By Armand M. Galang

CABANATUAN CITY - The Paulino J. Garcia Memorial Research and Medical Cen-ter (PJGMRMC) temporar-ily closed on Monday, un-til further notice, its outpa-tient department (OPD) as Covid-19 patients from var-ious Central Luzon provinc-

es and the National Capital Region continue to arrive via one hospital command center.

As of Monday, PJGM-RMC, a Covid-19 referral center had at least 73 pa-tients out of 120 beds allo-cated to infected individuals per Department of Health,

ANGELES CITY – The city government at the initiative of Mayor Car-melo “Pogi” Lazatin has designated O Garden Hotel, Diamond Spring Hotel, and Sydney Hotel as additional Covid-19 facilities to serve as iso-lation areas for patients who are asymptomatic and with mild symptoms.

A post Wednesday

in the Facebook page of the City Information Of-fice said the three hotels have a combined total of 106 rooms.

Also, on Wednesday, the Hotel and Restau-rant Association in Pam-panga (HARP) posted in its social media page that “volunteered hotel members are extend-ing their facilities for

Covid-19 asymptomatic patients.”

The HARP post said the hotels offer “an inex-pensive rate of P1,000 per night inclusive of breakfast, lunch and dinner.”

“For Angeles City residents, the Angeles City LGU will cover oth-er nights,” it added.

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By Bong Z. Lacson

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Two hotels here have been rented by the provincial

government to serve as isolation facilities for Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms as hospitals cope with the rising cases of the disease.

Gov. Dennis “Del-ta” Pineda said the ho-tels have “a hospital set-up” with every air-condi-tioned room set with an oxygen tank, a dextrose holder, a bathroom and hospital beds. A porta-ble X-ray machine is also available, and “we have doctors and nurses 24/7,” he added.

The two hotels will

house patients belong-ing to the same house-holds, said Dr. Dax Tidu-la, head of the Pampanga Covid-19 Isolation Facili-ties, with each room ac-commodating three pa-tients.

The use of the hotels raised to 1,035 the num-ber of Covid-19 dedicat-ed rooms and cubicles in

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SM-Olongapo Central, LGU in Covid vax drive

NE hospital closes OPD due to Covid surge

FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS

Pogi taps 3 AC hotels as isolation facilities

Mega isolation facility up in Subic

OLONGAPO CITY – The city government here recently rolled out its Covid-19 vaccination for frontliners serving in private medical, den-tal, and optical clinics as

well as medical labora-tories.

City health officer chief Dr. Rodrick Busta-mante tapped SM City Olongapo Central as

LAZATINHealth frontliner shows her jab. Contributed photo

Eisma allays stakeholders’ fearsBy Malou Dungog

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority has allayed fears by stakehold-

ers that the 500-bed mega isola-tion facility being prepared by the government at the former Cubi Hospital complex here might ex-pose more local residents and

workers to the coronavirus dis-ease.

SBMA chair and admin-istrator Wilma T. Eisma, who

SBMA chair and administrator Wilma T. Eisma visits the 500-bed Cubi isolation facility on Tuesday with Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce president Benjamin Antonio III (in pink long-sleeved shirt), Manila Times College of Subic VP for Operations Ryan Tulio (in blue shirt), and DPWH Zambales 2nd District Project Engineer Karen Gail C. Mi-guel. Photo by Malou Dungog

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77 detenido saBataan jail kumpirmadong

positibo sa Covid–19

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77 detenido sa Bataan jail kumpirmadong positibo sa Covid-19 Ni Ernie Esconde

LUNGSOD NG BALANGA -- Ini-ulat ng provincial health office ngayong Lunes na kabilang ang 77 detenido o persons deprived of liberty (PDL) sa 99 na bagong kumpirmadong kaso ng corona-virus disease sa Bataan, batay sa pinakahuling report noong Linggo.

Sinabi ni Balanga City health officer Dr. Mark Banzon na pat-uloy pang inaalam kung paano nakuha ng mga PDL sa Bataan provincial jail ang impeksiyon.

Ang mga ito, aniya, ay agad

dinala sa isang isolation facility ng lungsod.

Ayon sa PHO, ang kabuuang bilang ng mga nagpositibo sa Covid–19 ay umakyat sa 4,523 na ang 461 ay mga aktibong kaso matapos madagdag ang 99 na bago samantalang tumaas naman sa 3,955 ang mga na-karekober nang magtala ng ba-gong siyam.

Bukod sa 77 PDL, ang iba pang bagong kumpirmadong kaso ay lima mula sa Pilar, apat sa Balanga City, tatlo sa Di-nalupihan, tig-dalawa sa Orion, Mariveles at Abucay, at tig-isa sa

Orani, Bagac. Limay at Samal. Ang bilang ng bagong kum-

pirmadong kaso ang pinaka-mataas na naitala sa isang araw sa taong ito, sabi ng PHO.

Ang mga bagong nakare-kober ay tatlo mula sa Abucay, tig-dalawa sa Balanga City at Mariveles, at tig-isa sa Orion at Pilar.

Isa ang bagong namatay – 51-anyos na lalaki sa Mariveles – kaya umakyat sa 107 ang bilang ng lahat ng nasawi sa virus.

Ayon pa rin sa PHO, 6,783 medical frontliners na ang naba-kunahan laban sa Covid-19.

By Armand M. Galang

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ – Mayor Vico is in the farm!

The youthful Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto whose response to the pandem-ic earned the heart of neti-zens is the face of creative farming in this year’s paddy rice art inside the 5-hectare Future Rice Farm at Philip-pine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Barangay Ma-ligaya here.

Sotto’s face that comes with the sun and three starts was featured based on the results of the survey this year, according to PhilRice which conducts a survey ev-ery cropping season on who or what its stakeholders wish to feature.

“Mayor Vico Sotto rep-resents the young leaders rising up to build a bright and prosperous future for our nation in the best way they can. His recent selec-tion as one of 12 global an-ticorruption champions by President Biden’s adminis-tration affirms his excellence on transparent leadership,” PhilRice noted.

But Sotto, son of veter-an actor-comedian Vic to actress Coney Reyes, has his hand in agriculture. His office recently co-organized with the Department of Agri-culture and the youth group Re-TERRA an architectural design competition to pro-mote urban agriculture.

He also had augmented the city’s vegetable supplies by buying from Benguet farmers.

According to PhilRice,

Future Rice Farm was es-tablished to showcase tech-nologies that increase the in-come of rice farmers and im-prove productivity. It’s a farm that is automated, connect-ed to apps, and planted with high-yielding modern vari-eties. Some of the technol-ogies featured here include water quality monitoring sys-tem, automatic water gates, and drone seeding.

The creation of rice pad-dy art, which combines ag-riculture, art and advoca-cy started in 2015 under the leadership of the late Rog-er Barroga as the need for young Filipinos to venture into agriculture.

Using green-leafed and purple-leafed rice varieties, FutureRice draw images of famous personalities on the rice paddy.

