of our need for humility, again St. Paul tells us: What do you have that you have not received? And if you have received, why do you glory as if you have not received it? (1 Cor 4,7)

All those exhortations about humility, about self-denial, about having to pass unnoticed, etc., are not meant to plunge us into darkness and a joyless life. They are not meant for us to simply drift in passivity, or to sink in fear or despair. They are meant to give us the glory proper to us. They are meant to make us truly happy, ac-tive, liberated.

These exhortations are made in view of our wounded condition due to the effects of sin. Truth is with our sinfulness we tend to think our glory and joy are produced and sustained by our own efforts alone, or our own natural endow-ments. This is nothing other than vainglory. Its an illusion, a false, mistaken understanding of our own selves.

To be humble is never meant to make us assume a passive attitude toward life. That it is sometimes associated with shyness, with signs of an inferiority complex means that authentic humility also has its own share of weeds that look like the real plant but are actually a pest.

If we are to consider the life of Christ and the saints who were all humble, we can clearly see that humility is always marked with glory, joy and an active attitude toward life. St. Paul even went to the extent of saying: Be imitators of me as I am of Christ. (1 Cor 4,16)

It would be good that we get a global picture of our life as presented to us by our Christian

MARKING THE first year as pope is an ar-bitrary measure for a 2,000-year old institu-tion that thinks in terms of centuries, notes the Guardian newspaper. That provides context for Pope Francis, wholl complete his first year as pontiff March 13.

The man, who booked an Argentina return flight after the 2014 papal conclave, amazed people since. Wear it if you wish, Monsignor, he said, waving away a new popes cloak, The carnival is over. Clad in a plain cassock, he asked blessings first from startled crowds in Piazza San Pietro.

He shunned papal apartments, kept his spare Casa Santa Marta lodging and shares meals with guests. Pius XII ate alone most time during his 1939 to 1958 papacy. We went down for cof-fee break, recalls Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Texas. I turn around, and its the pope! Hes in line to get coffee himself. No flunkies surround him.... It was stunning.

He wanted to shake up the church. And weve all been shaking since, even in ultra-skeptical Western Europe, wrote the UK Tele-graph. His words carry moral force because he lives them out every day before our eyes....

Ministers of the gospel must warm the hearts of people as they walk through the dark night, he said in a La Civilt Cattolica interview. They dialogue without getting lost. People want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats.... Hes upset sacred apple carts, as Jesus once did.

But changing the storyline is different from changing the story. Two millennia teach the Vatican never willingly reformed itself. It had to be led. And ultra-righters calculate how long a 77-year-old, with part of a lung missing, will endure before arrival of another new broom, hopefully more to their liking.

Francis has not accommodated them. He overhauled the Vaticans financial system late February, the Financial Times reports. He set up a central bank then handpicked Cardinal George Pell of Sydney to head a new secretariat for the economy. Staffed by eight clerics and seven lay experts, it oversees all economic and administrative activities within the Holy See and Vatican City State.

Francis is to name an auditor with oversight powers. The church must manage assets in the light of its mission to evangelize, with particu-lar concern for the most needy, he stressed.

Vatican finances were out of control, ob-

served Carlo Marroni, who covers the Vatican for Il Sole 24. Each department acted as an individual centre of power. The real break with the past is that the pope created new figures, with powers of intervention and who report directly to him.

Sure, Francis embraces simplicity, writes John Allen in the Boston Globe. But hes hardly a simple man. In fact, he is also an extraordinarily crafty politician.

He addressed a festering complaint by cardinals that they could never get a straight answer from the Vatican about finances. A no-nonsense guy, Pell is not likely to be cowed by Vatican mandarins who resent intrusion on their prerogatives.

Francis appointments bypassed Italians. Historically, Vatican has been heavily condi-tioned by an Italian ethos. Forms of corruption were not even perceived that way. Rigging competitive bidding or lending a veneer of legitimacy to money transfers on behalf of fat-cat benefactors, are seen as keeping things in the family.

Francis and Pell see eye to eye on transpar-ency and accountability. On doctrinal matters, Pell is a staunch conservative. If he took over Congregation for Bishops, as rumored years back, its entirely possible Francis might today be contemplating how to get rid of him today, Allen adds.

In one fell swoop, Francis gave himself a chance to name a new leader for the Australian church and also a capable ally in a spot where hes qualified to get things done.

Has Franciss message seeped into a Phil-ippines, a country of 96.7 million where 76.1 million are Catholics?

Until recently, some Catholic bishops threatened fire and brimstone in attacking the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012. So did conservative prel-ates elsewhere.

We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and use of contraceptive methods, Francis said early on. This is not possible... Talk about them in context.. and find a new balance. And at his Ash Wednesday mass, he stressed: We are creatures; we are not God. Too many people today think they have power

JUST WHEN I thought it was just another so-so week, I discovered information that at the very least, I would describe as disturb-ing.

It pertains to the land where the much-vaunted Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundations relo-cation site development would be established, purportedly donated by Mayor Edward Codilla and his wife Violy. It is allegedly a foreclosed property that the couple bought from the Philip-pine National Bank.

However, I just learned there is still a case in Court about it, as the original owners are contesting the foreclosure.

If we are talking about the same property, it seems that Tzu Chi will be building the reloca-tion site on the tears of a family, once moneyed until their fortunes turned a few decades ago.

I stumbled on the information quite by chance. I was in Court last Friday when a case caught my attention. I was not interested in the main case but the case inside the case that involved publication in local newspapers. Anyway, it peaked my curiosity so much that it led me to discover it was a case involving allegedly the same property that the mayor and his wife want to donate to Tzu Chi.

Wait a minute, I asked myself, how can the mayor and his wife donate something that is still being disputed in Court? And from the way they are contesting and staking their claim to it, I dont think the family involved is willing to give up that easily, much less have it donated to a foundation just to make some politicians look good.

Okay, I appreciate the generous gesture of donating property for a noble cause. Ormocan-ons have been known to be very generous. We have so many of them here. Theres the Poten Larrazabal family who donated 5 hectares in Patag to the EVSU just so it would have more room to grow; there is also Jose Bing Serafica who donated another 5 hectares, also to EVSU, which is now their campus in Luna; theres the Capahi who donated her residential compound to the Archdiocese of Palo, reportedly intended to become the Archbishop Palace in case Ormoc becomes a separate Diocese. There are even some not so ilustrado surnames whove donated their lands the Ybaez patriarch in Tongonan and a Genaro Lureana (?) whom schools have been named after in memory of their donations. I am pretty sure there are more.

The groundbreaking of the relocation site was scheduled on March 8. As I write this, that would be yesterday. I dont know if it pushed through. And I dont know, either, if Tzu Chi is aware about the circumstances surrounding the land that is to be donated to them.

