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Ampatuan Massacre: 58 killed in 1 single act, after 5 years, still no justice

THE College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) demands justice for the victims of Am-patuan massacre and the continuing media-related killings in the country.

Five years have al-ready passed but justice re-mained elusive, Marc Lino Abila, the CEGP president said.

CEGP, along with oth-er media organizations, staged a candle-light vigil

CEGP demands justice for slain

journs

The International Federa-tion of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) are accusing the Aquino govern-ment of a failure to protect the lives of journalists in the Philippines.

The IFJ and NUJP con-ducted a mission in the coun-try this week, the 5thanniver-sary of the Ampatuan Mas-sacre.

The Philippines is today the focus of a global campaign by national and internation-al media and human rights groups with journalists and advocates commemorating the horrific loss of life that took place when a convoy was stopped in Ampatuan town,

CATBALOGAN CITY Catholic Church leaders in Palo town are set to launch on November 29 the local theme songs for the Papal visit.

Fr. Chris Militante, information officer of the archdiocese of Palo, said church leaders are preparing to launch the local songs on Nov. 29 at the Palo Cathedral in time for the closing of the Year of the Laity and opening of the Year of the Poor.

The song The Shepperds Love, which tells about a survivors positive outlook in life amid the tragedy, is among the songs to be launched.

Fr. Kim Margallo, director of the Archdiocese of Palo Commission on Youth, composed the song and it was recorded by Elaine May Emp-ing, Juliana Rose Estrera, Seminarian Elfie Mercado and Paul de Pio.

Militante said there is also a four-minute music video featuring the typhoon survivors resiliency.

Church to launch Papal theme songs

Members of the youth ministry of the Vicariate of Ormoc City perform in the music video, which features English, Waray and Cebuano languages.

The archdiocese will also carry three theme songs for the papal visit, including sing-er Jaime Riveras We Are All Gods Children, the official theme song of Pope Francis visit to the Philippines.

Another song is Mercy by British band Ooberfuse, which performed the official theme song of World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last year.

Mercy was composed by the bands vocalist Cherrie Anderson, whose mother is a native of Tacloban City, spe-cifically for Yolanda victims.

Pope Francis will arrive in Tacloban City on January 17 and he is scheduled to say Mass at the vicinity of the Ta-cloban airport at 10 a.m. and then have lunch with Yolanda survivors.

In the afternoon, the pontiff will lead the blessing of the Pope Francis Center for the Poor, which will be followed by a meeting with the priests, religious men and women, seminarians and families of the survivors at Palo Metropolitan Cathedral. (Ricky Bautista with Eileen Nazareno Ballesteros)

See GROUP p/3 ...LIGHT A CANDLE VIGIL. Members of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) joined other giant media organizations in the country in candle lighting vigil at EDSA Shrine, Nov. 23, to commemorate the 5th year anniversary of the Ampatuan massacre. (Photo by Ricky Bautista)

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End Impunity NowEDITORIAL

RONALD O. REYESGILBERT F. ARTECHE

ROGER SORIALILITH S. TENA

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Politics and Charity

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Hints and TracesBy Fr. Roy Cimagala

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GETTING into this topic, I know, is like pushing a lamb into the company of wolves. Implausible as it may seem, we just have to pray that the lamb can survive by following what Christ indicated: be shrewd like serpents but innocent like doves.

Truth is, politics has to be humanized and Christianized through charity. It just cannot be left alone, fully at the mercy of our passions, brute force and worldly elements. It too can and should be a way to our sanctification. Yes, I mean that seriously.

Politics ought to be pursued always in charity. It cannot be any other way, since charity is the mother of all virtues and good values. If we want justice, truth and fairness, charity has them all.

If we want competence, order, discipline, etc., again charity has them. If we want objectivity, charity has it. Charity covers all our needs.

Politics is a human necessity. As social beings that have to take care of one another, we need to undertake a continuing process of organizing ourselves so that we can attain our com-mon good. For this, we have to activate the social principles of solidarity and subsidiary as best as we could, a tricky task, to say the least.

Thats why we have a government and many other structures, social, cultural, economic, etc., to attend to our different needs, and we elect leaders and officers to run these organizations. This is the nature, purpose and mechanics of politics.

But just like anything human, we will always have some problems. It seems that we like to create problems, which should also not be viewed exclusively in a negative way, since these problems only show we are humans, and they point to us where our weaknesses are and where we should improve. They are a

Various local and international press groups had been lambasting Aquino administration for his poor record of impunity in the Philippines.

The groups campaign has for its goal to strengthen efforts of various advocate groups engaged in press freedom protection to end impunity in the Philippines.

Impunity is the failure to punish crime, a failure that causes more crime, because criminals think they can get away with it.

It hopes to promote understanding of the issues that embed impunity in our society, increase public awareness of the effect of impunity in the killings of journalists on journalist safety and press freedom.

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), who is lead-ing the campaign in the country, begin its 2014 end impunity campaign on November 2 declared by the United Nations as the International Day to End Impunity (IDEI) and end on November 23 the fifth anniversary of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre.

It is the fourth year that CMFR has joined the global campaign adopted in Beirut, Lebanon, by the more than 80 members of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) when the network decided to adopt November 23 as the International Day to End Impunity (IDEI).

As the United Nations set November 2 as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, IFEX/CMFR identified the period of November 2 to November 23 each year for collective action on this advocacy.

