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Yolanda displaces 97% of Ormocs popn - City Hall

Ormoc bizmen show spirit of resilience, open up establishments despite odds
ORMOC CITY Sir, I cannot report to the office tomorrow. I do not know where my house is. This was a text that Warren Chu, a young businessman who runs a cell shop here, received on his cellphone from an employee who lives at the next town of Kananga at 8:00 in the evening of November 8, the very day Yolanda hit the province and changed its landscape, as well as the lives of its people. In better times, the phrase I do not know where my house is would sound quaint, and yes, funny. But after Yolanda, it was the sound byte you hear from almost every other person here in the city and towns where the supertyphoon landed. Nonetheless, Warren Chu and his wife, Stephanie Chu, said they were happy to hear from their employee and were touched at his dedication to his work. I wanted to cry after initially laughing at his text. He apparently didnt know we were all on the same boat. Most of us did not know where our house is. Warren is one of the most hard-hit businessmen in Leyte. His cellshop in Tacloban was looted and all his cell phones at his Ormoc shops were drenched. His wife Twinkle said she does

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ORMOC CITY A picture of complete devastation, not only of Ormoc City but the whole province is emerging as people here get more access to communication lines since Typhoon Yolanda last November 8, a Friday. As of November 15, 4:00 PM, the official report from the Ormoc City Hall states that 27,249 houses were totally damaged by the typhoon while 8,562 are partially damaged. In contrast to a statement by Mayor Edward Codilla before Korina Sanchez on November 13 that all the residents or families have received relief goods, the official statistics show that of 50,934 families in the citys 110 barangays, there were still 8,000 which were still partially served and not yet served, at all. In the interview, Codilla said that all have been given relief already and it was only that the people were not telling the truth. A rapid health assessment states that the population displacement is at 97% of 43,729 total number of households. Meanwhile, damage to public infrastructure is P 640-million. These include LGU buildings (P 263.4-million); covered courts (P 41-million); barangay halls (P 23.5 million); school buildings (P 231-million); health facilities (P 66.4-million), among others. There is no data for damage to private entities but businessmen are saying Yolanda was a catastrophe that can make or break
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SALS RESTAURANT OPENS TAKE OUT COUNTER. A blackout and a long travel to escape the horror of Tacloban have not discouraged the Larrazabal siblings from opening up a takeout counter in their main branch at Hermosilla Drive, this city. On the far left posing for the camera is Dea and on the far left are Darrol and Carlo Larrazabal. First day sales was not much but two days later, customers are lapping up their offerings by lunch time (below). not even want to do an inventory of their losses. Id be more
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EDC donates relief goods, generators and manpower to Ormoc, Kananga
ORMOC CITY - A marine landing craft hired by Lopezowned Energy Development Corporation (EDC) containing 130 tons of relief goods, generator sets and other survival necessities arrived at the Ormoc Pier last night. The vessel contains 500 sacks of rice, 30,000 liters of water, 3 units of 250 KVA generator sets, 800 units of solar flashlights cum phone chargers, medicines, and 40 solar street lamps, this was gathered from Dave Jesus Devilles, environment and external officer of EDC. The generator sets, he said, will be donated to the Ormoc City Hall, Ormoc District Hospital, and Divine Mercy Hospital which badly need power. On the other hand, the solar street lamps will be donated to the barangays to illuminate the streets at night to prevent crimes. On Tuesday and Wednesday, nearly 40 tons of relief goods were distributed in Ormoc City and Kananga town in Leyte after EDC was able to charter 2 helicopters and 2 planes. The company also arranged for cargo space from Cebu Pacific to support relief efforts. EDC continues to airlift 10 tons of food on a daily basis. EDC is coordinating with and complementing efforts of the national and local government particularly Leyte Governor Dominic Petilla, Ormoc City Mayor Edward Codilla, and Kananga Municipality Mayor Elmer Codilla in helping communities recover as soon as possible and rebuild their lives. The EDC plants in Leyte are located at Ormoc and Kananga mountains. Devilles added that the packing of relief goods is being done in EDCs head office in Manila and in its geothermal project site in Negros Oriental as well as in the Cebu office of First Gen Corp. As early as Saturday or November 9, EDC and First Gen employees in Negros Oriental and Cebu already packed relief goods. Meanwhile, EDCs employees from the Bacman Geothermal Production Field (BGPF) continue to be part of the search and extraction team to locate and relocate our affected employees and their relatives as well as other residents who need help. Those rescued were transported to Bicol via land travel. All EDC employees in Leyte are alive and accounted for. Devilles, who is from Tacloban City and whose family was badly devastated by Yolanda, said he has evacuated his family by bus from Tacloban to Manila, taking the Bicol route. He is profuse in his gratitude for his officemates from the Bacman site. They were rescued from the madness there, he said.

NEWS
ORMOC CITY Two unidentified males, suspected to be escapees from a jail in Tacloban City, were killed after they shot at cops patrolling the city streets early this morning at Mabini Street, this city. One was around 35-40 years of age with a tattooed BCJ (Batang City Jail) on his right him and the name Louie Jay on his inner right arm. The other had tattoo markings on his shoulders, said SPO1 Mark Ruita, police investigator of the police station I here. Ruita said that at around 3:15 early morning, their police chief, together with a few men and another team from the Regional Public Safetly Battalion were conducting routine patrol when they saw three men near the premises of Chinabank here. When the two police teams went near the three men to check their activities, the three scampered towards Mabini Street, which is at the back of the bank. When the cops gave chase, one of the men fired towards the police vehicle, forcing them to fire back. The culprit shattered the police cars windshield at the car. Luckily for the two policemen riding at the back, the bullet did not get through. Killed on the spot were the two men while the third man escaped into the darkness. The Scene-of-theCrime Operatives (SOCO) recovered from the dead men a caliber 38 handgun, several sachets of shabu and undisclosed amount of money. Ruita said he can only surmise that they could be escapees from the Ta cloban jail because they had tattoos, especially the one with BCJ which is a prison gang, indicating he had a record. The police investigator said they have already communicated to the region to identify the dead men. By Lalaine M. Jimenea

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Ormoc cops kills 2 suspected escapees from Tacloban Jail

Top photos show the victims as they were processed by the SOCO. At the right is the one with the BCJ mark. His head was blown off. Bottom picture shows the things the SOCO reportedly got from their persons like a few sachets of shabu, bullets, candies, coins and cash.

MacArthur and Co. holds their ground in Palo, Leyte

PALO, LEYTE 69 years ago, they stepped on the shores of Red Beach, this town, to storm Leyte in a hale of fire. Today, they are the last men standing in a place where Typhoon Yolanda stormed the same shores, this time with walls of water said to have reached 7 meters at its highest. They are General Douglas MacArthur and company, including Philippine statesman Carlos P. Romulo, whose iconic monuments still stand strong at the shore of Red Beach. They are a macabre reminder that man is mortal, and they will only be remembered by what theyve done in their lifetime. Beside is the badly battered Leyte Oriental Hotel, renamed from the MacArthur Inn and Resort it was once named. Media men stationed in the area recalled their harrowing experience of facing a wall of water that reached the second floor of the hotel. Their stories were echoed elsewhere, in the coastal city

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of Tacloban where some 2,000 are feared to have perished. Further down the road are what remained of homes of what was once a thriving, middle class community. Palo, Leyte, just like in October 1944, had one of the most casualties in Yolandas onslaught. 69 years ago, people in

Palo fought a war against foreign occupation. Now, its seems they are fighting a war against the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Chaos visited them on the morning of November 8. Now, Famine, another horseman, is just waiting around the corner while Pestilence and Death wait their while. By LMJ

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Consequences
ARE KILLER typhoons like Yolanda/Haiyan, unburied corpses, and traumatized survivors screaming to get out the new normal? Malacaang said the official number of deaths was 4,446 as of noon Friday. More than 11.3 million people were affected nationwide. The typhoon lopped 5 percent off the countrys gross domestic product as it hopscotched through the islands. Nor will this typhoon be the last. The global climate crisis is deepening, noted Nobel Laureate Al Gore. We are now entering a period of consequences. Sendong/Washi ripped through Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in 2011, inflicting 1,453 deaths. A year later, Pablo/Bopha flattened much of Davao Oriental and Compostela. Before them came Frank, Milenyo, and Reming. In 1991, Uring tore at Ormoc. Over 8,000 died, as todays memorial recalls. Mean temperatures have edged up 0.14C a decade. The world is warmer than it has been at any point in the last two millennia. By the centurys end, it will likely be hotter than at any point in the last two million years. Sea levels here have risen by nearly half an inchtriple the global increase, note University of Colorado scientists. Is a deforested Philippines the new normal? Forest cover slumped from 21 million hectares in 1900 to 6.5 million by 2007. Erosion jacked up flood-related disasters. In 2011, President Aquino banned logging in natural forests. The edict is patchily enforced. In a protected 900-hectare timberland of Santa Josefa, Agusan del Sur, officials found 400 newly cut logs last October. Why interfere with this petty business? an angry resident yelled. Hot logs were uncovered in neighboring Barangay Sayon. The timber was covertly moved to a nextdoor sawmill owned by a politician, Inquirer Mindanao reported. Yet, Pablo had earlier ripped through the same area and killed three. They did not learn their lesson. Only native forests reduce flood risk, the journal Global Change Biology reports. Plantation forests had the opposite effect, wrote lead author Cory Bradshaw. The distinction is vital as more storms loom ahead.

The new abnormal

WE ARE familiar with the expression, new normal. We now have to be familiar with its latecoming sidekick, new abnormal. While the new normal takes time to settle down in a certain place or people and is generally welcomed by at least a big portion of the populace, the new abnormal can come in anytime and most likely is unwelcome, forcing itself indiscriminately on everyone. And while anything abnormal can somehow be expected even if it is unwelcome, the new abnormal goes further in that not only is it unwelcome, it is also unwelcome in an overwhelming way. This is the case with Typhoon Yolanda that aggravated the intensity 7.2 earthquake that walloped us in just a matter of one month. All of a sudden we find thousands of people dead, homeless and in different forms of extraordinary difficulties. Churches, buildings, roads, bridges, etc., are destroyed. People fleeing and seeking refuge in other towns and cities, exacting immediate attention and care. Now I am starting to receive requests for accommodations, at least temporary, of some displaced families, and all this to be done pronto! Its not anymore as if we are some kind of an outsider observing the events from a distance. We are now part of the living drama. This is part of the new abnormal. Most of the terms used to describe the situation speak of nothing less than hell. And in a way, it really is. Some people asked, where was God, is this a kind of divine wrath, if not of divine cruelty? Are we being punished? This is the new abnormal we have to contend with these days. What immediately comes to my mind is one of the last words of Christ on the Cross, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me. (Mt 27, 46) Imagine Christ himself, the very son of God, God himself who became man, feeling abandoned by God. Its a very mysterious reality of how the humanity of Christ, firmly united to his divinity, can feel forsaken by God. If it can happen to him, it also can happen to us in a most understandable way. We should not be surprised by this state of desperation that we can fall into. But at the end of the day, we know that God never leaves us. We subjectively may feel he has left us. But objectively speaking he ever been. It was just too huge and a freak typhoon. The only indication I got that Yolanda was something different was on the night before, when I noticed it was too hot. They said it was the calm before the storm but I just found it unusual to most typhoons we get. Of course, weve been warned that it was a Category 5 typhoon but in a country used to typhoons, nothing prepared us to what it really was. The so-called calm before the storm that night was eerie. It was too quiet and very sultry. The frogs were silent and my dogs lacked their usual sprite. I got very uneasy when I saw on the internet news items from Time.com and CNN about Yolanda, and the emphasis that it would be a very strong one. It seemed that the world was afraid for us but were we? Were we afraid for us? Even its aftermath is sort of strange. We were at the LIDE Housing at Isabel on Thursday, and the landscape had turned brown. I remember that after typhoons, plants would immediately recover and young leaves would sprout the day after, but not with Yolanda. Hills have turned brown and trees, whatever

