JA - Bienvenido Espinas
JA - Bienvenido Espinas
JA - Bienvenido Espinas
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Prosecution Service
OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR
Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental
BIENVENIDO ESPINAS,
Respondent.
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AFFIDAVIT-COMPLAINT
(Judicial Affidavit Form)
A: Yes.
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2. Q: Please state your names, residences, highest educational
attainment and other personal circumstances.
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eighty-four (84) pieces, more or less of Antipolo we have seen
in the area and due to that we deemed believed that there is a
prima facie evidence of a violation of environmental laws.
According to the residents nearby, the cutting was ordered by
Mr. Bienvenido Espinas who is also the owner of the private
property.
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A : We counted a total of eighty-four (84) Antipolo flitches with
equivalent volume of 4,600 (bd. ft.).
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21. Q : Who attended the said Administrative Deliberation on 21
November 2018?
A : Personnel of CENRO-Ozamiz; Emma P. Lumantap, Wilfredo
Doydoy; Hon. Teddy F. Dula; and Bienvenido Espinas
26. Q : What are the presumptions provided for in DAO 97-32, if any?
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the evidence unless specifically controverted and successfully
overcome by a preponderance of evidence:
A : We informed her that she violated the law, specifically P.D. 705
and that I am constrained to file a criminal complaint against her
identified and deemed the owner of the forest products since she
also did not categorically deny the order of cutting presumed to
be under his control.
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from any forestland, or timber from alienable or disposable
public land, or from private land, without any authority, or
possess timber or other forest products without the legal
documents as required under existing forest laws and
regulations, shall be punished with the penalties imposed under
Articles 309 and 310 of the Revised Penal Code: Provided, That
in the case of partnerships, associations, or corporations, the
officers who ordered the cutting, gathering, collection or
possession shall be liable, and if such officers are aliens, they
shall, in addition to the penalty, be deported without further
proceedings on the part of the Commission on Immigration and
Deportation.
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amount ten times (10x) the value of the forest products
confiscated from the respondent.
No further questions.
GUILDY D. CABATUAN
OIC CENR Officer/Affiant
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Witness my hand and seal.
SWORN ATTESTATION
I hereby attest and certify under oath that I, Pauline Mae P. Araneta, a resident of
Purok 17, Hindangon, Valencia City, Bukidnon, am the one who conducted the
examination of the complainants, GUILRY D. CABATUAN, JAROLD N. SEVILLA,
EUGENE I. MARTIR, and DARME B. ABCEDE, JR. and that I have faithfully
recorded the questions propounded and the corresponding answers given by said
complainants. I further attest that neither I nor any other person coached the complainants
regarding their answers.