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Hectares of land in Salcedo as first

Peoples Small-Scale Mining areas in EVTe Mines and Geosci-

ences Bureau (MGB) herein the region has tagged440 hectares o land in Sal-cedo, Eastern Samar as thefrst Peoples Small-ScaleMining Areas in EasternVisayas.

Te Provincial MiningRegulation Board(PMRB)has opened the ve villageso Salcedo town this year orsmall -scale chromite min-

A month aer the elec-tions, some teachers whoserved as Board o ElectionInspectors (BEI) are com-plaining about the delay in therelease o their honoraria.

Some teachers in variousparts o the region have com-

Some teachers complain odelayed release o honoraria

Residents o 113 re-mote barangays all overthe province are expectedto be energized anytimethis year because o theRural Electrication Pro-gram (REP) o NationalElectrication Adminis-

tration (NEA).Nestor B. Promida

rom the Planning andDesign Section o theEastern Samar ElectricCooperative (ESAMEL-CO), a local power rm,said they have submittedthe list o beneciaries toNEA or unding.

As o now, the listo beneciaries was ap-proved and ESAMELCOis now implementing thisprogram, Promida said.

For this year, there are

t b t h t b i l

Te city local govern-ment unit (LGU) cel-ebrated yesterday the115th Independence Dayin a simple ceremony.

As acting ocer-in-charge (OIC) o ViceMayor Fidel Anacta Jr.who is also the acting

OIC mayor, Sangguni-ang Panglunsod memberAurora Anasarias citedthe LGUs contributionto the economic growtho the country which shesaid had recently been re-ported to have increasedby 7.8 percent.

Since we becamea city, our progresshad been in leaps andbounds, Anasarias said.

She mentioned severalinrastructure projects

Te Provincial Health O-

ce (PHO) and Batang Laging

Umiiwas sa iyak na Impeksyon

(Baluti), a child rights organiza-

tion based in Paranaque, Metro

ing activities categorized asminahan ng bayan.

Dante Operario, MGBregional inormation ocer,said that under the program,existing small scale minersare advised to orm coop-erative and get a permissionto extract minerals rom thearea.

Under the Small ScaleMining Act o 1991, small-scale mining is dened as

the mining activities whichrely heavily on manual laborusing simple implementsand methods and do not useexplosives or heavy miningequipment.

Te cooperative willsign an agreement withthe government and otherstakeholders to ensure thatmined area will be rehabili-tated, Operario said.

Borongan LGU cites economic growthduring 115th Independence Day

which have been imple-mented along with the na-tional highways.

Aside rom that, shecited several cementedbarangay roads, schoolbuildings, drainages andood control xtures thatare now in place.

Aside rom our Inter-

nal Revenue Allotment(IRA), we are thankul toour local tax collecting o-ces which have ully sup-ported our inrastructureprojects or our people,Anasarias said.

Because o them,we were able to gener-ate some P27 million lastyear and this has becomea big boost to our newplans and projects as a cityLGU, Anasarias added.

She also made a special

mention to the cleanlinessand beautication drive othe city, dubbed BaysayBorongan which she saidhas already attracted theattention o the nationalleadership.

Because o this nobleintention she said, thetourism oce is up to -

nance more road projectslinking the city proper tomost o the local touristattractions.

Borongan is rich withwateralls, caves and riv-ers, which are potentialtourists come-ons.

Isolated morning rainshowers did not deter the115th Independence Daycelebration. Te partici-pants were mostly teach-ers and city hall employ-ees. (PIA-Eastern Samar/aen)

By Alicia E. Nicart

A re hits the commercial center of Catarman, Northern Samar.

More Eastern Samar barangays to be energizedBy Samuel D. Candido mented or the program.

Te rst batch, compris-ing 37 sitios, will be imple-mented this second quar-ter to the third quarter othe year while the secondbatch with 76 sitios willbe implemented in the lastquarter.

Promida said or thisyear, the total project costor energizing the 113 sitiosamounts to P70 million,with ESAMELCO shoul-dering the orce accountsand material requirements.

