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P16.6 Billion loss in coco industry in Eastern Visayas

Eastern Visayas, countrys second top coconut producing area, suffered a P16.60 billion loss after super typhoon Yolanda flattened coconut farms in five provinces.
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Regional Manager Edilberto Nierva said 33.82 million trees have been damaged, accounting 46% of the regions 72.75 million thriving coconut trees. Nearly half of damaged trees will have no chance of recovery because these were either snapped or toppled by strong wind and storm surge, said Nierva, who temporarily holds office in a canteen after their office was destroyed by the supertyphoon. Of the 33.82 million affected trees, 15.04 million were categorized as totally damaged, 9.06 million severely damaged, 4.98 million slightly damaged, and 4.84 million moderately damaged. It will take one year for slightly and moderately damaged trees to regenerate. Severely damaged trees will not bear fruit for two to three years, Nierva added. Reynaldo Redoa, a 43-year-old coconut
farmer in Barangay Pago, Tanauan, Leyte said that of his 300 bearing trees, about 285 trees were toppled or sheared by the storm. Only 15 trees were left standing, but it will take years before these remaining trees will produce nuts, said Redoa, gesturing towards his typhoonravaged farm that provides up to P6,000 quarterly income. The farmer, whose family survived from the storm by hiding under a lavatory, is unsure if his 15-year-old son could finish college since it will take about five years before they will regain their income after replanting. Cornelio Castila, a 73year old coconut farmer in Barangay Calao, Burauen, also in Leyte, hopes the government will immediately implement replanting activities or else people will go hungry in the next few years. Of the 400 planted

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PNP to hire more cops this year 2 drugs suspect nabbed in buy-bust operations DENR to plant more trees as natural barriers
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Hernani mayor asks livelihood projects from government

HERNANI, Eastern Samar- Two months after his impoverished town was devastated by supertyphoon Yolanda, Mayor Edgar Boco said much help is still needed for them to start their lives again after they were hit from a hellish nightmare. His people of more than 11,000 are still reeling from the aftermath of the typhoon with no one to run for their daily survival except for the relief extended by the national government and various humanitarian aids, said Boco. According to him, the main sources of income of the people, fishing and farming, were seriously affected due to Yolanda. The town lost of agriculture and infrastructures combined reached to P1.5 billion. The loss was simply astounding the mayor said considering that his town has only an annual income of around P36 million, of which P1 million is from local taxes. That is how we badly need the help of to page 3

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trees, only less than a hundred were spared by strong wind, but some of these remaining trees were badly damaged, said Castila, who earns P2,000 monthly from cultivating four hectares of coconut farm. Castilas plight is shared by 1,160,332 coconut farmers in the region cultivating 295,191 hectares of land slammed by supertyphoon on November 8. Nierva said their agency will distribute 15.04 million trees for massive replanting activities in the next five years, with a funding requirement of P16.5 million. Leyte, a major coconut growing province, suffered a P12.16 billion loss. Other coconut producing provinces also posted income loss due to storms wrath. These are Eastern Samar (P3.29 billion), Samar (P588.97 million), Biliran (P465.77 million) and Southern Leyte (P91.92 million). Benjamin Yu, PCA regional regulation officer projected a 338,242 metric tons loss in copra output due to storm destruction. Coconut oil production is expected to slowdown by half since two major oil mills in Leyte were slammed by storm. Considering the extent of damages in these plants, it will take years for these plants to recover and resume normal operation, Yu added.

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(Honor Graduate), or CSC Professional; not have been dishonorably discharged from military employment or dismissed for cause from any civilian position in the government; have no pending criminal case in any court, including at the Office of the Ombudsman or administrative case if he/she is already an employee of the government; not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude; at least 1.62m in height for males and 1.57m in height for females and weigh not more or less than 5kg from the standard weight corresponding to his/her weight, age and sex; and must not be less than 21 nor more than 30 years of age. (PR)

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PNP to hire more cops this year

CAMP RUPERTO K A N G L E O N , Palo,LeyteAs part of the modernization program of the Philippine National Police, the PO1 Recruitment Program for this year is to be implemented. For this year, about 28,827 would be hired by the PNP under this program distributed as 13,000 for uniformed personnel regular quota; 6,000 uniformed attrition (proposed); 2,358 uniformed unfilled (2013 attrition) and 7,469 nonuniformed personnel. For the regions quota allocation, processing and date of oath-taking will be disseminated as soon as this Office will be furnished with a copy of the Letter of Instruction (LOI). Police Regional Office 8 under the leadership of Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Henry Losaes, has activated its screening committees that will process the mandatory minimum requirement and other documents submitted by the applicants. The following are the general qualifications for appointment in the police service: Filipino citizen; with good moral character; passed the psychiatric/ psychological, drug and physical tests to be administered by the PNP;possess a formal baccalaureate degree from a recognized learning institution; eligible in accordance with the standards set by the commission which are NAPOLCOM PNP Entrance, RA 6506 (Licensed Criminologist) RA 1080 (Bar and Board Examinations), PD 907

