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The Exponent of EASTERN SAMAR PROGRESS

Oct. 04-10, 2015

Vol. XIII Issue No. 18

EASTERN
PACIFIC
HARDWARE
Baybay 3,
Borongan City
Eastern Samar

Comelec to accept
CoCs on Oct. 12
ESamar mayors named
bridging leaders

For their improved

health outcomes resulting
from health system reforms
in their respective municipalities, at least nine Eastern Samar mayors were
recognized recently by Zuellig Family Foundation, Department of Health (DOH)
and University of the Philippines-Manila, School of
Health Sciences.
Mayors Viscuso De Lira
(Balangiga), Allan Contado(Balangkayan), Jaime
Uy (Gen. McArthur), Mark
Biong(Giporlos), Christopher Sheen Gonzales (Guiuan), Edgar Boco(Hernani),
Enrique Cabos (Mercedes),
Nedito Campo(Quinapondan), Melchor Melgar(Salcedo) were named bridging
leaders for completing as
well, the Municipal Leadership and Governance Pro-

gram (MLGP), a leadership

capacity program which
helps local health leaders
in becoming better health
stewards of their constituents.
Modular in approach,
MLGP contributed in curbing specifically the rate of
maternal and infant deaths
in Yolanda affected areas
that considerably had some
health challenges after the
November 8, 2013 calamity.
Despite the worn-out
health facilities, the mayors
with their doctors advocated for facility-based deliveries, where pregnant mothers
had to give birth only in the
presence of a professional health worker who are
posted in lying and birthing
clinics or rural health units
(RHUs).
According to Mayor

Cabus, in his strong advocacy to prevent maternal deaths, he ordered that

hilots should never perform home-deliveries or be
jailed, should they do otherwise. He also informed that
his municipality was first to
be declared Zero in Open
Defecation, as he imposed
that each household should
have their own toilets.
In addition, with the
MLGP, which they took side
by side with their official
duties, the local chief executives became fully aware
of their peoples poor health
indicators and thus, felt the
urgent need to improve
them. Eventually, they did
not only improve the several poor health indicators
but also were able to build

- All local elections

offices across the region
are ready and prepared
to accept certificates of
candidacy (CoCs) from
candidates
seeking
for elective positions
relative to next years
elections beginning on
Monday, October 12.

This early, candidates

were warned not to campaign after they filed their
CoCs at the risk of being
possibly disqualified.
Lawyer Jose Nick Mendros, regional director of the
Commission on Elections
(Comelec), said that all local election offices are now
ready to accept the CoCs to
be filed by would-be candidates.
We are ready. All local
election offices have their
own designated receiving
officers who are in formal at-

tire. All the offices are ready

with no noon break, Mendros said.
The filing of certificates
of candidacy will begin this
Monday, October 12 and will
end on Friday, October 16.
The Comelec regional director, in particular, stressed
the time on the filing of the
CoCs.
The last day of filing is
on Friday, October 16 and
until 5 pm only with no extension. To me, its illogical if
a candidate will wait for the
deadline when, in fact, he al-

ready declared to the world

that he will be running,
Mendros said.
The Comelec local offices will start accepting CoCs
starting from 8 am until 5
pm.
In the region, to be contested during the May 9, 2016
elections are 12 congressional posts, six for governor positions, seven for city mayors,
143 for town mayors as well
as for vice governors, board
members, vice mayors and

COMELEC

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ESamar

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NEDA-8 Regional Director Bonifacio G. Uy (left) together with Eastern Samar Vice-Governor Dindo Picardal (right) hold
the Eastern Samar-led coordination meeting on Yolanda rehab and recovery program at SP Session Hall, Capitol Site,
Borongan City.
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NEWS

