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VOL. XXV NO. 018 TUESDAY JANUARY 08, 2013 P10.00 IN TACLOBAN
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news page 2
opinion page 3
news page 3
news page 7
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opinion page 4ACTION MAN -- House Assistant Minority Leader and Leyte (1st dist) Rep. Ferdinand Martin FM Romual-
dez started the new year 2013 by distributing more financial assistance to more than 600 beneficiaries com-
ing from the different municipalities of the 1st district in need of hospitalization,medicines,educational,tr
ansportation and burial.The distribution was held at Rep. FMs congressional sub-district office, Real St.
Tacloban City. Photo by VER S. NOVENO
CAMP KANGLE-ON, Palo, Leyte - Inyet another eort toensure that the con-duct of elections inthe province of Sa-mar, considered tobe among the con-cerned areas in thecountry, a peace cov-enant is tentativelyset on January 13,the start of the elec-tions period.
Chie SuperintendentElmer Soria, police re-gional director, said thatthe signing o the peacecovenant is one o themeasures that they wouldinstitute to achieve theirgoal o an orderly andpeaceul in Samar, soar the lone province in
ACLOBAN CIYMayor AnnalizaGonzales-Kwan o Guiuan, Eastern Sa-mar has expressed dismay on newspaperreports accusing her o violating environ-mental laws or illegally cutting and de-stroying mangroves in her town.
Te local government unit o Guiuanhas nothing to do with it. Its a project that
involves the National Housing Author-ity (NHA). I was not even the mayor yetwhen the NHA was given the go-signal to
mission (NSWMC) dis-closed that only 20% olocal government units inthe country have estab-lished sanitary landllsand a big majority is stillstruggling to close exist-ing dumpsites.
NSWMC Secretariat
Executive Director Emel-ita Aguinaldo said that
Samars elections peace
covenant slated on Jan. 13BY JOEY A. GABIETA
Staff Writer
to page 2
ACLOBAN CIY Financing and politi-cal situations have beenidentied as major stum-bling block why majorityo local government unitsailed to comply RepublicAct 9003 or the EcologicalSolid Waste Management
Act o 2000.Te National Solid
Waste Management Com-
Financing, politics blamedfor RA 9003 non-compliance
proceed with that housing project, MayorKwan said in reaction to national newspa-per reports on Sunday alleging that the lo-cal government allowed the cutting o man-grove trees without the necessary permits.
National papers on Sunday reportedthat barangay o cials o Campoyong inGuiuan had led a case against Kwan and
contractor Cosme iu Sonco, owner o AlsEnterprise and Construction, or purport-
Mayor Kwan: LGU-Guiuannot involved in housing project
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No EV cop
red gun dur-
ing New Year
- Soria
Use of person-
ally-controlled
health records
to start this
year
17 police sta-tions in EV
provided with
motorcycles
Proliferation
of mobiles
Yaokasin
family donates
another school
building
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2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Tuesday, 08 January 2013
Police Chief Superintendent Elmer R. Soria, regional di-
rector of Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8), presiding in the
untaping of gun muzzles of PRO8 personnel yesterday at
the PRO8 grounds.
CAMP KANGLEON,Palo, Leyte Nobodyamong the policemen inEastern Visayas indiscrim-inately red their guns onNew Year.
Tis was the result othe gun inspection con-ducted Monday morningduring the untaping omuzzles o service rearmsamong Police Regional O-ce 8 (PRO8) personnelwherein none o the tapedmuzzles showed signs obeing tampered.
Police Regional O ce8 (PRO8) director Po-lice Chie SuperintendentElmer Ragadio Soria pre-sided over the activity atthe regional headquarters
and he expressed satisac-tion over the complianceo his men on the directiveo the Philippine NationalPolice (PNP) regarding theuse o guns on New Year.
A broken tape oundupon inspection could bean indication that the re-arm was used during theholiday revelry. Tis onlyindicates that none o therearm holders indiscrim-inately red their guns inwelcoming year 2013, So-ria said.
Te regional direc-tor earlier led his men inthe annual sealing o gunmuzzles last December 29,2012.
Te 100% compli-ance to our directive onlyshowed the honesty andproessionalism o ourpolicemen, the top policeo cial said, adding thatsimilar inspection was
also conducted in city andprovincial police o cesregionwide.
Soria earlier warnedthat policemen who willre their guns inappro-
priately will ace bothcriminal and administra-tive charges and can bedismissed rom service iound to had violated thegun policy.
Meanwhile, Soria or-dered a thorough investi-gation on the indiscrimi-nate ring inside the V &G Subdivision in aclobanCity during New Year cel-ebration wherein straybullet pierced through theroo o one Elvira Cosca.
Cosca reported to thepolice that while her ami-ly was welcoming the NewYear, they heard a loudnoise rom the roo andupon checking, they no-ticed a hole on their ceil-
ing and recovered a slugo unknown caliber undertheir sala set.
Soria assured that aninvestigation is on-goingon the matter as the re-
covered slug was alreadybrought to the RegionalCrime Laboratory or bal-listic examination.
Te regional directorearlier disclosed that no
victim o stray bullet wasreported to his o ce as aresult o New Year revelry.
