xxvii[27] TSN, September 13, 1994, pp. 6-9. xxviii[28] Ibid., pp. 9-11. xxix[29] Ibid., pp. 11-16. xxx[30] Ibid., pp. 3-6. xxxi[31] TSN, September 26, 1994, pp. 3-4. xxxii[32] Ibid., p. 8. xxxiii[33] TSN, September 23, 1994, pp. 3-5. xxxiv[34] Records of Criminal Case No. 92-CR-1396, p. 363. xxxv[35] Ibid., p. 376. xxxvi[36] Rollo, p. 224. xxxvii[37] Rollo, pp. 227-229. xxxviii[38] Records of Crim. Case No. 92-CR-1396, p. 418. xxxix[39] Ibid., p. 422. xl[40] Ibid., p. 424. xli[41] Ibid., p. 425. xlii[42] Rollo, p. 65. xliii[43] Rollo, pp. 69-70. xliv[44] Art. VIII, Sec. 5 (2) (d), 1987 Constitution. If the penalty imposed is lower than reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment, an appeal to this Court may still be possible by way of a petition for review on certiorari. (Sec. 3 (d), Rule 122, Revised Rules on Criminal Procedure.) xlv[45] Rollo, p. 54. People vs. Diaz, 259 SCRA 441, citing People vs. Cabacang, 316 Phil. 640; People vs. De Leon, supra. xlvi[46] xlvii[47] See People vs. Diaz, supra., citing People vs. Panis, 142 SCRA 664. xlviii[48] People vs. Panis, supra, at p. 667.