The Ilocos Times

Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0078-2016 December 5, 2016           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 CECILIA BALAI NAGUM has filed with this Office a petition for correction of entry in sex from MALE to FEMALE in the certificate of live birth of CECILIA AGOR BALAI at Sarrat, Ilocos Norte and whose parents are EPIFANIO RAMOS BALAI and SOLEDAD GAMAS AGOR.           Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Dec. 26, 2016. (SGD.) JOAN A. DUQUE Municipal Civil Registrar Dec. 12-18, 19-25, 2016*IT ________________________________________________ REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FIRST JUDICIAL REGION Branch 19 Bangui, Ilocos Norte GINA

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter LAOAG CITY—A number of Overseas Filipino Workers and their dependents queued at the Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol on December 2, 2016 to receive the cash relief assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).  Pegged at ₱ 3,000 for OFW with active membership and ₱ 1,500 for non-active members, the government through the OWWA is offering a one-time relief assistance in cash to eligible OFWs and their families who were affected by supertyphoon “Lawin” last October. Active OFW members refer to those who are still working abroad and non-active members refer to those who were former OFW members who are now back in their homeland.  In Ilocos Norte, acting OWWA regional director Sergio Borgueta said   around ₱3 million pesos was approved for the three-day scheduled distribution since November 30, 2016 and which lasted until December 2, 2016. Under the OWWA Cash Relief Assistance Program, the OFW member