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“Balik Islam” converts surrender after killing of ISIS bombmaker

DOH launches Botica ng Bayan in BaybayBAYBAY CITY - The first

Botica ng Bayan in the region and 4th in the country was launched in this city on Thurs-day, November 22, in a simple ceremony attended by DOH and LGU officials.

The health program, dubbed FOURmula One Plus Botika ng Bayan (F1 + BNB), aims at bringing free basic but quality medicines to constituents.

The F1 + BNB of Baybay is the fourth outlet of BNB nation-wide. The first three are at San Mariano, Isabela; San Remigio, Cebu; and, Pagkalinga sa Bayan Center, Davao City.

The relaunching of BNBs is under the order of President Ro

By Dailyn CaBarse

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Baybay City Mayor Carmen L. Cari and Usec. Rolando Enrique D. Domingo cut the ceremonial ribbon, assisted by Dr. Norbert P. Oja, City Health Officer, and Cong. Jose Carlos L. Cari of the 5th District of Leyte, during the official launching of the F1+ Botika ng Bayan in Baybay City.

ORMOC CITY – Three resi-dents of Brgy. Cabingtan here, the vegetable basket of the city, claiming to be members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) have ‘surrendered’ to the police on Friday, November 23, after an ISIS member was killed by au-thorities the day before.

They are Artemio Genido a.k.a Abdul Qahar, 63, Jonnifer Tano a.k.a Rajah Ahmad Talhu Ansar, 18, and Rommel Compues-to a.k.a Abdul Ghafoor, 17. They are converts into the Islam faith that was brought into their com-munity by the QM Builders, Inc. which has since taken residence in the area after Yolanda.

Police deputy city director Sr. Supt. Carlito Gallardo, however, clarified that the three did not sur-render but was voluntarily report-ing to their office about how they were recruited into the MNLF. The three has also disavowed any ties with the killed ISIS member, one Joseph “Dawud” Anulga Jr, who was reportedly active in recruiting for the “Balik Islam” movement.

The three men, accompanied by their kagawad-in-charge for peace and order Ruben Parco, are reporting to the police to clear themselves of any involvement with the ISIS.

Artemio Genido said they just became MNLF members because the group who recruited

ORMOC CITY is one of 20 LGU’s nationwide that will be vying for the prestigious Presidential Award for Child Friendly Municipali-ties and Cities (PACFMC) in Malacañang come De-cember 5, 2018.

This, after Ormoc also copped the regional award as Most Child-Friendly LGU (independent city category) last week.

In a letter to Mayor Richard

Gomez, the Council for the Wel-fare of Children which initiated the awards way back 1999, said that Ormoc was “shortlisted based on the results of the manda-tory annual Child-Friendly Local Governance Audit (CFLGA) con-ducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).”

The council further said that, “Ormoc City’s edge when com-pared with other local govern-ment units in the region include, among others, the utilization of

its more than 1% fund for the programs, projects and activities of children, functional and work-ing Ormoc City Council for the Welfare of Children (OCCWC), mature and ideal barangay coun-cils for the protection of children, existing child protection referral mechanisms including the anti-trafficking help desks situated at the port and overland terminal, available shelter facilities for chil-dren victims of abuse and those undergoing rehabilitation and reformation program, organized

barangay children’s associations with representation in various local special bodies, strong part-nership and continuous advocacy of child-focused civil society or-ganizations and functional local school board.”

Mayor Gomez, who is set to give his 1st “State of the Children Address” on Tuesday, November 27, at the Ormoc Superdome, said he is happy that Ormoc is among the 20 finalists.

In an advance copy of his ad-

Mayor Richard Gomez and wife, Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, visit Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol in his Manila office this week to discuss with him plan to develop a BioChar Institute in Ormoc City. BioChar is a soil amendment and the technology is being brought here by friends of the couple Christer Soderberg and Crissie Hontanossas. Mayor Gomez, in his FB post added, “We talked about drying facilities for farmers, ice flakes for fishermen, and a breakthrough plastic recycling that turns plastic trash and coconut fiber into construction materials.”

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them said that they are legally connected with the government. They were further told that the group is basically a barangay “task force” that would lend help to the community in times of disaster, may it be natu-ral or man-made disaster. However, they said that there was no official orien-tation, meetings, nor any other activities conducted after the said “recruitment”.

Kagawad Ruben Parco, on the other hand, said “Wala gyuy angayng ka-hadlokan ang mga tawo sa pag-adto sa among ba-rangay. Safe ang barangay. Ang atong Peace and Order ngadto okay kaayo.”

“Kini silang tulo, nahu-log ra pud gyud ni silang inosente sa pagpa-member anang grupoha kay wala man nah sila gani proper briefing kabahin anah. Wala silay seminar, wala sila gi-orient”, Parco added.

“Kami didto nagpuyo lang gyud as mag-uuma. Ni-anhi lang gyud mi sa kampo kay para ma-clear ang among mga panga-lan ug para pud nga dili na mangahadlok ang mga tawo sa pagbisita sa among lugar kay wala gyud angay kahadlokan. Wala gyud mi na-involve gani ug mga kagubot. Amo na pud ni un-dangon ang among pagka-member aning MNLF karon nga nakahibawo mi nga dili gyud ni legal ug dili ni con-nected sa gobyerno”, said Mr. Genido when asked

of a message to the Ormo-canons.

The alleged ISIS mem-ber who was also into gun-running killed by a joint team of the 802nd Brigade, military intelligence, and the Criminal Investiga-tion and Detection Group (CIDG) on Thursday morn-ing in Brgy. Airport, this city, was identified as as Joseph “Dawud” Anulga, Jr., a member of Dawlah Is-lamiyah affiliated with ISIS.

The alleged ISIS (Islam-ic State of Iraq and Syria) member, a former OFW, was killed in a buy-bust after he reportedly resisted arrest during a buy-bust operation. Recovered from his body were an IED (im-provised explosive device) made from a 60mm mortar with a Samsung cellular phone as trigger, a single switch with 9-volts battery and battery snap, a silicon controlled rectifier and LED indicator, and a caliber 45 pistol with magazine.

BGen. Lope Dagoy of the 802nd Brigade said that the dead man was set to join comrades in Mind-anao, wanting to become a martyr.

Meanwhile, two people were killed and another two hurt in a suspected bomb explosion in Brgy. Bobo-losan, Laoang, Northern Samar, also on Thursday.

Police clarified it has nothing to do with the ISIS. The victims are linked to dynamite fishing.

The incident trans-pired at around 3:00 P.M. inside the house of a certain Natalia Capas, which re-sulted to the instantaneous death of Ome Inocentes and Gaga Solana, both residents of San Antonio, Northern Samar.

Wounded were one Junjun Donato, 32, married, a driver and Nilo Cuanico, separated, farmer and a res-ident of Purok 9 Poblacion, Lope De Vega, Northern Samar.

Laoang PNP disclosed that said house was rented by one Dario Ayes, 55, a retired policeman and a resident of Poblacion 9, Lope De Vega, Northern Samar together with the said victims.

Also recovered from the area were one sack of detonating cords, undeter-mined number of impro-vised blasting caps, and undetermined number of time fuse.

The cause of explosion is yet to be determined by Northern Samar Explosive Ordnance Division.

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ISLAM ... from P. 1

drigo Roa Duterte, through the Presidential Directive 2016-0186 last August 2016. The program aims to pro-vide access to free medi-cines for marginalized Fili-pinos. Target areas include Rural Health Units (RHUs) as the Fourmula 1+ Botika ng Bayan (F1+ BNB), as well as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) camps as outlets.

Accordingly, the re-launching of BNBs is to help realize President Ro-drigo Roa Duterte’s vision that no Filipino should go home without free access to basic medicines, and that quality essential medicines should be accessible for all Filipinos.

The BNP program as-sures that there will be enough free essential medi-cines for common diseases in the community such as respiratory infections, skin ailments, asthma, and chronic non-communicable diseases such as hyperten-sion and diabetes, among others. Licensed pharma-cists will also provide pa-tient education and coun-selling.

Usec. Rolando Enrique D. Domingo and DOH re-gional officials graced the official launching.

After the ceremonial ribbon cutting, they con-

ducted site visits at the Bay-bay City Medical Diagnos-tic and Dialysis Center, the New Hospital, and finally, at the Baybay City Daytime Therapeutic Community Center, where the program was held.

“We are one step close to our goal of making change in improving the health of Baybayanons. This will help everyone actually, not only Baybayanons but including the neighboring towns and municipalities”, said City Mayor Carmen L. Cari as she welcomed the guests. She then extended her gratitude to the DOH.

On the other hand, Usec. Domingo said, “We at the Department of Health will continue to safeguard the health of the Filipino people and will persistently vow to achieve a sustain-able and responsive health system that responds to the changing health needs and predicaments of our fellow Filipinos”, assured Usec. Domingo.

“To the people of Bay-bay and the people of Leyte, our most important stake-holders, may you find this program beneficial and of service to you and your families as we continue to strive and work together in protection and promotion of health of the Filipino people,” he added.

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memory lane to recall that one of his first act as mayor was to personally supervise the removal of concrete pavers under the swings and seesaws of the plaza.

The mayor, who is an active netizen, said he read posts about children get-ting injured after falling from the swing because of the pavers. He said it really made him wonder how a plaza with facili-ties for small children was designed and constructed without regard to the safety of the children. That’s why, when he became mayor, he really acted on it. By Lalaine Marcos

Mayor Gomez is plenary speaker in climate resilience gabMAYOR RICHARD I. Go-mez is one of seven mayors in the country who will be speaking at the 7th TOP Leaders Forum at the SMX Convention Center this coming Thursday, Novem-ber 29, to this year’s theme “Changing the Game: Building A Culture of Re-silience Through Public-Private Partnership.”

Organized by ARISE Philippines, SM Prime Holdings Inc., the National Resilience Council and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Forum will focus on initiatives of the public and private sectors in creating safer, more re-silient communities for both their residents and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

Mayor Gomez will

speak on how Ormoc is one of the country’s most vulnerable cities to climate change, and what policies and programs are now in place to promote resilience and avert loss of lives and properties.

Other LGU executives who will also be plenary speakers during the fo-rum are Gov. Albert Garcia of Bataan who will speak on Resilient Human De-velopment Systems; City Mayor Oscar Moreno of Cagayan de Oro City who will speak on Science-Based Governance; City Mayor Madelaine Alfelor of Iriga on Initiatives Towards En-vironmental Sustainability; Naga Mayor John S. Bongat on Sustainable Livelihood; and Zamboanga City May-or Maria Isabelle Climaco on Disaster Resilience and Winning the Peace.

To deliver the open-ing messages are Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Makati Business Club chair-man Edgar Chua, and Usec. Rene Solidm of the Dept. of Science and Technology.

The keynote speaker is Mami Mizutori, special rep-resentative of the UN Sec-

retary-General and ARISE Co-chair. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Ano will give the closing remarks while climate change advocate Senator Loren Legarda will give a short message.

Other topics, mean-while, will be covered by ARISE’s private partners. Dale Sands, private sec-tor co-chair of ARISE will speak on Engaging Small and Medium Enterprises for Sustainable Local Econ-omy, and Martin Thalmann, country director of the In-ternational Committee of the Red Cross will speak on Human Security and Community Resilience; In-vestments in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building by Loretta Hieber Girardet, chief of UNISDR.

The forum will also mark the launching of SM’s Resilience Program and Business Continuity Pro-gram Facility for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

According to the 2017 World Risk Index, the Phil-ippines ranks third in terms of disaster risk for three years in a row already. The report measures not only

the country’s exposure but also its coping mechanisms, adaptation, and susceptibil-ity to disasters. Natural and man-made hazards impede the country’s development, thus posing threats to the Government, people and businesses of the Philip-pines.

To address and reduce existing risk, prevent the creation of new risks and provide a safe place for its citizens, the Philippine has pro-actively implemented policies on disaster risk re-duction, such as the Repub-lic Act 10121 (Philippine Di-saster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010) and the mandating of the Local Government Units (LGUs) through Republic Act 7160 (Local Govern-ment Code of 1991).

This year ’s Forum showcases concrete exam-ples of private and public sector initiatives on disaster risk reduction, manage-ment, recovery and resil-ience. Amongst others, it will highlight the collabo-ration of the NRC with its LGU partners via the LGU Resilience Program. By Lalaine Marcos

TACLOBAN CITY -- The joint team of the Eastern Visayas offices of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have confiscated cigarettes with fake BIR stamps in Ormoc City recently.

Jess Gadaingan, NBI spe-cial investigator, in a phone interview Friday, said the NBI and BIR agents raided a ware-house and apartment in Ormoc, which yielded the cigarettes bearing fake BIR stamps.

Gadaingan said authori-ties were able to identify Bos Marketing in Cogon village as the source of the illegal ciga-

Php 60-M cigarettes with fake stamps seized in Ormoc

Boxes of cigarettes with fake tax stamps seized in a warehouse in Ormoc City recently. (Photo courtesy of the National Bureau of Investigation)

rette products proliferating in Ormoc. As a result, they have conducted an enforcement op-eration against the illicit trader.

The raiding team seized at least 2,026 boxes or 20.26 mil-lion sticks of cigarettes with an estimated value of PHP60 mil-lion. The government stands to lose PHP35.5 million in taxes.

Gadaingan said both NBI and BIR are still investigating as to where the fake cigarettes came from. It is still unknown if these were produced do-mestically or from outside the country.

Edgar Quejada, BIR Re-gion 8 assistant regional di-rector, said in a separate in-

terview that the intensified campaign has led to the seizure of PHP107 million of cigarette products in more than a month.

“The campaign is directed to neutralize the proliferation of cigarettes with fake BIR stamps in Eastern Visayas,” Quejada said.

The raid in Ormoc is a fol-low-up to the recent operation conducted last October in Ta-cloban City, where authorities seized around 1,215 boxes or 12.15 million cigarette sticks with counterfeit stamps.

Using the BIR stamp veri-fier, the team confirmed that the cigarettes had been marked with fake tax stamps. PNA

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Suspetsadong miyembro sa ISIS patay sa engkuwentro

Drayber nga naka hit-and-run nisurender, nakonsensiya

ORMOC CITY – Patay ang usa ka gidudahang miyem-bro sa Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sa usa ka panagsangka niadtong No-biyembre 22 alas otso pasado sa buntag didto sa sa sityu Lawis, Barangay Airport.

Sa report nakuha sa EV Mail, ang biktima giila nga Joseph Miras Anolga Jr., 36 anyus, osa ka electrician, ug nagpuyo sa nahisgotan nga dapit. Siya ang tar-get sa mga tinugyanan sa balaod sa buy-bust opera-tion human nasuta nga ang napatay namaligya daw ug armas, bunga sa pipila ka buwan nga paniid sa mga awtoridad.

Ang hinugpong nga tropa gikan sa Criminal

Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) gipangulo-han ni Supt. Marvin Pedere, ISAFP, 802ND Brigade, ug Provincial Police Office nilusad sa nahisgoptan nga operasyun. Usa ka pulis nga nagtakuban nga maoy nakig transaksiyun kang Anolga nga mopalit ug pusil, ang presyo 12 mil pesos sa .45 kalibre nga pistola ug adto ang sabot sa sityu Lawis sa nahisgotan nga barangay. Sayo nipuwesto ang mga awtoridad sa lugar, unya nianang alas otso pasado, naabot ang target nga naka motor pero wala madayun ang pinalitay kay nakaban-tay kini nga ang gikasabot usa ka awtoridad. Nibunot kini sa iyang pusil punting

sa poseur buyer, suwerte kay naka bullet-proof vest ug wala maunsa. Didto na nibawos ang mga mga kau-ban resulta sa kamatayun ni Anolga. Kini base sa natala sa police blotter sa police station 3 (PS3) sa Linao.

Ang napatay dalhun na unta sa kapulisan sa tam-balanan, kay ang doctor ra man ang makadeklalar kun patay ba o buhi ang tawo, pero paghiling sa dala ni-ining sling bag, nakita nila ang osa ka bomba, didto na sila nangayog ayuda sa OCPO Bomb Squad (EOD) ug nasuta nga ang bomba osa ka 60mm mortar ug adunay nakakabit nga Sam-sung cellphone isip detona-tor, 9volts nga battery.

Ang koneksiyun naibot sa EOD. Human niini ang PNP-SOCO gipangulohan ni Ch. Insp. Randy Dagatan ang nagproseso sa mga eb-edensiya gikan sa napatay. Nakuha ang ibaligya unta nga pusil, osa ka kalibre .45, ang 60mm mortar, ug ang armas ni Anolga, usa ka kalibre .45 ug buhing mga bala.

Ang mga pulis sa PS3 sa Linao gipangulohan ni Sr. Insp. Richard Castanares ug Insp. Edmund Nicolas niadto sab aron pag-abag sa tropa nga nihimo sa buy-bust operation. Ang motor ni Anolga osa ka Honda XRM nga may plaka 080194 nga anaa karon sa PS3. Ni Paul Libres

The newly-elected officers of the Ormoc City Federation of Urban Poor Homeowners Associations, Inc. (OCFUPHAI), from the 4th person right to left: Anelita Baul (President), George Cordero (Vice-President), Julieta Goma (Secretary), Merlita Sabino (Treasurer), Josephine Bero (Auditor), Ronnie Tampus (PRO), and members of the board (L-R) – Francisco Jaculbe, Gregoria Soria, and Simplicio Silvano. The group posed for a group photo together with SP Member Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr. (Chairman, Committee on Zoning, Housing and Land Use), Arnuld Payud from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) and a staff of the Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO). (By Dailyn Cabarse)

ORMOC CITY – Drayber sa Nissan Frontier nga nak-abangga ug traysikol ni-surender na napulo kaad-law human sa aksidente.

Si PO2 Dante Manatad sa traffic division nipahibawo sa EV Mail dihang nibotho sa ilang buhatan si Nino Dum-osmog, 29 anyus, lumad nga taga Tabango, Leyte ug third year Criminology student sa Sto. Niño College.

Nahibaw-an sad nga ang banayng Dumosmog may unit diha sa Camella Homes sa Tambulilid. Alas singko pasado sa hapon No-biyembre 18 naabot sa traf-fic division si Dumosmog kuyog ang mga kaanak.

Matud ni Dumosmog sa mga pulis, nakahukom siya nga mosurender kay dili siya pakatulgon sa na-hitabo, nakonsensiya siya. Wa siya mopahibalo sa iyang mga igsuon sa na-hitabo sa kahadlok kasab-an ug paundangon siya sa pagtungha. Walo kaadlaw niyang gidala ang kahasol sa hunahuna, hangtud nga nakadesider siya nga tug-anan ang mga igsuon sa nahitabo, ug nadesisyunan nga kuyogan ang manghud ngadto sa traffic division.

Sa unang balita niga-was nga ang kiha batok kang Dumosmog nakapla-star na para sa prosecutor’s office pero sa Nobiyembre 26 pa mapasaka ang kaso kay anaa pa sa consolida-tion period ang piskaliya, polong sa mga pulis. Men-tras tanto anaa sa traffic division si Dumosmog hangtud mapasang-at ang kaso batok kaniya. Nipirma

siyag waiver bahin niini.Ang hepe sa traffic di-

vision, Ch. Insp. Shevert Alvin Machete, subsob ang pagsubay sa kaso hangtud nga nakuha nila ang tanang mga impormasyun kinsa ang drayber sa sakyanan, unsa ang plaka niini, asa gikan ug diin tipas. Dako kaayo ug gikatabang sa mga footages sa CCTV nga masulbad ang kaso.

Balikan ang nahitabo, hapon Nobiyembre 8, alas singko bayente sa hapon, ang traysikol nga may body number 1630 nga gimane-ho ni Teodulo Napari, 52 anyus ug taga Valencia, puno sa pasahero gikan sa Robinsons Place Ormoc sa Cogon, moliko na paingon sa siyudad dihang gikan-dos sa Nissan Frontier hi-nungdan sa pagkatumba. Ang pasahero niini nga si Cesar Tayong, 65 anyus ug taga Poblacion, Kananga, nga naglingkud sa unahan nga bahin, nahagbong ug nadat-ogan sa traysikol ug namatay. Ang pamilya niyang kuyog nangaangul, dili hinuon grabe.

Ang nakabangga dali nisutoy. Sa pila kaadlaw nga inbistigasyun, didto nasubay nga si Dumosmog didto gikan sa Dayhagan, tulin ang padagan niini sa sakyanan ug sa pagtungod na sa Robinsons Place Or-moc nakabangga. Ni Paul Libres

Tulo ka nurse gitulis na, gimolestiya paORMOC CITY – Wa mol-unga ang mga pulis sa police station 1 (PS1) sa pagpangita kinsa kadtong armadong lalake nga nitu-lis ug nimolestiya sa tulo ka nurse. Kini nahitabo sa diversion road sakop sa barangay Bantigue alas tres y media sa kaadlawon, Nobiyembre 18.

Ang mga nurses, gitago ang mga pangan, nagtra-baho sa osa sa mga ospital sa Ormoc. Sa record sa PS1, makita ang insedente didto na nila gisumbong sa mga pulis sa Nobiyembre 19 pasado ala una sa hapon; sa laktud lapas na 24 oras.

Ang mga biktima niad-

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to sa lugar kay aduna daw silay mahinungdanon nga pakigsultihan polong ni PO3 Reagan Degillo, ang inbistigador.

Matud sa mga biktima kang PO3 Degillo, sulod sila sa sakyanan nga gipark-ing sa daplin sa kalsada, nakurat sila dihang may tawong niduol, armado ug kutsilyo, nideklalar ug tu-

Suspetsadong drug pusher dakpanORMOC CITY – Duha ka gidudahang drug pusher ang nasikop sa buy-bust operation sa mga operatiba sa City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), PRO-8 Intel-ligence Division, ug police station 2 (PS2) sa Valencia hapit na tungang gabii sa Nobiyembre 22, didto sa sityu Mahaba, Barangay San Jose ning siyudad.

Sa kasayuran nakuha sa EV Mail gikan sa PS2, ang hepe, Insp. Melvin Malate, niila sa dinakpan

nga si Gladys Conopio, 35 anyus ug usa ka LGBT, ug James Rash Maraasin, 25 anyus, parehong nagpuyo sa nahisgotan nga dapit. Ang team sa CDEU gipan-gulohan ni Sr. Insp. Franklin Paragan, ug sa PS2 si Insp. Malate.

Ang kalihukan sa duha dugay nang napanid-an sa mga pulis, ug sa natino nang nagpayuhot silag dru-gas, didto na gikasa ang buy-bust.

Osa ka babayeng pu-

lis ang nagsilbing poseur buyer, nakapalit siya gikan kang Conopio ug lima ka gagmayng pakite sa gidu-dahang shabu, sa kantidad ug Php 4,500.00 pero ang Php 4,000.00, budol kay xe-rox ug ang Php 500.00 lang ang tinuod. Nakuha sad sa babayeng pulis nga nirekisa kang Conopio ang lain pang tulo ka gagmayng pakite sa gidudahang shabu.

Samtang nakuha gikan

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Malaria Awareness Month

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NOVEMBER IS MALARIA awareness month. Malaria is one of the mosquito-borne infectious diseases of humans caused by parasite (protozoans), which belong to the group Plasmodium. This dis-ease occurs in tropical areas, transmitted by an infective female Anopheles mosquito.

