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The PNP Borongan City push through the cascading in preparation for the Compliance Evaluation Process of the PNP P.A.T.R.O.L. PLAN 2030 at Borongan City Hall, Lobby, Borongan City. Photo: Borongan Pulis

- All local elections offices across the region are ready and prepared to accept certificates of candidacy (CoCs) from candidates seeking for elective positions relative to next years elections beginning on Monday, October 12.

This early, candidates were warned not to cam-paign after they filed their CoCs at the risk of being possibly disqualified.

Lawyer Jose Nick Men-dros, regional director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), said that all lo-cal election offices are now ready to accept the CoCs to be filed by would-be candi-dates.

We are ready. All local election offices have their own designated receiving officers who are in formal at-

Comelec to accept CoCs on Oct. 12

tire. All the offices are ready with no noon break, Men-dros said.

The filing of certificates of candidacy will begin this Monday, October 12 and will end on Friday, October 16.

The Comelec regional di-rector, in particular, stressed the time on the filing of the CoCs.

The last day of filing is on Friday, October 16 and until 5 pm only with no ex-tension. To me, its illogical if a candidate will wait for the deadline when, in fact, he al-

ESamar mayors named bridging leaders

For their improved health outcomes resulting from health system reforms in their respective munici-palities, at least nine East-ern Samar mayors were recognized recently by Zue-llig Family Foundation, De-partment of Health (DOH) and University of the Phil-ippines-Manila, School of Health Sciences.

Mayors Viscuso De Lira (Balangiga), Allan Con-tado(Balangkayan), Jaime Uy (Gen. McArthur), Mark Biong(Giporlos), Christo-pher Sheen Gonzales (Gui-uan), Edgar Boco(Hernani), Enrique Cabos (Mercedes), Nedito Campo(Quinapon-dan), Melchor Melgar(Sal-cedo) were named bridging leaders for completing as well, the Municipal Leader-ship and Governance Pro-

gram (MLGP), a leadership capacity program which helps local health leaders in becoming better health stewards of their constitu-ents.

Modular in approach, MLGP contributed in curb-ing specifically the rate of maternal and infant deaths in Yolanda affected areas that considerably had some health challenges after the November 8, 2013 calamity.

Despite the worn-out health facilities, the mayors with their doctors advocat-ed for facility-based deliver-ies, where pregnant mothers had to give birth only in the presence of a profession-al health worker who are posted in lying and birthing clinics or rural health units (RHUs).

According to Mayor

Cabus, in his strong ad-vocacy to prevent mater-nal deaths, he ordered that hilots should never per-form home-deliveries or be jailed, should they do other-wise. He also informed that his municipality was first to be declared Zero in Open Defecation, as he imposed that each household should have their own toilets.

In addition, with the MLGP, which they took side by side with their official duties, the local chief exec-utives became fully aware of their peoples poor health indicators and thus, felt the urgent need to improve them. Eventually, they did not only improve the sev-eral poor health indicators but also were able to build

ready declared to the world that he will be running, Mendros said.

The Comelec local offic-es will start accepting CoCs starting from 8 am until 5 pm.

In the region, to be con-tested during the May 9, 2016 elections are 12 congression-al posts, six for governor po-sitions, seven for city mayors, 143 for town mayors as well as for vice governors, board members, vice mayors and

NEDA-8 Regional Director Bonifacio G. Uy (left) together with Eastern Samar Vice-Governor Dindo Picardal (right) hold the Eastern Samar-led coordination meeting on Yolanda rehab and recovery program at SP Session Hall, Capitol Site, Borongan City. Photo Courtesy: PIA

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Eastern Samar Bulletin2 NEWS Oct. 04-10, 2015

- PhilHealth Regional Of-fice 8 did it again!

The government health insurance agency proved that excellent customer ser-vice is one of its priorities as seven out of its nine of-fices were awarded with an excellent rating by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) under the Anti-Red Tape Act Report Card Survey (AR-TA-RCS).

The awarding ceremo-ny and performance excel-lence summit was conduct-ed last September 28, 2015 at the Ritz Tower de Leyte, Tacloban City attended by representatives from the government line agencies, government-owned and con-trolled corporations, state colleges and universities, and local government units.

The ARTA-RCS initiat-ed by the CSC is a tool that measures clients feedback of the services availed in a gov-ernment office.

This is in compliance with the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007. Government offices are being rated as to the qual-ity, efficiency and adequacy of their frontline services.

There are two core areas that are being measured, one is the office compliance to the anti-red tape provisions which included, among oth-ers, the no noon break policy, anti-fixing campaign, public assistance and complaints desk, IDs for frontline of-ficers and transparency in the costs of transactions.