I also do not know if the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation would be happy to put millions into a land of blood and tears. After all, Bud-dhists are known to respect life, even that of the smallest worm.

It is undisputed that Ormoc City needs a resettlement site badly for its informal settlers.

The Gospel on Sunday

MARCH 16, 20142nd Sunday of Lent

5March 3-9, 2014

Marriage analyzedEDSA is for the whole Philippines

FR. ROY ... from P. 4

IT IS not fair for some people to declare that EDSA is for Manila just because Edsa is in Manila.

For those who have not gone to Manila, Edsa spans several cities: Pasay, Manila, Taguis, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, San Juan, Quezon City, Caloocan. Yet, even Pres. P-Noy declared that Edsa belongs to the people. By people, it means all the 100 million or so people that compose the whole nation, according to the lat-est population survey. The nation is comprised of 7,107 islands. It is therefore presumptuous for Imperial Manila to claim EDSA exclu-sively theirs. Lest we forget, then candidate Cory Aquino was given safe refuge in Cebu because of the fear of an angry Marcos who was proclaimed as the winner for another term for President by the Batasang Pambansa during that snap election in February 1986. If there was no Cebu, where would Cory have hidden? So many Cebuanos wanted to go to Manila to join the protest movement in Edsa but there was no available boat. Maybe, it was part of the plan of the Marcos cronies to limit people movement.

It was a brilliant idea for Pres. P-Noy to declare that EDSA is for the whole nation in connection with the 28th anniversary of this historic event when the much-maligned Marcos dictatorship was toppled in a peaceful upheaval of people power. This event was the envy of na-tions all over the world that were similarly situ-ated. Some of them even copied our example of overthrowing the mighty dictator Marcos. Who can believe what we achieved? When some in China tried to follow us, they were promptly crushed by the weight of tanks that were used to trample on them in Tiananmen Square in order to disperse them and show to others that their government meant business.

It is rather ironic that the people power was led by Defense Minister JP Enrile and Lt. Gen. FV Ramos (a Marcos cousin?). In other words, they could no longer stomach too much of the cheating of the Marcos regime when the 1986 snap election was as crooked as a

fishermans bag full of hooks. This corner even remembers when the computer programmers manning the computers at the PICC walked out simultaneously in protest. They could not believe that the tallies for Cory stood still after reaching a certain level just because the tally switched to that of Marcos. When Marcos or-dered curfew after 9:00 PM, they were expect-ing the worst. Sad to say, the worst came but it was for Marcos when he and his whole family took a helicopter ride for Hawaii. It was even said that he thought it was a ride to Paoay in the Ilocos region. Baloney! Madam Imelda did not forget to bring some of her jewels. What a way for a great man to depart with haste to save his skin.

Without the letter A in EDSA, Epifanio de los Santos was a hero of all Filipinos. Why is it that Manila always claims to be like Impe-rial Manila? What is so grand or so imperial for Manila to claim such an honor? One of these days when Metro Manila gets hit with a super typhoon like the one that devastated us with Yolanda, then they will kneel on their knees and remember that there is a God after all. This corner is a Manila boy. I was born in Paco, Manila. I should have been the proud one, but I am not making bones about it. It is not really a big thing! Give me Cebu or Ormoc any time!

If Edsa belongs to the people according to Ms Valte, spokesperson of Pres. P-Noy, it must have to be for the people living in all the 7,107 islands that comprise the whole country and not just for Manila.

Where are now the ideals that brought about the people power in 1986? Is it not back to square one? Graft and corruption? All the evils that pervaded then are now being rehashed. Are we really gloomed to be down in the depths instead of up there i the forefront where we reached before and doomed to be the Sick man of Asia?

MY WIFE is conservative when it comes to marriage and cohabitation. For one, she believes in the proper sequence of love, wed-ding and then baby. I think that these are all societal dictates and people should adjust with the changing times and customs but she passionately disagrees.

As a battle heats up over the rights of gay and lesbian couples to get married, experts say the share of heterosexual Americans who are married has fallen compared to past decades. The demographics of who is walking down the aisle also have shifted substantially.

In recent years, people with a college degree have become more likely to get and stay married than their less educated counterparts, and those who stay married also tend to be much wealthier than unmarried adults.

Thats a complete switch from decades past, especially for women, according to the researchers analysis of government data on womens marriage patterns by education.

Back in the 1940s, college-educated women were the least likely to be married. The opposite is true now. As of 2011, around 60 percent of women with college degrees were married, compared with less than 50 percent of those with a high school degree or below, the analysis found.

Some experts argue that marriage itself is contributing to rising inequality, because people who are highly educated, and therefore have higher income potential, are more likely to choose each other as spouses.

Thats making it less likely that marriage itself will move someone up the economic lad-der, and increasing the chances that two low- or high-income people will couple up and share their economic struggles, or fortunes.

The doctor used to marry the nurse. To-day, the doctor marries the doctor. There are lots of theories for why people are increas-ingly choosing spouses with similar educational backgrounds or believing that they are not in a financial position to choose marriage at all.

Studies show that one factor seems to be a growing preference toward democratic mar-riage. Thats opposite the old model of dividing tasksthe husband goes to work while the wife takes care of the domestic tasks.

Another factor may be that both men and women, subconsciously or not, are looking for a spouse who can provide financially. Its an economic reality that people feel like they need two earners in the family to meet a given standard of living.

Research has shown that higher levels of education, and thus income potential, also greatly reduce the likelihood of divorce.

Its not just that college-educated people tend to choose each other; experts say they also are more likely to choose marriage at all.

Thats partly to do with a growing sense that just to be husband (or wife) material, a person needs to have already met certain financial indicators like having a good, stable job. For many people with low education and economic prospects, those can become overwhelming problems.

Instead, many people are choosing to live together without getting married. But experts say that living together is not going to be a replacement for marriage. Cohabitation has not become marriage-like and is much less stable. It usually does not last nearly as long.

Matthew 17: 1 - 9And after six days Jesus took with him

Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talk-ing with him.

And Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is well that we are here; if you wish, I will make three booths here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud over-

faith so that we would understand the relation between glory and humility as we go through the different events of our life.

Lets have a Christian sense of our begin-nings which gives us the fundamentals of our dignity. Then lets cultivate a Christian sense of our history and end that involves the redemptive work of Christ so that we would know how this relation between glory and humility can be lived as we tackle the consequences of our sinfulness.

This is how we can echo those humanly intriguing statements of St. Paul who said: God

and play at being God the creator.. Recalling the bitter debate over the law, the

newly elected Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Socrates Villegas said: We church leaders did not listen enough to the other side... We polarized the church. We polarized the country.

Debates then reached the point when argu-ments became ugly, personal, not using reason anymore. We were using our emotions Even if (proponents of law) were saying things contrary to church teaching, we should never be lacking in charity.

forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. (Gal 6,14)

Its time that we do away with the idea that glory and humility are antithetical to each other, that is, that glory has nothing to do with humility, and that humility neither has anything to do with glory.