In other parts o thecountry, various sectorsare calling or tougherlaws and stricter gun con-trol ollowing the deatho 7-year old StephanieNicole Ella owing to astray bullet rom a cel-ebratory gunire duringthe New Year revelry inCaloocan City and thedeath o seven peopleand wounding o 6 others
in a shooting rampageby drug-crazed gunmanRonald Bae in Kawit,
Cavite on Friday. (PINSPROMUEL A NACAR)
No EV cop red gun during New Year - Soria
derly conduct o elections.She is acing the daugh-
ter o her political rival, Cal-bayog slain Mayor ReynaldoUy, Rosa Jessica Uy-Delga-do.
Te regional policeheadquarter is also set to
deploy close to 100 policepersonnel in the provinceunder the Regional SpecialOperations ask Force Sa-mar under the leadership oSenior Supt. Edgar Basbas.
Samar has a voting pop-ulation o 481,275 spreadrom its two cities o Cal-bayog and Catbalogan and24 towns. It is the second
vote-rich province in East-ern Visayas, next to Leytesmore than one million vot-ers.
Aside rom the signingo peace covenant, peacerallies and voters educationare also to be held in dier-ent parts o the province, headded.
Samars past elections-related violence and the
presence o private armedgroups as well as that o therebel group, the New Peo-ples Army, were among thereasons cited why the prov-ince was placed under suchclassication.
Earlier, Samar Gover-nor Sharee Ann an, whois seeking or a possiblesecond term, has expressedher agreement on declaringthe province as concernedarea, saying it would helpachieve a peaceul and or-
Te signing o peacecovenant is to be held inCalbayog City, the policeregional director said, add-ing that it is with the coor-dination o the diocese oCalbayog headed by BishopIsabelo Abarquez.
Samar has been iden-tied as a priority area andone o our ocus o activitiesis to have such an activity,Soria said,reerring to thepeace covenant.
Soria also asked all hispolicemen, to include in Sa-mar, not to avor any candi-dates and carry their dutiesduring the conduct o theelections without ear.
Tis way, the conduct oelections would be peaceuland credible.
the entire Eastern Visayasidentied as a potentialconcerned area or hotspot area.
All major candidates,
Soria said, would be in-vited to sign the peacecovenant or them to shunany use o violence duringthe May 13, 2013 midtermelections.
Expected to sign thepeace covenant are thoserunning or governor,congressmen o Samarstwo congressional dis-tricts, vice governor andthose seeking or mayor othe provinces two cities oCalbayog and Catbalogan.
Samar..from page 1
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3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressTuesday, 08 January 2013 NEWS
units are among the biggesttowns in Eastern Samar.
Soria said that he expectthat the local police wherethese equipment were givenwould become more com-petent in dealing with theirwork as peace o cers.
Te police regional di-rector stressed to his po-licemen to always adhere tothe principle set by the newPNP chie, Director Gen-eral Alan Purisima.
Tese include o beingcompetent,discipline, ex-cellent and proessional.
According to Soria,i allthese principles would bestrictly adhere by all police-men, they could perormtheir duties expected romthem.
Tis will lead to ser-bisyong makatotohanan(honest service), he said.
Also distributed by
Soria were reloading
machines,bandoliers and
raincoats to various local
police stations and support
units of the PNP-8.(JOEY A.
GABIETA)
ACLOBAN CIYStarting this year, the Phil-ippine Health InsuranceCorp. (PhilHealth) willrelease specication or
a personally-controlledhealth record (PCHR) thatwill allow the sponsoredmembers to manage theirown health inormation.
Miramar Zabala, Phil-Health-8 inormationo cer, said this shif inhealth data managementis expected to create a re-ocus on the patient as thecenter o care and likewisestimulate a whole newbusiness sector on healthdata stewardship.
A personally-con-trolled health record isowned by the patients
and is co-managed withtheir health providers. TePCHR will empower pa-tients to take care o their
ter District.Te very limited school
site i shared by anotheragency is tantamount tomaking our resources muchlesser. We see these acili-ties as hazardous to learnersand teachers. We stand onour decision because we are
afer the learning environ-ment, Ragrag said.It was learned that the
NGCP committed to buildnew classroom since theycant move transmissionlines away rom school sites.
Te DepEd is propos-ing to switch nearby lots orcompletely remove waterreservoir out o school vi-cinity to ensure that there is
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Members of the ABCs for Global Health Foundation says they are just glad to have their
medical and dental mission here in Tacloban and towns of Leytes first district. The mis-
sion is to be held at the Tacloban City Hospital and at the Mother of Mercy Hospital. LITO
own health data and use itor decision making, Za-bala said.
Zabala added the PCHRwill also be designed as a
secure repository or healthinormation or individu-als and their amilies -- animportant compliance re-quirement o the recentlypassed Data Privacy Act o2012.
PhilHealth has launchedits PCB rst or its spon-sored program members,organized groups, and over-seas workers in April 2012.Te health insurance pro-vider said it will eventuallybe rolled out or all types omembers.
Te PCB is currentlyprovided in government
health centers, rural healthunits and outpatient de-partments o governmenthospitals PCB providers,
but private health care pro-viders will be brought in asthe PCB is expanded to allmember types, Zabala said.
