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Inopacan celebrates festive 167th founding anniversary

ORMOCANON ATHLETES WIN BIG IN 30TH SEA GAMES. Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez could not be prouder of Ormoc’s home-grown Modern Pentathlon athletes, who not only represented the Philippines in the Modern Pentathlon games of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, but represented it well, adding a total of four medals to the country’s total medal tally / standing in the games.

Samuel German got 1 Silver Medal for the Beach Laser Run – Men’s Individual and 1 Gold Medal with Princess Arbilon for the Beach Laser Run – Mixed Relay.

On the second day of the event, Arbilon also got 1 Bronze Medal for Triathle (combination of Laser Gun Shooting, Swimming and Running), Women’s Individual. She was followed by Michael Ver Anton Comaling who got another Gold Medal for Triathle – Men’s Individual.

Finally, on the third and last day of the Modern Pentathlon event was Triathle – Mixed Relay where Comaling and Arbilon got their second Bronze Medal.Photo shows the three Ormocanon athletes showcasing their medals with Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez, after the closing ceremony of the said

sport event at Subic Freeport in Zambales. (By JKDP)

TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB-8) of the region’s Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-8) announced the proposed wage increase for ‘kasam-bahay’ or domestic helpers in Eastern Visayas.

DOLE Regional Director Yahya Centi, Chairman of the RTWPB-8, said the proposed in-crease would be from Php 2,500 to Php 4,500 in chartered cities and municipalities, and from Php 2,000 to Php 4,000 in other municipalities.

Chairman Centi explained that the review of the minimum wage for kasambahay has been long overdue since Kasambahay Wage Order No. 1 was issued in 2016, which set the minimum monthly rate of Php 2,500 for chartered cities and first class municipalities and Php 2,000 for other municipalities.

“It is high time to revisit the said wage order and to give to the hardworking domestic workers what is due them,” he shared.

He added that the increase is pursuant to Wage Order No. 08-02, which is now with the National Wages and Productivity Commission for further comment and approval.

Once approved, the official shared that the said wage order will be effective 15 days after general publication.

INOPACAN, LEYTE – This mu-nicipality celebrated its 167th Founding Anniversary on Decem-ber 6, 2019 with the theme, “Ka-limpyo, Kahapsay, Kalamboan, Kauswagan ug Kalinaw: Hagit sa Panahon ug Dalan sa Kahamuga-way sa mga Lungsoranon”.

The festivities started with a grand parade participated by lo-cal government unit officials and employees, barangay officials, na-tional agencies, non-government organizations, different associa-tions, and schools. It was followed by a short program, with Cong. Florencio “Bem” Noel of An Waray Partylist as the keynote speaker.

In his speech, he expressed his thanks to the Inopacnons who

Seen in the photo are Inopacan Municipal Mayor Azucena P. Mirambel and Vice-Mayor Lourdes B. Villas together with the captains of the 20 barangays (others not seen in the photo) as they raise the Municipal color and Barangay colors, respectively, which signaled the opening of the municipality’s 167th Founding Anniversary celebration.

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Typhoon ‘Tisoy’ displaces 263,468 individuals in Eastern Visayas

ORCHAM elects new Board of Trustees, officers sEE TIsOY p. 10

Robinsons Place Ormoc hosts DTI’s “bahandi” trade fair, a first in the city

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Flooding in Samar towns was mainly the cause of the displacement of around 263,000 people. (Photo in Arteche, Eastern Samar by Alren Beronio)

TACLOBAN CITY – At least 263,468 individu-als were displaced as of Wednesday, December 4, by the wrath brought by Typhoon ‘Tisoy’ in Eastern Visayas, according to the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) 8.

Eastern Samar prov-ince, one of the worst-hit when the typhoon hit Gu-bat, Sorsogon Monday eve-ning, had at least 27,062 evacuees who took shelter in evacuation centers.

Governor Ben Evardone has ordered immediate re-lief operations in the towns of Jipapad, Arteche, and San Policarpio.

The municipality of Arteche has declared a state of calamity after 1,143 families were affected by flooding. Mayor Roland Boie Evardone said severe flooding hit the villages of Inayawan, Tibalawon, Concepcion, Casidman, McArthur, Cagsalay, and Bigo, which are considered as catch basins in the town.

A landslide was also reported in Binaloan, Taft, Eastern Samar, but the road

was declared passable as of 3:00 A.M. Tuesday, Decem-ber 3. Furthermore, the De-partment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said all national roads in the province are now passable after their clearing opera-tions.

In Northern Samar where 224,171 individu-als have evacuated, waist-deep flooding was reported in Lapinig, Gamay and Mapanas towns. All 24 mu-nicipalities experienced power and cellphone signal interruptions. Catarman and Gamay towns have

declared a state of calamity to facilitate the immediate delivery of assistance to affected residents such as medicine, food, drinking water, clothing, hygiene kits, and psychological in-terventions.

Roads leading to Samar province were declared passable after a landslide was reported at Daang Maharlika, Brgy. Nabang, Oquendo District, Calbay-og-Catarman Road. The city has also been placed under a state of calamity after the typhoon-affected the city’s 21 villages. At

least 33 houses were totally damaged while 2,752 were partially damaged.

Meanwhile, classes were suspended from el-ementary to high school in Leyte on December 2-3, while Tacloban City has suspended classes in all levels on December 2-3.

In Ormoc City where at least 250 families have evacuated, a person iden-tified as Noel Baledio, 38, a laborer and a father of 6, was reportedly killed. The victim was on his way

TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 8 (BFAR 8) is currently conducting active surveillance because of the resurgence of red tide in Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar, only two months after it was lifted in September.

BFAR 8 regional direc-tor Juan Albaladejo has attributed the frequency of the occurrence of red tide to climate change.

“It is a natural phe-nomenon that is why we have a coping mechanism in place through active sur-veillance,” he said.

An active surveillance means monitoring of water and shellfish meat sam-pling conducted in a more frequent manner and on a specific time period while red tide is still present.

He added that it gradu-ally shifts to passive surveil-lance (less frequent and in a regular manner) when the red tide event wanes.

Based on the laboratory examination conducted by the BFAR 8’s Regional Ma-

rine Biotoxin Laboratory, seawater samples collected along Matarinao Bay are positive of pyrodinium bahamense, a toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning.

“Matarinao Bay is a cul de sac type of bay with con-stricted outer portion and lots of shallow portions, so it is very conducive for the red tide microorgan-ism to thrive and cause persistent blooming of the microorganism. This results in longer occurrence of the red tide event and rebloom is a normal event,” he said.

Affected municipali-ties abutting the said bay include General MacArthur, Hernani, Quinapondan, and Salcedo, which are all in Eastern Samar.

Meanwhile, shellfish ban is still raised in Canca-bato, Irong-irong, Silanga and San Pedro bays. The coastal areas affected are the cities of Tacloban and Catbalogan, and the mu-nicipalities of Marabut and Basey in Samar. By Marie Tonette Marticio

ORMOC CITY – The Or-moc Chamber of Com-merce and Industry Inc. (ORCHAM) recently con-ducted the election of six new Board of Trustees (BOTs) to complete the 13 spots of the said position.

The election happened at the Ormoc city multipur-pose hall on December 4, 2019. There were 174 quali-fied voters to the mentioned election.

Following the elec-tion, the now six new BOts

(not in order) are Aileen S. Aviles, Noel Barquera, In-grid Cecilla T. Cimafranca, Gemma Flor C. Corbo, Ethel P. Martes, and Jesus Felipe D. Subing-subing.

They will be serving together with the seven currently-sitting trustees who will “hold over” until next year’s election, name-ly: Apple Alagon, Juanita Armea, Evangeline Chu, Manolo Fragata, Atty. Jovit Larrazabal, Lilibeth Molina, and Jun Villamino.

Current Chairman of the Board, Stephanie Di-ane Chu, President Jude Abenoja, and Corporate Treasurer Katherine Abuel, meanwhile, are among the six that will end their term this year.

ORCHAM is next set to elect a new set of offi-cers among the six newly elected trustees. The term of the trustees is effective for two years. They elect and replace half of the members annually. By Devon Nerza

In photo: Atty. Jovit DLS Larrazabal, VP-Legal Affairs; Ethel P. Matres, Corporate Secretary; Mari-cel R. Ngo, Immediate Past President; Gemma Flor C. Corbo, CPA, VP-Finance and Accounting; Katherina M. Abuel, Corporate Treasurer; and Emma F. Fragata, ORCHAM LGU Liaison Officer.

ORMOC CITY – The De-partment of Trade and Industry (DTI) in partner-ship with the City Govern-ment of Ormoc and Robin-sons Place Ormoc recently opened a 5-day trade fair dubbed as “Pre-Christmas Bahandi Leyte Trade Fair”

Ormoc City Councilors Nolito Quilang and Roiland Villasencio lead the opening of DTI’s Bah-andi Trade Fair at Robinsons Place Ormoc.

that will be operational from December 5-9, 2019 at Robinsons Place Ormoc.

Thirty-eight exhibitors joined the fair and 11 of which are from the Fourth District of Leyte. Accord-ing to Ma. Delia M. Corsiga (Provincial Director, DTI

8-Leyte), “Bahandi” (trea-sure) has been the brand of all DTI trade fairs for Eastern Visayas.

However, this is the first time for Robinsons Place Ormoc, the city per se, to host such an event. PD Corsiga shared that the pur-pose of the fair is to bring in local producers to a venue where they can all showcase not just their products but also DTI’s efforts and assis-tance for them to come up with local products that can

3DECEMBER 2-8, 2019

Tinderag mani nailad, kay gibayran og mini

Bagyong ‘Tisoy’: Nagmotor patay, kay natumbahan ug kahoyng Gemilina

Osa nasikop, lain ang naka ikyas sa operasyun kontra droga

V Walkers nagpakaon sa kabataan

Mga pasaherong natanggong ni ‘Tisoy’ sa terminal mipasilong

ORMOC CITY – Patay ang 38 anyus nga trabahante sa konstraksiyun dihang natumbahan kini sa ka-hoyng Gemilina hapon sa Desiyembre 2.

Banabana nahitabo kini alas kuatro kinse sa hapon didto sa sityu Laray, Don Carlos Revilla (Boroc). Na-karesponde ang Ormoc Rescue Team ug nadala ang biktima sa OSPA-FMC apan gideklarar kining dead on arrival.

Ang biktima giila nga si Joel Baledio, 38 anyus ug nagpuyo sa nahisgotan nga dapit. Pero sa imporma-syun nakuha gikan sa Police Station 1 (PS1), Desiyembre 3 na sa buntag gipasabot sa mga kaanak sa biktima ang mga awtoridad sa nahitabo, mao pa sab kini nihimo ang

Gipundukan sa mga tawo ang nadisgrasyahan nga lugar ni Joel Baledio, nga si kinsa natumba-han og kahoyng Gemilina samtang nagmotor pauli kay kusog na ang Bagyong ‘Tisoy’.

mga pulis ug pakisusi.Si P/Maj. Shevert Al-

vin Machete nimando sa iyang mga sakop paghimo sa kasarangan nga inbisti-gasyun sa nahitabo.

Signal number 2 na ang Leyte, apil ang Ormoc tungod sa bagyong ‘Tisoy’ adtong higayuna, matud sa taho, nisayo ug uli si Bale-dio tungod sa bagyo. Sakay sa iyang motor gibiyahe

niini ang kalsada paingon sa ilang dapit, kusog na ang hangin ug mokalit sab ug kusog ang uwan, unya kalit nalukat ang punoan sa Gemelina ug didto tumba kaniya. Nasentro pagkaigo sa Gemelina ang motor ug nadat-ogan ang biktima sa napokan nga kahoy, sumala sa inbistigasyun ni P/SSgt. Jemelito Ignacio Jr.

Ang mga kaila sa bik-

tima nakaingon nga aksi-dente gyud ang nahitabo kang Baledio rason nga ang agianan paingon sa Boroc, katubhan ug kadtong na-pokan nga kahoy mao ray taas, ug dili sad dako nga punoan. Panagsa mokusog ang hangin dala sa bagyo mao toy nakabug-at. Osa pa, nagdagan ang motor dihang natumba ang kahoy. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – Osa ka tinderag mani ang nailad kay ang gibayad kaniya sa tawong nipalit mini diay.

