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Director Leticia Diokno applauds with glee, in the amazing per-

formances of her staff intended for her honor. The occasion wasa wish-for-good-luck party held recently at the Milka Hotel. The

outgoing chief has been with the Department for 29 years now,

six years of which she stood as the regional director.

Members of the Corporal Works of Mercy spearheads a three-day medical mission here in Tacloban

with about 3,000 poor individuals to avail such free medical service. LITO A. BAGUNAS

A C L O B A NCIY- Te medicalmission initiated bythe Corporal Workso Mercy(CWM) isnow underway withabout a thousand

indigent patientsavailing the activity.Oelia Palaa, 54 and

a resident o San Roque,olosa in Leyte, said thatshe is happy that theCWM had chose to con-duct their activity here inacloban though she hasto travel close to an hour

just to avail o the reemedical mission.

Its good that theyhave this kind o reemedical mission. It will

benet us (poor people),Palaa said.

Palaa is sueringrom goiter and due tonancial constraint, shehas yet to consult a doc-tor to end her sueringor the last ten years.

But with the medicalmission initiated by theCWM, she is now op-timistic that her goitercould be a thing o thepast.

Te similar expecta-tion o Palana was also

Hotel in acloban City.O cers o the RegionEight AdministratorsLeague (Real), as well asother stakeholders com-ing rom all over the re-gion, have been invited towitness the occasion.

Meanwhile, outgoingRegional Director Leti-cia Diokno was installedtoday, January 8, as the

incoming head o the

CWM medical mission

treats indigent patientsBY JOEY A. GABIETA,Staff Writer

events will happen thissecond week o Janu-ary. Tis was disclosedrecently by DSWD-8 As-sistant Regional Directoror Operation Nestor Ra-mos, presently the o c-er-in-charge.

Te eld o ce will seea change o leadership, asa new regional chie willbe installed today at nine

oclock in the morning,at the Leyte Park Resort

or the DSWD Field O-ce Eight, as our major

Te opening o year2013 is a busy schedule

DSWD-8 to host natl confab, installnew chief and hold 2 other big events

PDEA to

empower K-9

providers

City govt plans

to auction

Leyte Park

Hotel property

CSC comput-

erized exam

system soon to

be used

Hotels in Cebu

brace for inux

of tourists for

Sinulog weekend

NSO hires Service

Contractors

for 2012 Census

of Agricultureand Fisheries

(2012 CAF)

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2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Thursday, 10 January 2013

Te Philippine DrugEnorcement Agency(PDEA) intends to em-power private canineservice providers tobolster the quality and

credibility o accrediteddrug-sning dogs inthe country.

PDEA Director Gen-eral Undersecretary Ar-turo G. Cacdac, Jr. saidthat eorts have beenmade to amend theprovision concerningpieces o drug evidenceno longer needed by thecourts be made avail-able to K-9 schools as

sonating people with au-thority to perorm illegalactivities. On August 16,2012, a certain JocelynMendoza-Domingo wasarrested or swindling a-ter introducing hersel asLieutenant Colonel Jo-sephine Mendoza romPDEA and raudulentlyenlists people who willbe deputized as rovingPDEA agents, in Sta. Ma-ria, Bulacan, he said.

Te PDEA chie reiter-ated his call to the publicto be watchul o personsclaiming to be PDEAagents and veriy theiridentity rom the nearestPDEA regional oce.

We will not tolerateunscrupulous people whomasquerade as agents justto tarnish the integrity oPDEA, the PDEA chiesaid. (PR)

Valencia said thathis brigade is con-ducting peace opera-tions like bayanihan,in the villages whereinthe soldiers are doingcommunity projectsor the people in thelocalit ies. My bri-gade is initiating or

establishing commu-nity projects in the ba-rangays as part o ourcampaign or peaceand to solve insurgen-cy problem in our areao operation.

Valencia inormedreporters that thecivil-military opera-tions o his brigadeare part o their strate-gies to win the hearts

training aids.Trough the amend-

ment o the DangerousDrugs Board (DDB) Reg-ulation Number 1, Serieso 2002, which discusses

the custody and dispo-sition o seized danger-ous drugs, controlledprecursors and essentialchemicals and laboratoryequipment, canine pro-

viders can acquire i llegaldrugs to be utilized in thetraining o drug detec-tion dogs without legalimplications.

PDEA has been the re-cipient o 20 Belgian Mal-

linois puppies rom thePhilippine Coast Guard(PCG), to be added totheir existing 15 work-ing dogs under the Spe-cial Enorcement Service

(SES) K-9 unit. Te PCGhas included the PDEAK-9 handlers in their up-coming handlers trainingcourse to be held at thePCG K-9 breeding andtraining acility in aguigCity this month.

Public places, such asschools and other estab-lishments where illegaldrugs are smuggled andtransited, will be duly

covered with the presenceo more quality drug de-tection dogs. With moreK-9s, we will be able tocover wider areas in ourillegal drug detection e-

orts, Cacdac said.PDEA-8 stands to

be among the recipi-ents o the ully trainedK-9 units. Tese teamswill likely be deployedin Southern Leyte andNorthern Samar, thesetwo areas being the en-trance and exit pointsrom the other parts othe country. (PR)

PDEA to empower K-9 providers

Another bogus PDEA agent nabbed or extortionasked or protection mon-ey rom drug pushers inCaoayan, in exchange ortheir removal rom theprovincial list o drug per-sonalities.

According to the re-cords o PDEA RegionalOce 1 Watch List andMaster List o Conden-tial Agents, neither La-zarte nor Avilas nameexists. Our adversaries

might think that we areprotecting their people.We are not in the busi-ness o tagging names odrug personalities andlet them go scot-ree inexchange or money. Teonly way or them to gettheir names o our list isby landing behind bars,Cacdac said.

Cacdac stated thatthere is nothing newabout this tactic o imper-

rom Michelle Avila, 37years old, that the suspectdemanded money romher in exchange or thedropping o Avilas namerom the PDEAs watchlist o drug personalitiesin the province. Lazarteeven threatened to harmAvilas amily.

Police reports revealedthat Avila, earing or herlie, agreed to the demand

o Lazarte and gave herP127,000 which was paidin two transactions dur-ing the month.

Lazarte was caughtred-handed aer receiv-ing the marked moneyamounting to P 5,000rom Avila along thenational road o SitioPagbaksayan, BarangayDon Lorenzo Querubin,Caoayan, Ilocos Sur.

Te suspect allegedly

Te Philippine DrugEnorcement Agency(PDEA) expressed deepconcern over another in-cident involving anotherwoman who introducedhersel as PDEA agentand extorted money.

PDEA Director Gen-eral UndersecretaryArturo G. Cacdac, Jr.said that the prevail-ing impersonation o

PDEA agents happenedall over again, citing inparticular the recent ar-rest o Maricar Lazarte, a31-year-old woman whoposed as an operativeo PDEA, during an en-trapment operation onDecember 30, 2012.

Lazarte was arrest-ed in a trap hatched byelements o Caoayan,Ilocos Sur Police aerreceiving a complaint

ORMOC CIY -he military troopersoperating in Leyte isconducting civil-mili-tary operations in thecountryside as part otheir campaign againstinsurgency in the area,the military command-er told media here.

Colonel Raael Va-lencia, 802nd brigadecommander, 8th inan-try division, PhilippineArmy, based here, toldreporters in an inter-

view that his brigadeis also ocusing on civ-il-military operationsaside rom the usualmilitary operations insolving the insurgencyproblem in his area ooperation.

Army conducts civil militaryoperations, peace ora

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3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressThursday, 10 January 2013 NEWS

dont see any confictsince the city govern-ments interest is onlyaer real property taxpayments.

In this auction, thecity government willonly get the amountrepresenting the de-linquent taxes. Te re-maining amount willbe turned over to thePMO.

Te PMO has theright to sell the proper-ty but we have the verystrong lead to put toauction the property,Lim pointed out.

He claimed that a-

ter the news o possibleauction o the hotel,the property, whichhas an estimated valueo P800 million, hasbeen drawing interesto big time developers

ACLOBAN CIY Te P450 milliondoppler radar projectin Guiuan, Eastern Sa-mar will be operationalMarch this year, patch-ing holes in weather ra-dar coverage across thecountry.