Regional Trial Court Branch 43 presiding judge Evelyn Rinos-Lesigues, Region 8 director of Philippine Women Judges Association (5th from left, lower photo), leads the women judges in Eastern Visayas in a gift-giving outreach titled Yolanda Lend-A-Hand Program, recently conducted at the Tacloban City Jail and Leyte Provincial Jail in Palo benettimg female inmates to show that court judges also care for them.(PR)

2 drugs suspect nabbed in buy-bust operations

CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte At least two persons suspected to be involved in illegal drugs trade were arrested by the police in separate sting operations across the region January 27. Acting regional director Police Chief Supt. Henry Losaes informed that the intensified campaign against illegal drugs is in response to the present emphasis and demanding issues of drug law enforcement wherein drug pushers have become so aggressive in plying their trade. The campaign against the proliferation of illegal drugs will always remain as one of our primary concerns, the police regional chief said. Losaes noted that while Eastern Visayas continues to be free from big-time drug syndicates, his office will nevertheless initiate an all-out campaign against street pushers and peddlers. In Maasin City, one Eric Salar alias Eric White, 36, was nabbed by joint operatives from the PRO8 Regional Intelligence Division (RID) and Southern Leyte Police Provincial Office (SLPPO) in a buy bust operation 3:30 p.m. on Jan.27 in Barangay Tagnipa. Confiscated from Salar were four small plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance suspected to be methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu with an estimated market value of P2,000 and cash amounting to P1,021 believed to be proceeds from his illegal activity. Meantime, the implementation of search warrant in Brgy. PI Garcia in Naval town in Biliran province resulted in the arrest of 49-year old drug suspect Lito Aquino. Acting on the strength of search warrant issued by Executive Judge Eprehem of the Regional Trial Court branch 18 in Hilongos, Leyte, a police team led by Police Chief Insp. Wilfredo Amordo raided the house of Aquino that also resulted in the seizure of six sachets of suspected shabu, P4,000 cash and several paraphernalia that includes digital weighing scales and lighters. Lawmen also confiscated one Colt caliber .45 and one Luger 9mm pistols and several rounds of ammunitions during the search. The suspects were brought to police stations for further investigation while recovered illegal items were brought to the Regional Crime Laboratory Office for examination. We will make it sure that they will be spending the rest of their lives in jail, Losaes said adding that drug charges were already filed against the arrested suspects. (PINSP ROMUEL

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In order to protect the communities against the devastating effects of future storms, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is targeting 380 kilometers of coastline for the restoration of mangrove and beach forest in Eastern Visayas which was ravaged by super typhoon Yolanda. In an interview, DENR-8 regional information officer Purificacion Daloos said that the tragedy caused by Yolanda call attention to the need to revive the regions damaged coastal forests to make its coastlines less vulnerable to extreme weather events. The DENR started in 2014 its massive treeplanting activity under the governments National Greening Program (NGP) in the coastal areas in the provinces of Eastern Samar, Samar and Leyte including the city of Tacloban in order to minimize the impact of storm surges, flooding and calamities following Yolandas devastation. Daloos said that the DENR is looking at the reversion of abandoned government-leas ed ponds to mangroves

DENR to plant more trees as natural barriers

in order to boost coastal protection, food resources and livelihood opportunities for coastal communities. She said that the implementation of NGP in the region have been reconfigured to give more priority to coastal intervention over reforestation in upland communities. Daloos added that the DENR have allocated around P347 million for the restoration of mangrove and natural beach forest in coastal areas devastated by Yolanda. The massive coastal rehabilitation program shall cover worsthit areas in Region eight particularly the province of Leyte including the city of Tacloban as a major concern given its being a major population center, but the undertaking will cover practically the entire eastern seaboard of Eastern Visayas, she said. She said that their main objective is to restore the regions degraded coastal forests to make its coastlines less vulnerable to extreme weather events. If the mangroves in Leyte and Eastern Samar have not been decimated, the storm

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surge in those areas would have been dissipated its strength, Daloos said. The surge can only destroy the leaves, but it cannot uproot the mangroves because they are so deeprooted and strong that they will re-grow in time, she added. Mangroves are natural barriers against tsunamis, storm surge and other wave action, and therefore, should not be destroyed, the DENR information officer said. Under their plan for 2014, some 19 million seedlings and propagules from mangrove trees and beach forest species like Talisay will be planted over 1,900 hectares of coastline under the NGP. The establishment of coastal green belts will be done in clusters to allow fisher folk access to the shorelines, as well as other sustainable activities like ecotourism and coastal management.
(RYAN GABRIEL ARCENAS)

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Football superstar Beckham visits E.V.

