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TACLOBAN CITY – While the Department of Health (DOH) instructed not to an-nounce vaccine brands being used in inoculation sites, An Waray Party-List Rep-resentative Florencio ‘Bem’ Noel maintains that it is the public’s right to know what vaccines they are getting.

“The public should know be-fore they get inoculated. We each have our preference where we are comfortable. Maybe what’s incon-venient for others does not matter, but it matters for others who go and get disappointed that you get vaccinated not by your preferred brand. At least you still have the chance to say no,” he pointed out.

Local government units have been ordered to stop announcing in advance what brands of coro-navirus disease (COVID-19) vac-cines they have in stock follow-ing the directive from President Rodrigo Duterte.

Said order is meant to dis-courage crowds from converging at vaccination centers following reports of overcrowding and lack of social distancing that ensued in the inoculation sites where Pfizer jabs were offered.

However, the official said that others who just want to be pro-

‘LIBRENG SAKAY PROGRAM TO ALL HEALTHCARE WORKERS’ LAUNCHED IN ORMOC. On May 20, 2021, Thursday, the launching of the “Libreng Sakay Para sa mga Healthcare Workers, Frontliners, APOR” was successfully held at the New Ormoc City Hall lobby as graced by Mayor Richard I. Gomez, Vice Mayor Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr. and the members of the 15th Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc, together with City Administrator Vincent Emnas, PCOL Ramil Ramirez of OCPO, Barnsby Cagang of Traffic Enforcement and Management Office, and rep-resentatives from ‘libreng sakay’ provider, Great Power Movers Transportation Corporation, who are Felix A. Perez Jr., Fleet Supervisor, and Maria Lourdes Pobe, HR personnel for Ormoc City.

Accordingly, the 17 units of electric jeep will be going around major city hospital roads from OSPA-FMC Hospital in Barangay Can-adieng, within the City Proper, to as far as the Ormoc City District Hospital before going to Robinsons Place Ormoc; and the “free ride” will start on May 20 to end on June 30, 2021.

The said project is in partnership with LGU-Ormoc, DOTr, LTO, LTFRB, and Great Power Movers Transportation Corporation. (By Mary Ann Reusora)

MORE THAN a year into the pandemic, the Visayas region has reached a significant milestone in

its COVID-19 response efforts as local government units (LGUs) are now poised to implement

their respective community vac-cinations, a major step towards economic recovery.

On Saturday, the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) officially culmi-nated the rollout of the Visayas COVID-19 Vaccination Opera-tions Center (VVOC) Manual after this was cascaded to all LGUs in the three Visayas regions in the past three weeks.

“With the culmination of the VVOC Manual rollout in the Visayas, I now declare Visayas is ready for community vaccina-tion,” Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino said.

From its successful pilot rollout in Cebu province, the vaccination manual has since been made avail-able to the rest of Central, Eastern and Western Visayas LGUs. The VVOC manual aims to capacitate them in preparing for the vaccina-tion of their general population.

“With the cooperation from our leaders who share a strong compassion for our people, I

2 MAY 17-23, 2021

Sta. Rita pupils welcome ‘Intranet learning’

Ormoc, Kananga farmers successfully graduate from ‘farm field school’

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ORMOC CITY – A ‘Farm Field School Production of High Quality Inbred Rice, Seed Certification and Farm Mechanization’ Graduation Ceremony happened on May 19, 2021 at the Ormoc City Super-dome, wherein a total of 180 graduates from Ormoc City and Kananga Leyte happily marched on stage to receive their certificates of course completion.

A c c o rd i n g l y, s a i d graduates were students of the Quilantang Farm Products and Agricultural Services situated in Ba-rangay Liloan, this city, a learning institution ac-credited with TESDA and offers a program focusing on Agriculture, specifically the ‘Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program’ (RCEP) in preparation for the implementation of Rice Tariffication Law.

The event was graced by SP Member Lalaine A. Marcos, Committee Chair-person on Women, Family and Gender Development, and the Vice-Chairperson of the SP Committee on Agriculture, who expressed her gratitude to Quilantang Farm and TESDA for the opportunity given to the farmers most especially to the women farmers, say-

ing, “I would like to con-gratulate you. Ang ato mga farmers nagkat-on na ug insakto na pamaagi sa pag-tanum sa humay especially sa paggamit ug mechani-zation. Nalipay ko na mga kababayin-an kasagaran ang ato estudyante. Thank you, nag-uma pa gyud mo, nanay pa gyud mo, laban-dera pa gyud mo, daghan kaayo ang inyong kawo na gi sul-ot, farmers pa gyud mo. Daghang salamat, be-cause farmers are the one that feed the nation.”

SP Member Nolito M. Quilang, Committee Chair-person on Livelihood and Manpower Development, who also attended said event made known his grati-tude as well to the learning institution and congratu-lated the graduates for the

eagerness to learn for their living, saying, “My con-gratulations to you is born out of the fact that I admire your bravery and your spirit to pursue your livelihood activities and your desire to improve your skills es-pecially in farming. These training opportunities from TESDA and the Depart-ment of Agriculture give the marginalized sector in our society a fighting chance for them to be able to bring their family out of poverty and become valuable assets to our community in general.”

Meanwhile, Marcia Trininad of Sitio Kabikoy, Barangay San Jose, this city, a graduate, also gave thanks to the Quilantang Farm, the LGU-Ormoc and TESDA for the opportunity given to them to gain more knowledge about farming, saying, “Dako kaayo kata-bang na nakahibaw nami sa pag binhi, unsaon pag binhi pariha anang mga harmful

ug beneficial na mga in-sects. Ang labing importanti kay mas na improve mi isip mag-uuma na ma improve ang among mga produkto, naghinaot mi na magpa-dayon ni siya ug dako gyud mi ug pasalamat sa TESDA ug sa LGU na naka attend mi ani na programa.”

In addition, each of the graduates received Php 2,440 allowance from TESDA including PPEs. Accordingly, their training started on December 2020 and ended last March 2021.

Also in attendance at the said graduation ceremo-ny were Dir. Renato T. Dela Cruz, TESDA Provincial Director; Dir. Hazel Grace T. Taganas, ATI-RTC8 Cen-ter Director l; Hon. Alma Ofano, a Kananga, Leyte Councilor; Ms. Barbara Sanchez, a representative of Sen. Cynthia Villar; and Ms. Maria Patria D. Quilantang, Farm School Administrator. By Mary Ann Reusora

FOOD SAFETY AND GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES TRAINING HAPPENS IN ORMOC. A two-day Food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices Training that was attended by the Chairperson of the SP Committee on Tourism, Culture and Arts, SP Member Peter Rodriguez happened last May 19-20, 2021 at Sabin Resort Hotel.

The said event was hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) as presented by Dr. John Glenn D. Ocaña, Provincial Director of DOST-Leyte, Imelda Picorro, SRS II, and Krysthel Tunggol, PA II, both of DOST-Leyte. And joining them at the training were representatives from the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO), City Agriculture Office (CAO) and PESO-Ormoc who learned about current good practices on food safety, sanitation and manufacturing. (By Mary Ann Reusora)

STA. RITA, SAMAR – Dis-tance learning has been a struggle for both learn-ers and teachers amid the coronavirus disease (CO-VID-19) pandemic. Lucky are those who have tech-nology and gadgets at their disposal but how about those living in remote ar-eas with no cellphone sig-nal and Internet?

Although areas that have unstable or no Internet connection use modular learning instead of digital learning, communication remains a struggle in these areas.

Kiesha Yarrah Obejas, 9, a Grade 4 pupil from Sta. Elena Elementary School, an interior village some 10 kilometers away from Sta. Rita town proper was thrilled when she learned that she can now participate in digital learning through a system developed by Vinyl Oquiño, a Tacloban-based electrical engineer.

Her days of reading and answering thick mod-ules are now over. Her teacher, Elaine Ramirez just goes to a place with WIFI to download all learning materials on her laptop and upload them to the system for sharing with learners via an intranet.

Oquiño worked as a professor of Adama Sci-ence and Technology Uni-versity in Ethiopia for six years where Korean experts strongly lobbied for the es-tablishment of an intranet system in rural communi-ties in Ethiopia with no Internet connection.

He said his experi-ence when he was still in school and the things he has learned while working overseas motivated him to help the children obtain education despite the pan-

demic, saying, “It brings joy to help our students have fun while they are learning.”

The students and teach-ers can access the system using cellphones and com-puters. Each pupil is pro-vided with an account to access the digital learning platform and answer quiz-zes, view learning videos, communicate with teachers, download e-books, among others.

Unlike the Internet, in-formation shared on the intranet is controlled by teachers to prevent the risks of seeing inappropriate con-tent and cybercrimes.

Charl ie Singh, the school principal, said the school raised around Php 120,000 for the project from their own pockets and a foreign donor.

They completed the project in just three weeks ahead of their two-month target, including the instal-lation of infrastructure, and formally launched the sys-tem last Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

“At first, everybody did not believe in the innovation because it is highly techni-cal and seems costly but now, after witnessing how it works, they have come to embrace it. The pupils are responding well unlike modules, which they said are boring because they can also watch animated videos shared by their teachers,” Singh shared.

He added that pupils could view their scores and retake the quiz as part of the learning process. It is also more efficient because they no longer need to print and distribute modules to parents.