There are five Filipinos today where there was only one in 1940. Cities reflect this population surge. Before Yolanda/Haiyan, Tacloban was four times its 1990 level. Bloated cities have become urban time bombs, says Floridas Extreme Events Institute. Slow-onset impacts included overfishing, overdependence on certain crops, and over extraction of ground water. In 2009 alone, typhoon-related costs amounted to 2.9 percent of GDP. They have been rising each year since, notes Secretary Lucille Sering, who leads the Climate Change Commission. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned, in its 2001 assessment, that climate shifts will trigger yet fiercer storms. Scientists are now 95 percent sure that climate change is driven by human action, this years 5th assessment report adds. So, why wasnt the Philippines more ready? wrote Max Fisher of The Washington Post. Quite simply, this storm was just too big, with winds well beyond 200 miles per hour and sea levels surging across coastal communities. No country could absorb it unharmed. Widespread poverty cripples the capacity to deal with crisis. The Philippines is ranked 165th in the world by GDP per capitajust below the Republic of Congo. The challenge, though, goes beyond just the national treasurys size. Much of todays analysis smudges the core issue of embedded corruption. Was it normal for some senators to pocket P8 of every P10 in their pork barrel? Senators Bong, Johnny, Jinggoy and Bongbong will clam up. But yesterdays structured sleaze turned thousands into todays desperate climate refugees. Some lead a double life by giving money to the Church while stealing from the state, Pope Francis said over the weekend. They deserve to be tied to a rock and thrown into the sea. They are whitewashed tombs. A life based on corruption is varnished putrefaction. Yolanda/Haiyan provided a backdrop of sobering reality, Christiana Figueres, executive director of the UN Framework Convention on
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is always with us. Let us rouse ourselves from a prolonged state of helplessness, because we also know that together with the severe tests and hardships that God may send us, he also sends us all the necessary help. Besides we also have to realize that our life here on earth only has a relative value in the sense that this is not our definitive life. It constitutes only as the preliminary but testing stage of the real life meant for us with God in heaven. We do a lot of things here, just like what the gospel says. We eat and drink, we marry, buy and sell, do politics, etc. But we will leave these things behind. We cannot bring anything beyond the gate of death except the goodness, the love, the wisdom and justice that we gained and practiced while doing them. Its the intangible, the spiritual that can take the leap from the here and now to eternity, and can serve as our ticket to determine how our eternal life will be. We have to be ready to leave everything behind in this life whenever it shall please him, as it shall please him, however and wheresoever it shall please him. We should try to be ready all the time, just like what the Boy Scout motto tells us, Be prepared. Thats why it is always recommendable that we regularly meditate on the last things, namely, death, judgment, hell and heaven, to give us the ultimate dimensions of our attitude toward life. Lets disabuse ourselves from simply assuming a worldly and temporal outlook. Our dignity as persons and as children of God put us in a reality that goes beyond time and space, beyond what is merely material and natural. Its a reality that includes and culminates in the spiritual and supernatural. Lets also remember that God, in spite of what we may consider as harsh and cruel realities, is always a good father who takes care of us. His will and ways are inscrutable, way beyond what we can see and understand. But his will and ways can only be of love and goodness, in spite of how they appear humanly speaking. Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

A life changer
I AGAIN lost another columnist to his Maker. Engr. Gorgonio Marcos Caing, first cousin of my mother, passed away in Tacloban City. We are not sure of the circumstances of how he passed away whether it was during the typhoon (their house was just a few hundred meters from the shore along the Astrodome area) or a day or two later. Nonetheless, the family has made sure his death wish would be followed to be buried at the mausoleum he himself conceptualized. He supervised its construction to the littlest detail and would be beside the grave of his beloved first wife, Tia Mary. Tio Goring, as we fondly called him, would be sorely missed. He was the epitome of a cool dad and allowed his three sons and one daughter the independence to express themselves in various fashions during their youth. His son Danny, now an engineer, used to have a trove of snakes in their house as his pets. Another

son, Don, was attracted to the left and joined it until he realized it was a futile fight. Dino, whom I always treated as the fun cousin of the bunch, is now a surgeon and practices here in Ormoc. Dora, the only daughter, is with DPWH. We havent gone to Tacloban, which we know is in shambles right now, but my prayers and fond thoughts are for Tio Goring. His life was a wonderful journey, as I have read in his columns spiced up by his personal experiences. At 86, he had lived a full life. Now, he is on another journey and may he rest in Gods arm. Buen viaje, Tio Goring! Typhoon Yolanda came as a surprise to all of us. We were not prepared to the extent of its devastation and I dont think we would have
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were left standing, seems like macabre stick figures with arms outstretched to the heavens. As I continue to survey the damage and observe its impact on our lives, I can only say that Typhoon Yolanda will be one of those life changing catastrophes that will not only change the physical landscape but also the lives of affected people. It would be like the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that buried Pompeii, the suspected epidemic that wiped out the Aztec race or made them migrate elsewhere, never to return again, leaving their cities to ruins. Tacloban is in the same boat. To get it back on its feet again would take a long process. People have migrated to Cebu and outside towns. The sight of weary people sleeping on the port, waiting for the next available boat out is heart pinching. On TV, while we were in Cebu on Monday and Tuesday, I saw people begging to get on military planes. It looked like a scene from World War Z. Yolanda, indeed, was one hell of a catastrophe that can make or break fortunes. And I dont think shed be the last to visit our land. The Philippines, after all, is ranked third most vulnerable to climate change.

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Being male
MALES OF ALL SPECIES love to strut, call themselves top of the heap and feel entitled to every female in sight. It is also considered a given that a man could not control his sexual urges and would in fact be just too willing to bed his friends wife. Is it based on research or is it just a myth? Scientists have found that men are biologically inclined toward avoiding a close encounter with the mate of a buddy. Testosterone seems to be depressed if a friend is involved, but elevated if there is no close relationship. Mens testosterone levels generally increase when they are interacting with a potential sexual partner or an enemys mate, researchers report. It suggests that mens minds have evolved to foster a situation where the bonds of friendship are respected. The apparent lowering of testosterone levels when interacting with friends mates is consistent with mutual respect of mating relationships and enhanced cooperation among group males, the study notes. The scientists see their study as much broader than just the sexual temptation involving a friends mate because another research showed that testosterone is also involved in a wide range of human activities. They found, for example, that the level of testosterone soared in young men when they competed in sporting events with a rival from another community, but it remained unchanged if the rival was a close neighbor. And that, they suggest, shows we are biologically determined to act less aggressively within our group but we are more willing to attack outsiders. A victory against friends does not affect testosterone significantly, whereas a victory against outsiders results in elevated testosterone, the study concludes. Likewise, a defeat by friends has little effect on testosterone, whereas a defeat by outsiders results in decreased testosterone from pre-competition levels. The researchers further suggest that testosterone remains low to help members of a community work together and it rises to help defeat a threat from outside the community. Thus, it may play a critical role in human interactions, even at the international level. However, there is still some debate among scientists over testosterone. Other scientists found that testosterone does not cause aggression if that would threaten ones own status, as in dont pick a fight with a bully if hes really gigantic. Another study found that testosterone makes us less cooperative, even with our friends, and more egocentric. And other researchers found that subjects who had received an extra dose of testosterone lied less frequently so the effect can sometimes seem contradictory. But one thing is certain. Sex may not necessarily be destiny but sex hormones determine what and who we are as far as gender orientation is concerned. Perhaps the hate bashers now show more empathy for Charice and others who came out of the closet by supporting Thats My Tomboy, a popular segment of Its Showtime for lesbians on TV.

Household Tips
By Ina Larrazabal-Gimenez
Making your home safe for CHILDREN
ITS COMMON for kids to get scrapes and cuts on the playground, but they can be protected from sharp and dangerous items around and outside the home. Here are some important ways to protect kids from injuries from sharp household objects: Keep knives, forks, scissors, and other sharp utensils in a drawer with a safety latch. Keep glass objects, such as drinking glasses and bowls, in a high cabinet far from reach. Make sure that mirrors are securely attached to the wall. Keep paper shredders out of the reach of small children. Store appliances with sharp blades (like blenders or food processors) far from reach or in a locked cabinet. Keep babies and toddlers a safe distance away when you load and unload the dishwasher to prevent them from grabbing sharp utensils or glassware that could break. (You might want to use a dishwasher lock at other times.) If possible, keep the kitchen garbage can behind a cabinet door with a safety latch. If you use a razor to shave, keep it in a locked cabinet in the bathroom. Be sure extra blades are stored in a safe place, along with nail scissors and other sharp personal or grooming instruments. Store all tools, including those used for gardening, automotive, and lawn care, out of reach or in locked containers. If you recycle glass and metal in your home, keep the recycling containers far from reach to prevent cuts and possible poisoning from substances still left in containers. Make sure swing-set and outdoor play equipment is free of rust, splinters, and sharp edges. Source: kidshealth.org For more tips, you can watch INAS HOUSEHOLD TIPS at PRTV 12 Tacloban Bida ka Inay every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 6pm or you can email me at inashouseholdtips@ yahoo.com or add me on facebook.

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Anderson Cooper, I also saw what you saw