She added PhilHealth
wishes to empower theirmembers to take charge otheir amilys health andmake inormed decisionsthrough proper data man-agement.
Early last year, Phil-Health partnered with theacademe to quickly imple-ment a ree and open sourcereporting system that re-ceives reports rom the PCBproviders.
Te PCB eReport-ing system is PhilHealthsresponse to the AquinoHealth Agendas mandate touse inormation and com-
munications technologyto make the health sectormore e cient. (REYAN L.
ARINTO)
Use of personally-controlledhealth records to start this year
Our legal departmenthas been taking measuresto negotiate with concernedentities. School campusshould be exclusive to edu-cational activities, saidDepEd Assistant RegionalDirector Rebecca Ragrag.
Tese schools are Guin-
tigui-an Elementary Schoolin Babatngon, Leyte withtransmission lines o theNational Grid Corporationo the Philippines; SulanganNational High School inGuiuan, Eastern with wa-ter reservoir by the GuiuanWater District; and B.V.Closa Elementary School inAbuyog, Leyte with waterstorage by the Abuyog Wa-
PALO, Leyte Te De-partment o Education(DepEd) has been in a legalbattle with our agencies, asit moves to relocate struc-tures built within schoolpremises, which was seen ashazardous to students anddisruptive to learning envi-
ronment.Aside rom the seismicstation o the PhilippineVolcanology and Seismol-ogy (Phivolcs) establishedinside the school groundo the Arado ElementarySchool in this town, theeducation department alsoseeks to remove transmis-sion lines and water storageacilities in public schools.
DepEd in legal tussle with 4 agencies
17 police stations in EVprovided with motorcycles
Tis is part o the ca-pability enhancement andpart o the strategic ocuso the new PNP (Philip-
pine National Police) chie,the police regional directorsaid.
Te 17 police stationswhich were given the mo-torcycle units were Al-buera, abango, Pastranaand Leyte-Leyte, all inLeyte; Bontoc in SouthernLeyte; Dolores, Oras andSulat, all in Eastern Samar;Biri,Bobon,Victoria andPalapag, all in NorthernSamar and the Marasbaraspolice station in aclobanCity.
Senior SuperintendentBrigido Unay, o cer-in-charge police provincialdirector or Eastern Samar,said that the giving o themotorcycle units wouldboost on their police work.
Te three police stationsunder his jurisdiction thatwere giving the motorcyle
CAMP KANGLEON,Palo, Leyte - About 17 po-lice stations across the re-gion were provided with
their own motorcycle unitsand other equipment.
Chie SuperintendentElmer Soria, police regionaldirector, said that the givingo the motorcycle units tothe dierent police stations,would bolster the capabilityo these police stations.
still enough area or class-room expansion.
Tese acilities were setup beore a DepEd memo-randum came out that cam-puses should be exclusiveor learning, she added.
Earlier, the Phivolcs el-evated its plea to the DepEdmain o ce, seeking orexemption rom the rule.I they wont be granted,the service institute will beorce to relocate their sta-tion to Quezon City. (SAR-WELL Q. MENIANO)
our active participationthus we provided the lot ordevelopment, Kwan said.
I the contractor ex-ceeded the area or cut-
ting o mangrove trees andwithout the permit, then itis not already my concern.Te appropriate agency isthe NHA, which directlyhandles the project, Kwanadded.
I rmly believe thereis a politician behind thisissue. For obvious reasons,he is doing this because hewants to besmirch my repu-tation. But my conscience isclear. It is just disappoint-ing because my side was notasked beore reporting on
the issue, Kwan said.Kwan, a three-term may-or o the southernmost towno Guiuan in Eastern Samaris challenging the provinceslone district Rep. Ben Evar-done this May elections.(REYAN L. ARINTO)
other DENR permits.Mayor Kwan, mean-
while, conrmed the NHAis currently undergoing aresettlement project in Ba-
rangay Campoyong butclaried it had received agreen light rom the De-partment o Environmentand Natural Resources(DENR) in Eastern Visayasand the area was declaredt or a housing project.
Kwan said the localgovernment unit has pre-viously identied a our-hectare area in BarangayCampoyong or site devel-opment by the NHA but lat-ter had the overall responsi-bility o implementing the
housing project.Te site has been de-clared by then President[Gloria] Arroyo by way o apresidential proclamation.But it is the NHA that ismandated to undertake so-cialized housing and in pur-suance o its mandate, seeks
edly conspiring to cut anddestroy mangroves orest in
their barangay last July evenwithout the go-signal romthe Department o Environ-ment and Natural Resourc-es (DENR).
Te mangroves, whichwere supposedly used orthe construction o a jointNational Housing Author-ity-LGU resettlement pro-ject, are protected by theGuiuan Marine ReserveProtected Landscape andSeascape (GMRPLS).
Tey said their mayorand iu Sonco should be
criminally liable or alleg-edly conspiring to violatethe Anti-graf law, Section 3(e), Section 3 (), RA 3019,the Forestry Code (PD705), RA 7586 or under-taking the resettlement pro-ject without environmentalclearance certificate, and
Mayor..from page 1
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Leyte Samar Daily Express OPINION Tuesday, 08 January 2013
F
EDITORIAL
Tax-funded projects
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Leyte Samar
Proliferation of mobiles
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or President Benigno Aquino III to refuse
to have projects under his administration
named after him is commendable indeed. As
Things To
Minddoms pagliawan
much as possible, he prohibits government officials
from attaching their names to projects that are
funded by the taxpayers money.
