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EASERN SAMAR TeDepartment o Labor andEmployment (DOLE) 8 re-leased a total o P4,311,121.50financial assistance to the Lo-cal Government Unit (LGU)o Maydolong, Eastern Sa-mar, as aid or its constit-uents on the recovery andrehabilitation rom yphoonYolanda.

Te P4.3-M constitutesor the livelihood assistanceor the 167 beneficiariesor their individual proj-ects on ood vending, fish-ing, arming, carpentry andwelding, sewing, groomingand personal care (P1.6M);

as well as, or the employ-ment assistance or the 600Yolanda-displaced workers(P2.7M). Te employmentgrant will serve as salariesand wages o another set obeneficiaries, who assistedtheir communities on therecovery and rehabilitationprograms and activities, par-

Over 130,000 voters in EV

have no biometrics-Comelec- Te Commission on Elections

(Comelec) reported that there aremore than 130,000 registered vot-ers in the region without biomet-rics data.

Lawyer Jose Nick Mendros, Comelec re-gional director said that registered voterswithout biometrics cannot cast their votesduring next years election as provided by law.

Te 134,510 registered voters o the re-gion who have no biometrics represent 5.27percent out o the original 456,000 voterswho do not have their biometrics.

But our target is to lower it to just threepercent considering many in the list couldbe dead already. However, we could not justdelete their names as we need a certificationrom the Civil Registrar or an affidavit romthe nearest kin, Mendros said.

Under Republic Act 10367, otherwise

B O R O N G A NCIY- At least 11 for-mer members of theNew Peoples Armyreceived cash assis-tance from the gov-ernment.

Among those who weregiven livelihood cash assis-tance were couple Jojo andLea, not their real names.

Jojo, who is rom Bo-rongan, entered the armedgroup when he was just 17.

He is now 30 years old. Hiscommon-law wie, mean-time, has been a member orthe past eight years now.

Teir decision to returnto the old o the law was

Couple among surrendered

No bio,no vote

Oras Pulis initiating Mangrove Tree Planting in support to the LCE, Mayor Viviane Pugal Alvarez & National

Greening Program. A total of 2,350 propagules were planted in a more or less 3 ha of land in front of

Oras boulevard (Basud) jointly conducted with the constituents of Brgy Bantayan Oras E.Samar led by the

Acting Chief of Police, PSI DEXTER ASTACAAN on Sept. 29 2015. Photo Courtesy ORAS PULIS

ESamar guv welcomes former NPAs

due to their three childrenages rom two months old upto our years old.

According to Jojo, theycould not provide a good u-ture to their three children ithey will keep fighting withthe government and stayingin the mountains.

My children need to havedocuments like birth certi-icate so they could study ina regular school. Tey donthave that. I we continue liv-ing as members o the com-

munist group, how can weensure the uture and thesaety o our children? Howcan we send them to schoolto learn properly?, he said.

With their surrender, the

couple received cash assis-tance o P130,000 whichthey could use to start theirnew lie together with theiryoung children.

Governor Nicart, in astatement, said he welcomedthe rebel returnees and con-gratulated them or their de-cision to return to the gov-ernment.

Te surrender o these11 rebel returnees is the re-

alization o the peace e-orts that we really want,Gov. Nicart urther said.

Te couple said that theassistance they receivedrom the provincial gov-

known as the Mandatory Biometrics Reg-ister Act, voters are mandated to register or

validate their biometrics or be barred romvoting in next years general elections.

Biometrics reers to the automated iden-tification o an individual, which includes hispicture, finger print and signature recordedby a computer during the registration.

Mendros said they want to ensure that allregistered voters in the region to have theirbiometrics taken or them to vote.

Were talking here o the right to vote.Everybody should be counted. We have ex-erted all efforts or them to know the cam-paign, he said.

Te country is to hold a general election

next year.Te deadline or voters to have their bi-

ometrics taken is on October 31 with theexceptions on October 12 to16, days of

DOLE-8 continues to assistYolanda-displaced workers

ticularly on declogging ocanals and repair o publicutilities.

Te grant was ormal-ly turned over by RegionalDirector Elias A. Cayanong,to LGU representative, Ms.Delilah A. amondong, Rev-enue Collection Officer, atthe DOLE Regional Office,acloban City.

RD Cayanong said thatthe grant, which is primarilyintended or the purchase otools and equipment, is ex-pected to aid the beneficia-

ries to get back on their eetafer the typhoon.

We envision that thesebeneficiaries will attain amore productive and decentemployment, as a way to pro-

vide a new horizon or theiramilies rom the storm. Weare confident that we are onthe right track. DOLE willcontinue to assist the margin-alized sectors o our societyby giving them opportunityto live a decent lie and some-how alleviate them rom the

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Eastern Samar Bulletin 2NEWSSept. 27- Oct. 03, 2015

OFW e-recruitment program speedsup hiring process in Taiwan

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapi-

lis-Baldoz yesterday expressed elation over the DOLEs

adoption o the International Direct e-recruitment Sys-

tem or the Special Hiring Program or aiwan (-IDES)ollowing its successul implementation with the hiring

and recruitment o overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)

as production workers or NXP Semiconductors, a ai-

wan-based company involved in the development o

products dealing with high-perormance mixed signal

electronics in automotives, identifications solutions, con-

nected devices, internet, and power.

Te -IDES Process

Under the -IDES, the POEA shall acilitate the re-

cruitment process through its in-house placement acili-

ty, or the Government Placement Branch. Te program is

designed to simpliy the hiring process and make it easier

or aiwanese employers to directly hire oreign workers,

including Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), withoutthe participation o private recruitment agencies or bro-

kers.

Te system aims to cut down the processing time

in finding suitable oreign workers and likewise reduce

the mobilization costs or workers and employers, Bal-

doz explained. It will cut down on cost, rom the present

P90,000 to P120,000 to only about P30,000.

A DOLE inter-agency team was created to ensure e-

ficient implementation o the -IDES, composed o per-

sons rom the POEA, OWWA, ESDA, the International

Labor Affairs Bureau, MECO Labor Centers in aiwan,

and the National Reintegration Center or OFWs.