According to him, this is the first project of its kind in Samar Island. The

Department of Education (DepEd)-Samar Division has already expressed its interest to replicate the proj-ect in other areas in the province considering that most of its areas have poor Internet access.

Finally, learners with-out smartphones or com-puters will still be provided with printed learning mate-

rials, however, the school is finding ways to provide all 158 learners with gadgets.

“As of now, we have already received 5 pledges for cellphones. About 50 of them have cellphones and computers at home that they can borrow to access their learning materials,” he said. By Marie Tonette Marticio

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Globe lineman napowak patayLeyte bus firm offers 6-week free ride

Mayor Gomez finally receives first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine

BAYBAY CITY – Patay ang usa ka lineman sa Globe Telecom nga si Joniel Galo y Requila, 28 anyos, ulita-wo ug taga Brgy. Jubasan, Inopacan, Leyte human mapowak gikan sa giayad nga poste.

Nahitabo ang insidenti mga alas 5:30 sa hapon sa Mayo 18 didto sa National Highway sakop sa Brgy. Sa-bang dakbayan sa Baybay.

Base sa tahu nga na-kuha sa Baybay City Police Station, nga girespondihan nila ang ‘radio call’ gikan sa Baybay Emergency and

Rescue Unit kalabot sa ma-ong aksidinti; diin didto sa lugar naabtan nila nga giasikaso na sa Rescue Team (BERU) ang biktima.

Nasayran sa imbist-gasyon nga nag-ayad sa linya sa Globe niadtong higayona si Galo gamit ang hagdan, dihang niagi ang trailer truck nga gikan sa lungsod sa Inopacan paingon sa City Proper sa Baybay. Aksidinti niining nasangit ang linya o wire nga gitrabaho sa maong lineman. Hangtod nga nabi-ra og naguyod sa trak ang

kable hinungdan sa pagka tagak sa biktima ngadto sa simintadong karsada.

Dali kining gidala sa pinaka duol nga tambala-nan sa Western Leyte Pro-vincial Hospital (WLPH) sa Baybay City apan gideklara kini nga Dead on Arrival (DOA) sa attending phy-sician nga si Dr. Jerome Profetana.

Boluntaryong nitahan sa kaugalingon sa Police Station ang truck driver nga si Rendentor Paña y Diomonon, 44 anyos, minyo nga taga Brgy. Montebel-

lo, Kananga, Leyte. Mag atubang siya sa kasong ‘Reckless lmprudence Re-sulting in Homicide’ ug kasamtangan siyang gikus-todiya na sa Baybay PNP. Hinuon dunay lisensya ang maong driver ug sa 2023 pa ang expiry date niini.

Sa laing bahin, bag-o na ang hepe sa kapolisan sa Baybay City pinaagi ni Police Lieutenant Colonel Joemen P. Collado kinsa nainstalar niadtong mila-bay nga semana hulip kang PLC Renomeron. Ni Josie Sersena

Sakop kanhi sa ‘Espinosa Group’ sikop sa buy-bust operationORMOC CITY – Sikop sa operasyon sa kapolisan ang kanhi sakop sa ‘Espinosa Group’ mga alas 12:20 sa udto niadtong Mayo 19 didto sa Sitio Mahaba 1, Brgy. San Jose ning syudad.

Ang suspek sa buy-bust operation mao si Alfred Tres Batistis y Arradaza ‘Alyas Tres’, 38 anyos, minyo, lend-ing collector ug molopyo sa Brgy. Alegria, Ormoc City.

Ang operatiba gilang-kuban sa hiniusang unit gikan sa Police Station-2

(PS-2), Ormoc City Drug Enforcement Unit, Ormoc City Mobile Force Compa-ny ug dunay koordinasyon sa PDEA 8.

Arestado ang suspek human maaktohi nga nag-baligya sa gidudahang il-legal nga drugas ngadto sa police poseur-buyer, nga si PCPL Cliff Garcera. Usa ka heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet nga dunay sulod balor ug Php 500.00 og motimbang sa 0.5 grams ang napalit.

Dihang gihimo ang body search kang ‘Alyas Tres’, nakuha sa iyang posi-syon ang mga items sama sa usa ka sling bag kolor green, usa ka itom nga leather wallet, usa ka tibuok papel nga Php 500.00 nga maoy buy-bust money, usa ka coin purse kolor gray, ug upat ka gagmay nga plastic sachet nga may sulod sa gidudahang shabu

nga gibana-bana nga motimbang ug 2.0 gramos.

Pasakaan ang suspit-

sado sa kasong paglapas sa Sec. 5 and 11, Article 11 of RA 9165. Gikustodiya na si Batistis sa pasilidad sa PS-2 kinsa matud sa autoridad niangkon nga miembro siya sa grupo nga gipangulohan ni Kerwin Espinosa. Pero dugang pang tug-an niini sa kapolisan nga ginagmay og panagsa nalang ang pag salmot niya sa ingon niini nga negosyo sanglit nagtra-baho na siya isip kolektor sa lending company. Ni Josie Sersena

UNDERSECRETARY SA DOE NIBISITA SA ORMOC. Mayo 18 dihang nianhi sa Ormoc si Usec. Benito L Ranque, Undersecretary, Special Concerns and LGU sa Depart-ment of Energy (DOE), partikular aron makig himamat kang City Mayor Richard I. Gomez og Administrator Vincent Emnas.

Usa sa mahinondanong katuyoan sa pag bisita didto sa Mayor’s Office mao ang his-gutan ang mga kalamboan sa kooperatiba o ang ‘performance’ sa LEYECO V. Ingon man usab ang introduksyon sa gitawag nga “EC-owned Distributed Generation Facility Proj-ects” ubos sa inisyatibo sa DOE-OSC og NEA nga mga programa.

Didto usab sa maong panagtagbo sa team sa DOE og LGU ang personnel sa LEYECO V sama nila ni Ms. Noreen Felicita, MPA, DPA-OIC fo ISD; Ms. Ghanda Bernandino, DPA-OIC for MSD; og Ms. Elvira Baluyo, PR Officer. (Ni Josie Sersena)

TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – A bus firm operating in Leyte is currently im-plementing a six-week free ride from this city to Ormoc City and Bili-ran province through the government’s service con-tracting program.

Visayas Liner has start-ed on May 14 the free ride for Tacloban-Ormoc and Tacloban-Naval (Biliran) routes as part of its drive to help commuters in the wake of the health crisis, the com-pany said in its statement on Thursday. The program will benefit bus passengers until June 30, 2021.

Passengers from here to Ormoc will save Php 225 per ride while those bound to and from Naval town will save Php 262 per ride.

“We are joining the Land Transportation and Franchise Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Region 8 (East-ern Visayas) in the govern-ment’s drive to help the community in the midst of the pandemic. Starting this week, health workers, front-liners, and authorized per-sons outside residence can ride Visayas Liner for free on our routes,” the com-pany added in its statement.

The service-contracting program allows public util-ity vehicle (PUV) drivers to earn a steady income – Php 11.00 per kilometer for traditional and modern jeepneys and Php 23.10 for passenger buses aside from incentives or demerits based on service quality, commuter feedback, and performance of the driver.

Those included in the program have to meet spe-cific performance indicators to improve the quality of transport service and for them to receive the subsidy.

T h e p ro g r a m w a s launched last November 2020 with a budget of Php 5.58 billion as part of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2.

The LTFRB reminded drivers of the PUVs offering a free ride to observe the 50 percent capacity and must follow the standard health protocols such as wearing of face shields and masks at all times, no talking, phone conversation, nor eating. The driver/operator must always maintain good and adequate ventilation in PUVs, regular disinfection, prohibiting passengers with COVID-19 symptoms from

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ORMOC CITY Mayor Richard I. Gomez together with SP Member Vince Rama received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at Robinsons Place Ormoc located in Barangay Cogon last May 21, Friday.

Medical students from Western Leyte College and San Lorenzo Ruiz, as well as additional frontline work-ers from our various iso-lation hotels and funeral home personnel, were all also immunized.

The aforementioned students and workers are all

part of Priority A1 because they will be in charge of COVID-19 deaths and CO-VID-19 suspects.

During the activity, both Mayor Gomez and Councilor Rama urged those who have not yet been vaccinated to do so in order to be protected.

“Magpabakuna jud tah kay matod pa sa mga doctor usa ni sa protection og de-pensa nato sa COVID-19,” said Rama, a licensed em-balmer who owns a funeral home services business in this city, thus, his inclusion

in Priority A1.“Magpabakuna na tah,

dili ta angay mahadlok kay aprubado ni sa World Health Organization,” Go-mez agreed, adding, “Mo-salig ta sa bakuna, mag-pabakuna tah aron protek-tado ang mga Ormocanon.”

On Monday, May 17, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseas-es (IATF) issued Resolution No. 115-B, which designates all governors and city and municipal mayors or all lo-cal chief executives under priority group A1.5; thus, Mayor Gomez was finally included in the city’s Prior-ity A1 vaccination efforts.

During the said vac-cination event, 309 Priority A1 recipients received their first shot, 21 of whom are senior citizens.

Mr. and Mrs. Silvestre P. Abayan, 64 and 60 years old, respectively, also re-ceived their shot for protec-tion that same day.

“Dili sa pa uso-uso ha, kun dili para protection,” said Mr. Abayan.

