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TACLOBAN CITY - In order to enhance coopera-tion and goodwill between allied countries, the Pacific Partnership 2014 Civic Action Programs kicked off on January 18, in the Municipality of Palo, Leyte and in this city.

Some of the activities of the Joint Task Force Pacif-ic Partnership 2014 include the groundbreaking of four engineering projects in Tacloban and Palo, Leyte.

According to Major Amado C. Gutierrez, Chief, Public Affairs Office, 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, the projects involve the construction of a 4-class-room building and Science building in San Fernando Elementary School, reconstruction of the Outpatient Building in Tacloban City Hospital and reconstruction of the Science Building of Castilla Elementary School, Palo Leyte.

Said projects are expected to be completed by the 3rd or 4th week of July, Gutierrez said.

TACLOBAN CITY - Destroyed civil documents remain a big concern among several of storm-stricken villages after strong winds and storm surges destroyed copies of vital re-cords.

In a survey conducted in March, recently released by the Protection Cluster, composed of humanitarian response orga-nizations and government agencies, only 34% of the popula-tion in villages surveyed have their civil documents.

Both displaced and affected population in assessed ba-rangays has problems with civil documentation: they have lost their documents because of Yolanda and dont have enough financial resources to renew them, the study said.

The research found that 63% of the population surveyed was not able to get new copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates since they have no money. About 48% failed to re-construct records because they lost all required documents.

A third of the respondents or 33% cited the distance be-tween their houses to the civil registrar as a major stumbling block. About 25% of survivors have difficulty of securing civil documentation requirements due to complicated process.

The survey covered 84 villages in 34 towns of Leyte, East-ern Samar and Samar provinces. The assessment targeted families with damaged homes who are now living in bunk-

Storm survivors struggle to reconstruct civil identitiesPacific Partnership 2014

kicks off this week

Former bank manager under probe for defrauding depositors

Eralita Apalit was shocked to discover that the money that she deposited at the Philippine National Branch in Baybay City could be withdrawn without her permis-sion.

The 56-year old businesswoman from Barangay Tinago, Inopacan, Leyte, has a deposit of P190, 000 at the said PNP branch.

But to her shocked, her deposit van-ished after she withdrew P60, 000 two years ago, her last time to withdraw an amount from the bank.

I could not really believe that the hard-earned money that I deposited and entrusted to the said bank could just be withdrawn that easily without my knowl-edge and permission, Apalit said.

Apalit was just one of the depositors of the PNB-Baybay Branch allegedly defrauded of their deposits purportedly instigated by Ga-briel Kirom, former manager of the said bank.

Kiroms whereabouts is no longer known after his scheme was discovered when a prom-inent businesswoman in Baybay, Lydia Paler-mo, wrote a letter to the Sangguniang Pan-lalawigan requesting for an investigation on the matter.

The letter was addressed to Vice Governor Carlo Loreto, presiding officer of the provin-cial board, who immediately asked the com-mittee on banking and financial institutions to conduct a probe on the matter.

And on June 17, the said committee,

Furthermore, Trainings on Key Leaders Engagement and Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response (HADR) where experts in HADR coming from the government, NGOs and the participating Armed Forces will share their experiences and views to enhance capabilities of HADR teams in the event of future disasters.

Major General Jet B. Velarmino, Commander, 8th In-fantry Division, Philippine Army said, the Joint Civic Ac-tion Programs in Palo, Leyte and Tacloban, City by the Armed Forces of US, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines will enhance inter-operability of the participat-ing soldiers in addressing HADR concerns in the future.

This humanitarian gesture of the participating Armed Forces from other nations is heartwarming as it exempli-fies the Bayanihan Spirit that carried the country over

New tourist destination? One of the islands facing the vast pacific ocean in eastern samar offers a beautiful scenery with its rock formations and lagoons, located in the town of Oras and only 45-minute boat ride from the towns pier, Bil-At, as the folks call it is just at the backyard of the of the island barangay of Sta. Monica, Tubabao Island, Oras E. Samar. Photo by Aljim Denver M. Arcueno

TACLOBAN CITY-Militant lawyer Ar-gee Guevarra warned President Benigno Aquino that he may see himself at the New Bilibid Prison if he continues shielding his Cabinet members allegedly linked to the multi-billion pesos pork barrel scam which involved over a hundred lawmakers.

