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DOST: 3-M preschoolers underweight, malnourished

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“Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders, so by any means they

should be protected, giving them good health.”

8-year old boy dies in Catbalogan landslide

Government goes all-out crushing

ONLY 17.8 percent or about 2 in every 10 children 6 months to 5 years old met the recommended energy daily intake, a food consumption survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Techonology (FNRI-DOST) revealed.

In a press statement released to this paper last week it was learned that the average one-day total food intake of preschoolers “decreased from 562 grams in 2003 to 492 grams in 2008.”

“In terms of calorie intake, the trend among preschoolers went down from 980 kilocalories in 2003 to 843 kilocalo-ries in 2008.”

The statement further reported that the average 1-day intake of preschool age children in all food groups, except starchy roots and tubers, decreased in 5-year period.

The Food Consumption Survey (FCS) is a component of the 7th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) conducted every 5 years to update the nutritional status and dietary intake of the Filipino population.

Looking at the nutritional status of preschool-age children, the 7th NNS showed that in every 100 children aged 0-5 years old, 26 are underweight, 28 are stunted and 6 are thin.

This proportion translates to about 3.35 million underweight preschool-age children, 3.57 million stunted and

TBut now, through the

technology and intervention of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the people in the region, and in other parts of the country, have found a way to bring back the good health of its malnour-ished and underweight kids.

This technology, it is said, is a promising alternative and viable solution to the worsen-ing malnutrition problem in most remote areas.

DOST-8 regional director Engr. Edgardo M. Esperancilla and his team from Food and Nutrition Research Institute

OUTSTANDING DOST Pinoy kidS and their mothers lined up to receive their cer�fi-cates and tokens during the culmina�on day , a�er the FNRI-DOST fed them with complementary foods for 120 days. To date, their health condi�on improved and growth status back to normal. Photo below shows a FNRI-DOST staffs taking the height of a malnourished kid in Leyte. (Ricky Bau�sta) CATBALOGAN CITY

- An eight-year-old boy was killed in a second landslide incident oc-curred in Catbalogan City last Tuesday.

The landslide incident at sitio Cugao of Barangay Bunuanan that killed Al-drin Abancia, 8, was trig-gered by a continuous rain experienced in Catbalogan for several days now, Cher-

lyn Lubang of the regional office of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD-8), said.

The victim, together with his father Eduardo Abancia, 37 and an elder brother, Eduardo Jr.,10, at the time of the incident where at the foot of the hill when suddenly rocks and mud cascaded down towards their direction.

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HREE months ago, many parents in the region are naive on the basics

of nutrition that resulted to an alarming incidence of malnutrition among Waray-waray children.

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780,000 thin.Moreover, nutritional anemia is prevalent among 6

months to less than one year-old at 55.7 percent and 20.9 percent for children 1-5 years old.

Also, vitamin A defi ciency is prevalent at 15.2 percent among these same age group.

Inadequate food intake and illness affect the nutritional status of children.

Realizing that this life cycle is critical for promot-ing optimal growth, the government through the DOST has designed a technology and program to address this problem.

The DOST calls on to the mothers and new parents to give all the best to their babies and also promoted “breast-feeding.”

“Breastmilk is by far the best food for a newborn baby, “ says Dr. Jocelyn Juguan of the FNRI-DOST.

In a program “Sulong Pinoy,” a complementary feed-ing has also been conducted by the government in Eastern Visayas to address the malnutrition problem.

The program PINOY or Package for the Improvement of Nutrition of Young Children which was launched in Leyte (then to Samar towns in 2012) aimed to develop complementary foods and give it malnourished kids aged 6-35 months, educates parents on proper nutrition intake of children. (rjb)

CATBALOGAN CITY - Samar’s accomplishment to its commitment to this year’s National Greening Program (NGP) has reached 88% as of November 15, 2011.

This was bared by Samar Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offi ce Information Offi cer Melyn Godin during a meeting of the provincial Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council (SMED) here.

This info was also affi rmed by the PENR Offi cer him-self, Mr Elpedio Simon in a subsequent interview.

PENRO Simon had another better news. “The people’s organizations implementing the tree planting have com-mitted that they will be able to accomplish 100% before the end of the year,” Simon said.

The NGP is embodied in Executive Order Number 26 where the Aquino government is committed to plant some 1.5 billion trees until 2016 to give livelihood opportunities

CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte - Senior Supt. Elizar Patano Egloso, chief regional police community relations fi vision, discloses that based on the recent crime statistics from the Regional Intelligence and Detective Management Division – Police Regional Offi ce 8, revealed that crime volume of October 2011 compared to the same month of 2010 have decreased signifi cantly to almost 58% percent.

Based on the statistics, 968 crime incidents occurred last October 2010 compared to only 409 incidents this year of October. On the aspect of crime against persons like murder, homicide, among others, there was a signifi cant decrease of 56 percent from 307 incidents last year to only 135 this year. Crimes against property like robbery, theft, carnapping and cattle rustling are down by 59 percent, 312 to 127.

Hence, the latest favorable developments are demonstrative of the reforms the PNP leadership that has been institutionalizing in the organization, S/Supt.Egloso said. To name a few, the innovative community-based crime prevention and law enforcement programs embodied in the PNP LOI 22/09 Bayanihan and administrative reforms under the Integrated Transformation Program-Performance Governance System (ITP-PGS). LOI Bayanihan mandated the implementation of the policing concept of Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPATs) be organized, trained and mobilized as force multipliers in addressing criminality at the grass root levels.

Further, he said that the ITP-PGS is designed to raise the PNP’s standards of governance by improving its per-sonnel, logistics and fi nancial management systems, thus aims to transform the PNP into an effi cient, credible and professional organization aligned with transparent and graft/corruption-free governance. (PR)

“It was too sudden that the father was only able to get hold of Eduardo to escape and forget his other son who was covered with rocks and mud,” Lubang said.

A barangay tanod, Danilo Roque, 44 was injured dur-ing the rescue operation on the boy enveloped by rocks and mud.

Based on the information their offi ce gathered, the incident took place around 12 noon Tuesday.

Lubang said that rescuers coming from the village, police and the Army tried to recover the body of the boy from the heap of the rocks and mud.

They were able to recover the boy, who was said to be showing signs of life, at around 3 p.m.

The boy was immediately brought to the Samar Provincial Hospital, also in Catbalogan but his attending physicians declared him dead at 4:45 p.m.

The landslide could have occurred due to the non-stop rains experienced in Catbalogan for several days now. The heavy downpour of rain could have loosened the founda-tion triggering the incident.

City social welfare offi cer Nora Aroza, in a separate interview, said that the city government has immediately provided assistance to the victim and his family.

The remains of the boy lie at Bless Funeral Homes.The landslide incident in Bunuanon was the second

time to happen in Catbalogan.Last October 21, a landslide incident in Barangay

Guinsorongan took the lives of a mother and her three children. Incessant rains were also blamed for the landslide incident.

The regional offi ce of the Mines and Geosciences Bu-reau (MGB) had earlier identifi ed both Guinsorongan and Bunuanon as landslide-prone areas.

and to mitigate the effects of climate change.PENRO Simon said that out of 1, 460 hectares tar-

geted for this year, some 1,295 hectares have already been planted.

These areas are found in the towns of Basey, Hinaban-gan, Calbiga, Paranas,

Taranganan, Gandara, San Jose de Buan, Motiong and Jiabong where there are established People’s Organiza-tions.

Meanwhile, in Catbalogan City, during the civil ser-vice anniversary, all stakeholders moved as one to plant two thousand trees in Barangay San Vicente, Catbalogan City. The Civil Service Commission (CSC) with the city government, PENRO, schools and even civic groups and the media joined forces for the greening program. (Nimfa B. Querante)

HAVING attained its goal of providing universal coverage to as many Filipinos as possible, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) has been doing all it can to insure that members do get the desired benefi t payments due them.

And to make that happen, Philhealth’s current thrust revolved around Benefi t Delivery Rate (BDR), an extensive program that listed at least four factors serving as roadmap to see how far their services have reached to the people that matter most, the hospitalized members, said Misael Paigan, head of Philhealth provincial service offi ce.

During the Action Center cable TV this morning (Nov. 23) where he was the guest, along with Information Offi cer Henry Madula, Paigan discussed the four key components of BDR.

These included the continuing pursuit of membership coverage, expanding members’ access to Philhealth-ac-

Philhealth sets focus on delivering benefi ts to memberscredited medical or health facilities, letting members know specifi c illness cases and the corresponding payments that can be availed, and seeing to that members get the value out of their Philhealth cards, such as no out of pocket expenses and completeness of needed medicines.

To drive home his point, Paigan disclosed that the total admission at the Salvacion Oppus Yniguez Memorial Pro-vincial Hospital (SOYMPH) for the year 2010 was 12,856, but out of this number only 3,380 patients were able to use their Philhealth benefi ts, or 26% of the total.

Many of those patients, especially the sponsored in-digents or senior citizens, were not aware that they have Philhealth cards, or benefi ciaries of one member in the family, and so were unable to get refund of their hospital-ization expenses, Paigan explained.

In an effort to address this gap, Paigan said Philhealth has established a link in accredited hospitals or clinics

whose basic task was to refer a patient’s name in the da-tabase of the agency.

In most cases it will be found out that he or she was listed as one of the benefi ciaries of an immediate family or relative who is an active Philhealth member, and so can be accorded due benefi ts. For the BDR component on access, Information Offi cer Madula said virtually all rural health units around the province, including several Leyte towns under their coverage, were already accredited, and as such Philhealth’s services can be delivered to these facilities for members, like pregnant women who are members them-selves or benefi ciaries of active members.

Philhealth’s updated list of benefi t payments included normal delivery in birthing facilities at accredited health outlets, where a member can avail a packaged rate of P 8,000.00 up to the fourth child, plus a mandated screening for newborn babies, P 1,750.00. (Bong Pedalino)

SERVICE ORIENTED.AN WARAY Representa� ve Florencio “Bem” Noel assured his cons� tuents in Samar of his con� nuing support in an answer to allega� ons that he will divert his a� en� on to Taclobanons as he was ru-mored to run for the mayoralty bid comes 2013 na� onal and local elec� ons.

The solon said he recently poured out several projects in various Samar munici-pali� es proving his sincerity in the public service to every Waraynon.