They always work hand in hand. We have every reason to feel glorious and happy when we are humble, or even humbled. Email: roy-cimagala@gmail.com

MERCADO ... from P. 4The task ahead is to march with the same

cadence as Pope Francis. Did Filipino prel-ates signal that new balance in their latest conference statement: To Bring Glad Tidings to the Poor.?

Here, the richest the richest 10 percent of the population earns 10 times more than the poorest 10 percent. It declares: We need to understand poverty as a scandal that all sectors perpetu-ate..., our responsibility for it in our individual lives and shared cultures.. Jesus call to love one another compels Christians to work for healing of all.

shadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.

When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched them, say-ing, Rise, and have no fear. And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead.

Time and time again, in the previous adminis-tration, I would harp on why we have such a grandiose City Hall in the midst of squatters. And this would probably have continued had Yolanda missed out Ormoc.

With a billionaire foundation coming in to help, we are assured it would not be a run-of-the-mill resettlement site for our informal settlers.

However, I fear that if the Foundation thinks that everything is not rosy about the whole deal, they might back out.

THE VIEW FROM ORMOC ... from P. 4

rrrThe Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation came to

Ormoc through the efforts of Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez. They poured in more than 100-million to the city alone, as soon as they came in.

They poured more in Tacloban and the neighboring towns. Because of the clamor, they expanded their relief operations to include badly hit towns in Leyte.

On the way to Tacloban and Dulag on the Waray side, you see their makeshift schools and streamers containing messages from locals thanking them. For their entire relief effort, Xinhua News reports they spent almost P 1.3-billion.

Life is a carousel. Always going for-ward, never going back.

Existence is a hard thing to keep when you stop trying.

To live a life, you must want to live. To want to live you must find a way. When all hope is lost you must stand

tall. When all others retreat you must

prevail.You are the conscious inside your

head. You create your own destiny. Life is a very hard thing to keep when your life does not always go

the way you plan. Fight for your life and the right to

keep dreaming.

If you feel you were gifted, share your gift.

If you feel you were cursed, fix it. As you get older, your life becomes

a challenge. Who are you? What do you want in life? What will you be? What is your purpose in life? If you worry, these things will turn

into burdens. But if you hold on to them in the back

of your mind, all of the answers will come in time. Life is a carousel, always going for-

ward never going back. Look to the future not to the past.

Circle Of Lifeby Carly Nasch

6 NEWS March 3-9, 2014

BINAY ... from P. 1

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court Eight Judicial Region

Branch 17 Palompon, Leyte

SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-PAL-13-0397-SP FOR: CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CER-

TIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF THE PETITIONER PERTAINING TO 5 (b) THEREOF

ELENA P. BASILIOPetitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF VILLABA, LEYTE AND THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OF-FICE, represented by its Administrator and Civil

Registrar General, CARMELITA N. ERICTA

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

ORDER A verified petition having been filed with this

Court by petitioner, through counsel, Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo, praying that after publication, notice and hearing an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte and the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office to remove in the Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner the check mark before the word First in the space num-bered 5 (b) in her Certificate of Live Birth relating to the statement IF MULTIPLE BIRTH, CHILD WAS as the check mark before the word First implies that the petitioner has at least a twin when in fact there is none.

As the petitioner appears to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hear-ing, pursuant to Section 4, Rule 108 of the Rules of Court on May 26, 2014 at 8:30 oclock in the morning at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte at which date, time and place, any person may appear and show cause, if any why the petition should not be granted.

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

Furnish copies of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Leyte, Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo, Office of the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office and the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Given in Chambers, this 18th day of February,

2014 at the Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte. (Sgd.) MARIO O. QUINIT

Presiding Judge Copy furnished: 1. Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo Torres Bugallon St. Villaba, Leyte 2. The Office of the Solicitor General Manila 3. Pros. Lorna Pades Palompon, Leyte 4. National Statistics Office- Manila 5. Elena P. Basilio- Brgy. Tagbubunga, Villaba, Leyte 6. Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte 7. EV Mail, Ormoc CityEV Mail March 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2014

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court Eight Judicial Region

Branch 17 Palompon, Leyte

SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-PAL-14-0401-SPFOR: CHANGE OF NAME FROM CERIACO L. AGOSTO JR. TO CIRIACO L. AGOSTO JR. AND

CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH FROM JANU-ARY 5, 1960 TO JULY 20, 1958 IN THE RECORD

OF BIRTH AND CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF THE PETITIONER

CERIACO L. AGOSTO JR. (a.k.a CIRIACO L. AGOSTO JR.)

Herein represented by his Attorney-in-fact,MARINA P. CALDERON

Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF VILLABA, LEYTE AND THE OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGIS-

TRAR GENERAL represented by the CIVIL REGIS-TRAR GENERAL CARMELITA N. ERECTA

Respondents. /---------------------/

ORDER A verified petition having been filed with this

Court by petitioner, through counsel, Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo, praying that after publication, notice and hearing an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte and the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office to change the first name and date of birth of the petitioner in his Certificate of Live Birth and Record of Birth as found on Page 0034, Book No. 009 in the in the Register of Births in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte from CERIACO to CIRIACO and Janu-ary 5, 1960 to July 20, 1958, respectively.

As the petition appears to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hear-ing, pursuant to Section 4, Rule 108 of the Rules of Court on June 16, 2014 at 8:30 oclock in the morning at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte at which date, time and place, any person may appear and show cause, if any why the petition should not be granted.

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

Furnish copies of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Villaba, Leyte, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Leyte, Atty. Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo, Office of the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office and the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Given in Chambers, this 18th day of February,

2014 at the Hall of Justice, Palompon, Leyte. (Sgd.) MARIO O. QUINIT

Presiding Judge Copy furnished: 1. Atty. Elroy Raymund Bertulfo- Torres Bu-gallon St., Villaba, Leyte 2. The Office of the Solicitor General- Manila 3. Pres. Lorna Pades- Palompon, Leyte 4. National Statistics Office- Manila 5. Marina Calderon Brgy. Abijao, Villaba, Leyte 6. Local Civil Registrar of Villaba. 7. EV Mail Ormoc City EV Mail March 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2014

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Branch: NORKIS BLDG., BURGOS ST., ORMOC CITY Tel. #5611398

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MANAGEMENT

PAHIBALO Kining maong ahensiya magahimo ug subasta sa alas

8:00 am hangtud 6:00 pm sa MARSO 18, 2014 sa mga pinerenda nga wala malukat sa buwan sa OCTOBER, 2013, Gihangyo ang mga suki sa pagsusi sa ilang mga resibo.

