RepublicofthePhilippines

REGIONALTRIALCOURT
6THJudicialRegion
Branch43
BacolodCity,NegrosOccidental

PEOPLEOFTHEPHILIPPINES,
Plaintiff,
versus

CRIM.CASENo.
FOR:PHYSICALABUSEIN
RELATIONTOR.A.9262

MARPUNO,

Accused.

X/

JUDICIALAFFIDAVITOF
WITNESSTOMARANETS
I, TOM ARANETS, of legal age, married, and living at 123 Street
Capitolville,BacolodCity,witnessinthiscase,stateunderoathasfollows:
PRELIMINARYSTATEMENT
ThepersonexaminingmeisProsecutorJoeyPugaleswithaddressat
HallofJustice,BacolodCity.Theexaminationisbeingheldatthesame
address.IamansweringhisquestionsfullyconsciousthatIdosounderoath
andmayfacecriminalliabilityforfalsetestimonyandperjury.
PURPOSE: This affidavit/testimony of witness TOM ARANETS is
beingofferedtoprovethatsometimeintheafternoonofMarch15,2015,
witnessTOMARANETS,heardtherespondent,MARPUNO,shoutingfoul
wordstothecomplainant,GRETCHENPUNOandforbidthelattertosee
theirson,CARLOSINIGOPUNO.

1.Q.Pleasestateyournameandotherpersonalcircumstancesforthe
record.
A.MynameisTomAranets,40yearsold,marriedandaresidentof123
StreetCapitolville,BacolodCity.Iamcurrently oneoftheCouncilors of
Bacolod.
2.Q.AreyouthesameTomAranets,oneofthewitnessesinthiscase?
A.Oo,Sir.(Yes,Sir).
Q.DoyouknowthecoupleMarandGretchenPuno?
Oo,tupadbalaykosila.(Yes,theyaremyneighbors)
Q.MayuhaymankamosangSpousesPuno?(Areyouingoodterms
withtheSpousesPuno?)
A.Oo,Sir.Pirmikamigaupoddinnersanguna.(Yes,Sir.Wealways
haddinnertogetherbefore.)
Q.DoyoustillrecallanyincidentthathappenedbetweentheSpouses
PunointheafternoonofMarch15,2015?
Yes,Sir.WhileIwasinmygaragewashingmycar,Iheardloudvoices
outsidemyhouse.Wheniwentouttoinvestigate,Isawthatthecouple
arguingweretheSpousesPuno.
Q.Canyoustillrecallwhattheywerearguingabout?
A.GaawaysilatungodsailabatanasiCarlosInigo.GasyagitsiMar
naindinakunopwedeniGretchenmakitasiCarlos.Nabatiankomanna
ginabuyayawnaniMarsiGretchen.(Theywerearguingabouttheirson,
CarlosInigo.MarwasshoutingthatGretchencannotseeCarlosanymore.I
lasoheardMarshoutingfoulwordsatGretchen.)
Q.AndanongamgapamuyayawangginsyagitniMar?(Andwhatfoul
wordswasMarshoutingatGretchen)
A.NabatiankonagasyagitsyakayGretchen,Putaka!Bigaonka
na,tomboykapa!Walakagidpulosnababayi!Indikanamagpakitasa
akonkagkayCarlos!Umandamkalangkungmakitatapakaupodsabata
ko!(IheardhimshoutingatGretchen,Youbitch!Besidesbeingaflirt,
yourealsoalesbian!Youreallyhavenouse!Dontyoudarecomenearus
anymore!YouwillregretitifeverIseeyouwithCarlosagain!
Q.Thenwhathappenedafterthat?
A.Walanakonamatipa.(Ididnotlistenfurther.)Ifeltthatitwas
notmyplacetomeddlewiththedomesticaffairsofmyneighbors.Nagbalik
kodayonsasulodbalayko.(Ithenwentbackinsidemyhouse).
INWITNESSWHEREOF,Ihavehereuntosetmyhandonthis
21stdayofApril2015.

TomAranets
Affiant

SUBSCRIBEDANDSWORNTOBEFOREME,anotarypublic
in and for _________(City/Province)____________ this ____th day of
____________ 20___. Affiant personally came and appeared with
_____________(Competent Evidence of Identity)______ issued by the
_________(Government Agency)______ on ___(date)__ at
________(place)_________,bearinghisphotographandsignature,knownto
me as the same person who personally signed the foregoing instrument
before me and avowed under penalty of law to the whole truth of the
contentsofsaidinstrument.

Atty.GabbyDagz
NotaryPublic
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