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THE ONE and a half hours boat ride to take you to this magical cave is worth it. Once inside, you get transported into another place and time—back to the time when the earth was still starting to be fashioned by God’s hand.

Stepping into the moist and dark cave, you are greeted by total darkness which takes a while to get used to. Rocks of various sizes extrude out of the cave’s �loor, and you have to navigate well to avoid slips and trips. Light from the outside peep into openings of various sizes and shapes, serving as guide as you enter deeper into the chamber.

You know you’re in for a great adventure when a group of dinosaur-like formations greet your sight in one corner. Welcome to Sohoton Cave!

Sohoton Cave is part of the Sohoton Natural Bridge National Park, the most famous among the beautiful spots in a small �ishing town in Samar called Basey. The site was declared a National Park on July 19, 1935 through Proclamation No. 831 which aimed to preserve the park’s geological features and natural marvels.

As the eight-kilometer square park is quite extensive, most tourists only reach Sohoton Cave. But the trip is well worth it. For a person whose daily grind consists of braving through traf�ic and pollution, and working in a corner cubicle, Sohoton Cave is another dimension you would like to get lost into.

River boat rideJust like in a typical Indiana Jones adventure, you

have to go through several exciting ordeals before �inally stepping into the cave.

The one-and-a-half hours of boat ride over the wind-ing but pensive Golden River is an adventure in itself. As the boat gushes on the still river, you get a glimpse of the typical rural life where folks gather along the river bank to bathe, wash clothes, or just to have the daily tête-à-tête with the neighborhood gossip. Along the way, you also meet boats of �ishermen eager to have a full catch for the day.

And perhaps the most exciting part of the serene boat ride is getting a prelude of the sights to see in Sohoton. As river water sweeps the rocks along the way, you get a sight of mountainsides naturally chiseled by the weather and the river, a collaborative natural work of art that took shape over time. For the photography buffs, there are so many precious sites to frame and preserve, such as low caves and bizarre-looking formations.

The Golden River was once called Cadac-an as it was the biggest river in the area with its 500-meter wide mouth. However, because of siltation, its once green hue turned light brown which, in some instances, appear as gold—hence the current name of Golden River. For all its offered spectacles, the Golden River is like a red carpet that leads to the main attraction.

Postcard pretty viewsBut before yet reaching the main attraction, there

are still postcard pretty scenes that feast the eyes. The entrance offers a rare landscape of a tranquil river sliding along the foot of a rocky hill, tied-up boats waiting to be

Exploring Sohoton Cave, the land before �me

ridden on, and the park signage that appears to be as old as the landscape itself.

Sohoton literally means “to pass through” in Waray dialect. Indeed, during the cave tour, you have to occasion-ally squeeze through narrow openings to get to the differ-ent chambers. Some of the passageways are cramped and reverberate with the clicking clatters of bats.

Climbing uphill, you pass through a meandering hanging bridge that offers a breath-taking view of the river. It gives you an exquisite vantage point, already a treat in itself, of the perfectly calm green river lapping the heels of the imposing rocky mountains adorned with greeneries and limestone icings.

Just a few meters from the cave entrance are large roots of trees spread out like frozen giant snakes that refuse to budge even if you tread on them.

Then you step into Panhulugan Cave. Total darkness greets you despite the guide’s spot light. As your pupils get used to the darkness and slowly make out the �igures inside, you realize you just entered into another place and time.

Land before time

Rock formations in all their splendor greet the eyes as soon as the dark outlines become more visible, especially with the help of the guide’s spot light. Various dinosaur-like �igures hover on the cave �loor, walls, and even suspended from above. If not a scene from the Juras-sic Park series, this scenario reminds you of the lovable �ilm “Land Before Time.”

Completing the eerie ambience is the sound of strange triddle, dropping right there on the rocks covered with whitish frost. These giant icicles are actually formed by calcium deposits dripping on the rock surface with water-like substance.

There are little pools scattered so you should be careful as you might slip or dip your feet or shoes into the puddle. This is especially true when you reach the natural stage or platform and you are tempted to dance on this natural ledge. If you want a little sound to go with your performance, you can knock on the natural music organ and feel a little bit of acoustic heaven in the cave.

After performing or posing on the ledge, complete the celebrity ambience and proceed to the natural photo frame, a rock formation with a hollow center on its upper part. Get behind its irregular but graceful border and have your smiling faces photographed for posterity. The frame can accommodate up to four faces.

Go on with your trek a few meters deeper and you get face-to-face with the “Holy Family,” a formation that resembles Joseph, Mary and boy Jesus. There are also formations that look like Madonna and child, an angel,

the three kings, and the Cruci�ixion.

Just a few more steps and you enter the cave’s showcase—the atrium—that contains the most number of recognizable formations. Having the highest dome ceiling of all the sights, the atrium offers a spectacular scene, a hodge-podge of mag-ni�icent views that lay in miniature.

There is a miniature plaza that looks �illed with busy miniature people. There are ridges that look like the rice terraces of Banawe and one long ridge that looks like the Great Wall of China. At one

point is a post-like rock whose top portion looks like a cupcake.

There are some ee-rie portions with brown streaks all over the cave walls. According to the guide , the chocolate stripes are actually roots of the trees above the cave.

After the musical, country, religious, and horror scenes, expect the unexpected because there are also a couple of PG-13 views. In a small chamber, there hang from the ceil-ing quaint stalactites that closely resemble wom-en’s mammaries— of all shapes and sizes! Not to be outdone, in a nearby hall hangs a naturally-carved appendage that looks like a giant phallus.

According to experts, it takes a thousand years to form a square centime-ter of these formations. Looking at all the natural rock carvings of all sizes inside the cave, one can’t help but mentally calcu-late how may thousands of years it took God through nature to have formed them. For humans like us, it is a slow, painstaking work of art that may ap-pear to us now as perfectly done but is actually still a work in progress. Imagine how this cave would look

like in another thousand years.

Locals say that traces of early habitation were found in some caves in Basey, including the caves in Sohoton. Some of the artifacts appear to have been remnants of the Iron and Stone Ages, according to the Samar local govern-ment website. Historical records also show that the caves were used as a hideout of Filipino insur-rectos during the Spanish-American War. Moreover, folks believe that the caves were used as burial sites as well as potion rooms where babaylans (primi-tive healers) mix their concoctions.

Because of the caves’ ancient history, many peo-ple believe that spirits roam in the caverns. Peo-ple also give high respect to the caves’ rich legend, such that no one ever at-tempted to vandalize any part of the caves.

How to get to Sohoton

From Tacloban, trav-el for 45 minutes to the wharf in Basey where you can inquire from the Basey Tourism Of�ice on tour packages. However, more tourists prefer to ar-range with tour providers to handle everything for them because in walk-in

arrangements, there is no assurance of the avail-ability of boats.

From Basey wharf, you will navigate the Gold-en River for one and a half hours by pump boat to get to Sohoton. But when the sea is rough, or if you have a vehicle, the faster way to go is either through Brgy. Binungtuan or Brgy. Rawis where boats can be rented at almost half the price.

Providers like Centro Outdoor Sports Unlim-ited usually charge P700 per pax for a day tour of a group of seven. The pack-age includes Sohoton Cave Tour, Golden River cruise, helmets with headlights, guides, mayor’s permit, life vests, cave entrances and other fees, drinks and lunch. Tours, which can be arrange by calling or texting 09207675444, usually depart by 11AM to 12 NN to avoid the low tide.

Exploring Sohoton is one unique experience that will be treasured for life. Riding the boat to the site is like riding a time machine that takes you back eons ago, when the rocks were still pebbles and strange creatures still roamed the earth… back to the land that was before time was even set.

B� FRAMELIA V. ANONAS

“Various dinosaur-like �igures hover on the cave �loor, walls, and

even suspended from above. If not a scene from the Jurassic Park series, this scenario reminds you of the lov-

able �ilm “Land Before Time.”

Basey Tourism Office

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End impunity, now!Stop Media Killings!!!

VIEWS ON NEWSBY RICKY J. BAUTISTA

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LAST November 24, as we journalist from Eastern Visayas undergo our “Media Reporting Training on Extra-Legal Killings and Enforced Disappearances” in Tacloban City with speakers from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and Ateneo Human Rights Center, we received an alert that a media personally has been shot and critically wounded by two unidentified assassins in Cagayan de Oro.

The criminals have been trying to add again another victim from the series of media men killed in-line of duty. On this day also, the journalists in the country as well as those based in the international outfits commemorated the killings in Maguindanao which claimed 32 journalists and 26 other civilians, and continue to seek justice for the massacre victims

As we marked the second year of the Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao, journalists pledged to resist any attempt to trample a person’s right to life and free expression.

In a pledge recited following a candle lighting ceremo-ny led by relatives of some of the 58 victims of the Nov. 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan town, 32 of them journalists and media workers, journalists promised to the best of their ability to obtain justice not only for the victims of the massacre but also victims of extrajudicial killing.

“Ako, bilang mamamahayag, ay nangangakong gagawin ang lahat ng makakaya para makamit ang hustisya, hindi lamang para sa mga biktima sa Ampatuan, Maguindanao kundi lahat ng mga biktima ng pamamaslang.

“Isusulong ang isang pamamahayag na nagtataguyod ng in-terest ng mamamayan, pamamahayag na lumalaan st nagtatang-gol sa karapatang mabuhay at kalayaan sa pamamahayag.”

Speakers in that ceremony lamented the slow pace of

IS it the slow grind of the criminal justice system? Is it rather a reality unveiled on how courts keep pace with the people’s desire to achieve justice?

Two years after the manslaughter that shocked not just the people of Maguindanao but practically the entire democratic Philippines and a significant part of the world, the Filipino citizens are held in a limbo as to the outcome of the case now pending trial in court. The Re-gional Trial Court Branch 221 presided by Judge Joselyn Solis-Reyes is still actively hearing the evidences of the prosecution, an event which though overshadowed by some angles of the infamous incident remains a news topic to feast on. So far, the media is still not completely al-lowed to snoop into the proceedings of the case in court to avoid its inimical implications.

Adverse to common impression that the court itself derails the proceedings for some good reasons, such delay is at all the making of either party. Least to say is that if there is one participant who wants the case to be over and decided with finality it is none but the court trying the case. If there is one group involved in the hearing of the case that wants a speedy dis-position of the case it is none but he court. Not-withstanding the court’s hope to get over with the case there are factors to be considered.