Football superstar David Beckham visited this city and the nearby town of Tanauan, this week and in the process providing comfort and cheer to the victims, particularly children, of supertyphoon Yolanda. Beckham arrived in this city on February 13 at the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport and immediately proceeded to the Tacloban Convention Center or astrodome, now temporary homes to more than 400 families. There, he stayed for more than an hour, interacting with the kids, cajoling babies and asked the mothers how they were coping after the massive disaster that struck this city three months ago. Jade Maceda, a 13 year old boy who was among the 300 lucky children who met the global superstar said that he and other children gave Backham a massage at his back. He just kept on smiling while we were giving him a massage at his back, the boy said. He also admitted that he has no idea who was Beckham, considered to be one of the most familiar faces in the world and one of the most popular soccer players. The 38-year soccer player arrived at the area at 1:38 p.m. amid tight security provided by the local police and burly white men apparently hired by the Unicef(United Nations Childrens Fund)of which Beckham is one of its ambassador of goodwill. Upon disembarking from a vehicle, Beckham mobbed by the media, evacuees and kibitzers immediately proceeded to a white tent provided by the Unicef where he met the 300 children, all survivors of the Supertyphoon Yolanda. There, he sat in one corner of the huge tent where the children entertained him by singing Ako ay Pilipino, among others. They also gave Beckham flowers made

CHEERS. Football superstar David Beckham visited Yolanda victims in Tacloban City and Tanauan, Leyte on February 13 and 14. In photo above shows one of the worlds most familiar faces being mobbed during his visit at the Tacloban astrodome.
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by the children from a colored paper. In turn, Beckham also created his own heart artwork made colored paper. Keith Sacramento, a soccer player who also teaches the sport at the Bethel International School based in Palo town, Leyte, said that he was happy to see his idol. I only see him in television. But now, I was able to see him up close and personal,

King Gustaf paid tribute to scouts bravery during Yolanda

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden paid his tribute to the tremendous jobs of the local boy scouts during the massive disaster during his visit this city. Gustaf, who visited this city on January 25 on board a chartered plane at around 9:18 am, said that he had heard stories that many of the scouts in this city and other affected areas by Yolanda made great efforts not only in ensuring their safety but even the members of their respective families. The king of Sweden, honorary chairman of the World Scouting Foundation and said to be one of the top donors of the scouting organization, personally distributed Boy Scout uniforms to 175 pupils, 75 at the San Jose National High School and 100 at the San Fernando Central School during his visits to these two public schools. The scouts lost their uniforms due to Yolanda. Leyte has about 28,564 members and 4,500 in Tacloban. I am here in my capacity as a scout and I heard a lot of scouting in your country. (Also) I am here to see the destructions and many scouts did tremendous jobs here, Gustaf, the first Swedish king to visit the country, said in a brief press conference held inside a huge tent of the United Nations. The king, accompanied by Boy Scout officials of their country, Simon Hang Bock, chairman of the World Organization Scout Movement and Vice President Jejomar Binay, the countrys national president of the BSP, walked from the tarmac to the tent. At least 276 boy scouts across the region, 20 them in Tacloban, died when Yolanda struck on Nov.8. The king said that one of the characters of being a scout- willing to extend help-came into to page 5

the 27-year old Sacramento said. And the following day, Beckham visited Barangay Santo Nino, a coastal village of Tanauan where he played soccer with 15 kids of the barangay. John Kelvin Dado, 12, said that he was happy not only to see Beckham in person but had a rare chance to play with him at their schools grounds. I just see him in television but for almost 20 minutes, we see him play with us here. We shake his hands which were sweaty, the Grade 6 student of the Santo Nino Elementary School of said village said. Beckham also visited the house of couple Trinidad Ojeda and her partner Rodolfo Mueba whose youngest child, Viana, died due to the typhoon. The couples two other children, Vince and Venus, survived the tragedy. He consoled us saying that everything happened for a purpose and were all be OK, Ojeda said. According to the

couple, Beckham stayed at their house for almost 30 minutes as he asked them how they are now living after the storm and if they are being provided with aid, particularly by the UNICEF. He kept on asking how we are now and if everythings okay with us. He also promised to return and give possible help to our family,Ojeda said. Of course, we were happy. He really went

out of his way just to be with us, her husband, Rodolfo, said. Aside from giving the family a rare photo with him, Beckham also signed his signature with his soccer number 23 at Sharinas notebook. I have a personal souvenir from him, Sharina giggled as she revealed that Beckham even changed his wet shirt before them.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