(The following commentary is a piece written by GERALDINE UY WONG, a Taclobana, in response to Anderson Cooper of CNNs commentary that he did not see the hand of government in Tacloban City as it grappled with the horrors of Typhoon Yolanda. This was reposted by Dr. Gregorio Yrastorza Jr. on his FB account. Geraldine Wong asks netizens to help her piece reach Cooper. We are not sure if Ms Wongs essay had been published in mainstream media outlets already. - Editor) MR. ANDERSON Cooper, I want to thank you for reporting on the miserable conditions that you saw when you covered the Tacloban calamity scene 5 days after the typhoon. Your report came out on Tuesday, the day I was herding our relatives to the airport to finally get out of Tacloban. A day before, I was able to board the relief cargo plane of Air 21 Express from Manila to Tacloban when I was given the chance, getting there on Monday noon, and immediately I set out looking for my family members. On the way to the city, I saw what you saw, countless dead bodies strewn on the ground in various stages of decomposition, extensive destruction everywhere I looked, injured people walking on the streets looking like zombies - hungry, confused, desperate. The stench of death permeated all around us and sent chills down my spine. Countless times as our vehicle moved down the road, we were stopped by people in the streets begging for food. The roads were only passable by one lane, and along the way, I saw officers of the BFP (Bureau of Fire Protection) manually remove the dead bodies, along with the unbelievably massive amount of debris scattered all around. Because of this, what would normally take 40 minutes or less to traverse became an agonizing 2 hour ride. I saw what you saw, Anderson, and it angered me as much as it did you. I was also heartbroken, for this is the place where I spent some of the most wonderful summers of my childhood. I vowed to myself that I would speak up about the governments incompetence as soon as I got out. If I ever get out. . . I arrived at the city hall tent as was part of my plan, because when I was still in Manila, I did hear that there was a command post of the DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) where we can get cell phone signals and internet connection. From there, I was supposed to make some inquiries before I would set out on foot to look for my relatives houses. It was while I was there that I saw with my own eyes how this government agency led by its head, Secretary Dinky Soliman, tirelessly and heroically worked almost 24/7 to immediately bring relief not only to the city of Tacloban but also to the outlying municipalities and towns that were affected by this calamity. I could not even begin to grasp the massive amount of work that needed to be done. I wanted to know why the government action seemed to be excruciatingly slow, but I couldnt stay around long enough because my mission there was to find my relatives, and I did not want to be distracted. Thankfully, thankfully, I found them in two separate locations. They were cooped up in their houses, whispering in the dark, afraid to attract criminal elements that were reported to be going around looting. They could not believe I was there right before their eyes, and it was the first time in so long that they had a glimmer of hope that they would be rescued. We hastily fled their houses in the middle of the night, I placed all of them in one location, and then I went back to the city hall because it was a strategic point where I could get the proper cell phone signals and stay connected to the outside world. I made some frenzied phone calls to my family in Manila, and it was from them that I found out that Cebu Pacific Air was offering humanitarian flights beginning Tuesday morning! All systems were in place for our eventual escape, and all I could do was pray to God that my plan would go on smoothly. After I instructed my cousin to look for 2 vehicles that could transport all 16 of us the next day to the airport, I decided to stay in the city hall overnight so that I could still keep in touch with my family in Manila. It was critical that I get all the assistance from the outside world so I could strategize better. Oh,

how I proved now more than ever that communication or the lack of it could be one of the determinants for life and death! As much as I was staying around for the rest of the night, I started going around to ask the officials why things are what they are. These

are what I found out: 1. After the typhoon struck on the first day (Friday), the whole world lost track of the areas hit by the calamity. ZERO COMMUNICASEE

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Survivors of the Ormoc flashflood of 1991 do not need a fertile imagination to imagine how it is in Tacloban right now. These pictures were taken on Monday, November 11, three days after the typhoon Yolanda hit the city. The corpses, already rotting, line up the main Real Street of Tacloban, just in front of the Astrodome where thousands were evacuated and hundreds met their doom when water from strong storm surges breached it and people scrambled to the higher seats, trampling the elderly, women, children and the weak in a stampede.

COOPER ... from P. 5

TION! It was even said that satellites could not locate Tacloban, Leyte, and Samar from the map, as if they were totally erased from the face of the earth. Unlike the tsunami event that hit Japan, where they were still connected to the outside world, Tacloban, Leyte, and Samar were shut out. How can we even begin to help them? And so, even as the magnitude of this calamity is being identified as similar to Japans tsunami event, circumstances were totally different. It was only the next day that we heard from Ted Failon of ABS-CBN what happened, and as the world watched in shock, it was then that we began to realize the massive destruction that hit this part of the country. This generalized cut of link to the outside world was to continue for the next 3 days, until Globe Telecoms was able to slowly bring back some of the signals on the 4th day. 2. Unlike the tsunami that happened in Japan where their airport was not affected, supertyphoon Yolanda destroyed the airport, which was just beside a big body of water. I need not say more, for CNN did cover the airport scene. All equipment, radar, watch tower destroyed. Absolutely no electricity. With that, Tacloban was even more cut off from the outside world. Nobody could either come in or go out. No relief to be brought in, no means of transportation for the national leaders to arrive with, no means of escape for the suffering people. It was only on Sunday, or the 3rd day since the typhoon hit, that the airport had a generator to make it operational, because Air 21, a Philippine cargo company, took it upon themselves to bring some much needed generators to make the airport operational. And that is how the airplane of the Philippine president and the first few government C130s was able to land in the airport. 3rd day served as the first day when things just started to move. And lest I be taken to task for mentioning the benevolence of Air 21, yes, I admit that this was the same cargo plane that I took to be able to get to Tacloban on Monday, but it is precisely because I heard that the company was one of the first to offer humanitarian help gratis to the government that made me act to get quickly hooked up with the owners of the company and be able to hitch a ride. 3. The super typhoon decimated a big part of the population that so many people are still missing and unaccounted for to this day, and the rest who survived were either maimed and injured, were grieving for the loss of a loved one, struggling to cope with the tragedy that befell upon them, or simply looking for ways to take care of what remained of their family. In other words, everyone was a victim. And who are these people? These were the soldiers, police, Red Cross staff, social welfare staff, airport staff, BFP people, nurses, doctors, even the officials like the mayor and vice-mayor! And so if we look at things in this perspective, we begin to realize why there were no military and police to protect the people in the first few days, no staffers to repack or distribute relief goods, no BFP personnel to take care of clearing up the roads filled with dead people; in other words, there was hardly anyone there to put order into things as they were all victims themselves. I found out from one of the officials I spoke with that the people who came in much later to fill those places were flown in from Manila or pulled out from the other nearby towns that were not as badly affected. And so, those BFP people I saw clearing the road on Monday, the soldiers who were helping to slowly put order into the place, the red cross staffers who tried to address the health concerns of the victims, and even the DSWD staffers who were being deployed to evacuation centers and relief centers to distribute food and water, were mostly imports and volunteers from other places, and they were only able to start streaming in on the 3rd or 4th day! Therefore, the lack of manpower was not due to a lack of preparation but because of the unexpected loss or absence of these people who were supposed to be the governments frontrunners! 4. And of course, lets not forget that logistics is the life stream of relief operations, but how could logistics have been tapped properly this time around when all roads were practically closed, nearly all means of transportation were destroyed, and if there were any remaining vehicle to move around with, either the key could not be found or there was not enough fuel! Even the ships could not dock on Tacloban shores, because the Coast Guard could not risk inviting another naval disaster seeing that the bodies of water were littered with debris. Is all this due to an ill-planned disaster preparation? I dont think so. For after all, we have heard that the warehouses filled with food and rice in preparation for the typhoon were all soaked with water, the fuel depots were flooded, and even the evacuation centers where the residents were filled into, precisely to prepare for the coming supertyphoon, practically served as the death chamber of these same people. In our language, the fact that these people were properly evacuated and the government had food stocks stored is enough proof that the government prepared for this. But then again, this was no ordinary typhoon. In fact supertyphoon Yolanda is now being called the worst typhoon in the WORLDS history. These are only a few of the major points - not to justify, but rather to rationalize and logically explain why things happened as they did. To put things into their proper perspective. If America, which was hit by Hurricane Katrina, a far tamer weather disturbance in comparison to Supertyphoon Yolanda, struggled as well for several days and weeks to cope with the disaster, with then Pres. Bush earning the ire of your countrymen, how in the world could we expect that the Philippines, a much poorer country with very meager resources compared to the massive resources of a superpower country like yours, be able to miraculously stand up on its feet just a few days after this magnitude of a disaster? Even the spokesperson of the United Nations admits that they are really struggling to cope with the efforts to distribute help in this present situation. And so I write you, Anderson, to let you know that at this time, when our country is at its darkest moment, Filipinos need to rally for each and every one of our countrymen as well as for our leaders. We hear that our government officials like Sec. Voltaire Gazmin, Mar Roxas, and Dinky Soliman arrived at Tacloban a day before the supertyphoon was to hit the place, meeting it head-on. And even as they struggle with their work and commit lapses along the way, we see that our leaders are doing the best that they could under the present circumstances. I still hope that you do your part to report on the truth and cry out in disgust if you find the conditions detestable. We appreciate what you and Andrew Stevens and the rest of the media are doing, because it keeps our leaders on their toes as they know that the whole world is watching them. And even as we grieve, we are immensely grateful and overwhelmed with the help, support, and love that the whole world has sent our way. As I write this, it is the 7th day since the disaster struck, and now we see more and more people able to escape out of Tacloban. We did our own escape on Tuesday through Cebu Pacific Air, the airline that was the first to offer humanitarian flights for evacuees, with absolutely no charge! More and more roads are opened up for transportation, buses and trucks are filing in to bring relief, as well as to bring the people out. Same goes for the military ships which can now dock on ports. More and more people are given relief distributions, and doctors and paramedics from all over the world are able to come in to set up their medical missions. The ten choppers brought in by the USS warship was an immense boost to ease the logistical nightmare we have initially encountered, with just 3 government C130s for use in the first few days. The UK, Australia, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel, Hungary, Singapore, UAE, and many other countries sent in valuable equipment and transportation aside from aid. And Im sure its hard not to notice, but practically all the citizens of this country contributed in his or her own way to ease the pain of our fellow Filipinos. Corporations readily offered their products, services, and facilities for use in this whole national operation. Our bayanihan (helping each other) spirit is a source of great pride! All told, we expect the sufferings to ease up a little, but it would be ignorant to say that we expect all things to be well. Tacloban, Samar, and Leyte will never be the same again. Our country will never be the same again. But if there is one thing that we have learned, it is this: we need to bring back the lost trust of the people with our government. For the longest time, we have been ruled with corruption and greed. Even to this day, we continue to suffer the effects of these evil thieves in our government. I wish they had been the ones swept up by the storm surge and thrown back into the seas. But not all are rotten tomatoes. I hope that Filipinos will now learn how to choose their leaders. It is time for the Filipino to stand as a nation and be strong again. Anderson Cooper, after all this is done, please do not forget our country. If you have the time, I invite you to go around the other parts of the country which you will find to be extremely good-looking, and you will also find out that the Filipinos are some of the most wonderful and kind-hearted people in the world. Aside from this, I would also request that you and your colleagues do the following: 1. Please please please do whatever you can to make sure that the immense aid in CASH that we have been receiving and continue to receive, rightfully go to the rehabilitation of the devastated areas and not to the pockets of the corrupt few. Along the way, you might want to do a prize-winning documentary on the corruption problems of our country. On this, you will do well to be introduced to Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago to get most of your resource materials. With her by your side, your job will be half-done and I assure you an immensely enjoyable experience in her company. 2. Because you are Anderson Cooper, a well-respected veteran journalist who the world listens to, we ask you to please help the cause of our Philippine Climate Change Commission negotiator Naderev Sano for concrete steps to halt global warming. It is global warming and climate change that cause these disasters to happen, and the Philippines is said to be one of the countries most greatly impacted by this. We have suffered for so long, how long will we suffer more? 3. Anderson, can I also ask you to commend and show the pictures of our brave men and women as they perform their tasks, just as you show the ineptness and slow response of our officials to the current situation? Just to be fair to both sides and create an equal balance into the picture. The last thing we want is to see our dedicated volunteers lose their morale. 4. Lastly, I ask that someday, when the time is right, and the country has hopefully risen up from this fall, please come back and show the world that this time we did right. If that day does not come, I will be the first to get out of the Philippines and declare it a banana republic forever. Anderson Cooper, for all that you and your colleagues do, we salute you! Please help our country as we struggle to be a strong nation at last. Thank you. - GERALDINE UY WONG

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NEWS
BIZMEN ... from P. 1

The Ormoc City Hall is now the Oroc City Hall). Estimated damage to it is P 100-million. At the forefront is councilor Bennet Pongos Jr. driving a Multicab to report because his vehicle was smashed. He said they took refuge in their sister, Ms. Rina Pongos-Rodriguezs house, thinking they would be safer there. Unfortunately, Perok and Rinas house was also totalled and they had to hide in the last bathroom standing when Yolanda unleashed its most powerful gusts during the second wave.