On Nov. 23, it also leads the Million Candles Campaign (Isang kandila, milyong tanglaw para sa hustisya). A huge crowd of press organizations such as the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP), Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), Philippine Press Institute (PPI), National Press Club (NPC), College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), among other media groups gathered, lit a candle and offered prayers.

Also, international press delegates of two Asian meetings, the Asian Investigative Journalism Conference and the Journalism Asia Forum, also joined local fellows in the calls of immediate justice for slain journalists, who is up to now, awaiting justice.

These groups also join the collective call to end impunity by identifying necessary policy reforms, such as improved forensic investigation, greater public scrutiny of the failure to serve warrants of arrest, stronger support for witness protection, the formation of a government-NGO Quick Response Team whenever a journalist is killed in the line of duty.

Meanwhile, President Aquino continues to be silent and deaf to all these increasing demands for justice.

Take the case of the Ampatuan massacre case. Around 58 people were killed, 32 of them journalists, which occurred five years ago, but still up now, not a single suspect has been convicted. Despite the presence of witnesses and their testimonies plus the voluminous file of hard evidence, the principal suspects who were influential remained untouchables.

Worst, the witnesses were being killed and the suspects played delaying tactics hoping to be acquitted, and this administration cannot do anything to improve the rotten and slow-pace justice in the Philippines.

This paper joins the grieving nation in calling for justice for the slain journalists around the globe. End impunity now!

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Peace and Advocacy:

Village exec nabbed for selling of shabu

Brand new car awaits lucky winner in Christmas raffle promo

In Calbayog City

A 33-year-old Barangay Tanod and cohort who allegedly peddle Methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, were arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug En-forcement Agency (PDEA) during a buy- bust operation on November 19, 2014.

PDEA RO VIII Officer-in-Charge Director Laurefel P. Gabales, identified the suspects as Dexter Labata y Tanala, a High Value Target, 33 years old, married, and resident of Go-mez St., Tacloban City, and Ruperto Sales Jr. y Abajon, 25 years old, single, and resident of Peerless Subdivision, Tacloban City.

At around 8:00 PM of November 19, 2014, operatives of PDEA Regional Office 8 (PDEA RO VIII) arrested Labata and Sales after they were caught selling one (1) piece heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline sub-stance suspected to be shabu to an undercover PDEA agent who acted as poseur-buyer in Gomez St., Tacloban City.

Labata will be charged for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic Act 9165, while violation for Section 26 para b (Attempt or Conspiracy) will be filed against Ruperto A. Sales Jr. y Abajon.

Both suspects are currently under watch by personnel of the PDEA VIII Custodial Section while waiting their confine-ment order.

Maguindanao on November 23, 2009. In all, 58 persons, 32 of them media workers, were led

to their deaths. The massacre was allegedly orchestrated and executed by members of the Ampatuan clan in concert with their private militia and members of the Philippines National Police. Many of the bodies, as well as vehicles, were buried in mass pre-dug graves.

The IFJ-NUJP mission comprises international and Filipino representatives. The mission has visited the massacre site, spo-ken to families of the victims and members of the local media community in southern Mindanao and is currently meeting with police, justice and government representatives including Justice Secretary Leila De Lima.

The IFJ-NUJP mission notes that there are still 84 suspects who have been charged but remain at large due to ineffective law enforcement and a lack of will to apprehend them despite the fact that many are members of the Ampatuan clan, the Philippines National Police or Civilian Volunteer Organization members (paramilitary members).

The IFJ, which represents more than 600,000 journalists in 134 countries, has returned to the Philippines with an in-ternational delegation to investigate, together with the NUJP, the governments efforts to secure justice for the victims of the massacre. The IFJ has conducted several missions to the Philippines in the wake of the massacre and repeatedly made recommendations and requests to the government.

President Benigno Aquino IIIs failure to deliver a secure environment and enforce a respect for basic human rights cultivates an atmosphere that is deadly for journalists in the country, the mission says.

IFJ Asia-Pacific acting director, Jane Worthington, says: Not even four and a half years into his term, a further 33 journalists have now been murdered as result more than the massacre itself.

The Philippines is undoubtedly an epicentre of impunity and this massacre puts the worlds attention on the inability of governments to investigate crimes against journalists. This was the single largest slaughter of media workers and five years on not a single conviction has been recorded.

Australian representative Mike Dobbie, who has led all IFJ missions since 2009, said: Its clear there has been little progress in ensuring justice for the massacre victims, while the suspects in the crime continue to make efforts to stall the case at every turn.

The NUJP says: It is time the Philippines Government shows the leadership that the international community has been demanding. At the same time, political expediency must not thwart the proper legal process from being fully observed.

The IFJ-NUJP mission has key concerns and will issue a full report on December 23 five years and one month since the massacre:

A climate of fear continues to pervade southern Mindanao, and has led to self-censorship and safety fears for local media; Media organizations have failed to address the safety issues af-fecting their staff; Witnesses in the case remain vulnerable with one being killed in the past week taking to at least four who have been murdered before giving evidence in the trial;

Five years on and the families of the victims continue to suffer financially and psychologically and more must be done to support them particularly as they have been subject to offers of bribes to drop their civil actions in the case.

Schave De Rozario, the General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists Malaysia and representative of the South East Asia Journalists Union (SEAJU), sees that the coldblooded murders of journalists seems to be a growing solution resorted to by politically linked groups, the powerful and corrupt in the South-East Asian region.

Mayor Ronaldo Aquino of Calbayog City launches grand Christmas raffle promo with a band new car - a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage - last Monday at the city hall compound. (Ian Villanueva Baldomaro)

See GROUPS p/6 ...

