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    2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Monday, 17 December 2012

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    PA L O , L E Y T E

    Hundr eds of guests,

    visitors and onlookers

    witnessed the openingof the Christmas Festival

    here, dubbed as Du-aw ha

    Palo, Lamrag han Pasko

    a festival of Christmas

    lights and symbols that

    has become a tradition of

    this town.

    Former governor and

    now Energy Secretary

    Carlos Jericho Petilla

    together with Leyte

    Go v e r n o r Mim ie t t a

    Bagulaya, Palo Mayor

    R e m e d i o s M a t i n

    P e t i l l a , l o c a l a n d

    provincial officia ls led

    the opening ceremony of

    the Christmas Festival and

    the ceremonial switching

    of Christmas lights that

    heralded the start of the

    Christmas festivities of

    this town.The Christmas Festival,

    according to Mayor

    Petilla, has long been a

    pract ice in Palo, where

    its residents decorate their

    respective homes with

    lights and meaningful

    Christmas symbols during

    the holiday season.

    This tradition was

    stopped years before for

    reasons I dont know.

    Meanwhile, we saw it t

    to revive it and continue

    the tradition. Mayor

    Petilla said during the

    press conference he ld

    prior to Saturdays formal

    opening.

    Pa lo s C h r i s tm as

    celebration had become a

    major attraction in this part

    of the region as thousandsof people visit the town

    every night of the Yuletide

    season just to witness the

    magnicent and sparkling

    lights of Christmas decors

    in strategic places like

    the municipal library

    that turns into a house

    of Santa Claus and the

    municipal park that

    serves as the venue for

    the Belen and Christmas

    Tree competition.

    The Palo Christmas

    Festival is part of the

    4Ps Program of the

    lady mayor which also

    include Pamalandong

    during the Holy Week

    Season, Patron Han Palo

    in August, Pagbalik

    ha Palo for the Leyte

    Landing celebration inthe month of October. All

    these activities geared

    more towards tourism

    and culture promotion

    for Palo.

    Fourteen of the 33

    villages will vie for awards

    for the best decorated and

    lighted main street. These

    are Buri, Arado, Cavite

    East, Cavite West, Cogon,

    Sta. Cruz, Naga-Naga,

    St. Michael, Salvacion,

    Guindapunan, Pawing,

    Baras, Luntad and San

    Fernando.

    Other contests involve

    the search for the best

    Hundreds of visitors, guests witness

    opening of Palo Christmas Festival

    province, under the helm

    of former governor and

    now Energy SecretaryCarlos Jericho Petilla.

    In her short message,

    the award tha t was

    recently bagged by the

    province was attributed

    by Go v. Ba gu la ya to

    DOE Sec. Petilla who had

    made bold move to ensure

    better administration and

    transparency to includebetter scal management

    for the province during his

    entire stint as provincial

    governor of Leyte for

    a n d e n v i r o n m e n t a l

    governance that upholds

    the value of accountability,t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d

    inc lusiv i ty in loca l

    a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d

    development.

    A plaque, trophy and

    a cash cheque worth

    P3 million was also

    awarded to the provincial

    government as its prize

    being recognized as the

    regional awardee and also

    a nominee for the national

    award which last year

    was also bagged by the

    over by DILG Regional

    Director Pedro Noval Jr,

    to Governor MimmietteBagulaya during the

    annual celebration of

    Christmas Party of the

    provincial government of

    Leyte held at the newly-

    constructed provincial

    convention center located

    in Brgy. Pawing, Palo,

    Leyte.

    Said award recognizes

    exemplary performance

    of local government

    units in administrative,

    s o c i a l , e c o n o m i c

    G O V E R N M E N T

    CENTER, Palo,Leyte

    For the second time now,the provincial government

    of Leyte has elevated

    again its image as a

    champion of exemplary

    local governance with

    its successful win of the

    Regional 2012 Gawad

    Pamana ng Lahi ng

    Award, the brainchild

    awards system initiated by

    the late Interior and Local

    Government Secretary

    Jesse Robredo.

    The award was handed

    about nine years.

    He had put the system

    into place before he left the

    province and what we did

    for the past one month was

    to continue implementing

    it, Bagulaya said.

    Furthermore, Secretary

    Petilla in his speech

    during the celebration

    attributed the award to

    the provincial governmentemployees who hadembraced the systemwhich he implemented in

    to page 6

    Provl govt wins Regional 2012

    Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award

    to page 6

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    3Leyte Samar Daily ExpressMonday, 17 December 2012 NEWS

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    NEW GOLDEN ROCK

    landll is roughly aboutP15 million.

    T h e N S W M Cexecutive director washere recently to witnessthe formal opening of thenew Ormoc City Eco-Waste Center, a facilitythat houses a 1.8 hectareof sanitary landfill anda Materials RecoveryFacility.

    The City Eco-wasteCenter of Ormoc withits sanitary landll is thesecond sanitary landfillbuilt in Eastern Visayasregion. Calbayog Citycame up with their ownsanitary landll in 2011.H o w e v e r , O r m o c ssanitary landll is the rstto use the high-densitypolyethylene pl ast icliner for its landll basemaking the project moreexpensive.

    The city government ofOrmoc spent more thanP55 million to completethe project.

    Meanwhile, Aguinaldosaid it is high time forlegislators to take anotherlook into the provision ofRA 9003 and provide a

    TACLOBAN CITY National Solid WasteManagement CommissionEx ecu t iv e Di r ec to r E m e l i t a A g u i n a l d oadmitted there is a needto amend the provisionof Republic Act 9003or the Ecological SolidWaste Management Act of2000 which requires localgovernment unit to put upits own sanitary landll.

    She admitted that sincethe implementation of thelaw for more than a decadenow, around 95 percent ofall local chief executivescould not comply with theprovisions of a sanitarylandll.

    This provision is seenas not applicable and notworkable by many of ourLGUs primarily becauseof the cost that it wouldtake to build a sanitarylandll, Aguinaldo said

    in a press interview.Budgetary constraints

    is the top reason whyLGUs fail to phase outtheir open or controlleddumpsite in favor of asanitary landll. The costof putting up a sanitary

    more workable solutiont o t h e s o l i d w a s t emanagement problemamong LGUs.

    W i th m an y o f our former mayors inthe country becomingcongressmen after theirterm, they would be

    the best witness to thisprovision that it really isnot workable for many ofour LGUs at the momentand perhaps provideamendments thereto,Aguinaldo added.

    Under RA 9003,LGUs were mandatedto close open dumps

    within 18 months fromthe effectivity of the law,which seeks to protectgroundwater, aquifers,reservoirs and watershedsf rom contaminat ionbrought by garbageleachate.

    Besides administrativecharges, non-compliant

    local officials face apenalty of P50,000 .However, the Departmentof the Interior and LocalGovernment, i t waslearned, said this has yetto be imposed on any localexecutives. (AHLETTE C.REYES)

    National Solid Waste Management CommissionExecutive Director admits the need to amend RA 9003

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    EDITORIAL

    House Approves RH bill

    4

    Did Atty. Glenn C. Chong Really win

    re-election in 2010?

    Leyte Samar

    to page 5

    to page 5

    hats the banner story of the Philippine

    Daily Inquirer a day after the voting for the

    passage of the Reproductive Health bill on

    Observer

    ALVIN GZ. ARPON

    This OBSERVER is quite

    lucky to have been shared a

    copy of IMPACT an Asian

    magazine for Human Trans-

    formation through Educa-

    tion, Social Advocacy and

    Evangelization. In their Oc-

    tober 2012 issue they focused

    on the success of the 2010

    automated elections.Surprisingly of some 15

    feature articles about, yes,

    automated elections, of mar-

    riages, Pastoral letter on the

    year of faith, just and lasting

    peace in Mindanao, Party

    Lists issues, 2 issues where

    discussed relative to auto-

    second reading. Two things can be seen here. One

    is that representatives of the people took sides with

    the popular clamor to have this controversial bill

    passed. Some weeks back respondents in a survey

    conducted it came out that majority of them fa-vor the RH bill. The voice of the people was indeed

    heard through their representatives.

    Of course there will still be another debate to -

    nally pass it on the third reading. Tradition hears

    out that in the past the approval of a bill on second

    reading is almost it.

    Two: The bishops and scores of Catholic leaders

    present showed their strength by watching the pro-

    ceedings in a fairly good number having occupied

    the south wing of the House gallery. They counted

    more in number compared to the pro-RH bill on

    the other side of the gallery so that when a vi-

    va-voce vote was called, it appeared that the

    anti RH bill were just as loud even louder that

    the pro RH bill when they joined in the chorus

    for the Nay which is supposed to be purely

    legislators role. So a nominal voting followed

    that nally revealed the pro-RH bill won the

    votes.Did the Catholic Church through its lead-

    ers and supporters lose in the battle? We

    dont think so. When the bill becomes a law

    the Catholic Church will continue to influence

    the Roman Catholic believers not to follow the

    law. Unfortunately however, some Catholic

    couples will simply listen to the homilies but

    the warnings will simply enter one ear and ex-

    its its message to the other ear. Many of our

    Catholic couples especially the rich and edu-

    mation: The Biliran

    case and A peoples

    Response to the Biliran

    hitch. These are all

    about the alleged ques-

    tionable results in that

    Glenn Chong- Roger

    Espina electoral contest

    for the lone Congres-

    sional seat of Biliran.

