TERESITA J. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO Associate Justice MARIANO C. DEL CASTILLO Associate Justice ANDRES B. REYES, JR.* Associate Justice CERTIFICATION Pursuant to the Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, 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 * Designated additional Member as per Raffle dated November 29, 2017. 1 Rollo, pp. 8-33. 2 Id. at 35-52. 3 Id. at 54. Penned by Associate Justice Danton Q. Bueser and concurred in by Associate Justices Amelita G. Tolentino and Ramon R. Garcia. 4 5 Penned by Presiding Judge Roslyn M. Rabara-Tria. Id. at 55-64. The real name of the victim, her personal circumstances and other information which tend to establish or compromise her identity, as well as those of her immediate family or household members, shall not be disclosed to protect her privacy and fictitious initials shall, instead, be used pursuant to the ruling of the Court in People v Cabalquinto (533 Phil. 703 [2006] and A.M. No. 04-11-09-SC dated September 19, 2006). 6 7 Rollo, p. 55. 8 Id. at 56. 9 Id. at 60. 10 Id. at 57. 11 Id. at 45.