YOLANDA ... from P. 1

fortunes. There is also no functioning operating room at the citys five hospitals. OSPA-Farmers Medical Center has closed opera tions after its last patient was discharged but city councilor Mario Rodriguez, a trustee, said they hope to resume in two weeks. Luckily, Ormoc sur vived the supertyphoon with very few fatalities compared to Tacloban City, some two hours away during normal times. As of November 15, the number of fatalities is 33 up from the reported 21 as of November 10. The city health office also listed as its top 10 morbidity cases wounds (all kinds); upper respiratory infections; fever; diarrhea; hypertension; pneumonia; diabetes mellitus; dog bites; fractures (all forms); and urinary tract infections. The typhoon completely cut-off Leyte and Samar regions from around the world that no word about its situation came out only until a day later, when ABSCBNs Ted Failon finally was able to broadcast the horror he saw and expe rienced in Tacloban. Little did he know that not only Tacloban was badly hit, but the rest of the region. With Failon were Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas who was sent by Malacaang to Leyte on November 7 yet, to oversee expected relief operations that would happen after the typhoon. But Roxas and company could not have possibly imagined the extent of Yolandas destruction, made worst when the region became isolated from the rest of the world when communication systems bogged down. All systems down Here in Ormoc, people thought they had it worst. Tacloban, however, was worst hit, with storm surges that entered 100 meters inland. Initially, an estimate of 10,000 people killed by the storm surges was issued by the police. Now, as documentation becomes clearer, the death toll has reduced to 2,000 for Tacloban. It could grow higher in the next days as reports from other affected coastal towns start coming in. Here, the official death toll is now 33 up by 12 from the previous reported 21 as of November 10, 2013. The first news from the Tacloban side would come from former Leyte governor and now Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla who said It you think you had it bad, think again. Tacloban is in a far worst situation than you. Were still picking up dead bodies there, he said, adding that because of the vastness of the devastation, nobody are reporting to operate our heavy equipments and drive the trucks. Petilla arrived while Vice-Mayor Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr and the city council had just finished its What made things worst is communications have totally bogged down, he said. He also reported then that looting has begun in Tacloban and for those who think they can still go to Robinsons to shop for food to forget it. There is no Tacloban City anymore, he said. Over the week, a picture of horror would emerge. On Wednesday evening, on national TV, reports of a badly ravaged Basey in Samar were aired. Basey fronts Tacloban City and is the first town on the right when one crosses San Juanico Bridge from Leyte. Just like Tacloban, storm surges also killed a lot of people. Just like Tacloban, some or most of the victims were swept away as they were in a covered court that was designated as the evacuation area of the poblacion. The devastation cut a wide swath from Guiuan in Eastern Samar where the typhoon made land fall down to Tacloban, Ormoc and Palompon. And a complete breakdown of all communications system did not help. Nobody could call out, nobody could call in. And as late as this report (Sunday, November 17, 2013) people from various places continue to report their plight. Samar, Camotes and Central Visayas devastated, too Initially, it was thought that only half of Leyte province was badly hit, from Tacloban to this city. But as pieces fall together, half of the entire region was directly hit, while the other half is also impacted by the vicious typhoon. Just on Thursday, news of Camotes as badly affected reached national media. Also similar reports from Central Visayas. Exodus Meanwhile, Tacloban continues to hog the headlines. People with means and no means have decided to leave the city. In Ormoc, fast crafts and conventional vessels had to add more trips per day to accommodate thousands of passengers. Thousands wait at the port area for the next trips. Most of them come from Tacloban and Palo, Leyte, where dead bodies remain unpicked a week after the typhoon. The stench is unbearable, Taclobanons complain, and it has be come a health hazard. A Navy boat that brought in relief goods from Manila brought 2,500 passengers on it back to Manila. Bahala na, some people told media when asked if they had relatives to go to in the nations capital. In Cebu, the Mactan LGU has set up a refu gee camp. How long they can sustain the thousands camped there remains to be seen.

depressed. Well just start anew, she said. The couple, on the other hand, is a firm believer of the Filipinos resil iency, especially that of Ormocanons which had been through a great flood in 1991. Thats the Newly weds Inigo and Poochie feel lucky to be alive. They feel happy, too, Pinoy! A n o t h e r that they are lucky to have friends here and abroad who readily responded believer in the to their calls for relief. At the background are people repacking relief goods Pinoy spirit is that the IAL wing are giving away to various barangays. Iigo Larraza bal, president of the Ormoc Chamber of of generosity and selflessness. Commerce. He and his wife Poochie are When Smarts signal was restored by now camping out with his parents, Atty. Saturday, his father Aki started calling Iaki and Leny Larrazabal. They lost almost friends to help them and the city in general. all their belongings when the house they One of those he called was an electricianwere renting on top of the hill was totally friend from Surigao. Iigo said they had to blown off. call him because the local electricians could Iigo said that it was only after the not attend to their needs as they were also typhoon that he realized how close they taking care of their own. were to death when Yolanda ravaged their Iigo said they did not only need the home. Eloquently describing their experi- electrician for their own comfort but had ence in his usual funny way, he said that to get the generator of the family-owned soon after Yolanda started beating down Ormoc Villa Hotel running because people on Ormoc, they had to hide under the bed. were asking them to accommodate them. Me, Poochie and Player (their English Believe it or not, he said, my dad bulldog). It was easy for Poochie to hide called them at five oclock in the afternoon flat under the bed but I had trouble fitting of Saturday. By ten in the morning of the in, he said. I did not know how I did it next day, they were already here in Ormoc, but I was able to hold the bed a few inches he said. They would have been here sooner, off my face for about an hour that Yolanda he said, if the travel from Baybay to Ormoc, battered us, he added. just 45 minutes away in normal times, did They came out from under their heavy not take them 4 hours to traverse. queen-sized double mattress bed when Currently, a few hotels in the city are a calm set in. They thought it was over. still operating like the Sabin Resort Hotel. Quickly, he related, they surveyed the dam- Andone Larrazabal, who manages its hotel age and saw the truck of a coconut tree over operations, said even if they would not their Fortuners hood. But the wind began want to operate, they cannot turn down howling again. people asking for just a place to stay. EsHe and wife Poochie went inside the chewing the usual hotel protocols, they are Fortuner and in crash positions, spent two accommodating customers five to a room, hours crouched at the back seat of their car. or even more. Most are happy to have a roof We could feel the wind trying to blow off over their head and a dry mattress, she said. the Fortuner. Without the coconut tree pinPongos Hotel, located at the heart of ning it, we would have toppled down, he the city, was virtually unscathed. From day said. Well, coconut trees are called the tree one, it had been offering free charging to of life, cousin Monique L. Veloso quipped people who wanted to charge their phones. while listening to his tale. Lets get the business going Iigo, who likes fast cars and riding By Tuesday, November 12, Iigo was rollercoasters including the famed The on his phone calling up other concerned Mummy at Singapore Universal Studios, Ormocanons. Let us rise above this, he would have wanted to pass off the incident urged member businesses of the Ormoc as another adrenalin rush until he saw six Chamber. and ten-wheeler trucks on their side at the Lets show them Ormoc is back on its road while they walked their way through feet, he said, in the light of exaggerated rethe debris to go home to their parents. ports that looters from the Waray side were His parents house is also badly dam- on their way to Ormoc to do their thing. aged but there still two rooms that can be By that time, news of massive looting in used, he said. Tacloban have been aired and concern that There, he would have another brush SEE BIZMEN P. 8 with the Pinoy spirit, this time in the form

It looks like a scene out of a Transformer movie but two 10-wheeler trucks of the Leyte Agri Corporation lie on their sides at Brgy. Libertad, this city. Similar scenes right after Yolanda wrecked Ormoc City dotted the landscape, making businessman Iigo Larrazabal realize they were still lucky to be alive.

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REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD LUNGSOD NG ORMOC EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD AT THE SNGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING ON OCTOBER 29, 2013 IN LIEU OF OCTOBER 31, 2013 PRESENT: Hon. Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer Hon. Rolando M. Villasencio, City Councilor, Majority Floor Leader Hon. Tomas R. Serafica, City Councilor, Asst. Majority Floor Leader Hon. Mario M. Rodriguez, City Councilor, Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore Hon. Ruben R. Capahi City Councilor, Asst. Minority Floor Leader Hon. Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., City Councilor Hon. Antonio M. Codilla City Councilor Hon. Pedro Godiardo P. Ebcas City Councilor Hon. Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, City Councilor Hon. Marina T. Placido, Ex- Officio City Councilor Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng Ormoc Hon. Corinne M. Corro, Ex-Officio City Councilor, SK Federation President ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Hon. Vincent L. Rama (Acting City Mayor), City Councilor ABSENT: Hon. Nepomuceno P. Aparis I, (Deceased), City Councilor Minority Floor Leader PREFATORY STATEMENT PRESENTED to the 13th Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc for consideration is an Urgent Indorsement dated October 18, 2013 from the Office of the Honorable City Mayor Edward C. Codilla, relative to the request for Supplemental Budget intended for the City General Services Office and City Prosecutors Office in the total amount of EIGHT MILLION FORTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P 8,045,000.00). The amount requested by the City General Services Office will be used to cover the electricity consumption of various public buildings and streetlights and for fuel and oil expenses for the period of September to December, 2013 as stated in the letter request of Engr. Domardoni C. Cayanong, General Services Officer, dated October 18, 2013. IN the part of the City Prosecutors Office, the requested supplemental appropriation is for the additional allowance of the employees of the same office; The City Budget Officer issued a Certification dated October 18, 2013 stating that funds amounting to EIGHT MILLION FORTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P 8,045,000.00), are available from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of the Year 2012, as supplemental appropriation of the following offices, to wit: CITY GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE Maintenance & Other Operating Expenses: Fuel, Oil & Lubricant Expense P 1,200,00.00 Electricity Public Buildings 4,800,000.00 Electricity Street Lights 2,000,000.00 P 8,000,000.00 OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTORMaintenance & Other Operating Expenses: Additional Allowance P 45,000.00 TOTAL P 8,045,000.00 =========== The City Treasurer, through a Certificated of Availability of Funds dated October 18, 2013, certified that funds amounting to EIGHT MILLION FORTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P 8,045,000.00) are available from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of Year 2012, as supplemental appropriation for the aforementioned offices: FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on motion of the City Councilor Mario M. Rodriguez, Chairman, Committee on Finance and Appropriation, jointly seconded by City Councilors Antonio M. Codilla and Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga; be it RESOLVED, to enact: APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2013-003 (General Fund) AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT MILLION FORTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P 8,045,000.00). TO BE TAKEN FROM THE UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS, END OF YEAR 2012, AS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CITY GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE AND THE CITY PROSECUTORS OFFICE, TO WIT: CITY GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE Maintenance & Other Operating Expenses: Fuel, Oil & Lubricant Expense P 1,200,00.00 Electricity Public Buildings 4,800,000.00 Electricity Street Lights 2,000,000.00 P 8,000,000.00 OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTORMaintenance & Other Operating Expenses: Additional Allowance P 45,000.00 TOTAL P 8,045,000.00 =========== BE IT ENACTED, by the Thirteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc, that: SECTION 1. 2013 GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. The sum of EIGHT MILLION FORTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (8,045,000.00) of the General Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City is hereby appropriated as supplemental appropriation for the City General Services Office and City Prosecutors Office to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of Year 2012. SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. The Appropriation Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval subject however, to the compliance of the posting and publication requirements as provided in