Te -IDES process flow will last rom only 12 to 18

days.

It will commence with employer selection which will

last or at least three to five days. Te POEA will notiy

the top three choices o the employer and process the first

to comply with all the requirements, afer which the em-

ployer shall review the pool o pre-qualified applicants, as

endorsed by the POEA.

Te POEA, under the program, shall document the

workers selected, while the Overseas Workers Welare

Administration will conduct the comprehensive pre-de-

parture education program or selected workers and man-

age the welare-related interventions or -IDES workers

onsite.

Te ESDA, or its part, will provide a registry o certi-

fied workers and graduates based on the qualifications re-

quired by aiwan employers and to provide a list o VE

providers offering programs that meet employers needs.

Te NRCO, on the other hand, will promote financial

literacy and suitable reintegration projects or -IDES

workers.

Selected workers under the -IDES will also have to

undergo medical examination, contract signing, submis-

sion o documentary requirements, payment o ees, issu-ance o Overseas Employment Certificate, airline booking,

pre-departure orientation seminar, and language training.

Tereafer, the aipei Economic and Cultural Office

(ECO) in the Philippines shall issue a working visa to

the employees or deployment.

Te Process Works

Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac o the POEA re-

ported to Secretary Baldoz that officials o NXP Semicon-

ductors visited Manila last week and were able to inter-

view 315 applicants through the -IDES.

Te list o workers hired by NXP, afer the companys

internal alignment and selection, will be provided or

proper documentation and deployment.

Te endorsements or prospective employees o NXPbegan on September 7, 2015, with a total o 63 workers

endorsed; the second endorsement was on September 8,

with 92 workers; and the third endorsement on Septem-

ber, with 127 workers. An additional 33 workers were also

endorsed by NXP afer a POEA evaluation on September

10.

In a letter sent to POEA Director Nima de Guzman,

NXP Human Resource Officer Kelly CJ Chen thanked the

POEA or the arrangements that have ensuring the effi-

ciency o the process.

We are satisfied with the smooth flow in conduct-

ing the company presentation, tests, and interviews or

the applicantsdivided into our batchesin three days.

POEA officials and employees, indeed, worked hard rom

early morning till evening in monitoring details that we

really appreciated, Chen said.

Te whole interview trip ended with success, she

added.

o strengthen the hiring program o OFWs under

the -IDES, aiwanese employers who have valid accred-

itation with licensed Philippine Recruitment Agencies

(PRAs) shall be allowed to hire under the -IDES based

on dual registration, like documentary package and uni-

orm compensation package. Te POEA has issued Mem-

orandum Circular No. 11 in this regard, Baldoz said.

oward this end, the labor and employment chie bared

that under the -IDES, only quality employers in aiwan

and quality workers rom the Philippines will participate.

Tis is one concrete step towards ensuring that the

system achieves its maximum potential and benefit or all

concerned parties. Te only way to make this system work

is standards or workers and employers, she finally said.

- In celebration o the

National Grains IndustryWeek (NGIW) rom Sep-tember 21-15, 2015, theDepartment o Labor andEmployment (DOLE) 8partners with the NationalFood Authority (NFA) inthe campaign: 1 MillionFood Guardians or 100Million Filipino People.

Tis advocacy encour-ages individuals rom di-erent sectors to be volun-teers as ood guardians inRegion VIII.

It aims to solicit signa-tures and voluntary com-mitment rom individualsto make rice accessible,available, affordable andsae to the public.

DOLE-8 took part onthe advocacy by enjoiningthe beneficiaries o its di-erent livelihood programsto be volunteers or thecause. With sign up boothsat the NFA Regional OfficeVII, Palo, Leyte, beneficiar-ies expressed their vows on

DOLE 8 partners

with NFA on#1FOR100INFANTRY

protecting the ood value

chain.As ood guardians, you

must pledge not to wasterice and saeguard its supplyto public. It is also advisedor you to ollow the correctood handling proceduresso as to assure the publicthat it sae or consump-tion, said Senior GrainsOfficer Pascualito C. Angelo NFA to the volunteers.

Angel thanked theDOLE amily or participat-ing in the advocacy. He also

encouraged other govern-ment agencies to be part otheir nationwide campaign.

DOLE Regional Direc-tor Elias A. Cayanong alsoreminded the volunteersto give emphasis on theenhancement o nationalood security, promotion oood saety and quality con-sciousness and air tradepractices in the grains mar-ket, as their livelihood pro-jects concern on rice trad-ing. (NIA CHUA,DOLE-8

Information Ofcer)

bondage o poverty, said theregional chie.

Ms. amondong, in re-turn, thanked DOLE orhelping their town recov-er rom the nightmares oYolanda.

Damo an nawarayanpakabuhi han pagsagasa niYolanda, kay dumuroy damana dumamo an pobre ha

amon. Pero, tungod han bu-lig han DOLE, makakasiringako na dako it bulig hini haamon pagpukrat tikang hanbangungot. Salamat mada-mo! (On the devastation o

yphoon Yolanda, a lot othe townsolks had lost their

jobs and livelihood, therebyincreasing the poverty ratein our town. However, withthe help o DOLE, I can saythat this is a huge help or usto be able to wake up romthe nightmare. Tank you somuch, DOLE!).

RD Cayanong and ARDGuzman assured closer part-nership and continuous de-livery o DOLE programsand services to LGU Maydo-longprovided proper imple-mentation and liquidationo previous assistance grant-ed are undertaken. (ajc/nc/DOLE-8)

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3 NEWSEastern Samar Bulletin Sept. 27- Oct. 03, 2015

-- Being surveyront-runners, SenatorsGrace Poe and Chiz Escu-dero are now the target oa disinormation campaignin the provinces, accordingto the lawmakers support-er, Valenzuela City MayorRex Gatchalian.

Reports reaching thePoe-Escudero camp saidrival groups had unleasheda campaign to discredit theleading presidential and

vice presidential bets aheado the official campaignseason to take away thesupport o senior citizens.

Te reports said groupswith ties to political oppo-nents o Poe and Escuderohad been spreading rumorsabout the senators sup-posed plan to discontinueprograms beneficial to sen-ior citizens i they get elect-ed as the countrys nextleaders.

