Memorandum for the Petitioners | 15 c. The expert resource persons were Dr. Gerry Bagtasa, Dr. Peter Frumhoff, Ms. Rosalina De Guzman, Dr. Laura David, Dr. Perry Alino, Dr. Maria Lourdes San DiegoMcGlone, Dr. Victorino Molina, and Ms. Lisa Anne Hamilton. 3.15. The second public hearings were similarly held in the Honorable Commission’s Inquiry Hall on 23 and 24 May 2018. The petitioners presented a total of thirteen (13) resource persons: a. Seven (7) community witnesses who spoke about the concerns of fishermen, small business owners selling fish (consignation), and urban poor victims of typhoon Ondoy (“Ketsana”) in Marikina and Rizal. The community witnesses presented were Mr. Pablo Rosales, Mr. Jonathan Delos Reyes, Mr. Pablo Taon III, Ms. Francia Encinas, Mr. Isagani Molina, and Mr. RJ De Ramos. b. Six (6 ) expert resource persons who discussed the liability or accountability of respondent Carbon Majors; the legal framework of human rights responsibility of transnational corporations; an analysis of Inter-American Court’s human rights opinion on a healthy enviromnent; and climate change impacts on the agriculture sector, fish and seaweed supplies, reef ecology, and food chain supply in relation to Philippines’ food security. The expert witnesses were Mr. Carroll Muffett, Dr. Michael Addo, Undersecretary r Segfredo Serrano of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Vincent Hilomen, Dr. Marcos Orellano, and Dr. Mudjekeewis Santos. r 3.16. On 29 and 30 August 2018, another round of public hearings was held in the Honorable Commission’s Inquiry Hall for the scheduled third public inquiry hearings. Fourteen (14) resource persons from different cities and countries testified: a. Six (6) community witnesses shared their stories and concerns. A transgender super typhoon Haiyan survivor shared her concerns on how climate change compounded gender-based discrimination; fisherfolks and fanners from Capalonga, Camarines Norte also narrated how their lives were impacted; and community witnesses from tribes living in Ifugao Province articulated how climate change impacted their rice ten aces in Banawe, which in turn adversely affected their cultural traditions. The petitioners '