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DOH to hold mass treament vs. Schistosomiasis

of Borongan city remains to have more number cases of Schistosomiasis, specifically in the river barangays of Bagongbong, Villa Hermosa, San Pascual and Bongjon. Among other municipalities and barangays which were identified to have presence of the infectious snail come from Borongan city: Lalawigan, Sta. Fe, Balacdas, San Jose, Siha, Calicoan, Tamoso, Campesao and Cabong. Barangay Bato Elementary School of Borongan, had already been visited by the DOH officials and the pupils were given the medicine as a preventive means against Schisto, the report said. The medicine is given to an individual, two-times a day on a four-hour interval, DOH explained. It added, that the number of deaths from Schisto is not however alarming but said, it is long-term and de-

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The local Department of Health (DOH) here said they are set to distribute the medicine that helps control Schistosomiasis in some identified areas of the province believed to have high prevalence of the disease. In a statement, DOH said, that Dolores town, some two-hour travel north

EV archbishop avoids soliciting from politicians

The archdiocese of Palo shuns in accepting donations from politicians reason why it is now in the process of using lots owned by them for commercial purposes to raise their own funds.
Thus said Father Amadeo Alvero, spokesperson of the archdiocese, amid calls of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) not to solicit from politicians. The stand of the influential group came amid controversy on the issue involving the pork barrel of the countrys congressmen and senators. The pork barrel has often been cited as a source of corruption among Congress members. It has been the policy of the archdiocese not to solicit donations from politicians. But when they themselves give, sometimes the Church accepts them especially if they are given in good faith and without strings attach, Alvero said. Alvero said that by not accepting donations from politicians, the stand of the Catholic Church on issues involving their donor-politicians or the government itself is not compromised. (Well) be free to say anything against the wrong doing of our government (if we will not accept donations from them), the archdiocese spokesperson said. Last May during his meeting with members of the media, Archbishop John Du said that he also abhor seeking donations from politicians saying that this could start for the Church to be beholden to them. to page 2

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CSC now accepts applications for career exams

The Civil Ser vice C om m iss i on ( C S C ) here in the region is encouraging the applicants for the Career Service Examination-Paper and Pencil Test to submit their application on or before August 30 for the October 13 examination. Ma. Natividad Costibolo, chief personnel specialist, said that the examination is open to all Filipino citizens who are at least 18 years old and above on the day of filing, has no criminal record or has not been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime, has not been dishonorably discharge from military service or dismissed for cause from any civilian position in the government. The examinee must not have taken the same level of career service examination with 3 months from the last examination. Applicants must submit a fully accomplished application form, CS Form No. 100, 4 copies of passport-sized identification card, valid ID containing applicants clear picture, date of birth, signature and signature of the authorized head of the issuing agency. However, ID with lacking information must be supported by National Statistics Office (NSO)issued birth certificate and pay an examination fee of P500. We will be accepting applications also at Robinsons Mall a week before the deadline, Costibolo added. The CSC is receiving applications from Monday to Friday. (FAYE MICHELLE
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Eastern Samar folks warned NEWS: vs. dengue PAGE 2

The Department of Health (DOH) here warned the public anew of the dangers of dengue as there were reported increase in dengue cases of dengue in some tows. A recent report revealed some 153 individuals in Guiuan town, affected by dengue since January. An-

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LEGAL NOTICES
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 8th Judicial Region Branch 42 Balangiga, Eastern Samar EUGENIO TECSON BADRINA Petitioner, -versusLOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF LAWAAN, EASTERN SAMAR, Respondent SPC No. 0120 For: CORRECTION OF ENTRIES x- - - - - - -- x ORDER
ao, Lawaan, Eastern Samar to Brgy. Taguiete, Lawaan, Eastern Samar and to forward the corrected birth record of the petitioner to the National Statistics Office. It appearing that the petition is sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing of the petition be set on 28 August 2013 at 8:30 a.m. in the Session Hall of this Court, Balangiga, Eastern Samar. Let a copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Region VIII and the Province of Eastern Samar at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing to afford any person or persons who may have opposition thereto to file the same, stating among others the ground or grounds why said Petition should not be granted, and, attend on said hearing at the date, time and place as above-stated. Let a copy of this Order be furnished to the Office of the Solicitor General, Office of the Local Civil Registrar, Lawaan, Eastern Samar, the petitioner, and his counsel for their proper information and guidance. SO ORDERED in chambers. Balangiga, Eastern Samar, 23 July 2013.