TAGDUMALA EV Mail March 3-9, 2014

Babae: Magkanong CREMATION? Manager: 30k!Babae: Kamahal naman wala bang discount? Manager: Meron 50% discount pero HALF COOK lang! HAHAHAHAH

rrrCorruption in the Phils:

MARCOS: Under, over and all over the table RAMOS: Under the tableERAP: Over the table GMA: Including the table PNOY? Is now looking for the table Walang mai-table? - Bebot B.

rather than a bungled case right from the very start.

As if the meeting was a morale booster for the cops, elements of the Citys Police force im-mediately caught red-handed an alleged shabu pusher in barangay Combado, just minutes after the sessions were over.

The activity was conceptualized when Gov. Mercado visited the office of Prosecutor Atty. Antonino Ruiz last February to seek support to the filing of charges against DENR personnel for allegedly cutting standing trees within the Silago forest.

Give me one conviction, at least one, until my term expires in 2016, Mercado had chal-lenged Ruiz. By Marcelino Pedalino/PIA

MAASIN ... from P. 12

not being coursed through (the DSWD) as what others claim, Soliman said.

An example, she said, is the financial aid of the United States coursed through the USAID worth US$ 87, 735, 775.00. Not a single centavo went to the government coffers but it went to dif-ferent International NGOs such as Action Aid, Action Against Hunger, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, Catholic Relief Services, Handicap International, International Organization for Migration, OCHA, OXFAM, Plan International, UNICEF, UNFPA and World Food Programme. By Consuelo Alarcon/PIA

DINKY ... from P. 12

The vice-president said he had the chance to observe the still unrepaired state of the government facilities when he walked around Ormoc City proper early in the morning. The veep had a handshaking activity at the public market.

The countrys vice-pres-ident said this during the unveiling ceremony of the marker for the OCCCI-Pag-Ibig subdivision development project for Yolanda victims. Pag-Ibig and the homegrown Metro-Ormoc City Credit and Multi-purpose Cooperative (OCCCI) recently inked a Memorandum of Agreement to develop the subdivision and finance 278 units under a calamity loan scheme which offers lower interest than the regular housing loan.

With the vice-president were Pag-ibig CEO Atty. Dar-lene B. Berberabe and Rep. Sherwin Gatchalian of Valen-zuela, who is reportedly one

of Binays senatoriables. Binay did not play coy about his presidential plans on 2016, joking that hearing people say he could be the future president of the Philippines was music to his ears.

Present to welcome Binay to Ormoc City during the affair were Rep. Lucy Torres-Go-mez, Mayor Edward Codilla and Vice-Mayor Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr, OCCCI CEO Jose Mosquite and chairman of the OCCCI board, Fr. Cornelio Amante.

During the program, May-or Edward Codilla welcomed the vice-president to Ormoc City.

Rep. Gomez, on the other hand, thanked VP Binay for helping out Ormoc. She said Binay was one of few high-ranking government officials in the Aquino administration that is always accessible, all the time. Binay and Rep. Lucy T. Gomez are closely col-

laborating to develop low-cost housing through the National Housing Authority (NHA), the vice-president himself bared.

Pag-Ibig, said CEO Atty. Darlene Berberabe, has set aside P 15-billion for its spe-cial program for Yolanda vic-tims. The funds is accessible to (1) private-public partner-ships with top developers in developing housing projects, (2) interest-free home reha-bilitation/reconstruction loans for the first six months of the loan then at subsidized interest rates for the next 1.5 years, (3) six-month grace period for new calamity loans, and (4) six-month moratorium on amortization payments for existing housing loans as well as short term loans of affected members and (5) calamity loans at 5.95% per annum, and (6) assistance to claim insur-ance proceeds for damaged houses of existing housing loans. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

the commotion was all about. He even took sev-eral pictures of them with his cellular phone. Later, in an interview, he said he was touched that the children were still smiling gaily at him even as Yolandas ef-fects were still visible in the neighborhood.

The partys next stop was refreshments at a sugar planta-tion. Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez said Macht requested to be brought to one. She brought the guests to their family-owned field at Brgy. Sumangga where she served Macht fresh sugarcane and pineapple juice. She also challenged Macht and his manager to try tuba or lo-cal coconut wine, which they gamely took. Macht later told media it was like Sangria.

The actor said he found the Philippines incredible. He also gave his commitment to

support Globes Project Won-derful to help raise global awareness and raise more do-nations to its worthy programs of nation-building and culture-building and brand-build-ing. He particularly praised Globes livelihood project, saying it was giving people hope for the future.

He added that given a chance, hed like to come back to the Philippines once more.

Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, on the other hand, thanked Macht and Globe Telecoms for the help they were extending to Typhoon Yolanda victims, especially her constituents.

Globes other interventions for Yolanda victims was to provide immediate relief assis-tance after the typhoon struck, followed by a shelter program. They distributed cell phones and load to selected benificia-ries and put up free calls and

wifi booths in strategic places. In Ormoc City, Globe

sponsored the construction of 100 houses at P 15,000.00 each in Brgy. Tambulilid. They also had an education component, distributing educational sup-plies to children and selected schools.

Last December, the Fili-pino rock band Bamboo was also in Tambulilid to distrib-ute toys, in coordination with Globe.

Cabreira said it was the companys way of paying back their clients. She added Globe has 35-million subscribers and growing. 95 to 98% of them are pre-paid, she said. After the typhoon, she said the number of subscribers dropped drastically maybe because they lost their cellphones but it has bounced back. We have more subscribers now than before the typhoon

GLOBE ... from P. 1

releases are forthcoming the first release is liquidated.

Meanwhile, Fran-Con Viaje Internationals admin said the P 8.88 per kilowat-thour should serve as the reference point for future bills.

Contracting contin-ues?

On a related issue, elec-tric consumers continue to complain about private contractors asking them for sums of money with the assurance that their neighborhoods would be prioritized for energization by the electric cooperative.

Last February 16, one D. Tomoric, a member of the open page of LEYECO V wrote its admin, Sa Brgy. Luna ba, nana-od na sa koryente apan wa mi apila kay gi pangayu-an mig tag P800 kada usa.,,ma-obus man pod dayun ako sweldo ani .. unya i have 3 siblings ma gastuhan man pod kog P3,200 ani ..unya bali 4 lang ka lakang ang distancia sa mga balay sa ako mga igsoon ..kay e-private kono ang linya. What difference

does it makes kon public or private lines??? A wire from the poste ngadtu sa balay?? How hard is it???? Please wireng-nge mi. My mother is 84 yrs. old. nag kasakit pa two weeks af-ter Yolanda!! Ka grabe ba sab anang inyu electrician oyyy..pangawarta man pod kog maayo...please linyahe mi gikan sa poste ngadtu sa amo balay even theres no P800 pesos.. you can look my bill statement, D. Tomoric..salamat sa pag tagad ani. (post was edited for clarity Ed.) (In Brgy. Luna, the coop has started energizing homes. We were not included because we could not give them the P 800.00 per house they were asking. I have three siblings whose houses are just a few feet away. It would mean P 800 times 4 and it will drain my salary. Please have pity and help restore power to our houses. My mother is 84 years old already and got sick two weeks after Yolanda.)