Sa datus nakuha sa EV Mail gikan sa Police Station 1 (PS1), ang nailad mao si Violeta Gabriel nga taga Villaba, Leyte. Ang ginang kuyog sa iyang kapuyo nagtumod ug mani dinhi sa Ormoc niadtong Desiyem-bre 2. Diha sila nipuwesto sa dalan Mabini.

Sa iyang saysay sa mga pulis, osa ka lalake nipalit kanila ug mani sa kantidad nga Php 110. Ang gibayad adtong wala ilhing tawo tibuok osa ka libo. Gisuk-lian sa ginang ang mangin-gilad ug Php 890. Human madawat ang sukli, dali kining nibiya.

Didto na niya nadesku-brehan nga mini ang kuarta iyang gidawat, kay pug-aw

ang kolor ug nipis. Dako ang naalkanse ni Gabri-el sa nahitabo. Ning ba-hina, nipahimangno ang kapulisan sa publiko sa dili pagkompiyansa niin-ing mangingilad labi pa nga Desiyembre na karon. Kasagaran ra ba nga target ning mangingilad kining mga tinderag isda, karne ug ang gagmayng negosyante sa merkado.

Miyerkules, Desiyem-bre 4, osa katawo ang nailad sab kay ang iyang gidawat nga bayad sa iyang baligy-ang utanon mini nga osa ka libo. Dili magpahingan ang biktima kay mauwaw ug namolong nga dili angay mokompiyansa ang publiko batok niining mangingilad. Kinahanglan nga kilatison ug suhitohon ang kuarta nga ibayad kun dili ba mini. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – Nadakop sa mga pulis ang osa ka-tawo sa ilang operasyun kontra droga niadtong No-biyembre 30 sa gabii, sam-tang ang kauban niini ang naka-ikyas ug siya gyud ang target sa mga pulis.

Kini nahitabo alas nu-webe y medya sa gabii, Nobiyembre 30, diha sa diversion road sa Bantigue. Ang nadakpan mao si Phil-ip Belle Killase, 31 anyus, taga Punta ug delivery boy sa Ninjavan, osa ka cargo forwarder. Ang naka-ikyas gikan sa laang sa mga pu-lis mao ang ginganlan ug “Tenio/Bisoy” nga taga Or-moc Heights Subdivision.

Sa kasayuran nga na-kuha sa EV Mail gikan sa Police Station 1 (PS1), sa wala pa gilusad ang buy-bust operation, gipanid-an

una sa mga awtoridad ang kalihukan niadtong alyas Tenio/Bisoy bahin sa gitug-an sa ilang kasaligan nga impormante nga apil daw si Killase nga nagdespatsar ug gidiling droga.

Human sa pipila kaad-law nga paniid, nakom-pirmar sa kapulisan nga tinuod ang gitug-an sa ilang impormante. Didto na gikasa ang buy-bust operation. Osa ka pulis ang nakigtransaksiyun kang “Tenio/Bisoy” nga mopalit siyag shabu; ang sabot anha ang pinalitay sa diversion road sa Ban-tigue. Una nga nipuwesto ang mga pulis, ug nianang pasado alas nuwebe sa gabii, may motor naabot ug ang sakay sila na Killase ug “Tenio/Bisoy”. Human sa pinalitay, nakabantay si

Bisoy nga ang ila diay nga gikatransaksiyun pulis, niambak kini sa motor ug nidagan. Nisuot sa bagang kasagbutan kay kaayo ngitngit, wala na makit-e.

Si Killase ang nadakpan didto sa iyang posesyun na-kuha ang markadong Php 500 nga gigamit sa pulis pagpalit ug shabu. Sa iyang dalang bag may nakuha nga upat ka gagmay’ng pak-ite sa gidudahang shabu. Kasuhan siya ug kadtong naka-ikyas nga si Bisoy sa kalapasan sa RA-9165.

Ning paghimo sa balita, wala pa makuhai sa iyang habig ang suspek nga si Killase. Ang mga ebeden-siya nakuha gikan kaniya ang gidala sa PNP Crime Laboratory, kasamtangang anaa siya sa lock-up cell sa PS1. Ni Paul Libres

ORMOC CITY – V Walk-ers, us aka grupo sa mga propesyunal, ang nipah-igayun ug feeding o nag-pakaon sa mga kabataan diha sa purok 4 sa Banti-gue niadtong Domingo, Desiyembre 1.

Ang purok 4, anaa kini nahimutang daplin sa bay-bayon, diin ang target sa V Walkers nga pakan-on mao ang 120 ka mga bata. Tun-god sa kadaghan sa pag-kaon dala sa grupo, hasta na ang mga ginikanan naapil

sa rasyun para sa pamahaw.Ang EV Mail osa sa

gidapit sa okasyun ug na-saksihan nga ang grupo way babaye naapil.

Matud ni Roy Arcelo, osa sa mga naghulma sa plano, niingon nga ang ilang kalihukan kabahin sa ilang ika unang anibersaryo human kini natukod niad-tong Desiyembre 1, 2018. Ang grupo naglangkub nila Dr. Allison Junio, DEP-ED supervisor sa Kananga, Pro-vincial Prosecutor Atty. Er-

win James Fabrega, Barnsby Durano Cagang, hepe sa TEAM sa LGU, Roy Vincent Ferrer, Vergilio dela Cruz sa Cooperative Development Authority, Joseph Rey Jaca, ug Joseph Lopena. Si Atty. Pades wala makakuyog.

Gawas sa giandam nga pagkaon may mga sapot sab dala ang grupo.

Ang mga ginikanan nagpasalamat ug dako sa V Walkers sa ilang dalang pagkaon para sa ilang mga anak. Ni Paul Libres

Ang mga miyembro sa V Walkers mi-posing, samtang nag-andam sa ilang mga ipanghatag.

ORMOC CITY – Dol-an 20 ka pasahero sa barko nga molarga unta tabok sa Cebu ang natanggong dinhi sa Ormoc samtang gihuwat nila nga ilibkas sa PAG-ASA ang signal sa bagyong ‘Tisoy’ aron makapadayun na sila sa biyahe.

Niadtong Domingo, Desiyembre 1, daghan mga pasahero nilukat sa ilang mga tickets apan human giisa sa PAG-ASA nga sig-nal 1 number na ang Leyte, ang Philippine Coast Guard nikanselar na sa mga biyahe sa barko. Nakadesider ang obang pasahero nga man-guli pero kadtong kuwang sa budget gipalabi nga anhi

na lang sa Ormoc magpala-bay sa panahun hangtud ilibkas sa PAG-ASA ang signal sa bagyo.

Desiyembre 3, Mar-tes, signal number 2 ang bagyong ‘Tisoy’ dinhi sa Leyte hinungdan nga way barkong nangabot gikan sa Cebu. Gisusi sa EV Mail ang lounge sa bus sa terminal kun pila katawo ang nipasilong tungod sa bagyo. Nakit-an aduna dol-an bayente.

Si Danny Sipe nga taga Tacloban wala na mouli sa ila aron dili siya maapil sa ponsisok unya sa mga pasahero nga molukat ug ticket kun aduna nay biya-

he. Si Karen Tago, kauban ang tres anyus nga anak-lalake nga taga Isabel, nianhi sa Ormoc niadtong Desiyembre 2 namasin nga adunay biyahe, kay sa Isabel wala may barko, pero wa say nidunggo nga barko gikan sa Cebu para Ormoc, resulta apil siya sa ihap sa mga natanggong.

Samtang s i Danny Tago, taga Quezon Prov-ince, dinhi sa Ormoc na-ghuwat kun ilibkas na sa PAG-ASA ang bagyo. Nakadesider siya nga dili una mobiyahe kay masu-gat man niya ang bagyo didto sa Northern Samar nga unang naapektuhan

sa bagyo ug dili gyud sad siya makatabok gikan sa Allen paingon sa Matnog, Sorsogon.

Matag gabii, bisitahon sa mga pulis ang mga nan-gatanggong. Nakita nga luwas sila gikan sa peligro kay anaa may mga bantay ang terminal. Libre silang

makagamit sa pansayan, may bayad hinuon nga Php 20.00 isip terminal fee. Ang oban natanggong nga may kuarta, anaa sila niabang ug lawak sa mga lodge ug pension houses kay may mga dala man silang mga bata.

Desiyembre 3 sa buntag

may mga pasahero naghu-wat atubangan sa lukatanan ug ticket sa mga fastcraft namasin mangabli pero negatibo gihapon. Sa sunod adlaw na, Desiyembre 4, gitugtan og lawig ang mga barko ug fastcraft gikan Cebu paingon sa Ormoc. Ni Paul Libres

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COPD Awareness 2019

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EDITOR’S NOTE:The View From Ormoc

column will return next issue.

Why Do We Hiccup?

FOR ADULTS, hiccups are just a nui-sance. But they may help babies learn to breathe.

You might find yourself hiccuping af-ter a holiday meal or a glass of wine — or sometimes just out of the blue. But is there a purpose to these repeated “hics”?

Exactly why humans hiccup is a mys-tery, but scientists do have one intriguing theory — hiccupping may help a fetus in utero learn to breathe. Later in life, hiccup-ping is a vestige of that early respiratory training.

In other words, hiccups are essentially useless in adults, said Dr. Peter Kahrilas, a professor of gastroenterology and hepatol-ogy at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

Hiccups are a reflex, analogous to the jerk reflex produced when a doctor hits your knee with a hammer. When the reflex is triggered, most often by stimulation to the esophagus or stomach, the brainstem sends signals to the diaphragm and other respiratory muscles, causing them to invol-untarily contract, which result in a sudden intake of air. Then the epiglottis (a flap of tissue behind the tongue) flips over, as it does during swallowing, covering the air-way and causing the hiccup’s characteristic sound.

Because hiccupping closes the airway, it has no respiratory function, nor other obvious use in adults, Kahrilas said. Unlike, say, the gag reflex, which prevents choking, the reflex to hiccup doesn’t protect the air-way or throat. “It serves no function what-ever,” said Kahrilas of the hiccup reflex in adults. “In essence, what you’re doing is you’re, stimulating inspiration, but then you’re preventing inspiration. And then it happens repetitively, which is what we all know about the hiccups,” Kahrilas added.

However, the situation is different in utero and in newborns. In utero, the fetus gets oxygen through the placenta, but as soon as the baby is born, his or her life depends on being able to breathe, Kahrilas explained. “You have to have a breathing apparatus that is already trained,” he said. Kahrilas suggests that hiccups, which begin in utero, provide that training by repetitively causing the breathing muscles to contract. “It’s almost like an isometric exercise… you’re trying to inhale, but then you’re closing the [airway], so that it makes it harder to inhale,” Kahrilas said.

It’s an exercise that fetuses in utero and neonates do a lot. Preterm infants spend an estimated 1% of their time (about 14 minutes per day) hiccupping, according to a recent study in Clinical Neurophysiology that examined the brain activity associated

COPD STANDS FOR Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. November 21 is World COPD Awareness Day. COPD is one of the world’s most prevalent respiratory dis-eases. This illness is non-communicable and is progressive. Famous comedian and Philippine King of Comedy Dolphy died of COPD complication, which is pneu-monia. Being a progressive condition, it will worsen over time. It is manifested by asthma like symptoms of breathlessness, prolonged cough, sputum or phleghm production, occasional wheezing. COPD is the 4th leading cause of death worldwide causing 3 million deaths a year and more than 2/3 of the people with this illness do not know that they have it.

World COPD Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with various health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world. This year’s theme is, “All together to end COPD”. It strives to educate both patients and health care providers alike to unite and end the burden of COPD. There are many factors that can contribute to COPD development. These include smok-ing, genetics, environment and air quality, occupational exposures, etc. It is previously thought that COPD is a smoker’s disease, but in recent years, other important factors were identified, even exposure to smoke produced in burning charcoal or firewood can cause this condition.