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our government and the different international groups who are helping us at present. No matter how well try to rebuild our lives and our town, nothing will happen if there will be no interventions that will come from our government, Boco said. Our people could now be starving without these assistance; there is no income of our people, the mayor added. Dolores Jerusalem, 53 and from the village of Brgy. Three, said that over two months after Yolanda, their lives remain to be at the standstill.

We have not only lost our home and source of income but even a child of ours. The experience was too much for us to bear and comprehend, Jerusalem said. She lost her son Martin- four of the 12 siblings-at the height of the supertyphoon when their house was washed out by the storm surge. The family lives on fishing prior to the typhoon. The fishing boat owned by her husband, Eleterio, was washed ashore. He said that of the 13 barangays of Hernani, four themBatang, Carmen, Three and Four- were washed out, referring to the houses that were totally destroyed due to Yolanda.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

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A matter of desire

A BEAUTIFUL thought crossed my mind the other day as I was reading some writings of St. Augustine, that revered Church Father whose works have left a great, if not indelible impact on Christian believers through the centuries and up to now. I thought of sharing it, with the warning that, yes, it is indeed theological and therefore requires a theological mind. After all, especially nowadays, we need to understand that we all need to do theology. Theology not only has a rightful place in the sun. It actually has to occupy the pride of place in our vast and ever-growing field of knowledge and the sciences. Not that it is going to do away with common sense and the regular operation of our reason. The contrary is true. Theology will always be in need of common sense and reason. It always has to relate with our existing sciences and arts, and pace with them. Its distinctive contribution is to put in more substance, give meaning and direction to all of them according to the light of faith that brings things to a supernatural order. We need to overcome our fear or bias against theology. Such fear has no basis since, whether we like or not, or whether we affirm or deny it, we actually cannot avoid doing theology. We are creatures of belief, even if the object of such belief is just our own selves, or nothing transcendent. But the moment we try to understand, explore and explain our beliefs and apply them to our life, we would already be doing at least some theology. We might as well develop our theology as fully as we

can! Now back to St. Augustine. He was talking about heaven, the be-all and end-all of Christian life, when he made a very succinct conclusion that: The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. He said that since we dont see heaven now and yet we long for it, we need to keep on desiring it to prepare ourselves for it. That desire not only has to be maintained. It also has to increase as time passes. The time of our life, the time of waiting to see our ultimate end, God, is a time to cultivate our holy desire to the max. His argument for this is beautiful. Suppose you are going to fill some container and you know you will be given a large amount. Then you set about stretching your container. It is to make room for the tremendous amount we will receive God himself. The idea of stretching or enlarging the container to receive a tremendous amount that we expect can be translated into not only keeping but also increasing our desire of God whom we expect to come to us in overwhelming abundance. In short, we have to make that desire fervent! We need to constantly feed it to keep it burning We can increase our desire of God by growing in the virtuesmore humility, more faith and charity, more patience and understandingin the tenor of what Christ himself said once: For them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth. (Jn 17,19) ImagineChrist himself, who is already God, feels the need to to page 5

fter three months after Eastern Visayas was beaten by supertyphoon Yolanda last year, homeless survivors are yet scouring their way through the rubbles on hope of salvaging pieces of their belongings or at least some debris they could piece together for a makeshift abode. For now, there are yet hundreds of families hanging on their nooks in the overcrowded and uncomfortable evacuation sites for absence of a new permanent shelter. Sadly, if their original houses lie within the no-build zone area, they will have to wait until they get their new houses in a relocation site. The 40-meter easement order that government authorities will implement in coastal communities following the attack of killer supertyhoon Yolanda is not exclusively for execution in areas ravaged by the monster storm on November 8 last year particularly the eastern seaboard of Eastern Visayas. It is to be carried out in all coastal communities across the archipelago. Through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the national government has, in fact, earmarked P347 million for the restoration of mangrove and natural beach forests in coastal areas battered by Yolanda. This amount will include largely the payment for the survivors who will take part in the effort in a cash-forwork system. This mangrove and forest area is the basis of the 40-meter easement if PD 1067 (Philippine Water Code) is the very reason of the easement. PD 1067 states among others banks of rivers and streams and the shores of the seas and lakes throughout their entire length and within a zone of three meters in urban areas, twenty meters in agricultural areas and forty meters in forest areas, along their margins are subject to the easement of public use in the interest recreation, navigation, floatage, fishing and salvage. To emphasize the expanse of the no-build zone, it is therefore clear that in urban areas, the easement is three meters, in agricultural areas 20 meter, while in forests areas 40 meters.