The poster got a reac-tion from one Anne Mariq-

uit of Kananga, Leyte who said they were only asked P 300 each. She also claims that those who energized their houses ultimately were LEYECO V linemen which she thinks should not be paid anymore because they are salaried personnel.

Max Torcinde, informa-tion manager of the coop, told the city council two weeks ago that the prac-tice of private contractors working on restoring the posts and power lines have already been stopped. He said NEA received word that there were overpric-ing and instead of has-tening up the power res-toration, it was already delaying the work because the energization was done sporadically.

He also added that NEA gave LEYECO V up to March 31, this year, to fully energize its service areas. To comply with the deadline, he said, they are now the ones directly dealing with the contractors so that all efforts are coordinated. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

7March 3-9, 2014 PEOPLE, PLACES & Happenings

VICE MAYOR TOTO LOCSIN JR. DISTRIBUTE GENERATORS. It was a busy week for Ormoc Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo Toto Jr. Locsin as he went the rounds of four barangays to turnover generators that he and his family received from private donors. Top left: He is seen turning over one genset at a school in Brgy. Luna. He said he also donated another set to another school, still in the same barangay. Right: With barangay officials at Brgy. Patag. Bottom left: The Vice Mayor at Buena Vista and right, at Brgy. Don Potenciano Larrazabal. The recipients, who still has to get power from the LEYECO V, were very happy with the donation.

ALPHA INSURANCE AND SURETY CO., INC. was named as Most Outstanding Insurance and Surety Company during the Global Brand 2014 awards. Employees at the Ormoc office proudly show off their certificate, knowing that their efforts have contributed to Alphas getting the citation. They had a small blowout at their office. Photo by Jhay Gaspar

Lions from Leyte, Bohol and Cebu distribute relief

Photos on top: After their relief distribution, Cebu Kabanay Lions visited the Sabin L. Pineapple Farm at Sitio Toril; PDG Theresa Chua with Cebu Lions on the fellowship night; the Lions dancing during the Retro themed fellowship night. Bottom photos: A scene from the relief distribution; Lions club dignitaries with guest Mayor Edward Codilla; and Lion Joel Brazil accepting the remaining meds from Cebu Kabanay Lions Club.

DISTRIBUTING 1,000 SHELTER KITS IN MERIDA from the Sultanate of Oman. Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez on Friday, March 7, led in the distribution of 1,000 shelter kits donated by the Sultanate of Oman through her Rebuild Ormoc and Leyte 4 campaign. With her is Mayor Tony Martinez and Leyte 4th district provincial board member Mesias Arevalo and other town officials.

Bert Dellosa, a member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne in Australia, is given a bannerette by the Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay which is a traditional exchange of tokens whenever a Rotarian visits another club. The Melbourne club is one of the RCOBs donors in its various relief programs. Also in the picture are (L-R) president Luz Escalon, ADG Twinkle Chu, Dellosa, Nita and Janice Penserga.

THE SUNLIGHT BAND OF THE GREENHILLS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP had a concert at the Pongos Hotel on Saturday, March 8, in the evening. The band played pop songs including OPM favorites, putting a Christian context into the songs they performed, in full or in medleys.

ORMOC CITY - 119 Lions Club delegates from Cebu, Bohol and Leyte participated in the Lions Club relief dis-tribution in Ormoc, and 3rd District Convention and Cabinet Meeting.

The event was commenced February 28 when Heraldine Lions Club Brussels and Lions Club Brussels donated good-ies for 150 families in Brgy. Can-adieng.

The distribution was done by Cebu Kabanay Lions Mari-lyn Campano Lorelie Garcia,

Kareen Chua, Francis Licong, Emelie Grace and Quinale together with Ormoc Crystal Lions PP zone chairperson Emma Sidra Nabong, PDG Theresa Chua, Felipa Albao, Clotilde Pore, Raphael Burgos, Mylene Banzon, Marinette Solibaga and Mark Paul Es-collante.

On March 1, Cebu Ka-banay Lions Club turned over the remaining medicines to Supreme Lions Club in Sabin Resort Hotel during their open-ing plenary session. 3rd district

convention and cabinet meet-ing was also held that night followed by a fellowship night.

Dignitaries present were District Governor Eduardo Ventic, 1st Vice DG Frederick Lim, 2nd Vice DG Manuel Piamonte Jr., IP DG Manolo Lao, Past council Chairman PDG Nelson Go, PDG Ben Yapjoco, PDG Climaco Evan-gelista, Charter district PDG Henry Onglatco, Cabinet Sec-retary Stephen Yap, Cabinet

Treasurer Tony Lee, Asst. to the Gov. Richard Rodriguez.

Other Lions in attendance were Region Chairperson Benny Yao, Zone Chairperson Ester Yu, Gavino Manigos, Ammon Triol, Alfredo Cua Jr., Benky Lambonao, Emma Sidra Nabong and Wenceslao Arcuino Jr.

On March 2, the Lions Club International continued the relief operation in Brgy. Lao, Sto. Nio. By J. Gaspar

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0005-2014March 3, 2014

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-randum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that GLORIA PAETE SABANDAL has filed with this Office, a petition for change of sex from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of Live Birth of NORBERTO JR. PAETE SABANDAL

at Hindang, Leyte and whose parents are NORBERTO P. SABANDAL SR. and GLORIA C. PAETE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than ___________.

(Sgd.) DEXTER R. SARCON Municipal Civil Registrar

Name of Newspaper: Eastern Visayas Mail Place of Publication: Leyte

Date of Publication: March 3-9, & 10-16, 2014

8 NOTICES March 3-9, 2014Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

CIVIL CASE NO. M-ORM-11-00023 CV For:

RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PROPERTY WITH PRAYER FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF RE-PLEVIN AND DAMAGES WITH ALTERNATIVE PRAYER FOR SUM OF MONEY AND DAMAGES ORMOC DYNOLENDERS CORP. THRU REUBEN

G. SY (Branch Manager),

-versus-JOMAR C. CO AND JUL C. CO, AND/OR JOHN

DOE OR JANE DOE,X-------------------/

ORDER On February 6, 2014 an order was issued by

this court granting the motion for publication filed by plaintiff Ormoc Dynolenders Corporation in the above-mentioned case.

To effect the publication of the matters indicated in the aforementioned Order, let a copy of the same be endorsed to the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional trial Court, Ormoc City, in accordance with provision of PD 1079.

For this purpose the Clerk of Court is directed to make such endorsement.