Why, government officials do not have the right
to claim those projects as their own, as though fund-
ed from their own pockets, because that is part andparcel of their jobto create projects that would
improve the peoples lives. Thats what they have
been elected for. They should not demand credit
and recognition for things that they are expected
to do.
Especially that said projects are funded by the
peoples taxes. If, however, an official comes up with
projects funded by his own pocket, then perhaps he
earns the right to attach his name to those. Stream-
ers and billboards will do. But if his role in certain
projects is only that of an initiator, or facilitator,
then he should not claim the glory for such
projectsthats an insult to the real owners.
Why claim something that is not yours?
Naming projects after the politicians con-
cerned had been rampantly done. As a result,
people are kind of indebted to the politico they
seem obliged to render to him any favor in ex-
change for his graces. Items for applicants, for
instance, are given by the recruiting agency tothe politico so he can distribute the same to
his own people even if it means ignoring the
existing ranking system.
The fear that they might not be given pro-
jects by the official anymore is what grips the
people and concerned agencies into blind sub-
mission. Its time the names of politicians be
removed from tax-funded projects. They dont
deserve commendations for their basic func-
tion. The president, being strongly against it,
ought to be supported for this.
Cell phones have indeed meta-
morphosed from being a com-
modity of the rich to something
that even the most hard up people
could own. They used to be con-
sidered a luxury, owned only by
people who are in great demand
in society like doctors, company
ofcials, businessmen, etc. Now,
almost everybody has one.
The cell phone of today is re-
garded as a necessity by a growing
number of Filipinos, the residen-tial phone having become option-
al. The trend, according surveys,
is slowly expanding to include
all age and income groups. Many
households across the nation have
abandoned residential phones
and rely solely on cell phones for
communication.
The popularity of thevenerable landline peaked
in 2000. Since that time, the
number of phone customers
has steadily decreased. At
the same time, cell-phone
use has surged.
Young people have been
part of the migration of users
away from landlines. Theyhave given up landlines for
good after having had their
cell phones. This works best
when they are working for
long hours and are moving
from place to place.
At rst, cell phone threat-
ened to complicate life, but
moving around and working
more and more, users real-
ized it does not. The ability
to keep in touch with fam-
ily, business associates, and
access to email are only a
few of the reasons for the
increasing importance of the
gadget.
Bulky, expensive, and
required a base unit that
had to be transported along
with the phonethese werethe qualities of the rst cell
phone units. Good reception
was a major problem and in
general, early cell phones
could only be used in certain
locations where the signal
was particularly strong. As
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Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINIONTuesday, 08 January 2013
Prayer for the Nation and
for Those who Serve inPublic Office
God, our Father, you guide every thingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers we
offer for our nation; by the wisdom of ourleaders and integrity of our citizens, may
harmony and justice be secured and maythere be lasting prosperity and peace.
Almighty and eternal God, You know thelongings of our hearts and You protect ourrights. In your goodness, watch over those
in authority, so that people everywhere mayenjoy freedom, security and peace.
We ask this through our Lord JesusChrist, your Son, who lives and reigns withyou and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever
and ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughtersof St. Paul)
Pray the Holy Rosary daily for
world peace and conversion of sinners(The family that prays together stays together)
Tuesday after Epiphany1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72; Mk 6:34-44
THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND
When [Jesus] disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart wasmoved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd;and he began to teach them many things. By now it was already late andhis disciples approached him and said, This is a deserted place and itis already very late. Dismiss them so that they can go to the surround-ing farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat. He saidto them in reply, Give them some food yourselves. But they said tohim, Are we to buy two hundred days wages worth of food and giveit to them to eat? He asked them, How many loaves do you have? Goand see. And when they had found out they said, Five loaves and twosh. So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the greengrass. The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fties.Then taking the ve loaves and the two sh and looking up to heaven,he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to [his] disciplesto set before the people; he also divided the two sh among them all.They ate and were satised. And they picked up twelve wicker basketsfull of fragments and what was left of the sh. Those who ate [of theloaves] were ve thousand men.