CSC awards Philhealth offices in EV;

agency head hailed as Arta czar
- PhilHealth Regional Office 8 did it again!
The government health
insurance agency proved
that excellent customer service is one of its priorities
as seven out of its nine offices were awarded with an
excellent rating by the Civil
Service Commission (CSC)
under the Anti-Red Tape Act
Report Card Survey (ARTA-RCS).
The awarding ceremony and performance excellence summit was conducted last September 28, 2015
at the Ritz Tower de Leyte,
Tacloban City attended by
representatives from the
government line agencies,
government-owned and controlled corporations, state
colleges and universities, and
local government units.
The ARTA-RCS initiated by the CSC is a tool that
measures clients feedback of
the services availed in a government office.
This is in compliance
with the Anti-Red Tape Act
of 2007. Government offices
are being rated as to the quality, efficiency and adequacy
of their frontline services.
There are two core areas
that are being measured, one
is the office compliance to
the anti-red tape provisions
which included, among others, the no noon break policy,
anti-fixing campaign, public
assistance and complaints
desk, IDs for frontline officers and transparency in the
costs of transactions.
Another core area is the
overall client satisfaction
which covers the knowledge,
competence, timeliness and
overall conduct of frontline
officers as well as the physical
set-up and basic facilities of
the office.
Among the seven PhilHealth offices that were rec-

ognized by the CSC are the

Tacloban Local Health Insurance Office (LHIO), Ormoc
LHIO, Maasin LHIO, Borongan LHIO, Catbalogan LHIO,
Baybay Business Center (BC)
and Calbayog BC.
PhilHealth
Calbayog
Business Center not only obtained an excellent rating
but it got the highest score
of 95.37 amongst all agencies
included in the survey.
In 2014, PhilHealth also
topped the ARTA-RCS with
PhilHealth Catbalogans rating of 94.35%. Said LHIO received the Seal of Excellence
Award.
On hand to receive the
award from the CSC-8 Regional Director Victoria Esber and Asst. Regional Director Rowin Rios were the
PhilHealth officers led by Regional Vice President Walter
R. Bacareza.
RVP Bacareza was also
recognized as the ARTA czar
for having the most number
of offices rated as excellent.
Indeed, this is a testament
to his commitment of giving importance to external
clients and providing them
with outstanding service.

In his acceptance speech,

he expressed gratitude to the
CSC for the recognition and
for continually challenging
them to be better as a frontline service provider. He also
lauded the PhilHealth 8 employees for being consistent
in giving excellent customer
service.
Another highlight of the
awarding ceremony and performance summit was the
sharing of ARTA best practices by selected speakers which
included RVP Bacareza.
The health insurance
agency chief showcased PhilHealth 8s innovations and
practices which garnered
positive feedback from clients and the CSC.
These included posting of
large citizens charter tarpaulin and other ARTA IEC materials in conspicuous places
within the clients area, implementation of the no noon
break policy, wearing of visible IDs and nameplates by
frontline officers as well as
manning of a public assistance and complaints desk.
The physical space for
clients were also spruced up
with provisions for a breast-

feeding area, comfort rooms,

fast lane counters, and lounge
with magazines and other
reading materials for senior
citizens, pregnant women
and persons with disabilities.
Free drinking water, coffee
and candies are also made
available.
There is also a free blood
pressure check-up and charging station. PhilHealth also
provided a kiosk with computer and internet connection for employers so they
can immediately post their
report of remittances.
An efficient queuing system was also implemented.
But the best and most notable
aspect of PhilHealth customer service are the courteous,
smiling, knowledgeable, and
efficient frontline officers.
In his presentation, RVP
Bacareza said that pursuing
excellence especially in customer service is a personal
goal that is also being shared
by the rest of the PRO8 employees. This makes working in the government not
only fun but fulfilling as
well, he added.
(MIRAMAR P. ZABALA)