SO ORDERED. ORMOC CITY, Philippines, January 14, 2014. (Sgd.) RENE D. ROMERO, JR. Presiding Judge Copy Furnished: Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Ormoc City RDRJ/ gcpm

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES 8th Judicial Region

Ormoc City February 14, 2014

ATTY. PAMELA S. OLIVER Clerk of Court VI Office of the Clerk of Court Regional Trial Court Ormoc City, Leyte Madam:

Pursuant to the Order of this Honorable Court dated February 14, 2014, I am respectfully forwarding to your good office the endorsement for publication together with the Order of this court dated February 6, 2014.

Kindly acknowledge receipt hereof. (Sgd.) GARCIANA CONSUELO P. MIOZA

Clerk of Court IV

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES 8th Judicial Region

Ormoc City M-ORM-11-00023-CV

FOR: RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PROPERTY WITH PRAYER FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF WRIT OF REPLEVIN AND DAMAGES WITH

ALTERNATIVE PRAYER FOR SUM OF MONEY AND DAMAGES

ORMOC DYNOLENDERS CORP., THRU REUBEN G. SY (Branch Manager),

Plaintiff, -versus-

JOMAR C. CO AND JUL C. CO AND/OR JOHN DOE OR JANE DOE,

Defendants.X----------------------------X

ORDER On January 14, 2014 the court ordered the dis-

missal of this case for failure of plaintiff to prosecute the case for unreasonable length of time pursuant to Rule 17 of the Rules of Court. On January 21, 2014, plaintiff filed an Urgent/Ex-Parte Motion for Recon-sideration with Motion for Publication.

As regards the motion for reconsideration on the order dated January 14, 2014, the court finds the explanation of plaintiff on their failure to proceed with the prosecution of this case to be sufficient. Given that the plaintiff is still very much interested in the prosecution of this case and in the interest of substantial justice, the order dated January 14, 2014 is hereby cancelled and set aside.

With respect to the Motion for Publication the court finds the grounds cited in the instant motion to be in accord with Sec. 14 of Rule 14 of the Rules of Court, the court hereby grants the said motion. Let summons and the copy of the complaint against defendants be served through publication in a news-paper of general circulation in the province of Leyte once a week for three consecutive weeks.

SO ORDERED. Ormoc City, Philippines, February 6, 2014.

(Sgd.) RENE D. ROMERO, JR. Presiding Judge

Copy Furnished: Atty. Jasper M. Lucero, Ormoc City Reuben G. Sy, Branch Manager, Ormoc Dyno-lenders Corp., Ormoc City Jomar C. Co, Brgy. Talige, Abuyog, Leyte Jul C. Co, Brgy. Talige, Abuyog, Leyte RDRJ/gcpm

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES 8th Judicial Region

Ormoc CityCIVIL CASE NO. M-ORM-11-00023-CV

For: RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PROPERTY WITH PRAYER FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF

REPLIVEN AND DAMAGES WITH ALTERNA-TIVE PRAYER FOR SUM OF MONEY AND DAM-

AGES ORMOC DYNOLENDERS CORP

Thru REUBEN G. SY (Branch Manager), Plaintiff,-versus-

JOMAR C. CO AND JUL C. CO AND/ OR JOHN DOE OR JANE DOE,

Defendants x-----------------------/

SUMMONS TO: JOMAR C. COBrgy. Talige, Abuyog, Leyte JUL C. CO Brgy. Talige, Abuyog, Leyte GREETINGS:

You are hereby required, within, fifteen (15) days after service of this summons upon you, to file with this Court and serve on the plaintiff your answer to the complaint, copy of which is attached, together with the annexes. You are reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated march 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer. If you fail to answer within the time fixed, the plaintiff will take judgment by default and may be granted the relief applied for in the complaint.

WITNESS my hand under the seal of the Court, this 26th day of May 2011 at Ormoc City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) GARCIANA CONSUELO P. MIOZA Clerk of Court IV

Republic of the Philippines MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES

8th Judicial Region CIVIL CASE NO. M-ORM-11-00023-CV

FOR: Recovery of Possession of Property with Prayer for issuance of Writ of Repliven and Dam-

ages with Alternative Prayer for Sum of Money and Damages

ORMOC DYNOLENDERS CORP. Thru, REUBEN G. SY (Branch Manager)

Plaintiff; -versus-

JOMAR C. CO and JUL C. CO & / OR JOHNDOE OR JANE DOE,

Defendant- Mortgagors, x----------------------------------------/

COMPLAINT Plaintiff, by counsel, and unto this Honorable

Court, respectfully states: ALLEGATIONS COMMON TO ALL CAUSES

OF ACTION 1.1 Plaintiff ORMOC DYNOLENDERS COR-

PORATION is a corporation duly organized and existing under Philippines Laws, with capacity to sue and be sued, with business address at 2nd Floor, Bldg. A., New Public Market, Ormoc City represented by the Manager Reuben G. Sy who is duly authorized by the Board Resolution. A copy of the Secretary hereto attached as Annex A|.

1.2 Defendants JOMAR C. CO &/ JUL C. CO of legal ages, Filipinos and residents of Brgy. Talige, Abuyog, Leyte where they may be served with the summonses and processes of this Honorable Court; whilte JOHN DOE & JANE DOE, whose real names and address at present are unknown, are included as party defendant in this case for the reason that he is presently in possession of the mortgaged vehicle, subject matter hereof, and/or the person authorized to operate the said motor vehicle.

1.3 Sometimes in June 11, 2008, defendants obtained a loan from plaintiff and for the payment thereof, they executed a promissory note undertaking to pay the amount of Php. 615,600.00 inclusive of inter-est, in monthly installments. They bound themselves jointly and severally for the payment thereof As a secu-rity for the satisfaction of said obligation, defendants JOMAR C. CO and JUL C. CO had the same covered by the Chattel Mortgage they executed on September 2, 2008 in favor of Plaintiff over a motor vehicle, which is more particularly described as follows:

Make & Type : ISUZU Model : 1994Plate No. : RBA-765 Serial No .: CXG50X-3000809Motor No. : 6WA1-102669 This chattel mortgage was registered in accor-

dance with the chattel mortgage law and was recorded under entry no. 2566 of the chattel mortgage registry of Registry of Deeds of Ormoc City, on September 2, 2008. Copies of the said Promissory Note, Chattel Mortgage, Certificate of Registration and LTO official receipt are hereto attached as annexes B and C and C-1.