For Eastern Samar,there are 392 registeredsitios and all sitios are go-ing to benet rom the pro-gram, Promida said.

Last year, ESAMELCOenergized 61 sitios whichcost P27.1 million.

He said the remaining218 sitios will be powered

in the succeeding yearsrom 2014 to 2016.

He added that out o597 barangays o this prov-ince, the ollowing arethe only ones that haveno electricity: Cagdine,Batang and Japay in Oras;Pinanag-an and Baras in

Borongan City and Laurel,Macapagal and Magsaysayin Gen. MacArthur.

Te government willgive distribution systemsand kilowatt meters tothe beneciaries, Promidasaid.

Te program is under itsSubsidy Electric Program(SEP) that was pushed ag-gressively or lighting allar-ung sitios nationwideas one o the priority pro-jects o President Aquino.(SDC-PIA-E. Samar)

plained about the process theyhave to undergo beore theyreceive their allowance.

A teacher rom aclobanCity who requested not to benamed said it is hard to pro-cess their claims or the release

Health workershold workshopon RH, others

By Samuel D. Candido

PRO8 arrests 186

violators as gun

ban ends

The Privilege of Havinga Father

More Eastern Samar barangays

to be energized

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Republic o the PhilippinesProvince o Eastern Samar

OFFICE OF HE MUNICIPAL REGISRAR

NOICE OF PUBLICAIONIn compliance with Section 5 o R.A. No. 9048, a

notice is hereby served to the public that

LORNA T. CORRE has led with this Ofce a peti-

tion or change o rst name romMARIA EILEEN to AILEEN in the birth

certicate o MARIA EILEEN JARADAL RABOCO

who was born on 04 December 1968 at San Julian, East-

ern Samar and whose parents are Marcelino Orgasan

rabuco and Josefna Jatulan Jaradal.

Any person adversely afected by said petition may lehis written opposition with this Oce not later than 19thday o June 2013.

(Sgd.) LEAH S. VERANAMunicipal Civil Registrar

ESB: June 4-10, 11-17, 2013

(complete name of petitioner)

(rst name to be changed) (new rst name to be adopted)

(complete name of document owner)

( comple te dat e of bir th ) ( pl ac e of bir th )

(name of father)

(name of mother)

L E G A L N O T I C E S

CAMP KANGLEON,Palo, Leyte - Aer the gen-erally peaceul conduct othe May 13 synchronized

national and local electionsand with the election periodover, the police in EasternVisayas will now ocus onthe prosecution o ofenderso election laws as the re-gions top police ocial hasordered his men to ensurethe conviction o all arrest-ed violators particularly theCommission on Elections-imposed gun ban.

Te Police RegionalOce 8 (PRO8) also an-nounced that hours beore

the rearms ban ended,they arrested seven morepersons or violating thegun control policy in Leyteand Eastern Samar.

We will closely monitorthe prosecution o all casesinvolving violation o elec-tion laws, including personsarrested or election-relatedviolence and violation o theComelec gun ban, PRO re-gional director Chie Supt.Elmer Ragadio Soria said.

Soria assured that the

police will continue its anti-criminality eforts despitethe liing o the gun banwhich took efect last Janu-ary 13 and ended at 11:59p.m. Wednesday.

We will still carry onour campaign against looserearms and the OplanKatok to remind gun own-ers with expired licenses torenew it to avoid being pe-nalized under the law, headded.

As o midnight o June

12, PRO8 have arrested186 violators o RepublicAct No. 8294 or Codiyingthe laws on illegal/unlaw-ul possession, manuac-

ture, dealing in, acquisitionor disposition o rearms,ammunition or explosivesor instruments used in themanuacture o rearms,

ammunition or explosivesin relation to Comelec Res-olution No. 9561-A or im-posing a nationwide Banon Bearing, Carrying orransporting o Firearms oOther Deadly Weapons.

Majority o the gun banviolators, 177 o them, werecivilians while 3 were mem-bers o the Armed Forces othe Philippines and 6 weresecurity guards.