    The latter sits in the

    con ressional seat of

    Biliran at present.

    -oOo-

    From a very reliable

    source practically many

    electoral protests led

    with the HRET tribu-

    nal have been decided

    upon already or simply

    dismissed and only 2

    or three remains to beheard. After over 2 years

    of hearings, the electoral

    protest case led by Atty.

    Glenn C. Chong remains

    one of those left unre-

    solved and awaits a nal

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    Leyte Samar Daily ExpressOPINION 5Monday, 17 December 2012

    Prayer for the Nation and

    for Those who Serve inPublic Office

    God, our Father, you guide every thingin wisdom and love. Accept the prayers weoffer for our nation; by the wisdom of ourleaders and integrity of our citizens, may

    harmony and justice be secured and maythere be lasting prosperity and peace.

    Almighty and eternal God, You know thelongings of our hearts and You protect our

    rights. In your goodness, watch over thosein authority, so that people everywhere mayenjoy freedom, security and peace.

    We ask this through our Lord JesusChrist, your Son, who lives and reigns with

    you and the Holy Spirit, one God, foreverand ever. Amen. (Courtesy of Daughtersof St. Paul)

    Pray the Holy Rosary daily for

    world peace and conversion of sinners(The family that prays together stays together)

    MondayLate Advent WeekdaysGn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72; Mt 1:1-17

    THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS

    The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, theson of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the fatherof Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became thefather of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became thefather of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Ammi-nadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the fatherof Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boazbecame the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became thefather of Jesse, Jesse the father of David the king. David became thefather of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. Solo-mon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah,Abijah the father of Asaph. Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat,Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. Uzziahbecame the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the fatherof Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh thefather of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah. Josiah became the father ofJechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile. After theBabylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtielthe father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud be-came the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor the fatherof Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eli-

    ud, Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan,Matthan the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband ofMary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah. Thus the totalnumber of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations;from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from Davidto the Babylonian exile, fourteen to Messiah, fourteen generations.

    THE FAMILY TREE

    We now shift gears, so to speak, moving into the nal days of prep-aration for the great celebration of Christmas, the Incarnation of Godin Jesus Christ. The focus moves from John the Baptizer to Mary. Theelaborate genealogy of Matthew satises the primitive cultural and re-ligious need to establish the lineage of his storys heroes. (Turning tothe Old Testament and looking up all the characters in the genealogy isa wonderful way to pass the day when youre snowed in!) Notice thereare ve women listed: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, the wide of Uriah (Bath-sheba), and of course Mary. Each held a unique place in the history ofGods people, well apart from ordinary human expectation. It is in thistradition that Christ enters the human story. PRAYER: I bring shamedown on people, O Lord, and lay heavy guilt upon them for what I see

    are violations of the rules of morality. But you, O God, light up mydarkness with your justice and your salvation. Let me be generous inmy own understanding of the actions of others. Amen. Action: Imag-ine that Jesus chose to come again today. Among the people you know,who would he choose to be the instrument of his coming? (BetweenSundays by Paul Boudreau, published by Paulines. Visit us at www.paulines.ph or at Paulines Media Center, Real St., Tacloban City. Tel.#321-31-95)

    Sowers Seeds: THE LORD IS COMING When the Lord leadsus along a road he unfailingly sows his graces there. -Blessed JamesAlberione, Founder of the Pauline Family

    The Sower

    Did Atty. ...from page 4

    The Senators and

    Congressmen nally

    ratied the bicameral

    conference committee

    report on the sin tax bill

    aimed at raising an ad-

    ditional P248.49 billion

    revenues over the next 5

    At last

    years.

    The sin tax over the

    approved bicam ver-

    sion is expected to raise

    just P23.96 billion. The

    amount is less than the

    60 billion that Mala-

    canang originally want-

    ed and the P40 billion

    that the economic of-

    cials wanted.

    The measures

    achieves all essential re-

    forms by collecting in-

    equities have made sin

    products cheaper than

    they should be to the det-

    riment of public health

    objectives.

    Over the succeedingfour years of implemen-

    tation, the reformed sin

    tax would yield P184.31

    Billion in additional col-

    lections from tobacco

    and alcoholic beverages.

    The amount would ad-

    equately cover the -

    cated have been prac-

    ticing all sorts of fam-

    ily planning methods.

    Now they are bolder

    because of its legality.

    Legislators now

    should seriously focus

    on other important

    measures that need

    legislation. They have

    spent so many session

    days on the RH bill.

    House...from page 4

    decision.

    -oOo-

    Flashback: When

    the result of the May

    2010 elections was of-

    cially announced, the

    rst ever rally of an

    electoral protest whichwas participated in by

    some 4,000 (150,000

    Biliran population)

    was held in front of the

    capitol of the capital

    town of Naval, accord-

    ing to an earlier report

    made by the Center

    for People Empower-

    ment and Governnace

    (CENPEG) in its pro-

    ject 30-30, a European

    Union funded research

    project. It documented

    the alleged failure of

    the SMARTMATIC2010 Automated Elec-

    tions System (AES),

    report in various parts

    of the country, includ-

    ing Biliran. CENPEG

    conducted an investi-

    gation of the alleged

    checking in Biliran

    weeks after the 2010

    election.

    The Biliran Case

    of the recently released

    article in the IMPACT

    magazine wrote a de-

    tailed account how the

    alleged modes to frus-trate the choice of the

    people was done. It is

    a detailed report.

    -oOo-

    An unconrmed re-

    port was received by

    the OBSERVER that

    concerned Board of

    Election Inspectors in

    contested areas in Bil-

    iran literally were liter-

    ally in tears aware prob-

    ably of the fate to their

    professions, (teachers)

    if charges will be led

    against them as suggest-ed by knowledgeable

    quarters in the HRET

    if nally proven they

    have participated in the

    alleged electoral cheat-

    ing. This happened after

    they were grilled dur-

    ing one of the hearings.

    -oOo-

    Since this is just

    the few only election

    protest that is being

    heard at the House of

    Representative Elec-

    tion Tribunal, it is

    possible that this can

    be resolved before the

    2013 elections, many

    believe.

    Dawning of Christmas

    Simbang gabiSimula

    ng pasko sa puso ng lahing

    Pilipino. Siyam na gabing

    gumigising sa tugtog ng

    kampanang walang tigil

    Ding dong ding dong ding

    dong So go the lines in a

    famous local Christmas

    song commonly heard of

    among children of schoolage when the dawn mass

    fast approaches. Indeed

    Christmas is coming nine

    days after the start of the

    simbang gabi, a tradition in

    the Roman Catholic Church

    in the Philippines.

    The simbang gabi is a

    devotional nine-day dawn

    mass from 16th to 24th of

    every December. The mass

    usually commences at 4

    oclock or 5 oclock dawn

    for which devotees begin

    ocking parish churches

    as soon as the cock crows

    at around 3 oclock early

    dawn. Recently, however,

    anticipated masses for the

    early morning (dawn) mass

    are said in some parishes.

    Some say that these an-

    ticipated masses, held at

    8 oclock in the evening

    staring December 15th, are

    aptly called simbang gabi,

    while the dawn masses

    as misa de gallo (liter-

    ally, rooster mass) and the

    Christmas Eve mass as misa

    de aguinaldo (literally, gift

    mass) where special offer-

    ings are usually made dur-

    ing the Holy Mass intended

    for the poor.

    In the Wikipedia it is

    stated, The Simbang Gabi

    originated in the early days

    of Spanish rule as a practi-

    cal compromise for farmers

    who started their day before

    sunrise to avoid the heat in

    the elds. Priests began to

    say Mass in the early morn-

    ings instead of the evening

    novenas more common

    in the rest of the Hispan-

    ic world. This cherished

    Christmas custom eventu-

    ally became a distinct fea-

    ture of Philippine culture

    and is a symbol of sharing.

    It added, on the other hand,

    that this nine-day series of

    masses is practiced by Ro-man Catholics and Aglipay-

    ans is in honor of the Bless-

    ed Virgin Mary, the mother

    of Jesus whose birthday it

    is being celebrated on De-

    cember 25th.

    While a religious fervor,

    the simbang gabi is excit-

    edly awaited by parishion-

    ers for worldly reasons.

    Wikipedia posts, Today,

    local delicacies are readily

    available in the churchs

    premises for the parishion-

    ers. The iconic puto bum-

    bong, bibingka, suman

    and other rice pastries are

    cooked on the spot. Latik

    and yema are sweets sold to

    children, while biscuits like

    uraro, barquillos, lenguade gato and otap are also

    available. Kape Barako, a

    very strong coffee grown in

    the province of Batangas),

    hot tsokolate, or salabat

    (a tisane of ginger) are the

    main drinks. Arrz caldo

    (rice and chicken porridge),

    soups and papait (goat bile

    stew found in the Ilocos re-

    gion) soups abound.

    The simbang gabi (ac-

    tually are novena or nine-

    day masses) is part of the

    Roman Catholic Churchs

    way of preparing the pa-rishioners to the rst com-

    ing of Christ. It is setting

    the mood for the biggest

    day of rejoicing in Decem-

    ber Christmas Day. These

    masses are categorically

    part of the Advent tradition.

