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2002-09-27 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| contained in a certification by Joemari's wife, Vienna Rose Bedua. This list of expenses cannot be considered as competent proof and cannot replace the probative value of official receipts to justify the award of actual damages. The certification may even be considered as self-serving, and does not meet the requirement that a party seeking the award of actual damages must produce competent proof or the best evidence obtainable to justify such award. Only substantiated and proven expenses, or those that appear to have been genuinely incurred in connection with the death, wake or burial of the victim will be recognized in court.[17] On the other hand, in line with prevailing jurisprudence, we affirm the awards of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity[18] for the death of Joemari and P50,000.00 as moral damages.[19] Also, as held in People v. Samson | |||||