Aquino could suffer similar fate with Erap, Gloria, lawyer said

He (Pres. Aquino) is accountable, he is not above the law, Guevarra said during an interview with DzRH on June 12.

Guevarra, convenor of the Abolish Pork Movement, added that if Aquino is serious with his campaign against corrup-

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DA PRDP exhibitors from different regions pose for posterity during the ASEAN SIAL 2014. At the center is Leandro Gazmin , asssistant secretary for agribusi-ness and DA marketing assistance service (AMAS) joined (left) by PRDP Deputy Program Director Arnel De Mesa.

When typhoon Yolanda hit Region 8, it pulled down farm production and dis-placed thousands of farmers and fisherfolk from their livelihood. Yet, hope springs eternal for this region which definitely has something to offer in terms of agribusiness investments opportunities.

Eastern Visayas shared the spotlight with some other regions and other local and international exhibitors in the first-ev-er ASEAN leg of the Salon International de IAgroalimentaire or SIAL held on the June 12-13, 2014 at the World Trade Center, Pa-say City.

In his message during the opening cer-emony for this 3-day event, Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alca-la said, This is a good venue for our Fil-ipino food manufacturers, processors and exporters not only to showcase our coun-trys best products to the rest of the world but also to create opportunities for sharing modern technologies and trends, expand-ing market access and networks and more importantly, in inviting more investors in Philippine agribusiness.

SIAL was first staged in Paris in 1964, and has since grown to become the worlds largest food exposition, drawing under one roof the worlds most progressive food manufacturers and buyers not only in France but also in other countries like Chi-na, Middle East, Brazil, Canada and now, on its 50th year, in the Philippines.

Sec. Alcala hinted that this event comes more relevant as the country prepares for the so-called ASEAN Economic Commu-nity (AEC) implementation in 2015. In essence, under the AEC, individual ASE-AN economies will be transformed into a single marketplace and production base under a more comprehensive agreement among member countries for a free move-ment of goods, services, labor and capital in the ASEAN region.

Towards this direction, and while we develop and disseminate new and scientif-ic farming technologies, we are thus, also expanding our irrigation and road systems and provide our farmers and fisherfolk production inputs, wider accessto credit

EV joined first ever ASEAN-SIAL

TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Army denounced the New Peoples Ar-mys (NPA) recent use of landmines in combat following a blast that killed three soldiers and wounded eight others in an outskirt of Las Navas, Northern Samar.

Major Amado Gutierrez, spokesman of the Philippine Armys 8th Infantry Division based in Catbalogan City, said the NPAs act is a clear violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Hu-manitarian Law (CARHRIHL) that spe-cifically prohibits the use of landmine.

The government and the National Democratic Front (NDF), the political arm of the Communist Party of the Phil-ippines (CPP), signed CARHRIHL on March 16, 1998.

Landmine not only posed danger to military personnel, but more so, it endan-gers the lives of innocent civilians who regularly and unwittingly pass by the road where landmines are planted, Gutierrez

said in an emailed statement.On June 10, a landmine planted by

Soldiers killed, wounded in mine blast planted by NPA in

Northern SamarNPA exploded in Barangay Bugtosan, 700 meters away from a residential area of said upland village in Las Navas town.

Rebels planted mines to hinder troop movements of the 34th Infantry Battal-ion based in Tambangan village, Palapag, Northern Samar. They are deployed in the area for counter-insurgency drive.

Following the explosion is a 25-minute firefight until the armed rebels withdrew, Gutierrez added.

Died on the spot were Private Lino Ma-hinay, Private First Class Jaype Yulas, and Private First Class Albert Abolencia.

