Republic of the Philippines)

Province of Zamboanga del Sur)

IN THE CITY OF PAGADIAN . . .) S.s.
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VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING

I, JAY M. PARAAN, Filipino, of legal age, married and a resident of and

with postal address at Headquarters 1MIB,, 11ID, PA, Cam Ceasar L. Sang-an,
Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur, after having been duly sworn to in
accordance with law, do hereby depose and say;

1. That I have caused the preparation of the above Answer in Opposition

with special and/or affirmative defense;

2. That all the contents thereof were read and translated in the dialect
known to me and I understood all of them and the same are true and correct to
my own personal knowledge and based on existing authentic documents;

3. That I have not commenced any action or proceeding involving the

same issue alleged in this petition before the Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency; that to the best of my knowledge, no
such action or proceeding is pending in the above-mentioned courts and that if I
should thereafter learn that a similar petition or proceeding is pending before
said courts, I shall undertake to report the said fact within five (5) days therefrom
unto the Honorable Court.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affix my signature this 9th

day of October 2017, at Pagadian City, Philippines.

JAY M. PARAAN
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 9th day of October

2017, Pagadian City, Philippines.

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Province of Zamboanga del Sur)
IN THE CITY OF PAGADIAN . . .) S.s.
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VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING

I, GAUDENCIO A. SEJAR JR, Filipino, of legal age, married and a

resident of and with postal address at Barangay Curvada, Tukuran, Zamboanga
del Sur, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby
depose and say;

2. That I have caused the preparation of the above private respondent

position paper;

2. That all the contents thereof were read and translated in the dialect
known to me and I understood all of them and the same are true and correct to
my own personal knowledge and based on existing authentic documents;

3. That I have not commenced any action or proceeding involving the

same issue alleged in this petition before the Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency; that to the best of my knowledge, no
such action or proceeding is pending in the above-mentioned courts and that if I
should thereafter learn that a similar petition or proceeding is pending before
said courts, I shall undertake to report the said fact within five (5) days therefrom
unto the Honorable Court.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affix my signature this 10th

day of March 2017, at Pagadian City, Philippines.

GAUDENCIO A. SEJAR JR
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 20th day of March

2017, Pagadian City, Philippines.

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VERIFICATION

We, RICHARD S. LIGAN, RAMON M. RODRIGO JR. and

MENACHEM S. MANTOS , Filipinos, all of legal age, married respectively and
are residents of Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, after having been duly sworn
to in accordance with law, do hereby depose and say;

1. That we are the complainants in the instant case;

2. That we have caused the preparation of the above Position Paper;

3. That all the contents thereof were read and translated in the dialect
known to us and we understood all the contents thereof and the same are true
and correct based on our personal knowledge of facts and on existing authentic
documents;

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto affixes our respective

signatures this 4th day of December 2017, at Pagadian City, Philippines.

RICHARD S. LIGAN RAMON M. RODRIGO JR

Affiant Affiant

MENACHEM S. MANTOS
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this __th day of December

2017, Pagadian City, Philippines.

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VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING

I, REYNALDO P. TAGO, Filipino, of legal age, married and a resident of

and with postal address at Barangay Danan, Vincenzo Sagun, Zamboanga del
Sur, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby depose
and say;

3. That I have caused the preparation of the above Appellant’s Brief;

2. That all the contents thereof were read and translated in the dialect
known to me and I understood all of them and the same are true and correct to
my own personal knowledge and based on existing authentic documents;

3. That I have not commenced any action or proceeding involving the

same issue alleged in this petition before the Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency; that to the best of my knowledge, no
such action or proceeding is pending in the above-mentioned courts and that if I
should thereafter learn that a similar petition or proceeding is pending before
said courts, I shall undertake to report the said fact within five (5) days therefrom
unto the Honorable Court.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affix my signature this 20th

day of November 2015, at Pagadian City, Philippines.

REYNALDO P. TAGO
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 20th day of November

2015, Pagadian City, Philippines.

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