ALL-EMBRACING LOVE
God loves us, wrote C. S. Lewis, not because we are loveable,but because he is love; not because he needs to receive, but becausehe delights to give. Therefore, we are not surprised that Christ, Godmade esh, had compassion on the great crowds because they werelike sheep without a shepherd (Mk 6:34), and fed them for they werehungry, multiplying few loaves into thousands (cf. vv 41-2). St. John,calling on us to love one another, adds, Whoever fails to love, doesnot know God, because God is love (1 Jn 4:8). We are urged to loveall people since God loves everyone. Love is genuine only when itembraces all. We must endeavour to love him or her whom once wedid not love, whom we have condemned, or who may have done us aninjury. To love all human beings is difcult but it can be learned, if weclosely consider the benets of loving all people. One benet surelyis that it unites people. Modern technology, may be useful for unitingpeople; however, without love, machines can easily separate people.Another benet of love is that it makes the one who loves, very happy.If you hate even one person, all the joys will leave your heart. Godwanted us to be happy, but happy in our be longing, and hence endowedus with a longing for love. Hence we will be happy only when we alllove one another. We are like stones joined in an arch and are bound tocollapse unless we support one another with love. To be in love withall people is the greatest good and hence the greatest happiness. . (HisWord is Life by Vima Dasan, S.J. published by Paulines. Visit us atwww.paulines.ph or at Paulines Media Center, Real St., Tacloban City.Tel. #321-3195)
Sowers Seeds: The whole of holiness consists in understandingGods wisdom and in pledging him our unceasing at. Trust God! Heis always our Father! This is the word Jesus used, even at the height ofhis suffering: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. +BlessedJames Alberione, Founder of the Pauline Family
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The Sower
Blessings of a Believer
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Neglected road
People know too well as
they are familiar with gov-
ernment projects dubbed as
farm to market roads. These
roads were established with
the end of providing access
for farm products emanat-
ing from the farm all the wayto the market. It is a facility
that people need, both on the
part of the farmer who had
long been suffering from
serious losses mainly due to
the absence of access roads
that will allow their prod-
ucts to nd its way to the
market. Many of these roads
are originally established by
those holding the power of
the purse as they are the of-
cials with huge allocations
in the form of pork barrel.
Such allocations are pre-
cisely intended to answer for
the needs of the constituents
that these ofcials represent.
Unfortunately, the alloca-
tions are spent in the whim-
sical and capricious ways of
the ofcials, setting aside the
needs of the people.
There is a road in the
province of Samar that looks
like a ploughed agricultural
piece of land than a road. It
is a classic picture of neglect
by government ofcials at
all levels. The macadam-
ized road that connects the
barangays of San Antonio,
Amandayehan, Cambayanand Tinaogan, all of the old
town of Basey, from the
highway leading towards the
southern tip of Samar and
unto the eastern part and the
rest of the country as well, is
akin to a farm land with deep
furrows and potholes. That
road had brought misery to
the people passing through
it due to the huge potholes
and deep furrows along the
stretch of that road. Four
wheeled vehicles can hardly
pass through that portion
that looks like ploughed with
deep furrows. A mistake bythe driver could result in de-
struction to the vehicle and
passengers alike.
That road is classied
as a provincial road, It had
become a pilgrim piece for
politicians during elections,
promising to concretize the
macadamized provincial
road. But nothing had ever
been done to improve said
road over the years, worse,
the road is not in a bad state
and no elective ofcial is lift-
ing a nger to even restore it
to its previous condition. The
provincial road is the gate-
way to the local port of Ba-
rangay Amandayehan which
served as the main connect-
ing point between Leyte and
Samar prior to the erection of
San Juanico Bridge and was
the alternative route when
the bridge was closed for re-
pair. The road is the access
to the ourishing sh cage
projects in the Barangays of
Cambayan and Tinaogan and
the Simeon Ocdol National
High School and the beach
resorts in Barangay San An-
tonio. Such is the impor-
tance of the road that is not
being given importance by
ofcials who promised and
swore to improve the same.
What is appalling is the
Of Cabbages
& Kings...dr. nila l. filamor
Two weeks or so after it
was signed by Pres. Noynoy
Aquino, the contentious Re-
productive Health Law is
now a matter in controversy
before the Supreme Court of
the Philippines. Concerned
citizens who obviously havequalms over the benets of
the law wanted the High
Court to declare the law null
and void being basically un-
constitutional. Couple law-
yers James and Lovely Ann
Imbong in their petition for
certiorari and prohibition
with prayer for temporary
restraining order tagged the
RH Law as one which vio-
lates the Constitutional ideal
of unconditional respect
for life and establishment
of policies that create op-
portunities to harness the
economic potential of every
Filipino.
While it is publicly
known that the ght on the
sensational legislation was
beyond principle but on what
sways one to think on cer-
tain issues, there are sectors
that could not help but won-
I voiced my vexation at
the endless talk of my ofce
mates over Catholic priests
and their seeming breach
of their vows. One says her
parish priest is a irt but
uses uncouth language, the
other says that her parish
priest drives a Fortuner, one
sports Levis jeans and just
one more, a house has justbeen donated to their priest.
Another friend is a be-
liever, and her logic that
only faith in God is the
only consolation for those
devastated by gun-related
murders, is equally perplex-
ing. But Aldo, my teammate
nds solace in the idea that
the dead especially children
are now angels in heaven.
This only shows how some
Roman Catholics believes
and disbelieves. For a non-
believer, all these beliefs
over man-made disasters has
nothing to offer when people
are suffering.Quite right. In my own
community, my dear Lily
took a leave and our men-
tors found this phenomenon
funny, and said, One cannot
just a take a leave from ones
religion. After a years ab-
sence, we were disbanded
because we refused to grow,
and again, the widespread
misapprehension about our
Catholic church. Although
we have the number - being
almost 85% Roman Catho-lics, yet the RH Bill home-
based. Our number did not
wield commensurate public
inuence.