The global incidence of COPD is about 10%, however, in the Philippines, its prevalence is a bit higher because for the past years, the cost of cigarettes is low and it is the primary cause of COPD, whether passive or active smoking. In 2015, it was estimated that 14% of its population has COPD while a study in 14 barangays in Nueva Ecija noted that some of its areas registered a high incidence of COPD as high as 21%, this is according to Dr. Tim Trinidad of the Philippine College of Chest Physicians. This is primarily the reason why COPD and its complications ranked 6th or 7th among the top 10 common causes of deaths among Filipinos.

The symptoms of breathlessness, prolonged cough and phlegm production often are neglected and becomes prominent after 10-20 years of smoking cigarette or tobacco. The early stages of COPD are often unrecognized partly because individuals attribute its symptoms of coughing, breath-lessness and phlegm production as part of getting old in patients with history of smoking. COPD could cause architectural damage to the lungs and our lungs are the body’s only instrument to gain oxygen from the air in order for the body to use in its various processes in order to survive.

COPD occurs most often in patients who are over 40 years old and who have a history of COPD risk factors specifically smoking. Worldwide, the most common risk factor encountered is cigarette smok-ing. Other important risk factors include dust and chemicals encountered in one’s job, exposure to smoke from biomass fuels burned from cooking and heating (such as charcoal and firewood) in poorly ventilated dwellings, especially in developing coun-tries like the Philippines.

COPD was previously classified based only on spirometric values (a breathing test). Spirometry is a painless test and takes only a few minutes and it measures the amount of air a person can breath out and the amount of time taken to do so. However, COPD is now classified not only based on lung function test values but also by considering severity of one’s difficulty of breathing (using a scoring method) and the frequency of attacks or exacerbations (counted as number of COPD attacks re-quiring hospitalization). A COPD patient is classified as belonging to group A, B, C or D. Those with the mild stage may only require oral maintenance medications while those with advance stage will require a combination of 2 or more inhalers on top of oral maintenance drugs and permanent oxygen support.

Do you know that your lungs could be decades older than your actual age? This is

HERE WE GO again! These words may be spoken either in cynicism or with much hope, expectation and excitement as we begin another liturgical year with the celebration of the Advent season.

Of course, we should try our best that we speak these words with joy and expecta-tion as we make another proximate prepa-ration for the birth of Christ, our redeemer. With Advent we put ourselves in the litur-gical dynamics of Christian life where we go through another year doing everything not only by ourselves, but also with Christ with the view of reaching our ultimate goal and not just any temporal goal.

That’s what the liturgy means. Christ, through the sacramental signs, takes the initiative to come and live with us, guiding and leading us to where we should be even as we immerse ourselves in our different conditions and circumstances in the world.

We need to be most aware of this ba-sic truth of our faith. We are not living by ourselves alone. We are living with Christ who continues to create and re-create us with his redemptive work. It would be a great pity to miss the significance of the liturgy and therefore fail to do our part in corresponding to Christ’s continuing redeeming action on us.

As we start another liturgical year, let us try to assume that attitude once ex-pressed beautifully by St. Paul: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

“Therefore, I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” (1 Cor 9,24-27)

With another liturgical year opening for us, we are given another chance to run our life with Christ. The different liturgi-cal seasons, namely, Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Or-dinary Time again, provide us the complete life and teaching of Christ that is necessary for us to live our Christian life amid the different circumstances of our life.

Everyone of us should try our best to follow the liturgical cycle to be able to fol-low Christ closely and to be a more effective member of the Church, working together with Christ for the salvation of all humanity.

In other words, our life should be li-turgical. It should develop at the instance of the liturgy, which nourishes our moral and spiritual life, our love for God and for everybody else. It’s in the liturgy that we can be with Christ in the most intimate way here in our earthly sojourn.

Obviously, our participation in the lit-urgy should not be passive. Even if in the

5DECEMBER 2-8, 2019

Phils. to pay Php 11-B to water concessionaires

Starting school late

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION(#pang-eatsvstong-its)

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Different prayers of single women…At 15: Sana po, give me SuperMAN.At 18: Sana po, give me a cute MAN.

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At 40: Sana po, give me a MAN.At 50: Sana po, give me sinoMAN.At 60: Sana po, maawakanaMAN.

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God’s overpowering love for man

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IN MY JOURNEY through life, there have been several seminars that were attended by me. There is one particular one that struck me the most, which was sponsored by the Church. It included a song that made me very attentive. Some of the lyrics hit me hard, as follows: “For God so loved the world, He gave His only Son, to die on Calvary’s tree, from sin to set me free...”

God loved the people of the world. It meant that it was the reverse of what happned during the Great Flood when all humanity perished except for Noah and his family. Thus time, God loved us so much that He gave His only Son to die for us. It involved a process that dates back to the time when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden and were given the exit door. From then on, God chose a woman to be the Mother of Jesus because it can only be done if Jesus removes His mantle of Divinity and assume an earthly body. The process includes choosing the right woman to be the MOTHER.

THIS IS WHERE Mama Mary comes into the picture. For those of you who know the Angelus, it is easy to follow. The Angel came to Mama Mary to inform Her that she was to become the Mother of Jesus. And She was conceived of the Holy Spirit on Anun-ciation Day, which was March 25th. Jesus Christ was born nine months after. How do you think that God loves us so much that He would give us His Son to save us from sin? It was a long process from the choos-ing of the Mother and the Foster Father and instead of letting His Son to come down as an adult, He stayed by letting Him come from childbirth.

This reminds me of a story about an ant lover who lived with an adjoining empty lot. There was an ant hill in the adjoining lot and this man would spend plenty of

time ant watching. He was so engrossed about how the ants can manage consider-ing their size. He saw that the biggest ant is the queen and surrounded by a phalanx of ant guards and the little ones are the workers who spend their time storing grain and honey for their food. Suddenly, there came a heavy equipment because there was a plan to construct a house in the adjoining lot. The man was saddened because the ants did not know about what was going to happen. The man tried to yell but to no response. He wanted to warn the ants of the impending doom. He even wished that he could turn into an ant to warn them. There was no way to save them.

This story could be compared to that of Jesus who changed Himself into the body of a human being. In the case of Jesus, He saved mankind by offering Himself as a holocaust to redeem us. He even became a victim of the greatest injustice that there can be no equal. He allowed Himself to be crucified on the Cross and the first words He uttered were to forgive His tormentors because they did not know what they were doing. He paid the ransom of our sins. He therefore did what the Father did.

There can be no greater injustice than what was done to Jesus Christ. Thus is also the essence of the stand of the Church: hate sin but not the sinner. In other words, love your enemy.

Just as what the song that I heard in a seminar, “for God so loved the world He gave His only Son to die in Calvary’s tree from sin to set me freeee....”

The love of God can be articulated bet-ter if we recall the Parable of the Prodigal Son. There was a farmer who had two

SOME SECTORS are looking at the possi-bility of starting elementary and high-school classes later in the morning. The idea is to improve the odds of kids getting the recom-mended 8.5 to 9.5 hours of nightly sleep.

Getting enough sleep is important for stu-dents’ health, safety, and academic performance. Early school start times are preventing many adolescents from getting the sleep they need.

Pediatricians have cited significant risks that come with lack of sleep, includ-ing higher rates of obesity and depression and motor-vehicle accidents among teens as well as an overall lower quality of life.

The data on the potential risks of chroni-cally tired adolescents are not new information and research has been going on for many years, including some recent large-scale studies.

Researchers analyzed data from more than 9,000 students at eight high schools and found that shifting the school day later in the morning resulted in a boost in attendance, test scores, and grades in math, English, science, and social studies. Schools also saw a decrease in tardiness, substance abuse, and symptoms of depression. Some even had a dramatic drop in teen car crashes.

Adolescents’ “internal clocks” – the circa-dian rhythms that control a human’s responses to stimuli and determine sleep patterns – oper-ate differently than those of other age groups. It’s typically more difficult for adolescents to fall asleep earlier in the evening than it is for other age demographics. And while teenagers are going to bed later, their school start times

are often becoming earlier as they advance through middle and high school.

Researchers found that students showed up for morning classes seriously sleep-deprived and that the 7:20 a.m. start time required them to be awake during hours that ran contrary to their internal clocks. Fewer than half of the 10th-graders averaged even seven hours of sleep each night, which is al-ready below the recommended amount. The study showed that the students bordered on “pathologically sleepy”.

Implementing later start times can be feasible without causing major disruptions. But social norms are at the root of this prob-lem – most people don’t take [adolescent sleep deprivation] seriously and don’t see it as a public-health issue. Parents typically only care about the issue when it affects their own families’ schedules.

Not to be outdone, a Filipino congressman wants to prohibit public and private schools to start their class hours earlier than 8:30 a.m. through House Bill 569 or the proposed Adjust-ed Class Hours Act of 2019 for all schools under the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

But we have to realize that classes in some schools must start early. Some public schools, for example, need to start classes at 6 a.m. just to accommodate the volume of students they have for the school year. Perhaps we should solve the problem of overcrowding and re-lated issues first before doing anything else.

AN INTERNATIONAL Arbitration Court based in Singapore awarded Php 11-billion in a ruling to two private water concessionaires, Manila Water Company and Maynilad Water Services Inc., as compensation for losses and damages that were the result of not being able to charge higher water rates from their customers.

President Duterte was quoted as say-ing that the government is not going to pay it for the reason that they incurred losses. Duterte further said that he wanted graft and plunder charges filed against the owners of the two companies for the 1997 water concession agreements, which are highly disadvantageous to the Philippine government. “You duped the Filipinos of money. I will pursue this if this is the only thing I can achieve in my administration,”

the President said.Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra

said that the government was more in-terested in getting a new deal and a new version that excises all provisions in the concession agreement that are contrary to law and public policy. He was interested in the overture of Manila Water Co., which issued the statement that it was more than willing to settle a workable solution with the government on the Php 7.4-bil-lion awarded by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore last month for the company’s losses from June 1, 2015 to November 22, 2019. The arbitration court also ordered the Philippine government in

Dear Atty. Golo,Mo “greet” ko og “happy birthday”

sa tanang ginganla’g Imaculada. Ang akong apohan Imaculada ang ngan kay natawo man siya sa Dec. 8. Magbiko to siya sa una arang lamia kay siya may mo pang-us sa lubi nga ituno. Maayo pa mag “serve” og biko sa Sea Games aron maka-kaon ang atong mga “athletes” og biko nga ang gata espeso kaayo. “Birthday” pod diay ron ni Mama Mary? Kinsa man na si Imaculada, Nanay ni Mama Mary? Maglagot ko sa akong bana kay masoko kon mag tong-its ko. Mao intawon na ang akong kalipay. Di man gani ko masuko nga moinum siya’g tuba usa ka “bowl” kada gabii kon makakilaw og bolinaw. Inig kahubog niya deretso’g patong. Maayo lang mopatong, dili mo patong-its.

Nagsubaybay, Inday

Dear Inday,Ang “Immaculate Conception” mao

ang pagpanamkon nga walay sala. Ang Mahal nga Birhen mao ang gipanamkon nga walay sala. Gihatagan siya og pabor sa Guinoo og napuno siya sa grasya (Luke 1:28) kay diha sa iyang tago-angkan mipuyo si Jesus sulod sa siyam ka bulan. Kasagaran, ang natawo sa Dec. 8, nganlan og Imaculada kay atol man sa kapistahan. Ang ginikanan ni Mama Mary mao sila si San Joaquin og Sta. Ana. Wa ka kahibawo ani kay sige lang ka og tong-its. Ang imong isugal, imo na lang isimba o kaha e-rosaryo aron ma ilhan nimo’g maayo ang Guinoo. Bahin sa pag patong, apil na sa “job description” sa bana. Aron di mo mag-away, “focus” sa pang-“eats”, “forget” ang “tong-its.”

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo

Third Sunday of AdventDecember 15, 2019

Matthew 11:2-11When John the Baptist heard in prison

of the works of the Christ, he sent his dis-ciples to Jesus with this question, “Are you

the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”

Jesus said to them in reply, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me.”

As they were going off, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did

6 DECEMBER 2-8, 2019

Philippine remake of “Miracle in Cell No. 7” to unfold this Christmas

Double victory for CebuDoc Group

THE PHILIPPINE RE-MAKE of “Miracle in Cell No. 7” is set to unfold on the big screen this Christ-mas, and this early, the public’s reaction to this movie top-billed by Aga Muhlach is nothing short of phenomenal.