Wounded were Lt. Marco Abante, Cpl. Ronnie Balastas and PFCs Jay Arabening, Dexter Quilates, Gerry Culaban, Danmar Ching, Marlon Urbano, and Buenaventura Raygon.

The six wounded soldiers were treated in Camp Vicente Lukban Station Hospital in Northern Samar.

Near the blast site, government troops recovered five improvised explosive devic-es, five electrical blasting caps, long elec-trical wire and two backpacks. (SARWELL Q.MENIANO)

and postharvest support such as dryers, mills and marketing facilities. We also continue to improve the quality standards of our exports from fancy rice to tuna, seaweeds, mangoes, abaca, banana, pine-apple, calamansi and most especially our bird flu and FMD free pork and poultry, Sec. Alcala said.

Highlights during this event include booth exhibits featuring agri-fishery in-vestment opportunities for local and for-eign investors, agribusiness investment forum and market-matching. Show-cased in Region 8s booth are its major commodities which could possibly be tapped for outsourcing of raw materials by certain companies like vegetables, root crops, ginger, banana, mango, jackfruit, coconut, abaca, and fishery products, among others and the agribusiness in-vestment opportunities in Ormoc.

Of course, Taclobans World Class Coconut Wine called Vino de Coco was one of the best wine products shown during the event. Founded by couple George and Tila Peraza, Vino de Coco comes in three varieties for interested buyers to choose from, the dry red, sweet red and sweet white. Although the cou-ples winery was damaged by typhoon Yolanda, theyare determined to get back even better by doublingthis time, their production to satisfy much wider market for their product both locally and abroad.

The event also served as good venue for the promotion of the Philippine Ru-ral Development Program (PRDP), a six-year program funded by the World Bank with a platform of inclusive growth anchored on commodity value chain and climate-resilient agri-fishery sector.This program is expected to be launched in September, this year.

Around 500 exhibitors from 20 coun-tries including France, Bangladesh, Chi-na, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Sri Lanka, Spain, Thailand, UK and the UStook part in this event which was held co-located with the Manila Food and Beverage Expo (MAFBEX). (RODEL G. MACAPAAS/PR)

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the challenges posed by super typhoon Yolanda Haiyan, Velarmino add-

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ed.A series of medical, den-

tal and veterinary civic ac-tion programs in different areas of Tacloban will also be conducted in July this year.

Initially, Pacific Partner-ship 2014 (PP14) was slated

in Luzon, however, due to the damage caused by typhoon Yolanda, it was transferred in Leyte.

The latest Pacific Partner-ship in 2012 was held in East-ern Visayas.(CBA/PIA-8/DPAO-8)

chaired by Board Member Florante Cayunda, Jr. conducted the investigation though it as the vice governor who presided the more than two hours investigation held at the session hall of the legislative building.

Palermo, who owns one of the hotels in Baybay, said that her deposit at the said bank was P2.5 million which she want-ed to withdraw but only to be informed that it was already withdrawn.

It was not clear yet as to how many depositors of the said bank were allegedly victimized by Kirom. But majority of those who filed a complaint were retired government work-ers like teachers.

But Apalit said that in Inopacan alone, she knew at least 22 depositors who appeared to have lost their money they deposited at the PNB-Baybay Branch.

What I knew is the amount involved could reached to P42 million, she said.

During the public hearing, officials of the PNB appeared to be cooperative as they expressed their willingness to help the victims defrauded by Kirom, a resident of Inopacan and a close friend of Apalits husband, Rodrigo.

Lawyer Stephanie Castaneda, legal officer of PNB in Cebu, said that they are willing to provide legal assistance to the victims though she could not guarantee that they could help them get their money back from Kirom adding that there were no records at their bank that the money of the victims entered the coffers of the bank.

She also said that the PNB, one of the biggest commercial banks in the country, has immediately conducted their own probe when they learned on this issue involving Kirom.

Castaneda also stressed that the integrity of the bank was not comprised on this fraudulent act of Kirom.

