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TINANGHAL na Ms. Tanauan City of Colors si Maria Jose Maza ng Ecuador sa isinagawang Talent Competition ng Miss Earth sa nasabing lunsod. Isang mahalagang okasyon na naman ang natala sa kasaysayan ng Tanauan ang isinagawang Ms Earth Talent Competition na dinaluhan ito ng iba't ibang mga kababayan buhat sa mga barangay, mga punumbarangay na pinangungunahan ni ABC President Polmark L Fajardo. Pinangunahan ni Mayor Thony C Halili ang panonood ng Talent Competition kasama ang mga miyembro ng Sangguniang Panlunsod na sina Konsehal Herman Trinidad, Konsehal Ben Corona,Konsehal Sammy Platon, Konsehal Angel Atienza, Konsehal Joseph Castillo, at City Administrator Atty Jun Jun Trinidad. |

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PEKE AT MAPANGANIB. Pinangunahan ng DTI Batangas at ng pamahalaang lunsod ng Lipa ang pagsira sa mga nakumpiskang mahigit P300k halaga ng christmas lights at disposable lighters upang ipakita ang seryosong kampanya ng pamahalaan sa pagbabawal ng paggamit ng mga sub-standard na produkto. [May istorya sa pahina 2|BHABY DE CASTRO

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December 1 - 7, 2014

HUWARANG PAMILYANG BATANGUEÑO. Tinanghal na Huwarang Pamilyang Batangueño para sa Taong 2014 ang pamilya ni G. at Gng. Mario at Lilia Perez ng bayan ng San Pascual. Ang Pagkilala sa mga natatanging pamilya ay ginanap noong ika-28 ng Nobyembre 2014 kasabay ng konsyertong handog para sa pagkilala sa katangian at katatagan ng Pamilyang Batangueño.| LOUIE HERNANDEZ

‘Delikado!’

LUNGSOD NG LIPA – Pinangunahan ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) - Batangas ang pagsira sa kahon- kahong christmas lights at disposable lighters na nagkakahalaga ng P300k na nakumpiska noong nagdaang taon sa iba't ibang pamilihan sa lungsod ng Tanauan.

Ayon kay DTI Provincial Director Ruel Gonzales, matagal na panahon nang ipinatutupad ng kanilang tanggapan ang mahigpit na pagsunod sa quality standards ng isang produkto kung kaya't ang mga produktong tulad nito ay hindi pumasa sa kanilang pamantayan.

Aniya, pinangangalagaan lamang nila ang kaligtasan ng mga mamamayan kung kaya't dapat ay hindi tangkilikin ang mga produktong tulad nito sapagkat hindi ito dumaan sa tamang proseso.

Ang mga produktong ito ay walang mga ICC mark at maliliit ang mga kable na maaaring maging sanhi ng sunog kapag napabayaang nakasaksak sa matagal na panahon.

Maging ang mga disposable lighters na nakum-piska ay hazardous din sa kalusugan at banta sa kaligtasan sapagkat karamihan sa mga ito kapag nahulog ay biglang pumuputok o sumasabog.

Dagdag pa ni Gonzales, sa taong ito ay wala silang nakumpiskang mga substandard products sapagkat karamihan sa mga negosyante ay natuto na at nagdadalawang isip na sa pagbebenta ng mga walang kalidad na produkto.

Kasama ng DTI Batangas ang pamahalaang lunsod ng Lipa sa gawaing ito kung saan ginamitan ng pison ang naturang mga substandard na produkto upang tuluyan ng hindi mapakinabangan at maging banta sa kaligtasan ng mga mamamayan.

Marami naman sa mga nakasaksi sa isinagawang pagsira ang natuwa sapagkat anila mas mabuti na ito kesa mas malaking problema at kapahamakan pa ang makuha nila sa pagbili ng ganitong produkto.| BHABY DE CASTRO

https://www.facebook.com/pages/ Balikas/184223348294142 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.

Pahayagang BALIKAS | December 1, 2014

ERRATUM NOTICE is hereby given that the copy of Sheriff’s Notice of Sale of a property filed by the PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK (PNB) against SPS. EDWIN S. VILLENA and LUZ C. VILLENA scheduled on December 15, 2015 was inadvertently published based on the copy of the notice released by Sheriff Rosalina G. Aguado. The said notice should have been read to have been released or issued on October 24, 2014 and not November 14, 2014 as previously published. Balikas regrest the error.

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Paggawa ng virgin coconut oil, patok na negosyo DAHIL sa laki ng pangdaigdigang pangangailangan o worldwide demand para sa VCO na hindi pa sapat matugunan sa kasalukuyang produksyon, inaasahang magiging patok ang pagnenegosyo nito.

Dahil dito, nagkaroon ng pagsasanay sa paggawa ng VCO para sa mga opisyales ng Rural Improvement Club at KALIPI ng Tiaong, Quezon.

Ang mga nasabing samahan ay magtutulongtulong makapagtustos ng ‘raw oil’ ang Pasciolco, daan para kumita at makapagbigay ng trabaho sa mga kasapi.

Sa lalawigan ng Quezon, ang Pasciolco Agri Ventures ay isa sa maraming guma-

gawa ng virgin coconut oil (VCO) at iba pang produktong galing sa niyog katulad ng coco jam, coco sauce, coco sugar, suka, at pangmasaheng langis.

Ayon sa may-ari ng Pasciolco Agri Ventures, tutulungan nila ang mga indibidwal, grupo, kooperatiba o iba pang samahan upang makasali sa pagnenegosyo ng VCO. Aniya, hindi na kakailanganin pang bumili ng mga kagamitan o maglabas ng malaking puhunan. Ang kailangan lamang ay supply ng niyog at de-kuryunteng pangkayod para sa maramihan at mabilisang panggagawa ng gata.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BATANGAS CITY OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE INRE: PETITION/S FOR RE-APPOINTMENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC ADM. MATTER NOS. 2015-22 and 2015-23 ATTYS. BIENVENIDO C. CASTILLO and FERDINAND ALLAN U. ALDA x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x ORDER Two (2) separate verified petitions having been filed by petitioners, Attys. Bienvenido C. Castilllo and Ferdinand Allan U. Alda (for re-appointment), praying that after due publication and hearing, they be re-appointed as Notaries Public. It is hereby ordered that said petitions be set for summary hearing on December 17, 2014 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the session hall, Branch 3, Regional Trial Court, Pallocan West, Batangas City before which date and time, any interested person may file opposition to the instant petition/s Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioners in any newspaper of general circulation in the City of Batangas and the Province of Batangas. Likewise, the Court Sheriff is directed to post a copy of this Order in the Office of the Executive Judge and the Clerk of Court.

SO ORDERED. Batangas City, November 26, 2014.

Sa paggawa ng VCO o alinmang pagkaing pinoproseso, kailangan masusunod ang mga alituntuning sang-ayon sa Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) na itinalagang ipasunod ng Food and Drug Administration ng Department of Health.

Payo ng DTI, kailangan ng isang nagkakaisang pagkilos upang walang maiwanan sa negosyong VCO. Ibig sabihin, lahat ay may pagsang-ayon at iisa ang direksyon upang lahat ay magiging maayos ang

kabuhayan.

Ang DTI ay handing tumulong sa mga mga indibiduwal o grupo o kooperatiba na gustong pumasok sa paggagawa at pagnenegosyo ng VCO. Maaring makipagugnayan sa DTI-Quezon upang maipaliwanag ang mga bagay na dapat ipaghanda.

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Peace & Order Update Collated By JACK L. AQUINO

Free dental and medical services, delivered in Nasugbu IN pursuit of delivering basic services to the Batanguenos, Batangas Provincial Public Safety Company under the leadership of PSUPT MANUEL JAVIERABRUGENA, Company Commander, has once again hosted the conduct of Medical and Dental Mission and Free Haircut Services through its Community Action Team led by PINSP ROY MAGPANTAY CUEVAS. A total of three hundred ten residents of Brgy. Calayo, Nasugbu, Batangas benefitted from said activities conducted on November 25, 2014.

In partnership with the 51st Engineering Brigade, Philippine Army led by MAJ STEVENS N NAVATA, 514 Engineering Construction Brigade, Philippine Army led by CPT JOSE LAUREL M SIBULLAS, 730th Combat Group, Philippine Air Force led by SSG RUBEN A BANAYAT, Batangas Provincial Health Office, Nasugbu Municipal Health Office and Nasugbu Municipal Police Station, one hundred individuals were given aid during the free medical services, eighty individuals benefitted from the free dental services while one hundred thirty residents got their new haircut during the conduct of the outreach program that started at around 9:00AM of November 25, 2014.

The activity ended with the residents and beneficiaries of the outreach program highly appreciating the effort of the Batangas PPSC.

(Sgd.) RUBEN A. GALVEZ Executive Judge I hereby certify that copy of this Order has been sent to Atty. Bienvenido C. Castillo and Atty. Ferdinand Allan U. Alda, this 26th day of November 2014.

(Sgd.) RUSSELL B. DALISAY Clerk of Court VI Pahayagang BALIKAS | December 1, 2014

PPSC personnel together with the 730th Combat Group of Philippine Air Force as they provide free haircut services to residents of Brgy. Calayo, Nasugbu, Batangas on November 25, 2014.

December 1 - 7, 2014

Inter-Island News Collated By RONALINA L. ELARMO

Occ. Min nanguna sa Corn Quality Achievers Award

SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro – Nakamit ng lalawigan ang unang pwesto sa ikalawang Corn Quality Achievers Award ng Department of Agriculture (DA).

Ang parangal ay idinaos sa Litkemkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental noong ika -20 ng Nobyembre.

Isinabay ito sa 10th Philippine National Corn Congress ng DA na ginanap noong Nobyembre 19-21.

Tumanggap ang lalawigan ng plake ng pagkilala at P3 milyon na gagamitin sa mga proyekto para sa patuloy na pagunlad ng industriya ng mais.

Ang iba pang mga Outstanding Provinces na tumanggap ng kaparehong premyo ay ang Pangasinan, Isabela, Agusan del Norte at Agusan del Sur. Binigyan din ng pagkilala ang bayan ng Sablayan at Mamburao bilang Outstanding Municipalities at tumanggap ng tig-isang milyong piso.

Pinarangalan din bilang nangungunang Outstanding Agriculturist si Provincial Agriculturist Carmelita Villanada na tumanggap ng P40,000. Nanguna naman bilang Outstanding Provincial Corn Coordinator si Jupiter Tividad na tumanggap ng P30,000.

Ang iba pang mga awardess ay sina Outstanding Municipal Agriculturists Lyn de Leon ng Sablayan at Sunshine Singun ng Mamburao na parehong tumnggap ng P30,000, Outstanding Municipal Corn Coodinators Elma Tamo at Evelyn Flores na tumanggap ng P25,000 at Outstanding Agricultural Extension Workers na sina Wilma Sagun, Elsa Reyes, Norma Solar at Delmo Tamo na pawang tamanggap ng P20,000.

Lahat sila ay nagkamit ng cash prize, medalya at plake.

Ang gantimpala na ibinigay sa lalawigan ay patunay sa magandang kalidad ng produksyon ng mais.