The artworks were cre-ated using anamorpho-sis technique so that visi-tors can view the image in perfect proportion from the ground level. The image is then pixelized to create a planting guide, in which one pixel is equivalent to one rice plant. Every season, at least 40 PhilRice employees work together to plant the rice paddy art.

This novel way of merg-ing art and agriculture was created to showcase the creativity and innovative-ness in rice farming to the Filipino youth and the public.

Interest in the rice pad-dy art and FutureRice Farm “boomed” nationwide when the AlDub Rice was show-cased in 2015. In just a month, FutureRice’s post

about AlDub Rice garnered almost 9,000 likes and 87,000 reach. Aside from just appreciating photos in social media, the public vis-ited PhilRice to view the rice paddy artworks then learn about modern farm technol-ogies during their tour.

“This is now part of my bucket list – to plant rice! This project is exceptional. You just encouraged people like me to be more involved in rice planting,” one netizen said on Facebook.

Aside from AlDub, the rice paddy art has featured famous personalities includ-ing Fernando Poe Jr. and Coco Martin of Ang Prob-insyano; Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla; Miss Uni-verse Catriona Gray; Phil-ippine Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo; and Piolo Pas-cual. The rice paddy art has been picked up by national TV and newspapers, further spreading its message that agriculture can be fun, inno-vative, and creative.

“This is a good advoca-cy in encouraging us to sup-port the agricultural sector. I hope we can raise the level of discourse as to how we can help improve the lives of our farmers,” said Sena-tor Grace Poe when she vis-ited PhilRice to view the Ang Probinsyano rice paddy art in 2016.

Through the rice paddy art, youth learns that agricul-ture is not all toil and sweat. Modern technologies such as the use of drone and automation devices make farming easier and more profitable.

By Malou Dungog

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authori-ty has launched an information and support system to help displaced workers in this freeport and nearby areas find new jobs or develop new skills to gain re-employment.

The SBMA help desk, which is manned by personnel of the SBMA Labor Department’s Manpower Ser-vices Division, is located at the for-mer Landbank office near the free-port’s Rizal Gate.

“This is a very important tool in providing new means of livelihood for displaced workers, especially those from the neighboring communities of Olongapo City, Zambales and Bata-an,” said SBMA chair and adminis-trator Wilma T. Eisma.

Eisma pointed out that workers from Zambales lost a total of 1,839 jobs last year because of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, while those from Bataan lost 899.

These came about because of company retrenchment and busi-ness closures last year that resulted to a total of 5,510 job losses in Subic. These included 3,910 in manufac-turing, 717 in shipbuilding and mar-itime-related projects, and 883 in

construction.“We have to do all that we can to

restore lost economic opportunities because workers are among those who are very vulnerable under the prolonged effects of this pandemic,” Eisma said. “We need to build not just physical strength and immunity, but also the community’s financial capacity to withstand this health cri-sis.”

According to lawyer Melvin Varias, manager of the SBMA La-bor Department, the SBMA Help Desk will assist workers who were retrenched or put on forced leave during the pandemic in gaining re-employment or retooling and re-training to land new jobs.

For this, the SBMA has part-nered with the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Labor and Employment, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, he said.

The SBMA Help Desk was launched on March 26 with TES-DA-Zambales director Melanie Grace Romero, DTI-Zambales OIC director Enrique Tacbad, DOLE-Zambales chief labor employ-ment officer Reynante Lugtu, as well as SBMA senior deputy administra-tor Ramon Agregado.

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LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS --- Nagsimula nang iturok ang second dose ng Sino-vac sa mga medical frontlin-ers sa Bulacan sa ilalim ng programang “Resbakuna, Kasangga ng Bida” ng De-partment of Health.

Sa Bulacan Hiyas Con-vention ang vaccine center para sa mga medical front-liners.

Ayon kay Dr. Hjordis Marushka Celis, response and vaccine cluster head ng Bulacan Provincial Task Force against Covid-19, 28 araw na ang nakakaraan mula nang unang naiturok ang Sinovac sa 900 na med-

ical frontliners sa lalawigan kayat ibinibigay na ngayon ang ikalawang dosage ng bakuna.

Bagamat may mga med-ical frontliners na nabakuna-han na ng unang dose ang tinamaan pa rin ng Covid-19, ay uulitin muli sa una hang-gang pangalawa ang pag-babakuna sa mga tinamaan ng sakit.

Ani Celis, may mga previous exposure na kasi sa Covid-19 ang mga nagpositibong med-ical frontliners at hindi naman ito dahil sa bakuna.

Ipinaliwanag niya na maari pa ring tamaan ng Covid-19 ang mga naka-tanggap ng unang dose at

hindi nangangahulugan na hindi na dadapuan nito.

Batay naman sa Bulacan Provincial Health Office, tu-manggap muli ng 6,400 Si-novac ang lalawigan bilang kapupunan sa kabuuang 14,400 vials na alokasyon mula sa DOH.

Ang lalawigan ay may kakayahan sa storage ca-pacity ng mga vaccines at inaasahang tatanggap muli ngayong linggo ng karagda-gang 21,000 vials na ipam-amahagi sa itinakdang vac-cination sites sa 21 bayan at tatlong lungsod.

Patuloy na rin ang on-line registration para sa Covid-19 vaccination sa lalawigan.

Bataan Provincial Jail. Photo by Ernie Esconde

SBMA labor manager Melvin Varias explains the purpose and benefits of the SBMA Help Desk to displaced workers during the project launch. Photo by Malou Dungog

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Do not be afraid, you are not alone

“YOU ARE generous. You are bountiful. You know how to celebrate the feast of faith. Don’t lose that even in the midst of difficulties.”

Thus, in a seven-minute message, Pope Francis called on the Filipino people on Easter Sunday with the formal opening of the yearlong jubilee of the 5th centenary of the Philippine Church.

“And I am a witness that you know how to transmit the faith, and you do it well, be it in your own country or abroad,” he said, recalling his visit to the country in 2015 particularly his Mass in Manila’s Luneta Park which drew some six million people.

The pope also shared three “mysteries of our faith” that he said characterize the Christian roots of Filipinos: “Nazareth, the Cross, and Pentecost”.

Of Nazareth, he said that Sto. Niño, which is the symbol of the arrival of Christianity in the archipelago, “brings us back to the hidden life of the Holy Family in Nazareth”.

By opening their doors to the child Jesus, he said that Filipinos are able to transmit to their children the faith which they have received from their parents.

“Thank you for the profound sense of family, of community, of fraternity, which keeps you united, which keeps you firm in faith, joyful in hope, prompt in charity,” the pope said.

“All of you, pilgrim people of God in the Philippines, pastors and faithful, are also people who know how to accompany Jesus, the Nazarene, along the way of the Cross,” he said, reflecting on the difficult moments that Filipinos suffered from earthquakes, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, and the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic.

But in spite of “all the pain and devastation,” he said that Filipinos have known “how to carry the cross and to continue walking.”