Oct. 04-10, 2015

New composting
facilities to boost
organic agriculture

In a recent national orientation on the establishment of

composting facilities in local government units (LGUs), Silvino Tejada, director of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Soils and Water Management (DA-BSWM), said that
the DAs National Organic Agriculture Program encourages
the the use of organic fertilizers in composting facilities to
increase crop production.
The DA implements the National Organic Agriculture
Program in support of the National Organic Agriculture
Act of 2010 (10068), which was authored by DA Secretary
Proceso Alcala.
According to the DA-BSWM, the Philippines has become one of the top performing countries in organic agriculture since the country enacted the National Organic Agriculture Act in 2010. In 2010, 14,150 hectares of land was
devoted to organic agriculture. As of 2014, this production
area has increased to more than 83,000 hectares.
The Philippines now also has at least 40 locally certified
farms and almost 50,000 practitioners and adopters of the
program, which has enabled the country to reach last years
production of 417,879 metric tons, or more than 90% increase from 2010 production.
Cheaper and safer food production
Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee
on Agriculture and Food said that project will help farmers
increase their income as fertilizers used on their farms can
now be sourced within their community at lesser cost.
The DA-BSWM added that with the project aims to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers. It will also assist
rural and urban communities in promoting environmental
protection while producing safe food.
The project is implemented through the collaboration of
the DA, the DA-BSWM and the Villar SIPAG Foundation.
A series of training on the operation of the composting facilities will be conducted in collaboration with the DA-Agricultural Training Institute after the signing of the memoranda of agreement among the DA-BSWM, DA regional
offices and LGUs. The partner LGUs have to meet a set of
criteria for pre-establishment before the composting facilities will be awarded to them.

Oct. 04-10, 2015

NEWS

Eastern Samar Bulletin

Chiz says govt underspending

of P623-B proves it can
afford tax cut

Congressional scholarship fund already

downloaded in 5 ESSU campuses

BORONGAN CITY --The Congressional District

Office of Congressman Ben
Evardone has ensured the
beneficiaries of the Congressional Scholarship Assistance
Program that the scholarship
fund for 2015 has already
been downloaded to the beneficiaries respective schools.
Mr. Jun Grata, head of the
Congressional District Office,
has confirmed relative to the
queries of Eastern Samar State
University-Maydolong Campus students who applied for
the said scholarship program.
The said students went to
the Congressional District Office to inquire if their matriculation fees had already been
paid through the Congressional Scholarship Assistance
Program for fear they will not
be able to take their final ex-

amination if it will not be so.

According to Grata, the
18.7 M scholarship fund for
the 2000 provincial scholars
which has been included in the
General Appropriations Act
(GAA) through the efforts of
Congressman Evardonehas
already been downloaded in
the 5 campuses of the Eastern
Samar State University.
Grata also said that it is
already the parents and the
applicants responsibility to
follow-up in the office of their
school administrator or the
scholarship program coordinator if the applicant was able
to avail of the program based
on the rules and qualifications
set by the applicants school.
The scholarship covers up
to Php6,000 of the beneficiarys matriculation fee and is
on a first come, first served

basis. In order to avail of the

scholarship, the applican must
be from Eastern Samar, must
not have a failing grade, and
must be regularly enrolled.
When the Priority Development Assistance Fund
(PDAF) was still in force,
thousands of students in Eastern Samar benefitted from it
through the Congressional
Scholarship Assistance Program which was funded by
the PDAF. However, when it
was abolished by the Supreme
Court, Evardone exerted an effort to include the scholarship
fund in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) so that the
Congressional Scholarship Assistance Program will continue
to help deserving students in
the province of Eastern Samar.
(ajc/PIA-E. Samar)

COMELEC...

Northern Samar Governor

Jose Ong, all incumbent governors are also expected to
seek reelections though there
are talks that Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan may run
for the congressional post
currently occupied by her
mother, Milagrosa, who is
rumored to take the gubernatorial post she once held.
In Tacloban, Councilor
Cristina G. Romualdez, wife
of outgoing Mayor Alfred

Romualdez, has already declared her intention to run

for mayor.
Director Mendros said
that while candidates have
filed their CoCs, this would
not mean that they could
now campaign.
Candidates seeking local positions have 45-days
to campaign which is to end
two days before the May 9,
2016, polls.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

...from Page 1

city and municipal councilors.

