VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING

I, ALEX B. BALINGASA, of legal age, Filipino, single, and

with residential address at 222 Avenida Veteranos St., Tacloban City,
after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby
depose and state that:

1. That I am the defendant of the above-entitled case;

2. That I have caused the preparation and filing of the

foregoing Answer;

3. That I have understood the allegations contained therein

and the same are true and correct of my own personal
knowledge and based on authentic records;

4. That I have not commenced any other action or

proceeding involving the same issues in the Supreme
Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or
agency and to the best of our knowledge no such other
action is pending therein;

5. If I should thereafter learn that a similar action or

proceeding has been filed or is pending before the
Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other
tribunal or agency, I hereby undertake to report such fact
within five (5) days therefrom to this Honorable Court.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

___________ day of ____________________ 2021 in Tacloban City.

ALEX B. BALINGASA
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this

____________________, in Tacloban City, affiant having exhibited
their competent proofs of identity.

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