EDITORIAL The green belts of EV

In the reforestation plan with respect to the no-build zone policy, some 19 million seedlings and propagules from mangrove trees and beach forest species such as talisay plant will be sown over 1,900 hectares of coastline. This is in line as well with the National Greening Program of the government. With this, the government envisions to establish coastal green belts in clusters, though, to provide space for fishermens access to the shorelines and other sustainable activities like ecotourism and coastal management. DENR Sec. Ramon Paje, in an interview, disclosed that restoring the coastal forests in the region will set the foundation for the reconstruction and recovery of both coastal communities and urban areas in the affected provinces in coordination with the local government units concerned. The coastal rehabilitation plan are slated to be undertaken in Dulag (Leyte), Guiuan, Llorente and Balangiga (Eastern Samar) and Basey (Samar). Meantime, in Tacloban City, in spite of the no-build zone ordinance that the city council had passed and later approved by Mayor Alfred Romualdez, there are residents whose homes were totally washed out or partially destroyed by Yolanda have started building their homes within the easement area. This is affront to the local edict which in a separate interview with city administrator and lawyer Tecson John Lim does not discriminate titled land owners from squatters. Meaning as he was quoted in a SunStar online news, Whether or not (the residents) have a land title, no building permit will be issued to (them) if (they) will put up residential houses within 40 meters of the shorelines. This the news said will affect about 7,339 families from coastal communities. Apparently, the city government will have to hasten up in coming up with the proper building code and master plan for the city lest they find it difficult to ease the dwellers due mainly on lack of political will. Precisely, Tacloban city is not part of the green belt area in EVs eastern board under the national greening program of the government. There should be a comprehensive and doable plan or sadly lose the meaning of this ordinance.

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carabao slide, to 75 students. He also donated same items to 100 students at the San Fernando Central School and one of them was Jobez Timatiga. The Grade V student said that he felt great not only to see in person the king but to shake his hand as well. I feel great to see the king. It was cool and his hands were so smooth, the 10-year old boy said.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

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DTI extends loans to Yolanda hit businessmen

The Small Business Corporation (SBC) reported a total of P200 million loan applications from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Visayas regions displaced by super typhoon Yolanda. SBC president and chief operations officer Ma. Luna Cacanando said they expect to complete the release of initial loan applications to SMEs in the next three months. The state-run corporation, the lending arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), said that 34 borrowers have already received loans in northern Cebu and several areas in Tacloban City, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Samar and Eastern Samar. We have now processed applications of 135 borrowers with a total loan application of about P200 million. Every other week, we sent teams in affected areas to process about 15 to 20 applications, Cacanando said. The SBC offers special loans to displaced businessmen with one year grace period and an interest rate of 5% to 6%, lower than the 10% to 12% interest for regular financing program. Our goal is to help more SMEs, but we are encouraging the banking sector to start lending. They need to have strategy on how to help affected businessmen considering the scale of destruction in several areas, she added. Recently, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo led the release of checks to 13 Yolanda-displaced SMEs in Eastern Visayas amounting to P8.9 million. Providing loans will definitely help. It will have multiplier effect since businesses that will resume operation would hire workers and need supplies. The effect is symbiotic, Domingo told reporters. The beneficiaries are engaged in businesses like healthcare, vehicle and parts, soft drinks distribution, printing, grocery shop, food processing, motorcycle and bicycle parts, pharmacy, farm machineries, scrap metal, construction supplies trade, lumber, meat shop, and hardware. We pulled out

play during the disaster. Let us work together. I believe thats scouts are good at because they know to help each other, he said. The king accompanied by Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez visited the San Jose National High School where he gave a set of uniform, consisting of t-shirt, pants, belt and
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Eighth (8th) Judicial Region BRANCH 2 Borongan, Eastern Samar IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF minor child JOHN ALFRED BUENAFE DALINA & CANCELLATION OF THE CERT. OF LIVE BIRTH OF JOHN ALFRED DALINA UNDER REG. NO. 2009-276. SPS. FREDDIE A. DALINA & THELMA B. DALINA Petitioners SPEC. PROC. NO. 15012 x- - - - - - - - - - - - -x ORDER

