Supplement To The Defendant-Appelants, Very Urgent Motion and Manifestation Dated March 16, 2020, One Mercedes Properties, Inc. - SCA Case No. R-PSG-17-03875-SC-ROO-OO
11. Supplement to the Defendant-Appelants, Very Urgent Motion and Manifestation dated March 16, 2020, One Mercedes Properties, Inc. - SCA Case No. R-PSG-17-03875-SC-ROO-OO
Supplement To The Defendant-Appelants, Very Urgent Motion and Manifestation Dated March 16, 2020, One Mercedes Properties, Inc. - SCA Case No. R-PSG-17-03875-SC-ROO-OO
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
National Capital Judicial Region
Branch 67, Pasig City
ONE MERCEDES PROPERTIES, INC.
represented herein by Jose Ronaldo C.
Bernardo,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
SCA Case No, R-PSG-17-03875-SC-ROO-00
- versus - (Civil Case No. M-PSG-17-03875-SC)
(For: Unlawful Detainer)
(MeTC Branch 69 - Pasig City)
METROASIA WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS,
INC,
Defendant-Appellant.
“x
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su} ‘HE DEFENDANT-
“VERY URGENT MOTION AND MANIFESTATION”
DATED MARCH 16, 2020
Defendant-Appellant, METROASIA WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS, INC.,
through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully
states that:
1. Petitioner previously filed before this Honorable Court a “Very Urgent
Motion and Manifestation” dated March 16, 2020 relating to the plaintiff-appellee’s
actuations of arrogating unto itself the unlawful execution of a non-existing final and
executory decision
2 The said “Very Urgent Motion and Manifestation” dated March 16, 2020
pertains to the incident that transpired on March 11, 2020, whereby plaintiff-appellee
instructed and directed a Fuso Elf Truck, with Plate No. NBU-8408, to illegally and
unlawfully enter the leased premises and park therein without the consent, authority
or permission from the defendant-appellant, and wanted to unload and illegally place
within the leased premises several portalets that were loaded in the said elf truck.
3. On March 19, 2020, the people of plaintiff-appellee (OMPI) once again
went to the leased premises, with the help and assistance of Pasig Barangay
officials /personnel of Barangay San Antonio (ie, the leased premises is not located in
Barangay San Antonio, but in Barangay Kalawaan) and illegally installed a huge
tarpaulin which indicated that OMPI is offering the subject property for sale or lease.
Attesting to the foregoing are the pertinent photographs (Annex “A” hereof).
4. The specifics of what transpired during the March 19, 2020 incident is
detailed in the Letter sent via email (Annex “B” hereof) by defendant-appellant’s
Atty. Anthony A. Dy to OMPI (particularly to Emiliano R. Caruncho III and Ronald
Caruncho Bernardo), the contents of which are hereunder quoted for easy reference,
thus: .
1[Pageanthony dy
To:Eiliano Caruncho I, Ronald
Cesevergreengarden,pasig@gmail.com,CRISANTO SORIANO, Jennylyn
Calamiong,Niko Paolo Ocampo
Fri, Mar 20 at 12:00 AM
Dear Mr. ECIII and Mr. Ronald,
This afternoon, there was another incident within the leased premises. This is
already the 3 incident involving One Mercedes within the leased premises. I
went there personally to check the situation. Upon arrival, I saw
Evergreen/Caruncho personnel (with white pick up vehicle parked on the
other side of the street) together with Brgy. San Antonio fire/rescue
personnel (with 1 fire truck and 1 motorcycle) already inside the leased
premises and in the act of installing a huge tarpaulin bearing the name of
One Mercedes, among other information.
Upon my multiple inquiries with Brgy. San Antonio personnel on who
ordered the installation of the huge tarpaulin, they eventually uttered
“Ronald Caruncho”. This declaration was witnessed by a lot of people,
including Brgy. Kalawaan personnel, Metroasia personnel and bystanders.
When I inquired from the occupant of the white pick up vehicle on who
ordered the tarpaulin installation, he uttered “Presidente namin". When I
inquired further on who is your President, he just uttered “Mr. Caruncho”.
