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VOL. 11, NO. 34 APRIL 8 - 14, 2014 CATBALOGAN CITY

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26 “Glimmers of Hope” in EV cited

8ID scores heavily vs CPP-NPA-NDF during 1st quarter of 2014

QUEZON CITY, Philippines -- Civil society groups in the Visayas gave the Armed Forces of the Philippines an “above satisfactory performance” rating for the implementation of “Oplan Bayanihan” in the Visayas last year.

The rating was given during an assessment conference on the military counterinsurgency program Thursday at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.

Aside from assessing Bayanihan, the conference also tackled security reforms.

Civil society “Bantay-Bayanihan Network” teams gave their assessment of the military plan.

“As far as the Bayanihan operational indicators of the mili-tary is concerned, the AFP is hitting ‘above satisfactory,’ but we should take note that the consistency of its impact to communi-ties is anchored on concrete policies, which is the second part of our assessment, and (in) that, the AFP is lagging behind” Samar Island Press Club president Rommel Rutor, who presented the Visayas assessment, said.

“In 2013, I would say that the so-called whole nation ap-proach is still a military approach,” Rutor said.

Reacting to the Visayas assessment, Colonel Francisco F. Mendoza Jr., who represented the Cebu-based Central Com-mand, said: “I agree on your observations and rest assured that we will also advise our lower units to correct any negative practice as far as policy implementation is concern to make the assessment and evaluation more comprehensive.”

Aside from the Visayas, other presenters who conduct-ed monitoring and evaluation on the AFP’s IPSP Bayanihan implementation in Luzon and Mindanao areas also gave ob-servations and recommenda-tions on how to improve the peace building advocacy and further enhance the operations of the security sectors.

Other military officials also welcomed the positive results and likewise commit-ted to respond on the lapses in various military commands.

“All points and sugges-tions were taken into consid-eration,” the AFP officials said.

Meanwhile, Major. Gen. Oscar Lactao, OJ3 of the AFP also presented the gains and

CATBALOGAN CITY, Philippines – At least 26 local and international women leaders were commended today for their impressive efforts in the recovery and rehabilitation activities in the Yolanda-hit communities here.

These 26 women leaders, dubbed by the Philippine Infor-mation Agency 8 as the “glimmers of hope” for serving as an inspiration of hope and strength to typhoon survivors were honored and given plaques of commendation at the PIA office in Tacloban City, April 10, this year.

“We call them the “Glimmers of Hope” because they inspire and assist people in distress in their respective communities,” said PIA regional director Erlinda Tiu.

CATBALOGAN CITY -- The Army’s 8th Infantry Division scored heavily against the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in Eastern Visayas during the 1st quarter of 2014.

On its accomplishment record for the 1st quarter 2014, the 8ID said NPA rebels suffered big blows in all fronts operating in Samar, Leyte, Biliran and Cebu City.

From the month of January to March 2014, at least twenty six (26) rebels surrendered while seven (7) were arrested and one (1) was killed during an encounter, for a total of 34 rebels neutralized.

FAIL OR PASS? A presenter from Visayas Bantay-Bayanihan Team, which composed of regions 6, 7 & 8 reported that as per evalua-tion and monitoring conducted with the AFP’s implementation of IPSP in the Visayas, the military hit the mark “above satisfactory” rating in terms of operational indicators is concerned but continously lagged behind in terms of policy reforms and implementation. The Bantay-Bayanihan concluded that as per 2013 monitoring, “the whole nation approach is still military approach.” (Ricky Bautista)

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A Newness of LifeTHIS is what we can expect with the celebration of Eas-

ter. We are made new! We have a new life. We are actually made a new creature. The old man in us is buried. A new man is formed in each one of us!

This is because Christ has risen. With his resurrection, he has conquered sin and death. He died for us, so we can rise with him. The sting of our death has been taken away, and is replaced with the saving resurrection of Christ who shares it with us. That’s the marvelous exchange we sing about in the Easter hymn of the Exsultet.

Thus, if we unite ourselves with him and die with him—a dying that can take many forms before it takes on the ultimate form—we will also rise with him. Everything, in the reality presented to us by our Christian faith, will be new.

It’s a beautiful truth that should be engraved deep in our mind and heart “I make all things new,” (Rev 21,5) Let’s be reassured of this very consoling truth of our faith. The same truth is reiterated by St. Paul: “If any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away. Behold all things are made new.” (2 Cor 5,17)

We may not know the mechanics of how this is to take place, but this is what our faith tells us, and so we believe. It’s a mysterious gift from God, first of all, and being a gift, we usually do not bother ourselves about the technical de-tails about it. Ours is simply to receive it, ever grateful and seeing to it that we take care of the gift.

This does not mean that we have nothing to do with this affair. Though gratuitous, this tremendous gift of a new life ought somehow to be deserved. Christ himself said so in so many words: “New wine is not put into old wineskins…new wine is put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” (Mt 9,17)

We would do well to really live in intimate union with Christ. That is how, as a love song beautifully expresses it, we can keep the music playing, how we can keep the song from fading too fast, how we cannot run out of new things to say.

St. Paul puts it very bluntly in his Letter to the Romans. “Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste.” (1 Cor 5,7) In the mind of St. Paul, this is how we may be like the “unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

This can mean many things. Among them, the effort

s we mark today the triumph of Jesus Christ over the forces of evil and sin, let us not forget the teachings he imparted to all of mankind. The resurrection is the climax of His mission on earth. It served as the affirmation of all His teachings which were proven true by that single win over death. Without the resurrection, all the teachings that Je-sus Christ gave to mankind would have turned fallacious. But our Lord Jesus Christ conquered death and prevailed over sin by way of a clean and honest win.