This is a veried petition for adoption of minor John Alfred Buenafe Dalina led by petitioners-spouses Freddie A. Dalina and Thelma B. Dalina praying that after due publication, notice and

hearing, judgment be rendered (1) granting the adoption of herein minor child by herein petitioners spouses Freddie A. Dalina and Thelma B. Dalina and forthwith, a decree of adoption be issued placing herein minor child John Alfred B. Dalina in the category of a legitimate child of herein petitioners; (2) granting and bestowing upon said minor child all the rights and privileges appurtenant to a legitimate child; (3) ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Maydolong, Eastern Samar and the National Statistics Ofce, the cancellation of the Live Birth Certicate of John Alfred B. Dalina under Registry No. 2009-276 which for all legal intents and purposes is a null and void document having been issued through inadvertent misrepresentations of herein petitioners; (4) ordering the registration anew of the fact of birth of herein minor John Alfred B. Dalina of the Local Civil Registrar of Maydolong, Eastern Samar, and (5) other reliefs which are just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for. Finding the petition to be sufcient in form and 215,192.60), excluding penalties, charges, attorneys fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on MARCH 26, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the main entrance of the Municipal Building of Can-avid, Eastern Samar to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGERS CHECK and in Philippine currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit: ARP No.: 05-0500800243 LOCATION: Brgy. 08, Can-avid, Eastern Samar LAND AREA: 94 SQ.M. CADASTRAL LOT NO.: 2912 ASSESSORS LOT NO.: 026 BLOCK NO.: 07 BOUNDARIES: North 025-Casarino; South L. Gales Street; East 024 A. Hicao; West 027-J. Concan All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on APRIL 8, 2014, without further notice. Dolores, Eastern Samar, Philippines, February 19, 2014,

Petition for Sale under Act No. 3135/1508 led by METRO ORMOC COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE (OCCCI), against PORTIA G. MENDOZA, of L. Gales St., Brgy. 8, Can-avid, Eastern Samar, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March, 2013 amounts to TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETYTWO PESOS AND SIXTY CENTAVOS (PhP

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Eighth (8th) Judicial Region BRANCH 4 Dolores, Eastern Samar METRO ORMOC COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE (OCCCI), Mortgagee, -versusPORTIA G. MENDOZA, Mortgagor, EJF No. 315 For: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT NO. 3135, AS AMENDED x- - - - - - - - - - - - -x NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SALE Upon Extra-Judicial

substance, set this case for hearing on May 2, 2014, at 9:00 oclock in the morning at the session Hall of this Court. Any person having or claiming any interest in the adoption of minor John Alfred B. Dalina, may, within fteen (15) days from Notice of the petition or from the last date of the publication of this Order, le his/her opposition thereto. Let a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Eastern Samar and accredited by this Court to publish judicial and legal notices, at the expense of the petitioners. The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Ofcer (PSWDO) is hereby directed to conduct a Child and Home Study Report, and to conduct counseling sessions with the biological parents on the matter of adoption of the adoptee, and to submit her reports thereon before the date of hearing. Furnish copy of this Order, together with a copy of the petition to the Ofce of the Solicitor General (OSG), 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, to the Provincial Prosecutor, the PSWDO, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, Atty. Apelado and the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Borongan City, Eastern Samar, December 5, 2013.

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budget from our existing programs to provide loans to affected SMEs. We are proposing additional budget in the form of support to SBC operation to serve more entrepreneurs, Domingo said. One of the recipients was Gimine Ann Pacanan, 35, whose family owns a grocery shop, pharmacy, and franchise of three Monterey Meat shop branches in Tacloban. The loan is a big to page 6

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..from page 4 sanctify himself that we also may be sanctified in the truth! Obviously, given our shortcomings and our tendency to be big in desire and intention but small and unstable in performance, we also need to increase our trust in Gods providence, since he knows how to make use even of our defects and failures to fulfill the ultimate design and purpose for us. We have to be wary of abandoning this trust especially when we suffer some persistent human misery. Lets always remember St. Pauls words: Its when I am

weak that I am strong, (2 Cor 12,10) that tell us that we can use our shortcomings and failures to get even closer to God. It should be part of our holy desire for holiness to grow always in our trust in Gods ever-merciful providence. Perhaps a prayer we can use to trigger this holy desire as we start the day every morning could be the following: As this day begins, fill our hearts with a desire to serve you. May our thoughts and our actions give you glory. Purify our hearts from all desire for evil. Let us seek to do your will. Open wide our hearts to the needs of all our brethren. May they not be deprived of our love. Amen.