Last September 10, 2018, the UN Gen-eral Assembly adopted a new resolution that calls on Member States to provide, with the support of development partners, universal access to existing life-saving tools for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria, in particular to the package of core interventions recommended by WHO. The resolution also calls for equity in access to health services for all people at risk of contracting malaria, especially the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.

The Philippines is on course in elimi-nating malaria in the country by 2020. The number of cases went down from 46,342 cases in 2005 to 7,720 in 2013. Deaths were 150 in 2005 to 12 to last year. The Philippines has achieved the Millennium Development Goal target for 2015 as early as 2008.

In the Philippines, a total of 409 suspect malaria cases were reported nationwide from January 1 to March 4, 2017. This is 41% lower compared to the same period last year.

As of 2016, there were 32 provinces declared as malaria-free, 41 provinces on elimination status while the remaining 9 provinces were still malaria-endemic.

Most of the cases were from the fol-lowing regions: Region IV-B (82%), Region 11 (9%), Region 12 (3%), and ARMM (2%) while the remaining 4% came from the rest of the regions in the country. Palawan accounted 82% of the reported cases fol-lowed by Davao del Norte (8%) and Sultan Kudarat (4%).

Of 53 known provinces that are en-demic for the disease, 27 have already been declared malaria-free. These were Cavite, Batangas, Marinduque, Catanduanes, Albay, Masbate, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur, Iloilo, Aklan, Capiz, Guimaras, Bohol, Cebu, Siquijor, Western Samar, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Northern Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran, Camiguin, Surigao

Del Norte, Benguet, Romblon, Batanes, and Dinagat Islands.

While dengue is caused by the den-gue virus 1, 2, 3 or 4, there are 5 species of plasmodium, which are falcifarium, vivax, ovale, knowlesi and malariae. Timely identification of the infecting species is extremely important because P. falciparum infection can be fatal and is often resistant to standard chloroquine treatment.

Malaria causes symptoms that are typical and include fever, fatigue, head-aches and vomiting. In severe cases, it causes jaundice (yellowing of the skin), seizures, coma or even death. The disease is transmitted by the biting mosquito and the symptoms usually begin 10 to 15 days after being bitten. In those who have not been appropriately treated, disease may recur months later.

Any patient with fever and a history of travel to a malaria-endemic area should be tested right away for malaria. Malaria is diagnosed with microscopy: specifically, a thick and thin blood smear. The results should be made available on the same day, because malaria is considered an emergency and can quickly progress if not diagnosed and treated promptly.

A rapid diagnostic test for malaria can be used to diagnose malaria to facilitate timely treatment; however, it should be followed immediately by malaria micros-copy, because only a blood smear can give information on the malaria species and level of parasitemia, which are keys for malaria management. It is vital that clini-cians have access to appropriate diagnostic tests on site, because empiric treatment for malaria is not recommended.

The last malaria patient I encountered was a foreigner from Papua New Guinea who was admitted due to liver problems. When I was a medical intern, I encountered a soldier of the AFP who was infected with malaria while deployed in Palawan. He developed cerebral malaria but was lucky to be provided immediate care and treat-ment; and he survived. Many of us are going to the beach this summer, especially

BECAUSE OF OUR earthly condition, marked by our call to holiness in the middle of our wounded, if not sinful, con-dition, we cannot help but have war and peace in this life. They may be considered as fraternal twins, looking different from each other, but bound intimately from con-ception to birth and to the whole lifetime.

Truth is, in this life we have to make war to have peace. And peace can only come about, at least in this life, as a conse-quence of some war. Our life here on earth will always be a war of peace. We should not be surprised by this phenomenon any-more. It should be a given. Thus, Christ, who is considered the Prince of Peace, once said:

“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and what con-straint I am under until it is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father…” (Lk 12,49-53)

But the war we will be waging here on earth will be a constructive war, not destructive. It is a war to win our way to-ward heaven. It is a war to make ourselves “another Christ”, a new man, stepping out of the old man that we all are due to sin. Any obstacle along the way, including those who are very close to us but who compete with God for our love, should be fought and rejected.

We have to remember that we always have to contend with powerful enemies in our spiritual life. The first one would be our own selves, our own flesh that has been weakened by sin. There is such thing as concupiscence, a certain attraction to evil that leads us to have a lust of the eye, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.

Its urges can be strong and can make us feel that they are irresistible. We should not worry too much about them. As long as we beg always for God’s grace and we do our part of prayer, self-denial, recourse to the sacraments, and spiritual struggle, we can manage to take the wind out of these urges’ sails.

Then we have the world with many of its sinful, or at least, potentially dangerous allurements. There already are powerful structures of sin in the world, like pornog-raphy, religious indifference, secularism or a new paganism, and quite developed ideologies that are openly against God.

We need to know how to be discerning in the things of this world. More than that, we have to learn how to relate the things of this world to God, because unless we do, there’s no other way but for us to be swallowed up by their ungodly dynamic. We have to be clear that with the things of

AN OPPOSITION barangay chairman of a small district barangay, in a post at his FB, has asked whether acting mayors can solem-nize weddings. To drive home his point, he included a picture of City Councilor Vincent Rama solemnizing the regular Tuesday rites as acting mayor. Apparently, Rama’s picture was taken when he was acting mayor in the absence of both the Mayor and Vice Mayor.

I would have taken Alvin Racaza’s question as a seemingly innocent question, one made in good faith, until I read the reaction of FA Pepito. Unless it was a dummy account, I take this to be that of Atty. Ferdinand Pepito, former city administrator. His opinion was quite longish, lawyerly, but to cut the yarn short, he was saying “no” or acting mayors cannot.

I cannot fathom why a lawyer would allow himself to be used for DISINFORMATION.

I am not a lawyer but YES, the vice-mayor or ACTING MAYOR can solemnize mayor. To bolster my claim is DILG opinion No. 73 Series of 2003 where Secretary Joey Lina, in reply to a letter-inquiry of Vice-Mayor Alberto Regala of Romblon asking the extent of his power as Acting Mayor, said “the express limitation (under the Local Government Code) is only with respect to the power of appointment, suspension or dismissal of officials and em-ployees which can only be exercised by the Acting Mayor if the absence of the Local Chief Executive shall exceed thirty (30) days. Hence, consistent with the principle that what the law does not include, it excludes, you, as Acting Mayor, can, therefore, exercise all the powers, duties and functions of the Mayor xxx”.

Which means the Acting Mayor can sol-emnize weddings, sign and approve mayor’s permit on business, administer oaths, and even approve municipal ordinances.

There is also jurisprudence on the mat-ter. In GR No. L-11598, the Supreme Court in Pp vs. Federic Bustamante ruled that defendant-appellant was guilty of bigamy for having contracted two valid marriages. Bustamante, who was sued by his first wife, tried to wriggle out of the suit by claiming the second married was void as it was done by the vice-mayor who was acting mayor at the time.

The SC en banc said that appellant “con-tends that there could not have been a second marriage to speak of, as Nato was merely act-ing as mayor when he celebrated the same, hence, without authority of law to do so. He lays stress on the distinction made by this court in the case Salaysay vs. Hon. Fred Ruiz Castro, et al.* 52 Off. Gaz., No. 2, 809, between “Acting Mayor” and “Vice-Mayor acting as Mayor”, urging that while the former may solemnize marriages, the latter could not.”

The SC continued, “We find this con-nection untenable. When the issue involves the assumption of powers and duties of the office of the mayor by the vice-mayor, when proper, it is immaterial whether it because the latter is the Acting Mayor or merely acting as Mayor, for in both instances, he discharges all the duties and wields the power appurte-nant to said office (Laxamana vs. Baltazar,1 48 Off. Gaz., No. 9, 3869; Sec. 2195, Revised Administrative Code). The case of Salaysay

5November 19-25, 2018

Random thoughts about our Justice

System

POWER NAP(Sleeping Beauty)

Our state visitor from China must remember

his good intentions

Bacteria-laced lotions

WHEN POLICE CHIEF Oscar Albayalde came out with the opinion that he would not order the arrest of Madam Imelda for reasons of health and old age, there seems to be a glaring mistake about our justice system. Some quarters came out vehemently against the opinion because there are people now in jail who are also old and not healthy but they continue to languish in jail.

Is it because they are just the ordinary rank and file? Double standard? Madam Imelda is said to have filched government funds and hid them under doubtful foun-dations and in the vicinity of hundreds of millions of pesos and some of them in US Dollars and Swiss Francs and yet she can go around scot-free. She even filed as a candidate for Congresswoman of Ilo-cos Norte. By the time our justice system catches up with her, she will have been a Congresswoman and cannot be arrested due to parliamentary immunity. There is an even worse scenario if she will be given presidential pardon. Wow!! This is pure 24-carat power! She will have the last laugh on us. What will the rest of the world com-munity think of us?

Dumb bells? What is the use of having a police in the first place? Just to catch the small fries? No doubt about it, there seems to be a perceived double standard in our justice system. All the victims of the atroci-ties committed on them by the martial law years are still awaiting justice for them. The claim of Sen. JP Enrile that there was none is the mother of all lies. He must be losing his senses. If he is running for reelection in the coming interim election next year, this corner will not be surprised if he gets zero votes. Why take a chance with him at age 94 and he will be pushing for 100 years if he finishes his term. There are other can-didates who are much younger and also smarter. It was our national hero, Jose Rizal, who said that the youth is the hope of the fatherland.

When Madam Imelda went on with her trademark acting along with crocodile tears before the Judge who sentenced her guilty,

her claim that she did not know about the promulgation is a lot of balooney. She said that she was indisposed and that her cook was the one who received her notice. She even said that she attended the birthday party of her daughter, Imee. If so, how come she said that she was indisposed? How come that she did not tell her lawyer to represent her? As it was, the court went on with its schedule of promulgation.

As if to soften the Judge with her crocodile tears, her appeal of clemency to allow her to post bail worth P150,000 was somehow granted. Lady Luck must have granted her some relief. This reminds me of the incident when her place in Batac was cut off by the electric company because she already was in arrears with her bill. She went on with her crocodile tears that she was just a widow and asking for leniency. She can even buy out the electric company, lock stock and barrel. FM once told her that their wealth will last seven generations.

She has property all over the world. She also has deposits in various currencies in Swiss banks, a number of foundations, jewels, which she carted away during their escape to Hawaii on board a US helicopter after they were thrown out by the mass of enraged people who stormed Malacanang. It was like another page of the French revolution.

This corner cannot imagine if the circumstances will be changed to favor another Marcos in Malacanang, granting that Bongbong will become a Vice Presi-dent in his bid last general election. Lucky for us that it is Madam Leni Robredo who came out victorious. For the sake of lasting peace it is hoped that she will come out the victor in the protest posted by Bongbong. There will be chaos in the streets if the tables are turned and it is Bongbong that will replace Leni. How come that Pres. Rody favors Bongbong? Let us therefore maintain the status quo. And if Bongbong gets to be president, for sure his first act will be to give his mother presidential pardon. Heaven forbid!!!

WE ALL KNOW that we share our bodies with trillions of microbes that live on our skin, in our noses, in the gut. This com-munity — what scientists call the microbi-ome — plays critical roles in whether we stay healthy or become more susceptible to various diseases.

Many of the bacteria in this group of microorganisms are friendly but there are also some bad ones such that we need to wash or apply disinfectants sometimes. Re-search shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that protect against their disease-causing allies.

I regularly apply body lotion on ac-count of my dry skin so I am glad that now scientists are mixing the good bacteria into lotions in hopes of spreading protection. In an early test, those customized creams protected five patients with an itchy eczema against risky bacteria that were gathering on their cracked skin to enhance the body’s overall immune defence.

The particular study sheds light on the skin’s microbiome, suggesting that one day it may be possible to restore the right bal-ance of good bacteria to treat skin disorders.

Healthy skin harbors a different mix of bacteria than skin damaged by disorders such as atopic dermatitis, the most com-mon form of eczema. Those patches of dry, red, itchy skin are at increased risk of infections, particularly from a germ known as Staphylococcus aureus.

Researchers took a closer look at how microbes in healthy skin might be keeping

bad bacteria in check. They discovered certain strains of some protective bacteria secrete two “antimicrobial peptides”, a type of natural antibiotic. In lab tests and on the surface of animal skin, those substances could selectively kill S. aureus, and even a drug-resistant strain known as MRSA, without killing neighboring bacteria like regular antibiotics do.

People with atopic dermatitis, a type of eczema, have a lot of bacteria on the skin but it’s the wrong type of bacteria. They’re not producing the antimicrobials they need.

Hoping that restocking the good bac-teria help, scientists tested five volunteers with atopic dermatitis who had S. aureus growing on their skin’s surface but didn’t have an infection.

Researchers isolated some of the rare protective bacteria from the volunteers’ skin, grew a larger supply and mixed a dose into an over-the-counter moisturizer. Volunteers had the doctored lotion applied onto one arm and regular moisturizer on the other.

A day later, much of the bacteria on the treated arms was killed — and in two cases, it was wiped out — compared to the untreated arms.

The study couldn’t address the ques-tion of whether exposure to the right mix of protective bacteria might improve atopic dermatitis itself. Clinical trials are underway to start testing the effects of longer-term use.

Dear Atty. Golo,Naa diay “power” ang katog? Ingon

pod sila ang matog kono dili ma priso, ti-nood? Kahinumdom ko sa gagmay pa me, si Nanay og Tatay sige og away sa di pa matog. Nanaghan lagi me. 10 gud me kabook ilang anak kay inig human og away, momabdos man si Nanay. Peru si Bongbong, ingon siya, nakatog lang kono siya’g kadiyot, naapsan ang iyang boto ni Leni. Naglagot jud ko ni Trillanes. Iya gisaway si Duterte nga natog sa “meeting”. Kon gikapoy diay, di jud paka-tolgon! Ang mga botante gani inig eleksyon kon makadawat na og kwarta, labaw pas natog kay botohan bisan kawatan. Maun-dang kaha ning pinalitay?

Matinahuron, Van Winkle III

Dear Van,Walay tulobagon kriminal ang tawo

nga natog kay wala man siya’y “intent” (Art. 4, RPC). Ang “nap” kon pagtagpilaw, makapabaskug og balik niadtong tawo nga gikapoy. Si Nanay og Tatay nimo wa silay kapoy-kapoy kay matog man human og away. Dunay panahon ang tanan (there’s a time for everything). Dunay panahon sa pag-katog, duna poy panahon pagtrabaho. Ang lisod kon ang pangkatog, maoy itrabaho og ang tingtrabho, maoy ikatog. Ang piniliay dili angay himoong pinalitay. Maundang tingali ang pinalitay kon inig eleksyon, ang tanang kandidato pakatolgon. Ang botante nga napalit, pagboto wa na matug, nabuta lang.

Imong amigo, Manny G. Golo

THE PHILIPPINES and China have for-mally concluded an agreement to jointly explore oil and gas in the South China Sea during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The agreement however does not mention 60 – 40 sharing between the two countries as mandated by the 1987 Con-stitution. The two countries though agree that the result “shall only be shared by the two parties.”

The Philippines and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Co-operation on Oil and Gas Development as part of the 29 agreements the two parties have agreed upon beforehand.

President Xi in a conciliatory mood promised that China would work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the conclusion of a code of conduct for all claimants in the South

China Sea. “We will work alongside other ASEAN countries toward the conclusion of the Code of Conduct based on consensus within three years and contribute our share to peace and stability and to welfare in this region,” he said.

Aside from this conciliatory mood that President Xi has expressed in his state visit, he promised also to donate 10,000 tons of rice to help communities destroyed by Typhoon Ompong last September rise up, and to give aid for the rehabilitation of war torn Marawi City.

Now that he has expressed some good thoughts during his state visit and deliv-ered aid to our typhoon devastated areas and war-torn Marawi City, President Xi Jinping should follow thru with his good intentions and not forget them when the practical or real politics come in. First Sunday of Advent

December 2, 2018

Luke 21:25-28, 34-36Jesus said to his disciples:“There will be signs in the sun, the

moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of

fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.

“Beware that your hearts do not be-come drowsy from carousing and drunk-enness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth. Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.”

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”

- Og Mandino -

6 November 19-25, 2018

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8 November 19-25, 2018

Max’s of SM Center Ormoc hosts VIP dinner

Residents of flooded Eastern Samar town appeal for help, food

A makeshift shelter was built by Franky Panulin, 44, out of salvaged wood and GI sheets from their house giving barely enough space to sleep for his 5 children. The unpredictable weather worries him aside from the lack of food for the coming days.

JIPAPAD, EASTERN SA-MAR – Days after Tropical Depression Samuel wreaked havoc in this hinterland town on Tuesday (Novem-ber 20), hundreds of families who were left homeless ap-peal to the government for help as they will be celebrat-ing Christmas without a roof on their heads.

Laura Logit, 34, ex-pressed concern for her three kids who will be going back to school on Monday (No-vember 26) because they were not able to save any-thing from their house, which was washed out by the mas-sive flooding in their town.

“Nagkasalubong ang tubig ng dalawang ilog dito sa amin kaya natangay ‘yung bahay namin sa sobrang lakas ng agos. Ang asawa ko na isang rescuer nagsalba ng mga taong naaanod pero ‘yung bahay namin nawala. Hirap na hirap kami pati tsinelas ko wala na akong maisuot. Nanghiram lang kami ng damit sa kapitba-hay,” she said.

Alvin Go, 37, has four chil-dren including a one-year old baby. He said that they were able to survive because they took shelter together with 20 more families in a two-storey concrete house on a mountain in Brgy. 3, this town.

“Sa sobrang lakas ng alon tinangay ang tatlong bahay papunta sa bahay ko. Naubos ‘yung mga gamit namin. Na-kaligtas kami pero ang gamit namin naubos. Sana tulun-gan kami ng gobyerno dahil ngayon lang nangyari ito sa amin,” he lamented.

Franky Panulin, 44, has made a makeshift shelter out of salvaged wood and GI sheets from their house giv-

Philip Adrian Oros, Mu-nicipal Disaster Risk Reduc-tion and Management Officer (MDRRMO), disclosed that all 13 barangays were submerged in flood in just two hours of incessant rain during Samuel.

“The water rose rapidly because of the landslides near a river, which trapped the water coming from Oras and

ing barely enough space to sleep for his five children. The unpredictable weather wor-ries him aside from the lack of food for the coming days.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already given relief goods as of Saturday (November 24) to all Poblacion barangays, however they have scheduled until Monday to fin-ish the distribution. sEE JIPAPAD p. 9

THE GIL Doyon Gantuangco (GDG) Food Group, Inc., the franchisee of Max’s Res-taurant, SM Center Ormoc, headed by Engr. Gil Doyon Gantuangco, his wife An-nabelle L. Gantuangco, and daughter Gelle Gantuangco, hosted a VIP Dinner on No-vember 20, 2018.

Invited guests included friends from the Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay, Engr. Gil’s col-leagues, the contractors in Or-moc, Ms. Gelle’s banker friends, and close friends. In attendance too were Ormoc city officials.

However, per Ms. Gelle (Managing Director, Max’s Restaurant Ormoc), the boss-es of Max’s were not able to come because of the bad weather brought about by Tropical Depression Samuel.

According to Arianne Pombo, Max’s Restaurant Ormoc is Max’s 198th store nationwide and the second in Region VIII. “For me, rep-resenting the Max’s Kitchen, Inc., the mother company, it’s an opportunity for us to venture here because Ormoc City is a booming city. Also, through Max’s Ormoc, mas accessible ‘yong ‘Sarap to the Bones’ fried chicken namin for Ormocanons. Lucky for us, we found a local partner in the person of Engr. Gil Doyon Gantuangco and ma’am Gelle Gantuangco,” said Ms. Pombo.

The restaurant opened together with the opening

of SM Center Ormoc last November 16. They had an opening promo or their first 50 dine-in transactions that day. Accordingly, they still have special promos that would last until the end of the year, that is, with a mini-mum food purchase of Php 2,000.00, the customer gets free plush toys.

They will also be giving free Max’s Corner Bakery (MCB) pastries sampler for the first 100 customers, however, this promo is only valid until November 30 or until supplies last.

This Christmas, they will also be having a Holiday Bundle. A Holiday Bundle is a complete meal – from soup to dessert, for only Php 1,499.00, good for 4-5 persons, perfect for friends and family.

Per Ms. Gelle, their team is composed primarily of fresh graduate Ormocanons. She also shared that they built Max’s for “nostalgic” reasons. “It’s been a part of our fam-ily even when it was just my mom and my dad when they were just dating. As we were growing, we would always visit Max’s when we go to Cebu. Then now when we found out that SM will be in Ormoc, the first thing that came to mind was Max’s. This is our first venture in the food industry because we are into construction and gasoline sta-tion industry, concluded Ms. Gelle. By Dailyn Cabarse

9November 19-25, 2018

Ormoc muralists go on a trip to Taglawigan

The Ormoc muralists and at their back is Sofina Water-refilling Station with their artwork dis-played prominently on top of the building.

IT WAS a call that we’ve been waiting for more than a month already. The artists-cum-educators that painted the once-drab city hall concrete fence sud-denly signified their avail-ability the following day – November 17 and 18. And it was a weekend!

I t r ied to imagine whether there were obtain-able dates other than this weekend but the possibility may no longer be necessary. It’s now or never. It’s the singular choice of acquiesc-ing and canceling whatever prior appointments already made. We needed to pro-ceed as planned.

The fascination of sub-stituting the ubiquitous tarpaulin signboards with a nature-inspired mural became an obsession. And besides, tarps get easily ripped off during stormy weather. And considering our ever-changing climate averaging 19 getting-more stronger-typhoons each

year, convincing clients with a practical choice wasn’t so hard.

So, off we go with the muralists. We departed Ormoc early morning before the sun rose. For late risers like myself, an alarm clock is essential.

For the uninitiated trav-eler, the trip can be tax-ing, as it is approximately two hours by land. There will be four major intersec-tions before reaching the intended destination. The first one is at Brgy. Libon-gao, Kananga (you have to turn left instead of going straight ahead to the city of Tacloban). The second one is at the junction of the two towns going to Matag-ob and Villaba (you need to turn right going to Villaba otherwise you may end up in Palompon via Matag-ob). The third one is at the junction of the towns going to Villaba proper and Tabango (you have to turn right going to the town of Tabango). The fourth and

last one is at a crossroad in the town of San Isidro and a road to Calubian (you have to turn left) where the road lead you to the outermost barangay of San Isidro – Brgy. Taglawigan.

Welcome muralists. This is your temporary home, bucolic and far from the mad-ding crowd, for a couple of days. Hip, hip, hooray!

Fast forward… The mural project was done as per schedule and is now a beautiful landmark in that village. In behalf of my business client, let me thank Maam Malyn, Melisa, Mikang, Joy and Sir Hareol for a job well done. We hope you all enjoyed the tour (the boat ride and the off-road adventure), the bonfire, the fresh seafood, the buko juice, and your overnight stay, as much as we did enjoy your company.

In retrospect, what could be the experiences that they enjoyed most? Was it the bonfire that we

built along the shoreline while we sipped bottles of cold drinks, observing the fading glow of the sun as darkness slowly enveloped the horizon? Was it in the gathering of seashells on

the shore and the numerous selfies where a few posed like wannabe mermaids on top of huge boulders? Or, was it the boat ride and the breathtaking off-road trip to the forests of coconuts and mahogany where a clear view of an island sand bar can be glimpsed?

I texted and this was Sir Hareol’s reply: “ur much welcome tito (he thought the text sender was his Tito who owned the building). Salamat pod kaayo sa kaayo, sa food, sa tour ug sa first class accom-modation hehe…wala gyod mi nag expect hehe..”

