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“Three years is too long for justice to be delayed. We will not accept this complacently; we fear that without public pressure, the case will remain unresolved, similar to the thousands of extra-judicial killings." – Marie Sol Villalon of the Promotion of Church People's Response

HINIRANG na Outstanding SKIL Scholar sa larangan ng Food and Beverage Servicing si Lerma Salazar ng Lunsod Batangas sa Graduation Ceremonies ng Sanayan sa Kakakayahang Industriyal (SKIL) ng Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI), Oktubre 7.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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ALAMIN ng isang matiyagang pagsusumikap para sa kinabukasan ang pagtanggap ni Lerma Salazar ng Lunsod Batangas sa gintong medalya ay ilang premyo matapos tanghaling Outstanding SKIL Scholar sa larangan ng Food and Beverage Servicing sa Graduation Ceremonies ng Sanayan sa Kakakayahang Industriyak (SKIL) ng Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI) sa Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) – Batangas nitong nakalipas na Martes, Oktubre 7.

Si Salazar ay isa lamang sa 72 iskolar na nagtapos ng kursong structural welding, Food and Beverage Servicing, electrican installation and maintenance at pipe insulation.

“Ito’y isang magandang panaginip, at hindi isang bangungot, kaya keep on dreaming for your future at magkaroon ng kakayahan na bumuti ang inyong buhay,” pahayag ni G. Edgardo Veron Cruz, Executive Director ng PSFI. Aniya pa, sa 72 iskolar na nagsipagtapos, 12 sa kanila ay mayroon nang maayos na trabaho at inaasahang magkakron na rin ng trabaho ang 60 iba pa.

Ang naturang programa ay itinaguyod ng Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc. at layong tulungan ang mga out-of-school youth (OSY) gayundin ang mga walang trabaho na maging produktibong mamamayan sa pamamagitan ng technical at vocational na pagsasanay.

Kaugnay pa nito, ang mga nagtapos ay tinutulungan naman sa pamamagitan ng Public Employment Service Office (PESO) ng pamahalaang lungsod upang makakita ng trabaho sa pamamagitan ng

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Redefining Marriage and Family

The secrets of coffee unfolded

SCIENTISTS have unlocked the genome, or the gene material that makes coffee what it is.

After water, coffee is the second most consumed beverage and the second most traded commodity after petroleum. One of three of the 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed

worldwide each day comes from Robusta (Coffea canephora); almost all the rest comes from its relative, the Arabica. That makes coffee one of the world’s most impor-tant crops, cultivated in more than 11 million hectares in 70 countries and exported by 60 nations.

Kapeng Barako. The Batangas coffee of liberica variety.|

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DOLE-OWWA grants P470,000 cash p. 4 assistance for repatriated OFWs from Libya p. 3

Coffee is highly valuable because of its flavor, aroma and caffeine, the stimulant that it produces.

“We generated a high-quality draft genome of the species Coffea canephora,” said lead author France Denoeud of the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Genoscope, Institut de Génomique and the Université d’Evry in France.

The study found that coffee chromosomal regions show unique one-to-one correspondences with grapevine chromosomes and a one-to-three correspondence with the tomato genome.

Caffeine is synthesized in both coffee leaves, where it has insecticidal properties, and in the fruits and seeds, where it inhibits seed germination of competing species.

Linoleic acid is the major polyunsaturated fatty acid in the

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SPEACIAL REPORT: AQUA-CULTURE BREAKTHROUGH

Lapu-lapu DNA study reveals new data on threatened species THE mighty lapu-lapu has been fingerprinted, revealing new and valuable information on one of the country's most expensive commodities.

The first genetic inventory of lapulapu was conducted by scientists at the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) using DNA fingerprinting and bar coding which characterized 27 species of commercially important lapu-lapu or groupers.

In genetics, DNA fingerprintings isolate and make images of sequences of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). DNA barcoding uses a short genetic marker in the DNA to identify it as belonging to a particular species.

The study was conducted by Simon Alcanta and Dr. Apolinario V. Yambot of CLSU's Biotechnology and Analytical Laboratory Project.

The biotechnology tool DNA bar coding made possible the identification of grouper specimens at the species-level with a high degree of confidence and efficiency.

Previous studies were based only on morphology or the characterization of the form and structure and the specific structural features of lapu-lapu which may be inconclusive and may cause confusion on grouper taxonomy especially without a trained specialist.

Alcantara, the principal author, observes the DNA identification is generally challenging because of lapulapu's unpronounced and overlapping morphological characters.

''In the Philippines, an updated, reliable and accurate inventory of this high value commercial groupers has not been carried out previously. Using molecular tools in the identification and inventory of fish species in the country is confined to few laboratories and experts in the country.''

Aside from reinforcing the classical methodology of grouper identification in the country, the pioneering study on molecular identification of Philippine groupers consti-tutes a significant contribution to the DNA barcode library of Philippine marine fishes and to the global barcode entries in general.

The informa-tion can be used when dealing with grouper taxonomy, biodiversity, stock assessment and trade.

The results also reveal the different localities where the grouper species can be possibly sourced out in the country for trade and aquaculture purposes.

The initiative identified the highly diverse grouper population in the country with an average rate of 20 percent genetic distance within family, 15% within genus, and 0.68% within species. Using a genetic marker, 94 bar codes were generated to identify and differentiate the 27 lapu-lapu species. Most of the identified species include groupers belonging to the large sea fish (Epinephelus), aquarium fish (Cephalopholis) and the species of leopard coral grouper, spotted coral grouper and black saddled coral grouper (Plectropomus). Slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicus) and humpback grouper (Chromileptis altivelis) were also identified.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BATANGAS FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION LIPA CITY OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EXOFFICIO SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF NO. 2014-0063 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118 filed by MALARAYAT RURAL BANK, INC.- LIPA CITY, BATANGAS, mortgagee, with office address at G.A. Solis St., Lipa City against PRESCILLA A. BRIONES (also known as PRECY A. BRIONES), mortgagor, with residence and postal address at No.429 Purok 3, Brgy.

Pinagkawitan, Lipa City, to satisfy the m ortgage indebtedness which as of September 10, 2014 amounts to PhP324,944.17 including/excluding, interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee the undersigned Deputy Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Office of the Clerk of Court and ExOfficio Sheriff, Lipa City, will sell at public on December 2, 2014 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Maraouy, Lipa City to the highest bidder for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the described real property and its improvements thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-175817 A parcel of land (Lot 11538-A-4 of the subdivision plan Psd-041014-057485, being a portion of Lot 11438-A (LRC) Psd192243, L.R.C. Record No. 1300), situated in the Brgy. of Pinagkawitan, City of Lipa.

Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot

New genetic information for dothead rockcod (Cephalopholis microprion), blue-lined grouper (Cephalopholis polleni) and dot-dash grouper (Epinephelus poecilonotus) was not available in the GenBank database prior to the study.

The GenBank is an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences. This database is hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the United States to provide the international scientific community with up-to-date and comprehensive information on DNA sequences for research, trade, management and aquaculture.

Six of the identified grouper species are listed as vulnerable and nearthreatened species in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. As a tool for conservation ecology, the study signals the implementation of sustainable fisheries management regulation to protect threatened species.

In lapu-lapu, these include the black saddled coral grouper, humpback grouper and orange-spotted grouper (E. coioides), black marbled grouper (E. fuscoguttatus), Malabar grouper (E. malabaricus) and the leopard coral grouper.

The study, supported by the Biotechnology Program of the Department of Agriculture.| SCIENCEPHILIPPINES

Peace & Order Update Collated By JACK L. AQUINO

Governor Vilma Santos Recto and PSSupt Omega Jireh Fidel, provincial director, led the opening ceremony of SWAT training, attended also by Tanauan City mayor Thony Halili and Batangas City administrator Philip Baroja.|

SWAT Course held at BPPO

THE Batangas Police Provincial Office holds training on Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) on October 10, 2014 at Camp General Miguel C. Malvar, Batangas City. The opening ceremony started at about 10:00am and graced the event was Hon. Vilma Santos-Recto, Governor, Province of Batangas. She pointed out during her message that this kind of training is very important to equip the police officers with skills and capabilities that will ensure an effective service to community. This endeavor will bring back the community’s support and trust.