“You have suffered much but also you have risen up one time after another,” he said, as he asked Filipinos “to continue working, reconstructing and helping one another”.

Pentecost, on the other hand, “is the point of arrival and on the other side, it is the new beginning”.

All of Mary’s greatness as a Christian, the pope said, can be traced to the fact that the Holy Spirit came upon her, and she lived in the presence of God.“Mary has always been with all of you. She is the Mother who never abandons. She has accompanied you until here. And now we ask her to intercede for this new Pentecost of the Church in the Philippines,” he added.

The pontiff also invited the faithful to draw inspiration from the country’s saints, San Pedro Calungsod and San Lorenzo Ruiz, both catechists who knew how to give freely what they have received freely: “life and faith in Jesus”.“Do not be afraid. You are not alone in this mission. You are accompanied by two great saints of your land,” the pope said. “Keep going! The Pope accompanies you.” -- With CBCP News

Noli me tangereALL FILIPINOS would know that NOLI ME TANGERE is the title of Rizal’s famous fictional novel against the abuses of the Spanish colonial regime in the late 19th century. But I wonder how many Filipinos are aware that these words are actually borrowed from the Latin version of today’s Gospel. They were the words uttered by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when he appeared to her in the graveyard. The statement is often translated as TOUCH ME NOT. But the better and more accurate translation is actually DO NOT HOLD ON TO ME, as we heard it in the English version of the New American Bible.

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I wonder if Rizal had not deliberately intended to address these words to his beloved “Filipinas,” his “patria adorada” whom he had personified in the NOLI with the character of Sisa — the woman who was grieving and who had lost her sanity because she could not find her sons who had gone missing: Crispin and Basilio.

I wonder if Rizal had not intentionally used this line from the Gospel as his cryptic way of saying, “I know I will be a dead man walking after I publish this novel. I know that the Spanish colonial authorities will tag me as a an “ereje” or a “filibuster,” meaning, a subversive, and they will want me dead. But what will happen to our beloved country, to the Crispins and Basilios of this hapless nation if we all hold on to our personal security and refuse to risk our lives to redeem our native land?

I am inclined to think that he had meant this especially for his family and his friends who tried their best to persuade him to go easy with his anti-establishment writings. He must have meant it for the people he loved who tried to convince him to just use a pseudonym if he was going to publish it at all.

If this is true, it means the NOLI was already the equivalent of his ULTIMO ADIOS, the poem he eventually wrote and left as parting words before he was executed at Bagumbayan, the poem we all were made to recite by rote memory when we were in high school. NOLI ME TANGERE could have been his way of saying “DO NOT HOLD ON TO ME; LET GO OF ME. My departure will be bitter but it will be for a good purpose if it helps awaken this sleeping nation to finally learn to fight for her freedom, to stand for the future of her children.”

There is no ascension story in the Gospel of John. We find it only in Luke and Acts. What you have in John is the Gospel we heard today, Jesus leaving a message

for his disciples through Mary Magdalene, “Do not hold on to me, for I HAVE NOT YET ASCENDED TO THE FATHER. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Jesus is announcing his departure—he is going away. It is not a sad departure but a happy one because it is going to be the equivalent of a home run for humankind, for all of us. Having suffered and died in the human flesh, he will now also lift up our mortal humanity to divinity and permanently connect us to God. Ascension completes the bridge he had built through his cross, through the Paschal Mystery.

It is a timely message for all of us, especially in this time of pandemic, when suffering and death have never become more real. What is it anyway that we find ourselves holding on to in case we really have to go and our time is up? We’re all just passing in this world, aren’t we? Jesus’ message to Mary Magdalene can be reworded in another way, “TAKE COURAGE, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.”

Like Magdalene, we all have the tendency to cling to this world, to hold on desperately, and “to grieve like there is no hope,” to borrow from the words of St. Paul.

I wonder if you’ve ever heard that parable about the easiest way to catch a monkey? They say all you need to do is make a little hole on the nut of a coconut. Put inside the coconut a few pieces of colorful and flavorful candies that he can see through the hole and smell with his nose. He will slide his hand into the hole and grab the candies. His hand will be stuck inside because he won’t let go. That’s when you catch him. And yet, the secret of being set free is so simple: DO NOT HOLD ON. NOLI ME TANGERE.

(Homily for Tuesday within the Octave of Easter, 6 April 2021, John 20:11-18)

Holy Week observedwith strict enforcement

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The city government of San Fernando under Mayor Edwin “EdSa” D. Santiago has remained vigilant in enforcing Gov. Dennis G. Pineda’s Executive Order No. 5-2021, particularly during the observance of the recent Holy Week.

For the second time, the City of San Fernando had to forego with its annual traditional Lenten activities due to the continuing rise in Covid-19 cases among Fernandinos.

Re-enactments of the Via Crucis and the crucifixion and the public flagellation of penitents that once drew thousands of tourists to the city at the peak of the Lenten season, were nowhere to be seen.

Instead, mobile patrol units of both local police and members of the city’s Incident Management Team roamed city streets

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Incident Management Team members talk to a resort personnel during a random inspection of his leisure facility during the Lenten holiday. (Contributed photos)

Crucifixion site in San Pedro Cutud.

CSF holds fast to Delta’s EO-5

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‘RevGov’ na lamang ba ang

tanging solusyon?ILANG tulog na lang Mayo na, at ilangbuwan na lamang din ay magpa-‘file’ na r’yan ng kandidatura itong nagnanasangsa ating gobyerno makapanungkulan.

At ‘reelectionist’ ang higit maramikaysa baguhan sa karaniwang sabiitong sa mundo ng pinaka-marumisa lahat na yata ng ‘game of chance’ pati.

Yan kung may eleksyon at hindi ang ‘RevGov’na ipinangakong bago pa mataposang anim na taon na ipaglilingkodni Duterte ang siyang di manaig lubos.

Kung saan ay itong sistemang ‘FederalForm of Government’ na ang ipaiiralng ating Pangulo, na inaasahangmas makabubuti sa’ting Inangbayan.

Panahon pa lamang ng pangangampanyani Du30 sa pagka-pangulo, ‘yan naat itong ‘Endo’ ang isusulong niyakapag siya’y pinalad na maupo, di ba?

Pero hayan, partikular itong ‘Endo,’di nabigyan kahit simpleng pag-indorsosa Batasan hanggang sa panahong ito,na ‘few months’ na lang ay di na siya pangulo. Sana ay huwag namang sa ‘Endo’ matuladang ‘federalism’ na siya itong sukatmanguna at bigyan ng sapat na lakasang EGA.FED upang mabago ang lahat.

Basbas na lamang ni Pangulo ang siyangmagiging hudyat ng banal niyang pakay,ngayong kumbaga ay ating abot-kamayna ang naging bunga ng ipinaglaban.

Panalo na tayo kapag nagkagayonkaya huwag mangambang ang isinusulongnating pagpapalit sa ating dating ‘formof government’ ay sa kawalan hahantong,na gaya ng ‘daydream,’ pagkat ya’y ‘possible’.