People are prone to employ means that are often contrary to goodness just in order to attain their goal. The tendency to depart from honest play seems normal strategy for one who is bent on attaining victory. There are people who pretend to embrace the pragmatic ways where the end is always important than the means. This is true in many forms of competitions where protagonists seem adept in employing means that although foul in its simplest sense, is found justified as the best way to ensure victory.

This explains why most, if not all of the candidates in the political arena, are hell bent on employing every possible and available means just to ensure their victory at the polls. Being declared winner is what to them matters most considering that adverse actions and protests by the disgruntled losers often end futile and beyond the term in question. Those who prevailed in the elec-tions are proclaimed and are able to hold office even against all protests and complaints being raised by those aggrieved.

But the competitions we face in life are but temporary events that come and go. The greater battle that we ought to conquer is our fight against the forces of evil. This can be done by simple tasks that could have lasting effect on the lives of many. Apart from the current clashes in politics, we must find time to know ourselves and realize that we are hard pressed facing the greater challenges within us. Winning over the undesirable traits that we cling to over the years is as important as any other.

The fight against the undesirable traits that are not in accord with the will of God is truly a tough one. We always want the easy way out and we try to leap over some rules just to attain our goals. Sure, there are a lot of ways to reach of desired goal. It is up to us to choose the means to reach our goals for as long as we end up winner. This is the prevailing condition upon which many people lodge their fight against the odds in life.

But being winner is not the be all and end all in this journey of life. We ought to follow the way that was shown to us by Jesus Christ for it is the one that will lead us to eternal salvation. All other triumphs are but temporary and not bring us to our final destiny. In the end, it is always the man who played by the rules that is considered the big winner.

As we celebrate the joy of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is but fitting that we acknowledge our weaknesses that may bring us damnation. The message of Easter would be more meaningful if we keep true to our promise of turning away from evil and living in accordance with the will of God. Only if we succeed in conquering ourselves and be the master of our undesirable traits can we become a true winner. Happy Easter!

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to truly understand others in spite of and even because of their defects, because this is how Christ deals with each one of us.

Recently, I watched two movies that wonderfully dramatized how understanding others in spite of their very obvious defects can make a lot of difference. One was “Saving Mr. Banks” and the other was “In front of the class.” In both movies, the main characters had very irritating defects. In the former, the defect was psychological, and in the latter, physical.

We should realize that every one of us is a child of God who, even if one has lost his goodness, is still loved and redeemed by Christ. This is the basic and constant assumption we should have when dealing with others.

And so when we see the defects of others, especially those defects that would really bother us, we have to think that there is a reason behind them. We need to know where they are coming from.

And then putting ourselves in the dynamics of Christ’s universal love for us, and never without it, let us try to deal with them kindly and patiently. This is how we can understand everyone, including ourselves, with all that we have, both the good and the bad things in us.

It is only this love that is capable of understanding everyone and everything, warts and all. It is this love that can cure and transform people. It is this love that makes everyone new again. It is this love that is able to forgive everyone, including ourselves.

We need to learn to develop and live this love, starting with our own personal selves through our personal prayers and other forms of personal relationships with our Father God through Christ in the Holy Spirit.

Then let us pass this on to those in our families. Then let’s do everything that this kind of love is taught and lived actively in schools and everywhere else.

updates of the AFP implemen-tation since its first launching in 2011.

Lactao said there has been a decrease of NPA strength and 43 out of 73 provinces were declared by the AFP/LGU as Conflict-Manageable and Development-Ready Areas.

PPSupt. Dennis Lingat Basngi of the PNP’s Intel-ligence Security Operations Division also shared some insights on the PNP’s contri-bution to the Internal Security Operations.

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Eta Rosales, ASec. Jennifer Oreta of the Office of the Presiden-tial Adviser on Peace Process (OPPAP) and Cong. Roman T. Romulo also gave updates on how their respective office deal with the security reforms and answered questions during the open forum.

The BB is a civil-society led initiative that aims to cre-ate an oversight body over the armed forces, including defense and security policies (strategic, tactical and opera-tional levels).

All of these BBs had their network of non-government offices, people’s organization, academe, media, religious groups and other organiza-tions in their midst as either members or source of infor-mation.

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CALBIGA, Samar – An-other endangered Philippine Hawk Eagle (Pithecophaga Jefferyi) captured by locals in the jungles of Samar was turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) over the weekend.

The Philippine Hawk Ea-gle estimated to be 5-month old was wounded when found by the government troops conducting an assessment at the jungles of Pinabacdao-Sta Rita, Samar.

The troops named the bird “Murayaw”, a local dia-lect which means “peace” and nursed the wounds in its legs for four (4) months.

After the bird regained its strength, Lt Col. Dulnuan directed his troops to contact DENR and arranged for the bird’s turn over for its even-

tual return to the wild where it belongs.

Maj. Gen. Jet Velarmino, commander of the 8th Infantry Division and Lt Col. Antonio Dulnuan, commanding officer of 87th Infantry Battalion for-mally hand over the captured Philippine Eagle to Mr. Danilo Javier, DENR Regional Techni-cal Director, Protected Area, Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Service based at Tacloban City.

In his message, Velarmino said that while their primary mandate is to protect the peo-ple from any threat groups, the Philippine Army are fully aware of the government en-vironmental conservation programs.

“The people in Eastern Visayas can rest assured that your Army in this part of the country is not only looking

after the welfare and protection of the people from the NPA rebels, but is also looking after the welfare and protection of our environment,” Velarmino disclosed.

Earlier, bird watchers from the DENR have reported a series of sightings of the rare species in the rich forests of Samar and Eastern Samar provinces.

Aside from the Philip-pine Eagle, others birds such as Samar Hornbill, Yellowish Bulbul, Amethyst Brown Dove, and Red-keeled flower picker, Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Philippine Bulbul and Sun-pride Species were also found in Samar’s protected areas.

Javier said sightings indi-cate that Samar Island is still an ecologically-balanced forest and that the community must “protect and conserve.”