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the Local Government Code of 1991. RESOLVED FURTHER that sufficient copies of this Appropriation Ordinance together with all supporting documents thereof, be submitted to the Honorable Secretary, Department of Budget & Management, Manila, through the City Budget Officer of Ormoc and the Regional Director, Department of Budget & Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes: ENACTED, October 29, 2013. RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish copies of this Appropriation Ordinance, one each to His Honor, the City Mayor Edward C. Codilla, the City Administrator, the City Treasurer, the City Budget Officer, the City Accountant, the City Auditor, the City General Services Office, the City Prosecutors Office, and other offices concerned; CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appropriation Ordinance No. 2013-003 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2013 was duly enacted by the Thirteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in its regular session. (Sgd.) JOEL S. DUERO Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (Sgd.) ROLANDO M. VILLASENCIO City Councilor Majority Floor Leader (Sgd.) TOMAS R. SERAFICA City Councilor Asst. Majority Floor Leader (Sgd.) MARIO M. RODRIGUEZ City Councilor Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore) (Sgd.) RUBEN R. CAPAHI City Councilor, Asst. Minority Floor Leader (Sgd.) BENJAMIN S. PONGOS, JR. City Councilor (Sgd.) ANTONIO M. CODILLA City Councilor (Sgd.) VINCENT L. RAMA (Acting City Mayor) City Councilor (Sgd.) PEDRO GODIARDO P. EBCAS City Councilor (Sgd.) EUSEBIO GERARDO S. PENSERGA City Councilor (Sgd.) MARINA T. PLACIDO Ex-Officio City Councilor Chapter President Liga ng mga Barangay ng Ormoc (Sgd.) CORINNE M. CORRO Ex-Officio City Councilor SK Federation President ATTESTED: (Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer APPROVED: (Sgd.) EDWARD C. CODILLA City Mayor __________ EV Mail Nov. 11-17, 2013 REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD LUNGSOD NG ORMOC EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD AT THE SNGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING ON OCTOBER 29, 2013 IN LIEU OF OCTOBER 31, 2013 PRESENT: Hon. Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer Hon. Rolando M. Villasencio, City Councilor, Majority Floor Leader Hon. Tomas R. Serafica, City Councilor, Asst. Majority Floor Leader Hon. Mario M. Rodriguez, City Councilor, Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore Hon. Ruben R. Capahi City Councilor, Asst. Minority Floor Leader Hon. Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., City Councilor Hon. Antonio M. Codilla City Councilor Hon. Pedro Godiardo P. Ebcas City Councilor Hon. Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga, City Councilor Hon. Marina T. Placido, Ex- Officio City Councilor, Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng Ormoc Hon. Corinne M. Corro, Ex-Officio City Councilor, SK Federation President ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Hon. Vincent L. Rama (Acting City Mayor), City Councilor ABSENT: Hon. Nepomuceno P. Aparis I, (Deceased), City Councilor Minority Floor Leader PREFATORY STATEMENT PRESENTED to this August Body for consideration is an Urgent Indorsement dated October 17, 2013 from the Office of the Honorable City Mayor Edward C. Codilla, in relation to the request of Mr. Angelo I. Roman, City Treasurer, for a supplemental budget in the amount of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P 800,000.00) for Fuels and Overtime Services of the City Treasurers Office and General Service Office personnel due to the forthcoming Barangay Election; The City Budget Officer issued a Certifica tion dated October 17, 2013 stating therein that the sum of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P 800,000.00) is available from the Unappropriated Surplus End of Year 2012 for supplemental appropriation of the following accounts under the City Treasurers Office in connection with the forthcoming Barangay Election, as follows: Personal Services Overtime and Night Pay P 550,000.00 Maintenance & Other Operating Expenses Fuel, Oil & Lubricant Expense P 250,000.00 ---------------- TOTAL P 800,000.00 The City Treasurer, through a Certificated of Availability of Funds dated October 17, 2013, certified that the amount of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P 800,000.00) is available to cover the requested Supplemental Appropriation to be taken from out of the Unappropriated Surplus end of year 2012; FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on motion of the City Councilor Mario M. Rodriguez, Chairman, Committee on Finance and Appropriation, jointly seconded by City Councilors Corinne M. Corro, Antonio M. Codilla and Pedro Godiardo P. Ebcas; be it RESOLVED, to enact: APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2013-004 (General Fund) AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P 800,000.00) TO BE TAKEN FROM THE UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS, END OF YEAR 2012, AS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS UNDER THE CITY TREASURERS OFFICE, AS FOLLOWS: Personal Services Overtime and Night Pay P 550,000.00 Maintenance & Other Operating Expenses Fuel, Oil & Lubricant Expense P 250,000.00 ---------------- TOTAL P 800,000.00 BE IT ENACTED, by the Thirteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc, that: SECTION 1. 2013 GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. The sum of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P 800,000.00) of the General Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City is hereby appropriated as supplemental appropriation for the City Treasurers Office to be taken from the Unappropriated Surplus, End of Year 2012. SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. The Appropriation Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval subject however, to the compliance of the posting and publication requirements as provided in the Local Government Code of 1991. RESOLVED FURTHER that sufficient copies of this Appropriation Ordinance together with all supporting documents thereof, be submitted to the Honorable Secretary, Department of Budget & Management, Manila, through the City Budget Officer of Ormoc and the Regional Director, Department of Budget & Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes: ENACTED, October 29, 2013. RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish copies of this Appropriation Ordinance, one each to His Honor, the City Mayor Edward C. Codilla, the City Administrator, the City Treasurer, the City Budget Officer, the City Accountant, the City Auditor, the City General Services Office, the City Prosecutors Office, and other offices concerned; CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appropriation Ordinance No. 2013-003 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2013 was duly enacted by the Thirteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc in its regular session. (Sgd.) JOEL S. DUERO Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (Sgd.) ROLANDO M. VILLASENCIO City Councilor Majority Floor Leader (Sgd.) TOMAS R. SERAFICA City Councilor Asst. Majority Floor Leader (Sgd.) MARIO M. RODRIGUEZ City Councilor Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore) (Sgd.) RUBEN R. CAPAHI City Councilor, Asst. Minority Floor Leader (Sgd.) BENJAMIN S. PONGOS, JR. City Councilor (Sgd.) ANTONIO M. CODILLA City Councilor (Sgd.) VINCENT L. RAMA (Acting City Mayor) City Councilor (Sgd.) PEDRO GODIARDO P. EBCAS City Councilor (Sgd.) EUSEBIO GERARDO S. PENSERGA City Councilor (Sgd.) MARINA T. PLACIDO Ex-Officio City Councilor Chapter President Liga ng mga Barangay ng Ormoc (Sgd.) CORINNE M. CORRO Ex-Officio City Councilor SK Federation President ATTESTED: (Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer APPROVED: (Sgd.) EDWARD C. CODILLA City Mayor __________ EV Mail Nov. 11-17, 2013

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the phenomenon, or whoever was behind what already seemed systematic looting, would reach the city was high. The next day, the Yolanda Resource Network was born. Headed by retired Navy officer Troy Bumagat, the network aims at coordinating relief efforts and ensure that everybody gets an equitable share of the aid from various sources. Iigo are all praises for family and friends. Do you know that I have some friends who dropped everything just to raise relief assistance for us?, he said. The only way to scare these people, the looters, if the reports are true, is to show them an Ormoc that is already functioning like it was before Yolanda, he said in a meeting with city councilor Bennet Pongos, Jr., chairman of the committee on trade and industry. Manuel Pascual, president of the Ormoc Chinese Chamber, echoed his cry. The chamber only demanded for two things. That their establishments are secured and the city streets cleaned up as soon as possible for people from outside towns to see that Ormoc has once more risen from a tragedy. A glimmer of hope That was Wednesday. By Friday, November 16, the Sals Restaurant, one of Ormocs enduring restaurants known for good food, resumed operations. Daya Larrazabal, together with her four children, opened a take out counter offering at least 10 top favorite dishes from their restaurant menu. Without any means of announcing their opening, except with a text here or there as signal remains intermittent, the first day sales were not very good. But by the second day, food were readily lapped up and some customers, especially those from out of the city, begged to be accommodated at the restaurant. The take out counter is a glimmer of hope amidst the rubble and debris and mess that Yolanda left. And to think that just four days before their opening, three of the siblings had travel from the deathstricken Tacloban City to come home to Ormoc. Dea, Darrol, and Carlo had to walk from where they stayed in Tacloban City to Palo, Leyte just to take a ride home. The three siblings run the restaurants Tacloban branch. Along the way, they saw dead bodies littering the streets, already bloated. The stench was unbearable, they said, but they had to go on. Cut off from their mom in Ormoc, they were worried for her. At Palo, where a long stretch of road is under a pond of stinking water, they had to ride trisikads or pot-pot at P 300.00 each. It was better to pay that much, said their mom Daya, than risk whatever was in that dirty water. They passed by places like Robinsons which was looted after the typhoon. Dea took some pictures from her camera, macabre mementos of a day of infamy. But life has to go on for them, said Carlo, in his early 20s. That is why they decided to immediately open Sals Restaurant, even just a take out counter. More than offering a very palatable alternative to sardines and canned goods, the re-opening of Sals Restaurant is Ormocs glimmer of hope. It seems to send the message that Ormoc will be back on its feet at no time, thanks to generous people and organizations who are helping it and to the Ormocanons themselves who refuse to bow down to any adversity.