O the gure, 22 werearrested in checkpoint op-

erations, 106 were arrestedin police responses, 19 dur-ing the implementation osearch warrants, 7 duringthe service o arrest war-rants and 32 during theconduct o ocus police op-erations.

Leyte Police Provin-cial Oce scored the mostnumber o arrests with 40,ollowed by Samar PPOwith 36, acloban CPOwith 34, Eastern SamarPPO with 25, Southern

Leyte and Northern SamarPPOs with 14 each, OrmocCPO with 10, Biliran PPOwith 6, Regional Publicsaety Battalion 8 (RPSB8)

with 3 and joint RegionalSpecial Operations Group(RSOG) and Criminal In-vestigation and Detection

Group (CIDG) with 4 ar-rested persons.

Meanwhile, o the 155rearms conscated, 58were high-powered and 97were low-powered.

Authorities also seizedduring the six month gunban a total o 16 hand gre-nades, 54 other explosives,5 rearm replicas, 67 bladedweapons and 1200 roundso diferent ammunitions.

A total o 151 criminalcharges were led in difer-

ent courts throughout theregion.

Te Philippine NationalPolice also lied the suspen-sion o the permit to carryrearm outside residence,meaning licensed gun hold-ers with PCFOR can nowbring their rearms outsidetheir homes.

Te Regional ElectionMonitoring Action Center(REMAC) also said 7 moreviolatros were arrested re-cently, including 4 crimi-

nal gang members and onepublic school teacher.

In Leyte, our memberso Espinosa criminal gangwere arrested by joint ele-ments o PRO8 RegionalSpecial Operations Group(RSOG-8) and 8th RegionalCriminal Investigation andDetection Unit o the PNPCriminal Investigation andDetection Group (CIDG)early uesday morning.

Te suspects VincentLonzaga, Aldin Mago, Nor-

man ojong and RitchieBatol were arrested dur-ing the implementationo search warrant at theirhide-out in Sitio inago,

Brgy. Benulho, Albueratown in Leyte.

Te raiding team recov-ered several rearms that

includes an AK-47 assaultrie; one M14 rie; twoshotguns; one Colt M16rie; one Ingram sub-ma-chine gun; one Llama 9mmpistol; 3 hand grenades; sev-eral rounds o ammunitionsand 10 motorcycles withoutproper documents; believedto be used in their criminalactivities.

In Borongan City inEastern Samar, publicschool teacher Rolly Ber-tos and his companion,

Billy Encinas, were arrestedwhile having a drinkingspree and creating troubleat Brgy. Maypangdan onuesday night.

Te responding law-men conscated caliber .45pistols with ammunitionsrom each suspect.

In Jipapad also in East-ern Samar, a drunk Man-sueto Pecenio alias ekawas nabbed by policemenuesday aernoon aer re-ceiving complaints rom his

neighbors in Brgy. 04 po-blacion.A Parabellum 9mm

pistol with serial numbe64797 with one magazineassembly loaded with 8 am-munitions was conscatedrom Pecenio.

Soria urther inormedthat his men will strictlyimplement Republic Act10591 or the New GunControl Law that providesstricter guidelines on secur-ing a gun license and raising

the penalty or illegal pos-session or rearms as soonas its Implementing Rulesand Regulations is released.(PINSP ROMUEL NACAR) /

PRO8 arrests 186

violators as gun ban ends

Te 440 hectares site wasidentied by MGB due torampant small -scale opera-tions and presence o chro-mite minerals.

Te PMRB, with clear-ance rom DENR Secretary

Ramon Paje, identied theland encompassing the re-mote areas o BarangaysCaga-ot, Sta. Cruz, Car-apdapan, Cantomoja, andPalanas as the minahan ngbayan.

Te area was previouslycovered in application ormineral production sharingagreement by the YinshuMining Corporation.

Each cooperative willbe allowed to mine a maxi-mum o 20 hectares. I theycant rehabilitate mined areaand will not be able to pro-

vide economic benets tothe community, the PMRBwill not issue a permit, Op-erario added.