    However, Rev. Fr. Ama-

    deo Alvero, the Palo Arch-

    diocese director for Social

    Communications and the

    Archdiocesan media coor-

    dinator, said that the best

    way to prepare for Christ-

    mas is having a contriteheart and reconciling ones

    self with God the Creator

    and with his fellowman.

    Mourning comes before

    rejoicing, which explains

    why in Holy Masses, the

    ceremony starts with con-

    fession of sins before prais-

    ing God. Furthermore, he

    said, the true happiness in

    Christmas is not simply the

    partying and gift-giving. It

    is being worthy to celebrate

    Christs birthday.

    From A

    Distance

    joey e. clarin

    nancing requirement of

    the DOH for the univer-

    sal health care programs.

    The new version ad-

    justs the tax rates of to-

    bacco and alcohol by 4%

    every year which means

    that the prices and prod-

    ucts would not become

    more affordable over

    time. Industry players

    can now compete on alevel playing eld. The

    new bill will open up ex-

    panded opportunities for

    the industry stakehold-

    ers, not only the manu-

    facturers but distribu-

    tors, retailers, employees

    and the tobacco farmers.

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    6 Monday, 17 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS/NOTICES

    EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH WAIVER NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Bernardo Camera Sr.,extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of

    land situated at Brgy. Sta. Rita, Municipality of La Paz, Leyte con-

    taining an area of 7,816 square meters, more or less, covered by OCT

    No. P-26097 and heirs hereby waive, renounce and quitclaim all their

    rights, interest and participation in favor of Sps. Eliseo B. Advincula

    and Saturnina A. Advincula; per Doc. No. 408, Page No. 82, Book

    No. 30, Series of 2010 of Notary Public Atty. Edwin Y. Chua.

    LSDE: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE NOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Victorio Tampil ex-

    trajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of land

    Lot 9961-B, Csd-08-011033-D, with an area of 819 square meters,

    covered with Tax Dec. No. 08-30-0015-01008. A Deed of Sale was

    executed in favor of Sps. Levi & Gladys Lim as vendee a portion

    of 202 square meters from the above-described property known as

    Lot No. 9961-B-3 from the above-described propety; per Doc. No.

    232, Page No. 1, Book No. 1, Series of 2012 of Atty. Cristiana S.

    Huamayor. LSDE: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITIONNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Antioco Costamero

    extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of

    agricultural land, situated at Esperanza, Inopacan, Leyte, Cad. Lot

    No. 142, under Tax Dec. No. 05-16008-00359, with an area of .3465

    has., Assessed value of P4,836, market value of P18,960.00; per Doc.

    No. 321, Page No. 66, Book No. 10, Series of 2008 of Notary Public

    Atty. Isabelo B. delos Santos. LSDE: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITIONNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Carlos Aguinalde and

    Tarcela Villamor extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated

    over a parcel of land, Lot No. 3568 with improvements thereon, situ-

    ated at Barrio Pange, Municipality of Jaro, Leyte, containing an area

    of 27,882 square metesr, more or less covered by O.C.T. No. 14364;

    per Doc. No. 290, Page No. 80, Book No. XXV, Series of 2012 of

    Notary Public Atty. Rolando Tomandao.

    LSDE: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of late Ponciano Coducoy extra-

    judicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over 2 parcels of land

    both situated at Brgy. Mercaduhay, Tabon-Tabon, Leyte, Parcel 1,

    Cad. Lot no. 1277 covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-37013-00054, con-

    taining an area of .4408 hectares, more or less; Parcel 2, Cad Lot No.

    1329, covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-37013-00055, containing an area

    of .0549.49 hectares, more or less. A Deed of Sale was executed in

    favor of Allan D. Ong married to Rosario S. Ong as vendee for the

    above-described property; per Doc. No. 130, Page No. 26, Book No.

    VI, Series of 2009 of Notary Public Atty. Asterio A. Villero.

    LSDE: Dec. 3, 10 & 17, 2012

    AFFIDAVIT OF LOSSNOTICE is hereby given that June Jane T. Du executed an af-

    davit of Loss of Several Sales Invoice Receipts owned by Wangs

    Marine Products with TIN No. 258 128 141 001. The stolen Sales

    Invoice Receipts Nos.: 21-1001-1050; 22-1051-1100; 23-1101-1150;

    24-1151-1200; 25-1201-1250; 26-1251-1300; 27-1301-1350; 28-1351-1400; 29-1401-1450; 30-1451-1500; 31-1501-1550; 32-1551-

    1600; 33-1601-1650; 34-1651-1700; 35-1701-1750; 36-1751-1800;

    37-1801-1850; 38-1851-1900; 39-1901-1950; 40-1951-2000; 41-

    2001-2050; 42-2051-2100; 43-2101-2150; 44-2151-2200; 45-2201-

    2250; 46-2251-2300; 47-2301-2350; 48-2351-2400; 49-2401-2450;

    50-2451-2500.

    That said invoices was missing under burglary took place in the

    place of ITS ONE EXIMPORT INTL. located at P.C. Suico St., Tab-

    oc Mandaue City, Cebu; per Doc. No. 181, Page No. 37, Book No.

    VIII; Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Gerald R. Servise.

    LSDE: Dec. 17, 24 & 31, 2012

    EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Petronilo Gruta,

    son of late Istanislao Gruta, 1/2 undivided portion and another 1/2

    portion co-owned by late Pampilo Bacongan extrajudicially settled,

    partitioned and adjudicated over a parcel of agricultural land, Lot No.

    1091, with the improvements thereon covered by TCT No. T-737,

    containing an area of 18,919 square meters, more or less. That late

    Pampilo Bacongan executed a Deed of Donation over his 1/2 por-

    tion of the above-described agricultural land in favor of children of

    late Istanislao Gruta and also the grandchildren of late Petronilo Gru-

    ta. That heirs executed a Deed of Absolute Sale in favor of JULIO

    LATIGAR, as vendee; per Doc. No. 061, Page No. 014, Book No.

    162, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty. Medino L. Acuba.

    LSDE: Dec. 17, 24 & 31, 2012

    AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION WITH SALENOTICE is hereby given that Julieta B. Sabarillo, executed an

    afdavit of Self-Adjudication over a parcel of land, located at San

    Lorenzo St., Brgy. Taguite, Lawa-an, E. Samar, with an area of

    117 square meters, under Tax Dec. No. 11-12016-00752, Cad. Lot

    No. 2349 CAD 418D, market value of P7,697.00, assessed value

    of P1,540.00; A Deed of Sale was executed in favor of Desiree G.

    Ecaldre as vendee for the above-described property; per Doc. No.

    6153, Page No. 117, Book No. XVIII, Series of 2012 of Notary Pub-

    lic Atty. Jose Nick A. Mendros. LSDE: Dec. 17, 24 & 31, 2012

    DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL DECLARATION OF HEIRSNOTICE is hereby given that heirs of the late Orlando B. Ignacio

    extrajudicially settled, partitioned and adjudicated over a bank de-

    posit and real properties described as: Personal Properties:1) Bank

    Deposit account at the Philippine National Bank-Calbayog Branch(PNB); Real Properties: 1) A parcel of land, situated at JPR Subd.,

    Lot No. 15, Block 5, with an area of 192 square meters, more or less,

    under Tax Dec. No. 99-01014-01077, assessed value P23,040.00;

    2) A one-storey residential building erected on Lot no. 15, with an

    area of 40 square meters, more or less under Tax Declaration No.

    99-01014-00275, assessed value P11,250.00; 3) A 1/5 share on a par-

    cel of land designated as Lot No. 2076-B, situated at Rosales Blvd.,

    Calbayog City, with an area of 239 square meters, more or less, under

    Tax Declaration No. 99-01007-00923, assessed value P248,560.00;

    4) A 1/5 share on a commercial/residential building erected on Lot

    2076-B, with an area of 138 square meters, more or less, under un-

    der Tax Dec. No. 99-01007-00924, assessed value P76,610.00; 5) A

    1/3 share on a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Rawis, Calbayog City,

    with an area of 6,294 square meters, more or less, under Tax Dec.

    No. 99-01005-02926, assessed value P166,880; 6) A 1/3 share on a

    parcel of land situated at Brgy. Rawis, Calbayog City, with an area

    of 1,344 square meters, more or less, under Tax Dec. No. 99-01005-

    02927, assessed value P100,800; 7) A 1/3 share on a parcel of land

    situated at Brgy. Rawis, Calbayog City, with an area of 1,862 square

    meters, more or less, under Tax Dec. No. 99-01005-02928, assessed

    value P139,650; 8) A 1/3 share on a parcel of land situated at Brgy.

    Rawis, Calbayog City, with an area of 1,957 square meters, more or

    less, under Tax Dec. No. 99-01005-02929, assessed value P146,780;

    9) A 1/3 share on a parcel of land situated at Brgy. Rawis, Calbayog

    City, with an area of 1,737 square meters, more or less, under Tax

    Dec. No. 99-01005-02930, assessed value P130,280.00; 10) A 1/3

    share on a parcel of land, situated at Brgy. Rawis, Calbayog City,

    with an area of 2,131 square meters, more or less, under Tax Dec.