Protected Area Superintendent Angelito Villanueva of the Samar Island National Park (extreme right), and other DENR officials inspected the rescued Philippine Eagle turned over by the military during a simple ceremony held at the 87th IB, Barangay Polangi, Calbiga, Samar. (Photo by DPAO/8ID)

MAASIN CITY – A sim-ple commemorative program was recently conducted to mark the 493rd anniversary of the First Mass in the his-toric island-town of Limawasa, Southern Leyte.

Every year, the people of Limasawa and Southern Leyte celebrate the first Christian Mass in the country.

This year, the activities revolve on the theme “Unang Misa sa Pilipinas ug Asia ug ang Sto. Niño: Maoy Naglig-on sa pagtuo ug paglaum sa katawhan taliwala sa katalag-man ug kalisdanan.”

Like in the previous cel-ebrations, the fluvial parade from Maasin City to Limawasa served as highlight of the cel-ebration.

The images of Sr. Sto. Niño were escorted by Bish-op Precioso Cantillas of the diocese of Maasin, Southern Leyte, Governor Roger Mer-cado, Representative Damian Mercado, and Maasin City Mayor Maloney Samaco dur-

Meanwhile, the Philip-pine Eagle was first sighted in Paranas, Samar on June 15, 1896 by a British collector John Whitehead. The various sightings of the Philippine Eagle in the forests of Samar prompted then President Jo-seph Estrada to declare on July 31, 1999, the 3,720 hectares of the said forests as Taft Forest Wildlife (Philippine Eagle) Sanctuary through Presiden-tial Proclamation No. 155. (Ricky J. Bautista with reports from DPAO/8ID )

ing the parade.Limasawa Mayor Melchor

Petracorta and local officials welcomed the guests at Triana pier while “Sinugdan” dancers of Limasawa also offered a dance ritual in welcoming the Holy Image.

During the activity, the declaration of the TAOID Heritage Program in Limasawa was also launched by the offi-cers of the National Commis-sion of Culture and the Arts.

To recall, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan planted the Holy Cross at the Magallanes village where the Friar Pedro Valderrama offi-ciated the First Catholic Mass that saw the birth of Christian-ity in the Philippines and in the Far East.

Hi s t or i c a l a c c ou nt s showed that the indigenous natives of the island welcomed their guests and showed them their hospitality. The natives were never converted to Ca-tholicism, which may account that until 493 years after the

First Mass, the Limasawa island residents of 6,000 remained a mixed of different religions.

After the anniversary Mass, a dance that recreates the begin-ning of the Christianity in the country showcased in the Sinugdan Festival (The Beginning) followed by the ceremonial tree planting.

Ms. Karen E. Lapitan, Emergency Employment and Livelihood Recovery for Typhoon Haiyan ILO Communication and Public Information officer, in an e-mailed letter said that as recovery efforts continues in the hardly-hit areas by Super Typhoon Yolanda, the ILO will conduct a Community-Based Enterprise Develop-ment Fair/Workshop on April 23 to 24 at the Leyte Park Hotel, Tacloban City.

Over 50 representatives from the local government, national government agencies, non-government organi-zations, international organizations and United Nations agencies will attend the workshop on the C-BED Meth-odology and Training Tools, Ms. Lapitan said.

The workshop aims to provide government agencies and international organizations involved in livelihood ini-tiatives with an opportunity to learn more about C-BED.

The workshop will include a dialogue on new ap-proaches and opportunities to apply C-BED tools in Haiyan affected areas, specifically in Leyte.

C-BED, Ms. Lapitan explained, is a low-cost, easy to implement training program that uses hands-on, activity based lessons, while promoting dialogue and partnership among the participants.

Ms. Lapitan added that this workshop will be con-ducted without the need for external trainers or resources as C-BED training is led by a facilitator selected from within the community to guide participants in the step-by-step process through learning activities.

By identifying existing knowledge and capacities as the starting point, participants build skills on basic principles of business development such as costing and marketing.

As part of the ILO’s response to help Haiyan affected areas, two C-BED pilot workshops have already been conducted in Tacloban.

The C-BED pilot workshops were held in February and March 2014, in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment Region VIII. A total of 50 dis-placed vendors, small-scale business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs joined the pilot workshops.

A follow-up meeting with interested partner institu-tions will be held on 25 April to discuss opportunities to apply training tools in order to reach out to Haiyan affected areas.

The training methodology is seen to have a great potential to assist and empower participants through the sharing of experiences and aspirations with others from their community. (Avha H. Ebalde)

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial RegionBranch 33

Calbiga, SamarIN THE MATTER OF

CORRECTION OF THE BIRTH CER-

TIFICATE OF LUT-GARDA CARTABON

PAPIONA,LUTGARDA CARTABON PAPIONA,Petitioner,

-v.s.-THE NATIONAL

STATISTICS OFFICE, MANILA, and THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF PINABACDAO, SA-

MAR,Respondents

SPL. PROC. NO. C-2013-1219

For:CORRECTION OF ENTRY OF BIRTHx-- - - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERThis court has already

issued an Order for publica-tion of the initial hearing set on March 11, 2014. How-ever, due to inadvertence of the petitioner, publication of the said Order was not made. There is thus, a need to re-issue another order for publication.

This is a verified peti-tion to correct the peti-tioner’s date of birth from October 14, 1963 to Sep-tember 13, 1958, and her first name from “Luzgarda” to “Lutgarda”, as appear-ing in her Certificate of Live Birth issued by the respondents.

The petitioner alleges that the entry in her Cer-tificate of Live Birth issued by the National Statistics Office showing that her

date of birth is October 14, 1963 is incorrect. To prove her allegation, at-tached to the petition is her Certificate of Baptism issued by the Pinabacdao Parish, Pinabacdao, Samar showing that she was born on September 13, 1958.