Trough a memoran-dum o agreement, localmine buyers can take theresponsibility o rehabilita-tion i a miners group is -nancially incapable.

He said small-scaleminers who were cited asthe main cause o envi-ronment degradation andpollution will be bound toollow the provision o theRepublic Act (RA) No. 7076or the Peoples Small-ScaleMining Act o 1991.

Operators are requiredto secure an environmen-tal compliance clearance(ECC) through an environ-mental impact statementrom the Environmen-tal Management Bureau(EMB).

Prior to extracting op-erations, cooperatives areobliged to submit Poten-tial Environmental ImpactReport (PEIR) and FinalMine Rehabilitation/De-commissioning Plan ap-proved by the MGB and theCommunity Developmentand Management Program

(CDMP).As o this week, the

20-member CantomojaSmall Scale Miners As-sociation is the only loneapplicant in Salcedo witha proposed area o 11.78hectares. Te group wasable to secure endorsementrom the barangay council.

Te PMRB is beingled by the MGB regionaldirector as chairman andprovincial governor as vicechairman. Members arerepresentative rom largescale miners, small scale

miners, and non-govern-ment organization.

According to MGB,there is a big deposit ochromite minerals in East-ern Samar, particularly inLlorente, Gen. MacArthur,Salcedo, Homonhon Islandin Guiuan and Maydolong.However, small scale min-

ing activities are concen-trated in three towns o theprovince. (SARWELL Q.MENIANO)

Hectares of land....

Manila, conducted a three-day

workshop on Situation Analysis

on Adolescent Sexual and Repro-

ductive Health (ASRH) and Local

Government Unit (LGU) Develop-

ment Planning on June 4-6, 2013 at

Dona Vicenta Hotel, this Province.

Te training aimed to hear a

rsthand inormation rom the ad-

olescents themselves and use these

inormation to do action planning

between the stakeholders.

Te workshop, conducted in

partnership with United Nations

Population Fund (UNFPA), aimed

to come up with a data o teenage

pregnancies in the province and

number o sexually transmitted

inections, according to Ms. Alessa

Jamyl B. Ypil, Nurse I o PHO.

She said PHO conducted an

initial survey among birthing a-

cilities (Lying-in RHUs, govt hos-

pitals) that are gathering data on

teenage pregnancies since 2011-

2012. eenage pregnancies reer

to women who get pregnant at 19

years old and below.And sadly, the result reected

that in every 100 pregnancies, 11

are teenage mothers (11:100), Ypil

said.

She added also that through

the conduct o Maternal Death

Review it was ound out that

many maternal deaths are teenage

mothers.

Te Maternal Death Review

is being conducted by all Local

Government Units (LGUs), hospi-

tals and other public health units

which is in accordance with the

guideline used by the Department

o Health (DOH).

During the rst day o the

workshop, the invited youth par-

ticipants had a Focus Group Dis-

cussion (FGD) and Risks Map-ping wherein the issues o teenage

pregnancies and ASHR were iden-

tied and discussed.

While, on the second and

third day, the stakeholders had

also the FGDs in order to iden-

tiy programs that would lead to

the solution o the issues with the

steps and recommendations.

Te report said, that in the

whole Regio-8, Eastern Samar

ranks No. 3 in terms o Sexually

ransmitted Disease (SDs).

Some 68 participants in-

cluding the Government Oces

(GOs), Local Government Units

(LGUs), Non-Government Or-

ganizations (NGOs), Peoples Or-

ganizations (POs), the academe,

students and youth leaders and

other civil society organizations

attended the said activity. (SDC-

PIA-E. Samar)

Health workers...

Republic o the PhilippinesProvince o Eastern Samar

MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISRARDOLORES

NOICE O HE PUBLIC

Date: June 14, 2013CCE-0009-2013

In compliance with the publication requirementand pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.2013 - 1, Guidelines in the Implementation o the Ad-ministrative Order No. 1, Series o 2012 (IRR on R.A.10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that ZairylTegerero Sabandeja has led with this Ofce, a petitionor correction o entry in sex rom emale to male inthe certicate o live birth o Zairyl Tegerero Sabande-ja at Dolores, Eastern Samar whose parents are Edato

Diolola Sabandeja and Natividad Catudio Tegerero.