For instance, in the trial of the case in August this year, the proceedings for the Maguindanao massacre trial ended early not because the pre-siding judge was indisposed or in a seminar but due to documentary evidences of the prosecu-tion that were not photocopied ahead for the defense’s scrutiny as well as the unavailability of a new prosecution witness. Legal tussle then ensued. The defense, meaning the camp of Andal Ampatuan Jr and his co-accused, wanted the prosecution, comprised of the families of the victims of the gruesome killing led by now Maguindanao Gov. Ishmael Mangudadatu, to just present another witness.

The prosecution maintained that SPO2 Cixon Kasan, former officer-in-charge of the Buluan municipal police, was the only one it had prepared to take the witness stand for the day. Having no other thing to do, the judge was prompted to end the said proceedings.

Verbal brawl between the prosecution and defense lawyers who accused each other of delaying the massacre proceedings ensued. As newspaper reports said, the defense blamed the prosecution for not being prepared to present a second witness, while the prosecution insisted that Kasan be cross-examined first before mov-ing on to a new witness. The prosecution also tossed back the blame to the defense regarding the trial’s delay, saying having the entire police

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the trial of the tragedy that earned for the Philippine the ignominious tag of the second most dangerous place for journalists in the world, next only to Iraq.

Our resource speaker Ms. Rowena Paraan, the Sec-retary General of the NUJP said there are 146 journalists killed since 1986 and only 10 court cases had been success-ful. Worst, there are zero masterminds of the killings had been convicted. I am saddened for the justice system we have here in the Philippines.

Let’s take the case of the Ampatuan massacre. To date, around 103 of the 196 suspects are at large up to now and only two of the principal suspects have been arraigned. The case remains snagged on hearings on petitions for bail of the accused.

After 16 months of his presidency, Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino who promised to take the “path of righteousness” or what his campaign writers called “daang matuwid” has done nothing improvement or program to protect the journalists in the country. In fact, under his administration, at least five journalists were killed during line of duty. No wonder, the country flanked to second rank among the worlds’ “most dangerous countries for Jour-nalists.”

The government has been very slow in its investigation and the journalists in the country continue to seek justice and cry to end impunity. This corner will tackle more about the killings in the Philippines. Meanwhile, here’s the study about killings in the Philippines. Tills next issue folks!

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up….” (James 5:14-15, the Holy Bible).

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P1 B HEALTH IMPROVEMENT FUND USELESS: The P1.014 billion-rural health units improvement fund for Regions IV A, IV B and V released by the Department of Budget and Management last Friday, November 25, 2011, will do a lot to improve maternal health and reduce children mortality rates, but then the real health problem for Filipinos remains: there are no doctors in our govern-ment hospitals and clinics.

The brain drain among Filipino doctors leaving for abroad to seek better earning opportunities continues, and this is a problem which the government seems help-less to resolve some years back and, it appears, even at this point.

-o0o-FILIPINO MEDICAL BRAIN-DRAIN PERSISTS: In

2008, facts and figures coming from a former Department of Health Secretary, the Honorable Jaime Galvez Tan,

No matter what, this corner wishes to congratulate the Aquino Administration for that swift delivery of arrest war-rant on CGMA.

Congratulations too in giving out a good example of political will.

Congratulations too in giving out an example on how to catch the “Big fish” in the political aquarium.

Congratulations too to President Noy’s political advisers for decisively slamming home what must be done.

After all, what are they in power for if they can’t tailor out what must to be done in keeping in the country CGMA and company?

Congratulations!And for that, former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada

could be grinning from ear to ear now.“Karma ‘yan kay CGMA,” as they say.We just hope, P-Noy’s boys won’t stop from there.With the leader of the pack now under hospital arrest, this

corner could only hope other fishes that used to brag their big scales before would be snagged by P-Noy’s gigantic fish net

confirmed the dire consequences of the Filipino medical brain-drain problem.

In an interview he gave to the Philippine Star which appeared in its August 11, 2008 issue, Dr. Galvez Tan gave the following frightening information, evidently based on data gathered during through the years:

First. Seven out of 10 sick Filipinos die untreated due to the acute lack of doctors in the country. Second. The coun-try’s health care delivery system is now nearing collapse as the shortage of doctors has persisted for decades.

Third. The Philippine health care system is collapsing and in some areas, particularly in urban communities, has collapsed. Fourth. He noted that 21 municipalities and seven government hospitals in Western Samar as well as all the five municipalities of Sulu have no doctors.

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120 RP TOWNS WITHOUT DOCTORS: “There are 120 municipalities nationwide at this time without doctors. The figure was down from the 271 doctorless municipalities but just the same that’s 120 municipalities and many people are living there,” Galvez Tan pointed out.

Fifth. The widening demand for doctors in various developed countries is further worsening the doctors’ shortage. “Foreign countries like Finland and France that were not recruiting doctors before are now offering $6,000 salaries for physicians and we cannot match that,” Tan said.

Sixth. A growing number of Filipino doctors are also studying again to become nurses so they could easily go abroad. Citing data from the Professional Regulatory Com-mission (PRC), Tan said that 10,000 doctors have become nurses and 99 percent passed the licensure examination. “Of the 10,000 doctors who became nurses, 6,000 have already left for abroad,” he said.

in the next few days.We could only hope too, the administration of President

Noy will not become complacent and forget about its social contract with the Filipino people because governance is not just about hauling into prison perceived big scale plunderers.

And that’s what we have been driving home before or from the very start of President Noy’s Administration in 2010.

We need examples, decisive examples.Truth to be told, 1st APLUMA have had been rolling out

articles on “just letting her (CGMA) go” yes, for humanitarian reasons nothing more nothing less.

Dura lex, sed lex. The law is harsh, but it is the law.Now, this would certainly appear as a big turnaround

from my previous piece but what we were trying to imply was this: The Aquino Administration may extend a humanitarian act by allowing CGMA seek medical care abroad on a long leash and save itself from any political backlash whatsoever in case CGMA’s health condition degenerates.

But the flipside of it, methinks goes this way: President Noy gambled more against the political backlash that will befell him if and when the “Big fish” slips away from their hands and swim its way into deeper waters, out of reach.

And that’s a bigger risk. Indeed.And now it’s a much, much better scene to just watch the

biggest gold fish from inside a controlled aquarium.Congratulations to you Boss Ronald. Good job!Ala kang kupas.

blotter photocopied when only one page of it is being questioned was one of the reasons why the trial drags on.

On its face, one could see how the Maguindanao massacre drags on in court and again not due to the court’s doing but for external causes that impinge upon the proceedings in court. The legal luminar-ies who prosecute and defend this instant case has something to do with the delay as well, not simply because it is their tactic but by reason of legal tech-nicalities. The rules of procedure are not set to derail the case but to provide the parties the opportunity to have a clear and convincing presentation of evi-dences so that the ends of justice will be served.

In the time being, both parties cannot do so much but hope against hope for the speedy dispo-sition of the Maguindanao massacre case. “Haste makes waste” the adage goes; thus each party and the court have to be extra careful and scrupulous in every step they take on this criminal case. Besides, there is the moralist legal maxim that states, “It is better to let 10 guilty people go free rather than convict one innocent person”. Nevertheless, this does not prevail over the need to give justice to the mishap suffered by innocent individuals.

Some quarters may find this appalling but this is how criminal court proceedings really go. What is imperative is that not one of the witnesses, es-pecially of the prosecution will loose track of the truth they have to reveal in court on this chilling manslaughter. Also, the families of the victims should not loose hope on the justice system because, although two years have lapsed, the time will arrive and the truth shall be made known and the real cul-prit shall suffer the penalty for his or their bestial greed that led to the death of 58 individuals, largely journalists and females.

In Tacloban City meanwhile, a mass is scheduled in the morning today Sto. Niño Church followed by wreathlaying at the Noblejas Junction across this parish church. The local media is in earnest prayer for an “end to impunity”. They cry, “No massacre, no unfair treatment of journalists.”

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial RegionBranch 28

Catbalogan, SamarIN RE: CORRECTION

OF ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH THE NAME OF GELLI ANN IBAÑEZ

LOTOC TO GELLI ANN IBAÑEZ LOTOKGEMMA IBAÑEZ

LOTOK,Petitioner,-versus-

THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGIS-TRAR OF CATBALO-

GAN CITY, AND THE OFFICE OF THE CIVIL

REGISTRAR GEN-ERAL,

RespondentsSPEC. PROC. NO. 8141

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

This refers to the petition filed by GEMMA IBAÑEZ LOTOK, seeking for the cor-rection of erroneous entry as appearing in the Certificate of Live Birth of her daugh-ter, GELLI ANN IBAÑEZ LOTOK, issued by the Local Civil Registrar of Catbalogan, Samar, particularly the name of Gelli Ann Lotoc be corrected to Gelli Ann Lotok as her true and correct name.

Finding the petition to be suffi-cient in form and in substance, the same is scheduled for ini-tial hearing on January 16, 2012, at 8:30 in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court, Bulwagan Ng Katarungan, on which date, time and place, any person may appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted.The petitioner is hereby direct-ed to cause the publication of the Order once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the scheduled initial hearing of the petition, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Prov-ince of Samar and accredited by this Court, to be selected by raffle, the date to be set by

the Office of the Clerk of Court under the supervision of the Executive Judge.Furnish copies of this Order the Solicitor General of the Philip-pines, the Provincial Prosecu-tor of Samar, the Local Civil Registrar, Catbalogan, Samar, the Office of the Civil Regis-trar General, Quezon City, the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Catbalogan, Samar, the petitioner and her counsel.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBER, Catbalogan, Samar, October 27, 2011.(Sgd.) SIBANAH E. US-

MANJudge

SWE Issues November 8-14, 15-21 & 22-28, 2011




Catbalogan City, Samar

IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF

ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFI-CATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF JESSICA VILLA TAN,

NOVA V. VILLAPetitioner-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CATBA-LOGAN, SAMAR and

THE NATIONAL STATIS-TICS OFFICE, QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA,

RespondentsSpec. Pro. No. 81439For: Correction of

Entriesx- - - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERFiled with this Court is

the above-captioned peti-tion by Nova V. Villa (Nova) for correction of entries in the birth certificate of her

daughter Jessica Villa an (Jessica) issued by the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Catbalogan, Samar and the National Statistics Of-fice (NSO). Petitioner prays that this Court, after due notice and hearing, issued an order to direct the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Catbalogan, Samar and the NSO to correct the birth records of Jessica particularly her last name from “TAN” to “VILLA” and date and place of marriage of his parents from “05 JULY 1989-ZUMARRAGA SAMAR” to “NOT MARRIED”.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form, the same is given due course. Let the initial hearing of this petition be set on DECEMBER 13, 2011 at 8:30 in the morn-ing at the Session Hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, any person may oppose and show cause why this petition should not be granted.

