VERIFICATION

          
            I, KRISHA VILLANUEVA, of legal age, after having been duly
sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and say that:
 
1. I have caused the preparation of the instant Answer;

2. I have read the contents thereof and the facts stated therein are
true and correct of my personal knowledge and/or on the basis
of authentic records in my possession;

3. 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;

4. To the best of my knowledge and belief, no such action or

proceeding is pending in the Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency;

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 undertake
to report that fact within five (5) days therefrom to this
Honorable Court.

  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hands this 6th

day of July 2021 in Makati City, Philippines.
 

 
                                                                     KRISHA F. VILLANUEVA

 
            SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, this 6th day of July
2021, by Krisha F. Villanueva who exhibited to me her Unified
Multipurpose ID No. CRN-0113-0211988-9.
 
                 
                                                                   
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