She also said that a case of falsification of commercial documents was filed against Kirom and whose retirement was withheld pending the resolution of the case filed against him.

Kirom reportedly was able to withdraw the deposits of his victims by enticing them to invest in one of the alleged products of the bank.

All transactions were personally made by Kirom inside his office while he was still the manager of the PNB-Baybay.

Loreto said that their investigation is only in aid of legis-lation and come up with legislative measure that would help bank depositors not to be lured with a similar scheme.

Meanwhile, the SP on their June 10 session approved a resolution authorizing Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petil-la to transfer all bank accounts of the province deposited in PNB to other banking institutions.

Gov.Petilla, when asked to comment about the resolution of the Sanggunian, said that he had not yet received the res-olution.

Petilla said that they will wait first and study the course of action of the Sanggunian and of the PNB management on the complaint prior to making any action. (ROEL T. AM-AZONA)

Former bank...tion he should also pursue the allegations of corrup-tion in some of his Cabinet members.

Aquinos straight path will lead him straight to prison because of his negli-gence, he said.

Cabinet officials and al-lies of Aquino tagged in the pork barrel scam include Budget Secretary Butch Abad, Agriculture Sec. Pro-ceso Alcala and Technical Education and Skills Devel-opment Authority (TESDA) Sec.Joel Villanueva, among others.

Villanueva was charged for malversation of funds in connection of alleged mis-use of his pork barrel when was still a congressman.

According to Guevarra, Aquinos job doesnt only mean running after the op-position party members al-legedly involved in the scam but also include making his allies be responsible on the corruption issues being raised.

Ikaw ay maaring hu-marap sa patong-patong na plunder cases matapos ang iyong termino (You may be facing multiple plunder cases after your term ends), Guevarra said, also address-ing Aquinos culpability of his Cabinet members being linked to the scam.

If he is not going to cor-rect this, I could see him being thrown into jail. And this would be another na-tional embarrassment, from then President Joseph Estra-da and Gloria Arroyo to this new administration, we will see another president being arrested, he added. (RON-ALD O.REYES)

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OPINION 3COMMENTARY:

By Fr Roy Cimagala

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

EDITORIAL

Easter Samar Bulletin

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Aljim Denver M. ArcuenoEditor-in-Chief

JUNE 15-21, 2014

WE all, from time to time, need to be alone. Many of us do so because we want some space, some rest, some escape from what we consider as drudgery of life, or from some problem that we want to sort out, or simply that we want to ruminate...

Very often, we want to be alone just to be by our-selves, which is actually a dangerous thing to do. Thats because we are and should be never alone. The objective reality about ourselves is that, whether we are aware of it or not, we are always with God and with others. Thats how we are designed by nature. We should try our best to correspond to that truth about ourselves.

Its certainly wrong to think that we can be by our-selves. That would start the process of building our own world, our own fantasies, our own reality that becomes detached from the reality outside.

Thats when we put ourselves to be easy prey to the tricks and wiles of our wounded flesh, our doubts and fears, and the many erratic and unreliable condition-ings around us. Thats why we need to do everything to avoid falling into this predicament which can come to us sneakily and easily.

These days, for example, we have to be wary of our tendency to be carried away by all kinds of interests that cause obsession, activism and workaholism that prac-tically snuffs out our desire for prayer, contemplation and spirit of recollection. This tendency would push us to self-centeredness.

Our need for solitude is actually meant for us to be alone with God, our Father and Creator, who is the source of all good things. Its when we are with God that we can be with ourselves and with the others in the proper way. About this we should have no doubt.

Thats why we have to strengthen our conviction that to get and to keep in touch with God is not only possi-ble but also highly doable. Whats more, it is necessary and not meant to be optional in our life.

We have to hone up our skills in maintaining a liv-ing contact with God, aware of his presence always and somehow also aware of his will for us and his ways with us.

To be sure, to be alone with God does not detach us from our temporal and worldly affairs and concerns. On the contrary, it will make us more aware of them and of what we can do about them.