CALBAYOG CITY -- The city of Calbayog in coordina-tion with the I Love Cal-bayog Movement will cap this Christmas season with a raffle promotion dubbed as Rumaragasang Papremyong Aginaldo 2014. This raff le promo was launched on November 17 by Mayor Ronaldo Aquino right after the flag raising ceremony at the City Hall compound. In a short program, Aquino said that the proceeds of the fund-raising will go to vari-ous charitable programs and projects which include the air-conditioning of the Calbayog City Centennial Chapel. Ticket is at P500 each and open to every city residents. The grand prize of the raffle is 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. (PR)

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LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESRepublic of the

PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL

COURT8th Judicial Region

Branch 24Catbalogan City, Samar

IN RE: INTESTATE PROCEEDINGS OF

THE ESTATE OF MARTHA B. LIM

LESLIE U. CHU, AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

FOR CHU LIANTE MARKETING CORP.

Petitioner,Spec. Proc. No. 8312FOR: SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE & ISSU-

ANCE OF LETTERS OF ADMIN-

ISTRATIONx- - - - - - - - - x

ORDERFiled with this Court is

the above captioned petition by Chu Liante Marketing Corporation represented by his Attorney-in-fact Leslie U. Chu (Leslie) for the settlement of the estate of Martha B. Lim (Martha) and for issuance of letters of administration in favor of the said creditor of the decedent. Petitioner prays that this Court, after due notice and hearing, issue a letter of administration in favor of Les-lie to administer the estate of Martha and deliver the same to her heirs in accordance with the Rules and relevant laws.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form, the same is given due course. Let the ini-tial hearing of this petition be set on 20 NOVEMBER 2014 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, other-wise the court will take judg-ment in favor of the petitioner.

The petitioner is directed to cause, at its own expense, the publication of this Order once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in an ac-credited newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Samar to be selected by raffle

under the supervision of the Executive Judge and the Of-fice of the Clerk of Court.

Furnish copies of this Order the surviving spouse and children of Martha B. Lim attaching thereto copies of the petition and its an-nexes. Send likewise copy of this order to the petitioner and her counsel.

SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, 15

September 2014, Catbalogan, Samar.

(Sgd.) AGERICO A. AVILA

Presiding Judge

SWE October 14 - 20; 21 - 27 & 28 - Nov. 3, 2014

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial RegionBRANCH 31Calbayog City

IN RE: PETITION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE FIRST CER-TIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MARIA

AMOR DE LA CRUZ ANIBAN

REBECCA DE LA CRUZ,

Petitioner. -Versus-

LOCAL CIVIL REGIS-TRAR OF CALBAYOG

CITY AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GEN-

ERAL OF NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,

QUEZON CITY,Respondents.

SPEC. PROC. NO. 528x- - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERA verified petition has

been filed by the Petitioner REBECCA DELA CRUZ, through counsel praying that after due notice, publication and hearing , an Order be is-sued canceling the first Certifi-cate of Live Birth of MARIA AMOR DE LA CRUZ ANI-BAN bearing Local Registry No. 98-1767 from the record o0f the Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City and National Statistics Office of Quezon City.

The Petition reads: 1. Petitioner is Filipino,

of legal age, presently residing at Brgy. San Policarpo, Cal-bayog City, Samar, where she may be served with summons and other processes of the court, while Defendants are the National Statistics Office of Quezon City and the Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City, where the facts of birth of petitioners daughter MA-RIA AMOR DE LA CRUZ ANIBAN was registered and are being impleaded as the custodian of the original copy of Certificate of Live Birth sought to be cancelled;

2. The parties herein posses the capacity to be sue and be sued;

3 . The Pet i t ioner s daughter was born on May 17, 1998, in Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City, and was later named as MARIA AMOR DELA CRUZ ANIBAN. She was baptized in accordance with the Rite of the Roman Catholic Church last May 27, 1999 at Sts. Pater and Paul Cathedral, Calbayog City by Rev. Fr. Francis Uy in the pres-

ence of his principal sponsors, namely: Carlos Manicane and Florida Camilon. Copy of the Certificate of Baptism is hereto appended and marked as An-nex A in order to be made as integral part hereof;

4. The said MARIA AMOR DELA CRUZ ANI-BAN finished her elementary education at San Policarpo Central School, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City. She commenced her secondary education at San Policarpo National High School, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City where she is now enrolled as fourth year high school student. Copies of her Form 137-E in both elementary and secondary education are hereto attached and marked as Annex-es B and C respectively, to form as integral part hereof;

5. Since birth, she has been using the maiden name DELA CRUZ the same being the surname of the petitioner and as the formers mother. Also, she has been using the surname ANIBAN the lat-ter being the surname of his biological father EXPEDITO TOMBOC ANIBAN;

6. On May 16, 2005, petitioner caused the registra-tion of her birth and was sub-sequently issued by the Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City corresponding Certificate of Live Birth bearing Local Civil Registry No. 2005-2060. Copy of which is hereto ap-pended and marked as Annex D in order to be made as an Integral part hereof;

