MA. ALICIA AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ MINITA V. CHICO-NAZARIO Associate Justice Associate Justice           ANTONIO EDUARDO B. NACHURA Associate Justice       ATTESTATION     I attest that the conclusions in the above Resolution had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Courts Division.         CONSUELO YNARES-SANTIAGO Associate Justice Chairperson         CERTIFICATION     Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution and the Division Chairpersons Attestation, I certify that the conclusions in the above Resolution had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Courts Division.         REYNATO S. PUNO