Of the four lady educa-tors, only Maam Malyn re-sponded, for whatever reason: “we are very thankful also sir for trusting us to do the mural of Sofina Spring Water. We highly appreciate your hos-pitality sir while ngstay mi sa inyo pag accept namo thank you kaau nnyo sir.”

I replied to say they’re all welcome although we regret to leave earlier, per-haps, to pick up whatever

is left of some pieces of commitment that we broke.

Reminiscing their first day of work, the weather was not really friendly in the morning, to the point of being oppressive. So, we had to set up a makeshift shade to pro-tect their Vicky Belo skin. In the afternoon, dark clouds be-gan to gather and later in the evening, it started to drizzle so that the bonfire that we put up at the beach slowly fizzled out, poco a poco.

That night, it rained as we listened to an England Dan & John Ford Coley song that says, “it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.”

Then, heading back to our respective rooms from the beach – the drizzle turned into a downpour. By that time, some of us were probably sound asleep al-ready, leaving to rest, only for a moment, whatever sorrow and bitter memo-ries that still remained in our heart… (By MORIDE-LARAMA)

5 GOLD, 9 SILVER, AND 5 BRONZE MEDALS. These were the medals that OVERLIMIT Jiujitsu – Ormoc PuMa Judo/Wrestling Team (OLJ-Ormoc PuMa) bagged during its very first international competition, the ASJJF International Jiujitsu Competition held in Cebu in October 2018. A milestone for OLJ-Ormoc PuMa, these medals prove that despite training for a lesser period of time, Ormoc jutsu-kas are equal to and can even beat other international martial artists. This is because of the rigorous training of Coaches Dr. Jimi Baclayon, Arthur Casolari and Jerome Casolari. In addition, OLJ-Ormoc PuMa wishes to thank Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez, Dr. Gerry Penserga, Mr. Perry Deen, Mr. Catalino Hermosilla III, PSSupt Jose Ceasar Biso, Dr. Manuel Albaño, Dr. Noel Labaniego and PCG PO3 Macky Gulhoran, for the training venue, transportation, and even water provision during training. OLJ-Ormoc PuMa wishes to especially acknowledge Mayor Gomez, who with Dr. Penserga, supported the team and even approved financial assistance for the competitors. Dr. Labaniego, DepEd Sports Coordinator and a jutsuka himself, meanwhile, personally attended the competition. OLJ-Ormoc PuMa regularly trains at the Ormoc City Hall every MWF, 6:00-8:00 pm. Join us and learn Jiujitsu, Judo, Wrestling and self-defense. (Contributed)

Binungawan rivers. The water level reached up to 30-40 feet in low-lying areas, while it reached up to 10-20 feet in elevated areas,” he shared.

Oros said the town was rendered isolated for two days because of 14 landslides recorded in their entryways going to Lapinig, Northern Samar and 6 more going to nearby town Arteche, Eastern Samar. About 8,000 people starved because their prepositioned relief goods were also soaked even if they placed them on an elevated area.

“This is the first time that we have expe-rienced this kind of flooding. Even our Rural Health Unit was almost left with nothing includ-ing medicines and equipment,” Oros said.

Communication lines are still down and there is still no electricity in their town so he still needs to go to Lapinig town in order to send his reports and updates. Some areas of the town are still not accessible to motor vehicles due to landslides.

Jipapad is 155 kilometers away from their capital Borongan City.

“We thank the government for sending us relief goods, but the people still need hygiene kits, clothes and school supplies for the children,” he told EV Mail.

The residents also worry due to a 200-meter crack seen near their houses and the constant rains they experience. By Marie Tonette Grace Marticio

JIPAPAD ... from P. 8

10 November 19-25, 2018

Deed of Self Adjudication with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the real properties of the late SPS. DOMINADOR PEPITO and TARCELA CABIGON PEPITO re a parcel of land, Cad. Lot/Survey No. 1553-Part, situated in the Brgy. Cambalading, Albuera, Leyte, containing an area of 524.56 sq. m. cov-ered by TD No. 03-0005-00137-R13; and One (1) unit Residential House erected on said Cad. /Survey No. 1553-Part were adjudicated unto themselves and sold in favor of SPS. MARIO C. TRIPOLE and SOFIA C. TRIPOLE per Doc. No. 361; Page No. 73; Book No. CXXXIII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Affidavit of Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late CANUTO ABLEN re a parcel of land Lot No. 3626, situated in Barrio Mabini, Ormoc City, consisting of a portion 3,524 sq. m. was adjudicated unto herself by ALFREDA ABLEN per Doc. No. 319; Page No. 64; Book No. 42; Series of 2018 Notary Public Bonifacio T. Degamo. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late WILFREDO ALFANTE and CECILIA NASTOR –AL-FANTE re a parcel of land Lot No. 2049, Case 9, Cad. 566-D located in Barangay Lamak Hilongos, Leyte, covered by OCT No. P-27010 containing an area of 1,410 sq. m. was settled among their heirs and 940 sq. m. sold in favor of MARLON LABANTA married to Nance Rubion-Labanta per Doc. No. 255; Page No. 52; Book No. XXXVIII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition with Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late BENJAMIN DAFFON, SR re a parcel of land Lot 1281, Case 2, Cad. 655, situated in the Brgy. Seguinon, Albuera, Leyte, contain-ing an area of 1,380 sq. m. covered by OCT No. P-37083 was settled and par-titioned among his heirs and 345 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. MARIO C. TRIPOLE and SOFIA CAPAROSO TRIPOLE per Doc. No. 406; Page No. 82; Book No. CXXXIII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan- Tolibao. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018 Extra-Judicial Settlement with Deed

of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late CATALINA FLORES a.k.a CATALINA BEJOK re a parcel of land Lot No. 12885, Case 11, Cad. 566-D,situated in Barangay San Roque Hilongos, Leyte with an area of 5,771 sq. m. covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-79824 was settled among her heirs and 4,328 sq. m. sold in favor of JACQUELINE CLAUDINE UY ROBLE per Doc. No. 281; Page No. 58; Book No. XXXVII; Series of 2018 No-tary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula – Vilbar. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS. RO-MUALDO and EMILIANA IBASITAS re an Agricultural land situated at Brgy. Tabunok, Bato, Leyte under TD No. 06003000215 with Cad. Lot No. 1577 containing an area of 1.0573.73 has. was settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 216; Page No. 43; Book No. 48; Series of 2018 Notary Public Rico E. Aureo. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SPS. OB-DULLO PALOMA and FE B. IBARRA re a parcel of land Psu-08-005920, situ-ated in the Poblacion, Matag-ob, Leyte, containing an area of 787 sq. m. covered by OCT No. P-31769 was adjudicated unto himself by ANTONIO I. TAN per Doc. No. 109; Page No. 22; Book No. CXXXIII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Extra-judicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that the properties of the late LOURDES M. PONGOS PEREZ re parcels of land Lot No. 7507, situated in Brgy. Dolores, Ormoc City, Leyte, covered by TCT No. 21515 with an area of 13,031 sq. m. ; and Lot No. 7506, situated in Barangay Dolores, Ormoc City, contains an area of 14,195 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 24414 were settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 49; Page No. II; Book No. XCVIII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Adelito M. solibaga, Jr. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late MAXIMINO ROSETE re a parcel of residential build-ing erected on Lot No. with an area of 75.53 sq. m. situated in Barangay Liberty Hilongos, Leyte and covered by TD No. 14023 00022 R13 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 387; Page No. 79; Book No. XXXVI; Series of 2018 Notary Public Ma. Lourdes Madula-Vilbar. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late GARY L. STAUSS had left an account with BDO Ormoc Branch, Ormoc City Account No. 104910056559 was adjudicated unto herself by WARLITA P. STAUSS per 4078; Page No. 82; Book No. CVXXIX; Series of 2018 Notary Public Conrad P. Conopio. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late OSCAR P. TAN re parcels of land consisting of ½ share of TD/TCT No. 121-2014001933, Lot 12242, located at Bo. Simangan, Ormoc City, with an area of 22,291 sq. m.; and TD/TCT No. 121-2014001934, Lot 5550-A, located of San Pablo, Ormoc City with an area of 22,291 sq. m. were settled and partitioned among his heirs per Doc. No. 444; Page No. 87; Book No. LXXXI; Series of 2016 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

Affidavit of Adjudication with Absolute Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late FRANCISCA

TUYOR re a parcel of and under TD No. 08-27-0025-00681, situated at Brgy. Sta. Paz, Matalom, Leyte, designated as Lot No. 3631, with an area of 7,448 sq. m. was adjudicated unto herself by MARGARITA P. GARBO 201 sq. m. sold in favor of ROMEO JR. T. LANUGAN per Doc. No. 52; Page No. 11; Book No. XIII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Josenilo Marcuel Reoma. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late AMPARO A. BERNAS re conjugal share over that parcel of land, Lot 5356-A situated in Brgy. Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, Leyte, with an area of 121 sq. m. covered by TD 00004-00101-R10; conjugal share over, Lot 5356-H, with an area of 121 sq. m. covered by TD 00004-00102-R10; conjugal share over of Lot 5356-B, with an area of 135 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00004-00104-R10; conjugal share of lot 5356-C with an area of 132 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00004-00105-R10; conjugal share of Lot 2 (PSU-08-004819, situated in Brgy. Danhug, Ormoc City, with an area of 363 sq. m. covered by TD No. 00023-00156-R10; conjugal share over residential house erected on Lot 2 (Psu-08-004819 covered by TD No. 00023-00270-R10; conjugal share of Lot No. 5289-A-1-B situated in Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City with an area of 998 sq. m. covered by TD 00073-02674. A residential house erected on TD No. 15733; conjugal share of Rice Mill on Lot 5293-B in San Isidro, Ormoc City, TD No. 15734; conjugal share of commercial building (store) on Lot 5293-B-8 located in Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City, TD No. 23774, A Nipa house erected on Lot 5357-C in Brgy. Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, TD No. 34452 (no longer existing due to typhoon); and all her conjugal share over a concrete drying palay con-structed on Lot 5357-C in Brgy. Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, TD No. 37434; an industrial building Lot 5356-C(or shed for chicharon factory had been closed and non-operational w/2 steam ovens & CHB fencing, were no longer existing ( TD No. 26199; Lot No. 5292-A-1, located in Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City an area of 450 sq. m., TD No. 00073-01950; Lot No. 4388, with an area of 187 sq. m. situated in Brgy. Damula-an, Albuera, Leyte, TD No. 03-0006-00089-R13; Lot 5293-B-10, situated in Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City, with an area of 500 sq. m. TD No. 00073-00071; and 15,300 shares of stocks of WELL’s & SONS INC. were settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 99; Page No. 20; Book No. LXX; Series of 2018 Notary Public Gerentstein T. Banzon. EV Mail Nov. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Dec. 2, 2018

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late ALEXAN-DER C. CASAS re one-half (1/2) share parcels of land Lot 6226-C-5, situated at Brgy. Curva, Ormoc City, containing an area of 1,688 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 121-2013000709;, Lot 67-H, containing an area of 1,122 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 48048; Lot 6226-C-6-A, containing an area of 332 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 53868; Lot No. 5259, situated in Barrio Naungan, Ormoc City, containing an area of 408 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 21261; Lot 2, Block 5 , situated in District Cogon- Combado, Ormoc City, containing an area of 200 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 22630 ; a portion of 45,826 sq. m. of a parcel of land Lot 6510-B, containing an area of 274,956 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 24905 ; a portion of 45,826 sq. m. of a parcel of land Lot 6510-B , situated in District of Curva, Ormoc City, containing an area of 274,956 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 24905; Lot No. 22-A, situated in Bo. Pamplona Mun. of Las Piñas, Metro Manila, containing an area of 196.00 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-69345; Lot 21, Blk52, containing an area of 311 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-70191 ; Lot 65, Blk.51, containing an area of 297 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T-51640; one(1) unit Residential House erected on Lot #2, Blk 5, covered by TD No. 00073-03425; one(1) Commercial/Industrial Building erected on Lot #6226-C-5, covered by TD No. 00021-00663 ; one(1) unit Residential House erected on Lot # 6510-B-1 covered by TD No. 00021-00664; one(1) unit Residential House located at E. Lagman St. BF Resort Village, Talon Dos, Las Piñas City, covered by TD No. F-014-13976 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 451; Page No. 91; Book No. CXXXV; Series of 2018 Notary Public Aleah Rafel G. Bataan-Tolibao. EV Mail Nov. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Dec. 2, 2018

Extrajudicial Settlement and Parti-tion with Waiver of Rights

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SPS. TEOFILO R. ORAYLE, SR and IGNACIA G. OMEGA re parcels of land Lot No. 5961, situated in the Barrios of Salvacion and Catayum, Ormoc City, TCT No. 5315, containing an area of 13,899 sq. m.; and Lot No. – 5937-B, situated in Barrio Catayum, Ormoc City, containing an area of 14,040 sq. m., TCT No. T-8703 were settled and partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 309; Page No. 62; Book No. LVI; Series of 2018 Notary Public Philip A. Albeos III. EV Mail Nov. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Dec. 2, 2018 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of

Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the property of the late SORIANA TOÑACAO re a parcel of agricultural land located in Talahid, Almeria, Biliran denominated as survey no. (2233) lot No. 4, covered by TD No. 00515, containing an area of 0.140000 sq. m. was settled among her heirs and 1,358.16 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. RICHELIO S. TO-ÑACAO, SR. and EVA B. TOÑACAO per Doc. No. 39; Page No. 8; Book No. 56; Series of 2018 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Nov. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Dec. 2, 2018

Deed of Extrajudicial Partition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the properties of the late SPS. ARIS-TARCO BARTOLOME and ROSARIO BARTOLOME re parcels of residential land with a building Lot 1, Bloc 12 with an area of 131 sq. m. situated in brgy. Dagum, Calbayog City; residential land Lot 2, Blk 12, containing an area of 120 sq. m. ; residential land with a building

Erratum From the last week issue

The correct name RICHARD L. COMENDOR

Should be corrected to RICHARD L. COMENDADOR rrr

Affidavit of Self-Adjudication WITH Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late CARMELA C. COMEN-DADOR had left a public utility vehicle Make-REBUILT; Body Type- JITNEY; Series – Isuzu; Plate No.- 130306; Engine/Motor No.-4BC2120097; Chassis No.- MAR201634651C; MV File Number- 1303-00000483173 was adjudicated unto himself by RICHARD L. COMENDADOR and sold in favor of NITA D. CAPONES married to Joseph Capones per Doc. No. 70; Page No. 15; Book No. XV; Series of 2018 Notary Public Louie A. Borja. EV Mail Nov. 5-11, 12-18, & 19-25, 2018

situated in Rosales Blvd. Barangay West Awang, Calbayog City, Samar Lot 1775, containing an area of 119 sq. m. ; residential land situated in Brgy. Rawis, Calbayog City, Samar Lot 27, Blk 8,containing an area of 88 sq. m. were extra judicially partitioned among their heirs per Doc. No. 428; Page No. 87; Book No. XXXII; Series of 2017 Notary Public Aileen Reyes Maglana. EV Mail Nov. 12-18, 19-25, & 26- Dec. 2, 2018

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late FERMIN P. VALORIA had left a Bank Account maintained with BDO Ormoc Branch, Ormoc City Dollar Savings Account No. 104910099673 ; and Bank Account maintained with BDO Ormoc Branch in Ormoc City with Peso Savings Account No. 004910012454 were settled among her heirs per Doc. No. 300; Page No. 60; Book No. LXXXI; Series of 2018 Notary Public Allan R. Castro. EV Mail Nov. 19-25, 26- Dec. 2, & 3-9, 2018

Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late LOURDES M. PONGOS PEREZ re parcels of land Lot No. 7507, situated in Brgy. Dolores, Ormoc City, Leyte, covered by TCT No. 21515, with an area of 13,031 sq. m.; and Lot No. 7529, covered by TCT No. 21514 with an area of 11,997 sq. m. were settled and partitioned among her heirs per Doc. No. 49; Page No. 11; Book No. XCVIII; Series of 2018 Notary Public Adelito M. Solibaga Jr. EV Mail Nov. 19-25, 26- Dec. 2,& 3-9, 2018

Deed of Extra-Judicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the late ANGELINA V. SCHENEPEL had left various accounts at CFI such as

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR PROVINCE OF LEYTE

MUNICIPALITY OF ALBUERA Republic of the Philippines)

Municipality of ALBUERA) SS Province of LEYTE)

Petition No. CFN-0009-2018 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF

NAME I, TEODULO J. ANTI-

GUA, of legal age, MARRIED, FILIPINO and a resident of Baybay, Leyte after having duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that:

1. I am the petitioner seeking the change of first name in:

a) My certificate of Live Birth

2. I was born on March 23, 1963 at Balugo, Albuera, Leyte

3. The birth was recorded under registry number 139;

4. The first name to be change is from “MARIO” to “TEODULO”

b. I have habitually and continuously used “TEODULO” and I publicly known in the com-munity with that first name;

5. I submit the following documents top support this petition:

a. O.R. & comm.. tax cert.

b. brgy. police & NBI clearances

c. voters reg. record & employers cert.

d. birth cert. (LCR & PSA)

e. baptismal cert. & mar-riage cert.

f. birth & baptismal cert. (children)

g. some IDs 6. I have not filed any

similar petition and that to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition is pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate.

7. Have no pending criminal, civil or administrative case in any court or any quasi-judicial body.

8. I am filing this petition at the LCRO of ALBUERA, LEYTE in accordance with R.A. 9048 and it’s implementing rules and regulations.

(Sgd.) TEODULO J. ANTIGUA Petitioner

VERIFICATION TEODULO J. ANTIGUA,

the petitioner hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Sgd.) TEODULO J. ANTIGUA Petitioner

S U B S C R I B E A N D SWORN to before me this 31st day of October , 2018 municipality of Albuera, Leyte, petitioner exhibiting his Com-munity Tax Certificate No. 21986569 issued at Baybay City on 10/01/2018.

(Sgd.) MARIA LUISA V. GRANADA

Administering Officer EV Mail Nov. 12-18, &

19-25, 2018

Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF SAMAR

Municipality of Sta. Margarita OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL

REGISTRAR NOTICE FOR

PUBLICATION In compliance with

Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that TERESITA REALINA GARA has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “GUILLERMA TERESITA” (PSA & LCR-1A/Birth Available copies) to “TERESITA” (new first name to be adopted) in the Certifi-cate of Live Birth of “GUILL-ERMA TERESITA REALINA” who was born on January 10, 1959 at Brgy. Tamorong, Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur, with COLB Registry Number 07 and whose parents are ENGRACIO REALINA and ROSARIO SEVILLANO

Any person having knowledge and/or claiming interest or may be adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 15 days from date of publication.

(Sgd.) ENGR. ALVIZE G. LIBUNAO

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail Nov. 12-18 &

19-25,2018

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0052-2017

November 05, 2018 In compliance with the

publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memo-rndum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implemen-tation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that BETHLEHEM R. OT-LANG has filed with this Of-fice, a petition for correction of entry in the gender of the child from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of BETHLEHEM RUBIA TO-LANG who was born on June 27, 1996 in Natubgan, Kanan-ga, Leyte and whose parents are FRANCISCO AGCANG OTLANG JR. and ROSALINA MASUAR RUBIA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than November 27, 2018.

(Sgd.) ENGR. NEWTON A. ISAAC

Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail Nov. 12-18, &

19-25, 2018

Republic of the Philippines

SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL

COURT Eighth Judicial Region

Branch 11 Calubian, Leyte

LAND REG. CASE NO. LRC-CN-17-08

In RE: PETITION FOR ISSUANCE OF A NEW OWNER’S DUPLICATE

OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF

TITLE NO. T-3337 IN LIEU OF THE LOST

ONE. REMEDIOS S.

AMORES, Petitioners.

x--------------xSECOND AMENDED

ORDER Filed before this

Court by pet i t ioner through counsel is a verified petition for is-suance of a New Owner’s Duplicate of Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-3337 in Lieu of the Lost One, alleging that:

1. That petitioner is of legal age, Filipino and a resident of San Isidro, Leyte, Philippines, and may be served with or-ders and/or processes of the Honorable Court through counsel at Rojas Law Office, A.S. Veloso St., Poblacion del Norte, Villaba, Leyte, Philip-pine;

2. That petitioner is a legal heirs of deceased Conrado Amores, Sr. and was the appointed custo-dian of Owner’s Dupli-cate Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-3337 that got lost sometime on November 5, 1984 when Typhoon Undang hit the province of Leyte;

3. That deceased Conrado Amores, Sr. was the exclusive and regis-tered owner of a parcel of land (Lot No. 3 Block No. 12 of the subdivi-sion plan/Psd-19000 be-ing a portion of Lot No. 2-3-1 described on Plan Psd-18067 L.R.C. Record No. 8879), covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-3337 issued by the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Leyte, together with all of the improvements found thereon, situated in Po-blacion, Municipality of San Isidro, Province of Leyte, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED NINETY NINE SQUARE METERS (199), more or less, and more particu-larly described as follows (hereinafter, the “Subject Property”):

TRANSFER CER-TIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-3337

“A parcel of land (Lot No. 3 Block No. 12 of the subdivision plan/Psd-19000 being a portion of Lot No. 2-3-1 described on plan psd-18067 L.R.C. Record No. 8879), with the improve-ments thereon situated in Poblacion, Municipal-

ity of San Isidro, Province of Leyte. Bounded on the NE. by Provincial Road; on the SE. by Lot No. 4 Block No. 12 of the subdivision plan; on the NW. by Lot No. 7 Block No. 12 of the subdivision plan; … containing an area of ONE HUNDRED NINETY NINE SQUARE METERS (199) more or less. All points refereed to are indicated on the plan and on the ground are marked by P.L.S. con-crete monuments 15 cm. diam. By 60 cm.; bearing true; declination 1 deg. 14’B., date of the original survey Feb. 24 to March 20, 1911 and that of the subdivision survey Feb. 14 to 15, 1948.”

A true and faithful photocopy of the certi-fied true electronic copy of Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-3337 is hereto attached as Annex “A” of the Petition and made an integral part hereof;

4. That registered owner of the Subject Property died interstate On December 3, 1993 in Cebu Doctors’ Hospital, Cebu City, Cebu. A true and faithful photocopy of the Certificate of Death issued by the Philippine Stat is t ics Authori ty (PSA) is hereby attached as Annex “B”;

5. That in the early part of 2016, the heirs of the registered owner executed an Extrajudicial Partition with Deed of Absolute Sale in favor of Sps. Juan P. Bagon and Marcelina A. Bagon and acknowledged by Notary Public Atty. Clotilde Jap-zon-Salazar as Doc. No. 516, Page No. 44, Blook No. XV, Series of 2015;

6. That while in the process of register-ing said Extrajudicial Partit ion with Deed of Absolute Sale, Sps. Bagon discovered that the Owner’s Duplicate Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-3337 cover-ing the subject Property was lost and is nowhere to be found while under the custody of herein Petitioner Remedios S. Amores. Diligent efforts were exerted to locate the said owner’s duplicate of title but all efforts were futile; the document was lost beyond recovery. A true and faithful photo-copy of said Extrajudicial Partition with Deed of Absolute Sale is hereto attached as Annex “C”;

7. That upon the request of Sps. Bagon, Petitioner and title’s custodian, Remedios S. Amores, then executed an Affidavit of Loss on December 28, 2016, and notarized by Notary Public Atty. Alejandro R. Diongzon as Doc. No. 212, Page No. 42, Book No. 44, Series of 2016. A copy of the Affidavit of Loss executed by the Remedios S. Amores on

December 28, 2016 is herein attached as An-nex “D”;

8. That thereafter, Petitioner filed the afore-mentioned Affidavit of Loss before the Register of Deeds of the Province of Leyte who entered such fact in its copy of Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-3337 (already attached in this Petition as Annex “A” under the Memorandum of Encumbrances, page 5 thereof, bearing Entry No. 2017000569 dated February 22, 2017, to wit:

“MEMORANDUM OF ENCUMBRANCES

E n t r y N o . : 2017000569 Date: Febru-ary 22, 2017 02:42:51 PM

A F F I D AV I T O F LOSS: FILED UNDER SWORN STATEMENT B Y R E M E D I O S S . AMORES, ATTESTING THAT THE OWNER’S DUPLICATE COPY OF THIS TITLE WAS LOST, I N A C C O R D A N C E WITH DOC. NO. 212, PAGE NO. 42, BOOK NO. 44, SERIES OF 2016, OF NOTARY PUBLIC OF VILLAZBA, LEYTE, ALEJANDRO R. DION-GZON, DATED – DE-CEMBER 28, 2016.”