7. However, when the copy of the Certificate of Live Birth of the Child was secured from the National Statistics Office, petitioner was sur-prise when she discovered that another record relative to the birth of the child already exist in the said office bearing Registry No. 98-1767. Copy of which is hereto attached as An-nex E to form as an integral part hereof. In this document, erroneous entries exist to the effect that:

a. The full name of her father was written as RICAR-DO ABOGANDA MABINI, where in fact it should have been EXPEDITO TOMBOC ANIBAN,

b. Her name was written as MA. AMOR de la CRUZ MABINI instead of MA. AMOR DELA CRUZ ANI-BAN; and

c. The surname of her mother was entered as de la CRUZ instead of DELA CRUZ;

8. The first Certificate of Live Birth bearing Local

Civil Registry No. 98-1767 should be cancelled as the entries therein do not bear the factual circumstances un-derlying the birth of the said MARIA AMOR DELA CRUZ ANIBAN

9. Petitioner thereafter learned that the registration of the first Certificate of Live Birth bearing Local Civil Reg-istry No. 98-1767, was affected by a person who is not suffi-ciently acquainted with respect to the facts of birth of the child, hence, some of the entries in that said first Certificate of Live Birth were inaccurate and erroneous;

10. Petitioner seeks the cancellation of the first Cer-tificate of Live Birth bearing Local Civil Registry No. 98-1767 since the correct entries with respect to the facts of birth of the petitioners child are those indicated in the second Certificate of Live Birth bear-ing Local Civil Registry No. 2005-2060:

11. Finally, this petition is filed not for illegal purposes but in order to straighten the re-cord relative to the facts of the birth of MARIA AMOR DELA CRUZ ANIBAN thereby any doubt in connection therewith will be forestalled.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in sub-stance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on January 23, 2015 at 8:30 oclock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.

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

Let copies of this Or-der be furnished the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Civil Registrar General of National Census and Statistics Office, Quezon City, the Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City, the City Prosecutor, the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Calbayog City and the Peti-tioner and his counsel for their information and guidance.

SO ORDERED.Calbayog City, Philip-

pines, October 28, 2014.(Sgd.) REYNALDO B.

CLEMENSJudge

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IN RE: PETITION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE FIRST CER-TIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF EXPEDITO JOHN DELA CRUZ

ANIBAN,Petitioner

REBECCA DELA CRUZ,-versus-

LOCAL CIVIL REGIS-TRAR OF CALBAYOG

CITY AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GEN-

ERAL OF NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,

QUEZON CITY,Respondents.

SPEC. PROC. NO. 529x - - - - - - - - - - - - x

O R D E R A verified petition has

been filed by the petitioner REBECCA DELA CRUZ, through counsel praying that after due notice, publica-tion and hearing, an Order be issued canceling the first Certificate of Live Birth of EXPEDITO JOHN DELA CRUZ ANIBAN bearing Lo-cal Civil Registry No. 95-1234 from the record of the Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City and National Statistics Office Quezon City.

The Petition reads: 1. Petitioner is Filipino,

of legal age, presently resid-ing at Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City, Samar, where she may be served with sum-mons and other processes of the court, while defendants are the National Statistics Office in Quezon City and the Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City, where the facts of birth of petitioners child EXPE-

DITO JOHN DE LA CRUZ ANIBAN was registered and are being impleaded as the custodian of the original copy of Certificate of Live Birth sought to be cancelled;

2. The parties herein posses the capacity to be sue and be sued;

3. The Petitioners child was born on June 6, 1995, in Brgy. Panongon, Calbayog City, and was later named as EXPEDITO JOHN DELA CRUZ ANIBAN, He was baptized in accordance with the Rite of the Roman Catho-lic Church last September 17, 1995 at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Calbayog City by Msgr. Bienvenido N. Chiquillo in the presence of her principal sponsors, namely Norman Sagayap and Lolita Rimando. Copy of the Certificate of Baptism is hereto appended and marked as Annex A in order to be made as integral part hereof;

4. The said EXPEDITO JOHN DELA CRUZ ANI-BAN finished his elementary education at San Policarpo Central School, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City. He also commenced and finished his secondary education at San Policarpo National High School, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City. Copies of his Form 137-E in both elemen-tary and secondary educa-tion are hereto attached and marked as Annexes B and C respectively, to form as integral part hereof;

5. Since birth, he has been using the maiden name DELA CRUZ the same being the surname of the petitioner and as the formers mother. Also, he has been using the last name ANIBAN the lat-ter being the surname of his biological father EXPEDITO TOMBOC ANIBAN;

6. On June 28, 1995 hi

father EXPEDITO TOMBOC ANIBAN caused the registra-tion of his birth and was sub-sequently issued by the Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City corresponding Certificate of Live Birth bearing Local Civil Registry No. 95-1296. Copy of which is hereto ap-pended and marked as Annex D in order to be made as an Integral part hereof;

7. However, when the copy of the Certificate of Live Birth of the child was secured from the National Statistics Office, petitioner was surprise when she discovered that another record relative to the birth of the child already ex-ist in the said office bearing Registry No. 95-1234. Copy of which is hereto attached as Annex E to form as an integral part hereof. In this document, erroneous entries exist to the effect that:

a. The full name of his father was written as RICAR-DO ABOGANDA MABINI. Where in fact it should have been EXPEDITO TOMBOC ANIBAN,

b. His surname as entered as MABINI instead of ANIBAN;

c. His place of birth was written a Brgy. San Poli-carpo, Calbayog City instead of Brgy. Panonongong, Calbayog City; and

d. The informant ap-pears to be the petitioner when in fact it should have been EXPEDITO T. ANIBAN, as the petitioner did not fill up or sign any document relative to the birth of the said EXPE-DITO JOHN DE LA CRUZ ANIBAN.