Te disinormation

campaign involves the De-

Survey leaders Grace, Chiz now

target of disinformation campaign

partment of Social Wel-fare and Developments

(DSWD) social pension

program for indigent sen-

ior citizens through the

Pantawid Pamilyang Pili-

pino Program or 4Ps.

Efforts to discredit Poe

and Escudero were expect-

ed because of their high

survey ratings, according

to Gatchalian, a member of

the National Peoples Coa-

lition, which is considering

Poe and Escudero as itsadopted candidates for the

2016 elections.

Discontinuing the ben-

efits of senior citizens,

Gatchalian said, is contra-

ry to Poe and Escuderos

vow to establish a govern-

ment that is compassionate

and responsive to peoples

needs.

In fact, added

Gatchalian, the Grace-Chiz

team said it would con-

tinue and improve the 4Ps

program to better serve its

beneficiaries.

Tis is pure and sim-

ple black propaganda to

sully the image of Senators

Grace and Chiz, who are

both frontrunners in var-

ious surveys. Clearly the

other candidates are very

worried of the good show-

ing of the Grace-Chiz tan-

dem.

By spreading lies,

their rivals are resorting

to tactics only desperate

camps would employ toimprove their numbers at

this point of the election

season. And we expect

these to get worse and

dirtier as the official cam-

paign begins, Gatchalian

said.

He added: Our elec-

torate are intelligent and

will be able to discern the

truth from dirty tricks.

Hindi magtatagumpay

ang may masasama at

madidilim na intension.

(PR)

Te best o Filipinoculture, hospitality, ood

and entertainment werehighlighted in the recentPhilippine Festival held atthe Yoyogi Park in okyo,Japan.

Representative MannyPacman Paquiao wasthe special guest duringthe event organized by thePhilippine Embassy andthe Filipino communityleaders in Japan.

Te Filipinos are soamiable and their smilesare a trademark o our

tourism industry, Pac-quiao said.Pacquiao, who was ac-

companied by wie Jinkee,Vice Governor o Sarang-gani, encouraged the Fili-pinos to raise the prestigeand honor o the countrysaying No matter whereyou go, you bring withyou not just your amilyname but your countryspride.

Over 200,000 Filipinosand Japanese enjoyed the

A orum or the dis-cussion o various DRRMtopics and sharing o bestpractices by APEC mem-

ber-economies is sched-uled rom 22-23 Septemberin Iloilo City.

Dubbed as the 9th Se-nior Disaster ManagementOfficials Forum (SDMOF)o the 2015 Asia-PacificEconomic Forum (APEC),the event is hosted by thePhilippines, through theNational Disaster Risk Re-duction and ManagementCouncil (NDRRMC), andthe Office o Civil Deense(OCD).

NDRRMC ExecutiveDirector and Civil DeenseAdministrator, Usec. Al-exander Pama said this isalso in line with PresidentBenigno S Aquino IIIs call

NDRRMC to host APEC2015 disaster forum

or unity and cooperationin acing and surmountingthe challenges o disasters.

Tere really is a need

or an inter-economy co-operation in dealing withdisasters to ensure sus-tainable economic growthin the Asia-Pacific Regionand promote a holistic,comprehensive, integratedand proactive approach asa new paradigm in address-ing disasters and managingrisks, he said.

Tis is in cognizance othe act that climate changedoe not recognize nation-al boundaries, or political

or economic affiliations,Pama added.

Te Philippines, asa member economy oAPEC, advocates or stron-ger programs on disaster

risk reduction and man-agement that will makethe economy more resil-ient and beneficial to the

people.Subject matter experts

on DRRM rom interna-tional DRR agencies suchas the ASEAN Centre orHumanitarian Assistanceand Disaster Management(AHACentre), and theUnited Nations Interna-tional Strategy or DisasterReduction (UNISDR) willbe among the presenters.

Addressing the newnormal presented byclimate change will be

the highlight o the o-rum with its theme,Whole-o-Economy Ap-proach: A Paradigm Shifto Adapt to the New Nor-mal. (RJB/JCP/PIA-NCR)

Te best o Pinoy culture,ood shine in estival in Japan

two-day fiesta in a sunnyand cool weather at the be-

ginning o the five-day Sil-ver Week holiday in Japanthat welcomes the arrival othe autumn season.

Philippine Ambassa-dor to Japan Manuel Lo-pez thanked RepresentativePacquiao or responding tothe invitation o the Filipi-nos in Japan to attend thePhilippine Festival.

Ambassador Lopez alsosaid the annual PhilippineFestival contributes to thetourism promotion pro-

gram o the country as henoted that the Philippineshas become a tourism hotspot in recent years asshown by the opening omany new hotels in thecountry and the increasein the number o Japanesetourists to the Philippines.

Te weekend estivaleatured a parade, a streetdancing competition, per-ormances o bands playingFilipino and Japanese songs,and guest appearances by

Manila-based celebritiesJolina Magdangal, Marvin

Agustin and OPM singerRey Valera.According to the De-

partment o Foreign A-airs (DFA), one o themain attractions was theDinagyang estival dancepreormed by a group o30 award-winning dancersand drummers rom IloiloCity, Philippines.

Likewise, booths rep-resenting the culture andheritage o the Philippinesdiverse regions participat-

ed in the event.Te annual PhilippineFestival is a project o theFilipino community andthe Philippine Embassy inJapan under the leadershipo the Philippine FestivalOrganizing Committee.

Meanwhile, the Embas-sy also conducted overseasvoters registration whichlisted over 300 Filipinovoters or the 2016 nationalelection. (DFA/RJB/JEG/PIA-NCR)

ernment will be used bythem to start a small busi-ness.

According to Ms. Gem-ma A. Amit, OIC-Provin-cial Director o the Depart-ment o Interior and LocalGovernment (DILG) FieldOffice, the assistance camerom the ComprehensiveLocal Integration Program

(CLIP).CLIP ocuses in the inte-

gration program or mem-bers o the Communist Par-ty o the Philippines (CPP),New Peoples Army (NPA),and National Democrat-ic Front (NDF) who havedecided to abandon armedstruggle and be main-streamed into society.