Any person adversely afected by said petition may lehis written opposition with this Oce not later than June

26, 2013.

(Sgd.) LILIA L. ROBEDIZOMunicipal Civil Registrar

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EDITORIAL

3OPINION

JUNE 11-17, 2013

IT PAYS

TO

ADVERTISE

JUST learned that the

Belgian parliament is

poised to approve euthana-

sia even for children. This,

to me, is a new low in the

slippery slope of the cul-

ture of death that can start

with what many people say

as harmless like contracep-

tion, or even way before

that.

When we start claim-

ing rights that do not comefrom Gods will and com-

mandments and that in fact

go against them and that

are simply based on human

consensus, then we are in

for this slippery slope that

can appear to us as sweet,

convenient, practical and

advantageous in the begin-

ning, until its ugliness ap-

pears in the end.

This so-called right to

die that started to be ap-

plied on elders is now to

be applied on minors. Oncenally legalized, Belgium

will be the rst country to

have such law. And Im

sure, many others, espe-

cially the so-called devel-

oped countries, will fol-

low suit.

Obviously, some quali-

cations are made to make

the law appear humane.

But nothing in them ac-

tually erases the fact that

the law is giving us some

rights that we actually do

not have. Life, no matterhow deformed, weakened

or sick, comes from God

and only God can take it

away from us.

Of course, this issue

will be debated ad nauseam

all over the world. This

is what usually happens

when our relationship with

God is not anymore strong

and clear, sustained by a

living piety. When we get

unhinged from our Creator

and ultimate Lawgiver,

then we can go exploringall kinds of possibilities,

including perversions.

When God has no place

in ones heart, when he

is ignored, marginalized,

or replaced by some hu-

man idols, then the road

to endless rationalizations

is opened. Our God-given

gifts of intelligence, will,

freedom, etc., which en-

able us to experience the

grandeur of God can also

be used to create our own

Culture of death stillgaining ground

he onset of the rainy season and ty-

phoons with it, underscore the need to

be ready for natural and man-made

Lets all be prepared

calamities.

The passage of the Disaster Risk Reduction

Management law or Republic Act 10121 aimed

to bring about a paradigm shift in the way the

country faces disasters, from a focus on just

responding to emergencies to disaster impact

mitigation and preparedness.

Based on the United Nations-backed World

Risk Report in 2011, the Philippines ranked as

the third most disaster-vulnerable country in

the world. Typhoons that resulted to fooding

claimed thousands of lives and caused billions

of pesos in damage.

But most of the damage was caused by lack

of foresight. There was also criminal negligence

on the part of authorities who were aware of

grave disaster risks but didnt do much about

it.

Time and again, studies have shown that it

is more costly to respond to natural and man-

made disasters than to mitigate their impact.

Ondoy and Sendong last year were grim ex-

amples.

While developing countries like the Phil-

ippines can barely afford the cost of a single

disaster and relies on the international donor

community when it strikes, it behooves the

government to enforce policies and provide

infrastructure that protects people from ex-

treme weather events.

With climate change a reality, enough stud-

ies have warned of more frequent and power-

ful storms ahead

The Privilege ofHaving a Father

Josie Buna Amano

He was not a perfectfather nor was I a perfectdaughter. But I loved himregardless.

I am an only childwhich perhaps was the ra-tionalization for his beingstrict, protective and a dis-ciplinarian. At rst I was

blind about it that broughtlots of tears whenever hewould not permit me togo somewhere else withsome close neighbour-

friends and if I would bepermitted to go out withmy cousins they still haveto go through some ques-tion and answer portion!Oh how I envy my friendswho could freely go outand enjoy the teenage lifeto their hearts content.Am I some kind of a pris-oner? What about runningaway? I do not have thecourage to do this kind ofrebellion and besides, I donot like it. Why then cantI exchange my father withsomeone who is not so

strict? These question both-ered my young thoughts.