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Republic of the Philippines City Civil Registry Province of Eastern Samar City of Borongan

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that RENANTE C. LLANETA has filed with this Office a petition for correction of clerical error in his sons GENDER Certificate of HEART ARAQUEL LLANETA who was born on 3 April 1997 at Campesao, Borongan, Eastern Samar and whose parents are RENANTE C. LLANETA and RUBY B. ARAQUEL.
(name of mother) (name of father) (complete date of birth) (Complete name of the document owner)
(Clerical error to be corrected) (Gender to be changed)

(complete name of petitioner)

from FEMALE

to MALE in the Birth

(New gender to be adopted)

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file written opposition with this office not later than 06 August, 2013. (Sgd.) MA. LUISA M. AZUL III City Civil Registrar ESB: July 23-29, 30- Aug. 05, 2013

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

CCE-0014-2013 July 30, 2013

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172, Notice is hereby served to the public that Linda Baldago Busa has filed with this office, a petition for correction of entry from May 11 to May 16, 1968 in the certificate of Live birth of Linda Baldago Busa at Dolores, Eastern Samar whose parents are Norberto Abriz Busa and Sosima Concan Baldago. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than August 12, 2013. (Sgd.) LILIA L. ROBEDIZO Municipal Civil Registrar

Before this Court is a Petition for the Correction of Entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of Eugenio Tecson Badrina, filed by herein petitioner Eugenio Tecson Badrina, praying of this Honorable Court that after due notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued directing the Civil Registrar of Lawaan, Eastern Samar to correct the entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of petitioner particularly referring to his year of birth from 1960 to 1958 and his birthplace from Brgy. Bolus-

EV Archbishops....
How we can speak something against them if we solicit from them, Du had said. As part of their being self-reliant, the archdiocese is now in the process of converting some of its lots for commercial purposes. Just last month, the archdiocese began its construction of a building for commercial purposes at Barangay Luntad, Palo. The archbishop had said that this early, a commercial bank has signified their intention to lease their building. Earlier, the CBCP through its president Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, issued a pastoral letter

Two aspirants from Eastern Samar qualified for the GSIS College Scholarship Program. Mr. John Vianney D. Ocana, head of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Extension Office in Borongan City said of the 125 applicants from all over Eastern Samar, Mrs. Edna L. Clarito of of Local Government Unit (LGU) of Sulat and Mrs. Elisa B. Nicart of LGU-Maslog, successfully passed the evaluation and screening process conducted at the GSIS Central Office in Manila. Ocana said, the purpose of this program is to help low-income GSIS members by giving them the opportunity to send their children to colleges and universities that provide quality education. The scholar will be en(Sgd.) ROLANDO M. titled to the actual cost of LACDO-O tuition and miscellaneous Presiding Judge fees not exceeding P20,000 and a monthly stipend of P2,000. The scholar may also ..from page 1 take a four- or five-year seeking for the public and course but must meet the the Church itself not to scholastic requirements set by the school for his/her ask for solicitations from retention under the prothe politicians saying this gram. would only contributes One of the requireculture of corruption in ments to become a GSIS

Two Eastern Samar applicants qualify for GSIS scholarship program

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Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registrar Office Province: Eastern Samar City/Municipality: San Julian