8. Her first Certificate of Live Birth bearing Local Civil Registry No. 95-1234 should be cancelled as the entries therein do not bear the factual circumstances underlying the

birth of EXPEDITO JOHN DELA CRUZ ANIBAN.

9. Petitioner thereafter learned that the registra-tion of the first Certificate of Live Birth (Local Civil Registry No. 95-1234), was affected by a person who is not sufficiently acquainted with respect to the facts of birth of the petitioners child. Consequently, some of the entries in the first Certificate of Live Birth were inaccurate and erroneous;

10. Petitioner seeks the cancellation of the first Cer-tificate of Live Birth bearing Local Civil Registry No. 95-1234 since the correct entries with respect to the facts of birth of the petitioners child are those indicated in the sec-ond Certificate of Live Birth bearing Local Civil Registry No. 95-1296:

11. Finally, this petition is filed not for illegal purpos-es but in order to straighten the record relative to the facts of the birth of EXPEDITO JOHN DELA CRUZ ANI-BAN thereby any doubt in connection therewith will be forestalled.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on January 23, 2015 at 8:30 oclock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all per-sons who have an objection thereto may file any opposi-tion and show cause why the same should not be granted.


Let copies of this Order be furnished the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Civil Registrar General of National Census and Sta-tistics Office, Quezon City, the Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City, the City Pros-ecutor, the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Calbayog City and the Petitioner and his counsel for their information and guidance.

SO ORDEREDCalbayog City, Philip-


CLEMENSJudge


Journalism (Philippines), Asian College of Journalism (India), Chung-Ang Universitys School of Journalism & Mass Communication (Korea), Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (United States), Danish School of Media and Journalism (Denmark), Hong Kong University Journalism and Media Studies Cen-tre (Hong Kong) and Waseda Universitys Journalism School (Japan).

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and Organized Crime and Corrup-tion Reporting Project (OCCRP), it was learned, will also grace the event to share their extraordinary cross-border projects.

The PCIJ said the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma will also doing a special seminar while the Tactical Technology Collective (TTC) and the Com-mittee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will give security tips on investigative reportage.

Invited investigative journalists were from BBC,

Reuters, Asahi Shimbun, Newstapa, Caixin, Inter-Press Service, Malaysiakini, Bangkok Post, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Star, NHK, Irrawaddy, Thai Rath, South China Morning, Post, Tempo, Common Wealth, ABS-CBN, GMA 7, Seoul Broadcasting, among others.

The conference will also mark two important occa-sions: a special reception honoring the 25th anniversary of the pioneering PCIJ members and a candlelight assembly to commemorate the UN-designated Inter-national Day to End Impunity on November 23.

The conference is hosted by the Global Investiga-tive Journalism Network (GIJN), the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) and the Philippine Center for In-vestigative Journalism (PCIJ) with support from the Open Society Foundations and more than half a dozen of co-sponsors.

According to GIJN, Asia was chosen as this years venue for the global conference of investigative experts because Its where most humanity lives, and the de-mand for quality investigative reporting is enormous. (Ricky Bautista)

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8th judicial RegionBranch 31

Calbayog CityIN RE: PETITION

FOR THE DECLARA-TION OF HEIRS OF ROSENDO BOCO

CATALANJOSE CATALAN,

ANACLETO CATALAN, PRU-

DENCIADO CATA-LAN, CARIDAD

CATALAN MEJA-RITO, VENERANDA CATALAN TESMER, GREGORIO CATA-LAN (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY HIS SON, REYNAL-DO CATALAN, AND PROTACIO CATA-LAN (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY

HIS SON LINDO CATALAN;

PetitionerSPECIAL PROC. NO.

530For:

DECLARATION FO HEIRSHIP

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

A verified petition has been filed by the Petitioners, through counsel praying that after due hearing, judgment be rendered, declaring the petitioners, as sole heirs of ROSENDO BOCO CATA-LAN.

The Petition reads:1. That they are all of

legal ages with capacities to sue and be sued, and all

residents of Brgy. Obrero, Calbayog City, where they may be served with summonses and other court processes, and in this Petition CARIDAD CATALAN MEJARITO and VENERANDA CATALAN TESMER are the appointed representatives of the other petitioners pursuant to Special Power of Attorney herein at-tached as ANNEX-A and made a integral part hereof;

2. That PETITIONERS are the children and lawful heirs of the late ROSENDO BOCO CATALAN, who died no issue , on November 7, 1970 at the age of 62, in Brgy. Sinidman Oriental, Calbayog City. Attached herewith as proofs are the Certificates of Live Births of Petitioners, marked as ANNEXES-B to H, and the Certificate of Death of Rosendo B. Catalan, as ANNEX-I, and all made as integral parts hereof;

1. That at the time of death of ROSENDO BOCO CATALAN, the latter owned certain real property herein below described, to wit:

A parcel of land, de-nominated as CAD., Lot No. 11076 located at Brgy. Sinid-man Orr., Oquendo District, Calbayog City, bounded on the North, by Creek; on the East, by Creek; on the South, by Creek; and on the West: by Creek, containing an area of 7,855 square meters, more or less declared under ARP No. 99-02022-00125 in the name of ROSENDO CATALAN.

Attached hereto is a copy of the Tax Declaration No. 99-020022-00125 as ANNEX-J and made integral part hereof;

2. That to the best knowl-edge of the Petitioners, their deceased father, ROSENDO BOCO CATALAN has no other children or heirs, aside from them who by law were the rightful claimants and heirs to the estate of the decedent. Petitioners, therefore, are in-stituting this petition seeking for the Courts Declaration that they are the heirs of de-cedent, ROSENDO BOCO CATALAN.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in sub-stance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on January 16, 2015 at 8:30 oclock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.