    No. 99-01005-02931, assessed value P159,830.00; per Doc. No. 386,

    Page No. 79, Book No. XXII, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.

    Aileen R. Maglana.

    AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION

    NOTICE is hereby given that Lilia C. Batula heir of late Da-mian Mejeco executed an afdavit of Adjudication over a parcel of

    land, Cad. Lot Nos. 9881-P, located at Brgy. Campetic, Palo, Leyte,

    covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-30-0015-00808, Lot No. 9881-Part,

    containing a total area of 5,017 square meters. A Deed of Sale was

    executed in favor of Soledad F. Adaya as vendee for a portion of 100

    square meters from the above-described property; per Doc. No. 79,

    Page No. 16, Book No. XI, Series of 2012 of Notary Public Atty.

    Edwin B. Tabaranza. LSDE: Dec. 17, 24 & 31, 2012

    AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNOTICE is hereby given that Lilia C. Batula heir of late Da-

    mian Mejeco executed an afdavit of Adjudication over a parcel of

    land, Cad. Lot Nos. 9881-P, located at Brgy. Campetic, Palo, Leyte,

    covered by Tax Dec. No. 08-30-0015-00808, Lot No. 9881-Part,

    containing a total area of 5,017 square meters. A Deed of Sale was

    executed in favor of Soledad F. Adaya as vendee for a portion of

    524.25 square meters from the above-described property; per Doc.

    No. 77, Page No. 16, Book No. XI, Series of 2012 of Notary Public

    Atty. Edwin B. Tabaranza. LSDE: Dec. 17, 24 & 31, 2012

    Regional Executive Direc-tor Antonio Gerundio andDr. Wilson Cerbito, region-al technical director or re-search and regulations andthe project manager o theUEGIS-NFRS-ISAFI Pro-jects.

    No less than DirectorAgnes Catherine Mirandao the DA-Central OcePlanning Services and Di-rector Gary Glenn Fan-tastico o the Inormationechnology Center or Ag-riculture and Fisheries (I-CAF) are expected to gracethis momentous event andaccept the said report. Teywill also deliver key mes-sages.

    NFRS is a voluntaryregistration system devel-

    oped by the DA in 2011which aims to establish areliable database o armersand arm parcels piloted inthree (3) selected provincesin the country namely: Qu-ezon, Bukidnon and theProvince o Leyte. Mean-while, the ISAFI projectwhich is an inventory ac-tivity o all available in-vestments owned by eitherthe government or privatesector, was piloted in thesame year in the provinceo Leyte and was rolled-out

    to the provinces o Biliran,Southern Leyte and East-ern Samar. Said project was

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    even expanded in the Sa-mar and Northern SamarProvinces this year, makingEastern Visayas the rst re-gion to have implementedthe ISAFI Project nation-wide.

    On the other hand, theMatuwid na DAAN or De-partment o Agriculture

    Accountability Networkwas launched in July 2012as a web portal that mirrorsDAs advocacy on transpar-ency and accountability,as well as provide inor-mation on the agencysperormance and accom-plishments. I plans pushthrough, Region 8 will bethe rst in the country tohave aMatuwid na DAANwebsite at the regional lev-el.

    Te NFRS Protocol will

    be presented by Nieva Nat-ural, chie o the PMED,PSDA central oce. CarloCachola, NFRS-ISAFI con-sultant will demonstrateand explain the specialeatures o the NFRS On-line System and the DA-8

    Matuwid na DAAN web-site.

    Also expected to gracethe activity are Leyte Gov-ernor Ma. Mimietta Bagu-laya, Palo Mayor RemediosMatin Petilla, other mu-nicipal mayors, Leyte pro-

    vincial agriculturist Roge-lio Portula and municipalagriculture ocials.

    I have only been here

    since November so our

    former governor will be

    able to better disclose

    to our employees of the

    status of their bonuses,

    Gov. Bagulaya said.

    Meanwhile, both theformer governor and

    the incumbent governor

    explained that a new

    memorandum circular

    of the Department of

    Budget and Management

    mandates that unlike the

    previous years, savings out

    of the personnel services

    (PS) can no longer be

    utilized for bonuses but

    only of the maintenance

    and other operating

    expenses (MOOE).

    H o w e v e r , f u n d ssaved from the various

    departments is being used

    for these bonuses.

    The granting of the

    bonuses is in line with

    Pr e s id en t Aq u in o s

    Administrative Order

    No. 3, which allows such

    benets to be granted by

    provincial governments

    based on their financial

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    capabilities.

    Sec. Petilla, on the

    other hand, announced

    that just as it was done

    last year, the bonuses will

    be released in cold cash

    instead of being cashed

    out through the banks

    ATM machines.

    This to avoid the

    bonuses from getting sold

    to loan sharks for a certain

    percentage.

    He said that the bonuses

    will be released this weekanyway, so there is no

    need to be selling their

    bonuses in advance.

    We would like all of

    you to enjoy your bonuses

    in full, Sec. Petilla said.

    Employees expect their

    bonuses to be released

    over the week just in time

    for the Christmas rush.(AHLETTE C. REYES)

    and Adult Category;Christmas Caroling Children Category; DanceDrama Compet i t ion(for teachers); DramaCompetition; and GiantPuppet Competition.

    The Christmas Festivalwill formally close onJanuary 3 wi th the

    Awarding of Prizes forthe winners of the variouscompetitions as well asanother grand reworks

    display to cap off thecelebration. (AHLETTE C.REYES)

    decorated governmentagency ofce.

    Nightly competit ionsat the municipal plaza canalso be witnessed, whilelocal bands will entertainvisitors till the wee hoursof the morning.

    Nightly competit ionsinclude the Paskoshion

    Competition (fashionshow of recyclab lemater ia ls) ; Hip-hopCompetition for Kids andTeen Category; SidayCompetition; ChristmasCaro l ing for Youth

    Hundreds...from page 2

    Christmas lantern, SantaC lau s - m ak in g , b e s tdecorated barangay hall,best Christmas tree usingrecyclable materials, bestbelen (Nativity scene)and best lighted and well-

    G o v e r n o r F l o r a n t e

    Cayunda, Majority Floor

    Leader Carlo Loreto,

    Board Members Ryan

    Lawrence Tiu, Niccolo

    Villasin, Anlie Apostol,

    Deborah Bertulfo, MalouG o - S o c o , R o l a n d o

    P i a m o n t e , A n t o n i o

    Jabilles, Bernard Jonathan

    Remandaban, Wilson

    Uy and Margarita Cari;

    Department of Tourism

    R e g i o n a l D i r e c t o r

    Karina Rosa Tiopes and

    Philippine National Police

    Regional Director Police

    Chief Superintendent

    E lm er So r i a . ( R OELAMAZONA)

    the province of Leyte that

    made them one of the top

    performing provinces not

    only in the region but in

    the country as well.You are the reason

    why we are receiving

    this kind of award.Your

    hard work and dedication

    to your job had made us

    become what we are right

    now, Petilla stressed.

    Aside from the DOE

    Secretary, also present

    during the event were

    members of the provincial

    board headed by their

    pres iding off icer Vice

    Provl...from page 2

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    7Leyte Samar Daily ExpressNEWSMonday, 17 December 2012

    Philippine service members and U.S. Marines palletize relief supplies Dec.

    13 at Villamor Air Base in Manila during humanitarian assistance and dis-

    aster relief operations. After palletizing the gear side by side, the Marines

    transported the supplies via KC-130J Hercules aircraft to Davao Interna-tional Airport for further distribution to citizens in need throughout Mind-

    anao, the region of the Philippines most affected by Typhoon Bopha, which

    made landfall Dec. 4. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by 1st. Lt. Jeanscott Dodd/Released)

    THE Presidential

    E lec to r a l T r ib u n a l

    (PET) has nally given

    p e r m i s s i o n t o t h e

    Commission on Elections(Comelec) to re-use the

    ballot boxes used in the

    pol l protes t of losing

    2010 candidate Manuel

    Roxas II against Vice

    President Jejomar Binay

    in the May 2013 polls.

    In a 15-page resolution,

    the PET granted the

    request of the Comelec

    to retrieve the 57,255

    out of the 76,340 ballot

    boxes involved in the

    protest of the Secretaryof Department of Interior

    and Local Government

    (DILG).

    PET allows and

    authorizes the Comelec to

    immediately commence

    the retrieval process of

    the ballot boxes from the

    76,340 areas/precincts

    that functioned during the

    May 10, 2010 elections,

    and the subsequent

    transfer of their contents

    to designated ballot

    boxes identified as theCommit tee Boxes,

    said the resolution dated

    December 4 but sent to

    the Comelec December

    12.

    Under the agreement,

    Comelec shall transfer

    the ballot contents of the

    to-be-retrieved boxes to

    the 19,085 ballot boxes,

    which shall be known as

    Committee Boxes.

    T h e P E T a l s o

    agreed to adopt the

    guidelines proposed by

    the commission on theretrieval of the ballot

    boxes and transfer of the

    ballots.