Citing reports romthe state weather bureaumain oce, Depart-ment o Science andechnology RegionalDirector Edgardo Es-perancilla said thatconstruction o radar isahead o schedule.

Te completiontarget is March 2013. Itwill be ully operationalbeore typhoon seasonthis year, Esperancillatold Leyte Samar Daily

Express.Te Guiuan Pagasa

Doppler Radar Stationin Bgy. Sapao, GuiuanEastern Samar, adoptsthe new system devel-oped by Japan RadioCo. using integrated

chips to transmit soundwaves as ar as 480 kilom-eters away to determinewind velocity, rainallintensity and speed, vol-ume o rainall and areacoverage.

Doppler radar canalso predict helpul inor-

mation or disaster pre-paredness within its morethan 400-kilometer radi-us. Tis will complementour existing conventionalradar acility, rain gauge,and water level sensors,Esperancilla explained.

Common solid statedevices include transis-tors, microprocessorchips, integrated circuit,light-emitting diode anddynamic random accessmemory hard drives used

in netbooks and similarcomputers.

Te rst o the threeJapan technology dopplerradars has been opera-tional since March 2012in Catanduanes.

P450-M doppler radar inGuiuan soon to be operational

to a e 9

has already publishedlate last year the certi-cate o tax delinquencywhich set the stage orauction.

We wanted to set-tle this issue or a longtime but there are legalconcerns in our con-tract with the Privatiza-tion Management Oce(PMO). Even duringthe incumbency o may-or Uldarico Mate andmayor Alredo BejoRomualdez, our com-pany had made eortsto pay the realty taxes.From the years 1995-1997 as evidenced by the

ocial receipts issuedby the city treasurers o-ce, Chan said.

Meanwhile, City Ad-ministrator ecson JohnLim said that while thePMO is also working onselling the property, they

is now preparing or theauction but has yet to de-cide on the exact date opublic bidding.

Under the LocalGovernment Code, thecity government hasthe right to dispose thisproperty because the ho-tel management ailed tocomply its tax obligationor years, said Cordao,who chairs the CDAS-Com.

She disclosed thator the Leyte Park Hotellot, the period o delin-quency started in 1989while the building non-payment can be traced

back in 1996. In its No-vember 15, 2011 ruling,the Court o ax Appealshas already ordered thelessee to settle taxes butonly partial paymentswere made.

Te city government

ACLOBAN CIY Te city government willput the Leyte Park Ho-tel in the auction blockwithin the rst quartero 2013, with the lesseesailure to pay accumulat-ed P65 million real prop-erty taxes or almost 20years.

But Engr. WilsonChan, president o Uni-masters Conglomerate,Inc. (UCI), lessee o theproperty, questioned thecity governments readi-ness o the auction.

Since there are manycourt cases still pending,we question the legal ba-

sis o the auction, Chansaid in a phone inter-

view.However, City reas-

urer Zosima Cordaosaid that that the citydisposal and auction salecommittee (CDASCom)

City govt plans to auctionLeyte Park Hotel property

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Leyte Samar Daily Express OPINION Thursday, 10 January 2013

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EDITORIAL

Privatize EVRMC?

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Leyte Samar

Joint Gods war vs the Devil by not sellingand not buying votes!

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Quidnuncs

Neighborchito dela torre

hould the plan to privatize government

hospitals be approved, the largest govern-

ment-run hospital in Region 8, the Eastern

Visayas Regional Medical Center, or EVRMC,

will be one of them, it being included among the

26 state hospitals House Bill 6069 seeks to privat-

ize.

This is to the advantage of the have-nots in

this part of the country. Lawmakers in Congress

ought to reconsider the plan and weigh things in

favor of the less fortunate. We understand it is in

line with President Benigno Aquino IIIs Public-

Private Partnership program wherein govern-

ment hospitals nationwide are to be privatized.

But even the government, although tasked to

ensure the welfare of the citizenry, cannot afford

to close its eyes to the needy, though certain prior-

ity projects designed for the good of the majority

are begging for attention. It cannot always

be pro-development while some citizens are

suffering from various illnesses resulting in

deaths.

We have yet to know exactly how the re-

gion could benefit from a privatized govern-

ment hospital. On the contrary, though, the

disadvantages are glaring. For one, it will

deprive the people of government healthservices, thereby reducing health access es-

pecially of the poor, resulting in a more sick-

ly populace, and even more deaths.

At the moment, said bill is already filed in

both Congress. We just hope it will be greet-

ed with protests in both chambers, and that

protesters to that bill will come out from the

lawmakers themselves so that it will be sub-

jected heated arguments that may lead to its

disapproval.

Every elector should keep

watch of activities hovering in and

around every nook and cranny in

the Philippine archipelago starting

January 13, this coming second

Sunday of year 2013. By that day,

the election period in this country

opens, to last until June 12, 2013.

That is made clear by the Commis-

sion on Elections in its Resolution

numbered 9385.

The election period covers elec-tion-related activities, giving focus

on the midterm elections which fall

on May 13, 2013, a Monday.

Also, according to Resolu-

tion 9385, the campaign period

for senators and party-list groups

starts February 12, while the cam-

paign period for House of Repre-

sentatives and local ofcials

starts March 29, and that thecampaign period ends May

11. This means, no cam-

paign activities are allowed

outside of these schedules.

When we say not allowed,

we mean that those done be-

fore February 12 and from

midnight of May 11 until

election time on May13, in

the case of senatorial andparty-list group candidates,

are VIOLATIONS that may

result in disqualication of

the erring hopeful. Candi-

dates for congress and local

positions are also prohibited

to campaign before March

29 and from midnight of

May 11 until election time

on May13.

Good citizens of the

Philippines must immedi-

ately report to the Comelec

ofce nearest them every

incident of violations. They

may also inform the media

personnel (radio, television,

newspaper). In reporting

and informing, they should

be sure about the name ofthe candidate (person or

party-list group), and the

place and date at which a

violation is being or has

been committed, and the

approximate time of the

incident, and then give a

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Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINIONThursday, 10 January 2013

Prayer for the Nation and

for Those who Serve inPublic Office

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

leaders and integrity of our citizens, may

harmony and justice be secured and maythere be lasting prosperity and peace.

Almighty and eternal God, You know thelongings of our hearts and You protect our

rights. In your goodness, watch over thosein authority, so that people everywhere may

enjoy freedom, security and peace.We ask this through our Lord Jesus

Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with

you and the Holy Spirit, one God, foreverand ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughters

of St. Paul)

Pray the Holy Rosary daily for

world peace and conversion of sinners

(The family that prays together stays together)

Thursday after Epiphany1 Jn 4:19 5:4; Ps 72; Lk 4:14-22

JESUS IN NAZARETH

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news ofhim spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagoguesand was praised by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the Sabbathday. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: TheSpirit of the Lord is upon me,/ because he has anointed me/ to bringglad tidings to the poor./ He has sent me to proclaim liberty to cap-tives/ and recovery of sight to the blind,/ to let the oppressed go free,/and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord. Rolling up the scroll,he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all inthe synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, Today thisscripture passage is fullled in your hearing. And all spoke highly ofhim and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.

They also asked, Isnt this the son of Joseph?

THAT POOR FACE!

If we do not love our neighbours, we do not love God. He whodoes not love his brother whom he has seen can not love God whom hehas not seen (1 Jn 4:20). Who is the brother or sister John is talkingabout? They are the people whose drawn faces and restless, tearfuleyes are caused by destitution, a dilapidated bed, foul air, hunger, sick-nesses. They are the ones who are driven into the crucible of humansuffering, by humiliating work conditions, unemployment, depressionand war. Their miseries are often caused by other peoples selshness,conceit, cowardice, greed, and lust. The face of any person sufferingfrom inhumanity of others, must haunt every Christians conscience,for we are all partly to blame for the miseries of others. In order todrive home the point that our love of God must be translated into lov-ing actions to alleviate sufferings of others, Jesus inaugurated his pub-lic ministry by proclaiming that he had been sent by his Father, topreach the good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives,sight to the blind and to set at liberty those who are oppressed (Lk4:18). May the merciful Christ turn his divine light on us, so that, inhis light, we can recognize in the afflicted, the faces we have cut, the

mouths we have twisted, the eyes we have darkened, and the light wehave extinguished, the effects or our own selsh indifference. May wealways remember that selshness is that detestable vice, the vice thatone cannot forgive in others, and yet no one is entirely without it. (HisWord is Life by Vima Dasan, S.J. published by Paulines. Visit us atwww.paulines.ph or at Paulines Media Center, Real St., Tacloban City.Tel. #321-3195)

Sowers Seeds: Our complete being must be at the service of God.He has fashioned all things and he has placed everything, even themost material things, at the service of human beings. Human beingsare to use them in the service of God and as becomes children of God.+Blessed James Alberione, Founder of the Pauline Family

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The Sower

An alarming report on

over-fishing in Phl seas

Captured in a cartoon

Joint...from page 4

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Dr. paciente cordero, jr.