Te surrender and thegiving o financial assis-tance by the 11 ormer NPA

members was held duringthe recent Provincial Peaceand Order Council (PPOC)held in Borongan.

Presence o rebel mem-bers remain to persist insome parts o the province,one o the most depressedin the country with insur-gency ofen cited as one othe reasons why econom-ic development in EasternSamar is slow. (ROEL T.

AMAZ ONA/LI ZBETHANN A. ABELLA w/PIA)

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Tree students romPhilippine Science HighSchool Eastern VisayasCampus who emerged asthe overall champion o the4th ASEAN Plus Tree Ju-nior Science Odyssey (APJSO) held at angerang, In-donesia were given recog-nition by the Departmento Science and echnology(DOS).

Te awarding ceremo-ny to the Philippine teamcomposed o PSHS-EVCampus students was oneo the highlights o the2015 Visayas Cluster Sci-ence and echnology Fairand Science Nation ourat Ormoc City, Leyte. Te

PSHS-EV campus students emergechampion in 4th ASEAN Science

Odyssey in Indonesia; receive awardsstudents identified as JohanCastillejos, Ryan Roi Cayasand Honeylene rincherareceived their gold medalsrom Secretary Mario G.Montejo o DOS.

Te students also baggedother awards in physics lab-oratory skills assessment,biology skills assessment,chemistry laboratory skillsassessment, innovation lab-oratory skills assessment,field project presentation,poster presentation andbest cultural presentation.

PSHS-Eastern VisayasCampus Director ReynaldoB. Garnace was very thank-ul or the support o thetraining team headed by

Janeth Morata-Fuentes.In his message, Secre-

tary Montejo extended hiswarm congratulations tothe school or having wonin the competition or the4th time in our years.

81 participants with 27teams rom ourteen coun-tries joined in the compe-tition.

Te participating coun-tries were Brunei Darus-salam, Myanmar, Laos,Cambodia, Tailand, thePhilippines, Malaysia, In-donesia, Vietnam, Sweden,China, South Korea, aiwanand Singapore.

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OPINIONEDITORIAL

Eastern Samar Bulletin

COMMENTARY:

By Fr Roy Cimagala

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

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Dalmacio C. GraflPublisher

Romeo CebrerosOIC

Brgy. Songco, Borongan CityEastern Samar

(055) 261-3319

Aljim Denver M. ArcuenoEditor-in-Chief

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

Virginia Woolf

Sept. 27- Oct. 03, 2015

The theme for the 50th World

Communications Day on May

8 next year is inspired by the

upcoming Jubilee of Mercy, and

Call to bearers of information

stresses that social communications should

be centered on mercy, dialogue and welcome.

In a Sept. 29 communique from the Vatican,

the Pontifical Council of Social Communication

in Vatican announced the choice of Commu-

nication and Mercy: a fruitful encounter as

the theme. This is to highlight the capacity of

good communication to open up a space for

dialogue, mutual understanding and reconcil-

iation and thereby allowing fruitful human en-

counters to flourish, the communique added.

It further stated, All men and women in

their own communications, in their reaching

out to meet others, ought to be motivated by

a deep expression of welcome, availability and

forgiveness.

News from the Vatican stated that the theme

serves as a reminder from Pope Francis that

in its essence, communication is a profoundly

human achievement, stating, Good commu-

nication is never merely the product of the lat-est or most developed technology, but is real-

ized within the context of a deep interpersonal

relationship.

At a time when our attention is often

drawn to the polarized and judgmental nature

of much commentary on the social networks,

the theme invokes the power of words and

gestures to overcome misunderstandings, to

heal memories and to build peace and harmo-

ny, Vatican communique further stressed.On this theme revolves how the fourth es-

tate, which is now the quad-media and all oth-

er bearers of information and even the public

could become more effective collaborators

in building peace in community, nation and

across the globe.

IM sure most people agree that as we plunge into morecomplicated, pressure-packed times, we need to remindourselves o some basic, must-know concepts, preciselybecause they run the risk o being orgotten and set aside.

Among these concepts is the intimate relationship be-tween law and conscience. We cannot deny that these daysmany people think law and conscience have practically

no relationship at all, or that they work in different levels.Tey dont meet.

In my chats with people, and somehow verified in mymany readings o current developments, I get the impres-sion that conscience is increasingly considered the ulti-mate bastion o personal reedom, the seat o ones realand barest sel, where nothing extraneous like law shouldbe let in.

I am araid this is a dangerous drif in peoples un-derstanding o things. It betrays a treacherous and evenalarming idea o reedom. It detaches reedom rom anyclear, fixed reerence point, allowed to spin and fly in anydirection

Freedom, in this view, is prone to become nothing oth-er than a whim or caprice. It considers itsel sel-created

and sel-defining, its own law, completely at the mercy oarbitrary impulses, like ones moods, passing ancies, cur-rent crazes and ads.

Freedom without a fixed reerence point can go ev-erywhere but can end nowhere. It becomes a wild anddestructive orce that rustrates our desire or peace andjoy. Its highly deceptive, strongly seductive but completelydangerous.

And yet no matter how distorted and even denied, theobjective truth about reedom, especially as it relates to thelink between law and conscience, cannot be contradicted.

A wayward reedom, i it does not crash, will be orcedto correct itsel. It cannot escape the working o its ownnature, and its own origin and purpose. It might take cen-turies, wars, pain, blood, but it cannot go against itsel in-

definitely.Recently, I read that the Asia-Pacific population is

slowing down. In act, it is eared to start shrinking. It isnearing below-replacement-level. Te region is joiningother ageing nations in the West.

Te culprit? Te vicious contraceptive mentality, anabuse o reedom, is taking its toll. Some countries affectedby this disease are desperate in reversing the trend. Letspray or them.

Meanwhile, it is also reported that countries that stillhave high population growth are expected to perorm welleconomically and to ride out the storm o our worst globaleconomic crisis to date.

But do you think many people will realize this? I havemy doubts. Tey would rather be scared to death by the

highly speculative, suppositional, i not rash threat o glob-al warming. Oh, well.