The City Government of Ormoc through its City Health Department con-tinues its roll-out of the country’s #Resbakuna CO-VID-19 vaccination drive. By Gwen Maurillo

Mining firm plants ampalaya, fruitsTACLOBAN CITY – After six months of mining op-erations, bitter gourd (am-palaya) and watermelons are now bearing fruits as part of a mining firm’s reha-bilitation program in Brgy. Maya, MacArthur, Leyte.

In more than a hectare of pilot area for progressive rehabilitation, MacArthur

Iron Sand Project Corp. (MIPC) was able to plant more than 3,000 seedlings of ampalaya and 900 seedlings of watermelon.

Januar Ong, MIPC community relations of-ficer, said their first phase of rehabilitation involved backfilling the topsoil and pure sand with no iron ore

content.He added that progres-

sive mining and rehabilita-tion are part of their com-mitment to the landowners to ensure that the land is productive before the two-year lease period ends.

He shared that they

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An ancient coronavirus 25,000 years ago?

AN ANCIENT coronavirus may have infected the ancestors of people living in modern-day East Asia starting 25,000 years ago and for millennia afterward, accord-ing to a new study.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has now claimed more than 3 million lives, has revealed just how vulnerable we are to new viruses. But as new as this threat seems, hu-mans have been battling dangerous viruses since the beginning of time.

“There have always been viruses in-fecting human populations,” said senior study author David Enard, an assistant professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Arizona. “Viruses are really one of the main drivers of natural selection in human genomes.”

That’s because genes that increase people’s chances of surviving patho-gens are more likely to be passed on to new generations.

Using modern-day tools, researchers can detect the fingerprints of these ancient pathogens — by pinpointing how they drove natural selection — in the DNA of people living today. This information, in turn, could provide valuable insight to help predict future pandemics, Enard told Live Science. “It is almost always true that things that occurred often in the past are more likely to occur again in the future.”

Using information available in a public database, Enard and his team analyzed the genomes of 2,504 people across 26 different human populations around the world. The findings, which have not yet been peer-reviewed, were posted January 13 to the preprint database bioRxiv, and the study is in the process of being reviewed for publication in a scientific journal.

When coronaviruses slip inside hu-man cells, they hijack the cells’ machinery in order to replicate. That means that a virus’ success depends on its interactions with hundreds of different human pro-teins. The researchers zoomed in on a set of 420 human proteins known to interact with coronaviruses, 332 of which interact with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Most of these proteins help the virus to replicate inside the cells, but some help the cell fight off the virus.

The genes that code for those proteins constantly and randomly mutate, but if a mutation gives a gene an advantage — such as a better ability to fight off a virus — it will have a better chance of being passed down to the next generation, or selected for.

Indeed, the researchers found that in people of East Asian descent, certain genes known to interact with coronaviruses had been selected for. In other words, over time, certain variants appeared more frequently than would be expected by chance. This set of mutations likely helped the ancestors of this population become more resistant to the ancient virus by altering how much of these proteins were made by cells.

The researchers found that gene vari-ants that coded for 42 of the 420 proteins they analyzed started to increase in fre-quency around 25,000 years ago. The spread of advantageous variants continued until about 5,000 years ago, suggesting that the ancient virus continued to threaten these populations for a long time.

Unknown protection“Viruses exert some of the strongest

The Solemnity of the Most Holy TrinityMay 30, 2021

GospelMatthew 28:16-20

The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they all saw him, they wor-shiped, but they doubted.

Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

I AM BOTHERED by the abundance of misinformation and it seems that there are no laws to protect us from them. So we need to take a good look at where we gather the information that forms our opinions, especially political.

If your news comes primarily from social media sources such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, you are not alone. A survey shows that 78% of citizens under 50 get their news from these sites, mostly from Facebook, which has more than 2.7 billion active users.

But given the way Facebook aggregates information, it is likely consumers have been manipulated away from alternative viewpoints — viewpoints that might have changed minds, had the user been exposed. Few realize the depths to which Facebook analysis and human monitors restrict, delete and fact-check the information they receive.

What kind of news does one get on social media? Basically, Twitter has short personal opinions and gossipy bits. YouTube is all about

individual bloggers and videos so consumers can see what happened during, for example, a controversial police operation but video storytelling is limited to a moment in time and doesn’t tell the whole story about what happened before the camera was activated.

There have been many complaints from politicians about the way social me-dia operates and how it has permeated the national psyche. Liberals have complained that Internet platforms were too slow to edit, failing to immediately remove revenge porn, slander, physical threats and harassment. But conservatives have protested loudest about viewpoint discrimination by the big three — Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

There are no laws to protect citizens from media bias. With the Philippine presidential election looming and online political maneuvering in high gear, now is the time to fact-check ourselves. Do we believe what we believe because we read it on Facebook or Twitter? It is best to make sure the opinions we hold were formed with facts, not political manipulation.

Facebook just updated the list of misin-formation it would remove from its social sites to include several false claims about the COVID-19 vaccines, including that they are “toxic, dangerous or cause autism”. Posts will be removed if they include claims that the COVID-19 vaccines will kill or seriously harm people, will cause autism or infertil-ity, will change people’s DNA, or will cause irrational side effects like turning a person into a monkey. Other false claims will also be removed, like those that say contracting the disease is safer than getting the vaccine and that receiving the shot is unsafe for certain groups of people. Facebook will take down false statements about how COVID-19 vac-cines were made or their efficacy.

Facebook also will remove misinfor-mation about all vaccines; like that they cause infant death or can be poisonous. It has updated its misinformation guide-lines regarding COVID-19 several times since the start of the pandemic. And just recently also, Pulse Asia was banned by Facebook for misleading survey results in the Philippines.sEE ANCIENT p. 8

THE TWO words can look and sound almost the same, and the reality behind them are just as much. That’s why we need to be most careful. It’s very easy to slip from a passing distraction to a total wreck of a destruction in ourselves.

There is a good distraction and a bad one, a healthy distraction and a sick one that can lead us to our perdition. We have to be most discerning with the way we handle things nowadays, because they can either give us good openings and opportunities or lead us to take sweet poisons.

And the secret is always to be closely united with Christ with whom we can put ourselves properly guarded. With him we would know what really comes from God and what comes from something else.

Let’s always remember that evil cannot stand on its own. It will always need the cover of something good to inject us with its toxin. We need to be clever, as Christ himself told us, without losing our innocence. (cfr. Mt 10,16) We should not be naïve. That is why we have to be most discerning of the spirit behind each thing that we handle and each event that can take place in our life. There is a good spirit and a bad one.

When we are with Christ, we would always be prudent in the use of things in general. There is always an element of de-tachment and of keeping distance even as we immerse ourselves in the things of the world. This detachment is for us to see if we are doing things according to God’s will and not being swallowed by the dynamics of worldly forces that can be very engaging and irresistible.

For us to be prudent, it is indeed ad-visable that we pause from time to time to check on how we are taking things in gen-eral, on how things are developing and on how our intentions are. We know quite well that things can change in the process. What may be good at the beginning can start to stray somewhere along the way.

Indeed, we may start by looking for God in the things that we do, giving him glory and conforming ourselves to his will and ways. But along the way, we can start giving in to our own desires, our own will and ways. From loving God, we can easily slide to loving self. We are very notorious in this tendency.

That’s why we really need to pause and check ourselves often. We have to see to it that we manage to keep our proper spiritual and supernatural bearing. In other words, we have to realize that whatever we do, whatever the situation is, we somehow would still be in contact with God. Some-how everything should be a form of prayer.

For this to take place, we certainly need a kind of plan or program to keep our spiritual life alive and vibrant even as we go through the drudgery of the routine things or the excitement of new and challenging things.

But we need to discipline ourselves to follow that plan, knowing that no matter how good that plan is, if we fail to deny ourselves and carry the cross, as Christ himself told us, (cfr. Mt 16,24) we cannot keep our proper spiritual and supernatural bearing, and thus become prone to a distraction that can lead us to our destruction!