Indeed, is it not a posi-
tive blessing, not a negation
of belief, to be free of what
is known as the theodicy
problem? Our free will
answers to the question of
why God does not use his
power to prevent the carnage
of innocents, and many peo-
ple throughout history, like
Hitlers annihilation of the
Jews have not been able to
let God off the hook in that
fashion.
I fear of seeming to pros-
elytize. When I gave my view
to my friends, I avoid per-
sonal discussions of my RC
religion. But over the years,
I have changed my mind that
evangelization has its rea-
sons, and I do not know what
they could be. One of my
students conded why God
allows massacres. One of the
most helpful things I could
do was to provide a willing
ear for a doubter even if
the doubter remains a reli-gious believer.
Bottomline. We love
God. God is love. And love
is the greatest. All religions
are good but sometimes peo-
ple, who are not good, use
religion to bring about evil
and suffering. Religion is the
great catalyzer that can push
us to do things that experi-
ence alone would have led us
to believe to be impossible.
Questioned RH Law:
An afterthought
der how the war was lost in
the battle where only a few
could make it win. The Ro-
man Catholic Church of the
Philippines, backed by vari-
ous issue-based groups, has
been at the forefront in the
battleeld waving the bannerof antagonism on what was
dubbed the anti-life bill.
The Catholic Bishops
Conference of the Philip-
pines along with their sup-
port groups have taken
the last ditch effort to stop
the bill from rushing to
Malacaang Palace for the
Presidents precious signa-
ture. The presence of the
bishops in the gallery of the
House of Representatives
and Senate, especially during
the third and nal reading of
the bill in both Chambers of
Congress did not thwart the
event from happening. RH
bill should be a law, as the
President wanted.
In no soon time, amidst
the strong resistance from
the church and the self-pro-
fessed pro-life advocates
the bill became Republic Act
(RA) 10354 or the Act Pro-
viding for a National Policy
on Responsible Parenthood
and Reproductive Health(RH Law). There are quar-
ters which contended that the
Catholic Church is gradually
loosening its grip on the po-
litical leaders of the country.
Maybe not so on the people
especially the frequent com-
municants, but on those who
were to vote for or against
the controversial law. An-
other blame slapped on those
against the RH Law was that
the Church has no economic
program to continue her in-
uence on the people, par-
ticularly the poor denizens.
Right in the middle of a
church service, a local mem-
ber of the church has articu-
lated this particular analysis
which he called the fault
of the church. This criticism
necessitates enlightenment
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6 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Tuesday, 08 January 2013
waste of government re-
sources being expended inthe supposed maintenance
of that road through provin-
cial paid workers that work
merely on clearing the road
sides from grasses. The ac-
tivity is a perennial repetitive
cycle as workers barely com-
plete the clearing from one
point to the other end and
grasses are back again. The
furrows akin to deep ditches
are too risky for motorists
that it could result to un-
wanted accidents at the light-
est error. The potholes had
likewise became larger and
deeper and more that travel-ling is inconveniently luk-
soryos a term coined from
the root vernacular lukso
as motorists keep on a jump-
ing motion on that bumpy
road. Oddly, a project was
implemented recently with
the construction of shoulder
Neglected...from page 5
project which is not as ur-
gent as concreting the main
road instead.
It is hoped that concern
will be given to improve the
road for the safety travel of
people and in order to pre-
vent undue accidents. Peo-
ple are keeping their ngers
crossed that barangay of-
cials in the affected areas
as well as municipal and
provincial ofcials will act
on the matter with urgency.
Already, one private individ-
ual has taken the cudgels of
spending her own resources
to patch deep portions of fur-
rows and such act is anoma-
lous and insulting to all elec-
tive ofcials who obstinately
sleep on their sworn duty.
Will our elected ofcials,from the congresswoman,
governor, vice-governor,
board members continue to
shamelessly sleep on this
concern or will they act ur-
gently for the welfare of the
people?
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cell phone technology ad-
vanced, the difculty in us-
ing them became less of a
problem.
The importance of cell
phones goes way beyond
personal safety. Moderncell phones are capable of
internet access, sending and
receiving photos and les,
and are equipped with GPS
technology, allowing for use
in most locations around
the world and allowing the
cell phone to be found or
the user located in the event
of loss or emergency. Cell
phone users can instantly
send data to the home or
ofce, check for important
email, use their cell phone as
a PDA or calendar, and store
photos which can be easilytransferred to a PC or laptop
computer.
Unlike before, recep-
tion now has become reli-
able and of high quality too
due to advances in wireless
technology. Wireless service
providers offer excellent
packages and promotions
for cell phone users. Finding
a dependable service provid-
er is no longer an issue for
cell phone users. The expan-
sion of the wireless service
provider industry gives cell
phone users a choice and the
increased competition has
caused a drop in prices of
wireless cell phone service.
Apparently, cell phone
makers continue to produce
a wide range of cell phones,
which sell for prices that
range from very inexpensive
to costly ones. The avail-
able options give users the
choice of purchasing a basic
cell phone to use simply for
making calls, or choosing
a complex, technologically
advanced cell phone that can
perform as many or even
more tasks than a home com-
puter.In recent years, the in-
creasing importance of cell
phones has made them a
great necessity for most peo-
ple. They have become a
status symbol in addition to
the convenience and secu-
rity that comes from owning
them.
of the nave and the faithful,
at least. Rev. Fr. Amadeo
Corpuz Alvero, Social Com-
munications director of the
Archdiocese of Palo, texted
his reaction to the charge
that the Church has no clear-
cut economic program for
the poor that is why she has
lost her inuence over her
constituents on the passage
of the RH bill, said to be en-
acted for the benet of the
poor.