Huwag matakot kundi bagkus magkaisatayong kay Pangulo suportahan siyasa ‘RevGov’ na dapat ideklara na niyangayong ang lahat na nga’y preparado na. Dahilan na rin sa kapag di natuloyang Federalismo na napapanahon,saan sa akala ni Pangulong Digongang kinabukasan ng bayan ay hahantong?

Yan sa kamay pa rin nitong masisibaat buwayang kati, dugo ang iluhani Juan dela Cruz kungdi masansalanating ngayo’y buhay ang gawang masama.

Mahal na pangulo, huling baraha nana natin ang kayo ang siyang mangunad’yan sa tanging lunas na maasahan pa,hangga’t may panahon at kayo’y nand’yan pa.

Sa dahilang kapag iniwan n’yong bukasang pinto ng langit ng mga Barabas,gabinlid mang ginto sa ating Central Bank,wala nang datnan ang ating mga anak!

Promised Land or Cafeteria?BY THIS TIME, we’re supposed to be in Promised Land, not exactly flowing with the proverbial milk and honey, but with enough vaccine supply to get everybody jabbed against the invisible enemy, the virus, however, mispronounced, less understood and even trivialized.

Because, in the mind of no less President Duterte, who shares it with other leaders of the

world thrown upside down by the pandemic bug, the vaccine is the ultimate solution to end the global health crisis, curse, if you will. Never mind if the Chinese brand has a much lower efficacy rate than other non-Chinese brands.

What is available is the best there is, so parrots no less than the controversial head of the country’s health department, taken of out of context from the mouth of the United States top infectious disease expert, Dr Tony Fauci. Fauci’s statement was premised on the availability of branded vaccines with higher efficacy rates. Of course, the Chinese vaccine was never considered, much less approved.

In the poor Pinoy’s setting, no such choice since only Sinovac is available and is on limited supply, part of it courtesy of the Chinese goodwill, the other, the result good marketing( diplomatic) skill. In other words, part of it is free, the rest is for a price. At what price, nobody knows really for sure. It’s as ambiguous as the government’s approach to stopping the virus. There’s suspicion going around the grapevine that territorial rights of the Philippines in the South China Sea may already been compromised by the vaccine diplomacy.

Although, the maverick Delfin Lorenzana seems to disabuse the notion by his latest strong words to China that those militia ships tied to one another in the Julian Reef be gone at once.

While other countries, even those on the same category, if not less, as the Philippines, are ramping up their vaccination effforts. They are going by the thousands a day, we’re lagging behind – no Tagalog pun there—by a few hundreds.

The problem is not our willingness; it’s our means.

Former Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio has exposed the real problem. For all the announcements that the government has negotiated millions of doses of various brands, not a single contract has been signed yet. Ergo, there not a single vial of vaccine that will materialize in the foreseeable future. Why? Because there’s no money to buy them. If you ask Carpio and other critics, the problem goes beyond money. It maybe competence. The Peter Principle must be right: the higher you go, the dumber you get.

In other words, the Promised Land is all talk. Maybe not a lie, but something close to it. The fact of the matter, Carpio bared, is

that loans are being negotiated left and right with international banks to fund the vaccine purchases. That means more patience, and more patients dying for lack of vaccine.

In the meantime-- some people-government officials, celebrities and what not—are getting vaccinated, either surreptitiously or arrogantly, at the expense of the government’s own priority list. Jumping the line is the order of the day, further putting in disarray the government vaccination plan. It’s not surprising because no less than the commander-in-chief had earlier broken the line himself by letting others to have the shot first.

Ours is the cafeteria type of vaccination. At this point, the priority list is just a

piece of paper. No wonder the World Health Organization has warned that this unacceptable breach of the rule can jeopardize the jabbing plan. For one, it could stop the flow of free vaccines courtesy of the WHO under the COVAX facility.

The government is quick to react to the anomaly: give ‘em the show cause order or… That has been a tried and tested cop-out in the land where politics is the rule and not the exception.

When the people of Israel were led from the desert to the Promised Land by Joshua and Caleb, they were eventually given their share of the new conquest. Tribe by tribe they did get their portions. It was only after each tribe got its share

that Joshua and Caleb took theirs. That’s leadership. What’s happening in our neck of the woods is the opposite: dealership. The ones who are the helm and run the show are not leaders; they’re dealers.

Will we still reach Promised Land? If we’re lucky, or wiser this time around, we might. The countdown has begun as the President’s term inches closer to expiration. Others wish a faster counting, or the faster turn of days into night and nights into day. This is the century of acceleration and, given the reality of distractions, from killer virus to middling bogus, we’ll just wake one day under a different dispensation.

We have reached that desperation point that a political adviser of an opposition senator said any outlier, that is not Duterte and his enablers, will already be an improvement. And part of the improvement in mind is for the Promised Land to become a reality where everyone is safe against COVID 19.

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From page 4and barangays to remind the public to stay at home, avoid mass gatherings, observe social distancing, the liquor ban, and curfew hours

as well as the mandatory wearing of face masks and face shields. Violators were sub-jected to a lecture on the need to strictly ob-

serve quarantine measures.The team also monitored the manning of

checkpoints in the city’s barangays to ensure strict implementation of curfew hours and the age requirement.

Commercial establishments, business establishments, malls and resorts were also inspected. According to Dr. Carlos Mercado, City Health Officer-in-Charge and

IMT Commander, random inspection was made to check on complaints regarding lax observance of health protocols. Minor violations like non-observance of social distancing and the age requirement were found, particularly in resorts.

For his part, Mayor EdSa called on Fernandinos to sacrifice selfish interests for the benefit of family members and loved ones, the health workers and the public as a whole.

Pampanga Governor Dennis Pineda issued said executive order for the strict implementation of new quarantine measures in the province from March 20 to April 5 but this has been extended until April 15.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, Petitioner-Mortgagee, EJF NO. 73-19 PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON VERSUS

SPOUSES ROLANDO C. KOHAND OLIVA D. KOH, Respondents-Mortgagors.X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed by SO-CIAL SECURITY SYSTEM with its office address at SSS Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City against SPOUSES ROLANDO C. KOH and OLIVA D. KOH, with residence and postal address at Lot 32, Block 4, San Jose Village, Sto. Domin-go, San Fernando, Pampanga to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 1, 2018 amounts to FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED THREE THOU-SAND SIXTY ONE & 55/100 (Php 4,203,061.55) PESOS excluding penalties, charges, attorney`s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Ex-Officio Sheriff and / or her duty authorized Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on MAY 13, 2021 at 10:00am or soon thereafter (from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), at the main entrance of the RTC Bldg., City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH / or Manager’s Check and in Philippine Currency, the following prop-erty / ies with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 219747-R

A parcel of land (Lot 32, Blk. 4 of the subd. plan, Psd-03-009160, being a portion of Lot 3273-G-2-B (LRC) Psd-250334, L.R.C Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of San Isidro, Mun. of San Fdo., Prov. of Pamp. xxx containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQUARE METERS, xxx

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned 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 MAY 20, 2021 without further notice.”