5MAY 17-23, 2021

Deed of Extra-judicial Settlement of Bank Deposit

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late NESTOR C. ALMADEN had left a bank deposit at the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) with Savings Account No. 1211-1189-42 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 498; Page No. 104; Book No. I; Series of 2020 Notary Public Lolita G. Casas-Nueve. EV Mail May3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2021

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late RESISBIDO BAYOG re a parcel of residential land designated as Lot No. 3857, situated at Brgy. Baay, Tinambacan District, Cal-bayog City, containing an area of 2,029 sq. m. OCT No. 2045, TD No. 99-03012-00666 was settled among his heirs and 1,007 sq. m. sold in favor of PABLO LABASBAS per Doc. No. 276; 6; Book No. XXXI; Series of 2019 Notary Public Alex R. Gelera. EV Mail May 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2021

Extra-Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late PACITA T. CAMUNGGAY re a portion parcel of land Lot 3332-A-, being a portion of Lot 3332, situated in Brgy. Patag, Ormoc City, containing an area of 129,274 sq. m. was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 55; Page No. 11; Book No. III; Series of 2015 Notary Public Jose Renante R. Terre. EV Mail May 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2021

Affidavit of Self Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late SPS. PEDRO C. CODILLA AND TEOFILA R. CODILLA re parcels of land Lot No. 8427 situated in Barrio Valencia, Ormoc City, containing an area of 114 sq. m., TCT No. 8267; Lot No. 8246, containing an area of 1,752 sq. m., TCT no. 3932; and Lot No. 8437, containing an area of 241 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 3743 were adjudicated unto herself by NORMA C. CORTES per Doc. No. 139; Page No. 29; Book No. 61; Series of 2021 Notary Public Elroy Raymund S. Bertulfo. EV Mail May3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2021

AMENDED EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SPS. EMELIO DOMINGONO and FELISA PINTOY DOMINGONO re parcels of land OCT No. P-32790, PSU-08-005626, TD No. 260001-00049, an area of 294 sq. m.; and TD No. 08-41024-00036, survey No. 6706, ass. NO. 29 located at Brgy. New Balanac, Villaba, Leyte, an area of 2.8588.76 hectares were settled among their heirs and OCT No. P-32790 with an area of 294 sq. m. was divided and adjudicated unto themselves, to the Road Right of way which is exclusively used for hrs. of Reynario P. Domingono, and Hrs. of Aljirico P. Domingono – Lot 132-F with an are of 17 sq. m. per Doc. No. 263; Page No. 53; Book No. XXX; Series of 2021 Notary Public Maria Kim O. Marquez- Ju. EV Mail May 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2021 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late FELICIANA GOZON re a parcel of residential land situated in Brgy. Poblacion, Kawayan, Biliran covered by TD No. 00157 R-11, survey NO. 59, containing an area of 678 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of SPS. DANILO T. FRAN-CISCO and MA. LUISA M. FRANCISCO per Doc. No. 466; Page NO. 74; Book No. 59; Series of 2019 Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail May3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2021

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the

property of the late OTILLO NAVARRO re a parcel of agricultural land Lot No. 1184, situated at District 1, Babatngon, Leyte, containing an area of 167,414 sq. m. TD No. 2008-04001-00403 was settled among his heirs and sold in favor of ATTY. CARLO P. LORETO per Doc. No. 333; Page No. 68; Book No. V; Series of 2019 Notary Public Ronelito O. Ticoy. EV Mail May3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2021

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late ERWIN GERONILLA SANDOVAL re a parcel of land Lot 1-A, situated in Brgy. San Pablo, Ormoc City, containing an area of 100 sq. m.; and utility Vehicle C.R. No. 213824671; Make- NISSA; Series -NV350 URVAN; Body Type- VAN; Engine No. -YD25003337B; Chassis No.- JN1TC2E2620016195; MV File No.- 1301-000001034574 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 159; Page No. 32; Book No. CXXX; Series of 2021 Notary Public Ruben R. Capahi. EV Mail May 3-9, 10-16, & 17-23, 2021

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ROBERTO B. VASQUEZ re a parcel of land Lot No. 807, Case -2, Cadm-430, situated in Barrio Cogon, Mun. of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, TCT No. T-1069 was settled among his heirs and a portion of 1,630 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. HERMES MACABARE and SUSANA MACABARE per Doc. No. 451; Page No. 92; Book No. XXXVII; Series of 2021 Notary Public Charles B. Culo, CPA. EV Mail May 10-16, 17-23, & 24-30, 2021

Extrajudicial Settlement/ Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late MELCHOR J. MERCURIO had left an account with Metro Bank, Baybay Branch, Baybay City, under Savings Account No. 356-3-35631749-2 was settled, partitioned among his heirs and appointed to withdraw the amount

from subject bank account in favor of MICHAEL J. MERCURIO per Doc. No. 178; Page No. 34; Book NO. LI; Series of 2021 Notary Public Eden B. Chavez-Butawan. EV Mail May 10-16, 17-23, & 24-30, 2021

Extrajudicial Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ARTEMIO S. BORROMEO re a parcel of l and Lot 2 block 3, Psd-06-008409-D, situated in Barangay Linao, Ormoc City, containing an area of 100 sq. m. TCT No. T-32013 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 127; Page No. 27; Book No. II; Series of 2019 Notary Pubic Elimer T. Espina. EV Mail May 10-16, 17-23, & 24-30, 2021

Deed of Extra-Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late TERSITA R. AGONCILLO re bank deposits in Metro-politan Bank and Trust Company, United Coconut Planters Bank, Asia United Bank, and Banco De Oro were settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 53; Page No. 12; Book No. 109; Series of 2021 Notary Public Artemio L. Vendivil. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late VIRGILIA ALOJAMIENTO re a parcel of land Lot No. 19, containing an area of 399.07 sq. m. TD No. 08-41009-00010 was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of SPS. OLIVER M. OLINGAY and ELVIE LYN L. OLINGAY per Doc. No. 915; Page 89; Book No. XXV; Series of 2021 Notary Public Lloyd P. Surgigao. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of


that the property of the late ARMINGOL JADULCO and ROSARIO C. JADULCO re a parcel of agricultural land situated in Brgy. Ungale, Kawayan, Biliran, survey No. 2130, TD No. 00276, an area of 1.344500 has. was settled among their heirs and 10,756 sq. m. sold in favor of LAYCEL BARTICULO WITTER per Doc. No. 05; Page No. 01; Book No. 59; Series of 2019 Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021


that the properties of the late SPS. ANTONIO AGAJAN and ESPERANZA ATOK-AGAJAN re parcels of coconut land located in Talahid, Almeria, Bilrian covered by ARP No. 00030 R-11 and Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-618, survey No. 2281 Lot No. 27, an area of 1.069090 has.; coconut land, ARP No. 00028 R-11, KOT Blg. P-449, survey No. 2283 Lot no. 28, an area of 0.374583 has.; residential land located in Talahid, Almeria, Biliran, ARP No. 00029 R-11 , survey No. 2243-P Lot No. 39 , an area of 189.90 sq. m. ; coconut land located in Matanggo, Almeria, Biliran, ARP No. 00004 R-11 and KOT Blg. P-447, survey No. 2654 Lot No. 24 , an area of 1.067902 has. ; and coconut land, ARP No. 00005 R-11, KOT Blg. P-544, survey No. 2658 Lot No. 30, an area of 1.391845 has. were settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 209; Page No. 42; Book No. 62; Series of 2021 Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late GENARA SUMAYLO re a parcel of land covered by TD No. 08-31020-00555-R13, des-ignated as Ad Lot No. 8757 located in Cantuhaon, Palompon, Leyte, and area of 1.3466 hectares was adjudicated unto himself by AURELIO SUMAYLO and sold in favor of ANANIA S. PELONGCO per Doc. No. 84; Page No. 18; Book No. XVIII; Series of 2013 Notary Public Ale-jandro R. Diongzon. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Affidavit of Adjudication with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late JORGIA AMODIA ENGHUG re parcels of land, designated as Survey No. 5197-P, TD No. 17-0004-00008-R-13, an area of 4,065 sq. m.; TD No. 17-0004-00009-r13, Survey No. 5207-P, an area of 10,119 sq. m.; Survey No. 5200, TD No. 17-0004-00010-R13, an area of 1,048 sq. m.; and Survey No. 5204, TD No. 17-0004-00011-R13, an area of 221 sq. m. situated at Barangay Antipolo, Isabel, Leyte were adjudicated unto himself by BUENAVENTURADA ENGHUG SUMAYLO and four (4) parcels of land sold in favor of ELIZABETH SUMAYLO RACHO per Doc. No.141; Page No. 29; Book NO. 102; Series of 2020 Notary Public Wilma Cordeño-Matuguina, CPA, J.D. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021


that the properties of the late FELIX CABILING and GLICERIA CABILING re parcels of land Lot No. 7982, located at Brgy. Tinag-an, Albuera, Leyte, covered by OCT P-76516, an area of 38,252 sq. m.; Lot No. 6327, located at Brgy. Mahayag, Albuera, Leyte, covered by OCT P-92995, an area of 426 sq. m.; (1) storey building constructed Cad Lot No. 6327, TD No. 08-03-0008-00390 an area of 78 sq. m.; and Cad Lot No. 6345-E, TCT No. TP-20136, an area of 5,547 sq. m. were settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 484; Page No. 97; Book No. V; Series of 2018 Notary Public Melchor B. Dumlao. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Republic of the Philippines City Civil Registry Office

Baybay City, Leyte Republic of the Philippine)

Baybay City, Leyte )SS Petition No. CCE-0013-2021/

R.A. 10172 PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

I, LORETO I. DUMAGU-ING, of legal age, FILIPINO and a resident of ZONE 11, BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seek-ing correction of the clerical error in:

a) My Certificate of Live Birth

2) I/He/She was born on

April 25, 1948 at Baybay, Leyte, Philippines,

3) The birth was recorded under registry number 48-672,

4) The clerical error(s) to be corrected is (are):

5) The facts/reasons for filing this petition are the following:

Since childhood, I had been using my Date of Birth as APRIL 13, 1948

All my other records shows this data. In order for my birth certificate to be consistent with all my other records hence, this petition is hereby filed.

6) I submit the follow-ing documents to support this

petition: a) COLB OCRG COPY b) LCR FORM 1A c) TRANSCRIPT OF RE-

CORD d) MARRIAGE CONTRACT

e) SENIOR CITIZEN’S ID f) NON-PROFESSIONAL

DRIVER’S LICENSE 7) I have not filed any

similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate.