The petitioner had sent copies of her petition to the Office of the Solici-tor General, National Sta-tistics Office, Manila, and the Local Civil Registrar of Pinabacdao, Samar, per registry receipts attached to the original copy of the petition.

Finding the instant petition sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course. The petitioner is hereby ordered to publish this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Samar and accredited by this Court, to be determined by raffle, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the petitioner’s expense.

The initial hearing is scheduled on April 28, 2014, at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Furnish copies of this Order the Office of the So-licitor General, the Office of the Samar Provincial Prosecutor in Catbalogan City, the Civil Registrar of Pinabacdao, Samar, Atty. Minerva V. Siosana, and petitioner.

IN CHAMBERS, Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Calbiga, Sa-mar.

March 12. 2014.(Sgd.) JANET M.

CABALONAPresiding Judge

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Republic of the Philippine


8th Judicial RegionBRANCH 31Calbayog City

IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF ENTRY AND/OR CHANGE OF

SURNAME IN THE RECORD OF BIRTH OF PILAR JUSAYAN

CHUA AS RECORDED IN THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRY OF CALBAYOG CITYSPECIAL PROC.

NO. 512PILAR JUSAYAN TAN

Petitioner-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR FOR THE CITY OF CALBAYOG and THE CIVIL REGIS-

TRAR GENERAL,Respondents

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

A verified petition ha been filed by the Petitioner PI-LAR JUSAYAN TAN, pray-ing that judgment be rendered GRANTING this petition and ordering the change of petitioner’s name from PILAR JUSAYAN CHUA to PILAR JUSAYAN TAN and directing the respondents to accordingly effect the necessary change/

changes in petitioner’s record of birth.

The Petition reads:1. Petitioner is of legal

age, Filipino and a resident of Calbayog City since birth and with city/business address at 51E 5th St., New Manila, Quezon City;

2. Respondent Local Civil Registrar of Calbayog City is sued herein in such official capacity and may be served with summons and oth-er processes of the Honorable Court at the OCR, Calbayog City Hall, Calbayog City;

3. Respondent Civil Registrar General is likewise sued herein in such official ca-pacity and may be served with

summons and other processes of the Honorable Court at the National Statistics Office (NSO), East Avenue, Quezon City;

4. Petitioner was born on December 8, 1947 in Brgy. Tarabucan Oquendo District, Calbayog City to Lucia Ju-sayan and Chua Chy. A pho-tocopy of her Record of Birth is hereto attached and made integral part hereof a annex A;

5. In his lifetime, peti-tioner’s father used also, and was more known by, the name Longa Tan;

6. Petitioner has been continuously using the sur-name TAN in all her private and official transactions and

records and is known by no other surname but TAN;

7. That petitioner has been using the surname TAN is shown in her school records, a photocopy of her school diploma is attached hereto as Annex B; in her PRC Cer-tificate and ID, Annexes C and C-1; Marriage Contract, Annex D; Certificate of Live Birth of her sons Richard and Ryan, Annexes E and F, respectively; COMELEC Voter’s ID, Annex G, BIR TIN, Annex H; Senior Citi-zens ID, Annex I and Passport, Annex J;

8. This petition is filed to in good faith in order to avoid confusion and to make

petitioner’s records consistent.Finding the Petition to be

sufficient in form and in sub-stance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hear-ing on June 27, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.

Let this Order be pub-lished at the expense of the Petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior the above-setting in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Samar and in Calbayog City.

Let copies of this Order be furnished the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Civil Registrar General of National Census and Statis-tic Office, Quezon City, the Local Civil Registrar of Cal-bayog City, the City Prosecu-tor, the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Calbayog City and the Petitioner and her counsel for their information and guidance.

SO ORDERED.Calbayog City, Philip-

pines, March 27, 2014.(Sgd.) REYNALDO B.

CLEMENSJudge

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IN THE MATTER OF DECLARATION OF

HEIRS OF CEFERINO F. CABAÑAS JR.

Namely, SUSAN R. CABAÑAS, DIVINA GRACIA R. CABA-ÑAS-BALITE, CE-

FERINO R. CABAÑAS IV, and RAFAEL R.

CABAÑAS JR.,SPECIAL PROC. NO.

513x-- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

ORDERA verified petition has

been filed by the Petitioner DIVINA GRACIA R. CA-BAÑAS-BALITE, through counsel praying that after due notice and hearing, judg-ment be rendered, declaring surviving spouse Susan R. Cabaña and children Divina Gracia R. Cabañas-Balite, Ceferino R. Cabaña IV, and

Rafael R. Cabaña, to be the sole and exclusive heirs of deceased Ceferino F. Cabaña Jr., thereby allowing them to fully exercise their rights pre-scinding or flowing from said status as heirs of said deceaed Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr.

The Petition reads:1. She is of legal age,

with capacity to sue and be sued, Filipino, married and with residence and post-office address at Brgy. Monbon, Sta. Margarita, Samar where she may be served with summon and other processes of this Honorable Court;

2. Petitioner who was born on June 17, 1982 in Sta. Ana, Manila, is the daughter of deceased Ceferino F. Ca-bañas Jr. and Susan Roasa Ca-bañas. Copy of the Petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth is hereto attached a Annex “A” to form an integral part hereof;

3. Said Ceferino F. Ca-bañas Jr. was born on June 27, 1959 in Calbayog City, Samar to spouses Ceferino Cabañas Sr. and Eufrocina Forlateza;

4. Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr. who was married to Susan Roasa died on October 3, 2004

at the St. Camillus Hospital in Calbayog City, Copy of the Marriage Contract of de-ceased Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr. and Susan Roasa as well as the Certificate of Death of said Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr. are attached hereto as annexes “B” and “C” respectively to form an integral part hereon;