On November 12, 2019, the teaser was released in various social media pages of Viva Films and garnered 3 million views in just 5 hours. The views more than doubled to 7 million in 16 hours, then reached 9.6 million in just 24 hours of its release. Two weeks later, as of November 25, 2019, record shows an impressive 18.4 million views across all media platforms.

Is it a miracle to have that kind of enthusiasm from the audience? Maybe not, especially when many are already familiar with the original “Miracle in Cell No. 7”, the heart-wrenching, highest grossing film in South Korea in 2013 and currently ranks No. 7 in the list of Korea’s highest grossing domestic films of all time.

Directed by Nuel C. Naval (A Secret Affair, This Time), this official entry to the 2019 Metro Manila Film Festival stays faithful to the original plot.

Aga plays a mentally-ill man who is wrongfully charged with sexually as-saulting and murdering a little girl who happens to be the daughter of a high-ranking official (Tirso Cruz III). Joselito, the character played by Aga, has a very loving daughter named

Yesha (Xia Vigor) who is left with nobody now that he is in prison.

In all his innocence, Joselito wishes to be with Yesha even in prison. With his fellow inmates already softening up on him, they device a plan to smuggle his young daughter inside the cell. Their success in pulling it off, the bond that is formed between Joselito and the men, the affection they have for the little girl, and how she brings out the best in them – all these put together may be the miracle in cell no. 7.

Their strong connec-tion lives on even years later when Yesha, already a lawyer (Bela Padilla), is determined to clear his fa-ther’s name.

The appeal of “Miracle in Cell No. 7” to Pinoy audi-ences is not just in the story-line, but in the humor and in the all-star cast as well.

Playing Aga’s inmates are critically acclaimed character actors Joel Torre

as Boss Sol, Jojit Lorenzo as Bong, Mon Confiado as Choi, JC Santos as Mambo, and Soliman Cruz as Tatang Celso. Award-winning ac-tor John Arcilla assumes the role of the prison chief, Johnny. Aga expressed his gratitude for the experience of working with “such great actors” in a “super fun set”, giving special mention to director Nuel Naval.

The most crucial part of the movie is set at Christ-mastime, and it will surely tug at everyone’s heart-strings. One dramatic scene revealed in the teaser is that of Yesha feeling sorry for not having a Christmas gift for her father. Joselito then points out that Yesha is already a gift just as she is because he feels very much loved by her.

“It’s a very touching, heart melting movie… I suggest you watch this beautiful movie,” wrote Tir-so Cruz III when he posted a photo with Aga on Insta-gram. That father-daughter

scene alone already proves his statement to be true.

Aga’s brilliance is not lost on Bela Padilla, who calls this opportunity of working with him a “dream come true”. In an interview conducted by ABS-CBN News, Bela said, “There’s really a magic around Kuya Aga… kahit look test lang he sparks something onscreen. I was watching his videos and amazed na amazed na ako, wala pang lines humahanga na ako.”

On Christmas Day and for the entire length of the MMFF, we all deserve a family drama that’s high on entertainment value and shows what great love can do. Have faith that “Miracle in Cell No. 7” is that kind of movie. Be assured by Aga Muhlach’s caption to his Instagram post on November 13, the day after the teaser was released. For the millions who support the film, he wrote a simple yet powerful message: “We won’t fail you.” (PR)

EV media commit to help end ‘decades-long communist insurgency’TACLOBAN CITY – At least 76 government and private media practitioners from the six provinces in Eastern Visayas gathered together in support to the Regional Task Force to Eliminate Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC).

They have signed a manifesto of commitment under the strategic com-munication cluster to help educate and provide aware-ness to all sectors about the government’s program to end the decades-long communist insurgency in the country, amidst re-ports from the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) that some communist-terrorist groups have already infiltrated mainstream media.

However, NICA 8 Di-rector Bonifacio Cebrian Jr. clarified that no media

practitioner from Region 8 has been “red tagged” despite the claims of some local media who have been reporting about the issues of some progressive groups allegedly connected with the CTGs.

“It should be validated and confirmed. It could be from the CPP-NPA-NDF because they also have their propaganda. They should validate their sources,” he noted during the media fo-rum on Executive Order 70.

Said forum was initi-ated by the RTF-ELCAC 8 Strategic Communication Cluster led by the Philip-pine Information Agency, in partnership with the Situation Awareness and Knowledge Management Cluster led by NICA 8.

Among the topics dis-cussed were the CTG Pro-paganda, Infiltration of

CTG on the Media, rev-elations by a former rebel, Peace and Order Situation in Eastern Visayas, the CTG Violations on International Humanitarian Law and other laws, and the Call to Action of the Media by PIA Regional Director Olive Tiu.

During the forum, the official admitted the de-fects of their previous anti-insurgency campaign that they are trying to address through the RTF-ELCAC.

“That is the reason why we are here because we know that there were flaws in our previous campaign and programs. We have a singular effort for every agency and there is corrup-tion that we must solve. We are used to singular efforts, but this one is a whole-of-nation approach,” he explained.

He also cited their sig-

nificant accomplishments barely 7 months after the implementation of said executive order.

“We were able to con-duct more than 100 aware-ness campaigns down to the municipalities, even NPA-infiltrated areas,” he said.

BGen. Ramil Bitong, 8th Infantry Division Assistant Commander, expressed optimism that the media will help them to make the program sustainable in achieving a lasting peace in the community.

“This is a process and a system. The objective is to institutionalize the system. Once it is institutionalized, there is no turning back anymore. I am positive that this program will be sustained,” he maintained.

Pres ident Rodr igo Duterte signed EO 70 on December 4, 2018, which

focuses on conflict-prone communities, including Samar island, to ensure that the roots of the communist insurgency would be ad-dressed through enhanced programs and harmonized efforts in providing for basic needs such as hous-ing, water, education, and health.

Samar island is com-posed of the provinces of Western Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Sa-mar where presence of the armed rebels is still felt, and where most of firefights oc-cur between government troops and members of the New People’s Army (NPA). By Marie Tonette Marticio

VICTORY IS sweeter for CebuDoc Group as two of its member-hospitals, Cebu Doctors University Hospital and South General Hospital, were awarded as 2019 Most Outstanding Hospital-Level 3, Private and 2019 Most Outstanding Hospital-Level 2, Private, respectively by the Philippine Hospital Association (PHA) last Novem-ber 20 at the Manila Hotel, Manila Philippines.

It was the second time in a row that Cebu Doctors University Hospital won the award, having been given the same recognition last year. It was SouthGen’s first time to clinch the award.

Cebu Doctors University Hospital and SouthGen Hospital were recognized on the basis of excellence in the fields of service, training, research, and gover-nance, serving as an inspiration to over 2,000 member-hospitals from both the private and government sectors. The awarding was done during PHA’s 70th Annual National Convention.

PHA gave out three coveted awards, namely the Most Outstanding Hospital Award, the Most Outstand-ing Chapter, and the Most Outstanding Council Award after a yearlong and thorough evaluation and assess-ment of its member-hospitals.

The judging was based on the different categories such as Corporate Social Responsibility, Excellence in Governance, Accreditations, Infection Control, Disaster Preparedness, Green Hospital Initiative, Social and Sports Development Program, Staff Meetings, Safety and Patient Care, Continuity of Care, Patient Engage-ment and Education, and Transparency in reporting Sentinel Events of adverse reactions.

“There are 10 criteria and CebuDoc and SouthGen gave us complete evidence for all criteria. We do this award every year to recognize which hospital has excellent health-care service and we try to excel and improve our service for better healthcare,” said Dr. Edgardo V. Salud, Chairman of the PHA Most Outstanding Awards Committee.

“Recognition from PHA means that not only are we on the right path, we are also trailblazers for quality health-care. Our services, training research and governing bodies serve as motivation and inspiration to more than 2,000 hospitals that are part of the PHA,” said Karen Alfafara, RN, MAN, SouthGen Hospital Administrator.

Advancement of CebuDoc GroupOver the past years, CebuDoc Group has continu-

ously delivered its commitment to provide compassion-ate, high quality, and innovative service.

“In our six hospital brands, we have geared our team with the most advanced and modern healthcare technology as we prepare for the rapid growth of the healthcare industry,” said Engr. Huriel C. Alejandro, Corporate Administrator.

Changes in the medical field demand innovative ideas and implementation and with Dr. Potenciano “Yong” Larrazabal, III, Chairman and President of Ce-buDoc Group, spearheading the way, the future looks even brighter for its member-hospitals.

Under his leadership, CebuDoc Group is being run like a well-oiled machine.

This is evident in the advancement of patient ser-vices, including the opening of Cebu Dental Institute, which is equipped with the latest technology; the introduction of the first IQON Spectral CT Scan in the Philippines; the first Multi-Person Hyperbaric Cham-ber in Visayas and Mindanao and other healthcare breakthroughs.

The CebuDoc Group is also set to welcome the year 2020 with the opening of its newest acquisition in Central Visayas – the Bohol Doctors Hospital.

All these are aimed at providing the most efficient healthcare services to patients.

“Credit does not solely belong to me. Without the CebuDoc Group family, none of these would come into

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Arcinas: A Heart that Shines as Bright as His StarHE MAY END his career as a police officer, but his star will continue to shine as he embarks on another journey in his life.

After over three decades in the service, PBGen. Ariel C. Arcinas will now be celebrat-ing more of his birthdays at home with his family. He is set to retire on December 11, a day before his 56th birthday on December 12.

The humble general, PRO8’s Deputy Regional Director for Administra-tion, is an inspiration to many, not only because of his numerous achievements but because of his hard work and big heart.

The native of San Pablo, Laguna graduated rank 9th in the ‘Tagapagtaguyod’ Class of 1988 in the Philippine National Police Academy.

He also completed Masters of Social Sciences, Bachelor of Social Sciences, and a Graduate Diploma in Social Sciences, all with fly-ing colors from the Univer-sity of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.

General Arcinas has re-ceived at least 120 awards and recognitions such as ‘Medalya

ng Kasanayan’, Medalya ng Papuri’, and Medalya ng Kagit-ingan’, among others.

He is a God-fearing man, a loving husband, and a father of one.

For over a year, mem-bers of the Police Regional Office 8 Press Corps would see him walk in the room with a cheerful smile ev-ery Monday, and greeting everyone, which he knows by their first names. He reminds them to start their week with positive vibes. He willingly answers ques-tions and expounds on every topic with expertise.

Despite his status, he treats everyone with kind-

A happy retirement to you, PBGen. Ariel C. Arcinas

ness and respect; he makes it a point to recognize even the simplest accomplish-ments of his people and gives his men a pat on their backs for jobs well done.

He will always be re-membered as the general who loves the humble Waray-waray food, along with the people who look up to him.

Thus, as a sign of grati-tude, it is but fitting to give him recognition for touching the hearts of his friends, sub-ordinates, and colleagues in Eastern Visayas.

Happy birthday and congratulations on your retirement, Sir! By Marie Tonette Marticio

IN ORMOC, HUNDREDS RUN FOR RED CROSS. The fifth installment of the Philippine Red Cross’ annual “Million Volunteer Run” drew hundreds of Ormocanon to run for the “fund-raising” event of PRC early morning of Sunday, December 8. Photo shows a few of the runners with PRC-Ormoc BODs.

4 dead, 89 injured as No. Samar is placed under state of calamity due to ‘Tisoy’CATARMAN, NO. SAMAR – An estimated 384,566 individuals in Northern Samar were affected when typhoon ‘Tisoy’ rammed the said prov-ince earlier last week, according to Northern Samar Provincial Di-saster Risk Reduction and Management Office (NSPDRRMO).

Last Tuesday, De-cember 4, the provincial government of Northern Samar declared the en-tire province under a state of calamity.

Power outages, wide-spread flooding, land-slide, damaged houses and infrastructure, fuel shortage, and weak com-munication signal have prompted the provincial government to issue the said declaration.

The NSPDRRMO further reported a par-t ia l est imate of Php

304,033,492.00, as the cost of damages to infrastruc-tures in the whole province.