8) I am filing this petition at the CCRO of BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE

(Sgd.) LORETO I. DUMAGUING Petitioner

VERIFICATION I, LORETO I. DUMAGU-

ING, the petitioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Sgd.) LORETO I. DUMAGUING

Petitioner S U B S C R I B E D A N D

SWORN to before me this 3rd day of May, 2021 in the city/municipality of Baybay City, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting his/her CTC. No. No. 13063622 issued at Bay-bay City, Leyte on May 3, 2021.

(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG

Administering Officer EV Mail May 10-16, &

17-23, 2021

Item No. Description From To CHILD’S DAY OF BIRTH 25 13

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte Municipality of San Isidro Leyte NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

The public is hereby noti-fied that ARNEL ABLEN OR-TIZA, has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of First Name from ARNE to ARNEL in the Certificate of Live Birth of ARNEL ABLEN ORTIZA who was born on July 12, 1981 at San Isidro, Leyte, and a Petition for Correction of Day of the Date of Birth from July 17, 1981 to July

12, 1981 in the same Certificate of Live Birth, And the middle name of mother from de la Rosa to dela Rosa in same Certificate of Live Birth, whose parents are Pablo Pepito Ortiza and Angelita dela Rosa Ablen.

Any person adversely af-fected by said petition may within ten (10) calendar days file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than May 14, 2021. (Sgd.) BENJAMIN S. CUERDA

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail May 10-16, &

17-23, 2021

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Villaba Office of the Municipal Civil

Registrar NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION CCE-13-2021 RA 10172/CFN-

01-2021 In compliance with the

publication requirement and pur-suant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR On R.A. 10172) and also in compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, notice is hereby served to the public that GEMMA M. ASIS has filed with this Office petitions; for correc-

tion of child’s sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE”, date of birth from “November 4, 1970” to “October 4, 1970” and change of first name from “JIMMY” to “GEMMA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JIMMY V. MOLDEZ who was born on November 04, 1970 at Villaba, Leyte and whose parents are MARTINITO D. MOLDEZ and VIRGINIA S. VILLACORTA.

Any person adversely af-fected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 4, 2021.

(Sgd.) ENGR. MEDALLO V. PUNONG


17-23, 2021

Amended Deed Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late LUISA FIEL re parcels of land Lot No. 1685-A, located in Brgy. Ipil, Ormoc City, containing an area of 3,092 sq. m. TCT No. 41735, whereas, NEMESIA FIEL left a one-half (1/2) portion of land lot 841-C, situated in Poblacion, Ormoc City, an area of 162.75 sq. m. TCT No. 21532 were settled and partitioned among their heirs per Doc. 153; Page No. 31; Book No. CXCVII; Series of 2021 Notary Public Aleah Rafel C. Bataan- Tolibao. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Deed of Extra Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late FELICIANO S. GARCES re parcels of land Lot 383-A, situated in Poblacion, Ormoc City, con-taining an area of 413 sq. m., TCT No. 121-2018000552; and residential building erected on Lot 383-A with a floor area of 159 sq. m. TD No. 01011-00163, R10 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 269; Page No. 54; Book No. XCVIII; Series of 2021 Notary Public Gerentstein T. Banzon. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late EUFROCINA LUMAAD- JANDOC re a parcel of land 7500-E, situated in Barrio Dolores, Ormoc City, containing an area of 4,721 sq. m. covered by TCT No. TP-77 was settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 378; Page No. 76; Book No. CLXVIII; Series of 2019; Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Deed of Extrajudicial SettlementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late SPS. FLAVI-ANO MAGLASANG and SALUD ADAZA re parcels of land Lot 9898, situated in Kananga, Leyte, an area of10,525 sq. m., TCT no. T-1404; Lot 11185, an area of 113,203 sq. m., TCT No. T-2151; Lot 851, an area of 68 sq. m., TCT No. 5922 situ-ated in Ormoc City; Lot 12251, an area of 712 sq. m., TCT No. P-602;Lot 1762, an area of 8,281 sq. m. TCT No. 2319; Lot 11283, an area of 21,555 sq. m. TCT No T-9052;Lot 11899, situated in Lim-ao, Kananga, Leyte, an area of 33,044, TD No. 2108; Lot 11937, an area of 15,282 sq. m. TCT T-4711; Lot 10022-P, situated in Montebello, Kananga, Leyte, an area of 18,920, TD No. 2119; Lot 1, situated in Aviles St. Ormoc City, an area of 95 sq. m. TCT No. 3588; Lot 3, situated in Bonifacio St. Ormoc City, an area of 35 sq. m. TCT No. 3590; Lot 2, situated in Cor. Bonifacio and Aviles St. Ormoc City, an area of 587 sq. m. TCT No. 3589; Lot 11501, located in Pob. Kananga, Leyte, an area of 316 sq. m. TCT No. T-6701; Lot10764, located in Ormoc City, an area of 106,355 sq. m. TCT No. 25; Lot 10765, located in Aguiting, Ormoc City, an are of 13,381 sq. m.TCT No. 398; Lots 169 and 171, an area of 30 sq. m. TCT No. 13346 and 13348; Lot 10724, situated in Kananga, Leyte, an area of 54,922 sq. m. TCT No. T-1485; Lot 3271, situated in Dohinob, Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte, an area of 131,457 sq. m. OCT P-11255; Lot 3287, an area of 77,923 sq. m., OCT No. P-11255; Lot 3384, an area of 11,144 sq. m. OCT No. P-11255; Plan F-53262 or 3312, an area of 97,017 sq. m. TCT No. T-133; Lot 2294, an area of 121,179 sq. m., TD No. 895; Lot 4505 , an area of 3,333 sq. m., CT No. P-12729; Lot 3272, an area of 120,000 , TD No. 1599; parcel of land situated in G. Del Pilar St. Sta, Ana, Manila, an area of 203 sq. m. , TCT No. 79571/T-672 ; Lot 212, an area of 110,053 sq. m. situated om Sayon, Tagbina, Surigao del Sur, OCT No. 2553 were settled among their heirs, subscribed on 6th day of March, 2021, State of New York No. 01YA6378531

Notary Public Rohini Yakatally. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Extra-Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late BERNABE PIANO re a parcel of real property covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-52940 situated at Brgy. Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte, Lot No. 6916, C-15, Cad 655, an area of 32,257 sq. m. was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 313; Page No. 63; Book No. LXXXVI; Series of 2020 Notary Public Gerentstein T. Banzon. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late TERESITA GOMEZ ROJAS re parcels of land Lot 10688, situated in Ormoc City, an area of 599 sq. m., TCT No. T-32875; Lot 16, situated at Poblacion, Kananga, Leyte, an area of 166 sq. m. TCT No. T-21172; parcel of land situated in Poblacion, Kananga, Leyte, an area of 203 sq. m., TCT No. T-17140; Lot 14, an area of 185 sq. m. TCT No. T-21171; a two-storey residential house at Kananga, Leyte, TD No. 99-21001-00997 were settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 3; Page No. 8; Book No. 3; Series of 2003 Notary Public Lorenzo B. Caballero. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Extra-Judicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SPS. SOTERO B. SACAY and DOLORES TUGONON SACAY re a parcel of land Lot 2214-E-18, situated in Barrio Cogon-Combado (now Brgy. Cogon) Ormoc City, containing an area of 360 sq. m. was settled and partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 326; Page No. 66; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2021 Notary Public Adelito M. Solibaga Jr. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Self-Adjudication with Deed of Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late SPS. GON-ZALO SACLOLO and BERNARDA TRINIDAD re an agricultural land located in Brgy. Agpangi, Naval, Biliran denomi-nated as survey No. 1643 covered by OCT No. 2765, ARP No. 00651-R11, containing an area of 2,203 sq. m. was adjudicated unto herself by LUISA TRINIDAD SACLOLO and sold in favor of ANNIE PARAL COHEL per Doc. No. 106; Page No. 22; Book No. 62; Series of 2021 Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Extrajudicial Settlement with Confirmation of SaleNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late ADRIANO SUMAYLO, AURELIO SUMAYLO and GENARA R. SUMAYLO re a parcel of land, Lot 8757, situated at Brgy. Cantuhaon, Palompon, Leyte, contain-ing an area of 13,466 sq. m. covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-94129 was settled among their heirs and in favor of ANANIA SUMAYLO PELONGCO per Doc. No. 141; Page No. 29; Book NO. XCIX Notary Public Gerentstein T. Banzon. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of


that the property of the late PURITA VAL-DEZ TAN re a parcel of residential land situated in Brgy. Poblacion, Kawayan, Biliran, TD No. 00157 R-11, survey No. 59, an area of 678 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and sold in favor of SPS. DANILO T. FRANCISCO and MA. LUISA M. FRANCISCO per Doc. No. 466; Page No. 74; Book No. 59; Series of 2019 No-tary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Affidavit of Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late BENJAMIN BURCE

LLADOC located in Ormo City, more particularly described as follows:

were adjudicated unto herself by FE SURIMA LLADOC per Doc. No. 402; Page No. 69; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2021 Notary Public Naomi G. Cartagena. EV Mail May 17-23, 24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte MUNICIPALITY OF KANANGA

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 11 March 2021

In compliance with Sec-tion 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MARIA CELSA A. REGULACION, petitioner, has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from “CELSA” to “MARIA CELSA” in the Certificate of Live Birth

of CELSA HUETE ABRIL who was born on January 09, 1974 at KANANGA, LEYTE whose parents are GAUDENCIO ABRIL and DEMETRIA HUETE bearing registry number 127 (C-74).