It will make us more identified with Gods will and ways, his wisdom and power, his charity, justice and mercy, his abiding love for us. It will sharpen and deep-en our knowledge of persons, events and things.

Thats what we see in the example of Christ. Before starting his public life, he spent 40 days and nights in a desert to pray and to be alone with his Father. Through-out his public life of preaching, he would often go to an isolated place, waking up early in the morning just to pray.

He would come out of this solitude invigorated and eager to do the tasks ahead. Just before his passion and death, he went to the garden of Gethsemane to pray. He begged his Father to let this cup pass by me, but eventually rectified himself by saying, not my will but yours be done.

We can somehow do all this if we follow Christ in seeking that solitude to enter into intimate communion and conversation with God. We have to learn how to organize our day such that we can find time to be alone with God.

To be sure, to be alone with God does not mean that we leave behind our reason and our senses and the oth-er natural human powers and faculties we have, as some people claim. No. Rather we will feel the need for the full use of these powers, but infusing them with faith and devotion.

Thats when we can see things in a much better per-spective and with greater depth. There we can make

Alone but never lonely

more considerations that often are ignored when pure reason and mere senses and emotions alone are used.

When our reflections are soaked with faith and piety, we can see many other consequences and implications that our reason and senses cannot get. In fact, many times, not only are they ignored. They are most likely also rejected and ridiculed.

Formalities vis-a-vis urgencylmost eight months had lapsed since the ferocious strongest typhoon to ever hit the archi-pelago in recent history has ravaged the city of Tacloban, no permanent housing has been built by the local gov-

ernment unit in this city for the victims of killer storm Yolanda who are now enduring a stay at the so-called tent cities. This is not because there is less or no desire at all on the part of the city government to take on this responsibility for its affected constituents. The problem is the financial dearth on its part for the purpose of land acquisition and house construction.

Set aside the fact that the city governments exercise of its inherent power of eminent do-main is another legal tussle to tackle, with ex-propriation proceedings a burdensome legal recourse, having the cash to pay the lawful owners of land where the permanent housing project is to erect is a necessity. This could not have been a worry or alibi for delay if only the city government has indeed the monetary re-quirement, especially that the taking could be done though adversely as the exercise of this power of eminent domain is above all other pri-vate contracts or vested right and the taking is for public use, which opposition, however, could be raised in a proper legal forum.

What ails the city government is the national governments snail-paced action to the report-ed recommendation of Presidential Assistant for Recovery and Rehabilitation Sec. Panfilo Lacson for the immediate release of the fund to the city for the aforesaid purpose. The availability of fund is certainly not an issue because there are billions of pesos in foreign and local donations funneled into the coffers of the ational govern-ment for the rehabilitation and recov-

ery efforts in areas affected by Yolanda, including Tacloban City, categorized as ground zero of the typhoon wrath.

In the face of the urgent need for a site for the permanent resettlement area of those in the tent cities in Taclo-ban City, especially that the owner of the lot in Caibaan (Sagkahan District) in Tacloban has already given a deadline of June 30 this year within which the city government has to vacate the tent city. The national government customarily passes the blame on the formalities re-quired in the bureaucracy as reason for the cautioned release of funds.

How could the national government dovetail this alibi to the habitual emer-gency purchases and releases of gov-ernment in certain transactions that equally involved millions of pesos? The Taclobanons opted not to think that pol-itics continually shroud the sincerity of the national government in helping the city government carry out its responsi-bility to its constituents who are now at the tent cities. Blame not the people for this prejudice, but this what the nation-al government is apparently showing.

