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CATBALOGAN CITY In a bid to educate city residents on the deadly disease, Mayor Stephany Uy-Tan, through the City Health Office, launched Wednesday its fights against dengue.

The theme of the inten-sified information drive is Simple, Tama, ngan Eksakto nga mga Pamaagi para ma-likyan an Dengue.

The employees from the City Health Office (CHO) strategically started the cam-paign at Catbalogan I Cen-tral Elementary School after the flag ceremony through a health education session.

The team led by Maria Vida Lamadrid, Sanitation Inspector V and employees from the Catbalogan Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage-ment Council (CDRRMC) went on for a mission to Search and Destroy possible breading sites of mosquitoes.

The principal of Catba-logan I Central Elementary School, Mrs. Michelle Mus-tacisa welcomed the recom-mendations set forth by the team and vowed to work with government and other stakeholders improving the environmental sanitation of the school.

Afterwards, the team went on to roam around the city and other strategic places to publicly announce on how to prevent the transmission of this deadly disease.

Experts said Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever is a dis-ease caused by a virus that is transmitted by mosquito (Aedes Aegypti) which is manifested by fever, petichial rashes, and headache among others.

Some strains of the virus causes Dengue Shock Syn-drome which at times leads to the death of an infected individual. As of this writing, the campaign is now on-going to the different schools and ba-rangays all over the city. (With Roldan John P. Larios/OCH)

CATBALOGAN CITY Geiser Maclang and Weather Philippines Foundation in partnership with the Depart-ment of Tourism Region 8 hosted a workshop last June 06, 2014 at Calbayog City.

The workshop is conduct-ed to every local government units like Samar that should cultivate the culture of busi-ness continuity among LGU and the private sectors.

Facilitating the workshop is risk mitigatation and crisis

management expert Amor Maclang.

Among those who have attended the activity were Mayor Stephany Uy-Tan (Cat-balogan City), Mayor Mario Quijano (Pinabacdao, Sa-mar), Mayor Lino Balanquit of Pambujan, N. Samar and other local chief executives from various local govern-ment units.

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CATBALOGAN CITY The Joint Task Force Pacific Partnership 2014 composed of military units from the United States, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan and its coun-terparts from the Philippines simultaneously kicked off Wednesday (June 18) four engineering projects in Leyte.

The four new recovery and rehabilitation projects under TFPP Civic Action Programs 2014 were simulta-neously kicked-off in Tacloban City and Palo, also in Leyte.

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Dangerous Courtship

EDITORIAL Hints and TracesBy Fr. Roy Cimagala

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Keeping in TouchT SOME people may find this delusional, but together with all the saints and many others striving to be good and holy despite obvious limitations and imperfections, I can assure everyone that getting and keeping in touch with God is not only possible, but also highly feasible and practicable. Not only that, it is necessary.

This is no gratuitous affirmation. This is no fantasizing. Many layers of reason, if we do not want to be bothered yet by inputs of faith, can already give us solid basis for this. If by reason alone, we can safely conclude that there must be God, otherwise, we could not explain our existence and the order that we still see around.

And this God is not just any god, man-made, and often shaped according to our own desires and fears. This God has revealed himself. He is no distant God, aloof and indifferent to our affairs.

In fact, he became man and lived with us, such that what is ours, including our sins and defects, can also be considered as his. The very mystery of his Incarnation tells us of a most wonderful exchange: what is his becomes ours, and what is ours becomes his, not in the sense that we bring down God to us, but rather to bring us back to God from whom we come and to whom we belong.

And even if this God-man, Christ, already died, we also know that he resurrected and ascended into heaven, but leav-ing us still with his living presence through the Church, and especially through his word and the sacraments. He promised that he will be with us all the way till the end of time.

he haste characterizing the kind of courtship among young people nowadays with the aid of advanced communication technology is, at times, putting their lives at risk though they strongly prefer it to the old manner.

How young people of today mockingly laugh at the way lovers courted in the olden days. A girl

then was never in a hurry to accept a guys love though she may secretly liked him. It would take a long time before she would do so. And the guy had yet to serve in the girls housefetch wa-ter, chop firewood, etc., like a house boyand it could take him years to render such services.

While they ridicule the old manner and take pleasure in the modern-day courtship trends, they are courting danger in ap-plying the latter. Seeing and eventually dating a chatmate or textmate they dont even know is dangerous. It pays to know a guy before going out with him, making the old courtship still far better because then, a girl was sure of having known him for a long time.

Nowadays, after a few exchanges of emails, text messages, chats, facebook tags, etc., young people could already agree to get out with a partner. Thats how quick partners could date today, not even knowing that they are dating a witch, a drug addict, a mani-ac, a swindler, a criminal, a murderer, or even the devil himself.

As a result of not knowing a partner, girls mostly end up in misery. Some of them are sadistically tortured and raped, some are gang raped, others are brutally murdered after having been abused physically, the remains mutilated and butchered and junked in secluded places. Is this the kind of courtship and dating that young people are boasting nowadaysinstant and quick?