My father has alwaysa reason for all his actionswhere I am concerned. Onthe forefront is my safety,then my studies that should

be given priority, and some-times he would frankly tellme that he does not trustFriend A & B despite mybest-selling convincingtechniques that these peo-

ple are trustworthy.I have learned the hard

way in seeing my fathersgood intentions emotion-ally I mean. He was moreinto verbal disciplining. Itwas worth it however. Thenmy friends understood my

predicament, they didnt in-vite me anymore wheneverthey were sure my fatherwould not permit me. ButGods miracles worked onme as I gained new acquain-tances in school which wasokay for my father for aslong as school-related.

Time came when I haverealized the essence of hav-

ing to deal with people ona mature level. My fathergave me his trust but stillstrict in as far as men wereconcern, that stern lookwas a sure sign to showhis point.

He took pride on myaccomplishments and Iwould be inspired to domore because I wantedhim to be happy. On mydown moments, he wasmy strength. We both lovemusic and movies, our

greatest form of entertain-ment. Ask my father tosing and he would instant-ly get the cassette playerto let you hear his favou-rite song.

The time I had withmy father was the greatestopportunity. I thank Godfor such a privilege thatmade me what I am now.Likewise, I have acceptedwholeheartedly his pass-ing yet I miss him dearly.To my father and all fa-thers in the world HAP-PY FATHERS DAY!

grandeur without God.

At the moment, we still

have the scourge of abor-

tion still trying to spread its

scope in the world. It is even

trying to enter our country.

And again, this started with

the seemingly innocent and

supposedly highly practical

contraception that we have

now ofcially legalized and

are actively promoting with

our RH Law.Aside from abortion, we

are already seeing how is-

sues like same-sex unions,

polyamory, etc., are grab-

bing the attention and inter-

est of many people. Human

sexuality is now dened

according to peoples pref-

erences and not anymore

according to Gods laws. I

shudder at the thought of

what would come next after

these.

Polyamory is a relative-

ly new phenomenon thatis gaining ground in some

countries. This is what

Wikipedia says of it:

It is the practice, de-

sire or acceptance of hav-

ing more than one intimate

relationship at a time with

the knowledge and consent

of everyone involved...The

word is sometimes used

in a broader sense to refer

to sexual or romantic rela-

tionships that are not sexu-

ally exclusive, though there

is disagreement on howbroadly it applies...

It may even include

polysexuality, that is, at-

traction towards multiple

genders and sexes. Now,

I dont know what other

poly it can tend to. It may

reach the ultimate perver-

sity of having sexual and

romantic relationships not

only with humans but also

with animals, plants and

even inanimate objects.

Again the workings of

the slippery slope are evi-dent. We have to do some-

thing about these, but al-

ways along the path of truth

and charity that Christ him-

self preached, lived and suf-

fered and died for.

We have to be wary of

falling into bitter zeal that

can ignite us with some

good intentions, but with-

out prudence and charity. It

is a zeal that denitely will

be more destructive and

constructive, and that can

make the issues more con-

fusing and more difcult to

resolve.

What we have to do rst

is to pray a lot, to be very

generous with sacrices

and mortications, even ex-

traordinary ones, and wagean unremitting apostolate

both on the personal and

collective levels, based on

doctrine, and pursued al-

ways in friendship and con-

dence.

If the environment is

too hot or hostile, then we

just have to be more pa-

tient. There is always di-

vine providence that knows

what to do with how we use

or abuse our freedom. The

world is passing through a

certain difcult stage thatlike the others in the past

can always yield something

positive and enlightening in

the future.

This, of course, does

not mean that we simply be

cavalier about the situation.

We have to do all to defend

the truth always in charity.

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MAKAI CIY- News-papering is not just all aboutproviding inormation ornews to the reading pub-lic. Rather, it should also

involve doing communitywork by practicing its cor-porate social responsibility(CSR).