In addition, NSPDRR-MO reported 4 dead in Victoria while injured indi-viduals in some areas of Northern Samar are divided into: 8 in Laoang, 5 in Las Navas, 25 in Lavezares, 3 in Mondragon, 7 in Palapag, 6 in San Jose, 30 in San Roque, 2 in San Vicente and 3 in Victoria.

Meanwhile, totally damaged houses were said to be at 6,077 and partially damaged houses were esti-mated to be around 57,000 in the entire province.

Typhoon victims in Catarman, Nothern Sa-mar are appealing for relief goods, to include hygiene kits, clothes, blan-kets and other basic ne-cessities. By Mike Paul M. Marquez

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TACLOBAN CITY – In order to showcase and pro-mote local cuisine, a Leyte town hosted a two-day culi-nary festival participated by 8 teams composed of teach-ers, students, and soldiers.

Joselito Costas, founder of Grassroots Travel, and the project team leader of the Burauen, Leyte Eco-tourism and Sustainable Tourism project, said the Amazing Food Race, aims for the new generation to know how lo-cal dishes are prepared the traditional way.

“We want to promote and market the culinary tradition of Burauen by partnering with the local communities. We want to package Burauen as a sustainable tourism des-tination, and you can only do that if you will bring all sectors together. Culinary tourism makes it more sustainable, you just have to use the local ingredients so that you can also help the local farmers and even the small carenderia owners,” he shared.

Costas said the race involves 10 stations where groups must complete a specific task before they can proceed to another station.

These stations include the Juice Mio Station, where participants are shown and

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8 DECEMBER 2-8, 2019

Affidavit of Self Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late HERMIGILDO BATOON re a parcel of land Lot No. 11188-Part situated in Nueva Sociedad, Ormoc City containing an area of 44,060 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00064-0007 was adjudicated unto himself by RAU-LITO D. BATOON per Doc. No. 371; Page No. 75; Book No. XLVIII; Series of 2017 Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Addendum to the Original Extra-Judicial Settlement with Waiver

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that NENITA DELA CRUZ MENTIZA, CHARMAE ANN DELA CRUZ MENTIZA, MARIANNE DELA CRUZ MENTIZA, ALLAN D. MENTIZA married to MARIA ELIZA N. MENTIZA, hereinafter referred to as the HEIRS; the deceased was registered co-owner covered by TCT No. 52887, located at Ormoc City with an area of 2,174 sq. m. , was settled among heirs and waived in favor of ALLAN D. MENTIZA, married to MARIA ELIZA N. MENTIZA per Doc. No. 388; Page No. 78; Book No. 118; Series of 2019 Notary Public. . EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement with Quitclaim and WaiverNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late JUANITO FERNANDEZ, SR. re parcels of land Lot No. 9693, Cad-256 situated in Ormoc City, containing an area of 6,386 sq. m. covered by OCT No. P-48; Lot No. 9678, containing an area of 10,961 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 0-261; Lot No. 9694, containing an area of 2,530 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 0-261; Lot No. 96810B-3, situated in Barangay Aguiting, Kananga, Leyte, containing an area of 44,043 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-30589 ; Lot No. 9681-B-4, containing an area of 6,863 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-30590; and Lot No. 9679, containing an area of 14,539, covered by OCT No. 23715 were settled among his heirs and the above first five described parcels of land waived in favor of WILFREDO B. FERNANDEZ, AMELITA FERNANDEZ NAZARENO and JUANITO B. FERNANDEZ,; and the last and sixth described parcel of land waived in favor of RUDOLFO B. FERNANDEZ and HELEN FERNANDEZ-PAREDES per Doc. No. 96; Page No. 20; Book NO. CXXII; Series of 03 Notary Public Nepomuceno P. Aparis. EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late ROSARIO Z. GABUT re parcels of land Lot No. 7268, covered by TCT No. 16117, situ-ated in Dayhagan, Ormoc City, containing an area of 21,040 sq. m.; Lot No. 8105, covered by TCT No. 16114; containing an area of 30,804 sq. m.; and Lot No. 8141, covered by TCT No. 16113 ,containing an area of 15,223 sq. m. were settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 16366; Page No. 56; Book No. X; Series of 2019 Notary Public Vanessa G. Bago-Llona . EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the late FEDERICO ALIGWAY SANCHEZ had left an account with Leyte Ormoc Gaisano branch of BDO Unibank Inc, and USD plus interest accruing was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 129; Page No. 26; Book No. CLXXIV; Series of 2019 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Deed of Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late WILSON M. SIA re one (1) unit Suzuki Wagon vehicle: Make- Suzuki, Body Type – Wagon, Serial/Chassis No. – GC 31W-100354, Engine No. – G16B-191401, Plate No. – HAU360, Cert. of Reg. – 2546055-1, Off. Receipt – 978305812 was adjudicated unto herself by IRA T. SIA per Doc. No. 96; Page No. 20; Book No. XLVIII; Series of 2016 Notary Public Gerentstein T. Banzon. EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019.

Extrajudicial Partition and Settlement

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late HERACLEO SUAREZ and ELENA SUAREZ re parcels of land Lot No. 15060 located to Central Poblacion Hilongos, Leyte containing an area of 301.78 sq. m. covered by TD No. 1400100640R13; Lot No. 13568 , containing an area of 641.12 sq. m. covered by TD No. 1400100635R13; Lot No. 13554 , contain-ing an area of 2,530.10 sq. m. covered by TD No. 14001006321R13; Lot No. 11451, located in Barangay Tejero Hilongos, Leyte, containing an area of 2.0680.00 hectares, covered by TD No. 14045 00133 R13 ; Lot No. 14861, containing an area of 1.99743.01 hectares , covered by TD No. 14045 00132 R13; and Lot No. 14860, containing an area of 1.9044.09 hectares covered by TD No. 14045 00131 R 13 were partitioned and settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 181; Page No. 98; Book no. XXXI; Series of 2017 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late REMEDIOS ZAMORA ZOZOBRADO re One half of a parcels of land, Lot No. 7268, covered by TCT No. 16117, situated in Barrio Dayhagan, Ormoc City, containing an area of 21,040 sq. m. ; One half Lot No. 8105, covered by TCT No. 16114 , containing an area of 30,804 sq. m. ; and One half of parcel of land Lot No. 814, covered by TCT no. 16113, containing an area of 15,223 sq. m. were settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 213; Page No. 44; Book No. 09; Series of 2019 Notary Public Bonifacio Degamo Jr. EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late JUANITO FLORES and FLORITA JUEVESANO FLORES re portion of land 98 sq. m of a parcel of land Lot 1069-B, Psd-69379, situated in Ormoc City, containing an area of covered by TCT No. 7747 was adjudicated unto himself by SAMUEL J. FLORES per Doc. No. 427; Page No. 86; Book No. CVXXI; Series of 2019 Notary Public Aleah Rafel Bataan- Tolibao. EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Addendum to Extrajudicial Settlement

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late ANTONIO C. AVILES re parcels of an agricultural land Lot 7963-A situated in Brgy. Cabu-lihan, Ormoc City, Leyte containing an area of 0.9686 hectare, under TD No. 00013-00171; Lot 7963-B, containing an area of 0.9686 hectare under TD No. 00013-00172; Lot 7963-C, containing an area of 0.9685 hectare, under TD No. 00013-00173 ; Lot 7963-D , containing an area of 0.9686 hectare, under TD No. 00013-00174; Lot 7963-E, contain-ing an area of 0.9686 hectare, under TD No. 00013-00175; Lot No. 7963-F , containing an area of 0.9686 hect-are, TD No.00013-00176; Lot 7963-G, containing an area of 0.9685 hectare, TD No. 00013-00177; and Lot 7963-H, containing an area of 0.9686 hectare, TD No. 00013-00178 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 17; Page No. 04; Book No. XXVIX; Series of Eusebio I. Otadoy, Jr. EV Mail Nov. 18-24, 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late VIRGILIO ALONZO re One-Half (1/2) share par-cels of land Lot 2, pcs-08-000595-D, situated in Brgy. San Antonio, Ormoc City, containing an area of 2,187 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 34413; Lot 7, Pcs-08-000595-D, containing an area of 315 sq. m., covered by TCT No. 34413; One-Fifth (1/5) share of a parcel of land Lot 7, block 5 , Psd-08-023111-D, containing an area of 109 sq. m. covered TCT No. 121-2015000855, containing an area of 5,560 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 19867 were settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 241; Page No. 49; Book No. CIXIV; Series of 2019 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan- Tolibao. EV Mail Nov. 25- Dec. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2019.

Affidavit of Sole Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS. BER-NARDO SAMANTE and EUFEMIA DEGULA re a parcel of land Lot 836-B, PsdE2018006007 covered by TCT No. 115-2019001911 situated in Poblacion, Baybay City, Leyte, containing an area of 713 sq. m. was adjudicated unto himself by MARIO C. SAMANTE per Doc. No. 272; Page No. 55; Book No. 51; Series of 2019 Notary Public Antonio A. Villanueva. EV Mail Nov. 25- Dec. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2019

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late ROLANDO T. COCHING had left an account with Landbank of the Philippines, Ormoc Branch under Savings Account No. 0952-1081 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 294; Page No. 60; Book No. LXXI; Series of 2019 Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Dec. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2019.

Affidavit of Self Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late GUADALUPE G. ACOPIADO and CECILIA A. LODIA re a parcel of land Lot No. 993, located in Brgy. Magnangoy, Hilongos, Leyte, covered by TD No. 14025-00182-R13 with an area of 14,486.20 sq. m. was adjudicated unto herself by AMOR BENDANA-CALDA per Doc. No. 27; Page No. 06; Book No. XXVIX; Series of 2019 Notary Public Eusebio I. Otadoy, Jr. EV Mail Dec. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2019 Deed of Extra Judicial Settlement of

Bank Deposits NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late TERESITA COSTELO SA-BELINO had left an account with RCBC Ormoc City Branch under Passbook Sav-ing Account No. 1449818616; RCBC Or-moc City Branch under Passbook Saving Account No. 000001449810453; RCBC Ormoc City Branch under Passbook Saving Account No. 9018583752; RCBC Ormoc City Branch under Passbook Saving Account No. 0000009019183811 were settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 64; Page No. 13; Book No. 1; Series of 2019 Notary Public Maria Samuel P. Aviles. EV Mail Dec. 2-8, 9-15, & 16-22, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 47, Ormoc City

EJF No. R-ORM-19-008-FC

For: EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER

ACT No. 3135, as AMENDED

RURAL BANK OF DULAG, LEYTE, INC. Petitioner/Mortgagee

-versus-VIRGINIA TUSAY-

TUAZON Debtors/ Mortgagors.

x--------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE

Upon Extra-judi-cial petition for sale un-der Act 3135 filed by Rural Bank of Dulag, Leyte Inc. against Vir-ginia Tusay – Tuazon to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 5, 2019 amounts to FIVE HUN-DRED TWELVE THOU-SAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR PESOS & 71/100 (P512,104.71) including interest, penalties and liquidated damages, but excluding attorney’s fees and other expenses of foreclosure, the un-dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on January 21, 2020 at 2:00 o’clock in the after-noon at the Court Room of RTC Branch 12, RE-GIONAL TRIAL COURT, Ormoc City. To the high-est bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements located therein, to wit:

TCT No. T-36040 Municipal i ty of

Kananga, Province of Leyte

“ A parcel of land (Lot No. 11780 (before Lot 10789- E, Csd-6719) of Cad. Survey of Ormoc, Cad. Case No. 38, LRC Cad. Rec No. 1861), situ-ated in Brgy. Natubgan, Municipality of Kanan-ga, Province of Leyte. Bounded on the NE. points 1-2 by Lot 11779 (before Lot 10789-D. Csd. – 6719); on the SE. & SW., points 2-4 by Lot 11781 (before Lot 10789-E, Csd. – 6719) and on the NW., points 4-1 by Lot No. 11790 (before Lot 10789-0, Csd. – 6719). Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan being S. 36 deg. 11’W., 434.41 m. from BLLM No. 81; thence S. 79 deg. 06’ E., 15.35 m. to point 2; S. 13 deg. 17’W., 13.01 m. to point 3; N. 73 deg. 28’W., 17.25 m. to point 4; N. 22 deg. 43’E., 11.55 m. to the point of beginning, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE (199) square meters and registered in the name of Virginia Tusay.