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Marinduque gets PHL’s First telemedicine System

BOAC, Marinduque — The country’s first interactive Telemedicine system was launched recently in Marinduque.

“This is one big leap for the health care industry because we now have the ability to provide interactive healthcare to patients in far flung areas through a video call using modern technology and telecommunications. Medical examinations can now be done through a live video conversation,” Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo said during the soft opening of the Telemedicine system at the Marinduque Provincial Hospital.Governor Camencita O. Reyes was present during the launch.

“A doctor from Manila can virtually hear a patient’s heartbeat from Marinduque. He can even ask you to cough, inhale or exhale and give you an initial analysis of your health condition,” Janairo said.

The Telemedicine system allows a patient to communicate with health care providers live over video in real time for the provision of immediate care. The patients’ video or still images plus additional data needed in the diagnosis will be captured and stored in the system which in turn be sent to physicians.

The World Health Organization defines Telemedicine as ‘the delivery of health care services by all health care professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries, research and evaluation, and for the continuing education of health care providers, all in the interests of advancing the health of individuals and their communities’.

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Palawan health workers, nagsanay para sa complimentary feeding PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan — Bilang paghahanda sa 120 araw na complementary feeding sa mga bata na isasagawa sa ilang mga munisipyo sa Palawan ay sumailalim sa pagsasanay ang mga health worker sa Palawan.

Ang pagsasanay ay ang ‘Training-Workshop on DOSTPINOY (Package for the Improvement of Nutrition of Young Children)” na nilahukan ng mga Barangay Environment, Agriculture and Nutrition Scholars o BEANS, Barangay Health Workers, Midwives, Nurses at Municipal Nutrition Action Officers kamakailan.

Ang mga health worker na dumalo sa pagsasanay ay mula sa 11 munisipyo sa Palawan na napili para sa complementary feeding para sa mga bata. Ang mga munisipyong ito ay ang Sofronio Española, Bataraza, Busuanga, Coron, Roxas, Taytay, Rizal, Brooke’s Point, Aborlan, Balabac at Culion.

Ipinaliwanag ni Provincial Nutrition Action Officer Rachel Paladan, bahagi ng ipinapatupad na Malnutrition Reduction Program ng Food and Nutrition Research Institute o FNRI ang DOST-PINOY. Ito ay isang nutrition intervention strategy kung saan ang mga health at nutrition workers ay sinasanay upang turuan ang mga nanay at mga caregivers ng basic at maternal nutrition, kahalagahan ng pagpapasuso sa mga sanggol, angkop na complementary feeding, pagpaplano ng pagkain, ligtas na paghahanda ng mga pagkain at pagtatanim ng gulay sa bakuran.

Pagkatapos ng pagsasanay ay kanilang isasagawa ang complementary feeding para sa mga batang mababa ang timbang at iyong sobrang baba ng timbang.|

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Mother Lily at Gov. Vi, sanib-pwersa sa Ala-Eh Festival sa bayan ng Taal MAGKATUWANG sina Motehr Lily Monteverde at Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto sa pagsusulong ng Ala Eh Festival na nagaganap sa bayan ng Taal, Batangas ngayong unang linggo ng Disyembre. Kaya naman higit na mas makulay, maningning at hindi makakalimutan ang mga aktibidad na matutunghayan.

Totoo ngang malayo na ang tinahak ng pagkakaibigan nina Mother Lily at Governor Vi at masasabi ngang humigit pa sa relasyong prodyuser-artista ang relasyon nila. Ngunit nagpatuloy ang ibang lebel ng pakikipagkaibigang ito kahit naging aktibo na sa mundo ng pulitika ang batikang artista na ngayon ay nasa ikatlong termino nan g pagiging gobernador ng Batangas.

Bukod sa pagiging matalik na kaibigan, nagsisilbing inspirasyon din kay Mother Lily ang dedikasyon at komitment ni Gov Vi sa Batangas. Ito’y sapagkat napanatili ng gobernadora ang malinis niyang pangalan sa larangan ng pulitika mula sa pagiging alkalde ng Lunsod ng Lipa hanggang sa pinakamataas na posisyon sa lalawigan.

Kaya bilang suporta sa adhikain ni gov. Vi, nagtayo ng Taal Imperial Resort Hotel si Mother Lily kung saan nakapagbigay rin ng trabaho sa mga Batangueño. Lingid sa kaalaman ng marami, mayroon ding mga iskolar ang Regal producer sa Batangas.

Upang bigyang pagkilala ang suporta ni Mother Lily, hinirang siyang maging adopted daughter ng bayan ng

MASAYANG binasa ni Mother Lily Monteverde ang kaniyang message of support sa liderato ni Governor Vilma Santos Recto habang matamang nakikinig sina VG Mark Leviste (kaliwa) at Taal Mayor Michael Montenegro (kanan).| BALIKAS PHOTO/JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS Taal kung saan ay personal siyang ginawaran ng pagkilala noong buksan ang anturang resort-hotel ng prodyuser.

“Mother Lily will always be a dear friend. Hindi ko na kailangang magsabi pa sa kanya ng kung ano ang pwede niyang maitulong sa Batangas. Itong investment niya sa Taal at tulong sa ilang Batangueño ay malaking bagay na, hindi lang sa akin, kundi maging sa buoang Batangas na rin,” saad ng gobernador.

“Kaya, I am very thankful dahil dito sa Ala Eh festival na ginagawa natin sa Taal, she’s there to give her 101% support upang maging mas masaya ito at dayuhin ng mga tao,” dagdag ni Gov Vi. Sa panig naman ni Mother Lily, “Basta’t kay Ate Vi, all-out ako. I am

just happy because kahit nasa politics na siya, may oras pa rin siya sa mga kaibigan niyas a showbiz. I am very, very proud because I am a friend to her. Proud din sa kanyang achievements bilang leader sa Batangas. I’m sure, hindi olang ako ang proud sa kanya at sa changes and improvements sa Batangas, kundi maging ang mga kababayan niya.”

Bilang patunay ng pagmamahal kay Gov. Vi, binigyan siya ng belated birthday blow ni Mother Lily last Monday sa kanyang Valencia Homes matapos ang press conference para sa Ala Eh Festival.

With personal touch ni Mother Lily ang selebrasyong ‘yon na lubhang nagpangiti at nagbigay-kasiyahan kay Governor Vi.|

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Mga benepisyaryo SSF Project, pinagpasasanay ng DTI Quezon SA pamamagitan ng “CESO Income Generation Training Program Entrepreneur Development and Organizational Effectiveness” na ginanap sa Lucban, Quezon noong Nobyembre 10 hanggang Nobyembre 22, 2014, pinagsasanay ang mga entreprenyur na mula sa sector ng “dairy” o gatas, organic products, meat processing, herbal products, at fruit (passion and dragon fruit) production ukol sa maraming paksang pangnegosyo.

Ang pagsasanay ay naganap sa pagtutulungan ng DTI-Quezon at ng Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO).

Karamihan sa nasabing mga sector ay tatanggap ng mga pasilidad o makinarya sa ilalim ng programang Shared Service Facility (SSF) Project ng DTI. Sa pangkalahatan, aabutin ng P5.8milyong halaga ng mga kagamitan ang ibibigay sa mga grupo para mapabilis at mapataas ang antas ng kanilang produksyon.

Sa kahilingan ng DTI-Quezon, pinadala ng CESO ang isang Canadian volunteer-adviser na si Gerry O’Connor - pangulo ng Blackrock Corporate Services ng Ontario, Canada, na dalubhasa sa marketing, entrepreneurship at human resource management - upang maging maayos ang operasyon at pagpapanatiling maayos ang mga makina at iba pang kagamitan, daan para ang mga ito’y

mapakinabangan nang matagal at lubos na makatulong.

Tinuruan din ang mga kalahok sa paghahanda ng business plan, kasama ang pagbalangkas ng vision, mission, pagtatalakay ng mga value system, at konsultasyon sa bawat grupo.

Marami pang dapat na isagawa ang mga entrepreneurs ng Quezon upang makakalaban sa pangdaigdigang kalakalan, lalo na at magkakaroon na ng sinasabing ASEAN Economic Integration ngayong sa susunod na taong 2015.| CHARLIE S. DAJAO

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OPINION

December 1 - 7, 2014

Intensify efforts to promote the full unity of all Christians Here below is the Vatican-provided text of the joint declaration signed by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew this morning in Istanbul:  COMMON DECLARATION We, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, express our profound gratitude to God for the gift of this new encounter enabling us, in the presence of the members of the Holy Synod, the clergy and the faithful of theEcumenical Patriarchate,to celebratetogether thefeast ofSaint Andrew, the first–called and brother of the Apostle Peter. Our remembrance of the Apostles, who proclaimed the good news of the Gospel to the world through their preaching and their witness of martyrdom, strengthens in us the aspiration to continue to walk together in order to overcome, in love and in truth, the obstacles that divide us.

On the occasion of our meeting in Jerusalem last May, in which we remembered the historical embrace of our venerable predecessors Pope Paul VI and the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, we signed a joint declaration.

Today on the happy occasion of this further fraternal encounter, we wish to re–affirm together our shared intentions and concerns.

We express our sincere and firm resolution, in obedience to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, to intensify our efforts to promote the full unity of all Christians, and above all between Catholics and Orthodox. As well, we intend to support the theological dialogue promoted by the Joint International Commission, instituted exactly thirty–five years ago by the Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios and Pope John Paul II here at the Phanar, and which is currently dealing with the most difficult questions that have marked the history of our division and that require careful and detailed study. To this end, we offer the assurance of our fervent prayer as Pastors of the Church, asking our faithful to join us in praying "that all may be one, that the world may believe" (Jn17:21).

We express our common concern for the current situation in Iraq, Syria and the whole Middle East. We areunited in the desire for peace and stability and in the will to promote the resolution of conflicts through dialogue and reconciliation. While recognizing the efforts already being made to offer assistance to the region, at the same time, we call on all those who bear responsibility for the destiny of peoples to deepen their commitment to suffering communities, and to enable them, including the Christian ones, to remain in their native land. We cannot resign ourselves to a Middle East without Christians, who have professed the name of Jesus there for two thousand years. Many of our brothers and sisters are being persecuted and have been forced violently from their homes.It even seems that the value of human life has been lost, that the human person no longer matters and may be sacrificed to other interests. And, tragically, all this is met by the indifference of many. As Saint Paul reminds us, "If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together" (1 Cor 12:26). This is the law of the Christian life, and in this sense we can say that there is also an ecumenism of suffering. Just as the blood of the martyrs was a seed of strength and fertility for the Church, so too the sharing of daily sufferings can become an effective instrument of unity. The terrible situation of Christians and all those who are suffering in the Middle East calls not only for our constant prayer, but also for an appropriate response on the part of the international community.

The grave challenges facing the world in the present situation require thesolidarity ofall peopleof goodwill, andso wealso recognize the importance of promoting a constructive dialogue with Islam based on mutual respect and friendship. Inspired by common values and strengthened by genuine fraternal sentiments, Muslims and Christians are called to work together for the sake of justice, peace and respect for the dignity and rights of every person, especially in those regions where they once lived for centuries in peaceful coexistence and now tragically suffer together the horrors of war.