Any person adversely af-fected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Of-fice not later than June 01, 2021.

(Sgd.) ENGR. NEWTON A. ISAAC


24-30, 2021

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT BRANCH 43

8th Judicial Region Bulwagan Ng Katarungan

Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City

CAD CASE NO. R-TAC-19-01371-LR

FOR: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF

ENTRY IN TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF

TITLE NO. T-14714MARIE CRISLYN

LAZADAPetitioner, -versus-

REGISTRY OF DEEDS of Tacloban City,

Respondent. x------------x

ORDER The Initial Hearing

of the above-captioned case is reset to October 29, 2021 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, per Court Order dated April 27, 2021

This pertains to the verified Petition for Cor-rection of Entry in Trans-fer Certificate of Title No. T-14714.

Finding the said Verified Petition to be in due form and substance, the same is given due course.

Let this Order be reposted at the Bulletin Boards of the Sanggu-niang Panglalawigan of Leyte, Sangguniang Panglungsod of Taclo-ban, City, Barangay Hall of Brgy. Marasbaras, Ta-cloban City, Registry of Deeds of the City of Ta-cloban and in the Bulletin Board intended for this Court at the Bulwagan ng Katarungan in accor-dance with the existing rules and procedure at the expense of the Peti-tioner.

The initial hearing of this Petition is set on October 29, 2021 at 8:30 o’clock in the morn-ing before this Court sitting at the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Tacloban City. Any interested per-son may appear on said time and date and then and there file his opposi-tion thereto, if any, and to show cause why the petition should not be

granted. The Office of the

Registry of Deeds for Tacloban City, the Office of the Solicitor General, Rural Bank of Jaro, Leyte, Justina R. Lazada, Imelda R. Lazada, Federico Lazada, Jeanette Lazada – Briz and Decelina R. Lazada are ordered to submit their Comments to the Petition within a period of Fifteen (15) days from receipt of this Order copy furnished the Petitioner.

Let a copy of this Order be republished in a newspaper of gen-eral circulation in the Philippines and in the Province of Leyte and Tacloban City for Three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of Petitioner.

Furnish a copy of this Order and the Peti-tioner with its Annexes to the Registry of Deeds of Tacloban City; the Of-fice of the Solicitor Gen-eral, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City; The Manager, Rural Bank of Jaro, Leyte; and the compulsory heirs of Ramon Casilan Lazada and Victoria Coringcot-ing Lazada, namely: Jus-tina R. Lazada, Imelda R. Lazada, Federico R. Lazada, Jeanette Laza-da-Briz and Decelina R. Lazada all of Brgy. 81, Marasbaras, Tacloban City. Likewise, furnish a copy of this Order to the Petitioner and Counsel.

Failure on the part of the Office of the SOL-GEN to enter its appear-ance on the scheduled initial hearing due notice of this Order, the hearing on the Petition shall pro-ceed without its partici-pation invoking the case of Republic versus C.A., et. Al., G.R. No. 128531 promulgated on October 26, 1999.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

this 27th day of April, 2021, Regional Trial Court, Branch 43, Bul-wagan ng Katarungan, Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban city.

(Sgd.) EVELYN P. RIÑOS-LESIGUES

Presiding Judge EV Mail May 17-23,

24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021


SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court 8th Judicial Region

Branch 17 Palompon, Leyte EJF CASE NO. R-

PAL-21-001 FOR: SALE UNDER ACT NO. 3135, AS

AMENDED PALOMPON

COMMUNITY MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE

(PACCI), Represented by its Chief Executive Officer, ARCELENE F.

SOGILLO, Mortgagee/Petitioner,

-versus – SPOUSES OSCAR S.

LAURENTE and MARIA LINDA A.

LAURENTE, Mortgagor/

Respondents. x--------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE AND SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135, as amend-ed, filed by PALOM-P O N C O M M U N I T Y MULTI-PURPOSE CO-OPERATIVE (PACCI) represented by its Chief Executive Officer, ARCE-LENE F. SOGILLO with office address at Rizal St., Palompon, Leyte against SPOUSES OSCAR S. LAURENTE and MARIA LINDA A. LAURENTE with residence and post-al address at Brgy. San Isidro, Palompon, Leyte to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 31, 2021 the amount to PESO: EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN PE-SOS and THIRTY CEN-TAVOS (Php812,807.30) only in Philippine cur-rency, for breach of the terms of said mortgage, exclusive of attorney’s fees equivalent to ten (10%) percent of the total unpaid amount filing fees and costs and other charges and expenses of foreclosure proceedings, as required under Rule 141, Sec. 9 (1) of the Rules of Court as amended, the undersigned Court Sher-

iff under the supervision of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte, will sell at pub-lic auction on JUNE 22, 2021 AT 9:00 o’clock in the morning until 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon soon thereafter at the Of-fice of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Palompon, Leyte to the highest bid-der, for cash and in Phil-ippine Currency, the fol-lowing properties with all its improvements, to wit:

“A (2) Two Parcels of land designated as ag-ricultural and residential land located at Brgy. San Isidro, Palompon, Leyte with the area of 3,628 sq. m. Title no. P-57992 and 272 sq. m. Tax Dec. No. 08-31037-00834 R13”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on JUNE 28, 2021—without further notice.

Prospective bid-ders/buyers may in-vestigate real properties herein-above describe encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Hal l of Just ice , Palompon, Leyte, Phil-ippines, May 10, 2021.

(Sgd.) JIPSON L. ABAYON Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: 1. A t t y. E l ro y

Raymund S. Bertulfo – Brgy. Fatima, Villaba, Leyte

2. Spouses Os-car and Maria Linda Laurente – Brgy. Isidro, Palompon, Leyte

3. Arcelene F. So-gillo – PACCI Palompon, Leyte.

WARNING!! IT IS ABSOLUTELY

PROHIBITED TO RE-MOVE, DEFACE, OR DESTROY THIS NO-TICE OF SALE ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF SALE.

Rule 39, Sec. 15 EV Mail May 17-23,

24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021


Eighth Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Branch 16

Naval, Biliran SPC. Case No. P-492 IN THE MATTER OF

THE CORRECTION OF THE YEAR OF BIRTH FROM 2013 TO 2012

IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF AHLFRED ATOC,

CONCHITA T. ATOC, Petitioner. x----------x ORDER

A verified petition was filed with the Court by petitioner, thru coun-sel, praying that the year of birth in the Certificate of Live Birth of Ahlfred Atoc be corrected from 2013 to 2012.

Finding the petition sufficient in form and substance, and after the Office of the Solicitor General has entered its appearance being one of the jurisdictional re-quirements, let the initial hearing be set on Sep-tember 30, 2021 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at which date and time

all interested persons may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the 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 cir-culation duly authorized by this Court.

Furnish copies of this Order and the peti-tion to the Solicitor Gen-eral, Makati City and the Provincial Prosecu-tor, Biliran Province, the petitioner and counsel as well.

SO ORDERED. Given, this 5th day

of May 2021 at the Hall of Justice Brgy. Larrazabal, Naval, Biliran.

(Sgd.) LUZ P. NAVARRETE

Presiding Judge CC: The Solicitor Gen-

eral Atty. Redentor C.

Villordon Pros. Chariemaigne

Meracap Petitioner EV Mail May 17-23,

24-30, & 31- June 6, 2021

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Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Eastern Samar

City of BoronganCITY ORDINANCE NO. 194

Series of 2021AN ORDINANCE CREATING PERMANENT PLANTILLA ITEM OF

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER V (SUPPLY OFFICER III), SG 18, UNDER THE CITY GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE (CGSO), CITY GOVERNMENT OF BORONGAN,

AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.Be it enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Borongan in ses-

sion assembled:Section 1. Purpose of the Creation of New Items. The City Government is

embarking on various significant priority programs, projects and activities which need additional human resources especially in the aspect of records management.

Section 2. Item to be Created. The permanent plantilla item of Administrative Officer V (Supply Officer III) is hereby created under the City General Services Office (CGSO).

Section 3. Duties and Functions. The duties and functions of the respective items shall be in accordance with the general organizational and operational mandate of the Office with additional specific responsibilities to be provided by the head of department.

Section 4. Qualifications. The qualifications for this position shall be in accordance with the published qualifications standard by the Civil Service Com-mission (CSC).

Section 5. Compensation. The compensation for this position shall be in ac-cordance with the salary schedule as implemented by the Department of budget and Management (DBM).

Section 6. Appropriation. This position shall be funded in the 2021 Annual Budget.Section 7. Separability Clause. In case a part or parts of this ordinance is ren-

dered ultra vires, the parts not affected shall continue to be effective.Section 8. Repealing Clause. All existing ordinances and other local issuances

that are inconsistent with this ordinance shall be amended or revised accordingly.Section 9. Effectivity Clause. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after

posting in at least three (3) conspicuous places within the City of Borongan.ENACTED: April 23, 2021City of Borongan, Eastern Samar (Sgd.) HON. MA. ROZENE D. DAZA (Sgd.) DR. ANNA KATRINA ANACTA-SADACSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. LYRA GEL A. LIMBAUAN (Sgd.) ATTY. KATHLYN JANE B. CAINDAY, CPASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.ENGR. MELCHO A. ARAGO (Sgd.) HON. GLAIZA G. TIUSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENATO C. BAGACAY (Sgd.) HON. ATTY. BYRON M. SUYOTSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.KURT RYAN R. TY (Sgd.) HON. GLENN A. ESCOTOSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENERIO B. ADOR, SR. (Sgd.) HON. MAY LANIE O. ANACTASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member President, Liga ng mga Barangay President, Panlungsod na Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang KabataanI hereby attest that this Ordinance has been enacted on the date stated herein.