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that OLIVO OPERARIO MEJICA has filed with this Office for change of firs name from OLIOS
(Complete name of the petitioner) (First name to be changed)

to OLIVO

(New First name to be adopted)

in the Birth Certificate of OLIOS OPERARIO MEJECA

(Complete name of document owner)

who was born on 09 JANUARY 1955 at Pagbabangnan, San Julian, Eastern Samar and whose parents are APOLONIO MEJECA and
(Name of Father) (Place of birth) (Complete date of birth)

the country. The issue came about due to the allegations of misuse of the pork barrel of some congressmen and senators. At present, the pork barrel also known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund became the center of controversy with the allegations that this was used for a P10 billion scam. Alvero joined in calling for the abolition of the pork barrel of the countrys legislators.

scholar, is that, the member should have a salary grade of 24 or below, or its equivalent. The nominee of parents with the lowest salary grades will be given priority in the scholarship grant. The scholar must be enrolled as freshman at the accredited colleges and universities nationwide. The scholars who were granted by the GSIS Program are Ma. Yna Regine L. Clarito and Mr. Jake Richard L. Bandoy, children of the grantees. Clarito, is now taking up Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) at Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) Main Campus, Borongan City while Mr. Jake Richard L. Bandoy, is taking up Bachelor of Science in Criminology (BSC) also in (ESSU), Maydolong, E. Samar. Meanwhile, last year, two scholars also qualified to this scholarship program and they are now in their second year college: Ms. Ella-Mae Norcio, is taking up Bachelor of Science of Civil Engineering (BSCE) and Ms. Ma. Leny P. Rosco, is enrolled in Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education (BSSE) both at ESSU-Main Campus. (PIA8E. Samar)
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CLOTILDE OPERARIO
(Name of Mother)

Any person affected by said petition may file his opposition with this Office not later than August 16, 2013. (Sgd.) LEAH S. VERANA Municipal Civil Registrar ESB: July 30- Aug. 05, Aug. 06 - 12, 2013

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debilitating, or the patient gets sick on long term as the snail produces more eggs leading to the blockage of blood flow and damage the internal organs, particularly the Liver. Symptoms of the disease include mild anemia until the infected person gets thinner, a painful stomach, fatigue and fever, but does not always manifest a bulging stomach, it added. A Study of UP Manila, College of Medicine indicates that Schistosomiasis continues to remain a public health problem in the Philippines affecting 10 out of 16 regions with 6.7 million people at risk mostly farmers and fisher folks. The Survey adds that in the Visayas, Region 8 continues to have the highest prevalence with the endemic provinces exceeding the prevalence of those in Mindanao. Further, the Survey attributes the highest preva-

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lence of Schisto in Region 8 to widespread neglect of environmental sanitation, poor personal hygiene and illiteracy. Thus, the DOH Schistosomiasis Control Program are in all out war against the disease by reducing the prevalence rate by 50% in endemic provinces, and by increasing the coverage of mass treatment of population in endemic provinces, active surveillance of school children, transmission control, advocacy and promotion. DOH representatives to the province thus urge the residents of the identified barangays to cooperate in the mass treatment activity, once it reach their community, in order for them to help government address the particular health problem. It is targeted that by 2020, Region 8 will be Schisto-free.(PIA-Eastern Samar/aen).