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 January 27, 2020 without further notice.

November 20, 2019, Ormoc City, Philippines (Sgd.) CHRISTINE T.

DELA CERNA Sheriff IV

RTC Branch 47 EV Mail Nov. 18-24,

25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 47, Ormoc City SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-ORM-19-00069-SP IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE

RECORD OF BIRTH OF JEMBOY SATUR

MALINAO DIONG (Registry No. 2012-

1432), PARTICULARLY IN HIS YEAR OF

BIRTH FROM 2012 TO 2002.

JONY C. DIONG, Petitioner. -versus-

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF

KANANGA, PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

AUTHORITY, AND ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE AFFECTED

THEREBY, Respondents.

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

Filed is a verified Petition for the Correc-tion of Entry in the Re-cords of Birth of minor Jemboy Satur Malinao Diong particularly in the entry under year of birth “2012” to “2002”, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing in accordance with the Rules of Court, a Judgment be rendered ordering the Local Civil

Registrar of the Kananga, Leyte and the Philippine Statistics Authority to correct the above-said entry in Jemboy ‘s record of birth.

Finding the peti-tion to be sufficient in form and substance, set the hearing thereof on March 11, 2020 at 1:30 in the afternoon before this Court, at which date, time and place, any inter-ested party may appear and show cause if any, why the petition should not be granted. Accord-ingly, let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of petitioner once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Prov-ince of Leyte qualified to publish judicial notices and be posted at the bul-leting boards of the Pro-vincial Capitol Capitol of Tacloban City; of the Mu-nicipal Hall of Kananga, Leyte; and of this Court before the scheduled date of hearing.

Further, let a copy thereof be furnished the Local Civil Registrar of Ormoc City, Leyte, the Civil Registrar General in the Philippine Statistics Authority, Sta. Mesa, Manila, the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City; Office of the City Prosecutor, Ormoc City for their information and appropriate action.

SO ORDERED. In Chambers, 20th

of October 2019 at the Hall of Justice, Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) MARIA CORAZON S.

VERGARA-NARAJA Presiding Judge Coy furnished: Atty. Oliver Nor-

man P. Yee Public Attorneys

Office Hall of Justice, Or-

moc City Office of the City

Prosecutor Hall of Justice, Or-

moc City Office of the Solici-

tor General 134 Amorsolo St.,

Legazi Village Makati City Office of the Local

Civil Registrar New Ormoc City

Hall, Ormoc City, Leyte Civil Registrar Gen-

eral Philippine Statistics

Authority Solicarel Bldg., Ra-

mon Magsaysay Blvd., Sta. Mesa, Manila RTC-OCC, Ormoc

City Hall of Justice, Or-

moc City Jony C. Diong Sitio Laray, Brgy.

Tugbong Kananga, Leyte EV Mail Nov. 18-24,

25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

Supreme Court REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Eighth Judicial Region

Carigara, Leyte OFFICE OF THE

EXECUTIVE JUDGE Petition No.

RTC-CAR-2019-06-NC RE:PETITION FOR COMMISSION AS

NOTARY PUBLIC FOR AND WITHIN THE

TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

OF CARIGARA, LEYTE ATTY. ALFIE SONIA

Q. SANCHEZ, Petitioner.

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

Filed in Court on September 25, 2019 is the present petition for ap-pointment as notary pub-lic for the territorial juris-diction of the Regional Trial Court of Carigara, Leyte. Petitioner avers amount others that she is Filipino, married and of legal age; that she will hold office as notary pub-lic at Brgy. Barugohay

Norte, Carigara, Leyte; that she completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Law at the Leyte Colleges, College of Law, Taclo-ban City; that she was admitted to the practice of law on June 20, 2016 with Attorney’s Roll No. 65605; that she is a mem-ber of the Philippine Bar; that she undertakes to submit or report to the Office of the Clerk of Court copies of all deeds notarized by her; that she has not applied for nor was she issued a com-mission as notary public in any other jurisdiction for the current year; that she desires to be commis-sioned as Notary Public for and within the ter-ritorial jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Court of Craigara, Leyte.

After a careful pe-rusal of the petition, the Court finds the same to be sufficient in form and substance. Acting thereon, the Court here-by RESOLVES to:

1. SET the summary hearing of this petition on January 10, 2020 at 9:30 A.M.

2. ORDER the peti-tioner to publish, at her expense, this Order in an accredited newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks;

3 . D I R E C T t h e Clerk of Court, OCC-RTC, Carigara, Leyte, to include this petition in the raffle of cases for publication by accredited publications of general circulation in the Prov-ince of Leyte; and

4. ORDER the Court Sheriff of the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Carigara, Leyte to post this Order in the bulletin board of the OCC, RTC, Carigara, Lyte, and bulletin board of the municipal hall, Carigara, Leyte.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

15th day of November, 2019, Carigara, Leyte.

(Sgd.) LAURO A. P. CASTILLO, JR. Executive Judge EV Mail Nov. 18-24,

25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte SP. PROC. NO. H-639 IN THE: MATTER OF APPOINTMENT OF

GUARDIANSHIP WITH LEAVE OF COURT TO GIVE

AUTHORITY TO SELL PROPERTY OF MINOR

CHILD BENMAR MAZO CRISTINO

MARISSA L. MAZO, Petitioner

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

PETITIONER, MA-RISSA L. MAZO, through counsel title a petition for IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANSHIP WITH LEAVE OF COURT TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO SELL PROPERTY OF MI-NOR CHILD BENMAR MAZO CRISTINO.

In support of their petition the petitioners avers: THAT: petition is the biological mother of the minor Benmar Mazo Cristino of legal age filipino, and resi-dent of Brgy. Poblacion, Inopacan, Leyte; that the minor Benmar Mazo Cristino born on March 21, 2011 in Brgy. Tagnate Hilongos, Leyte and has real properties located at Brgy. Bontoc Hindang, Leyte, approximately with a market value of Two Hundred Thirty Thousand Eight Hun-dred Eighty Five 28/100 (Php230,885.28), that on the reason of minority it is necessary that a guard-ian of his person and properties be appointed for his own good benefits and interest; that peti-tioner Marissa L. Mazo the biological mother of

the minor Bermar Mazo Cristino, whom the said minor having been in her care and custody; that the petitioner possesses all the qualification and none of the disqualifica-tion to whom the letter of Guardianship be issued; the petitioner prayed that an order be issued ap-pointing the petitioner as Guardian of the person and estate of the minor Benmar Mazo Cristino and Letter of Guardian-ship be issued in her favor without giving any bond.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the verified peti-tion to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE the same is set for initial hearing on December 17, 2019 at 8:30 in the morning at which date time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by the approval of the in-stant petition may come to court in this first op-portunity.

Published this Or-der in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

Furnished copy of this Order to the peti-tioner and her counsel at the given address for them to be present dur-ing the scheduled initial hearing.

ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

12th day of November 2019, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO

Executive Judge ESA/ilf EV Mail Nov. 18-24,

25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte City of Baybay

Republic of the Philippine) Province of Leyte) SS

Petition No. CFN-0021-2019 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF

FIRST NAME I, JOSIE A. LIMBRE, of le-

gal age, FILIPINO, and a resident of BRGY. HILAPNITAN, BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seek-ing the change of first name in;

a) My Certificate of Live Birth

b) The Certificate of Live Birth of ____who is my___,

2) I/He/She Born on Aug. 01, 1956 at BAYBAY, Leyte, Philippine,

3)The birth was recorded under registry number 56-1280,

4) The first name to be changed is from JUANITO to JOSE,

5) The grounds for filing this petition are the following:

b)I have He/She has ha-bitually and continuously used JOSE and I/he/she is publicly known in the community with that first name;

f) All my records shows “JOSE” as my first name.

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

a) COLB (PSA COPY) b) LCR FORM 1A c) AFFIDAVIT OF UN-

EMPLOYMENT

d ) B R G Y. P O L I C E , COURT AND NBI CLEARANCE

E.) BAPTISMAL SLIP F.) VOTER’S CERTIFI-

CATE G.) COLB OF SON (PSA

COPY) H.) BAPTISMAL CER-

TIFICATE OF FATHER I.) MUN. FORM 102 OF FATHER

J.) CERTIFICATE OF IN-DIGENCY

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 LCRO of BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE in accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations.

(Sgd.) JOSIE A. LIMBRE Petitioner

VERIFICATION I, JOSIE A. LIMBRE, the

petitioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowl-edge and belief.

(Sgd.) JOSIE A. LIMBRE Petitioner

S U B S C R I B E D A N D SWORN to before me this 18th day of NOVEMBER, 2019 in the city/municipality of ____, petitioner exhibiting his/her Com-munity Tax Certificate No.__ issued at BCL on ___.

(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG

Administering Officer EV Mail Nov. 25- Dec. 1,

& 2-8, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office

Province of Leyte City of Baybay

Republic of the Philippine) Province of Leyte) SS

Petition No. CFN-0022-2019 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF

FIRST NAME I, RAMIR C. LORETO, of

legal age, FILIPINO, and a resi-dent of D. VELOSO ST., BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seek-ing the change of first name in:

b) The Certificate of Live Birth of MA. PERPETUA V. BOR-NEO who is my WIFE

2) She Born on Aug. 18, 1958 at Baybay, Leyte, Philip-pines,

3) The birth was recorded under registry number 82-1619

4) The first name to be change is from MA. PERPETUA SOCORRO to MA. PERPETUA;

5) The grounds for filing this petition are the following:

a) The first name is ex-tremely difficult to write or pro-nounce;

b) I have He/ She has habitually and continuously used MA. PERPE and I/he/she is pub-licly known in the community with that first name;

f) All my records shows “MA. PERPETUA” as my first name.

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

a) LCR form 1A (PSA COPY)

b) LCR FORM 1A c ) B R G Y. P O L I C E ,

COURT AND NBI CLEARANCE d) VOTER’S CERTIFI-

CATE e) SERVICE RECORDS f.) BAPTISMAL CERTIFI-

CATE g.) COM (PSA COPY) H.) COLB OF CHILDREN

(PSA COPY) 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 LCRO of BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE in accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations.

(Sgd.) RAMIR C. LORETO Petitioner

VERIFICATION I, RAMIR C. LORETO, the

petitioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowl-edge and belief.

(Sgd.) RAMIR C. LORETO Petitioner

S U B S C R I B E D A N D SWORN to before me this 18th day of NOVEMBER, 2019 IN THE CITY/MUNCIPALITY OF __, petitioner exhibiting his/her Community Tax Cert No._____ issued at BCL on ____

(Sgd.) NOEL V. MANAGBANAG

Administering Officer EV Mail Nov. 25- Dec. 1

& 2-8, 2019

Republic of the Philippine Province of Leyte

Municipality of VillabaOffice of the Municipal Civil

RegistrarNOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONCFN-12-2019In compliance with

Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that NOLAN N. MANGLE has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “IRINEA” to “IRENE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of IRINEA T. BAR-ING who was born on Sep-tember 10, 1972 at Villaba, Leyte whose parents are LUIS G. BARING and LU-CRECIA M. TABERNERO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than November 30, 2019

ENGR. MEDALLO V. PUNONG

Municipal Civil RegistrarEV Mail Dec. 2-8, &

9-15, 2019

ADVERTISE WITH EV MAIL Contact Nos. (053) 561-0809 & 0928-554-9820

Emails: easternvisayasmail@gmail.com & jimazandra@gmail.comAddress: Hermosilla Drive, District 28, Ormoc City

liturgy Christ takes the initiative and its effectiveness lies more on Christ’s power than on our disposition, just the same we are expected to correspond to Christ’s ac-tion in the liturgy as actively as we can. We should try our best to know what is happening in any liturgical celebration and what we are supposed to do to correspond to Christ’s action.

We have to do a lot of catechesis in this regard, because we cannot deny that nowa-days, many people, especially the young, are ignorant of the true significance of the liturgy in our life.

Of course, we cannot ignore either the many efforts of some people to do some catechesis especially in the different cells of the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) estab-lished in the different parishes in our country.