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Republic of the Philip-pines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial RegionBranch 3

Guiuan, Eastern SamarIN THE MATTER OF

THE CANCELLATION OF THE CERTIFICATE

OF LIVE BIRTH OF ANA LIZA SONGA-

HID y CARANYAGAN WITH CORRECTION

OF ENTRIES,ANA LIZA SONGAHID

y CARANYAGAN,Petitioner-versus-

THE LOCAL CIV-IL REGISTRAR OF

GUIUAN, EASTERN SAMAR, and LOCAL

CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ORMOC CITY, LEYTE

RespondentsSpec. Proc. No. 1382x- - - - - - - - - - - - x

ORDERBefore this Court is a ver-

ified amended Petition filed by ANA LIZA SONGAHID y CA-

RANYAGAN, through coun-sel, praying of this Honorable Court that, after due notice, publication and hearing, an ORDER be issued directing The Local Civil Registrar of Guiuan, Eastern Samar to correct the entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of Petitioner, with Regis-try No. 88-2418, particularly the following:

A. Declaring that the per-son registered as ANA LIZA CARANYAGAN SONGAHID appearing in her Certificate of Live Birth born on 05 June 1988 at Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City, Leyte and the person registered by the name ANALIZA CARA-NYAGAN appearing in another Certificate of Live Birth to have been born on 05 June 1988 at Brgy. Bagua, Guiuan, Eastern Samar refer to one and the same person, herein petitioner;

B. Ordering the correction of the petitioners surname as appearing in her Certificate of Live Birth, from SONGAHI to SONGAHID, which is her true and correct surname.

C. Ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Guiuan, Eastern Sa-mar to cancel Petitioners Cer-tificate of Live Birth registered on 16 July 2001.

It appearing that the Pe-tition is sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing

of the petition be set on July 3, 2014 at 8:30 in the morning in the Session Hall of this Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 3, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Let a copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general cir-culation in Region VIII and the Province of Eastern Samar at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing to afford person or persons who may have opposition to file the same, stating among others the grounds why said Petition should not be granted, and attend on said hearing at the date, time and place as above-stated.

Let a copy thereof be fur-nished to the Solicitor Gener-al, Office of the Civil Registrar, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, and the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, for information and appropriate action.

SO ORDERED in chambers.

June 5, 2014 in the af-ternoon.

Guiuan, Eastern Sa-mar.(Sgd.) ROLANDO M.

LACDO-OPresiding Judge

ESB: June 8-14, 15-21, 22-28, 2014

TACLOBAN CITY - The National Economic and Development Author-ity (NEDA) Regional Office VIII is in search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) for 2014.

The search is being conducted annually by the Philippine National vol-unteer Month (NVM) Steering Committee and the Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) Regional Search Committee (RSC).

According to reports gathered from NEDA-8, it was learned that the search aims to highlight the exemplary performance and dedication to ser-vice of Filipino volunteers in helping people and communities thereby recog-nizing the role of volunteerism in development and nation building.

For this year, the SOV is composed of two award categories, the Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award VLLA and the National Outstanding Volun-teer Award NOVA.

The VLAA is conferred to an individual or organization for consistent and outstanding volunteer service and whose achievement is regarded as an inspiration and role model in field of volunteerism. To qualify for the search, the individual or organization must have been engaged in consistent vol-unteering activities for at least 25 years and must have been an recipient of regional, national, or international awards in relation to volunteerism.

On the other hand NOVA, is a recognition conferred to an individual or organization for outstanding volunteer service that has made a signifi-cant contribution to any individual or organization. An individual is further categorized as youth or adult, while an organization maybe categorized as Non-profit or Corporate.

To qualify for the NOVA under the individual category , the volunteer must have provided volunteer assistance consistently for at least 3 years for the youth category, and at least five years for the adult category at the time of submission of nomination. Under the Organization category, the organiza-tion must have provided assistance consistently for at least five years for the non-profit category, and at least 3 years for the corporate category at the time of submission of the nomination.

Meanwhile a Special Citation is also conferred to recognize volunteering efforts or volunteerism by an individual, group or organization that does not qualify under the regular SOV categories but which are deemed equally meritorious in their accomplishments.

The search is open to individuals and organizations currently providing volunteer assistance in the Philippines.

The deadline for submission of nominations is on July 15,2014. Nomina-tion forms are available at NEDA VIII Government Center Palo, Leyte and downloadable from www.pnsva.gov.ph.

