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DFA, MCC discuss

more projects in 2016
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Albert
F. del Rosario met with Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dana Hyde to discuss
prospects for the 2nd Philippine Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact in 2016.
On behalf of the Aquino administration, we want to express our profound thanks for the great support of the MCC
for the implementation of the 1st Millennium Challenge Account-Philippine Compact and we are very excited about
the prospects for the 2nd Compact, Secretary del Rosario
said.

For her part, Ms. Hyde emphasized that both the MCC
and the Philippine Government have done quite good work
together in our first Compact, particularly in ways that the
program can be scaled up and taken nationally.
Ms. Hyde cited the Secondary National Roads Project in
Eastern Samar, where the resiliency standards that were built
into the project can be replicated in other Compact programs.
On the potential second compact for the Philippines, Ms.
Hyde explained that MCC is very much looking for opportu-

DFA /turn to Page 2...

956 high schools nationwide

to receive new classrooms
The Department of
Budget and Management
(DBM) has released P9.41
billion to the Department of
Public Works and Highways
(DPWH), the governments
primary construction arm,
to build 6,098 classrooms
in 956 high schools nationwide for the Department of
Education (DepEd).
Charged under the

DepEds Basic Educational

Facilities Fund (BEFF) in the
2015 National Budget, the
fund release of P9.41 billion
will increase the capacity of
public high schools as well
as accommodate the rising
number of students each
year. With this release, only
P61.5 million of the BEFF
is still left for release pending the submission of docu-

mentary requirements by the

DepEd.
Weve already closed
the classroom gap based on
the 2010 backlog target, and
now were determined to
build more classrooms due
to the increasing number of
enrollees each year. We are
also preparing for the proper implementation of the K
to 12 program by next year,

Budget Secretary Florencio

Butch Abad said.
There have been delays in the construction of
these classrooms, due to the
education agencys exhaustive process in assessing
their targets. However, the
DepEd had to identify and
validate the safety of these
sites first as part of the Na-

OCD-8 conducts 4-day

regional contingency plan
workshop
Around 50 participants
from different areas in Eastern Visayas are converging
for a 4-day regional contingency plan formulation
workshop at Hotel Alejandro
this city which begins Monday until Thursday.
The activity is aimed at
strengthening the capacity of
the local government units
towards disaster mitigation,
preparedness, response and
recovery capabilities to reduce risks to human life and
properties as well as build resilient communities.
Office of Civil Defense 8
acting regional director Ed-

gar L. Posadas emphasized

the importance of a contingency plan to address whatever challenges that may
come along the way in case a
similar catastrophic incident
like Yolanda happens again
in the future.
Planning plays a crucial
role. We have to carefully
map out the response to effectively and more efficiently
address the threats that hazards pose in our communities and in the immediate
environment, Posadas said.
We have to customize
plans that we could effective-

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956/turn to Page 6...

Social Welfare Sec. Corazon Dinky Soliman(center) insists that the Yolanda
donations were fully accounted despite of the findings of the Commission on
Audit. Photo shows Soliman with UN Representative Margaret Whlastrom who
was inRegion 8 last week.

Gov. Nicart leads the Pledge of Peace to the members of the Provincial Peace and Order Council

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NEWS

DepEd adopts Child

Protection Policy
The Department of Education (DepEd) continues
to strengthen education reforms to ensure a safer and
learner-centered education
for Filipino children, with
the governments sustained
investment of the government in basic education.
Without any second
thoughts, a teachers first
move is to protect children, Education Secretary
Br. Armin Luistro, FSC, said
during the deliberation of the
2016 proposed budget for the
DepEd at the House of Representatives.
The education chief said
all schools are zones of peace,
adding that education and
children should not be casualties in any conflict nor be
subjected to any form of violence.
DepEd has adopted a
comprehensive Child Protection Policy that enshrines the
universal rights of a child and
condemns any form of threat
against children in schools.
In 2014, DepEd trained
over 1,100 national trainers

in child protection policy.

Guidelines and procedures
on the management of Children-At-Risk and Children
in Conflict with the Law were
also released by the department this year.
Providing more access
to hard-to-reach learners
through the Abot-Alam Program, Special Education,
and Indigenous Peoples Education (IPed) is among the
agencys last mile efforts.
As of the first quarter of
2015, among those who enrolled are 30% of the 2.67
million out-of-school youth
(OSY) mapped. To date,
there are 1.2 million IP learners and 470,276 Alternative
Learning learners.
Luistro said there has
been a 110% increase in the
education budget from 2009
to 2015 - from P174.5 billion
to P367.1 billion.
We will always endeavor
to make sure that every cent
is spent for the rightful purpose, he added.
DepEd sustains the foun-

dations of reforms by empowering not only the learners but also DepEd teachers
and personnel and public
schools nationwide through
various programs that aim
to improve learning, curriculum delivery and processes.
It has achieved a teacher-to-student ratio of 1:36 for
elementary public schools
and 1:27 in secondary schools
in 2015. It has also proposed
the creation of over 60,000
teacher items for 2016.
Education leadership and
management is strengthened
through the Superintendents
Leadership Program (SLP),
having trained 218 superintendents and other school
officials deployed in 174 division offices across all 17
regions.
DepEd is also enhancing
its curriculum delivery and
organizational processes in
response to continuous engagement from learners and
key stakeholders through the
implementation of the Continuous Improvement Program (CIP). (DepEd)

DFA, MCC...