5. At the time of death of said Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr., he was survived by the fol-lowing compulsory legitimate heirs, to wit:

a. Susan Roasa Cabañas, his wife

b. Divina Gracia R. Cabañas-Balite, his daughter

c. Ceferino R. Cabañas IV, his son, and

d. Rafael R. Cabañas, Jr. his son

The copy of Certificates of Live Birth of Ceferino R. Cabañas IV and Rafael R. Cabañas Jr. are attached to this petition as Annexes “D” and “E” respectively to form an integral part hereof;

6. Deceased Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr. left several parcels of land at the time of his death, and no complete settlement of his estate was entered into

by his children and surviving spouse up until the present. Some of these parcels of land are now in danger of being dissipated and some of are even adversely claimed by third persons to the prejudice of the estate of Ceferino F. Cabañas, Jr. and his heirs;

7. The only surviving heirs of Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr. are (1) his surviving spouse Susan R. Cabañas, and (2) his children, herein petitioner Divina Gracia R. Cabañas-Balite, Ceferino R. Cabañas IV, and Rafael R. Cabañas Jr; and

8. Said surviving spouse Susan R. Cabañas and chil-dren Divina Gracia R. Ca-bañas-Balite, Ceferino R. Cabañas IV, and Rafael R. Cabañas Jr., to exclusion of all others, need to be judi-cially declared as the sole and exclusive heirs of deceased Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr., so they may be able to exercise their rights prescinding from said status as heirs in order to protect the estate of Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr. and their rights as the latter’s exclusive and surviving heirs with respect to

the properties left by deceased Ceferino F. Cabañas Jr. during his lifetime.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on May 30, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court, at which ate, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.

Let this Order be pub-lished at the expense of the Petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior the above-setting in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Samar and in Sta. Margarita, Samar.

Let copies of this Order be furnished the surviving heirs, and the Petitioner and her counsel.



CLEMENSJudge

SWE March 18-24; 25-31 & April 1-7, 2014

Republic of the Philippine



HEIRS OF RICARDA F. DIRA in the persons of:

1) MA. ELENA F. DIRA, 2) ROSALIA P. DIRA, 3) CONSUELO

D. BALUYUT, 4) ROGELIO A. DIRA, 5) NORBERTO A. DIRA, 6) MA. THERESA D.

MEÑEZ, 7) MARCIAL A. DIRA, 8) REYNAL-DO A. DIRA, 9) MA.

ANA D. WOO, 10) MA. FE D. LANDAYAN, 11)

HONORIO A. DIRA, JR., 12) EDUARDO A. DIRA, 13) MA. ELENA D. ROSALES, 14) JU-

LIANITO A. DIRA, 15) MA. THERESA DIRA

VIRAY, 16) MA. ROSA-RIO DIRA REPOLDO, 17) SUSANA DIRA,

and 18) SOFIA DIRA,All represented by

RUBEN M. FRANCO and or REYNALDO A.

DIRA,Petitioners

SPEC. PROC. NO. 514For:

LETTER OF ADMINIS-TRATION DECLARA-TION OF PETITION-ERS’ AS HEIRS OF RICARDA F. DIRAX- - - - - - - - - - - X

ORDERA verified petition has

been filed by the Petition-

ers HEIRS OF RICARDA F. DIRA, through counsel praying for their declaration as Heirs of Ricarda F. Dira, and for issuance of Letters of Administration to Ruben M. Franco and Reynaldo A. Dira.

The Petition reads:1. Petitioner Ma. Elena

F. Dira is a Filipino, of le-gal age, single, and pres-ently residing in Sta. Catalina Spirituality Center, 20 Marcos Highway, Baguio;

2. Petitioners Rosalia P. Dira, Consuelo D. Baluyot, Rogelio A. Dira, Norberto A. Dira, Ma. Theresa D. Meñez, Marcial A. Dira, Reynaldo A. Dira, Ma. Ana D. Woo, Ma. Fe D. Landayan, are Filipino, all of legal age, all residents of 215-C Sarah Subdivision, Bayan Luma 3, Imu, Cavite;

3. For the purpose of this petition all petitioners may be served with notices, orders and judgment c/o Reynaldo A. Dira or c/o Ruben M. Franco, Navarro Street, Brgy. Central, Calbayog City;

4. Ricarda F. Dira, a resident of Brgy. Central, Calbayog City during her life-time, died intestate last March 19, 1997 in Siena College, 127 Sta. Catalina St., Quezon City, sans any indebtedness to any person, natural or juridical, leaving three lawful children in the person of Honorio Fran-co Dira, Wenceslao Franco Dira and petitioner Ma. Elena Franco Dira;

5. Honorio Franco Dira died lat June 20, 1997 in Cal-bayog City leaving as his law-

ful heirs petitioners Rosalia P. Dira, Consuelo D. Baluyut, Rogelio A. Dira, Norberto A. Dira, Ma. Theresa D. Meñez, Marcial A. Dira, Ma. Ana D. Woo, Fe D. Landayan, Hono-rio A. Dira, Jr., Eduardo A. Dira, Ma. Elena D. Rosales and Julianito A. Dira;

6. Wenceslao Franco Dira died last December 28, 2011 in Caloocan City leaving as his lawful heirs petitioner Ma. Theresa Dira Viray, Ma. Rosario Dira Repolda, Susana Dira, and Sofia Dira;

7. Deceased Ricarda Franco Dira left the hereun-der-described real properties;

Parcel #1:“A parcel of land desig-

nated as Lot 1895, Cad-422, situated in Navarro St., Brgy. Central, Calbayog City, Sa-mar. Bounded on the North by 02-050 (1994), East by 02-053 (1893), South by Na-varro St., and West by 02-047 (1896-A) containing an area of 155 Square Meters, more or less; covered with T.D. No. 99-0107-00636 in the name of deceased Ricarda F. Dira; and assessed at P34,100.00” and

Parcel #2:“A parcel of land desig-

nated as Survey Lot No. 1706, situated in Brgy. Tarabucan, Oquendo District, Calbayog City. Bounded on the North by 02-Hibatang River, East by 02-008 (6), South by 02-008 (6) and West by 02-100 (14). Containing an area of 5,730 Square Meters, more or les. Covered by T.D. No. 99-02034-00045 in the name of

deceased Ricarda F. Dira for 2000; Assessed at P4,710.00.”