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As clearly revealed and taught by Christ, this God loves us no end. He shares what he has with us. He starts this by giving us his grace that includes the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity.

In more concrete and direct terms, he continues to inter-vene in our life, speaking to us through the ordinary events and circumstances of our life. He is never absent in any moment of our life. Even in our most horrible situation, when we fall sick with sin, he would still be around, ever eager to help us out.

Christ said it clearly, They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For came not to call the just, but sinners. (Mk 2,17)

With respect to us, God designed and created us in his image and likeness, endowing us with powers and faculties that would enable us to correspond to him. That is why, on our part, we need to realize that we have develop and use, to their fullest potentials, these powers and faculties God has given us.

This means we have to learn to pray, to enter into a con-tinuing dialogue with him, making use of whatever situation, circumstance and even predicament we may be in to occasion and maintain this contact with Christ.

We just have to exercise our faith, fleshing it out with a working piety that would enable us to be aware of Gods constant presence in our life and to correspond to his will and designs for us.

We have to be more aware of this need and our duty to live it. Getting and keeping in touch with God is possible, is feasible, is necessary. This should not be some kind of a pipe dream to us anymore.

Nowadays when God is given at best some lip-service alone or just a token of formality, we need to take this duty to develop our relationship with God more seriously. To be sure, such relationship would not be a hindrance to our daily affairs and concerns.

Quite the contrary. It will help us distinguish between good and evil, safe and dangerous, fair and unfair, etc. Far from tak-ing us out of the world, it will immerse us in it even more, but orienting it to its proper end.

We have to realize that the world and our own flesh in general have their own laws that need to be directed toward God. They just cannot be left on their own, and allowed to lead us along their impulses.

Remember Christ saying, The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Mt 26,41) And, They are not of the world, as I also am not of the world. (Jn 17,16)

These words indicate we need to keep in touch with God to bring our wounded flesh and the wayward world back to him.

CATBALOGAN CITY -- A total of 8 resolutions were personally handed down to Catbalogan City Mayor Stephany Uy - Tan by Mr. Roldan John P. Larios, the lone representative of Catbalogan City, Province of Samar during the 10th Na-tional Youth Parliament held last May 15-18, 2014 at Manila Grand Opera Hotel, Sta. Cruz, Manila.

The resolutions were crafted by nearly 250 youth parlia-mentarians representing the entire archipelago who under-went stringent screening process.

The parliaments were divided in 4 key committees which covered areas of concerns that confront the youth of today: Committees on Health, Participation, Employment and Education.

Mayor Step extended her support to these measures and vowed to endorse it to Sangguniang Panlungsod of this for possible adoption.

The National Youth Parliament is a biennial event or-ganized by the National Youth Commission as mandated under Republic Act No. 8044 otherwise known as the Youth in Nation Building Act which serves the convergence of youth leaders aiming to enact policy recommendations regarding various concerns of the youth. (PR)

described as ground zero or almost all the houses and office buildings were totally destroyed when super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit the Vi-sayas in November 2013.

The troops will built a four-classroom building and science building at San Fer-nando Elementary School; and will also reconstruct the outpa-tient building of the Tacloban City Hospital.

In Palo town, a science building at Castilla Elemen-tary School will also be con-structed.

These projects are said to be completed in July 2014.

Major Amado Gutierrez, spokesman of the 8th Infantry Division based here said the PP 2014 also conducted Key Leaders Engagement and Hu-manitarian Assistance Disaster Response (HADR) trainings wherein experts from foreign allied forces exchanged ideas and experiences that will enhance capabilities of HADR teams during times of calami-ties in the future.

According to Gutierrez, the PP 2014 originally slated in Luzon but due to the heavy damaged brought by Yolanda in Eastern Visayas, its activities were redesigned into rehabili-tation and recovery in most destroyed areas in EV.

For his part, Major Gen. Jet B. Velarmino, commander of the 8ID said the Joint Civic Action programs in Palo Leyte and Tacloban City will en-hance inter-operability of the participating armed forces in addressing HADR concerns in the future.

He said the activity will surely be appreciated by the recipient communities.

More than the goodwill is the humanitarian touch of the activity, Velarmino said.

The regions top army commander added: This hu-manitarian gesture is heart-warming as it exemplifies the bayanihan spirit that carried the country over the challenges posed by super typhoon Yolan-da/Haiyan. (Ricky Bautista)

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By bringing together the Aboitiz Groups resources and network, and MeteoGroups technical expertise, WPF is poised to be the countrys premiere private weather information/content provider. WPF plans to have roughly 1,000 automated weather station/devices installed across the Philippines.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN SAMAR. Atty. Noel Eballe of the IJM presented facts and figures on the current state of trafficking in the country during the 26th SIPPAD Assembly in Calbayog City, June 20, 2014 with a theme Development Action Addressing Human Trafficking in Samar Island Particularly the Poorest and the Most Vulnerable. Attended by 3 Bishops in the island of Samar, other guests include CHR chairperson Etta Rosales (center) and Human Rights Victims Claim Board chairperson Lina Sarmien-to. (Photo by Ray Gaspay/Sa-marnews.com)

TACLOBAN CITY -- The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Office VIII is in search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) for 2014.