Another core area is the overall client satisfaction which covers the knowledge, competence, timeliness and overall conduct of frontline officers as well as the physical set-up and basic facilities of the office.

Among the seven Phil-Health offices that were rec-

ognized by the CSC are the Tacloban Local Health Insur-ance Office (LHIO), Ormoc LHIO, Maasin LHIO, Boron-gan LHIO, Catbalogan LHIO, Baybay Business Center (BC) and Calbayog BC.

PhilHealth Calbayog Business Center not only ob-tained an excellent rating but it got the highest score of 95.37 amongst all agencies included in the survey.

In 2014, PhilHealth also topped the ARTA-RCS with PhilHealth Catbalogans rat-ing of 94.35%. Said LHIO re-ceived the Seal of Excellence Award.

On hand to receive the award from the CSC-8 Re-gional Director Victoria Es-ber and Asst. Regional Di-rector Rowin Rios were the PhilHealth officers led by Re-gional Vice President Walter R. Bacareza.

RVP Bacareza was also recognized as the ARTA czar for having the most number of offices rated as excellent. Indeed, this is a testament to his commitment of giv-ing importance to external clients and providing them with outstanding service.

In his acceptance speech, he expressed gratitude to the CSC for the recognition and for continually challenging them to be better as a front-line service provider. He also lauded the PhilHealth 8 em-ployees for being consistent in giving excellent customer service.

Another highlight of the awarding ceremony and per-formance summit was the sharing of ARTA best practic-es by selected speakers which included RVP Bacareza.

The health insurance agency chief showcased Phil-Health 8s innovations and practices which garnered positive feedback from cli-ents and the CSC.

These included posting of large citizens charter tarpau-lin and other ARTA IEC ma-terials in conspicuous places within the clients area, im-plementation of the no noon break policy, wearing of vis-ible IDs and nameplates by frontline officers as well as manning of a public assis-tance and complaints desk.

The physical space for clients were also spruced up with provisions for a breast-

feeding area, comfort rooms, fast lane counters, and lounge with magazines and other reading materials for senior citizens, pregnant women and persons with disabilities. Free drinking water, coffee and candies are also made available.

There is also a free blood pressure check-up and charg-ing station. PhilHealth also provided a kiosk with com-puter and internet connec-tion for employers so they can immediately post their report of remittances.

An efficient queuing sys-tem was also implemented. But the best and most notable aspect of PhilHealth custom-er service are the courteous, smiling, knowledgeable, and efficient frontline officers.

In his presentation, RVP Bacareza said that pursuing excellence especially in cus-tomer service is a personal goal that is also being shared by the rest of the PRO8 em-ployees. This makes work-ing in the government not only fun but fulfilling as well, he added.(MIRAMAR P. ZABA-LA)

New composting facilities to boost

organic agriculture

In a recent national orientation on the establishment of composting facilities in local government units (LGUs), Sil-vino Tejada, director of the Department of Agriculture-Bu-reau of Soils and Water Management (DA-BSWM), said that the DAs National Organic Agriculture Program encourages the the use of organic fertilizers in composting facilities to increase crop production.

The DA implements the National Organic Agriculture Program in support of the National Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (10068), which was authored by DA Secretary Proceso Alcala.

According to the DA-BSWM, the Philippines has be-come one of the top performing countries in organic agri-culture since the country enacted the National Organic Ag-riculture Act in 2010. In 2010, 14,150 hectares of land was devoted to organic agriculture. As of 2014, this production area has increased to more than 83,000 hectares.

The Philippines now also has at least 40 locally certified farms and almost 50,000 practitioners and adopters of the program, which has enabled the country to reach last years production of 417,879 metric tons, or more than 90% in-crease from 2010 production.

Cheaper and safer food productionSenator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee

on Agriculture and Food said that project will help farmers increase their income as fertilizers used on their farms can now be sourced within their community at lesser cost.

The DA-BSWM added that with the project aims to re-duce dependence on chemical fertilizers. It will also assist rural and urban communities in promoting environmental protection while producing safe food.

The project is implemented through the collaboration of the DA, the DA-BSWM and the Villar SIPAG Foundation. A series of training on the operation of the composting fa-cilities will be conducted in collaboration with the DA-Ag-ricultural Training Institute after the signing of the mem-oranda of agreement among the DA-BSWM, DA regional offices and LGUs. The partner LGUs have to meet a set of criteria for pre-establishment before the composting facili-ties will be awarded to them.