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FORGETTING TO WEEP
Scavengers sifting through garbage dumps of Manila s Payatas, Smokey Mountain of Cebu and Mandurriao in Iloilo are half a world away from Brazil . Thats where over three million gathered for World Youth Day. From Rio de Janeiro , Pope Francis reached out to them. He asked that 35 Argentine landfill workers or cartoneros come up to the main altar. Theyre dubbed catador de materiais reciclveis in. Portuguese, which is spoken in Brazil , Poverty and hunger slash their life expectancies. In Mexico City , average lifespan for a cartonero is 39 years --- three decades shorter than national average. One out of three babies born to Egyptian garbage dump families dies before age of one. In Payatas here, scavengers cook papag from food scraps, winnowed from dead cats, glass shards, sometimes human cadaver parts. It tastes sour, a 13 year old says. It fills our stomach but doesnt last till evening. With crude rakes, itd take 20 minutes to sort out from rotting litter recyclables recalls Fr. Heinz Kuluke who lived among 160 families in squalid Cebu huts,. Adults earned barely enough for rice.. There is no future, a 15-yearold scavenger told Fr Kuluke who now heads the worldwide Society of Divine Word. Reach out to the most farthest, the most indifferent, Francis told the youngsters. As a World Youth Day spin off, I want a mess in dioceses! .The young should insist t we defend ourselves against everything that is worldliness,.(complacent ) clericalism shut-in on ourselves Leave comfort of your churches and go to the favelas( shanty towns ), he prodded bishops and priests gathered earlier in Rios cathedral, BBCs Julia Carneiro reports... The shepherd of the faithful must smell like his sheep.We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, So, many people are waiting for the Gospel. There is danger we turn into facade Christians dragged by fashion. Pope Francis proved to be a pontiff of surprises, writes the Boston Globes Lisa Wangsness. That can blur context. After all, the world firstmet Jorge Cardinal Borglio of Argentina as Francis only four months ago ---- sans ermine cloak and regalia., . As the 265th successor to Peter, he now jolts an over 2000 year-old institution by homespun word --- but mainly by compelling example Dont tool around in fancy cars, he told his priests. Francis dumped Vatican Mercedez-Benzes for a simple van. Seeing the Argentinian pope riding in a Fiat Pinto, one of the least expensive of cars his own choice around the streets of Rio filled me with the deepest tenderness, Ilse Scamparini worte in the Guardian . A pope who dares to change centuries-old mentality risks being taken for an exotic populist. After election, Francis turned down sprawling pontifical apartments. Theres enough room here for 300, he said. Instead, he lodges in an no-frill Vatican hostel. In Buenos Aires , .he turned over Villa Miseria to a religious order who operate it as a hospital. He lived in a two room rented apartment and took the bus to work. He wears sensible black shoes and gets his own coffee from a vending machine. This is Jorge, he told his startled newspaper dealer in Brazil to suspend delivery. On Holy Thursday rites,. he washed

ts been almost if not more than a month now since the time P10-B pork barrel scam was exposed and further revealed that it benefitted businesswoman Janet LimNapoles and reportedly in cahoots with legislators both in the Upper and Lower Houses. We recall and daily observed reports of government litigations and those of even just mere allegations made by people against perceived lawbreakers in this country were immediately apprehended and jailed or if ever freed temporarily after putting up bail if crime is bailable. The Napoles case, by any judicial standards, is a grievous crime of graft and corruption. To defraud government of P10 billion

EDITORIAL

from pork barrel funds of legislators allegedly used by non-existent non-government organizations, allegedly owned by Napoles herself is thievery of the highest plane. With no less than her own employees who exposed these corrupt practice so we ask, what prima facie evidences justice still is waiting for to formally charge Napoles in court. We suspect that influential senators and congressmen named in the fraud may have influenced the not filing cases against her so far. Are her billions greasing the palms of DOJ prosecutors? This Napoles appears more influential than former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who is in prison on corruption charges albeit comfortably jailed in a hospital.
common good. Complicated situations are incapable of serving the good of all. Yes, for a time, we may enjoy certain perks and advantages, but these will never last long, and in time, the fantasy will just collapse. The perks and advantages, the convenience and comfort that complicated situations give us are notoriously selfish in character, enjoyed at the expense of the necessary good of others. If this predicament persists without being corrected, then we would be continually undermining the peace and harmony in society and in the world, in general. We would be generating distrust among ourselves, and chaos and collapse in the world would just be a matter of time. We need to be more attentive to our duty to pursue, develop and defend simplicity. We will always know when we start to be and to get complicated, and we should try our best to avoid or fight that predicament right at the first instance when it makes its appearance.