Tus, it is important to educate everyone about the realcharacter o reedom. And or this, the core o how ree-dom is lived by connecting ones conscience with an objec-tive law should be understood well.

Sad to say, a dense and almost impenetrable og o ig-norance and conusion surrounds the understanding othis matter. Have you, or example, heard o such thing aseternal law, natural law, and natural moral law?

Te common belie is that these concepts have notstepped out o the ivory tower ever since they were con-ceived. And no one seems to be concerned. No one is do-ing anything to correct, even i people, on the other side,have gone overdrive in knowing technical items even to

Conscience and

the law

the nano level.o say the least, this is a monstrous disequilibrium, a

totally unair selectivity in our pursuit or knowledge!We need to make everyone, especially the young, un-

derstand what conscience is and how it needs to respectand ollow a law which it has to discover, a law not o itsown making.

Tis is what the Catechism o the Catholic Church saysabout this matter:

Deep within his conscience man discovers a law whichhe has not laid upon himsel but which he must obey. Itsvoice, ever calling him to love and to do what is good andto avoid evil, sounds in his heart at the right momentForman has in his heart a law inscribed by God (1776)

Te education o conscience is indispensable or hu-man beings who are subjected to negative influences andtempted by sin to preer their own judgment and to rejectauthoritative teachings. (1783)

Tis is actually an old teaching, but to many nowadays,it is hot and resh breaking news.

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NOTICESEastern Samar Bulletin

Republic o the Philippines

REGIONAL RIAL

COUREight (8th) Judicial Region

Branch 5

Oras, Eastern Samar

IN HE MAER OF HE

CORRECION OF EN-RIES IN HE CERIF-

ICAE OF MARRIAGE

UNDER LOCAL CIVILREGISRY NO. 2000-23

Spec. Proc. Case No. 677

For: Correction o Entries inthe Civil Registry

MARY ANN M. ESPO-

NILLA,

Petitioner,-versus-

HE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISRY OF ARECHE,EASERN SAMAR, HE

ADMINISRAOR AND

CIVIL RIGISRAR GEN-ERAL OF HEN NAION-

AL SAISICS OFFICEAND ALL INERESED

PERSONS,

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

ORDERA verified petition or the

Correction o Entry in the

Certificate o Marriage un-

der Local Civil Registry No.

2000-23 o MARY ANN M.

ESPONILLA, was filed on July

23, 2015 praying that afer due

notice, publication and hear-

ing, this Honorable Court ad-

judged that petitioners date o

birth be changed rom MAY

13, 1973 in the certificate o

Marriage at the National Sta-

tistics Office, Manila and like-

wise at the Local Civil Regis-

trar, Arteche, Eastern Samar.

Finding the petition to

Republic of the Philip-pines

REGIONAL RIALCOUR

8th Judicial RegionBranch 42

Balangiga, EasternSamar

IN HE MAER OFHE PEIION FORHE ADOPION OF

MINOR SAMANHAJEAN ABUCEJO CUE-

VAS,LEONARD WANIWAN

VALDEMOROAnd JEANELE ABUCE-

JO VALDEMORO,Petitioners

SPEC. PROC. NO. 0139For:

ADOPIONx- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - -xORDER

Beore this Court is a

Petition or Adoption filed

by Spouses Leonard Wani-

wan Valdemoro and JeaneleAbucejo Valdemoro, praying

o this Honorable Court that

afer due notice, publication

and hearing, a judgment be

rendered ordering the De-

partment Social Welare and

Development, Borongan

Provincial Office, Borongan

City, Eastern Samar, thru the

DSWD, Quinapondan, East-

ern Samar, to orthwith 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

or adoption and declaring

that SAMANHA JEAN

ABUCEJO CUEVAS be con-

sidered, or all intents and

purposes, as the adopted child

o herein petitioners to be en-

titled to all the privileges and

benefits arising out and as a

consequence o the approval

o this petition or adoption;

ordering the Local Civil Regis-

trar o Quinapondan, Eastern

Samar, and the National Sta-

tistics Office (NSO) that the

middle name and surname o

the adopted child be changed

rom ABUCEJO CUEVAS to

ABUCEJO VALDEMORO

in the attached Certificate oLive Birth o Samantha Jean

Abucejo Cuevas; to issue a

certificate o 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 o registration, name o

child, sex, date o birth, place

o birth, name o citizenship

o the adoptive mother and

ather and the date and place

o marriage; and urther-

more, ordering the Office o

the Local Civil Registrar o

Quinapondan, Eastern Samar,

to annotate on the adopteesoriginal Certificate o Live

Birth the decree o adoption

within thirty (30) days rom

receipt o the Certificate o

Finality.

It appearing that the pe-

tition is sufficient in orm

and substance, let the hear-

ing o the petition be set on

10 November 2015 at 8:30 in

the morning, in the Session

Hall o this Court, Balangiga,

Eastern Samar. Let a copy o

this Order be published in a

newspaper o general circu-

lation in Region VIII and the

Province o Eastern Samar atthe expense o the petition-

er, once a week or three (3)

consecutive weeks prior to

the date o 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.

Te Social Welare and

Development Officer o

Quinapondan, Eastern Samar

is hereby ordered to conduct

a Child and Home Study Re-

port on the would-be adoptee

and submit the same beore

the hearing on 10 November

2015.

Let a copy o this Order

be urnished to the Office o

the Solicitor General, the So-

cial Welare and Development

Offier o Quinapondan, East-

ern Samar, the petitioners and

their counsel or their proper

inormation and guidance.

SO ORDERED inchambers.

8 September 2015,Balangiga, Eastern Sa-mar.

(Sgd.) ROLANDOM. LACDO-O

Acting PresidingJudgeESB: Sept. 20-26, 27- Oct. 03,

04-10

be sufficient in orm and sub-

stance the court hereby orders

that the petition be set or

hearing on October 6, 2015 at

1:30 oclock in the afernoon at

which date, time and place all

persons interested may appear

and show cause why the peti-

tion should not be granted.

A copy o this order shall

be published at the expense o

the petitioner once a week or

three (3) consecutive weeks in

a newspaper o general circu-

lation in the province o East-ern Samar with the last pub-

lication at least one (1) week

prior to the date set or initial

hearing.