In a text message, he re-
plied, The Church is always
for the poor. She serves the
poor, especially the poorest
of the poor. The creation of
the Basic Ecclesial Com-
munities is one of those pro-
grams of the Church to cater
to the integral needs of the
total person. The Catholic
Caritas is also one. The dif-ferent apostolates of the Re-
ligious, like the Missionaries
of Charity, are also for the
poor. The Schools for poor-
est of the poor by the Sisters
of Mary in Manila and in
Cebu are also programs of
the poor.
He added, There are
many other programs and
apostolates of our Church
for our poor in our coun-
try but are not advertised,
stressing further, Because
the Church just works si-
lently for all, especially the
poor, without announcing or
Questioned...from page 5
advertising it. Let us not be
deceived the reason why the
RH was passed. Fr. Alvero
opined, the RH Law was
passed because of our Presi-
dent, who wanted it since the
beginning. What he wants he
gets using all the resources
of our government, including
the Pork Barrel for our leg-
islators. This he said is the
truth about this failure of theChurch to impede the birth
of what others call the anti-
life law.
In that case, passing
the blame on the Church is
grossly unfair. How the bill
became a law is purely a po-
litical event and the Church
is not to be faulted on it. But
what if there is something
more enormous that pro-
pelled the enactment of the
RH Law than what meets
the eye? What if there is a
power greater or a reason
more compelling that pure
religious conviction? Thereis a new bill that the Church
claims is posing another at-
tack on the moral ber of the
Filipino family culture the
divorce bill. Some priests ad-
vance the fear that the abor-
tion bill will follow.
Voting on any bill is noth-
ing more than a numbers
game. Getting the least num-
ber is easy win-it with all the
resources available. The vot-
ers are politicians, largely
traditional ones and are eas-
ily swayed by what they need
most nancial resources byway of the priority develop-
ment assistance fund or sim-
ple the pork barrel. Do we
expect the same when the
time comes for the national
legislators to vote on the di-
vorce bill? Unless it is certi-
ed urgent and Malacaang
Palace makes gestures
to have this bill approved
as soon as possible, time is
young to be weary and help-
less. Who knows the next
Congress might be more
God-fearing than pragmatic.
Meantime, mentioning
about the BECs, Fr. Alvero
informed that little by little
we are establishing these
BECs in our Archdiocese
and in our neighboring dio-
ceses. In some parishes,
they are now fully function-
ing, like in Ipil (Ormoc) and
in Barugo. In our parish of
Santo Nio we are still on its
orientation stage but there
are already families in our
districts who group them-selves for their prayer and
bible studies. He added
that in Mindanao almost all
the churches there are into
BECS already because they
have started it a long time
ago. This only proved that
the Church really cares for
her people.
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that
heirs of the late Raymundo Cahinde
extrajudicially settled, partitioned
and adjudicated over a portion of
a parcel of land, containing an area
of 91 square meters, situated at atImberio St., Brgy. Licod, Tanauan,
Leyte, designated as Lot No. 260-
A, covered by Tax Dec. no. 38003
00112-R13; A Deed of Sale was
executed in favor of Jed Malquisto
Yucamco, as vendee for the above-
described property; per Doc. No.
324, Page No. 66, Book No. IX, Se-
ries of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.
Asterio A. Villero.
LSDE: January 8, 15 & 22, 2013
NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY given
that Heirs of MARINA IRINCO,
namely: Zosimo I. Kam, Lucina K.Infante, Florentina K. Luto, Juan
I. Kam, Pablito I. Kam, Roberto I.
Kam and Corazon K. Bartolome
have entered into an Extra-judicial
Settlement of Estate of MARINA
IRINCO, with Sale, Quitclaim and
Waiver, per Doc. No. 2369; Page
75; Book V; Series of 2012, dated
10 December 2012 of the notarial
register of Atty. Felipe R. Espia.
LSDE: January 8, 15 & 22, 2013
because they dont knowhow to really comply thelaw, Ms. Aguinaldo said.
Te change o leader-ship in many LGUs thiscoming 2013 elections willalso aect the momentumo the SWM enorcement.
In Eastern Visayas,
there are only two citiesthat established their ownlandll Calbayog City inSamar and Ormoc City inLeyte.
pliance Certicate (ECC)or the proposed establish-ment o sanitary landllso 60 LGUs. Te NSWMCnotes dierent stages odevelopment.
Te period betweenECC approval and actualconstruction mainly de-pend on nancing andpolitical situation. Tereare so many criteria thatshould be considered inestablishing a sanitary landll. We have to capacitatelocal government ocial
trolled dumpsites shouldbe closed by 2006. Its beenpast due but we cannotsanction them because wehave to understand thatmany LGUs are not ca-pable. In act, some 600LGUs have not done any-thing to comply the law,Aguinaldo said in a recentinterview.