The petitioner is di-rected to cause, at her own expense, the publication of

this Order once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in an accredited newspaper of general circulation in the province of Samar to be selected by raffle under the supervision of the Executive Judge and the Office of the Clerk of Court.

Furnish copies of this Order the Office of the Clerk of Court, the Office of the Solicitor General, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Samar, the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Cat-balogan, Samar, the National Statistics Office, Quezon City, attaching thereto copies of the petition and its annexes. Send likewise copy of this order to the petitioner and her counsel.

SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, 25 Oc-

tober, 2011, Catbalogan, Sa-mar.

(Sgd.) AGERICO A. AVILA

Presiding Judge

SWE Issues Nov. 8-14; 15-21 & 22-28, 2011


REGIONAL TRIAL COURT8th Judicial Region

Branch 33Calbiga, Samar

IN RE: JUDICIAL DECLA-RATION OF ASSUMPTION OF IDENTITY OF THE

PERSON OF EDEN AGOTE y ELIGUE,

EDEN AGOTE y ELIGUE,Petitioner,-versus-

THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF VILLAR-

EAL, SAMAR,Respondent,

CIVIL CASE NO. C-2011-1167For:

ASSUMPTION OF IDEN-TITY

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

This is a verified petition to declare the petitioner as the same Eden Eligue Agote whose name and facts of

birth appears in the Certifi-cate of Live Birth with Registry No. 2002-950 and registered at the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Villareal, Samar.The petition alleges that the petitioner was born on Janu-ary 7, 1981 in Villareal, Samar, however, the facts of her birth was registered with the Of-fice of the Local Civil Registrar of Villareal, Samar, only on November 11, 2002. The peti-tion applied for Visa before the Embassy of Taiwan, how-ever, she was required to seek Court declaration regarding her identity, hence, this peti-tion.The petitioner furnished cop-ies of her petition to the Office of the Solicitor General, Na-tional Statistics Office, Manila, and the Local Civil Registrar of Villareal, Samar, per registry receipts attached to the origi-nal copy of the petition.Finding the instant petition sufficient in form and sub-stance, the same is hereby

given DUE COURSE. The pe-titioner 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 petitioner’s expense.The initial hearing is sched-uled on December 6, 2011 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.Furnish copies of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, the Office of the Sa-mar Provincial Prosecutor in Catbalogan City, the Civil Reg-istrar of Villareal, Samar, Atty. Minerva V. Siosana and the petitioner.IN CHAMBERS, Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Calbiga, Sa-mar.October 28, 2011

(Sgd.) JANET M. CABALONA

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Calbiga, SamarIN THE MATTER OF

CORRECTION OF THE BIRTH

CERTIFICATE OF JONAS VILLEZA y

SACAGUING,DOMINADOR M.

VILLEZA,Petitioner

-v.s.-THE NATIONAL

STATISTICS OFFICE, MANILA, and THE MU-NICIPAL CIVIL REGIS-TRAR OF PINABACD-

AO, SAMAR,Respondets

CIVIL CASE NO. C-2011-1168

For:CORRECTION OF EN-

TRY OF BIRTHx- - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERThis is a verified petition to correct the Certificate of Live Birth of Jonas Sacaguing Ville-za praying that his name and gender which appears therein as “Janice” and “Female” re-spectively, be corrected, so that his true First Name of which is “JONAS” and correct gender which is ”MALE” will appear in said Certificate.The petition alleges that the pe-titioner discovered the said er-rors in his son’s birth certificate when he was enrolled in grade school, and to correct it, they applied for the late registration of birth of Jonas Villeza, how-ever, the Local Civil Registrar of Pinabacdao, Samar, did not forward the same to the Na-

tional Statistics Office on the ground that the birth of his son is already recorded in the said Office as Janice Villeza. His son Jonas S. Villeza died on July 23, 2011 while on duty as a soldier, and for the purpose of filing death benefits with the Armed Forces of the Philip-pines, he sought this petition.The petitioner furnished copies of his petition to the Office of the Solicitor General, National Statistics Office, Manila, and the Local Civil Registrar of Pinabacdao, Samar, per reg-istry receipts attached to the original copy of the petition.Finding the instant petition suf-ficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course. The petitioner is or-dered to publish this Order in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Samar and accredited by this Court, to

be determined by raffle, once a week for three (3) consecu-tive weeks at the petitioner’s expense.The initial hearing is sched-uled on January 9, 2012 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.Furnish copies of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor Gen-eral, the Office of the Samar Provincial Prosecutor in Cat-balogan, City, the Civil Reg-istrar of Pinabacdao, Samar, Atty. Minerva V. Siosana, and the petitioner.IN CHAMBERS, Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Cal-biga, Samar.November 8, 2011.(Sgd.) JANET M. CABA-

LONAPresiding Judge

SWE Issues Nov. 15-21, 22-28 & 29 - Dec. 5, 2011



Branch 41Gandara, Samar

RE: DECLARATION ON PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF CHONA LAMONTE NUEVA (UNDER ART. 41 OF THE FAMILY CODE)

JULAN D. NUEVA,Petitioner

SPEC. PROC. CASE NO. 11-47

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A verified Petition has been filed by the Petitioner through counsel on October 6, 2011, praying that CHONA LAMONTE NUEVA be declared presumptively dead. The peti-tion reads:“That he is of legal age, with capacity to sue and be sued, and a resident of Brgy. Rawis, Gandara, Samar, Philippines, where he may be served with the court orders and pro-cesses;That he was married to CHO-NA LAMONTE on October 26, 1998, in Gen. Mac Arthur Eastern Samar by Hon. Luzvi-minda M. Japzon, Municipal Mayor. Attached herewith as Annex “A” is the Certificate of Marriage of the couple;That the couple begot Three (3) children, namely: JULAN SHIRWOD LAMONTE NUEVA, born on May 20, 1999 in Daet, Camarines Norte, FRANCIS LAMONTE NUEVA, born on May 19, 2000 in Tacloban City and PRICESS KYLE, born No-vember 12, 2006 in Daet, Ca-marines Norte.That sometime in March, 2007 petitioner’s wife, CHONA LAMONTE NUEVA left their conjugal abode Brgy. Car-

oyroyan, Pili, Camarines Sur, without a word, and was nev-er heard and seen since then;That petitioner, exerted ear-nest efforts to locate his wife, he went to her town in birth place, where her relatives are living, but she was not there, and when he asked her rela-tives, nobody gave an answer. Dismayed by the situation, he made inquiries from relatives and common friends through all means available, but his ef-forts turned futile, and his wife is nowhere to be found. Now, more than 4 years had past since he last saw his wife, pe-titioner is still clueless of her whereabouts;That petitioner waited for the longest time, very desper-ate and hopeful that his wife would suddenly appear in their door, since after she left, CHONA LAMONTE NUEVA was no longer heard. She did not anymore communicate with the herein petitioner, ei-ther directly or through any third party, through any mode of communication, at least to inform the latter of her pres-ent whereabouts. Until the present, she did not make any such communication to the herein petitioner and even to her children;That considering this long absence from their conjugal home, and absence of any information on the where-abouts of his wife, the peti-tioner has been feeling and having an honest and well-found belief that his wife is obviously, now presumptively dead.That petitioner who is Thirty Seven (37) years only has been longing to raise a normal fam-ily of his own, with a mother and father present, to attend

to the needs of their children. And, lately he has fallen in love with a lover who is will-ing to marry him anytime, and be responsible and caring to his children, after the present petition is favorably granted by the Honorable Court. Con-sequently, the petitioner has filed the instant petition un-der the provisions of Article 41 of the Family Code.”Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in sub-stance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hear-ing on December 20, 2011 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon 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 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 Leyte and in Calbayog City.Let copies of this Order be fur-nished the Local Civil Registrar of Gen. Mac Arthur, Eastern Sa-mar, National Census and Sta-tistics Office, Quezon City, the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Provincial Prosecutor, the petitioner and his counsel.SO ORDERED.GIVEN this 8th day of Novem-ber, 2011, Calbayog City for Gandara, Samar, Philippines.

(Sgd.) FELICIANO P. AGUILAR

Presiding/Executive Judge

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LEGAL NOTICESNOVEMBER 22 - 28, 2011





Catbalogan, SamarIN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF EN-TRY IN THE BOOK OF BIRTH OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF

PARANAS (WRIGHT), SAMAR.

DIN MARIE B. AMLIHPetitioner,-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF PA-RANAS (WRIGHT), SAMAR, AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR

GENERAL NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,

MANILA.Respondents

SPEC. PROC. NO. 8123FOR: CORRECTION OF




Bulwagan ng KatarunganCatbalogan City, Samar

HOME DEVELOP-MENT MUTUAL

FUND(PAG-IBIG FUND)

Mortgagee,-versus-

EDMUND KAIZER H. HIDALGOMortgagor,EJF # 18-11

x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - xSHERIFF’S NOTICE OF

PUBLIC AUCTION SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118, filed on August 18, 2011, by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (otherwise known as PAG-IBIG Fund), mortgagee-petitioner, with principal and office address at cor. Del Pi-lar and J. Luna Sts., Tacloban

ENTRYx - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x

ORDERThis refers to the petition filed by DIN MARIE B. AMLIH, seeking for the correction of erroneous entry as appear-ing in her Certificate of Live Birth, issued by the Local Civil Registrar of Paranas (Wright), Samar, particularly her sex or gender be corrected from “MALE” to “FEMALE”.Finding the petition to be suf-ficient in form and in sub-stance, the same is scheduled for initial hearing on January 16, 2012, at 8:30 in the morn-ing at the Session Hall of this Court, Bulwagan ng Katarun-gan, on which date, time and place, any person may appear and show cause why the peti-tion should not be granted.The petitioner is hereby direct-ed to cause the publication of the Order once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to

City, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the original Mort-gage Loan Agreement dated November 24, 2003, signed in due form by EDMUND KAIZER H. HIDALGO, Mortgagor-respondent, with residence and postal address at 252 Burgos St., Tacloban City, in favor of HDMF (PAG-IBIG Fund), Tacloban City in order to satisfy the mortgage debt of PESOS: EIGHT HUN-DRED FIFTY TWO THOU-SAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR PESOS & 55/100 (Php852,544,55) Phil-ippine Currency, including interest and penalty charges as of July 14, 2011 but exclu-sive of attorney’s fees, legal costs, sheriff’s and expenses of foreclosure, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of RTC, Catbalogan City, Samar, by and thru the undersigned, will sell at public auction on December 1, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter to 2:00 p.m. at RTC Branch 27, Catbalogan City, Samar to the highest bidder, for CASH or

MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit:

“TRANSFER CERTIFI-CATE OF TITLE NO.