Things To

Minddoms pagliawan

I nd the work of a fel-

low cartoonist very timely

and relevant to our contin-ued interaction with nature,

particularly with natural

calamities, which have

become common and fre-

quent nowadays.

Juan dela Cruz, merely

boarding a metallic ba-

sin, busily xes an erod-

ing mountain of sacks full

of soil obviously put up

to blockade the onslaught

of floodwater. This col-

lapsing wall-like structure

recurrently falls apart as

suggested by its label, the

label of floodwater, and thecomplaint of Juan.

Clearly underscored in

this cartoon is the erod-

ing wall softened by risen

waters. The emphasis is

the headache that it brings

to people, that every time

heavy downpours come,

This writer, a practicing

marine biologist and an ad-

vocate for the preservation

and conservation of the

countrys marine resources,

fully agrees that the Present

Dispensation should dou-

ble time and put more teeth

to laws crafted to protect

the marine ecosystem. The

destructions of the Philip-

pines marine environment

are both man-made and

acts of Nature, the former

could be stopped, corrected

by man himself, e.g. pollu-

tion, illegal shing practic-

es (dynamite, and Muro-

Ami shing, use of

cyanide, toxic substances

Part II Greenpeace Gains Support for Need

to Protect the Marine Ecosystem

extracted from plants like

Toba). The latter chemi-

cals, likewise, have been

found to be detrimental to

the coral organisms and

the micro-algal flora living

symbiotically. Death of

the microfloral population

in coral reefs affects the

sh catch by shallow-water

sherfolks.

Pollution in the aquatic

environment is aggravated

each time oil tankers sink.

The experience in Panay

Island was painful to the

sherfolks as both sh

catch and seaweed farms

were destroyed, including

the sh spawning ground,

mangrove areas. Hydrocar-

bon from crude/bunker oildeposited in the sea bottom,

kills benthic organisms like

shellsh, corals, sea grasses

and seaweeds. This writer

was sorely concerned hav-

ing spent years to document

the marine algal vegetation

of Region 6. His (Cord-

eros) crusade against par-

ties involved in the worst

oil-spill in Panay Island

and Visayas Sea, saw him

present his paper on the

afore-mentioned nightmare

as resource speaker in an

international forum in Bei-

jing, China. Also, he wrote

several technical/non-tech-

nical articles castigating the

issue of oil pollution have

been published nationally!

The contributions of the

LGUs Bantay-Dagat Teams

in curving illegal shing

activities is well-accepted.

This writer, in the course of

eld-data gathering in the

NE coast of Leyte Island,

witnessed the swift action

it caves in and falls to the

lower ground, thus al-

lowing the floods to rushto where damage to lives

and properties awaits. Re-

currence of floods is also

stressed here, perhaps due

to substandard drainage,

irresponsible and improper

disposal of non-biodegrad-

able materials, and the

most common cause of

floodingthe depleted for-

est covers and woodlands.

How the message could

be decoded relies heav-

ily on labels that could

inform what the main ob-

jects represent. Even thefloodwater, which is used

literally to mean flooding,

is still labeled by the car-

toonist as persistent flood-

ing to yield its particular

meaning. Sans the label on

the blockading wall, too,

which is cycle of rebuild-

ing and recovery, it could

not be properly identied.

Juans action is likewise

blurred were it not for his

saying something by way

of monologue. Here we go

again, he says.

A collapsing structure

is a typical destruction

brought about by flooding

and other catastrophes. And

preventing such wreckage

is instinctively a thing that

Filipinos do in the face of

disasters. Having these

sights imaged in a cartoon

is therefore a precise mir-

roring of what transpires

when calamities strike. But,

as usual, the ill-prepared-

ness of Juan dela Cruz and,

at times, his inability in ad-

dressing destruction cour-

tesy of natural disasters is

always evident, unable to

grapple with situations un-

less an outside help comes

his way.

Like what most people

would feel, the cartoon-

ist is sort of disgusted, fed

up with the recurrent trou-

ble of having to combat

the effects of calamities

ill-equipped. The damage-

mitigating projects being

put up in disaster-prone ar-

eas are either insufcient,

or are substandard in qual-

ity they could not stand the

onslaught of destruction.

The result is a vicious cycle

of recovery and rebuilding,

which is both expensive

and laborious, not to men-

tion the fact that they take

time to repair when dam-aged, during which disas-

ters could wreck havoc on

lives and properties, catch-

ing people ill-prepared.

No viewer could per-

haps question the reality

of situation depicted by the

cartoon in many parts of the

country, even in the Ilocos

Region where this cartoon

was produced. Elsewhere

in the country today, ru-

ral as well as urban key

areas increasingly end up

being flooded, even with

a meager amount of rain-

fall. These are sufciently

documented by media, a

common knowledge to all,

something that newspaper

readers could attest to be a

real phenomenon, though it

comes in a cartoon form.

by the lowly paid Bantay-

Dagat force of Tanauan,

Leyte, in apprehending

shermen illegally catch-

ing sh using ne net sh-

ing paraphernalia

Solving the deleterious

effects of global warm-

ing, an off-shot of Cli-

mate Change, is beyondmans realm left with an

option to adapt to the CC,

instead. Mitigation used to

be the initial option of man,

but found it an equally

mighty challenge to Na-

tures wrath! It appears

easier for man to reforest

denuded mountains caused

by Slash-andBurn

(Kaingin) farming, by

planting trees species en-

demic to the affected area.

Again, this writer re-

iterates by supporting the

Greenpeace concern ofprotecting the countrys

marine ecosystem and the

need to increase natu-

ral sh production from

its high six million tons

through strict implementa-

tion of pertinent sheries

and pollution laws of the

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description of the activity or

activities committed.

Between Jan. 13 and

May 14, anti-election fraud

watchers must also mobilize

themselves to the fullest.

They are under instructionsby their own organizations

to initiate the necessary and

appropriate steps.

These all we should do

in light of wide exhorta-

tions across the archipelago

and from foreign watchers

that for once and for all time

we should already STOP

VOTE-BUYING AND

VOTE-SELLING.

Even names of persons

who are demanding for an

amount in exchange for a

VOTE FOR A CANDI-

DATE or, this early, are

already saying they WILL

VOTE ONLY WHEN GIV-

EN MONEY IN FAVOR

OF A CANDIDATE, should

be reported to the Come-

lec. That gives sense to our

sincere urge to for a mass-

based wide ght against

VOTE-SELLING. Suchnames and such persons

should be tightly watched.

The POLICE, being Come-

lec DEPUTIES, should be

the rst to exemplify that

method of MONITORING

election-related activities.

The more so it goes for ALL

Comelec personnel. Thus,

even POLICE and Come-

lec personnel should also be

monitored, and their names

and particular violations

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6 Leyte Samar Daily Express NOTICES Thursday, 10 January 2013

DEED OF ADJUDICATION WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that Estela M. Aterrado executed a Deed

of Adjudication over one-half portion of the 1/4 share of a parcel of

land, Lot No. 836, OCT No. 0-535, with the building and improve-

ments thereon, situated at the Mun. of Burauen, containing an area of

20,489 square meters, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in

favor of Sps. Vitus C. Carilla and Marissa D. Carilla as vendees for the

1/2portion of the 1/4 share of the above-described property; per Doc.