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, March 29, 2021.

REMIGIO L. DICHOSO Sheriff IV

CC: SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SSS Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City; and SSS BLDG., MACABULOS DRIVE San Vicente, Tarlac City

SPS. ROLANDO C. KOH & OLIVA F. KOH Lot 32, Blk. 4, San Jose Village, Sto. Domingo, San Fernando,, Pampanga

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

REPUBLIC OF THE PIHLIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 42CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA

IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF THECERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF FRANCIS DANTES QUIAMBAOWITH LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY NO.93-867,FRANCIS DANTES QUIAMBAO, Petitioner,

-versus- SP. PROC. CASE NO. 6136

OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MEXICO,PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINE STATISTIC AUTHORITY,FENANDO QUIAMBOA, FLORDELIZA DANTES, FAYEDANTES QUIAMBOA AND ALL PERSONS/ENTITIESWHO/WHICH MAY BE INTERESTED/AFFECTEDTHEREBY, Respondents.x--------------------------------------------------x

ORDER

This PETITION is for the cancellation of the CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH of FRANCIS DANTES QUIAMBAO, registered in the Local Civil Registrar of Mexico, Pampanga, which was Raffled to this Court on March 1, 2021.

Attached to the PETITION are the following: 1) Photocopy of the CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH of FFRANCIS DANTES QUIAMBOA registered with the Local Civil Registrar of Mexico, Pampanga under Local Civil Registry No. 93-867, issued by Lisa Grace S. Bersales, Ph.D., National Statistician and Civil RegistrarGeneral, Philippine Statistics Authority (Annes “A” ); 2) Photocopy of the CER-TIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH of FRANCIS DANTES QUIAMBAO registered with the Local Civil Registrar of Apalit, Pampanga under Registry No. 99-982 issued by Carmelita N. Ericta, Admistrator and Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Of-fice (Annexes “B” to “B-1“); 3) Photocopy of the CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH of FAYE DANTES QUIAMBAO, registered with the Local Civil Registrar of Calumpit, Bulacan under Registry Ho. 86-203 issued by Claire Dennis S. Mapa, Ph.D., Na-tional Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority (Annex “C”); 4) Photocopy of the CERTIFICATE OF BAPTISM of Francis Quiambao, issued by Rev. Fr. Norman G. Vitug, Parish Priest, Holy Family Parish, Colgante, Apalit, Pampanga (Annex “D”); 5) Photocopy of the SECONDARY STUDENT`S PER-MANET RECORD of Quiambao, Francis, D. issued by Mrs Lolita B. Evangelista of Pampapanga Central High School, San Agustin, San Simon, Pampanga (Annex “E”); 6) Photocopy of the PHILIPPINE PASSPORT under Passport No. P3368639B of Quiambao, Francis y Dantes ( Annex “F”); 7) Photocopy of NON- PROFESSION-AL DRIVER`S LICENSE ID of Quiambao Francis y Dantes with License No. C10-15-007965 issued by the Land Transportation Office (Annex “G”); 8) Photocopy of the PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD of Quiambao Francis Dantes issued by the Professional Regulations Commission, Manila ( Annex “H”); 9) Photocopy of the POSTAL IDENTITY CARD under No. 4089581, of Quiambao, Francis Dantes (Annex “I”); 10) Photocopy of the COMMISSION ON ELECTION IDENTIFICATION CARD of Quiambao, Francis Dantes under VIN: 5402-0104B-H0187FDQ10000 is-sued by the Office of the Commission on Elections, Apalit, Pampanga ( Annex “J”); 11) Photocopy of the NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CLEARANCE of Quiambao Francis Dantes issued by Eric B. Distor, NBI Director-OIC (Annex “K”); 12) CERTIFICATE of Quiambao Francis Dantes issued by PMaj. Emelito M. Dela Cruz, Officer-in-Charge, Apalit Municipal Police Station, Apalit Pampanga (Annex “L”); 12) Photocopy of the CERTIFICATE dated September 24, 2020, issued by Claire Dennis S. Mapa, Ph.D., National Statiscian and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority (Annex “M”); 13) Photocopy of CERTIFICATION dated July 2, 2020 issued by Loreta O. Lopez, Municipal Civil Registrar of Apalit, Pampanga (Annex “M”); 14) Original copy of the JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT of FRANCIS DANTES QUIAMBAO with attachments (Annex “O”).

The PETITION is sufficient in form and substance and therefore, the Court hereby:

(a)Sets the case for hearing on May 24, 2021 at 2:00 in the afternoon

(b)order Petition (1) to serve within Twenty Four (24) hours from receipt of this Order copies of the PETITION and its Annexes to the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Office of the Civil Registrar General and Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA), Quezon City, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, City of San Fernando, Pampanga; the Lo-cal Civil Registrar, of Mexico, Pampanga; (2) to show proof to this Court;

(c)orders all persons interested in the PETITION: (1) to appear on the said date and time before the Court-Regional Trial Court, Branch 42, City of San Fernando, Pam-panga; (2) to show cause, if any, why the PETITION should not be granted.

(d) Orders the Solicitor General to enter his appearance in this case for the State with-in Twenty Four (24) hours from receipt of this Order.

(e)Orders the OIC-Branch Clerk of Court to furnish copies of this Order to the Petition-er, her counsel, her counsel, the Solicitor General, Office of the Civil Registrar Gener-al, and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, and the Local Civil Registrar of Mexico, Pampanga.

(f)In addition, pursuant to OCA Circular No. (108-2010, “Guidelines for the Temporary Replacements of Clerks of Court in the Handling of Case/s from which they are Dis-qualified under Section 1, Rule 137 of the Rules of Court, as amended”, in relation to A. M. No. 08-4-1-SC), the counsel for the Petitioner, is hereby ordered to file on or before the presentation of jurisdictional facts a written manifestation under oath, in which it is declared whether or not he or his clients are related to the OIC-Branch Clerk of Court of this Branch, stating therein the begree of relationship by affinity or consanguinity,

Due to extraordinary circumstances prevailing, with instances of COVID-19 cases on the rise instead of declining, the Court orders the parties to avail of videoconferenc-ing. They are ordered to comply with the OCA CIRCULAR NO. 18-2021 and A.M. No 20-12-01-SC, and to avail of an OUTLOOK TEAMS account.

The Judge strictly prohibits the use of virtual background during the videoconference hearing.

Further, let the Petitioner, at his expense, publish this ORDER for three (3) con-secutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga.

SO ORDERED

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, March 8, 2021.