(Sgd.) ANTONIO B. SACMARBoard Secretary VI Secretary to the Sanggunian

Certified True and Correct:(Sgd.) HON. EMMANUEL T. TIU SONCOCity Vice Mayor/Presiding Officer

Approved:(Sgd.) HON. JOSE IVAN DAYAN C. AGDA, CoE

City Mayor

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Series of 2021AN ORDINANCE CREATING SENIOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT ANALYST SG 18 UNDER THE CITY HEALTH OFFICE, CITY GOVERNMENT OF BORONGAN,

AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.Be it enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Borongan

in session assembled:Section 1. Purpose of the Creation of New Items. The City Government

is embarking on various significant priority programs, projects and activities which we need additional human resources especially in the field of health identified as follows:

a. Establishment of City Hospitalb. Improvement of Basic Health ServicesSection 2. Item to be Created. The permanent plantilla item Senior

Records Management analyst, SG 18, is hereby created under the City Health Office.


Section 4. Qualifications. The qualifications for these positions shall be in accordance with the published qualifications standard by the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

Section 5. Compensation. The compensation of these positions shall be in accordance with the salary schedule as implemented by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

Section 6. Appropriation. These positions shall be funded in the 2021 Annual Budget.

Section 7. Separability Clause. In case a part or parts of this ordinance is rendered ultra vires, the parts not affected shall continue to be effective.

Section 8. Repealing Clause. All existing ordinances and other local is-suances that are inconsistent with this ordinance shall be amended or revised accordingly.

Section 9. Effectivity Clause. This Ordinance shall take effect (10) days after posting in at least three (3) conspicuous places within the City of Borongan.

ENACTED: April 23, 2021City of Borongan, Eastern Samar(Sgd.) HON. MA. ROZENE D. DAZA (Sgd.) DR. ANNA KATRINA ANACTA-SADACSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. LYRA GEL A. LIMBAUAN (Sgd.) ATTY. KATHLYN JANE B. CAINDAY, CPASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.ENGR. MELCHO A. ARAGO (Sgd.) HON. GLAIZA G. TIUSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENATO C. BAGACAY (Sgd.) HON. ATTY. BYRON M. SUYOTSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.KURT RYAN R. TY (Sgd.) HON. GLENN A. ESCOTOSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member

(Sgd.) HON. RENERIO B. ADOR, SR. (Sgd.) HON. MAY LANIE O. ANACTASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member President, Liga ng mga Barangay President, Panlungsod na Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang KabataanI hereby attest that this Ordinance has been enacted on the date stated herein.



Approved: (Sgd.) HON. JOSE IVAN DAYAN C. AGDA, CoE

City Mayor

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Republic of the Philippines Province of Eastern Samar

City of BoronganCITY ORDINACE NO. 196

Series of 2021AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE PERMANENT PLANTILLA OF AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS OFFICER III, SG 18, UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MAYOR, CITY GOVERNMENT OF BORONGAN, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Borongan in ses-sion assembled:

Section 1. Purpose of the Creation of New Item. The City Government is embarking on various significant priority programs, projects and activities which need additional human resources especially in the aspect of labor and employment program implementation.

Section 2. Item to be Created. The permanent plantilla item of Special Operations Officer III, SG 18 is hereby created under the Office of the City Mayor (CMO).



Section 5. Compensation. The compensation for these positions shall be in accordance with the salary schedule as implemented by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).



Section 8. Repealing Clause. All existing ordinances and other local issuances that are inconsistent with this ordinance shall be amended or revised accordingly.

Section 9. Effectivity Clause. This Ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after posting in at least three (3) conspicuous places within the City of Borongan.

ENACTED: April 23, 2021City of Borongan, Eastern Samar(Sgd.) HON. MA. ROZENE D. DAZA (Sgd.) DR. ANNA KATRINA ANACTA-SADACSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. LYRA GEL A. LIMBAUAN (Sgd.) ATTY. KATHLYN JANE B. CAINDAY, CPASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.ENGR. MELCHO A. ARAGO (Sgd.) HON. GLAIZA G. TIUSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENATO C. BAGACAY (Sgd.) HON. ATTY. BYRON M. SUYOTSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.KURT RYAN R. TY (Sgd.) HON. GLENN A. ESCOTOSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENERIO B. ADOR, SR. (Sgd.) HON. MAY LANIE O. ANACTASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member President, Liga ng mga Barangay President, Panlungsod na Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang KabataanI hereby attest that this Ordinance has been enacted on the date stated herein.




City Mayor

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Series of 2021AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE PERMANENT PLANTILLA DAY CARE

WORKER I, SG 6, UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, CITY GOVERNMENT OF BORONGAN, AND PROVIDING

FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Be it enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Borongan in ses-

sion assembled:Section 1. Purpose of the Creation of New Item. The City Government is embark-

ing on various significant priority programs, projects and activities which need additional human resources particularly in the human resource development.

Section 2. Creation of Item. Permanent Plantilla Item of Day Care Worker I, SG 6, is hereby created under the CSWDO.

Section 3. Duties and Functions. The duties and functions of this item shall be in accordance with the general organizational and operational mandate of the Office with additional specific responsibilities to be provided by the head of department.

Section 4. Qualifications. The qualifications for this position shall be in accordance with the published qualifications standard by the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

Section 5. Compensation. The compensation for this position shall be in accordance with the salary schedule as implemented by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

Section 6. Appropriation. This position shall be funded in the 2021 Annual

Budget using the funds that has been made available after the deletion of the item Persons with Disability Affairs Officer I.


Section 8. Repealing Clause. All existing ordinances and other local issuances that are inconsistent with this ordinance shall be amended or revised accordingly.


ENACTED: April 23, 2021City of Borongan(Sgd.) HON. MA. ROZENE D. DAZA (Sgd.) DR. ANNA KATRINA ANACTA-SADACSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. LYRA GEL A. LIMBAUAN (Sgd.) ATTY. KATHLYN JANE B. CAINDAY, CPASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.ENGR. MELCHO A. ARAGO (Sgd.) HON. GLAIZA G. TIUSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENATO C. BAGACAY (Sgd.) HON. ATTY. BYRON M. SUYOTSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.KURT RYAN R. TY (Sgd.) HON. GLENN A. ESCOTOSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENERIO B. ADOR, SR. (Sgd.) HON. MAY LANIE O. ANACTASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member President, Liga ng mga Barangay President, Panlungsod na Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang KabataanI hereby attest that this Ordinance has been enacted on the date stated herein.




City Mayor

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City of Borongan CITY ORDINANCE NO. 198

Series of 2021AN ORDINANCE CREATING VARIOUS PERMANENT PLANTILLA POSITIONS UNDER THE CITY HEALTH OFFICE, CITY GOVERNMENT OF BORONGAN,

AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.Be it enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Borongan in

session assembled. Section 1. Purpose of the Creation of New Items. The City Government is

embarking on various significant priority programs, projects and activities which need additional human resources especially in the field of health identified as follows:

a. Establishment of City Hospitalb. Improvement of Basic Health ServicesSection 2. Items to be Created. The following permanent plantilla items are

hereby created under the City Health Office:a. Nurse VI, SG 22 -one (1) itemb. Nurse I, SG 15 -two (2) itemsc. Nursing Attendant, SG 4 -two (2) itemsd. Laboratory Aide II, SG 4 -two (2) itemse. Radiologic Technologist II, SG 15 -one (1) itemf. Nutrition Officer II, SG 14 -one (1) itemg. Medical Specialist III, SG 24 -two (2) itemsh. Midwife III, SG 13 -one (2) itemSection 3. Duties and Functions. The duties and functions of the respective

items shall be in accordance with the general organizational and operational mandate of the Office with additional specific responsibilities to be provided by the head of department.


Section 5. Compensation. The compensation for these positions shall be in accordance with the salary schedule as implemented by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).


Section 7. Separability Clause. In case a part or parts of the ordinance is rendered ultra vires, the parts not affected shall continue to be effective.

Section 8. Repealing Clause. All existing ordinances and other local is-suances that are inconsistent with this ordinance shall be amended or revised accordingly.


Enacted: __May 7, 2021._____________ City of Borongan, Eastern Samar(Sgd.) HON. MA. ROZENE D. DAZA (Sgd.) DR. ANNA KATRINA ANACTA-SADACSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. LYRA GEL A. LIMBAUAN (Sgd.) ATTY. KATHLYN JANE B. CAINDAY, CPASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.ENGR. MELCHO A. ARAGO (Sgd.) HON. GLAIZA G. TIUSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENATO C. BAGACAY (Sgd.) HON. ATTY. BYRON M. SUYOTSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON.KURT RYAN R. TY HON. GLENN A. ESCOTOSangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member(Sgd.) HON. RENERIO B. ADOR, SR. (Sgd.) HON. MAY LANIE O. ANACTASangguniang Panlungsod Member Sangguniang Panlungsod Member President, Liga ng mga Barangay President, Panlungsod na Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang KabataanI hereby attest that this Ordinance has been enacted on the date stated herein.