    These include the

    creation of committees for

    each municipality, where

    the ballot boxes are to be

    retrieved; an inventory for

    each ballot box; presence

    of citizens arms during

    the transfer; wrapping and

    sealing of all contents of

    ballot boxes; Committee

    Boxes to be kept undercustody of the city/

    municipal treasurers; and

    emptied ballot boxes to be

    collected by the Provincial

    Election Supervisor to be

    submitted to the Comelec.

    Earlier in the year, the

    Comelec had requested

    the PET to allow them

    to re-use the ballot boxes

    involved in the poll protest

    of Roxas in a bid to save

    money from purchasing

    new ballot boxes.

    The poll body saidit needs all the savings

    it can have considering

    that it was only given by

    Congress a total of P7

    billion for the automation

    of the May 2013 elections.

    I t can be recalled

    that Roxas, back in July2010, had led an election

    protest before the PET the

    victory of Binay in the

    May 2010 elections.

    In late November, the

    Comelec Special Bids

    and Awards Committee

    (SBAC) already openedthe public bidding for the

    ballot boxes to be used in

    the 2013 polls.

    In its Invitation to Bid,

    the SBAC noted that it has

    an Approved Budget for

    the Contract (ABC) worth

    P290,214,400.However, the SBAC

    stressed that the Comelecreserves the right toreduce the number of unitsand corresponding ABC,subject to the decision ofthe PET.

    With the decision,Sa r m ien to sa id th eComelec will be able tosave millions of pesossince they are alreadyreducing the budget forthe ballot boxes.

    He said the Comeleccan save almost P200million because of thePET decision since theyonly need to purchasethe over 20,000 newballot boxes along withthe retrieval operationexpenses for the old ballotboxes amounting to aboutP56 million.

    Definitely, now wecan save some money,said Sarmiento noting thatthese can be used for theprocurement of equallyimportant supplies andservices for the 2013

    polls. (SUNNEX)

    PET allows use of ballot

    boxes in Roxas protest

    Catholic Church.

    The Maasim power

    plant, with a ful l two-

    phase capacity of up to

    210 MW, is intended tobe par t of a long-term

    solution to the power

    shortage in Mindanao.

    Sarangani Energy

    has forged a power sales

    agreement (PSA) with

    the South Cotabato II

    Electric Cooperative Inc.

    (Socoteco-2) to provide

    up to 70 MW of electric

    supply.

    So co tec - 2 i s t h e

    power distribution utility

    servicing at least 133,000

    households in the entire

    province of Sarangani,

    General Santos City, and

    two municipalities in

    South Cotabato.

    Th e co n s t r u c t io n

    process for phase 1 of

    the Maasim power plant

    began in June of 2012

    with the commencement

    of preliminary design and

    engineering work, which

    was completed at the end

    of August 2012.

    Geotechnical studies

    Tsusho, for the Japanese

    company.

    Sarangani Energy is

    currently building the

    first 105-MW phase ofthe power plant at a cost

    of $310 Million.

    Thirty percent of the

    project cost, which will be

    spent over the next three

    years of construction,

    will come from equity to

    be infused by ACR and

    Toyota Tsusho on a 75:25

    basis, said Luis R. YmsonJr., ACR chief nancial

    ofcer.

    The 70 percent balance

    of the project will comefrom a project nancing

    facility for Sarangani

    Energy to be finalized

    soon, he said.

    The Department of

    Environment and Natural

    Resources issued an

    environmental compliance

    certicate to the Maasim

    coal-red power plant in

    2009, which is located

    near a world-class diving

    spot and is being opposed

    by environmental group

    Greenpeace and the local

    GENERAL SANTOS

    CITY- -- Japanese trading

    firm Toyota Tsusho

    Corp. has acquired 25

    percent of the Alcantara-led Sarangani Energy

    Corp., developer of a

    210-megawatt (MW) coal-red power plant in nearby

    Maasim, Sarangani ,

    company executives said

    Wednesday.

    Oscar Benedict E.

    Contreras III, Alsons

    P o w e r B u s i n e s s

    U n i t m a n a g e r f o r

    communications and

    stakeholder relations,

    said the shareholders

    agreement was signed last

    Monday between parent

    Alsons Consolidated

    Resources Inc. (ACR)

    and Totoya Tsusho

    ACR chair Tomas

    I. Alcantara and ACR

    executive vice president

    T i r s o G . S a n t i l l a n

    Jr. signed in behalf of

    the Alsons Group, and

    Shinichi Ushijima, general

    manager for the Power

    Project Development

    Department of Toyota

    Japanese rm acquires 25%

    of Sarangani coal-power plant

    on the site area began in

    July and concluded inOctober 2012.

    Civil works will kick

    off in the first quarter

    of 2013, the Alsons

    statement said, adding

    that phase 1 of the power

    plant is expected to begin

    operations by August

    2015.

    Toyota Tsusho is a

    publicly-li sted tradi ng

    conglomerate operating

    worldwide. It is present

    in over 60 countries and

    is engaged in various

    commercial endeavors

    i n c l u d i n g p o w e r generation; warehousing

    and logistics services; the

    retail and sale of Toyota

    vehicles and parts; the

    manufacture and sale of

    metals, machinery and

    heavy equipment; and

    the import and export

    of pe t ro leum, coal ,

    agricultural products, and

    other commodities.

    A s i d e f r o m t h e

    Maasim power plant, the

    Alcantara Group controls

    and operates the 100MW Western Mindanao

    Po wer C o r p o r a t io n

    (WMPC) bunker-fired

    powerplan t in Sangal i,

    Zamboanga City and

    the Southern Philippines

    Power Corporation 55

    IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE

    MW bunker-red power

    plant in Alabel, Saranganiprovince.

    The group is also

    developing the San Ramon

    Power Inc. (SRPI) plant in

    San Ramon, Talisayan,

    Zamboanga City that

    will have the capacity to

    generate up to 105 MW of

    electricity for Zamboanga

    City and nearby areas. The

    SRPI plant is expected to

    be operational by 2016.

    Apart from power

    pro ject deve lopm entand power generation

    m a n a g e m e n t , t h e

    Alcantara Group is also

    engaged in property

    development, aquaculture,

    agribusiness, and services.(SUNNEX)

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    8 Monday, 17 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS

    Connecticut school shooting:

    Obama calls for actionPresident Obama has

    urged meaningful ac-

    tion against gun crime

    in the US after a school

    shooting in Connecticut

    left 27 dead, including20 children.

    An emotional Mr

    Obama spoke of his

    overwhelming grief

    over the deaths at New-

    towns Sandy Hook El-

    ementary School.

    The suspected gun-

    man, widely identied

    as 20-year-old Adam

    Lanza, is among the

    dead. Before going to the

    school he had also killed

    his mother at their home.

    It is the second dead-

    liest shooting attack at a

    US school or university.

    In 2007, a student at

    Virginia Tech university

    killed 32 people and in-

    jured many more.

    The children at Sandy

    Hook Elementary were

    aged between ve and

    10.

    Police Lt Paul Vance

    said 18 children were

    pronounced dead at the

    school, and two died af-ter being taken to hospi-

    tal.

    Six adults were also

    killed - including the

    schools principal Dawn

    Hochsprung - and the

    gunman died at the

    scene, apparently after

    shooting himself.

    His mother was found

    dead at their home on

    Yogananda Street - some

    unconrmed reports sug-

    gested she had worked at

    the school.Broken hearts

    As Mr Obama reacted

    with a televised state-

    ment, he paused several

    times to wipe tears from

    his eyes.

    As a country we

    have been through this

    too many times, he said.Were going to have

    to come together andtake meaningul actionto prevent more trag-

    edies like this, regardlesso the politics.Te president oered

    condolences to the ami-lies o both the victimsand survivors.

    Our hearts are bro-ken today, or the par-

    ents, grandparents, sis-ters and brothers o thesechildren, and or the

    amilies o the adults whowere lost, he said.Fridays shooting is

    the third major gun at-tack in the US in 2012.

    In July an attackerkilled 12 people at a pre-miere o a Batman lmin Aurora, Colorado. InAugust six people died ata Sikh temple in Wiscon-sin.

    Te deaths havesparked resh debate overthe countrys gun laws.

    In Washington onFriday night, protest-ers gathered outside theWhite House to call ortighter gun controls.

    New York Mayor Mi-chael Bloomberg, alsocalled or action.

    We have heard all therhetoric beore, he said.

    What we have notseen is leadership - notrom the White Houseand not rom Congress,he said. Tat must endtoday.

    American fags onWashingtons CapitolHill were lowered tohal-mast and about 200people held a candlelight

    vigil or the victims.A vigil and a memorial

    service were held in New-town, a prosperous towno about 27,000 people.

    Never imaginedFridays killings took

    place in two rooms with-

    in a single section o theschool, police have said.Te shooting lasted just aew minutes.

    As they heard theshots, teachers in otherparts o the building triedto protect children by

    locking doors and usher-ing them into closets.

    I told them we had to

    be absolutely quiet, be-cause I was just so araidi he did come in, then hewould hear us and juststart shooting the door,said teacher Kaitlin Roig.

    I said to them, I needyou to know that I loveyou all very much andthat its going to be okay,because I thought thatwas the last thing theywere ever going to hear.