CSC awards Philhealth offices in EV; agency head hailed as Arta czar

3NEWS Eastern Samar BulletinOct. 04-10, 2015

The government has underspent by P623 billion since 2011 or more than 20 times the amount that finance officials estimate will be lost when income taxes are lowered, Sen. Francis Chiz Escude-ro said.

How can opponents of tax reform claim that public services will suf-fer when the govern-ment can underspend that much, and in the same breath, tell us about the gains expe-rienced under this ad-ministration? Escude-ro said.

If we can afford not to spend more than P600 billion, then we can afford to lose, as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) says, P30 billion, without sacrific-ing the peoples welfare, he said.

Escudero said the belief that the budget is so tight it cannot ac-commodate tax cuts and that some government services will have to be slashed for the same, as Liberal Party presi-dential candidate Mar Roxas maintained, is a myth.

Hindi dapat isakrip-isyo ang anumang ser-bisyo pampubliko tu-lad ng sinasabi ni Mar Roxas para magpatupad ng mas mababang bu-wis. Kung sinsero sya sa kapakanan ng taum-bayan, may eleksyon man o wala, sana noon pa tumulong na sya sa paghahanap ng paraan. Maliwanag na malaking pera ang hindi nagugugol ng pamahalaan para

Chiz says govt underspending of P623-B proves it can

afford tax cutsa serbisyo kayat mara-pat lang na ibalik ito sa m a m a m a -yan, he said.

E s c u -dero, who used to chair the Senate Committee on Finance, pointed out that in 2011, the gov-e r n m e n t s budget was at P1.711

trillion but disbursed only P1.557 trillion, representing an under-spending of P154 billion.

In 2012, underspend-ing tapered to P62 billion based on actual disburse-ments of P1.778 trillion. The budget that year was P1.84 trillion.

In 2013, out of the P1.984-trillion budget, only P1.88 trillion was utilized, resulting in an underspending of P104 billion.

It is not true that the government cannot accommodate tax cuts. The number one proof of this is that government underspending in the past years did not lead to its collapse. In fact, the government has even claimed success in its anti-poverty measures, said Escudero.

Last year, under-spending was pegged at P303 billion, or 13 per-cent of the general appro-priations for 2014.

The government saved P40.4 billion in person-al services alone due to 133,145 unfilled govern-ment positions in 2013. On top of this, some P28.8 billion in personal services appropriation, which covers payroll and other compensation expenses, was not spent during the said year.

For 2016, projected unfilled positions will in-crease to 218,389, Escu-dero said.

You can just imagine the savings accrued from what are essentially nev-er-filled posts in the gov-ernment. How can they say that lowering income taxes will result in un-

funded social services? There is extra money that we can channel to essential services like health and education. The numbers dont lie, he said.

You can cut without damaging any major ar-tery of public service, Escudero said.

At the same time, the senator invited Execu-tive and Legislative lead-ers to sit down together and identify non-es-sential expenditures that can be pruned from the national budget, so that together, the two branches of government can find ways to relieve millions of Filipinos of the burden of paying unjust taxes.

Lets do some pen-cil-pushing. Let it be a non-political exercise, wala munang parti-par-tido, walang camera. If we can come up with the amount needed to cover the foregone gov-ernment revenues from a tax cut, then we can announce and celebrate our success. That is, af-ter all, what government branches are expected to dowork together, Escudero said.

According to Escu-dero, trimming the P27 billion annual expenses for professional, consul-tancy and security and cleaning services by five percent will free about P1.35 billion annually. Reducing government expenses for travel, of-fice rentals and advertis-ing will also contribute to savings.

With oil prices plum-meting, there will be huge savings in gas, oil and lubricants purchas-es as well. In 2013, the government spent P6.5 billion for petroleum products when prices were almost twice as they are today.

Kung pag-iisahin tal-aga ang bawat programa ng gobyerno, maraming mga gastusin ang pwe-deng ilipat sa mas ma-halagang paglalaanan o sa bulsa ng taumbayan sa pamamagitan ng bu-wis na di na kakaltasin, he said. (PR)

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COMELEC...city and municipal coun-cilors.

Except for Leyte Reps. Ferdinand Martin Romual-dez, Andres Salvacion, and Emil Ong, all incumbent congressmen are expected to file their certificates of candidacy.

Meantime, save for

BORONGAN CITY --- The Congressional District Office of Congressman Ben Evardone has ensured the beneficiaries of the Congres-sional Scholarship Assistance Program that the scholarship fund for 2015 has already been downloaded to the ben-eficiaries respective schools.

Mr. Jun Grata, head of the Congressional District Office, has confirmed relative to the queries of Eastern Samar State University-Maydolong Cam-pus students who applied for the said scholarship program.