No. 198, Page No. 40, Book No. VIII, Series of 2012 of Notary Public

Belinda Alcober. LSDE: Dec. 27, 2012, January 3 & 10, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Sps. Angel

Fabilloren and Seraa D. Fabilloren extrajudicially settled, par-

titioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land situ-

ated at Brgy. Sulupan, Paranas, Samar, under O.C.T. No. 9556,

Lot No. 1200. A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Santiago

C. Gabon Jr. married to Paulina C. Dabuet as vendees for the

above-described property; per Doc. No. 396, Page No. 78, Book

No. 168, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Medino L. Acuba.

LSDE: Dec. 27, 2012, January 3 & 10, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Vidala Palenciaextrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel

of land, Cad. Lot No. 7326 (CAD 407) situated in Caloogan,

Palo, Leyte, covered by TD/ARP No. 08-30-0013-00178, con-

taining an area of 5,152 square meters, more or less. A Deed of

Sale was executed in favor of Sps. Vitus C. Carilla and Marissa

D. Carilla as vendees for a portion of 3,852 square meters, from

the above-described property; per Doc. No. 281, Page No. 57,

Book No. VIII, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Belinda

Alcober. LSDE: Dec. 27, 2012, January 3 & 10, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

& CommunicationsLand Transportation Franchising

& Regulatory BoardRegional Ofce No. 8

Tacloban City

LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2013-0421

Application for Extension of Validity of a CPCoperate a FILCAB service with Prayer to AdoptTrade Name

ARMANDO TABARANZAApplicant/s/Petitioner

x.............................xNOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPCTO OPERATE A FILCAB SERVICE FOR THETRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: BAYBAY-IN-OPACAN & VICE VERSA WITH THE USEOF ONE (1) UNIT WHICH CERTIFICATEWILL EXPIRE ON APRIL 15, 2013.

IN THE PRESENT APPLICATION,APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITY TOEXTEND THE VALIDITY OF A CPC USINGTHE SAME NO. OF UNIT AND ROUTE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATTHIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BYTHIS BOARD ON JANUARY 23, 2013 AT9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDRESS.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the date,applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one(1) Daily newspaper of general circulation inEastern Visayas.

Parties opposed to the approval of the ap-plication must le veried written oppositionsupported by documentary evidences on or

before the above date furnishing a copy of the

same to the applicant, and may if they so desire,appear on said date and time.

This application shall be acted upon bythe Board on the basis of its records and thedocumentary evidences submitted by partiesunder the board deems it necessary to receiveadditional documentary or testimonial evi-dences.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE RE-GIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPU-DIN, this 7th day of January 2013.

(Sgd.) GUALBERTO N. GUALBERTOClerk of Board




Tacloban City


Application for Extension of Validity of a CPCoperate a TH service with Prayer to AdoptTrade/Business Name

RODOLFO SERVACIOApplicant/s/Petitioner


APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF ACPC TO OPERATE A TH SERVICE FORTHE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERSAND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: FROMTACLOBAN CITY TO ANY POINT INREG. 08 WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNITWHICH CERTIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ONFEBRUARY 29, 2013.





before the above date furnishing a copy of thesame to the applicant, and may if they so desire,appear on said date and time.







Tacloban City


Application for Extension of Validity of a CPCoperate a PUJ service with Prayer to AdoptTrade Name

BEATRIZ TABOADA

Applicant/s/Petitioner

x.............................xNOTICE OF HEARINGAPPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPC

TO OPERATE A PUJ SERVICE FOR THETRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN-SAN JOSE-AIRPORT & VICE VERSA WITHTHE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT WHICH CER-TIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ON JAN. 22, 2013.












Tacloban City



LITO TUAZONApplicant/s/Petitioner


APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPCTO OPERATE A PUJ SERVICE FOR THETRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBANCITY-SAN JOSE-AIRPORT & VICE VERSAWITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT WHICHCERTIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ON MAY 4,2013.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATTHIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BYTHIS BOARD ON JANUARY 23, 2013 AT

9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDRESS.At least TEN (10) days prior to the date,

applicant/s shall publish this Notice once in one(1) Daily newspaper of general circulation inEastern Visayas.









Tacloban City


Application for Issuance of a CPC to operate aPUJ service with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name.(COLORUM LEGALIZATION)

DEAN MARK FRANCISCO APOSTOL

Applicant/s/Petitioner


APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITYFOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CPC TO OPER-ATE A PUJ SERVICE FOR THE TRANSPOR-TATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHTALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN CITY-ALANG-ALANG & VICE VERSA WITHTHE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT.











Tacloban City


Application for Extension of Validity of a CPCoperate a FILCAB service with Prayer to AdoptTrade Name

MARIO PURAY, JR.

Applicant/s/Petitionerx.............................x

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPCTO OPERATE A FILCAB SERVICE FORTHE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERSAND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: ORMOCCITY-ALBUERA & VICE VERSA WITHTHE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT WHICH CER-TIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ON JULY 4, 2013.












Tacloban City

LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2012-0242Ref. No. VIII-2007-0487

Application for Sale & Transfer of a CPC tooperate a FILCAB service with Extension ofValidity & with Prayer to Adopt Trade Name.

ADRIAN PEDROSA-VENDOR

ERNALYN AMOYAN-VENDEEApplicant/s/Petitionerx.............................x

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT REQUEST AUTHORITYFOR THE APPROVAL OF SALE MADE BYADRIAN PEDROSA-VENDOR IN FAVOROF ERNALYN AMOYAN-VENDEE OF ACPC FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PAS-SENGERS AND FREIGHT ALONG THELINE: TACLOBAN CITY-MARASBARAS-

NIA & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OFONE (1) UNIT A FILCAB SERVICE WHICHCERTIFICATE IS STILL VALID AND SUB-SISTING.



Parties opposed to the approval of the ap-

plication must le veried written oppositionsupported by documentary evidences on orbefore the above date furnishing a copy of thesame to the applicant, and may if they so desire,appear on said date and time.







Tacloban City

LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2003-0464Application for Extension of Validity of a CPCoperate a FILCAB service with Prayer to AdoptTrade/Business Name

DOMINADOR JOYOApplicant/s/Petitioner


APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPCTO OPERATE A FILCAB SERVICE FOR THETRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: MERIDA-ISABEL & VICE VERSA WITH THE USE OFONE (1) UNIT WHICH CERTIFICATE WILLEXPIRE ON APRIL 6, 2013.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATTHIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BYTHIS BOARD ON JANUARY 22, 2013 AT

9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDRESS.At least TEN (10) days prior to the date,










Tacloban City



RODOLFO P. TALAVERA


NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPCTO OPERATE A PUJ SERVICE FOR THETRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBAN-DAGAMI-BRGY. GUINARONA & VICEVERSA WITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNITWHICH CERTIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ONJUNE 2, 2013.












Tacloban City


Application for Extension of Validity of a CPCoperate a GT EXPRESS service with Change

Name of service to UV EXPRESS service &with Prayer to Adopt Trade/Business Name.

FELIPE DE GUZMAN


NOTICE OF HEARINGAPPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPC

TO OPERATE A UV EXPRESS SERVICEFOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSEN-GERS AND FREIGHT ALONG THE LINE:TACLOBAN CITY-GUIUAN & VICE VERSAWITH THE USE OF ONE (1) UNIT WHICHCERTIFICATE WILL EXPIRE ON AUGUST6, 2013.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATTHIS APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD BYTHIS BOARD ON JANUARY 23, 2013 AT9:00 AM AT ITS OFFICE AT THE ABOVE

MENTIONED ADDRESS.At least TEN (10) days prior to the date,





WITNESS THE HONORABLE RE-GIONAL DIRECTOR, ARTHUR L. SAIPU-DIN, thi s 8th day of January 2013.





Tacloban City

LTFRB CASE NO. VIII-2003-0518Application for Extension of Validity of a CPCoperate a PUJ service with Prayer to AdoptTrade Name

ROSALINDA TONIDOApplicant/s/Petitionerx.............................x

NOTICE OF HEARINGAPPLICANT IS A GRANTEE OF A CPC

TO OPERATE A PUJ SERVICE FOR THETRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS ANDFREIGHT ALONG THE LINE: TACLOBANCITY-PALO & VICE VERSA WITH THE USEOF ONE (1) UNIT WHICH CERTIFICATEWILL EXPIRE ON APRIL 30, 2013.





before the above date furnishing a copy of the

same to the applicant, and may if they so desire,appear on said date and time.This application shall be acted upon by

the Board on the basis of its records and thedocumentary evidences submitted by partiesunder the board deems it necessary to receiveadditional documentary or testimonial evi-dences.



AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATIONNOTICE is hereby given that Salvacion A. Quionez heir of

late Candida Abinales executed an afdavit of adjudication over

a portion of residential land covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-15002-

00473 R13, situated at Pob. 2, Hindang, Leyte, designated as

Cad. Lot No. 1039-P, with an area of 130.50 square meters, more

or less with assessed value of P5,940.00; per Doc. No. 954, Page

No. 101, Book No. XV, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.

Allan R. Oriel. LSDE: January 10, 17 & 24, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNOTICE is hereby given that the heirs of the late Rolando

Muertegui extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicatedover two (2) parcels of land described as: Parcel 1, Lot No. 6153,

situated at Tacloban City, containing an area of 6 square meters,

more or less, covered by TCT No. T-40757; Parcel 2, Lot No.

6155, situated at Tacloban City, containing an area of 109 square

meters, more or less, covered by TCT No. T-40757; per Doc. No.

290, Page No. 58, Book No. XXX, Series of 2012 of NotaryPub-

lic Atty. Ryan M. Oledan. LSDE: January 10, 17 & 24, 2013

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EmporiumROVIC BLDG., DEL PILAR &

JUSTICE ROMUALDEZ STREETS., TACLOBAN CITY

l HOUSEWAREl COSMETICS

l GIFT ITEMSl SHOES & SANDALSl TOYSl and many more

l GROCERYl CLOTHINGS & RTWl HARDWAREl KITCHENWARE

lPLASTIC WARESl APPLIANCES

THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN MALL SHOPPING!

WITH THE LOWEST PRICE IN TOWN.

eFurnitures eOfficeTables

eSofa Beds e SportseDining Tables e Supplies

should immediately be made

public. Doing all these will

DETER, DISCOURAGE,

FRUSTRATE, and STOP

such violations.

Part of understanding the

deeper sense of this drive for

a CLEAN AND HONESTELECTION is every voters

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS

OBLIGATION TO GOD

AND COUNTRY to DO

RIGHT and DO IT RIGHT

by not allowing any viola-

tion. We all should under-

stand that VOTE-SELLING

and then VOTE-BUYING

are WORKS OF THE DEV-

IL and therefore are EVIL

DOINGS. GOD THE AL-

MIGHTY wishes that every

Filipino voter should stop

these EVIL DOINGS begin-

ning today and until after the

election period. QN strong-ly and doubtlessly believes

WE CAN ALL DO our part

to please GOD. QN strongly

believes we can individually

and collectively DEFEAT

EVIL AND SATAN AND

EVERY DEVILS TEMP-

TATION (which leads to

endless burning of ones

soul) by NOT SELLING

ONES VOTES and NOT

BUYING VOTES. Do you

agree with QN?

***

I wish to share with QN

readers part of the Christmas

Joint...from page 5

DEED OF SELF-ADJUDICATION WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that Lorenzo Jervoso-Torres heir

of late Dominador and Rosalia Jervoso executed a Self-Adjudi-

cation over a parcel of land, situated at Brgy. Romualdez, Mac-

Arthur, Leyte, covered with Katibayan Ng Original na Titulo

Blg. 40497, and Tax Dec. No. 02-024-022-00042, containing

an area of 19,978 square meters. A Deed of Sale was executed

a portion of 1600 sq. m. from the above-described property in

favor of Rommel N. Reyes as vendee; per Doc. No. 1983, Page

No. 06, Book No. 65, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Vi-

cente G. Rudas. LSDE: January 10, 17 & 24, 2013

2012 message of Secretary

Virgilio R. de los Reyes of

the Department of Agrarian

Reform, which he addressed

to people in THE ENTIRE

DAR COMMUNITY:

As we end the year, we

can look back with satisfac-

tion that in 2012, we did a

good job. On January 2013,

we will hit the ground run-

ning. ARCCESS will go fullswing with the delivery of

the common service facilities

and agri-extension services

as well as project monitoring

and business development

services to ARBs by the rst

quarter of 2013. The credit

program being jointly aug-

mented by the Land Bank,

DA, and DAR will also be

in full swing in 2013, this

time augmented by crop in-

surance. Farmworkers in

Hacienda Luisita will see the

fruition of their decades-long

struggle when we nally

distribute the land around

May 2013. The more than

90,000 hectares in the pipe-

line will mature in the rst

semester of 2013 and we will

hopefully witness the DAR

achieving record accom-

plishments in distributing

lands covered under compul-

sory acquisition. The Inter-

Agency Committee created

by Administrative Order No.

34 will nish its study on the

post-2014 institutional ar-

rangements and end the un-

certainties that have plagued

us in the past year.

Once again, let me con-

vey to you my sincerest grat-

itude for your work to better

the lives of our agrarian re-

form beneciaries.

***

ESCUDERO BRINGS

TOP RANKING INTO

CAMPAIGN PERIOD:

With the campaign period for

this years midterm polls just

a month away, Sen. FrancisChiz Escudero will go into

the hustings carrying the all-

important top ranking among

84 candidates, based on a

number of year-end surveys.

Escudero ranked rst in the

latest survey conducted by

polling agency StratPOLLS

conducted from Dec. 5 to 14

last year. Before that, he also

ranked rst in the Nov. 10-23

survey of pollster Pulse Asia.

The senator likewise topped

the Social Weather Stations

survey conducted from Aug.

31 to Sept. 7 last year. Since

May 2012, Escudero has not

ranked lower than second

in the polls, running neck-

to-neck with fellow reelec-

tionist Sen. Loren Legarda.

Escudero is the only inde-

pendent candidate thus far in

the top 12, although former

Movies and Television Rat-

ings and Classication Board

chairperson Grace Poe, also

an independent candidate,

made the biggest leap, barg-

ing into the Magic 12 last

month from 15th place.

The December Strat-

POLLS survey showed Poe

landing in the 12th spot,

edging out Puerto Princesa

Mayor Edward Hagedorn.

Poe is the daughter of the

late movie great and presi-

dential candidate Fernando

Poe Jr., who ran against Glo-

ria Macapagal Arroyo in the

2004 presidential elections.Poe lost the elections but Ar-

royo was accused of rigging

the polls, and Poe was wide-

ly believed to have won the

vote. Pollsters are expected

to conduct another survey

within the month heading

into the campaign period.

***Quotes: (1) For God

hates utterly / The bray ofbragging tongues. (2)Money: Theres nothing inthe world so demoralizing as

money. - Sophocles, Anti-gone.

(3) Women speak be-cause they wish to speak,whereas a man speaks onlywhen driven to speech bysomething outside himself

like, for instance, he cantnd any clean socks. JeanKerr

(4) When anger spreads

through the breath, guardthey tongue from barkingidly. Death must be an

Evil and the gods agree;for why else would they liveforever? - Sappho

sity o Caliornia, said thatthey expect to providehelp assistance to 3,000poor people coming romacloban and the rest othe rst congressional dis-trict o Leyte.

Aside rom acloban,the district covers thetowns o Palo, Babatngon,

Alangalang,Santa Fe, SanMiguel, anauan and o-losa.

We expect at least1,000 patients a day andwe are just happy to pro-

vide them assistance, Ga-biola said.

About 50 Americandoctors, to include medi-cal students, are partici-pating the three-day medi-cal mission. Some o theequipment brought by themembers o the mission

would be donated to thehospital where they aredoing their activity.

Rollins said that shecould not contain her hap-piness that she and theirgroup are providing assis-tance to the needy and thepoor.

According to her, shehopes that those who arereally qualied could availo the medical mission.

She also said that theyare hoping that they coulddo another medical mis-sion here in Leyte in theuture.

shared by Rodolo Gadi,65 and a resident o Ba-rangay 9, Abucay, this city.

Gadi is suering a bigmass rom his mandibulararea which was operatedyesterday by the doctors

participating the medicalmission o the CWM.

Since yesterday, closeto a thousand o indigentpersons coming rom di-erent parts o this city andLeyte, particularly in therst congressional district,have been trooping to theacloban City Hospital(CH) and at the Holy In-ant College (HIC).