SWAT trainees who will undergo rigid training are composed of forty-nine (49) male and one (1) female, all police officers from Provincial Public Safety Company and three (3) City Police Stations.

This course aims to develop the police officers’ ability to perform and survive in combat and to learn many skills needed in times of crisis. Program of ins-truction includes basic information of the course, fundamentals of marksmanship, close quarter maneuver, introduction to crisis management, mission planning, and field training exercise necessary for the trainees to be an effective SWAT member.

Followed shortly is the reception rites of all the participants.

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11438-A-2; of the subdivision plan; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Lot 11525, Cad. 218, Lipa Cadastre; on the SE., along line 3-4 by Lot 11538-A-5; on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot 11538-A-3, both of the subd. plan. x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE SQUARE METERS & FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETER (181.50).

Prospective buyers and bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title herein above described and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

In the event that the Auction Sale should not take place on said date it shall be held on December 9, 2014, without further notice and re-publication.

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and place.”

Lipa City, October 2, 2014.

(Sgd.)REMER S. REYES Sheriff IV

Note: Award of publication hereof in the Pahayagang Balikas drawn by raffle in accordance with law.

October 13 - 19, 2014

DULY RAFFLED: HON. NOEL M. LINDOG Executive Judge

ATTY. GERALD F. RABENA OIC-Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff Copy furnished: all parties concerned.

WARNING: It is absolutely prohibited to remove, deface or destroy this Notice on or before the date of sale, UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. Pahayagang Balikas | October 13, 20 & 27, 2014

Man nabbed for illegal drugs and firearms

LIPA CITY - A buy-bust operation was conducted by PNP members here led by SPO3 Raymond Canarias Valencia under direct supervision of PSupt. Jacinto R. Malinao Jr. in Brgy Sabang, this city last Tuesday.

Said operation was conducted in coordination with PDEA R4-A under control number 1014-00107, utilizing one (1) piece of Php 500.00 bill with serial number MS 488140. PO1 Darwin M. Ona acted as poseur buyer and was able to arrest Gilbert Mantuano y Magpantay, 28 y/o, born on October 10,1986, with live-in partner, jobless and a resident of said barangay.

Acquired from the suspect through sale was one (1) heat sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu.

Upon search, confiscated from his possession one (1) cigarette case containing one (1) rectangular heat sealed plastic sachet of shabu, marked money used in the operation, one (1) police cal. 8mm k made in Italy without serial number with one (1) magazine.

Arrested person and recovered pieces of evidence were brought to the said station for proper disposition thereafter sent to Regional Crime Laboratory Office 4A for drug test and laboratory examination respectively.

Cases for violation of Sec. 5 and 11, Article II of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002) and Republic Act 10591 (Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunitions Regulatory Act) are being prepared for filing at Lipa City Prosecutors Office.

Subject person is presently detained at Lipa CPS Temporary Lock up Jail.|

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Inter-Island News Collated By RONALINA L. ELARMO

Catingas Mini-Hydro Power Plant extension, tinalakay SAN FERNANDO, Romblon — Ipinatawag kamakailan ng Department of Energy (DOE) ang mga Board of Directors ng Romblon Electric Cooperative (ROMELCO) Inc. upang magpulong at talakayin ang balak na pagpapalawak ng Cantingas Hydro Power Plant sa isla ng Sibuyan.

Sinabi ni Engr. Rene Fajilagutan, General Manager ng Romelco, matamang nakinig at nakipagtalastasan ang mga kinatawan ng DOE na pinangunahan ni ASEC. Jose Raymund A. Acol kaugnay sa planong expansion ng hyro power plant na itinayo sa bayan ng San Fernando, Romblon.

Ang DOE ang ahensiyang nagpapahintulot na maisakatuparan ang mga proyektong naaayon at mas makabubuti sa lahat pagdating sa larangan ng enerhiya.

Sa nasabing pagpupulong ay isinagawa ang paglagda sa inamyendahang kontrata para sa patuloy na operasyon ng Cantingas Hydro Power Plant upang palawakin pa ang kapasidad nito sa dating 900 kilowatt (KW) at magiging 1.35 megawatt (MW) na.

Sa kasalukuyan, ang Cantingas Hydro Power Plant umano ay nagsusuplay ng nubenta porsiyentong (90%) kuryente sa buong isla ng Sibuyan kung kaya mas mura ang presyo ng kuryente sa naturang lugar kumpara sa ibang isla ng Romblon na krudo ang nagpapatakbo sa mga makina.

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DOLE-OWWA grants P470,000 cash assistance for repatriated OFWs from Libya

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A total of P470,000 in cash assistance was given and distributed to some 46 Libya-repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) now living with their respective families in Mimaropa region.

In a report by Director Allan Ignacio, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-4B, to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz over the weekend, it was learned that the said grants are part of the Financial Relief Assistance Program (FRAP), a monetary grant for immediate relief to displaced OFWs while they are undergoing economic and social adjustments in their communities. The grant aims to cushion the impact of employment and income displacement affecting OFWs upon their repatriation.

For her part, Secretary Baldoz lauded OWWA in Region 4B for the said successful awarding of assistance package for repatriated OFWs from Libya.

FRAP covers repatriated OFWs from Libya. Alert Level 4 or mandatory repatriation was raised last July 2014 in Libya due to the worsening security crisis in the country.

In Mimaropa, FRAP already benefited 46 repatriated OFWs which covers the P470-K assistance.

The island provinces of Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan are the areas which have initially profited from the program.

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819 magsasaka, nagsipagtapos sa Farmer’s Field School

SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro — Umabot sa 819 magsasaka, mula sa pitong bayan sa lalawigan, ang nagtapos sa isinagawang Farmers’ Field School (FFS) mass graduation kamakailan.

Ayon kay Clariza San Felipe ng Department of Agriculture (DA) Mimaropa, ang FFS ay isang pamamaraan ng kagawaran upang maihatid sa mga magsasaka ang mga makabagong teknolohiyang gamit sa pagsasaka.

“Isinasagawa ito sa mga bukirin kaya tinawag din siyang school without walls” ayon pa kay Felipe. Sa loob ng 16 linggo ay sumailalim ang mga magsasaka ng lalawigan sa pagaaral ng iba’t ibang pamamaraan kung paano pa mapapaganda at mapapalaki ang kanilang ani.

Dumalo sa programa ng kanilang pagtatapos sina DA Mimaropa Regional Executive Director Atty.

Cipriano G. Santiago, Congressman Josephine R. Sato, San Jose mayor Romulo Festin , Sangguniang Panlalawigan members Ulysses Javier at Roderick Agas, na kinatawan ni Governor Gene Mendiola.

Pinaabot ni Festin ang pasasalamat sa DA, dahil sa patuloy nitong paghahatid ng programa sa San Jose hindi lamang sa mga magsasaka kundi pati na rin sa mga mangingisda.

Ibinalitan naman ni Sato na nagpalabas na ng inisyal na P95 milyon ang kagawaran para sa Farm to Market Roads (FMR) at kasalukuyang pinoproseso ang P100 milyon para sa kaparehong proyekto (FMR) para sa taong ito.

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Linggo ng mga Pangunahing Mamamayan, ipinagdiwang; mga centennial lola, kinilala BATANGAS CITY- Nagningning ang kagandahan at kagwapuhan ng mga senior citizens sa pagdiriwang nila ng Senior Citizens Week sa Batangas City Sport Coliseum, Oktubre 10.

Nakiisa ang daan-daang mga senior citizens mula sa 105 mga barangay ng lunsod sa naturang pagdiriwang. Sa isinagawang programa, iba’t ibang aktibidad ang inihanda ng Office of the Senior Citizens Affair (OSCA) at City Social Welfare & Development Office (CSWDO) para sa mga tinatawag na pangunahing mamamayan.