Let copies of this Or-der be furnished the Solicitor General, Makati City, the City Prosecutor, Calbayog City and the petitioners and their counsel for their information and guidance.



CLEMENSJudge




8th Judicial RegionBRANCH 30Basey, Samar

IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION

OF LIVE BIRTH OF JESECA A. JEREZ,

JESECA A. JEREZ,Petitioner-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF STA. RITA, SAMAR, and the NATIONAL STATIS-

TICS OFFICE,Respondents

SPEC. PROC. No. 2014-10-806

X- - - - - - - - - - - - -XORDER

A verified petition hav-ing been filed with the Court by Jeseca A. Jerez through counsel Atty. Leslie Rose G. Adolfo-Torres, praying that after publication, due notice and hearing, the record of live birth of Jeseca A. Jerez before the office of Local Civil Reg-istrar of Sta. Rita, Samar and the National Statistics Office or cancelled considering that

her fact of birth was registered twice.

The petition being suf-ficient in form and substance, same is hereby considered. Let initial hearing be set on December 4, 2014 at 8:30 in the morning in this Court, 2nd Floor Executive Bldg., Basey, Samar at which date, time and place, all interested person may appear and show cause, if any, why this petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks

in a newspaper of general circulation duly accredited by this Court.

Furnish copies of the Order to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Local Civil Registrar of Sta. Rita, Samar, petitioner and counsel.

SO ORDERED.IN CHAMBERS, this

30th day of October 2014.(Sgd.) TARCELO A.

SABARRE, JR.Presiding Judge




8th Judicial RegionBRANCH 27

(Family Court)Bulwagan ng Katarungan

Catbalogan City, SamarIN THE MATTER OF

CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE

CERTIFICATES OF LIVE BIRTH OF LIEZEL ANNE

ALBAO GARCIA AS APPEARING IN THE

RECORDS OF BIRTHS IN THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRY OF CATBALOGAN,

SAMAR AND THE NA-TIONAL STATISTICS

OFFICE, QUEZON CITY

LIEZEL ANNE ALBAO GARCIA

Petitioners,-versus-

CRISTINA ALBAO GARCIA, SPS.

ROSALIA BERROZ ALBAO AND

MANUEL FERARO GARCIA,

THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF CATBALOGAN CITY,

SAMAR, AND THE NATIONAL

STATISTICS OFFICE, QUEZON CITY

SPC. PROC. NO. 3209-7-2-14x- - - - - - - - - x

ORDERThis is a verified Petition

for correction of entries in the birth certificate of Liezel Anne Albao Garcia filed on July 2, 2014 by Petititoner Liezel Anne Albao Garcia, thru counsel Atty. Medino L.

Acuba, praying among others, that after due notice, publica-tion and hearing, an Order be issued changing the entries in the Certificates of Live Birth (Annex B) of the petitioner indicated in paragraph 8 of the Petition, quoted hereunder:

FROM TO5c BIRTH ORDER 7th 1st6 MAIDEN NAME Rosalia Cristina Albao Albao Garcia9a TOTAL NUMBER

OF CHILDREN BORN 07 019b NO. OF CHILDREN STILL LIVING INCLUDING THIS BIRTH 07 0111 AGE AT THE TIME

OF THIS BIRTH 45 4613 FATHER (NAME)Manuel UnknownFeraro Garcia14 CITIZENSHIP Filipino Unknown15 RELIGION R. Catholic N/A16 OCCUPATION N/AAnd after such correc-

tions, the Administrator and Civil Registrar General, Na-tional Statistics Office, Quezon City, be directed forthwith to issue a new Certificate of Live Birth in favor of said petitioner containing the amended entries above-indicated in coordina-tion with the Office of the Lo-cal Civil Registrar, Catbalogan City, Samar.

Finding the Petition be-ing sufficient in form substance and in order, the same is hereby given due course.

WHEREFORE premises considered, let the Petition be set for initial hearing upon the instance of the Petitioner, after complying with this Order,

considering the impending compulsory retirement of the undersigned Presiding Judge.

The City Civil Registrar of Catbalogan City, Samar is hereby given a period of fifteen (15) days from receipt hereof or from the last date of publi-cation of this Order, to file its opposition or comment thereto.

Let this Order be pub-lished at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a duly accredited newspaper of general circulation published in the Province of Samar to be selected by raffle under the supervision of the Executive Judge of this Court.

Further, let this order and of the petition be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Samar, the Local Civil Registrar of Catbalogan City, Samar. Furnish copy of this order to the petitioner as well as her counsel at their given addresses.

SO ORDERED.Catbalogan City, Samar,

August 18, 2014.(Sgd.) ROGELIO R.

JOBOCOPresiding Judge

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IN RE: PETITION FOR THE DECLARATION OF HEIRS OF CON-

CORDIA C. GEMENTI-ZA-CHAN;

ALFREDO G. CHAN, JAIME G. CHAN,

EDUARDO G. CHAN, FERNANDO G. CHAN,

ALEX G. CHAN, ELMER G. CHAN,

JOSEPH G. CHAN, and RAMON G. CHAN

PetitionersSPECIAL PROC. NO.