Simple vs. complicated

not rigid at all, but is all flexible, and ever adjusting and anticipating while respecting the way things in general are. In other words, its a simplicity that can take on anything, very dynamic and versatile, and would even know how to derive good from evil. Its very much compatible with prudence, patience and hope, and goes all the way to live out the demands of charity, since it can prefer to suffer for any duration of time if only to gain the eternal goal of life everlasting with God who is our ultimate end. The opposite of simplicity is to be complicated, which happens whenever we detach ourselves from God and prefer to be guided by our own estimation of thingsbe it through common sense, our sciences and arts, our social, economic or political consensus. In that condition, we are actually making our own world, our own reality, our own set of truths and untruths that actually have no real basis. Its self-interest that is served rather than the

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IN the heat and frenzy of our modern life, where rapidity seems to be the main rule, disregarding the concern of whether we are in the right course or not, we need to pause if only to be able to distinguish between what is to be simple and what is to be complicated. The line has been blurred and all but deleted, and many of us do not care anymore whether simplicity still holds some value to us or whether being complicated holds no danger at all to us. We need to resurface the original and undeniable value of simplicity, highlighting why it should be pursued, developed and defended, especially these days when many compli-

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cating elements practically glut our existence in all levels. Simplicity, which is not equivalent at all to being a simpleton or being nave, is an indispensable quality in our life for it conforms us to what is proper to our nature and condition, makes us see things very objectively and extensively, and enables us to go through the gyrations of life without losing our focus on our proper and ultimate end. Its a result of a vital union of God, our Creator and Father, who is in fact absolutely simple in essence and power even if he has to contend with the potentially infinite twists and turns that our freedom can take. Its a simplicity that is

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the feet of Serbian woman prisoner.. A simple gesture is not a simple gesture when it is the Popes gesture, notes theologian Robert Dorado.This sparked unease among . traditionalists. Some grouse he This desacralizes the papacy.. Eternal Word Television Networks Mitch Pacwa notes few complaints. All the popes are against consumerism, but this guy brings the hay down to where the goats can get it. . More people outside the church sit up when Francis speaks.. Sergio, how good you are here, Francis said, giving Jewish rabbi Sergio Bergman from Argentina a warm abrazo. Did you sneak in? Vatican protocol officers barred Bergman from a delegation of Jewish representatives at an interfaith meeting. Quietly, Francis sent word that Bergman was his coworker. Now that I am before Francis, I again embrace my Rabbi Bergolgio, Bergman recalls telling the pope in an article in Argentina s La Nacion. A Jewish tradition prescribes reciting a blessing when one is before a wise man and great teacherI prayed in Hebrew the blessing. At the end, both of us said amenIm still overwhelmed at writing these lines. After Rio, Francis finds

more work cut out. That ranges from rooting alleged corruption within a change resistant curia, bishops who lag in enforcing sex abuse protocols; surging secularization in the West; and pentacostalism that saps the church in Latin America. This new protestantism drained followers even from Candombl, the African religion brought by the slaves. In this religious democratization, 80 percent of babies were baptized, but church attendance fell to 57 percent,, says a Datafolha survey. Before Rio , Francis addressed papal nuncios from over 60 countries. These make recommendations for local bishop appointments. Give me names of priests who live in poverty and demonstrate concern for the poor, he asked.. Who will Francis appoint to replace Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state who resigned last month? . Then well have some sense of what this papacy is going to be about, foresees Fr. Mark Massa, dean of Boston College s School of Theology Francis is 76. And illness as a student left him with one lung. Time magazines cover story says this pontiff would get people to heal a society that has forgotten how to cry. ### ( Email: juan_mercado77@yahoo,com )
warned about this, and we actually have been given the means to ably face these difficulties, challenges and trials: the doctrine of our faith, the sacraments, the development of virtues, etc.