Sinimulan ang selebrasyon sa pamamagitan ng banal na misa at sinundan ito ng isang programa kung saan ay itinampok dito ang paghirang ng Gandang Lola at Guapong Lolo 2014 at ang Paggagawad ng Katibayan ng Pagkilala sa mga Centennial Lola sa lunsod.

Ang nahirang na Gwapong Lolo at Gandang Lola 2014 ay sina Lolo Octavio Ferriols Sr. ng Barangay 6 at Lola Emerenciana F. Carmona ng Brgy.

Bolbok, 1st runner up sina lolo Mario Villena ng Paharang Silangan at lola Violeta Lagaspi ng Brgy. Libjo na napili din ang kanilang kasuotan Most Elegant Gown at Best Barong at 2nd runner up naman sina Lolo Marcianito Beredo ng

Brgy. Cumba at lola Leticia Abanilla ng Sta Rita Karsada.

Binigyan din ng Katibayan ng Pagkilala ang mga centennial lola o yaong may edad 100 taon pataas.

Kabilang dito sina Lola Vicenta Alog ng Brgy. Bucal, Catalina Guico ng San Miguel, Felisa Macatangay ng Banaba East, at Anastasia Sumadsad ng Sta Rita Karsada na pawang may edad 100 taon.

Sinundadn sila nina Lola Petra Ebora ng Sta Clara at Petra V. Aclan ng San Antonio, Isla Verde na kapwa may 101 taong gulang. Pinakamatatandang nagsidalo sina Lola Guillerma Atienza ng Brgy. Poblacion 24, at Luisa Villena ng Paharang East na kapwa nasa 102 taong gulang na.

Nitong nakalipas na Setyembre, sumakabilang buhay na ang pinakamatandang si Lola Romana Dapito Macaraig ng Brgy. San Agustin Kanluran, Isla Verde, sa edad na 112 taon.

Ayon kay Mayor Eddie B. Dimacuha malaki ang kontribusyon ng mga senior citizen sa pagtataguyod ng kaunlaran ng bayan. Aniya, ang mga ito ang unang namahala sa pagkakaroon ng progreso kaya nararapat lamang na bigyangpugay ang mga ito.

Ayon naman kay Mila Espanola, CSWDO officer nakatutok ang pamaha-

laang panlunsod sa pagsisiguro sa maayos na kalagayan ng mga matatanda.

Isa sa benipisyong tinatanggap ng mga seniors ay ang pagbibigay ng tig-P500 bawat isa ang mga seniors mula sa kanilang tanggapan bilang tulong sa kanilang mga pangunahing pangangailangan partikular ang pambili ng kanilang gamot.

Aniya tuluy-tuloy ang allowance na ito para sa mga katatan-daan kung kaya’t habang buhay silang makakatanggap nito.

Idinagdag rin niya na bukod sa allowance, marami pang pribilehiyo silang natatanggap tulad ng 20% discount sa pagbili ng mga pangunahing bilihin tulad ng gamot, groceries, pamasahe, pagkain sa mga restaurant at iba pa. Libreng konsulta at gamot.

Libre din sila sa panonood ng sine tuwing Martes.

Samantala, ang mga naging hurado sa nasabing patimpalak ay sina Louise Borbon, Nedy Lanto, Dr. Sacoro Coma, Dr. Nilo Alcoreza at Gliceria Malaluan.

Naging tema naman ng pagdiriwang ng Linggo ng Pangunahing Maamayan ay “Ang Nakatatanda ay Yaman, Katuwang sa Pag-Unlad ng Bayan, Pangalagaan Kanilang Kapakanan”.| LIZA P. DELOS REYES

TUMANGGAP ng Katibayan ng Pagkilala ang mga pinakamatatandang mamamayan ng lunsod sa pagdiriwang ng Senior Citizen’s Day.| ALVIN REMO

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72 SKIL scholars nagtapos, 45 new trainees tinanggap Industry Networking (I-Net) scheme na nag-uugnay sa mga nagsanay patungo sa iba’t ibang industriyang nangangailangan ng iba’t ibang uri din ng kasanayan, gaya rin ng mga nagsanay sa ilalim ng Basic Education and Skills Training (BEST) ng Malampaya Foundation, Inc..

Samantala, 45 bagong iskolar naman ang magsisimula nang magsanay

kasunod ng mga nagsipagtapos.

Katuwang ng PSFI sa proyektong ito ang ilang sectoral at industry leaders gaya ng Keppel Philippines Marine, Inc., LPUBatangas, BAGMET Skills Training Center, at Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

Idinagdag pa ni Cruz na bukod sa mga nabanggit na kasanayan, mayroon na ring humigit-kumulang sa 2,000

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS RE: PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME/ CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE RECORD OF BIRTH OF MARIE MAYUGBA PESIGAN TO MARIE MAYUGBA, TO CORRECT THE DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE OF HER PARENTS FROM “MAY 3, 1990 - ROSARIO, BATANGAS” TO “NOT MARRIED” AND TO CANCEL THE NAME OF JUN JUN SUAREZ PESIGAN AS THE FATHER OF MARIE MAYUGBA MARIE MAYUGBA, Petitioner, versus

SPEC. PROC. CASE NO. 2013-247

JUN JUN SUAREZ PESIGAN AND THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ROSARIO, BATANGAS, Respondent. x-------------------------x ORDER A Second Amended Petition has been field by the petitioner through counsel praying the Court that after due notice,

service station attendants ang sumasailalim sa iba pang pagsasanay upang makakuha ng ibang uri ng kasanayan gaya ng book keeping, engine mechanic servicing at iba pa. Katuwang dito ng PSFI ang mag Shell service station dealers na nagbibigay ng transporation allowance habang sumasailalim sa training ang kanilang mga tauhan.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

publication and hearing, this petition be granted ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Rosario, Batangas to change the name of the petitioner and or correct the entry as regards her true name from “MARSHA MARIE MAYUGBA PESIGAN” to “MARIE MAYUGBA” and to cancel the entry in the Date and Place of Marriage of her parents from “May 3, 1990 – Rosario, Batangas” and to effect the entry “not married” and to cancel the name of Jun Jun Suarez Pesigan under Entry No. 9 as the father of Marie Mayugba, after payment of the fees prescribed by law.

NOW THEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on November 10, 2014 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon before the session hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, all interested persons may appear and show cause why the petition should not be Granted.

Let Copy of this Order be published at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Batangas, prior to the scheduled date of hearing at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copy of the petition and this Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Rosario, Batangas and the National Statistics Office for their Comment/Opposition thereto.

SO ORDERED. Rosario, Batangas. September 8, 2014.

(Sgd.) DORCAS P. FERRIOLS-PEREZ Assisting Judge Pahayagang Balikas | Sept. 29, Oct 6 & 13, 2014

To prevent evil from entering into our hearts, there is an ancient, but very good, practice: the examination of conscience. That was Pope Francis’ message during the morning homily Friday at Santa Marta The Gospel of the day reminds us that the devil always comes back to us; he never stops tempting man. “The devil has patience,” Pope Francis said. “He never leaves that which he wants for himself,” that is, our souls: “After the temptations, in the desert, when Jesus was tempted by the devil, in Luke’s version it says that the devil left Him for a time, but during the life of Jesus he returned again and again: when they put Him to the test, when they tried to trap Him, in the Passion, finally on the Cross. ‘But if you are the Son of God… but you come, you come from us, so we cannot believe.’ And we all know that these words touch the heart: ‘But can you do it? Let me see! No, you can’t.’ That’s how the devil even to the end [dealt] with Jesus… and likewise with us.”

We need to guard our hearts, where the Holy Spirit dwells, the Pope said, “so that other spirits do not enter. To guard the heart, as a house is guarded, with a key.” And then to watch the heart, like a sentinel: “How often,” he asked, “do wicked thoughts, wicked intentions, jealousy, envy enter in? So many things that enter in. But who has opened that door?