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be charged with a plastic recovery system fee Said fee shall be indicated in the costumers transaction receipt as a reminder that they can save money if they use reusable bags and/or if they bring used plastic bags in exchange for a new plastic bag. C) Stall owners/lessees in wet and dry markets will not be allowed to directly distribute plastic bags provided in subsection 2 (g). The market management shall assign areas within the market where these plastic bags may be purchased with corresponding transaction receipt. D) Plastic bags with no handles, holes or strings commonly used for wrapping unpacked fresh foods and cooked foods at supermarkets, wet &dry markets, restaurants, canteen and the like shall not be included under the scheme as the usage of such plastic bag is justified on the grounds of public hygiene. SECTION 4. Plastic Recovery System Fee for plastic bag. All stores as defined in subsection 2 (k) shall charge and collect with a fix amount of two pesos (P2.00) per plastic bag regardless its size. SECTION 5. Purpose of the Plastic Recovery System Fee Primarily, the imposition of plastic recovery system fee seeks change consumer behavior rather that generate fund. It is a move toward shifting habits from mindless consumption to a lifestyle that is anchored on the 3 Rs of Waste Management, namely reduce, reuse and recycle. The Plastic Recovery System Fee also seeks to regulate the generation of waste from plastic bags by creating an economic option for consumers to use reusable carry bas and/or redeem used plastic bags for new plastic bags. The imposition of Plastic Recovery System Fee will remind consumers that bringing their own carryout bags and/or redeeming used plastic bas will not only save money but will also save precious resources by recovering and recycling plastic bags. Further, this Plastic Recovery System Fee shall be earmarked for a green fund that shall be maintained by the stores to fund other initiatives that would benefit the environment. SECTION 6. Reusable Bags as carryout bags All stores may provide the following reusable bags as carryout bags to be purchased by the costumer for a minimum fee. It will be made available in the respective checkout counters of the store, purposely for multiple reuses and to reduce the use of plastic bags as carryout bag. Appropriate sizes and design may be provided for the purpose: a) Reusable Shopping Bag Reusable bag to be used for shopping and buying groceries. Applicable for shopping malls, supermarkets and grocery stores. b) Take-Out Bag reusable bag to be used for carrying food goods and drinks for two or more persons, applicable for fast food chains. c) Agora Bag reusable bag to be used in carrying goods from wet and dry markets such as meat, fish, vegetables, fruits and other goods. The market management may assign an area within an the market where this bag can be purchased. d) Medicine Bag- reusable bag or medicine kit appropriate to carry small quantity of medicines such as tablets and capsules, bottled syrups/suspensions and like. Applicable for drugstores and pharmacy. SECTION 7 . Incentives for using Reusable Bags and/or the Redemption of Used Plastic Bags- To mainstream the use of reusable bags as well as encourage the redemption of used plastic bags, stores are hereby instructed to formulate appropriate incentives to consumers, which may include, but not limited to the following: a) Point System Scheme For those stores implementing the point system scheme to their regular customers, additional points maybe given to those who are using reusable shopping bag and/or redeeming used plastic bags. b) Green Lane All stores shall provide special counters or expressed lanes to be called as green lane to cater the costumers using reusable bags to encourage greater number of stake holders in the observance of this Ordinance. This will also serve as an information and advocacy measure in caring for the environment. SECTION 8. Plastic Bag Recovery & Recycling Mechanism a) Relevant Recyclers The office shall provide a list of relevant recyclers to all stores that will buy used plastic bags. All plastic bags accumulated by stores shall be directly sold to the recyclers of their choice. b) Waste Markets The stores may also bring their accumulated used plastic bags to the waste markets provided by the office. All stores, groceries and shopping malls are likewise directed to implement their own Waste Markets in their respective areas to ensure that there will be enough venues where used plastic bags as well as other recyclable materials may be redeemed. The Office may also designate additional venue for the waste market or may alter existing schedule for advancement purposes. SECTION 9. Implementation Upon effectivity of this ordinance and after public hearing, the Solid Waste Management Office (SWMO). Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO), Market Administration OFFICE (MAO) AND OFFICE OF the Liga ng mga Barangay, are hereby directed to FORMULATE the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of this Ordinance WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER ITS APPROVAL. To ensure that the provisions of this Ordinance is strictly monitored and implemented, a Task Force composed of agencies abovementioned with SWMO as the lead agency shall also be created. Funding for the operation of the Task Force shall be taken from the General Fund of the City Government. SECTION 10. Enforcement and Penalties. a) Any establishments that violates the provisions of the Ordinance shall e charged of an infraction and shall be penalized by: a.1) 1st Offense: A fine OF P500.00 a.2) 2nd Offense: A fine OF P1,000.00 a.3) 3rd Offense: A fine OF P3,000.00 and / Or cancellation of Business Permit. b) An Environmental Violation Receipt (EVR) shall be issued to the violator by the Office after which, he/she shall proceed to the SWMO within seven (7) working days for the issuance of

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the Order of Payment and make the necessary payment to the City Treasurers Office. If an establishment fails to settle his/ her liability within the given time, the case shall be referred to the City Legal Office for the appropriate action. SECTION 11. Separability Clause- If for any reason, and provision, section, or part of this Ordinance is declared not valid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect or impair the remaining provisions, sections, or part which shall continue to be in force and effect. SECTION 12. Applicability Clause All other matters relevant to the impositions in this Ordinance shall be governed by pertinent provisions of existing laws other ordinances. SECTION 13. Repealing Clause All ordinances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, in conflict with, or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. SECTION 14. Effectivity There shall be a grace period of three (3) months from the date of enactment of this Ordinance for the conduct of massive information campaign and another three (3) months for warning violation with no penalties and other charges. Thereafter, the Ordinance shall take effect after publication in a newspaper of general circulation. ENACTED: NOVEMBER 4, 2013 I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance which was duly adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session held on November 4, 2013. (Sgd.) AMELITO V.BORNEO SP Secretary ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED TO BE DULY ADOPTED: (Sgd.) MICHAEL L. CARI City Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer APPROVED BY HER HONOR: (Sgd.) CARMEN L. CARI City Mayor EV MAIL Nov. 11-17, 18-24, 2013
Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF LEYTE City of Baybay Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod MINUTES OF THE 15TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANGLUNGSOD OF BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, HELD IN THE SESSION HALL ON NOVEMBER 4, 2013 CITY ORDINANCE NO. 008 s 2013 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING BARANGAY LINTAON OF BAYBAY CITY AS AN ECOTOURISM ZONE. (Authored by Honorable Eden C. Butawan and co-authored by Honorable Margarita C Cari) Be enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in a regular session assembled: SECTION 1. This Ordinance declares Barangay Lintaon of the City of Baybay as An Ecotourism Zone. SECTION 2. The following principles shall govern the planning, development, promotion and management of this ecotourism zone, to wit: a. This Ordinance shall ensure the development of ecotourism zone of Brgy. Lintaon, Baybay City for the Baybayanons, conserve and promote Baybays Heritage, local identity and sense of unity. b. The Baybay Tourism and Investment Promotion Office shall formulate a tourism development plan for the ecotourism zone, provided that said plan is consistent with or may be integrated into the local tourism master plan of the city as well as the provisions of Republic Act No. 9593 known as the Tourism Act of 2009. c. Shall protect and enhance the natural features and cultural heritage of the ecotourism zone, while providing sustainable economic opportunities for the local community. d. The City of Baybay shall utilize its powers provided under the Local Government Code to implement and enforce the tourism development plan e. The Baybay City Tourism and Promotion Investment Office may seek necessary technical and financial assistance from the Department of Tourism and its attached agencies for the development of tourism infrastructure and skills development while endeavoring, when practicable to promote ecotourism zone, both locally and internationally. f. The Baybay City Tourism and Investment Promotion Office shall create a forum by which the private sectors, nongovernment organizations and other interest groups can interact with one another and the city government to create an atmosphere that shall encourage investment and the development of a culture of tourism. g. All infrastructures and improvements introduced therein, public or private shall secure the necessary approval or permits from the Baybay City Tourism and Investment Promotion Office, Engineering Office, City Planning & Development Office, Business permits and Licensing Office and other concerned offices of the local government unit of Baybay City. SECTION 3. The Baybay City Tourism and Investment Promotion Office shall adopt implementing rules and regulations within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Ordinance. SECTION 4. The LGU shall enter into agreement with any entity for the implementation of this Ordinance. SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect after its publication in a regional newspaper and corresponding posting in public places of the City and after approval by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Province of Leyte. ENACTED, November 4, 2013. I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance which was duly adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session held on November 4, 2013. (Sgd.) AMELITO V. BORNEO SP Secretary ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED TO BE DULY ADOPTED: (Sgd.) MICHAEL L. CARI City Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer APPROVED BY HER HONOR: (Sgd.) CARMEN L. CARI City Mayor City Mayor EV MAIL Nov. 11-17, 18-24, 2013

Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF LEYTE City of Baybay Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Excerpt from the MINUTES OF THE 15TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE IN THE SESSION HALL ON NOVEMBER 4, 2013 CITY ORDINANCE NO. 007 S. 2013 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS AND PROVIDING MECHANISM FOR ITS RECOVERY AND RECYCLING, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. (Authored by Honorable Cristelo S. Loreto andco-authored by Honorable Alan D. Fernandez) WHEREAS, it is the duty of the local government unit to protect the natural environment, the economy and health of its citizens; WHEREAS, based on the Waste Analysis and Characterization Study (WACS)conducted by the Genera Service Office (GSO), plastic bags contribute largely to the volume of city solid wastes being disposed of daily and may become a nuisance to the environment for a long tie when not recovered, reused and recycled; WHEREAS, the excessive usage of single-use plastic bags and there typical disposal also creates significant problems in the city, which usually clogs up the canals and sewerage systems to cause flooding; WHEREAS, the free distribution of single- use plastic bags in stores effects a throw away attitude among the users; WHEREAS, to address the throw-away attitude among its users and recover as much plastic bags from the waste stream, ii is deemed necessary to implement an effective system of plastic bag recovery; WHEREAS, it is also the duty of the business sector to initiate, participate and invest in integrated ecological solid waste management projects, to manufacture environment-friendly products, to introduce, develop and adopt innovative processes that shall recycle and re-use materials, conserve raw materials and energy, reduce waste and prevent pollution and undertake measures for effective solid waste management practices, as provided in Republic Act 9003 or otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act; WHEREAS, it is the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the people that regulation include the imposition of an environmental fee to: (1) address the mindless consumption of single-use plastic bags; (2) minimize the use of plastic bags; (3) mainstream the use of reusable bags; and (4) invite the active participation of the citizenry in practices that promote a clean and sustainable environment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT, ordained by the City Council of Baybay City in regular session assembled: SECTION 1. Short Title: This Ordinance shall be entitled Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance SECTION 2. Definition of Terms: For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following definitions are hereby established, to wit: a) Office the Solid Waste Management Office (SWMO). b) Plastic Recovery System Fee a charge or regulatory fee imposed to consumer on the use of new plastic bag/s at the point of sale in the absence of alternative reusable bags and/or redemption of used plastic bags. c) Green Fund a fund or money earned from the imposition of plastic recovery system fee by the retail stores intended to fund various initiatives that would benefit the environment. d) HDPE High Density Polyethylene plastic or type-2 plastic material. (source: ppia technical briefing on plastics) e) LDPE and LLDPE Low Density Polyethylene and Linear Low Density Polyethylene plastic or type 4 plastic material. f) Plastic Bags plastic carryout bags with handles, holes or string usually made from HDPE, LDPE/LLDPE and PP plastic materials with thickness not lower than 15 microns. g) PP Polyethylene plastic or type 5 plastic materials h) Recyclable a material that can be sorted, cleansed, and reconstituted for the purpose of using the altered form in the manufacture of a new product Recycling does not include burning, incinerating, concerting, or otherwise, thermally destroying solid waste. i) Relevant Recyclers an individual or business entity duly registered and engaged in the trading of junk materials for the purpose of recycling said materials into new product. j) Relevant Retailers establishments located within the geographical limits of Baybay City which are commonly and are regularly engaged in retail business and duly registered as one such as: Shopping Malls, Supermarkets, Departments Stores, Grocery Stores, Fast Foods Chains, Drug Stores, Pharmacy, Wet &Dry Markets AND SARI-SARI STORES. k) Reusable bag a carryout bag that is specifically designed and manufactured for multiple reuse and is either (1) made of cloth or other machine washable fabric, and/ or (2) made of durable plastic and/ or (3) made of indigenous material like buli, rattan etc. l) Used Plastic Bags old or second hand plastic carryout bags with handles, holes or string usually made from HDPE, LDPE/LLDPE and PP plastic materials. SECTION 3. Regulations on the use of Plastic Bags The following regulations shall be imposed on the use of plastic bags as carryout bag: A) Distribution of plastic bags by Relevant Retailers lower than the regulated thickness of 15 microns is prohibited under this ordinance. B) To ensure the recovery of plastic bags from the waste stream, consumer who will not bring with them reusable bags and / or redeem used plastic bags for a new bag, shall