    Fire-ghters who ar-rived to evacuate the

    school reportedly toldchildren to close theireyes and run past theschools oce as they le.

    Te gunman wasdressed in combat clothesis thought to have beencarrying at least twohandguns.

    A rife was ound ina vehicle outside theschool. Tree other gunswere also recovered. O-cials said his mother hadbought several weapons

    legally.Witnesses said the

    gunman said nothingduring the attack.

    Ive never imagineda thing like that couldhappen here, said DavidConnors, whose threechildren were at theschool during the shoot-ing and were unharmed.

    Early reports named24-year-old Ryan Lanza,o Hoboken, New Jersey,as the gunman, but un-

    named ocials later saidhis brother Adam was thesuspect.

    Ryan Lanza was ques-tioned by police, US me-dia reported, but has notbeen named as a suspect. (from the wires)

    Japan general election in fnal day

    of campaigningCandidates in the Japa-

    nese general election onSunday have been makingtheir nal pleas for votes.

    The Liberal DemocraticParty (LDP) appears poisedto oust the Democratic Par-ty (DPJ) after only threeyears in ofce, with formerPM Shinzo Abe likely to re-turn to the top job.

    Mr Abe told voters out-side Tokyo he would re-store economic growth andrestore pride in the country.

    But many voters re-main undecided, amid dis-illusionment in Japan over

    politics.Keiko Seki was listen-

    ing to Mr Abes address in

    Wako, north of the capital,but was unconvinced: Ind this election very dif-cult to decide who to votefor, she told the AssociatedPress.

    Mr Abe has made theeconomy a central plankof his campaign, promisingto boost public spending toend the 20-year slump.

    But he has also prom-ised a more assertive for-eign policy at a time whentensions with China arerunning high.

    We want to restore aJapan where children are

    proud to have been bornhere, he told voters.

    Nuclear debateMr Abes centre-right

    LDP was swept from ofceby the DPJ in 2009, end-ing more than 50 years ofalmost unbroken rule. TheDPJ promised more welfarespending and a better socialsafety net, but struggled todeliver amid the economicdownturn and 11 March2011 earthquake and tsu-nami.

    It has also seen multipleleadership changes - Yoshi-

    hiko Noda is the third DPJprime minister since 2009.He lost public support

    over the move to doublesales tax, something he saidwas necessary to tackle Ja-

    pans massive debt.The debate over nuclear

    energy, restarting suspend-ed reactors and his per-

    ceived ip-opping on theissue have also affected his

    popularity.Mr Abe served as prime

    minister from 2006-2007before stepping aside amidplummeting poll numbers,citing illness.

    He and his party saynuclear energy has a roleto play in resource-poorJapans future. Mr Abehas also called for a toughstance on the territorial rowwith China over East ChinaSea islands that both coun-tries claim.

    Latest gures indicatethat the LDP will win aclear majority, togetherwith its traditional ally,the New Komeito Party.

    Another party in themix is the right-wing Ja-pan Restoration Party,led by two high-prolepopulist leaders, contro-

    versial right-wing ormerokyo Governor ShintaroIshihara and Osaka May-or oru Hashimoto.

    Mr Ishihara - whoseplan to buy the disputedEast China Sea islandsusing okyo governmentunds reignited the terri-

    PM Yoshihiko Noda (L) faces a challenge from Shinzo Abe

    torial row - wants Japanto take a more muscularstance on the issue. Butsupport or the party

    waned somewhat amidambiguity over its nucle-ar policy.

    Another new party, ledby Shiga governor YukikoKada, wants to phase outnuclear power in a dec-ade. Former DPJ heavy-weight Ichiro Ozawa hasthrown his support be-hind this party.

    But 40% o the elec-torate have yet to decidewho to vote or, accord-ing to recent polls.

    All the candidates arespeaking out ahead o the

    election, but Im not sosure theyll carry out anyo their promises, theAssociated Press newsagency quoted Hirokoakahashi, 51, a residento a okyo suburb, as say-ing.

    Im hopeul about thenew parties, but I alsowonder i I should trustone o the older parties.

    All 480 lower houseseats are up or grabs inthe election. (from the wires)

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    Huge Asteroid to Pass EarthA giant asteroid will

    make a yby of Earth over

    the next few days, and

    armchair astronomers can

    watch the action live on

    their computers.

    The near-Earth aster-

    oid 4179 Toutatis, which

    is about 5km wide, will

    zoom within 7 million km

    of Earth during its closest

    approach. Thats too far

    away to pose any impact

    threat on this pass, but

    close enough to put on a

    pretty good show through

    top-notch telescopes, re-

    searchers say.

    And some of those

    scopes will be tracking

    Toutatis movements forthe benet of skywatch-

    ers around the world. The

    online Slooh Space Cam-

    era and Virtual Telescope

    Project, for example, will

    both stream live, free foot-

    age of the asteroid from

    professional-quality obser-

    vatories.

    Slooh will webcast Tou-

    tatis views from a scope in

    the Canary Islands off the

    west coast of Africa begin-

    ning at 3 p.m. EST today.

    Another show will follow

    at 2am Thursday morning,with footage from an in-

    strument in Arizona. You

    can watch them at Sloohs

    website.

    Both shows will feature

    commentary from Slooh

    president Patrick Paolucci

    and Astronomy Magazine

    columnist Bob Berman.

    Slooh technical staff

    will let the public follow

    this fast-moving asteroid in

    two different ways. In one

    view, the background stars

    will be tracked at their own

    rate and the asteroid will

    appear as an obvious streak

    or a moving time-lapse dot

    across the starry eld, Ber-

    man said in a statement.

    In a second view, Tou-

    tatis itself will be tracked

    and held steady as a tiny

    pointlike object, whileEarths spin makes the

    background stars whiz by

    as streaks, Berman added.

    Both methods will make

    the asteroids speedy orbital

    motion obvious as it passes

    us in space.

    Meanwhile, the Virtual

    Telescope Project which

    is run by Gianluca Masi of

    Bellatrix Astronomical Ob-

    servatory in Italy will

    offer its own free webcast

    Friday (Dec. 14) at 7am,

    AEDT, complete with com-

    mentary from astrophysi-

    cists.

    You can see that video

    stream here.

    Asteroid Toutatis was

    rst viewed in 1934, then

    ofcially discovered in1989. It makes one trip

    around the sun every four

    years.

    The Minor Planet Center

    in Cambridge, Mass., lists

    Toutatis as a potentially

    hazardous object, meaning

    that it could pose a threat

    to our planet at some point

    in the future. The current

    yby is no cause for con-

    cern, however. At its clos-

    est approach, which comes

    at 5.40pm AEDT Wednes-

    day, Toutatis will still be

    18 times farther away from

    Earth than the moon is.

    Toutatis would cause

    catastrophic damage if it

    ever did slam into Earth. In

    general, scientists think a

    strike by anything at least

    0.6 miles (1 km) wide could

    have global consequences,most likely by altering the

    worlds climate for many

    years to come.

    For comparison, the

    asteroid thought to have

    wiped out the dinosaurs 65

    million years ago was an

    estimated 6 miles (10 km)

    across.

    (from the wires)

    They may be only 140

    characters in length yet

    tweets are quickly becom-

    ing the lines of communica-

    tion between fans, athletes

    and sporting organisations.

    Perth Glory and NewZealand striker, Shane

    Smeltz, uses twitter.

    It is great you know to

    tell fans and supporters ex-

    actly what you are thinking

    and sometimes you give a

    different side to things, he

    said.

    Smeltz is one sportsman

    who regularly interacts

    with the social medium.

    Fans get to learn a lit-

    tle bit about who you are

    and what youre thinking

    off the pitch, he said.

    The West Coast Eagles,Fremantle Dockers, Perth

    Scorchers, Perth Wildcats,

    Western Force and Perth

    Glory are some of WAs

    major teams using twit-

    ter in a big way to connect

    with thousands of follow-

    ers.

    ABC Grandstand

    broadcaster Corbin Mid-

    dlemas explains why.

    Theyre like the mod-

    ern day hero, fax or auto-

    graph, he said.

    A lot of people like to

    talk to their heroes before

    they go out to bat or com-

    pete at the Olympics, and I

    think the players appreciate

    to be able to hear from the

    fans, and most of it is en-

    couragement.

    Cricket Australia has

    over 100,000 followers.

    Its strategic commu-

    nications adviser, Peter

    Young, explains the ration-

    ale behind wanting to see

    players tweet.

    We encourage our

    players to use twitter to

    engage with our fans, he

    said.

    We talk to our players

    about coming out from be-

    hind the helmet and letting

    fans see who they are and

    what they think.

    He says news breaks so

    quickly now.

    The 24 hour news cy-

    cle is now dead, its more

    like a 24 second media cy-

    cle, he said.

    Tweets gone bad

    In its earlier stages Twit-

    ter was seen as another

    social media platform like

    Facebook or Myspace but it

    has quickly become a direct

    avenue of communication

    between fan and athlete.

    With the number of poli-

    ticians, public gures and

    athletes now contributing to

    the conversation, more care

    is being taken to manage

    and monitor what is pub-

    lished.

    We have got a few boys

    who are on twitter so I think

    it is difcult and you have

    to be careful, says Shane

    Smeltz.