9. That no co-own-er ’s copy/ies or other duplicates of Transfer Certificate of title No. T-3337 has been issued. All buildings and im-provements on the Sub-ject Property are owned by Sps. Juan P. Bagon and Marcelina A. Bagon, and that they have been in actual and exclusive possession of the subject land and the improve-ments found thereon and have been paying the real estate taxes due thereon since 2016 as certified by Tax Declara-tion No. 107 issued by the Office of the Municipal Assessor paid under O.R. No. 9119769 on April 19, 2016 at San Isidro, Leyte. A copy of Tax Declara-tion No. 107 issued by the Municipal Assessor of San Isidro, Leyte on April 19, 2016 is herein attached as Annex “E”;

10. That the Sub-ject Property has not been sold, bartered, transferred, mortgaged, foreclosed (judicially or extrajudicially), or sub-jected to any other en-cumbrance other than the Extrajudicial Partition with Deed of Absolute Sale as abovementioned. Hence, the said Owner’s Duplicate of the Transfer Certificate of title No. T-3337 could not be nor have been in the pos-session of other persons with title adverse to the Petitioner other than Sps. Juan P. Bagon and Mar-celina A. Bagon who, as vendees, were the ones who required the pro-duction of the Owner’s Duplicate of Transfer Certificate of Title No.

T-3337 from Petitioner; 11. That further,

there exist no deed or instrument affecting the property that has been filed, registered, or pend-ing registration in the office of the Register of Deeds of the Province of Leyte, other than the Ex-trajudicial Partition with Deed of Absolute Sale as above mentioned;

12. That Relevantly, Section 109 of presiden-tial Decree No. 1529, otherwise known as the “property Registration Decree.”:

“SEC. 109. Notice and replacement of lost duplicate certificate. – In case of loss or theft of an owner ’s duplicate certificate of title, due notice under oath shall be sent by the owner or by someone in his behalf to the Register of Deeds of the province or city where the land lies as soon as the loss or theft is discovered. If a dupli-cate certificate is lost or destroyed, or cannot be produced by a person applying for the entry of a new certificate to him or for the registration of any instrument, a sworn statement of the fact of such loss or destruction may be filed by the reg-istered owner or other person in interest and registered.

Upon the petition of the registered owner or other person in inter-est, the court may, after notice and due hearing, direct the issuance of a new duplicate certifi-cate, which shall contain as memorandum of the fact that it is issued in place of the lost duplicate certificate, but shall in all respects be entitled to like faith and credit as the original duplicate, and shall there-after be regarded as such for all purposes of this decree.”

13. That it is, there-fore, in light of the fore-going, that the Petitioner seek relief before this Honorable Court.

W H E R E F O R E , finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the said peti-tion is set for hearing on December 7, 2018 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the Halls of Justice. Calubian, Leyte at which place, time and date, all persons having interest in the petition should appear and show cause, if any why the petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Or-der be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner, and to be posted in the main entrance of the Pro-vincial Capitol of Leyte and of the Municipal Hall of San Isidro, Leyte and other conspicuous places within the municipality. Let also copies of this Order together with the petition be sent unto the Solicitor General, Makati, Register of Deeds of the Province of Leyte, Land Registration Administra-tion, Public Prosecutor and all person named in this petition at the expense of the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS this

7th day of August 2018 at Halls of Justice, Calu-bian, Leyte. Philippines. (Sgd.) WENIFREDO C.

CUATON Judge

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Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF LEYTE Municipality of Albuera

000 OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL

CIVIL REGISTRAR R.A. 9048/10172 Form No.

10.1 (LCRO) NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172 a notice is hereby served to the Public that LUZEL NUDALO BANTASAN filed this office a Petition for Correction of Cleri-cal Error on child’s Particularly in HIS/HER Sex from “M” to “FEMALE” and the child’s middle name and mother’s last name from “NODALO” to “NUDALO” and the child’s first name from “JOEL” to “LUZEL” in the Certificate of Live Birth of LUZEL NUDALO BANTASAN who was born on born on July 13, 1983 at Albuera, Leyte, and whose parents are TIRSO BANTASAN and LOURDES NUDALO.

Any person adversely affected by said person may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than October 2018.

(Sgd.) MARIA LUISA V. GRANADA

Municipal Civil Registrar Date: 30 October 2018

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time, savings share capital and insur-ance proceeds at Cebu CFI Community Cooperative were settled among their heirs per Doc. No. 451; Page No. 91; Book No. LIII; Series of 2018 of Notary Public Ari G. Larrazabal. EV Mail Nov. 19-25, 26- Dec. 2,& 3-9, 2018

Republic of the Philippines Province of Leyte

Municipality of Villaba Office of the Municipal Civil

Registrar NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memoran-dum Circular No. 2013-1 Guide-lines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JINDIE P. CABILAR has filed with this Of-fice, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to

“MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JINDIE P. CABILAR who was born on APRIL 25, 1990 at Villaba, Leyte and whose parents are WENEFREDO N. CABILAR and TERESITA B. PASTOR.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 22, 2018. (Sgd.) ENGR. MEDALLO V.

PUNONG Municipal Civil Registrar

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in Palawan. In Palawan, many barangays remained infested with malaria, especially those in the south. It is important to ad-vise those going to an area with malaria transmission about mosquito avoidance measures, such as wearing an effective mosquito repellent on exposed parts of the skin and sleeping under an insecticide-treated mosquito net. One should seek medical evaluation immediately if they develop fever during or after travel.

Dr. Doydora is a visiting internist-pulmonologist of OSPA, Ormoc Doctors’ and Gatchalian Hospitals.

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SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXRA-JUDICIAL SALE

(EJF NO. 4137)Upon extra-judicial

petition for sale under act 3135, as amended, filed on October 18, 2018, by HOME DEVEL-OPMENT MUTUAL FUND, petitioner/mort-gagee, with principal and office address at Room 3520, 35th Flr., Petron Mega Plaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, against ROLANDO G. PENALOSA, of legal age, Filipino, married to JENNIFER D. PEN-ALOSA, respondent/mortgagor, of Block 16, Lot 25, Lolita Homes, Brgy. Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte, to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of July 25, 2018, amounts to

PHP160,229.93, Philip-pine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Leyte, Regional Trial Court, Tacloban City, by and thru the undersigned will sell at public auction on De-cember 4, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Office of Br. 34, Regional Trial Court, Bulwagan Ng Katarungan, Taclo-ban City, to the Highest Bidder, for CASH, MAN-AGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following properties with all improvements, as stipulated in the said mortgage, to wit:

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES

TCT NO. : T-69758 LOT NO. : LOT

25, BLOCK 16, Pcs-08-

000650-DLOCATION: BRGY.

SAN JOSE, TACLOBAN CITY

AREA: 78 SQ. MTS., more or less

R E G I S T E R E D OWNER: ROLANDO G. PENALOSA

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above-stated time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on December 11, 2018, on the same time and place without fur-ther notice.

(Sgd.) RUBEN N. VILLACARILLO

(10/23/18) Sheriff IV

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos,

Leyte EJF No. H-42-2018

For: EXTRAJUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

RURAL BANK OF MALITBOG

(SOUTHERN LEYTE), INC.,

Represented by its Manager,

Rachel L. Penserga, Mortgagee,

-versus- MR. GIL J. RICH,

Mortgagor SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAI SALE

Upon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amend-ed f i led by RURAL BANK OF MALITBOG (SOUTHERN LEYTE) INC., with a postal ad-dress at Malitbog, South-ern Leyte, against Mr. Gil G. Rich of 397 T. Oppus St., Brgy. Abgao, Maa-sin City, Southern Leyte to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 23 2018, in the total amount of SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY

THREE THOUSAND AND NINETY THREE P E S O S a n d 5 2 / 1 0 0 (673,093.52) Philippine Currency, representing interest penalties, ex-cluding expenses of the foreclosure attorney’s fees the undersigned will SELL AT PUBLIC AUC-TION on JANUARY 11, 2019, at 9:00 o’clock in the morning until 4:00 P.M. or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improve-ments found thereon, hereunder described as follows:

“A parcel of land with all the improve-ments existing thereon, under Transfer Certifi-cate of Title No. 115-TP-23810 designated as Lot No. 11652, registered in the name of Dr. Gil J. Rich located at Brgy. Cahagnaan, Matalom, Leyte, Bounded on the W., by lines 1-2-3-4 by National Road, on the N. by lines 4-5-6-7 by lot 11677, C-30., Cad967-D; on the NE, lines 7-8-9-10-11 by Creek, on the SE, lines 11-12-13-14-15-16-17 by Lot 11650, C-30, Cad 967-D, on the SW.,

along lines 17-18-19-1 by Lot 11651, C-30, Cad, 967-D; to the point of beginning with an area of Four Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Seven (4,927) square meters more or less.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above –stated date and time.

In the event the public auction should not take place due to fortuitous event on said date it shall be held on January 18, 2019, on the same time and place.

Hilongos, Leyte, October 23, 2018. FOR THE EX-OFFICIO

SHERIFF: (Sgd.) GERMELINA S.

PACAANAS Sheriff IV Noted by:

(Sgd.) ATTY. CHRISTIAN S.

VILLAS Clerk of Court VI

Copy furnished: Rural Bank of Malit-

bog (So. Leyte) Inc. Malitbog, So. Leyte Mr. Gil G. Rich 397 t. Oppus St.,

Brgy. Abgaa Maasin City, So.

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-18-020-FC

For: EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE under Act 3135

FIRST STANDARD FINANCE

CORPORATION, Mortgagee,

-versus- PENINA N. ONDE,

Mortgagors. x------------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE SALE Upon Extra-Judicial

petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by First Standard Finance Cor-poration, with postal address at Real St., Or-moc City against Penina N. Onde to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 30, 2018 amounts to Three Hundred Fifty Sev-en Thousand Two Hun-dred Ninety & 86/100 Pesos Only (P357,290.86) for TCT No. 54595 and One Million Three Hun-dred Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Seven & 62/100 Pesos Only (P1,308,807.62) for TCT No. 44131, including in-terest and penalties but excluding attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on December 12, 2018 at 4:00 o’clock in the after-

noon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Ormoc City to the highest bidder, for cash or manager ’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements located therein, to wit:

TCT No. 54595Register of Deeds of

Ormoc City A parcel of land

designated as Lot 1-A-2, Psd-08-026939-D, being a portion of Lot 1-A, Psd-08-020008-D, situated in Barangay Salvacion, City of Ormoc, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 1-A-1 of this subdi-vision; on the NE. along line 2-3 by Lot 5682, Cad. 256; on the SE. along line 3-4 by Lot 1-A-4; of this subdivision and on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot 1-A-3 (Road) of this sub-division. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan being N. 33 deg. 48’W., 63.09 m. from BLIM 124,Cad. 256; thence N. 64 deg. 41’E, 29.29 m. to point 2; thence S. 23 deg. 39’E., 15.1 m. to point 3; thence S. 61 deg. 45’W., 27.97 m. to point 4; thence N. 28 deg. 32’W., 16.46 m. to point of be-ginning, containing an area of Four Hundred Fifty (450) square meters. Registered in the name of Penina Onde.”

TCT No. 44131 Register of Deeds of

Ormoc City A parcel of land

(Lot 2261-A-3-C of the subdivision plan PSD-08-004107 being a portion of Lot 2261-A-3 described on subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-272957, being a portion of Lot 2261 of

the cadastral survey of Ormoc, LRC Cad./Rec. No. 1572) situated in the Barrio of Alegria, City of Ormoc, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the S. along line 1-2 by Lot 2261-A-3-D of the subdivision plan; on the W. along line 2-3 by Lot 2261-A-2 (LRC) Psd-272957; on the NE. along lines 3-4-5 by Lot 2261- A-3-B of the subdivision plan (City Government of Ormoc); on the E. along line 5-6 by Lot 2261-A-4 (LRC) Psd-272957; and on the SW. along line 6-1 by perpetual right of way (4 m. wide). Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan being N. 32 deg. 40’W., 480.42 m. from BBM No. 1, Ormoc Cad.; thence S. 80 deg. 49’W., 12.98 m. to point 2; thence N. 9 deg. 37’W., 18.94 m. to point 3; thence S. 63 deg. 25’E., 16.16 m. to point 4; thence S. 63 deg. 25’E., 4.93 m. to point 5; thence S. 9 deg. 12’E., 6.61 m. to point 6; thence S. 80 deg. 48’W., 4.00 m. to point of beginning; containing an are of Two Hundred Seventeen (217) square meters, more or less. Reg-istered in the name of Penina N. Onde.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on De-cember 19, 2018 without further notice.

October 26, 2018, Ormoc City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ZENEN B. PURAY, JR. Sheriff IV

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-18-014-FC FOR:

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE under Act 3135, AS AMENDED BY

ACT 4118 GOVERNMENT

SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM

(GSIS), Mortgagee,

-versus-SPS. GERMAN C.

ALVAREZ & SUSANA V. ALVAREZ,

Mortgagors. x----------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE

Upon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by GOV-ERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), GSIS Headquar-ters Building, Financial Center Area, Pasay City against SPS. GERMAN C. ALVAREZ and SUSANA V. ALVAREZ to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of JULY 31, 2018 amounts to FOUR HUNDRED NINETY ONE THOUSAND SIS HUNDRED TWENTY T W O P E S O S A N D 08/100 (P491,622.08), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of foreclosure, the under-

signed sheriff will sell at public auction on Janu-ary 9, 2019 at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Regional Trial Court Br. 35, Ormoc City to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improve-ments located therein, to wit:

TCT No. 44555 “ A parcel of land

(Lot 3, Block 2 of the subdivision plan, Pcs-08-000521-D, being a portion of Lots 5362-A, B & C (LRC) Psd-236950 and 5362-C-2 Psd-08-006278, LRC Rec. No. 1750), situ-ated in Brgy. San Isidro, City of Ormoc, island of Leyte. Bounded on SW. along line 1-2, by Lot 2, Block 2 of the subdivi-sion plan; on the NW and NE along line 2-3-4-5 by Road; and on the SE. along line 5-1 by Lot 4, Block 2 of the subdivision plan. x x x containing an area of ONE HUN-DRED NINETEEN (119) SQUARE METERS, more or less.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on January 16, 2019 without further notice.

Hall of Justice, Or-moc City, November 21, 2018. (Sgd.) DEXTER LANCE

B. MANGUBAT Sheriff IV

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc city

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-18-011-FC

For: EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE Under Act 3135

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS),

Mortgagee, -versus-

SPS. ROEL & NEMESIA FIN,

Mortgagors. x---------------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLO-

SURE SALE Upon Extra-judicial

petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by Gov-ernment Service Insur-ance System (GSIS), with principal address at GSIS Headquarters Bldg., Financial Center Area, Pasay City against Sps. Roel & Nemesia Fin, with postal address at

Mabini St., Brgy. District 25, Ormoc City to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of July 31, 2018 amounted to Three Million Two Hundred Seventy Six Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven & 20/100 Only (P3,276,947.20), includ-ing interest and penalties but excluding attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of fore-closure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on January 9, 2019 at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Ormoc City to the high-est bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements located therein, to wit:

TCT No. 43533 Register of Deeds of

Ormoc City A parcel of land

designated (Lot 7, Block 11 of the subdivision plan, Psd-08-000521-D, being a portion of Lots 5362-A, B & C (LRC) Psd-236950 and Lot 5362-D-2, Psd-08-006278 LRC Rec. No. 1750), situated in Brgy. San Isidro, City of

Ormoc, Island of Leyte. Bounded on the SW., along line 1- 2 by Lot 6, Block 11 of the subdivi-sion; on the NW. along line 2-3 by Road, and on the NE., along lines 3-4 by Lot 10, Block 11 of the subdivision. Beginning a point marked “1” on plan, being S. 66 deg. 09’E., 182.36 m. from BLLM No. 40, Ormoc Ca-dastre, thence N. 60 deg. 59’W., 10.02 m. to point 2; N., 29 deg. 02’E., 10.00 m. to point 3; thence S. 60 deg. 59’E., 10.02 m. to point of beginning, containing an area of One Hundred (100) square meters, more or less. Reg-istered in the name of Nemesia B. Fin.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on January 16, 2019 without further notice.

November 26, 2018, Ormoc City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ZENEN B. PURAY, JR. Sheriff IV

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-18-015-FC FOR:

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE under Act 3135, AS AMENDED BY

ACT 4118 GOVERNMENT

SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM

(GSIS), Mortgagee,

-versus- SPS. DIOSDADO C.

CABULONG & EVANGELINE Q.

CABULONG, Mortgagors.

x---------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL FORECLO-SURE SALE

Upon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by GOV-ERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), GSIS Headquar-ters Building, Financial Center Area, Pasay City against SPS. DIOSDA-DO C. CABULONG and EVANGELINE Q. CAB-ULONG to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of JULY 31, 2018 amounts to ONE MIL-LION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SIX THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT AND 53/100 (P1,236,968.53), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of foreclosure, the under-

signed sheriff will sell at public auction on Janu-ary 9, 2019 at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Regional Trial Court Br. 35, Ormoc City to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improve-ments located thereon, to wit:

TCT No. 45006 “A parcel of land

(Lot 14, Block 4 of the subdivision plan, Pcs-08-000521-D, being a portion of Lot 5362-A, B & C (LRC) Psd-236950 and Lot 5362-D-2, Psd-08-006278, LRC Rec. No. 1750), situated in the Barangay of San Isidro, City of Ormoc, island of Leyte. Bounded on SE. along line 1-2 by Lot 13, Block 4 of this subdivi-sion; on the SW. along line 2-3 by Lot 11, Block 4 of this subdivision; on the NW. along line 3-4 by Road; and on the NE. along line 4-1 by Lot 15, Block 4 of this subdivi-sion x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED THREE (103) SQUARE METERS, more or less.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on January 16, 2019 without further notice.

Hall of Justice, Or-moc City, November 21, 2018. (Sgd.) DEXTER LANCE

B. MANGUBAT Sheriff IV

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Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-18-017-FC FOR:

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE under Act 3135 AS AMENDED BY

ACT 4118 VISAYAS GOODWILL

CREDIT CORPORATION,

Mortgagee, -versus-

CARIDAD CANTAGO, Mortgagor.

X-----------------XNOTICE OF EXTRA-

JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE

Upon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by VI-S AYA S G O O D W I L L CREDIT CORPORA-TION, San Pablo cor. Lopez Jaena Sts., Or-moc City, Leyte against

CARIDAD CANTAGO to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 amounts to THREE HUNDRED SEVEN -T E E N T H O U S A N D FOUR HUNDRED FOR-TY-THREE PESOS AND 40/100 (P317,443.40) & ONE HUNDRED FOR-TY EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHTY FIVE PESOS & 65/100 (P148,085.65), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of foreclosure, the un-

dersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on December 19, 2018 at 3:00 o’clock in the af-ternoon at the Regional Trial Court Br. 35, Ormoc City to the higher bidder, for cash or manager ’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements located therein, to wit:

TCT No. 27337 “A parcel of land

designated as Lot 3, Block 3 of the consolida-tion- subdivision plan of Pcs-083738-000413-D,

being a portion of Lots 5349 & 5348, Ormoc Ca-dastre, situated in the Barangay of Salvacion (now Bagong Buhay), City of Ormoc, island of Leyte. Bounded on the NW. along line 1-2 by Lot 24, Block 3, on the NE. along line 2-3 by Lot 2, block3; on the SE, along line 3-4 by Road lot 2 (6.00m. wide); and on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot 4, Block 3 all ot eh con-solidation-subdivision plan x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) SQUARE

METERS, more or less.” All sealed bids must

be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on January 9, 2019 without further notice.

Hall of Justice, Or-moc City, November 21, 2018. (Sgd.) DEXTER LANCE

B. MANGUBAT Sheriff IV

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JUDICIAL FORECLO-SURE SALE

Upon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 filed by GOV-ERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), GSIS Headquar-ters Building, Financial Center Area, Pasay City against SPS. FRAN -CISCO A. SUPERINO and TRIPONIA C. SU-

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REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

8th Judicial Region Ormoc City

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. R-ORM-18-010-FC FOR:

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE under Act 3135, AS AMENDED BY

ACT 4118 GOVERNMENT

SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM

(GSIS),

PERINO to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of JULY 31, 2018 amounts to SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY TWO PESOS AND 45/100 (p776,252.45), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees, sheriff’s fees and other expenses of fore-closure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on January 9, 2019 at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Re-gional Trial Court Br. 35, Ormoc City to the high-est bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in

Philippine Currency, the following property with all the Improvements located therein; to wit:

TCT No. 43588 “A parcel of land

(Lot 3, Block 4 of the subdivision plan, Pcs-08-000521-D, being a portion of Lots 5362-A, B & C (LRC) Psd-236950 and Lot 2, Block 4 of this subdivision; on the NW., along line 2-3 by Road; on the NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 6, Block 4 of this subdivision; and on the SE., along line 4- 1 by Lot 4, block 4 of this subdivi-sion; x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FOUR (104) SQUARE

METERS, more or less.” All sealed bids must

be submitted to the un-dersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on January 16, 2019 without further notice.

Hall of Justice, Or-moc City, November 21, 2018. (Sgd.) DEXTER LANCE

B. MANGUBAT Sheriff IV

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OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD Excerpt from the

MINUTES OF THE 33RD REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2018, AT BARANGAY BIDLINAN PURPOSE HALL, THIS CITY, AT

2:45 P.M.CITY ORDINANCE NO. 11, S. 2018

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9, PAR. 1 AND SECTION 13, PAR. 1 OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO. 008, S. 2005, THE

BAYBAY CITY COCKPIT ORDINANCE.WHEREAS, the provision under R.A. 9160, Sec. 548-par. 3 em-

powers the cities, through their Sangguniang Panlungsod, to authorize and license the establishment, operation and maintenance of cockpits, cockfighting and commercial breeding of gamecocks;

WHEREAS, considering the economic growth of Baybay since it has become a city and more than seventeen years have lapsed since the enactment of the last Cockpit Ordinance, it is but appropriate to amend certain provisions to update its applicability in accordance with the present situation.