T-13406”A parcel of land designated as Lot-4-B, of the subdivision of Pcs-08-0099-14-D, being a portion of Lot 4, (LRC) pcs-12829, (LRC Rec. No. ____) situated in the Brgy. Of Mer-cedes (Now Maulong), Mu-nicipality of Catbalogan, Prov-ince of Samar, Island of Samar. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 4-A of this subdivi-sion; On the SE along line 2-3 by lot 3, Cad 255; on the SW., along line 3-4 by Lot 7, Cad-255; and on the NW., along line 4-1 by Lot 5, Cad-255. Beginning at a point marked “I” on Plan being S.20 deg. 28’W., 819.01 m. from BBM #6, Cad-255; thence S. 70 deg, 05’ E., 53.60 m. to point 2; thence S. 09 deg, 31’W., 26.99 m. to point 3; thence N. 66 deg. 42’W., 54.28 m. to

point 4; thence N. 09 deg., 31’ E., 23.73 m. to the point of be-ginning; containing an area of One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Seven (1,337) square meters more or less.”Prospective buyers may inves-tigate for themselves the title herein above-described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.In the event the public auc-tion should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on December 8, 2011 without FURTHER NOTICE.Catbalogan City, Samar, Phil-ippines this 24th day of Octo-ber 2011.

(Sgd.) ANDREW F. MALLARISheriff IV

Copy furnished:HMDF (Pag-Ibig Fund)Cor. Del Pilar and J. Luna Sts.Tacloban CityLeyte Samar Daily ExpressCatbalogan City, SamarEdmund Kaizer H. Hidalgo252 Burgos StreetTacloban City




Basey, SamarIN RE: PETITION FOR

THE CORRECTION OF THE CERTIFICATE

OF LIVE BIRTH OF HER DATE OF BIRTH FROM SEPTEMBER 2, 1951 TO SEPTEM-

BER 2, 1955, AND HER PLACE OF BIRTH OF BASEY, SAMAR TO MARABUT SAMAR

OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF BASEY, SAMAR, OF THE PE-TITIONER represented by her ATTY. INFACT

MARIA CLEOFE BERINO DACUNO,RHODORA LLEGO

DACUNOPetitioner,-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

BASEY,Respondents

SPECIAL PROCEED-INGS NO. 2011-10-736

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

A verified petition having been filed with the Court by Rho-dora Llego Dacuno through her counsel Atty. Paulino A. Cabello, praying that after publication, due notice and hearing, the Honorable Court render judgment ordering the change of petitioner’s date of birth from September 2, 1951 to September 2, 1955 and her place of birth from Basey, Sa-mar to Marabut, Samar, of her Certificate of Live Birth. Other reliefs and remedies are like-wise prayed for.The petition being sufficient in form and in substance, the same is hereby considered. Hence, let the initial hearing of this case be set on December 8, 2011, at 8:30 in the morning in this Court, 2nd Floor Execu-tive Building, Basey, Samar at which date, time and place,




Basey, SamarrRURAL BANK OF BASEY (SAMAR),

INC., Represented by its Manager HELEN M.

OLFATO,Petitioner-Mortgagee,

-versus-SPOUSES TITO

YANCHA and LINA YANCHA,

Respondent-MorgagorsEJF No. 09-61-2011

For: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORT-GAGE UNDER ACT No.

1508, AS AMENDEDx - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLO-SURE SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

UNDER ACT NO. 1508, AS AMENDED

Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale Under Act. No. 1508, as amended, filed by the RU-RAL BANK OF BASEY (SA-MAR), INC., Represented by its Manager HELEN M. OLF-ATO, against SPOUSES TITO YANCHA and LINA YAN-CHA of Brgy. Tingib, Basey, Samar, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of Au-gust 19, 2011, amounted to FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE THOUSAND NINE-TY SIX PESOS AND 26/100 (Php543,096.26) including penalty charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclo-sure, the undersigned Sheriff will SELL at Public Auction on November 29, 2011 at 9:30 A.M. or soon thereafter at the Session Hall of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 30, Basey, Samar to the highest bidder for CASH OR MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Cur-rency the following real prop-erties, with all improvements thereon, to wit:1. A parcel of residential lot/

the scheduled initial hearing of the petition, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Prov-ince of Samar and accredited by this Court, to be selected by raffle, the date to be set by the Office of the Clerk of Court under the supervision of the Executive Judge.Furnish copies of this Order the Solicitor General of the Philip-pines, the Provincial Prosecu-tor of Samar, the Local Civil Registrar, Paranas (Wright), Samar, the Office of the Civil Registrar General, Quezon City, the Clerk of Court, Re-gional Trial Court, Catbalogan, Samar, the petitioner and her counsel.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBER, Catbalogan, Samar, October 27, 2011.

(Sgd.) SIBANAH E. USMAN

JudgeSWE Issue Nov. 1-7, 8-14 & 15-21, 2011

agricultural lot with all im-provements thereon, desig-nated as Lot No. 165, Cad. 973-D (Module 1), situated at Brgy. Tingib, Basey, Samar with an area of 1,978 sq. m., bounded as follows: along line 1-2 by San Pedro Bay; SW: along line 2-3 by Lot 164, Cad 973-D; NW: along line 3-4 by Lot 163, Cad 973-D; NE along line 4-1 by Lot 166. Cad 973-D, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. 22823, under Tax Declaration No. ARTP No. 22747, in the name of Tito T. Yancha and Lina Pagtakhan;2. A parcel of un-irregated rice land with all improvements thereon, designated as Lot No. 296, Cad. 973-D (Module 1), situated at Brgy. Tingib, Basey, Samar with an area of 7,257 sq. m., bounded as follows: along line 1-2 by Lot 282, Cad 973-D; NE: along line 2-3 by Lot 297, Cad 973-D; SE: along line 4-5 by Lot 405, Cad 973-D; SW: common point 5 by Lot 303, Cad 973-D; along line 5-6

by Lot 3022. Cad 973-D; along line 6-1 by Lot 295, Cad 973-D, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. 22822, in the name of Tito T. Yancha and Lina Pagtakhan.Prospective buyers may in-vestigate for themselves the Katibayan ng Orihinal na Ti-tulo, Tax Declarations and other documents relative to the above-describes real properties and encumbrances thereon if any there be.In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on December 9, 2011, same time and at the same venue, without prior notice.Basey, Samar, Philippines, this 14th day of October, 2011.“FOR THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF”

(Sgd.) MELITO B. MALATESheriff IV

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all interested persons may ap-pear and show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.Let copy of this Order be pub-lished at the expense of the pe-titioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the scheduled initial hearing of the petition, in a newspaper of general circulation selected by raffle under the supervision of the Clerk of Court and duly accredited by Court and the petitioner.Furnish copies of this Order to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Local Civil Registrar of Basey, Samar and Marabut, Samar, the petitioner and coun-sel.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, 28th day of October 2011, at Basey, Sa-mar.


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Catbalogan City, SamarIN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION

OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF ARNOLD PACAYRA TAN,

MA. CHARITA MA-RAYA PACAYRA,

Petitioner-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAT-BALOGAN, SAMAR and THE NATIONAL

STATISTICS OF-FICE, QUEZON CITY,

METRO MANILA,

Republic of the Philip-pines



Catbalogan City, SamarSps. HERACLEO M. DE

LUNA and FELICIANA ROXAS

DE LUNAPetitioners,

-versus-THE PARISH PRIEST,

STO. NIÑO PARISH OF DARAM, SAMAR, THE LOCAL CIVIL REGIS-TRAR OF CATBALO-

GAN, SAMAR and THE NATIONAL STATIS-

TICS OFFICE, QUEZON CITY, METRO MA-

NILA,Respondents

Spec. Pro. No. 8133For: Cancellation of Sec-ond Marriage Contractx-- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERFiled with this Court is the above-captioned petition by Spouses Heracleo Montalban

de Luna and Feliciana Roxas-de Luna for cancellation of their second marriage contract issued by the Office of the Lo-cal Civil Registrar of Catbalo-gan, Samar and the National Statistics Office (NSO). Pe-titioner prays that this Court, after due notice and hearing, issue an order to direct the Of-fice of the Local Civil Regis-trar of Catbalogan, Samar and the NSO to cancel their second marriage contract which was solemnized on September 2, 2009 at Daram, Samar, there being already a first marriage between the parties solemnized on October 15, 1978.Finding the petition to be suf-ficient in form, the same is given due course. Let the ini-tial hearing of this petition be set on DECEMBER 13, 2011 at 8:30 in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, any person may oppose and show cause why this petition should not be granted.The petitioner is directed to cause, at their own expense,

the publication of this Order once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks in an accredited newspaper of general circula-tion in the province of Samar to be selected by raffle under the supervision of the Execu-tive Judge and the Office of the Clerk of Court.Furnish copies of this Order the Office of the Clerk of Court, the Office of the Solicitor Gen-eral, the Office of the Provin-cial Prosecutor of Samar, the Office of the Local Civil Reg-istrar of Daram, Samar, the Na-tional Statistics Office, Quezon City, and the Sto. Niño Parish of Daram, Samar attaching thereto copies of the petition and its annexes. Send likewise copy of this order to the peti-tioner and their counsel.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, 25 October 2011, Catbalogan, Samar.