Rosalia de Leon, the current

Alternate Executive Director to the World Bank for
the Philippine Constituency,
opined that precisely because of the improvement in
the revenue collection that
we would like to pursue now
dovetailing the next (Philippine) story on how we could
use the resources productively for infrastructure and
social spending, and together
leveraging it with private sector capital.
As part of the Compact
Development process, MCC
officials confirmed during
the meeting that a joint Constraints Analysis (CA) study
has been concluded, the results of which are being eval-

uated by a Root Cause Analysis Workshop.

After a rigorous Compact
Development process, the
consideration for a second
Compact will be decided by
the MCC Board of Trustees
and will go through a U.S.
Congressional Notification
process. Countries which are
eligible for a second Compact
must not only pass majority
of the 20 MCC indicators, including the must-pass Control-of-Corruption indicator,
but also show meaningful
progress toward achieving
first Compact results.
Secretary del Rosario
welcomes the upcoming visit of the MCC CEO to the
Philippines to check on the

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nities where we can leverage

other private sector investments and where we can create a systemic, larger change
like the first Philippine Compact.
Under the first Philippine Compacts Revenue Administration Reform Project, Philippine Ambassador
to the United States, Jose
L. Cuisia Jr., conveyed that
MCCs insistence in terms
of improvement in revenue
generationwhich has been
growing double-digit every
year for the Philippinesis
very much appreciated.
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progress of the current MCC

Compact projects which will
conclude in May 2016. Ms.
Hydes visit will be on the
margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
CEO Summit scheduled in
mid-November of this year.
In September 2010, the
Philippines received a USD
434 million, five-year grant
that covers three high-impact
projects: Secondary National
Roads Development Project,
the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and
Integrated Delivery of Social
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ly activate as needed to reduce the impact of devastating events as well as allocate

meager resources in times of
disasters, he further said.
At the beginning of the
workshop, OCD-8 acting
assistant regional director
Rey M. Gozon discussed in
detail the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction (PDRR)
Profile including the major
disasters that hit the country
and the paradigm shift in the
PDRRMs.
With the geographical
location of the region, it is
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the needs of the people that
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properties.
After the workshop, it
is expected that the participants could come up with a
draft integrated plan based
on the prioritized hazards in
the region.
The final draft plan will
be submitted to the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council
(RDRRMC) for approval
and this will be endorsed to
the National Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management
Council (NDRRMC) and
will serve as a regional plan
to be crafted down to the
LGUs.(ajc/cba/PIA-8)

Sept. 20-26, 2015

NEWS

DSWD: Yolanda
donations are used
as intended

QUEZON CITY-The
Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the
P 1.1 billion donations it
received for the rehabilitation of supertyphoon
Yolanda-stricken regions
was used as intended.
Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said out of
the P73 billion foreign aid
pledged, P45 billion were
in cash and P28 billion
were non-cash.
However, the Philippines only received P17
billion, of which P1.202
billion were in cash and
1.269 billion in non-cash
were given to the government.
The remaining P14
billion went to non-government organizations and
multilateral organizations,
among others. The DSWD
received P1.1 billion both
in local and foreign currency, Sec. Soliman said.
As of the latest, DSWD
has already disbursed 84%
of the donations it has received. The amount went
to transitional shelter program, cash- for- work,
ready-to-eat food items

and medicines, demurrage

fees, civil registry documents, supplies for children, and administrative
expenses, among others.
The remaining 16% is
already allocated based on
a work and financial plan
to include a supplementary
feeding and tourism project.
To promote transparency and accountability,
the summary of cash donations for typhoon Yolanda
is available in our website,
Sec. Soliman stated.
As of September 9, a total of 803,281 families from
Palawan, Panay, Northern
Cebu, Samar and Leyte municipalities have received
their assistance out of the
966,341 target families. This
is approximately 83% completed.
Of this, 339,692 families
out of the 449,127 families
with totally damaged houses have received P30,000
shelter assistance amounting to P10.19 billion.
On the other hand,
463,589 families out of
the 517,214 families with
partially damaged houses
have been provided their

P10,000 shelter assistance

totalling to P4.63 billion.
Sec. Soliman said if there
are cases that went awry,
these are isolated and only
constitute a small portion
as indicated by the number
of beneficiaries who have
received their assistance
without any problem.
For example, out of the
more or less 400,000 families who received the assistance in Panay region,
DSWD only received 103
complaints with 42 already
resolved.
The Secretary said the
Department continues to
uphold the principles of
transparency and accountability. She urges the public
to immediately report any
irregularity that they know
of to the nearest DSWDField Office.
Efforts will be undertaken to improve service
delivery to disaster victims,
especially that the Aquino
Administration has vowed
to pour in more budget to
implement rehabilitation
programs, as indicated in
the 2016 National Budget,
Sec. Soliman said. (PR)