WHEREFORE, on motion of Honorable Atty. Ernesto M. Butawan, and duly seconded by Honorable Arturo Elisa O. Astorga,

BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session assembled on September 17, 2018, at Baybay City, Leyte, as hereby is adopted to wit:

CITY ORDINANCE NO. 11, S. 2018Section 1. Title. This Ordinance shall be known as AN ORDINANCE

AMENDING SECTION 9, PAR. 1 AND SECTION 13, PAR. 1 OF MU-

cias E. Pernitez, the City Legal Officer, Avito C. Cajig, Jr., the City Budget Officer, Raul A. Mabini, the City Accountant, Evelinda A. Oppus, the City Treasurer, Evelyn P. Relente, CLGOO Estela I. Creer, and to all other offices/agencies concerned for their information and appropriate action.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance.Sgd. ATTY. VIVIAN E. VIDALLONSP SecretaryATTESTED & CERTIFIEDTO BE DULY ADOPTESgd. MICHAEL L. CARICity Vice Mayor, Presiding OfficerWith our concurrence:Sgd. ATTY. ERNESTO M. BUTAWAN SP MemberSgd. EDGARDO R. OMPOY SP MemberSgd. ARTURO ELISA O. ASTORGA SP MemberSgd. LEONCIO P. ASILOM, JR. SP MemberSgd. RODULFO S. PALMA, JR. SP MemberSgd. VICENTE VICTOR G. VELOSO SP MemberSgd. ALAN D. FERNANDEZ SP MemberSgd. DOMINADOR K. MURILLO, DM SP MemberSgd. FILEMON F. AVILA SP MemberSgd. JORGE V. REBUCAS SP MemberSgd. CARL NICOLAS C. CARI President, LIGA Ng Mga Barangay Ex-Officio, SP Member

APPROVED BY HER HONOR:Sgd. CARMEN L. CARI

City Mayor

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NICIPAL ORDINANCE NO. 008, S. 2005, THE BAYBAY CITY COCKPIT ORDINANCE.

SEC. 9. PAR. 1, HOLDING OF COCKPITS OUTSIDE A LICENSED COCKPIT, VIS: “ON THE OCCASION OF THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF BARANGAY FIESTAS, UPON APPLICATION WHICH IS DULY EN-DORSED BY A RESOLUTION OF THE SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY OF THE PLACE CONCERNED, FOR A SPECIAL COCKFIGHTNG PERMIT, WITH THE CITY MAYOR, AND UPON APPROVAL THEREOF, AND THE PAYMENT OF THE REQUIRED FEE, AS HEREIN PROVIDED, COCKFIGHTS SHALL BE ALLOWED ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS: ANTI-BISPERAS, BISPERAS, AND FIESTA, FOR THREE (3) CON-SECUTIVE DAYS”;

SEC. 13. “FEE FOR THE HOLDING OF A COCKPIT UNDER SPECIAL COCKFIGHTING PERMIT (SCP)”, PAR. 1, VIS: “FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE SPECIAL COCKFIGHTING PERMIT (SCP), THERE SHALL BE A COLLECTED FROM THE PERMITTEE THE AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P1,500.00), WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE DURATION OF THE COCKFIGHTS ALLOWED IN SEC.9 HEREOF. THE SPECIAL COCKFIGHTING PERMIT FEE SHALL BE PAID TO THE CITY TREASURER’S OFFICE (CTO), BAYBAY CITY.”

Section 2. Repealing Clause. All ordinances of local issuance, or rules inconsistent with provisions of this Ordinance, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 3. Effectivity. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its ap-proval by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and after due compliance with all the requirements provided for under R.A. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

Enacted: September 17, 2018.Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines.RESOLVED FURTHER, to furnish copies of this Ordinance each to

the City Mayor, Honorable Carmen L. Cari, the City Administrator, Deogra-

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OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSODExcerpt from the

MINUTES OF THE 36TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD HELD ON OCTOBER 8, 2018,

SP SESSION HALL, THIS CITY, 1:40 P.M.CITY ORDINANCE NO. 12, S. 2018

AN ORDINANCE CREATING FOUR (4) POSITIONS OF ANIMAL KEEPER 1, SG4 (K-9 HANDLERS), IN ADDITION TO THE BAYBAY CITY REGULAR PLANTILLA AND TO APPROPRIATE THE COR-

RESPONDING FUNDS THEREOF. (Sponsored by Honorable SPM Filemon F. Avila)

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, Baybay City, being an awardee of the Seal of Good

Local Governance in Region VIII, continuously expands its bureaucratic personnel needs to adequately deliver its mandated services;

WHEREAS, to address a more sensitive concern for security, peace and order of this city, the city government has considered an urgent need for K-9 handlers, the position of Animal Keeper 1, to effectively carry out complicated tasks that only trained dogs could accomplish such as track-ing of criminals and sniffing out illegal materials from different individuals and or building premises.

WHEREFORE, on motion of Honorable Filemon F. Avila, and duly seconded by the majority of the honorable council members present,

BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session on October 8, 2018 at Baybay City, Leyte;

SECTION 1: TITLE.

This Ordinance shall be known as AN ORDINANCE CREATING FOUR (4) POSITIONS OF ANIMAL KEEPER 1, SG4 (K-9 HANDLERS), IN ADDITION TO THE BAYBAY CITY REGULAR PLANTILLA AND TO APPROPRIATE THE CORRESPONDING FUNDS THEREOF.

SECTION 2. FUNDING SUPPORT.The newly created positions are made part and parcel of the Baybay

City LGU Plantilla and shall be automatically funded from the Personal Services component of the city budget.

SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY CLAUSEThe provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared separable and

if any provision shall be held invalid, or unconstitutional, the remainder of the provisions hereof are not affected and shall remain valid and effective.

SECTION 5. REPEALING CLAUSEAll ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations inconsistent with

or contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVITYThis Ordinance shall take effect 15 days upon its approval by the

Sangguniang Panlalawigan and after due compliance with all the re-quirements provided for under R.A. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

Enacted: October 8, 2018Baybay City, Leyte, PhilippinesRESOLVED FURTHER, to furnish copies of this Ordinance each

to the City Mayor, Honorable Carmen L. Cari, the City Administrator, Deogracias E. Pernitez, the City Legal Officer, Atty. Avito C. Cahig, Jr., the City Budget Officer, Raul A. Mabini, the City Accountant, Evelinda A. Oppus, the City Treasurer, Evelyn P. Relente, CLGOO Estela I. Creer, and to all other offices/agencies concerned for their information, guidance and appropriate action.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance. ATTY. VIVIAN E. VIDALLONSP SecretaryATTESTED & CERTIFIEDTO BE DULY ADOPTED:DOMINADOR K. MURILLO, DMSP Member, Presiding OfficerWith our concurrence:ATTY. ERNESTO M. BUTAWAN SP MemberEDGARDO R. OMPOY SP MemberARTURO ELISA O. ASTORGA SP MemberLEONCIO P. ASILOM, JR. SP MemberRODULFO S. PALMA, JR. SP MemberVICENTE VICTOR G. VELOSO SP MemberALAN D. FERNANDEZ SP MemberDOMINADOR K. MURILLO, DM SP MemberFILEMON F. AVILA SP MemberJORGE V. REBUCAS SP MemberCARL NICOLAS C. CARI President, LIGA Ng Mga Barangay Ex-Officio, SP MemberNATALIE B. ANDRES SK Chairperson City Federation Ex-Officio, SP Member

APPROVED BY HER HONOR:CARMEN L. CARI

City Mayor

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OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSODExcerpt from the

MINUTES OF 39TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD HELD AT BARANGAY

HILAPNITAN, SESSION HALL, THIS CITY HELD ON OCTOBER 29, 2018 @ 3:00 P.M.

CITY ORDINANCE NO. 13, S. 2018“AN ORDINANCE CREATING COTERMINOUS POSITIONS IN THE REGULAR PLANTILLA IN THE OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD AND OFFICE OF THE CITY MAYOR OF CITY OF BAYBAY AS MANDATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT”.WHEREAS, the DILG mandates for each local elective official to

provide with one personal and confidential staff to carry out responsibilities in their capacity to render quality services to the people;

WHEREAS, the need for coterminous positions mentioned above are quite vital to enable the city officials to conduct research and perform technical and clerical functions as defined in their respective committee assignments;

WHEREAS, the city government approves for the addition of co-terminous regular positions to complement efforts to achieve excellence in the process of formulating policies and local legislation for effective governance.

WHEREFORE, on motion of Honorable Hon. Arturo Elisa O. Astorga and duly seconded by Honorable Dominador K. Murillo,

BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session on October 29, 2018 at Baybay City, Leyte;

SECTION I: TITLE.This Ordinance shall be known as “AN ORDINANCE CREATING

COTERMINOUS POSITIONS IN THE REGULAR PLANTILLA IN THE OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD AND OFFICE OF THE CITY MAYOR OF CITY OF BAYBAY AS MANDATED BY THE DEPART-MENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

• One (1) Executive Assistant II, SG-17 – for the Office of the City Mayor;

• Twelve (12) Local Legislative Staff Assistant II, SG-8, for the Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod;

• One (1) Local Legislative Officer II, SG-13, for the Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.”

SECTION 2. FUNDING SUPPORTThe newly created positions are made part and parcel of the Baybay

City LGU Plantilla and shall be automatically funded from the Personal Services component of the city budget.

SECTION 3. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared separable and

if any provision shall be held invalid, or unconstitutional, the remainder of the provisions hereof are not affected and shall remain valid and effective.

SECTION 4. REPEALING CLAUSE.All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations inconsistent with

or contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVITYThis Ordinance shall take effect upon approval by the Sangguni-

ang Panlalawigan and after due compliance with all the requirements provided under R.A. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

Enacted: October 29, 2018Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines.RESOLVED FURTHER, to furnish copies of this Ordinance each

to the City Mayor, Honorable Carmen L. Cari, the City Administrator, Deogracias E. Pernitez, the city Legal Officer, Atty. Avito C. Cahig, Jr.; the City Budget Officer, Mr. Raul A. Mabini; the City Accountant, Mrs. Eve-

linda Oppus; the City Treasurer, Mrs. Evelyn P. Relente; CLGOO Estela I. Creer, and to all other offices/agencies concerned for their information, guidance and appropriate action.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance.Sgd. ATTY. VIVIAN E. VIDALLONSP SecretaryATTESTED & CERTIFIEDTO BE DULY ADOPTED:Sgd. MICHAEL L. CARICity Vice Mayor, Presiding OfficerWith our concurrence:Sgd. ATTY. ERNESTO M. BUTAWANSgd. EDGARDO R. OMPOY SP MemberSgd. ARTURO ELISA O. ASTORGASgd. LEONCIO P. ASILOM, JR. SP MemberSgd. RODULFO S. PALMA, JR.Sgd. VICENTE VICTOR G. VELOSO SP MemberSgd. ALAN D. FERNANDEZSgd. DOMINADOR K. MURILLO, DM SP MemberSgd. FILEMON F. AVILASgd. JORGE V. REBUCAS SP MemberSgd. CARL NICOLAS C. CARI President, LIGA Ng Mga Barangay Ex-Officio, SP MemberSgd. NATALIE B. ANDRES SK Chairperson City Federation Ex-Officio, SP Member

APPROVED BY HER HONOR:Sgd. CARMEN L. CARI

City MayorDate Approved: _______________

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REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF

THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD

AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING

ON OCTOBER 04, 2018PRESENT: Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. City Vice Mayor & Presiding OfficerVincent L. Rama, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderMario M. Rodriguez, SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Tomas R. Serafica, SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderBenjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberJohn Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, SP Member Minority Floor LeaderLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor LeaderEsteban V. Laurente, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng OrmocJasper C. Yerro, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Panlungsod Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan ng Ormoc

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, Ordinance No. 034 series of 1992 was amended by

Ordinance No. 002 series of 2013 through addition of an article providing for the procedure on the grant of MTOP, and the authorized persons in the granting of the permit;

WHEREAS, there have been numerous complaints, concerns, and issues with regards to applications of MTOP, operation of motorized – tricycles – for – hire in the City relative to the conduct of and among operators’, drivers’, and dispatchers;

WHEREAS, there is a need to delegate a competent person to act as Grievance Officer who shall hear out and resolve concerns for the smooth operation of Motorized – Tricycles – for – Hire in the City;

FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on motion of SP Member

Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, Chairman, Committee on Transportation, Communication, Information Technology and Public Information, sever-ally seconded by SP Members Tomas R. Serafica, Lea Doris C. Villar, Esteban V. Laurente and Jasper C. Yerro; be it

RESOLVED, to enact:ORDINANCE NO. 070

AN ORDINANCE FURTHER AMENDING ARTICLE VII OF ORDI-NANCE NO. 34 SERIES OF 1992 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 002 SERIES OF 2013 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ORDI-

NANCE FURTHER AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 34, ENTITLED: “AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE GUIDELINES, STAN-

DARDS, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF MOTORIZED – TRICYCLES – FOR – HIRE AND THE ISSUANCES

OF MOTORIZED TRICYCLE OPERATORS’ PERMIT OR MTOP THEREBY IMPLEMENTING THE DEVOLUTION OF LTFRB’S FRAN-CHISING OVER TRICYCLES – FOR – HIRE TO THE CITY GOVERN-MENT PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

(R.A. NO. 7160)”.”BE IT ENACTED, by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in its session

duly assembled, thatSECTION 1. The Article VII of Ordinance No. 34 as amended by

Ordinance No. 002 shall now read as follows:ARTICLE VII GRANT OF MOTORIZED TRICYCLE OPERATORS’ PERMIT

(MTOP)After the filing of application for MTOP and the payment of the re-

quired MTOP fees, the application shall be processed by the Business Permits, Licensing and Franchising Office (BPLFO). Thereafter, the application shall be forwarded to the City Legal Officer for review and conduct of hearing of the application after which, the City Legal Officer shall recommend approval of the said MTOP application to the Sang-guniang Panlungsod.

The City Legal Officer shall also serve as Grievance Officer who shall hear out and resolve complaints, issues and concerns on matters of but not limited to, applications of MTOP; conduct of and among operators, drivers, and dispatchers relative to the operation of motorized tricycles; and all other matters concerning the operation of motorized – tricycle – for – hire in the City.

He shall formulate and submit for approval to the City Mayor its Internal Rules of Procedure in the handling and disposition of grievances

that maybe brought to the City Legal Office pursuant to its immediate foregoing functions.

He shall recommend to the Sanggunian Panlungsod through the Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Communication any policy matter which shall need legislative action.

In the absence or vacancy of the City Legal Officer, the Head of the Business Permits, Licensing and Franchising Office (BPLFO) shall automatically act as the HEARING OFFICER of MTOP APPLICATIONS, AND GRIEVANCE OFFICER.

The head of the BPLO, in his handling and disposition of grievances and concerns in the absence of the City Legal Officer, shall employ such approved Internal Rules of Procedure as formulated by the latter.

SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE. All ordinances, rules and regulations, or parts herein in conflict with or are inconsistent to the provi-sions of this ordinance are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. Any portion or provision of this Ordinance that may be declared ultra vires or invalid shall not nullify the rest of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 4. EFFECTIVITY. This Ordinance shall take effect im-mediately upon approval and after compliance with the requirements of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

ENACTED, October 04, 2018.FURTHER, to furnish copies of this ordinance one each to the City

Mayor Richard I. Gomez; the City Administrator; the City Legal Officer; the Business Permits and Licensing Office; the OIC-City Director, DILG and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the above ordinance.(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative OfficerATTESTED:(Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR.City Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

APPROVED:(Sgd.) RICHARD I. GOMEZ

City MayorOct. 10, 2018

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REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF

THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD

AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2018PRESENT: Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. City Vice Mayor & Presiding OfficerVincent L. Rama, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderMario M. Rodriguez, SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Tomas R. Serafica, SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderBenjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberEsteban V. Laurente, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng OrmocJasper C. Yerro, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Panlungsod Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan ng OrmocON LEAVE:John Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, SP Member Minority Floor LeaderLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor Leader

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, Article 274 of the Rules and Regulations Implement-

ing Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code (LGC) of 1991, provides that: “Local Government Units (LGU) may exercise the power to levy taxes, fees or charges on any base or subject not otherwise specifically enumerated in this Rule or taxed under the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC), as amended, or other applicable laws XXX”;

WHEREAS, as mandated in Sections 132, Section 447 paragraph 2 (ii) and Section 316 of the LGC, the local Sanggunians are to enact revenue ordinances and to update its Local Revenue Codes. In updat-ing the tax ordinances the LGUs are to revisit and amend their existing ordinances in accordance with the LGC.

WHEREAS, as provided by Section 191 of LGC the tax rates of the LGU Revenue Code should be updated and rationalized once every five years, this is to ensure the sustainability and buoyancy of various local taxes, while rates for regulatory/service fees and charges should be updated to make these fees and charges commensurate to the cost of the regulation and the services provided.

WHEREAS, City of Ormoc enacted Tax Ordinance No. 93-02 on the year 1993 imposing a Mayor’s Permit Fee on any person desiring to engage in any business, trade or activity within the territorial jurisdiction of Ormoc City, and was being amended by Tax Ordinance No. 2000-002 on the year 2000.

WHEREAS, it was observed that some businesses or economic activities were not covered by previous tax ordinances, and along with changes and developments prevailing in the present economic conditions, amendments and/or updating of these tax ordinances are the most ap-propriate and desirable response to the mentioned current circumstances;

WHEREAS, in compliance of the legal requirement provided for in the LGC that in the enactment of any revenue-raising ordinance as herein a prior public hearing must be conducted, one indeed took place on December 16, 2016;

WHEREAS, foregoing premises considered, this Sanggunian finds that the City Mayor’s requested amendment is meritorious and abundant with favor, as it certainly bequeaths tremendous benefits to the City and her constituents;

WHEREFORE, on motion of SP Member Tomas R. Serafica, Chair-man, Committee on Ways and Means, Public Properties and Economic Enterprises, severally seconded by SP Members Lea Doris C. Villar, Esteban V. Laurente and John Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II; be it

RESOLVED, to enact:TAX ORDINANCE NO. 2018-001

AN ORDINANCE REVISING TAX ORDINANCE NO. 93-02 ENTI-TLED: “AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A MAYOR’S PERMIT FEE ON ANY PERSON DESIRING TO ENGAGE IN ANY BUSINESS, TRADE OR ACTIVITY WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF OR-

MOC CITY”, AS AMENDED. Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Ormoc City,

Leyte that:ARTICLE I

TITLE, SCOPE AND DEFINITION OF TERMSSECTION 1. TITLE AND SCOPE OF ORDINANCE. – This Ordi-

nance shall be known and cited as the “MAYOR’S PERMIT FEE ORDI-NANCE of 2018”, and shall govern the payment of Mayor’s Permit fees within the City. It shall govern acts or transactions performed, or to be carried, within its territorial jurisdiction, irrespectively of whether such are

temporary or partly being done in another transaction, and upon which acts or transactions, licenses or fees are levied.

SECTION 2. DEFINITION OF TERMS. – As used in this Ordinance, the following definitions shall govern, to wit:

A. Fee – means a charge fixed by law or ordinance for the regulation or inspection of a business, trade or activity. It shall also include charges fixed by law or agency for the services of a public officer in the discharge of his official duties.

B. Mayor’s Permit – is a police measure designed for regulatory purposes exercised by the Local Chief Executive of Local Government Unit (LGU), and granted only upon approval of an application to pursue a business, trade or activity within the jurisdiction of such LGU.

C. License or Permit - is a right or permission granted in accordance with law, ordinance or by a competent authority to engage in some busi-ness or occupation or to engage in some transactions.

D. Surcharge – is an additional or excessive charge burden to show an omission of something that operates as a charge against the party accountable.

E. Penalty – is a punishment imposed for a violation of this Ordinance and shall be in the form of imposition of a fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court.

F. Food peddler – a mobile food vendor who travels, whether on foot or on a human- or motor-powered conveyance, and offers food products for sale along a street, road or alley, or from door to door. A food vendor is not considered a food peddler when sales thereof are made from a station that is predominantly immobile, regardless of whether or not such station is capable of movement.

