ESTELA M. PERLAS-BERNABE Associate Justice WE CONCUR: ANTONIO T. CARPIO Associate Justice Chairperson ARTURO D.BRION Associate Justice MARIANO C. DELCASTILLO Associate Justice JOSE PORTUGAL PEREZ Associate Justice ATTESTATION I attest 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. ANTONIO T. CARPIO Associate Justice Chairperson, Second Division CERTIFICATION Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, and the Division Chairperson's Attestation, I certify 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. MARIA LOURDES P. A. SERENO Chief Justice Footnotes Pursuant to RA 9262, otherwise known as the "Anti- Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004," and its implementing rules, the real name of the victim, together with the names of her immediate family members, is withheld, and fictitious initials instead are used to represent her, to protect her privacy. 1 2 Rollo, pp. 33-36. Penned by Presiding Judge Ma. Angelica T. Paras-Quiambao. 3 Id. at 29-32. 4 Id. at 37. 5 G.R. No. 182835, April 20, 2010, 618 SCRA 592.