Major operations arebeing held at the CHwhile minor surgeries are

done at the (HIC).While the three-daymedical mission is largelyinitiated by the CWM, thesaid activity is also beingsponsored by the ABCsor Global Health Foun-dation and the congres-sional oce o Leyte Rep.Ferdinand Martin FMRomualdez.

Vicki Rollins, a nativeo olosa, Leyte where theCWM is based, is also amajor sponsor o the med-ical mission.

Doctor Julieta Gabiolao the Stanord Univer-

CWM...from page 1

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Plan Internaonal, Inc.Visayas Program Area

2/F Uyngkoc Building

Avenida Veteranos

Tacloban City

INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID

1. Plan Internaonal Inc. through its Bidding Commiee invites contractors registered with and clas -

sied by the Philippines Contractors Accreditaon Board (PCAB) to apply for eligibility and if foundeligible, to bid for the hereunder contract:

Construcon of One (1) unit BarangayName of Project Health Center for Mabuhay

Locaon of the Project Brgy. Mabuhay, Oras, Eastern Samar

Duraon of the Contract 45 days

2. Prospecve bidders should possess a valid PCAB License applicable to the contract, have undertakenwithin the last 3 years, as the contractor, one construcon work project similar in nature, and have keypersonnel and equipment (listed in the Eligibility Forms) available for the prosecuon of the contract.

The Commiee will use non-Discreonary pass/fail criteria in the Eligibility Check/Screening as well asthe Preliminary Examinaon of Bids and it will conduct post evaluaon of bids.

3. The schedule is as follows:

1. Receipt from prospecve bidders theLeer of Intent and Issuance of Eligibility Jan. 16, 2013 @ Plan VSC, Tacloban City OceRequirements

2. Noce of Results of Eligibility Check Jan. 17, 20133. Pre-Bid Conference and Issuance ofbidding Documents Jan. 21, 20134. Opening of Bids Jan. 25, 2013 @ Plan VSC Tacloban City Oce

4. The Commiee will issue to prospecve bidders Eligibility Forms at Plan Internaonal in TaclobanCity upon their submission of a Leer of Intent. Prospecve bidders shall submit the Eligibility Require-ments to the Commiee at the said address. They may also obtain the results of the Eligibility Check bythe Commiee at the same address.

5. The Commiee will issue Bidding documents only to bidders declared by the Commiee to be eligi-ble for the bidding upon payment of a non-refundable amount of Php. 1,500.00.

6. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of 5% of the total Bid Price in a form

ofManagers Check/Cashiers Check or Cash, and must be delivered to the Bidding Commiee, Plan

Internaonal, Visayas Program Area, 2nd Floor, Uyngkoc Building, Avenida Veteranos, Tacloban City

on or before 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 25, 2013. Bids will be opened at 1:00 p.m. on the aforemenoned date,

in the presence of bidders representaves who chose to aend.

7. Plan Internaonal reserves the right to accept or reject any bids and to cancel the bidding at any me

prior to award of the contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the aected bidder or bidders

or any obligaons to inform the aected bidders of the reasons for employers acon.

(Sgd.) EDGAR Ting NARVASA

Bidding Commiee Chairperson

8 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Thursday, 10 January 2013

Plan Internaonal, Inc.Visayas Program Area

2/F Uyngkoc Building

Avenida Veteranos

Tacloban City

INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID

1. Plan Internaonal Inc. through its Bidding Commiee invites contractors registered with and clas -

sied by the Philippines Contractors Accreditaon Board (PCAB) to apply for eligibility and if foundeligible, to bid for the hereunder contract:

Construcon of One (1) unit BarangayName of Project Health Center for RizalLocaon of the Project Brgy. Rizal, Daram, Western Samar

Duraon of the Contract 30 days

2. Prospecve bidders should possess a valid PCAB License applicable to the contract, have undertakenwithin the last 3 years, as the contractor, one construcon work project similar in nature, and have keypersonnel and equipment (listed in the Eligibility Forms) available for the prosecuon of the contract.

The Commiee will use non-Discreonary pass/fail criteria in the Eligibility Check/Screening as well asthe Preliminary Examinaon of Bids and it will conduct post evaluaon of bids.

3. The schedule is as follows:

1. Receipt from prospecve bidders theLeer of Intent and Issuance of Eligibility Jan. 15, 2013 @ Tacloban City OceRequirements

2. Noce of Results of Eligibility Check Jan. 16, 20133. Pre-Bid Conference and Issuance ofbidding Documents Jan. 21, 20134. Opening of Bids Jan. 25, 2013 @ VSC Tacloban City Oce

4. The Commiee will issue to prospecve bidders Eligibility Forms at Plan Internaonal in TaclobanCity upon their submission of a Leer of Intent. Prospecve bidders shall submit the Eligibility Require-ments to the Commiee at the said address. They may also obtain the results of the Eligibility Check bythe Commiee at the same address.

5. The Commiee will issue Bidding documents only to bidders declared by the Commiee to be eligi-ble for the bidding upon payment of a non-refundable amount of Php. _________

6. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of5% of the total Bid Price in a form

ofManagers Check/Cashiers Check or Cash, and must be delivered to the Bidding Commiee, Plan

Internaonal, Visayas Program Area, 2nd Floor, Uyngkoc Building, Avenida Veteranos, Tacloban City

on or before 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 25, 2013. Bids will be opened at 1:00 p.m. on the aforemenoned date,

in the presence of bidders representaves who chose to aend.

7. Plan Internaonal reserves the right to accept or reject any bids and to cancel the bidding at any me

prior to award of the contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the aected bidder or bidders

or any obligaons to inform the aected bidders of the reasons for employers acon.

(Sgd.) MA. CECILIA C. CAMPOMANES

Bidding Commiee Chairperson

Examination (Comex)system as replacement orits erstwhile Computer-Assisted est (CA) ex-amination system.

Atty. Raymond Gon-zales, new CSC regionaldirector, said three re-gionsNational CapitalRegion (NCR), Calabar-zon (Region IV-A) andEastern Visayas (Region8) were chosen to pilotthe new testing system.

We are preparing orthe pilot testing and weare acquiring 21 computersets or the new systems

implementation. Te ex-ams will be oered at theCSC regional oce, Atty.Gonzales said.

Te Comex system isthe computerized versiono the Paper-Pencil-est(PP) examination beingoered by the CSC. Reg-istration or the examina-tion may be made online.

Comex is a ull-prooexamination aimed at giv-ing integrity to the exam

administered by CSC.It will also ast trackthe acceptance o CSCexam applications, con-duct o tests, and scor-ing and generation otest results, Gonzalesadded.

Tose who want totake the Comex, theywill have to go onlineand reserve a date wherethey could bring theirrequirements person-ally. Te date and exacttime o examinationwill be sent through e-mail, Gonzales said.

Just like the CAsystem, the examineesmay apply or the testsanytime and get the re-sults and hour aer tak-ing the exam, Gonzalessaid.

As part o the groundworks, we are looking atdesignating a computerroom as examinationarea here at the regionaloce, Gonzales added.(REYAN L. ARINTO & ROEL

AMAZONA)

CSC computerized examsystem soon to be used

der the command o Lt.Col. Alejandro Nacnac,based in Kananga town,has already conducted35 insurgency aware-ness symposia, 17 peaceora, 5 medical mis-sions, 10 eeding pro-grams or the children,7 tree planting activi-

ties, 6 blood letting and2 youth leaders summitin this city and in themunicipalities o Vil-laba, Carigara and Jaro.

He added that thepeace operations is acontinuing program ohis brigade and moretowns in Leyte will be-come the beneiciarieso our community pro-grams or 2013. (RES-TITUTO A. CAYUBIT)

and minds o the peo-ple in the localities andor them to support thegovernments eorts orpeace.

He added that in con-ducting the peace oper-ations especially in thehinterlands or remote

vil lages , his brigade isalso looking orward towin back the rebels andtheir supporters to theolds o the law.

Valencia inormedreporters that one othe battalions underhis brigade, the 19thInantry Battalion un-

Army...from page 2

like SM DevelopmentCorporation, RobinsonsLand Corporation andeven a rm o Gaisano.