531x- - - - - - - - - - - --x

ORDERA verified petition has

been filed by the Petition-ers, through counsel praying that after due hearing, the Honorable Court issue an Order declaring the above-named PARTIES as the sole heirs of CONCORDIA C. GEMENTIZA-CHAN.

The Petition reads:1. That they are all of

ages, with capacity to sue

and be sued, and residents of Room 203, CRC Bldg., Tolentino Street, San Fran-cisco Del Monte, Quezon City, except FERNANDO G. CHAN, who is a resident Brgy. Anislag, Calbayog City where all the PARTIES may be served with Orders and Court Processes, by virtue of the Special Power of Attorney made and executed by his co-heirs and co-petitioners;

2. That the PETITION-ERS are the children and sole heirs of the deceased CON-CORDIA C. GEMENTIZA-CHAN, who died at the age of 75 years old, on May 18, 2005, at Makati Medical Center, Makati City, and her fact of death was registered with the Local Civil Registry Office of Makati and with the Na-tional Statistics Office, copy of which is herein attached as Annex A;

3. That CONCORDIA C. GEMENTIZA-CHAN begot eight (8) children with Guan Lim Chan, a Chinese National, who is also deceased. The eight (8) children are the fol-lowing, to wit:

a) ALFREDO G. CHAN, born on August 7, 1952, at the Municipality of Pasay, Prov-

ince of Rizal;b) JAIME G. CHAN,

born on June 4, 1957, at the Municipality of Pasay, Prov-ince of Rizal;

c ) E D U A R D O G . CHAN, born on March 24, 1959, at Municipality of Pa-say, Province of Rizal;

d) FERNANDO G. CHAN, born on January 30, 1961, at Pasay City, Province of Rizal;

e) ALEX G. CHAN, born on February 6, 1963, at Pasay City, Province of Rizal;

f) ELMER G. CHAN, born on May 19, 1965, at Clinica de la Rosa Malate, Manila;

g) JOSEPH G. CHAN, born on July 5, 1967, at Cli-nica de la Rosa, Malate, Ma-nila; and

h) RAMON G. CHAN, born on January 11, 1969, at Clinica de la Rosa, Malate, Manila;

4. That attached here-with as proof of filiations of the above-named PARTIES to CONCORDIA C. GEMENTI-ZA-CHAN is their respective Certificate of Live Birth;

5. That to the best knowl-edge of the PETITIONERS, they have no other known

brothers or sisters or co-heirs;Finding the Petition to be

sufficient in form and in sub-stance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on January 23, 2015 at 8:30 oclock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.


Let copies of this Order be furnished the Solicitor General, Makati City, the City Prosecutor, Calbayog City and the petitioners and their counsel for their information and guidance.


pines, November 10, 2014.(Sgd.) REYNALDO B.

CLEMENSJudge

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Top investigative and data journalism speakers, from 25 countries will be heading to Manila this week to speak on panels and conduct workshops for the Uncovering Asia: The First Asian Investigative Journalism Conference.

This writer, who is a fellow of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journal-ism (PCIJ), is among the investigative journalists invited as one of the scholars of the organization.

The event, which is the first major investigative conference to be held in Asia, will be held in Crown Plaza Galleria Hotel in Pasig City from November 22 to 24, 2014.

This will bring together worlds top trainers and top investigative reporters, data journalists, media law and security experts, editors, publishers and educators from across Asia and around the world.

Ms. Che Delos Reyes, training director of the PCIJ said Uncovering Asia will feature special workshop on teaching investigative journalism, security, tips on how to dig hidden facts online, investigating the environment, business, data journalism and tips on how to fund your investigative projects and how to track dirty money, in an about 30 sessions.

Some of the speakers are representatives from the Ateneo de Manila Universitys Asian Center for

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Fitness program with Bro. Odon Sabarre in Samar towns

golden opportunity for Gods grace to descend on us. So, lets just be sport in all this.

Our main problem at the moment is that the lofty nature of politics is often corrupted and its objective frustrated by the ugly workings of the otherwise legitimate pursuit for power, an integral part of politics.

Now that election time is coming, we are at present con-fronted with the raw shenanigans of politicians. All of sudden, we seem to have a storm surge of mudslinging, demolition jobs, orchestrated p.r. campaigns to practically canonize a politician and demonize another.

The spectacle is actually very funny and ridiculous, but it continues even up to now in spite of all the advances in our sci-ences, arts, technologies and communication. It seems that in the area of political culture, we continue to lag behind, to hardly emerge from the savagery of the Stone Age.

Instead of being discerning, prudent and nuanced in our judgments and assessments of politicians, we readily fall into simplistic, black-and-white ways of thinking and reasoning. We tend to dogmatize and absolutize our preferences and opinions, hardly giving any credit to the opposing positions of the others.

In short, we tend to listen only to ourselves. Reckless gen-eralizations and labeling are made. Some, for example, blame the masa for being unthinking in their choices. But I have also listened to the so-called intelligentsia and in many instances have also found their conclusions overworked and unfair.

I suppose that to be realistic we have to consider all politicians to have something good to offer and also some baggage that they suffer. Lets just sort things out slowly and calmly, weighing them carefully, hoping to make a workable, fair balance.

Lets remember that as one movie blurb put it, every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. We are always a work in progress. We can go either up or down, though we should always hope and work together that we always go north rather than south.

Lets avoid getting wild with our judgments, practically get-ting mad with praises for the favored politician or running amok with burning hatred for the unfavored. Lets play it cool.