Furnish copy o this Or-

der: Te Office o the Solic-

itor General, 134 Amorsolo

St., Legaspi Village, Makati

City; Office o the Provincial

Prosecutor, Oras, Eastern Sa-

mar; Te Local Civil Registrar,

Arteche, Eastern Samar; Te

Civil Registrar General, Na-

tional Statistics Office, EDSA,

Quezon City, Metro Manila;

And Petitioners counsel, Atty.

Robert John M. ejero, o

Public Attorneys Office, OrasDistrict Office, Oras, Eastern

Samar.

Te petitioner is directed

to urnish copy the aoresaid

offices each with a copy o the

petition.

SO ORDERED.

Done in Chambers this

30th day o July 2015, Oras,

Eastern Samar.

JULIANA ADALIMWHIE

Presiding Judge

ESB: Sept. 13-19, 20-26, 27- Oct. 03,

2015

REPUBLIC OF HEPHILIPPINES

REGIONAL RIALCOUR

EIGH (8th) JUDICIALREGION

CIY OF BORONGAN,EASERN SAMAR

BRANCH 2CYNHIA CAPACIE

JABAGA,

Petitioner,-versus-

HE CIY CIVILREGISRAR, BORON-GAN CIY, EASERN

SAMARRespondent

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

ORDERTis is a verified petition

or cancellation o the reg-

istered birth certificate and

correction o entries in the

original record o birth filed

by petitioner Cynthia Capac-

ite Jabagat, through counsel,

praying that afer due notice,publication and hearing, judg-

ment be rendered (1) ordering

the cancellation o petitioners

late registration Live Birth

Certificate (Annex A) under

Registry No. 2007-2192 regis-

tered on November 9, 2007 in

the Civil Register o Borongan

City, Eastern Samar; and (2)

ordering the correction o the

ollowing erroneous entries in

the original Live Birth Certifi-

cate o petitioner (under Reg-

istry No. 236) to wit: (a) the

name CYNHIA BORDIOS

CAPACIY to CYNHIA

BORDIOS CAPACIE, (b)the name IGMEDIO DISA

CAPACIY to IGMEDIO

DISA CAPACIE; (c) the

date o birth o petitioner

rom September 12, 1973 to

September 13, 1973.

Finding the petition to be

in due orm and substance, set

this case or hearing on Jan-

uary 19, 2016, at 8:30 oclock

in the morning, at the Session

Hall o this Court. Any person

having or claiming any inter-

est under the entries in the re-

cord o birth the cancellation

or correction o which is being

sought may, within fifeen (15)days rom notice o the peti-

tion or rom the last date o

publication o this Order, file

his opposition thereto.

Let a copy o this Order

be published once a week or

three (3) consecutive weeks in

a newspaper o general circu-

lation and duly accredited to

publish judicial or legal notic-

es in the province o Eastern

Samar at the expense o the

petitioner.

Send a copy o this Order,

together with a copy o the pe-

tition to the Office o 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, InChambers.

BoronganCity, East-ern Samar,

01 September 2015.Sgd. NAHANIEL E.

BALDONOPresiding Judge

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

04-10

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REGIONAL RIALCOUR

B B C, E-

S

IN HE MAER OF

HE PEIION FORHE ADOPION OF

MINOR MAEODAWN

SPEC. PROC. NO. -

SPS. ZALDY M. OBAR MYLENE JADE S.

OBAR AND CONCEP-CION B. ABINAS

P.------------------

ORDERTis is a verified petition

or Adoption o minor Mat-

teo Dawn filed by the spous-

es Zaldy M. Obar and Myl-

ene Jade S. Obar petitioners.

Trough counsel Atty. Eduar-do Q. Ang Jr. praying that afer

due notice, publication and

hearing judgment be rendered

declaring Matteo Dawn, the

child o petitioners or all legal

intents and purposes and as a

consequence o his adoption

the childs name be changed to

MatteoSacmar-Obar.

Te petition alleges that

petitioners are husband and

wie, o legal age, and resi-

dents o Rawis Road, Brgy.

Alang-alang Borongan City,

E. Samar, that both are qual-

ified to adopt; Tat they were

married on October 27, 2003

and to date spouses do not

have any children; Tat peti-

tioners are more than sixteen

(16) years older than the mi-

nor child; Tat the petition-

ers desire to adopt minor

child, Matteo Dawn; Tat the

baby was abandoned and was

brought to the hospital in ear-

ly morning o July 19, 2012

where he stayed at the Neona-

tal Intensive Care Unit or two

(2) months; Tat no one came

to claim the baby named Mat-

teo meaning God Sent and

surnamed Dawn since he was

admitted in the early morning;

Tat the petitioner Mylene

Jade S. Obar is a nurse who

took pity on the bay and de-

cided to bring the baby home;

Tat the DSWD gave petition-

ers Foster Parent Authority

and Foster Parent License to

take temporary care and cus-

tody o the child; Tat Matteo

Dawn has been living with

petitioners since his release

rom the Neo Intensive Care

Unit o the Eastern Samar

Provincial Hospital; Tat the

bay grew up with his adoptive

parents; Tat he is emotionally

attached to Petitioner Mylene;

Tat 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; Tat petitioners

are physically, psychologically,

morally and financially pre-

pared to care or and love the

child as they have been doing

so all these years that Matteo

Dawn has stayed with them.

Tat they are in possession

o ull civil capacity and hasnot been ound to be guilty

o any charge involving moral

turpitude. Tat petitioners are

financially stable as both are

employed. Tat Mylene Jade

works as a nurse at the ESPH

with a basic monthly salary

o Php 19,000.00. Tat Zaldy

is Marine Engineer earning

a monthly salary 348,000.00;

Tat the couples are in the best

position to afford the child a

decent and comortable lie;

Tat adoption o the child

Matteo Dawn would serve the

best interest and welare o the

child.