MARIA AMIFAITH S. FIDER-REYES Judge Copy furnished:Prosecutor Christopher J. Dela Cruz Office of the Clerk of Court Office of the Provincial Prosecutor OCC- Regional Trial CourtDM Regional Government Center City of San Fernando, PampangaBrgy. Maimpis, City of San FernandoPampanga

Atty. Anna Margarita Co Fernando Quiambao528 Capitol Comp., Sto . Nino Viejo Lot 17, Blk. 15, Ligaya Vill.City of San Fernando, Pampanga Mexico, Pampanga

Office of the Solicitor General Local Civil Registrar134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Vill. Mexico. PampangaMakati City

Philippine Statistics Authority Civil Registrar GeneralP.O. Box No. 779, Manila Philippine Statistics AuthorityPhilippines 3/F Vibal Bldg., Times Street Quezon City Flordeliza Dantes Francis Dantes QuiambaoFaye Dantes Quiambao Colgante, Apalit, Pampanga131 French Drive And c/o Atty. Anna Margarita CoBrentwood, California 94512 528 Capitol Compound, Sto. Nino Viejo City of San Fernando, Pampanga

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

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the province. The evacuation cen-

ters in Barangay San Roque, Mexico and Ba-rangay Sta. Catalina, Lu-bao were recently con-verted into isolation cen-ters, providing 215 cu-bicles and 150 rooms, respectively. The per-manent structures were supplemented with 15 container vans that the Department of Public Works and Highways re-fashioned into rooms.

“We put up more isola-

tion facilities because we wanted to save other fami-ly members from exposure to the coronavirus. Instead of waiting at home while on standby for the availability of rooms in hospitals, they have the isolation rooms to use,” he said.

The isolation centers would take in patients for the mandatory 14-day quarantine. The province is also using the National Government Administra-tive Center with 323 cubi-cles, and Athletes’ Build-ing B with 170 rooms, both in New Clark City in

Capas, Tarlac as quaran-tine facilities.

The Diosdado P. Ma-capagal Memorial Provin-cial Hospital in Guagua oversees swabbing and mild cases while the 10 district hospitals handle non-Covid-19 cases.

Pineda disclosed that 90 percent of critical care beds at the Jose B. Lin-gad Memorial General Hospital and private hos-pitals are occupied by pa-tients with moderate to se-vere Covid-19 symptoms.

Since March 30, Pam-panga has been logging

more than 100 new cases daily. As of April 4, the to-tal confirmed cases in the province reached 10,312, with active cases rising to 1,800. The province has recorded at least 8,000 re-coveries and 512 deaths.

Even as President Duterte retained the mod-ified general community quarantine status in Pam-panga, Pineda issued Ex-ecutive Order No. 5, en-forcing stricter measures, like a home lockdown, from March 20 to April 15. With PR-Office of the Governor.

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visited the facility located in Subic ’s Ilanin Forest East on Tuesday, defended the government project and said that the remote loca-tion of the facility, as well as strict health protocols observed in Subic, would ensure the safety of every-one.

“The number one assur-ance we can give them is this location, which is so far away from everybody else,” Eisma said in an interview at the project site. “I would like to emphasize that this hospital is in a fenced and gated compound and that it is virtually a self-contained community.”

“I am sure that the Of-fice of the Civil Defense will take all the necessary steps to make sure that ev-erybody who will be work-ing here and will be con-fined here will be limited to the compound. And if there is a need to go out, they will be properly guarded, prop-erly monitored,” she added.

Eisma also pointed out that Subic has one of the lowest numbers of Covid-19 cases in the country because of strict adherence to protocols despite the presence of a Covid-19 hospital, isolation facilities, and swabbing and testing centers in the

freeport.She said that this was

precisely why Subic has been chosen as an inter-national crew-change hub, as well as a popular desti-nation for events under the “bubble” set-up.

“I’m quite sure, by this time, we already know what to do,” Eisma said. “With what we have learned from the past and what we con-tinue to learn, I can guaran-tee the community of Subic that we will do everything to make sure that not only is this place contained, but that this place will also ser-vice the needs of the com-munity when the need aris-es.”

“Initially, the plan is that only mild and asymptomat-ic patients will be brought here until the emergen-cy room and the intensive care unit inside the facili-ty will be up and running,” Eisma said.

The 500-bed mega iso-lation facility for Covid-19 patients in Subic is expect-ed to be ready in early April, as the government sought to increase the number of quarantine and temporary treatment and monitor-ing facilities and boost the country’s healthcare sys-tem capacity.

Last week, Nation-al Task Force Against Covid-19 deputy chief

implementer and testing czar Vince Dizon said the Subic facility was devel-oped as occupancy rate in government quarantine facilities for Covid-19 pa-tients rose dangerously to 70 percent.

Dizon said the new quarantine and temporary treatment and monitoring facility could accommo-date asymptomatic or mild-ly symptomatic Covid-19 patients and allow hospi-tals to attend to those with medium to severe symp-toms.

Subic’s Covid-19 isola-tion facility will use 11 out of 20 buildings in the for-mer Cubi Hospital complex that also recently housed The Manila Times Col-

lege Subic campus. The facilities in the 12-hectare complex include a 100-bed hospital that served as the U.S. Navy’s Pacific re-gional medical center from 1977 to 1983.

The Department of Health, along with the De-partment of Public Works and Highways, is now ren-ovating the hospital and some adjoining buildings, including those that will serve as quarters for med-ical personnel and other support staff.

Once the Subic iso-lation facility is ready for occupancy, the DOH will be running the operations while the OCD will be man-aging security and logis-tics, Eisma said.

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according to hospital di-rector Dr. Hubert Lapuz.

Aside from patients from Bulacan and Pam-panga municipalities, those coming from Mal-abon, Makati, and Pa-sig have started to popu-late its Covid ward, Lapuz said, noting that Central Luzon tends to absorb overflowing patients from Metro Manila because of its proximity to the coun-try’s capital.

The PJGMRMC may adjust to 200 its Covid-19 beds but is faced by an-other problem. “We are already within 150 per-cent on our non-Covid pa-tients,” Lapuz said.

By temporarily clos-ing their OPD, Lapuz said, they hope to contain the possible spread of the vi-rus within their vicinity.

“Sa dami ng ina-admit

namin, ginamit na namin yung tent ng triad sa out-patient saka baka maha-wa pa yung mga pupun-tang outpatient,” the offi-cial explained.

He stressed though that emergency patients, as well as those getting chemotherapy and OPD cancer patients, can re-ceive continuous ser-vices.

“Yung sa magpapa-konsulta lang mayroon kaming tinatawag na tele-health kung saan pwede silang kumunsulta at tutu-lungan sila ng aming mga duktor online,” Lapuz add-ed.

He admitted that med-ical frontliners are already feeling the exhaustion. “Sa tagal na nito. Mahigit isang taon na. Kaya lang talagang ito’y sinumpaan ng manggagawa ng kalu-sugan, obligadong gawin ang lahat,” Lapuz said.