Where do they enter from? If I do not realize [how much] enters into my heart, my heart becomes a piazza, where everything comes and goes. A heart without intimacy, a heart where the Lord cannot speak and cannot even be heard.”

“And Jesus says something else here – doesn’t He? – that sounds a little strange: ‘He who does not gather with me scatters.’ He uses the word ‘to gather.’ To have a gathering heart, a heart in which we know what happens, and here and there you can perform a practice as old as the Church, but good: the examination of conscience. Who of us, at night, at the end of the day, remains by himself, by herself, and asks the question: what happened today in my heart? What happened? What things have passed through my heart? If we don’t do this, we have truly failed to know how to watch and guard [our hearts] well.”

The examination of conscience “is a grace, because to guard our heart is to guard the Holy Spirit, Who is within us”: “We know – Jesus says clearly – that the devil always returns. Even at the end of life, He, Jesus, gives us an example of this. And to guard, to watch, so that the demons don’t enter in, we must be able to gather ourselves, that is, to stand in silence before ourselves and before God, and at the end of the day ask ourselves: ‘What happened today in my heart? Did anyone I don’t know enter? Is the key in its place?’ And this will help us to defend ourselves from so much wickedness, even from that which we could do if these demons, who are very clever and at the end would cheat all of us, even if they enter.” |

Ang Mabuting Balita Ang Pagbabayad ng Buwis UMALIS ang mga Pariseo at nag-usap-usap kung paano nila ..................................................................................................... mahuhuli si Jesus sa kanyang pananalita. Kaya pinapunta nila kay Jesus ang ilan sa kanilang mga alagad kasama nang ilang tagasunod ni Herodes. Sinabi ng mga sugo, “Guro, nalalaman naming kayo'y tapat at itinuturo ninyo nang buong katotohanan ang ibig ng Diyos na gawin ng mga tao. Wala kayong itinatangi sapagkat pareho ang pagtingin ninyo sa mga tao. Ano po ang palagay ninyo? Naaayon ba sa Kautusan na magbayad ng buwis sa Emperador, o hindi?”

Alam ni Jesus ang kanilang masamang layunin kaya't sinabi niya, “Kayong mga mapagkunwari! Bakit nais ninyo akong hulihin?

Ipakita ninyo sa akin ang isang salaping pambuwis.”

At ipinakita nga nila ang isang salaping pilak.

“Kaninong larawan at pangalan ang nakaukit diyan?” tanong ni Jesus.

“Sa Emperador po,” tugon nila.

Kaya’t sinabi niya sa kanila, “Kung gayon, ibigay Si Jesus at ang Salaping Pambuwis ninyo sa Emperador ang para Mateo 22:20-21 - "Kaninong larawan at sa kanya, at sa Diyos ang pangalan ang nakaukit diyan?" tanong para sa Diyos.” ni Jesus. "Sa Emperador po," tugon Namangha sila nang nila. marinig ito, at sila'y umalis.

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OPINION

October 13 - 19, 2014

CBCP online

Balikas Examination of Conscience Prevents Evil Entering the Heart 4

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Redefining Marriage and Family ONCE again, efforts to family and an inviolable rewrite the concept of the social institution, the law does not allow spouses to family hit the headlines. stipulate on its nature, News reports have it that consequences, and Mayor Herbert Bautista incidents. The law is clear has intimated that he that no marriage shall be would be willing to officiate valid unless the same-sex marriage if he is allowed by the newly-passed Anti-Discriminate contracting parties are a male and a female, have legal Ordinance in Quezon City. This coincides with the capacity, and give their consent freely to the marriage banner about the symposium on the same-sex union in the presence of the solemnizing officer.

There is no doubt that the social and cultural context by certain legal experts. Similar efforts are continuously being taken in the Congress where anti-discrimination at the time of the drafting of the Constitution and the bills are pending for deliberations. Of course, divorce Family Code is different from the present complexion bills are not yet in the archives of the House of of the prevailing social and cultural matrix. PostRepresentatives and the Senate but actively lingering modernity has muddled the beliefs of modern Filipinos about their cultural traditions and practices. It is in the calendar of their respective committees.

The Constitution recognizes the family as the difficult to conceive whether young Filipinos nowadays foundation of the nation. The primary State policy on still believe in the traditional concept of “nuclear” family. the family recognizes the sanctity of family life and The invasion of the same-sex relationship ideas to the mainstream media and enunciates the obligation “The practice of giving preference to the entertainment of the State to protect and somehow strengthen it as a basic political allies is normal in dispensation industry resulted to the gradual autonomous social characterized by patronage and institution. In turn, the acceptance of same-sex dominated by traditional politicians.

Constitution pledges union in urban areas.

But of course, political affiliation Also, the bias for spousal protection to marriage as is not a valid criterion for policy infidelity theme in many an inviolable social telenovelas today is institution and the choices and government programs.” noticeable. foundation of the family.

Oppositions to the attempts of some quarters to The partiality of the Constitution to the prevalence of the traditional Filipino concept of family is clear. The redefine the concept of family are not surprising. drafters of the basic document of the nation were bred Regrettably, redefinition proponents are trying to in the basic notions about the Filipino family culture stereotype these oppositions as nothing but restatement and practices. It is understandable therefore that they of outdated religious dogma. In spite of this stereotyping inscribed their unshakeable belief on the importance of description, however, the fact remains that most the family and marriage to the life of the nation in the Filipinos reject the proposition not on religious but on Constitution which serves as the embodiment of the social and cultural grounds. Resistance to the redefinition of the concepts of marriage and family Filipino aspirations and beliefs.

The Family Code of the Philippines reinforced the remain strong because more than the majority of the constitutional concepts of family and marriage. It people do not see the need for redefining established defines marriage as a special contract of permanent social and cultural norms just because new social union between a man and a woman entered into in practices, such as same-sex union and spousal infidelity, accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal seem to be emerging. Relevant and serious arguments and family life. Since marriage is the foundation of the

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OPINION

October 13 - 19, 2014

Idolohiyang patriyotismo AKO ay naniniwala na ang lahat ng ating mga ginagawa ay bunga lamang ng kaisipang naghubog sa atin bilang isang indibidwal, isang mamamayan, o di kaya’y bilang isang social animal.

This explains why meron sa atin na ang lahat na halos ng kanilang pang-araw-araw na gawain ay umiikot sa pagkikitaan dahil nabuo ang kanilang kaisipan sa pangangailangan ng kabuhayan sa buhay.

Maihahalintulad natin ito sa mga tao na halos lahat ng buhay nila ay nakasentro sa sabong, kotse, pagaarte’t kultura, palakasan o sports, pulitika at maging sa krimen.

Opo, kung ano ang bumuo sa iyong kaisipan, yun ang ginagawa mo sa kasalukuyan. Minsan, ito ay naging isang piitan, o self-imposed prison na kung saan ang buong buhay natin ay nalalagas.  At dahil nitong nakaraang linggo lang pala ang selebrasyon Teachers’ Day, nais kong bigyan ng pansin sa pitak na ito ang kahalagahan ng patriotism bilang isang idyolohiya na kailangang itanim sa puso’t kaisipan nating lahat lalo na sa mga kabataan.

Kasi po, katulad ng lahat na bagay sa mundo, ito ay learned aspect at hindi ito natural sa isang tao katulad ng paghinga o kumain. Kumbaga sa pagkain ito ay acquired taste katulad ng durian. Mas lalo natin naaappreciate kung tayo ay hinubog para ito ay mabuhay sa ating isip at kaalaman.  Ngunit may mga bagay na siyang nagbunsod para mamuhay ito sa puso ng tao.

Ayon sa kasaysayan, ang daan daang taon na panunupil at kabulukan sa lipunan ang siyang nagbunsod sa ating mga ninuno para isulong ang

kaalamang ito. Sa kalagayan natin ngayon, kailangan pa ba tayo sumailalim muli sa ganoong kalagayan para mahalin natin ang ating bayan?