Presiding Judge

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RespondentsSpec. Pro. No. 8140

For: Correction of Entriesx- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERFiled with this Court is the above-captioned petition by Ma. Charita Maraya Pacayra (Charita) for correction of en-tries in the birth certificate of her son Arnold Pacayra Tan (Arnold) issued by the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Catbalogan, Samar and the Na-tional Statistics Office (NSO). Petitioner prays that this Court, after due notice and hearing, issue an order to direct the Of-fice of the Local Civil Regis-trar of Catbalogan, Samar and the NSO to correct the birth records of Arnold particularly his last name from “TAN” to “PACAYRA” and date and

place of marriage of his parents from “30 JULY 1990-BRGY. TUBIGAN, ZUMARRAGA, SAMAR” to “NOT MAR-RIED”.Finding the petition to be suf-ficient in form, the same is given due course. Let the ini-tial hearing of this petition be set on DECEMBER 13, 2011 at 8:30 in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, any person may oppose and show cause why this petition should not be granted.The petitioner is directed to cause, at her own expense, the publication of this Order once a week for three (3) consecu-tive weeks in an accredited newspaper of general circula-tion in the province of Samar to be selected by raffle under

the supervision of the Execu-tive Judge and the Office of the Clerk of Court.Furnish copies of this Or-der the Office of the Clerk of Court, the Office of the So-licitor General, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Samar, the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Catbalogan, Samar, the National Statistics Office, Quezon City, attaching thereto copies of the petition and its annexes. Send likewise copy of this order to the peti-tioner and her counsel.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, 25 October, 2011, Catbalogan, Samar.


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BRANCH 32Calbayog City

IN RE: PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF

PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF LOLITA ALCALA-MA-

CASABERNABE MACASA

PetitionerSpecial Proceedings No.

304x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERA verified petition has been filed by petitioner Bernabe Macasa, thru counsel, pray-ing that after due notice and hearing, judgment be ren-dered directing that Lolita Alcala-Macasa presumptively dead for purposes of re-mar-riage and/or for all purposes under the provisions of Fam-ily Code and other relevant, laws.The petition reads:Petitioner is of legal age, Fili-pino, married, with capacity to sue and be sued, and with post-office address at Brgy. Aguit-itan, Calbayog City, Sa-mar; that the petitioner and the respondent were mar-

ried on July 21, 1976 by the Honorable Municipal Mayor of Bongabon, Oriental Min-doro; that as a consequence of their married, three (3) children were born, namely: Abbey A. Macasa, Harvey A. Macasa, and Bernadette A. Macasa; that in the year 1997 while petitioner was working overseas in Saudi Arabia, the respondent communicated him from Calbayog City that she will visit her parents in Mindoro, to which petitioner accede in his belief that she will immediately return to Calbayog City, but she did not return anymore leaving their three children in Calbay-og City; that when petitioner came back from Saudi Arabia, Petitioner diligent searched for the respondent, especially in her favorite places in Cal-bayog City and in Mindoro, but all acts in vain; and that respondent left no property, either personal or real, and that during her marriage with the petitioner no prop-erty was acquired by them.Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and sub-stance, notice is hereby given that this case is set for initial hearing on December 15,

2011 at 2:00 o’clock in the af-ternoon before this Court, at which date, time, and place, all persons who have objec-tions thereto may file any opposition and show cause why this petition should not be allowed.Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks prior to the above-setting in a newspa-per of general circulation in the Province of Samar and in the City of Calbayog.Furnish copy of this Order together with the copy of the petition and all its annexes to the Office of the Solicitor Genera (OSG), 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Calbayog, the Office of the Clerk of Court, Calbayog City, the parties and their counsels, for their infor-mation and comments.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, November 11, 2011, Calbayog City.(Sgd.) ROMEO A. TAGRA

Presiding Judge

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BRANCH 30Basey, Samar

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR

FULL CUSTODY OF THE MINOR SHERYL MALU-

PENG, with prayer for full exercise of parental

authority,NORA R. MALUPENG

Petitioner,-versus-

EUGENIO MALUPENG,Respondent.

SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS No. 2011-11-735

x - - - - - - - - - - - xSUMMONS

TO: EUGENIO MALU-PENG

Poblacion, Talalora, Samar

Greetings:You are hereby required, within fifteen (15) days af-ter service of this Summons upon you, to file with this Court and serve on the plain-tiff your Answer to the Peti-tion, copy of which is hereto attached, together with the annexes. You are reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restrain in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer. If you fail to answer within the time fixed, the plaintiff will take judgment by default and may be grant-ed the relief applied for in the complaint.WITNESS my hand under the seal of the Court, this 17th

day of October 2011, at Basey, Samar, Philippines.(Sgd.) ATTY. DHERLEE

HERRERA RIVASClerk of Court VI



BRANCH 30IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR


PENG, with prayer for Full exercise of parental

authority,NORA R.

MALUPENG,Petitioner,-versus-

EUGENIO MALUPENG,Respondent.SPECIAL

PROCEEDINGS No. 2011-10-735

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On file is petitioner’s Motion for Leave to Serve Summon by Publication through coun-sel today.Finding the motion to be tenable, the same is granted. Wherefore, let the summons together with the copy of the petition be effected upon defendant by publication at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a news-paper of general circulation duly accredited by the court.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, this 11th day of November 2011, Basey, Sa-mar, Philippines.(Sgd.) AGERICO A. AVILA

Presiding Judge

Republic of the

Philippines8th Judicial Region

REGIONAL TRIAL COURTBranch 30, Basey, SamarIN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR


PENG, with prayer for full exercise of parental

authority,NORA R. MALUPENG

Petitioner,-versus-

EUGENIO MALUPENG,Respondent.SPECIAL

PROCEEDINGS No. 2011-10-735

x - - - - - - - - - - - - - xPETITION

COMES NOW, petitioner by the undersigned counsel, unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully alleges:1.) That petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, with address at Poblacion II, Sitio Sabang, Ta-lalora, Western Samar, where she can be sent notices and orders of the Honorable Court, while Respondent Eu-genio Malupeng’s last known address was Poblacion, Ta-lalora, Samar, and that his present address and where-abouts is unknown;2.) That petitioner have the legal capacity to sue and be sued;3.) That petitioner is the le-gitimate mother of the mi-nor Sheryl Malupeng, who was Born on 25 August 2002, evidenced by a copy of her Certificate of Birth, copy of which is hereto attached, as

Annex “A”.;4.) That petitioner has been a single parent to the herein minor providing for her needs and support, since her husband, Eugenio Malupeng abandoned them, sometime in June 2005, up to the pres-ent;4.a. That sometime in 2006 petitioner’s husband called her and told her to forget him as he already found someone new, totally abandoning pe-titioner and their child; he never came back and neither sent financial support;5.) That petitioner in order to support herself and her daughter was fortunate to find a job in Australia and would want to migrate there-to as she has better opportu-nity for financial and personal advancement in said place;6.) That in migrating to Aus-tralia petitioner would want her daughter to go with her, as the latter is staying with petitioner’s parents in Talalo-ra Samar, while petitioner is working in Australia;7.)That although, petitioner have full custody and pa-rental authority of the mi-nor since her husband and minor’s father abandoned them, it is requirement for petitioner’s application for migrating that she present a Court Order from the rele-vant court giving her custody of the minor and allowing her to determine where the minor should live, hence, this Petition;8.) That the said minor who is more than 9-years old pre-

fers to live with petitioners evidenced by her Affidavit of Preference, hereto attached as Annex “B”;9.) That it is to the best in-terest and well-being of the minor, if the court will grant petitioner full custody of her daughter taking into account the resources, social and mor-al situation of petitioner;10.) That petitioner’s sole purpose in including the mi-nor with her application to migrate in Australia is so that they could be together and she could closely supervise her growing up and she be educated thereby ensuring a better future for her.WHEREFORE, the foregoing considered it is respectfully prayed that the Honorable Court grants this petition, ordering full custody of pe-titioner of her minor daugh-ter SHERYL MALUPENG, and allowing Petitioner to de-termine where said minor should live, with prayer for the full exercise of parental authority.Tacloban City, for Basey, Sa-mar, September 22, 2011.

(Sgd.) SIONNE V. AUJERO-GASPAY

Counsel for Petitioners156 Sto. Nino Street, Tacloban CityROLL No. 31324IBP No. 843855-01/31/11PTR No. 6964454-01/05/11MCLE Compliance No. II-0016752MCLE Compliance No. III-0017918SWE Issues Nov. 15-21, 22-28 & 29 - Dec. 5, 2011.

MALNUTRITION from p1...and his team from Food and Nutrition Research

Institute (FNRI) introduced the solution called “Sulong Pinoy” project to two Leyte towns to test the effective-ness of the project components.

After 120 days, around hundreds of malnourished and underweight children (and also mothers) in Ma-haplag and Pastrana (the two pilot areas) are now back to normal, looking good and healthy.

During the culmination day of the “Sulong Pinoy” program of the FNRI-DOST last November 16, 2011, twelve (12) of these children were recognized by the agency as “Outstanding DOST Pinoy kids” because their weight increased of at least two kilos. They were given a cash reward, certificates and tokens.

The five (5) outstanding DOST Pinoy kids in Ma-haplag were Jia-an Damalerio (grand prize winner), Arlene Murona, John Daniel Rey Salili, Jennifer Jamil and Jimwel Castolome while seven (7) outstanding Pinoy kids in Pastrana town, they were Princess Joy Alvares, Kien dela Cruz, Rhea Morbos, Chris Alex Cahinde, Zyra Claire Badiol, Sam Kyle Eugenio and Juvelio Aniano. They were all aged 0-5 years old.

“A big change in their physical outlook has been ob-served. They’re happy including their mothers and guard-ians,” Engr. Esperancilla said.

The director attributed this success to the S&T intervention through their newly developed Package for the Improvement of Nutrition of Young children or PINOY.

DOST PINOY ProjectAccordingly, the DOST-FNRI has developed

complementary foods that will provide important nu-trients to malnourished children in high malnutrition incidence communities.

The DOST’s PINOY project, a three-pronged project that develops complementary foods, feeds malnourished kids aged 6-35 months, and educates parents on proper nutrition, was first launched in Leyte last June 2011.