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RODRIGO SADI GUEVARRA who

died intestate on December 23, 2010 in Porac, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (lot 16, blk. 9 of he subd. plan, psd-71490, being portion of lot 1699, of the cadastral survey of Porac, LRC Cad. Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of Sta. Cruz, Mun. of Porac, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 620512-R in the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Bryant R. Canasa as per Doc No. 262, Page No. 57, Book No. V, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 15, 22 & APRIL 5, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ALFONSO PONIO, who died on May

10, 1988 at Porac, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 1-A of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-212425, being a portion of Lot 1, Blk. 1 of the consolidation-subd., plan (LRC) Pcs-15472, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 372) situated in the Bo. of Manibaug, Municipality of Porac, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 117603-R, before Notary Public Frod g. Tuazon as per Doc No. 847, Page No. 06, Book No.VI Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ALFONSO PONIO, who died on May

10, 1988 at Porac, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 1-A of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-212425, being a portion of Lot 1, Blk. 1 of the consolidation-subd., plan (LRC) Pcs-15472, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 372) situated in the Bo. of Manibaug, Municipality of Porac, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 117603-R, before Notary Public Frod g. Tuazon as per Doc No. 848, Page No. 06, Book No.VI Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ANA LEAH L. PRONTO, who died on

July 14, 2019 in JBLMGH, Dolores, CSFP. executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate, more particularly described as a property located in Sta. Lucia Resettlement Project in Magalang, Pampanga and awarded by the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council-Pinatubo Project Management Office (HUDCC-PPMO), now National Housing Authority (NHA) covered by TCT No. 470901-R, before Notary Public John Manuel B. Bautista as per Doc No. 1, Page No. 1, Book No. XXXI Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of JESUSA TOLENTINO MAMANGUN

who died intestate on February 19, 2021 in Green City Medical Center Jose Abad Santos Ave., Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines; executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on her estate, more particularly described as Bank of the Philippines Islands, 0051- San Fernando Consunji Branch with Account No. 000513-6023-75, before Notary Public Archie Paul C. Muyrong as per Doc No. 425, Page No. 86, Book No. XII, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ALFONSO R. MARQUEZ who died

intestate on June 4, 1980 in Bataan and GREGORIA A. MARQUEZ executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. 836 of the Cadastral Survey of Bagac) situated in the Barrio of Saysain, Mun. of Bagac, Province of Bamban and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 29282, before Notary Public Loreto T. Ildefonso-Orense as per Doc No. 275, Page No. 55, Book No. XVIII, Series of 2020.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 15, 22 & APRIL 5, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of EDUARDO LACSAMANA

MALLARI who died intestate on December 20, 1999 in Sto. Tomas University Hospital, Forbes, Sampaloc, Metro Manila executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land Block 147 LOt 10 situated in Bulaon Resettlement, City of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Olimpio R. Datu as per Doc No. 239, Page No. 49, Book No. 8, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 15, 22 & APRIL 5, 2021

NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that FRANCES GEORGIA AREVALO, sole heir

of ALICE B. CONVINGTON who died on April 15, 1983 executed an Affidavit of Self-Adjudication of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 15, Block 4 of the subdivision plan Psd-48364, being a portion of lot 684-A-2-B described on plan psd-43113, (LRC) (GLRO) Record No. 124) situated in the Barrio of Balibago, Mun. of Angeles, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 28800 in the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Dorotheo Nino T. Angeles as per Doc No. 443, Page No. 089, Book No. XLVIII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 15, 22 & APRIL 5, 2021

NOTICE OF SOLE-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that CRISANTA MANARANG SANTIAGO, sole heir

of MANUEL C. MANARANG & AURELIA R. MANALANG who died on May 27, 1988 & December 18, 2012 executed an Affidavit of Sole-Adjudication of his her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 6 Block 7 of the subdivision plan Psd-62173, being a portion of Lot 64-A-6, situated in the Barrio of Pulung Bulu, City of Angeles,Province Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 35103 in the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Atty. Arnel D. Berato as per Doc No. 141, Page No. 94, Book No. IV, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon:March 22, April 5 & 12, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ARADOR Z. MARCELO AND

CRESENCIA B. DABU who died intestate respectivelly on December 15, 2006 and December 15, 2011 in City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on their estate, more particularly described as a housing unit designated as Block 46, Lot 01 situated in Bulaon Resettlement Project, City of San Fernando Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public John Manuel B. Bautista as per Doc No. 317, Page No. 64, Book No. XXV, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 15, 22 & APRIL 5, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of EUGENIA P. SALVADOR who

died intestate on March 7, 2021 in Magalang, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on her estate with waiver of share, more particularly described as a monetary benefits/cash incentives or the one time Senior Citizen cash incentive awards given by Provincial Government of Pampanga, before Notary Public Almario D. Marimla as per Doc No. 876, Page No. 17, Book No. LXXXIII, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 15, 22 & APRIL 5, 2021

NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that NENITA A. ATIENZA, sole heir of LOURDES

F. ABEDOZA who died on October 15, 2003 and BENIGNO O. ABEDOZA who died on February 26, 2013 executed an Affidavit of Self-Adjudication of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 2, Block 21, of the subd., plan (LRC) Psd-176530, being a portion of Lot 27-B, described on plan Psd-73718, LRC Rec. No. 11732) situated in the Barrio of Dau, Mun. of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 149348-R, before Notary Public Princess L. Buan as per Doc No. 2208, Page No. 85, Book No. 44, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 15, 22 & APRIL 5, 2021

PAGKAKALOOB NA NAGKAKABISA SA PAGYAOHAYAG SA SINOMANG MAKAKABASA

AKO, GLORIA SIOCO, dalaga may sapat na gulang, Pilipino at naninirahan sa Apalit, Pampanga, dito ay kilala bilang NAGKAKALOOB, at KAMI, LIZA S. LACANILAO, may sapat na gulang, kasal kay Renato M. Villanueva, at Lalaine S. Lacanilao, dalaga, may sapat din na gulang, at naninirahan sa #228 Capalangan, Apalit, Pampanga, dito ay kilala bilang PINAGKAKALOOBAN ang siyang may-ari at nakikinabang sa isang parselang lupa, na lalong makikilala sa ganitong paglalarawan: TCT NO. 165181-R, A parcel of land (Lot 2933-A of the subd. Plan Psd-03-003306 being a portion of Lot 2933 of Apalit Cad., LRC Rec. No. 351), situated in the Mun. Of Apalit, Prov. Of Pampanga, Notary Public Teodulo E. Cruz as per Doc No. 143, Page No. 30, Book No. 108, Series of 2007.

Punto! Central Luzon:March 22, April 5 & 12, 2021

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 48CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA

IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF VERIFIED PETITION FOR CORRECTION OFENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF ANGELITA GAMBOASIGUA UNDER CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH NO. 350 OF THE CIVILREGISTRY OF MUNICIPALITY OF STA. ANA. PAMPANGA Petitioner, -versus- SP. PROC. NO. 6127

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MUNICIPALITY OF STA. ANA,PAMPANGA, AND ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIMS ANYINTEREST WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PETITION, Respondents.