The search is being conducted annually by the Philippine National volunteer Month (NVM) Steering Committee and the Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) Regional Search Commit-tee (RSC).

According to reports gathered from NEDA-8, it was learned that the search aims to highlight the exemplary performance and dedication to service of Filipino volunteers in helping people and commu-nities thereby recognizing the role of volunteerism in devel-opment and nation building.

For this year, the SOV is composed of two award cat-egories, the Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award VLLA and the National Outstanding Volunteer Award NOVA.

The VLAA is conferred to an individual or organization for consistent and outstanding volunteer service and whose achievement is regarded as an inspiration and role model in field of volunteerism. To qualify for the search, the individual or organization must have been engaged in consistent volunteering ac-tivities for at least 25 years and must have been a recipient of regional, national, or interna-tional awards in relation to volunteerism.

On the other hand NOVA is a recognition conferred to an individual or organization for outstanding volunteer service that has made a significant contribution to any individual or organization. An individual is further categorized as youth or adult, while an organization maybe categorized as Non-profit or Corporate.

To qualify for the NOVA under the individual category, the volunteer must have pro-vided volunteer assistance consistently for at least 3 years for the youth category, and at least five years for the adult category at the time of submis-sion of nomination.

Under the Organization category, the organization must have provided assis-tance consistently for at least five years for the non-profit category, and at least 3 years for the corporate category at the time of submission of the nomination.

Meanwhile a Special Ci-tation is also conferred to recognize volunteering efforts

or volunteerism by an indi-vidual, group or organization that does not qualify under the regular SOV categories but which are deemed equally meritorious in their accom-plishments.

The search is open to individuals and organizations currently providing volunteer assistance in the Philippines.

The deadline for submis-sion of nominations is on July 15, 2014. Nomination forms are available at NEDA VIII Government Center Palo, Leyte and downloadable from www.pnsva.gov.ph.

Duly filled out nomina-tion forms should be submit-ted to NEDA Regional Office. Screening will be done by an inter-agency Regional Search Committee chaired by NEDA VIII.

Awarding for national winners will be in Manila during the National Volun-teers Month celebration in December 2014. (PIA)

TACLOBAN CITY A two-day Consultation Meet-ing on Disaster Risk Reduc-tion was conducted at Ritz Tower de Leyte Hotel, this city.

The activity entit led Continuing Conversations on Emergency Communi-cations: Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction

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IN THE MATTER OF DECLARATION OF HEIRS OF SPOUSES

ANTONIO CHAN AND ALBINA YABAO CHAN MARIA MAR-GIE Y. CHAN-ESPIR-ITU and LEONORA Y.

CHAN, Petitioners

SPECIAL PROC. NO. 517

x- - - - - - - - - - - -x ORDER

A verified petition has been filed by the Petitioners MARIA MARGIE Y. CHAN-ESPIRITUand LEONORA Y.CHAN, through counsel praying that after due notice and hearing, judgment be rendered, declaring Antonio Y. Chan Jr., Dionesio Y. Chan, Maria Margie C. Espiritu, Minerva C. Tommy, Susana C. Almario, Mauricia C. Luca-ban, Maurecio Y. Chan, Jose-phine C. Tan, Alicia Y. Chan, Leonora Y. Chan, Richard Y. Chan, Lynn C. Go, Evange-line C. Aquino, Karen Ava C. Mancol Lee and Kit Adolf C. Mancol, to be the sole and exclusive heirs of deceased Antonio Chan and Albina Y. Chan, thereby allowing them to fully exercise their rights prescinding or flowing from said status as heirs of said deceased Antonio Chan and Albina Y. Chan. The Petition

reads: 1. Petitioners are both of legal age, with capacity to sue and be sued, Filipino, married and single respec-tively, and with residence and post-office address at Magsaysay Boulevard, Cal-bayog City, where they may be served with summons and other processes of this Honor-able Court; 2. Petitioners are legitimate children of the late spouses Antonio Chan and Al-bina Yabao. Petitioner Maria Margie Y. Chan-Espiritu was born on October 17, 1958 in Calbayog City, Samar while petitioner Leonora Y. Chan was born on June 19, 1970 also in Calbayog City, Samar. Copies of petitioners Certifi-cate of Live Birth are hereto attached as Annexes A and B to form an integral part hereof; 3. Spouses Antonio Chan and Albina Yabao Chan were married on November 24, 1953 in Calbayog City and begot children during their lifetime, namely: Name Date of Birth Address Antonio Y. Chan Jr., March 31, 1954, Magsaysay Blvd., Calbayog City Dionesio Y. Chan No-vember 10, 1955 -do- Maria Margie C. Espiritu October 17, 1958 -do- Minerva C. Tommy September 4, 1960 -do- Susana C. Almario June 24, 1962 -do- Mauricia C. Lucaban March 3, 1964 -do- Maurecio Y. Chan September 14, 1965 -do- Josephine C. Tan March 2, 1968 -do- Alicia Y. Chan June 20, 1969 -do- Leonora Y. Chan June 19, 1970 -do- Richard Y. Chan November 23, 1971 -do- Lynn C. Go March 3, 1973 -do- Evangeline C. Aquino January