Moreover, as Christian leaders, we call on all religious leaders to pursue and to strengthen interreligious dialogue and to make every effort to build a culture of peace and solidarity between persons and between peoples. We also remember all the people who experience the sufferings of war. In particular, we pray for peace in Ukraine, a country of ancient Christian tradition, while we call upon allparties involved to pursue the pathof dialogue and of respect for international law in order to bring an end to the conflict and allow all Ukrainians to live in harmony.

Our thoughts turn to all the faithful of our Churches throughout the world, whom we greet, entrusting them to Christ our Saviour, that they may be untiring witnesses to the love of God. We raise our fervent prayer that the Lord may grant the gift of peace in love and unity to the entire human family.

"May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you" (2 Thess 3:16).

From the Phanar, 30 November 2014|

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Naked Preference in 2015 Budget THE Congressional Confeagencies headed by cabinet rence Committee will come officials close to the President are notable. One out with a harmonized can surmise that her appropriation bill in the next few days. Both the tirades against the budget House of Representatives are prelude to cases that and the Senate had passed she and critics would be the P2.606-trillion national filing once the President budge for 2015. It is just a matter of time before the signed the bill into law. conference committee can harmonize the little Under the Constitution, it is the President who differences of the two versions. Notably, the President prepares the budget while the Congress is the one which certified the budget as urgent. Thus, It is approves it. Understandably the Executive Department understandable that proceedings of the two Houses are allocates high budgets not only to priority items but on done with dispatch in spite of the questions on certain every item in the bill. The Constitution allows Congress provisions such as the huge sums allocated to the Office to decrease but not to increase the allocations and the of the President in the form of lump sum appropriation. past several years saw that the latter has the habit of The notable increase in the budget of government overdoing what the Constitution allows it to do. There agencies under the officials who enjoy close relationship was a time in the past when it has decrease the allocation with the President does not escape the eyes of the critics. for a controversial government office to P1.00—an act It is feared that the 2015 showing how ridiculous it budget still contains the could be when it exercises “What makes the 2015 budget controversial Priority its power of the purse. seems so astronomical?

Development Assistance What makes the 2015 Why Congress did not budge to budget seems so astronoFund (PDAF). The Department of Budget mical? Why Congress did reduce the same that way it has and Management (DBM) not budge to reduce the dealt with past budgets? same that way it has dealt and the leaders of the with past budgets? Critics House of Representatives both said that the 2015 budget does not contain any are one in saying that the 2015 budget is specially crafted PDAF. They said that all items in the budget are properly to build up the candidacy of Liberal Party officials specified in the proposed appropriation law and no heading the agencies which received the highest members of the House of Representatives are given post- allocations and the members of the Congress who enjoy enactment authority to identify to where and what the priority in local projects and programs identified under public funds would be spent for. the most discreet manner prior to its crafting.

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago contradicted At this point we are reminded with what was written this pronouncement. She claimed that while there may in a past issue about naked preference. Cass R. Sustein be no separated item called PDAF, the funds intended defined naked preference as the distribution of resources for local projects of members of the House of or opportunities to one group rather than to another Representatives are already built into the proposed 2015 on the ground that those favored have exercised raw budget pertaining to different Executive agencies. She political power to obtain what they want. And certainly, said that some lawmakers were consulted on their the 2015 budget is replete with many naked preferences priority projects prior to the drafting of the proposed in the use of public funds and resources in favor of one appropriation law. Also, the huge allocations for certain political group.|

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OPINION

December 1 - 7, 2014

Kabayaran ng panggagahasa SI Sunshine, bagamat 15anyos na, ang kapasidad ng kanyang pag-iisip ay sa isang 7-anyos na bata. Nakatira siya sa isang malayong barangay kasama ang kanyang Lola Pearl.

Noong 1995, napansin ni Pearl na buntis si Sunshine. Nagalit si Pearl at inusisa kung ano ang nangyari kay Sunshine. Sinabi ni Sunshine na tatlong beses siyang ginahasa. Nagreklamo si Pearl sa Barangay Kagawad.

Unang tinawag ng kagawad si Obet, pero sabi ni Sunshine, hindi ito ang gumahasa. Sunod na tinawag ang kapatid ni Obet na si Ambo. Hindi rin daw ito ang gumahasa ayon kay Sunshine. Nang iharap kay Sunshine ang kapatid nina Obet at Ambo na si Tito, dinuro siya ng dalagita at sinabing ito ang gumahasa sa kanya. Kinasuhan si Tito ng tatlong kaso ng panggagahasa.

Ipinahayag ni Sunshine na si Tito ang ama ng kanyang anak. Nahihirapan man, nagawang isalaysay at ilarawan ni Sunshine kung paano siya ginahasa ni Tito. Ginahasa raw siya ni Tito ng tatlong beses sa ilalim ng punong duhat. Sa una at ikalawang panggagahasa,

tinutukan daw siya ng gulok ni Tito. Ngunit sa pangat-lo, hindi na siya kailangang pilitin ni Tito dahil nagustu-han na niya ang nangyari.

Alibi naman ni Tito, tatlong taon na siyang nagtatrabaho sa isang probinsiya na dalawang oras ang layo mula sa lugar na pinangyarihan ng krimen kaya imposibleng siya ang salarin. Dapat ba siyang panagutin sa tatlong kaso ng panggagahasa.

Ayon sa mababang hukuman at Korte Suprema, mahina ang depensa ni Tito at nananaig ang testimonya ng biktima. Hindi imposible ang paratang ni Sunshine lalo pa at kayang-kaya naman ni Tito na pumunta sa lugar na pinangyarihan ng krimen dahil dalawang oras lang ang layo nito. Ginawa ni Tito ang panggagahasa at nakuha niyang pasunurin si Sunshine dahil ginamit niya ang gulok para takutin ang dalagita. Ngunit tungkol naman sa pangatlong insidente, nararapat bang kasuhan pa rin si Tito ng panggagahasa gayong ipinahayag naman ni Sunshine na nagustuhan niya ito? 

>>>SISON... sundan sa P/8

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Press Freedom PRESS freedom is said to be a fundamental human right and one of the foundations of democratic societies. In 2006, then UN Under-SecretaryGeneral for Communications and Public Information Shashi Tharoor lamented, “The number of journalists killed in the line of duty has become a barometer for measuring press freedom.”

However, press freedom advocates also note “Wherever there is an independent media, there is bound to be friction with the Government.” (Ann Cooper, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists [CPJ], May 2006). Not only that, the CPJ noted that 85 percent of the murder of journalists had been committed with impunity.

The CPJ said that most attacks on journalists come from “governments, drug lords, criminal mafias, or others with reason to silence critical, independent reporting.” So in the case of the Philippines, the “others” include local warlords and political dynasties who, in reality, are no different from drug lords and criminal mafias because they corner all legal and illegal profitmaking ventures in their respective fiefdoms.

The Philippines has earned the infamy of being one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, second only to Iraq, because of the Ampatuan massacre.

The CPJ deemed that the “failure of justice” is the most urgent threat facing journalists worldwide. With the developments, or lack of it, in the Ampatuan massacre case, the Philippines appears to be headed toward becoming the face of impunity in the killings of journalists.

On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day commemoration on May 3, 2014, the UN highlighted “the importance of independent, free and pluralistic media to protecting and promoting these rights.”

“Only when journalists are at liberty to monitor, investigate and criticize policies and actions can good governance exist.” (Joint Message from Mr. Ban Kimoon, Secretary-General of the United Nations and Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the

occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2014).

Aside from the killings of journalists, what other threats to press freedom are there in the world today? How independent are media conglomerates? Has the media been exercising its liberty to monitor, investigate and criticize policies and actions of governments?

Consider this: An article published by the Economic Collapse. Who owns the media: The 6 monolithic corporations that control almost everything we watch, hear and read written by Michael Snyder and published in October 4, 2010, revealed that in 1983, around 50 corporations controlled majority of the news media outfits in the US. Now, it is controlled by just six giant corporations that own television networks, cable channels, movie studios, newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, music labels and even many websites.

The six giant media corporations are Time Warner, Walt Disney, Viacom, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., CBS Corporation and NBC Universal. Outside these six, other media platforms are likewise controlled by a few corporations: “Clear Channel now owns over 1000 radio stations across the United States. Companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are increasingly dominating the Internet.”

“In 1983, fifty corporations dominated most of every mass medium and the biggest media merger in history was a $340 million deal. … [I]n 1987, the fifty companies had shrunk to twenty-nine. … [I]n 1990, the twenty-nine had shrunk to twenty-three. … [I]n 1997, the biggest firms numbered ten and involved the $19 billion Disney-ABC deal, at the time the biggest media merger ever. … [In 2000] AOL Time Warner’s $350 billion merged corporation [was] more than 1,000 times larger [than the biggest deal of 1983].” (Ben H. Bagdikian, The Media Monopoly, Sixth Edition, Beacon Press, 2000).

“These gigantic media corporations do not exist to objectively tell the truth to the American people. Rather,

Benjie Oliveros

>>>PERSPECTIVE.....turn to P/9

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Tugon sa Hamon ng Panahon ISA na sa mga maituturing na mahalagang panahon para ipakita ang ating pagkakaisa bilang mga Pilipino ay ang panahon ng Kapaskuhan. Hindi lamang sa dahilan na ito ay isang malaking selebrasyon sa mga Kristiyano nating mga kaptid kundi dahil na rin ang panahong ating sasalubungin sa linggong ito ay panahon na puno ng simbolismo.

Di na natin dapat pang pagdebatehan pa ang halos buong konsepto ng Pasko ay halaw sa banyagang kaisipan. Ang importante ay naging bahagi na rin ito ng ating kamalayan bilang mga Pilipinong nanampalataya sa ilalim ng relihiyong Kristyanismo.  Tuwing Pasko, masaya nating ginugunita ang mga pangyayari sa ating buhay sa loob ng patapos nang taon. Panahon ito ng masaganang pakikipag-ugnayan sa ating kapwa, katrabaho, kamag anak, kaibigan at pamilya. Sa ganang akin, ito ang tamang panahon para

tayo ay gumawa ng hakbang para sa kinabukasan, isang uri ng preparasyon na may direktang kaugnayan sa ating bansa at mga kapwa Pilipinong hindi na yata iniinda ang mga parating na kalamidad.

Ngunit kitang-kita naman natin na tayong lahat ay apektado paglampas ng unos.

Ako ay naniniwala na gaano man kaliit ang ating maiambag sa pagpalaganap ng disaster preparedness na kaisipan ito may malaking halaga sa taumbayan lalo na’t marami tayong nagbabayanihan sa pagpapalaganap nito.

Naiisip ko na tutal lahat tayo ay naaapektuhan ng mga kalamidad, lalong lalo na ang bagyo na dito na yata nasanay dumaan sa atin, bakit hindi natin tugunan ang ganitong hamon ng panahon na may pagkakaisa?

Hindi man tayo nakapagbigay ng personal na tulong sa mga biktima ng kalamidad dahil dala na rin marahil ng mga sarili nating pakikibaka sa gitna ng mga unos na ating kinakaharap sa pang araw araw, meron

PAHAYAGANG BALIKAS 5

Hypocrisy and big joke!