ARTICLE IIMAYOR’S PERMIT FEES

SECTION 3. FEES TO BE PAID. - There shall be imposed upon any person, natural or otherwise, desiring to engage in any business, trade and occupation in the City a Mayor’s Permit Fee in an amount that shall be in accordance with the following rates:

A. FACTORIES, MANUFACTURERS AND RELATED BUSINESS: Amount of Fees (in Philippine Pesos)1. Brewers Php 360.002. Chemical, gas, oxygen. Alcohol plant 2,050.003. Coco oil factory 420.004. Distiller of spirits 500.005. Electrical light and power: a. Power Generation 8,890.00 b. Power Transmission 6,850.00 c. Power Distribution 5,320.006. Fireworks a. Manufacturer/Factory 560.00 b. Dealer/Distributor 560.007. Furniture factory/shop 370.008. Ice cream factory a. With factory 500.00 b. Without factory 330.009. Ice drop and candy factory 500.0010. Ice plant 1,600.0011. Manufacturer of cigar and cigarettes 500.0012. Manufacturer, importer or dealer in jewelry, sporting goods, toiletries, musical instruments, watches, clocks, ready-made wearing apparels, marine glass, pile glass, cameras, camera lenses, cinematographic films, refrigerators, photographs, radios, etc. 500.0013. Manufacturers, producers, importers, or wholesale dealers in softdrink and mineral water 460.0014. Manufacturer or dealer in canned goods 370.0015. Manufacturer or dealer in fibers 330.0016. Manufacturer/repairers of batteries 370.0017. Manufacturer of foot wear and repairer of shoes a. With machinery 400.00b. Without machinery 270.0018. Manufacturer of miki, bihon, misua, sotanghon 370.0019. Manufacturer of mirror and art glasses 370.0020. Manufacturer/grinder of coffee, chocolate,caramel, candy, sweets, etc. 500.0021. Match factory 370.0022. Metal craft industry 370.0023. Muscuvado (kinogay) mill 500.0024. Processor or dealers of bricks, hollow blocks, stones, gravel and the like. 540.0025. Recapping plant/station 2,870.0026. Rope factory 270.0027. Sawmill 500.0028. Soap and candle factory

a. With machinery 400.00 b. Without machinery 370.0029. Sugar central/mill 2,120.0030. Tanning industry 380.00B. AMUSEMENT:

1. Billiard Hall/Pool per table Php 170.002. Bingo

a. Commercial 550.00 b. Social/Parlor 270.00 3. Bowling alley/lane 190.004. Carnival games (shooting gallery, jumping horse,roulettes and the like)per unit 90.005. Carnival rides (merry-go-round, ferris wheel,and the like) per unit 90.006. Cinema/Movie/Video house:

a. Air-conditioned 1,060.00 b. Non-airconditioned 840.007. Circus 70.008. Concerts, cultural and variety show 120.009. Golf course 1,780.0010. Horse race 620.0011. Mahjong for parlor game (per table) 190.0012. Night club, cabaret & ballroom, dancing hall 1,010.0013. Saloon, KTV bar and cocktail lounge 670.00C. TRANSPORTATION:1. Aircraft (commercial) Php1,500.002. Car rental (per unit) a. Heavy equipment for hire (dump truck, backhoe, tractors, crane, forklift) 3,050.00 b. Rig (tartanilla) 250.00 c. Taxi service 500.00 d. Vehicle for hire 1,060.00 3. Conventional ferry and cargo vessel (per vessel) 1,690.004. Delivery truck, van including sticker (per unit) 360.005. Fastcraft (per vessel) 1,780.006. Motorized passenger banca (pump boat) per unit 270.007. Motorized tricycle for hire per unit 170.008. Non-motorized tricycle not for hire but used for delivery and peddling per unit 70.009. Public Utility Vehicles (per unit)

a. Bus line 270.00 b. Mini bus 310.00 c. Other than Bus or Mini bus 270.00D. MACHINE SHOPS, MACHINERIES AND OTHER RELATED

ESTABLISHMENT1. Blacksmith shop Php 170.002. Foundries of iron, bronze or aluminium 290.003. Iron works 550.004. Laundry/Dry Cleaning 230.005. Machine shop establishments for manufacturing or repairing parts of mechanical apparatusor engines or manufacturing of any kind ofarticle made of brass, etc 580.006. Manufacturer, body builders and repair of bodiesof motor vehicles 400.007. Dealer of optical supplies 180.008. Photograph studio 170.009. Printing shops/press 370.0010. Refrigeration and air conditioning repair shop 400.0011. Repair shops for motor vehicles, motorcyclesand bicycles 400.0012. Repair shops for pianos, radios, phonographs, or other electric or electronic gadget andsimilar apparatus 190.0013. Rewinding, battery repair, charger and brake bonding 220.0014. Shipyard/dockyard 640.0015. Sign painting shop 170.0016. Tinsmith 270.0017. Upholstery shop 170.0018. Vulcanizing shop: a. With high technology equipment 510.00 b. No high technology equipment 190.0019. Watch repair shop 160.0020. Welding shop 430.00E. HOTELS, APARTMENT AND LODGING HOUSES:1. Apartment Php 1,030.00 with additional Php 300.00 for everydoor/unit2. Boarding house, dormitory and house for rent

a. With capacity of less than five (5) boarders 500.00 b. With capacity of more than five (5) But not more than twenty (20) boarders 750.00 c. With capacity of more than twenty (20) But not more than thirty (30) boarders 1,000.00 d. With capacity of more than thirty (30)

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But not more than fifty (50) boarders 1,500.00 e. With capacity of more than fifty (50) boarders 2,000.003. Hotels: 2,250.00 with additional Php 50.00 for every room4. Inns and pension houses and motels 660.00 with additional Php 50.00 for every room5. Lodging house 450.00F. EATERIES, RESTAURANT AND THE LIKE:1. Carenderia Php 300.002. Fastfood chain establishment 950.003. Food Peddler 90.004. Refreshment parlor and snack house 330.005. Eatery and Restaurant 410.00G. STORES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE:1. Bakery, bakeshop and pastry Php 690.002. Bookstore 540.003. Copra buyer 1,710.004. Dealer/Peddler of leaf tobacco 170.005. Dealer of Gunpowder and ammunition re-loader 740.006. Dealer of tar, pitch, resin, coal, benzene, turpentine,hemp, cotton, nitrogycetine, and other combustible and explosive materials 500.007. Dealer of office & household appliances; a. Brand new 1,320.00 b. Surplus or second-hand 990.008. Dealer of vehicles, and accessories; a. Brand new 1,710.00 b. Second hand 1,010.009. Dealer of Motorcycles; a. Brand new 800.00 b. Second hand 410.0010. Dealer in General merchandise 370.0011. Drugstore 510.0012. Fertilizer and Chemical Merchandise 1,030.0013. Fire extinguisher refilling 270.0014. Fish Dealer: a. Wholesale 510.00 b. Retailer 110.00 c. Retailer of dried, cured or suited fish 110.00 15. Gasoline, diesel, oil and other petroleum products; a. Depot 5,320.00 b. Service station 2,970.0016. Gift shop and novelty 350.0017. Grocery and Convenience stores 430.0018. Gas such as LPG acetylene, oxygen, nitrogen,ammonia and the like; a. Dealer 1,020.00 b. Sub-dealer 570.0019. Hardware 1,710.0020. Jewelry shop 890.0021. Livestock and poultry feeds, veterinary supply 890.0022. Lumberyard 500.0023. Nipa dealer 180.0024. Pet shop, accessories and feeds 890.0025. Retail of distilled alcoholic drinks and distilled spirits 300.0026. Rattan/bamboo furniture dealer 370.0027. Sugar dealer/trader 1,060.0028. Sari-sari store 100.0029. School and office supplies 350.0030. Tuba dealer;

a. Retailer 90.00 b. Wholesaler 100.0031. Tire dealer 750.0032. Wholesale of distilled alcoholic drinks and distilled spirits 740.00H. BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS:1. Banks; a. commercial/universal Php 4,330.00 b. rural bank 2,130.00 c. cooperative 1,710.002. Financing company and Lending Investors 890.003. Foreign Exchange dealer 890.004. Pawnshop 890.005. Automated Teller Machines (ATM) per unit 200.006. Money transfer/remittance center 890.00I. SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS:1. Arrastre service Php 500.002. Bookkeeping 300.003. Barber shop (per chair) 90.004. Beauty parlor (per chair);

a. With electric machines 210.00 b. Without electric machines 170.005. Cargo or letter forwarder 500.006. Car wash and other related services 590.007. Caterer and Catering services 450.008. Cold storage 270.009. Construction services; a. Small 1,000.00 b. Medium 2,000.00 c. Large 3,000.00 10. Corn and Rice Mill;

a. One (1) to five (5) horse power 370.00 b. Sixteen (16) to fifty (50) horse power 380.00 c. Fifty one (51) horse power and above 500.0011. Dressmaking and tailoring Shop 270.0012. Dislodging of Septic Tank 500.0013. Extraction of sand, gravel, earth and other materials 1,030.0014. Funeral Parlor;

a. With embalming 890.00b. Without embalming 480.0015. Hauler of sand and gravel, boulders and the like 420.0016. Heavy equipment for the hire such as dump trucks,tractors, backhoe, crane, forklift, etc.; a. Five (5) and below units 3,050.00 b. Six (6) to ten (10) units 4,590.00 c. above 10 units 6,790.00 17. Hospital/Clinics;

a. Primary Hospital 740.00 b. Secondary Hospital 1,020.00 c. Tertiary Hospital 1,400.00 d. Medical & dental Clinics 500.00 e. Birthing Clinics 500.00 f. Dialysis Center/clinics 740.00 g. Optical Clinic 500.00 h. Veterinary Clinic 500.0018. Industrial Sales and/or services 590.0019. Institutions of Learning (universities, colleges, secondary schools, vocational/technical schools, nursery, tutorial and primary schools; a. 5,000 or more students 1,000.00 b. 1,000 or more but less than 5,000 500.00

c. 500 or more but less than 1,000 200.00 d. less than 500 students 100.0020. Lamination, frame making & similar craft 180.0021. Massage Parlor 500.0022. Mechanical Dryer (Rice) 500.0023. Memorial park 740.0024. Mooring services 270.0025. Photo electronic copier and the like (per unit) 180.0026. Photo processing 500.0027. Public bath, swimming pool and spa 270.0028. Piggery (Commercial) 690.0029. Poultry (Commercial) 890.0030. Poultry Dressing Plant 890.0031. Porterage 270.0032. Sing-a-long apparatus, videoke (per unit) 140.0033. Ship Chandling 270.0034. Shipping of empty cans, bottles, cartoons, seashells, iron, etc. 300.0035. VCD/DVD rental 230.0036. Video coverage 410.0037. Warehouse; a. with an area of more than 500 square meters 2,250.00 b. with an area of less than 500 square meters 740.00 c. for storage (depot) of oil and other lubricants 1,520.00 d. for storage (depot) of motor oil and motor fuel 2,120.00J. AGENCIES:1. Advertising agency Php 180.002. Collection agency 180.003. Firearm dealer or agency 310.004. General services agency 380.005. Janitorial and messengerial agency 380.006. Kennels for business 540.007. Manpower Recruitment Agencies 540.008. Private security and detective agency 270.009. Scale and weighing station 190.0010. Tourist and/or travel agency 550.00K. TELECOMMUNICATION:1. Cable TV Php 1,780.002. Call Centers 1,500.003. Cell Site tower (per tower) 1,125.004. Internet Provider 1,350.005. Mobile phone loading station 75.006. Public calling station (per station) 540.007. Public telephone booth (per booth) 90.008. Radio Station (AM/FM) 1,500.009. Telephone companies; a. Landline 1,780.00 b. Mobile 1,590.00L. OTHER ITEMS:1. Boxing Bout Php 380.002. Fish/Shrimp Fry; a. Dealer 170.00 b. Wholesaler 190.003. Internet, electronics café/game (per unit) 75.004. Insurance companies, educational and pension plans 1,010.005. Livery stable (for horses and vehicles) 150.006. Race track 660.007. Retailer of dried, cured or salted fish 170.008. Signboard display (per square meter) 30.009. Special Mayor’s permit fee for selling alcoholicbeverages after 12:00 midnight 4,060.00M. OCCUPATIONAL FEES:1. Animal Trainer Php 75.002. Ambulant vendor 150.003. Barber 75.004. Bartender 75.005. Beautician 110.006. Blacksmith 80.007. Bondsman 75.008. Book binder 90.009. Boxer 110.0010. Boxing Promoter 270.0011. Business Agent 220.0012. Butcher 90.0013. Chambermaid 75.0014. Chiropractor 180.0015. Club Floor Manager 225.0016. Concerts/cultural & variety show promoter 550.0017. Construction contractor 420.0018. Cook 75.0019. Criminologist 75.0020. Dealer of fowls and the like 110.0021. Dealer of Large Cattle 110.0022. Dealer in Second Hand Merchandise 110.0023. Dispatcher 180.0024. Earth Filling Contractor 350.0025. Electrical Contractor 590.0026. Electrician 110.0027. Event Manager/Coordinator 150.0028. Factory worker 75.0029. Forensic Expert 150.0030. Goldsmith 80.0031. GRO and Dance Instructor 430.0032. Hair Stylist 75.0033. Hospital Attendant 75.0034. Hawker or Peddler 110.0035. Interior Decorator 190.0036. Life Guard 75.0037. Lumber dealer 230.0038. Make-up Artist 75.0039. Manicurist/Pedicurist 110.0040. Manpower and Labor contractor 380.0041. Masseur- attendant 75.0042. Mechanic or Machinist 110.0043. Money Changer 500.0044. Pawn broker/appraiser 200.0045. Photographer (itinerant/freelance) 110.0046. Piano tuner 110.0047. Plumber, carpenter 110.0048. Printer 180.0049. Private ballistic expert 150.0050. Real Estate Broker/custom 590.0051. Rig Driver 50.0052. Sand and gravel concessionaires 550.0053. Scrap/Junk dealer 460.0054. Sports promoter 550.0055. Sports referee 270.0056. Stores or business establishment helper 75.0057. Transportation contractor 110.0058. Tricycle, Jeepney, Truck & Taxi driver 100.0059. Tinsmith 100.0060. Tattoo artist 75.0061. Waiter and waitresses 110.0062. Well drilling contractor; a. Commercial and/or industrial 1,100.00 b. Domestic 600.0063. Water works Contractor 190.00

N. ALL OTHER BUSINESS NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED ABOVE Php 270.00All permits issued to new establishments operated after June 30

of each year shall be charged only fifty percent (50%) of the prescribed annual rates for that particular year, and thereafter at the rates prescribed therein.

In case of change of ownership of the business, it shall be the duty of the new owner, agent or manager of such business to secure a new permit and pay the corresponding permit fee as though it were a new business.

Provided, however, that all other business, trades, occupation and the like which are not specifically mentioned in this article should be levied a minimum annual permit fee of One Hundred Philippine Pesos (Php100.00).

Persons engaged in the exercise or practice of their profession in the City of Ormoc shall be exempt from paying the Mayor’s Permit Fee, provided that such persons shall pay the necessary regulatory fees im-posed under existing ordinances before they operate an establishment or office in relation to the exercise of their profession. For purposes of this Ordinance, the persons engaged in the exercise or practice of their profession who are exempted from payment of the Mayor’s Permit Fee shall be limited to those persons who have passed the Bar examinations, as well as those persons whose professions are regulated by the Profes-sional Regulation Commission.

SECTION 4. TIME OF PAYMENT. - Permit fees prescribed under this article shall be paid annually to the City Treasurer or his duly authorized deputies before any business, occupation or calling can be lawfully begun or pursued. In the ensuing year, payment of the annual permit fees shall be made within the first twenty days (20) of January or Semi-annual or of each subsequent quarters of each year, as follows:

Semi-annual --- on or before July 20 Second quarter --- on or before April 20 Third quarter --- on or before July 20 Fourth quarter --- on or before October 20The Sangguniang Panlungsod may, for a justifiable reason or cause,

extend the time for payment of such fees without surcharges or penal-ties, but only for a period not exceeding six (6) months. In the case of a newly-started business, the fees shall be paid before the business starts to operate each subsequent quarter as the case may be.

SECTION 5. BARANGAY CLEARANCE. - All business establish-ments applying for or renewing business permits shall secure barangay clearance from the barangay where they are located and pay barangay clearance fees, before the Mayor’s Permit may be issued. However, if such barangay clearance is not acted upon within seven (7) days from filing thereof, the City Mayor thru the Business Permit and Licensing Of-fice may process the application for the permit applied for

SECTION 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. –A. Supervision and Control over establishments and premises. The

City Mayor shall supervise and regulate all establishments and places where business is conducted. He shall prescribe rules and regulations as may be necessary to maintain peaceful, healthy, and sanitary condi-tions in the city.

B. Application for Mayor’s Permit. An application for permit shall be filed with the Business Permit and Licensing Office using a Standard Unified Form as prescribed under the DILG-DTI-DICT JMC 2016 – 01 or the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Information and Communica-tions Technology (DICT) Joint Memorandum Circular series of 2016 – 01.

C. Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) Reform Stan-dards. The following standard in processing business permits and licenses shall be followed:

1. Unified Form – A single or unified business application form shall be used in processing new applications for business permits and business renewals which consolidates all the information on a business registrant needed by various local government departments, including the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

The unified form shall be made available using various channels for dissemination and make available for download either in the City’s official website or the National Government Agencies website, in “fillable format”.

2. Documentary Requirements Accompanying Application Sub-mission.

A. New Business Registration:1. Proof of business registration, incorporation, or legal personality

(i.e. DTI/SEC/City Cooperative Development (CCD) registration).In certain cases like Sari-sari Stores not using any or without busi-

ness name the requirement of DTI/SEC registration may be dispense with during initial registration (R. A. No. 3883)

2. Basis for computing taxes, fees and charges (e.g. business capitalization);

3. Occupancy Permit, if required by national laws (e.g. Building Code) and other local ordinances or laws;

4. Contract of Lease (if Lessee); and5. Barangay clearance B. Renewal of Applications1. Basis for computing taxes, fees and charges (e.g Income Tax

Returns); and2. Barangay clearance.The City Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) shall not

require the same documents already provided by the business applicant to City Engineer of the Office of the Building Official (OBO), or responsible department/division in connection with other business-related permits (e.g. tax clearances already submitted as part of construction related permits, occupancy permits, barangay clearances).

C. Standard Steps1. Business Processing shall consist of the following:a. Application Filing and Verification – submission of complete ac-

complished application form with attached documentary requirements and one-time verification.

b. Assessment – one-time assessment of taxes, fees and charges, and;

c. Pay and Claim – one-time payment of taxes, fees and charges, receipt of Official Receipt (OR) as proof of payment of taxes, fees and charges imposed by the city and BFP in securing Business Permit and other regulatory permits and clearances.

To lessen the transaction requirements, other local clearances such as but not limited to, sanitary permit, environmental, and agricultural clearances shall be issued together with the business permit.

Queuing mechanisms to better manage the flow of applications and provide to clients with special needs, including senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and pregnant women shall be employed.

D. Standard Processing Time – processing time for business reg-istration should not exceed;

1. One (1) day to two (2) days for new business permit applica-tions, and

2. One (1) day for business permit renewals.E. Signatories1. Maximum number of signatories in processing new business ap-

plications and business renewals shall have two (2) signatories, namely the City Mayor or his duly authorized deputies and the BPLO or Treasurer as recommending approval;

2. Electronic signatories or pre-signed permits with adequate control mechanism may be used.

D. Issuance of Permit; Contents of Permit. – Upon approval of the application of a Mayor’s Permit, two (2) copies of the application duly signed by the City Mayor shall be returned to the applicant. One (1) copy shall be presented to the City Treasurer as basis for the collection of the Mayor’s permit fee and the corresponding business tax.

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The Mayor’s Permit shall be issued by the City Mayor upon presenta-tion of the receipt for the payment of the Mayor’s Permit and the official receipt issued by the City Treasurer for the payment of the business tax. Every permit issued by the Mayor shall show the name and residence of the applicant, his nationality and marital status; nature of the organiza-tion, that is whether the business is a sole proprietorship, corporation or partnership, etc; location of the business; date of issue and expiration of the permit; and other information as may be necessary.

Any false statement deliberately made by the applicant shall con-stitute sufficient ground for denying or revoking the permit issued by the Mayor, and the applicant or licensee may be prosecuted in accordance with the penalties provided in this Article.

A Mayor’s Permit shall not be issued to:1. Any person who previously violated an ordinance or regulation

governing permits granted;2. Any person whose business establishment or undertaking does

not conform with zoning regulations, and safety, health and other require-ments of the city;

3. Any person who has unsettled tax obligation, debt or other liability to the government;

4. Any person who is disqualified under any provision of law or ordinance to establish or operate the business applied for.

Likewise, a Mayor’s permit shall be denied to any person or applicant for a business who declares an amount of gross sales or receipts that are manifestly below industry standards or the Presumptive Income Level of gross sales receipts as established in the city for the same or a closely similar type of activity or business.

The city shall, upon presentation of satisfactory proof that the original of the permit has been lost, stolen or destroyed, issue a duplicate of the permit upon the payment of One Hundred Philippine Pesos (Php100.00).

E. Presumptive Income Level. - For every tax period, the City Trea-surer’s Office shall prepare a stratified schedule of “presumptive income level” to approximate the gross receipt of each business classification.

The Presumptive Income Level (PIL) of gross receipts shall be used to validate the gross receipts declared by taxpayers and/or for establish-ing the taxable gross receipts where no valid data is otherwise available.

F. Posting of Business Permit/License Plate. Every licensee shall keep his business permit/license plate posted at all times in conspicuous place of the business establishment or office. If he has no fixed place of business or office, he shall keep the permit thereof in his person. The permit shall immediately be produced upon demand by the duly authorized deputies of the Office of the City Mayor or Treasurer.

G. Renewal of Permit. All permits issued by the City Mayor after payment of the corresponding fees or charges shall be effective for a period of not more than one (1) year and shall expire on the last day of the year it was issued.

The permit issued shall be renewed on or before January 20 of each year upon payment of the corresponding fee under this article. However, submission of post requirements may be made on or before the 31st day of March of each year.

H. Revocation of Permit. The Mayor’s Permit may be revoked in any of the following grounds:

1. When a person doing or engaging in an activity under the provision of this code violates any provision of this article;

2. When a person violates any condition set forth in the permit; Tax Ord. No. 2018-0013. When a person refuses to pay an indebtedness to the City

Government; 4. When a person abuses his privilege to do business or pursues

an activity within the City of Ormoc to the injury of public morals or peace;5. When the place where such business or undertaking is con-

ducted becomes a nuisance or is permitted to be used as a resort for disorderly characters, criminals, or women of ill repute; or

6. When the applicant has made any false statement on any portion on his application, the City Mayor or his duly authorized depu-ties may, after investigation, revoke the permit and effect the immediate closure thereof.

Such revocation shall operate to forfeit all sums which may have been paid in respect of said privilege, in addition to the fines and imprison-ment that may be imposed by the Court for violation of any provision of this Ordinance governing the establishment and maintenance of business, and to prohibit the exercise by the person whose privilege is revoked, until restored by the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

I. Expiration upon revocation or surrender. Every permit shall cease to be in force upon revocation or surrender thereof. Every person holding a permit shall surrender the permit and license plate upon revocation, or upon closure of the business or discontinuance of the undertaking for which the permit was issued. The business shall be deemed finally terminated only upon payment of all taxes, charges or fees due thereon.

J. Transfer of Business to Other Location. Any business for which a permit or license has been paid by the person conducting it may be transferred and continued in any other place within the territorial limits of this City without the payment of fees or charges during the period for which the payment of the fees charges was made.

K. Related or combined businesses. The conduct or operation of two (2) or more related businesses provided in the Rules and Regulations implementing the Local Government Code by any one person, natural or juridical, shall require the issuance of a separate permit or license for each business.

L. Retirement of Business:1. Any person natural or juridical, subject to the tax on business

under this Article shall, upon termination of the business, surrender to the Business Permits and Licensing Office the official receipt and busi-ness registration plate issued for the payment of the business tax and submit a sworn statement of the gross sales receipts for the current year or quarter within thirty days (30) following the closure.

2. Any tax due shall first be paid before any business or undertaking is finally considered terminated.

3. For the purposes hereof, termination shall mean that business op-erations are stopped completely. Any change in ownership, management and/or name of business shall not constitute termination as contemplated in this Article. Unless stated otherwise, assumption of the business by any new owner or manager or re-registration of the same business under a new name will only be considered by this City for record purposes in the course of the renewal of the permit or license to operate the business.

4. The Business Permits and Licensing Office shall assign every application for termination or retirement of business to an inspector who shall go to the address of the business on record to verify if it is in fact no longer operating. If the inspector finds that the business is simply placed under a new name, manager and/or new owner, the Business Permits and Licensing Chief shall recommend to the Mayor the disapproval of the application for the termination or retirement of said business. Accordingly, the business continues to become liable for the payment of all taxes, fees and charges imposed thereon under existing local tax ordinance; and

5. In case of a new owner to whom the business was transferred by sale or other form of conveyance, said new owner shall be liable to pay the tax or fee for the transfer of the business to him in the amount of Five Hundred Philippine Pesos (Php500.00). This transfer fee shall not apply however to public market stalls.

6. If it is found that the retirement or termination of the business is legitimate, and the tax due therefrom be less than the tax due for the current year based on the gross sales or receipts, the difference in the amount of the tax shall be paid first before the business is considered officially retired or terminated.

7. The permit issued to a business retiring or terminating its opera-

tions shall be surrendered to the Business Permits and Licensing Office which shall forthwith cancel the same and record such cancellation in its books.

M. Rules and Regulations on Certain Establishments. –1. On restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, carinderias, eateries, food ca-

terers, ice cream and other refreshment parlors, soda fountain bars. No owner of said establishments shall employ any cook or food dispenser without a Food Handler’s Certificate from the City Health Officer, renew-able every six (6) months.

2. Establishments selling cooked and readily edible foods shall have them adequately covered and protected from dust, flies and other insects, and shall follow strictly the rules and regulations on sanitation promulgated by the City Health Officer and existing laws or ordinances.

3. Sauna bath, massage, barber and beauty shops. Said shops shall not be allowed to operate with masseurs, barbers, and beauticians without having secured the necessary corresponding medical certificate from the City Health Officer.