1.4 Defendants have been very irregular in their remittance of the monthly installments in terms of amount and dates and since March 9, 2011 until now, never remitted anymore to plaintiff, leaving an outstanding aggregate balance of the principal obli-gation in both loans in the amount of Php. 105,494.20 exclusive of the penalty charges,

1.5 In spite of repeated personal and written follow-ups and demands made for defendants to settle their obligation and/or to surrender possession of the said motor vehicle, defendant failed and refused as they still continue to fail and refuse to pay their obligation and/or surrender the vehicle. A copy of the demand letters sent to defendant is hereto attached as Annex D.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION 2.1 All the allegations contained in the preceding

paragraph are repleaded herein by way of reference. 2.2 Under paragraph 6 of the Chattel Mortgage,

it was agreed that in case of default on the part of the mortgagor, the above vehicle should be delivered on

the demand to the plaintiff. 2.3 Considering that defendants were already

in default since March 9, 2011 and that demands had already been made for the surrender of the mortgaged property, plaintiff, under the Chattel Mortgage, has a right to the immediate possession thereof.

ALTERNATIVE CAUSE OF ACTION 3.1 All the allegations contained in the preceding

paragraph are repleaded herein by way of reference. 3.2 Per said Promissory Note/ Chattel Mortgage,

default in the payment of any installment or interest when due, shall at the option of plaintiff, render the entire balance of the obligation immediately due, demandable and payable and the mortgagee can foreclose the property. Further, under the promissory note, such default shall result in the assessment of penalty charges of 6% per month of the outstanding principal obligation.

3.3 In consequence of defendants refusal to pay the monthly installments and/or deliver the vehicle, they are obligated to pay plaintiff the amount of Php. 100,000.00 representing the outstanding principal obligation, plus penalty charges of 6.0% per month from the time of default until fully paid.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION 4.1 All the allegations contained in the preceding

paragraph are repleaded herein by way of reference. 4.2 To uphold its right and protect its interest,

plaintiff is constrained to litigate and engage the services of a counsel for a fee of P10,000.00 plus 25% of the amount recovered.

4.3 In addition, plaintiff in resorting to court ac-tion for the enforcement of its rights, expects to incur litigation expenses in the amount to be proved in the course of the trial, which is estimates to be not less than P10,000.00 for which defendants should be held liable.

ALLEGATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR WRIT OF REPLEVIN

5.1 All allegations contained in the preceding paragraph are repleaded herein by way of reference.

5.2 As above shown, defendants JOMAR C. CO and JUL C. CO executed a Chattel Mortgage over the above described personal property and they were already in default in the payment of their obligation under the Promissory Note.

5.3 It is provided under the Chattel Mortgage that upon default in payment of any or all monthly installment, defendants JOMAR C. CO and JUL C. CO shall surrender voluntarily the possession of the vehicle, which is subject matter of the instant case.

5.4 With their default and failure to pay the monthly installments and the consequent failure to surrender or turn over the property in question to the plaintiff, the latter has long been legally and validly entitled to take possession thereof.

5.5 Considering all the above stated circum-stances which would unduly defeat plaintiffs right over the property in question and considering that the same is the only collateral securing the obligation of defendants, there is an urgent need for plaintiff to immediately recover physical possession of the above described property.

5.6 The present market value of the above-described property is Php 100,000.00 plaintiff is will-ing to post a bond executed to defendants double the amount of the value of the property pursuant to Section 2, Rule 60 of the 1997 Rules of civil Procedure. The affidavit of Mr. REUBEN G. SY, Manager of the plaintiff, and ORMOC DYNOLENDERS CORPORA-TION in support of this application for replevin is hereto attached as Annex E.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is respect-

fully prayed unto this Honorable Court that: A. Upon filing of this complaint, an Order be

issued for the issuance of a Writ of Replevin in favor of the plaintiff upon posting the necessary bond in such amount as this Honorable Court will fix, for the recovery of the above described vehicle from defen-dants;

B. After due hearing, judgment be rendered to wit;

1. Adjudging unto the plaintiff the lawful pos-session of the chattel subject to foreclosure/ auction sale to satisfy the unpaid mortgage loan and other obligations per said promissory note with right to de-mand from defendants for deficiency of the proceeds thereof;

2. In the alternative, should the foregoing for whatever reason is not possible, declaring the li-ability of defendants to pay the unpaid balance of the obligation in the amount of Php. 105,494.20 plus 6% per month penalty charges from March 9, 2011 until its full payment.

3. In either case, ordering defendants to pay plaintiff Attorneys fees in the amount of P10,000.00 plus 25% of all amount awarded and litigation ex-penses in such amount as will be proved in the course of the trial but not less than P10,000.00, and cost of this suit.

Other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines, this 11th day of April 2011.

Respectfully submitted, (Sgd.) ATTY. JASPER M. LUCERO Counsel of the Plaintiff PTR. No. 3142537, 2-9-11 Ormoc City IBP No. 843708, 2-1-11, Tac. City Roll No. 45394, May 8, 2000TIN # 917-641-378 Certificate of Compliance No. II-0006699December 10, 2009

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING

I, REUBEN G. SY of legal age, Filipino, married, and a resident of Albuera, Leyte, after being duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby depose and say:

1. I am the Manager of Ormoc Dynolenders Corporation, which is the plaintiff in the above cap-

tioned case, and I am duly authorized to represent the plaintiff in the above-entitled cases;

2. I have caused the preparation of the forego-ing complaint;

3. I have read the allegations contained therein to be true and correct of my own personal knowledge;

4. I have not filed nor commenced any other action or proceeding involving the same issues in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, or any tribunal or agency; I undertake to promptly inform said courts or such other tribunal or agency of said fact within five (5) days therefrom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my signature this 11th day of April 2011 at Ormoc City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) REUBEN G. SY Affiant

SUBSCRIBE AND SWORN TO before me on the day, year, and place first above written. Affiant exhibited to me his competent identification to wit: TIN # 137-318-016.

(Sgd.) ATTY. JASPER M. LUCERO Notary Public

Until December 31, 2011 PTR, No. 3142537, 2-9-11 Ormoc City

IBP No. 843708, 2-1-11, Tac. City Roll No. 45394, May 8, 2000

TIN # 917-641-378Certificate of Compliance No. II-0006699

December 10, 2009 Doc. No. 77Page No. 16Book No. 33Series of 2011 Republic of the Philippines)In the City of Ormoc)S.S.

AFFIDAVIT I, REUBEN G. SY of legal age, Filipino, married,

and a resident of Albuera, Leyte, after being duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby depose and state:

1. I am the Manager of the Ormoc Dyno-lenders Corporation with office address at 2nd Flr. Bldg. A, New Public Market, Real St., Ormoc city.