When I inquired further on the first name of this Mr. Caruncho, he just said
“Basta po si Mr. Caruncho”. When 1 inquired the name of this. Evergreen
personnel, he refused to give his name, Our personnel was able to take
pictures and videos of the whole incident this afternoon, including the ID of
this Evergreen personnel.
When Brey. Kalawaan personnel responded to the incident, your white pick
up vehicle immediately fled the scene and left Brgy. San Antonio personnel
behind.
Upon inquiry why they are assisting One Mercedes in illegally implementing
the tarpaulin installation, one of the Brgy. San Antonio personnel uttered
words to the effect that “kala namin NCOV tarpaulin ang pinapalagay sa
amin ng City Hall, nagulat na lang kame na ganyan pala nakasulat sa
tarpaulin”. One Brey. San Antonio personnel also uttered words to the effect
that “itatawag muna namin if ano gagawin namin sa tarpaulin na yan kasi
utos lang sa amin and sumunod lang kame"
Afr several calls by one of the Brey. San Antonio personnel, they proceeded
in dismantling the said tarpaulin in the presence of Brgy. Kalawaan
personnel, Metroasia personnel and bystanders.
A handwritten incident report was signed by one of the Brgy. San Antonio
personnel, and witnessed by a Brgy. Kalawaan personnel, and the name
“Ronald Vernardo" was written therein.
Based on this latest incident, it cannot be denied that this incident was at the
prodding of One Mercedes (company name was in the tarpaulin), it's
President (as alleged by an occupant of the white pick up with Evergreen
2|PageTshirt and this confirmation was witnessed by Brgy. Kalawaan personnel and
also videotaped by Metroasia), as well as by Ronald Bernardo whose name
was mentioned several times earlier (mistakenly referred to as Ronald
Caruncho or as Ronald Vernardo). In the previous portalet incident, the
name of Evergreen/Ronald Caruncho were also uttered by the elf truck driver
upon inquiry by Metroasia personnel.
The whole country, particularly Metro Manila and nearby provinces, cities
and municipalities, is currently under a 6 month state of calamity due to the
NCOV issue. With this incident, government resources (ie, of Brgy. San
Antonio) were clearly and undeniably used to serve private interests at the
worst possible time. On who gave the instruction, and why the instruction
was followed by Brgy. San Antonio personnel, it is not difficult to arrive at a
reasonable conclusion.
While President Duterte has ordered all brey officials to do their sworn duty
and legal obligation to contain the NCOV issue at all means necessary, Brgy.
San Antonio personnel had to leave their area of jurisdiction, and brought
with them a fire truck no less that could have been used at that time during
NCOY sanitation operations/other more important Brgy. sponsored NCOV
activities, in order to implement the illegal and unlawful tarpaulin
installation inside the leased premises, which is located outside the
jurisdiction of Brgy. San Antonio. Our Chairman has suggested during our
‘emergency board meeting earlier to report this unauthorized and illegal
government use of Brey personnel and Brgy. fire truck to the Office of the
President as well as to the DILG so that they can investigate this illegal,
unauthorized and insensitive use of government resources. I had
recommended that such written report be done at a later time, maybe next
week, and not this week, as we are busy with the NCOV issue with our own
personnel, customers and suppliers.
We look forward in receiving your reply to this email
Regards,
Anthony
5. Aside from the foregoing, it has also come to the attention of defendant-
appellant that the plaintiff-appellee sent a Letter dated February 27, 2020 (Annex “C”
hereof) to 2GO Group, Inc. The said letter in part states:
“Greetings,
We were recently made aware that vou have been sub-leasing
the property of One Mercedes Properties Inc. (One Mercedes) from
Metroasia Warehousing & Logistics Inc. (“Metroasia”).