Te ocial reportedthat 45 LGUs in the coun-try have their own landll.One landll can accom-modate waste o nearbytowns and cities throughclustering.
Te Department oEnvironment and NaturalResources has issued lastyear Environmental Com-
Financing...from page 1
about 900 out o 1,634cities and towns in thecountry are still operat-ing opened and closeddumpsites, which is pro-hibited under RepublicAct 9003 or the Ecological
Solid Waste Management(SWM) Act o 2000.Te law requires that
these opened and con-
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Tacloban Citys #1 Councilor Sambo Yaokasin was all
smiles after given the plaque of appreciation from the
Deped and San Fernando Central School. He remarked
that when inviting him was not the in-thing during my first
few years as city councilor it was San Fernando Central
School teachers who never failed to invite him on their
graduation and GPTAs affairs.
Cute school children wows the crowd with the globally fa-
mous Gangnan dance.
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Tacloban Fil-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Inc. President Go Tic Ching (center)
receives a plaque of appreciation from Deped and San Fernando Central School. With
him in photos are (L-R) DELTA Fire Volunteer Chief Mark Aquino, TFCCCI Director
Ely Mancera, Go Tic Ching, Dr. Ragrag and Dr.Mariza Magan.
Yaokasin family receives plaque of appreciation from DepEd USEC Rizalino D. Rive-
ra third from left.(L-R) Go Tic Ching, San Fernando Central Principal Imelda Gayas,
USEC Rivera, Carmen Yaokasin (wife of the late Jimmy Yaokasin), Councilor Sambo
Yaokasin (partly hidden), Jimjim Yaokasin and wife Annely. At back is Senator Er-
nesto Maceda, a good friend of the Yaokasins.
TACLOBAN CITY
The family hopes to con-
tinue donating one unit-
two classrooms schoolbuilding to a public school
Yaokasin family donates
another school buildingevery year, in honor of our
father the late Jimmy Ong
Yaokasin, Sr., said Jimjim
Tiu Yaokasin, Jr. in a tete-a-tete. Jimjim is eldest son
of the late Jimmy, Sr. and a
former Tacloban City Ad-
ministrator.
To commemorate therst death anniversary of
their father last November
2012, the family turned-overanother unit of school build-
ing at the San Fernando Cen-
tral School this city. We
are proud and happy that
the family of Tacloban City
Councilor Jerry Sambo
Yaokasin has already do-
nated six classrooms or
three units of school build-
ings in 2012, in memory of
their late father Jimmy, Sr.The other two units were
constructed in Matlang El-
ementary School, Isabel,
Leyte and at V&G Elemen-
tary School in Tacloban.
This is a good legacy of
their father, Go Tic Ching
said in an interview. Ch-
ing is the president of the
Tacloban Filipino-Chinese
Chamber of Commerce,
Inc. The school building
donation is under the Op-
eration Barrio Schools of
the Federation of Fil-Chi-
nese Chambers of Com-
merce and Industry, Inc.
The late Jimmy, Sr.
served as Philippine Jay-
cee Senate President in1986. During his term, the
Philippine Jaycee Senate
was adjudged as the Most
Outstanding National (Sen-
ate) Organization in the
Asia Pacic at the Jun-
ior Chamber International
(JCI) Senate Conference in
Pusan, Republic of Korea.
His son Jimjim also served
as Philippine JCI National
President in 2001.
Taclobans number
one city councilor Sambo
Yaokasin said that educa-tion is the priority of their
father who gave them the
best education they could
ever have. He said that we
want to share our blessings
and we want our father to
be remembered as someone
who gave education utmost
priority. We share this to the
school children in differ-
ent parts of Eastern Visayas
through school building do-
nation. Good friends of the
Yaokasins DepEds USEC
Rizalino Rivera and Sena-
tor Ernesto Maceda gracedthe turnover last November
along with ofcers of TFC-
CCI/FFCCCII, city and De-
pEdofcials.
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Ormoc City Mayor EricCodilla said that budgetconstraint is the major
stumbling block why a bigmajority o LGUs continueto operate dump sites.
Te problem o RA9003 is the absence ounding support. An LGUhas to invest a lot yet this isnot an income generatingproject, Codilla stressed.
Aguinaldo admittedthat there are many loop-holes o the law. Last year,the NSWMC embarkedon a consultation withexperts rom the German
International CooperationAgency (GIZ) study theSolid Waste ManagementAct.
We will provide acopy o the proposed re-visions to Congress. Wewant a law that suits to thecapability o LGUs, sheadded.
Te National SolidWaste Management Strat-egy, which is set or ormalapproval o NSWMC thisyear, has also tagged some
o the gaps in the SWMlaw enorcement.Te o cial reiterated
the need to implement theSWM law with the threatso climate change impact.Open dumping is veryunsanitary. Methane gen-erated contributes to glob-
al warming. Smell scattersall over and it is harborageo dierent disease carry-ing vectors.
According to study,e cient SWM program,
a city will only dump 4%o the waste since 60% to70% are biodegradable,while 35 %to 40% are re-cyclable.
Republic Act No. 9003provides the legal rame-work or the countrys sys-tematic, comprehensiveand ecological solid wastemanagement program thatshall ensure protection opublic health and the en-
vironment. (SARWELL Q.MENIANO)
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