Recently the citygovernment sent several

demand letters to UCIpresident Mr. WilsonChan or him to pay thereal property taxes oLeyte Park Hotel but hejust repeatedly ignoredthe notice despite courtrulings. Once the bid-ding is successul, thereis one year redemptionperiod or the lessee toreclaim the property a-ter taxes been settled,Lim added.

We needed all thetaxes collected to ullyserve our people by im-plementing the projectso the administration.We soared high in 2012and we want to continuethe projects we startedor the people, Lim said.

In 1994, the LeytePark Hotel acilities wereleased out to UCI orP300,000 per month. In

City...from page 3

addition to the monthlylease payments, UCIcommitted to invest aminimum o P50 millionor the rehabilitation.

Aer rehabilitation, itwas opened to the publicto accommodate hun-dreds o dignitaries dur-

ing the 50th Leyte Land-ing commemoration on20 October 1994.

In November 15, 2011the Court o ax AppealsSpecial First Divisionhas ordered the UCI topay the city governmentunpaid real propertytaxes rom 1995 to June2004 in the amount oP22,826,902.20.

Built in the 1970s, theLeyte Park Hotel is a 6.1

hectare resort complexthat oers antastic viewso Mount Danglay o Sa-mar, San Juanico Straitand San Pedro Bay.

It is now jointlyowned by PMO (34%),Province o Leyte (26%),and the ourism Inra-structure and EconomicZone Authority (40%).

Te city govern-ment argued that once aproperty owned by the

government is leased toa taxable entity, it auto-matically loses the taxexemption.

Te property was se-questered by the govern-ment believing its oneo the ill-gotten wealtho the Marcos amily.(SARWELL Q.MENIANO &

VICKY C. ARNAIZ )

ACLOBAN CIYStarting May this year,the Civil Service Com-mission (CSC) in EasternVisayas will implementits new Computerized

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TACLOBAN CITY - Leyte Governor Mimiette Bagulaya (3rd from left) turn-over to Go Tic

Ching, vice president of Philippine Red Cross (PRC), a P100,000 check, representing

the province nancial assistance for the programs of the PRC Chapter for 2013. The gov-

ernor assured the humanitarian organization of her and the province unstinted support.

Looking on are PRC Board of Director Vicky C. Arnaiz and Edwin Pamonag, PRC chief

on disaster management services. (PRC)

ebrated every third weeko January, is always thebiggest draw or tourists,according to National As-

sociation o Independentravel Agencies-Cebupresident Jenny Franco.

She said majority othe guests are balikbayansrom North America andEurope. Every year thereis an increase o touristsattending the Sinulog,she said.

Events

Given the expected in-fux o local and oreign

guests, hotels have alsolined up events or the Si-nulog celebration.

Go said guests checkedin at Marriott Hotel dur-ing the Sinulog periodare provided a Sinulog kitthat contains maps, inor-mation about the estivaland city events, and a sur-

vival kit. Te hotel alsotapped Sinulog dancersto welcome guests.

At Radisson, all ood

and beverage outletswill also have Cebuano-themed dining. Te ho-tel also installed a bahaykubo retail shop that o-ers native merienda anddelicacies.

Marco Polo Plaza isalso eaturing CebuanoFood rom Jan. 11 to 19.Te hotel also exhibitedimages o the Sto. Nino atthe hotel lobby. Te stat-ues are collectors itemsdating back to over 100

years. (SUNNEX)

bataan sa Lalawigan, atotal o 16 contingentswill be joining, seven inthe elementary and ninein the secondary divi-sion.

Tose who will winthe Sinulog sa Kabataanwill earn a slot in the Si-nulog grand parade onJanuary 20.

Meanwhile, May-or Michael Rama an-

nounced Monday that hewill be inviting the lead-ers o the United Nation-alist Alliance (UNA) toattend the Sinulog grandparade, including VicePresident Jejomar Binay,Senate President JuanPonce Enrile and ormerPresident Joseph Estrada.

He also said he willbe inviting President Be-nigno Aquino III to theactivity.

Rama said no politi-cians will be allowed to

speak during the eventexcept President Aquinoand Vice President Binay.Rama will also be speak-ing in the event.

In a separate meetingon Monday, the LiquorLicensing Commissiondecided to not issue spe-cial permits to businessestablishments. Te or-dinance is eective or awhole year.

Minors

Te Liquor LicensingCommission co-chair-person, Dr. Lucille Mer-cado, said they alreadystarted checking and giv-ing penalties to businessestablishments within100 meters rom schools.

tel is quite high, saidpublic relations managerCharlene Go. She saidmost o their guests are

balikbayans.Its also the same case

in Waterront Cebu CityHotel, said Lara NaomiVerdan-Agua, the mar-keting and communica-tions manager o Water-ront Cebu City Hoteland Casino. She saidthe hotel is ready or thesurge o guests expectedor the Sinulog and con-cert-goers.

Cebu Parklane Inter-national Hotel is also ex-

pecting 100 percent oc-cupancy rom Jan. 18 to20.

Island Stays is expect-ing 100 percent occupan-cy starting next uesday,said Islands Group chieexecutive ocer JonathanJay Aldeguer. Islands Stayhas a branch in uptownCebu City and another inLapu-Lapu City.

New hotel player BestWestern Plus Lex Cebu is

70 percent occupied thisweek, according managerBernard anchan. Tehotel expects ull occu-pancy during the Sinulogweekend.

Cebu Grand Hotelis expecting more localtourists to come to Cebuor the Sinulog celebra-tion. Hotel manager Car-lo Suarez said that todayuntil next week, their oc-cupancy is picking upand is doing good.

Sinulog, which is cel-

HOELS in Cebu arepreparing or the infuxo tourists or the Sinu-log celebration. Many

establishments havelined up activities orCebus biggest estival.

Department o our-ism 7 Director RowenaMontecillo said yester-day that they are expect-ing an increase in touristarrivals this month. Shesaid hotel occupancy inCebu City is now at 90percent.

Radisson Blu HotelCebu director o salesand marketing Ann

Olalo said they expecthotel occupancy to be100 percent during Si-nulog weekend and theyare already at 70 percentor January 14 to 17. Shesaid most o their guestsare local tourists withoreigners accountingor 45 percent.

Bookings

Hans Hauri, gen-

eral manager and areageneral manager-Phil-ippines o Marco PoloPlaza Cebu, said thedemand or rooms hasbeen high and his ho-tel continues to receivebookings with the an-ticipation o being ullon Friday and Saturdaynights.

Hauri said they de-cided not to increaseroom rates or Sinulog.

Occupancy in the

Cebu City Marriott Ho-

Hotels in Cebu brace or infuxo tourists or Sinulog weekend

Choreographer

On the other hand,Abuyog will not be join-ing this year because theyailed to get the choreog-rapher they wanted, hesaid.

Ballesteros said thatAbuyog wanted to getVictor Cuenco as theirchoreographer but he wasalready contracted by the

contingent rom Lanaodel Norte.

Moapil man unta tosila this year since waman sila kaapil last yearbut wa man nila nakuha siCuenco, mao wa na langsila mopadayon (Teywould have wanted to

join this year, aer miss-ing last years competi-tion, but they couldnt getCuenco), he said.

Cuenco was the cho-reographer o Abuyog orthe past years, including

the Sinulog in 2009 whenthey garnered the grandprize in the ree interpre-tation category.

Other out-o-towncontingents, Ballesterossaid, will not be able to

join because it is an elec-tion year.

For the Sinulog saKabataan, which will beheld this weekend, Ball-esteros said all is set andthat they have alreadyclosed the registration.

For children

In the Sinulog sa Ka-bataan sa Dakbayan, a to-tal o 13 contingents willbe joining, six rom theelementary and seven inthe secondary division.

In the Sinulog sa Ka-

CEBU CIY - Fewerout-o-town contingentswill be joining the Sinu-log grand parade on Jan-uary 20 this year.

Sinulog FoundationInc. (SFI) executive direc-tor Ricky Ballesteros saidthat rom 12 out-o-towncontingents last year, onlyeight participants romoutside Cebu have signi-ed their interest to join

this years competition.Tey are the Sinan-

duloy Cultural Danceroupe o angub City,Placer in Masbate whowill be sending two con-tingents, ZamboangaSibugay, Alang-alang inLeyte, anawan in Leyte,Lanao Del Norte, andKidapawan City in Cota-bato.