We have to look first at the competence of the politicians to deliver the goods we need, since this is the immediate expecta-tion we have from them. We have to see that they are capable of good governance, even if they continue to be sinners as we all, in varying degrees, are.

De Rosario said: The scourge of impunity across the region as a result of this massacre indicates that these forces in the region believe that it is OK to kill journalists and for politicians to do nothing. The region needs action and governments must move to protect media freedom.

Philippa McDonald, vice president of the journalists union in Australia, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) and a director of Oceanias Media, Safety and Solidarity Fund says: Its heartbreaking to witness the grief and the trauma of the families of the victims, five years on.

Children are growing up without bread-winner families are facing dreadful financial hardship and theyre suffering enor-mously. Their faith that justice will be delivered is severely shaken.

In meetings yesterday President Aquinos Undersecretary for Legislative, Policy and Legal Affairs in the Presidential Communi-cations Operations Office Jess Anthony Q. Yu undertook that the President would respond publicly today to the missions concerns.

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at the EDSA Shrine in Quezon City to commemorate the 5th year of the infamous killings of some 58 people includ-ing 32 journalists in Ampatuan town on 2009.

The victims and families of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations deserve immediate justice but the Aquino government remains silent and sedentary on the clamor of the Filipino people for justice, Abila said.

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, who leads the candle-vigil, said Ampatuan Massacre is the single bloodiest attack against the press in the Philippines and in the world.

The trial for the 197 accused, including eight mem-bers of the Ampatuan family, has been ongoing for four

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THE anti-drug operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency Regional Office VIII, Palo Municipal Police Station and Leyte and Provincial Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operation Task Group (PAIDSOTG) arrested drug personalities from Sitio Aringit, Brgy. Cavite West, Palo Leyte.

PDEA RO VIII Officer-in-Charge Director Laurefel P. Ga-bales identified the suspects as Franklin Nabora y Loto, a PDEA Watch listed persona, 30 years old, single, and a resident of Sitio Aringit, Brgy. Cavite West, Palo Leyte and Benjamin Abarca y Elardo, 26 years old, single, and a resident of Cavite West Palo, Leyte.

They were caught selling one (1) piece and in possession of fifteen (15) more pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu with an estimated total weight of MOL 6.5 grams and approximately ten (10) grams of dried marijuana leaves.

A case for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs) has been filed against the suspects in the appropriate court.

Nabora and Abarca are now temporarily in custody at Palo Municipal Police Station Lock-up Cell.

CATBALOGAN CITY The ongoing rehabilitation of health facilities in Leyte and Samar damaged by super ty-phoon Yolanda is near comple-tion, the Department of Health (DOH) reported.

DOH regional director Jose Llacuna said that the rehabilitation is now 60% completed while the remaining 40% are now on their prepara-tion stage.

The DOH said the total rehabilitation of health fa-cilities has a total fund of P322 million.

We expect to complete all projects by the end of 2014, Dr. Llacuna said.

Under the quick fix proj-ects, the DOH is rehabilitating at least 34 health buildings in Leyte, 9 in Eastern Samar, 3 in Samar and 2 health buildings in Biliran Island.

The DOH, in its recent report said a total of P1.2 billion budget was approved for the rehabilitation of 1,229 health facilities in the Visayas

Repair of typhoon-hit health facilities near completion says DOH

destroyed by the typhoon Yolanda.Of this amount, P702.76 million was allotted for the rehab of health facilities while the amount

of P274.86 million was for the purchase of new equipments.The DOH said there were 991 barangay health centers, 153 rural health units, 68 local-managed

hospitals, seven city or district health centers, six retained hospitals, three private hospitals and a municipal health office.

By 2015, we hope to have a bigger, better and safer health facilities in our area, Llacuna disclosed. (rjb)

The Basey District Hospital (BDH), after being hit by the typhoon Yolanda, is now getting better after few repairs and equipment upgraded. (Photo by Ricky Bautista)

Brother Odon Sabarre, artist in residence in Region 8, handles the Fitness Program for both Calbiga and Pinabacdao towns every Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Calbiga and every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in Pinabacdao, Samar.

Sponsor for Calbiga Fitness Program is Marilyn Bacsal Barnard, who is a native of Brgy. Patong, Calbiga and resides in Australia. She is married to David Barnard, a retired Australian Football player. Madame Marilyn also sponsors the Calbiga Basketball Team.

For the Pinabacdao Fitness Program, it is sponsored by its dynamic Mayor Mario Quijano, M.D.

Just recently, the Mayaw-Mayaw dance group of Pinabacdao won as the over-all grand champion in the Samar Dance Festival of Festivals 2014 held on August - Samar Day celebration. The festivals were sponsored by Gov. Sharee Ann Tan and Congress-woman Milagrosa T. Tan.

Bro. Odon Sabarre with Mayor Mario Quijano

Anti-drugs ops conducted

years. Still no one has been found guilty, the CMFR said.

Meanwhile, foreign journalists and participants of the 2-day Asian Investi-gative Journalism Confer-ence joined other jour-nalists and human rights advocates in the candle-light vigil on November 23, 2014, Sunday, at the Edsa Shrine in Quezon City.

The event also coin-cided with the observance of the UN-designated In-ternational Day to End Impunity honoring the hundreds of slain journal-ists worldwide whose cases still waiting for justice. (Ricky Bautista)

NEVER FORGET. Journalists killed in Ampatuan massacre in November 23, 2009 were remembered by fellows who continously seeking and calling for immediate justice.

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