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A verified petition having been filed by the herein petitioner AngelitaGamboa Sigua praying to this Court that after due hearing Judgment be ren-dered to correct the Certificate of Live Birth of Petitioner as follows:

(a)The Entry in the Column of FATHER as: ROBERTO G. SIGUA Nationality : Filipino Race: Brown Age: 17 Birthplace: Sta. Ana, Pampanga Usual Occupation: N/A(b) On the Entry of MOTHER as : UNKNOWN Address : N/A Birthplace: N/A Previous Deliveries; N/A How many children now living: N/A How many other children were born alive but are now Dead: N/A(c) Mothe`s Mailing Abbress: N/A(d) Weight at Birth: N/A(e) Legitimate: No(f) Date and Place of Marriage of parents: N/AFinding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, n otice ishereby given that the same will be heard by this Court on April 16, 2021

at 11:00 o`clock in the morning, inviting all persons interested therein to show cause if any why the aforesaid petition should not be granted

Let this Order be published in a newsp per of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, at the expense of the petitioner. Furnish copies of this Order together with the copy of the petition and its annexes, the Local Civil Registrar of Municipality of Sta. Ana, Pampanga, the National Statistician (formerly Civil Registrar General), Philippine Statistics Authority (formerly National Statistics Office), Edsa Cor. Times St., West Triangle, Quezon City 1104, and the Office of the Solicitor Gen-eral at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City. Likewise, let a copy of this Order be furnished the Office of the Cleck of Court (OCC), Regional Trial Court, City of San Fernando, Pampanga; the Of-fice of the Provincial Prosecutor, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, petitioner Angelita Gamboa Sigua and the Counsel for the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. City of San Fernando, Pampanga, January 15, 2021,

CHRISTINE MARIE C. CAPULE Presiding Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: March 15, 22 & APRIL 5, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of ENGR. CIRILO CUEVAS CALIBJO, who died on January 30, 2020 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Ex-trajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate, more particularly described as follows:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 045-2018013852A parcel of land (Lot 14 Block 207 of the subdivision plan Pcs-03-009243, be-ing a portion of Lot of Block 17, Psd-03-084472, Lot 1-G, Psd-03-092530, Lot 74-D-3, Psd-03-091246 L.R.C Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of capaya, City of Angeles,Province Pampanga;

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 045-2018013853A parcel of land (Lot 13 Block 207 of the subdivision plan Pcs-03-009243, be-ing a portion of Lot of Block 17, Psd-03-084472, Lot 1-G, Psd-03-092530, Lot 74-D-3, Psd-03-091246 L.R.C Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of capaya, City of Angeles,Province Pampanga;

before Notary Public Reydon P. Canlas as per Doc No. 468, Page No. 90, Book No. 79 Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of SPS. HERMINIO L. DE GUZMAN and ZE-NAIDA B. DE GUZMAN, who died intestate on March 30, 1983 and January 16, 2021 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his/her estate, more particularly described as follows:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 137468-R(Registered in the name of Herminio L. De Guzman, Married to Zenaida B.

De Guzman)A parcel of land (Lot 9, Block 5 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-59305, sheet 1, being a portion of Lot 2, (LRC) Psd-57235, LRC Rec. No. 8714, situated in the Barrio of Telabastagan, Municipality of San Fernando, Province Pampanga Island of Luzon;

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 532143-R(covered by a Deed of Absolute Sale between Sta. Lucia Realty and Develop-ment, Inc. (Seller) and Zenaida B. De Guzman, widow (Buyer); property still

registered in the name of Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc.)A parcel of land (Lot 18 Block 40 of consolidation - subdivision plan Pcs-03-10607, be-ing a portion of consolidation lots of 2026-A, 2026-C, 2026-B, Psd-035413-055077, 2026-B-I, Psd-03-609738, 2028-L, Psd-03-083639, 2029-C, Psd-035413-057633, 2029-A-1, Psd-035413-062321, Lot 2021-B-1, Psd-035413-062045, 2029-B-2-A, and 2029-B-2-B, Psd-03-070690, 2029-B-2-C-2 Psd-032029-B, Psd-03-078762, 2072-A and 2072-B, Psd-03-083691, and 2073-A and 2073-B Psd-03083690, lots 1, 8 and 13, Bcs-03-000052 (OLT) Lot 5, Bsd-03000938 (OLT) and Lot 2030 Cad. 72, Mexico Cadastre, L.R.C. Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Sabanilla and Masamat, Municipality of Mexico,Province Pampanga;

before Notary Public Victor B. Roque as per Doc No. 448, Page No. 91, Book No. 23 Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of ELAIN MANIAGO LAXAMANA who died intestate on November 17, 2020 in Angeles City, executed an Affidavit of Extraju-dicial Settlement on her estate, more particularly described as follows:

Name of Bank : METRO BANKAccount Name : ELAIN MANIAGO LAXAMANASaving Account No. : 425-3-42521948-1Branch : Angeles Sto. Rosario branch

Name of Bank : BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES ISLANDAccount Name : ELAIN MANIAGO LAXAMANASaving Account No. : 009683-131234Branch : Angeles Kuliat branch

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 045-2017007133Registry of Deeds for Angeles City

A parcel of land (Lot 7, Blk. 31 of the subdivision plan Psd-03-191646, being a por-tion of Lot 787-A-5 Psd-03-167023 (L.R.C.) Rec No.) Situated in the Barangay of Sto,. Domingo, Municipality of Angeles, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon;

before Notary Public Crisanto A. Cocal, CPA as per Doc No. 1722, Page No. 66, Book No. 178, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 5, 12 & 19, 2021

Promised Land...SM-Olongapo...

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From page 5

It’s not without basis in reality or possibility. Before Donald Trump was booted out of office, the United States was leading the world in COVID 19 cases on a day-to-day count. When Joe Biden took over, the pandemic landscape changed dramatically. The last report is that more than 150 million Americans, or roughly 75 percent of the US population, have got the anti-COVID shot.

So, there’s hope.

From page 1

Contact HARP secretariat for details at email: HARP.PAMPANGA@GMAIL.COM and phone +63 915 283 3965.

On April 6, 48 new active cases were registered in the city, along with 30 recoveries, and two fatalities. Cur-rently, the city has 613 active cases from a total of 3,164 cases, 2,392 recoveries, and 159 deaths since the start of the pandemic. --Bong Z. Lacson with Angeles CIO

From page 4

“the ideal venue for vaccination because of its ac-cessibility and convenience.”

Some 800 private medical frontliners have been vaccinated and more are expected in the coming weeks when the next batch of vaccines arrive in the city.

“As part of our continuing efforts in preventing the further spread of Coved-19, SM malls all over the country can provide convenient, safe and ac-cessible venues for the community to get vaccinat-ed. Through our long-standing relationship with the LGUs, we remain committed in ensuring the health and safety of the public,” said SM Supermalls presi-dent Steven Tan. SMOC

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