Regular participantswho will be missed in thisyears competition are theribu Buyogan o Abuy-

og, Leyte, Sta. Catalinain Negros Oriental andDumaguete City, amongothers.

Also on Monday, theCebu City Hall said itwill not be issuing spe-cial permits to businessestablishments, even iSinulog estivities are astapproaching, in line withCity Ordinance 1413.Tis bans the sale o liq-uor within 100 metersrom schools, hospitals,parks and sports com-plexes.

Ballesteros said thatSta. Catalina and Dum-aguete City will not be

joining this year aerthey were hit by Super y-phoon Pablo last month.

Election keeps away several Sinulog regulars

weather radars, whichwere rehabilitated in 2005.Tese radar units, whichare capable only o track-ing typhoon movementare also operating in Baler,Aurora; Aparri, Cagayan;Virac, Catanduanes; andBaguio City.

During the operationo the old radar, budgetconstraints orced theDOSs weather bureauto run the acility or onlytwo weather observationso one hour each, at 8a.m. and 2 p.m., and ora ull 24 hours only whena typhoon threatens thecountry. (SARWELL Q.MENIANO)

on top o a mountain nextto the existing conven-tional radar acility inGuiuan, Mr. Esperancillasaid.

Te three new dop-pler radars are expectedto help the seven existingUS-made Doppler radarsystems located in BaguioCity; Baler, Aurora ; Sub-ic, Zambales; Hinatuan,Surigao del Sur; agaytayCity; Mactan City, Cebu;and ampakan , SouthCotabato. Tree more willbe built in Antique, Zam-boanga Peninsula andPalawan.

Guiuan hosts the con-ventional surveillance

Te same acility, builtor P560 million by theJapanese-Filipino consor-tium was also installed in2012 in Aparri, Cagayan.

Te Eastern Samar andCagayan projects will bothbe launched this year, ac-cording to Esperancilla.Te three Doppler radars

in the country is suppos-edly the rst such weathermonitoring acility thatuses Solid-State Mete-orological Radar System(SSMRS) technology.

Te 44-meter-tall ra-dar tower was constructed

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10 Leyte Samar Daily Express FEATURE Thursday, 10 January 2013

Dec. 12, I left from

Tacloban to Iling, Mindoro

to rehearse the selected el-

ementary students of Iling

Central School for their

presentation for the bless-

ing of Santisima Trinidad

Church, built thru the ef-

forts of Fr. Fernando Su-

arez, the great healer and

Founder of MMMP (Mis-

sionary Mother Mercy of

the Poor) with the gener-

ous support of his dear

friends namely DCMI thru

Victor and Lucy Consun-

ji, Manny and Edna Sta.

Cruz, Mr. & Mrs. BabyIgnacio and Architect Su-

san Castillo.

Othergenerous patrons

are Ann Pamintuan, Inter-

national Designer Awardee,

Lydia Secosana, Wen-

dell & Rose Dy, Teyette

Chiongbian, Dr. Dulce

Bismonte, Lina David

from Canada, Eric and Luz

Tagle of TV5, Donnie Sal-

vatore of Sandigan Foun-

dation, Glenda Baretto of

Via Mare and other friends.

Dec. 14 Blessing

of Santisima TrinidadChurch. Ofciating the

Solemn Mass, together

with Fr. Suarez, were his

Bishop Protector, Antonio

Palang of Mindoro, Bishop

Filomeno Bactol of Na-

val, Fr. Glenn Gomez,

Wonderful Blessing of FR. FERNANDO

SUAREZS, Chosen Land Church

in Iling, Mindoro

President of Divine Word

College in San Jose, Min-

doro, Fr. Jeff Shannon,

co-founder of MMMP, and

other clergy from different

Parishes.

Cutting the ribbon for

the Blessing Ceremony

were Mayor Jose Villa-

rosa and Congresswoman

Amelita Villarosa of Mind-

oro together with the gener-

ous sponsors.

In attendance also was

Jorge Jaraisi the Israeli

who donated and brought

the 14 Stations of the

Cross, all the way from Je-rusalem worth $140,000

accompanied by a friend.

The Church is so mag-

nificent and the first time I

prayed, I had goose pumps

and I could feel the holiness

and serenity of the place.

And I found out that eve-

rything inside the church

all came from Israel and

the wood used for the altar

came from Jerusalemdur-

ing the time of our Lord

Jesus Christ more than

2000 years ago.

Looking aback, it is in-deed a miracle how Fr.

Suarez was able to build

this magnificent church,

considering that everything

has to be transported from

Israel to theirsmall island

in Mindoro, and it was n-

ished in such short a time.

My congratulationsagain to Victor and Lucy

Consunji of DCMI, Man-

ny and Edna Sta. Cruz,

Mr. & Mrs. Baby Ignacio

and to Architect Susan

Castillo for a job, magnifi-

cently executed.

I felt that these people

were God sent angels to

help Fr. Suarez, in all his

missions in life.

I notice also how hum-

ble and kind hearted Vic-

tor Consunji is, in trying to

carry my baggages to his

private helicopter.Bishop Filomeno Bac-

tol commented that he real-

ly appreciates Fr. Suarez in

his dedication to help the

poor. He said that he is so

commendable in feeding

5,000 poor people a day

throughout the country

and no one even a Bishopdoes that.

Before the Mass ended,

the Iling Elementary stu-

dents presented, Selfless

Love and the YES, (Youth

Evangelization Services)

an action song.

This was attended by

many townfolk of Iling

and nearby towns of Min-

doro.

The people who are

helping Fr. Suarez in all his

activities are, namely Bro.

Albert, Bro. Dave, Bro.

Ronnie, Bro. Ramil andBro. Boni.

Once again, I would like

to thank our Very Good

Lord Almighty for send-

ing Fr. Suarez to mankind

who heals not only our

bodies but also our souls.

Fr. Fernando Suarez leads the procession together w/

Bishop Filomeno Bactol and Bishop Antonio Palang.The magnificent Iling Church made of authentic wood

from Jerusalem 2000 years ago.

The 24K gold icon of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Bishop Antonio Palang, Bishop Filomeno Bactol, Fr. Fer-

nando Suarez, Fr. Jeff Shannon, Fr. Glenn Gomez, and otherclergy.

Bro. Odon is flanked by Mindoro Mayor, Jose Villarosa

and Congresswoman Amelita Villarosa.

Business tycoon, Victor Consunji w/ Bro. Odon Bishop Filomeno Bactol w/ Azucena Suarez,mother of Fr. Suarez.

Jorge Jaraisi, donor of the 14 Stations of the Cross with

Bro. Odon and a friend.

Tita, Lucy Consunji and Lina David from Canada

Bishop Antonio Palang with Fr. Fernando Suarez.

At the back are sponsors, Baby Ignacio and Edna

Sta. Cruz

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Many people rom dierent places in Leyte avails o the ree medical and surgicalmission spearheaded by the Corporal Works o Mercy. LIO A. BAGUNAS

ACLOBAN CIY Employees o the De-partment o AgrarianReorm (DAR) in East-ern Visayas orego alavish Christmas partyin 2012 to donate parto their contributions tothe victims o typhoonPablo in Mindanao.

In the tradition o

Christmas celebra-tion, they still had theirChristmas party on De-cember 21 though sim-ple but memorable.

Earlier, the manage-ment planned to holdthe Christmas party in

ACLOBAN CIY -Elections is indeed justin the corner.

Candidates had al-ready visited people liv-ing in arfung areasinorming them abouttheir advocacies andprojects that the peoplewill surely benet.

Tey also posted tar-paulins with the wholeteam o the political par-ty, wearing their sweet-est smiles. Some are us-ing innocent children,adults and other less or-tunate people in order todepict their good inten-tions or the people.

Massive seasonsgreetings and other post-ers were also observedeverywhere during theholidays.

Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec) Assis-tant Regional Director,Atty. Felicisimo Embal-sado admitted that theyhave no basis to prohibitcandidates to post thesocalled early cam-paign materials.

He urther said thatthey are still to wait orthe resolution rom theComelec en banc rep-rimanding candidates

ACLOBAN CIY- he Philippine Armyunit based in Catba-logon City is now ac-cepting applicants orthis years new batch ocandidate soldiers, ac-

cording to Samar armypublic aairs chieCapt. Gene Orense.

he