The said students went to the Congressional District Of-fice to inquire if their matric-ulation fees had already been paid through the Congres-sional Scholarship Assistance Program for fear they will not be able to take their final ex-

Congressional scholarship fund already downloaded in 5 ESSU campuses

amination if it will not be so.According to Grata, the

18.7 M scholarship fund for the 2000 provincial scholarswhich has been included in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) through the efforts of Congressman Evardonehas already been downloaded in the 5 campuses of the Eastern Samar State University.

Grata also said that it is already the parents and the applicants responsibility to follow-up in the office of their school administrator or the scholarship program coordi-nator if the applicant was able to avail of the program based on the rules and qualifications set by the applicants school.

The scholarship covers up to Php6,000 of the beneficia-rys matriculation fee and is on a first come, first served

basis. In order to avail of the scholarship, the applican must be from Eastern Samar, must not have a failing grade, and must be regularly enrolled.

When the Priority De-velopment Assistance Fund (PDAF) was still in force, thousands of students in East-ern Samar benefitted from it through the Congressional Scholarship Assistance Pro-gram which was funded by the PDAF. However, when it was abolished by the Supreme Court, Evardone exerted an ef-fort to include the scholarship fund in the General Appropri-ations Act (GAA) so that the Congressional Scholarship As-sistance Program will continue to help deserving students in the province of Eastern Samar. (ajc/PIA-E. Samar)

Northern Samar Governor Jose Ong, all incumbent gov-ernors are also expected to seek reelections though there are talks that Samar Gover-nor Sharee Ann Tan may run for the congressional post currently occupied by her mother, Milagrosa, who is rumored to take the guber-natorial post she once held.

In Tacloban, Councilor Cristina G. Romualdez, wife of outgoing Mayor Alfred

Romualdez, has already de-clared her intention to run for mayor.

Director Mendros said that while candidates have filed their CoCs, this would not mean that they could now campaign.

Candidates seeking lo-cal positions have 45-days to campaign which is to end two days before the May 9, 2016, polls.

(JOEY A. GABIETA)

OPINIONEDITORIAL

Eastern Samar Bulletin

COMMENTARY:By Fr Roy Cimagala

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

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Dalmacio C. GrafilPublisher

Romeo CebrerosOIC

Brgy. Songco, Borongan City Eastern Samar

(055) 261-3319

Aljim Denver M. ArcuenoEditor-in-Chief

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

Virginia Woolf

Oct. 04-10, 2015

S overeignty resides in the people in a truly genuine functioining de-mocracy. Meaning its the voice of the people that counts in any and Goodbye Political Parties, if...!

all issues affecting the people in a democratic government the reason why the people will choose and finally decide who they want to lead them in all levels of our democratic structure. Ideally that is, but in order to realize and achieve such result political dreamers or candidates will have to organize as vast and expanded net-work of leaders all over the nooks and crannies of the archipelago to bring their vision mes-sages thru the organized network assisting the candidacy of an individual to be elected. The group will have duly registered members for-mally bounding-up together to call themselves a political party, a viable political machinery to campaign in the elections.

Before the declaration of Martial Law the nation had the experience of dealing with only 2 political parties Liberal and Nacionalista. These parties have the opportunity to serve the people but are changed as or replaced every now and then. Political parties rise and fall de-pending on issues raised against the so-called

party in power.In the past a loyal party member stays with

the party through thick and thin. Once one bolts outs of the party he gets branded as a political butterfly or balimbing.

Even under Martial Law when all the gov-ernment power was controlled by the Pres-ident as chief executive also included legis-lation, even the judiciary, Marcos has still a political party the KilusangBagongLipunan (KBL),so Filipinos can continue to support his emergency powers.

The 2016 elections is a very interesting episode thecountry will ever experience. We have a presidential dreamer, a foundling of unknown parents with a questionable citizen-ship and but a neophyte in the Senate but is leading in surveys among presidential as-pirants. She has no political party. Its worth watching and if they win it shall be goodbye to political parties in the Pearl of the Orient Seas.

WE have to be more familiar with the concept of secu-larity. This is because whether we are aware of it or not, we cannot escape from it. And there are good and bad kinds that we have to choose. We have to learn to discern which is which.

Secularity, quite simply, is our attitude towards the world in general. How we see the world in terms of where it came from, what its purpose is in itself and for us, how to deal with it, what we can get from it and what our duties are towards itthese more or less define our idea of secularity.

Lately, the word has acquired some negative connota-tion. This is mainly due to the trend, perhaps not so much as a professed philosophy or ideology yet in our country, of treating the world simply as it is, that is, rid of any relation to the concept of God.