Duly filled out nomination forms should be submitted to NEDA Regional Office . Screening will be done by an inter-agency Regional Search Commit-tee chaired by NEDA VIII.

Awarding for national winners will be in Manila during the National Vol-unteers Month celebration in December 2014. (GTT/LAAA/PIA8)

NEDA 8 launches 2014 search for Outstanding Volunteers

houses, tents, and makeshift houses.But prior to the typhoon, there was already a

problem of access to civil documentation in the as-sessed barangays, the survey added.

For instance, in the badly-hit Tacloban City, many storm casualties have no birth certificates, which prevents surviving family members to claim benefits.

Those who died during Yolanda, who are not registered, their family members have to process the late registration before we issue a death certifi-cate, said Anna Liza Albaniel, head of the city civil registrars office.

The city government has waived some civil registration processing fees until June 30 to en-courage survivors to reconstruct destroyed civil registration records. Among the fees that city civil registrar office charges are the P500 filing fee for late registration of birth, P300 application fee for a marriage license, and P500 fee for correction of misspelled names.

Edgardo Ligon, executive director of the Ini-tiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services (IDEALS) asked stake-holders to be more considerate of the plight of survivors who lost their homes, family members, livelihoods, and legal documents.

Why dont we make the civil registration com-

...from Page 1Storm, survivors... pletely free if we really want these people to avail basic

services? Ligon in a statement said. I dont understand why the government requires

legal documents and make policies that complicate the process of acquiring it, Ligon said.

Every city or municipality requires a late registrant to secure the following documents (with correspond-ing processing fees): barangay certificate (P30), doc-umentary stamp (P20), baptismal certificate (P100 to P150), and voter registration certificate (P75).

Each LGU also collects P100 to P500 penalty for late registration. The amount varies depending on the economic classification of a town or city. In addition, an individual needs to spend for drafting of affidavits and transportation from their village to the town cen-ter.

How can you expect a poor man with a daily in-come of P100 to secure these documents for his fami-ly? No wonder many people died without certificate of live births, Ligon observed.

IDEALS, in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee launched the mobile civil registration project. The initiative shouldered the cost of forms, provided computers and printers to the local civil registrar, and deployed 200 community workers and additional staff to facilitate communi-ty-based civil registration.

IDEALS is also negotiating with the Philippine Statistics Authority to provide free security paper copies of civil records for 100,000 storm survivors.(SARWELL Q.MENIANO)

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

EIGHT (8TH) JUDI-CIAL REGION

CITY OF BORONGAN, EASTERN SAMAR

BRANCH 2IN THE MATTER OF JUDICIAL DECLARA-TION AS L.C. LASSIT-ER AND NOT JIMMY L.C. LASSITER THE REAL AND COM-

PLETE NAME OF THE PUTATIVE FATHER

OF THE HEREIN PETI-TIONER AND DECLA-RATION THAT JAIME

C. LASSITER AND JIMMY C. LASSITER IS ONE AND THE SAME

PERSONJAIME C. LASSITER,

Petitioner,SP. PROC. CASE NO.

165-14x- - - - - - - - - - - -

ORDERThis is a verified petition

for judicial declaration as L.C. Lassiter and not Jimmy L.C. Lassiter the real and complete name of the putative father of the herein petitioner and decla-ration that Jaime C. Lassiter and Jimmy C. Lassiter is one and the same person; filed by petitioner Jaime C. Lassiter through coun-sel. The petition alleged, among others, that sometime in 2004, the herein petitioner filed an Special Proceeding case for Ju-dicial Declaration as Acknowl-edged Natural Child, docketed as SPL. Proc. Case No. 3887; that the petitioner made a mis-take in alleging in the petition that his putative father was Jim-my L.C. Lassiter since the real name of his putative father was actually L.C. Lassiter as indicat-ed in the Death Certificate of L.C. Lassiter (Annex A) and Enlisted Record and Report of Separation (Annex B); that a decision dated November 12, 2004 was issued by then Pre-siding Judge Arnulfo O. Bugtas favorably granting the petition filed by the petitioner; that said decision does not accurately and completely pronounce the complete name of the putative father of the petitioner since