8. The Petitioners, since the death of Ricarda Franco Dira, have not made any set-tlement, judicial or extrajudi-cial, of the above-described real properties which have a total probable value of not less than Three Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php300,000.00);

9. The above-described real properties are being sub-jected to false and malicious claims by third persons that were brought lately to the at-tention of the petitioners;

10. Considering that all the petitioners reside in far-flung and different places outside of Calbayog City, they deem it best to entrust the management of real prop-erties to an administrator vested with the powers, duties, functions, and obligations provided under Rule 84 and the related Rules of Courts;

11. This Case needs not pass prior conciliation at the barangay level considering that it does not involve any adversarial dispute between parties; Moreover, the peti-tioners do not reside in any barangay in Calbayog City;

12. The petitioners pray that Ruben M. Franco their very close relative and Rey-naldo A. Dira who is a peti-tioner, who are competent and willing to act as such admin-istrators, be issued Letters of Administration relative to the above-described real property.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in sub-

stance, notice is hereby given that this case is set for hear-ing on May 30, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposition and show cause why the same should not be granted.


Let copies of this Order be furnished the surviving heirs, and the Petitioners and their counsel.



CLEMENSJudge

SWE March 18-24; 25-31 & April 1-7, 2014

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Catbalogan, Samar Office of the Executive Judge

RE: PETITION FOR RENEWAL OF APPOINT-MENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC FOR AND IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR AND THE CITIES OF

CATBALOGAN AND CALBAYOG ATTY. MA. DARYL Y. GABON

Petitioner x- - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARING Notice is hereby given that a summary hearing on the peti-

tion for notarial commission of Atty. MA. DARYL Y. GABON shall be held on May 5, 2014 at 11:00 in the morning. Any person who has any cause or reason to object to the grant of the petition may file a verified written opposition thereto before the date of the summary hearing.

April 8, 2014, Catbalogan City, Samar. (Sgd.) AGERICO A. AVILA

Executive Judge

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CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CER-TIFICATE OF LIVE

BIRTH OF DAYVELYN MARTIZANO DACLES DAYVELYN MARTIZ-ANO DACLES, Repre-sented by her Attorney-in-Fact, EVANGELINE

GINAY, Petitioner -versus-

THE ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL REGIS-

TRAR GENERAL, NA-TIONAL STATISTICS

OFFICE, QUEZON CITY,

Respondents SPECIAL PROC. NO.

515 x- - - - - - - - - - - - --x



8th Judicial Region BRANCH 31 Calbayog City

CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MARNIE

DEAN OBAL, MARNIE CINCO OBAL,

Petitioner -versus- THE LOCAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR OF CALBAYOG CITY, SAMAR AND THE ADMINISTRATOR

AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GEN-ERAL, NATIONAL

STATISTICS OFFICE, QUEZON CITY,

Respondents, SPECIAL PROC. NO.

516 x- - - - - - - - - -x

ORDER A verified petition has

been filed by the Petitioner, praying that after due notice and hearing, an order be is-sued directing

(A) The Local Civil Reg-istrar of LCR, Calbayog City to change the date and place of marriage of parents from “May 19, 1994 – Tinambacan District” to “April 25, 1994 – Gandara, Samar”,

(B) The Administrator and Civil Registrar General of National Statistics Office, Quezon City to reflect the following corrections:

1. The date and place of marriage of parents be changed from “not married” to “April 25, 1994 at Gandara, Samar”,

2. The name of the child from “Marnie Dean Cinco” to “Marnie Cinco Obal”,

3. The remarks/annota-tion “Legitimated by Subse-quent Marriage of Parents 19 May 1994 at Tinan Dist. By Fr. A. Baldo, OFM” on the upper right corner of the Birth Certificate be cancelled, all in the Certificate of Live Birth of petitioner Marnie Cinco Obal.

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “However, if you do not listen to the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees… all these curses will come on you and overtake you: The Lord will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought…” (Deuteronomy 28:15, 22, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-HOT CLIMATE, HOW TO BEAT IT: Did you no-

tice how the temperature has become unbearably hot? Yes, it looks as if the weather has become scorchingly hot. That is, it is so hot our skin and our bodies seem to burn. The bad news is that, there is no good news in this. This burning hot temperature will continue and cause terrible and deadly sicknesses among many, as the days, and months, and the years, go by.

Is there any remedy against this? Is there anything we can do about this? Many will say there is none, because extremely hot temperatures are the result of global warming and climate change. I am convinced however that there is something we can do. To fight this terrible heat, we must start conscientiously reading the Bible everyday, and start obeying it sincerely and truthfully all the days of our lives.

Why? Because the Bible, which predicted this grossly overheated climate to occur all over the world, gave exact remedies on how we can prevail against global warming. It said, in Deuteronomy 28:15: we must read the Bible and obey God. Those who will do so will survive. Those who won’t read the Bible and who won’t obey God will die. The choice is yours!

-ooo-RP VS. UAE: WHO IS CORRECT RE VIRUS?

Question: which has better and state of the art medical facilities? The Philippines or the United Arab Emir-ates (UAE)? Without denigrating our country, I will say UAE has better facilities. So, who gave the correct prognosis on the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who contracted the dreaded MERS-Corona virus, a

deadly fever disease? The Philippines, which said the OFW tested nega-

tive for the virus, or UAE, which said the OFW tested positive for the illness? I am sure the Philippine Depart-ment of Health meant well in saying the OFW was not sick with the virus. But, can it override the UAE medical findings just like that, in an attempt to calm down our panicking countrymen? I hate to think what will happen if our DOH is wrong.