27, 1975 -do Copies of the Certificates of Live Birth of these children are attached hereto and marked as Annex C to M, respectively and the marriage contract of spouses Antonio Chan and Albina Y. Chan as Annex N; 4. Spouses Antonio Chan Sr. and Albina Y. Chan also had a child named Teresita Y. Chan-Mancol who predeceased them on December 20, 1987 and was survived by children Karen Ava C. Mancol Lee, born on May 15, 1986 and Kit Adolf C. Mancol, born on April 8, 1984; 5. Said Antonio Chan Sr. was born on May 10, 1932 and died at age 81 on February 23, 2014 at the Our Lady of Porzuincola Hospital, Inc. in Calbayog City, Samar. Upon the other hand, said Albina Y. Chan died on September 8, 2010 also in Calbayog City. Copies of the Certificate of Death of Anto-nio Chan and Albina Y. Chan are attached hereto as Annexes O and P respectively; 6. At the time of death of said spouses Antonio Y. Chan Sr. and Albina Y. Chan, they were survived by the above-named compulsory and legitimate heirs mentioned in paragraph 3 and 4 hereon; 7. Deceased spouses Antonio Chan and Albina Y. Chan left several parcels of land at the time of their death, and no complete settlement of their estate was entered into by their compul-sory heirs mentioned herein up until the present. Some of these parcels of land are now in danger of being dissipated and some are even adversely claimed by third persons to

the prejudice of the estate of said spouses and their heirs; 8. The heirs mentioned in paragraph 3 and 4 hereof, to exclusion of all others, need to be judicially declared as the sole and exclusive heirs of deceased spouses Antonio Chan and Albina Y. Chan, so they may be able to exercise their rights prescinding from said status as heirs in order to protect the estate of the deceased spouses and their rights as the latters exclusive and surviving heirs with re-spect to the properties left by deceased Antonio Chan and Albina Y. Chan during their lifetime. Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on June 27, 2014 at 8:30 oclock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all per-sons who have an objection thereto may file any opposi-tion and show cause why the same should not be granted. Let this Order be published at the expense of the Petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior the above-setting in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Samar and in Calbayog City. Let copies of this Order be furnished the surviving heirs, and the Petitioners and their counsel.

SO ORDERED. Cal-bayog City, Philippines, April 28, 2014. (Sgd.) REYNALDO B.

CLEMENS Judge

SWE May 6-12; 13 - 19 & 20 -

27, 2014

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region BRANCH 31 Calbayog City

IN RE: GUARDIAN-SHIP OF MINOR EDRIC GARADO

BAUTISTA EDRIC GARADO BAUTISTA, Assisted by his grand-

mother Eriberta C. Bautista

Petitioner SPECIAL PROC. NO.

519 x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDER A verified petition has

been filed by the Petitioner EDRIC GARADO BAU-TISTA, through counsel pray-ing that after due notice and hearing, and upon the giving of such bond as this Honor-able Court may direct, the said CARINA BAUTISTA DELORAYA be appointed guardian of the person of the minor EDRIC GARADO BAUTISTA.

The Petition reads: 1. That the petitioner is a minor and herein assisted by his paternal grandmother. He is 14 years of age, single and a resident of Brgy. San Poli-carpo, Calbayog City, Samar, where he may be served with summons and other court processes. A copy of the Certificate of Live Birth of

petitioner is hereto attached as Annex A.

2. That petitioner is an orphan. His parents both died on November 8, 2013 at Gui-uan, Eastern Samar, during the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda. Copies of the Death Certificate of petitioners parents are hereto attached as Annexes B and B-1;

3. That owing to circum-stances, surrounding the death of petitioner parents, the petitioners family had agreed that the petitioner, together with her siblings, will migrate to Canada, to live under the care, love and custody of the prospective guardian who is based in Canada, and in appro-priate petition to the Canadian Government will be submitted by the prospective guardian to allow her to bring her nephew and niece (petitioner and her sibling), to Canada;

4. That due to the mi-nority of the petitioner, it is necessary and convenient that a guardian of his person be appointed;

5. That the names, ages and residences of the relatives of the said petitioner/minor, and of the person having him in his care, are as follows, to wit: Eriberta C. Bautista grandmother; Cornelio C. Bautista, Jr.- uncle; Cheryl C. Bautista aunt; Elfie G. Bautista sister; Henry Ga-rado uncle.

6. That the prospective

guardian, CARINA BAU-TISTA DELORAYA, is 44 years of age, a former Filipino, but is now a Canadian citizen, married, and a resident of 8 Clyde Road, Brampton, On-tario, Canada, L6X0L9, and at Brgy. San Policarpo, Cal-bayog City, possesses all the qualifications to whom letters of guardianship should issue, a copy of her birth certificate is hereto attached as Annex C.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in sub-stance, notice is hereby given that this case is set for hear-ing on July 25, 2014 at 8:30 oclock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.