Tus urged Wally Pan-ganiban, corporate afairsmanager o the Mead John-son Nutrition Philippines,in his talk during the 17thNational Press gatheringinitiated by the PhilippinePress Institute held at theNew World Hotel, this city.

Panganiban said thatwhile newspapering is alsobusiness, it should not or-

get that it has social obliga-tion to the public that needsto be ull.

Over the years, Iveheard media experts andproessionals talk aboutthe medias role in societyand how as a watchdog, themedia should always takethe objective, neutral stand.But does this mean the me-dia should keep to itsel

Newspapering also involvesdoing community workthrough CSR

ENACTED: APRIL 03, 2013, at Lawaan, Eastern Samar, PHILIPPINES.

HON. FLORENCIO A. ALMEDA, JR. HON. ROLANDO I. GACHO HON. JANET B. MACAWILESB Member SB Member SB Member

HON. CORAZON I. ELAIRON HON. JOSE D. SABULAO, SR. HON. RODOLFO B. PALAA

SB Member SB Member SB Member

HON. FRANCISCO G. CATALOGO HON. ERICO O. DACUNO, JR. HON. ROGER A. EDERSB Member SB Member SB Member/ABC Pres.

HON. CHESCA ELAINE E. GABORNESSB Member/SKF Pres.

I HEREBY CERTIFY TO THE CORRECTNESS OF THE FOREGOING. EVA G. GAYDA

SB SecretaryAttested:

HON. BANJO G. TOLENTINOMunicipal Vice MayorPresiding Ofcer Approved:

HON. CANDIDA E. GABORNESMunicipal Mayor

Annex AGUIDELINES FOR LOCAL WASTE MANAGERS

In order to secure a signicant result of waste disposal in every barangay of the municipality, the following guidelinesshall be adopted:

On Its DesignationThe local waste managers shall be designated in every barangay by their respective punong barangay whose emolu-

ments, if there is any, shall be determined at the sound discretion of the Sangguniang Barangay.Duties and Functions of the Local Waste Manager:

Coordinate effort in promoting proper solid waste management with the barangay ofcials concerned and the peoplein general.

In consultation with the public, recommend to the Sangguniang Barangay designated common collection areas forsolid waste.

See to it that all common collection areas for solid waste are provided with receptacles that will segregate biodegrad -able from non-biodegradable and recyclable from non-recyclable waste.

Make sure that households wastes are properly segregated in bags or in any other waste containers before depositingthem in the common collection areas.

Encourage every household to place their waste in designated areas an hour before the collection time. Inform the public of their responsibilities and obligations responsive to the terns and conditions of this ordinance. Make a regular report regarding the volume of waste collected and other information necessary in improving solid

waste management in the barangay.

Report all violations to this ordinance to proper ofce/authorities of immediate action. Identify and contact buyers of recyclable wastes and dealers/manufacturers of recycled products. Perform other task that may be assigned from time to time.

Annex BGUIDELINES FOR THE INSPECTION UNIT UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION OFFICE (ESO)

For purposes of strengthening the provisions of this Ordinance, the Local Government Unit (LGU), this municipality shallconsider the Rural Health Unit (RHU) headed by the Rural Health Ofcer (RHO) to be the same ofce to be designated asthe Environmental Sanitation Ofce (ESO) of the municipality (Article X, Sec. 22 of the Ordinance) with the Rural SanitaryInspector (RSI) to be designated by the local chief executive as head of the inspection unit under the ESO.

The inspection unit shall be composed of the following as members, the PNP, all Punong Barangays, the chairpersonof the Environment and Sanitation Committee of the Sangguninag Bayan (SB), Committee Chairman on Sanitation of theBarangay Councils, and a representative from the NGOs/Pos to be determine by the Local Chief Executive.