the complete name of the for-mer is only L.C. Lassiter and not Jimmy L.C. Lassiter; that this inaccuracy has proved difficulty on the part of the petitioner to prove the name of his father be-fore American Embassy and in connecting his filial relationship to L.C. Lassiter, the petitioners putative father; that further, it is likewise prayed and requested that it be established and indi-cated in the decision, to avoid confusion and doubt that JAI-ME CATALO LASSITER and JIMMY CATALO LASSITER is one and the same person. The petitioner, therefore, prayed that, after due proceedings, an order be issued judicially estab-lishing as fact that the putative father of the herein petitioner is L.C. LASSITER and further be it established as a fact that JAIME CATALO LASSITER and JIM-MY CATALO LASSITER is one and the same person.

Finding the petition to be in due form and substance, set this case for hearing on October 9, 2014 at 9:00 oclock in the morn-ing, at the Session Hall of this Court. Any person having or claiming any interest under the corrections/modifications being

sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition or from the last date of publica-tion 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 circu-lation and duly accredited to publish judicial or legal notices in the province of Eastern Sa-mar at the expense of the peti-tioner.

Send a copy of this Order, together with a copy of the pe-tition, to the Office of the So-licitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City and to the City Civil Registrar of Manila, the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Of-fice, Manila and to the petition-er and his counsel,

SO ORDERED, In Chambers.

Borongan City, East-ern Samar,

13 June 2014.(Sgd.) NATHANIEL E.

BALDONOPresiding Judge

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

EIGHTH (8TH) JUDI-CIAL REGION

CITY OF BORONGAN, EASTERN SAMAR

BRANCH 2IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION

OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF JOEY A. ORTIGUESA,

JOEY A. ORTIGUESA,Petitioner,-versus-

THE CITY CIVIL REG-ISTRAR OF BORON-GAN CITY, EASTERN

SAMARRespondent,

SP. PROC. CASE NO. 164-14

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This is a verified amended petition for correction of en-tries in the record of birth filed by petitioner Joey A. Ortiguesa, through counsel. The petition-er alleged, among others, that there are several errors in the Certificate of live birth of the petitioner. His date of birth found in entry no. 3 is written as 30th May 1977 instead of 30th May 1975. In entry no. 6, the space allotted to moth-ers maiden name, the entry is Pedro T. Ortiguesa instead of Filomena Rivera Agravante. Likewise in entry no. 9, the space allotted for the name of father, the entry is Filomena R. Agravante instead of Pedro Tomenio Ortiguesa; in entry no. 14, space for informant, the name in print is Filomena R. Agravante instead of Filomena R. Agravante-Ortiguesa; and the date of marriage of peti-tioners parents was entered as September 9, 1971 instead of September 11, 1971. The peti-tioner, therefore, prayed that

after due notice and hearing, a decision be rendered declar-ing that: (1) The petitioner was born on May 30, 1975; (2) the maiden name of petitioners mother is Filomena Rivera Agravante; (3) The complete name of petitioners father is Pedro Tomenio Ortiguesa; (4) The date of marriage of the parents of the petitioner is September 11, 1971; and (5) in item no. 14, the name in print of the informant is Filomena R. Agravante-Ortiguesa.

Finding the petition to be in due form and substance, set this case for hearing on October 8, 2014 at 9:00 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 corrections of which are being sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition or from the last date of 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 circu-lation and duly accredited to publish judicial or legal notic-es in the province of Eastern Samar at the expense of the petitioners.

Send a copy of this Or-der, together with a copy of the petition, to the Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City and to the Local Civil Registrar of Borongan City, Eastern Samar, the Civil Registrar General, National Statistic Office, Manila and to the petitioner and his counsel.

SO ORDERED, In Chambers.

Borongan City, East-ern Samar

11 June 2014.(Sgd.) NATHANIEL E.

BALDONOPresiding Judge

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