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(Sgd.) NATHANIEL E. BALDONO Presiding Judge

(Sgd.) Atty. MA. JALICE B. LATOJAIRASGA Clerk of Court VI And Ex-Ofcio Sheriff

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Eighth (8th) Judicial Region BRANCH 2 Borongan, Eastern Samar IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF BYRON BUENAFE BAULA BYRON BUENAFE BAULA, rep. by CARIDAD BUENAFE BAULA, Petitioner -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF LLORENTE, EASTERN SAMAR, THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, NSO, MANILA, Respondents SPL. PROC. NO. 130-11 x- - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

This is a veried petition for correction of entries in the Certicate of Live Birth led by petitioner Byron Buenafe Baula, represented by Caridad Buenafe Baula, through counsel, praying that after due notice and hearing, judgment be rendered directing the Local Civil Registrar of Llorente, Eastern Samar and the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Ofce, Manila, to correct the entry in his record of birth, particularly his gender and sex from female to male, his true and correct gender, and also his rst name from Viron to Byron. Finding the petition to be in due form and substance, set this case for hearing on May 6, 2014, at 9:30 in the morning, at the session hall of this Court. Any person having or claiming any interest under the entries in the record of birth the correction of which is being sought may, within fteen (15) days from notice of the petition or from the last date of publication of this Order, le his opposition

ORDER

thereto. Let copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation and duly accredited to publish judicial or legal notices in the province of Eastern Samar at the expense of the petitioner. Send a copy of this Order, together with a copy of the petition to the Ofce of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City and to the Local Registrar of Llorente, Eastern Samar, the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Ofce, Manila and to petitioner and his representative Caridad Buenafe Baula, and his counsel. SO ORDERED. Borongan City, Eastern Samar, January 21, 2014.

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(Sgd.) NATHANIEL E. BALDONO Presiding Judge

A veried petition had been led before this Court by petitioner KRIZZIA IMARI A. PRADO thru counsel, praying among others that after notice and hearing, an order be issued canceling the annotation in the Certicate of Live Birth of the petitioner that she is legitimated by the subsequent marriage of her parents. The petition being sufcient in form and

Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court 8th Judicial Region BRANCH 4 Dolores, Eastern Samar KRIZZIA IMARI A. PRADO, Petitioners -vsLCR of Dolores, E. Samar, OFFICE of the SOLICITOR GENERAL, And all persons who are interested, Respondents CIVIL CASE NO. 326 For: CANCELLATION of an ENTRY IN the CERTIFICATE of LIVE BIRTH x- - - - - - - - - --x ORDER

substance, the same is hereby set for hearing before this Court on March 26, 2014 at 8:00 oclock in the morning at which any interested person may appear and oppose the petition. Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioners once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Eastern Samar duly accredited by this Court. Furnish copy of this order and of the petition to the petitioner, her counsel, LCR of Dolores, E. Samar and the Solicitor General. SO ORDERED. Dolores, Eastern Samar, January 28, 2014.

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(Sgd.) FILOTEA M. ESTORNINOS Presiding Judge

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March 02 - 08, 2014

DAR help Samar farmers hit by Yolanda

C AT BA L O G A N CITY- It is over three months since super Tyhoon Yolanda wrought havoc in the Visayas regions that cost lives and leaving severe damages to the economic livelihood and properties in these regions, yet, the victims are still in dire need of assistance to which every agency and sector, local and foreign, is trying to address. At the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), the focus of its intervention is on the farmers in worst hit agrarian reform communities (ARCs). In an effort to revive the livelihood industry of the affected farmers in the ARCs, a rapid survey and assessment was conducted by DAR late last year in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme to come up with information as to priority areas in the province needing immediate assistance. Headed by provincial agrarian reform program officer I Segundino L. Pagliawan, another round of survey is being undertaken in the ARCs of Marabut, Basey and Sta. Rita, having been identified as the worst hit municipalities in Samar per result of the rapid survey earlier conducted. The survey is to come up with a master list of the farmers in said areas who

Popular singer Gary Valenciano wows school children during his January 30 visit at Rizal Central School. The singers visit to Tacloban is part of his being an ambassador of the UNICEF (United Nations Children Educational Fund).