Except for Leyte Reps.
Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Andres Salvacion, and
Emil Ong, all incumbent
congressmen are expected
to file their certificates of
candidacy.
Meantime, save for

The government has

underspent by P623
billion since 2011 or
more than 20 times the
amount that finance
officials estimate will
be lost when income
taxes are lowered, Sen.
Francis Chiz Escudero said.
How can opponents
of tax reform claim that
public services will suffer when the government can underspend
that much, and in the
same breath, tell us
about the gains experienced under this administration? Escudero said.
If we can afford not
to spend more than
P600 billion, then we
can afford to lose, as
the Bureau of Internal
Revenue (BIR) says, P30
billion, without sacrificing the peoples welfare,
he said.
Escudero said the
belief that the budget
is so tight it cannot accommodate tax cuts and
that some government
services will have to be
slashed for the same,
as Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar
Roxas maintained, is a
myth.
Hindi dapat isakripisyo ang anumang serbisyo pampubliko tulad ng sinasabi ni Mar
Roxas para magpatupad
ng mas mababang buwis. Kung sinsero sya
sa kapakanan ng taumbayan, may eleksyon
man o wala, sana noon
pa tumulong na sya sa
paghahanap ng paraan.
Maliwanag na malaking
pera ang hindi nagugugol
ng pamahalaan para

sa serbisyo
kayat marapat lang na
ibalik ito sa
mamamayan, he said.
E s c u dero, who
used to chair
the Senate
Committee
on Finance,
pointed out
that in 2011,
the
gove r n m e n t s
budget was
at
P1.711

trillion but disbursed

only P1.557 trillion,
representing an underspending of P154 billion.
In 2012, underspending tapered to P62 billion
based on actual disbursements of P1.778 trillion.
The budget that year was
P1.84 trillion.
In 2013, out of the
P1.984-trillion budget,
only P1.88 trillion was
utilized, resulting in an
underspending of P104
billion.
It is not true that
the government cannot
accommodate tax cuts.
The number one proof of
this is that government
underspending in the
past years did not lead
to its collapse. In fact,
the government has even
claimed success in its
anti-poverty measures,
said Escudero.
Last year, underspending was pegged at
P303 billion, or 13 percent of the general appropriations for 2014.
The government saved
P40.4 billion in personal services alone due to
133,145 unfilled government positions in 2013.
On top of this, some
P28.8 billion in personal
services appropriation,
which covers payroll
and other compensation
expenses, was not spent
during the said year.
For 2016, projected
unfilled positions will increase to 218,389, Escudero said.
You can just imagine
the savings accrued from
what are essentially never-filled posts in the government. How can they
say that lowering income
taxes will result in un-

funded social services?

There is extra money
that we can channel to
essential services like
health and education.
The numbers dont lie,
he said.
You can cut without
damaging any major artery of public service,
Escudero said.
At the same time, the
senator invited Executive and Legislative leaders to sit down together
and identify non-essential
expenditures
that can be pruned from
the national budget, so
that together, the two
branches of government
can find ways to relieve
millions of Filipinos of
the burden of paying
unjust taxes.
Lets do some pencil-pushing. Let it be a
non-political exercise,
wala munang parti-partido, walang camera. If
we can come up with
the amount needed to
cover the foregone government revenues from
a tax cut, then we can
announce and celebrate
our success. That is, after all, what government
branches are expected
to dowork together,
Escudero said.
According to Escudero, trimming the P27
billion annual expenses
for professional, consultancy and security and
cleaning services by five
percent will free about
P1.35 billion annually.
Reducing government
expenses for travel, office rentals and advertising will also contribute
to savings.
With oil prices plummeting, there will be
huge savings in gas, oil
and lubricants purchases as well. In 2013, the
government spent P6.5
billion for petroleum
products when prices
were almost twice as
they are today.
Kung pag-iisahin talaga ang bawat programa
ng gobyerno, maraming
mga gastusin ang pwedeng ilipat sa mas mahalagang paglalaanan o
sa bulsa ng taumbayan
sa pamamagitan ng buwis na di na kakaltasin,
he said. (PR)

Eastern Samar Bulletin

OPINION

COMMENTARY:

Oct. 04-10, 2015

EDITORIAL

By Fr Roy Cimagala
Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

Secular but not

secularized

WE have to be more familiar with the concept of secularity. This is because whether we are aware of it or not, we
cannot escape from it. And there are good and bad kinds
that we have to choose. We have to learn to discern which
is which.
Secularity, quite simply, is our attitude towards the
world in general. How we see the world in terms of where
it came from, what its purpose is in itself and for us, how to
deal with it, what we can get from it and what our duties are
towards itthese more or less define our idea of secularity.
Lately, the word has acquired some negative connotation. This is mainly due to the trend, perhaps not so much
as a professed philosophy or ideology yet in our country, of
treating the world simply as it is, that is, rid of any relation
to the concept of God.
More than secularity, what is actually referred to here is
secularization. Thats precisely the process of ejecting God
from our human and earthly affairs, like in our business
and politics. That process may come in a subtle but effective way.
Thats whats happening now! The Pope and many other
Church leaders, past and present, have warned about our
secularized world. Thus, we have to be more aware of the
proper meaning of secularity and what its bastardization
secularizationis.
We have to give due attention to this concern, which
figures as a crucial aspect of our life, since being attitudinal,
it gives shape and form to our whole life, and determines
the path we take and the destiny we are aiming at in this
life.
Christian faith teaches us that the world, being Gods
creation, is good. God is always there and guides it with his
providence. It cannot be without God. It cannot be developed outside of Gods designs.
But its development also needs us. Increase and multiply, God told our first parents. Fill the earth and subdue
it. Rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air,
and all living creatures that move upon the earth. (Gen
1,28)
God wants us to be stewards of the earth, developing
and governing it freely and responsibly according to his designs. Its the usual Christian phenomenon where our freedom ought to coincide with our obedience to Gods laws.
That is why we have to reconcile ourselves with the
truth that our true freedom is when it goes together always with obedience to Gods will. We have to disabuse
ourselves from the fallacy that freedom and obedience are
against each other.
The Christian concept of secularity considers the world
as the place and time God has given us to pursue our goal,
both immediate and ultimate. It is the setting of our encounter with God, our work of sanctification and identification with him and his plans.
We dont have to go out of the world to look for God. We
can and should find God there in the world, in the midst of
our human activities and earthly concerns. And we ought
to bring God also to these human affairs of ours.
Christian secularity, then, has a very positive attitude
towards the world. It asks us to love the world. We should
not be afraid of it, thinking that it separates us from God.
We have to be wary of certain religious mentalities that pit
the world against God.
Obviously, we do not deny that there are dangerous elements, millions of them, in the world too. We have to understand though that evil came to the world because of sin,
first, that of our first parents, and then those of ours.
By one man, sin entered into this world, and by sin

Goodbye Political Parties, if...!

overeignty resides in the people party in power.

in a truly genuine functioining deIn the past a loyal party member stays with
mocracy. Meaning its the voice of the party through thick and thin. Once one
the people that counts in any and bolts outs of the party he gets branded as a
political butterfly or balimbing.
all issues affecting the people in a democratic
Even under Martial Law when all the govgovernment the reason why the people will ernment power was controlled by the Preschoose and finally decide who they want to lead ident as chief executive also included legisthem in all levels of our democratic structure. lation, even the judiciary, Marcos has still a
Ideally that is, but in order to realize and achieve political party the KilusangBagongLipunan
such result political dreamers or candidates (KBL),so Filipinos can continue to support his
will have to organize as vast and expanded net- emergency powers.
work of leaders all over the nooks and crannies
The 2016 elections is a very interesting
of the archipelago to bring their vision mes- episode thecountry will ever experience. We
sages thru the organized network assisting the have a presidential dreamer, a foundling of
candidacy of an individual to be elected. The unknown parents with a questionable citizengroup will have duly registered members for- ship and but a neophyte in the Senate but
mally bounding-up together to call themselves is leading in surveys among presidential asa political party, a viable political machinery to pirants. She has no political party. Its worth
campaign in the elections.
watching and if they win it shall be goodbye
Before the declaration of Martial Law the to political parties in the Pearl of the Orient
nation had the experience of dealing with only Seas.
2 political parties Liberal and Nacionalista.
These parties have the opportunity to serve
the people but are changed as or replaced every
now and then. Political parties rise and fall deDalmacio C. Grafil
pending on issues raised against the so-called
Publisher
death. And so death passed upon all men, in whom all have
sinned, (Rom 5,12) St. Paul said, affirming the character
and history of our
present world.
But not everything is lost. Precisely, Christ, the son
of God who became man to redeem us, has given us the
proper way of handling the world. We have to identify ourselves with Christ, follow his teachings, now taught by the
Church, so we would know how to behave in the world.
We have to master Christian secularityits teaching
on respecting the autonomy of earthly things, respecting
freedom of all, purifying them and infusing them with true
Christian spirit.