The Environmental Sanitation Ofce (ESO) shall, among others: Ensure the protection of public health and the environment. Promote community participation in the implementation of this Ordinance. Facilitate continuity of fund support for waste management project. Ensure active education and public information on waste management. Recommend alternatives in enhancing solid waste management programs through t he Municipal Solid Waste Manage-

ment Board (MSWMB).Duties and Functions of the Inspection Unit

Monitor the degree of enforcement of this ordinance in every Barangay. Supply public information that waste management is a common responsibility of every citizen. Act as responsible partner in the implementation of this ordinance. Make sure that public places and other critical areas such as plazas, rivers, coastal lines, among others are free from

waste. Make a periodic and consolidated report and garbage. Conduct apprehensions on violators of the Ordinance and impose the corresponding penalties/charge as may be

deemed necessary and lawful.

o their honoraria since theyhave to ll up orms.

Now that were done withthe lling up o orms, there isagain delay in the release oour honoraria, the teachersaid.

We are still waiting orour honorarium despite theassurance o the Comelec thatit will be released immediate-

ly, the teacher added.Te honoraria were sup-posed to be distributed to theteachers a day or two aer theelections.

Some o our ellowteachers who served duringthe elections worked beyondvoting hours, some wereeven harassed and are acingcharges and yet Comelec hasnot yet given what is due tous, the teacher said.

But according to Atty. Ve-ronico Petalcorin, ocer-in-charge at the Commission onElections (Comelec) regional

oce, cash cards issued byLand Bank o the Philippinesand the United CoconutPlanters Bank (UCPB) weredistributed to most teacherswho served during the elec-tions.

We are very sorry tothose who have not yet re-ceived their honoraria. I itwere coursed through the re-gional, provincial or munici-pal Comelec oce, then therecould have been no problem

in releasing them to the BEIs,Petalcorin said reerring tothe delay in the release.

Te problem is with the(Comelec) central oce.Tere were records that donot match with those BEIwho served during the elec-tions. Other teachers who donot have Land Bank AMpayroll accounts also haveproblems in getting theirhonoraria through specialcash cards, Petalcorin added.

According to Petalcorin,there were teachers who werein the list, but did not serve inthe elections and yet receivedthe amount that not intendedor them.

Tis would take timeto settle, but we assure thosewho served will receive theirhonoraria. Tose who did notserve but received the moneywill have to reund it, the o-cial said.

Comelec paid publicschool teachers who served aschairmen or members o the

the BEI or every clusteredprecinct P3,000 as honorari-um, P500 or the nal testingand sealing o the precinctcount optical scan (PCOS)machine and P500 as trans-portation allowance.

We would recommendto the central oce that in thenext elections, the honorariashould be released to the BEIsthrough payroll rom ourelection ocers, Petalcorinadded. (REYAN L. ARINTO)

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and not get involved? heasked in his speech duringthe gathering attended bymedia workers rom difer-ent community newspapersacross the country.

I think that as a stake-holder o the communityand o the many issues a-ecting it, media should alsoget involved in so doing, thewatchdog o society sus-tains its relationship withall community stakehold-ers and urther strengthensits social license to operate,Panganiban said.

He lamented that somemedia workers or organiza-tions in the country appearsto be unmindul that theyhave some social obliga-tions to ull to their read-ers or to the community.

Tis may sound okayin the past when doing CSRwas something that wasnice to do or good to do butnot necessary. oday is ocourse a diferent story, hesaid.

Businesses, private in-stitutions are expected toengage in CSR or to giveback to the community.And with the developmento communications tech-

nology, these initiatives areput under a microscope orthe world to see, Pangani-ban said.

According to him, doingsome CSR does not neces-sary entail cost on the parto the media workers o or-ganizations.

He said that they cancarry out their CSR by do-

ing some o the ollowing-readership developmentwhich can be done byyoung people the value otruly objective, balanceand proessional report-ing; inspire uture journal-ists by encouraging youngpeople to take journalismas a career; communityadvocacy by ocusing theirstrengths and own it.

Panganiban, in his talk,said that while there is adecreasing circulation onewspapers, a trend that isnot actually only happen-ing in the country, newspa-pers will remain to stay.

Te declining circula-tion o newspaper is due tonumber o reasons, whichinclude the stif competi-tion it aces by online edi-tion ofered by the Internet,economic diculties orcensorship. (JOEY A. GA-BIETA)

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