More than secularity, what is actually referred to here is secularization. Thats precisely the process of ejecting God from our human and earthly affairs, like in our business and politics. That process may come in a subtle but effec-tive way.

Thats whats happening now! The Pope and many other Church leaders, past and present, have warned about our secularized world. Thus, we have to be more aware of the proper meaning of secularity and what its bastardizationsecularizationis.

We have to give due attention to this concern, which figures as a crucial aspect of our life, since being attitudinal, it gives shape and form to our whole life, and determines the path we take and the destiny we are aiming at in this life.

Christian faith teaches us that the world, being Gods creation, is good. God is always there and guides it with his providence. It cannot be without God. It cannot be devel-oped outside of Gods designs.

But its development also needs us. Increase and multi-ply, God told our first parents. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth. (Gen 1,28)

God wants us to be stewards of the earth, developing and governing it freely and responsibly according to his de-signs. Its the usual Christian phenomenon where our free-dom ought to coincide with our obedience to Gods laws.

That is why we have to reconcile ourselves with the truth that our true freedom is when it goes together al-ways with obedience to Gods will. We have to disabuse ourselves from the fallacy that freedom and obedience are against each other.

The Christian concept of secularity considers the world as the place and time God has given us to pursue our goal, both immediate and ultimate. It is the setting of our en-counter with God, our work of sanctification and identifi-cation with him and his plans.

We dont have to go out of the world to look for God. We can and should find God there in the world, in the midst of our human activities and earthly concerns. And we ought to bring God also to these human affairs of ours.

Christian secularity, then, has a very positive attitude towards the world. It asks us to love the world. We should not be afraid of it, thinking that it separates us from God. We have to be wary of certain religious mentalities that pit the world against God.

Obviously, we do not deny that there are dangerous el-ements, millions of them, in the world too. We have to un-derstand though that evil came to the world because of sin, first, that of our first parents, and then those of ours.

By one man, sin entered into this world, and by sin

Secular but not secularized

death. And so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned, (Rom 5,12) St. Paul said, affirming the character and history of our

present world.But not everything is lost. Precisely, Christ, the son

of God who became man to redeem us, has given us the proper way of handling the world. We have to identify our-selves with Christ, follow his teachings, now taught by the Church, so we would know how to behave in the world.

We have to master Christian secularityits teaching on respecting the autonomy of earthly things, respecting freedom of all, purifying them and infusing them with true Christian spirit.

5Eastern Samar BulletinOct. 04-10, 2015 NOTICESRepublic of the Philip-

pinesREGIONAL TRIAL

COURT8th Judicial Region

Branch 42Balangiga, Eastern

SamarIN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF MINOR SAMANTHA JEAN ABUCEJO CUE-

VAS,LEONARD WANIWAN

VALDEMOROAnd JEANELE ABUCE-

JO VALDEMORO,Petitioners

SPEC. PROC. NO. 0139For:

ADOPTIONx- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - -xORDER

Before this Court is a Petition for Adoption filed by Spouses Leonard Wani-wan Valdemoro and Jeanele Abucejo Valdemoro, praying of this Honorable Court that after due notice, publication and hearing, a judgment be rendered ordering the De-partment Social Welfare and Development, Borongan Provincial Office, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, thru the DSWD, Quinapondan, East-ern Samar, to forthwith sub-mit to this Honorable Court a Child and Home Study Re-port on both the petitioners and the child to be adopted; granting the herein petition for adoption and declaring that SAMANTHA JEAN ABUCEJO CUEVAS be con-sidered, for all intents and purposes, as the adopted child of herein petitioners to be en-titled to all the privileges and benefits arising out and as a consequence of the approval of this petition for adoption; ordering the Local Civil Regis-trar of Quinapondan, Eastern Samar, and the National Sta-tistics Office (NSO) that the middle name and surname of the adopted child be changed from ABUCEJO CUEVAS to ABUCEJO VALDEMORO in the attached Certificate of Live Birth of Samantha Jean Abucejo Cuevas; to issue a certificate of birth which shall not bear any notation that it is a new and amended certificate

and which shall show, among others, the registry number, date of registration, name of child, sex, date of birth, place of birth, name of citizenship of the adoptive mother and father and the date and place of marriage; and further-more, ordering the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Quinapondan, Eastern Samar, to annotate on the adoptees original Certificate of Live Birth the decree of adoption within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Certificate of Finality.

It appearing that the pe-tition is sufficient in form and substance, let the hear-ing of the petition be set on 10 November 2015 at 8:30 in the morning, in the Session Hall of this Court, Balangiga, Eastern Samar. Let a copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circu-lation in Region VIII and the Province of Eastern Samar at the expense of the petition-er, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing to afford any person or persons who may have opposition thereto to file the same, stating among others the ground or grounds why said Petition should not be granted, and, attend on said hearing at the date, time and place as above-stated.