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branch 18, Hilongos, Leyte SP. PROC. NO. H-521 IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES WHO HAS BEEN KNOWN IN SCHOOL AS RHEA F. SANCHEZ, RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ, Petitioner, x-----------------------x ORDER PETITIONER-RESTITUTA FLORES SANCHEZ, by and through counsel, field a Petition to adopt minor RHEA PEDROGAS ROSALES who has been known in school as RHEA F. SANCHEZ. In support of her petition, the petitioner avers, THAT: She is of legal age, Filipino, single and without issue, a businesswoman by profession and a resident of Capt. Vilbar St., Central Poblacion, Hilongos, Leyte; she is in possession of full civil capacity and legal rights, is of good moral character, has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, and is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring her children in keeping with the means of family; she is sixteen (16) years older than the adoptee and underwent the pre-adoption services in accordance with law; that the subject minor is not disqualified by law to be adopted; the subject minor has been voluntarily committed to the care and custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) when her biological executed a Deed of Voluntary Commitment on March 2, 2012, hence, prayed that the petition be granted. WHEREFORE, finding the Verified Petition to be sufficient in FORM and SUBSTANCE, the same is set for initial hearing on April 10, 2014 at 8:30 in the morning at which date, time and place anyone that may be prejudiced by the approval of the instant Petition may come to court in this first opportunity. Published this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Leyte, at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. Furnished copy of this Order to the Office General being the general counsel of the Republic at 134 Amorsolo St. Legaspi Village, Makati City; Regional Director of DSWD for that office to conduct a social case study report, to conduct a home study report; and to submit other relevant papers within 60 days, the natural parent of the minor to be adopted, Petitioner and her counsel for them to be present at the given addresses for them to be present during initial hearing. SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS, this 4th day of October, 2013, Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines. (Sgd.) EPHREM SUAREZ ABANDO Executive Judge ESA/csv EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11- 17, 2013
Republic of the Philippines Local/Civil Registry Office Province: Leyte City/Municipality: Palompon Petition No. CCE-0085-2013RA 10172 PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH I, JULITO PATATAG NAILON, of legal age, Filipino and a resident of Brgy. Lat-osan, Palompon, Leyte after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that: 1) I am the petitioner seeking correction of the clerical error in: The Certificate of live birth of Genly Ricca Nailon who is my daughter 2) She was born on October 15, 1997 at Palompon, Leyte, Philippines 3) The birth was recorded under registry number 97-1589 4) The clerical error(s) to be corrected is (are): Item No. Description From To 2 Sex MALE F E MALE 5) The facts/reasons for filing this petition are the following: For error No. 1: ) To correct my childs sex which was wrongly recorded in my daughters birth certificate, 6)I submit the following documents to support this petition: a) Certificate of Live Birth (SSECPA & Office File Copy) b) Certificate of Baptism/Joint Affidavit/Personal Affidavit c) Elementary School Permanent Record/ Diploma d) Under Five Clinic Growth Chart/ Identification Card e) Medical Certification/ Certificate of Authenticity 7) She has not filed similar petition and that, to the best of my knowledge, no other similar petition pending with any LCRO, Court or Philippine Consulate. 8) I am filing this petition at the LCRO of Palompon, Leyte in accordance with R.A. 9048/R.A. 10172 and its implementing-rules and regulation. (Sgd.) JULITO P. NAILON Petitioner VERIFICATION I, JULITO P. NAILON, the petitioner. Hereby certify that the allegations herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Sgd.) JULITO P. NAILON Petitioner SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 4th day of November 2013 in the municipality of Palompon, Leyte, petitioner exhibits in Community Tax Certificate No. 24136900 issued at Palompon, Leyte on October 31, 2013. (Sgd.) CARMELITA G. LODOVICA Municipal Civil Registrar EV Mail Nov. 4-10, & 11-17, 2013

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REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD LUNGSOD NG ORMOC EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING ON OCTOBER 24, 2013 PRESENT: Hon. Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer Hon. Rolando M. Villasencio, City Councilor, Majority Floor Leader Hon. Tomas R. Serafica, City Councilor, Asst. Majority Floor Leader Hon. Mario M. Rodriguez, City Councilor, Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore Hon. Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., City Councilor Hon. Vincent L. Rama, City Councilor Hon. Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga City Councilor Hon. Marina T. Placido, Ex- Officio City Councilor,Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng Ormoc Hon. Corinne M. Corro, Ex-Officio City Councilor, SK Federation President ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Hon. Antonio M. Codilla, (Acting City Mayor), City Councilor Hon. Pedro Godiardo P. Ebcas, (O.B. Manila), City Councilor ON LEAVE: Hon. Ruben R. Capahi, City Councilor, Asst. Minority Floor Leader ABSENT: Hon. Nepomuceno P. Aparis I, (Deceased), City Councilor, Minority Floor Leader PREFATORY STATEMENT WHEREAS, the 13th Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc received an Endorsement Letter from the Office of the City Mayor, dated October 11, 2013, of the letter, dated August 29, 2013, of Atty. Gregorio Y. Larrazabal, Festival Director of the Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival, requesting the Local Government of Ormoc for the closure and use of certain main roads in Ormoc City as well as the roads along and around the Citys Government Center; WHEREAS, said temporary closure was requested by the organizers to accommodate the different events and races, at different times, of the 9th Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival which will be held in Ormoc city in the Province of Leyte from October 24-27, 2013, and that the matter be treated as urgent; WHEREAS, in view thereof, the temporary closure of portions of Airport Road (Brgy. Libertad, Brgy. Airport and Brgy. Salvacion) on October 25, 2013 (Friday) from 7am to 11am is sought for the 1st Stage of the Tour de Leyte bike race; WHEREAS, the Tour de Leyte 2nd Stage will be on October 25, 2013 (Friday) from 1pm to 5pm, thus portions of Aviles St. to the National Road along Brgy. Macabug shall likewise be temporarily closed; WHEREAS, the festival shall commence with the 3rd Stage of the Tour de Leyte on October 26, 2013 (Saturday) from 7am to 2pm, accordingly the temporary closure of portions of Larrazabal Blvd. in front of the Ormoc City Plaza and the National Road along Brgy. Libertad shall also be had; WHEREAS, portions of Aunubing St., Dalindingan St., Tugas St., C.S. mendola St., Lauan St., Agoho St., and Domingo Veloso St. (Don Felipe Larrazabal Road) in the Government Center of Ormoc City shall likewise be closed on October 27, 2013; WHEREAS, the closure of the streets enumerated immediately above is to accommodate the Tour de Larrazabal Criterium race course on October 27, 2013 (Sunday) from 1pm to 5pm; WHEREAS, the stretch of road along Larrazabal Blvd., in front of the Ormoc City Stage, shall also be temporarily closed from 3pm to 6pm, as well as the portion of the road in front of the Ormoc city Superdome from 6pm to 12 midnight on October 27, 2013 (Sunday); WHEREAS, the 1991 Local Government Code of the Philippines, specifically Section 21 thereof, empowers the LGUs to temporarily close or open any road, alley, park or square within its territorial jurisdiction through an ordinance; WHEREAS, Section 21, Par. (a) and (c) of the Code provides that: Sec. 21 Closure and Opening of Roads (a) A local government unit may, pursuant to an ordinance, permanently or temporarily close or open any local road, x x x falling within its jurisdiction: x xx x x x . (b) Any national or local road, alley, park, or square may be temporarily closed during an actual emergency, or fiesta celebrations, public rallies, x x x x the duration of which shall be specified by the Local Chief Executive concerned through a written order: x x x x x x WHEREAS, this august Body believes that the request is lawful and deserving of appropriate action; WHEREFORE, on motion presented by City Councilor Vincent L, Rama, Chairman, Committee on Tourism and Committee on Police, Fire and Penology, jointly seconded by City Councilors Corinne M. Corro and Tomas R. Serafica; be it RESOLVED, to enact; ORDINANCE NO. 004 AN ORDINANCE ALLOWING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF CERTAIN STREETS IN ORMOC CITY FOR THE TERRY LARRAZABAL BIKE FESTIVAL DURING THE PERIOD OF October 24 TO 27, 2013. BE IT ENACTED, by the Thirteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc, That: SECTION 1. Coverage. The portions of Airport Road (Brgy. Libertad, Brgy. Airport and Brgy. Salvacion) from 7am to 11am on October 25, 2013 (Friday); portions of Aviles St. to the National Road along Brgy. Macabug on October 25, 2013 (Friday) from 1pm to 5pm; and, portions of Larrazabal Blvd. in front of the Ormoc City Plaza and the National Road along Brgy. Libertad on October 26, 2013 (Saturday) from 1am to 2pm are hereby allowed to be closed for the different stages of the Tour de Leyte bike race. The stretch of road along Larrazabal Blvd., in front of the Ormoc City Stage, from 3pm to 6pm, and the portion of the road in front of the Ormoc city Superdome from 6pm to 12 midnight on October 27, 2013 (Sunday). The portions of Aunubing St., Dalindingan St., Tugas St., C.S. Mendola St., Lauan St., Agoho St., and Domingo Veloso St. (Don Felipe Larrazabal Road) in the Government Center of Ormoc City are hereby allowed to be closed on October 27, 2013 from 1pm to 5pm to be utilized by the 9th Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival, specifically the Tour De Larrzabal Criterium course. Said temporary closure shall be strictly imposed on the areas ad date specified. In this pursuit, all public and private vehicles shall be prohibited to enter or pass the affected premises. SECTION 2. Ratification. In the event that the approval and effectivity of this ordinance came belatedly after the subject event, this august Body hereby ratifies the closure to be effected for said event on the subject date. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately subject to the compliance of the necessary posting and publication requirements as provided for in the Local Government Code of 1991. ENACTED, October 24, 2013. RESOLVED, FURTHER, to furnish copies of this ordinance each to the Honorable City Mayor Edward C. Codilla; the City Administrator, the City Legal Officer; the City Planning and Development Office; the City Director, Ormoc City Police Office; Atty. Gregorio Y. Larrazabal, Festival Director Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival, Ormoc City Chapter, and other offices concerned. I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance. (Sgd.) JOEL S. DUERO Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod ATTESTED; (Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer APPROVED: (Sgd.) EDWARD C. CODILLA City Mayor 30 Oct-2013 REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD LUNGSOD NG ORMOC EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG ORMOC HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, ORMOC CITY HALL BUILDING ON OCTOBER 24, 2013 PRESENT: Hon. Leo Carmelo L. Locsin, Jr. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer Hon. Rolando M. Villasencio, City Councilor, Majority Floor Leader Hon. Tomas R. Serafica, City Councilor, Asst. Majority Floor Leader Hon. Mario M. Rodriguez, City Councilor, Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore Hon. Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr., City Councilor Hon. Vincent L. Rama, City Councilor Hon. Eusebio Gerardo S. Penserga City Councilor Hon. Marina T. Placido, Ex- Officio City Councilor,Chapter President, Liga ng mga Barangay ng Ormoc Hon. Corinne M. Corro, Ex-Officio City Councilor, SK Federation President ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Hon. Antonio M. Codilla, (Acting City Mayor), City Councilor Hon. Pedro Godiardo P. Ebcas, (O.B. Manila), City Councilor ON LEAVE: Hon. Ruben R. Capahi, City Councilor, Asst. Minority Floor Leader ABSENT: Hon. Nepomuceno P. Aparis I, (Deceased), City Councilor, Minority Floor Leader PREFATORY STATEMENT PRESENTED to this august Body for consideration is an Urgent Endorsement dated September 30, 2013 from the Office of the City Mayor Edward C. Codilla, relative to the request of Mr. Gabriel T. Raymundo, Market Supervisor IV, for a supplemental appropriation in the amount of Ninety Three Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P93,500.00), for the purchase of the following: 3 rolls Fire Hose, Double Jacket P45,000.00 (1.5 x 100 ft.) Yamato or any Japan Made 4 rolls Fire Hose, Double Jacket 40,000.00 (1.5 x 50 ft.) Yamato or any Japan Made 1 each Fog Nozzle, 1.5, Brass 8,300.00 P93,500.00 The City Budget Officer issued a Certification dated August 19, 2013 stating therein that the sum of Ninety Three Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P93,500.00) is available from the reversion of the Continuing Appropriation Motor Vehicles, CY 2011 of Public Market Administration Office, for the purchase of the aforementioned Firefighting Equipment and Accessories; The City Treasurer, through a Certificate of