Gary V brings cheers to school children

Singer Gary Valenciano brought cheers to teachers and children in this citys Rizal Elementary School who are still coping up from trauma caused by supertyphoon Yolanda. Va l e n c i a n o encouraged children to come back to school as he performed songs he popularized at the Rizal Park on January 30. I am honored to be with children who suffered the impact of the worst disaster but still managed to smile. You are not alone, Unicef has been here with you before and during the disaster and we will be here with throughout the recovery, Valenciano told the audience. The singer, known in showbiz world as Mr. Pure Energy, is a Unicef(United Nations Childrens Fund) Philippines G o o d w i l l ambassador for the last 16 years. Instead of children roaming around, I encourage them to come back to school and pursue their dreams, the singer said. Va l e n c i a n o rendered some of his most popular songs Di bale na lang; Gaya ng dati; Natutulog ba ang Diyos?, I will be here; Warior is a child; Sana Maulit Muli and Walang Hanggan. Among those who saw the popular singer perform was Grade 5 pupil Jilian Medalla, 11, whose younger sister, Christine Faith, a Grade 2 pupil of Rizal Elementary School perished during the onslaught of the supertyphoon. School activities and concert like this helped me recover from that traumatic experience, said Medalla who held her younger sister before big waves hit and damaged their house. The school, one of the biggest in Tacloban, had an enrolment of 2,570 before Yolanda. The catastrophe has killed at least 5 children. Since January 6, only 1,900 are back to school, 495 have transferred to other places. Zafrin Chowdhury,

(TOTEX ARCUENO)

Unicef Philippines chief of communication said the organization to continue to address educational needs of children along Yolandas path. Gary V has been one of our strongest supporters and genuinely cares for the welfare of children. This is the perfect place and time for him to inspire children. Hes a master performer and motivates children, Chowdhury said.
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DTI...

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help for us to restart the meat shop business. We still have to decide whether to reopen our grocery shop and pharmacy because it will need more capital, Pacanan said. Her family has been into retail business for 17 years. They decided to shutdown their shops after losing about P10 million from storm surge and looting incidents.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branch 3 Guiuan, Eastern Samar VILMA CORTEZSALVEDIA, Petitioner -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF GUIUAN, EASTERN SAMAR, Respondent Special Proceeding No. 1379 For: CORRECTION OF

They had 30 workers. The DTI said that about 50,000 SMEs were affected by the destructive typhoon in the three Visayas regions. (SARWELL
Q.MENIANO)

Before this Court is a veried Petition led by VILMA CORTEZSALVEDIA, through counsel, praying of this Honorable Court that, after due notice, publication and hearing, an ORDER be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Guiuan, Eastern Samar to correct the entries in the Certicate of Live Birth of Petitioner, with Local Civil Registry No. 85-680, particularly the following: A. Petitioners Middle name: from CORTEX to CORTEZ; B. Petitioners Last name: from SALVEDEA to SALVEDIA; C. Middle name and last name of Petitioners Mother (Maiden name): From DIONESIA C. SALVEDEA to DIONESIA R. CORTEZ; It appearing that the Petition is sufcient in form and substance, let the initial hearing of the petition be set on April 24, 2014 at 8:30 in the morning in the Session Hall of this Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 3, Guiuan,

ENTRIES x- - - - - - - -x ORDER

Eastern Samar. Let a copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Region VIII and the Province of Eastern Samar at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing to afford person or persons who may have opposition to le the same, stating among others the grounds why said Petition should not be granted, and attend on said hearing at the date, time and place as above-stated. Let a copy thereof be furnished to the Solicitor General, Ofce of the Civil Registrar, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, and the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, for information and appropriate action. SO ORDERED in Chambers. February 13, 2014 in the afternoon. Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.

shall directly benefit from the program. Included in the survey is gathering of data on the available labor force of the affected family within the ARC; the extent of damage on community facility or assets specifically related to farming like irrigation; and farm areas still filled with debris caused by the super typhoon that needs clearing; or any other needed farm inputs. Information on family with no labor-abled body is also included in the survey to come up with an appropriate project and assistance that can be delivered to them under the same program. Under the auspice of the Sustainable Livelihood Recovery Program, the affected farmers shall render labor on their own respective areas; the UN-WFP shall pay the farmer for the labor rendered-one laborer per family under the cash for work sub-project of the program; and DAR shall implement monitor and supervise the implementation of the program in the identified affected areas. Per preliminary report from the Program Beneficiaries Development Division of DAR Samar, it reveals that about 200 farmers in 20 barangays within the ARCs of the said municipalities would benefit from the program. (DAR-Samar PIO TERESITA D. TIJOL)

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(Sgd.) ROLANDO M. LACDO-O Presiding Judge