The Social Welfare and Development Officer of Quinapondan, Eastern Samar is hereby ordered to conduct a Child and Home Study Re-port on the would-be adoptee and submit the same before the hearing on 10 November 2015.

Let a copy of this Order be furnished to the Office of the Solicitor General, the So-cial Welfare and Development Offier of Quinapondan, East-ern Samar, the petitioners and their counsel for their proper information and guidance.

SO ORDERED in chambers.

8 September 2015, Balangiga, Eastern Sa-mar.

(Sgd.) ROLANDO M. LACDO-O

Acting Presiding JudgeESB: Sept. 20-26, 27- Oct. 03, 04-10

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

EIGHT (8th) JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF BORONGAN, EASTERN SAMAR

BRANCH 2CYNTHIA CAPACITE

JABAGAT,Petitioner,

-versus-THE CITY CIVIL

REGISTRAR, BORON-GAN CITY, EASTERN

SAMARRespondent

SP.PROC. NO. 175-15x----------------------x

ORDERThis is a verified petition

for cancellation of the reg-istered birth certificate and correction of entries in the original record of birth filed by petitioner Cynthia Capac-ite Jabagat, through counsel, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, judg-ment be rendered (1) ordering the cancellation of petitioners late registration Live Birth Certificate (Annex A) under Registry No. 2007-2192 regis-tered on November 9, 2007 in the Civil Register of Borongan City, Eastern Samar; and (2) ordering the correction of the following erroneous entries in the original Live Birth Certifi-cate of petitioner (under Reg-istry No. 236) to wit: (a) the name CYNTHIA BORDIOS CAPACITY to CYNTHIA BORDIOS CAPACITE, (b) the name IGMEDIO DISTA CAPACITY to IGMEDIO DISTA CAPACITE; (c) the date of birth of petitioner from September 12, 1973 to September 13, 1973.

Finding the petition to be in due form and substance, set this case for hearing on Jan-uary 19, 2016, at 8:30 oclock in the morning, at the Session Hall of this Court. Any person having or claiming any inter-est under the entries in the re-cord of birth the cancellation or correction of which is being sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the peti-tion or from the last date of publication of this Order, file his opposition thereto.

Let a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circu-lation and duly accredited to publish judicial or legal notic-es in the province of Eastern Samar at the expense of the petitioner.

Send a copy of this Order, together with a copy of the pe-tition to the Office of the So-licitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, and to the City Civil Reg-istrar, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, Manila and to petition-er and her counsel.

SO ORDERED, In Chambers.

BoronganCity, East-ern Samar,

01 September 2015.Sgd. NATHANIEL E.

BALDONOPresiding Judge

ESB: Sept. 20-26, 27- Oct. 03, 04-10

Republic of the Phil-ippines

Eight (8th) Judicial Region

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Branch 01Borongan City, East-

ern Samar

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF

MINOR MATTEO DAWN

SPEC. PROC. NO. 176-15

SPS. ZALDY M. OBAR & MYLENE JADE S.

OBAR AND CONCEP-CION B. TABINAS

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

ORDERThis is a verified petition

for Adoption of minor Mat-teo Dawn filed by the spous-es Zaldy M. Obar and Myl-ene Jade S. Obar petitioners. Through counsel Atty. Eduar-do Q. Ang Jr. praying that after due notice, publication and hearing judgment be rendered declaring Matteo Dawn, the child of petitioners for all legal intents and purposes and as a consequence of his adoption the childs name be changed to MatteoSacmar-Obar.

The petition alleges that petitioners are husband and wife, of legal age, and resi-dents of Rawis Road, Brgy. Alang-alang Borongan City, E. Samar, that both are qual-ified to adopt; That they were married on October 27, 2003 and to date spouses do not have any children; That peti-tioners are more than sixteen (16) years older than the mi-nor child; That the petition-ers desire to adopt minor child, Matteo Dawn; That the baby was abandoned and was brought to the hospital in ear-ly morning of July 19, 2012 where he stayed at the Neona-tal Intensive Care Unit for two (2) months; That no one came to claim the baby named Mat-teo meaning God Sent and surnamed Dawn since he was admitted in the early morning; That the petitioner Mylene Jade S. Obar is a nurse who took pity on the bay and de-cided to bring the baby home; That the DSWD gave petition-ers Foster Parent Authority and Foster Parent License to take temporary care and cus-tody of the child; That Matteo Dawn has been living with petitioners since his release from the Neo Intensive Care Unit of the Eastern Samar Provincial Hospital; That the bay grew up with his adoptive parents; That he is emotionally attached to Petitioner Mylene; That the child is now 2 years