OVERSPENDING --- I am reading in the news that the COMELEC is starting to prosecute election “overspending”. In fact, Gov. ER EJERCITO lost his seat in Laguna recently for exceeding the limits. By all means let’s run after all violators. But the problem is: the limit of P5.00 per registered voter (unless this has been changed) is not only realistic. It is plain and simple hypocrisy! And a big joke, we all know the expense involved in an election campaign. Everyone “doctors” his campaign record expenses just to comply.

Those caught are jokingly called “tanga” or the crime as “katangahan”.

If we expect, at the very start, our aspiring public officials to be good at “doctoring” records and be dishonest just so they comply with the election law limits, then let's forget about “good governance” when they are in office.

About time we change the rules!  CANADIAN LAW -- I was glad I was able to catch last Thursday, while on my way to Manila, a bit of the brief talk of a Pinoy- Canadian lawyer, ATTY. BAYANI ABESAMIS during the Canadian Chamber of Commerce regular Davao chapter luncheon meeting at Marco Polo Hotel. He said the "CORRUPTION OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACT" was approved in 1999 after Canada adhered to the UN International Anti-corruption Declaration. Ordinarily, persons can be prosecuted only in the countries where the criminal acts are committed. But under the said law, a Canadian citizen can be prosecuted if, for example, he bribes a Filipino public official in the Philippines. As an exception to the "territoriality rule", a Canadian can be prosecuted in a Canadian court back home although he committed the crime in the Philippines. Interesting to know!  ENVIRONMENT --- I learned during my recent visit at the coal-fired STEAG POWER PLANT in Misamis Oriental that 75% of the pollution in the Philippines is caused by exhaust and emissions coming from vehicles and smoke. Only 25% is caused by industries, including power plants.

I wonder why so-called "guardians" of the environment are only focusing their angst and protests at coal-fired plants and ignoring the bigger culprits. Some nitwit asked: "Why not protest against vehicle owners and drivers and cigarette smokers, too?"

Why not, indeed!  FEDERAL --I got an invitation from Mayor RODY DUTERTE to be facilitator in a "Federal Summit" in Davao City this week where he is convenor. This is to seek some systemic changes that may hopefully give Mindanao and all the regions, a new governance arrangement that will allow the locals to govern and determine for themselves what is good for them with lesser interference from central government in Manila. Like in the "Bangsamoro" struggle, those who are comfortable with the "status quo" or fearful of the uncertainties ahead will make things difficult. There is always resistance to change!  BIRTH PAINS -- That reminds me. I had a chat with Cagayan de Oro Congressman RUFUS RODRIGUEZ, Jr. during the wake of the late SEN. TING PATERNO in Manila. He is marshalling the wide-ranging consultations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) that will implement the MILF peace agreement. He said the original timetable of passing it by end of December; this year is NO LONGER POSSIBLE. Moreover, there are constitutional and legal issues that are yet UNRESOLVED. These are the so-called necessary birth pains. I shared to him my thoughts. What is important is that the MILF is engaged closely during the congressional stage so it will understand -- and accept -- whatever is the final version that Congress shall approve. The government and the MILF are already irretrievably stuck with one another. They cannot peel away from an irreversible course. But the road to peace is not that smooth and easy.

This reminds me too of another forum in Manila this week about the "Bangsamoro Agreement" under the auspices of the Asian Peace and Unity Corps/ Integrity Circles Movement/ Universal Peace Federation groups.

They are composed of regional peace advocates, military and police officers and other peace builders who want to see the peace process succeed. Then the BISHOP ULAMA CONFERENCE of Mindanao will also hold a forum among its bishops and Ulamas about the BBL the following week in Davao City. Everyone wants to nurture the process but it may good to do some reality checks along the way. So we manage expectations!  [Atty. Jess Dureza is the president of the Philippine Press Institute, a national association of newspapers and served former Presidents Fidel Ramos and Gloria Arroyo. He previously served as chief government negotiator and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process.] Send your comments to jessdureza@gmail .com]

.............................................................................................. namang mga dahilan para tayo ay makatulong sa mas nakakarami.

Kung tayo ay sabay-sabay na aaksyon dala ang paniniwalang sa pakikipagbayanihan ay matugunan natin ang mga hamon ng panahon, hindi na po magkaroon ng problema ang mga kinauukulan kung paano nila ipaparating sa taumbayan ang mga mahalagang kaalaman na ating kinakailangan.  Mahalaga po na pagkaroon ng disaster preparedness mindset ang lahat. Ngayong nalalapit na ang pasko, naisip ko na gumawa tayo

ng mga hakbangin para handa tayo anumang oras pumasok ang bagyo, o di kaya ay iba pang uri ng natural na kalamidad nitong papasok na taong 2015.

Hindi naman tayo mauubusan ng mga role models sa larangan na ito. Pero siyempre mas fulfilling kapag ikaw yung may kontribusyon para sa kapakanan ng lahat. Mas lalo pa siguro kapag lahat ay ganito ang pananaw. Ang tanong ngayon ay ano ang konkretong hakbangin na maari nating maiambag sa pagpapalakas ng disaster

>>>ZAMUDIO.....sundan sa P/8

CLASSIFIED ADS REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH I BUWAGAN NG KATARUNGAN PALLOCAN WEST BATANGAS CITY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY OF AYATUNGA TODRUUL OVER MINOR TERGELSAR CHARLES EDW ARD KRASNY ERGEN CHARGES EDWARDS, ON BEHALF OF TERGELSAR CHARLES EDWARD KRASNY ERGEN, Petitioner, SP. PROC. NO. 14-9796 -forSuspension of Parental Authority AYATUNGAA TODRUUL, Respondent. x- ---- ----------------- ---- -x ORDER The Ex-Parte Motion for Leave to Serve Summons by Publication filed by the petitioner through counsel is granted.

WHEREFORE, the petitioner is allowed to publish a copy of this Order, summons together with the copy of the petition, once a week for two(2) consecutive weeks, in the newspaper of genera circulation in the Philippines, and in the Province of Batangas. The latter to be chosen by raffle to be conducted by the RTC, OCC, Batangas City Let copy of this Order be sent to the Office of the Solicitor General.

SOOREDERED. GIVEN in open Court, this 5th dy of November, 2014 at Batangas City.

(Sgd.) FLORENCIO S. ARELLANO Presiding Judge I hereby certify that copy of this Order has been sent by registerd mail to the petitioner; respondent; Atty. Paolo Francisco Camacho and by personal delivery to the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor.

(Sgd.) ATTY. GLENDA M. LACSAMANA-KING Branch Clerk of Court ..................................................................................................

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH I BUWAGAN NG KATARUNGAN PALLOCAN WEST BATANGAS CITY CHARGES EDWARDS, Petitioner, SP. PROC. NO. 14-9796 -forIN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY OF AYATUNGA TODRUUL OVER MINOR TERGELSAR CHARLES EDWARDS KRASNY ERGEN CHARGES EDWARDS, ON BEHALF OF TERGELSAR CHARLES EDWARDS KRASNY ERGEN,

AYATUNGAA TODRUUL, Respondent. x- ---- ----------------- ---- -x SUMMONS TO: AYATUNGAA TODRUUL, THROUGH THE HONORABLE CONSUL OF MONGOLIA TO THE PHILIPPINES 2nd Floor Alencor Bldg.

No. 41 Linaw Street Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City GREETINGS: You are herteby required to file with the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court, Batangas City, Branch I, within fifteen (15) days after the service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, your Answer to the Complaint/ Petition filed by the plaintiff/petitioner, a copy of which together with annexes is hereto attached and herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of said answer within the same period upon the plaintiff/petitioner.

WITNESS, the HON. FLORENCIO S. ARELLANO, Presiding Judge of this Court, this 3rd day of December, 2014.

(Sgd.) ATTY. GLENDA M. LACSAMANA-KING Branch Clerk of Court Respectfully referred to Fernando A. Magcasi, Sheriff IV, requesting immediate service and return of the original with your indorsement thereon.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH I BUWAGAN NG KATARUNGAN PALLOCAN WEST BATANGAS CITY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY OF AYATUNGA TODRUUL OVER MINOR TERGELSAR CHARLES EDWARD KRASNY ERGEN CHARGES EDWARDS, ON BEHALF OF TERGELSAR CH ARLES EDW ARD KRASNY ERGEN, Petitioner, SP. PROC. NO. 14-9796 -forSuspension of Parental Authority AYATUNGAA TODRUUL, Respondent. x---------------------------x PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY Petitioner, CHARLES EDWARDS, (“Petitioner”), on behalf of the minor TERGELSAR CHARLES EDWARD KRASNY ERGEN (“Tergelsar”), by counsel, respectfully files this Petition for Suspension of Parental Authority, and states: I. NATURE OF THE PETITION 1. This is a Petition for Suspension of Parental Authority under Article 231 of Executive Order No. 209, as amended, otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines (“Family Code”).

II. PARTIES 2. Petitioner CHARLES EDWARDS is a citizen of Saint Christopher and Nevis, of legal age, single and is currently a resident of Pontefino Hotel and Residences, Pastor Village, Gulod Labac, Batangas City. Petitioner is the biological father of Tergelsar, on whose behalf Petitioner is filing this case. Sometime in April 2012, Petitioner changed his name from Charles Edward Krasny Ergen to his present name, Charles Edwards. For this case, Petitioner may be served with pleadings, orders, and other processes of this Honorable Court through the undersigned counsel, Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices, at 22nd Floor, ACCRALAW Tower, Second Avenue corner 30th Street, Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City, 0399 Taguig, Metro Manila.

3. TERGELSAR CHARLES EDWARD KRASNY ERGEN is a two year-old baby girl who is a citizen of Saint Christopher and Nevis. Tergelsar is the common child of Petitioner and Respondent Ayatungaa Todruul (“Respondent”). Tergelsar is currently in the custody of Petitioner, and is also currently a resident of Pontefino Hotel and Residences, Pastor Village, Gulod Labac, Batangas City.

4. Respondent AYATUNGAA TODRUUL is a citizen of Mongolian People’s Republic, of legal age, single, and whose current residence is unknown. Respondent is the biological mother of Tergelsar. Respondent may be served with pleadings, orders, and other processes of this Honorable Court through the Honorary Consul of Mongolia to the Philippines, at 2nd Floor Alencor Bldg., No. 41 Linaw Street Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City.

III. STATEMENT OF FACTS 5. On 1 September 2012, Petitioner arrived in the Philippines with plans of investing in the economy and contributing to the development of the country. In consort with this goal, Petitioner applied for a Special Investor Resident Visa (“SIRV”) with the Bureau of Immigration, after being qualified as an investor by the National Board of Investments.

6. Sometime in the same month, Petitioner invited the Respondent to come to Manila and bring with the latter their infant daughter Tergelsar. At that time, Respondent had custody of Tergelsar and both were living abroad.

7. On 19 September 2012, Respondent, along with Tergelsar, and Respondent’s mother, Solongo Bukhchuluun (“Solongo”), arrived in Manila. The three of them first stayed at The Exchange Regency Hotel in Pasig City. Petitioner hired a professional nanny to assist Respondent in taking care of Tergelsar.

