REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

11th Judicial Region

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
Davao City, Davao del Sur
Branch No. 16

DAVAO RABBIT BUS LINE INC.

Represented by its General Manager,                    Civil Case No. 6735
VENANCIO MACARAIG,
Plaintiff,

- versus –                            For:  DAMAGES

BASED ON QUASI-
DELICT

AMADOR BULAN and

ROLANDO SUIZO
Defendants.                                   
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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT
(Rule on Judicial Affidavit,
A.M. No. 12-8-8-12, September 4, 2012)

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

NAME AND OTHER PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE WITNESS

Name: Rolando Suizo

Age: 34 years old
Address: Santan St., Tahimik Village, Ulas, Davao City
Occupation: Truck Driver
Language: Bisaya or English

LAWYER WHO CONDUCTED OR SUPERVISED THE EXAMINATION

OF THE WITNESS

Name: Atty. Hannah Kezia P. Dela Cerna

Address: Dela Cerna, Ilagan, Paulma, Rosal (DIPR) Law Firm, 8F Pryce
Tower, Pryce Business Park, JP Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City
Place of Examination:  Dela Cerna, Ilagan, Paulma, Rosal (DIPR) Law
Firm, 8F Pryce Tower, Pryce Business Park, JP Laurel Avenue, Bajada,
Davao City

OFFER
Purpose of the testimony: Defendant, Rolando Suizo, is testifying upon the
facts surrounding the circumstances of the accident.

ROLANDO SUIZO, of legal age, Filipino, a truck driver employed by

Amador Bulan, with address at Santan St., Tahimik Village, Ulas, Davao
City, after having been sworn in accordance with law and fully conscious
that I do so under oath and that I may face criminal liability for false
testimony or perjury by way of answers to the questions propounded to me
by Atty. Hannah Keziah P. Dela Cerna, with office address at Dela Cerna,
Ilagan, Paulma, Rosal (DIPR) Law Firm, 8F Pryce Tower, Pryce Business
Park, JP Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City, do hereby depose and state:

I, ROLANDO SUIZO, 34 years old, single, Filipino, and residing at

Santan St., Tahimik Village, Ulas, Davao City, under oath, depose:

Q1: Asa ka tong panahon nahitabo ang bangga? (Where were you
when the collision took place?)
A1: Naa ko sa Sandawa. Ako ang nagdrayb sa sakyanan. (I was in
Sandawa Road. I was the one who drove the car that was involved in
the said vehicular accident.)

Q2: Nganong nahitabo ang bangga? (Why did the collision take place?)
A2: Nahitabo ang bangga kay ang bus sa Davao Rabbit Lines
nisimang. Giapas sa bus ang pula nga suga sa trapik light. (The collision
took place because the bus of Davao Rabbit Lines drove fast trying to beat
the red light.)

Q3: Kinsay nakawitness sa bangga? (Who witnessed the said

collision?)
A3: Kami kami ra sa pasahero sa bus ug ubang mga motorista ug
komuter sa dalan. Walay trapik enforcer tong nahitabo ang bangga. (It was
only us, the passengers of the bus, some motorists and commuters. There
was no traffic enforcer when the incident took place.)

Q4: Giunsa pagkuha sa trapik enforcer sa mga detalye saiyang report

nga gipasa? (How did the said traffic enforcer get the details of the said
incident for his report?)
A4: Gi-interbyu ra niya ang mga eye-witness nga pasahero sa bus.
Wala ko niya na-interbyu kay giatiman pa nako ang nabanggan nako nga
kauban. (The enforcer only interviewed the other eye-witnesses who
happened to be passengers of the bus. I was not interviewed because I
was busy attending to my companion who was badly hurt.)

Nothing Follows.

Davao City, February 25, 2020.

ROLANDO SUIZO
Witness

            

ATTESTATION

I, Atty. Hannah Keziah P. Dela Cerna, of legal age, Filipino, single and a
resident of Davao City with office address at Dela Cerna, Ilagan, Paulma,
Rosal (DIPR) Law Firm, 8F Pryce Tower, Pryce Business Park, JP Laurel
Avenue, Bajada, Davao City, Philippines, under oath hereby states THAT:

1. I personally conducted and supervised the foregoing

examination of Mr. Rolando Suizo of the above-entitled case;

2. I have faithfully caused to be recorded the questions I have

asked and the corresponding answers that the said witness
gave; and

3. I have neither coached nor was there any person who coached
or assisted the affiant in answering the questions propounded
to her

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my signature this 25 th

day of February 2020 at Davao City, Philippines.

ATTY. HANNAH KEZIAH P. DELA CERNA

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, a Notary Public of Davao

City, Philippines, this 26th day of February 2020, Atty. Hannah Keziah P.
Dela Cerna exhibited to me her SSS I.D. #10-234568 valid until December
25, 2020 with her photograph and signature indicated thereon as his
competent evidence of identity.

ATTY. CHRISTINE PAULMA

Notary Public – Davao City
Until December 31, 2020
Notarial Commission Serial No. 57
PTR No. 9676324, 01/03/13
Doc. No. __ IBP Member Roll No. 667899 / 12-29-07
Page No. __ Roll of Attorneys No. 67890 / 5-2-07
Book No. __ TIN No. 209-971-057;
05/30/13.
Series of 2019. MCLE Compliance No.12846,
01/05/13.

Copy Furnished:

Atty. Cavin Jhon Cabarlo

Counsel for Plaintiff
5th Floor, Roman Building,
E. Jacinto St., 8000 Davao City
Tel No. (082) 286-1234