Let this Order be pub-lished at the expense of the Petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior the above-sitting in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Samar and in Calbayog City.

Let copies of this Order be furnished the relatives of the petitioner, the Petitioner and his counsel. SO OR-DERED. Calbayog City, Phil-ippine, May 26, 2014. (Sgd.) REYNALDO B.

CLEMEN Judge

SWE May 20-26; 27 - June 2 & 3-9, 2014



8th Judicial Region Branch 33 Calbiga,

Samar IN THE MATTER OF CANCELLATION OF

THE BIRTH CER-TIFICATE OF RAFAEL

ABAINZA y TOR-DILLOS, RAFAEL

ABAINZA y TORDILLOS,

Petitioner, -versus-

THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,

MANILA and THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF VIL-LAREAL, SAMAR,

Respondents CIVIL CASE NO.

C-2014-1225 For: CORRECTION OF

ENTRY x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDER This is a verified peti-

tion to cancel petitioners Certificate of Live Birth with Registry No. 2001-485 regis-tered through the Local Civil Registrar of Villareal, Samar, on the ground that his place of birth is erroneously recorded therein as San Rafael, Vil-lareal, Samar, instead of the correct one which is Brgy. San Isidro, Pinabacdao, Samar, and the correct fact of his birth is also registered at the Local Civil Registrar of Pinabacdao, Samar, under registry No. 2001-333.

The petition alleges that petitioner was born on Oc-tober 24, 1975 in Brgy. San Isidro, Pinabacdao, Samar. However, her sister applied for a delayed registration of his birth at the Local Civil Registrar of Villareal, Samar and erroneously declared his

place of birth to be Brgy. San Rafael, Villareal, when in fact he was born in Brgy. San Isidro, Pinabacdao, Samar.

To correct said mistake, his mother applied for a de-layed registration of his birth at the Local Civil Registrar of Pinabacdao, Samar. Thus, there is a double registration of his birth, and hence, this petition to cancel his first registration being the errone-ous one.

The petitioner had sent copies of his petition to the Office of the Solicitor Gen-eral, National Statistics Of-fice, Manila, and the Local Civil Registrar of Villareal, Samar, per registry receipts attached to the original copy of the petition.

Finding the instant peti-tion sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course. The peti-tioner is ordered to publish this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Samar and ac-credited by this Court, to be determined by raffle, once a week for three (3) consecu-tive weeks at the petitioners expense.

The initial hearing is scheduled on July 29, 2014 at 9:00 oclock in the morning. Furnish copies of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, the Office of the Samar Provincial Prosecutor in Catbalogan City, the Civil Registrar of Villareal, Samar, Atty. Minerva V. Siosana, and the petitioner.

IN CHAMBERS, Regional Trial Court,

Branch 33, Calbiga, Samar. May 27, 2014. (Sgd.) JANET M. CA-

BALONA Presiding Judge

SWE May 27 - June 2; 3-9 & 10 - 16, 2014



8th Judicial Region BRANCH 41

Gandara, Samar SPOUSES THOMAS C.

ALIMAN AND ED-ITHA G. ALIMAN,

Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF GAN-

DARA, SAMAR, Respondents

SPL. PROC. NO. 14-56 FOR: CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF

MARRIAGE, CORREC-TION OF ENTRIES IN

CERTIFICATES OF LIVE BIRTH

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A verified Petition has been filed by the Petitioners through counsel, on May 28, 2014, praying that after due notice and hearing, petition-ers prays that judgment be rendered by this Honorable Court GRANTING the instant petition as follows, viz:

1. The Marriage Contract dated January 2, 1985 (Annex A) hereof be cancelled and/or removed from the records of marriages of the Local Civil Registrar of Gandara, Samar, thereby, leaving the Certificate of Marriage dated March 3, 1998 (Annex B);

2. The entries in item No. 1 in the Certificates of Live Birth of REY ALAIN and REO, both bearing surname of GAYONDATO, be corrected with the replacement of their last name Gayondato with Aliman, and, also, corrected by stating, reflecting and/or putting GAYONDATO as their middle name.

In other words, as thus corrected, their full/complete NAMES which shall appear in Item No. 1 of the Certificate of Live Birth, as be follows: a. First: REY ALAIN; Middle: GAYONDATO; Last: ALI-MAN b. First: REO; Middle: GAYONDATO; Last: ALI-

MAN Finding the Petition to be

sufficient in form and in sub-stance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on July 9, 2014 at 2:00 oclock in the afternoon before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.

Let copies of this Order be published at the expense of the Petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior the above-setting in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the province of Samar

and in Calbayog City. Let copies of this Or-

der be furnished the Local Civil Registrar of Gandara, Samar, National Census and Statistics Office, Quezon City, the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Provincial Prosecutor, the petitioner and his counsel.

SO ORDERED. GIVEN this 29th day of

May, 2014, Calbayog City for Gandara, Samar, Philippines. (Sgd.) FELICIANO P.