and 11months old and is pres-ently enrolled at the Boron-gan City Learning School as a nursery pupil; That petitioners are physically, psychologically, morally and financially pre-pared to care for and love the child as they have been doing so all these years that Matteo Dawn has stayed with them. That they are in possession of full civil capacity and has not been found to be guilty of any charge involving moral turpitude. That petitioners are financially stable as both are employed. That Mylene Jade works as a nurse at the ESPH with a basic monthly salary of Php 19,000.00. That Zaldy is Marine Engineer earning a monthly salary 348,000.00; That the couples are in the best position to afford the child a decent and comfortable life; That adoption of the child Matteo Dawn would serve the best interest and welfare of the child.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and sub-stance let the hearing of the petition be set on December 8, 2015, at 8:30 oclock in the morning at the Session Hall of the Regional Trial Court, Brand 01, Borongan City, Eastern Samar where all in-terested parties may appear in court and show cause why the said petition should not be granted.

Let this order be pub-lished at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Eastern Samar and accredited by this court to publish legal notices, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the scheduled hearing. The Provincial Office of the DSWD is hereby direct-ed to submit to the court a Home Study Report and Case Study Report of the child and the petitioners duly approved by the Regional Director of the said Office prior to the scheduled hearing in coordi-nation with Mrs. Ma. Lourdes S. Cales, Social Welfare Officer of this Court.

Furnish copy of this order to the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Local Civil Registrar of the City of Bo-rongan, E. Samar, petitioners counsel, the petitioner, the Civil Registrar general, Na-tional Statistics Office (NSO), Manila and the Provincial Prosecutor of the Province of Eastern Samar,

SO ORDERED.In Chambers, Au-

gust 17, 2015, Borongan, Eastern Samar.

Sgd. ELVIE P. LIMPresiding Judge

ESB: Sept. 20-26, 27- Oct. 03, 04-10

Republic of the Phil-ippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eighth (8th) Judicial Region

BRANCH 2Borongan, Eastern

SamarIN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR COR-RECTION OF ENTRY,Spec Proc. No. 170-14ALMA ADAO-CEBRE-

ROS,Petitioner

-versus-THE CEBU CTY CIVIL REGISTRAR and the

NSOx---------------------x

ORDERThis is verified amended

petition for correction of en-tries filed by petitioner Alma Adao-Cebreros through coun-sel, praying that after due no-tice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered correct-ing: (1) the entry of her name in her Certificate of Live Birth of ALMA CALO or change her surname therein so that her name should read as ALMA CALO ADAO, following the surname of her father Agus-tin Adao (deceased) instead of ALMA CALO, (2) her date of birth be likewise changed from March 16 193 to March 16, 1953, (3) the name of her mother reflected therein as JOSEFA CLARO be changed to JOSEFINA CALO, and (4) the name of her father AGUS-TIN ADAO be recorded in the

space provided for the name of the father, and his citizenship as Filipino.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and sub-stance set this case for hearing on November 23, 2015, at 8:30 0clock in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court. Any person having or claim-ing any interest under the en-tries in the record of birth the correction of which is being sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the peti-tion or from the last date of the publication of this Order, file his/her opposition thereto.

Let a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circu-lation and duly accredited to publish judicial and legal no-tices in the province of Eastern Samar at the expense of the petitioner.

Send a copy of this Or-der, together with a copy of the petition to the Office of the Solicitor General, (OSG) 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City, and to the Cebu City Civil Registrar, Borongan, the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, Manila, and to the pe-titioner and her counsel

SO ORDERED.Borongan City, East-

ern Samar, July 20, 2015.Sgd. NATHANIEL E.

BALDONOPresiding Judge

ESB: Sept. 20-26, 27- Oct. 03, 04-10

Republic of the Philip-pines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eight (8th) Judicial Region

Branch 5Oras, Eastern Samar

IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CER-

TIFICATE OF MAR-RIAGE UNDER LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY NO.

2000-23Spec. Proc. Case No. 677

For: Correction of En-tries in the Civil Registry

MARY ANN M. ESPO-NILLA,

Petitioner,-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF AR-TECHE, EASTERN

SAMAR, THE ADMIN-ISTRATOR AND CIVIL RIGISTRAR GENERAL OF THEN NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE AND ALL INTEREST-

ED PERSONS,Respondents.