-ooo-DEADLY FEVERS PREDICTED BY THE BIBLE:

By the way, fevers and other wasting illnesses were pre-dicted to happen by the Bible’s Book of Curses, which is found in its Deuteronomy 28:15 and 22. The Bible said, if we no longer listen to God (which means, we no longer read His Bible) and we no longer obey Him sincerely, He will strike us with fever and scorching temperatures which will cause death. It is no accident therefore that fever plagues are erupting almost everywhere now.

-ooo-GIGI: NO CHOICE BUT TO RETURN TO RP: I

would say that Gigi Reyes, the former chief of staff of Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, had no choice but to return to the Philippines. First, as admitted by her own brother, her passport and visa had expired, and renewing them was obviously very slim. Second, there was no way she could hide forever, because of the extradition treaties we entered into with many countries, especially the US.

Third, I am sure that, given her very limited op-tions, it was not difficult for her to agree to return to the Philippines and then enter into arrangements that may set her free from the plunder case against her. Either she could turn state witness, as many are now asking her to do, or, she could simply coast along with the rest of her co-accused in the plunder case, until a more sympathetic president is sworn in.

-ooo-BORN OF SPIRIT: An interesting reaction on be-

ing “born of God”: are not all people “born of God” and, therefore, are themselves “children of God”? Answer: no, not anyone had “been born of God”, simply because they were created by God. John 3:6 says, those who are born of flesh are mere flesh, but those who are born of the Spirit are Spirit. A man therefore must be born of the Spirit, or born of God, first.

-ooo-REMINDERS: Please tune in: “Tambalang Batas

at Somintac sa DZEC”, at 1062 kHz on the AM band, Mondays to Fridays, at 6 a.m.; “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa Radyo Trabungko FM”, at 103.7 mHz in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Mondays to Fridays, at 7 a.m.; and “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa DYKA” at 801 kHz on the AM band (Panay Island), Mondays to Fridays, at 10 a.m.

ORDER A verified petition has

been filed by the Petitioner, praying that after due notice and hearing, an order be is-sued directing the Admin-istrator and Civil Registrar General of National Statistics Office, Quezon City to correct the Date of birth of petitioner DAYVELYN MARTIZANO DACLES in her Certificate of Live Birth from “December 17, 1972” to “December 17, 1992”. Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and in substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on July 11, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all per-sons who have an objection thereto may file any opposi-tion and show cause why the same should not be granted.

Let this Order be pub-lished at the expense of the

Petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior the above-setting in a newspaper of general circula-tion in the Province of Samar and in Sta. Margarita, Samar.

Let copies of this Order be furnished the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Civil Registrar General of National Census and Statis-tics Office, Quezon City, the Provincial Prosecutor, the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Calbayog City, the Pe-titioner and her Attorney-in-Fact and her counsel for their information and guidance.

SO ORDERED. Cal-bayog City, Philippines, April 8, 2014. (Sgd.) REYNALDO B.

CLEMENS Judge

SWE April 8 - 14; 15 - 21 & 22 - 28, 2014

The Petition reads: 1. That she is of legal

age, with capacity to sue and be sued and a resident of Brgy. San Joaquin, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City.

2. That respondent Lo-cal Civil Registrar (LRC) of Calbayog City and Admin-istrator and Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office (NSO), Quezon City have their official and postal addresses at City Hall, Cal-bayog City, Samar and NCSO, Quezon City, respectively;

3. That petitioner was born on July 26, 1994 at Brgy. San JOAQUIN Tinambacan District, Calbayog City.

Prior to her birth, her parents Pedro Patigado Obal and Marianne Dean Cinco were already married on April 25, 1994 in a civil wedding rites solemnized by Mayor Juan Aguilar, Jr. at Gandara, Samar. However, when her mother secured a copy of her Birth Certificate from LCR, Calbayog City, the date and place of marriage of parents was erroneously recorded therein as “May 19, 1994 – Tinambacan District” instead of “April 25, 1994 – Gandara, Samar”. Copy of petitioner’ Birth Certificate issued by LCR, Calbayog City is hereto attached as Annex “A”.

4. That when petitioner also secured a copy of her Birth Certificate with NSO, she also discovered that erro-neous entries where contained therein. The date and place of marriage of her parents was entered as “not married”, instead of “April 25, 1994, Gandara, Samar” and her name was registered a “Mar-nie Dean Cinco” instead of “Marnie Cinco Obal”.

Also, there appears a notation in the upper right portion of the Birth Certificate which states; Legitimated by subsequent marriage of par-ents on 19 May 1994 at Tin. Dist. By Fr. A. Baldo, OFM”. Copy of petitioner’s Birth Certificate issued by NSO is hereto attached as Annex “B”;

5. That to prove the real names or identities of peti-tioner’s parents as well as their date of marriage, attached are the following documents: (a) Certificate of Marriage (Annex “C”); (b) Certifi-cate of Live Birth of Pedro Patigado Obal (Annex “D”); (c) Certificate of Baptism of Marnie Obal (Annex “F”); (d) Elementary and Secondary School Records of Marnie C. Obal (Annexes “G” and “H”);

6. That there is a need to correct the erroneous entries in petitioner’s Birth Certifi-cate in order to straighten her birth records and to forestall confusion. Finding the Peti-tion to be sufficient in form and in substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on July 11, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court, at which date, time and place, all persons who have an objection thereto may file any opposi-tion and show cause why the same should not be granted.


Let copies of this Order be furnished the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Civil Registrar General of National Census and Statistics Office, Quezon City, the Lo-cal Civil Registrar, Calbayog City, the City Prosecutor, the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Calbayog City, the Pe-titioner and her Attorney-in-Fact and her counsel for their information and guidance.

SO ORDERED. Cal-bayog City, Philippines, April 8, 2014. (Sgd.) REYNALDO B.