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Availability of funds dated August 19, 2013, certified that the amount above requested is available to be taken from out of the reversion of Continuing Appropriation Motor Vehicles CY 2011 of Public Market Administration Office; FOREGOING PREMISES CONSIDERED, on motion of the City Councilor Mario M. Rodriguez, Chairman, Committee on Finance and Appropriation, jointly seconded by City Councilors Benjamin S. Pongos, Jr. and Vincent L. Rama; be it RESOLVED, to enact: APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 2013-002 (General Fund) AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF NINETY- THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (p93,500.00) TO BE TAKEN FROM OUT OF THE REVERSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATION MOTOR VEHICLES CY 2011 OF PUBLIC MARKET ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, FOR THE PURCHASE OF VARIOUS FIRE FIIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OF SAME OFFICE. BE IT ENANCTED, by the Thirteenth Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc, That: SECTION 1. 2013 GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. The sum of NINETY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (p93,500.00), of the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City is hereby appropriated for the aforementioned request of the Public Market Administration Office to be taken from out of the reversion of Continuing Appropriation Motor Vehicles CY 2011 of same office. SECTION 2. EFFECTIVITY. This Appropriation Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval subject however, to the compliance of the posting and publication requirements as provided in the Local Government Code of 1991. RESOLVED, FURTHER, that sufficient copies of this Appropriation Ordinance together with all supporting documents thereof be submitted to the Honorable Secretary, Department of Budget & Management, Manila, through the City Budget Officer of Ormoc, and the Regional Director, Department of Budget & Management, Tacloban City, for review purposes; ENACTED, October 24, 2013. RESOLVED, FURTHERMORE, to furnish copies of this Appropriation Ordinance, one each to His Honor, the City May9or, Edward C. Codilla, the City Administrator, the City Treasurer, the City Budget Officer, the City Accountant, the City Auditor, the Market Supervisor IV, Mr. Gabriel T. Raymundo, and other offices concerned; CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Appropriation Ordinance No. 2013- 022 which approved the General Fund Supplemental Budget of Ormoc City for CY 2013 was duly enacted by the Thirteenth Sangguniang Panlugnsod ng Ormoc in its regular session. (Sgd.) JOEL S. DUERO Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (Sgd.) ROLANDO M. VILLASENCIO City Councilor Majority Floor Leader (Sgd.) MARIO M. RODRIGUEZ City Councilor Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore) (Sgd.) BENJAMIN S. PONGOS, JR. City Councilor (Sgd.) VINCENT L. RAMA City Councilor (Sgd.) EUSEBIO GERARDO S. PENSERGA City Councilor (Sgd.) TOMAS R. SERAFICA City Councilor Asst. Majority Floor Leader RUBEN R. CAPAHI City Councilor Asst. Minority Floor Leader (On Leave) ANTONIO M. CODILLA City Councilor (Acting City Mayor) PEDRO GODIARDO P. EBCAS City Councilor (O.B. Manila) (Sgd.) MARINA T. PLACIDO Ex-Officio City Councilor Chapter President Liga ng mga Barangay ng Ormoc (Sgd.) CORINNE M. CORRO Ex-Officio City Councilor SK Federation President ATTESTED: (Sgd.) LEO CARMELO L. LOCSIN, JR. Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer APPROVED: (Sgd.) EDWARD C. CODILLA City Mayor 04 Nov. 2013
Extrajudicial Partition with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late SIXTO SABORNIDO re a parcel of land located in Pili, Almeria, Biliran, covered by ARP No. 00651 denominated as Lot 1936 Lot No. 032, containing an area of 1.423621 has.was partitioned among his heirs and 144 sq. m. sold in favor of AMELISSA D. ELMUNDO per Doc. No. 240; Page No. 48; Book No. 47; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Nov. 11-17, 18-24, 25 Dec. 1, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late MIGUELA M. AMPARADO re a parcel of an agricultural land located in Lo-ok, Almeria, Biliran denominated as survey no. 761-P Lot 54 under ARP No. 00674 R-11, containing an area of 0.269000 has. was settled among her heirs and 725 sq. m. sold in favor of SPS. CARLOS C. SABORNIDO and CLARISA CATOR per Doc. No. 142; Page No. 29; Book No. 42; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Nov. 11-17, 18-24, 25 Dec. 1, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late VICENTE V. SUAZO, SR. re half share of a house and lot situated at Purok 4, Dona Feliza Mejia Subd., Ormoc City, lot containing an area of 200 sq. m. covered by TCT No. T53301 a transfer from TCT No. 31106 described as a parcel of land Lot No. 2363-B-2-B-2 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 305; Page No. 61; Book No. 37; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Jasper M. Lucero EV Mail Nov. 11-17, 18-24, 25 Dec. 1, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late FLAVIANO CANETE re an agricultural land located in Ungale, Kawayan, Biliran under ARP No. 00046 denominated as survey no. 2033-P, containing an area of 1.142900 has. was settled among his heirs and 381.50 sq. m. sold in favor of NANCY TILLADA DELLA PIETRA married to WALTER DELLA PIETRA per Doc. No. 287; Page No. 58; Book No. 47; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Redentor C. Villordon. EV Mail Nov. 11-17, 18-24, 25 Dec. 1, 2013

Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late ELIAS MORILLO, Sr. re an agricultural land at Pili, Almeria, Biliran covered by ARP No. 00291, with an area of 3.29390.50 hectares denominated as survey No. ; and coco land, covered by ARP No. 00289, with an area of 0.9840.54 hectares, survey No. 2136, Lot No. 005, Title No. P-44533 were settled among his heirs and sold in favor of ARLIZ A. MACAPANIG per Doc. No. 83; Page No. 17; Book No. XII; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Nel JohnB. De la Pea. EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11- 17, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement and Partition with Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late REYNALDO ALBARICO re a parcel of land consisting one half (1/2) share of Lot 2269-D-18, Psd-08004276, situated in Brgy. Alegria, Ormoc City, containing an area of 104 sq. m. covered by TCT No. 24511 was partitioned among his heirs and sold in favor of ADELIZA DE LEON MANGILAYA per Doc. No. 476; Page No. 96; Book No. CCCL; Series of 2013. EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11- 17, 2013 Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property of the late MELITON ARSENAL re a parcel of

an agricultural land Lot No. 11431, situated in Ormoc City, containing an area of 52,344 sq. m. covered by OCT No. 0-309 was settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 449; Page No. 90; Book No. 31; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Edward A. Adlawan. EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11- 17, 2013 Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the properties of the late MIGUEL APURILLO re a parcel of land Lot No. 776, situated in Alang alang, containing an area of 2,178 sq. m. ; and Lot No. 1245 , containing an area of 33,549 sq. m. both parcels covered by OCT No. 11381 were settled among his heirs per Doc. No. 276; Page No. 56; Book No. IV; Series of 2012 of Notary Public Daniel Pen. EV Mail Oct. 28- Nov. 3, 4-10, & 11- 17, 2013 Affidavit of Adjudication NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the property of the late LEON BARRETE described as Lot 1912 situated at Magsaysay Boulevard, Calbayog City with an area of 80 square meters and covered by Tax Declaration 99-0100700149 was adjudicated by his heir per Doc No. 478; Page No. 145; Book No. III; Series of 2013 of Notary Public Clemente S. Rosales. EV Mail November 4-10, 11-17, 18-24, 2013

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Scenes from Ormoc and Tacloban after Yolanda

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November 11-17, 2013

Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla meets with VM Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr. and the Ormoc City council on November 9, 2013. Petilla said their initial assessment indicates power restoration in the region could take months.

Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez personally supervises the unloading of relief goods that she and Richard Gomez were able to raise from their relief campaign Help Rebuild and Leyte 4. Without her PDAF, the congresswoman had to rely on her friends and star power to raise funds and donations to help constituents in Ormoc City and 4th district towns. In an aerial hop that they did earlier, the congresswoman was distressed to see her district devastated and vowed to do her best to bring constituents relief and make sure they reach the beneficiaries.

Medical students from the South Western University in Cebu arrived in Ormoc on Saturday (Nov. 16) to do a relief operation and a medical mission on Sunday. Photos by Floyd Te

BEFORE AND AFTER. Photos show some houses as they were whipped by the howling winds of Yolanda (left) and right, after the typhoon calmed down. Note how badly battered the house on the hill is and how the one on the forefront lost its roof.

Yolandas winds and water surges were too much for this yet unfinished building to take. Its thick steel bars were bent like it were just made of bamboo.

WHAT HAPPENED? Hero, a GS, surveys the damage of Typhoon Yolanda. What must be on his mind? On the right is the newly constructed SPED school building. The wall on its top (rightmost), which was supposed to be a windbreaker, collapsed. Residents noted that the wall was constructed like it was an after thought because it was not incorporated with the concrete posts.

A SILVER INNOVA parked at the BOSS parking lot was pinned down by an electric concrete post. It was still flashing its burglar alarm at around 4:00 PM of November 8.

This woman, while waiting for her phone to be charged at the Pongos Hotel for free, bided her time by feeding the pigeons at the Ormoc City Plaza on November 9, the day after.

MERCADO ... from P. 4

Climate Change, told delegates of 189 countries gathered in a Warsaw stadium starting Monday. There are no winners and losers. We all either win or lose in the future we make for ourselves. What my country is going through as a result of this extreme climate event is madness, the Philippines Yeb Sano told the other delegates at the conference. They must untangle deadlocked negotiations to craft an agreement in Paris come 2015. This agreement will mandate both developed countries and possibly emerging economic powers, like China and India, to considerably reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming beyond 2C. This years conference has two prime ministers and two presidents attending. They come from the vulnerable Pacific islands of Tuvalu and Nauru (which could be swamped by rising sea levels), and Africas Ethiopia and Tanzania. Only 134 of the 189 countries at the conference sent ministers (Lucille Sering represents the Philippines). The outcome is unclear. While we bury the dead, we must retool for tomorrows deadly storms. Local government units are the main bulwark. Diverted aircraft carriers to aid from abroad are the exception. Many LGUs pilfer medicine. In San Jorge town in Samar, the mayor tried to buy P2 million worth of unneeded overpriced medicines. The young physician sent there under the Doctors to the Barrios program, who refused to sign the purchase order, was threatened. Climate change is personal, Ateneos Tony La Vina wrote from Warsaw. If we fail again, Yolanda/Haiyan would be nothing compared to the coming storms.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

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0932-536-1122 (Sun); 0916-493-8704 (Elvie); 0921-211-9603.

Thank you for your continued patronage!!!