parties was centered here, although it should be stressed that this suit is not based on mere labor law violations. From the record, the claim that the Philippines has the most significant contact with the matter in this dispute,lxiii[63] raised by private respondent as plaintiff below against defendant (herein petitioner), in our view, has been properly established. Prescinding from this premise that the Philippines is the situs of the tort complaint of and the place having the most interest in the problem, we find, by way of recapitulation, that the Philippine law on tort liability should have paramount application to and control in the resolution of the legal issues arising out of this case. Further, we hold that the respondent Regional Trial Court has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of the complaint; the appropriate venue is in Quezon City, which could properly apply Philippine law. Moreover, we find untenable petitioners insistence that [s]ince private respondent instituted this suit, she has the burden of pleading and proving the applicable Saudi law on the matter.lxiv[64] As aptly said by private respondent, she has no obligation to plead and prove the law of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since her cause of action is based on Articles 19 and 21 of the Civil Code of the Philippines. In her Amended Complaint and subsequent pleadings she never alleged that Saudi law should govern this case.lxv[65] And as correctly held by the respondent appellate court, considering that it was the petitioner who was invoking the applicability of the law of Saudi Arabia, thus the burden was on it [petitioner] to plead and to establish what the law of Saudi Arabia is.lxvi[66] Lastly, no error could be imputed to the respondent appellate court in upholding the trial courts denial of defendants (herein petitioners) motion to dismiss the case. Not only was jurisdiction in order and venue properly laid, but appeal after trial was obviously available, and the expeditious trial itself indicated by the nature of the case at hand. Indubitably, the Philippines is the state intimately concerned with the ultimate outcome of the case below not just for the benefit of all the litigants, but also for the vindication of the countrys system of law and justice in a transnational setting. With these guidelines in mind, the trial court must proceed to try and adjudge the case in the light of relevant Philippine law, with due consideration of the foreign element or elements involved. Nothing said herein, of course, should be construed as prejudging the results of the case in any manner whatsoever. WHEREFORE, the instant petition for certiorari is hereby DISMISSED. Civil Case No. Q-93-18394 entitled Milagros P. Morada vs. Saudi Arabia Airlines is hereby REMANDED to Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 89 for further proceedings. SO ORDERED. Davide, Jr., (Chairman), Bellosillo, Vitug, and Panganiban, JJ., concur.