6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly rules, or the exemption of a case from their operation, is warranted when compelling reasons or when the purpose of justice requires it.[86] Thus, litigations should, as much as possible, be decided on their merits and not on sheer technicalities.[87] In all, since it is established that the RTC of Manila has jurisdiction over the Illegal Recruitment and Estafa cases, and there being no violation of the double jeopardy doctrine, the prosecution of the case may still resume in the trial court as held by the CA. WHEREFORE, premises considered, the instant petition is DENIED. The Decision dated May 29, 2013 and Resolution dated November 6, 2013 of the Court of Appeals are hereby AFFIRMED. SO ORDERED. Velasco, Jr., (Chairperson), Bersamin, Reyes, and Jardeleza, JJ., concur. July 10, 2017 NOTICE OF JUDGMENT Sirs /Mesdames: Please take notice that on June 5, 2017 a Decision, copy attached hereto, was rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was received by this Office on July 10, 2017 at 10:12 a.m. Very truly yours, (SGD.) WILFREDO V. LAPITAN Division Clerk of Court [1] Rollo, pp. 3-30 with Annexes. [2] Penned by Associate Justice Hakim S. Abdulwahid and concurred in by Associate Justices Marlene Gonzales-Sison and Rodil V. Zalameda; Id., 31-40. [3] Id., pp. 41-42. [4] Supra note 2, at 32. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/63079 11/16