    Mr Young says there are

    controls in place.

    The players under their

    contract with Cricket Aus-

    tralia have public comment

    obligations which cover

    their twitter comment as

    well as their more tradition-

    al comment to a newspaper

    or a radio, he said.

    We train our players;

    they are very, very media

    literate.

    They are used to talking

    in public and we trust them

    to get it right but in saying

    that we are aware that from

    time to time things will go

    wrong.

    When they do, we take

    a coaching, mentoring ap-

    proach with the playerrather than a disciplinary

    approach.

    Controversial tweets by

    athletes have led to wider

    media coverage.

    Recently former Aus-

    tralian rugby union star,

    David Campese, tweeted

    about the suitability of a fe-male Fairfax reporter cov-

    ering rugby.

    Swimmer Stephanie

    Rice raised eyebrows when

    she tweeted pictures of

    herself in a new revealing

    swimsuit.

    And, rugby player

    Quade Cooper has found

    himself in hot water withtweets about the adminis-

    tration of the Wallabies and

    its direction.

    One of the things we

    do make players aware of

    is twitter is a public place,

    Mr Young said.

    So you need to think

    about that when you are

    talking in the twittersphere

    but having said that we ac-

    tively encourage them to

    have those conversations.

    Smeltz says players

    need to think before they

    tweet.Things burn you at the

    time and you can sort of

    jump at things and throw

    it straight on twitter and

    I think you do need to be

    careful, I think there is a lot

    of people sort of listening

    and watching, he said.

    As a player you do have

    the duties to uphold the

    game as well so its a tough

    one but I guess you do haveto be careful at times.

    Breaking news

    Twitter is also forcing

    the media to take note.

    In June last year, NBA

    star Shaquille ONeal used

    the medium to announce to

    the world he was retiring

    from basketball.

    We live in an instant

    news environment, says

    Mr Young.

    Twitter is often the rstwe see of news being re-

    ported on us.

    Last week Twitter was

    all a buzz about rumours

    that Ricky Ponting was

    about to retire, a good hour

    before he held the press

    conference to conrm he

    was departing the game.

    That was something

    that was broken by twitter

    and quickly evolved yet we

    were at the scene and sitting

    10-15 metres away from

    them and not knowing,

    says Mr Middlemas.

    It amazing how much

    is across twitter these days

    and it is generally when

    people are talking about

    it on twitter, something is

    happening.

    (from the wires)

    Shane Smeltz says players need to think before they tweet.

    Players use twitter to get

    their message across

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    Light smoking doubles sudden

    heart death risk in womenWomen who are light

    smokers - including those

    who smoke just one ciga-

    rette a day - double their

    chance of sudden death, a

    large study suggests.The research tracked the

    health of 101,000 US nurs-

    es over three decades.

    L i g h t - t o - m o d e r a t e

    smokers were twice as

    likely to die of sudden heart

    problems than those who

    had never smoked.

    But those who quit

    smoking saw their risk be-

    gin to go back down with-

    in years, a journal of the

    American Heart Associa-

    tion reports.

    Raised risk

    During the study, therewere 315 sudden cardiac

    deaths - where the heart un-

    expectedly stops working.

    In people aged 35 oryounger, this is usuallybecause o a heart condi-tion that runs in the am-ily.

    But in people who areolder than this - as mosto the nurses in the studywere - it can be the rstsign o coronary heartdisease, where the hearts

    arteries become blockedby atty deposits.

    O the 315 suddendeaths in the study, 75were among currentsmokers, 148 were amongrecent or past smok-ers and 128 occurred inpeople who had neversmoked.

    Reason to quitAer taking into ac-

    count other heart riskactors, such as high

    blood pressure, highcholesterol and amilyhistory o heart disease,Dr Roopinder Sandhuand colleagues oundthe women who smokedwere twice as likely todie suddenly even i theysmoked light-to-moder-ate amounts - betweenone and 14 cigarettes aday.

    For every ve years ocontinued smoking, therisk went up by 8%.

    But women who quitsaw their risk all to thato someone who had nev-er smoked, aer 20 yearso cessation.

    Dr Sandhu, o the the

    University o Alberta,Canada, said: What thisstudy really tells womenis how important it is tostop smoking. Te ben-ets in terms o suddencardiac death reductionare there or all women,not just those with estab-lished heart disease.

    It can be dicult toquit. It needs to be a long-term goal. Its not alwayseasily achievable and it

    may take more than oneattempt.

    Ellen Mason, sen-ior cardiac nurse at theBritish Heart Founda-tion, said: Tis studyshows that smoking just

    a couple o cigarettes aday could still seriouslyaect your uture health.

    As we approach thenew year, many o us willbe making resolutionsand giving up smokingwill be top o the list orlots o people.

    I youre thinkingo quitting and need anudge, this research addsto the wealth o evidencethat stopping smoking is

    the single best thing youcan do or your hearthealth.

    A recent study in theLancet o 1.2 millionwomen ound those whogave up smoking by theage o 30 would almostcompletely avoid therisks o dying early romtobacco-related diseases.

    Latest gures suggesta h o women in Eng-land smoke. (from the wires)

    Olympian lifespan possible for allThe longevity Olym-

    pians enjoy is within the

    reach of everyone, experts

    say.

    Research published on

    the British Medical Jour-

    nal (BMJ) website suggests

    athletes live 2.8 years long-er on average than the aver-

    age lifespan.

    The research indicated

    those who took part in non-

    contact sports such as cy-

    cling, rowing and tennis en-

    joyed the longest life of all.

    But the general popula-

    tion could have a similar

    survival advantage by

    doing a little more exercise,

    experts said.

    The conclusion by two

    public health professors

    came after they reviewed

    two studies of Olympic ath-letes published by the BMJ

    website.

    The studies looked at

    the lifespan and health of

    25,000 athletes who com-

    peted in Games dating back

    to 1896.

    Those taking part in

    contact sports such as box-

    ing had the least advantage,

    while cyclists and rowers

    enjoyed the best health.

    But the researchers also

    found those who playedlower intensity sports such

    as golf enjoyed a boost.

    Public health failure

    Possible explanations

    put forward for the nding

    included genetic and life-

    style factors and the wealth

    and status that comes with

    sporting success.

    However, the ndings

    prompted public health ex-

    perts Prof Adrian Bauman,

    from Australias Sydney

    University, and Prof StevenBlair, from South Carolina

    University in the US, to

    suggest others could live as

    long as Olympic athletes.

    The recommended lev-

    el of physical activity for

    adults is 150 minutes of

    moderate to vigorous exer-

    cise each week.

    Studies suggest people

    who manage that amount or

    more live for up to several

    years longer than those that

    do not.Writing for the BMJ

    website, the professors

    said: Although the evi-

    dence points to a small

    survival effect of being an

    Olympian, careful reec-

    tion suggests that similar

    health benets and longev-

    ity could be achieved by all

    of us through regular physi-

    cal activity.

    We could and should

    all award ourselves that

    personal gold medal.

    But they said govern-ments were still not doing

    enough to promote the ben-

    ets of physical activity,

    calling it a public health

    failure. (from the wires)

    Male manual workers live longerLife expectancy for

    manual workers may now

    be starting to catch up with

    non-manual workers, the

    Ofce for National Statis-

    tics (ONS) suggests.

    From 1997 to 2005,

    male life expectancy rose

    faster for manual than non-

    manual workers.

    For women, life expec-

    tancy rose but at a similar

    rate for those in both manu-

    al and non-manual jobs.

    The ONS warned though

    that its gures should be

    treated with care as they

    might not reect a perma-

    nent trend.

    Some degree of varia-

    tion is to be expected as a

    result of sampling and the

    results for the latest period,

    while interesting, are not

    conclusive evidence of an

    underlying change in the

    pattern of inequalities,

    said the ONS.

    Catching up

    Stewart Ritchie, Presi-

    dent of the Faculty of Ac-

    tuaries, said the gures

    were possibly the rst evi-

    dence of changing lifestyles

    among manual workers.

    A lot of the drag on im-

    provements in longevity is

    about smoking, drinking,

    eating and exercising, he

    said.

    A lot of us have expect-

    ed for some time that man-

    ual workers would change

    their habits and start catch-

    ing up.

    Maybe this is the rst

    evidence, he said.

    Reverse trend

    In the past few dec-

    ades, life expectancy has

    increased faster for those

    in non-manual jobs than

    for those in manual occupa-

    tions.

    But the ONS gures

    suggest things may havechanged.

    Comparing the years

    1997-2001 with 2002-2005,

    it found that male 65-year-

    old non-manual workers

    saw their life expectancy

    rise by 0.8 years.

    By contrast, male manu-

    al workers saw their life ex-

    pectancy go up even faster,

    by 1.2 years.

    A close look at the

    gures suggests that in

    the past few years life ex-

    pectancy at 65 has not im-

    proved at all for men in the

    highest social group doing

    professional jobs, pointed

    out Stephen Yeo of the ac-

    tuaries Watson Wyatt.

    For women, improve-

    ments in life expectancy

    were similar regardless of

    whether they were manual

    or non-manual workers.