AGUILAR Presiding/Executive

JudgeSWE May 27 - June 2; 3-9 &

10 - 16, 2014

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8th Judicial Region Branch 28

Catbalogan, Samar IN THE MATTER OF

CORRECTION OF EN-TRY (DATE OF BIRTH) IN THE CERTIFICATE

OF LIVE BIRTH OF ROMULO GACOS-

COSIM ALMARIO AS APPEARING IN THE

RECORDS OF BIRTHS IN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF CAT-

BALOGAN CITY, AND THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,

MANILA ROMULO

GACOSCOSIM ALMARIO,

Petitioner -versus-

THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REG-

ISTRAR OF CAT-BALOGAN, SAMAR

AND THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

MANILA Respondents

SPEC. PROC. NO. 8161 FOR: CORRECTION

OF ENTRY x- - - - - - - - - - x

AMENDED ORDER A verified petition was

filed by Romulo Gacoscosim Almario thru counsel seeking the correction of the erroneous entry in his Birth Certificate. Petitioner alleged that he is married, Filipino and a resi-dent of 37 Marigold St., Pilar Village, Las Pias City, Metro Manila. He was born on Janu-ary 30, 1952 in Catbalogan, Samar to spouses Sulpecio Almario and Corazon Ga-coscosim.

The fact of his birth was duly reported and recorded in the records of birth in the Of-fice of the Local Civil Regis-trar, Catbalogan Samar under Registry No. 293, Page 1.

That his date of birth (January 30, 1952) as appear-ing under Registry No. 293, Page 1 is incorrect because his true date of birth is Janu-ary 12, 1952. That per early

representation to him by his late parents, petitioner consis-tently and regularly presented his person in all of his endeav-ours and undertaking to have been born on January 12, 1952 as evidenced by his Philippine Passport No. WWW0064292 issued on January 8, 2008, the United States of America Passport No. 303946230 is-sued on February 11, 2004 and the State of North Caro-lina Drivers License No. 34725903 issued on January 22, 2007.

From the records above-stated, petitioner prays that after due notice, publication and hearing, an order be is-sued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Catbalogan City and the National Statistics Office to make the proper correction in his birth records, particularly his date of birth from January 30, 1952 to January 12, 1952.

WHEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and in substance, the same is set for hearing on 30 June 2014 at 8:30 in the

morning at the Session Hall of this Court, Bulwagan Ng Katarungan.

The Local Civil Regis-trar of Catbalogan, the Na-tional Statistics Office, and any person having or claiming any interest under the entry whose correction is sought may, within a period of thirty (30) days from notice of the instant petition, or from the last date of Publication of such notice, file their opposition thereto.

Let a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in any newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines or in the Province of Samar

duly accredited by this Court. Likewise, let copies of

this Order be furnished the petitioner and counsel, the Local Civil Registrar of Cat-balogan, Samar, the National Statistics Office, the Office of the Solicitor General and the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Samar.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS, Catbalogan City, Samar, May 30, 2014.

(Sgd.) SIBANAH E. USMAN

Judge

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8th Judicial Region BRANCH 41

Gandara, Samar IN THE MATTER

OF ADOPTION OF MINOR, CHILDREN LIELA QUEBALAY-AN CADION AND

SHANI CINCO CADION WITH

APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO LIELA CADION LEWIS AND SHANI

CADION LEWI, Spouses JESSIE L.

LEWI and LEONORA C. LEWIS, Petitioner,

Special Proceeding No. 14-55

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A verified Petition has been filed by the Petitioner Spouses Jes-sie Lewi and Leonora Cadion, for the adop-tion of minor children Liela Quebalayan Cadion and Shani Cinco Cadion. Said adoptee was born on May 25, 2003 and April 30, 2004, respectively in Brgy. Sapinit, San Jorge, Samar. The biological or natural parents of SHANI CINCO CADION are Armando Ybanez and Emerita Cadion, who are

commonly-law spouses while the parents of LIELA QUEBALAYAN CADION are Pedro C. Cadion and Betty Q. Cadion who were married on March 19, 2004 in San Jorge, Samar.

Petitioner pray that af-ter due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered adjudging the mi-nor children SHANI CIN-CO CADION and LIELA QUEBALAYAN CADION to be free from all legal ob-ligations of obedience and maintenance to their natu-ral parents, and they be declared for all legal intents and purposes, the children of herein Petitioners JESSIE L. LEWIS and LEONORA C. LEWIS, and that their names be registered and known as SHANI CADION LEWIS and LIELA CA-DION LEWIS.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on July 10, 2014 at 2:00 oclock in the after-noon before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.

The Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Regional Office

No. VIII, Tacloban City, through its Social Welfare Officer, is hereby directed to prepare and submit its Child Study Report on the adoptee as well as her bio-logical parents and Home Study Report on the pro-spective adopting parents and indicate a recommen-dation on or before the date of hearing.

Let copies of this Or-der be published at the ex-pense of the Petitioner once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks prior the above-setting in a newspa-per of general circulation in the province of Samar and in Calbayog City.

Let copies of this Or-der be furnished the So-licitor General of the Philip-pines, the Provincial Prose-cutor, the Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Regional Office No. VIII, Tacloban City, the petitioner and his counsel.