DOST-FNRI’s Dr. Julieta Dorado informed that the PINOY project has three (3) components. The first component is the development of food blends that will provide important nutrients, such as protein and carbohydrates. The pre-packed blends come in 20-gram packs, with the rice-mongo and rice-mongoo-sesame blends designed for 6-11 month-old children and the rice-mongo curls designed for one-year-olds.

The second component entails a 120-day continu-ous feeding of said complementary foods.

For its third component, the FNRI team will train parents and caregivers various ways to improve the nutrition intake in a households. They also discuss the important topics such as proper breastfeeding, menu and meal planning, sanitation and hygiene, and grow-ing vegetables, among others.

“This program is purposely developed for children in same age group because this is the most critical period in a child’s life,” Dr. Dorado said.

“Any inadequacy in a child’s diet will result in irre-versible long-term physical and mental damage, so nutrition intervention is very important at this period,” Dr. Dorado added.

Meantime, provincial S&T director Engr. John Glenn D. Ocana narrated that sometimes on June 2011, a team from FNRI-DOST scanned the municipalities in Eastern Visayas with high incidence of malnutrition. They picked up the towns of Mahaplag and Pastrana, all in Leyte, to be their pilot areas.

According to the 2010 National Nutrition Council data, Pastrana and Mahaplag topped the list of munici-palities with highest malnutrition incidence in Eastern Visayas. Same data also showed that Region 8 has a 15.7 percent malnutrition rate, a little decrease from the previous 18.17 percent in 2009.

Rising malnutrition in the countryRecords from the World Health Organization

(WHO) show that malnutrition in the country has not substantially improved in the past years. In 1990, 34.5 percent of children 0-5 years of age were malnourished. The figure dropped a bit to 30.6 percent in 2000, and further down to 26.2 percent in 2008.

However, the seemingly downhill trend is still far away from the Millenium Development Goal of reduc-ing underweight prevalence to 17.2 percent by 2015. To achieve this, the prevalence should be lowered at a rate of 1.29 percent annually.

But as of 2008, the country’s underweight preva-lence is still high above the target.

In a survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and was reported by FNRI-DOST’s Dr. Jocelyn A. Juguan, it showed significant in-creases in the prevalence of stunting and underweight children 0-5 and 6-10 years old from 2005 to 2008 in a nationwide survey count.

Dr. Juguan, in her previous lectures, said that in every 100 pre-school children, about 26 were under-weight, 28 were stunted and six were thin. She got the data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) records.

“About 1.91 million or 15.2 percent children had vita-min A deficiency (VAD),” said Dr. Juguan adding that “a significant drop in the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency from 40.1 percent in 2003 to 15.2 percent in 2008 among children 6 months to 5 years old.”

Back in Eastern Visayas, Engr. Ocana said the FNRI-DOST team wishes to share the “success” in Leyte to Samar provinces.

In a bid to toally crush the malnutrition problem in the region, “the FNRI team will also visit Samar to bring back the good health of malnourished children in said province.”

In year 2012, the FNRI-DOST team is expected to coordinate with Samar LGUs and local nutrition councils in evaluating the towns with high incidence of malnutrition and to also implement the S&T based in-terventions to address malnutrition in the province.

After the success in Leyte, a series of nutrition improvement programs to totally crush the malnutri-tion has been slated in Samar and in various parts of the country. (Ricky Bautista)

The most outstanding DOST Pinoy kid and his mother posed with DOST-8 director Engr. Edgardo Esperancilla, provincial S&T director Engr. John Glenn Ocana and other guests during the culmina�on of “Sulong Pinoy” last November 16, 2011. (Ricky Bau�sta)

LEGAL NOTICESNOVEMBER 22 - 28, 2011


Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Environment and Natural Resource

SAMAR ISLAND BIODIVERSITY PROJECTBrgy. Tenani, Paranas, Samar

Hotline: 09177027467Cellular Phone # 09159850812

SINP Website: samarislandnaturalpark.org.ph

BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC BIDDING

The Samar Island Biodiversity Project/Samar Island Natural Park (SIBP/SINP), through its Bids and Awards Commi�ee (BAC), will conduct a public sealed bidding for:

Disposal of unserviceable/Obsolete Project Assets under SIBP Custody(Note: Complete specifica�ons will be provided together with the Bidding Form)

Loca�on: SINP-Office, Campo Uno, Brgy. Tenani, Paranas, Samar

Eligibility Statement and Screening, Performance Security, Evalua�on of Bids, Post Qualifica-�on and Award of Contract shall be governed by the per�nent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implement-ing Rules and Regula�ons A(IRR-A).

The schedule of ac�vi�es is listed, as follows:

1 Adver�sement November 15-28, 2011 2 Issuance of the Bidding Documents November 25-December 5, 2011 3 Pre-Bid Conference December 6, 2011 @ 9:00 AM 4 Pre-qualifica�on Conference December 6, 2011 @ 9:00 AM 5 Deadline for submission of Bids December 6, 2011 @ 9:00 AM 6 Bids Opening December 6, 2011 @ 2:00 PM 7 Bids Evalua�on December 7, 2011 8 Post-Qualifica�on of Bids December 8-9, 2011 9 Issuance of No�ce of Award December 12, 2011

Eligibility requirements and bidding documents of a non-refundable amount of Php 250.00 and may be obtained at the SIBP/SINP Office, Campo Uno, Brgy. Tenani, Paranas, Samar. The bidding documents shall be received personally by the prospec�ve Bidder or his duly authorized representa�ves.

The SIBP/SINP Bids and Awards Commi�ee reserves the right to accept or reject any bids, declares a failure of bidding for any jus�fied and reasonable ground, and to award the contract to the bidder whose bid, a�er evalua�on by BAC is found to be most advantageous to the Project. We assume no responsibil-ity whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the prepara�on of the bid. Approved by:

(Sgd.) ANGELITO B. VILLANUEVA BAC Chairman

Date of Pos�ng: November 22-28, 2011 Issue



8th Judicial RegionCatbalogan, Samar

Office of the Executive Judge

RE: PETITION FOR RENEWAL OF COM-

MISSION AS NOTARY PUBLIC FOR AND IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR AND THE

CITY OF CALBAYOGATTY. MEDINO L.

ACUBAPetitioner,

x- - - - - - - - - - - - - -xNOTICE OF HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a summary hearing on the peti-tion for notarial commission of Atty. MEDINO L. ACUBA shall be held on December 7, 2011 at 11:00 in the morning. Any person who has any cause or reason to object to the grant of the petition may file a veri-fied written opposition thereto before the date of the summary hearing.November 22, 2011, Catbalo-gan, Samar.


Executive Judge

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(Family Court)Bulwagan ng KatarunganCatbalogan City, SamarIN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF

MARIANE THERESA DE PABLO ABARCARSPOUSES MARIANO

CASILIANO CABAGU-ING AND TERESITA

ABARCAR CABAGUING

PetitionersSPEC. PROC. NO. 8132-

8-3-11x- - - - - - - - - - - - - x

ORDERFiled with the Court is a veri-fied petition by Spouses Mari-ano Casiliano Cabaguing and Teresita Abarcar Cabaguing, both residents of Lot 17, Block 8, V&G Subdivision, Sitio Sto. Niño, Brgy. San Andres, Cat-balogan City, Samar, through counsel Atty. Medino L. Acu-ba, for the adoption of the mi-nor Mariane Theresa De Pablo Abarcar. Said adoptee was born on December 30, 2003 in Catbalogan City, Samar to her biological parents Mamerto O. Abarcar and Fe C. De Pablo-Abarcar.The petition being sufficient in form and substance after




(Family Court)Bulwagan ng KatarunganCatbalogan City, SamarRE: IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION

CHARLES JOSHUA RE-BALLOS MACASPAG

SPOUSES JAIME P. SINGZON AND DIZA

M. SINGZON,Petitioners

SPEC. PROC. NO. 8146-10-6-11

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Filed with the Court is a veri-fied petition by Spouses Jaime P. Singzon and Diza M. Sing-zon, both residents of Brgy. 6, Catbalogan City, Samar, through counsel, Atty. Alexan-der P. Bolok, for the adoption of the minor Charles Joshua Reballos Macaspag. Said adoptee was born on August 6, 2007 in Catbalogan, Samar to his biological mother Liza R. Macaspag.The petition being sufficient in form and substance after substantial compliance of the jurisdictional requirements is hereby set for hearing on Feb-ruary 8, 2011 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the session hall of this Court, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Catbalogan City,

substantial compliance of ju-risdictional requirements is hereby set for hearing on Feb-ruary 8, 2012 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the session hall of this Court, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Catbalogan City, Samar.Petitioners pray that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered to the ef-fect that henceforth, the child, Mariane Theresa De Pablo Abarcar, be freed from all legal obligations of obedience and maintenance with support to her natural parents, and be, to all legal intent on purposes, the child of petitioners, and that the middle name and surname of said child be changed from De Pablo Abarcar to Abar-car Cabaguing, the respective middle name and surname of petitioner spouses or Mariane Theresa Abarcar Cabaguing in full name, which is, and is to be known and registered as such in the Civill Registry, Cat-balogan City.The Regional Director, De-partment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Re-gional Office No. 8, Tacloban City through its Social Welfare Officer, is hereby directed to prepare and submit its child study report on the adoptee as well as his biological parents and Home Study Report on t he prospective adoptive par-ents and indicate a recommen-

dation one (1) week before the scheduled date of hearing.The Court Social Worker Offi-cer II, Ms. Annie O. Llauderes is hereby directed to conduct counseling sessions with the biological parents on the matter of the adoption of the adoptee and enjoined to submit her re-port and recommendation one week before the scheduled date of hearing.Let this order be published at the expense of the petitioners, once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks in a duly ac-credited newspaper of general circulation published in the Province of Samar to be select-ed by raffle under the supervi-sion of the Executive Judge of this Court.Let a copy of this order and of the petition be furnished to the Solicitor General of the Philippines, The Provincial Prosecutor of Samar, The Re-gional Director, Department of Social Welfare and Develop-ment (DSWD), the court SWO II Ms. Annie O. Llauderes, as well as the petitioners and their counsel.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, Catbalogan City, Samar, November 11, 2011.(Sgd.) MANUEL F. TOR-

REVILLAS, JR.Acting Presiding Judge


Samar.Petitioners pray that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered to the ef-fect that henceforth; 1) grant-ing the adoption of Charles Joshua Reballos Macaspag in favor of Spouses Jaime P. Singzon and Diza M. Singzon; 2) that the minor child Charles Joshua Reballos Macaspag be freed from all legal obligations of obedience and maintenance with respect to his natural par-ents; 3) that he be declared to all legal intents and purposes, the child of the herein peti-tioner; and 4) that his name be changed from Charles Joshua Reballos Macaspag to Charles Joshua M. Singzon, using the family name of the petition-ers; 5) enjoining the Local Civil Registrar of Catbalogan City, Samar and the National Statistics Office to cause the registration of the birth of the minor in the adoptive name of Charles Joshua M. Singzon.The Regional Director, De-partment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Re-gional Office No. 8, Tacloban City through its Social Welfare Officer, is hereby directed to prepare and submit its child study report on the adoptee as well as his biological parents and Home Study Report on the prospective adoptive parents and indicate a recommendation one (1) week before the sched-uled date of hearing.