DOE still looking for fund to finance transmission line

The Department of Energy (DOE) is still looking for budget to finance the P108 million construction of underwater transmission line from the mainland of Southern Leyte to the historic island town of Limasawa. Mayor Melchor Petracorta confirmed that in their recent meeting with energy officials, they were assured that the project is in the pipeline for 2014 implementation. Under the revised plan, the project will need about P108 million, more than double than theP50 previously estimated by the National Electrification Administration (NEA), Petracorta told Leyte Samar Daily Express. The proposed project, however, will not be pushed through soon given the P28 million budget limit for DOEs sitio electrification program. Energy Secretary (Carlos Jericho) Petilla assured in his visit to Southern Leyte on July 1 that the Limasawa project is their priority especially that feasibility studies have already been completed, Petracorta added. Electricity for the island will be tapped from a substation in the provincial capital of Maasin City, which is approximately 30 kilometers away from the island town. The island- municipality is being served by the Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative(Soleco) through a diesel generator plant with 163 KVA capacity. The current power rate in the island is P9 per kilowatt hour (kwh), higher than the P8.30 per kwh charged in the mainland. (With a )reliable power supply, will help attract tourism-related investments because the cost of doing business will be cheaper. Many business owners are not interested to invest in our place because the power rate is very costly, the mayor said. The generator operated for five hours on the minimum every night, providing electricity to all 6 barangays of the island with about 1,000 household consumers. The local government asked Soleco to extend operation to six hours but the cooperative denied the request due to the high fuel cost. Small solar panels augment power supply but only limited to street lights in Barangay Triana. The presence of generator takes Limasawa away from the list of unenergized municipality. In the entire Southern Leyte, some 5,828 households have no electricity, according to NEAs May 2013 report. The island has been visited by more than 500 foreign divers every year with promotion efforts of dive shops in the mainland, according to the local tourism office. These tourists, however, dont stay overnight in Limasawa due to absence of accommodation facilities The tadpole-shaped island, which is approximately six kilometers long, is the place where the first mass in the Philippines was held back in March 1521. Limasawas historical event nearly five centuries ago is part of Ferdinand Magellans fleeting episode of the 1,081-day circumnavigation of the world. They landed in the western port of the island of Mazaua, the old name of the island. (SARWELL
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Over 258,000 registered in EV for barangay, SK elections

For the past seven days, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here in the region has observed a good turnout of applicants who have registered to vote in the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. Atty. Felicisimo Embalsado, Comelec-8 assistant regional , said there has been an unprecedented interest in the ongoing voters registration for the synchronized elections scheduled on October 28. As of July 28, there were about 69,879 registrants for the barangay elections all over the region. We receive reports from the field on a daily basis. Every day, we receive at least 8,000 to 10,000 applications for registration, Embalsado said. For the latest count in the SK registrants, Embalsado said it totalled 188,186 as of Sunday. Comelec has scheduled a 10-day registration last July 22 and will end today. The Comelec has estimated that around 80,000 individuals who will register for the barangay elections while 200,000 youth aged 15-17 will enlist for the SK elections. We expect more people to flock to their respective city and municipal elections offices to register on the deadline, Embalsado said. But he added the local elections officers have been given a free hand to implement necessary procedures in accommodating all registrants. He said, historically, the number of registrants and voters for these elections has been low. This goes to show that people are determined to be registered and be able to exercise their rights to vote, he added. Meanwhile, Embalsado said the Comelec will not extend the registration period. We have not received any order from Comelec central office to extend the registration. The deadline will be 5:00 p.m. on July 31, the Comelec official said. (REYAN L. ARINTO)

Simple....

with God, with ourselves

We should be sincere

and with others, because that is how we can build and keep simplicity and avoid complications. For this, we have to be ready to suffer, because in our present condition, we cannot help but encounter great difficulties and trials just to be simple, to be faithful to the truth, and to be with God.

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Our sincerity, which is at the heart of our need for simplicity, should be based on our firm belief that we are children of God, who in his ever powerful, wise and merciful providence, is always there for us. We should not be afraid of We have already been whatever difficulty or trial we may meet in our pursuit for simplicity.
Simplicity is actually the demanding responsibility of facing reality realistically, and leads us to eternity. The complica-

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tions we make, on the contrary, are expressions of our tendency to escape reality and make our own fantasy that is good only for a while.