SO ORDERED. GIV-EN this 8th day of May, 2014, Calbayog City for Gandara, Samar, Philip-pines. (Sgd.) FELICIANO P.

AGUILAR Presiding/Executive

Judge

SWE May 13-19; 20-26 & 27- June 2, 2014



8th Judicial Region Calbayog City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF METRO ORMOC COMMU-

NITY COOPERATIVE, (NATCCO OCCCI)

Mortgagee, -versus-

RENATO TALON, Mortgagor,

EJF NO. 2013-02 EXTRAJUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135

as amended By Act 4118 x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x NOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial pe-

tition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by METRO ORMOC COMMUNITY COOPERA-

TIVE (NATCCO OCCCI), against RENATO TALON, of legal age, Filipino with postal address at Brgy. Ob-rero, Calbayog City, Samar, in order to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 31, 2013 amounts to THREE MILLION THIRTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY NINE PESOS (P3,031,299.40), Phil-ippine currency, excluding penalties, charges, attorneys fees and expenses of the fore-closure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on June 19, 2014 at 9:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Jus-tice Building, Calbayog City, Samar, to the highest bidder, for cash or managers check and in Philippine currency, the following properties with all its improvements, to wit: TCT NO. 6611, A parcel of residential land designated as Lot 7 Block 1 of the subdivi-sion plan Psd-08-020725-D, being a portion of Lot 2530,

Cad. 422, registered in the name of Belinda V. Debuton situated in Brgy. Matobato, City of Calbayog, Contain-ing an area of One Hundred Fifty (150) square meters. TCT NO. 6612 A parcel of residential land designated a Lot 8 Block 1 of the subdivi-sion plan Psd-08-020725-D, being a portion of Lot 2530, Cad. 422, registered in the name of Belinda V. Debuton, situated in Brgy. Matobato, City of Calbayog, containing an area of One Hundred Fifty (150) square meters. TCT NO. 6613 A parcel of residential land designated as Lot 9, Block 1 of the subdivision plan Psd-08-020725-D, being an portion of Lot 2530, Cad. 422, registered in the name of Belinda V. Debuton, situated in Brgy. Matobato, City of Calbayog, containing an area of One Hundred Fifty (150) square meters. TCT NO. 6614 A parcel of residential land designated a Lot 10 Block 1 of the subdivision plan Psd-08-020725-D, being a portion

of Lot 2530, Cad. 422, regis-tered in the name of Belinda V. Debuton, situated in Brgy. Matobato, City of Calbayog, containing an area of One Hundred Twenty Eight (128) square meters. All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said time, it shall be held on June 24, 2014 without further notice.

Prospective buyers/bid-ders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the Title/Tax Declaration to the properties described above and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Calbayog City, Philip-pines, April 23, 2014. FOR THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OF-

FICIO SHERIFF (Sgd.) RENATO S.

CELADA Sheriff IV

SWE May 13-19; 20-26 & 27- June 2, 2014

LIFES INSPIRATIONS: But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers (James 2:9, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-VOTE FOR VIGAN CITY AS WONDER

CITY: May I make an appeal, not only to the Ilocanos out there, but for all patriotic Filipinos who would like to show to the world the beauty that is the Philippines: please vote for Vigan City of Ilocos Sur as one of the new seven wonder cities of the world, by logging on to www.new7wonders.com/en/cities. Vote as often as you can, and ask your friends, associates and relatives to also vote, now!

-ooo-SETBACK OF DEMOCRACY AND VIOLA-

TION OF THE CHARTER: Once again, there is an attempt to portray the surrender and detention of Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. in connection with the plunder case against him over the P10 billion pork barrel scam as a triumph of democracy and a significant step forward in the fight against graft and corruption.

In a way, this is only a partially correct descrip-tion of things. The truth is that it is an overwhelming setback of democratic and constitutional processes, because what all of these shows very clearly are the determination of President Aquino and his political allies to trample upon the Constitution and all known rules of fairness and equality to decimate their oppo-nents in the 2016 elections.

For one, the 1987 Constitution says, in its Sec-tion 1, Art. III, that no man shall be denied the equal protection of the clause. In laymans language, this simply means that, in the application of the law in this country, everybody should be treated equally, and no double standards should ever be applied.

-ooo-PORK CASES: UNMASKING THE AQUINO

REGIME AS MORE CORRUPT: Yet, it is very evident that in the investigation, and now in the prosecution, of the P10 billion pork barrel scam, equality is the last thing that President Aquino, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima and Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales observed, as they pounded only on three opposition senators, including Revilla.

The evidence read-ily available to Aquino, De Lima and Morales in connection with the pork barrel scam, which now constitutes the plunder and graft cases pending before the Sandiganbay-an, not only showed the supposed complicity of the opposition senators, but of Aquinos allies as well, and yet the allies were spared and set free.