Mee arcu
x x x you are hereby put on notice that One Mercedes
will re-take possession of the Property and demolish the structure
and all improvements standing thereon upon expiration of the lease on
28 February 2020." (Underscoring ours)
3)Page6. Based on the above portions of the subject letter, it is undeniable that:
a. The plaintiff-appellee tries to make it appear that it has just
recently learned that 2G0 Group, Inc. is sub-leasing a portion of the
leased premises from the defendant-appellant (1 paragraph, page 1,
Letter dated February 27, 2020). The foregoing is again a blatant lie
because e year 2017, the plaintiff Ireadi
furnished a demand letter to vacate against 2GO relating to the
latter’s occupation of a portion of the leased premises, and as early as
the year 21 Bi lee hi it 2
isanac remi its multi
ocular inspections of the leased premises with prospective buyers.
b. The plaintiff-appellee is putting on notice 2G0 Group, Inc.
that it will retake possession of the leased premises and demolish all
existing structures. This threat all the more bolsters the defendant-
appellant's contention that the former has arrogated unto itself the
unlawful execution of a non-existing final and executory decision.
7. The plaintiff-appellee’s actuations are therefore clearly in direct
contravention of existing rules of procedure. There is a proper procedure laid down
by the rules insofar as execution and enforcement of final and executory judgments or
decisions are concerned. It is only when judgments or decisions become final and
executory can they be implemented or enforced by the Honorable Court's Sheriff.
8. Inthis case, however, despite the fact that there is no final and executory
decision, the plaintifF-appellee already arrogated unto itself the unlawful and
premature entry into the leased premises.
9. The plaintiff-appellee must therefore be directed and mandated to
observe the pending status quo and accordingly respect the defendant-appellant’s
right to occupy the leased premises devoid of any illegal entry or trespassing of the
plaintiff-appellee’s personnel or employees and motor vehicles.
10, \ In the same manner as prayed for in the defendant-appellant’s “Very
Urgent Motion and Manifestation” dated March 16, 2020, this Honorable Court must
therefore direct all the responsible officers of plaintiff-appellee (OMPI) to show cause
as to why they should not be cited in contempt for such unlawful actuations
committed on March 19, 2020.
11. The responsible officers of plaintiff-appellee (OMPI) must likewise be
directed to submit to the Honorable Court the list (with full names and addresses) of
all the individuals who participated in the unlawful/illegal entry into the leased
premises on March 19, 2020 whereby there was an attempt to post or install a very
large tarpaulin in the name of the plaintiff-appellee.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is most respectfully prayed of this
Honorable Court that:
4[Page1. All the responsible officers of plaintiff-appellee (OMPI) be required or
directed to show cause as to why they should not be cited in contempt for’ such
unlawful/illegal entry into the leased premises on March 19, 2020; and,
2, All the responsible officers of plaintiff-appellee (OMPI) be required or
directed to submit to the Honorable Court the list (with full names and addresses) of
all the individuals who participated’ in the unlawful/illegal entry into the leased
premises on March 19, 2020, whereby there was an attempt to post or install a very
large tarpaulin in the name of the plaintiff-appellee.
Other measures of relief, just and equitable under the premises, are likewise
prayed for.
Taguig City for Pasig City, March 20, 2020.
By:
ATTY. CRISANTO C. SORIANO
Counsel for the Defendant-Appellant
P.T.R. NO. A-4208957 /01-08-19/Taguig City
LB.P. NO. 065203/ 01-10-19/ Pangasinan
MCLE Compliance No. VI-0022553 / 04-5-2019
ROLL NO. 49610
Unit 806, 8 Floor, One Global Place
5th Avenue corner 25% Street
Bonifacio Global City, The Fort
Taguig City, Metro Manila
Tel. Nos. 869-0374 (75)
To the party named hereunder:
Due to its urgency, please submit the foregoing motion for the consideration
and approval of this Honorable Court on June 5, 2020, Friday, at 9:00 o'clock in the
morning, without further oral arguments.
Atty. Crisanto C. SorianoCopy furnished by registered mail:
Chavez Miranda Aseoche Law Offices
Counsel for the Plaintiff-Appellee
8 Floor, One Corporate Plaza
845 Arnaiz Avenue, Makati City
Explanation: Due to time constraint, this “Supplement to the Very Urgent Motion and
Manifestation dated March 16, 2020” is served upon the Plaintiff-Appellee’s counsel
by LBC Express Courier and not personally.
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anthony dy