PASSERBY ... from P. 4

9DECEMBER 2-8, 2019

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registrar

Province: Leyte City/Municipality: Palompon Republic of the Philippines)

Palompon, Leyte) SS Petition No. CFN-0011-2019 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF

FIRST NAME I, ALEJANDRINO OL-

ORVIDA POBLETE, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Barangay San Miguel, Palom-pon, Leyte, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1) I am the petitioner seeking the change of first name in:

a) My Certificate of Live Birth

2) I was born on August 28, 1952 at Palompon, Leyte, Philippines

3) The birth was record-ed under registry number 651

4) The first name to be changed is from ALEJANDRO to ALEJANDRINO

5) The grounds for filing this petition are the following:

b) I have habitually and continuously used ALEJAN-DRINO and I publicly known in the community with that first name;

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

a) Certificate of Live Birth (SECPA) & Certificate of Baptism

b) Certification from Palompon North District, Se-nior Citizen’s ID & Voter ’s Certification

c) Police & NBI Clear-

ances & Affidavit of Unemploy-ment & Marriage Contract of the Child

d) COLB of the Child’s Daughter

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 have no pending criminal, civil or administrative case in any court or any quasi-judicial body.

9) I am filing this peti-tion at the LCRO of Palompon, Leyte in accordance with R.A. No. 9048 and its implementing rules and regulations.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRINO OLORVIDA POBLETE

Petitioner VERIFICATION I, ALEJANDRINO OL-

ORVIDA POBLETE, the peti-tioner, hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Sgd) ALEJANDRINO OLORVIDA POBLETE

Petitioner SUBSCRIBED AND

SWORN to before me this 22nd day of November 2019 in the city/municipality of Palompon, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting his Senior Citizen’s ID No. 4380 issued at Palompon, Leyte.

(Sgd.) ANNABELLE P. MARQUEZ

Municipal Civil Registrar Administering Officer

EV Mail Nov. 25- Dec. 1, & 2-8, 2019

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 15

Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte

Special Proceedings No. 19-10-233

FOR: PROBATE OF WILL

IN RE: PETITION FOR APPROVAL THE WILL

OF ESTANISLAO M. PASCUBILLO DECEASED

ASUNCION E. PASCUBILLO,

Petitioner, x-------------------x

ORDER A verified petition

had been filed by the pe-titioner through counsel, praying that after due publication, notice and hearing, an Order be issued admitting for pro-bate of the last will and testament dated August 18, 2019 executed by the deceased Estanislao M. Pascubillo and awarding the properties existing at the time of his death to the heirs of the deceased.

Finding the peti-tion to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that said

petition be set for initial hearing on February 19, 2020 in the morning ses-sion of this Court at the Hall of Justice , Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Burauen, Leyte, at which date, time and place, all persons may appear and show cause, it any, why the petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the peti-tioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be made at least one week prior to the date of initial hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order and petition to the Office of the So-licitor General, Office of the Provincial Pros-ecutor and the petitioner through her counsel.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

Hall of Justice, Burauen, Leyte, November 25, 2019.

(Sgd.) JACINTO B. ELLE

Acting Presiding Judge EV Mail Nov. 25-

Dec. 1, 2-8, & 9-15, 2019.

Republic of the Philippines

Supreme Court REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Eight Judicial Region

BRANCH 37 (CAIBIRAN) Naval, Biliran

LRC Case. No. CB-01-2019

RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE SECOND

OWNER’S DUPLICATE COPY OF CATIBAYAN

NA ORIHINAL NA TITULO NO. P-2137 OF THE REGISTRY

OF DEEDS FOR THE PROVINCE OF

BILIRANEDGAR V. SALEN-

TES, Petitioner

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

A verified petition

having been filed with the Court by petitioner thru counsel praying that after due notice, publication and hearing of the petition, the Hon-orable Court rendered a decision directing the Registry of Deeds of the Province of Biliran to cause the issuance of a new Owner’s Duplicate Copy of Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo No. P-2137.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 20, 2020 at 8:30 o’clock in the morn-ing, which date, time and place any interested person may appear and show cause, if any, why this petition should not be granted.

Accordingly, let a

copy of this order be published prior to the said date of hearing, once a week for three consecutive weeks, at the expense of the peti-tioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Biliran duly authorized by this Court after a raffle conducted by the Branch Clerk of Court, and posting of this order together with copy of the petition at three (3) conspicuous places in the Municipality where the property is located and at the bulletin board at the Hall of Justice of Biliran Province.

Furnish copy of this

Order and the petition to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Provin-cial Prosecutor, Biliran Provincial, Register of Deeds of Biliran Prov-ince, and the petitioner and counsel.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS,

this 27th day of Novem-ber 2019, Hall of Justice, Brgy. Larrazabal, Naval, Biliran.

(Sgd.) CONSTANTINO F.

ESBERPresiding Judge EV Mail Dec. 2-8,

9-15, & 16-22, 2019

with hiccupping in preemies. Researchers have recorded hiccupping in the womb as early as nine weeks into gestation, said Lo-renzo Fabrizi, a senior research fellow in the department of neuroscience, physiology and pharmacology at University College London, who led the study.

Fabrizi and his colleagues monitored 217 preterm and full-term newborns (pre-term babies are born before 37 weeks of pregnancy and full-term babies are born af-ter 39 weeks) for hiccupping while also re-cording the babies’ brain activity (through EEG recordings) for about an hour. During that time, the researchers observed 13 in-fants undergoing a bout of hiccups noting that the hiccups stimulated three different types of brainwaves in the cortexes of the neonates, Fabrizi said.

Previous studies of both animal models and humans, have found that involuntary muscle contractions in utero send signals to the cortex, Fabrizi said. Researchers have proposed that this process teaches the brain where these body parts are so that it can later control them at will, Fabrizi said, and he thinks something similar may be going on with hiccups in newborns.

“We know that involuntary muscle contraction, in animal studies, allows the brain to form a ‘body map’. So, extrapolat-ing this information, then, a potential expla-nation of what the diaphragm contraction does is to allow the brain to form a map of the respiratory apparatus so that it can be controlled later on,” Fabrizi said.

Human breathing is involuntary most of the time, and depends on signals from the brainstem to the respiratory muscles; but we can also choose to breathe (for instance, when the doctor tells us to “take

a deep breath”). It’s the ability to control breathing that babies may learn through hiccupping, Fabrizi said. Whether the corti-cal area stimulated by hiccups is involved in breathing at will is not yet known, he added.

Regardless of the initial function of hic-cups, it seems to researchers that hiccups have no use after the neonatal period.

Still, “the neural circuitry for [hiccup-ing] persists and it’s buried in the brain-stem, and it can get activated almost coin-cidentally or accidentally by any number of stimuli,” Kahrilas said. (Source: www.livescience.com)

HICCUP ... from P. 4

true among cigarette and tobacco smokers. Aging is a natural process and as a person ages, the lung function also declines with age. However, for a person who smokes, the decline of lung function is faster than its natural course. Furthermore, the symptoms of COPD disease are not easily manifested. This is because the symptoms will appear only when the lung function is equal or below 60%. The elements present in cigarette smoke or firewood/charcoal smoke can damage the lungs. It causes structural changes to the basic unit of the respiratory system, which are the alveoli (air sacs). The air sacs become enlarged; and fuse together leading to the condition we call emphysema. The airway becomes stiff and thickened (bronchitic) with a lot of mucus secretions and less cilia (hair cells), which impairs the ability of the airways to propel mucus out of the lungs. This is why some books would classify COPD as either emphysema or bronchitis. But lat-

est studies have shown that it is usually a combination of both conditions with one being a dominant feature over the other. Thus, its classification as either bronchitic or emphysema type has not been recently used and recommended by lung experts. But rather, it is classified as either Groups A, B, C or D (as discussed earlier). Such classification will help guide the physician in his treatment plan for a COPD patient.

The COPD patient has difficulty in get-ting rid of phlegm even during coughing. And the lungs become less effective in its main function of absorbing oxygen from the environment to be used by the body in its regular daily function. This is why oxygen therapy can alleviate symptoms and improve function among patients with COPD.

COPD has a great impact among the lives of individuals as it hinders them to perform the activities of daily living. And it also makes them prone to acquire respira-tory infections such as pneumonia, flu and tuberculosis. And some may even develop lung cancer.

In treating COPD, it is best to learn the proper technique in taking inhaled medi-cations. Patients must ask the doctor if the instruction in inhaler use is vague and mis-understood. Some inhaled medications are expensive at almost 100 pesos per capsule. Thus, it is important to teach patients the proper way to use their devises or inhalers as to not to waste such expensive medica-tions. In addition to proper inhaler use,

HEALTH ... from P. 4

patient education is an important element in the management of COPD. It can help the patient understand that the main cause of COPD is cigarette smoking.

With the current implementation of the nation-wide ban on smoking in public places, we, the members of the Philippine College of Chest Physicians, are optimistic the incidence of smoking will decline, in-cluding its ill-effects particularly the inci-dence of COPD and many other pulmonary diseases such as lung cancers in the long run. Likewise, the role of e-cigarettes in helping smokers quit smoking is not yet established, this is according to the Ameri-can College of Chest Physicians.

Without treatment, COPD is generally a progressive disease. As the disease gets worse, patients become more breathless during everyday activities such as climb-ing stairs, even walking on the flat surface, or during taking a bath or even getting dressed. COPD treatment is most effective when begun early in the diagnosis of the disease. But at all stages, treatment are initi-ated only to reduce or minimize and not to eliminate the 3 main manifestations of this illness: prolonged cough, breathlessness and phlegm production. In the end, preven-tion proves to be better than its cure and for those who smoke, please quit smoking because “it is not too late”.

Dr. Doydora is a visiting internist-pulmonologist at OSPA Farmer’s Medical Center, Gatchalian and Ormoc Doctors’ Hospitals.

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sons. In the course of time, the younger son asked his father for his share of inheri-tance, which the father gave with some reluctance. The son went out into another country to look for his for-tune. He indulged in wine, women, sin, gambling and all amenities. Eventually he ran out of money and it so happened that there was famine. He sought employment in a farm and was tasked to feed the ani-mals. He then remembered that his father had enough food to feed his animals and here he was longing to eat the food that was fed to the animals. He then longed to go back to his father and seek his pardon. He was still about two kilometers away and the father saw him. He ran to meet his son along with his servants. The son begged for forgive-ness and even asked not to

POTPOURRI ... from P. 5consider him as a son but as one of his servants. The father told his servants to give his son the finest robe and put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet. He also asked the servants to butcher the fatted calf and ordered them to have a feast. He added that this son of mine was dead and is now alive again and that he was lost but is now found. It can therefore be said that the son was given back his birthright just because he came back. It can be seen that the love of God is very overpowering. There can be no greater love than this. The father saw his son when he was still very far away. It only meant that he was waiting for his son for a long time.

This is the kind of love that our Father treats us. All that we shall do is repent and God will do the rest.

2017 to pay Maynilad Water Services Php 3.6-billion.

This week, President Duterte warned that he will file economic sabo-tage cases against the two water service companies over the 1997 agreements they entered into with the Metropolitan Water-works and Sewerage Sys-tem (MWSS). Presidential spokesman Salvador Pan-elo also reported that the

PULSE ... from P. 5President had ordered the filing of criminal, civil and administrative charges against the parties, in-cluding government law-yers and agents who took part in drafting the water concession agreements. Panelo further stated that the President had the au-thority to rescind any gov-ernment contract that is contrary to public policy and interest.

you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? Then what did you go out to see?

Someone dressed in fine clothing? Those who wear fine clothing are in royal palaces.

Then why did you go out? To see a prophet?

Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the

GOSPEL ... from P. 5one about whom it is written:

Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.

Amen, I say to you, among those born of wom-en there has been none greater than John the Bap-tist; yet the least in the king-dom of heaven is greater than he.”

have been very supportive to the partylist; and as a way of paying back, he promised the municipality two farm-to-market road projects: Guinsangaan-Can-angay in 2020 and the other one is in Poblacion in 2021, costing Php 15-million and Php 12-million, respec-tively. He also shared that there is a medical mission set to happen on April 11, 2020 for all the constituents of the municipality.