Surely, on this score alone, the whole scenario that is unfolding before all of us is as scary as it is farcical: it is not a triumph of justice nor a significant step in the elimination of graft. Rather, it is some-thing that all Filipinos must be very afraid of, because it unmasks the Aquino government as a similarly corrupt regime, if not a regime that is more corrupt than the opponents it is seeking to crush.

-ooo-FAVORITISM OF

THE AQUINO GOVT: Again, I raise a warning: what the Aquino govern-ment has done is a clear case of favoritism which violates the Bible, and, be-cause of this, punishment will come not only on its leaders but also on the entire Filipino nation as a whole. For, in James 2:9, the divine rule is clear: if you show favoritism, you sin.

The same thing is warned about in many other parts of the Bible: Exodus 23:3, Leviticus 19:15, Acts 10:34, Ro-mans 2:11, Galatians 2:6, Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 3:25, 1 Timothy 5:21, James 2:1 and 9. If we take these Biblical admo-nitions side by side with Deuteronomy 28:15-68,

TACLOBAN CITY -- The grand rehabilita-tion plan of the Province of Leyte will soon be implemented as soon as the President approves the plan.

This was learned after Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla presented the Re-habilitation Master Plan for Leyte during the cabinet clusters meeting in Cebu City recently.

The master plan will be the basis of the national government for

the funding release.More than P22 bil-

lion is being allocated for the rehabilitation program of the Province of Leyte which was hard hit by typhoon Yolanda in November 8 last year.

The governor said P9 billion has been al-lotted for the infra sec-tor which includes the repair of roads, bridges, school buildings and other infrastructures that were damaged by the super typhoon.

Livel ihood, job

creation, business op-portunities and shelter projects for displaced families were also in-cluded in the plan.

T h e g o v e r n o r asked his constituents to be patient in waiting as the government is trying its best to ensure that the rehabilitation plan will be imple-mented in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of con-cerned agencies. (Sol Alarcon/PIA-8)

Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento talks to teachers under a nipa shed in Brgy. Hampton to hear what needs to be done to further improve the youths education.

then we can be rest as-sured that nothing good will ever comes out of this pork barrel prosecution. Instead, more curses will come upon us.

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Basey, Tacloban holds 40th Balyuan Rites

JUNE 17 - 23, 2014 6 Pages

brings together representatives from various national govern-ment agencies, local disaster management agencies, Philippine Red Cross, non-government organizations working with local communities and the local media.

Held last June 16 and 17, the consultation was aimed at find-ing out the missing links, lapses and gaps in communications between the stakeholders in emergency warning dissemination.

Various topics were discussed during the two-day interac-tions.

On Day 1, participants shared lessons learned from emer-gency warnings, from the media and community groups, thereby bridging the gaps in communications.

Rusell Isaac, an independent consultant who has been in the broadcast industry for 35 years, shared international good practices on emergency warnings and discussed some aspects of effective communication in emergency situations and disaster risk reduction on the second day.

Meanwhile, Natalie Lieva of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) discussed some pointers on working with the communities to deliver timely, accurate and understandable messages.

One of the recommendations gathered from the participants was the conduct of trainings and workshops for communicators in efforts to enhance knowledge in communication particularly on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM). This will be further discussed at the national level.

The event was organized by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and Center for Community Journalism and Develop-ment (CCJD), the lead convener of the Disaster Risk Reduction Network Philippines (DRRNetPhils.) and sponsored by ESCAP. (PIA-8)

ABU from page 3 ...

BASEY, Samar, Philippines The city of Tacloban and this municipality, two of the hardest-hit by typhoon Yolan-da, held its 40th Balyuan Rites Friday morning.

At around 6 a.m., delegates from Tacloban City proceeded to Basey, and along with Basaynon folks, attended the mass at St. Michael de Archangel Parish. A short procession followed to the towns wharf in preparation for the fluvial parade.

At 9:30 a.m., the fluvial procession of El Teniente started and arrived at the Balyuan Sea in Tacloban City at 10 a.m. A short program of turn-over, acceptance and usual messages between Basey Mayor Igmedio Ponferrada and Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez shortly followed. Notably, only few devotees were seen joining the annual religious event. Observers opined this is probably because the people has not recovered yet from their faith to the Sto. Nino, after typhoon Yolanda ravaged them by strong storm surges which is

Balyuan Rites is a tradition done yearly a week before the Tacloban City fiesta celebration. The ritual is the exchange of the sacred images of Senior Santo Nino between the town of Basey and Tacloban City.

Historically, Basey was used to be the capital and Tacloban was known to be a rapidly progressing town. During the fiesta month of June, the Basey town had to lend their sacred image to Tacloban. The sacred image is transported by a fluvial pro-cession in the Cancabato Bay.

(Ricky Bautista)

said to be the Saints toy, seven months ago that re-sulted to the deaths of their love ones, losses of their livelihoods and devastation of their homes.

------------ >>>>>Mayor Igmedio Ponferrada and the residents of Basey escorted El Teniente dur-ing a fluvial procession from Basey to Tacloban City during the 40th Baly-uan Rites on June 20, 2014.The two LGUs holds its Pre-Balyuan ritual last June 18, two days before the actual exchange of images. (Photo by Ricky Bautista)

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