Aljim Denver M. Arcueno

Editor-in-Chief

Romeo Cebreros
OIC
Brgy. Songco, Borongan City
Eastern Samar

(055) 261-3319
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have
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Virginia Woolf

Oct. 04-10, 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

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
MAY 13, 1978 to MAY
13, 1977 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
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. 27-Oct. 3, 4-10,

11-17, 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
ESB: Sept. 20-26, 27- Oct. 03,
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
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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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04-10

NEWS

Eastern Samar Bulletin

Oct. 04-10, 2015

DA projects 5% palay losses

in EV due to El Nio

About 9 inmates at the maximum security compound of the Leyte Regional Prison
colony located in Abuyog town, Leyte were killed when a big fire hit the said facility
Thursday afternoon.
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back better and more resilient communities.

As DOH-08 Regional Director Minerva Molon put
it, after completing the program, they, together with the
other partners expect, that
these municipalities would
be able to sustain better
health programs that are not
only responsive to the needs
of the poor but also resilient
to disasters.
For Dean Salvador Destura, UP-MSHS, he feels
elated that his institution has
contributed to the transformation of local chief executives as well as the municipal
health officers into becoming bridging leaders, as desired outcomes of the MLGP.
In a brief talk with
Quinapondan Mayor Nedito
Campo, he said the course
which he took for about two
years, was quite tough because of the so many inter-

vening factors and reports to

comply, added to the official
and urgent duties that they
had to perform.
In the case of Balangkayan Mayor Allan Contado, he said he was thankful
for the knowledge and skills
of his municipal health officer, Dr. Nelsie Labro who
would remind him always of
requirements to be completed and sessions that must be
attended in.
The following other doctors were in tandem with
their respective mayors
in completing the MLGP:
Doctors Rosarita Enciso,
Corazon Miflores, Marlyn
Capanang, Chona Cardoso,
Socorro Flores, Salvacion
Macapugas, Jener Camposano, and Socorro Campo.
The United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) was
also a partner in the MLGP
program.
The Colloquium Ceremony was done at the SMX
Aura Taguig, with the presence of Tacloban media.
(PIA-08)

- Palay production in
the region is expected to decrease by at least five percent
this year due to El Nio phenomenon.
This was bared by Leo
Caeda, executive regional
director of the Department
of Agriculture who disclosed
that their office has allocated P260 million as part of
its preemptive measures to
cushion the impact of the El

Nio.
According to Caeda,
based on their projection, the
regions palay production will
drop by five percent as 15,500
hectares of rice fields are expected to be hit by El Nio or
a severe dry spell.
Fort this year, the target
for palay production is 1.06
million metric tons.
The region has about
169,000 hectares of rice fields

AFFIDAVIT of SELF-ADJUDICATION

NOTICE is hereby given that Yolanda P. Bolano heir of late Carlos M. Bolano
executed an affidavit of adjudication over a motor vehicle described as: MAKE:
MITS; MOTOR NO. 6D10-152265; CHASSIS NO. GJC-8015755; PLATE NO.
HVA-318; Per Doc. No. 07, Page No. 33, Book No. XXXVIII, Series of 2015 of
Notary Public Atty. Neil M. Sia

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of which 75,000 hectares are

irrigated with the rest depending on rain.
About 15,500 hectares are
projected to be hit by the dry
spell due to El Nio, representing 53,000 metric tons of
palay losses.
Caeda said that as part
of the mitigation measures,
their office has allocated
P260 million to at least cushion the impact of the El Nio

to the farmers.
The DA regional executive director said that of this
allocation, P160 million is allotted to production support
services like seeds distribution.
The remaining P100 million is allotted to water management like providing water
pumps. (LIZBETH ANN
A. ABELLA)