Other highlights of the anniversary celebration were the distribution of 167 anniversary tree seedlings (Molave) to the 20 baran-gays of the municipality as well as the 167 balloons to some 167 children of Inopacan.

Guests were also enter-tained by the performances of the local personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the 78th Infantry Brigade Warrior Dancers. The school band exhibition by all the second-ary schools of the munici-pality then followed.

Finally, since the town’s anniversary celebration is only days away from Christmas Day, Christmas tree and Belen contests were also incorporated as highlight activities in their five-day long founding an-niversary celebration.

Twenty Christmas trees from the 20 barangays stand tall around the munici-pal grounds – each with a unique design, each mak-ing use of indigenous and recyclable materials.

Meanwhile, the Belen contest is participated by

different schools of the municipality.

“Mala - f i es ta” was what some constituents and visitors alike described this year’s municipality’s founding anniversary, as according to them, the com-memoration in the previous years had never been as grand and as festive as it is now.

In an interview with the Municipal Mayor, Hon. Azucena P. Mirambel, she said that she never expected for the outcome to be as festive since they only have minimal funds for fanfare, being a fourth-class mu-nicipality.

She then thanked all her constituents for the support and cooperation given to the LGU that made the celebration possible. “Wala gyud ko mag-expect nga ingon ani ka-bibo ang outcome kay akong hu-nahuna, simple lang ba, basta naa lay meaning ang among pag-celebrate sa anniversary as well as sa Christmas. Kining tanan dili ni mahitabo kung wala ang pagtinabangay ug pag-kahiusa sa LGU ug sa mga barangays ug uban pang ahensya dinhi sa Inopacan. Akong gi-instill sa mga tawo nga bisan sa kasimple sa atong lungsod, naa gyud gihapon ta mahimo nga mas maayo kung maghiu-sa... Nakita pud gyud nako nga nagkahiusa ang tanan. Nakita pud nako nga dili gyud diay mga mama-halong material ang maka-palipay sa tawo kondili ang pagkahiusa sa tanan,” added Mayor Mirambel. By Dailyn Cabarse

INOPACAN ... from P. 1

home from work riding his motorcycle on December 2 when he was hit by a fallen tree.

Meanwhile, a missing fisherman from Southern Leyte was rescued in Brgy. Balite, San Francisco, Surigao Del Norte on December 2.

The victim Marvin Pajo, 32, was fishing at the seawa-ters of San Ricardo, Southern Leyte when he was caught in rough weather condition on-board a motorized boat. His boat was no longer recovered.

1,122 individuals were also brought to evacuation centers in the province of Biliran. Sofronio Dacillo, Jr., Biliran Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Manage-ment Officer, informed that clearing operation was car-ried out for the uprooted trees that obstructed the road along the Caibiran-Naval Cross Country Road, particularly in Sitio Pulang Yuta, Cabibihan, Caibiran, Biliran. He also reported that no landslides and

flooding were reported.PBGen. Ferdinand Div-

ina, Police Regional Office 8 chief, said a total of 1,690 search and rescue personnel were deployed all throughout the region – 1,278 of which are on standby, while 412 have been deployed in Northern Samar and Samar provinces.

As of 8:00 A.M. on De-cember 3, a total of 2,124 passengers, 536 rolling car-goes and 2 motorbancas were stranded in different ports in Eastern Visayas.

The Philippine Coast Guard 8 said they were al-lowed to travel after the ty-phoon signal was lifted in the region on December 3. Flights in Tacloban City, Catbalogan City, Catarman, Northern Samar and Calbayog City were also canceled.

The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council has deployed a team to identify the extent of dam-age in agriculture and infra-structure in the whole region. By Marie Tonette Marticio

TISOY ... from P. 2

be marketed globally. Through the fair, ac-

cordingly, the DTI is hoping for ocal producers to attract merchandisers or institu-tional buyers from around the globe. “This kind of trade fair is not merely a selling event. This is actu-ally what we call parang a recital, a showcase of what our producers have reached already after all the inter-ventions that DTI as well as other partners are pro-viding our MSMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enter-prises),” said PD Corsiga.

“This trade fair here in Ormoc is a market test for how buyers in Ormoc and nearby municipalities will be responding to this kind of trade fair,” added PD Corsiga. Accordingly, they are targeting Php 2-million in total sales from the trade fair here in Ormoc. Aside from generating sales, they are also expecting to get feedbacks from local buy-ers of the products being

DTI ... from P. 2showcased for the produc-ers to know what or where to improve. “There is really hope for our local produc-ers to be known globally. I saw a lot of potentials here in Leyte and our dreams for them to be recognized in the global market are slowly coming to reality. So let us help one another and work together for the two million sales target,” per PD Corsiga. Meanwhile, City Councilor Roiland Villacen-sio (Acting City Mayor), in his speech during the open-ing ceremony, called on all shoppers to patronize local products, hence, supporting the MSMEs.

Also gracing the event were City Councilor Atty. Nolito M. Quilang, SK Fed-eration President Joan Mar-bie Simbajon, Joel Mendoza (Head, Business Permits and Licensing Office), and Vaneza Carlos (Mall Opera-tions Manager, Robinsons Place Ormoc). By Dailyn Cabarse

fruition. Staying humble and being progressive go a long way, especially for endeavors requiring everybody’s hand. We all work, but ultimately we are a family,” said Dr. Yong.

Competition in the healthcare industry may be chal-lenging but when each team member in an institution does their part for growth, success is easier to achieve.

“Everybody deserves a pat on the back—from our maintenance staff to the medical team. This one is on us. United we stand, that is why we never fall,” said Dr. Yong.

Dr. Salud, for his part, lauded the efforts done by Ce-buDoc Group and encouraged the team to keep following the right path.

“Continue with what you’re doing. As far as we are concerned in our judging, you excel in all aspects. Even the little things in the hospital, you’re showing us that you’re doing the right thing for your patients,” he said.

“CebuDoc Group’s leadership is admirable and that’s the most valuable thing, when everyone in the organization is supporting one another,” Dr. Salud added. (PR)

CEBU DOC ... from P. 6

made to prepare a juice mixture that they have to reproduce, both in color and taste; the Gabi Konsumisyon Station asks the participants to do the proper tying of gabi leaves, which are used to cook the ‘dagmay’ dish; the Turon Around Station tells the participants to prepare, cook, and eat turon.

The Speak Out Lawot Station asks them to identify ingre-dients of the ‘Lawot-lawot’ and also eat it; the Master Suman Station asks to correctly identify six native delicacies; the Rice and Shine Station asks the participants to separate the husk from the grain the traditional way; the Coco Loko Station tells the participants to manually grate coconuts and produce coconut milk; and, finally, there are the Chicken Ini Station; the She Lubid Me, She Lubid Me Not Station and the Eggs-tra Service Station.

Meanwhile, he added that Burauen has many local in-gredients, from rice, coconut, native chicken and vegetables that grow freely, which they are also trying to promote.

“Burauen is really a unique culinary destination. There are many variations of ‘gabi’ in this municipality, even ferns. In fact, we have the traditional food called lawut-lawot that consists of 21 kinds of vegetables, which is unique in this place because you cannot find it in other towns or provinces in the country,” he noted. By Marie Tonette Marticio

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Samar road crash kills 2, injures 7

PRO-8 pushes through with annual ‘Christmas Decors’ despite a battering from ‘Tisoy’

Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla led the distribution of boxes of medicines and native wine to the 50 barangay captains of Palompon on November 28, 2019 during their ABC night. With him in the photo are Palompon Mayor Myra Georgina Arevalo and Vice-Mayor Ramon Oñate. The activity was held at the Palompon Civic Center, Palompon, Leyte. (Gina P. Gerez)

TACLOBAN CITY – Two persons were killed while 7 others were injured in a twin road crash in Catbalo-gan City, Samar on Friday, December 6.

The first incident oc-curred at about 7:25 A.M. at the intersection of Ma-harlika Highway and the new diversion road exit in Brgy. Maulong, involving a wing van and a single motorcycle.

Authorities identified the fatality as Yermon Pes-cos, 46, a resident of the said village and a city hall employee.

Initial investigation re-vealed that the truck driven by one Narciso Godornes Jr., 47 and a resident of Ta-cloban City.

The truck, which was supposed to deliver relief goods to typhoon-stricken Northern Samar province reportedly lost control of its brakes and overshot the intersection at the Mahar-lika Highway reaching the downward curve, before the diversion road exit.

The victim who was on board his motorcycle was passing through the said intersection, was bumped and dragged underneath the truck, that subsequently fell-off the shallow ravine at the other side of the highway.

The truck driver and his 2 injured helpers, who were identified as Reyner Daguman, 25, and Maren Gervacio, 51, both from Taclo-ban City, were immediately brought to Samar Provincial

Hospital, while Pescos was declared dead-on-arrival.

Meanwhile, another truck figured in multiple mishaps with 6 vehicles at around 11 A.M. of the same day. This resulted in another death, and scores of injured people.

Police records show that a wing van driven by one Rolly Longakit was on their way to Catbalogan City from this city. It was navigating the downward portion of Maharlika High-way towards the downtown area, when upon reaching Rizal Avenue Extension, the truck figured in multiple mishaps with 6 other vehi-cles, including a passenger motor cab driven by one Edimel Gandia, 39, mar-ried, and a resident of Brgy. Bunuanan, Catbalogan.

Gandia died on the spot, and his passengers, identified as Prosecutor Ma. Luz Lampasa, 47, and Chito Jose Pabilonia were injured.

The victims were also immediately brought to Samar Provincial Hospital.

Two more tricycles were hit, but the police have yet to identify their drivers, including a driver of a single motorcycle.

Another motorcycle driven by Pedro Ortiz, 26, and a UV Hyundai van driv-en by one Carlito Obingayan, were likewise damaged.

The truck driver was brought to Catbalogan City Police Station for prop-er disposition. By Marie Tonette Marticio

The scene of the Samar road crash.

DPWH MAINTENANCE TEAM UN-CLOGS DRAINAGES ALONG NA-TIONAL ROADS DURING TYPHOON TISOY. At the onset of “Typhoon Tisoy”, members of DPWH Leyte 4th DEO Main-tenance Team unclogged waterways and drainages along national highways, as the team knows that increased volume of debris that course through the drainages will lead to flooding, especially along national roads. The crew cleared all the drainages from plastic bottles, debris, and other obstructive materials. This immediate response from the team prevented flooding caused by the ty-phoon in the city of Ormoc. (PR)

TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) has shown resil-ience despite Eastern Vi-sayas being battered by Ty-phoon ‘Tisoy’ last week by pushing through with its annual Ceremonial Light-ing of Christmas Decora-tions, Lantern-making and Adopt-a-Tree Contest on Thursday, December 5.

PBGen. Ferdinand Div-ina, Eastern Visayas Police Director, said PRO8 pro-motes the use of recyclable materials, as part of their campaign against climate change, instead of buying new decors for their month-long Christmas celebration.

Over 20 provincial, city, Regional Mobile Force Bat-talion, and national sup-port units have exhibited creativity in designing their Christmas lanterns and trees, capped off with a grand fireworks display.

“I feel so elated having the opportunity to cele-brate this with the men and women who, despite all the hurdles, still choose to con-

tinue and strive towards the culture of professionalism and excellence,” he noted.

The whole camp, in-cluding its offices looked like a Christmas village as it was filled with colorful Christmas lights, and trees were decorated with lan-terns, assorted ornaments, and lamps using recycled newspapers, plastic cups, bottles, and utensils, as well

as used x-ray films, tires, and syringes.

PCol. Arthur Cabalona, Deputy Regional Director for Operations, said they are planning to open the exhibit to the public for some time at night because of the im-pressive designs shown by the participants.

Each office is also tasked to install their respective booth for the ‘Perya Games’

along the 1st Street of the camp during their Christ-mas Party on December 17, in order to entertain the child-dependents of their personnel.

Meanwhile, their per-sonnel are encouraged to attend the daily dawn mass (Misa de Gallo) from De-cember 16-24 every 4:30 in the morning. By Marie Tonette Marticio

PNP Headquarters beautified and lighted up.

PNP grounds beautified and lighted up, too.