ARTICLE IIISANITARY PERMIT

SECTION 7. SANITARY INSPECTION FEE. - Every owner/operator of business establishment shall secure sanitary inspection certificate or permit for the purpose of supervision and enforcement of existing rules and regulations on sanitation and safety of the public upon payment to the City Treasurer of an annual fee in accordance with the following schedule:

A. Aircraft and water craft companies Php200.00B. Banks and other financial institutions 200.00C. Gasoline and service/filling station 200.00D. Private Hospitals 200.00E. Medical/Dental clinics and animal hospitals 200.00F. Dwellings and other spaces for lease;1. Hotels, motels, apartels, pension inns, drive-inns: a. with 100 or more rooms 200.00 b. with 25 to 99 rooms 150.00 c. with less than 25 rooms 100.002. Apartments, condominiums, commercial building/space, house for rents, office spaces/rooms for rent, shopping/commercial center, stall lessor, warehouse 200.003. Dormitories with accommodation for; a. with 15 or more boarders 200.00 b. with less than 15 boarders 100.004. Institutions for learning 100.005. Media Facilities 100.006. Telegraph, Teletype, cable and wireless communication companies 150.007. Telephone/electric and power companies 150.008. Administration offices, display offices and officesof professionals 100.009. Peddlers 50.0010. Lending Investors 150.0011. All other business, industrial, commercial, agricultural establishments not specifically mentioned above; a. with an area of 100 sq.m. or more 200.00 b. with an area of less than 100 sq.m. 100.00SECTION 8. TIME OF PAYMENT. – The fees imposed in this Article

shall be paid to the City Treasurer upon filing of the application for the sanitary inspection certificate or permit with the City Health Officer and upon renewal of the same every year thereafter within the first twenty (20) days of January.

SECTION 9. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. – The City Health Officer or his duly authorized representative shall conduct an annual in-spection of all establishments and buildings, and accessories and houses for rent, in order to determine their adequacy of ventilation, general sani-tary conditions and propriety for habitation. Upon the recommendation of the City Health Officer or his duly authorized representative, a permit or license may be revoked by the City Mayor, after the concerned licensee or permittee shall have been given due process. And no refund of the amount paid by the permittee or licensee shall be made upon revocation thereof.

The City Health Officer shall require evidence of payment of the fee imposed herein before he issues the sanitary inspection certificate.

SECTION 10. PROCEEDS FOR HEALTH PROJECTS. – The funds or proceeds obtained from the imposition of sanitary permit fees shall be used exclusively for the projects to be undertaken by the City Health Office, subject however, to the approval of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

ARTICLE IVGENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

ARTICLE IV. A. COLLECTION AND ACCOUNTING OF IMPOSI-TIONS

SECTION 11. PERIOD. – Unless otherwise provided in this Ordi-nance, the period for all fees and charges imposed under this Ordinance shall be the calendar year.

SECTION 12. ACCRUAL. – Unless otherwise provided in this Or-dinance, all charges imposed herein shall accrue on the first (1st) day of January of each year. However, new fees or charges, or changes in the rate of existing fees, or charges, shall accrue on the first (1st) day of the quarter next following the effectivity of the Ordinance imposing such new levies.

SECTION 13. SURCHARGE FOR LATE PAYMENT. – Failure to pay the fees or charges described in this Ordinance within the time required shall subject the payor to a surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original amount of fees or charges not paid on time and an interest at the rate not exceeding two per centum (2%) per month of the unpaid fees or charges including surcharges, until such amount is fully paid but in no case shall the total interest on the unpaid amount or portion thereof exceed thirty-six (36) months. Such surcharge to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the fees or charges due.

Where an extension of time for the payment of fees or charges has been granted and the amount is not paid in full within the period of the extension, the interest of two (2%) per centum per month shall be collected on the unpaid amount from the date it became originally due until fully paid.

SECTION 14. INTEREST ON UNPAID REVENUES. – In addition to the surcharge imposed herein, where the amount of any other revenue due to the city except voluntary contributions or donations, is not paid on the date fixed in the ordinance, or in the contract, expressed or implied, or upon the occurrence of the event which has given rise to its collection, there shall be collected as part of that amount an interest at the rate not to exceed two percent (2%) per month from the date it is due until it is paid, but in no case shall the total interest on the unpaid amount or a portion thereof exceed thirty-six (36) months.

Where an extension of time for payment has been granted and the amount is not paid in full prior to the expiration of the extension, the interest above-mentioned shall be collected on the unpaid amount from the date it becomes originally due until fully paid.

SECTION 15. COLLECTION. – Unless otherwise specified, all fees and charges due to this city shall be collected by the City Treasurer or his duly authorized representatives.

Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Ordinance or under existing laws and ordinances, the City Treasurer is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the City Mayor, to promulgate rules and regula-tions for the proper and efficient administration and collection of fees and charges herein levied and imposed.

SECTION 16. ISSUANCE OF RECEIPTS. – It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer or his authorized representative to issue the required official receipt to the person paying the fee or charge wherein the date, amount, name of the person paying and the account for which it is paid, are shown.

The Ordinance Number and the specific section thereof upon which collections are based shall invariably be indicated on the face of all official receipts acknowledging payment of fees, or charges.

SECTION 17. RECORD OF PERSONS PAYING REVENUE.– It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to keep a record, alphabetically arranged and open to public inspection during office hours, of the names of all persons paying city fees and charges. He shall, as far as practi-cable, establish and keep current the appropriate roll for each kind of fee or charge provided in this Ordinance.

SECTION 18. ACCOUNTING OF COLLECTIONS. – Unless other-wise provided in this Ordinance and other existing laws and ordinances, all monies collected by virtue of this Ordinance shall be accounted for in accordance with the provisions of existing laws, rules and regulations and credited to the General Fund of the City.

SECTION 19. EXAMINATION OF BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS. – The City Treasurer shall, by himself or through any of his deputies duly au-thorized in writing, examine the books of accounts and other pertinent records of the business establishments doing business within the city, and subject to city fees and charges, to ascertain, assess and collect the true and correct amount of fees and charges due from the payor con-cerned. Such examination shall be made during regular business hours once every year for every period, which shall be the year immediately preceding the examination. Any examination conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be certified to by the examining official and such certificate shall be made of record in the books of accounts of the payor concerned.

In case the examination herein authorized is to be made by a duly authorized deputy of the City Treasurer, there shall be written authority issued to the former which shall specifically state the name, address and business of the payor whose books of accounts and pertinent records are to be examined, the date and place of such examination, and the procedure to be followed in conducting the same.

The forms and the guidelines to be observed for the proper and effective implementation of this Section shall be those prescribed by the Department of Finance.

SECTION 20. ACCRUAL TO THE GENERAL FUND OF FINES, COSTS, AND FORFEITURES. – Unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, fines, costs, forfeitures, and other pecuniary liabilities imposed by the court for violation of any city ordinance shall accrue to the General Fund of the city.

ARTICLE IV. B. CIVIL REMEDIES FOR COLLECTION OF REV-ENUES

SECTION 21. LOCAL GOVERNMENT’S LIEN. – Local taxes, fees, charges and other revenues constitute a lien, superior to all liens, charges or encumbrances in favor of any person, enforceable by ap-propriate administrative or judicial action, not only upon any property or rights therein which may be subject to lien but upon also property used in business, occupation, practice of profession or calling, or exercise of privilege with respect to which the lien is imposed. The lien may only be extinguished upon full payment of the delinquent local taxes, fees, and charges including related surcharges and interest.

SECTION 22. CIVIL REMEDIES. – The civil remedies for the col-lection of the herein fees or charges, and related surcharges and interest resulting from delinquency shall be:

A. By administrative action through distraint of goods, chattels or effects, and other personal property of whatever character, including stocks and other securities, debts, credits, bank accounts, and interest in and rights to personal property, and to levy upon real property and interest in or rights to real property; and

B. By judicial action. Either of these remedies or all may be pur-sued concurrently or simultaneously at the discretion of the City Treasurer.

SECTION 23. DISTRAINT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. – The remedy by distraint shall proceed as follows:

A. Seizure. Upon failure of the person owing any fee or charge to pay the same at the time required, the City Treasurer or his deputy may, upon written notice, seize or confiscate any personal property belonging to the person or any personal property subject to the lien, in sufficient quantity to satisfy the fee or charge in question, together with any incre-ment thereto incident to delinquency and the expenses of seizure. In such case, the City Treasurer or his deputy shall issue a duly authenti-cated certificate based upon the records of his office showing the fact of delinquency and the amount of the fee or charge and penalty due. Such certificate shall serve as sufficient warrant for the distraint of personal property aforementioned, subject to the payor’s right to claim exemption under the provisions of existing laws. Distrained personal property shall be sold at public auction in the manner herein provided for.

B. Accounting of Distrained Goods. The officer executing the distraint shall make or cause to be made an account of the goods, chattels or effects distrained, a copy of which signed by himself shall be left either with the owner or person from whose possession the goods, chattels, or effects are taken, or at the dwelling or place of business of that person and with someone of suitable age and discretion, to which list shall be added a statement of the sum demanded and a note of the time and place of sale.

C. Publication. The officer shall forthwith cause a notification to be exhibited in not less than three (3) conspicuous places in the territory of the local government units where the distraint is made; specifying the time and place of sale, and the articles distrained. The time of sale shall not be less than twenty (20) days after notice to the owner or possessor of the property as above specified and the publication or posting of the notice. One place for the posting of the notice shall be at the Office of the City Mayor.

D. Release of Distrained Property Upon Payment Prior to Sale. If not any time prior to the consummation of the sale, all proper charges are paid to the officer conducting the same, the goods or effects distrained shall be restored to the owner.

E. Procedure of Sale. At the time and place fixed in the notice, the officer conducting the sale shall sell the goods or effects so distrained at public auction to the highest bidder for cash. Within five (5) days after the same, the City Treasurer, shall make a report of the proceedings in writing to the City Mayor.

Should the property distrained be not disposed of within one hun-dred and twenty (120) days from the date of distraint, the same shall be considered as sold to the local government unit concerned for the amount of the assessment made thereon by the Committee on Appraisal and to the extent of the same amount, the delinquencies shall be canceled.

Said Committee on Appraisal shall be composed of the City Trea-surer as Chairman, with a representative of the Commission on Audit and the City Assessor as Members.

F. Disposition of Proceeds. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to satisfy the fees and charges including the surcharges, inter-est, and other penalties incident to delinquency, and the expenses of the distraint and sale. The balance over and above what is required to pay the entire claim shall be returned to the owner of the property sold. The expenses chargeable upon the seizure and sale shall embrace only the actual expenses of seizure and preservation of the property pending the sale, and no charge shall be imposed for the services of the local officer or his representative. Where the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to satisfy the claim, other property may, in like manner, be distrained until the full amount including all expenses, is collected.

G. Levy on Real Property. After the expiration of the time required to pay the delinquency fee or charge, real property may be levied on be-fore, simultaneously or after the distraint of personal property belonging to the delinquent payor. To this end, the City Treasurer, shall prepare a duly authenticated certificate showing the name of the payor and the amount of the fee or charge and penalty due from him. Said certificate

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shall operate with the force of a legal execution throughout the Philippines. Levy shall be effected by writing upon said certificate of description of the property upon which levy is made. At the same time, written notice of the levy shall be mailed to or served upon the Assessor and Register of Deeds of the city who shall annotate the levy on the tax declaration and certificate of title of the property, respectively, and the delinquent payor or, if he be absent from the city, to his agent or the manager of the business in respect to which the liability arose, or if there be none, to the occupant of the property in question.

In case the levy on real property is not issued before or simultane-ously with the warrant of distraint on personal property, and the personal property of the payor is not sufficient to satisfy his delinquency, the City Treasurer, shall within thirty (30) days after execution of the distraint, proceed with the levy on the payor’s real property.

A report on any levy shall, within ten (10) days after receipt of the war-rant, be submitted by the levying officer to the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

H. Penalty for Failure to Issue and Execute Warrant. Without prejudice to criminal prosecution under the Revised Penal Code and other applicable laws, the City Treasurer, if he fails to issue or execute the warrant of distraint or levy after the expiration of the time prescribed, or if he is found guilty of abusing the exercise thereof by competent authority, shall be automatically be dismissed from the service after due notice and hearing.

I. Advertisement and Sale. Within thirty (30) days after levy, the City Treasurer shall proceed to publicly advertise for sale or auction the property or a usable portion thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the claim and cost of sale; and such advertisement shall cover a period of at least thirty (30) days. It shall be effected by posting a notice at the main entrance of the city hall, and in a public and conspicuous place in the barangay where the real property is located, and by publication once a week for three (3) weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The advertisement shall contain the amount of fees or charges and penalties due thereon, and the time and place of sale, the name of the payor against whom the fees or charges are levied, and a short description of the property to be sold. At any time before the date fixed for the sale, the payor may stay the proceedings by paying the fees, charges, penalties and interests. If he fails to do so, the sale shall proceed and shall be held either at the main entrance of the City Hall or on the property to be sold, or at any other place as determined by the City Treasurer, conducting the sale and specified in the notice of sale.

Within thirty (30) days after the sale, the City Treasurer or his deputy shall make a report of the sale to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, and which shall form part of his records. After consultation with the Sanggunian, the City Treasurer shall make and deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale, showing proceedings of the sale, describing the property sold, stating the name of the purchaser and setting out the exact amount of all fees, charges and related surcharges, interests, or penalties: Provided, however, that any excess in the proceeds of the sale over the claim and cost of sales shall be turned over to the owner of the property. The City Treasurer may, by a duly approved ordinance, advance an amount suf-ficient to defray the costs of collection by means of the remedies provided for in this Ordinance, including the preservation or transportation in case of personal property, and the advertisement and subsequent sale, in cases of personal and real property including improvements thereon.

J. Redemption of Property Sold. Within one (1) year from the date of sale, the delinquent payor or his representative shall have the right to redeem the property upon payment to the City Treasurer of the total amount of fees or charges, and related surcharges, interests or penalties from the date of delinquency to the date of sale, plus interest of not more than two percent (2%) per month on the purchase price from the date of purchase to the date of redemption. Such payment shall invalidate the certificate of sale issued to the purchaser and the owner shall be entitled to a certificate of redemption from the City Treasurer or his representative.

The City Treasurer or his deputy upon surrender by the purchaser of the certificate of sale previously issued to him, shall forthwith return to the latter the entire purchase price paid by him plus the interest of not more than two percent (2%) per month herein provided for, the portion of the cost of sale and other legitimate expenses incurred by him, and said property thereafter shall be free from the lien of such fees or charges and other related surcharges, interests, and penalties.

The owner, shall not, however, be deprived of the possession of said property and shall be entitled to the rentals and other income thereof until the expiration of the time allowed for its redemption.

K. Final Deed of Purchaser. In case the payor fails to redeem the property as provided herein, the City Treasurer shall execute a deed conveying to the purchaser so much of the property as has been sold, free from liens of any fees, charges, related surcharges, interests and penalties. The deed shall sufficiently recite all the proceedings upon which the validity of the sale depends.

L. Purchase of Property by the City for Want of Bidder. In case there is no bidder for the real property advertised for sale as provided herein or if the highest bid is for an amount insufficient to pay the fees or charges, related surcharges, interests, penalties and costs, the City Treasurer shall purchase the property on behalf of the city to satisfy the claim and within two (2) days thereafter shall make a report to his proceedings which shall be reflected upon the records of his office. It shall be the duty of the Registrar of Deeds concerned upon registration with his office of any such declaration of forfeiture to transfer the title of the forfeited property to this city without the necessity of an order from a competent court.

Within one (1) year from the date of such forfeiture, the payor or any of his representatives, may redeem the property by paying to the City Treasurer the full amount of the fees, charges and related surcharges, in-terests or penalties, and the costs of sale. If the property is not redeemed as provided herein, the ownership thereof shall be fully vested on the city.

M. Resale of Real Estate Take for Fees or Charges. The Sang-guniang Panlungsod may, by a duly approved ordinance, and upon notice of not less than twenty (20) days, sell and dispose of the real property acquired the preceding paragraph at public auction. The proceeds of the sale shall accrue to the general fund of this city.

N. Collection of Delinquent Fees, Charges or Other Revenues Through Judicial Action. The city may enforce the collection of delinquent fees, charges or other revenues by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The civil action shall be filed by the City Treasurer within the period prescribed in Section 194 of the Republic Act No. 7160, as implemented under Article 284 of the Implementing Rules and Regula-tions (IRR).

O. Further Distraint or Levy. The remedies by distraint and levy may be repeated if necessary until the full amount due, including all expenses is collected.

P. Personal Property Exempt from Distraint of Levy. The fol-lowing property shall be exempt from distraint and the levy, attachment or execution thereof for delinquency in the payment of any local fee or charge, including the related surcharge and interest:

1. Tools and the implements necessarily used by the delinquent payor in his trade or employment;

2. One (1) horse, cow, carabao, or other beast of burden, such as the delinquent payor may select, and necessarily used by him in his occupation;

3. His necessary clothing, and that of all his family;4. Household furniture and utensils necessary for housekeeping

and used for that purpose by the delinquent payor, such as he may select, of a value not exceeding Ten Thousand Philippine Pesos (Php10,000.00);

5. Provisions, including crops, actually provided for individual or family use sufficient for four (4) months;

6. The professional libraries of doctors, engineers, lawyers and judges;

7. One fishing boat and net, not exceeding the total value of Ten Thousand Philippine Pesos (Php10,000.00), by the lawful use of which a fisherman earns his livelihood; and

8. Any material or article forming part of a house or improvement of any real property.

ARTICLE IV. C. PAYOR’S REMEDIESSECTION 24. PERIODS OF ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION. –A. Local fees or charges shall be assessed within five (5) years

from the date they became due. No action for the collection of such fees or charges, whether administrative or judicial, shall be instituted after the expiration of such period: Provided, that fees or charges which have ac-crued before the effectivity of the Local Government Code of 1991 may be assessed within a period of five (5) years from the date they became due.

B. In case of fraud or intent to evade the payment of fees or charges, the same may be assessed within ten (10) years from discovery of the fraud or intent to evade payment.

C. Local fees or charges may be collected within five (5) years from the date of assessment by administrative or judicial action. No such action shall be instituted after the expiration of said period: Provided, however, that fees and charges assessed before the effectivity of the LGC of 1991 may be assessed within a period of three (3) years from the date of assessment.

D. The running of the periods of prescription provided in the preceding paragraphs shall be suspended for the time during which:

1. The treasurer is legally prevented from making the assessment of collection;

2. The payor requests for a reinvestigation and executes a waiver in writing before expiration of the period within which to assess or collect; and

3. The payor is out of the country or otherwise cannot be located.SECTION 25. PROTEST OF ASSESSMENT. When the City Trea-

surer or his duly authorized representative finds that correct fees or

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Within sixty (60) days from the receipt of the notice of assessment, the payor may file a written protest with the City Treasurer contesting the assessment; otherwise, the assessment shall become final and executory. The City Treasurer shall decide the protest within sixty (60) days from the time of its filing. In cases where the protest is denied, the payor shall have thirty (30) days from the receipt of denial or form the lapse of the sixty-day period prescribed herein within which to appeal with the court of competent jurisdiction otherwise the assessment becomes conclusive and unappealable.

SECTION 26. CLAIM FOR REFUND OF CREDIT. – No case or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of any fee or charge erroneously or illegally collected until a written claim for refund or credit has been filed with the City Treasurer. No case or proceeding shall be entertained in any court after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of payment of such fee or charge, or from the date the payor is entitled to a refund or credit.

SECTION 27. LEGALITY OF THIS ORDINANCE. - Any question on the constitutionality or legality of this Ordinance may be raised on appeal within thirty (30) days from the effectivity thereof to the Secretary of Justice who shall render a decision within sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of the appeal: Provided, however, that such appeal shall not have the effect of suspending effectivity of this Ordinance and the accrual and payment of the fee or charge levied herein: Provided finally, that within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the decision or the lapse of the sixty-day period without the Secretary of Justice acting upon the appeal, the aggrieved party may file the appropriate proceedings with a court of competent jurisdiction.

ARTICLE VFINAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 28. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION - Any person, entity or corporation who shall violate any of the provision of this ordinance shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or a fine of not less than One Thousand Philippine Pesos (Php1,000.00), nor more than Five Thousand Philip-pine Pesos (Php5,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine at the discretion of the court.

However, before a case is filed in court for any violation of this Ordinance, the offender may opt to pay an administrative fine in the amount of Two Thousand Philippine Pesos (Php2,000.00) subject to the following conditions that:

1. The violation does not involve fraud; and,2. The payment of the administrative fine shall not relieve the

offender for the payment of the corresponding fee or charge due from him as provided for in this Ordinance.

The payment of the administrative fine shall relieve the offender from the penalty imposed in this Article.

SECTION 29. REPEALING CLAUSE. –Any ordinance, resolutions or part thereof inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 30. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. – If for any reason any provision of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid by any competent court, the other parts or provisions hereof which are not af-fected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 31. EFFECTIVITY. - This Ordinance shall take effect im-mediately upon approval and after compliance with necessary posting and publication requirements of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

ENACTED, September 20, 2018.RESOLVED, FURTHER, to furnish copies of this Amendatory Ordi-

nance, one each to the City Mayor of Ormoc Richard I Gomez, the City Administrator, the City Legal Officer, the City Treasurer, the Business, Permits and Licensing Office, the City Auditor, all Punong Barangay of this City, the OIC-City Director, DILG, and other offices concerned.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing Tax Or-

dinance.(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative OfficerATTESTED:(Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR.City Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

APPROVED:(Sgd.) RICHARD I. GOMEZ

City MayorSep 26, 2018

EV Mail November 19-25, 2018

REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF

THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD

AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2018PRESENT: Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. City Vice Mayor & Presiding OfficerVincent L. Rama, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderTomas R. Serafica, SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor LeaderEsteban V. Laurente, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng OrmocJasper C. Yerro, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Panlungsod Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan ng OrmocON LEAVE:Mario M. Rodriguez, SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberJohn Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, SP Member Minority Floor Leader

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, the Sangguniang Panlungsod was in receipt of an

Endorsement Letter from the Office of the City Mayor, dated September 10, 2018, respectfully requesting for a Supplemental Appropriation in the total amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION FIVE HUN-DRED FORTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP174,540,000.00) for the implementation of projects, chargeable against the Unappropriated Surplus, end of year 2017 of the General Fund, and further requesting that this matter be treated as extremely urgent;

WHEREAS, during a committee meeting conducted by the Com-mittee on Finance and Appropriation on September 24, 2018 at the Sangguniang Panlungsod Session Hall to discuss the subject matter, it was recommended that several listed projects/items submitted to be funded by the requested supplemental appropriation be removed rela-tive to problems of lot acquisition and other related problems that would delay the implementation;

WHEREAS, the list of priority projects are categorized with the cor-

responding needed supplemental appropriation as follows:Education Facilities PHP 8,500,000.00Tourism/Culture & Arts/Sports Facilities PHP 9,960,000.00Land and Land Improvements PHP 43,000,000.00Road Networks PHP 33,220,000.00Other Structures PHP 46,160,000.00Environmental Management PHP 15,000,000.00 ---------------------- TOTAL PHP155,840,000.00 ============WHEREAS, the list of priority projects, herein attached as Annex “A”

and made an integral part hereof, is the adjusted list of priority projects for supplemental appropriation, and that all these are included in the 2018 AIP;

WHEREAS, the endorsement letter from the City Mayor’s office dated September 10, 2018 provided a request for a Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION FIVE HUN-DRED FORTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP174,540,000.00), however after due deliberation and consideration of the Committee on Finance and Appropriation, the amount requested was reduced to ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP155,840,000.00) in consideration of the deletion and removal of some items in the list of priority projects;

WHEREAS, the City Budget Officer, the City Accountant and City Treasurer issued a Certification of Availability of Funds dated September 25, 2018, stating therein that the amount of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP155,840,000.00) for the implementation of the projects hereto at-tached is deemed available and chargeable against the Unappropriated Surplus, end of year 2017 of the General Fund, said certification is at-tached hereto as Annex “B” and made an integral part hereof;

WHEREAS, the request of the City Mayor’s Office for a Supplemen-tal Appropriation is justified, reasonable and meritorious as it is geared towards the construction and improvement of public facilities in the City for the benefit of the constituents of the City and the general public, and not contrary to existing accounting and auditing laws, rules and regulations;

WHEREFORE, FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on mo-tion of SP Member Nolito M. Quilang, Member, Committee on Finance & Appropriation, severally seconded by SP Members Vincent L. Rama, Tomas R. Serafica, Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, Esteban V. Laurente and Jasper C. Yerro: be it

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to enact:APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2018-023

(General Fund)AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUN-

DRED FIFTY-FIVE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND

PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP155,840,000.00) FOR THE IMPLEMEN-TATION OF PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE CY 2018 ANNUAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM (AIP) CHARGEABLE AGAINST THE

UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS, END OF YEAR 2017 OF THE GEN-ERAL FUND.