CLEMENS Judge

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The government troops also recovered five (5) high pow-ered firearms and fourteen (14) low powered firearms from the encounters with the rebels.

On the part of the 8ID, only one (1) soldier was killed in action, while two (2) were wounded in action. As to firearms, government forces incurred no loss during the period, the mili-tary said.

The report released last Friday also said the military was able to hand over five (5) of the twenty six (26) towns of Samar Province and ten (10) of the twenty four (24) towns of Northern Samar Province to their LGUs as Manageable Conflict-Affected and Development-Ready areas (MCADR) which is a manifesta-tion that the NPA rebels have lost their influence in these 15 towns that were handed over.

“The provinces of Samar and Northern Samar in their en-tirety are scheduled to be handed over by 8ID to their respective provincial peace and order councils in June 2014 and December 2014 as MCADR areas,” the military reported.

In their desperate attempt to offset their setbacks and woes the rebels resorted to killing innocent people compounding their violations against people’s rights.

Based on 8ID records, the CPP-NPA-NDF perpetrated mur-ders against four (4) innocent civilians – one (1) former rebel, one (1) civilian, one (1) Cafgu Active Auxilliary or CAA and one (1) Army reservist.

Maj. Gen. Jet B. Velarmino, commander of the 8th Infantry Division said: “As the timeline of 8ID to accomplish its mission to create an environment conducive to peace and development for the whole of Eastern Visayas is nearing, we expect strong resistance from the rebels to defend their dwindling strongholds. But the rebels will not be able to stop the inevitable.”

“In the coming months, we will press on with the fight but we welcome peaceful resolution to this armed conflict being waged by the NPA rebels. To pre-empt violence, we invite all stakeholders to get involved in winning the peace by pressuring the rebels to return to the mainstream and to abandon armed struggle. We all need peace for the security and well-being of our people and sus-tainable development in the region,” he added. (Ricky Bautista)

The 13 international “Glimmers of Hope” awardees as Aileen Kitching –WHO; Briony Stevens –Unicef; Anna Mason – IFRC; Nicole Hahn – Unicef; Rory Villaluna – Unicef; Stella Ogunlade –UNHCR; Sandra Gani – UNFP;

Aisley Falconer –Unicef; Khrishna Palanisamy – Unicef; Faridah Kasuyo, UN OCHA CWC; Sarah Mace, UN OCHA CWC; Christy Marfil - IOM head in Ormoc; and Caroline Blay, head of UNHCR in Ormoc City.

Local women leaders, also 13 of them, were Assistant Re-gional Director Virginia Idano of DSWD-8; Asst. Regional Di-rector Paula Sydiongco of DOH-8; Director Karina Rosa Tiopes of DOT-8; Ma. Rosario C. Avestruz of LEYECO II; Dr. Joycie D. Alegre, NCCA, UPTacloban;

Jennifer Chico, PRC Leyte; Pauline Nayra, EV NGO; Di-rector Cynthia Nierras, DTI; Director Imelda Laceras, DBM; RED Aileen San Jose, DA; Governor Sharee Ann Tan, Samar; Catbalogan City Mayor Stephanie Uy Tan and Mayor Remedios L. Petilla of Palo, Leyte.

The awarding also highlighted the Media Forum on Women Working for the Recovery and Rehabilitation of Yolanda-affected Communities in Eastern Visayas this. (Ricky Bautista)

TYPHOON victims who are staying in bunkhouses at the motocross area in Caibaan village this city will not be forced to leave if they have no permanent places to transfer.

This was the assurance of the city government here as re-layed by Agnes Bugal, camp manager of the bunkhouse, amid apprehension of occupants knowing that they only have until June 30 to stay in the temporary shelter.

She added that while it is the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that supervises all bunkhouses in the city, it is the local government that has a direct contact and has made agreement with International Pharmaceutical Incorporated (IPI) for the temporary use of the site for bunkhouses.

The city government of Tacloban and the IPI agreed that the motocross area can only be utilized as temporary shelter site until end of June.

The area has 27 bunkhouses or 480 units. Some units have

Typhoon victims won’t be forced to leave bunkhouses

IN THE ABSENCE OF PERMANENT SHELTERS

families or relatives sharing in one room. Most of those staying in those staying in bunkhouses are from

Barangay 88, 31 and 31-A, areas declared by the government as a no build zone.

Although there are permanent housing facilities that are to be constructed in the northern part of the city, some of the evacuees are unsure if they are included in the priority list of the government.

Currently, city government needs to construct more than 20,000 housing units for all affected residents in the city whose houses were destroyed by the typhoon and are situated along the 40 meters no build zone.

Around 7,000 pledges for the construction of permanent housing units at the northern part of the city have been received by the local government to date. The areas where they will be built are in their development phase. (RTA/PNA)

DULAG, Leyte -– The United Nations World Food Pro-gramme (WFP) estimated its various assistance extended to communities that were hit by typhoon Yolanda to reach more than US$ 100 million.

WFP representative and country director Praveen Agrawal said that the assistance comes in various forms that were coursed through international communities and non-government organizations since they started their efforts day after the typhoon.

In terms of logistical support, WFP has established a warehouse in Palo town that stored some 12,00 metric tons of food and non-food items; provided air lifting capability during the distribution of relief and emergency communications that benefited more than 6000 users.

Also, the humanitarian organization has provided some 34,000 metric tons of food mostly rice for the entire areas af-fected by the typhoon with majority being released in Eastern Visayas.

It has also distributed ready-to-eat foods, family packs, supplementary feeding and cash where it is most appropriate, he added.

“We have been almost 100 percent funded and most have already been spent,” Agrawal stated.

Agrawal was in Dulag, Leyte on Wednesday for the launch-ing of the targeted supplementary feeding program and the provision of micro nutrient powders. (PGL/PNA)

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