WE CONCUR:       ARTEMIO V. PANGANIBAN Chief Justice Chairperson                       MA. ALICIA AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ         ROMEO J. CALLEJO, SR.                  Associate Justice                                      Associate Justice       MINITA V. CHICO-NAZARIO Associate Justice         CERTIFICATION               Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, it is hereby certified that the conclusions in the above Decision were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court’s Division.                                                                 ARTEMIO V. PANGANIBAN                                                               Chief Justice