Eastern Samar Bulletin

Chiz to BOC: File smuggling

raps vs Torres
Sen. Chiz Escudero said the Bureau of
Customs (BOC) should
file smuggling charges against former Land
Transportation
Office
(LTO) chief Virginia Torres for trying to negotiate
the release of P100 million worth of smuggled
Thai sugar.
Escudero said the
BOC should send a
strong message that the
administration is serious
in its bid to curb smuggling that even perceived
administration allies will
not be spared.
Cases must be filed
against her if indeed
theres evidence to prove
that she intervened or is
trying to intervene in an
illegal shipment, Escudero said.
The veteran lawmaker said the BOC
should take the cue
from Malacaangs pronouncement that influence peddling will not
tolerated by the administration.
Presidential
Communications Operations
Office (PCOO) Secretary
Herminio Coloma Jr. on
Sunday said that if there
was proof that Torres
committed such prohibited act, then it may be
acted upon in accordance

with
the
law.
If the
BOC is fascinated in
looking into
the measly
padala of
our overseas Filipino workers
(OFWs),
then
the
more
it
should be
interested in pursuing the
people behind the importation of 64 shipping containers of smuggled sugar
worth more than P100
million, said Escudero,
who has been seeking a
law against influence-peddling since 2007.
Senate Bill No. 118,
which Escudero refiled in
2013, states that it shall
be unlawful for any person to engage in influence peddling or the act
of representing oneself,
either orally or in writing,
as being able, whether real
or imagined, to influence,
facilitate or assist another
person having some business, transaction, application, request or contract
with the government in
which a public official or
employee has to intervene.
Torres reportedly last
month tried to plead for

the release of the illegally

imported goods, which
were also not covered by
import permits by the
Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA).
The said shipping
containers were the subject of 24 alert orders of
the Intelligence Group of
the BOC.
According to Escudero, the government
should train its sights on
sugar smuggling rather
than targeting the balikbayan boxes being sent
by OFWs.
The BOC should run
after big-time smugglers
instead of molesting our
OFWs. The agency is
being hard on our OFWs
who play a major part in
building the economy,
but is being easy on those
who are ruining it, the
senator said.

Yolanda paintings to
be displayed in London
TACLOBAN CITY-A remarkable 100-frame Haiyan
inspired art collection from Tacloban, the city hardest hit
by the supertyphoon Yolanda/Haiyan, will be on display at
the Temple Church in London on 8 November.
Solely created by 64-year old artist-survivor Eduardo
Echavez Rompal, the unique visual anthology is coming
off a successful staging of Sketches - One Hundred faces
of Yolanda held in Tacloban last June.
Titled Answered Prayers in London, the art exhibition falls on Remembrance Sunday where British and allied soldiers from the two World Wars are honored across
the United Kingdom.
Chairman of Temple Church Ian Mayes, Q.C. who
extended the invitation for the London exhibition, aptly
explains Haiyan is not the first time British and Filipinos worked alongside each other to overcome seemingly
insurmountable odds. We have a shared history in Korea
where both our people fought together to save another. It

is but fitting to hold this exhibit while re-introducing a forgotten part of our common history 65 years ago, he said.
Civic-initiative group One Tacloban, prime mover of
Haiyan campaigns in Tacloban is grateful for the Temple
Church invitation to present a local art collection.
Represented by its main convener Jeff Manibay, the
group sees the London exhibition as a rare opportunity to
express gratitude from their communities to the people of
Great Britain - one of the biggest donors to the Haiyan humanitarian mission.
On a broader scale, Manibay likewise believes that the
event will provide a chance for Tacloban to stand witness
and underscore how international cooperation turned desperate times into a humbling display of humanitys finest
hour. We cannot thank everyone enough for restoring
dignity to tens of thousands of Haiyan affected families
across three regions. I cannot even begin to tell you how it
feels to be at the receiving end of humanitarian aid in very

trying times. Heaven sent is the best way to describe them,

said Manibay.
Answered Prayers runs from 31 October to 15 November at the 12th century Triforium of Temple Church in
London. Special prayers for Haiyan victims and survivors
will be offered during the 10:30am Remembrance Sunday
services on 8 November. Formal opening and reception for
the Tacloban exhibit follows thereafter.
To highlight the special occasion, the Temple Church
choir sings classic Waray-Waray song An Iroy Nga Tuna
(The Motherland) composed by legendary songwriter the
late Illuminado Lucente. Acapella arrangement is provided
by US-based musician Melvin Corpin. Both Lucente and
Corpin are natives of Tacloban City.
Answered Prayers is supported by Mr. Wilson Chan,
Gothong Southern, Tacloban Filipino Chinese Chamber of
Commerce and Telmarc Corporation. For more information please visit www.templechurch.com. (PR)

Eastern Samar Bulletin

OPINION

COMMENTARY:

Sept. 20-26, 2015

EDITORIAL

By Fr Roy Cimagala
Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

The other son

THE parable of the prodigal son has a side story worth
meditating on. I believe it contains rich and very relevant
lessons for all of us to learn, especially during these that
tend to lead us to rash judgments and self-righteousness.
Its the story of the other son, the brother of the prodigal son, who remained with his father and who appeared
to be faithful to him, until the wayward brother came back
and somehow caused trouble to him.
Like this other son, we can appear good and faithful,
but sad to say, in appearance or in name only. The real
goodness and fidelity are actually absent. When a returning sinner or person in error appears at home and is welcomed by God, our Father, that sad reality appears too.
More concretely, this can happen when all our interest
and eagerness for what is true and good would make us
hateful of those who are in error or in some bad state. Its a
sense of righteousness that fails to include mercy and the
cost that such mercy requires.
This is not so with God as epitomized by Christ himself. He is all true and good. He is the very canon of holiness. And yet what does he do with those who go against
him? There is justice and punishment, of course. But in the
end, there is mercy.
He sent his very own Son to us. Becoming man, the
Son ultimately offered his life on the cross as a ransom for
all of us. Mercy is the prevailing divine sentiment, going
beyond the demands of justice.
In the parable of the prodigal son, we have the consoling thought that the errant character regretted what he
did, and decided to go back to his father, asking for forgiveness.
But in some other parts of the gospel, we also learn that
Christ forgave those who did not even ask for forgiveness.
For example, he asked for forgiveness for those who crucified him. Forgive them, Father, for they know not what
they are doing. (Lk 23,34).
St. Paul expressed this sentiment of Christ by saying,
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so
that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
(2 Cor 5,21)
In his Letter to the Romans, he said: God shows his
love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died
for us. (5,7)
Its very important that we understand these words
very well, so that even as we ought to know and follow
what is right and avoid what is wrong, and even as we, of
course, also have to comply with the demands of justice,
we still should have to go beyond these levels, and reach
the point of mercy and reconciliation.
This is what true righteousness is. We should avoid getting stuck at the level of justice alone, which in our human
ways can never reach the justice of God that includes his
mercy.
This was the problem with the other son, the brother of
the prodigal son. He got stuck with his human concept of
justice. And so the father, who in this parable is the image
of God, had to tell him:
Son, you have always been with me, and all that is
mine is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this
brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was
lost and has been found. (Lk 15,31-32)
This is not going to be easy, of course. Christ himself
said that if any person wants to follow him, he must deny
himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. (Lk
9,23)
Our human justice is usually stuck with the merely punitive. That it redresses the wrong done is more incidental
than anything. That it is restorative and medicinal to both

Elections Overspending

lection overspending is
a tragic phenomenon in
the conduct of elections
in our Philippine democratic system of governance.
Tragic in a sense that majority of
our elected officials now holding
elective position spent so much
just to be where they are now.
It cannot be denied that it is
normal for winning candidates
once they officially assume office
to have their first agenda how to
recover fantabulous election expenses. Their salaries and other
legal perks in office cannot recover the expenses they incurred. So,
graft and corruption is committed
that results in overspending, and
waste of financialresources in prothe victim and the guilty party can only be at best accidental.
We need to have the justice of God, which can only
happen when we would completely identify ourselves with
Christ and do the revolutionary thing of denying ourselves
and carrying the cross. Short of this, we can only be like the
other son of the parable of the prodigal son.
We have to be careful that in our pursuit for what is
true, good, fair in our dealings with others, we dont fall
into our own self-righteousness, missing the righteousness
that is of God. The former avoids the cross. The latter requires it.
We have to understand then that the cross is necessary
in our life, both in good times and in bad.

ject implementation which could

have been used for our benefit.
Elections over spending had
been a scourge in our electoral
process since time immemorial.
Something has to be done by civic
organizations, and patriotic Filipinosto band up together in a serious campaign for our voters not
to accept election bribes.
The Commission on Elections
should design ways and means to
stop prostituting the ballot.
There are so many among us
who are better prepared and
more sincere to serve the nation
via elections but cannot for lack of
substantial funds to win.
Dalmacio C. Grafil
Publisher
Aljim Denver M. Arcueno
Editor-in-Chief

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Sept. 20-26, 2015

Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT
Eighth (8th) Judicial
Region
BRANCH 2
Borongan, Eastern
Samar
IN THE MATTER OF
PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY,
Spec Proc. No. 170-14
ALMA ADAO-CEBREROS,
Petitioner
-versusTHE CEBU CTY CIVIL
REGISTRAR and the
NSO
x---------------------x
ORDER

This is verified amended

petition for correction of entries filed by petitioner Alma
Adao-Cebreros through counsel, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing,
judgment be rendered correcting: (1) the entry of her name
in her Certificate of Live Birth
of ALMA CALO or change her
surname therein so that her
name should read as ALMA
CALO ADAO, following the
surname of her father Agustin Adao (deceased) instead
of ALMA CALO, (2) her date
of birth be likewise changed
from March 16 193 to March
16, 1953, (3) the name of her
mother reflected therein as
JOSEFA CLARO be changed
to JOSEFINA CALO, and (4)
the name of her father AGUSTIN ADAO be recorded in the