Approved:(Sgd.) HON. JOSE IVAN DAYAN C. AGDA, CoE

City Mayor

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selective pressures on humans to adapt, and coronaviruses have presumably been around for a long time before humans existed,” said Joel Wertheim, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego who was not a part of the study. “So although it is not unexpected that coronaviruses would have driven adaptation in humans, this study presents a fascinating investigation into how and when this played out.”

Still, “it’s very difficult to say whether or not the virus that caused this evolution was also a coronavirus, but it seems like a plausible working theory,” Wertheim told Live Science in an email.

Enard agreed that the ancient pathogen that plagued our ancestors might not have been a coronavirus; instead, it may have been another type of virus that happened to interact with human cells the same way coronaviruses do.

Another group of researchers recently found that sarbecoviruses, the family of coronaviruses that includes SARS-CoV-2, first evolved 23,500 years ago, around the same time as variants in genes that code for coronavirus-associated proteins first emerged in people. The sarbecovirus findings were also posted as a preprint in bioRxiv, on February 9, and have not yet been peer-reviewed.

That second study provides a “neat” confirmation for the whole story, Enard said.

Though the findings are intriguing, they don’t change our understanding of which populations are better at surviving SARS-CoV-2 infections, Enard said. There’s no evidence that these ancient gene adap-tations help protect modern people from SARS-CoV-2. In fact, it’s “almost impossible to make these kinds of claims,” Enard said.

Rather, social and economic factors, such as access to health care, likely play a much larger role than genes in who gets sick with COVID-19, he added.

Enard and his team now hope to collab-orate with virologists to understand how these adaptations helped ancient humans survive exposure to this primeval corona-virus. The team also hopes that eventually such ancient genome studies can be used as an “early warning system” for future pan-demics. For example, researchers can first survey for viruses in the wild that haven’t yet infected human populations and then look for their fingerprints in human DNA. If they find that a virus has caused many ancient epidemics, it could be good reason to keep a close watch on it, Enard said.

Though we see glimpses of the impact of this ancient virus on people’s ancestors, future generations will likely not be able to see the traces of SARS-CoV-2 in our genome, Enard added. Thanks to vaccina-tion, the virus won’t have time to drive evolutionary adaptation, he said. (Source: www.LiveScience.com)

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riding the public transport, and follow the rules on physical distancing.

Visayas Liner is the second public transport to offer the government’s free ride service-contracting program.

The first was Jeepko, a modern jeepney plying the Tacloban-Tanauan (Leyte) routes. The company launched the free ride on May 3 until June 30, 2021.

The bus firm owned by Leyte-based businessmen Rainier and Ryan Mancera launched their operation in November 2020 with 10 modern buses on its fleet, taking passengers to Ormoc City in northwest Leyte and Naval in Biliran from Robinson’s Marasbaras Terminal in this city.

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plowed the land and put organic fertilizers while they waited for the right weather condition for the planting of vegetables.

They also infused agricultural technol-ogy in the area in coordination with the Department of Agriculture.

Ong said MIPC constructed drainage and irrigation canals in the rehabilitated area. They also regularly conduct coastal cleanups and tree-planting as part of their advocacy to promote responsible mining.

MIPC has mining claims of 2,300 hectares in Leyte, covering the towns of MacArthur, Javier, and Abuyog.

The mining company, which reportedly invested Php 500 million in their black sand extraction that will be shipped to China, has employed around 300 locals.

Black sand is used in making steel, con-cretes, jewelry, cosmetics, and other indus-trial products. By Marie Tonette Marticio

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tected cannot be taken out of the equation. “It is their right to choose but which

is more important, to be protected or not? While it is their right, it is what the state can provide right now,” he said.

He added that the state must find a vac-cine, which is what they are doing, adding, “In the absence of local suppliers, whatever arrives is what they can offer to the public.”

“If our means are not enough, why should we blame the government? That is why we are discussing new taxing because it is where we get funding,” he said, citing that Congress has been discussing ways to help the government’s vaccination program.

Rep. Noel said he is waiting for his turn for vaccination being under the A4 priority list.

“I want to be protected so if I don’t have the choice, then I’ll get whatever is available regardless of the brand,” he said.

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believe we are going in the right direction. To roll out the Philippine National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for COVID-19, we have cascaded the VVOC Manual to the Regional and Local COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Centers,” Secretary Dino said in his message.

Inter-Agency Task Force-Visayas Chief Implementer Gen. Melquiades Feliciano has authored this manual for the community vac-cination plan in accordance with guidelines set forth by the national government.

Feliciano collaborated with OPAV, the De-partment of Health Region VII and the private sector, through the Project Balik Buhay, in the preparation of the VVOC manual.

Secretary Dino then directed the rollout of the vaccination handbook to ensure the “readi-ness” of LGUs in implementing the National Vaccination Program.

“With our successful cascading, we (the Visayas) are now ready to smoothly implement the commu-nity vaccination program,” Feliciano said during the culmination activity held in Boracay Island.

Public-private cooperationAside from the efforts of the government,

Dino also underscored the key role of the private sector, through PBB, in fighting this unseen enemy.

The PBB is a Cebu-based inter-sectoral group initiated by Secretary Dino and composed of private and public stakeholders. The group was formed in an effort of both the public and private sectors in Cebu to work together to ad-dress the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Cebuano businessman Edmun Liu, who chairs the PBB, credited much of the COVID-19 response efforts to the national government, say-ing that the private sector has been more than willing to do its part in the pandemic fight since at its height early last year.

“It’s the leadership between the private and public sectors that really brought us to-gether, gave us clear directives, set our goals and charted our way to recovery,” Liu said.

Liu narrated how the PBB became a key implementing group for COVID-19 measures in Cebu and eventually to other parts of the region, which included the initial responses to the pandemic until now, the vaccination phase.

He said the “efficient and effective execu-tion of right mechanisms on the ground” en-abled the PBB initiative to succeed.

“The LGUs and everybody came together and collaborated to come up with solutions,” Liu said, citing the active cooperation of private companies in the government’s COVID-19 response activities.

“We are working our way towards vaccinating a big part of our population so we can finally and gradu-ally safely reopen our economies,” the businessman said.

The cooperation of the private sector has been led by Liu and Regional Development Council-7 Chairman Kenneth Cobonpue.

Moreover, Secretary Dino stressed that all thee were accomplished with the guidance of President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Chris-topher Lawrence “Bong” Go who provided logistical and technical assistance to the regions.

Since April, OPAV has traversed through regional and provincial borders to meet all

governors and mayors in the Visayas to help guide the LGUs in their community vaccination.

The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) led by Regional Director Dr. Jaime Bernadas and its Chief Pathologist Dr. Mary Jean Loreche have been supportive to the OPAV’s COVID-19 initiatives since last year.

Dino also acknowledged the efforts of Gen. Feli-ciano and his wife Mia, who is a medical professional, for their tireless efforts in creating the VVOC Manual as well as the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Manual, which was designed to help LGUs address the medical aspect of the COVID-19 crisis.

“Despite the dark times brought about by the pandemic, we found ourselves uniting and working together in order to address the difficult situation we were in,” Dino further said.

Earlier, Secretary Dino already expressed optimism to vaccinate a big chunk of the Visayas by the end of 2021, granting the availability of more vaccines, which is being worked on by the national government.

Dino spearheaded the creation of the VVOC, which is headquartered in Mandaue City, Cebu, in cooperation with both public and private sectors in an aim to unify and streamline the vaccination throughout the Visayas region.

‘Time to reopen’Undersecretary Anthony Gerard Gonzales

of the Office of the President also pointed out that with readiness of LGUs for vaccination now ensured, it’s high time for Visayas region to openly adopt economic reopening.

“Dapat buksan na ang ating ekonomiya because we now know how to handle the COVID-19. We have already formulated the best practices in handling the crisis after more than a year,” Gonzales said.

The official raised the urgency to create a “One Visayas” concept for the whole region just like what the provincial government of Cebu did to unite the island in its effort to move on and move forward from the pandemic.

Through this, the region will be able to har-monize its efforts to safely reopen and recover from the pandemic.

“COVID is here to stay. Our community response system is there to help us manage the situation better,” he said.

Gonzales also noted that the success of the country’s COVID-19 response in various com-munities lie within the mayors and LGUs.

He emphasized that the national government continues to extend support to capacitate the LGUs, and provide the necessary technical and logistical support and expertise to address the pandemic.

Earlier, Duterte lauded the OPAV for the establishment of the VVOC, which is leading the vaccination rollout in the Visayas.

“I am certain that through the dedicated efforts of the men and women of the VVOC, we can ensure the efficient delivery, storage and dis-tribution of the vaccines to various local govern-ment units in the Visayas,” the President said.

Duterte expressed his confidence on the publication of the VVOC Manual, which is seen to “harmonize the steps to be taken by our Visayas LGUs so that their efforts would be aligned to our national vaccination plan.” (PR)

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