    Profound

    The trend for men and

    women in all social groups

    to live longer is well estab-

    lished, and in recent years

    seems to have been accel-

    erating.This has profound im-

    plications for all aspects ofsociety.

    For instance, state, oc-cupational and private pen-sion schemes will have to

    pay out to their pensionersfor far longer than original-ly anticipated.

    Back in the period be-tween 1972 and 1976, malenon-manual workers could,at birth, expect to live to 71

    while their manual counter-parts would live, on aver-age, to 69 years.

    By 2002-05 the non-manual men had seen theirlive expectancy at birthrise by 8 years and manualworkers by 7 years.

    (from the wires)

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    China submits East China Sea islands claim to UN

    China has submitted

    to the UN a detailed ex-

    planation of its claims

    to a disputed area of the

    East China Sea.

    It argues that certain

    geological features prove

    its territory extends outto a group of islands near

    Japan.

    A UN commission of

    geological experts will

    examine Chinas submis-

    sion but does not have

    the authority to resolve

    conicting claims.

    Beijing and Tokyo

    have long laid claim to

    the islands, known as

    Senkaku in Japan and

    Diaoyu in China.

    Tensions ared up

    again in September af-ter the Japanese govern-

    ment bought three of the

    islands from their private

    Japanese owner, trig-

    gering public protests in

    some Chinese cities.Since then Chinese

    ships have been sailing inand out o waters aroundthe islands, promptingwarnings rom Japan.

    Tere was anoth-er diplomatic spat on

    Tursday aer a Chinesegovernment plane fewnear the disputed islands.

    okyo responded byscrambling ghter jets.Both countries accusedthe other o violatingtheir air space.

    In its submission tothe UN, China argues:Physiognomy and geo-logical characteristicsshow that the continentalshel in the East ChinaSea is the natural prolon-

    gation o Chinas land ter-ritory.

    Te natural prolon-gation o the continen-tal shel o China in theEast China Sea extendsto the Okinawa rough,which is an importantgeographical unit eatur-ing remarkable partition,Xinhua news agency re-ports the document assaying.

    Te islands lie some200km (124 miles) o Ja-pans Okinawa island and

    beyond Chinas 200 nau-tical mile (370km) exclu-sive economic zone. Teyorm part o Okinawapreecture and are con-trolled by Japan.

    aiwan also lays claimto the islands, which areclose to strategically im-portant shipping lanes.Te waters around theislands oer rich shinggrounds and are thoughtto contain oil deposits. (from the wires)

    Asia to eclipse US and

    Europe by 2030 - US reportAsia will wield more

    global power than the US

    and Europe combined by

    2030, a forecast from the

    US intelligence community

    has found.

    Within two decades Chi-na will overtake the US as

    the worlds largest econo-

    my, the report adds.

    It also warns of slower

    growth and falling living

    standards in advanced na-

    tions with ageing popula-

    tions.

    Global Trends 2030, is-

    sued to coincide with Mr

    Obamas second term, says

    it aims to promote strategic

    thinking.

    Published every four

    years, the report from the

    National Intelligence Coun-cil (NIC) aims to draw to-

    gether a wide sweep of

    megatrends driving trans-

    formation in the world.

    Slow relative decline

    The NIC suggests that

    by 2030, Asia will have

    more overall power than

    the US and Europe com-

    bined - taking into account

    population size, gross do-

    mestic product (GDP), mil-

    itary spending and invest-

    ment in technology.

    China alone will prob-

    ably have the largest econ-omy, surpassing that o theUnited States a ew yearsbeore 2030, the reportsays.

    Meanwhile, the econo-mies o Europe, Japan, and

    Russia are likely to continuetheir slow relative declines.

    But the report says itdoes not anticipate thatChina will emerge as a su-perpower in the mould o

    the US, orging coalitions totake on international issues.

    Speaking at a newsbrieng, Mathew Burrows,counsellor to the NationalIntelligence Council said:Being the largest economicpower is important... [but]it isnt necessarily the larg-est economic power thatalways is going to be the su-perpower.

    Te megatrends iden-tied by the report includeindividual empowermentand transer o power rom

    the West to the global Eastand South.

    It highlights ageing soci-eties and a growing middleclass, as well as diminish-ing natural resources, as keyglobal themes.

    Within the next twodecades the US will achieveenergy independence, andthe size o urban popula-tions around the world willrise sharply, the report says.

    But, the report adds,questions about the glob-al economy, governance,

    evolving methods o con-fict, regional spillover, newtechnologies and the uturerole o the US could dra-matically impact the globalpicture over the next 20years. (from the wires)

    Nelson Mandela undergoes

    operation to remove gallstonesSouth Africas rst black

    president, Nelson Mandela,has had an operation to re-move gallstones, according

    to a government statement.The operation was suc-cessful and Mr Mandela isrecovering.

    Mr Mandela, who is 94,was admitted to hospital lastSaturday after suffering arecurrence of a lung infec-tion.

    Tests revealed the pres-ence of gallstones and doc-tors treating Mr Mandeladecided to remove themonce he had recovered fromthe infection.

    The statement said:

    This morning, 15 Decem-ber 2012, the former presi-dent underwent a procedurevia endoscopy to have the

    gall stones removed. Theprocedure was successfuland (Mr Mandela) is recov-ering.

    A gallstone is an ac-cumulation of crystals inthe gall bladder. If left un-treated, it can become life-threatening because of therisks of secondary infec-tions such as pancreatitis.

    Mr Mandela is regardedby most South Africansas the father of the nation,having inspired them toght for democracy.

    He led the struggleagainst white-minorityrule before being electedthe rst black president in1994.

    Despite being impris-oned for 27 years by theapartheid government, heforgave his former enemiesand urged South Africansof all races to work togetherand seek reconciliation. rom the wires

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    12 NEWS Monday, 17 December 2012Leyte Samar Daily Express

    Family members of the OFW hold OFW family day sponsored by OWWA regional

    ofce-8 to tribute the OFW. LITO A. BAGUNAS

    virtue of an arrest war-rant in Criminal Case No.

    2120 at Regional Trial

    Court Branch 26 in San

    Juan, Southern Leyte.

    Judge Altone Miralles

    did not recommend any

    bailbond for the tempo-

    rary liberty of the suspect

    who was considered the

    Number 6 Most Wanted

    Person of Hinunangan.

    Earlier, in the morning

    December 10, manhunt

    operations by same Track-

    er Team in Brgy. Labrador

    of same town, Wilfredo

    Ambos Cantere alias Will,

    46, farmer and the Num-

    ber 5 Most Wanted Person

    of said town, was arrested

    also for murder charges.

    The team was clothed

    with an arrest warrant

    issued also by Judge Al-

    tone M Miralles of RTC

    Branch 26 in San Juan,

    Southern Leyte in Crimi-

    nal Case 2118 with no bail

    recommendation.In Brgy. Lapaz, San

    Jorge, Samar, tracker team

    arrested a village coun-

    cilor wanted for murder

    and ranked Number 6

    most wanted person of

    said town.

    Romulo Reyes de la

    Cruz Reyes alias Mulo,

    61, of Brgy Gerali, Gan-

    dara, Samar was nabbed

    in the morning of Decem-

    ber 11 based on a warrant

    for his arrest issued by

    Judge Feliciano Aguilar

    CAMP RUPERTOK A N G L E O N , P a l o ,

    Leyte, December 14,

    2012 Manhunt operation

    teams of Police RegionalOfce 8 (PRO8) arrested

    four persons, with three

    facing murder charges,

    who are considered as

    dangerous in separate op-

    erations in Samar, North-

    ern Samar and Southern

    Leyte provinces the past

    few days.

    Eastern Visayas police

    director Chief Superin-

    tendent Elmer Soria said

    the arrests were made so

    that suspects will face the

    crimes they have com-

    mitted and to ensure that

    ustice would be served to

    their victims.

    Special teams of po-

    lice trackers have been

    deployed to go after these

    wanted persons aside from

    the Regional Special Op-

    erations Group or RSOG,

    Soria said.Soria added that con-

    tinuing manhunt opera-

    tions will be mounted in

    2013 to account for more

    criminal offenders wanted

    by the law.

    In Southern Leyte,

    murder suspect Joseph

    Apatan Aluta, 39, farmer,

    married, was nabbed by

    elements of Hinunangan

    Police Station in his hide-

    out in Brgy. Toptop in the

    morning if December 12.

    Aluta was arrested by

    PRO-8 Tracker

    teams nabs

    4 most wanted

    criminals

    of RTC Branch 41, Gan-dara, Samar.

    De la Cruz is facing

    charges in criminal case

    number 12-0545 with no

    recommended bailbond.In Northern Samar,

    Ruel Cascano , 29, single,jobless was arrested in hisresidence in Brgy Zone 1,Poblacion, Victoria townin the early morning ofDecember 10.

    Cascano is rankednumber 7 in the list of

    most wanted persons inVictoria, Northern Samarand wanted for the crimeof qualied theft in Crimi-nal Case No. A-2522.

    Judge Manuel Tor-revillas of RTC Branch23 in Allen, NorthernSamar recommended24,000.00 bailbond for

    his temporary liberty.Soria added that the

    arrested suspects wereturned-over to respectivecourts of origin for proper

    disposition. PR


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