Sa tingin ko po hindi na kailangan. Gamitin na lang natin ang taglay na lakas ng edukasyon para ito mapayabong natin nang sa gayun tayo ay magkakaroon ng mas matatag na bansa dahil ang lahat sa atin ay nagmamahal sa bayan.  Hindi ko na kailangan pang ilista ang mga kabutihang dulot ng kaisipang hinubog sa pagmamahal sa bayan.

At mas lalong hindi ko na kailangan pang sabihin na huwag na tayong maghintay ng kadiliman para tayo ay magprepara ng ating mga sarili’t kababayan. Ngunit ang sasabihin ko sa inyong lahat na ngayon ang mas mabuting pagkakataon na mapayabong itong kaisipang patriotism. Hindi kahapon, hindi bukas, hindi next month.

Ngayon na.

Nais ko nga palang i-congratulate ang mga brod and sis kong mga doktor sa Alpha Phi Omega sa sunodsunod na medical mission nilang ginagawa para marating ang mga malalayong lugar. Noong Oct 4 to 6 ay nagsagawa sila ng medical mission diyan sa Malilipot, Sto Domingo and Tabaco, Albay. Kasama po nila ang opisina ng ating Vice President sa tulong po ni Dr. Brod Mike Hernandez. Ngayong araw naman ay busy ang mga doktor na member ng APO dito sa Batangas para sa kanilang medical mission na ang mga gamot ay mga padala pa galing sa ibang bansa.

Mabuhay kayo! Ipagpatuloy ang Leadership, Friendship and Service ng APO! Ito ang tatak ng Idyolohiyang Patriotismo para sa mga Pilipinol!|

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Crass, disgusting commodification that distributes them, and we THERE is a saying that are investigating why it was lightning does not strike twice included in our delivery of in the same place. But in this assorted t-shirts. Appropriate case, it did. On September 20 action will be taken to ensure Saturday, during the Naked this does not happen again.

Truth and Denim and Thank you for informing us.”

Underwear show of apparel Would the management of the biggest retail chain company Bench, a popular actor entered the stage holding a scantily-clad woman on a leash. This in the country SM issue an apology if the abhorrent generated a lot of flak and Bench had to apologize three shirt did not generate a lot of flak?

This writer knows for a fact that no product enters days after. In its Facebook page, Bench said, “We at Bench apologize the SM department store without a purchase order, to the public for all the offensive elements of the show, whether under consignment or not. And products being ‘The Naked Truth’. We will take all these concerns offered to SM department stores undergo a rigorous seriously and will serve as a lesson learned when we process of selection. There is no way that a product plan our next show. We at Bench shall continue to such as a T-shirt would be inadvertently included in a uphold the dignity of women and our commitment will delivery even of “assorted t-shirts,” much less be displayed in its racks without a SM manager approving remain so.”

Would Bench issue an apology if it did not receive a it.

So what were the people at Bench thinking when lot of negative publicity because of that segment? Surely, that disgusting segment was planned and did not just they designed that segment with a woman on a leash? appear by accident or by the spontaneous act of the What were the people at SM thinking when they approved the order for models.

“Political, social and economic structures and that abhorrent t-shirt?

In the first place, the whole show was meant to institutions are reinforcing this lower social They were thinking that would sell because titillate the public into status of women and their treatment as property it women and sexual buying Bench’s underwear products. The disgusting of men. The commodification of women is being imagery sell products.

In a backward, agrisegment with a woman on promoted to the hilt by corporations to sell the leash generated the products. This, of course, emanates from the cultural country, which most controversy, but the same socio-political and economic system that has been penetrated by the production and show was designed to attract a big following by perpetuates the oppression and exploitation market for commodities, parading scantily clad being suffered by women, and men for that women suffer twin violations: women are women and men on the matter, who are part of the working masses.” regarded as having a catwalk. It even had some raunchy poses of pairs of men and women. The objective lower status, as property of men, and as commodities of the whole show is to sell products through sexually for sale. These twin violations of women in Philippine suggestive images. And when this is the objective, women society are aptly being described by women’s group Gabriela as feudal exploitation and commodification of suffer the most.

Two days later, a netizen posted an image of a t- women. Women from the working masses suffer even shirt being sold at SM at the Teens section. Printed on more because aside from these twin violations, they are the shirt was “It’s not rape. It’s a snuggle with a being oppressed and exploited as part of the working struggle.” When the photo of the shirt went viral, class.

Political, social and economic structures and reportedly generating 3,100 shares and a lot of angry institutions are reinforcing this lower social status of comments, SM issued an apology.

Interaksyon printed the following apology, sent women and their treatment as property of men. The through twitter, by the management of SM malls: “We commodification of women is being promoted to the have been informed via social media that we have a t- hilt by corporations to sell products. This, of course, shirt in stock with a message that we too find emanates from the same socio-political and economic unacceptable. We do not tolerate such action. SM does system that perpetuates the oppression and exploitation not support such irresponsible and malicious acts that being suffered by women, and men for that matter, mock important and sensitive social issues. We have who are part of the working masses. immediately pulled out all the t-shirts of the consignor >>>PERSPECTIVE.....turn to P/7

Benjie Oliveros

Balikas Sabah revisited

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KOTA KINABALU -- I haven’t been to KK for many years. But I liked what I saw when my Malaysian Airways Flight MH 803 docked on the bay bridge. (Yes folks, MH in spite of those recent tragic flights! We don’t fly over Ukraine airspace anyway, so no worries.) Several hours earlier, I was fumbling my way looking for Gate 16 at rundown NAIA Terminal 1 in Pasay City that was mostly boarded up for renovations. Sorry to say, but I always agonize comparing our NAIA airport terminals with other international hubs. KK international airport at 3 a.m. early dawn arrival was still looking plush and modern. The elevated flyover and the widened highway to Sutera Resorts, less than 10 minutes away were something new to me on this trip. Sutera resort hotels and a golf course by the bay sit totally on reclaimed grounds.  MOU & EXPO --- I flew to Sabah principally to sign a Memorandum of Understanding in behalf of UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO President Willie Torres (who was unable to leave at the last minute) with Datuk Wong of the Asian Tourism International College. The MOU will link up the two educational institutions for exchange, partnership and complimentarity across borders. Then of course, it was nostalgic for me to be part of the private sector delegation in the biennial Sabah International Expo under the BIMP EAGA flag. The famous VILLA MEDICA GERMANY, a regenerative and anti-aging health facility specializing in Fresh Stem Cell Therapy (FCT) also set up a booth there, upon my suggestion.  BIMP ROADSHOWS --- The KK metropolis had grown tremendously.

Even the Sabah International Expo (SIE) that is held every 2 years has attracted more than 30 foreign-country participants, according to Ms. Susan Chang, one of the principal movers of the event. I was impressed at Sabah’s strides during a briefing done by the Sabah Economic and Development and Investment Authority (SEDIA) which I attended with former BIMP EAGA senior official Merly Cruz (who retired as DTI undersecretary) together with MINDA’s staffer Sylvestre “Boom” Sales, an agri scientist.

The MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (MinDA) is our local equivalent of SEDIA. By the way, later this month in October 22-26, Mindanao and Palawan will also stage their own BIMP EAGA roadshow at the SMX Convention pavilion at SM premiere in Lanang with MinDA in the lead. We hope to see the same level of participation. I got a call from the father of BIMP EAGA, former President Ramos this Sunday (he was in some golf fairway in Manila) confirming that he will grace the Davao event. To him, it will be time for stocktaking and see where BIMP EAGA is, after all these years.  COMMON STRUGGLE -- Strikingly similar with Mindanao is Sabah’s continuous struggle and advocacy for more attention, more resources and affirmative action from central government. This is due to our common remoteness and challenging policy issues with imperial Manila and peninsular Kuala Lumpur respectively. For example, SEDIA said Sabah’s per capita income is only one-half that of the peninsular north. Sabah and Sarawak in North Borneo are separated geographically from the main Malaysian peninsula although they are the two biggest federal areas situated down south.