BE IT ENACTED, by the Fourteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod of Ormoc in Regular Session assembled, that:

SECTION 1. CY 2018 GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL BUD-GET. The amount of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE MILLION EIGHT HUN-DRED FORTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP155,840,000.00) to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of Year 2017 is hereby appropriated to fund the priority projects which are included in the CY 2018 AIP as contained in Annex “A” hereof.

SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. This Appropriation Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that sufficient copies of this Appropriation Ordinance, together with all supporting documents thereof, be submitted to the Honorable Secretary of Department of Budget and Management, Manila, through the City Budget Officer of Ormoc and the Regional Director, Department of Budget & Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes;

ENACTED, September 27, 2018.RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish copies of this Appropria-

tion Ordinance, one each to the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez; the City Administrator, Mr. Vincent L. Emnas; the City Legal Officer, Atty. Jasper M. Lucero; the City Budget Officer; the City Accountant; the City Treasurer; the City Auditor; the City Planning and Development Officer; City Local Government Operations Officer, DILG, Engr. Jesus Jeremy D. Bagares; and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appropriation Ordinance

No. 2018-023 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2018 was duly enacted by the Fourteenth Sang-guniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in its regular session.

(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative OfficerATTESTED:(Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR.Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

APPROVED:(Sgd.) RICHARD I. GOMEZ

City Mayor Oct. 10, 2018

EV Mail November 19-25, 2018

17November 19-25, 2018

REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF

THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD

AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING

ON OCTOBER 04, 2018PRESENT: Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. City Vice Mayor & Presiding OfficerVincent L. Rama, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderMario M. Rodriguez, SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Tomas R. Serafica, SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderBenjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberJohn Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, SP Member Minority Floor LeaderLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor LeaderEsteban V. Laurente, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng OrmocJasper C. Yerro, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Panlungsod Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan ng Ormoc

PREFATORY STATEMENTWHEREAS, the Sangguniang Panglungsod was in receipt of an

Endorsement Letter from the Office of the City Mayor, endorsing for con-sideration the request of Maria Elena A. Mendoza, City Agriculturist, for the Reversion of Funds in the total amount of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP450,000.00) for the Construction of Shed for Marine Reptiles and Mammals under the account – Other Structure – to be taken from reversion of the following Continuing Ap-propriation of the City Agriculture Office (CAO), to wit:

FROM:Other Property, Plant and Equipment - 2015 PHP100,000.00Motor Vehicles – 2016 PHP 20,000.00Communication Equipment – 2017 PHP174,000.00Motor Vehicles – 2017 PHP 6,000.00Furniture and Fixtures – 2017 PHP150,000.00 -----------------TOTAL PHP450,000.00 ==========TO:Other Structures (Construction of Shed

for Marine Reptiles and Mammals) PHP450,000.00 ==========WHEREAS, the requested amount is deemed necessary to carry

out the proposed construction of a facility/shed to be used as a temporary shelter, and as a rehabilitation shed for all marine mammals and reptiles captured by local fishermen, to be located at the City Fishery Management and Licensing Unit Compound, Brgy. Alegria, Ormoc City;

WHEREAS, the current lack of any facility in the nurturing and re-habilitation of said reptiles and animals have made it extremely difficult for the City’s marine experts to fulfill their tasks and mandate;

WHEREAS, the City Budget Officer, the City Accountant and the City Treasurer issued a Certification of Availability of Funds dated August 15, 2018 stating therein that the amount of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP450,000.00) for the Construction of Shed for Marine Reptiles and Mammals under the account – Other Structure – is deemed available, a copy of said certification is attached as Annex “A” and made an integral part hereof;

WHEREAS, the request of the CAO, as endorsed for consideration by the City Mayor’s Office, is found to be justified, reasonable and meri-torious as the construction of the shed for marine reptiles and mammals is geared towards the protection of the environment, in the promotion of general awareness to the public in the conservation of marine ecology, and in furtherance of the proper implementation of fishery laws, rules and regulations;

WHEREFORE, FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on mo-tion of SP Member Nolito M. Quilang, Member, Committee on Finance & Appropriation, severally seconded by SP Members Tomas R. Serafica, Vincent L. Rama, Lea Doris C. Villar, Esteban V. Laurente and Jasper C. Yerro: be it

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to enact:APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2018-024

(General Fund)AN ORDINANCE REVERTING AND APPROPRIATING THE

AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP450,000.00) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHED FOR MARINE REPTILES AND MAMMALS TO BE TAKEN FROM THE REVERSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATION OF THE

CITY AGRICULTURE OFFICE, TO WIT:FROM:OTHER PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (2015) PHP 100,000.00MOTOR VEHICLES (2016) 20,000.00COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT (2017) 174,000.00MOTOR VEHICLES (2017) 6,000.00FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (2017) 150,000.00 -------------------TOTAL PHP 450,000.00

===========TO:OTHER STRUCTURES (CONSTRUCTION OF SHED FOR MARINE REPTILES AND MAMMALS) PHP450,000.00 ===========BE IT ENACTED, by the Fourteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod of

Ormoc in Regular Session assembled, that:SECTION 1. CY 2018 GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL BUD-

GET. The amount of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP450,000.00) from the Continuing Appropriation of the City Agriculture Office is hereby reverted and appropriated for the construc-tion of shed for marine reptiles and mammals under the account – other structures of the City Agriculture Office.

SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. This Appropriation Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that sufficient copies of this Appropriation Ordinance, together with all supporting documents thereof, be submitted to the Honorable Secretary of Department of Budget and Management, Manila, through the City Budget Officer of Ormoc and the Regional Di-rector, Department of Budget & Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes;

ENACTED, October 04, 2018.RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish copies of this Appropria-

tion Ordinance, one each to the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez; the City Administrator, Mr. Vincent L. Emnas; the City Legal Officer, Atty. Jasper M. Lucero; the City Agriculturist, Mrs. Maria Elena A. Mendoza; the City Budget Officer; the City Accountant; the City Treasurer; the City Auditor; the City Local Government Operations Officer, DILG, Engr. Jesus Jeremy D. Bagares; and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appropriation Ordinance

No. 2018-024 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2018 was duly enacted by the Fourteenth Sang-guniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in its regular session.

(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative OfficerATTESTED:(Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR.Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

APPROVED:(Sgd.) RICHARD I. GOMEZ

City Mayor Oct 10, 2018

EV Mail November 19-25, 2018

REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINASSANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

LUNGSOD NG ORMOCEXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF

THE FOURTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD

AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING

ON OCTOBER 04, 2018PRESENT: Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. City Vice Mayor & Presiding OfficerVincent L. Rama, SP Member, Majority Floor LeaderMario M. Rodriguez, SP Member, Presiding Officer “Pro-Tempore”Tomas R. Serafica, SP Member, Asst. Majority Floor LeaderBenjamin S. Pongos, Jr., SP MemberEusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, SP MemberGregorio G. Yrastorza III, SP MemberNolito M. Quilang, SP MemberJohn Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, SP Member Minority Floor LeaderLea Doris C. Villar, SP Member, Asst. Minority Floor LeaderEsteban V. Laurente, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng OrmocJasper C. Yerro, Ex-Officio SP Member, Chapter President, Panlungsod Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan ng Ormoc

RESOLUTION NO. 2018-254A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE OVERALL TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM (AIP) FOR CY 2019 TO SEVEN BILLION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE MILLION FIFTY-

THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIP-PINE PESOS (PHP7,139,053,125.00) FROM SEVEN BILLION SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE

THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP7,074,753,125.00) AS APPROVED IN SANGGUNIANG PAN-

LUNGSOD RESOLUTION NO. 2018-219, ENTITLED: “A RESOLU-TION APPROVING THE ANNUAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM (AIP) FOR CY 2019 OF THE CITY OF ORMOC IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SEVEN BILLION SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIP-PINE PESOS (PHP7,074,753,125.00) THEREBY ADOPTING CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (CDC) RESOLUTION NO. 13, SERIES

OF 2018.”WHEREAS, the Sangguniang Panglungsod was in receipt of an

Endorsement Letter dated September 19, 2018, endorsing the request of Engr. Raoul E. Cam, City Planning and Development Coordinator, Re: Request for the amendment of SP Resolution No. 2018-219: Approval of CY 2019 in the total amount of SEVEN BILLION SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUN-DRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP7,074,753,125.00) to SEVEN BILLION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE MILLION FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS ONLY (PHP7,139,053,125.00), and further requesting that this matter be treated as urgent;

WHEREAS, on August 23, 2018, the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed Resolution No. 2018-219, entitled: “A RESOLUTION APPROV-ING THE ANNUAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM (AIP) FOR CY 2019 OF THE CITY OF ORMOC IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SEVEN BIL-LION SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP7,074,753,125.00) THEREBY ADOPTING CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (CDC) RESOLUTION NO. 13, SERIES OF 2018.”;

WHEREAS, in a letter by the City Development Office addressed to the City Mayor, Richard I. Gomez, dated September 19, 2018, the former informed the latter that there was an inadvertent omission in the summa-tion of the overall total in the amount of SIXTY FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP64,300,000.00) of the following Project/Program/Activity, to wit:AIP Ref Code Program/Project Activity Description 9000-2-1-03-60 2% Discretionary Fund PHP 1,200,000.009000-2-1-03-61 Aid to Barangays PHP 1,000,000.009000-2-1-03-62 Provision for PYs Obligation PHP 500,000.009000-2-1-03-64 Provision for Collective Negotiation Agreement PHP 50,000,000.009000-2-1-03-65 Share from National Wealth PHP 11,600,000.00 --------------------- TOTAL PhP 64,300,000.00 ============

WHEREAS, with the addition of the omitted amount of SIXTY FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP64,300,000.00), the AIP for CY 2019 should total to SEVEN BIL-LION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE MILLION FIFTY-THREE THOU-SAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS ONLY (PHP7,139,053,125.00) from SEVEN BILLION SEVENTY-FOUR MIL-LION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED

TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP7,074,753,125.00);WHEREAS, this august Body finds that the correction and amend-

ment of SP Resolution No. 2018-219 relative to the total amount of the AIP CY 2019 is deemed necessary and meritorious, and most deserving of prompt favourable action;

WHEREFORE, on motion of SP Member Nolito M. Quilang, Member, Committee on Finance and Appropriation, severally seconded by SP Members Vincent L. Rama, Tomas R. Serafica, Gregorio G. Yrastorza III, Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., John Eulalio Nepomuceno O. Aparis II, Esteban V. Laurente and Jasper C. Yerro; be it

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to pass A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE OVERALL TOTAL AMOUNT

OF THE ANNUAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM (AIP) FOR CY 2019 TO SEVEN BILLION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE MILLION FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP7,139,053,125.00) FROM SEVEN BILLION SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUN-DRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP7,074,753,125.00) AS APPROVED IN SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD RESOLUTION NO. 2018-219, ENTITLED: “A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ANNUAL IN-VESTMENT PROGRAM (AIP) FOR CY 2019 OF THE CITY OF ORMOC IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SEVEN BILLION SEVENTY-FOUR MIL-LION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PHILIPPINE PESOS (PHP7,074,753,125.00) THEREBY ADOPTING CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (CDC) RESOLUTION NO. 13, SERIES OF 2018.”

ADOPTED, October 04, 2018.RESOLVED, FURTHER, to furnish copies of this resolution each

to the City Mayor Richard I. Gomez; the City Administrator, Mr. Vincent L. Emnas; the City Legal Officer, Atty. Jasper M. Lucero; the City Trea-surer; the City Budget Officer; the City Accountant; the City Engineer; the City Planning and Development Coordinator; the City Auditor; the CDC Secretary; the City Local Government Operations Officer, Engr. Jesus Jeremy D. Bagares; and other offices concerned;

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the above resolution.(Sgd.) MARIA ANTONIETA G. CO HAT(OIC – SP Secretary)Supervising Administrative Officer

ATTESTED:(Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR.City Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer

EV Mail November 19-25, 2018

GITULIS ... from P. 3lis. Gimandoan ang mga ba-baye paghatag sa ilang mga butang hasta gadgets ug salapi. Bisan nakuha na sa kawatan ang mga butang sa mga nurses, wala matapos ang iyang tuyo kay nilutaw ang pagka manyak niini.

Ang nurse number 1, 27 anyus, gikumotan sa dughan, gihikap ang lawas hangtud sa pribadong bahin niini. Wala nakalihok ang tulo kay nahadlok nga patyun.

Ang sunod nga gimo-lestiya mao laing 27 anyus, gipagawas ang kinatawo sa manyak nga kawatan ug gipakuptan sa nurse number 2. Wala pa kini matagbaw didto na sad sa nurse number 3, 24 anyus, nga naglingkud sa luyong dapit sa sakyanan.

Abli ang pultahan, pagkaduol sa kawatan, kalit kining gipat-iran ang lalake daw naigo sa bogan kay nitakingking man, didto na nakakitag higayun ang tulo pag ikyas.

Gipangutana ang tulo nganong didto sila nagsul-tianay sa awa-aw nga lugar ug des oras pa sa kaadlawon, tubag sa tulo nga kompi-yansa sila kay may mga pulis man magpatrolya sa lugar ug gikan na sila sa duty. Ning pagkutlo sa balita, wala pay giya ang kapulisan, kinsa ang manyakis nga kawatan.

Ang hepe sa PS1, Ch. Insp. Roger Octaviano, ni-mando sa iyang mga sakop nga kanunay patrolyahan ang lugar labi na sa des oras nga gabii. Ni Paul Libres

kang Maraasin ang tulo ka gagmayng pakite sa gidudahang shabu. Apil girekupo sa mga operatiba ang gisakyan nga Mitsubi-shi Pajero ni Conopio, ug kasamtangang anaa sa pag-atiman sa PS2.

Matud ni Insp. Ma-late sa interbiyu kaniya, si Conopio nisurender kaniadto sa Oplan Tokhang pero nibalik.

Sa kasaligan nga tinob-dan nag-ingon si Conopio

DAKPAN ... from P. 3adto magpalitan ug droga sa Cebu ug dalhun dinhi sa Ormoc. Mosakay siyag barko via Isabel, samtang si Maraasin maoy iyang tu-gyanan pag despatsar niini.

Matud sa mga pulis sa PS2, dihang nasikop ang duha wala silay daghan sulti. Kihaan si Conopio ug Maraasin sa kalapasan sa RA-9165. Gihuwat na lamang ang resulta sa PNP Crime Laboratory. Ni Paul Libres

vs. Castro (supra) cited by the appellant, which revolves upon the interpretation of section 27 of the Revised Election Code, is entirely distinct from the one at bar. This instance does not involve a question of title to the office, but the performance of the functions thereunto appertaining by one who is admitted

VIEW ... from P. 4 to be temporarily vested with it. As correctly observed by the lower court, that case even concedes and recognizes the pow-ers and duties of the Mayor to devolve upon the Vice-Mayor whenever the latter is in an acting capacity. The word “act-ing” as held in the case of Austria vs. Amante,2 45 Off. Gaz., 2809, when preceding the title of an office connotes merely the temporary character or nature of the same.”

In simple parlance, yes, an acting mayor can solemnize weddings.

So, those who had their civil rites before acting mayors should not fret. Your marriage is legal and binding. And we still live in the Philippines, where there is no expiry on our marriage certificates, so quit looking for one.

rrrThe Ormoc City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.

(OrCham) will be holding its election of officers on November 28, Wednesday. Ballots have been sent out to member-businesses. The members can cast their votes through online or submit the ballots to Origami Convention Center on the same date, until 3:00 PM.

To be elected are seven trustees. Right now, incumbent president Maricel Ngo is already ineligible to run but the six other incumbents can still be voted on. They are Aileen Aviles, Juanita Armea, Maria Vita Rodriguez, Evangeline Chu, Em-manuel Fiel, and Manolo Fragata.

So far, so good. The current crop of officers have per-formed well.

18 November 19-25, 2018

Congressional bid of Andok’s Karen Javier faces disqualification case

DPWH to build P372-M worth of school buildings in Leyte

4 farmer organizations in EV see increased income

Leyte Fourth DEO ranks 1st in equipment reports

Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla led the cutting-of-ribbon during the inauguration of a one-storey building, a municipal crisis center, worth Php 109,000,000.00, which activity coincided with the consultative assembly of barangay captains in Tabon-Ta-bon, Leyte on November 20, 2018. Assisting him is Tabon-Tabon mayor Rustico Balderian, Javier mayor Leonardo “Sandy” Javier and wife, Lolita “Karen” Tañala Javier, and Hon. Raissa Villasin, representing Leyte Board Member Niccolo Villasin. (Gina P. Gerez)

TACLOBAN CITY – The congressional bid of the wife of Andok’s Corpora-tion founder and owner is posed with a challenge for disqualification filed by two residents of Leyte second district.

Lolita Karen Javier, 43, who is running under the Partido Federal ng Pilipi-nas (PFP) to represent the district in next year’s polls is the wife of Javier, Leyte Mayor Leonardo “Sandy” Javier, the former president of the municipal mayor’s league both in the national and provincial level during the Aquino administration.

Mayor Javier and his son vice mayor Michael Ja-vier serve in the fifth district of Leyte. The younger Javier is seeking for the mayoralty post as his father’s succes-sor, a three-term mayor in Javier town.

In a jo int pet i t ion filed by Benjamin Batan and Adan Cañega at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against Karen Javier, they alleged that she committed material misrep-resentation in her certificate of candidacy pertaining to her residence.

“According to the re-spondent, she would have been a resident of the mu-nicipality of Jaro for 44 years and two months prior to the May 13, 2019 national and local elections,” the

petition reads.Under Article VI, Sec-

tion 6 of the 1987 Constitu-tion, it states that an elected member of the House of Representative must be a resident of the district for at least one year.

However, the petition-ers claimed that she is not a bonafide resident of Brgy. 1, Jaro, Leyte, but a resident of Javier, Leyte where her hus-band is the incumbent mayor.

They added that prior to their marriage, respon-dent Javier was already residing in Brgy. Poblacion Zone 1 and continues to reside in Javier town up to the present.

They further alleged that this was confirmed by their witnesses, mayor Javier’s uncle, their tenant for 15 years and a resident of said town based on their affidavits.

On the other hand, the petitioners admitted that the respondent was born in Jaro, Leyte, but later moved with her parents to Metro Manila where she briefly had a stint as an actress.

“Since then, respon-dent Javier has not been physically present in the Municipality of Jaro. The only time (she) came back was when she registered, for the first time, as a voter was on September 7, 2018,” the petitioners stated.

In Taguig, former DFA

secretary Alan Peter Cay-etano who is running in the first district, while his wife Lani, the incumbent city mayor, is seeking a House seat for the second district are also facing separate disqualification cases for claiming two different and separate domiciles.

The petitioner, Leoni-des Buac Jr. cited Articles 68 and 69 of the Family Code, which obliges the husband and wife to live together and to fix the family domi-cile and also described the Cayetano family as a “super dynasty” in Taguig. By Ma-rie Tonette Grace Marticio

CARIGARA, LEYTE – In support to the education program of the govern-ment, the Department of Public Works and High-ways (DPWH)-Leyte Sec-ond District Engineering Office (DEO) will imple-ment a total of Php 372 million worth of 29 units of school buildings or 159 classrooms under the De-partment of Education’s (DepEd) Basic Educational Facilities Fund (BEFF).

Out of 29 school build-ings, 25 units are already on-going while 4 units are process-ing its contract documents.

There are four (4) units each in the municipalities of Carigara and Jaro, three (3) units each in Burauen and Capoocan, two (2) units each in Barugo, Dagami, Dulag, Julita, Mac Arthur and Pastrana, and one (1) unit each in La Paz, May-orga and Tabontabon.

District Engineer Car-

los Veloso said that these classrooms will be in multi-storey structures that will utilize and provide condu-cive learning environment for the increasing number of students under the K-12 program.

Veloso expressed the willingness of the depart-ment to aid the DepEd in

its continuous aspiration to educate and guide the young men and women in the country.

The BEFF is an annual budget of the Department for its School Building Pro-gram, which covers the improvement and mainte-nance of school facilities. (PR)

Members of the San Roque Farmers Association in Daram, Samar seen here promoting their product – the pancit canton noodles.

TACLOBAN CITY – Four agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in Leyte and Samar are expected to have increased revenues after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued licenses to op-erate to four processed food products they manufacture.

Early this year, the FDA issued a license to operate for the marketing of “ba-nana chips” by Omaganhan Farmers Multi-Purpose Co-operative based in Tabango, Leyte; “imbotido” by the LIBERCON Multi-Purpose Cooperative based in Hi-longos, Leyte; pancit canton noodles produced by the San Roque Farmers Asso-ciation in Daram, Samar; and “cassava chips” manu-factured by ESEP ARC Co-operative based in Salcedo, Eastern Samar.

For the pancit can-ton noodles, buyers can choose between squash and malunggay flavors, while for the cassava chips, the manufacturer offers sweet blend and garlic flavors at

very affordable prices.With the issuance of

the license to operate by the FDA, Assistant Regional Di-rector for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development and Sustainability Program

(ARBDSP) Ismael Aya-ay said that these products could now be sold in a larger scale, thereby giving the ARBOs the opportunity to expand their market and earn more.

Meanwhile, Daram Vice-Mayor Lucia Astorga disclosed that they had al-ready introduced the pancit canton noodles to various restaurant owners in Samar and even in Tacloban City.

Aya-ay explained that ARBOs are exposed to vari-ous livelihood trainings for additional source of income. (PR)

ORMOC CITY – The Equipment Management Division (EMD) of the Leyte Fourth District Engi-neering Office (DEO) is mandated to regularly conduct quality inspection of the vehicles and equipment in the DEO.

The inspection, however, not only includes the physical mainte-nance and road worthiness of the vehicles and equipment, it also cov-ers the LTO registrations and GSIS Insurance, trip tickets and equipment logbooks, driver’s license and plate numbers. They also inspect the inven-

tory of unserviceable vehicles and equipment for mandatory disposal.

It is because of this attention to detail and regular compliance that Leyte Fourth DEO got a No. 1 rating throughout Region VIII for the timeli-ness, accurateness, and complete-ness of the reports submitted.

Leyte Fourth DEO shall continue and sustain the timeliness in submit-ting all reports, as well as comply and be consistent with all the laws and regulations and existing policies of the Department of Public Works and Highways. (PR)