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

A verified petition for the Correction of Entry in the Certificate of Marriage un-der Local Civil Registry No. 2000-23 of MARY ANN M. ESPONILLA, was filed on July 23, 2015 praying that af-ter due notice, publication and hearing, this Honorable Court adjudged that petitioners date of birth be changed from

MAY 13, 1978 to MAY 13, 1977 in the certificate of Marriage at the National Sta-tistics Office, Manila and like-wise at the Local Civil Regis-trar, Arteche, Eastern Samar.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and sub-stance the court hereby orders that the petition be set for hearing on October 6, 2015 at 1:30 oclock in the afternoon at which date, time and place all persons interested may ap-pear and show cause why the petition should not be granted.

A copy of this order shall be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circu-lation in the province of East-ern Samar with the last pub-lication at least one (1) week prior to the date set for initial hearing.

Furnish copy of this Or-der: The Office of the Solic-itor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City; Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, Oras, Eastern Sa-mar; The Local Civil Regis-trar, Arteche, Eastern Samar; The Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, EDSA, Quezon City, Met-ro Manila; And Petitioners counsel, Atty. Robert John M. Tejero, of Public Attorneys Office, Oras District Office, Oras, Eastern Samar.

The petitioner is directed to furnish copy the aforesaid offices each with a copy of the petition.

SO ORDERED.Done in Chambers this

30th day of July 2015, Oras, Eastern Samar.JULIANA ADALIM WHITEPresiding JudgeESB: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 4-10, 11-17, 2015

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- Palay production in the region is expected to de-crease by at least five percent this year due to El Nio phe-nomenon.

This was bared by Leo Caeda, executive regional director of the Department of Agriculture who disclosed that their office has allocat-ed P260 million as part of its preemptive measures to cushion the impact of the El

DA projects 5% palay losses in EV due to El Nio

Nio.According to Caeda,

based on their projection, the regions palay production will drop by five percent as 15,500 hectares of rice fields are ex-pected to be hit by El Nio or a severe dry spell.

Fort this year, the target for palay production is 1.06 million metric tons.

The region has about 169,000 hectares of rice fields

of which 75,000 hectares are irrigated with the rest de-pending on rain.

About 15,500 hectares are projected to be hit by the dry spell due to El Nio, repre-senting 53,000 metric tons of palay losses.

Caeda said that as part of the mitigation measures, their office has allocated P260 million to at least cush-ion the impact of the El Nio

to the farmers.The DA regional execu-

tive director said that of this allocation, P160 million is al-lotted to production support services like seeds distribu-tion.

The remaining P100 mil-lion is allotted to water man-agement like providing water pumps. (LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

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ESamar...back better and more resil-ient communities.

As DOH-08 Regional Di-rector Minerva Molon put it, after completing the pro-gram, they, together with the other partners expect, that these municipalities would be able to sustain better health programs that are not only responsive to the needs of the poor but also resilient to disasters.

For Dean Salvador Des-tura, UP-MSHS, he feels elated that his institution has contributed to the transfor-mation of local chief execu-tives as well as the municipal health officers into becom-ing bridging leaders, as de-sired outcomes of the MLGP.

In a brief talk with Quinapondan Mayor Nedito Campo, he said the course which he took for about two years, was quite tough be-cause of the so many inter-

vening factors and reports to comply, added to the official and urgent duties that they had to perform.

In the case of Bal-angkayan Mayor Allan Con-tado, he said he was thankful for the knowledge and skills of his municipal health of-ficer, Dr. Nelsie Labro who would remind him always of requirements to be complet-ed and sessions that must be attended in.

The following other doc-tors were in tandem with their respective mayors in completing the MLGP: Doctors Rosarita Enciso, Corazon Miflores, Marlyn Capanang, Chona Cardoso, Socorro Flores, Salvacion Macapugas, Jener Camposa-no, and Socorro Campo.

The United Nations Pop-ulation Fund(UNFPA) was also a partner in the MLGP program.

The Colloquium Cere-mony was done at the SMX Aura Taguig, with the pres-ence of Tacloban media. (PIA-08)

About 9 inmates at the maximum security compound of the Leyte Regional Prison colony located in Abuyog town, Leyte were killed when a big fire hit the said facility Thursday afternoon. LITO BAGUNAS

AFFIDAVIT of SELF-ADJUDICATIONNOTICE is hereby given that Yolanda P. Bolano heir of late Carlos M. Bolano

executed an affidavit of adjudication over a motor vehicle described as: MAKE: MITS; MOTOR NO. 6D10-152265; CHASSIS NO. GJC-8015755; PLATE NO. HVA-318; Per Doc. No. 07, Page No. 33, Book No. XXXVIII, Series of 2015 of Notary Public Atty. Neil M. SiaESB: Oct. 4-10,11-17,18-24, 2015