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT
Eight (8th) Judicial Region
Branch 5
Oras, Eastern Samar
IN THE MATTER OF THE
CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
UNDER LOCAL CIVIL
REGISTRY NO. 2000-23
Spec. Proc. Case No. 677
For: Correction of Entries in
the Civil Registry
MARY ANN M. ESPONILLA,
Petitioner,
-versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL
REGISTRY OF ARTECHE,
EASTERN SAMAR, THE
ADMINISTRATOR AND
CIVIL RIGISTRAR GENERAL OF THEN NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
AND ALL INTERESTED
PERSONS,
Respondents.
x-----------------------------x
ORDER

A verified petition for the

Correction of Entry in the
Certificate of Marriage under Local Civil Registry No.
2000-23 of MARY ANN M.
ESPONILLA, was filed on July
23, 2015 praying that after due
notice, publication and hearing, this Honorable Court adjudged that petitioners date of
birth be changed from MAY
13, 1973 in the certificate of
Marriage at the National Statistics Office, Manila and likewise at the Local Civil Registrar, Arteche, Eastern Samar.
Finding the petition to

space provided for the name of

the father, and his citizenship
as Filipino.
Finding the petition to
be sufficient in form and substance set this case for hearing
on November 23, 2015, at 8:30
0clock in the morning at the
Session Hall of this Court.
Any person having or claiming any interest under the entries in the record of birth the
correction of which is being
sought may, within fifteen (15)
days from notice of the petition or from the last date of
the publication of this Order,
file his/her opposition thereto.
Let a copy of this Order
be published once a week for
three (3) consecutive weeks in
a newspaper of general circulation and duly accredited to
publish judicial and legal notices in the province of Eastern
Samar at the expense of the
petitioner.
Send a copy of this Order, together with a copy of
the petition to the Office of
the Solicitor General, (OSG)
134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi
Village, Makati City, and to
the Cebu City Civil Registrar,
Borongan, the Civil Registrar
General, National Statistics
Office, Manila, and to the petitioner and her counsel

SO ORDERED.
Borongan City, Eastern Samar, July 20, 2015.
Sgd. NATHANIEL E.
BALDONO
Presiding Judge

ESB: Sept. 20-26, 27- Oct. 03,

04-10
be sufficient in form and substance the court hereby orders
that the petition be set for
hearing on October 6, 2015 at
1:30 oclock in the afternoon at
which date, time and place all
persons interested may appear
and show cause why the petition should not be granted.
A copy of this order shall
be published at the expense of
the petitioner once a week for
three (3) consecutive weeks in
a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Eastern Samar with the last publication at least one (1) week
prior to the date set for initial
hearing.
Furnish copy of this Order: The Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo
St., Legaspi Village, Makati
City; Office of the Provincial
Prosecutor, Oras, Eastern Samar; The Local Civil Registrar,
Arteche, Eastern Samar; The
Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, EDSA,
Quezon City, Metro Manila;
And Petitioners counsel, Atty.
Robert John M. Tejero, of
Public Attorneys Office, Oras
District Office, Oras, Eastern
Samar.
The petitioner is directed
to furnish copy the aforesaid
offices each with a copy of the
petition.
SO ORDERED.
Done in Chambers this
30th day of July 2015, Oras,
Eastern Samar.

JULIANA
ADALIM
WHITE
Presiding Judge
ESB: Sept. 13-19, 20-26, 27- Oct. 03,
2015

NOTICES
REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT
EIGHT (8th) JUDICIAL
REGION
CITY OF BORONGAN,
EASTERN SAMAR
BRANCH 2
CYNTHIA CAPACITE
JABAGAT,
Petitioner,
-versusTHE CITY CIVIL
REGISTRAR, BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN
SAMAR
Respondent
SP.PROC. NO. 175-15
x----------------------x
ORDER

This is a verified petition

for cancellation of the registered birth certificate and
correction of entries in the
original record of birth filed
by petitioner Cynthia Capacite Jabagat, through counsel,
praying that after due notice,
publication and hearing, judgment be rendered (1) ordering
the cancellation of petitioners
late registration Live Birth
Certificate (Annex A) under
Registry No. 2007-2192 registered on November 9, 2007 in
the Civil Register of Borongan
City, Eastern Samar; and (2)
ordering the correction of the
following erroneous entries in
the original Live Birth Certificate of petitioner (under Registry No. 236) to wit: (a) the
name CYNTHIA BORDIOS
CAPACITY to CYNTHIA
BORDIOS CAPACITE, (b)
the name IGMEDIO DISTA
CAPACITY to IGMEDIO
DISTA CAPACITE; (c) the
date of birth of petitioner
from September 12, 1973 to
September 13, 1973.
Finding the petition to be
in due form and substance, set
this case for hearing on January 19, 2016, at 8:30 oclock
in the morning, at the Session
Hall of this Court. Any person
having or claiming any interest under the entries in the record of birth the cancellation
or correction of which is being
sought may, within fifteen (15)
days from notice of the petition or from the last date of
publication of this Order, file
his opposition thereto.
Let a copy of this Order
be published once a week for
three (3) consecutive weeks in
a newspaper of general circulation and duly accredited to
publish judicial or legal notices in the province of Eastern
Samar at the expense of the
petitioner.
Send a copy of this Order,
together with a copy of the petition to the Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo
St., Legaspi Village, Makati
City, and to the City Civil Registrar, Borongan City, Eastern
Samar, the Civil Registrar
General, National Statistics
Office, Manila and to petitioner and her counsel.