8. During their first few days in Manila, as Petitioner, Respondent and Tergelsar began to settle in, Petitioner observed that Respondent and Solongo’s belongings consisted primarily of paraphernalia used in, what appeared to be, satanicshamanistic rituals, including but not limited to, demonic cult ritual garb, skulls, dried snakes, other dead and partially-decayed animals, animal and human body parts and bones, grave dirt, candles, whips, ritual daggers, restraining ropes, and pipes for smoking hallucinogenic substances.

9. Upon seeing these paraphernalia, and through the representation of Respondent and Solongo, Petitioner realized that Solongo is a voodoo practitioner, and Respondent is a witchcraft apprentice. Petitioner, while visiting Respondent’s hotel room, observed that Respondent and Solongo would engage in daily voodoo-esque rituals and practices. These acts included satanic worshipping ceremonies, incense burning in the shape of human figurines, consistent intake of alcohol, smoking of unknown substances to facilitate going into a trance, masked dancing, drum beating, dressing and eating snake skins, speaking to animals, filling precious metal cups with blood and vodka, lighting the same on fire and taking turns ingesting the same.

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Petitioner likewise observed that these rituals centered around Tergelsar.

10. Later during their stay in Manila, Petitioner noticed that Tergelsar had bruises on some parts of her body. Petitioner likewise learned from the nanny that he hired, that amidst these rituals, Respondent and Solongo would involve Tergelsar by feeding the latter with vodka and other alcoholic drinks, flogging her and dripping candle wax on her.

11. Upon learning of the apparent harm inflicted by Respondent and Solongo on Tergelsar, Petitioner pleaded with the two to stop their rituals and practices, at the very least, on Tergelsar.

12. Petitioner became very concerned about these practices and, having initially thought the events described to be a result of a cultural misunderstanding, he proceeded to acquire the services of a full-time translator from Mongolia and invited everyone to the Shangri-La Resort in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan, to discuss the aforementioned rituals and to understand the Respondent’s perspective. Petitioner likewise attempted to make steps in order to protect what appeared to him as child abuse. Unfortunately, while Petitioner was partially successful in understanding the ideas behind the ritual, he failed to put an end to the acts of abuse being done by Respondent and Solongo on Tergelsar, which exponentially escalated as the days passed.

13. Eventually, due to the continued ceremonies and complaints from the other guests of the Shangri-La Resort that Respondent and Solongo refused to clothe themselves, Petitioner, along with the people he invited, were asked to leave the resort.

14. Due to the worsening events, Petitioner made one last effort to try to resolve the issue. Petitioner chartered a plane to Amanpulo resort in Palawan, which offered a more secluded setting where special arrangements to accommodate the ritualistic practices were made, with the condition that Tergelsar be supervised by a full time professional nanny and special attention be given to monitor the child’s well-being.

15. Unfortunately even with this level of service, Respondent and Solongo were successful in several other ways to abuse the child including refusing to put sunscreen on Tergelsar while keeping her naked on the beach for hours, which resulted in an extremely severe sunburn and a heat stroke. There was even an instance when Tergelsar was force-fed bird droppings.

16. After returning from Amanpulo, Petitioner, along with Respondent, Tergelsar and Solongo, decided to stay at the Exchange Regency Hotel in Pasig City. There, the abuse kept intensifying. Apart from the already familiar practices of feeding the then five month-old Tergelsar raw meat and alcohol, Respondent and Solongo likewise refused to take the child to the hospital to treat the resulting diarrhea, vomiting, and fever.

In addition to the foregoing, other abusive practices were introduced. These included but were not limited to binding Tergelsar with ritual restraint ropes, which preventing normal blood circulation to a degree where Tergelsar’s extremities would turn blue, and gagging the child with a ritual cloth containing hallucinogenic plants and grave dirt. Half-decomposed animals and decaying animal and human body parts were likewise placed on top of Tergelsar while Respondent and Solongo conducted their satanic rituals. The two likewise pulled Tergelsar’s tongue out of her mouth with tongs, and ritual incisions were made on her, in order to extract blood. Such extracted blood was offered to skulls placed on Solongo’s voodoo altar by means of wetting the idol’s lips with the Tergelar’s blood.

17. Petitioner observed that there are other times when blood would be extracted from Tergelsar by pricking her palms and feet. On other occasions blood would be collected for the rituals from wounds on Tergelsar’s lips and mouth resulting from the ritual whipping of the child’s face.

18. Petitioner repeatedly tried to interfere and protect Tergelsar on multiple occasions, however Respondent and Solongo threatened that they would rather kill the child with their ritual daggers than let her live under the influence of forces alien to their accepted hierarchy of demons. This is an allusion to the fact that Petitioner was raised as a practicing Christian.

19. Sometime towards the end of October 2012, Petitioner, Respondent, Tergelsar and Solongo moved into Unit 17B, North Tower, Pacific Towers Condominium in Taguig City. Petitioner hoped that providing such a high standard of living and engaging Respondent and Solongo in various healthy activities such as physical exercise, yoga, swimming, and diving, would distract them from their barbaric practices. Unfortunately, upon their settling at the Taguig condominium, the ongoing child abuse quickly escalated to a very dangerous degree. New rituals involving strangulation with ceremonial skull beads resulted in the near asphyxiation of Tergelsar. Respondent and Solongo, began poking into the Tergelsar’s mouth cavity with ritual daggers resulting in profuse bleeding and untold suffering of the child.

For the entire duration of the ceremonies, Respondent kept pouring vodka and other alcoholic drinks into the Tergelsar’s mouth while Solongo was chanting incantations.

20. For the entire duration of the Tergelsar’s stay in the Philippines, Respondent and Solongo refused Tergelsar basic medical care, and denied the necessary hospital visits and vaccinations. Rather than refer Tergelsar to qualified medical specialists, which Petitioner insisted on and was more than willing to provide, Respondent and Solongo would instead perform their sadistic “healing” rituals on her.

21. Due to his ever growing concern for the safety and well-being of Tergelsar, Petitioner talked to Respondent on the possibility of turning over to him the custody and care of Tergelsar. Petitioner requested for the full custody and care over Tergelsar as Respondent had no legitimate source of income

December 1 - 7, 2014 in Mongolia or anywhere else, which would enable her to raise the child. Respondent likewise did not want to reside in the Philippines for the long term. After several discussions with Petitioner, Respondent agreed to waive custody rights over the infant Tergelsar.

22. On the 5 November 2012, in hopes of providing Tergelsar some rest from the continuous abuse, Petitioner brought Respondent and Tergelsar to Arthur’s Place, Anilao, Mabini, Batangas for a vacation. There at a local resort, Respondent again subjected Tergelsar to vodka ingestion. Tergelsar started crying hysterically as apparently, she could no longer take any more alcohol, and because of this Petitioner finally decided to intervene and took the vodka away from Respondent.

23. Respondent resented Petitioner’s act of stopping what she was doing. Respondent became enraged, shouted that Tergelsar must die, and then violently threw Tergelsar to the ground. Tergelsar then lost consciousness for several minutes, had convulsions and seizures, vomited and defecated. Fearing for the Tergelsar’s life, Petitioner immediately picked up the baby from the ground and rushed Tergelsar back to Manila. Upon arriving in Manila more than two and a half hours later, Petitioner brought the baby to Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City, where at the said hospital, Tergelsar was found to have had alcohol poisoning and severe concussion.

24. Due to these events, Petitioner filed criminal cases against Respondent and Solongo in the Office of the City Prosecutors of Pasig, Taguig and the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Batangas. Supported by Petitioner’s own complaint-affidavit , as well as the affidavits of witnesses who personally witnessed abusive conduct committed by the Respondent on Tergelsar, the criminal complaints prospered. All three criminal complaints were found to be credible and with proper basis. In each of the said complaints, probable cause to file a criminal case was found.

25. The Office of the City Prosecutor of Taguig, in a Resolution dated 14 January 2014, found probable cause to charge the Respondent with a violation of Section 10(a) of Republic Act No. No. 7610, otherwise known as the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act (R.A. No. 7610) due to cruelty and psychological abuse: “After evaluating the evidence on record, we find probable cause to charge respondents with Violation of Sec. 10(a) of R.A. 7610 committed by inflicting physical harm on the victim by strangulating the child, poking into the child’s mouth cavity with a ritual dagger and pouring alcoholic drinks into the child’s mouth constituting cruelty and psychological abuse.”

26. The Office of the City Prosecutor of Pasig likewise found probable cause to charge Respondent and Solongo with violation of R.A. No. 7610.

27. More notably, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Batangas, in a Resolution dated 21 December 2012, found probable cause to charge Respondent with Frustrated Parricide under Article 246 in relation to Article 6 of the Revised Penal Code due to the act of Respondent in throwing Tergelsar on the floor with intent to kill her: “With respect to Ayatungaa’s act of throwing on the ground her baby, who was merely five months old, out of anger and after shouting that the child must die, the undersigned finds that there was intent to kill on the part of Ayatungaa Todruul. And the fact that the child sustained cerebral concussion shows the gravity of respondent’s acts and the seriousness of injury sustained by the baby. Thus, the undersigned finds that the crime of Frustrated Parricide is applicable in this case.”

28. Informations in relation to the foregoing findings of probable cause against Respondent were accordingly filed before the appropriate courts and corresponding warrants of arrest were subsequently issued. The following criminal cases against the Respondent are now pending before the courts: 28.1. People of the Philippines v. Ayatungaa Todruul and Solongo Bukhchuluun, docketed as Criminal Case No. 150322, for Violation of R.A. No. 7610, pending before the Regional Trial Court of Taguig City, Branch 163; 28.2. People of the Philippines v. Ayatungaa Todruul and Solongo Bukhchuluun, docketed as Criminal Case No. 150026, for Violation of R.A. No. 7610, pending before the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 159; and 28.3. People of the Philippines v. Ayatungaa Khiad Todruul, docketed as Criminal Case No. 17882, for Frustrated Parricide under Article _ of the Revised Penal Code, pending before the Regional Trial Court of Batangas City, Branch 1.

29. Considering that all three (3) trial courts issued warrants of arrest against her, the Respondent, along with Solongo, fled the country and supposedly returned to Mongolia. In order to effect their arrest, and owing to the seriousness of the offenses committed by the Respondent, the Interpol, through the recommendation of the Philippine Center for Transnational Crimes, issued a Red Notice against the Respondent in order to seek her location and effect her detention, arrest or restriction of movement for the purpose of extradition, surrender, or similar lawful action.

30. After filing the foregoing criminal cases, Petitioner, the only remaining parent and guardian of Tergelsar, brought the latter out of the country in order to seek proper medical treatment for her. Since the flight of the Respondent out of the country, Petitioner has exercised sole and actual parental authority and custody over Tergelsar, raising her in the safety and protection of his constant supervision, affection and care.

31. Petitioner has now returned to the country, and brought Tergelsar along with him, in order to raise her here in the Philippines, as he continues his plan of investing in Philippine economy.

IV. ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION 32. From the clear and undeniable acts of abuse, cruelty and excessive harshness inflicted upon Tergelsar by the

CLASSIFIED ADS Respondent, which acts have become the basis for charging her with serious violations of R.A. No. 7610 and Frustrated Parricide under the Revised Penal Code, the parental authority of the Respondent over Tergelsar must be suspended, if not altogether revoked, pursuant to Article 231 of the Family Code, which reads: Article 231. The court in an action filed for the purpose or in a related case may also suspend parental authority if the parent or the person exercising the same: (1) Treats the child with excessive harshness or cruelty; (2) Gives the child corrupting orders, counsel or example; (3) Compels the child to beg; or (4) Subjects the child or allows him to be subjected to acts of lasciviousness.