There is concerted effort to grab as much fund support as possible from national for the region’s development that still lags behind. The same is true with Mindanao.

When I talked to a native Sabahan who brought us around the city, he said a mouthful. He said Sabah is 50-50 Muslim and non-Muslim. He claimed much of the revenue-making oil and gas coming out of North Borneo, all go to peninsular and federal Malaysia but the back flow of funds to them in Sabah is in trickles. That is why there is some noise about Sabah and Sarawak seceding and wanting to be independent from Malaysia so they can own and manage their own resources for their own people. A campaign called “Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia” is mentioned in the press. (“keluar” is exit). But he said this is not a popular sentiment. And he is worried that if Sabah and Sarawak do leave Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei next-door are just waiting “in ambush” to make a grab! Both have territorial claims that pre-dated governments. Sounds like a familiar refrain? And to think they are already federal. He also claimed many locals believe Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is popular in the area and that the sodomy charges are trumped up by those in power for political purposes.  SECESSION TALK -- On board the plane enroute to KK, I sat up reading a Malaysian newspaper playing up stories about the recent founding anniversary of Malaysia and some mention about the federal states Sabah and Sarawak getting out or seceding from peninsular Malaysia.

Coincidentally, when I was at Magellan Sutera hotel, I watched in my room with keen interest the on-going vote in Scotland where the Scots were deciding whether they would secede from the United Kingdom. Of course the “NO” vote won. I recall what a Tausug from Sulu, a member of the Moro National Liberation Front told me when I earlier said I was going to Sabah. He said: “Go ahead, Sir. Claim Sabah for us! And bring it back home with you.” I had a good laugh but I could see he was serious. But then, seeing how progressive Sabah is today, we may reverse the tables and I will not mind if Sabah will “claim” and merge with Mindanao instead! ( ha ha ha!)  “VEILED THREAT”? -- Talking about secession, that reminds me. I read the most recent editorial posted in www.luwaran.com, MILF’s official website. It quoted MILF Chief Al Haj Murad as saying that if Congress should eventually pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law and the implementation of the agreement should be satisfactory to the Moro, then it would remove the reason and cause for secession. To this I agree. But then to some it

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BUSINESS

October 13 - 19, 2014

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DTI orients local food, business sector on Philippine Traceability System ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal -Members of the local food processing and business sectors recently participated in an awareness seminar on the Philippine Traceability (PTRACE) System cum workshop conducted through the initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry-Rizal at the Bahay Kawayan Restaurant, Taytay this October 8.

The PTRACE seminar promotes traceability to local entrepreneurs and business groups to emphasize the importance of documenting all stages of food production, processing and distribution due to the increasing food

safety incidents in the international market.

DTI resource speaker Renea Marian Cruz, said the seminar on PTRACE is also done to strengthen and reinforce business operations and competitiveness in line with RA 10611 otherwise known as the National Food Safety Act and the impending ASEAN integration.

RA10611 which was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III last 2013 states that traceability in at least one level higher or lower (meaning the both the supplier and buyer of a certain product) in order for a business to track the origin

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH III Hall of Justice, Pallocan West, Batangas City IN THE MATTER OF CANCELLATION OF FRO M T HE RECORD BOOK OF CADAST RAL LOT S OF T HE L AND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY OF LRC CADASTRAL RECORD NO. 1712 COVERING LOT NO. 10027, OF BATANGAS CADASTRE, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS SPS. PEDRO M. DELA PEÑA and BIDA B. DELA PEÑA, Petitioners, versus

PETITION NO. 4729

LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, Respondent. x-------------------------x ORDER Considering that there is no publication yet, let the initial hearing of this case be reset to November 13, 2014 at 8:30 in the morning in the session hall of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 3, Hall of Justice, Pallocan West, Batangas City, on or before which date any interested person may file opposition.

Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the cities of Batangas and Lipa and the Province of Batangas, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks and that copies of this order be served to all known authorities concerned.

The Process Server of this Court is hereby directed to post copies of the petition, as well as this Order, on the bulletin board in the main entrance of the Batanags City Hall, Batangas City, Hall of Justice, Pallocan West, Batangas City and in the Barangay Hall of Libjo, Batangas City for at least three (3) weeks before the date of hearing of the instant petition.

The Branch Clerk of Court is hereby directed to furnish the office of the Clerk of Court a copy of this Order for raffle among the publishers for publication.

Further, the petitioners are hereby directed to furniesh the Court copies of the names and addresses of the respective boundary/adjoining owners of the subject lot within five (5) days from receipt hereof.

SO ORDERED. Batangas City, September 25, 2014.

(Sgd.) RUBEN A. GALVEZ Judge I hereby certify that the copies of this order were personally delivered to the Office of teh City Prosecutor, and sent by registered mail to the petitioner, respondent, the Hon. Solicitor General, Atty. Ariel Reyes, the Honorable Administrator, LRA, Quezon City.

(Sgd.) DIVINA LEA A. PERDIGUERRA-MUÑOZ Branch Clerk of Court V Pahayagang Balikas | October 13, 20 & 27, 2014

and destination of their product. Cruz also added that the new law requires companies to keep track of records within six months in case of product recalls.

Cruz also stated during the seminar that PTRACE also gives local food businesses a fighting chance when South East Asian Nations open trade with the country in line with the ASEAN integration. Products and businesses with traceability will be deemed safer and more trustworthy in the highly competitive international market since any quality or safety issues

may be traced back to a certain source.

DTI Rizal in partnership with the University of the Philippines – Institute for Small Scale Industries opened the awareness seminar to local food production and processing businesses in Rizal, most of which are members of the Samahan ng mga Rizaleno sa Sektor ng Agrikultura at Pagkain (SARAP), to increase the competitiveness of the local food sector against other competitors.

Another PTRACE seminar is scheduled to take place on November.| GIDEON GAPAYAO

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF CASE NO. 2014-251 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale underAct 3135 as amended

by Act 4116 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund), mortgagee, with office address at Caedo Commercial Center, Nat’l. Hiway, Bo. Calicanto, Batangas City against VIVAN U. PEÑAFLOR married to JESSIE G. PEÑAFLOR, mortgagor/s, with residence and postal address at Libjo Central, Batangas City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of June 30, 2014 amounts to THREE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN PESOS & 91/100 (P325,867.91) including/excluding interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee the undersigned Deputy Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Office of the Clerk of Court & Ex- Officio Sheriff, Rosario, Batangas, will sell at public on November 7, 2014 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Rosario, Batangas to the highest bidder for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the described real property and its improvements thereon to wit: ORIGINAL/TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-141296 ‘A parcel of land (Lot B-4-A-7 of the subd. plan, Psd04-188136 being a portion of Lot B-4-A, Psd-04-178050, LRC Rec. No. 27138), together with all buildings and future improvementes thereon, situated in the Brgy. CalitCalit, San Juan, Batangas. Bounded on the E., along line 1-2 by Lot B-4-B; of the subd. Plan; on the S., along line 2-3 by Lot B-4-E (Road 6.00 m. wide) both of Psd-04178050; on the W., along line 3-4 by Lot B-4-A-6 of the subd. plan; on the N., along line 4-1 by Lot B-3 (LRC) Psd44988. Beginning x x x containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) SQUARE METERS. Prospective buyers and bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title herein above described and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

In the event that the Auction Sale should not take place on said date it shall be held on July 18, 2014, without further notice.

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and place.”

Rosario, Batangas, May 27, 2014.

(Sgd.) ROMEO U. MACARAIG Sheriff IV Published at Pahayagang Balikas Edited at Batangas City Posted at Municipal Hall Bldg. of San Juan; Brgy. Hall of Calit-Calit; Public Market of San Juan, Batangas.

Date of Sale: November 7, 2014.

