RENATO C. CORONA Chief Justice Chairperson         PRESBITERO J. VELASCO, JR. TERESITA J. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO Associate Justice Associate Justice       JOSE PORTUGAL PEREZ Associate Justice       CERTIFICATION   Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, it is hereby certified that the conclusions in the above Decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court’s Division.