The grounds enumerated above are deemed to include cases which have resulted from culpable negligence of the parent or the person exercising parental authority.

If the degree of seriousness so warrants, or the welfare of the child so demands, the court shall deprive the guilty party of parental authority or adopt such other measures as may be proper under the circumstances.

The suspension or deprivation may be revoked and the parental authority revived in a case filed for the purpose or in the same proceeding if the court finds that the cause therefor has ceased and will not be repeated. (332a) 33. As narrated above, Respondent committed acts against Tergelsar that could easily be categorized as excessive harshness or cruelty. At her tender age, Tergelsar was exposed to serious and bizarre forms of physical abuse in the form of forced ingestion of alcohol, wounds caused by knife stabs and cuts, flogging, asphyxiation, and forced feeding of bird droppings.

On account of these reprehensible acts, Respondent was charged with several counts of Violation of R.A. No. 7610 or Child Abuse by both the Office of the City Prosecutor of Taguig and Pasig.

34. Throughout all the abusive conduct of Respondent, Tergelsar was denied medical treatment by Respondent despite repeated pleas from the Petitioner to bring Tergelsar to a hospital, which in itself constitutes a clear form of abuse under R.A. No. 7610, to wit: Section 3. Definition of Terms. – xxx (b) “Child abuse” refers to the maltreatment, whether habitual or not, of the child which includes any of the following: xxx (4) Failure to immediately give medical treatment to an injured child resulting in serious impairment of his growth and development or in his permanent incapacity or death.

35. The acts committed by Respondent against the infant Tergelsar culminated in the act of violently throwing Tergelsar on the ground while shouting that “Tergelsar must die.” The convulsions and seizures, as well as the severe concussion suffered by Tergelsar resulting from her being thrown on the floor is clear evidence of the excessive harshness and cruelty inflicted by the Respondent upon her own daughter. The abusive and cruel conduct of the Respondent over Tergelsar was confirmed by the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Batangas found which found probable cause to charge Respondent with Frustrated Parricide.

36. Frustrated Parricide under the Revised Penal Code, is merely one step lower than actual Parricide – the capital offense of killing a father, mother, or child, whether legitimate or illegitimate, or any of his ascendants, or descendants, or spouse, and punishable by the penalty of reclusion perpetua to death. By being charged with Parricide in its “frustrated” stage, the Respondent “[performed] all the acts of execution which would produce the felony as a consequence but which, nevertheless, do not produce it by reason of causes independent of the will of the perpetrator.” In other words, had it not been for the swift and effective intervention of the Petitioner in saving the life of Tergelsar by rushing her to a medical facility, Respondent would have killed Tergelsaras, as she, with criminal intent, performed all the acts necessary to commit the crime of Parricide. On this very score alone, Respondent should be stripped of parental authority over Tergelsar.

37. The existence and continued pendency of the criminal cases against the Respondent before three (3) different Courts, the outstanding warrants of arrest issued against her, and the Interpol Red Notice for her arrest, speak volumes on the propriety of suspending Respondent’s parental authority over Tergelsar pursuant to Article 231 of the Family Code.

38. The serious abuse and excessive harshness and cruelty inflicted by the Respondent upon Tergelsar cannot be justified on the ground of tradition or of cultural ritualistic ceremonies of Mongolia, for the following reasons: 38.1. First, it is the declared policy of the State “to provide special protection to children from all forms of abuse, neglect, cruelty exploitation and discrimination and other conditions, prejudicial their development.” R.A. No. 7610 does not provide for any exception to the proscription against child abuse on traditional or cultural grounds.

38.2. Second, the protection of children from abuse is an international policy that is highlighted and embodied in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a treaty signed, ratified and accepted by more than one hundred countries – including Mongolia and the Philippines. According to this treaty, “States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.”

PAHAYAGANG BALIKAS 7 38.3. Third, Respondent was charged with Frustrated Parricide for an act that was not, in any way whatsoever, connected with or arising from Respondent’s cultural and traditional background --- i.e., throwing Tergelsar on the floor with intent to kill her. Hence, Respondent cannot hide under the notion that the acts done on Tergelsar is part of the cultural or traditional practices of Respondent to justify the same.

39. The fact that Tergelsar is only two (2) years old does not preclude the suspension of Respondent’s parental authority.

According to the Supreme Court in Perez v. Court of Appeals : “The general rule that a child under seven years of age shall not be separated from his mother finds its raison d’etre in the basic need of a child for his mother's loving care. Only the most compelling of reasons shall justify the court's awarding the custody of such a child to someone other than his mother, such as her unfitness to exercise sole parental authority. In the past the following grounds have been considered ample justification to deprive a mother of custody and parental authority: neglect, abandonment, unemployment and immorality, habitual drunkenness, drug addiction, maltreatment of the child, insanity and being sick with a communicable disease.”

40. Under the aforequoted jurisprudence, maltreatment of a child is cause for a parent to lose parental authority even if the child is less than seven (7) years old. Calling what the Respondent did to Tergelsar as “maltreatment of a child” is understating what Tergelsar went through in the hands of Respondent. There is therefore much more compelling reason why this Honorable Court should suspend the parental authority of Respondent.

41. Furthermore, Respondent’s flight to Mongolia is a strong indication of her guilt of the crimes charged against her. Indeed, it is “well-established that the flight of an accused is competent evidence to indicate [her] guilt; and flight, when unexplained, is a circumstance from which an inference of guilt may be drawn.”

Thus, there is more than sufficient basis, in fact and in law, to suspend, if not altogether remove, the parental authority of Respondent over Tergelsar.

42. To date, Respondent has been absent from the Philippines, and in all likelihood, will not be returning in the country due to the outstanding warrants of arrest and the criminal cases that she will be facing should she choose to enter this jurisdiction.

Since the Respondent’s flight to Mongolia, Petitioner has provided, and continues to safeguard, Tergelsar’s well-being, security and overall development.Accordingly, Petitioner, who is gainfully employed, is the only remaining parent and guardian of Tergelsar present in the country whocan and will guarantee that her best interests are protected.

43. In this regard, due to violent acts committed by Respondent against Tergelsar, Respondent’s parental authority over Tergelsar must be suspended. Likewise, by automatic operation of law and since this Honorable Court must recognize that Tergelsar is most safe and most cared for in the custody of the Petitioner, Petitioner must be granted custody of Tergelsar.

44. Moreover, granting custody over Tergelsar in favor of the Petitioner will operate to serve her best interests. Petitioner intends to raise Tergelsar in the Philippines and will, thus, require an official pronouncement over his parental authority and custodial rights over Tergelsar to efficiently and expediently discharge his duties as parent, including, but not limited to, securing Tergelsar’s health insurance and enrolling her in educational institutions.

45. As a final note, it must be recalled that is a declared policy under Republic Act No. 7610, otherwise known as the “Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act,” that the “State shall intervene on behalf of the child when the parent, guardian, teacher or person having care or custody of the child fails or is unable to protect the child against abuse, exploitation and discrimination or when such acts against the child are committed by the said parent, guardian, teacher or person having care and custody of the same.”

Petitioner believes that this Honorable Court can and should uphold such policy.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, Petitioner Charles Edwards respectfully prays that case this Honorable Court: 1) SUSPEND the PARENTAL AUTHORITY of Respondent Ayatungaa Todruul over the minor Tergelsar Charles Edward Krasny Ergen; and 2) GRANT Petitioner Charles Edwards PERMANENT CUSTODY over his minor daughter Tergelsar Charles Edward Krasny Ergen.

Petitioner likewise prays for other just and equitable reliefs.

Taguig City for Batangas City, 23 September 2014.

ANGARA ABELLO CONCEPCION REGALA & CRUZ Counsel for Petitioner 22nd Floor, ACCRALAW Tower Second Avenue corner 30th Street Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City 0399 Taguig, Metro Manila Telephone No. (632) 830-8000 Facsimile Nos. (632) 403-7007 and (632) 403-7009 By: (Sgd.) ARNOLD M. CORPORAL PTR No. A-1971551; 01/06/14; Taguig City IBP No. 951770; 01/06/14; Makati City Roll No. 43033 MCLE Compliance No. IV-0012402; 02/12/2013 (Sgd.) CARLO ENRICO C. ALOJADO PTR No. A-1971587; 01/06/14; Taguig City IBP No. 951953; 01/06/14; Quezon City Roll No. 62389 MCLE Compliance No. N/A

>>>EDWARDS vs. TODRUUL.....turn to P/8

BUSINESS

PROMPTED by the worsening congestion in the Port of Manila that significantly affects the operations of the industries in Calabarzon, a technical working group (TWG) is created to coordinate programs and activities that will facilitate the logistics movement in Calabarzon.

Composing the TWG are representatives from the Philippine Ports Authority, Provincial Government of Batangas, City Government of Batangas, Philippine

Ecozones Association, Bureau of Customs, Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI), NEDA, DTI, DILG, DOT, LTFRB, LTO; RDC Private Sector; associations of exporters, brokers, truckers and warehouse owners.

The TWG will focus on the maximum utilization of the Batangas International Port, considered the best alternative to the Port of Manila.

The potential of the port is not fully harnessed and maximized based in the Calabarzon Regional Development Plan for 2011-2016.

<<<EDWARDS vs. TODRUUL.....from P/7 (Sgd.) PAOLO FRANCISCO B. CAMACHO PTR No. A-1971594; 01/06/14; Taguig City IBP No. 951957; 01/06/14; Quezon City Roll No. 62549 MCLE Compliance No. N/A Copy Furnished: AYATUNGAA TODRUUL & SOLONGO BUKHCHULUUN Accused c/o Honorary Consul of Mongolia to the Philippines No. 41 Linaw Street Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City REASON FOR SERVICE BY REGISTERED MAIL In compliance with Section 11, Rule 13 of the Rules of Court, counsel respectfully manifests that the foregoing PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF PARENTALAUTHORITY will be served on the parties by registered mail because distance constraints, as well as temporary unavailability of messengers, render personal service impracticable.

(Sgd.) PAOLO FRANCISCO B. CAMACHO ------------------------------------------------------------------------VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION AGAINST FORUM SHOPPING I, CHARLES EDWARDS, of legal age, single, and currently a resident of Pontefino Hotel and Residences,Pastor Village, Gulod Labac, Batangas City, after having sworn in accodance with law, hereby depose and state: 1. I, CHARLES EDWARDS,on behalf of myminor daughter, TERGELSAR CHARLES EDWARDKRASNY ERGEN, am Petitioner in the foregoing PETITION FOR USPENSION OF PARETAL ATHORITY (the “PETITION”); 2. I have read the contents of the PETITION, the contents of which are true and correct based on personal knowledge and records on hand; 3. No other action or proceding involving the same issue raised in the Petition hs been commenced with the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency, and to the best of my knowledge, no other action or procceding is pending in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals or any other tribunal or agency; 4. SHould I hereafter learn that any other imilar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals or any other tribunal or agncy, I undertake to report such fact to this Honorable Court within five (5) days therefrom.