Finding the petition tobe sufficient in orm and sub-

stance let the hearing o the

petition be set on December

8, 2015, at 8:30 oclock in the

morning at the Session Hall

o the Regional rial 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 o the

petitioner in a newspaper

o general circulation in the

Province o Eastern Samar

and accredited by this courtto publish legal notices, once a

week or three (3) consecutive

weeks beore the scheduled

hearing. Te Provincial Office

o the DSWD is hereby direct-

ed to submit to the court a

Home Study Report and Case

Study Report o the child and

the petitioners duly approved

by the Regional Director o

the said Office prior to the

scheduled hearing in coordi-

nation with Mrs. Ma. Lourdes

S. Cales, S ocial Welare Officer

o this Court.

Furnish copy o this order

to the Solicitor General, 134

Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village,

Makati City, the Local Civil

Registrar o the City o Bo-

rongan, E. Samar, petitioners

counsel, the petitioner, the

Civil Registrar general, Na-

tional Statistics Office (NSO),

Manila and the Provincial

Prosecutor o the Province o

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

R P-

REGIONAL RIAL

COURE () J

R

BRANCH B, E

S

IN HE MAER OF

PEIION FOR COR-RECION OF ENRY,

S P. N. -ALMA ADAO-CEBRE-

ROS,

P--

HE CEBU CY CIVIL

REGISRAR NSO

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ORDERTis is verified amended

petition or correction o en-

tries filed by petitioner Alma

Adao-Cebreros through coun-

sel, praying that afer due no-

tice, publication and hearing,

judgment be rendered correct-

ing: (1) the entry o her name

in her Certificate o Live Birth

o ALMA CALO or change her

surname therein so that her

name should read as ALMA

CALO ADAO, ollowing the

surname o her ather Agus-

tin Adao (deceased) instead

o ALMA CALO, (2) her date

o birth be likewise changed

rom March 16 193 to March

16, 1953, (3) the name o her

mother reflected therein as

JOSEFA CLARO be changed

to JOSEFINA CALO, and (4)the name o her ather AGUS-

IN ADAO be recorded in the

space provided or the name o

the ather, and his citizenship

as Filipino.

Finding the petition to

be sufficient in orm and sub-

stance set this case or hearing

on November 23, 2015, at 8:30

0clock in the morning at the

Session Hall o this Court.

Any person having or claim-

ing any interest under the en-tries in the record o birth the

correction o which is being

sought may, within fifeen (15)

days rom notice o the peti-

tion or rom the last date o

the publication o this Order,

file his/her opposition thereto.

Let a copy o this Order

be published once a week or

three (3) consecutive weeks in

a newspaper o general circu-

lation and duly accredited to

publish judicial and legal no-

tices in the province o Eastern

Samar at the expense o the

petitioner.

Send a copy o this Or-

der, together with a copy o

the petition to the Office o

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. NAHANIEL E.

BALDONO

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT

Eight (8th) Judicial Region

Branch 5

Oras, Eastern Samar

IN THE MATTER OF THE

CORRECTION OF EN-

TRIES IN THE CERTIF-

ICATE OF MARRIAGE

UNDER LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRY NO. 2000-23

Spec. Proc. Case No. 677

For: Correction of Entries in

the Civil Registry

MARY ANN M. ESPONIL-

LA,

Petitioner,

-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGIS-

TRY OF ARTECHE, EAST-

ERN SAMAR, THE AD-

MINISTRATOR AND CIVIL

RIGISTRAR GENERAL OF

THEN NATIONAL STATIS-

TICS OFFICE AND ALL

INTERESTED PERSONS,

Respondents.

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

ORDERA veried petition for the Cor-

rection of Entry in the Certicate of

Marriage under Local Civil Regis-

try No. 2000-23 of MARY ANN M.

ESPONILLA, was led on July 23,

2015 praying that after due notice,

publication and hearing, this Hon-

orable Court adjudged that petition-

ers date of birth be changed from

MAY 13, 1973 to MAY 13,

1977in the certicate of Marriage

at the National Statistics Ofce,

Manila and likewise at the Local

Civil Registrar, Arteche, Eastern

Samar.

Finding the petition to be suf-

cient in form and substance the

court hereby orders that the peti-

tion be set for hearing on October6, 2015 at 1:30 oclock in the after-

noon at which date, time and place

all persons interested may appear

and show cause why the petition

should not be granted.

A copy of this order shall be

published at the expense of the peti-

tioner once a week for three (3) con-

secutive weeks in a newspaper of

general circulation in the province

of Eastern Samar with the last pub-

lication at least one (1) week prior

to the date set for initial hearing.

Furnish copy of this Order:

The Ofce of the Solicitor Gen-

eral, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi

Village, Makati City; Ofce of the

Provincial Prosecutor, Oras, East-

ern Samar; The Local Civil Regis-

trar, Arteche, Eastern Samar; TheCivil Registrar General, National

Statistics Ofce, EDSA, Quezon

City, Metro Manila; And Petition-

ers counsel, Atty. Robert John M.

Tejero, of Public Attorneys Ofce,

Oras District Ofce, Oras, Eastern

Samar.

The petitioner is directed to fur-

nish copy the aforesaid ofces each

with a copy of the petition.

SO ORDERED.

Done in Chambers this 30th day

of July 2015, Oras, Eastern Samar.

JULIANA ADALIM

WHITE

Presiding JudgeESB: Sept 27 Oct 3 4 10 11 17

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportaon

and CommunicaonLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND

REGULATORY BOARDRegional Oce No. VIII

Palo, Leyte

CASE NO. VIII-2015-0959

Applicaon for Extension of Validityof a Cercate of Public Convenienceto operate a PUJ service

ANGIE A. CEBUJANO Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a

Reconstuted Cercate of PublicConvenience to operate a PUJ service forthe transportaon of passengers and freighton the route: CALBAYOG CITY - ALLEN &VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit/swhich Cercate is sll valid and subsisng.

In the present applicaon, applicantrequest authority for extension of validity ofthe said cercate using the same numberof unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplicaon will be heard by this Board onOctober 15, 2015at 10:00 a.m. at its oceof the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall cause thepublicaon of this Noce of Hearing once ina newspaper of local circulaon.

This applicaon shall be acted uponby the Board on the basis of its records and

documentary evidence submied by thepares, unless the Board deems it necessaryto receive addional documentary and/ororal evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable ARTHUR L.SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this 1ST day ofOCTOBER, 2015.