The Court Social Worker Offi-cer II, Ms. Annie O. Llauderes is hereby directed to conduct counseling sessions with the biological parents on the matter of the adoption of the adoptee and enjoined to submit her re-port and recommendation one week before the scheduled date of hearing.Let this order be published at the expense of the petitioners, once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks in a duly ac-credited newspaper of general circulation published in the Province of Samar to be select-ed by raffle under the supervi-sion of the Executive Judge of this Court.Let a copy of this order and of the petition be furnished to the Solicitor General of the Philippines, The Provincial Prosecutor of Samar, The Re-gional Director, Department of Social Welfare and Develop-ment (DSWD), the court SWO II Ms. Annie O. Llauderes, as well as the petitioners and their counsel.SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, Catbalogan City, Samar, November 11, 2011.(Sgd.) MANUEL F. TOR-

REVILLAS, JR.Acting Presiding Judge


ADDENDUM RTC Branch 27, Catbalogan City, Samar Sheriff’s No�ce of Public Auc�on Sale EJF # 18-11; Home Development Mutual Fund (PAG-IBIG FUND) Mortgagee versus EDMUND KAISER H. HIDALGO; the omi�ed paragraph should be: On SE along line 2-3 by Lot 3, Cad 255. Our apology. - Editor

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ang MamahalinWitness how two people can go from being best friends

to bitter rivals as Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin, GMA-7’s afternoon drama, continues this week.

Despite growing up together, a tragedy forced cousins Katherine (Barbie Forteza) and Clarissa (Joyce Ching) to lead separate lives and assume different identities.

Katherine - with no memory of who she was - now works as a helper in the Fuentebella mansion. Clarissa, on the other hand, continues to take advantage of the situation by posing as Katherine.

On Monday, Clarissa is consumed by jealousy when Charles (Joshua Dionisio) keeps showering Katherine with attention at a party. To get even, Clarissa plots to humiliate Katherine unaware that her plans will eventu-ally backfi re.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Ferdinand (Gardo Versoza) forces Katherine and Clarissa to stay in one room – hoping to appease the rivalry between the two. Clarissa, mean-while, remains at odds with Jepoy (Kristoffer Martin), who still feels as though his best friend is committing a huge mistake for faking her identity.

When will the truth about Clarissa’s real identity be revealed? Will jealousy and greed continue to get the best of her? Will Katherine’s memory even return, or will she remain as the submissive servant that she is now?

Follow the many twists and turns in Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin weekdays after Kokak on GMA Afternoon Prime.

Jessica Soho honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for Broadcasting Excellence

Broadcast giant GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) re-ceived honors from the Phil-ippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) at the recently con-cluded 25th Star Awards for Television held at Newport Performing Arts Theater of the Resorts World Manila, Pasay City .

The Network’s News and Public Affairs group was once more commended for its brand of Serbisyong Totoo with GMA Network’s VP for News Programs Jes-sica Soho, widely regarded as the most awarded Fili-pino broadcast journalist, receiving the Excellence in Broadcasting Lifetime Achievement Award.

The country’s most credible primetime news-cast 24 Oras, anchored by Kapuso News pillars Mike Enriquez and Mel Tiangco, was awarded Best News Program.

Multi-awarded news anchor and public affairs host Vicky Morales, in turn, won as Best Female News-caster for the Network’s late-night newscast, Saksi.

TACLOBAN CITY – The winners of the year long as-sessment of the nation’s most child sensitive television pro-grams were released recently by Anak TV.

Anak TV’s offi cial spokes-person Ms. Mikee Cojuangco Jaworski informed that the as-sociation of TV networks will also honor television person-alities selected by thousands of jurors as worthy of emulation by children and will induct these TV talents into the Roster of Makabata Stars.

Anak TV is run by offi cers led by Ed Roces, Chairman, Bob del Rosario, President and Mag Cruz Hatol, Secre-tary General. The foundation is at the forefront of a media literacy campaign that goes to the grassroots of the country.

The now iconic seal on Philippine television, Anak TV, is bestowed by parents, teachers, NGOs and other sectors of society on television programs they evaluated as be-ing wholesome and child-safe. It is a seal not found anywhere else in the world, Anak TV be-ing a movement that fl ourishes only in the Philippines.

Television’s longest-running documentary program I-Witness won as Best Documentary Pro-gram, while I-Witness hosts Howie Severino, Jay Taruc, Sandra Aguinaldo, and Kara David won as Best Documentary Program Hosts.

Art Angel won as Best Children Show, and its hosts Tonipet Gaba and Roxanne Barcelo won as Best Children Show Hosts.

The newly launched GMA News TV (GNTV), now television’s number one all-news channel, pro-duced the Best Documen-tary Special Pluma: Rizal, Ang Dakilang Manunulat.

GMA’s winning streak continued to cover the Ka-puso Network’s entertain-ment programs. The 16-year old top rating program Bubble Gang won as Best Gag Show. Singer-song-writer and one of Bubble Gang’s lead actors Ogie Alcasid won as Best Com-edy Actor.

The fi rst ever reality sitcom on television starred by award-winning actor Michael V., Pepito Manalo-to, won as this year’s Best Comedy Show.

Early primetime series Little Star billed by Jen-nylyn Mercado, Lovi Poe, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Paolo Contis, and child actor Nicky Castro won as Best Daytime Drama Series, while Eat Bulaga’s Allan K won as Best Male Televi-sion Host. GMA’s prized child star Jillian Ward won as Best New Female TV Personality for her launch-ing program Trudis Liit. The weekend afternoon program Reel Love Pres-ents: Tween Hearts won as Best Youth-Oriented Show, while its lead actors Teejay Marquez and Derrick Mon-asterio won as Best New Male TV Personalities.

Other special awardees include German “Kuya Germs” Moreno , who received the Master Star Builder Award; and the late television director Lito Calzado, who received the Posthumous Award. The PMPC Star Awards for Television, founded after the 1986 EDSA Revolution, is an award giving body that annually recognizes outstanding artists and programs produced by television networks in the country. (PR)

Country’s most-child-safe TV programs, “makabata stars” to be honored Dec. 6

A total of 110 programs were declared family friendly after nine months of tedious and thorough evaluation by thousands of jurors in 46 screening sessions nation-wide. ABS-CBN national and regional stations will take home 24 seals; GMA News TV and GMA Network will bring home 23 seals while Net 25 earns 21. UNTV gets 20 while TV 5 gets 9. The rest of the remaining seals are shared by Zoe, Studio 23, PTV, and IBC.

The awarding ceremonies will be held at the Soka Gakkai Auditorium in Quezon City on December 6, with Vice Presi-dent Jejomar Binay, former Presidents Fidel Ramos and Joseph Estrada and Ms. Susan Roces as invited key guests along with Rep. Manny Pac-quiao, Gov. Vilma Santos, and Superstar Nora Aunor.

Mikee Cojuangco Ja-worski, offi cial spokesperson of Anak TV and will again host the awards rites that will also see the elevation into the Makabata Hall of Fame fi ve personalities who have con-sistently been topping the an-nual surveys for the past seven straight years. They are GMA Network’s Mike Enriquez and Mel Tiangco, ABS-CBN’s Julius Babao, Korina Sanchez and Gary Valenciano.

The annual Boto Ko ‘To survey winners will also be feted in the affair. Selected by the national jury as the most “credible, wholesome and worth emulating by the youth” are eleven male and female TV personalities led by top winners news and public affairs anchors Ted Failon and Jessica Soho.

The other honorees are Ryan Agoncillo, Gerald An-derson, Kim Atienza, Arnold Clavio, John Lloyd Cruz, Noli de Castro, Luis Manzano, Coco Martin, Piolo Pascual and Vic Sotto among the males with Kim Chiu, Anne Curtis, Kar-en Davila, Sarah Geronimo, Toni Gonzaga, Angel Locsin, Vicky Morales, Charo Santos, Judy Ann Santos and Berna-dette Sembrano among the females.

Anak TV will also bestow on noted fi lm and stage direc-tor and TV critic Nestor U. Torre of the Philippine Daily Inquirer the special Anak TV Broadcasters’ Award for his significant contribution in espousing the agenda of child sensitive, quality television programming. Torre follows Gina Lopez, Feny delos Ange-les Bautista and Daisaku Ikeda who all previously received the same honor.

The Anak TV Seal winning programs for 2011 are: Dora, the Explorer, Failon Ngayon, I Got It, Jimmy Neutron, Jr. Masterchef, Kabuhayang Swak na swak, Matanglawin, Rated K, Salamat Dok, Spongebob Squarepants, Wansapanataym and Why Not? of ABS-CBN.

For ABS-CBN (Regional), the winning programs are Arangkada, Derecho (Iloilo), Halad sa Kapamilya, Kapami-lya Winner Ka! Davao, Maay-ong Buntag Kapamilya – Cebu, Maayong Buntag Mindanao, Magandang Umaga S.C. Min-danao, MagTV Na! Amiga, MagTV Na! Atin ‘To! (Baguio), MagTV Na! Ato Ni! (CDO), MagTV Na! Cebu and MagTV Na! Sadya Ta!

The Cast of “Ikaw lang ang Mamahalin”: Joshua Dionisio, Barbie Forteza,

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