Copy furnished: PARTIES CONCERNED Warning: It is absolutely prohibited to remove deface or destroy this otice of Sale on or before the date of sale UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. Pahayagang Balikas – October 6, 13 & 20, 2014

<<<CROPS.....from P/1

The secrets of coffee unfolded coffee bean where it contributes to aroma composition and flavor which lingers after roasting.

Scientists have seen similar but independent expansions in distantly related species of tea and cacao, suggesting that caffeine might have played an adaptive role in coffee evolution.

The study – “The coffee genome provides insight into the convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis” – is published online in the September issue of the journal Science .

Studying the genes behind coffee's flavors and aromas may enable scientists

– through selective breeding or genetic engineering – to breed coffee with enhanced characteristics, according to smithsonia.com.

“Our study highlighted genes that make alkaloid compounds, which are known bitter flavors,” it quotes the study's co-author, Victor Albert, a plant evolutionary biologist at the University of Buffalo. “We found another group of enriched enzymes that make flavonoid compounds, which are another taste element.

We also highlighted the genes involved in fatty acid pathways, so we've identified many different genetic aspects of aroma and flavor.”

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF THE CHILD DANA ALTHEA FORTUS ACOSTA ALSO KNOWN AS ALTHEA FORT US AUST RIA, WIT H APPLICATION TO CHANGE HER NAME TO ALTHEA FORTUS AUSTRIA SOUSES ROLANDO DE VILLA AUSTRIA JR. AND AILYNE F. AUSTRIA Petitioners, versus

SP. PROC. NO. 2013-248

DANILO SANTIAGO ACOSTA, Respondent. x-----------------------------------------x ORDER An Amended Petition dated June 5, 2014 has been filed by the petitioner through counsel praying the Court, that after due notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued by this Honorable Court granting this petition for adoption of the minor by herein petitioners and for her name to be changed from DANAALTHEAFORTUS ACOSTAto ALTHEAFORTUS AUSTRIA, the full name by which she will be known after payment of the fees prescribed by law.

NOW THEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on Novemver 18, 2014 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon before the session hall of this Court, on which date, tim and place, all interested persons may appear and show cause why the petition should not be Granted.

Let copy of this Order be published at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Batangas, prior to the scheduled date of hearing at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copy of the petition and his Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Rosario, Batangas, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Muntinlupa City for the purposes of enabling the latter to conduct the Home and Child Study Report of the muinor to be adopted, the petitioners as well as the Danilo Santiago Acosta and to submit its report and Recommendation to this Court, at least one week before the scheduled date of hearing and the National Statistics Officefor their Comment/Opposition thereto.

SO ORDERED. Rosario, Batangas. September 8, 2014.

(Sgd.) DORCAS P. FERRIOLS-PEREZ Assisting Judge Pahayagang Balikas | October 6, 13 & 20, 2014

Tawag na sa Pahayagang Balikas Telephone No. (043) 417.1662 * 0917.521.9477 * 0912.902.7373 para sa inyong pagpapalathala.

Melinda Rodriguez-Landicho, Lifetimes Editor

LIFE TIMES Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) Maginhawang maitatawid ang mga gawain dahil sa tulong ng mga kasamahan.

Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Huwag pansintutol sa binabalak dahil ang iba sa kanila ay naiinggit. Ang mga plano sa kaunlaran ay dapat ikilos­ at simulan ngayon.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) Huwag gaanong maging mabait at baka pagmulan ng hindi pagka-kaunawaan at hahantong sa gulo.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) Patawarin ang nagkasala at humingi ng tawad kung inaakalang may kasalanang nagawa, ngayon ang tamang panahon.

Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Walang magiging balakid sa anumang gustong gawin. Iwasan ang mag-pautang dahil matagal bago ito mabayaran.

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ang magulong lansangan.

Aries (Mar. 21 - April 20) Ang sobrang tuwa o kalungkutan ay magbibigay ng sakit, kaya matutong mag-control sa sarili.

Taurus (Apr. 21 - May 21) Ilagay sa normal at huwag maging overacting sa gawain, pagkilos at pananalita.

Gemini (May 22 - June 21) Madali ka ngayon makahanap ng magandang paraan upang malusutan ang anumang balakid.

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Baguhin ang plano upang matiyak ang tagumpay.

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‘Child Poverty in PH on the rise’ — study THE number of children living in poverty in the Philippines continues to climb despite the country's recent economic gains.

According to a study titled “Child Poverty in the Philippines” by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), there were already about 13.4 million Filipino children living in poverty in 2009.

“This number represents 36 percent or more than one-third of all Filipino children aged below 18. Being poor, they suffer from deprivations of food, shelter, health, and education," said Dr. Celia Reyes, PIDS senior research fellow and lead author of the study.

Using data collected from national surveys and administrative records of various government agencies, the key findings of the study demonstrate that both the number and severity of poverty among Filipino children have been increasing through the years.

Around 10 million of these children face at least two overlapping types of severe deprivation in basic amenities

while an estimated .75 million face at least five kinds of deprivation simultaneously.

During the same year, there were around 4 million children who did not have access to sanitary toilet facilities while 4 million did not have access to safe water. Another 260,000 kids did not have decent shelter.

“There were 1.4 million children living in informal settlements, 6.5 million did not have access to electricity in their homes, and 3.4 million did not have means to access information,” Reyes said.

In terms of education, the key issues are low cohort survival and poor level of achievement. In the last ten years, the percentage of students who were able to complete elementary and secondary levels have hardly improved.

“Largely because of poverty, 5.5 million children are forced to work in 2011 to augment family income. They are unable to pursue their education and this affects their ability to find better work in the future,” the study noted.

Celia Tan, grade four teacher helps one student of hers to regularly come to class. They simply could not let their students drop out due to poverty.| A. UMIL/ BULATLAT.COM REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS PETITION FOR INSCRIPTION OF FULL AND CORRECT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IN O.C.T. NO. P-9096 IN REPLACEMENT OF THE GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION WITH INCREASE IN THE TOTAL LAND AREA FROM TWELVE THOUSAND FIFTY SEVEN (12,057) SQ. M. TO TWELVE THOUSAND SEVENTY TWO (12,372) SQ. M. DIEGO C. AMADA, and herein represented

by FILOMENA U. AMADA as Atty-in-Fact, Petitioner, versus

LRC CASE NO. 2013-235

THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, Respondent. x-------------------------x ORDER An Amended petition has been field by the petitioner through counsel praying the Court that after due notice,

Poverty in the country is largely a rural phenomenon. The study estimates that three out of four children from income poor families are living in the rural areas. At the same time, eight of 10 who are severely deprived of safe water and sanitary toilet are found in the rural areas.

Zamboanga Peninsula, Eastern Visayas, and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were identified by the study as the regions where the condition of children is dismal in many aspects and therefore should be prioritized in interventions.

“The updated Philippine Development Plan recognizes the need to have spatial focus to address the specific needs of provinces and has identified priority provinces. A more targeted approach will hopefully address the varying needs of children across the provinces,” Reyes stated.

Population growth, the lack of inclusivity of economic growth, and the exposure of the country to natural calamities, are expected to worsen child poverty within the next few years.

“In the Philippines, despite the country's recent economic progress, poverty continues to affect millions of families with young children. This is visible in the number of young ones who wander the streets in urban areas, scavenge for resources, or those who, at an early age, are forced to drop out of school to work to supplement their family income,” Reyes explained.

According to the study, the problem goes beyond mere lack of income or assets for these children's families. Their situation speaks of a roster of factors that range from lack of appropriate skills to inability to control fertility intertwined with lack of job opportunities and other economic problems.| PIDS

publication, posting and hearing, an Order be issued for the inscription of full technical description and increase of area of OCT No. P-9096 from TWELVE THOUSAND FIFTY

SEVEN (12,057) SQ. M. TO TWELVE THOUSAND SEVENTY TWO (12,372) SQUARE METERS and that the correct Technical Description be inscribed in the Title and the Graphical description replaced by the former; and that the Register of Deeds of Batangas be directed to inscribe correct area and replace the graphical description with the Technical Description as indicated in the Conversion Plan of Lot 466, Cad476-D, Taysan Cadastre as surveyed for Diego Amada, after payment of the fees prescribed by law.