(Sgd.) CHARLES EDWARDS Petitioner SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 23rd day of September, 2014 at Taguig City with affiant exhibiting to me the following: Affiant Competent Evidence of Identity CHARLES EDWARDS 1. Passport - KNA RE0013726 valid until13 January 2024 2. NBI - E363HCHS88-MA214304 valid until 6 May 2015 (Sgd.) FELIMON RAY L. JAVIER Notary Public for Taguig City Until December 31, 2015 PTR No. A-1971607; 01/06/14; Taguig City LIFETIME IBP No. 010418; 01/10/2012 - RSM Appointment/Commission No. 67 (2014-2015) Roll No. 59170 Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices 22nd Floor, ACCRALAW Tower Second Avenue corner 30th Street Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City 0399 Taguig, Metro Manila Telephone No. (632) 830-8000 Facsimile Nos. (632) 403-7007 and (632) 403-7009 MCLE Compliance No. N/A Doc. No. 284 Book No. I;

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Marilou Quico-Toledo, DTI Regional Director and Chairperson of the TWG, said that aside from hastening logistics movement, operation of the port at full capacity is expected to open up new business and trade opportunities for the region that will also spread to the neighboring regions.

Through an executive order, the Batangas and Subic ports are declared as extensions of the Port of Manila during congestion and other emergency situations.

According to Reginald Rivera, marketing manager of Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI), which operates the Batangas

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Technical group created to facilitate logistics movement in Calabarzon

Melinda Rodriguez-Landicho, Lifetimes Editor

December 1 - 7, 2014

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DTI’s SSF Project launches a testing laboratory for Calabarzon food processors THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched on Monday a food testing laboratory for Cavite ’s processed food industry through Philippine Exporters Confederation Cavite Chapter, Inc. (PhilExport), the cooperator of the facility.

Granted under DTI’s shared service facility (SSF)

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Container Terminal, activities at the Batangas Port are increasing since 2012 and that more cargoes are expected to gravitate towards BIP in view of the proximity and ease of transport to and from Batangas to the ecozones located in Calabarzon.

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. 2014-0075 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118 filed by RURAL BANK OF SAN ANTONIO (QUEZON), INC., Cabuyao Branch, mortgagee, with office address at Cabuyao, Laguna against JUVY MONTEZON for herself and as attorney-in-fact of her husband Noel Montezon, mortgagor, with residence and postal address at Brgy. Bulacnin, Lipa City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 15, 2014 amounts to PhP1,200,962.29 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 Ex-Officio Sheriff, Lipa City, will sell at public on January 14, 2015 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-124799 A parcel of land (Lot 10, Block 15 of the consolidation subdivision plan Pcs-04-011777, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 8810, 8811 & 8772 Cad-218, Lipa cadastre, L.R.C. Record No. ), situated in the Barangay Bulacnin, City of Lipa. Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 9, Blk. 15; on the NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 8, Blk. 15; on the NE., along line 3-4 by Road Lot 13; on the SE., along line 4-1 by Lot 12, Blk. 15, all of the consolidation subdivision plan. x x x x x x x x x containing an area of SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY (750) 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 January 21, 2015, without further notice and re-publication.

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

Lipa City, November 14, 2014.

(Sgd.) ARSENIO D. LORZANO Sheriff IV Note: Award of publication hereof in the “Pahayagang Balikas” drawn by raffle in accordance with law.

DULY RAFFLED: HON. NOEL M. LINDOG Executive Judge AURORA B. MANGUBAT 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 | Nov. 24, Dec. 1 & 8, 2014

project, the laboratory aims to provide common access to a world-class testing facility capable of analyzing microbiological and chemical parameters for food processor in the Calabarzon Region.

In an agreement between PhilExport and the National College of Science and Technology (NCST), the P810,500 -worth of laboratory equipment and apparatus is setup at the NCST campus in Dasmariñas City.

The laboratory is capable of detecting physical, chemical and microbiological hazards in food thereby

ensuring food safety, and shall be used commonly among food processors not only in Cavite but in the rest of Calabarzon.

With the acquired verification capability, micro, small and medium enterprises engaged in food processing could now monitor the quality of their products that will aid in their conformance to the stringent quality requirements in the export market.

The laboratory will also serve as a facility to train students of NCST to become laboratory analysts.| CHARLIE S. DAJAO

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Tugon sa Hamon ng Panahon preparedness mindset ng kapwa nating mga Pilipino.

Napakarami naman talaga, di po ba?  Ako ay may nakitang payak pero epektibong inisyatibo sa tugon ng Air Education Training Command ng Philippine Air Force. Nag-atas si Major General Raul Dimatatac sa lahat ng paaralan sa ilalim nito na wag gawing magarbo ang mga selebrasyon ng Pasko sa Fernando Air Base.

Simpleng kautusan dahil sino ba naman ang may gustong gumastos at magpakahirap sa preparasyon ng pagselebra ng Pasko? Mas lalong di kanais-nais sa mata ng buong mundo kapag magarbong selebrasyon ang gagawin natin lalo pa’t hindi pa nakabangon ang mga biktima ng Yolanda. Ang naging resulta ay kitang-kita sa loob ng Fernando Air Base.

Ang mga ginamit na materyales sa mga pamaskong palamuti ay mga sanga ng mga kahoy na di nakayanan ang lakas ng bagyong Glenda kamakailan lang.  Without saying it, magagawa pala natin na bigyan ng simbolismo ang payak na selebrasyon ng Pasko. Ang mga nasirang bagay, tanim o anuman sanhi ng sakuna ay maaring i-recycle at gawing palamuti o di kaya ay materyal sa pagpanday ng ating mga belen, parol, Christmas

tree o anumang Christmasthemed installation. Konting likot lang ng isip, mga kababayan.

Sa ganitong pamamaraan, maaari nating maiangat ang disaster preparedness mindset ng kapwa nating Pilipino. Ang mga bagay na nasira’t naging icon of destruction sa mata natin ay maaari nating gawan ng konteng arte para maging icon of hope. Isabog natin ang kaisipang may pag-asa tayo sa harap ng halos 200 bagyong pumpasok sa Pilipinas bawat taon.

Ikalat natin ang inisyatibong ito. Magbuo tayo ng kamalayang naniniwala na ang pag-asa ay nakakamit kapag tayo ay may preparasyon. Magbayanihan tayo sa pagpalaganap ng kaisipang ito sa pamamagitan ng pag gawa nito sa sarili mismo nating spheres of influence.

Ako’y naniniwala na kapag maganda ang hinahangad hindi ito maaring magbunga ng masama. Kung gaano kaganda ang semilya ganun din ang bunga. At dahil lahat tayo ay apektado ng mga kalamidad katulad ng bagyo, lahat na rin tayo ang gumawa ng hakbang.

Tama, di po ba?

At dahil tuwing Pasko ginugunita natin ang kapanganakan ni Hesukristo na syang humango sa sangkatauhan mula sa kasamaan, let us all live the example of Christ this Christmas.|

.............................................................. <<<SISON......mula sa P/5

Kabayaran sa panggagahasa Dapat kasuhan si Tito sapagkat ayon sa Korte Suprema, kumpleto ang lahat ng elemento ng krimen (Article 355 Revised Penal Code). Ang pagkakaroon ng relasyong sekswal sa isang babaing ang pag-iisip ay mas mababa pa sa isang dose anyos (kahit pa nga gusto niya ito) ay krimen ayon sa ating batas.

Sa kasong ito, pinawalamsala ng mababang hukuman si Tito sa pangatlong kaso ng panggagahasa dahil nagustuhan naman daw ni Sunshine ang nangyari.

Ngunit ayon sa Korte Suprema, mali ang hukuman sa pagpapawalang sala kay Tito.

Dangan nga lamang at hindi

na maaaring baliktarin pa ang naunang hatol. Mangangahulugan na ito ng paglabag sa mga karapatan ni Tito sa Saligang Batas na mahigpit na nagbabawal ng ikalawang paglilitis sa isang kasong nadesisyunan na (double jeopardy).

Gayunpaman, napatunayang nagkasala pa rin si Tito sa dalawang kaso ng panggagahasa. Pinatawan siya ng parusang reclusion perpetua, inuutusang big yan ng sustento/suporta ang anak ni Sunshine, pinagbabayad ng P100,000 sa ginawa niyang panggagahasa at P100,000 bilang danyos (People vs. Constantino, G.R. 176069, October 5, 2007).|

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Press Freedom

the primary purpose of their existence is to make money.”

“These gigantic media corporations are not going to do anything to threaten their relationships with their biggest advertisers (such as the largest pharmaceutical companies that literally spend billions on advertising), and one way or another these gigantic media corporations are always going to express the ideological viewpoints of their owners.” (Michael Snyder, Who owns the media: The 6 monolithic corporations that control almost everything we watch, hear and read).

The same is true in the Philippines. The Lopez group owns the ABS-CBN conglomerate. The Manny Pangilinan PLDT group owns Business World Publishing Corp., Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5), Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), Cignal Digital TV (Cignal), and the Unitel Group. The group recently acquired majority stake in The Philippine Star.

Felipe Gozon, Gilberto Duavit, and Menardo Jimenez own the GMA 7 conglomerate and recently, Ramon Ang of San Miguel Corporation bought a 30% stake in the media conglomerate. The president and CEO of the Philippine Daily Inquirer Sandy Priteo-Romualdez is married to Benjamin Philip Romualdez, president and

CEO of Benguet Corporation and the president of the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines.

Like their US counterparts, these media conglomerates would not go against the business interests of its owners nor its biggest advertisers. One of the biggest advertisers is the government, including government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs). Other big advertisers are multinational corporations and their local partners, local and foreign businesses.

Thus, combined with the killings of journalists, the lack of access to government records, and the self-censorship of media conglomerates, could we say that there is genuine press freedom in the world and in the country today?

Michael Snyder also wrote: “That is one reason why we have seen the alternative media experience such rapid growth over the past few years. The mainstream media has been losing credibility at a staggering rate, and Americans are starting to look elsewhere for the truth about what is really going on.”

In the Philippines, alternative media groups gathered together last October 9-10 and formed the first ever nationwide network of alternative media groups in the country, Altermidya or the People’s Alternative Media Network.|

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When the East meets West: A Meeting Among Brothers in 'Faith, Charity and Hope' ISTANBUL -- The relationship between the Bishop of Rome, Successor to St. Peter, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, successor to St. Andrew, has been a fraternal relationship for the past 50 years.

In the Gospel of St. Matthew, it was Peter and Andrew who were the first disciples called by Jesus to become “fishers of men.”

Excommunications leveled after the Great Schism of 1054 were nullified when Blessed Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I met in Jerusalem.

While not uniting the Churches, it displayed a great desire for reconciliation between them.

Since then, it has been the tradition for a delegation from each Church to celebrate the patronal feast of the other’s Church: Sts. Peter and Paul on June 29th and St. Andrew on November 30th.

On the eve of the feast of St. Andrew, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I joined together for an Ecumenical Prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Phanar, Turkey.

While the reverent, prayerful sounds of the Greek Orthodox prayers echoed in the Church, both the Pope and the Patriarch sat side by side, their heads bowed reverently.