SO ORDERED, In
Chambers.
BoronganCity, Eastern Samar,
01 September 2015.
Sgd. NATHANIEL E.
BALDONO
Presiding Judge
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04-10

Republic of the Philippines

Eight (8th) Judicial
Region
REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT
Branch 01
Borongan City, Eastern Samar
IN THE MATTER OF
THE PETITION FOR
THE ADOPTION OF
MINOR MATTEO
DAWN
SPEC. PROC. NO. 17615
SPS. ZALDY M. OBAR
& MYLENE JADE S.
OBAR AND CONCEPCION B. TABINAS
Petitioner.
x------------------x
ORDER

This is a verified petition

for Adoption of minor Matteo Dawn filed by the spouses Zaldy M. Obar and Mylene Jade S. Obar petitioners.
Through counsel Atty. Eduardo Q. Ang Jr. praying that after
due notice, publication and
hearing judgment be rendered
declaring Matteo Dawn, the
child of petitioners for all legal
intents and purposes and as a
consequence of his adoption
the childs name be changed to
MatteoSacmar-Obar.
The petition alleges that
petitioners are husband and
wife, of legal age, and residents of Rawis Road, Brgy.
Alang-alang Borongan City,
E. Samar, that both are qualified to adopt; That they were
married on October 27, 2003
and to date spouses do not
have any children; That petitioners are more than sixteen
(16) years older than the minor child; That the petitioners desire to adopt minor
child, Matteo Dawn; That the
baby was abandoned and was
brought to the hospital in early morning of July 19, 2012
where he stayed at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for two
(2) months; That no one came
to claim the baby named Matteo meaning God Sent and
surnamed Dawn since he was
admitted in the early morning;
That the petitioner Mylene
Jade S. Obar is a nurse who
took pity on the bay and decided to bring the baby home;
That the DSWD gave petitioners Foster Parent Authority
and Foster Parent License to
take temporary care and custody of the child; That Matteo
Dawn has been living with
petitioners since his release
from the Neo Intensive Care
Unit of the Eastern Samar
Provincial Hospital; That the
bay grew up with his adoptive
parents; That he is emotionally
attached to Petitioner Mylene;
That the child is now 2 years

Eastern Samar Bulletin

and 11months old and is presently enrolled at the Borongan City Learning School as a
nursery pupil; That petitioners
are physically, psychologically,
morally and financially prepared to care for and love the
child as they have been doing
so all these years that Matteo
Dawn has stayed with them.
That they are in possession
of full civil capacity and has
not been found to be guilty
of any charge involving moral
turpitude. That petitioners are
financially stable as both are
employed. That Mylene Jade
works as a nurse at the ESPH
with a basic monthly salary
of Php 19,000.00. That Zaldy
is Marine Engineer earning
a monthly salary 348,000.00;
That the couples are in the best
position to afford the child a
decent and comfortable life;
That adoption of the child
Matteo Dawn would serve the
best interest and welfare of the
child.
Finding the petition to
be sufficient in form and substance let the hearing of the
petition be set on December
8, 2015, at 8:30 oclock in the
morning at the Session Hall
of the Regional Trial Court,
Brand 01, Borongan City,
Eastern Samar where all interested parties may appear
in court and show cause why
the said petition should not be
granted.
Let this order be published at the expense of the
petitioner in a newspaper
of general circulation in the
Province of Eastern Samar
and accredited by this court
to publish legal notices, once a
week for three (3) consecutive
weeks before the scheduled
hearing. The Provincial Office
of the DSWD is hereby directed to submit to the court a
Home Study Report and Case
Study Report of the child and
the petitioners duly approved
by the Regional Director of
the said Office prior to the
scheduled hearing in coordination with Mrs. Ma. Lourdes
S. Cales, Social Welfare Officer
of this Court.
Furnish copy of this order
to the Solicitor General, 134
Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village,
Makati City, the Local Civil
Registrar of the City of Borongan, E. Samar, petitioners
counsel, the petitioner, the
Civil Registrar general, National Statistics Office (NSO),
Manila and the Provincial
Prosecutor of the Province of
Eastern Samar,

SO ORDERED.
In Chambers, August 17, 2015, Borongan,
Eastern Samar.
Sgd. ELVIE P. LIM
Presiding Judge
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04-10

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT
8th Judicial Region
Branch 42
Balangiga, Eastern
Samar
IN THE MATTER OF
THE PETITION FOR
THE ADOPTION OF
MINOR SAMANTHA
JEAN ABUCEJO CUEVAS,
LEONARD WANIWAN
VALDEMORO
And JEANELE ABUCEJO VALDEMORO,
Petitioners
SPEC. PROC. NO. 0139
For:
ADOPTION
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x
ORDER