NOW THEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on October 27, 2014 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon before the session hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, all interested persons may appear and show cause why the petition should not be Granted.

Let Copy of this Order be published at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Batangas, prior to the scheduled date of hearing at the expense of the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Rosario, Batangas. August 4, 2014.

(Sgd.) DORCAS P. FERRIOLS-PEREZ Assisting Judge Pahayagang Balikas | Sept. 29, Oct 6 & 13, 2014

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<<<PERSPECTIVE.....from P/5

Crass, disgusting commodification To counter these, women and men should continue protesting against and expressing disgust over these twin violations on women.

But to eradicate these, Gabriela is right in saying that the material conditions for the oppression and exploita-

tion of women, and men from the working classes, should be radically swept aside to make the situation favorable for correcting the historical injustices being done to women, especially working class women.| WWW.BULATLAT.COM

.................................................................................... <<<DUREZA.....from P/5

Sabah revisited could be interpreted as a “veiled threat” too; that if things go wrong, the Moro struggle will continue. I find this unacceptable. Let’s face it. The onus of making this collective effort succeed rests not only on the GPH which is going all out to approximate the Bangsamoro aspiration.

It must be equally borne by the Bangsamoro and its leaders, most specifically by Kagi Murad and his group.

If something goes wrong along the way, there must be NO TURNING BACK. The search for peace should continue, how hard and long it may take, notwithstanding. But going back to war again is no longer an option.

For the MILF, it already took an irreversible route.

 GOOD FATHER -Whatever the outcome of these efforts, it may be good to remind the MILF, the MNLF and others similarly situated that government is doing its best to address their aspirations and concerns.

But there are limits that they should not breach. And that they should not further test its resolve. Nor continue to threaten government. Just like a “good father of the family” (Principle of pater familias) the Philippine government will have to give enough leeway to complaining children. But then there are thresholds, when breached, will prompt the father to take out the disciplinary belt to bring them into line.|

PRAYER TO ST. JUDE O St. Jude, Holy Apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, you are honored and petitioned by the universal Church, as the patron of desperate, hopeless and impossible cases. Pray for me. I am so very helpless and I feel alone. Intercede for me that Almighty God may bring swift aid where it is needed most.

Come to my assistance in my great time of need! Pray for me that I may be given the comfort and help of Jesus. Most importantly, I ask that you pray that I may one day join you and all of the saints in heaven to praise God in consolation, rest and joy for all eternity. I will remember your prayers, O Holy St. Jude. I will honor you as my patron as so many have before me because of the graces God deigns to give freely at your request. Amen.

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Merl’s Suman sa Lihiya, nangunguna sa MIMAROPA D ALAWANG taong magkasunod, kinilala ang sikat na Merl’s Suman sa Lihiya bilang 2nd MIMAROPA Best Technopreneur Award na ginanap kamakailan sa Lunsod ng Calapan, Mindoro Occidental.

and Technology Week sa SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City.

Ang Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program of the Department of Science and Technology o SETUP, ay isang pambansang istratehiya na nang-eengganyo at umaasiste sa mga small and medium enterprises na mag-adopt ng mga technology innovations D ha l end z L a ndi c ho para mapaganda pa ang Nakuha rin ng Merl’s Suman sa kanikanlang negosyo.

Lihiya ang 2014 Best SETUP Ibinigay ng DOST sa mag-ari ng Adopter award - regional level sa Merl’s Suman sa Lihiya na si Merlita katatapos na 2014 National Science Bolu ang Best Technopreneur Award

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MERLITA Bolus, owner of Merl’s Suman sa Lihiya with Coco Jam. MV filephoto

para sa taong 2013 at 2014 para sa kaniyang matagumpay na paglalapat ng teknolohiya sa kaniyang negosyo at mapalakas pa ito.

Ayon kay Bolu, malaking tulong sa kaniyang negosyo ang DOSTSETUP kaya napagtagumpay niya ito.

Ang DOST-SETUP ang nagprovide ng packaging and labeling design paras a Merl’s Suman sa Lihiya.

Bukod dito, nagkakaloob din ang Department, sa pamamagitan ng SETUP, ng consultancy on Good Manufacturing Practices and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, enhancement of rice cake steaming process, improvement of coco jam dispensing operation, nutritional analysis, cleaner production technology consultations, at plant production layout.

Sabi pa ni Bolu, ang tulong ng SETUP ay malaking factor kung bakit naabot niya ang 325 percent increase sa produksyon niya mula 800 pirasong suman hanggang 3,400 piraso araw-araw. Naparami din niya ang produksyon ng coco jams mula 30 grapon hanggang 48 grapon kada araw. Kaya naman lubusan na ring lumaki ang kaniyang merkado.

Mula sa buwanang gross income na P462,000.00, lumobo ito hanggang P1.81 million at ang

CALAPAN’s business couple Merlita and Ferdinand Bolus (second and third from left) of Merl’s Native Delicacies receive the trophy and cash prize for the 2014 DOST Regional Office IV-B Best Technopreneur Award as this year’s outstanding micro, small, and medium enterprise technology adoptor for the second straight year. Also in photo is DOST MIMAROPA Director Josefina Abilay (leftmost), Mindoro Oriental 2nd District Representative Reynaldo Umali (4th from left), and DOST Provincial Director Jesse Pine (rightmost).| kaniyang empleyado ay dumami rin at ngayon ay 80 katao na.

Sa ngayon, ang Merl’s Suman sa Lihiya ay isa sa pinaka-popular na produkto ng Lunsod ng Calapan at ang mga produkto nito ay mabibili nas a halos lahat ng “pasalubong centers” sa lunsod.

Matapos ang may 14 na taon, talagang sumikat na at nagging

popular na nga at masasabing Calapan’s best na nga ang Merl’s.

Ngayong Oktubre, inaasahang mabubuksan na ang isang bagong planta ng Merl’s sa Naujan. Bukod sa orihinal na rrecipe ng suman sa lihiya, ilulunsad din ng Merl’s ang iba pang variants nito gaya ng suman sa dahon ng sili.|

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Tanauan City receives cash incentive from DILG THE City Government of Tanauan was awarded by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) a cash incentive from the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) for achieving the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) Silver Grade.

In a simple ceremony held recently at the Tanauan City Hall, Regional Director Josefina E. Castilla-Go of DILG Region IV-A (CALABARZON), handed the P3-

million check to Mayor Thony C. Halili as she praised the mayor’s accomplishments for the city with just barely a year into office.

“He is a city mayor with a very strong political will, with practical solutions to a lot of city problems, and who is now being looked up to as model not only in the province of Batangas but in the whole of CALABARZON,” remarked CastillaGo during the program.

She also commended the city officials in the crafting of Tanauan

EXEMPLARY GOVERNANCE. Photo shows (L-R) Tanauan City Administrator Atty. Herminigildo G. Trinidad, Jr., Vice-Mayor Atty. Jhoanna C. Corona, Mayor Thony C. Halili, Regional Director Josefina E. Castilla-Go of DILG Region 4A, Provincial Director Noel R. Bartolabac of DILGBatangas, and DILG-Tanauan City Officer Marissa Marasigan during the awarding ceremonies of the Performance Challenge Fund to the City Government of Tanauan by the DILG.|J. MOJARES City’s Executive-Legislative Agenda (ELA), which, according to her “the only LGU in Batangas who have convened and formulated ELA.” For his part Mayor Halili thanked the DILG for the award and recognized the role of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), headed by Vice-Mayor Atty.

Jhoanna C. Corona, and the

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“Without your help, the mayor, whatever plans or vision he has in mind, could do nothing,” Mayor Halili said as he implored the city government employees to aim for the more prestigious but much competitive Seal of Good Local

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