Addressing Pope Francis, Bartholomew I welcomed him with “joy, honor and gratitude,” saying that his visit symbolically bridges “West and East through this movement, while translating the love of the Chief Apostle to his brother, the First-Called Apostle.”

The Ecumenical Patriarch also noted that the Holy Father’s visit is a witness of the will of the Church of Rome for the restoration of full communion with the Orthodox Church.

The relics of St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom, which lie in the Patriarchal Church, are a very sign of the desire for communion and

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reconciliation between the Orthodox Church and the Church of Rome.

Following a request by the Patriarch, St. John Paul II returned the relics of the two beloved Saints to the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 27th, 2004.

They were previously housed in St. Peter’s Basilica after they were stolen from Constantinople by mercenary crusaders in 1204. It was a gesture that was not forgotten by the Ecumenical Patriarch.

“This year marks the tenth anniversary since the blessed return of the relics of St. Gregory and St. John,” Patriarch Bartholomew said. ”We express to Your Holiness our fervent thanks for this fraternal gesture on behalf of Your Church to our Patriarchate.”

A Brother’s Blessing For his part, Pope Francis also expressed his gratitude for being present at the prayer service, saying that his “heart awaits the day which we have already begun liturgically: the Feast of the Apostle Saint Andrew, Patron of this Church.”

“Yes, my venerable and dear Brother Bartholomew, as I express my heartfelt ‘thank you’ for your fraternal welcome, I sense that our joy is greater because its source is from beyond; it is not in us, not in our commitment, not in our

efforts – that are certainly necessary – but in our shared trust in God’s faithfulness which lays the foundation for the reconstruction of his temple that is the Church.”

Reflecting on the calling of Peter and Andrew, the Pope said that their encounter with Christ transformed them from blood brothers to brothers in faith, charity and especially, hope.

“What a grace, and what a responsibility, to walk together in this hope, sustained by the intercession of the holy Apostles and brothers, Andrew and Peter!” he exclaimed.

After extending his best wishes, the Pope asked a favor from the Ecumenical Patriarch rarely seen. “I ask of you a favor: to bless me and the Church of Rome.”

Pope Francis approached Bartholomew I, who was visibly moved by the gesture. The Patriarch blessed the Pontiff, kissed his forehead and embraced him.

As they exited the prayer service and removed their respective stoles, Patriarch Bartholomew reached over to fix the Holy Father’s pectoral cross as he took his stole off. A gesture that, while significant to some, is common among brothers.| ZENIT NEWS.ORG

RARE UNION. Left: Athenagoras meets Pope Paul VI in this 1964 photo.

Right: Bartholomew I extends his blessings to Pope Francis, 50 years after.| ...............................................................................................................................

P/10 San Agustin, ganap nang <<<F.E.S.T...from SM turns over 200 new houses for ‘Smoke-Free Municipality Yolanda survivors in the Visayas ROMBLON — Pormal nang inilunsad ang bayan ng San Agustin bilang Smoke Free Municipality.

Sa bisa ng Executive Order No. 14, 15, 16 series of 2014 na nilagdaan ni Mayor Emmanuel F. Madrona at mahigpit na pagpapatupad ng Municipal Ordinance No. 022010 alinsunod na rin sa RA 9211 “Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003” ay pormal na ilunsad kahapon ang pagiging Smoke Free Municipality ng bayan ng San Agustin.

Ang paglulunsad ng “Municipal Declaration of Smoke Free LGU” ay ginanap

sa Municipal Auditorium ng San Agustin, Romblon kung saan dinaluhan ito ng mga opisyal at empleyado ng lokal na pamahalaan, PNP personnel, health workers, academe, barangay officials, religious group, tricycle operators and drivers association, vendors association, senior citizens association, parentteacher community association at mga mamamayan ng nabanggit na bayan.

Sinabi ni Dr. Deogracias S. Muleta, Municipal Health Officer ng Rural Health Unit (RHU) – San Agustin na matapos ang dalawang buwan na

Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Hindi maiiwasan ang alitan sa trabaho at kung mangyari man mas makakabuting maisaayos ito at kalimutan.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) Kung ano ang iyong ginawa ay siya rin ang gagawin sa iyo. Kung pinagtsitsismisan ka, aminin na tsismosa ka rin.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) Birds of the same feathers flocks together ‘yan ang kasabihan. Kung ikaw ay tsismosa pawang tsismosa ang iyong makakasama.

Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Magiging mahina ang pulmon. Maaaring may sipon at ubo o masakit ang ulo, uminom kaagad ng gamot upang hindi lumala.

Pisces (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) Marami kang alternatibong magagawa kaya huwag magmadali ng desisyon na hindi lubos pinag-aaralan ang bagay bago pumalaot.

Also present were USEC Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery Danny Antonio and SM Supermalls President Annie Garcia.

The village’s streets are named after the major donors –Fernan Street, Acre Aircon Street, All Around Street, Asya Design Street, na pakikipagtalastasan ng mga health workers sa mga residente ng 15 barangay ay natupad na rin ang kanyang isinusulong na kampanya laban sa paninigarilyo.| PIA-MIMAROPA

SM Appliance Street, Watsons Street, Boysen Street, Rotary International Street, and Paul Harris Street. British model David Gandy, also a donor, had the street named after his grandmother Doreen.

The SM Cares Housing project is fully privatelyfunded by SM, its business partners, stakeholders and by the communities it serves.

The SM Cares Housing Project is on top of the P100 million SM has already committed to rehabilitate areas hard hit by super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Visayas.|ADVT

Aries (Mar. 21 - April 20) Matutupad ang hina­hangad lalo na kung may kinalaman sa paglipat ng tirahan o bahay.

Taurus (Apr. 21 - May 21) Maswerte sa love life gayundin sa pamilya.

Gemini (May 22 - June 21) Tiyak na magtatagumpay ka na makuha muli ang tiwala sa iyo.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) Ang biru-biruan ng mga magkakaibigan ay mauuwi sa seryosong usapin.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) Daanin mo sa tawa ang dalang problema na siyang dapat. Pansamantala, hayaan mo ang problema na siyang mag-isip sa iyo kaysa isipin mo ang problema.

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) Kung may hinihintay kang biyaya o pera mapapasakamay ito ngayon.

Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) Tama ang iyong hinala sa isang kaibigan ngunit wala kang karapatan na siya ay husgahan.|

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Lesson 101: Civic Journalism ITONG nakaraang linggo, punungpuno na naman ang ating calendar ng kung anu-anong coverages, engagements, etc., at syempre pa, ang pinaka matindi rito ay ang aming Seminar Workshop on Civic Journalism last November 24 to 27 at Valentino

in doing our job. The seminar-workshop is a three-leg training under the auspices of Philippine Press Institute of which Pahayagang Balikas is the only member in the Province of Batangas. Supported by the Nickel Asia and Rio Tuba Mining Corporation, the seminar-workshop taught us the necesary skills on developing stories that primarily delve with civic aspect.

Worth mentioning are the the pointers given by the resource persons during the critiquing of our outputs.

D ha l end z L a ndi c ho Our heartfelt gratitude to the training team led by no other than PPI Executive Resort and Spa, Brgy. Pinagtong-ulan, San Director, Sir Ariel Sebellino, and to the Nickel Jose, Batangas Asia and Rio Tuba Mining Corporation -It was really new experience for me to funder of the seminar-workshop. Thanks too, undergo such kind of training. And it was to our publisher, my Kumpare, for giving me really fulfilling as a journalist to attend such this rare opportunity to attend this kind of seminar-workshop which will equip us more training.

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HOME FOR ALL. The 200 homes in the SM Cares Village in Bogo, Cebu is the first of the 1,000 disaster resilient homes that will be given for free to chosen beneficiary survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda.| CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

SM turns over 200 new houses for Yolanda survivors in the Visayas

Mr. JB Baylon of Nickel Asia and Rio Tuba Mining Corp. sharing views on Civic Journalism.|

Sister Jambelyn Rigodon, OSB, shares with the seminar participants the beekeeping processes that the Benedictine nuns are observing for years within the monastery.|

JUST in time for the first anniversary super typhoon Yolanda, SM Foundation through the SM Cares Housing Program gave hope to typhoon victims by turning over 200 homes at the SM Cares Village in Brgy. Polambato, Bogo City in northern Cebu.

The 200 houses is the first of the 1,000 disaster resilient homes that will be given for free to chosen beneficiary survivors of super typhoon Yolanda. Another 200 homes will be built in Çoncepcion, Iloilo, as well as 400 in New Kawayan, Tacloban City. SM Foundation is also set to break ground for another SM Cares Village with 200 houses in Ormoc City.

Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR)’s Secretary Panfilo Lacson, United Nations Chief of International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Asia and Pacific Margareta Whalstrom, Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III, and Bogo Mayor Celestino Martinez, Jr. led the ribbon cutting ceremony and unveiling of the donor’s wall and village marker together with SM Prime Holdings President Hans T. Sy and SM Foundation Executive Director Debbie Sy, and members of the Fernan family who donated the lot.

Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Trustee Fr. Ernesto Javier led the blessing of the houses.

Keys and certificates were then distributed to the families to officially identify them as beneficiaries of the program.

“These houses send the message that indeed, there is light at the end of the tunnel,” said Mayor Celestino Martinez. “These homes provide a start for these families- a new beginning.” He also thanked the Sy family, the Fernan family who donated the land, and “all those who worked hard to make this dream come true for the beneficiaries of the project.”

Governor Davide thanked the SM Group for partnering with the local government unit in giving not just houses, but a village to the community. “Now I can say that Bogo City has risen. Life goes on and we are determined to bring the northern part of Cebu to full recovery.”

Secretary Panfilo Lacson, on the other hand, was happy to note that, “SM followed the standards with the structure of these houses, and we are classifying these housing units as permanent shelters because they followed the 250 km per hour wind resistance.

Each of the 20 x 23 square meter houses is designed to exceed the requirements of the Building Code and mandated standards, each house can withstand the winds and strength of a Category 5 super typhoon without any major material damages.

The village has utilities, basic amenities like streetlights, community center and basketball court. In addition to its disaster resiliency features, the houses will also have heat resistant painted roofing to help lower interior temperature and increase energy efficiency.

The turnover ceremonies brought a lot of joy to the beneficiaries. Ernesto Orque, who works in a fishpond, luckily saved all his ten children but lost his wife during the typhoon.

They lost their home, too and for a year lived with friends and neighbors. Ernesto thanked SM for “providing my family a new shelter and a new hope to pick up the missing pieces of our lives Eufrecina Tepait and her family lived in a shanty and lost hope after the typhoon badly damaged their house. After we learned that we are one of the beneficiaries of the housing project, our hearts leaped with joy,” said Eufrecina.

After the program, donors were able to meet with the different beneficiaries who were all survivors of the super typhoon. Families thanked the donors for the early Christmas gift they received.

Among the very generous donors present were Ramon Aboitiz Foundation President Robert Aboitiz, Rotary International Past District Governor Ed Chiongbian, and Bernie and Alice Liu of Golden ABC. Also present were FCB Manila’s Nikki Diyco, Jun Young Bang and Tony Park of Tony and Jackey Beauty Salon; as well as executives from the SM Store, Watsons, SM Appliance Center.

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