Before this Court is a

Petition for Adoption filed
by Spouses Leonard Waniwan Valdemoro and Jeanele
Abucejo Valdemoro, praying
of this Honorable Court that
after due notice, publication
and hearing, a judgment be
rendered ordering the Department Social Welfare and
Development,
Borongan
Provincial Office, Borongan
City, Eastern Samar, thru the
DSWD, Quinapondan, Eastern Samar, to forthwith submit to this Honorable Court
a Child and Home Study Report on both the petitioners
and the child to be adopted;
granting the herein petition
for adoption and declaring
that SAMANTHA JEAN
ABUCEJO CUEVAS be considered, for all intents and
purposes, as the adopted child
of herein petitioners to be entitled to all the privileges and
benefits arising out and as a
consequence of the approval
of this petition for adoption;
ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Quinapondan, Eastern
Samar, and the National Statistics Office (NSO) that the
middle name and surname of
the adopted child be changed
from ABUCEJO CUEVAS to
ABUCEJO VALDEMORO
in the attached Certificate of
Live Birth of Samantha Jean
Abucejo Cuevas; to issue a
certificate of birth which shall
not bear any notation that it is
a new and amended certificate

and which shall show, among

others, the registry number,
date of registration, name of
child, sex, date of birth, place
of birth, name of citizenship
of the adoptive mother and
father and the date and place
of marriage; and furthermore, ordering the Office of
the Local Civil Registrar of
Quinapondan, Eastern Samar,
to annotate on the adoptees
original Certificate of Live
Birth the decree of adoption
within thirty (30) days from
receipt of the Certificate of
Finality.
It appearing that the petition is sufficient in form
and substance, let the hearing of the petition be set on
10 November 2015 at 8:30 in
the morning, in the Session
Hall of this Court, Balangiga,
Eastern Samar. Let a copy of
this Order be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in Region VIII and the
Province of Eastern Samar at
the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3)
consecutive weeks prior to
the date of hearing to afford
any person or persons who
may have opposition thereto
to file the same, stating among
others the ground or grounds
why said Petition should not
be granted, and, attend on said
hearing at the date, time and
place as above-stated.
The Social Welfare and
Development
Officer
of
Quinapondan, Eastern Samar
is hereby ordered to conduct
a Child and Home Study Report on the would-be adoptee
and submit the same before
the hearing on 10 November
2015.
Let a copy of this Order
be furnished to the Office of
the Solicitor General, the Social Welfare and Development
Offier of Quinapondan, Eastern Samar, the petitioners and
their counsel for their proper
information and guidance.

SO ORDERED in
chambers.
8 September 2015,
Balangiga, Eastern Samar.
(Sgd.) ROLANDO
M. LACDO-O
Acting
Presiding
Judge

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NEWS

Eastern Samar Bulletin

Sept. 20-26, 2015

Justice to the Lumads

NYC supports move to create space

for lasting peace

The Philippine Press Institute (PPI) conducted a seminar among media workers in the region on
civic journalism held in Tacloban last Sept.21. Photo shows Jose Bayani Daylon, one of the speakers and vice pres. for corporate communications of Nickel Asia Corp. (LITO A. BAGUNAS)

Reporters told to be sensitive

in covering disaster stories
TACLOBAN CITYEven in a disaster, media
workers should always at
all times observe proper
decorum and sensitivity.
Thus said Rowena
Paran, secretary general of the National Union of Journalists of the
Philippines(NUJP) who
discussed on disaster reporting during a seminar
attended by local media
workers from the region
sponsored by the Philippine Press Institute(PPI)
held last September 21,
this city.
According to Paran,
while it is the duty of me-

dia workers to inform the

public on what happens
during a disaster, this
does not mean that they
will not observe proper
decorum.
Treat every victim
that you approach in a
tragedy with sensitivity, dignity and respect,
she said during the civic
journalism on disaster
forum.
She also said that considering the sensitivity of
the situation and the prospective subjects are still
in a state of pain, media
workers should be careful in posing questions to

them.
Do everything possible to avoid violating
someones private grieving. That doesnt mean
that you shouldnt record photos of emotion
on public scenes. However, do not intrude
upon someones private
property or disturb victims during their grieving process, Paran said.
Publishing or showing sensitive or disturbing photos should at all
times be discussed by
the reporter and his editor or superior.
Meantime, Paran said

While the country

commemorates the 12th National Peace Consciousness
Month, the National Youth
Commission (NYC) resonate
its appeal to stop violence
affecting the indigenous
communities particularly in
Mindanao.
We condemn the atrocities in indigenous communities that are allegedly perpetuated by violent groups
which sowed fear and anxiety
among the tribal communities. Again, the best interest
of young people in such satiation is being compromised,
said Asec Earl Saavedra,
NYC Commissioner Representing Mindanao.
Recent reports showcased the public clamour to
obtain justice for the killings
of three Lumad leaders who
were at the forefront of ensuring that children in the far
flung indigenous communities also receive education

that they are entitled to.