2. Sometime in June 11, 2008 obtained a loan from the plaintiff and for the payment thereof, they executed a promissory note undertaking to pay the amount of Php. 615,600.00 inclusive of interest, in monthly installments. As a security for the satisfac-tion of said obligation, JOMAR C. CO and JUL C. CO had the same covered by the Chattel Mortgage they executed on September 2, 2008 in favor of plaintiff over motor vehicle, which is more particularly described as follows:

Make & Type : ISUZU Model : 1994 Plate No. : RBA-765 Serial No. : CX50x-3000809 Motor No. : 6WA1-102669 3. JOMAR C. CO and JUL C. CO had been

very irregular in their remittance of the monthly installments in terms of amount and dates and since March 9, 2011 until now, never remitted anymore to plaintiff, thereby leaving an outstanding balance of the obligation in the amount of Php. 105,494.20 exclusive of the penalty charges.

5.In spite of repeated personal and written follow-ups and demands made for them to settle their obligation and/or for them to surrender possession of the said vehicle, they failed and refused as they still continue to fail and refuse to pay their obligation and/or surrender the vehicle.

6. In said Chattel Mortgage, it is provided that mortgagors failure to pay of the installment as may be due under the promissory note shall render the whole remaining balance immediately due and payable and the mortgagee may foreclose the chattel.

7. Further, it was agreed that in case of default on the part of the mortgagor in the payment of any amount due in accordance with the Promissory Note, the above vehicle shall be delivered on demand to the plaintiff.

8. With the default and failure of defendants to settle their legal and just obligation and/or surrender the possession of the mortgaged vehicle to plaintiff, the latter has long been legally and validly entitled to take possession of the same.

9. Considering that aforesaid vehicle is the only collateral held by plaintiff to secure the obligation of said JOMAR C. CO and JUL C. CO, and likewise considering the new dilapidation and deterioration of the same with their continued unauthorized and now unlawful possession thereof, there is an urgent need for plaintiff/mortgagee to immediately take personal possession of the above-described chattel.

10. The property sought to be recovered has not been detained or taken for tax assessment or fine pursuant to law, or seized under writ of execution or preliminary attachment, or otherwise placed under custodial legis.

11. The estimated present market value of the above-described property is Php. 100,000.00 and plaintiff is willing to post bond executed to defen-dants double the amount of the value of the property pursuant to Section 2, Rule 60 of the 1997 Rules of Civil procedures.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed my signature this 11th day of April 2011.

(Sgd.) REUBEN G. SY Affiant

SUBSCRIBE AND SWORN TO before me on the day, year, and place first above written. Affiant exhibited to me his competent identification to wit: TIN# 137-318-016.

(Sgd.) ATTY. JASPER M. LUCERO Notary Public Until December 31, 2011 PTR, No. 3142537, 2-9-11 Ormoc City IBP No. 843708, 2-1-11, Tac. City Roll No. 45394, May 8, 2000

9March 3-9, 2014 NOTICESTIN # 917-641-378Certificate of Compliance No. II-0006699 December 10, 2009

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Annexes A and series:

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In Compliance with the publica-

tion requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172)/Administra-tive Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that FRANCISCA NIERRAS ABARRATIGUE has filed with this Office, a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME AND CORRECTION OF SEX from MALE to FEMALE in the Certificate of live birth of FRANCISCO NIERRAS at Calbayog City, Samar, bearing registry number 95.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than February 24, 2014.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar

Name of Newspaper: Eastern Visayas Mail

Place of Publication: Calbayog City, Samar

Date of Publication: Feb. 24- March 2, 3-9, 2014

rrrRepublic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In Compliance with the publica-

tion requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172)/ Administra-tive Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that AMER B. JABELO has filed with this Office, a petition for CORRECTION OF A CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN SEX from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of live birth of ____ at Calbayog City, Samar and whose parents are AQUINO JABELO and MERCEDITA BARTULA bearing registry number 85-00158.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than March 10, 2014.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registry

Name of Newspaper: Eastern Visayas Mail

Place of Publication: Calbayog City, Samar

Date of Publication: Feb. 24- March 2, 3-9, 2014

rrrRepublic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In Compliance with the publica-

tion requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172)/ Administra-tive Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that ROMAR S. CABRILLAS has filed with this Office, a petition for from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of live birth of ROMAR S. CABRILLAS at Calbayog City, Samar and whose parents are RUSTICO D. CABRILLAS and MARLENE M. SIBULLAS bearing registry number 88-00819.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written

opposition with this Office not later than February 28, 2014.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar

Name of Newspaper : Eastern Visayas Mail

Place of Publication: Calbayog City, Samar

Date of Publication: Feb. 24- March 2, & 3-9, 2014

rrrRepublic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In Compliance with the publica-

tion requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172)/Administra-tive Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that JAYREL LAUTINGCO CANO has filed with this Office, a petition for CORRECTION OF A CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN SEX from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of live birth of JAYREL LAUTINGCOL CANO at Calbayog City, Samar and whose parents are ALFONSO R. CANO and AMELIA D. LAUTINGCO bearing registry number 91-00008.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than March 14, 2014.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar

Name of Newspaper: Eastern Visayas Mail

Place of Publication: Calbayog City, Samar

Date of Publication: Feb. 24- March 2, 3-9, 2014

rrrRepublic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In Compliance with the publica-

tion requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172)/Administra-tive Order No. 1 Series of 2001 (IRR on R.A. 9048) Notice is hereby served to the public that RUBY FLOR DIOLON has filed with this Office, a petition for CORRECTION OF A CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN SEX from MALE to FEMALE in the Certificate of live birth of RUBY FLOR DIOLON at Calbayog City, Samar and whose parents are Rogelio D Diolon and Emelita V. Flor bearing registry number 93-347.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than February 04, 2014.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar

Name of Newspaper: Eastern Visayas Mail

Place of Publication : Calbayog City, Samar

Date of Publication: Feb. 24- March 2, 3-9, 2014

rrrRepublic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Samar City of Calbayog

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of

R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MERCEDITA BARTULA JABELO, petitioner, has filed

with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from ZITA to MERCEDITA in the Certificate of Live Birth of ZITA LACBAYO BARTOLA who was born on April 27, 1964 at TINAMBACAN, CAL-BAYOG CITY, SAMAR and whose par-ents are JESUS BARTULA and MARIA LACBAYO bearing registry number 33.

Any person adversely affected by said petition my file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than March 10, 2014.

(Sgd.) FE D. QUEROLJICO City Civil Registrar

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Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Samar

Municipality of Sto. Nino OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR Publication R.A. 10172

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Date: February 21, 2014 In compliance with Section 7 of

R.A. 10172, notice is hereby serve to the public that JOMARIE LOMUNTOD MUNCADA has filed with this Office a petition for correction of entry in SEX from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOMARIE LOMUNTOD MUNCADA, who was born on September 21, 1988 at Brgy. Cabunga-an, Sto. Nio, Samar, and whose parents are CRESANTO S. MUNCADA and NERIA R. LOMUNTOD.

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

(Sgd.) SIMEON N. PARINGIT, JR. Municipal Civil Registrar

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