(Sgd.) Aty. PAUL FLORIAN P. DOLINAClerk of Board

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportaon

and CommunicaonLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND

REGULATORY BOARDRegional Oce No. VIII

Palo, Leyte

CASE NO. VIII-2015-0932

Applicaon for Reconstuon ofRecordswith Extension of Validity of a Cercate ofPublic Convenienceto operate a PUB servicewith prayer to adopt trade nameand Change of Route

JOSE T. SANICO, JR. Applicant/sx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Cercate

of Public Convenience to operate a PUBservicefor the transportaon of passengersand freight on the route of the saidcercate using the same number of unit/salong the amended route:

TACLOBAN CITY - ARTECHE - GAMAY& VICE VERSA

which Cercate expired last April 22, 2014.In the present applicaon, applicant

request authority for extension of validity ofthe said cercate using the same numberof unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that thisapplicaon will be heard by this Board onOctober 14, 2015at 10:00 a.m. at its oceof the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to theabove date, applicant/s shall cause thepublicaon of this Noce of Hearing once ina newspaper of local circulaon.

This applicaon shall be acted uponby the Board on the basis of its records anddocumentary evidence submied by thepares, unless the Board deems it necessaryto receive addional documentary and/ororal evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable ARTHUR L.SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this 29THday ofSeptember, 2015.

(Sgd.) Aty. PAUL FLORIAN P. DOLINAClerk of Board

- Selected teachers andseveral other stakeholdersin the region involved inthe implementation andadaption of the Motherongue-based Multilin-gual Education (MBM-

LE) converged in aclobanthis week to evaluate theprogram.

Representatives of theresearch team from theUniversity of the Philip-pines Center for Integra-tive and DevelopmentStudies (UP-CIDS) in co-operation with the LeyteNormal University organ-ized the forum aimed toprovide input to two par-allel studies currently be-ing undertaken.

UP-CIDS is into re-search titled A Study of

the implementation Syn-ergy of Mother ongue-Based Multilingual Edu-cation in Schools and theBroader Community inview of RA 10533.

Te United NationsEducational, Scientificand Cultural Organiza-tion (UNESCO-Bangkok)is conducting the onedubbed Regional Re-search on the Use of Lan-guage(s) in Classrooms inEthno-linguistic Commu-nities that covers Viet-

nam, Tailand, Nepal andthe Philippines.In the forum, initiatives

by Department of Educa-tion in the different prov-inces and cities of EasternVisayas were disclosed.

Certain issues wereraised on the conflict be-tween policies set by the

Educators converged on theimpact of mother-tongue-

based system

Leyte Normal University prof. Voltaire Oyzon, author of Waray books and dictionary, stresses

the need to embrace all dialects in the region as one identity for the people of Eastern Visayas.

(Photo by Eileen Ballesteros)

Komisyon ng Wikang Fil-ipino and the initiativesof private individuals andgroups known to be au-thorities in the field of lin-guistics in the region.

Prof. Voltaire Oyzon

disapproved of the opin-ion set out by some schoolteachers on the diversityof dialects used in EasternVisayas in particular. Hestressed on the need of thelocals to embrace all thesedialects as one languagefor the Filipinos in thecontext of one language,one nation.

Tere are sectors thatare casting blame on thediversity of the dialectsin the region for the con-fusion in understandingterms meant differently in

one area as against thosein other places within theregion, he said.

Prof. Maria MercedesChed Arzadon of UPDiliman research teamunderscored the need forcollaboration among thesectors and create synergythat will eventually resolveissues on MBMLE in thelocal level.

She likewise suggestedthe creation of a multi-sec-toral organization to stirup this collaboration and

address controversies thatcan iron out creases in theimplementation of M-BMLE.

Prof. Lydia Liwanag aswell as few other partici-pants in the forum tossedup the use of online portalas avenue to settle queries

on translation and pro-mote efforts in promotingthe program other than thepaper-based resources.

Te Wikimedia, whosecoordinator Michael GlenOng was among the pre-

sentors of local initiativesin the region, was laudedas a potent partner in mak-ing translations and learn-ing more about the localdialects known by manypeople in the country andeven overseas.

Moored on the prin-ciple of providing freeknowledge or free infor-mation to all peoples ofthe world who have accessto the internet, Wikimediaoffers it web space for anyinformation labeled pub-lic domain.

Wikimedias Wikipediause about 290 languagesand dialects. Te Waray di-alect ranks 6th in the mostnumber of articles postedin the Wikipedia.

Waray Wikipedia hasWaray Wiktionary andWikitextbook that couldbe fully optimized to pro-mote MBMLE initiatives.Tese two portals are how-ever still in incubation forpaucity of data edited orentered.

Both Arzadon and Li-wanag considered theWikipedia as effective re-

pository of data useful inthe mother tongue-basedinstructions. Tey, never-theless, endorsed the pro-motion of other languagesand dialects of areas out-side Eastern Visayas.

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the filing of certificates ofcandidacy who will runin the 2016 elections.

Te registration forbiometrics data startedlast May 6, 2014.

Mendros said thatsince they started theircampaign, dubbed as nobio, no boto, they have

made several measuresto ensure that those whohave no biometrics couldbe reached.

For one, they postedlist of voters in the ba-rangays who have no bi-ometrics and even wroteto all local chief execu-tives, to include the gov-ernors, to help them ontheir campaign.

We also conductedsatellite registrations,the Comelec regional di-rector said.

Based on their records,there are still 44,097 reg-istered voters in Leytewho have no biometrics;42,979 voters in Samar;26,125 in Northern Sa-mar; 11,667 registered

voters in Eastern Samar;7,883 in Southern Leyteand 1,749 in Biliran.

Te region has totalvoting population of 2.51million.

Te ASEAN Plus TreeJunior Science Odyssey(AP JSO) is an annual ed-ucational event in the fieldo science and technologyor the young students aged13 to 15 years old.

Said event is designedspecifically to develop thegifed and talented youngindividuals in the field oscience and technology aswell as nurture uture sci-entists and engineers. (ajc/PIA-8)

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