The Lumad People are
those belonging to the multiple ethno-linguistic groups
in Mindanao that include the
Tboli, Tiruray, Bagobo, Dibabawon, Mandaya, etc. They
are among the marginalized
in our country,Saavedra
added.
We should always strive
to let the culture of peace
and non- violence engulf
our communities especially
in areas where there are vulnerable groups like children
and young people. We can
only create peaceful co-existence if we start to propagate
peaceful means to communicate and reach out to our
indigenous
communities,
added Undersecretary Gregorio Ramon Tingson, NYC
Chairperson.
The National Youth Commission values the role of Indigenous Groups in building
peaceful communities. The

agency also believes that the

Indigenous People are the
foundations of Mindanao.
Under its Mindanao
Youth Agenda, NYC emphasized the need to create
safe and secure environment thru cultural preservation, appreciation and
understanding. It echoed
its message of support on
the celebration of the 12th
National Peace Consciousness Month by committing
the role of the youth sector
as pro-active participants
in establishing peace with
intentions to help end violence through a unified
voice against armed conflict.
It is best to allow the
creation of space for lasting
peace as this will help pave
the way to realize the countrys development goals. Let
us remember that Peace is
tantamount to progress.
Saavedra said. (NYC)

that reporters should always be ready and prepared when covering a

disaster story.
They should also inform their editors or
even their colleagues on
where they are heading
and how they could best
contact their sources of
information. (JOEY A.
GABIETA)

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if needed.
The education agency received P377.7 billion
this year, the highest budget
among all departments and
agencies. It will continue to
have the largest allocation
in the 2016 proposed budget with P435.9 billion, an
increase of 15.4 percent or
P58.2 billion from last year
to cover its various programs
and projects.
With 99.87 percent of
the BEFF already released,
the National Government
can now focus on achieving
our construction targets for
the year. More important, the
building of these school facilities will help us improve the
quality of education to better
prepare our graduates for
work or higher education,
the budget chief said.

Samar officials to sign

peace agreement
- A peace agreement will
be signed by security and
elective officials of Samar as
a way to combat the series
of killing incidents that have
rocked the province for the
past months now.
The signing of the peace
agreement is scheduled on
October 1 in Calbayog City
where most of these incidents took place.
During a peace dialogue
held in this city last Sept.12,
those present of the said occasion have agreed to come
up with an agreement in
hopes of solving the killing
incidents.
Present during the said
peace dialogue with Governor Sharee Ann Tan were
Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and the mayors
of Gandara, Matuguinao, San
Jorge, Santa Margarita and
Almagro.
The scheduled peace
agreement was agreed in the
wake of a shooting incident
on September 15 in Calbay-

og killing five people, two of

them were children.
The seven perpetrators
were said to be members of a
private armed group.
Since the start of the year
until this month, 34 shooting
incidents have been reported
with 22 deaths, most of them
barangay officials.
Gov. Tan and Mayor
Aquino, who belong to different political camps, said
that they want to see an end
of violence rocking their
province.
Im very positive that
with the signing of a peace
agreement, we could achieve
peace, particularly in Calbayog where most of the incidents happened, Tan said.
Aquino said that he want
to see the end of killing inci-

NO

dents in his city.

Nothing will happen to
us if these killing incidents
will not stop. We want to
have a peaceful and better Samar, Aquino, who chairs the
Regional Peace and Order
Council (RPOC), said.
Samar, particularly in
Calbayog, has always been
identified as concerned
area during election time
due to the presence of armed
men reportedly maintained
by some local politicians.
Both Aquino and Tan
have denied that they have
armed groups.
Police Regional Director
Chief Supt. Asher Dolina
and Major Gen. Jet Velarmino, commanding general
of the 8th Infantry Division,
have also vowed to break the

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private armed groups in the

province.
Both security officials
said that for them to achieve
their goal in ensuring peace
will prevail in Samar, officials
of the province, to include in
the barangays, should extend
their cooperation and support on their campaign.
We need your help to
stop these killings. You are
from Samar, you must show
your concern to your province like how we in the law
enforcement agency show
our eagerness to solve the
problem in this place, Velarmino said.
We dont like to see people die just because of misunderstanding and indifferences in our political view, he
added.

Registered voters whose biometrics have not been captured must undergo validation on or before October 31,
2015, otherwise they will not be allowed to vote on May
9, 2016 National and Local Elections.

Friendly reminder from:

COMELEC

& Eastern Samar Bulletin

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tional Governments Build

Back Better strategy, Abad
said.
Of the 15 regions, Region
IV-A (CALABARZON) will
have the highest allocation,
with P2.17 billion to build
1,349 classrooms. This is followed by the National Capital Region (NCR), with P1.29
billion for 751 classrooms
and Region VI with P1.2 billion for 835 classrooms.
Aside from the allocation for the classrooms above
amounting to P9.33 billion,
the releases also include buffer funds of P82.6 million to
ensure there would be appropriate budgetary support for
additional foundation works

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